Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-08-30

took with him the wrong packet O,
papers and left his fishing license be.
mind him. This he did not discover
Till II was too late to return Forum.
ately he was able to obtain from Gus
tom house officer Marshall at Pou
Mulgrave, N. S., a receipt for ligh:
duties on the Northern Eagle" without
being obliged to show his manifest
and license. Soon afterwards he was
overtaken by the custom house boa;
Scarlet Feather" by which was for
warded to him his papers from the
Portland authorities.
In 1850 Capt. Sinnett was afflicted
with the gold fever and went to Cali.
fcrnia. Another interesting experience
OF his was while he was journeying
west. He TOOK steamer from New
York and then with nine companions
was obliged to paddle 60 miles up TN.
ShaSrus river in a log dug-out. This
tedious process occupied FIVE DAYS ana
five nights. Then after arriving at
Gorgona they must needs cross 2S
miles by land to Panama where the;
could take Pacific coast steamer.
One woman in the party, whose hus-
band had preceded her. was from Luz
bee, Me. Her husband, named Bell
had been ship builder, but had bee,,
innoculated by the gold bug. Mrs.
Bell had decided to take a mule 10
carry her to Panama while Capt. Sin.
nett intended to walk the distance. On,
the second day. however. he overlook
her sitting by the roadside. Her mule
had died from exhaustion and she was
penniless among strangers. Capt. Sim
net hired another mule to carry her
TO Panama where il was learned that
hOaf W. nj oh h,.l
broken down somewhere in Sout:,
America and no one knew when in
would arrive. The Bailey islander
provided as best he could for the ne
cessitfes OF the lone woman from his
state and later CHANGED upon her hus-
band who had been ill in a hospita,.
He advanced Mr.. and Mrs. Bell money
10 cover their expenses by steamer to
San Francisco while he himself took
passage on sailing vessel. Speak
ing OF this good Samaritan act Capt
Sinnett modestly observed--"I did
no more than any man should do-no
more than l would want some man Tn
do for my own little woman-my wife
If / was not there to care for her."
And the story has a happy climax
In that when the Rising Sun sailed into
san francisco he found the happy
SoupiS VII TIC WHAT awaiting him.
They reimbursed him for his advance
and could not do sufficient for him
while he visited with them at their
home in Sacramento.
For two years Mr.. Sinnett was more
successful than the average" as
a miner and more than once took as
his share Of a days work something
like $500. His largest lump" was
worth 5000 This he divided with his
partner. He says that those were
rough days when a man had to holo
his own against the rough element
which focked Californiaward from the
entire world. He was forced to
endure many hardships. Later in
life Capt. Sinnett devoted his time
to farming. Now he says he is
growing old-deaf. lame and blind.
Most Of his days are spent on a
bench before the comfortable home
that thrifty daughter-in-law cares
Tor and he enjoys nothing better Than
to describe to summer visitors the
beauties Of Casco Bay. of Bailey's is
land or to tell of how he is "superstI.
tious as all sailors are"
He attributes his long life and strong
frame much to the fact that he comes
Of a sturdy stock-more to the fact
that he has never tasted liquor or
used tobacco.