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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27
CHARLES A. p1LsBuRy, Editor M and

The 14th annual meeting of the New
Hampshire Old Home Week Association
was held last week. New Hampshire
was, we believe, the first New England
State to form an association of this
kind, and Maine, with other States, fol-
lowed, but while the movement has
spread to other sections of the country
it has been allowed to die out in Maine,
which We think is to be regretted. There
are no people more loyal to their native
State than those from Maine, and their
homecoming was great pleasure to
them and to the relatives and friends
who welcomed them. Belfast had two
Old Home Week observances, for
which the lste Hon. Joseph William.
son did a great deal of painstaking
preliminary work in the way of look
ing up the residences of former Bel
fast people and sending out invita-
tons. The receptions arranged by the
Belfast Improvement Society were an
important feature of these observances,
bringing people together who had not
met for years to renew friendships and
exchange "reminiscences. Why Old Home
Week was given up in Maine we cannot
say. 1t has much to commend it. Ex-
Gov. Frank w. Rollins, originator of the
Old Home Week idea, and president of
the association in New Hampshire, in
his address at the l4th annual meeting
said, in part:
II want to say just word on the
original purpose of the Old Home idea:
it was planned to bring as many Of our
people as possible back every year and
to get them and keep them interested in
the State. The best way to accomplish
this is to have celebration every year.
Many of our towns nave done this con-
scientiously and well. Others have done
it intermittently. You never heard of
an unsuccessful Old Home Day. never
saw one. | want to appeal to the peo-
pie of the State to continue the celebra
ton.
This Old Home Week presents an OPP
help to our State both sentimentally and
financially. II IS all INEXPENSIVE way W
boom our resources and to build up our
enterprises. One would think our shrewd
business men would all see this and be
willing to take an active part. In some
localities they have seen it and it has
worked splendidly for the benefit Of the
municipality. Ny object in saying these
few words is to try and get more of the
towns and cities to hold celebrations, and
to hold them regularly, as that has a
cumulative effect
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

There is a local interest in the shipGreat
Republic, as she was commanded, for one
voyage at least, by Capt. Thomas Linn
burner, a native of Brooksville and for
many years a resident of this city, and
at other times by his brother. She was
built by Donald Mckay in East Boston
in 1858. l was then attending the East
Maine Conference Seminary in Bucks
port, and was then, as later, greatly in
terested in shipping and nautical affairs
generally. At my home in Machias one
or two vessels were built each year and
my father had built at Machiasport the
brigantine Agate and at Machias, on the
dublin" side, the topsail schooner
Cameo. The Agate went to California
in 1849 with a party of gold-seekers and
left her bones on the Pacific coast.
White & Conner were then building ships
in Belfast and part of every year was
spent here with my grandmother at the
home of my uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. H. Conner. The shipyard
was of course a great attraction, and
there were few details in the construc-
ton or rigging of ship with which I
was not familiar. When not in Belfast
my uncle kept me posted as to what was
going on in the yard, the whereabouts of
the ships afloat, rates of freight, etc.
Those were the days when Maine built
ships went to New Orleans and loaded
cotton for Liverpool paying for them
selves on their first voyage. This is
J preliminary to an incident of school life.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27
VALUE OF PRODUCTS.

The Bulletin says: Every city for
which comparative figures are given, ex-
cept Bangor, shows an increase in value
of products from 1904 to 1909, and all
show increases from 1889 to 1904. In
general, the percentages of increase
We're greater from 1904 to 1909. During
this later period the greatest relative
gain, PEI cent, was made by Auburn,
this being due chiefly to the increased
activity in the boot and shoe industry.
In spite of the fact that decreases were
reported for large number of the in
dustries in Portland, this city showed the
second largest relative gain in the State,
90 per cent The decrease in Bangor
from 1904 to 1909 was due to the decline
of the boot and shoe industry in this city.
In 1899 Lewiston ranked first in value of
manufactured products. but by 1904
Portland had taken first place, which it
retained in 1907
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

