The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-01-25
The For ty- Miners.
ONE OF THEM RETURNS. AFTER MANY YEARS.
MAINE MAN WHO WFN1-ANp STAYED.

ONE OF THEM RETURNS. AFTER MANY YEARS.
A MAINE MAN WHO WEN1-ANp STAYED.
Levi Farn>worth. of Jone>boro. who left
Machas November 1, 1919, in the brig Agate,
for the Pacific coast. arrived home January 9.
after an absence Of 33 wears. He stopped At the
home Of his son. Mr. j. F.. Farnsworih, where
his wife and children assembled in less than
two hours after his arrival. only one daughter,
Mrs. Mary A.. wife of Jason c. Dri>ko. absent
on account OF sickness. There Were twenty
friends At tea: his wife, children, part Of his
grandchildren, Mrs. II. G. Hall. a sister Of Mrs.
FamSworih, and they had Il very pleasant meet
ms. The Old gentleman said. This is the hap
pic>t hour Of my lifc.
Mr. FamSworth is well known in Vancouver.
Washington Territory .aliishurg and many other
towns OH the Pacific coast and i, respected
wherever known. lie has held many promi-
nent positions in Vancouver: has been mayor
Of the city; also sheriff several wears. He was
elected several times member of the Territorial
Legislature. He is - years Of age. The Journey
home was about 5000 miles, vet he was but lii
tie faigued and is looking Younger and i,
smarter than his friends expected. Old towns
men and the Young gave him a cordial welcome
70 lis native heath, where they unite in wishing
him yet many peaceful days.
v hen Mr FaTnsW0rth left home ne parted
with wife and six children. On his return all
Were aliYe to greet him but one daughter who
died about twenty Years ago.
The brig Agate was built at Machiasport BY
OTIS Woodruff in 1S4e. When She sailed from
Machias Il large crowd assembled to see her OH
Thomas Johnson, of Eastport, was master
Albert Pllsbury owned half Z; Otis W oOdrutI the
builder an eighth: John Mareen Of Whitney
vile. Martha Bcknell. of Machias. Heirs Of
jeremiah Bradbury of Calais an eighth each.
The brig was loaded with framed timber. brick,
shingles and other material for houses in Cali
forna, sent for market
The vessel had Il long and tedious passage.
She put into 4 South American port for repairs.
On arrival at San Francisco the market was
found dul crew left and no one seemed to care
ahout vessel or cargo. After several weeks
delay the Agate was run mp to Sacramento and
there left TO dry up" and 60 in pieces on the
beach. Remnants of the timbers and portions
OF the cargo are to be seen this day near the
railroad. The venture SO far as the cargo was
concerned, and vessel too, was il failure So
much timber and building material had preced-
ed the Agate from the Eastern States that there
was no demand, and nc sale. The Agate was
1874 1886 tons.
Among the passengers in the Agate We're DR..
Bucknell and family; Charles. son Of Fri Long
fellow Jacob. son Of Daniel Longfellew Hen
~ son of John Stewart; Levi Mcdonald;
William Morey and his son Napoleon; aer
William Smith of Machias: John Knox and
sabine Howlen of Whitneyville; Turner and
Nathan, sons of Deacon Turner Smith at
Mortified; William Lyon; John, son of Mar
shall Getchell, and Warren, son of Simeon
Getchell of Marshteld: Albion and Charles,
sons of Captain Samuel Watts of JOnesboro;
Levi b. and Wallace Thaxter; Whidden Long
fellow, Leonard Kingsley. Albert Scribner;
George McQuian, Arson and Nelson Wiswell,
West Foster, the last four Of East Machias:
Nickels. son of William Howay of Machas-
port. Some of the passengers returned, others
died and a few remained on the Pacific coast.
Machias Union.
The writer well remembers the building,
launching and departure of the Agate for Cali
fornia. She was built under the personal SUI
pervisien of her principal owner and in mate
rial, finish and model was remarkable craft
for her day. In fact she was fitted out more
like yacht than a merchant vessel, and this
was the source of much criticism. 1t was in
tended when she had landed her passengers at
San Francisco to put her into the fruit trade.
i'll which, as she was a very fast sailer She
would have done well. If memory serves
right one day on the outward voyage while all
hands were dancing on deck the Agate was
struck by "a sudden squal, and dismasted, and
put into Valparaiso, where the repairs cost
about as much as the vessels original cost