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 J. G. Lorimer

Beacon
Nov 4/1897
Death of J. G. Lorimer
A letter to the Sun from Plympton, Mass., announced the death in that town on Oct. 23rd, of James G. Lorimer, aged 90 years, 5 months and 13 days. Mr. Lorimer was for many years connected with journalism in New Brunswick. His first effort in the newspaper line was the “Young Aspirant,” a weekly paper for youth published in Fredericton. The “Provincial Patriot,” a weekly, first issued in 1853 at St. Stephen, was published for several years. In 1863 its name was changed to the “Charlotte Advocate.” Mr. Lorimer published the “Investigator” in St. John for about a year, first at Indiantown and during the later part of its career in the city proper. The “Bay Pilot, which he started at St. Andrews in 1878, lasted about twelve months and the “Island News,” published on Grand Manan, the “Victoria Star,” at Grand Falls, and the “Enterprise,” Saint Stephen, were also short lived. Mr. Lorimer was for a period in the pre-confederation days official reporter of the New Brunswick house of assembly, and he had in manuscript a series of interesting tales and reminiscences of Fredericton life of fifty years ago. His principal published works are: “The Recluse of New Brunswick, or the Hermit of Point Lepreaux,” a poem, issued from the press of Robert Shives, St. John, in 1842, and the “History of Island and Inlets in the Bay of Fundy, Charlotte Co.,” from the earliest settlement, printed at St. Stephen in 1876.
            Some years ago Mr. Lorimer removed to Massachusetts, and at the time of his death was residing with his son, William J. Lorimer, proprietor of the Plympton House, Plympton, Mass. Within the past tow or three years Mr. Lorimer, who was a constant reader of the Sun and regarded it as his favorite newspaper, contributed several interesting letters to its columns.—Sun.