Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-09-15
A Fishing Cruise

Since the argnuau;ic expedition from
the shores " Greece ~ the distant lard Of
"Colchi-" in sesrch Of the Golden Fleece,
tAlc> Of adventures upon the ga have in
,crc>,ed the world Such being ihs. case
IL Is tuty to give % The world at account
q he voyage lately inside f.om the shores
~ Frenctmau's Bay 10 search Of rccrea-
Iion and cod hsh The crew were not
Gnknnsu 10 fame II their several calling.
The captain had circGmnavigated the globe
more laAn once, and hAd spent years sail
In The seas u Australia snt the Pacific
the e1 captain hal clrcGmuavlgated The
Bay q Fonfs from boy uP, and made
uamoerless voyages 20 the foreign shores
Of New Brunswick amt Noya Scotia The
prime mover Of the expedition was youth
n about thirty summers. with faculty Of
doing more business ondonins more Of
fences, smoothing out more wrinkles OF
disappointment from tne human couute-
nsnce than any ons siBce the christian era
We had also TWO mere chants, s ship owner,
ani .ast, but not least, a veteran shin
builder, whose busy hand and brain for
more lhsn forty years, had added vessel.
% The feet Of which our state i Justly
proud The lay chosen for this notAbI.
TIP must have been male 70 order: the
SKY was Cloadle-s; a gentle breeze blew
from the west; The sea WAS ST lis smooth
est
Not Knowing when We might return
there were preparations for Shaving. For
refresumeni generous lunch was provid-
ed. also : tremendous demijohu OF water.
A. we sailed ont upon the bay ali the cares
we're lett behind. We haf thought every
want supplied. until wc found We had no
suitable person 10 count The nsh Asa.l
fishermen know 1t Ge.J- a vivid insignia
u0d and mind not limited oy fAc.s. 10
give the proper lone - ti>uing trip: r4th-
er thsn disappo!nt the party upon 90, II
The most essential points II the - lie
TIP. your correspondent volunteered TO
count the ash IN due anu ancient form.
Ani was scuIew hsi surprised t. and how
high his abilities . AZ accountant were
rated BY thr crew. Thrn We whiled away
The time With tale aui song And there was
some elegant siug Nc aud would hav- b-vn
mere hut some II the best singer, djl no,
have their voices with them Then we
sailed snd We sailed. We passed the
frpwhing Porvupine- the shores II far
fSm,d Bar Hsrnnr. and turned oar prov"
toward distant Egg Rock No one knows
unless be hss been thHr." what exhi,avl
NHn comes from gazing upon tAe open -
b. the time ~ .rrr an he d-4iag ground
the under>l gntd thought "h. we're boy
again. am ~a> prepared 10 i>h against
s.t corners M comes the Jug Of war
th- tr>i line over sa- on il return loaded
with ISL ere it r-Ict,t tntfVm The second
line. ditto The th3r.! liu- J.ttn, ditto. and
- uG. There were t.a 10 the right OF d
h>l y the left Of u. ti,h all sround Us,
aud il airy one stood ID the omit ID which
Il r-h was revOly iGg the r>h hid the right
Of way. Ia The midst Of The excitement
the captain caught Il col i-h eight feet
long-ai least il LOOKED that length when
Il came over the side If iht b At though by
actual measurement It pfoYed 10 oe only
i've After using up TWO bushels OF clans
AMI catching 39s large fish We re>teu
Ga cor way t. the tshiug ground among
Other matters i~elt upon va, the number
Of feet idri "a the length OF a vessel be-
ing rebnilI ~ The master builder above
menii"ned and cwued by the ship owner
AFORESAID Inc number of feet mentioned
" a -l-ht; upon second rehearsal while
reslipg} The lie 9Th sdded 10 the yes, was
nfteeu fr'-t with large Increase ia d. pth
snt breadth of beam The wind veerins
70 the south and fresbening, there were
symptoms thst suggested smoother water,
so We weighed anchor anu proceeded To-
wsrd that Kind of water. When near Bs-
Harbor il WAS proposed that We have
lunch The suggestion was acted upon ia
the most unanimous msDner. and We did
50. As there i nothing in lunch to i'm
press upon the mind the different viauds.
'-dlsremember" part of the menu,
but particularly remember the serving
of broiled live lobster The lobster was
nice. but m one could properly connect the
term live" with A booster cut 10 two and
broiled The price of that lunch. could il
he revealed, would adj 10 the laurels of
Bar Harb r, already famed as it is for
high prizes When the waiter brought the
bill We thought he was paid for and only
saw our mistake when he dial come along
with Us When lunch WAS over we 60: to-
gether-lhen got separated again After
being 'irnmmed up from 4 ferent parts Of
the town We went oGbnard and l-f, for
home. ou our way We had more singing.
and in mentioning the size of the vessel
found her length had been added 10. to
the extent Of thirty feet, aud that she
wonld have TO he square rugged
Ga our arris al the wharf was covered
with unhefevers. inssmuch as some did
not believe We hsd any hsh. We soon
"squelched' them by throwing fish upon
the float until it was just afoat Others
believed The d-mij I'm of water had no.
been applied TO the quenchiug of thirst to
the extent it ought to have been. We
soon had the best of that clique of doubt
ers by showing them the demijohu nearly
empty. 10 fact We had achieved glory
enough for one day From our friends
upon the boats living st the wharf. we re-
oeiEed q greeting worthy the occasion, and
when the historian of this voyage was
about 70 retire that vessel hsd reached
such dimensions It was doubtful if she
could De taken out over the falls
S. P. C.