The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-03-03

hHeN just WHO IHdCit llliI ullSoulN racket,
L d take the starch out of him. but he
never found out. b. LoCkHEAD.
Cape Rozier and its People.
Where under the sun does Nh. Porter To-
cate Cape Rozier? Does he think it is in
the centre of Africa, peopled by a race of
natural curiosities? We think he is more
Insulting then was Mrs Wright in her
brrlesqup The idea that we are such ig-
noramuses that we do not know our own
Mr.. Porter that Rozier is not at the North
Pole, but is in the southern part Of Brooks
vile, and is separated from Mrs. Wright's
early home by no more formidable obsta-
Gle than the Bagaduce river. My dear Sir,
we all know of David A. WATSON, and re-
spect his money, while we deeply regret
his early death. Neither is the family of
Mrs Wright unknown to us, having seen
her childhood home many times. Why
she chose to remain among such dollards
as she says she found at the Cape. and en-
dure their unsghtly surroundings, we: do
not know In an hour time she could
have been in Castine. and amidst the
Porter SO hotly espouse her cause when
we are justly indignant that a whole com
munity is made the subject of ridicule
because of the mental deformities of some
of the town poor. 1t would appear that
Mrs. Wright has forgotten some of the
sayings of her Industrious brother. Noah
Brooks, in "A Noble Life. - one Of which
we think would be good '-motto'' to
carry in every heart: BE courageous for
the right and friend to the weak and
those who have no helper
Some Of the subjects Of Mrs. Wriyht's
travesty We're not born at the Cape. while
Others are respected citizens: and others
seem to have sprung into existence from
out her own fertile brain. If she had 4
hankering after fame she might have
found good and sufficient material in Gas
tine for ''Pen Picture as did her bro
ther-or. in fact in any city, town, or vii
lage she may have been
We certainly are sorely grieved that a
gentleman claiming as his home the Pine
Tree State should announce publicly that
there is on the coast of Maine a place, less
than a mile from Castine, whose inhab-
itants are in the lowest depths Of igllor-
anoe For shame. You know better.
We think we can boast of as good old
Saxon blood as any in New England. Mr..
Porter may have many times and often
stood shoulder to shoulder with a Ro shu-
ayan. Many of them have homes in
and It's suburban cities AS a rule Nher-
ever they are found we think he will find
them noted for their thrift and industry
He may have listened to the divine teach
ings Of Rev. Dr. Brakeman Of Chelsea who
was born at Rozier and is her most illus
trious son. Capt. W. Blake is often in
the genial captain call. He will find him
a courteous, we'll informed gentleman.
speaking the English language with an ex-
actness that will help substantiate the
truth of Mrs. Wright lecture over which
he is so enthusiastic
We know that we voice the sentiments of
all at Rozier when we say that the words OF
Mrs. Helen n Pack ard, written in our de-
fence, went to every heart. 1t she should
ever come to Rozier most gladly would
we extend to her the hospitality of a sol
der home.
Rozier is the grandest cape in New Eng
land. We love every inch of her rock
bound coast
When the sun is just hiding his face be-
hind Camden hills, and sending his last
rays glittering and glimmering across the
Penobscot bay, with Long Island for a
back ground. we are filled with love and
reverence to the Giver of so grand a scene.