Portland is still the leading manufac-
turing city of Maine according to the
bulletin just issued from the census
bureau. The Forest city wrested the
manufacturing supremacy from Lewis
ton in 1904 and although that city made
a great increase in the value of its man.
ufactured products in the ten years fol-
lowing Portland made greater and still
is first by margin of more nearly a
million and half dollars. The relative
Importance in manufactures of each of
the seven cities having a population of
10000 and over in 1910 is shown in the
following table:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27
Children CRY
FOR FLETcHER'S
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The Sheepscot Valley Power Co. :

AUGUSTA, Me-, June 10. Extensive
hydroelectric development at Coopers
Mills is believed to be presaged by the
organization of the Sheepscot Valley
Power Company here.
The capital stock is $500, 900 and the Or
ganizers are Arthur R. Gould, presi-
dent of the Aroostook Valley Railroad;
Herbert W. Weeks, jefferson; Frank
Keller, member of the Board of Rail
road Commissioners, Rockland; Amos
F. Gerald, promoter of electric railway
and powre schemes in Central Maine,
and George F. Giddings of Augusta,
clerk to Board of Railroad Commits
sioners.
The articles of incorporation, filed
today, would permit the company to
operate in Vassalboro, China, Windsor,
Chelsea, Pittston and Randolph in Ken
nebec County, Whitefeld, Jefferson,
Alma, Wiscasett, New Castle, Damaris-
Gotta, Nobleboro, Waldoboro and Som
erville in Lincoln County and Washing
ton, Union, Warren, Appleton, Hope,
Camden, Rockport, Thomaston and
Rockland in Knox County.
Dyspepsia is our national ailment. Burdock
Blood Bitters is the national cure for it. II
strengthens stomach membrane, promotes
flow Of digestive juices. purifies the blood
builds you up.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

An old scrap book contains pictures
wood engravings-of two noted clippers,
the Sovereign of the Seas and the Great
Republic, from Gleason's Pictorial of
Boston, one of the first illustrated week.
lies published in this country. One of
the artists was Frank Leslie, an English
man, who later established Frank Les
lies Illustrated Newspaper, followed by
other publications, weekly and monthly,
and employing 70 wood engravers.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

1t was Mr.. McKay's intention to'put
the Great Republic in the Australian
trade in competition with the British
clippers that were then coming out, and
she was towed to New York and placed
in the hands Of Grinnell, Minturn & Co.
This firm, however, loaded her for
Liverpool and she was nearly ready for
sea, with all sails bent below the royals
when, on the night of December 26,
1853, her sails caught fire from sparks
from fire on Front street and despite
all efforts to cut the sails from the yards
it was finally decided in order to save the
hull to cut away the masts. This was
done, only to find that the burning fore
topmast in falling through the decks had
set fire to the cargo The ship was then
scuttled in three places and sank ten
feet, when she took bottom, and despite
all efforts to extinguish the fire it burned
for two days until the flames reached
the waters edge. After the fire had
burned itself out a Golfer dam was built
and the wreck fioated by means of steam
pumps. 1t was found that portion of
her cargo of grain had swollen to such an
extent as to split the knees and beams of
the lower hold, and that she was other
wise badly strained and buckled. She
was therefore condemned and abandoned
to the underwriters, and was suisse
quently sold and taken to Greenport,
Long Island, to be rebuilt This occu-
pied one years time, and when the Great
Republic again appeared much of the
original beauty of her hull had been
restored. The spar deck had not been
replaced but her freeboard was nearly
the same, as the height of the bulwarks
was only little below the former upper
deck and the same sheer line had been
preserved. All of her spars were great
ly reduced in length and her sail plan
was cut down. AS rebuilt she registered
1857 tons and was still the largest mer-
chant ship of her time. The Great
Republic sailed on her first voyage
Feb. 81, 1855, commanded by Capt.
Limeburner and made the run from
Sandy Hook to Lands End in 10 days.
She was subsequently chartered by the
British government as troop ship dur
ing the Crimean war, and during the
Civil War was chartered by the U. S.
Government as troop ship, and was one
of the transports in Buffers expeditio
to Ship Island. In 1857 she made the
voyage from New York to San Francisco
in 80 days, and her last "a hours run
was 413 miles. The Great Republic was
sold to the Merchants Trading Company
of Liverpool in 1869 and her name was
changed to the Denmark. She finally
foundered in hurricane off Bermuda in
1872.
The Red Jacket, a famous clipper ship
of her day, was built by George Thomas
at Rockland in 1854. She registered
zoos tons; length, 26O feet, breadth A
feet, depth, 26 feet. She sailed from
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

