The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-09-27

ladktEfhi tbn, tslpNpku 'se tiNn 1eS
declared their Grea ppfpose 10 carry The
case 10 The highest conri 10 TIE land. Ee
eu,Esf considered the viclcry won.
Thsieupon, undsr the sdviee Of the isr
seeing Flanders. be bessn The mosi sender
fol Improvements on his land iha, ever
we're seen 90 ibsi ooss, or, perhaps sny
other. To repay some ANAL snnoysnces
that be bad been suhlscted 10. be csased
10 be erected staring sisn. where every
dSeller 90 The heights might read: "osp
tain Rowsll's shipyAri."
iound the captain there one evening
wslkins about his queer domain. pipe
slisbt aud putins like ius. Hslis dcE
ep cottages OF remarkable architecture
had sprung up sbou, the Raven.
Saag anchorage. sid the captain, With
comprehensive wave 0. his pipe 10 The di
roetion OF these new possessions. Marisr
an | are lsndlubbers now. Yes. we've
squatted Oh Ruv ment Ian 4 sad csl'ls,c to
live here. Mr. Brigham, up on the bill
yonder. 40 some o. the other shore folks
got after ms in the coufis, bat beat
them. Tried to bother me With the
charge o putin up shsnties within the
fire limits 81 seat lubber down here one
day TO pull my houses down. You see, ev
cry house 10 this here shipysrd is boat
built boat shaped an registe, ed si the Gus
tom house.
TIE captain bad, Ia truth. built as be
said The architecture did rot appeal to
once sense Of beauty, whether the s.ruc
tnrcs were considered. as houses or boats.
but any one OF them, properly botlomed,
might be set shost and made TO serve as .
scow OF tug barge. By way OF tenants the
captain bad a few OF bis sailor friends.
fisherman and lsborer who liked the situ
slion because 1t was, near the rsilro id
yards where he worked, The shipysrd
was paying expenses.
Yes, Captain Rowel went on, the Raven
has done pretty we'll for ne. Bont the
best cruise / ever made was the one that
ended with this here wreck. It's made
me a rich man But | was telling you
bout that attack on my feet They sent
he fire marshal, an be says, Gays be. Them
'hanties is 10 the fire limits, an I'm order
ID to pull them down. Then l gets ont
IN the forward deck O. the Raven, sn i
lays, says l, qnite as like as though l was
yhoopin in blog outside the point: Ship
hoy. there Every one them shsnties is
boat an registered in the Yewnited
States custom bo1se. Any man that tears
lown one o my boats is q pirate, and Uncle
lam I'D rather hang a pirate than eat pie.
That ffe nsrshal looked OF my shipyard
arefullke then an kinder opened his
yes, He want round behind one those
raft, and when he seed her name and port
hull painted there, plain as any steam
,oat 10 the harbor, that settled him. He
rent back to the lawyers, an they've been
guring ever since on how to make this
ere feet put to sea III keep EN- fggerin,
dded Ebenez,r confidently, until my
tile to all this new lands as solid as Spec
acle reef.
Conceive a double row Of buildings
hich upon front view appeared TO be can
lboats. gabled windowed and clspbosrd
q, with little picketed inclosure behind {
Ach one, and you have the shipyard in
lind. AT the end OF the street, nearest
30 water, lay the Raven. dismsntled with
,spect TO rigging, propped with timbers
I'D kept immsculstely painted and scrubb
J, ss flagship should be. Thus the feet '
", a squadron to be depended on in any 8
ind of weather.
To the shipysrd came sishtseers; small r
oys and even the Salvation Army. Eb {
,ezer Rowell was friend Of religion, oil /
lough his language at times might give I
SO to contrary opinion, and be welcom
the Salvation soldiers to the beach T
Q even performed on al sccordion one q
ght in honor OF the open air gospel meet
q and was assured that the Army band h
,uld do no better. ii
The EXCELLENT impression thus made was v
most ehsced by the captains conduct on I,
To- talt huk IA |
me down TO the beach one night, follow n
by a lot OF lake front loungers, and be
n to sing gospel hymns. The captain n
As grstifed. He never quite approved Il
the Salvation Army costume, and here. Ii
seemed. was delegation OF foberly clad |.
inisters como to preach without any q
uud OF bsss and tlnkling cymb.ls. 81
One OF the clerical looking men began to
dress toe crowd. Ia beginning his bar m
gus was not unlike that OF the average b,
rect preacher. but be impaired gradually o.
d 10 small instsllments the information pl
81 this was missionary party from @,
sh sent out to teach the doctrines Of the ci
urch Of Latter Day Ssints. N
Mormonsl snorted Ebenezsr, and into "
Q crowd be stumped with peremptorv ey
der for the meeting to disperse and the 10
ssiousries TO climb the hill EIpostuls 10
u only moved the csp,sin to boiling
s,b, and be volIeyed aud thundsrsd ID
ch dresdiol language that the six tall ca
ts moved Of. leaving Ebenezer In pos 50
zion OF The field, bns With = shattered cr
pu,ation for piety. 10
" hen small boys offended on his prsm ss
., the ciptsia woal1 roar: hi. there, IL
ashore you little powder monkeysl III to
you sll out to ses and msroon yonl to
lis would be followed by wild scamper
, across the ssnis, Tor the boYs were di I'd