The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-05-27
From the Mouth Of the Mississippi.
PORT EADS. a.. Nav Is. 1886.

PORT EADs, La, May Is, 1856.
To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL: Some
months ago | came into possession of frag-
ment of the Journal in rather peculiar man
ner. 1t reached me in the form of wrapper
containing important dispatches from Central
America brought hther in an English steam
ship. Having once been resident of Belfast
it excited my curiosity. The fragment was of
triangular shape with date entirely gone. The
names in the marriage and death notices We're
50 mutilated as to prevent knowledge with
whom to rejoice or whom to condoIe.
An item in the local column contained the
words "Cucumber Season, raised III. NJ
These three words and the capital letters ii.
n. puzzled me. 1t was evident even if the
cucumber season did raise III. n, the journal
would hardly mention so small a matter. !
transposed the words, arranged them in line,
put them in circle, shook them up in my hat,
all to no purpose About giving up the matter
the happy thought occurred to me that the in
itals III. y. were not unfamiliar. Nothing
like getting the key to a puzzle | am now
prepared to bet the last and only button on an
Old Confederate uniform in my possession the
sentence was intended to read thus: 'First
cucumber this season was raised by ii. n.
Lancaster. Nothing to my mind can preclude
| this solution of the matter except the fact that
i'll my time ii. y. raised fast horses and high
toned buggics and had no cucumber patch.
A perusaI of the advertising columns as por-
trayed in the fragment fairly shocked NE.
forbear to give more than one sample. The
/
| tcr> "Terrible Ladies' III. A. Starrctt &
Co. Just received 800 Ladies from the Manu-
facturers. less actual cost" | am positive the
journal never intended such matter as this to
reach Central America.
| If this advertisement pertains in any way to
my Old friend Capt. Henry A. Starrctt VINO in
/ former years was more familiar with >pankcr
boom or double topSail yard than yard stick,
| hope and trust and pray he may live to cor
rect it. The Central Americans We're christian-
lied b. c. $50 and wont stand nonsense. Vide
Goodrich's Geography, blank page next to the
cover. | have sympathy with the dry goods
trade. Was knight of the yard stick thirty
wears ago in an establishment on High st. in
your city. In those days the price of calico
make our patrons especially happy and to
harraS> our opponents we cut of to special
friends nine wards for one dollar and threw in
hooks and eyes and thread. Every one appear
ed grateful for this generous measure NV
good looking contemporary in the business Mr.
Tho>. W. Pitcher, frequently beat me ont of
the patronage of some Of the pretty girls of
that period. As Tom was my especial chllm it
was 10 doubt due to an over burst of confidence
on my part about the nine wards business hooks
and eyes. thread Ne
The intent and purpose of this letter was to
enclose subscription for the journal and not
dilate on stray waf of that paper.
In closing it affords me pleasure to mention
was subscriber during the cditorship Of Mr.
Geo. Moore and later by Mr.. W. II. simpson.
Lost sight Of the paper during the war but have
received files Of it occasionally Via. IIayrc.
France from my friend Capt. j. =. Sweet>cr of
>earSport, commanding the Bark John Watt
As he passed out of the .Jcttics a few DAYS
since bound to IIavre he held up Il package
quite familiar 10 my eyes. Going alongside the
Bark and bidding him farewell was soon in
possession of old but always reliable and wei
come information from city and associations
| have never ceased to remember