The Republican journal., 1913-09-25

number of votes thrown in this place
was $40; 800 for Fairfield, 2e0 for Kent.
Benjamin F. Blackstone, Demo-, was
elected Representative.
On the oath of September the district
Court held its first session here, Arson
G. Chandler, Judge, presiding.
On the morning Of the 18th died Will
liam Moody, ESQ.,, of apoplexy, aged
sixty-four; he was in the Court room the
evening preceding in apparently perfect
health. He was born in By6eld. Mass,
in IT'S, was married in York, Me-, in
1902, and came here to reside in January
1903. He was educated merchant and
for while after he came here was in
trade; but in 1918 he became the Agent
of Thorndike, Sears and Prescott, of
Boston. proprietors of large tracts of
land in this vicinity, succeeding in office
the late Phineas Ashmun, Esq, Of
Brooks. He continued to be the agent
of the Proprietors until the close Of his
life. He occupied at one time the dwell
ing house which stood on Front street
opposite the site of the Belfast Foundry,
which was burned in the fire of 1915; at
the time he occupied it the garden in
front of the house extended to the shore.
H afterwards occupied the Lymburner,
or Locke house, at the junction Of Bea-
Yer, then Range, and High streets for
many years and until he became the
owner and occupant, in 1925, of the
house on Church street now occupied by
his son-in-law, General Webster. His
widow survived him, dying in 1856, aged
eighty-two.
Mr.. Moody was passionately fond of
music. His name is found at very
early date prominent in the musical an
mails of the town. For long series of
years he was the leading spirit of the
choir in the Unitarian society. He was
a man of rather indolent habit of body,
President of the Lazy Club" which ex.
listed here in the early part of the CEN
tury-but possessing large amount of
mental activity He was an honest man,
social and kindly in his intercourse with
friends and neighbors, liberal IN his reig
ious views, but exceedingly tenacious of
his own opinions. No better testimonial
to his integrity and fidelity in the dis
charge of duty can be found than the in
scription on the monument erected to his
memory in Grove Cemetery: civilian
Moody, For 26 years the confidential
agent of the Proprietors of the adjoining
country. This monument is erected by
David Sears, of Boston, 1910, in honor
of his virtues and services"
Mr.. John Cochran, father of our fellow
citizen of the same name, died on the
Goth of October. aged ninety. He was
born at East Boston, then known as
Noodles Island He was one of the six
original Proprietors of the town who
came here to reside in ITO. and at the
time Of his decease was the only survivor
of the original thlrty-two. After him
came another John Cochran from Wen
ham. To distinguish them one was
called Wenham Johnny the other Boston
Johnny. Mr.. Cochran first settled on
one of the lots purchased by Judge Read
in 1906. Before removing to the place
Oh which he died he lived on the lot
known as the SaImond Lot; the one just
southerly from the Academy lot He
was very worthy man and highly re-
spected. The monument erected to his
memory in Grove Cemetery bears the
following inscriptions: He was one of
the memorable Tea Party at Boston,
Dec. 16, 1878. -
Among the vessels launched this year
were the schooners Rocket and Albert
Vinal from the yard of Master Lemuel
K. Palmer the bark Don Juan from the
yard of Master Joseph Robertson, and
the bark Hualco from the yard of Master
James L. Burgin.
The number of deaths in town during
the war was thirty-seven. There was
more than the usual mortality among
them ''who go down to the sea in ships. "
Among them were Capt. Joseph Hous-
ten who died at St. Augustine, Florida,
Captain James Cunningham and Am
brose Farrow who died in the West In
dies, Capt. Philip Eastman who died at
Hampton Roads, Capt Simon Cottrell of
the schooner Deposite, and Capt. William
Oliver Greedy, the place of whose death
is unknown, but whose vessel was seen
for the last time in Mobile Bay in Feb
ruary of this year.
After hearty meal, take Doan's Regulets
and assist your stomach, liver and bowels, Regu-
lets are mild laxative. Csc at all stores.
EADT THOMAS MnnnIA