most any of them could have been sold
for substantial advance upon their con-
tract price. Those were the palmy days
of the ocean carrying trade, and at no
period before, or since, have ships
yielded such golden harvests to their
builders and owners"
The first clipper to arrive at San
Francisco from New York in 1851 in less
than ITO days, was the Seaman of SAG
tons, built at Baltimore. She arrived
March 18th after fine passage of 1O7
days. The Sea Witch of 800 tons, built
at New York in 1916, mad made the pas
sage the year before in 81 days, and on a
China voyage her best "a hours run was
1858 miles, "a speed far in excess of any
ocean steamship of that period"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

The California clippers after discharg-
ing their cargoes at San Francisco either
returned in ballast around Cape Horn or
continued their voyage across the Pacific
and loaded cargoes at Asiatic ports for
the United States or Great Britain, and
they soon had monopoly of the China
tea trade. This resulted from their
making fine passages and delivering their
teas in excellent condition. They got
quick despatch and double freight, while
British ships laid idle for months in the
harbor of -Foo-chow, and cleared more
than their original cost and running ex-
penses on their first voyage. This
aroused the British ship-owners, and
they took off the lines of American ships
when in dry dock and began to build
clippers. The British built clippers had
less beam and more depth than the
American and were extremely sharp.
The first clipper ship built in Great
Britain was the Stornaway of 506 tons,
and on her first voyage she made the
passage from the Downs to Java Head in
80 days, to Hong Kong in 102 days and
from Hong Kong to London in 103 days.
These were at that time the quickest
passages between these ports that had
ever been made by British vessel.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

Capt. Clark says of the ships built in
1851: $50 great was the excitement
over the news from California that al
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

Concerning models Capt. Clark says:
"Some men, of course, know more than
others, yet no one has ever lived who
could predict with accuracy the results
of elements in design, construction, and
rig. History abounds in instances of
ships built for speed that have turned
out dismal failures, and it has occasion
ally happened that ships built with no
especial expectation of speed have
proven fliers." Every old.time sea-
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27
MvNff3 BELFAST
AND
&;Z!IfSsGl BURN IAN

On and after June 26. 1912 tran. .rlo'g
ing at Burnham and Waterville WITT -la
trains for and from Bangor, Wate-,, ."
land and Boston will run as follow
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

The Red Jacket, famous clipper ship
of her day, was built by George Thomas
at Rockland in 1854. She registered
zoos tons; length, 26O feet, breadth a
feet, depth, 26 feet. She sailed from
New York for Liverpool Feb. 10, 1854,
and made the passage in IL days and l
hour from Sandy Hook to the Rock
Light, Liverpool, with the wind strong
from southeast to west southwest, and
either rain, snow or hail during the en-
tire run. During the first seven days
she averaged only 1872 miles per "a
hours, but during the last six days she
made PIG, Alb, 374, 343, 300 and 81
miles, an average of fraction over 1853
miles per "a hours. The Red Jacket at
tracted much attention at Liverpool and
was an extremely handsome ship. She
made her first voyage from Liverpool to
Melbourne in 1854 in SO days, was in
port only II days, and made the passage
to Liverpool in 70 days, making the voy
age around the globe, including deten-
ton in port, in five months and four
days. Upon her arrival at Liverpool she
was sold for $3.50, 900 and continued in the
Australian trade for several years, be-
coming one of the most famous of the
American-built clippers. The Red Jacket
ended her days in the Quebec lumber
trade.
c. A. P.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27

