The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-03
HATTIE" THE WATER FRONT PED
DLER-

a Woman who Knows Gloucester Fish
erman BY Instinct and Who is Out Rain
or shine-Canadian Canoes for English
Oarsnen-A Runaway That Was Only a
Failure-summer Cottages in Demand.
No matter how cold the weather is how
dee, is the mud or how tho wind blows
there is one person who is sure o BIZ on
the water front. No day was wild enough.
no rain ever fell hard enough, no wind that
ever lashed the waves into fury, and tore
Ike cyclone over the city had force
enough to keep Hattie the peddler in
doors. Commercial strAa' may be under
water, or under mud. as the case may be.
but she is always out. No other person IS
known to SO many of the fishermen who
come here, and she is, perhaps. the one
woman whose name is familiar to all who
80 down 10 the sea in schooners from an
inc Massachusetts port. For years
she las been familiar Commercial stree
figure, and still more familiar personalit
on tho water front. Her great object in
life is ( o sell her small stock OF goods, and
there is no such thing as a fisherman find
ont receiving a visit from q Hattie'' and
her Boys, don't you want something's" is
very familiar to them all.
Her heavy 'grin''has ofslate been tIundled
about in jillett wagon but that makes it
necessary for her to take the populist ad-
vice and keep in Tie middle OF the road,''
at times very unpleasant thing to do on
the water front When She does have a@good
Il.
a day or two ago she makes q failure she
doesn't give up iva only taken thirty
five cents today she said at the end of
a long day on the wharyes. and there was
something almost respondent in her zone,
but she frightened up in a moment and said
checrfully. but Their that was better than
nothing
When it comes to telling the name of
fisherman we'll down the barber even the
Oldest skipper doesn't venture to put his
own Judgment against hers. Il think
that's the Ella M. Doughty said an an
Gent skipper. Monday but. Hattie sprompt-
| ly corrected hiin.and she proved to be right.
She seems to know a Gloucester schooner
| by instinct, and small. wonder perhaps.
for the G1cycester fishermen are her best
customers Long life and abundant sue
cess to he best known. the most patient and
long suffering of the frequenters of the
] water front.
Five special freight trains over the Grand
| Trunk yesterday brought in large and
varied assortment of goods. Maine APP
rles and Canadian maple blocks ware heavy
items, and big boat constructed with lit
tie regard to the workmanship waa. made to
enclose number of canoes. The printed
| direction was as follows:
'sFrcm the Littlefeld Canoe Works. Ontario,
| Canada, to Strickland & Co., Vest Drayton,
Middlesex, England" The fact that large
printed card was used Ewould indicate that
more are to follow. and that The canoes OF
Canada, like the Canadian organs. and the
Canadian cheese. will become popular in
England. Probably by next year the Eng
lish will be importing jack knives and Goals.
We've had q great many applications
fer summer cottages at Peaks, said Mr..
dob 7. Sanford. yesterday. More than
we ever had before at this season. l had
three applications today and we're getting
them every day"
horse attached TO heavy coal wagon
tried to make sensation on Central wharf
! yesterday. ii did manage 10 run up the
wharf scattering the crowd in all directions
but once on CONNIE rcials street it stopped.
and when a small boy walked up and took
the halter the crowd upplauded. As a run
away it was dead failure, but then no
| horse ought TO be expected to make good
| time while drawing q heavy coal cart.
| There is still a good deaf OF patient wait
ing for the coming of the Bessie from Port
| Midway will. cargo of wood pulp. The
Port Midway people must make better time
than this if hey expect the New England
| trade, There are number of Maine pulp
mills now building. and some Of them may
| be in operation before that provoking Nova
Scotia schooner makes this port. There is
| getting be a suspicion that she may not
have started at the time when she was said
10 have sailed for Portland. In the mean.
time the big paper mills are getting on the
best they can without the greatly needed
cargoes of Nova Scotia pulp.
J. W. Jrefeihen reported The arrival yes
terday of the following fishermen: Amy
Wilcox with 5000 pounds of cod and had
dock: Storm King with 5000 pounds; Emma
with 1000 pounds; Contest with 500 pounds:
Robert and Carr with IL 600 pounds; Fairy
Queen with 70Oo pounds. The small boats
| brought in 10000 pounds.