The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-04
WATER FRONT MATTERS.
And Interview With Man Down in
His Luck.

Minor Marine Notes.
There is nothing strikingly original in
the statement that the worm will turn
sometimes but :. it was well illustrated
when big fellow who had been moving
away from the neighborhood Of two pa
trolmen, stopped and evidently wanted
somebody to listen to the story Of his
troubles.
whats the use,''3 hessaid cot trying
to be good fellow IL the cops get down
on your Here I am as good and quiet
chap as there's out anywhere, and can't
do anything because the cops are down
on me-"
Chow Is that?'
''I don't know wha o makes them hard
on me bug they are. This morning when
l hadn't taken but two drinks, and no.
body would be the worse for two drinks,
they saw me on Commercial wharf, and
told me to so back DO she schooner. !
wasn't drunk.Q No man could get drunk
on two drinks now could he?"
The PRESS man walked around the
question. and the Ill used party continued,
"Two hours later they met again.ssI
was on Commercial street. at the time,
and they told me to move on. They said,
was drunk, and that If they lived up to
their 6ner feelings, OF listened at all 50
the voice of conscience On that particu-
lar point they should ring foP the wag on
and send me in. moved on, but i
wasn't drunk. had just four drinks
then, and four drinks wouldn't hurt
baby, now would is?''
That question was passed one side, and
he went on "Then just now they met
me again, and one of them told me to go
to my schooner and stay There. They
said they didn't want to send me in If
they could help it. because they thought
had better 60 to the banks and have
some money with me when come back.
They knew the skipper wouldn't pay my
fine if they sent me in. and so they in
sultingly said they'd let me go until it
would pay the city something to have N 9
arrested. They said 7 was drunk, and
yet I wasn't any drunken then than Pm
now, and you don't call me drunk now
do you?"
"You didn't seem to walk straight
when you started up the wharf"
"Of course didn't, but that wasn't be-
cause had been drinking. I've been, at
sea so much that find 1t almost i'm
possibl now to walk straight while on
shore. If you could only see me outside
now in a gale Of wind you'd see at once
what an injustice it is to hint that Pm
not sober. Do you suppose you could
walk straight if you dropped down on a
vessel at sea with the wind up to hurri-
cane pitch, and the schooner standing
straight up in the air? OF course you
couldn't, and no more can I sailor
walk straight here on shore. No sir Pm
not drunk, I've had just eight drinks up
to date, and eight drinks of beer
wouldn't make school girl feel buzz
ing in her head. I'm going back on
board my schooner though, and tell the
skipper Pm going to stay there until we
get ready to go out. DON'T belong
here. and Pm glad Of it. In any Massa-
chusetts port policeman would know
the difference between a drunken man
and sailor with his sea legs on, but
Portland's slow old place anyway, and
you can tell your mayor said SO if you
like
MARINE NOTES.
The tide came in and went out yester-
day, the only arrival or departure during
the day.
There is quite a fleet of wind bound
schooners in the lower harbor.
John Ellis, one of the Grew of the
schooner Mary Worthington yesterday had
the palm of his left hand badly pune
tured while splicing a rope. The sharp
point of the spike came nearly out Of the
back of his hand.
The many friends of Captain W. Ell.
Hartman and Rufus Hartman were
glad to hear of their safe arrival in Bos-
ton, March 28th. They were twenty five
days from Brunswick, Ca, to Boston.
Captain Harriamn has seen some pretty
| rough weather at sea, but said he never
encountered anything like tine gales ex-
perienoed in March. The heavy seas
swept over the vessels deck, washing ev-
erything moyable therefrom, flooding the
| cabin and causing the vessel to spring a
leak. March 3d the leak became so bad
that the crew were Obliged to Jettl6on W,
600 feet Of lumber from the deck in or
der to save the schooner. The vessels
boat and davits were swept away by the
sea, the boat being carried clear across
the deckload. In it's fight 1t struck the
first mate, Rufus Hartman, who was
standing near the wheel, knocking him
| insensible. He received bad scalp
wound, and one of his legs was badly
injured. The leak is in the vessels
sides and was caused by the severe strain
she was subject to- The schooner Jacob
nj. Haskell had main boom and mainsail
carried away. Captain Harri man and
his brother arrived home March Gath.
Captain Hartman will return to Boston
in a week or ten days, but his brother
Rufus will have to stop at home while
the vessel is repairing in Boston.
Charged With Larceny.