One OF the classes at the E. M. C. Sem.
mary of which was member required
the writing of composition so often
once week, think--and several of us
confessed our inability to produce any,
thing original and were remiss week
after week. Finally we were told that
we could write from recollection some.
thing we had read, but were not to COW
l had read every word printed about the
Great Republic that could get hold of
and could give her dimensions, spars
rigs, ETC., off hand and so had no diff.
Guilty in writing composition, and was
very indignant when the teacher accused
me of copying it.
The Great Republic was A, 555 tons reg
lister, and measured: length, 1856 feet.
breadth, So feet. depth, 50 feet. She
had four decks, the upper or spar deck.
being flush with the covering board and
protected by rail on turned oak
stanchions. She carried a fifteen horse
power engine on deck to hoist the wards
and work the pumps, this being the first
time an engine was put aboard sailing
ship for these purposes. She had four
masts with Forbes rig double topsail
yards) on the fore, main, and mizzen-
masts, the after or spankermast being
bark rugged. She was launched Oct. 4.
1853, in the presence of fully 100, 900
people. In a description of the Great
Republic published at this time it was
said: ''1n the meantime Mr.. Mckay is
Preparing to build ship CT six thousand
TONS" The Newburyport, Mass, Her
aid in referring to this project said:
''The theory has been started of build
ing ship so large that she will pass
through the ocean with comparatively
little motion, passing through the waves
without rising upon them and so high
above them that the highest waves will
always be below the decks. 1t is a dar
ing thought, but in view of what has
been accomplished who will venture to
denounce it as absurd? There are those
bold enough to predict that ship will
yet be built that will pass through the
waves of the ocean with as stately a
progress as a vessel of a hundred tons
through river in the same gale. If any
one is to realize the fruition of this
dream it is, we doubt not, Mr. Mckay if
his life is spared five years longer"
That ship is yet to be built.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-27
THE Clipper Ship Era"

have been much interested in book
entitled as above, written by Capt. Ar
thur H. Clark and published in 1911 by
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Pre-
liminary chapters give a history of Amer
lean shipping to the close of the war of
1872, and of British shipping after 1915,
including a very interesting account of
the East India Company. The illustra-
lions of ships, commanders and builders
add much to the interest and value of
the volume, and the vast amount of de-
tail attests the industry of the author.
In fact, too much cannot be said in praise
of this history of an important era in
the shipping world. 1t is interesting to
compare the early craft with the levia-
thans of today. "The first vessel built
within the present limits of the United
States was the Virginia, pinnace of
thirty tons, constructed in 1907 by the
Popham colonists who had arrived dur
ing the summer at Stage Island, near
the mouth of the Kennebec River, on
board the ships Gift of God and Mary
and John. When these ships returned
to England, leaving forty-five persons to
establish fishing station, and a severe
winter followed, the colonists became
disheartened and built the Virginia, which
carried them home in safety and which
subsequently made several voyages
across the Atlantic" Then, in'.1613-14,
the Onrest of sixteen tons was built at
Manhattan and latter exploring the
coast of New England and Delaware
Bay sailed for Holland with cargo of
furs." "The Blessing of the Bay,
barque of thirty tons, was built by order
of Governor John Winthrop at Medford,
near Boston, and was launched amid
solemn rejoicings by the Puritans on
July 4, 1884," 1t is within the memory
Of some of our readers when the trade of
this country with the West Indies was
carried on in vessels of from 100 to 200
tons, and the largest vessel built in Bel
fast up to 1917 was 13S tons. The ship
Alfred, 800 tons, built by Hutson Bishop
in 1923, was the first copper-fastened
vessel launched here. At later date
the Maritime Provinces employed brig
antines of about $50 tons in the West
India and South American trade, with
occasional voyages to Spain. Now we
have schooners up to 5000 tons and
steamships of $4,000 tons.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-20

