The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-03-24

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and appointed Capt. Motley the captain,
who tod Mr.. Burns in order to proceed sys.
tematically, 1t was absolutely necessary to
nave a watch or password, which Mr.. Buns
aSscAted to and Capt Motley gave the word
hohonchronon:onthologos." 1t was more
than quarter OF an hour before 1t was so
impressed on MIR. Burns mind as to allow
him TO depart tor his home, two OF the
watch leaving al the same time and walking
down Back street. Mr.. Burns was intercept1
ed near his house and the watch-word de-
manded, which was not remembered-ony,
II am Mr.. Burns, the Constable of the
Watch"
:, no such thing; we were present when the
tne captain Of the Watch gave the Constable
I.9 word" and they marched the old man
On bringing him before their captain, such
an exclamation is but seldom heard,
Diess me! Why, You have brought In nv
OLD friend Mr.. Burns; be is Constable of the
Watch; this shall not occur again. / viii re-.
peat the word-say after me Hononchronon
tonthologOs." And this was done three times
with equal astonishment each time that they
should make such q mistake, when daylight
appeared aud put an end to the farce.
The next house was not occupied by Geo-
Fox for many years, but by Mrs, Morse
whose daughter married Captain Joel Prince.
When Captain Prince removed to n. Var
mouth l took the house and lived In it two
years Aiterward Captain George Fox and the
Mr.. Marcus Quinby purchased it. The Veazle
house came next, in one part of which Mr..
John Veazie carried on the hating business.
The widow Hilton attcrward the widow
ShaW was Mr. John Veazie's daughter and
sister 10 the late General Samuel Veazie OF
Bangor. Now we come to what "A. D." calls
the Elder house; first the Matthew Cobb
house and sold by him to Joseph Gross, Jun,
when the new house corner of Free and High
streets v as ready for Mr.. Cobb to remove in
TO. | remember before Mr.. Cobb's removal
(about 1902 his sons, Richard and Edward,
with other boys, were playing in front of
Captain Clapp's house, opposite. Mrs. Cobb
was standing in the doorway OF her house
when Edward ran to her crying, ma, john
says-my father was shoemaker" Like
good, sensible woman, as she was, she told
him to go Immediately back and tell the boy
your iather never was shoemaker, he was
only e cobbler.'
Before leaving the Cobb, ELDER house
must tell you what know of it, for 1t was
my haDltation also, for four years. l was at
that time in the store OF Cross d Trask lead
OF Long wharl-it was that year that Samuel
Trask, from Bradford, the same town that
Joseph Cross, Juu., came from-came into
the concern as partner and in 1876, hay-
ing done great business for the time, both
the partners went South for several months,
while had full power of attorney from
them, except rene wing notes, end while they
were absent their business was closed. VIM.
Cross, brother OF Joseph Jun, and Nathan
lei Martin, brother OF Mrs. Trask, succeeded
them and continued in business about two
years.
We now cross Willow street to the house
OF widow Jewett who was Mclaughlin OF
Scarboro; her husband was from Newbury-
port and much respected he left sons and a
daughter. Cross another street and you
come to Deacon James Jewett's dwelling and
then to building built by DIR. Low and
owned afterward by Mr. Deering in which
lived DR.. Samuel Aver ior awhile and then
iona. McKeDney. Now we come to a con-
fectionel'S store aid then to the Deering-
Wngate post Office, altered into two stores,
one on Exchange street, occupied by Joseph
Johnson, and one on corner OF Exchange
anu Middle streets by j. ii. until the brick
store built by Mr. Deering on same street
was occupied by J. Fl. TO 1920.
