The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-03-25
RUSSELL NEWS

larry known as Grandma Fisher, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs
VIM. Schillinger, on March 9Th. Flu
neral services and interment' took
place on the following Thursday. Ser.
vices were held in the M. E. Church
the pastor preaching the sermon The
funeral was one of the largest ever
held here. Grandma Fisher was one
of the early settlers in this part of
the country, having lived here for 20
years or more. She was one of the
best known women in the circles of
life, being very prominent in church
and society. She had made many
friends who gathered to pay her their
last tribute, and express their graft
tude by decorating her casket with
many beautiful flowers. The bereaved
relatives have the sympathy of all.
Mrs. Carrie Burquin Fisher was
born in Dayton, Ohio, March 18th,
1849, and departed this life on Mar.
9Th 1920. At the time of death she
was II years, II mo. and Fl days old.
At the age of 7 years she moved with
her parents to Omstead, MINI. In 1871
she was married to Joseph Fisher Of
Rochester. Later they moved to Grand
Forks Co. and in 1898 they homestead
ed in Bottineau Co. and have lived
here since. Her husband died May Both
1914. Since that time she has made her
home with her son Vincent of this
place until she was taken i'll and then
she was taken to her daughters where
she passed peacefully away. She was
the mother of eight children. three of
whom are dead. There are left to
mourn her loss five children, % grand
children and 2 great grandchildren.
Card of Thanks
We wish to express u heartfelt
thanks to those of our neighbors and
friends who so kindly assisted US dur
ing the illness and death of our be-
loved mother. We wish especially to
thank those who sent flowers while
she was on her sick bed and again we
wish to thank you one and all for the
beautiful floral offerings. May God
bless and keep you all, is u prayer,
Mrs. VIM. Schillinger and family.
The latest here is spring weather
with lots of sunshine.
Mr.. Haakinson, the fire marshall
and Mr.. Day, the Auditor for the Ed
uity Elevator Co. were back in our
town Thursday and Friday, the pur-
pose of their visit was to further in
vestigate the cause of the fire and
and their investigation but the most
amusing of all was the testimony OF
a certain individual who admitted that
he had been drinking but could not
tell what it was that he has been
drinking or how he got the stuff that
he had drank. Now we are going to
say right here that when a man is
so mentally unbalanced that he will
pick up a bottle and drink of the con-
tnets not knowing what they are, we
think that such a fellow might be Ii
able to do most anything. This was &C.
cording to the statement made by the
Fire Marshall.
Three school children lost in last
Mondays blizzard, Vida Isendorf and
her brother Elmer and Herman Ker-
stem, left the school about two in the
afternoon, for home, but the storm
was so fierce that they were soon be-
wildered, and after driving several
hours they stopped and unhitched the
team and went in search of shelter
which was eventually found at the
Loiselle home where they stayed I'M
til the following morning, but we
must say that it seems more like the
hand of Providence than good luck
for them that they were able to find
their way at all and especially so for
the little girl became separated from
the boys and after they searched in
vain for her they went on. In their
w~anderings they came upon a fence
which they recognized and followed it
to the home where they stayed. The
little girl wandered around and finally
got back to the team where she stay
ed, thinking the boys would come back
for her. She soon gave up such hope
and sat down by the side Of a tele-
graph pole, the only shelter and as
she CHANGED to look up she caught
sight of a chimney and she at once
started for the house but she was
so weak and no longer able to walk,
and had also lost her mittens, so she
crawled on her hands and knees until
she reached safety. Her hands were
quite badly frozen. Mrs. Loiselle tells
US that she was so weak that she
could scarcely stand when they re-
ceived her into their home and was
so wet that it was necessary to change