Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-12

fatal vovace weighed anchor from the front
 of his residence, passed out of our harbcr and was never heard of more- A terrloie
 storm swept the ocean a few days after she
 left, in which she doubtless foundersd.
 Greene said hs meant it should be his last
 voyage, and it wss. This was now aooot
 sixt7Aeisht years ago.
 The eccentric blooming horse-chestnut on
 this place described in the previous chapter
 was planted by William Greene when child,
 8 son of Captain Greene. He was sent to
 France to finish his education. He wcs re
 tsarkable fer his refined taste and musical
 skill, Rnd pefished with his father and
 cousin on ths fatal voyage The name of
 the vessel was '"The Grace,' so called from
 tho sister of William. Out of six children
 of Captain Greene only two descendants are
 now living, the Misses Amelia and Elizabeth
 Greene But for the planting of this tree 1t
 is n6t probable that the memory of William
 Greene wouIa hsve been revived. Moral:
 Those who want posthutnous fame should
 plant trees, and those who don't, but possess
 a more noble ambition, the desire to bless
 posterity, may do the same
 The cottage was built by Isaacs on the mod
 el of West India planters residence, and in
 the substantial and ornamental style of the
 old colonial times, Of which schd1ty was the
 great characteristic. Captain Greene made
 important additions to it, consisting of
 large dining room, battery, scullery, large
 and lesser pantry, and what was in those days, an foe house. The main building, in cluding tbe front porch, is sixty feet square,
 with 8 broad hsll through the center. Cap tain Greene, on returning from his long voy-
 ages, was in the habit of giving large dinner
 parties, which were occasions of great fes-
 tivity and nlerry-making.
 Until about 1880 there WAS 8 high bank of
 sand on the seashore in fro@s et the house,
 and tunnel at one period extended from the
 IL R11k rlI
 In 1903 the ship Francis Ann, ownRd by Eb-
 enezer Townsend, and commanded by Cap tain Amos Townsend Gather of our venera- ble citizen Amos Townsend, cashier), brought here and stored in the cellar of this mansion cargo of pepper from Polo Penang, one of the Spice islands, valued at $100, 900. Gap tain Daniel Greene was the commander of the Nepture on that famous voyage around 1 the world in the years 1797 '96 and '99, which was the most profitable voyage known in American maritime annals it yielding prof
 it of $26O, 900. Of this $100,0 GOO went to Ebenezer Townsend, it's owner, $50, coo to his son Ebenezer, supercargo, and the re- maining $50, GOO mostly to Captain Greene l It is the reading of the journal of this voy- age. kept by Ebenezer Townsend, supetcar- go, by Thomas E. Trowbridge, jr.. that has recently furnished three successive Monday evening entertainments to the members of our Historical society. The profits of this
 voyage msde him probably the most wealthy young man of tha State, He at the time was twenty-s years of age, and on kis re- | turn, although single he started ho1sekeep ! ing to derive therefrom the most happy so- l cial resalts. He installed his maiden sister, 1 two years younger thsn himself, as house. keeper, with his young brotheF Caleb Atwa- l ter Townsend as 8 permanent guest. This was in accordance with romantic fancy he had formed when in the land of the Celes- | tiGlG ft1is end ba br0upht from thence l hundreds Of pieces of china, among which were breakfast, dinner and tea sets, ornR- | mental vases and so on. These were marked l with their joint initials in monogram, IS. E. T.,' l. e., Sarah and Ebenezer TowRsend l Cheery and social, he for a time, es the say 1 ing is, "kept open house." giving first-class ! dinners with plenty of prime liquors, &C., | cording to the custom of that day, and one may be sure he was not wanting in friends numerous and appreciative. "Iake your | self sugar. the old adage has if, ''and the | flies will eat you up." In his case he was saved frctn the flies, coon taking unto him | self one nearer than 6 sister as the mistress of his homo and his heart. It was fate, for as some one has said, 'for man to marry is | about as inevitable as that he should Gie, and alike melancholy
 These details the writer of these chapters 1 had from the best authority, directly from tks lips of the sister Sarah herself. This was in later and gratefully remembered years, efter she also had entered into that
 same melancholy and deplorable state of matrimeny and had become his mother.
 Scne of that china still survives ''the
 wrack of matter and the crash of worlds" but sincerely lsmented and ever incurred
 was the untimsly taking of of famous punch-bowl, 8 memory of our yooth, beau tiful and caPacious that had done good | service at the festive board.