The Portland daily press., 1895-04-15


cold ham, white bread and butter and
coffee. sSome of the boys said the coffee
was the same we had in the morning.
warmed over, but it was lie. / wish
them fellers could live for week on
board a Nova Scotia fisherman. Drat
| the lot of 'em." .
"What are you going to give them for
suppeE?"
"I'm' going to give them beans, brown
and white bread, pickles, cold roast
beef, cold ham, cold corned beef, ginger
bread, cheese, warmed over potatoes and
| the like. Tea fresh, and good as we can
buy for rs cents a pound. I suppose
they'll say the supper isn't as good as
| they could get on some other schooner.
wish, though, b'gosh, that every
burned one of our crew the cap'n with
the rest had to live for a week on board
Nova Scotia fishing schooner. That
would make 'em know what it isssto live
well,n ard the cook walked off with the
air of a man who is doing his best in
this world, but whose work isn't appre-
ciated or likely to be.
The big tug Plymouth, came in Satur-
day with coal barge and went out
again in the teeth of the storm. She
passed as she went out the schooner
Mary Eliza beth that went out Saturday
morning but was forced back for har-
bor.l
Capt. Grindle of the schooner Lillian,
is suffering from an accident. He slipped
badly injuring his right foot. He is
hardly. able to be about.
All west bound freight was taken
from the Grand Trunk sheds Saturday.
There still remains some lots of tin
plate, but that is all for Portland par
ties. The work of loading the Vancou-
yer was pushed very rapidly Saturday. A
large amount of -four in bags was put on
board. The big pile of maple blocks for
matches will be considerably reduced
before her cargo is all on board. Yester-
day was the. first. Sunday during the sea-
son when steamer at the wharves was
not inspected by crowds of people, No
body wanted to be out in the rain, and
the sailors. had no occasion for dressing
up to receive visitors.
what is the schooner Edward Waite
doing up there" was asked at the barge
office, and one of the officers explained
that Capt. McCIain, who got in yester-
day from long trip, lives at Knight
vile, and run in as close to his home as
he could. He made good trip.
The. old steamer Lewiston. went up
the harbor yesterday morning, and land
ed passengers at the International wharf.
She then dropped down into the roads
for anchorage, evidently not finding it
at-all pleasant outside.
The big tugs Sampson and Picataquis,
came in yesterday having coal schooners
in tow.
The old schooner Grace Webster, so
+ long laid up and looked upon as one of
the has -beens. is on the marine railway
and is to be put in first class condition
She was built some time ago, but the
work was well done, and her hull is as
sound AS ever. 1t is said that Capt.
Crossman will command her.
The Gloucester schooner Iolanthe came
in Saturday with 12. 000 spounds of cod
and haddock. 1t was too rough Satur-
day for the small boat fishermen to go
out, but there were A number of arrivals
of local schooners. The George T. Kean
had ,00U pounds and some five or six
Others had frem 5000 to 1000 pounds
each.
what have you been doing this wet
day2" was asked of the captain of a
schooner yesterday.
"I've read four chapters of the Bible,
and three of the Sunday papers, he re-
Piled with the air of man who had
done his whole duty.