Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-03-02
NO. 80.
miscellaneous.
ANCIENT PEMAQulD.
CONTINUED from Yesterday. }

lie "langulShed in severe pain. which
he endured with tortitude. until Septcm-
her 26. when he died with Christian calm
ness and resignation" And this honora-
BILE youth was only Is. The stone was
erected by the Young men OF Portland LAS
a testimony of their respect tor his valor
and virtues.n All these graves, friends
and foe alike, were decorated with wreaths
and flags.
This DEPRESSION l could hardly help.
Still again in 1914 the frigate maidstone"
anchored off Pemaquid and sent 275 men
in boats 10 destroy the place. But they
were received with such fire and repulsed
with such loss thatt captain was peremp-
torily dismissed from the service Al
though the war ship ''Bulwark "a" and
other foes visited the coast. they did not
dare an attack, for the militia men had
grown cautious and alert. But what
should have caused the utter dissolution at
last Nothing now remains but "a mourn
ful memory of the days gone by"
We stranded our boat upon the slippery
rocks before goingu to Capt. Partrdge's,
and stood there striving to revivifv the
surroundings with its old. simple faith
and fears. its ambitions fortunes. struggles
and terrors. But before the glistening
sea and blue horizon. and in the comfort
and peace OF nature. helpful and hopeful,
safe and satisfied, how could we re-create
or make evident the gloomy good" DAYS?
When Capt Partridge bought this fort
farm. comprising nearly l22 acres. not a
house was here but the old gubenatorial
mansion. $50 years old. Since then few
captains have built themselves houses and
porgy-oil factory was once active. now
boiling up mackercl for fertilizers The
great hand hewn beams are planked and
nailed with iron spikes. made on the
island probably, rs eight blacksmith
iorges have been unearthed, two being
discovered near the shore. where the
porgv factory was built, with skeleton,
probably the blacksmith. thus show
ing that some such enterprise
was successful. The clapboards and
shingles are also hand-hcwn. the nails
handmade, and the doors put on with III.
l.. hinges Uaking their name from their
shape.) 1t took cord of wood in Bos-
ton to buy three of these hinges. The
four upper rooms were Widowed with -
lights in by 6 eases. and the four lower
rooms had II lights in by 10 eases.
Where Governor Phipps had his garden.
"A croquet- ground now holds possession
The streets are buried eight inches below
the grassy soil but Mr.. Partridge has
tracked them all with the plow. finding
them closely paved with cobble- stones,
which as relics are much priced bv visitors
One street has been followed from the fort
to the wharf. of which "A few old tmbers
remain embedded. which we saw at low
tide; another from the bastion TO the
graveyard and the third runs between the
buried cellar walls of the block houses.
where the old fireplaces can be easily ex-
posed. We counted many sunked walls.
readily tracing the length, and in one case
finding three small cellars together. A
man lives in the neighborhood who has
counted 800 cellars. We went around the
old embankment and the magazines, one
of which still remains. though filled in
with debris Within the fallen walss an
immense boulder, which was once outside.
and behind it the Indians crouched and
thus gained the fort II has
stood the brunt of hundreds of bullets
and arrows. Examination shows that
the parade ground was paved. The owner
of this buried city has plowed up many
cannon balls. old coin and other relics
Several years ago he accidentally picked
into the grave of an aborigine. The legs
of the skeleton had been folded across.
the body covered with clam shells, and
over all large flat stone was laid. About
seven years ago, an investigating Boston
lady found peculiar brick which led to
the discovery Of well at the shore end
of the fort. Ii was circular in form. & -
feet in diameter, feet deep, with dome
shape top and founded npon solid rock
The large square brick were laid in blue
clay, and were evidently brought from
Holland, probably by the Dutch immi-
grants. The author of the "Ancient Do
mains Of Maine" calls it place of storage
for food and valuables in time of siege
Half mile aoove, where the little
Pemaquid river broadens into the little bay
Pemaquid means winding river'') are
the vestages of another fort and cellars.
Of which history tells absolutely nothing
We think it the site of the little tort built
in 1880 to protect the log hamlet which
''Dixbv Bull plundered, and which was
located there. A paved street has been
uBearihed and portions of an old tannery
with pieces Of ancient leather. Here an
other singular well was discovered. Jug
| form, built OF rock and covered with Il
large. fiat stone.
We wandered to the old cemetery, with
fragments of the old ballad moaning in
| our ears -
"H.re, where they lived. all holy thoughts revive.
Of patient striving and of faith held fast;
Here, where they died their hurried records live
| silent they speak from out the sacred past"
This is full Of sunken spots and strange
| historical names. On an old footstonc we
traced the initials III, NJ. 1896" .sOld
Pastor Mclean who preached at Bristol
as far back az l772. declared the grave
that of a French admral's wife, and DIR.
Jackson, the eminent geologist, when TAX
ing geographical survey Of the Maine
coast, opened the grave and examined the
bones. which were Of Young woman of
full strength. Some years ago the head
stone was taken away. and the lead which
marked the name was moulded into bull
lets by an INSCRIPTIONS sportsman for use
at shooting match. Another Old stone,
| figurative with heart, rose and anchor
| shaped leaves. marks the grave of '.Mor-
gan McCaffrey,' who died Jan. goth,
1868, aged 50 years. The epitaph reads !:
Behold my dad is gone,
| And leaves hear to mourn.
/ But hope In Christ haze