The Republican journal., 1915-01-21
We do not find that life is made up wholly

ol mouusain PEAKS, upon whose glory. crowned
summit the ventures0me traveller plants I'll.
staff; but we do find that the far greater nor
tion consists of curvihg valleys and lowjv
plains, where the level tenor of life's dntv Z
pursued. apart from the conspicuous radia nce
OF the mountain top, whose CLEANS of beauty
spur on the aspiring climber to greater effort
Below. in the valley, shut away from that
wider vision and screened from fayorinr
winds, man tolls and ends his days. unapplaud.
ed and unrewarded; with no thought perhana
that his life is noble, never dreaming that he.
cause of his self sacrifice and adherence to
duty. his heroism is greater than that of those
who receive the favor of kings; never realix.
ing that to be noble is but to be true; to be
worthy is but to be faithful; to be successful
is but to follow the path of duty through to
the end.
Charles Everett Hall died Jan. 18th at the
home of his brother in Fairfield, aged 50 years.
months and days. The deceased was born
in Brooks, the son of Shadrach and Mary A,
(Bassick) Hall. He attended the schools of
Brooks and was employed for 10 years as sec-
tion foreman in that town on the railroad.
was employed for number of years as night
watchman for the Bigelow carpet corporation.
Fifteen years ago he went to Fairfield and
made his home with his brother, ,Wilfred Hall.
Upon coming there he was employed by the S.
A. Nye Lumber Co. and since that time had
been employed by Harrison Burns, contractor
and builder. Three brothers, Wilfred R. Hail
George L. Hall of Brooks, survive. He was
unmarried. He was obliged to give up his
work last October and on Nov. 18th suffered
a paralytic shock from which he never rallied
Mrs. Malena Stowell of Stockton Springs,
who was making her home for the winter
with her son. Ralph in Oakland, fell down the
cellar stairs last Saturday evening about 10
o'clock, and was killed Apparently she went
to the head of the stairs to get some milk from
the shelf, and in some way lost her balance.
Her skull was fractured and she was uncon-
sclous when found at the bottom of the stairs,
living for about an hour. DR.. V. C. Totman
was called, but was unable to help her She is
survived by three sons, Edward of Lewiston,
Ralph OF Oakland, and Clarence H., of Lunen-
burg, Mass, and by one daughter, Mrs. Ira
Grady of Newport and one sister, Mrs Lillian
Clifford of Ftchburg, Mass. Two grandchildren,
Violet and Harold York. made their home with
her at Stockton Springs. The funeral was
held at 10 O'Clock Tuesday morning, Rev. H.
S. Trueman officiating. Interment will be at
Stockton Springs.
Chandler William Wormwell, a resident of
Waterville for almost half century, and we'll
known in that community. died Jan. 10Th at the
Sisters hospital in that city from typhoid
pneumonia, He was born in Searsmont 60
years ago. the son of Charles William and Mary
Jane Turner Wormwell. When lad of ten
years or SO he went to Watervile, and had been
a resident there since that time.- For many
shops and later went to Milo and was chief en-
gineer for the American Thread Company He
was member of Samaritan Lodge, l. O. O. F.,
and of the Masonic order, Milo lodge. Funeral
services were held Monday at his home,
Thayer Court, Rev. Frank L. Phalep officiating
He is survived by one son, Herbert Field
Wormwell of Watervile, and one daughter
Mrs. Agnes Rand of Harding, Mass.
The funeral services for the late Francis
Furber were held Jan, 17th in Clinton at the
u,
Rev. H. H. Hathaway officiating. A large
umber of relatives and friends were present,
several coming from Pawtucket, R. l. large
number of comrades in the G. A, r. and men,
bers of the w. R. c., in which his daughter is
an active worker, attended. Mr.. Furber served
in the 10Th Maine in the Civil War and several
surviving members of that regiment are now
living in Clinton, among them Seth McKenney,
James Mckenney, TRADE Weber and John
Witham. Music was furnished by Mrs. C. c.
Hayes and Mrs. Sadie Eastman, The bearers
were Messrs L. A. Burns, Archie Webber, Ira
A. Witham and Roger F. Stinchfeld, assisted
by several representatives of the Post.
Miss Fannie Merritt Farmer for many years
prominent in promoting cookery, died Jan. 18th
at the Deaconess Hospital in Brookline, Mass,
of neuritis. She was fifty EIGHT years old
After her graduation from the Medford High
School Miss Farmer became a student at the
Boston Cooking school, of which she afterward
became principal She later established and
for a long time was principal of Miss Farmers
School of Cookery. In that position she be-
came widely known as lecturer. She was
the author of the "Boston Cooking School
Cook Book, "ChafngDish Possibilities" ""Food
and Cookery for the Sick and Convalescent"
and what to Have for Dinner."-New York
Herald
Miss Farmer will be remembered in Belfast
as the head of cooking school established by
the Non Partisan w. C. T, Alliance some years
ago and attended by many of our people.
WEDDING BELLS.