The Republican journal., 1900-10-11
SEARSPORT LOCALS.

Miss c. kittridge is the guest of Miss
Blanche Nickels. +
Miss Margaret B. Sargent returns Friday
with full line of millinery
Miss Annie Harbutt is visiting her broth
er, Rev. Charles Harbutt, in Portland.
Mrs d. S. Reals returned from Boston
Tuesday with her full line of millinery
Frank Morrow, who is at the East Maine
Hospital, Bangor, is reported as doing well.
Capt. George A. Carver returned to his
home in Brooklyn, n. Y, by train Monday.
James johnson, after several weeks visit
II town, returned to Bridgeport, Ala, Sat
urday
Only one letter advertised this month in
the post office, and that is for Miss Jennie
Boutelle.
S. \. Prescott and wife have moved to
Maiden. Mass, where they will reside dur
ing the winter.
Fred Park, who has been at Rangeley Lake
OF the past month, was i'll town a few days
he past week.
Grand High Priest Hinckley will make
his official visit to Searsport Chapter, X. A.
NJ, some time next month.
Mrs. Geo. E. Marks is in Waterville, car
ing for her sister and her husband and
daughter, who were stricken with typhoid
fever recently.
Mrs. Fred SmOnton of ROckland, Mrs.
Reuben Leland and Miss Ella Adams of
Camden were the guests of their sister, Mrs.
Hopkins, this week.
Any one having copy of The Journal of
Aug. 18th will confer favor by leaving at
the bank for A. H. Nichols, secretary OlG
Home Week Association.
Willie Putnam, who has been sick here
several weeks, was taken 10 his nome IN
Boston by steamer City of Bangor Saturday,
and friends are informed that he stood the
journey very well.
Farmers in this vicinity are receiving cards
from B. Walker Mckeen, secretary of the
agricultural department., inviting them to
attend the farmers meetings to be held in
Waldo County.
1t is said that fish bite better Sunday than
any other day. One member of the mack
erel fleet proved it to the satisfaction of his
neighbors by taking 1900 thinkers in few
hours last Sunday evening.
The steamers of the B. & B. S. S. Co. leave
here Monday, Wednesday. Thursday and
saturday at > O'Clock p. H., for Boston. Re-
Tn dow
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday about s
a. III.
Capt. John \. Carver has skeleton
model, built by his father, Master John
Carver, in 1852, from which was built the
big Kentucky, one of the fastest sailing
vessels Of her class in the world. She be-
came Shaver and was never caught or
outsailed by amy sailing vessel She was
built for Capt. Benz. Carver and was after
wards commanded by Capt. John Pendle-
ton. Later she was sold to house in Rio
Janeiro, who converted her into a SLAYER
and made many voyages to the African
coast, y British man-of-war captured her
Ill one of the rivers on the west coast OF
Africa. with part of cargo of negroes on
board, and She was destroyed. An incident
in the life Of this brig is worth relating
At one time when she was commanded by
Capt. Benz. Carver she was chased all day
by AN English man-of-war, thinking she
was a SLAYER bound into Rio. Night coming
ON the man-of-war set signals for the brig
to heave 10, which she accordingly did, the
officer Who boarded her Informing Capt.
Carver that they mistook him for a SLAYER
The captain replied; ''If | had been
should have never hove-to. "Then, said the
EngliShman, ''We never should have caught
YOU
From the report of a neighbor we con
clude that one OF the happieSt women il
Searsport during Old Home Week was Mrs
George ". Curtis, from the fact that she
entertained during that week a son, by hel
former husband, who had been lost to he
for nearly forty years. The story as told Il.
is something like this: Mary f. Chase
, married Benz, j, Thompson, and after :
time went to Vassalboro to reside Two
SONS were born to them. The parents We're
finally divorced, the court giving the mother
the younger. Charles f., then three year:
old. The custody of the elder, Freeman
H., aged five years, was given to the father
The mother returned to her fathers HON,
in SearSport to live. A short time afte
Thompson Was seen in the neighbOrhood
and one morning the boy disappeared. H
was followed to the western part of tn
State, where all trace of him was lost. Afte
weary months the search was abandoned
though the mother never fully gave up tn
idea that she would sometime find her boy
In 1866 she married George W. Curtis, he
present husband, and has since reside,
here. Thompson went west with the chill
dren, whom he taught to believe thei
mother dead. AS they grew older the
doubted the truth of their fathers assertion
and have from time to time endeavored b
correspondence to obtain some trace of thei
early home. This summer one of thel
wrote the postmaster here, giving tn
maiden name of his mother, and asking
any such person had ever lived here. FroI
this small clue our postmaster was enable
to ascertain the facts, as above stated, an
put the mother in communication with he
two long lost boys, who are both well situa
ted, living near each other in st. Pau