have travelled With A. ID. over very fami-
lar ground to me. know every inch OF the
ground, and were | in Chelsea, Massachusetts,
where 1 have old almanacs, diaries, notes,
&C., could refresh my mind and give you
many interesting items OF men and manners
from 1900 to the time of my leaving for New
Orleans in 1929, where lived until a few
years before the late terrible rebellion took
place. l was acquainted with MIR. Stephen
Foster, whose sister my old friend Arthur
Shirley married; indeed can 90 back to his
father whom well knew, in bradford, Mass, |
Bath, Me-, and in Portland. | noticed the |
name of Capt. Jacob Mcclellan as a candI- |
date Tor May or in your paper, and hope YOU |
elected him; it is so rare thing nowadays |
n ND on 1,D n
office. | must tell you an anecdcte OF his
grandfather, which 1 have thought OF fire.
quently, and 1t has done me good. While /
occupied the wart, as Mr. Nathaniel Deerinq
called 1T, was standing at the door on Mid
die street enjoying the sunshine which on |
that day was very agreeable, when observed |
Did Capt. Mcclellan walking past Madam |
DeerinS house on the opposite side. ''How |
10 ye do" said l. "my old friend; come over
% this side and enjoy the sunshine with me-"
cannot put on paper sound which reached |
my ear but it amounted to this: at you |
had been on the Observatory Hill as have, |
and seen the fog coming in you wouldn't |
think OF anything else" / said, "Why 60 so
lar to tind log when you can make it cheerful
and Pleasant where you are" After few
days we met again, when he said,"I have
thought great deal of what you said the
other day, and III future will look out for the
oIA7ut SpOtS.
When first knew Portland there were but
or 8 brick buildings completed. Mr.. Deer |
ing built the block at the head OF Long Wharf |
On Fore and Fish streets. Daniel johnson |
occupied the corner, !. Cross, Jr., the one on |
Fore, and Boardman & Lite the one on Fish |
street. Number two was owned By Samuel
Butts (Horato Quiney's boarding house,
Number three dwelling houses built by Rogers
and Hatch, head of Titcomb's Wharf Num-
ber four General Wadsworth's two story on
Middle, made three stories by Hon. s. Long
fellow. Number five the Slower house NJ ar
King street. Number SIX near the mile
stone built by Mr.. Neal Shaw. Seven, Dan
lei Howes, corner Union and Middle streets. !
There nay have Seen one more, but l have
no data by me whereby TO know.
The Reverend Elijah Kellogg purchased OF
the Fox and Jones heirs the land where
Jones Row now stands Or did, before the fire,
and IL 1901 made contract with Dir. Caleb
Hatch, who was ruined by it, tor ON the day
the Whole block was completed outside there
came such rain storm as Portland rarely
ever witnessed so that there was not one
brick upon another that was not thrown
down OF the corner store occupied long after
by Moses Gould, Halter, and the one adjoin-
ing on Foie street, occupied by Tucker It
Blanchard, Wine Merchants, they being built
upon quicksand foundation, which the great
storm washed away. was almost the first
person who witnessed the destruction, as Mr..
Cross, for some reason, wished the store open
ed early that morning, and when boy was
rarely in bed In the warm weather after
O'Clock. The brick buildings accumulated
very fast from 1901 forward on High street,
Major Hugh McLellan's, occupied by General
Joshua Wlngate; the next year Stephen
McLeilan's nearly opposite on High street,
at,erward owned by George Willis and occu-
pied partly by Joseph I. Sherwood, British
Consul; then st. Paul 5 Church on Pearl then
School Street-which farmer with load OF
wood, standing near when they were putting
up the inscription stone, with the god leg-
tiers, "St. Paul's Church" thereon, exclaimed
St. Paul's Church, always thought il be-
longed to Nat. Fosdiek and Eben Mayo"
Your "A. D." may be Anno DomiRt, or it
may be Anthony Davenport whom rarely
ever saw but recollect a young man Of that
name coming from Newbufpor. with Mr..
Henry Pearson, matchmaker, Jones Rowe,
neither Of whom have thought OF for more
than thirty years. AS / said before there
may be some inaccuracies, since l trust to
memory entirely as. all my notes and memo
randa mlt e the time are deposited with a
friend in L.ieseq. Mass. J. II.