The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-08-07
ALL SECOND COUSINS.

Then the family nomenclature of the island is
quite a. singular, and always CAUSES remark by
visitors who make prOtracted Stay. Les, than
Il dozen names are included in the list Of the
original settlers, and nearly half of them are no
longer heard on The island. Others came after
ward from the main land, and sWcled The
number of early family names TO perhaps fiji
teen. Their descendants multiplied 10 such an
extent that double Christian names were It
matter OF necessity to avoid confusion, and in
many cases 1t is found necessary i'll speaking of
person to include every appelluton lest he BE-
Confounded with another who shares in Dart
the same name. Thus we hear of Charles
Frederick Coffin and George WcndaI Macy to
distinguish them from some other Charles
Coffin or George Macy. aud the words ''iunior'
and second" and third" and even fourth
must sometimes be added t. the surname to
assure identity. Still others, who have no
middle name, are sometimes Identified by the
locality of their residence. One Joseph Fisher
was known as ''Madequet joe" and Charles
Colin was called "Pocomo Charles" that they
might not be confounded with others These
original families have married and intermarred
until nearly every man, woman and child de
>cended from the early settlers is related to
every other and it may we'll be believed that
kin>hip here is Il good deal mixed That Yeri-
table ancient mariner, Captain William Baxter,
now in his eighteth year, il the recognized
oracle in matters of geneaiogy and family
relationships on the island: and ne il is who is
my authority for the statement that there are
men on the island who can be shown to be their
own great uncles! He says he knows of child
rem who are the second cousins of their own
mothers Furthermore, he has pointed out to
me more than one man who Wls both Il broth
er-in-aW and grand nephew Of his third cousin
And to cap the climax, he said that he once
called lit a house al which a tea party was under
full headway. and Of eight ladies present i've
We're both first and second cousins and sisters
in-law of one another; and yet to this day the
mind of not one of them had been so far affect
ed in the successful effort to trace out the
sinuosities of the relationships that it has been
found necessary to send her to a unatic asylum.
And the Captain told me that if doubted the
story he could show me the cover of the identi-
cal teapot in which the inspiring beverage was
drawn on the memorable afternoon. With Il
demonstration so convincing need not say that
| "tumbled to the racket
DOING THE TOWN OF NANTUCKET.
Our George and the writer preferred stroll
through the town to ride on the narrow glage
and soon found Il resting place on the Bluff Just
beyond the picturesque residence and studio of
Eastman johnson. Below US We're cranberry
fields. and beyond them sandy beach frequent
ed by batherS. Along the face of the Bluff.
which is merely bank of sand some forty feet
above the marsh, are summer cottages, and the
one most remote from the village is where
Charles O'Conor died. 1t is a large many-gab-
led building, and is the most costly residence on
the island. Adjoining it is a one-Story brick
building which contains the valuable library Of
this eminent jurist. The residence is occupied
by a relative of the deceased We had good
dinner at the Springfield House, where we were
fortunate in meeting two Maine men, natives of
Washington county, Messrs. +. A. &. NJ. b.
Leighton, who are carrying on large and
successful business as contractors and builders
at Nantucket and Cottage City. We learned
from others that the Leightons are to be credit
ed with the best work done on either of the
islands, and we certainly found them very
courteous and well informed gentlemen. After
dinner they drove us to all the points of inter-
est and did much to give Us pleasant impress
ions of our brief stay in Nantucket. Among
other places visited was the new hotel, The
Nantucket on Brant Point, at the entrance Of
the harbor. The building has an ocean front
age of 2G0 feet, and the view from the platform
| on the roof of the main building is superb The
grand paror on the second floor is a magnt-
cent room. The floor is of birch on which are
laid costly rugs, the ceiling is of California red
wood between the beams, and the walls are
tinted sage green. The sleeping rooms are
small, a common fault with summer hotels.
But to tell all that we saw would extend this
account, already too long, to inordilate length,
and much as we would like to record further
impressions of this delightful trip and to do full
justice to those who contributed to Its pleas
| ures, we must bring these notes TO a close. On
Saturday the party took the boat ut Oak Bluffs
for Woods Holl, and proceeded thence over the
Old Colony railroad to Boston. Here ended
the 2lst annual excursion Of the Maine Press
Association. 1t only remains to be added that
at IA meeting he'd Thursday evening at the Sea
View the members of the Association extended
"a vote of thanks to the Maine Central and East
ern Railroads, through PaySon Tucker, Gener
al Manager; Old Colony Railroad, through j.
X. Kendrick, General Manager; Samoset
House, Plymouth, d. II. Maynard proprietor,
and Sea View House, Cottage City, III. NJ.
Brownel, proprietor; the Plymouth Society of
Plymouth, through Arthur Lord, Esq, local
committee; and Messrs. Avery, Doten and
Andrews, of the local press of Plymouth. Es-
pecial thanks were rendered DR.. VIM. T.. Lap
ham of Augusta, chairman of the committee of
arrangements, for the perfectness of the ar
engagements, and the admirable manner in
which they were carried out, under his person
al supervision.