The Portland daily press., 1895-10-12


Missionary meeting at the second Parish
church and Rev. Mr.. Hack has invited
Captain Allen to be present and speak
about his work.
Captain Allen started his work on the
4th of July. He has preached sixty seven
times and conducted twenty prayer meet
| ings, and held nine meetings aboard the
boat. He organized Blue Ribbon
Temperance Reform club, of thirty mem
bers at South Gouldsboro.
The Alert will sail from here sometime
next week and return to South Goulds-
boro. From there it goes to Birch Harbor,
the Prospect Harbor, Indian Harbor and
Maohiasport and back over the same
route again to South Gouldsboro This
will require number of weeks according
to the weather and the religious interest
manifested in the different places. When
ever the weather fayors, theAlert will sail
from place to place all winter long. The
small boy who is aboard the Alert and
who assists in hosting the sails etc., has
had curious history His name is Ray
mond McNally. He happens to be with
Captain Allen for this reason. Last
summer, when at Northport, Captain
Allen made statement that he would
like to get boy to go with him. He
would give home to some homeless boy
in this way.
Young McNally heard of it and told
Captain Allen that he had no home and
would like to go with him. He was taken
and is now regular member of the
family. He told Captain Allen his story.
He said that four years ago, when he was
twelve years old, he ran away from his
homo in Charlestown, Mass. 1t was not
home Of poverty or cruelty for his father
was well off, but they wanted him to at
tend the Catholic church when he didn't
want to and finally brought so much
pressure to bear to get him to become
confirmed Catholic that he ran away.
He said that he didn't want to be
Catholic, simply because he didn't like the
religion. He stayed with some boy friends
and earned enoughImoney to get to place
in Northport, Me-, where he had boarded
with his family for several summer vaca-
tions. His father heard that he was there
and came after him and he ran away up
| to Belmont. He was rot found and later
came back and remained at Northport.
His parents gave up searching for him
after six months.
That twelve year old boy should run
away from home, because of religious
opinions is entirely unusual. He is a
very pleasant little fellow and Captain
Allen and his wife are very fond of him.
STRAY ITEMS
Three big sailing scows that carry
such large quantities of freight about the
| bay, are so fiat bottomed that they have
to have centre boards in their rudders. If
you don't believe it, look at the rudder of
the scow Maud. There is centre board
in it big enough for a small sail boat.
The rudder itself is four or five feet
square. These square sbowed scows are
not the easiest boats in the world to
steer. The rudder must be big and deep
to get sufficient hold of the water. Hence
the contre board above mentioned.
Work began yesterday, changing the rig
81 the barkentine John J. Marsh, to that
of three masted schooner.
In regard to the schooner Maud B.
Wethereii, belonging to Webb & Sheppard
of this city, reported in yesterday s papers
as having been in collision, the latest facts
arc that Mr.. Webb went to Gloucester and
telephoned to Mr.. Sheppard yesterday. at
| 10 a. M, that the Wetherell had started
for Portland and would get in last night.
Work is progressing rapidly on the In
ternational steamer ST. Croix, at the
Portland company. She will be ready
for the route early in November as in
tended Walter Corey has looked over her
saloon cabins in order to supply the
furniture which will be of mahogany up
holstered in plush and of a new and
handsome pattern.
Dealers on Commercial wharf boughtia
trip Of mixed fish from Captain William
Grey of the schooner Rover's Bride,
yesterday morning, and he agreed to
| deliver the fish to them. Finding that he
could get .trife more elsewhere he broke
his bargain and sold the fish to otner
parties Deputy Sheriff Bucknma was
called who decided that the fish belonged
to the first buyer. Captain Grey who
claimed he was influenced by his crew,
acknowledged to the sheriff that he had
made with the first parties an agreement,
but afterwards went and delivered the
fish to a party on Custom House wharf.
1t is understood that the last buyer lost
between SIS and 500 on the transaction.
Longshoremen's Benevolent Society.
The Portland Longshoremen,s Ra naxn-