Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-12-11


predj udiees. a ship owner caused ship
20 be hard down on Friday, launched on
f,iday, seat forth on her first VOYAGE on
fn'lay aud p acel ind the command
OF capt i. named Frltv: the shin was
fever again heard Of He will til YOU
that he Amaz West India mail-steam
or left Plymouth on her fist voyage on
Friday, January ,, 1852, ard was burnt
to the water 5 edge, with a loss Of lis
lives; and that the BirkenAead troop
steamer, which let Southampton on that
very same day, was wrecked in her vow
age witt loss o. 4ji lives. lie will
tel you that one of the survivors Of the
Ar'azon joined the ship on Friday.
procured his register ticket on a Friday
received his appointment en- Friday.
left London in the ship for Plymouth
on Friday, ana sailed from that port
on Friday; and that a fo,eboding Of
disaster arose in his sailor mind when this
list OF Fridays came to his recollection
But what the sailors have not told.
and what the ilI-Friday believers have
net cared to inquire about, is. the num-
Der OF disasters tn 1t occur upon, and are
associated with, the other SIX days of the
week. Let them give poor Friday fair
play. and he will come up to a level
with his companions. If it be a cata-
logic Of saipwrccks, burnin9s, or otacr
disasters. why not inquire whether such
do not occur on other DAYS o. the week
in as large number as on Friday, If i,
be list of fortunate or happy events
why not search candidly for fair
seyehth OF these on Fridays The Great
Mogul, Aurungz -be is said to have
exclaimed 20 that my dsath may
happen on Friday. for blessed is he
tina; dIeth on that day - but as we do
not know why he adopted this theory.
we can say nothing further about It. As
an example, however OF the mode in
which sensible persons may upset a
stupid prejulice,we will quote a passage
from an American newspaper. showing
that the grea. republic. at all events. has
had no reason to consider Fri ay an
ualucky day: "On Friday, August 81.
1902, Christopher Columbus sailed on
his great voyage Of scoverv on Fri
day. October II, 1892, he frst discovered
land; on Friday. January 1, 1893. he
sailed on his return to Spain, which, If
BIC had not reached in safety the happy
result would never have been known
which led 0 the settlement Of this vast
continent on Friday, March Is. 1893.
he arrived at Palos in sItc:y on Friday.
November %, 1893. he arrived at lis
PAMELA, on his second voyage t. Ameri-
ca; on Friday, June -, l496 he though
unknown to himself, discovered the
continent of America On FRIDAY
March 5, lsi96, Henry VII. o. England.
gave to J,hn Cabot his commission
which led to the discovery of North
America =: this is the fist American
state-paper in England. On Friday,
September :, 1865, Melcadsz found d
st. Augustine, the oldest town in the
Uuited States by more than forty years.
On Friday, November 10, 1920, the
MayAower, with the Pilgrims, mad
the harbor Of Province Town. and on
the same day they signed that August
compact, the forcrunner Ct our preset
glorious constitution. On Friday, D.
ccmber %. 1920. the Pilgrims made
their final landing at Plymouth Rock
On Friday, February %, l732, George
Washington, the father Of American
freedom, was born On Friday, Jun
l6, Banker Hill was seizel and fortified
On Friday, Oct. :, III, the surrender