Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-05-15

The event of presenting the cane to
the Captain took place in Portsmouth
n. II. Mayor Sise, the city marshal,
and other prominent men of business
and professional standing were the pro
motors of the pleasant affair. This was
in 1891 Feasting and a grand, old hoo
ray was enjoyed.
Beautiful shells from the Island o.
st. Lucia, large and rare scallop she'll
picked up along the coast of Maine. pic
lures of Port Castris on market days
the native women doing their famil,
wash in the river and various scenes
where the Captain spent one summer
along the coast Here lie ate bread
fruit and mangoes as unconcernedly a.
he did oysters or sweet potatoes at
home.
A fine tooth comb. cUriously worked
and artistically embellished, brought
from Portland Oregon. years ago. relics
from Lewisburg, Cape Briton are inter
csting also All connected with iaunt
in this historical point. He was at tho
entrance of st. Lawrence and collected
various relics from September to No
vcmbcr 1898. On this war ground orr
ginally owned by the French in l72o
fought for by the British lost and re
gained by the sturdy Britons in l75e
and since retained the Captain ran his
ship one summer. He has pieces Of stonc
from one of the dcfences. a piece o.
bomb shell. half of cannon ball of th
capture of l745. a bright red brick a.
hard as flint stone from an under
pronnd arch built to store women and
children in at times of warfare. Various
and interesting are souvenirs from this
war spot.
All his specimens and relics are care
fully labeled and numbered with dc
scription Of history connected with each
One relic which he prizes is from forti
fration fifty feet below the surface int
a secret passage. In those times tunnel
ling seemed to be well understood art
Modern engineering of this kind is but
play in comparison.
Another prized relic is m,Isket bar
| rel with the bali imbcdded in it whicl
Captain Lake dug up from an old forti
| fication. The flint is with it and fghtet
MANY a fire as well as being the mean.
| of discharging many an old flint lock
| The hand made bullets. flattened by con
tact with something harder than lead
| he has several Of Coins so old ant
worn that they cannot be deciphered. Al
umbrella from Jamaica is most unique
the hanndle being withdrawn discloses
long. cruel dirk knife. This he obtained
/ on one Of his voyages in 1875 On til.
walls of the Captains home hang twt
oil paintings of two of his boats, on
in full sail. the other sinking and til,
crew hurriedly getting into the smalr
rescue boats. This was the @Mary p
Hudson" and sank In waters 40 N Iati
tude, 69-33 W. longitude.
| Buckles and buttons picked up frou
foreign battle fields. pottery from ia
maicaand other remote places, curiousl,
wrought bottle and jugs of glass from
| numerous ports where the Captain an
chored. From the island of st. T.uci;
he has specimens of gooseberries as Iarg,
as lemons, grown ON trees the size o
our apples. A snake of the moccasir
variety. obtained from Sabine Pass il
Texas, the Captain coaxed into wild,
moiIthed bottle and there is is soake,
in alcohol. Several pieces of mahogany
furniture a hundred years old are prize,
as presents from friends and some piece
handed down in the Lake family. On,
oddly fashioned sidebpard came iron
Cambridge. England. hundred YEAR
ago. Nothing like it is approached II
art and curious construction these davs
| Aa Interesting history is attached +,
zach eHe ef these souvenirs and as Can
tain Lake has been on the ground an.
become familiar with the past environ
ments Of the relies. his conversation i
highly instructive Only on day tina
It rains eats and dogs can the Captain
be captured under his roof tree