Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-03-18
COUNTY NEWS.
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NORTH LAMoINE.

NOhAf1 In MO1ANI~.
Alec Weaver, of Ellsworth, spent Sun
day at A. L. Gray's.
Miss Sarah L. Coggins is visiting rels-
tives at Southwest Harbor.
Miss Annie M. Young returned last
week from Csstine for short vacation.
Miss Emma Austin, who has been
teaching In Castine, returned home last
Monday.
Miss Blanche Hsgan, who has been
some time at South Gouldsboro, returned
home Saturday.
Miss Della Mcfarland, student at Co.
burn classical institute, goes to Boston
this week to spend her vacation with her
brother, NJ. F. Mcfarland. She has had
the honor of being chosen class poet for
the graduation exercises In June.
Friends and relatives OF Capt. John
Mcfarland, of Gloucester, former La
moline man, will be glad to learn of his
safe arrival home from Newfoundland
after the hardest experience OF his life on
the sea. The following from tine Boston
Herald will explain the situation:
GLOUCESTER. Feb. %, 1e0s-Schooner "veda
NJ. McKowan". Capt. John N. Mcfarland, ar.
rived here to-day with 500 barrels of frozen and
go barrels of salt herring from Fortune y
Newfoundland. She is the only vessel which
has brought herring here from that part of
newfoundland this season. The passage home
was very severe one. Capt. Mcfarland,
whose experience has extended over many
years, says 1t was the worst ten days he ever
spent at sea-
The "McKowan" left Harbor Breton a week
ago Tuesday. Wednesday she struck a heavy
southeaster. Under all four lowers the vessel
ploughed on her course that day and night. AT
daylight Thursday 1t was discovered that she
had been sailing up bay In the ice foe. As
| far as could be seen through powerful glasses
ahead and on either side was blue glistening
field. What made matters worse was a north
east gale which swept down across the ice, &C
| companied by intense cold. There was nothing
to be done but to retrace the course of the night
The "Mckowan" Is an auxiliary schooner.
| having powerful gasoline engine, but there
was not gallon of gasoline aboard. The fifty
| miles back out Of the ice was attended with the
| 81 eatest hardship and peril. The weather was
so cold that every drcp of water froze against
the vessel the hurricane dashed up the sea.
The crew was kept constantly pounding ice de
spite frost bites, hardly taking time to eat and
| not any to sleep.
At one time all were convinced that the vessel
would sink by the weight of ice on her. Not
because they believed 1t would avail them an
ultimate rescue, but because they doggedly pre-
ferred to die fighting. they kept at 1t. Unex-
pectedly after two days of this. relief came
with escape from the ice.
1t was not until some $50 miles farther had
brought them this side of Sable Island that they
could take the homeward course, and not en-
counter the foe. The cold and iced condition
of the vessel remained until Tuesday, when
warmer southwest winds helped free them from
the arctic coating.
Feb. II. ten miles north of Cape Blance, MIG,
the "McKowan" reports that q carrier pigeon
few on board, and has since refused liberty.
The bird had no message, but on the left leg
was a ring, on which was "v-3737-l90l".
Capt. Mcfarland would be glad to return the
pigeon to the owner.
March 16. Y.