Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-07-29

One story opens on the Mediterranean
-ea. in an English sailing weasel. Ia the
early wears IL the lat century. The
vessel wa. skifting the B,rbiry coast
toN arl. the east and an ugly sini With
q thick mist during the day had prevent.
~ IT, obtaining the .cs room that was
az desirable. The Captain and hl. .on
a lad of ten yetr., aud a dorm sailor.
composed the crew ~ the little vessel.
- the sun went down behind tbem, aud
mist and dafknes. shut thcm In, With
the wini It'll driving toward the inh0.-
pliable coast, the night looked dark in-
deed
When the morning came down the
Mediterranean from jerusalem aud the
Holy Land. a wreck sirrNn coast told of
The destruction of the night. The poor
.allor. who had escaped the ses had been
mastered by the .iyagr., only the cap
taln's .on belng left to tell the sal tale
20 .hipwrrck aud death.
several year. dragged thrir weary
day. Into the past, when vessel VAS
discovered anchored OF q nsighboring
town. The slave boy, watching hi. OPP
poriunlty, escaped from hls captor.
ani va. welcomed on board. The heart.
~ the captain and crew warnedto~sr,is
him a. they listened a. hh .ad story.
Hat where could they CONCEAL him from
the search they knsE Sould u nader
Every possible corner aud hiding plac"
In the vessel va. examined. but Do place
seemed feasible. At last Il was suggest
81 that the water be- drawn from one Of
the water tanks, leaving enough to cover
~. faucet. that the head b. taken out,
the boy b. placed In IL, and th. bead
again returned to IT, place, leaving the
tanks to all appearance resembling each
Othsr a. before. n was done, space b.
Ing left at an unexpo.ei point for fresh
air tO find IL. way to the prisoner.
soon thereafter search Vas made ln
q most thorough manner for the little
fellow. Every part ~ the vessel wa.
examined. the tanks were sounded, the
faucet. tried, and a. water ran freely
frOm thsm, u was never once Thought
possible b. could be inside. lie alter
ward. DECLARED that when they wcrr eN-
amlning the tank that held him. hls heart
beat 80 loud be really feared they would
hear ", and s0 hni him.
In due time the little vessel having
accomplished the object Of her voyage,
.ille,l away from the plntical Barhary
coast. ard Out % the Great -ea, and Ne
hear no more ~ our little hero for many
years.
Tradition relate. but little more per
sonaily 81 him. lle found his Nay how
ever In time to America, to that part ~
Ma..arhu.stts nov called Maine. aud Ia
a settlement not Ear from the coast after
word. incorporated a. North Yarmouth.
Her. BE- Was living In early time. With
hi. wife. bat whom be- married, when
he came there, or when b. died. are all
unknown.
IIl. name Wa Hammond aud b. was
the founder Of the house Of Hammond
II Iiri. and other place..
lll. .on benjamin In due iime, married.
sarah tragic, and they .Oon travelled
further into the wilderness, aud came &"
the Bl0cklI0u.e Ia New Gloucester where
they made their home until log houso
coull be bullt on lIarri. llill. Into that
log house. Ia lIenajmin anil hls wife sarah
In duc time came seven children, four ot
whom we're among the early settler. ~
Pari.. These children wcfr born
between the year. l;CD aul liiJ. The
father BENJAMIN Vas famous lndlan
scout. aud a captain In the Continental
army. lIc died of typhoid fever lu.t
leforr the surrender Of Burggyne. III"
mother sarah continued Ia live on iIarri.
llill In New Gloucester where she died
At the good old age % ninety ani half
years.
lie va. the thirteenth .cttsler In New
GLOUCESTER. ~