The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-01-17
NORTHPORT NEWS.

Fred Wadlin goes out of doors about
every pleasant day.
A large number of persons are confined
to their homes by the prevailing distemper.
C, O. Dickey has his ice house about two
thick He has filled Mr.. Winkler's house
on Mt Percival and this week is cutting for
Cove parties.
The Masons' held social at their hall
Saturday evening, Jan. 5th, which was
largely attended and after partaking of a
bountiful supper by about eighty persons,
an excellent program, consisting of reading,
singing, declamatiOns, etc, was carried out
in manner pleasing to all. One person
was invited to make some remarks and re-
ported himself not present. The next So
cial will be held Saturday evening, Jan. 49,
Supper 10 cents.
l read in The journal last week the item
from a Nova ScOtian paper about the trip
of sch. Lebanon; but the people there
could not have seen the Stars and Stripes
floating from her as she had no halliards
on board. The writer shipped before the
mast on board the old but good topsail
manded by Captain Moses NJ. Hodgdon,
then of Belfast, formerly of NOrthport, on
her second trip to Annapolis, n. S. While
in port asked permission to set her colors.
Nothing to set them with and nobody to
iee shin pg that main ain opast on 1Ds board ths
answer did not please me, but he let me
have the flag and bal! of spun-yarn, which
l left on deck taking the end and going up
to the mainmast head. Above me was a
long small pole, 30 feet at least in length
without any rigging, and never having had
any experience in that direction, finally
managed to shin up and run the halliards
through thimble on top and went down
on deck and set the cOl0rS. 1t was the
first time the flag had been set for months,
if not for years. In looking at that flag l
was happy and proud, for
There's banner in its glory lined against the
wreathed around with deathless story, crowned
with deeds that never die;
How its folds unfurl with splender in the bright
worshipped by its first DEFENDER freedoms
only Washington.
l found out afterwards that the reason
the captain did not want me to make the
attempt was that on the previous trip some
boys were running about the rigging and
one started to go hand over hand on the
spring stay from one mast to the other and
when about half way across let go and
fell about seventy feet to the deck, striking
upon some knees, breaking many OF his
bones and killing him instantly. We took
hold and waist full of cordwood aud
spdI ), ftHu Ou tue passage W booLoh, "hilo
about 20 miles southeast from Monhegan,
we ran alongside Of the sch. Ellen or
Eliza Frances of St. George, laying on her
side, mainmast gone. She was loaded with
ship timber; sails and rigging had been
taken off The boat was lowered, strap
put round the head of the foremast with a
tackle attached and we righted her and
| took her into Tenants Harbor, and on our
return trip took her to Bangor, where she
was repaired. Capt. HodgdOn was an ex-
cellent pilot and very clever man to 60
with, but sleepy. We left Boston Just at
night, the mate had gone home to Calais,
| leaving VIM. Pillsbury of Northport, a
good man, and myself as crew. took the
wheel at s O'Clock and Mr.. Pillsbury turned
| in. No captain on deck. At II O'Clock
Pillsbury took the wheel; no captain in
sight. Ats O'Clock the next morning Capt.
HOdgdOn turned out for breakfast, having
been in his berth at least 12 hours. She
| was then past Cape Ann and Mr.. Plllsbury
had her headed for Monhegan.