Dorchester, Nov. 24 - Ebenezer PALMER left hoem this afternoon about 4 o'clock for the marsh to locate a comfortable place for digging mud to use as a fertilizer. Not returning to tea a number of young men went in search of him and after travelling over the greater part of the marsh found him dead not more than 200 yards from his home, in the creek with his face buried in th mud. He was found about 8:15 p.m. and was thought to have been dead two hours. The remains were carried to his residence. Deceased was about 70 years old and was born in Dorchester. He leaves a widow and six children.