Daily Kennebec journal., 1870-08-15

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One family permanently resides here, cult
waiting the land, but drawing their principal
resources from the ocean. Through the
storms and blasts OF winter,
-'when the roar
Of ocean on its wintry Shore"
but awful aspect, the little family gather
around the blazing hearthstone to repeat the
often told tales of ocean life. Some fisher
mems huts are occupied during the fishing
season by those who have nets and seincs to
attend to near by. They live in n simple and
primitive style, without ostentation or display
--feastng on the fat of the land and the sea-
utterly ignorant of wolnan's rights or wrongs,
as they dispense altogether with that useful
household article and cook their food to suit
themselves. They always know when dinner
is ready.
Damris Cove Island has an historical inter-
est that connects it with the operations of the
early voyagers on our coast. The fact is pre-
served in the minds of the present generation,
handed down from father to son through three
centuries, that over three hundred years ago
the pirate. Robert Kidd who ''sailed with a
Bible in his hand in his hand" but who was
extremely forgctful of the precepts of that
book, hauled his vessel up into the cove for
the purpose of cleaning her bottom, and that
for three days he had chain stretched across
the mouth of the cove to prevent the entrance
of an enemy in case his presence here should
be known. His men ranged at will over the
island. and it is thought that some of the i'm
! mense treasures of the wicked navigator are
buried here. Foolish people have been found
| who have spent their time in digging for pots
of money when they might have been more
proftably employed in digging clans. saw
inscriptions upon rock which were undoubt
edly placed there by Kidds men or himself
century ago the inscriptions were quite
legible and could easily be deciphered, bu
served. Some of the characters stand ou
plainly, even now. Two capital DID are tt
be observed cut in the stone side by side. l
requires but little stretch of the imagination
to complete the word by prctixmg the tive
letters KI. On one portion of the island is
large salt water pond of great depth. Super
stilious fishermen would have you believe
that the pond suddenly appeared in the nigh
time, that it has outlet or inlet, but that it
waters are supplied from the seething lake
below where devils dwell and dance. Blu
the rejecting mind will hardly credit tn
story.
party of fourteen ladies and gentleme
made an excursion the other day to the an
cisnt city of jamestown, or 'Pemaquid,
which is also place invested with great his
toricai interest an interest which has invite
the thorough investigation of the Maine His
torical Society. History is quite silent in re
gard to the early settlement of the place, bu
it is believed to be among the first of tn
English settlements on the coast of New Eng
land The fact is established that this regio
was visited by voyagers at the beginning Q
the l7th century. We have accounts of larg
fleets of vessels lying in the beautiful harbor
and at one time the town was probably tn
metropolis of the coast. The old fort whic
long since crumbled to ruin, was first erecte
in 1890. 1t was rebuilt several times. TIL
houses, of wood and stone, were built in sub
stantial old English style. The streets wer
compactly paved with stone, some of whic
can now be seen, as well as cellar walls whic
are standing This place has been the thea
tire of many hard fought Indian battles.
the present time it forms part of the town G
Bristol. The destruction which has so ofte
visited it has not sighted even the old grave
yard, hut Time has been the destroyer here
There are some quaint and curious inscriI
tions on the crumbling tombstones. One ca
hardly believe that person in tears coul
conceive of anything so ridiculous as the fO
lowing, which is inscribed on one of tn
stones in the yard
MIR. MORGAN Nc CAEFIEY,
who died July 20, l7Gs, aged 81 years.
Behold my dad is gone,
And leaves me here to mourn,
Bat hope in Christ have
That he and will save.
stone is erected ''to the memory of Dea
James Boyd, who was killed by the fall of
tree April 10, l767." The Oldest stone or tai
let in the yard bears the inscription, ''H. Nj
: 1895"
Our cxcursionists were greatly please
with the elegant residence, now used as