The Republican journal., 1874-06-11
ANNALS 0F BELFAST FaD HALF A CENTURY
By AN OLD SETTLER
CHAPTER w lS10-1A

| f1use caine mere tG reside IN 1862 or >; lie
was by trade a house-carpenter. Soon
after coming here he was appointed a
deputy under Thomas Phillips. Esq.
Sheriff OF the county and it is rs deputy
sheriff and landlord for many Years OF the
public house at the intersection OF Main
and High streets-long known Is the
"Huse Tavern that he is especially re-
menbered. He was 4 man of command
inc presence. of rather brusl manner. OF
quick wit, and general tavorite. MANY
amusing anecdotes might be told OF him J;
few must suffice.
Shortly after his appointment as a deputy
sheriff writ was placed in his hands with
orders to attach property Of debtor re-
siding in Greene Plantation who was as
destitute Of legally attachable property as
a Nova Scotia crow. 1t was hard ride in
those days from the Beach to the residence
of the debtor. On arriving there H. in
formed him what his orders were. Now.
said he. ''turn out Your property. But
| haven't got any" said the debtor How
in - then was the reply, "can i serve
the writ? ?" Don't YOU see what the orders
are, ATTACH property? If can't attach
property | can't serve the writ Haven't
You got some oats? ''Well-ves-@ said
the debtor, I've got few bushels,
VERY WELL" replied II. - | would Just
as soon have oats as money for my tees ;
put a bagtull on my horse and I'll serve
the writ The proposition seemed fair
enough; the bag was filled, put on the
horses back and the writ served The in
habitants of 'Greene Plantation have
learned good deal since then; they know
better now than to pay an officer in ad-
vance for serving writ on them. Land
lord. said a pert. pompouS Young man,
with his boots we'll BACKED and his hair
'pomatuned.0 as he drove up to the door
of the Husc Tavern, If you've got any
thing decent give my horse batting; |
| haven't seen q thing fit for horse to eat
since | left Boston '.Pcrkins" said II
calling to his son, ''lerkins take this
gentleman's horse round to the stable and
| give him a pint OF bcech-nutS and as many
seed coWcumbers as he will eat; we don't
give nice feed like that to common peo-
| pies horses. Sir. \ long, lank customer
from the interior sold him a quarter of
lamb one day; price fifty cents remark
ing rs an inducement to the trade that he
would dine at the house. When the din
ner-bell rang he was on hand in advance
OF the regular boarderS, and by the time
they arrived he had pretty eflectually
cleared one end of the table. Having
finished his dinner he went to the office
bar-room it was then-and handed a dol
lar to H. with the remark that he wanted
to pay for his dinner II. quietly put the
dollar in his pocket and went about his
business. II guess, Mr. Ilusc'. said the
guest, after waiting for awhile. you've
forgot TO give me my change What
changc?" asked Huse. "Why gave YOU
dollar was the reply; You only charge
Il man twenty-five cents for 4 dinner, do
you ?" No, said H. that's all twenty
cents for man-dollar for n hog"
The funeral services OF Mr. llusc were
| at the new meeting house on Sunday,
the day after his dccease The sermon on
the occasion was preached by Rev. Silas
Warren, of Jackson; the choir sang that
we'll known hymn by Dr. Watts, so full
of comfort and consolation 10 surviving
friends, commencing with.
'.Hark from the tombs 4 doleful sound.
The remains of the deceased were fol
lowed to the grave by the Brethren of
Belfast Lodge Of which he was member,
and by large concoursc of people from
this and neighboring towns,
In the fall OF this wear an event occur
red which may be remembered by many
now living, certainly by one OF our oldest
inhabitants, himself the sole survivor of
twenty one passengers who left this place
for Boston on board the schooner Superb,
Mcfarland master, on the 9th Of Novem-
| ber Most Of those passengers belonged
here and We're heads of families The
| schooner was moi heard from tor seven
| dave. tho ilinS ,f In
ones were in q state Of great anxiety and
the sympathies Of their tcllow-tovr'''',,'e OF
Of 1f her arrival in Provincetowni.. she hod
| been blown off, compelled to lay to for five
days, lost her deckload and boats, and on
| the tenth day after leaving here succeeded
in getting into Provincctown, the nearest
port she could make. For five DAYS they
We're without water except It small guam
| tity Of rain they We're fortunate enough to
catch, and for the larger part Of the time
without food. When they reached Prov
| ncetoWn many of the passengers We're so
exhausted that they could not walk from
the landing to the nearest house Their
tongues were badly swollen and their vital
energy so reduced that they were MOI per
mitted to take any nourishment for some
days. except of the simplest and most
easily digestible kind. 1t was a narrow
escape they had from actual starvation
aside from the perils of the sea Great
was the Joy of their friends and neighbors
when news came OF their safety The sole
survivor above referred to is our venera-
Bile friend and fellow citizen MIR William
luimby
During the winter ri lS2O-l the weather
up to the early part Of February was ex-
cesslvely severe at one time the Bay was
frozen entirely across to Castine; which
afforded occasion at the time for the very
sage remark that ''had such severe frost
happened while the enemy was in posses
sion of Castine during the late war. great
facilities would have been afforded for his
dlslodgemert from that maritime strong
hold of the State" for dislod@ement"
substitute 'smuggling" and the remark
quoted would be a sensible one; one
which, probably, would have been practi-
cally illustrated.
This year, 1921, Belfast had her first
notable experience in the matter of con-
tlagration it was quite matter for the
day but was the merest "sprinkling' com
pared with the ''baptsm Of fire" through
winch she has since then passed. On the
night OF January ID Il fire broke ont in Il
large two story wooden building situated
on Main street where the stores now occll-
pied by Mesrs. Albert c. Burgess and
Blodgett and Co stand; the first story
was occupied by l.add and Morrill,, traders,
and two Of the chambers by Rufus Il.
Allyne, Esq. Attorney at Law, and Syl-
vanus Gallison, tailor; this building and
q dwelling house adjoining, were entirely
consumed. A wooden building standing
four feet easterly from the one in which
the fire began was saved by suspending
sails from the roof ana keeping them
drenched with water carried up on ladders,
IN pals. The Gazette Of the 4th in Civ
ing an account Of the event attributed the
limited extent Of the contlagraton to the
exemplary alacrity with which the citi
zens assembled' and TO the fact that the
town pump was in good order, The
town pump was on the wcstwardly side
of High street in front of the building