learned II in reference to the treat
ment Of the small grains. The eastern
farmer usually considers wheat, oats
and barley as crops which cannot be
cultivated. Consequently no attention
is paid to them from the time they are
sown until they are ready to harvest.
Not 10 with the up to date dry farmer.
He cultivates his grain fields after
every rain from the time they are well
started in the spring until they are too
high to allow Of further cultivation.
The spike tooth harrow is used for the
earlier workings. Al the grain grows
larger the weeder II substituted. By
means of the latter implement grain
may be cultivated almost up to the
time when 1t begins to head.
The advantages Of this cultivation
are twofold. In the first place It
serves to break the crust which ID 20
likely to form after the spring rains
and to close the cracks which the frost
has made in the winter grain fields.
This lessons the evaporation Of mois-
ture, which is most rapid from crusted
or cracked soil and conserves 1t until
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-20
Saving the Asparagus.

A writer in the Rural New Yorker
says that he has got the best Of the as
paragus beetle by keeping il flock "f
guinea fowls. They are very fond OF
the beetles and will get most of thrir
living from them if given the chance.
Some other gardeners Outwit the bee
ties by keeping the asparagus so close
ly and regularly cut that there are no
shoots for the insects to live on. and
after the cutting season is over the
plants are sprayed with bordeaux ar
senate of lead.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-20
Farm Adx,ice and Su&6esfion

that which has been sOwn broadcast
and SO lessons the yield. For the sihhe
reason the narrowing should be done
In the direction of the drill rows rather
than across them. Fields on which
grass or clover seed has been s"wh
should not be narrowed. for the young
plants are as easily killed by this treat
ment as are the weeds. None of these
precautions need he observed il The
roller is used OH winter grain. but the
roller is Of little or no use In killing
weeds. In the east. except In the dr'-
est seasons. it will not usually he prof
table to harrow Crainfields more ihaa
once.-COuntry Gentleman.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-06-20

strong drink is raging prov. xx, u.
Verses 11-14.-Light and darkness.
If the Christian is better than the
heather he must show it in daily liv-
ing, and let him do SO by full and
balanced life. He must have good
ness Of disposition, righteousness of ac-
ton and truth as regards motive, SO
that the superiority Of the spiritual
life may become known. Have no
fellowship" Let there be no friendly
intercourse with evil in any Of its
forms. 1t is "unfruitful," Improbable
and Intellectual as to helpful results In
life. ''Reprove them" by both pre-
cept and practice-not, however, in
a passive but in an aggressive way.
Evil must be exposed if it is to be ex-
PEELED, and no mild measures can ac-
complish this. "Things - done -"
in secret" Well was it said, Men
loved the darkness rather than the
light. for their works were evil" (John
lii, 19). The direct reference here ia
to the licentiousness Of pagansm,
which was practiced behind the scenes.
"It is shame to refer to these hor-
rid things. If we have to 1t must be
to denounce them In the way Paul
himself has done in Rom. /, 1882.
MADE manifest by the light" When
evil is brought into the light Of Chris.
tian truth 1t will show its true colors,
and the doers of evil. If honest, will &C.
knowledge the error Of their ways and
forsake them.
Verses 15-17.-Wisdom and folly.
To this end he exhorts his readers to
be strict with themselves. "See then
Take heed, look, watching against any
blunders or mistakes. "Circumspect
ly"-carefully or exactly. They can.
not be too particular in considering all
the facts. for carelessness here may
damage the cause beyond calculation
How We walk" Their whole manner
of life must be marked by (a) thought.
| fulness, mot as fools, but as wise"
Their relations toward them that are
without" must be marked by wisdom
| Col iv, 5), and they must be consistent:
! ID, earnestness. "redeeming the time, VI
using the opportunities as they came
for personal improvement and to helr
others into the light as it is In Christ
Because the days are evil" Within
year after this epistle was written
Rome was burned, and Nero took
vengeance on the Christians, who were
unjustl.~ blamed. Four years late,
Paul and Peter died martyrs' death,