The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-26
WHITE WINGS FURLED.
Many Sch00ners Forced in For Har
Dor Yesterday.

| The Opening of the Coastwise Season
The Flood in Maine Made a Market for
| Nova Scotia Pulp-Fishermen Forced in
by the Living Gale Outside.
The Giving gale'' outside forced many
schoon ers, and in particular, lumber
laden sohooners, to make harbor here
yesterday. The lower harbor presented
pretty picture from the line of wharves.
Two sohooners arrived light from Bos-
ton yesterday and will load with lumber
| for South America. The lumber wharves
were deserted before they arrived, the
last schooner and the Mile j. H., hav-
ing taken cargo and pulled out into the
| stream.
The Gloucester schooner Eliza Fl. Park
hurst, went out yesterday, but returned
for a harbor. Nothing more need be said
after that regarding the nature of the
weather outside, for when Gloucester
fisherman is forced back, other shippers
prefer to remain in port.
The flood in Maine made a. market for
Nova Scotia pulp, and yesterday two
schooners, the Majestic Of Lunenburg,
and the Loreana of Liverpool, N. s.. ar
rived with full cargoes.
The British schooner Mile J. H. Capt.
Mckenzie, sailed yesterday for Buenos
Ayres with cargo of SOC, IS feet of lum-
Der, cleared by W. w. Riggs.
The schooner Oh apparel, Capt. Pear
son, has arrived at this port from Port
Clyde. She brought the sails and rig
ging saved from the wreck OF the schoon-
or Brunette near Port Clyde couple of
months ago. They were consigned to J.
H. Mckay.
The brig Isaac jackson has been char
tered to load lumber at this port for
Buenos Ayres at So so per thousand feet.
The cargo of the Numidian is now
largely on the way to Montreal. Freights
are not allowed to remain about the yard
of the present hustli:g Grand Trunk
railroad.
The ooastwise business has in meas
ure resumed. A number of schooners are
loading at the j. II. Blake freight sheds
for along the coast. They are taking out
corn in bulk, general groceries, furniture,
barbed wire, few boats and general
lot Of other things too numerous to m an
rion, but all eagerly looked for by some
body.
j. W. Trefethen reported the arrival
yesterday of the following fishermen:
Uncle Joe, with 1000 pounds cod and
paddock; Ella M. Doughty, with 5000
pounds; Martha D. McLane. with 5000
pounds; George F. Kean, with 1000
pounds; small boats, 90 600 pounds.
The fishermen encountered gale out
side Tuesday, and couldn't fish. Yester-
day it was still worse and so they, to
quote the words of skipper, "soooted
for home"
The steamship Vancouver, of the Do
minion line will sail today with very
full and valuable cargo She will be out
in the stream at an early hour this morn
ing, in order to take advantage of the
tides.
The Cottage City, arrived at $50 yes
terday. Captain Bennett reported that
he encountered very high wind outside.
Despite this report the fremont went
out. and probably encountered strong head
winds, and very bad sea.
There is an odd stick one of the crew
of Gloucester fisherman, who always in
sists on stopping the newspaper men
who get the water front news, and max
ing what he calls his report. He doesn't
report vessels sighted, or fish secured,
but his own condition. "Say I'm
drunk" or SAY I'm pretty sober. COM
Portable so you know" is his usual re-
quest. Once. and once only he astonished
one of the reporters by saying ''you can
report that Bills sober this time.'' 1t
was great temptation, but it was suc-
oessfully resisted, the reporter feeling
that none of his marine readers would
believe such statement He is said to
be d very valuable man on board ship,
and his skipper is inclined to bear great
dea, from him.