The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-28
DISAPPOINTED.

Fred V. Cottrell has built roomy and con-
venient shop in the rear of his residence on
Congress street He has been at work recently
on patterns for the overhead carrier at the Coe-
Mortimer plant.
In 1927 an exhibition of paintings in the Bos-
ton Athenaum inspired William George eros
by, then reading law in Boston, but after wards
governor of Maine, to write series OF poems
Among the paintings was ''View of the Notch
of the White Mountains" evidently, from the
poem, of the Wiley House, by Henry Cheever
Pratt Can anyone locate this picture or any
other painting of the mountains by Pratt?-
Notes and Queries in the Boston Transcript
"THE SMALLEY TWINS" The Boston SIN
day Globe had pictures of Sherman and Sheri-
dan P. Smalley, twin brothers, who are so
much alike that mistakes in their identity are
common Sherman is a patrolman of the
Chelsea, Mass, police force and Sheridan is a
fireman in Nashua, N H. When Sherman
Smalley goes to Nashua, he is frequently
greeted by Sheridan's friends and to avoid any
explanations he answers all greetings. When
"Mose'' Smalley goes to Chelsea he encounters
the same conditions. The day after the Chel-
sea fire the Nashua brother, with the interest
of fireman in such things, went to Chelsea to
see the ruins. He went everywhere inside the
lines without being questioned, and was hailed
by many others, who believed him to be the
policeman, to take them in. On a street car
he was greeted by conductor and when he ex-
planned that he was not Sherman it took sever
al minutes to explain matters. The Smalley
twins are sons of Isaac Weston Smaley and
were born in Belfast during the Civil wal. They
have a number of relatives in this city.
DAVID H. SMITH. During the summer we
were asked the question, "Who is David H.
Smith, And although we did not reply, as
we might have done, "Not to know him argues
yourself unknown, yet it came to US as revela-
ton that there were possibly others in Belfast
who were in similar unenlightened state.
Having known Mr.. Smith well, and having had
business dealings with him for years, we feel a
certain superiority over our less fortunate
neighbors, and would like to tell them who
David H. Smith is. To begin then, David ID.
Smith is a courteous, courtly gentleman; one
whom it is pleasure to meet and distinct
privilege to do business with Mr.. Smith was
born in New Brunswick, followed the sea IN
his youth and has been around the world. For
three years he was employed in Boston, and
from there about twenty years ago he came TO
Dark Harbor, Maine. At Dark Harbor he is
David, and he says he likes it. Some years
ago when a Belfast man had business of I'M
portanee with the summer residents OF Dark
Harbor, and approached one after another re-
garding the matter each one regarded him
with puzzled air and answered, 'Tm sure
can't tell you; ask David" from which ne con-
Guided that David H. Smith knew all that was
to be known about Dark Earbor. Mr.. Smith is
caretaker of Islesboro Inn and twenty four of
the summer cottages; he is post master, agent
of the Eastern S. S. Co., agent of the Amerl-
can Express Co., manager of the N +. Iele-
Phone Co. and treasurer of the Village I'M
provement society. He has beautiful home
at Dark Harbor, where he resides throughout
the year. He has three sons, the eldest OF
whom is attending St. Johns preparatory
school in Danvers, Mass; daughter. and a
most agreeable and charmir G wife who does the
honors of his home and looks after his COM
fort In fact, David A. Smith is one of the
most deserving and worthy of men and has
certainly earned by years of faithful labor the
prosperity and good fortune which are his.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The schooner Snow and
Burgess sailed from San Francisco October
18th for Puget Sound. This was formerly the
ship of that name, of 1928 tons net, built at
Thomaston in 1878. On this coast she would
have been made into barge, but shorn OF her
lofty rig she still sails the seas under canvas,
carrying lumber from Puget Sound ports to
San Francisco . . Schooner Margaret M. Ford
was at Stonington last week discharging pipe
and other material FOR the water works under
construction at Burnt Land pond. -. Capt. S. J.
Eaton. formerly of the schooner Brigadier,
has bought the schooner Dora Allison of Rich
mond, Va, and gone to New York to take CON-
mand. Capt. Hit has taken the Brigadier and
has chartered to load random stone at Ston-
ington for New York. Sch. Merrill c. Hart
has chartered to load paving at Long Cove for
New York.. Sch. Mary L. Crosby discharged
a cargo of coal at the Mt. Waldo Granite
Works last week and has chartered to load
paving at Stonington for New York. -. The
sch. Storm Petrol sailed from Jersey City Sept.
28th for Belfast with cement for Cooper & Co.,
but her sailing was not reported and she was
not heard from until her arrival at Portland Oct.
2lst. She arrived at this port Tuesday -. The
four-masted schooner Margaret Thomas, Capt.
J. W. Balano, has loaded her annual Christmas
cargo of ice and apples at Boston and sailed
the first of the week for Rio Janeiro. She will
carry out $500 barrels of apples, several hun
dred tons of ice, a quantity of pears and two
carloads of lumber. Capt. Balano will be ac-
companied by his wife. He expects to reach
the Brazilian port early in December. Much
lumber is being shipped from Portland, and the
total amount forwarded thus for this season
compares favorably with some of the old time
records. The schooner Henry R. Tilton is now
loading at that port for New York. .TheBooton
Sunday Globe says: "After having her bottom
painted the new four -masted schooner Barbara,
which has just been completed at Green's ship
yard, Chelsea, for the George McQuesten COM
pany left the railway late yesterday afternoon.
She will sail for Jacksonville next Friday on
her maiden trip. Capt. Francis of Maiden,
formerly in the schooner Frank Barnet, which
was lost at sea several months ago, is in COM
mand.". . Sch. Mary Augusta is loading pota-
toes at Marshall's wharf for Provincetown,
Mass The potatoes were bought here by r.
P Coombs. =. The good old schooner Polly is
in port this week. An attempt will be made