The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-07-31
On stone to the memory of Thomas Jack
son, who died in 1894, we read:

On stone to the memory of Thomas Jack
son, who died in 1894, we read:
The SPIDERS most attenuated thread
Is cord, is cable, to mans tender tie.
Many stones were found bearing the names
of prominent Maine families, among them the
monument erected by the late Stephen Gale of
Portland in memory of the sixty persons who
persisted Oh the wreck of the brig Gen. Arnold,
commanded by Capt. Magee, which went
ashore on ''White Flat" Plymouth Harbor,
many years ago. The monument is a marble
shaft about nine feet high and appropriately
inscribed to perpetuate the sad event and the
names of the poor sufferers. In this burial
place are also shown the sites of the watch
tower and fort. From Burial Hill the party
proceeded to the Court House, one of the finest
buildings of this kind in the State, where
among other ancient documents may be seen
the Patent of the Old Colony, granted in 1929,
and the great seal which was attached to it :;
the establishment of jury trial in 1923; laying
out of the first street, book once owned by
Gov Bradford, with numerous notes in bis
handwriting appended; and many other rec
ords and writings of interest. This concluded
the sightseeing for the morning, and after an
excellent dinner at the Samoset two barges
were chartered for a drive to Captains Hill,
DuXbury, to view the uncompleted Standish
monument. This structure is now about one
hundred feet high and as the top is only ac-
cessible by ladders the ladies of the party de-
cided to remain on terra trma. 1t Is said that
a gentleman from Paris (Me.) knocked at the
door of IA house in the neighborhood and en-
quired if Myles Standish was at home, but this
report is no doubt campaign lie started by an
Independent. After supper visit was made
TO the National Pilgrim Monument, which
stands on an eminence back of the town. 1t
had Il special interest for our Maine people, as
the base of the monument was furnished by
the Bodwe Granite Co., of Rockland, and the
statue Of Faith by the Hallowell Granite Co.
The monument is incomplete, and the original
design has been cut down because Of the large
expense that would nave attended carrying 1t
-out. The total height of the monument is 81
feet, and the statue of Faith which surmounts
ii is said to be the largest and finest piece of
granite statuary in the world. The height of
the statue is So feet. The outstretched arm
measures, from shoulder to the elbow, ten
feet. one and half inches; from elbow to tip
of finger, nine feet, nine inches; total length of
arm nineteen feet, ten and one-half inches.
The head measures around at the forehead
thirteen feet, seven inches. The points of the
star in the wreath around the head are Just one
foot across. The arm, ust below the short
sleeve, measures six feet, ten inches around
below the elbow, six feet, two inches. The
wrist is four feet around. The length of the
finger pointing upwards is two feet, one inch
and is one foot. eight and one-half inches
around. The thumb measures one foot, eight
and one-half inches around The crcumfer-
ence of the neck is nine feet. two inches, and
the nose is one foot. four inches long. From
centre to centre of the eyes is one foot, six
inches. The figure is two hundred and sixteen
times life Size, weighs $50 tons, and cost $40
600. 1t is constructed of fourteen blocks OF
granite. On the buttresses of the monument
are to be placed sitting figures representing
Morality, Law, Education and Freedom, each
comprising the cubic contents of sixty-four life
'i|N VI
the latter a very fine figure with noble face
have been put in position, as also alto re-
lievos of the Embarkation and Signing of the
Compact, beautifully executed in marble and
protected from the weather by plate glass. The
remaining panels will be filed by similar
work. The grounds around the monument are
about nine acres and when completed according
Ia 10, I'M
very fine from this point. Before retracing
their steps to the hotel the party gathered TO-
gether on the brow of the hill and sung with
good taste and feeling My Country tits OF
thee The evening was spent in the spacious
and elegant parlors of the Samoset House with
music and merriment; and so ended the day
with the Pilgrims.
Although the visitor to historic points in
Plymouth would not suspect it, the place does
not live on tradition, but is actively engaged in
manufactures, the annual production of which
amounts to nearly $4,000000. OF this 81 800
| 600 is produced in tordage, duck and wooden
cloth, alone Most of the factories are situated
on a stream south of the town. They include
zinc and copper rolling mills, cotton and wool
en- mills. nail and tack factories, etc. Some
thing is also done in the fisheries, and we were
told that few vessels are fitted out for the
| whale fishery, once an important industry here
as in other Massachusetts towns. The Ole
Colony Memorial. the leading newspaper OF
this section, has a well-appointed printing es
tablishment, which does Il large business. The
presses are run by a wafer motor. Mr.. Avery
one of the proprietors, is practical printer
having served life apprenticeship to the bust
ness and he gives his personal attention to thi,
branch while Mr.. Doton is equally well equip
ped for the editors chair, and the joint product
of their labors is one of the best weekly paper,
| in Massachusetts.