The Republican journal., 1892-01-14

Early Ne

81 ,rly aye. and had an abundant supply. |
A ir,e my father subscribed for every
,cvst,aper then published in Maine, and
81, rhrut refreshing my memory from the
NSecolds | recall the Republican Journal,
Il augusta Age, Calais Advertiser, PASSPORT
sentinel, Maine Farmer, Norway Adver-
q ser and Skowhegan Clarion. The two
&ast named are no longer published. The
NE,publican Journal, with number of
I ther papers, arrived at Machias about
$n1Inight Saturday, and | went to the posi-
s,tce before breakfast Sunday with more
&racrty than on other mornings, as the
iuulnal was my tavolite paper. My plans
securing Il first reading were not al
&Rays successful, as the head of the family
ID like partiality. Depositing the bun
of mail on the bed | would slip down
ils with the Journal concealed under
H. lacket, and i'll summer time resorted to
t. back door step. where | would soon
immersed in the Belfast news Usual
my njoyment was short lived. A voice
dn upstairs would demand the Journal,
d had reluctantly to give it up. Judg-
from the clippings preserved in an old
up book the nautical part OF the paper
1T have been the chief attraction. The
t.-tiuus are about all of that order. In
article the editor ot the Journal refut-
lie idea, then more OF less prevalent,
Maine built vessels We're poorly and
apply constructed. 1t used to be said
,U Vessels were built down-east by the
III and eat off in lengths to suit We
/ know that to have been a base SANDER.
> liner vessels have ever sailed the seas
an those launched from Maine yards.
From the journal of lS52 WAS clipped
account of the launching of the ship
Urthelu Chief. Of Boston. Her owners
ale ). Nickerson. T. Haze ltine, X. {.
hls"u. A. W. johnson. Samuel Haynes,
apt " IN. Neazie, l.. X. Palmer. Capt.
Otis Alden. (who commanded herr all
| Belfast, and II. D. Brookman, of New
nix The Northern Chief was construct
under the supervision OF Master Sides;
| D. Holt was the ligger, Mr.. Warren Da-
Joiner, and Messrs. Havener and Keen
acksmiths. c. z. Carter d Co. had on
e stocks at this time the bark John
,aIdner, of 525 tons. She was owned by
X. iazeltine, of Belfast, John Gardner
| nd ). :. Stone, of Boston, and Capt. j.
Pendleton, of Prospect, who was to
nnand her. She was modelled by MI
>'evenson, of the firm of Carter d Co.,
/ work by MI. NJ. 5. Chapman.
These clippings viii carry the reader
@ck nearly forty years, and of the men
1cntioned the majority have passed away.
My first visit to the Journal office was
WAS after Democratic victory-in
nnsylvania | think-and the journal
fce and many Of the private residences
ne Illuminated and there WAS torch
| ght procession. More might be said OF
is demonstration, but it does not come
| lder the head OF newspaper recollections.
| Next to the Republican Journal i'll my
1 oYish estimation was The Augusta Age,
| which the veteran Daniel L. Pike, still
! resident of Augusta, was the editor. 1t
| ttally had a sea story on the first page,
| nj "A number Of these yarns are preserved
the old scrap-bo book.
| f the Maine Farmer not only the eur
| mt issues but the back numbers were
rtd SO that, as have told Bro. Owen, l
| an claim to have been a reader from the
| rst issue. At the Nathan Longfellow
| ulned several years ago. the writer was
| privileged visitor, having the run OF the
| emiseS. In Il closet in a second story ell
| et(room were stored back numbers OF the
| armer. tied up in bundles containing one
| ears issues. TO these | helped myself,
| I'D carrying home a bundle would read
| through Seliatim. Some OF the infol-
| alton thus acquired was utilized later in
| nateur gardening, and | think the les
ons then learned have not yet been Who'll
| y lost. A good many ideas put forth at
| time as entirely new may be found in
| he old files of the Maine Farmer
| | have no special recollection of the
| lher papers named, but believe the only
ne that has not changed editors, proprie-
| MS or general makeup is the Calais Adj
| ertiser. which still has the veteran John
| Jackson at the helm.
| Later on the Machias Union was born.
1 nd I witnessed the working off. on the
| Id style hand press, OF the first issue. 1t
| ates, now think of the Bddeford Jour
| ll. and {. o. Furbush, now of the Ma
| Mas Republican, were the publishers and
| roplietors. MI Yates was the editor
| 'rioI 10 that time | had begun keeping Il
| cord of the arrivals of vessels at the
| ort of Machias, and before the first num-
| er of the Union was issued | was called
| pom to furnish the marine list. Unfortu-
dtely | had not recorded the clearanceS
| nd my notes We're not used. Had it been
] lherwise might then, in 1858, have be-
l AN my newspaper work as marine re-