The Republican journal., 1882-09-07

YE LOCAL VISITS HIS NATIVE TOWN. PHENOME
NON IN NATURE FISHING AND OTHER INDUS

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week. the Local of the Journal could not resist the
temptation of paying flying visit to North Haven,
the home of his childhood. One may wander to
different parts of the globe, or settle in distant
lands, but the place where childhood's days are
passed is home. The poet Whittier gave expression
| to this sentiment when he wrote
| ''Thc hills are dearest which our childish feet
| Have climbed the earliest; and the streams most
sweet
| Are ever those at which our young lips drank,
stopped to their waters DER the grassy bank
| North Haven is one of the Fox Islands lying at
the mouth of Penobscot Bay, miles east of Rock
land. They called Fox Islands, we presume,
because there foxes there. The island is
| of the group of granite islands, of which Ninal-
! haven and Hurricane are the others. But unlike
the two latter not pound of granite is to be found
| at North Haven. Il queer phenomenon in nature
is observed at these islands, 1t is at point iii the
northern part of Vinalhaven where the granite and
black rock meet. line from this point extends in
an f. y. f. and W. s. w. course through the island
striking the main land to the east. All to the south
of this line is beautiful granite, while at the north
is worthless black rock. The two unite squarely
as the putting together of the hands. Before the
| development of the industry these granite hills
| We're considered worthless The writer of this,
| when boy, has wandered over Hurricane island,
| gun in hand, shooting the fowl which in the
solitude frequcnted the coves. At that time not an
nhabltant dwclt upon the island, and the few sheep
which were kept there found Il scanty subsistence
| among the rocks 1t is now the property of Gen.
| Tillson, of Rockland, supporting population Of
hundreds and is probably worth 3l,oo0,ooo
| Communication is had with North Haven from
the main land by sailing packets and steamers. But
the best route by far is from RocFand on the steam
er Mt. Desert which stops twice daily on her pas
| sage to and from Bar Iarbor The Mt. Desert is
the steamer recently purchased by the b. 4 b. :.
| Co.. and connects at iockland with the comp;ny's
Boston boats. She is fine craft, and like the state
| of Maine, is wholly Of Maine construction. The
| hull built at Bath in 1879, and the machinery
came from the Portland Machin Works. She is
| 457 tons, and will steam fourteen miles an hour.
| The run to North Haven is made in fiftyiye min
| utea.
The Sail across the bay Is delightful, Just sven
! enough to remind one Of what Old Neptune can do
| when he feels like it, Entering the Thoroughfare
| YOU leave the Drimkard and Fiddler two danger
Gus lodges, on the port hand, and Dogfish ledge
| and Browns Head lighthouse on the starb"ard
hand. Just inside these points you pass high,
| bold rock whose perpendicular sides rise out of
the water 1t is 50 bold that It vessel can haul
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shape, is called sugar Loaf some entcrpri9inr
ycndcr Of patent medicine has scaled its nights,
and the passenger who passes by is reminded that
| gifts S,lye" is an excellent remedy for cuts,
burns bruises, corns, bunons, Sc" Passing this
point you come into the harbor proper, which is the
finest the coast, giving shelter f. hundreds of
vessels at one time With the exception Of Port
land, believe, North Haven is the fishing
| mart i'm Maine The euttrDri5r has NpytlODpH
wonderfully in few years, until the neet now
| embraces some of the finest vessels that seek the
| tinny tribe Last year sj> vessels from Ibis place
| stocked average 5Io,o0o each. Up to the
| present time the fishing vessels hayr been even
more successful than last year Her, are ttyo large
fishing lrms-Lewi7 Mcdonald anl Freeman II.
Smith, where not only the Stand fishermen iii out,
but many others from different towns. Al one time
| the fishing vessels from the islands came t. Cam
| den and Belfast for their outfits, but now every
| thing is procured at home. The town is made Il
| port Of entry and has custom house officer Ne
| SON Mullin, Il subordinate Of the Belfast Custom
| House sail is purchased by the cargo ami taken
| out in bond.
| The N3rti Haven ncet Of fishing vessels an" the
| Bartir Pierce, Sea Foam, Willie Parkman. Alice
| {. Fox, Cori f. smith, Oasis, Roger NItiimis
| David Brown, Henry Nirkcrson Ehen Dale, Annie
|
Y. Thomas and Lottit 4. Hopkins OF the mackerc
| fleet, and the Nevada, Abby Morse, Golden Eagle,
htp'1 Ai'i' H'uhe' EIIHt i-l' i"t" 'l'' i-iiiAth
bankers ana Nhofe h-htfmti, lhe7e range IN 7l"e
| from twenty to one hundred tons hurthen. The
| mackerc catchers all use the seine, the fish are
| only captured in this way. The Bartie Pierce,
| Foam and Alice c. Fox, at this writing. have each
landed between li'J and 100 barrels OF Inackere
| Before the season closes 1t Is expected thcy Will
| Iand ,,yer opi n.rr.l. ,arh The fsh arr mostly
| =,
S"" DIT ]" rC'''h't
Another industry is the canning e-t:ihlis hulo al
| II Il avis = p,. IN p.,.,, r,1.,,,... ,,,,,.
| given to 4 large. number of small boat fishermen
| The factory is under The ch.lro, ot Mr. trthur
| Brown who cmplovs ai,o,t twenty -,iyc men ana
! twelve women Now that the lobster season has
closed the company is canning fresh narkerei Tha
business is splsnodir ii bein. all work or 10 " or
When large quantity of markrrcl i landed the
fish are first put on ice to keen them The .icNt