The Republican journal., 1913-09-11
;,,n,iniscences by J. O. J.

THE EDITOR OF IHE JOURNAL. Hav'
l ias,on to 90 to Belfast short time
cI~g friend whoiwas to visit at my
~ Liberty, l started in the early
sfter one Of the most terrific
w If the season that had swept
'S re-. section of the country the prev
'D ming. At the time l started ma
~ N'oG not vet recovered from that
l i.aanpour, and see ed to be half
yg 90 TO speak. Though it was in
p'i of the haying season there
ssa1nd of either man or beast; no
~ # men or swish of sythe; no rat
y .6s moving machine; no lowing of
! ~ singing of birds. On that early
'',rring all nature seemed hushed
Wv rspose. and so continued until
Il R4lfast. left my home at Z a.
! Ind not see even a dog until l
~ AYERS Ridge. There | met a
ao, tramping westward no, and l
4, meet or pass a person or a living
Until ! had passed the Hayford
Belfast. The only team l met
.,sr. to the cemetery hill was
simmons milk wagon, and the
..g- that passed me was an auto
mi HAT passed me after | had
an. entity of the trotting park.
oe,ome ride brought a reminis-
thought of the changes
along the road from Lib
a-'a,t during the 43 years that
e. III the former place and have
--s,-ag over that road. | find
.-.-s ar. nut two heads of families
same houses now as then
..g s~- both in Belfast and were
.art1lrs Of mine in the years that
.g. Viz. John M. Simmons, an old
..s- md Samuel Philbrook. There
.~-m Belmont who were heads of
.- n, but they do not occupy
~, e9uses now as then. viz, W.
m har.aS Morrill, and George
,ati the site of the old school
stood across the road from
.... lna On the Hayford farm my
aack to my boyhood days,
.s ll schoolhouse | learned A B
ana I-attended school there
. o go to sea at the age of
ere that | got all the school
a All, and that was not much.
MP a1e term in particular. 1t
Dr. winter of 1916 and | was then
e.- old. The teacher was the
M saac M. Boardman, then OF
r. south Belfast, | do not re-
r u Is!esboro, or Long Island,
a. cd then, was the place of
d. ] Know that he was the mate
-r commanded by his father
rr.-tme, and taught school win
t-W terms. l know that he
srsr IN the school room, and
ar oJhers who could testify
tsce if living. l remem-
= boys of all ages at
=chool that winter, IS Of
.- soung men. Some of them
-.7. and among them was the
attain Martin Stone, the late John
many others, but one of
sill mention. His name was
F4.. His father lived on the
Low the schoolhouse, where
IL a5s ives. His people have all
-ss. -1r many years and | am prob
.- only person living that, ever
10 Belfast. He was cut out
r In his youthful days he
Q tae summer time in the old Bel
6ston packet Comet, COM
n is me ate Captain Martin Rog-
, tended school IN the winters,
ia ,o.tul Of hi to learn anything
.~. He left home shortly after
H not return for five years, at
;rz lie was first mate of ship
& -,0n New York. His parents
tter that and he left home and
lraei and no one in Belfast
Nv. rom him except myself. Many
ae had gone out of the lives
.- z in his native town, and
.as In the U. S. Navy, | found
. -e Of Fred Wait was a COM
ar- ng the docks in New York.
. Try and learned that he was
u 5ne of the Black Ball line
' ips that piled between New
a.. LEerpool as emlgrant ships,
-I.- vas one of the knock down
lIal of Bully Waterman of
! remember that Governor
-rson was the school COM
fuG time and that he visited
that term. He was elected
.H s4 and this was in 1916. !
d.. very dignified man, with
s INNER coat, his tall hat and
l- .- -reen glasses, and that his
10 s-.ag US as he listened to the
yas awe-inspiring. | remem-
.' aGees knocked together as
place to read my little verse.
..s noses | had found the verse
-'as read and to my holy horror in
VAS the sentence: And the
i gave one simultaneous shriek.'
Or "1ys shrek was bigger than |
9-'g lad of twelve summers,
0-s-s anout that, and the word
'.A.ols was a mountain over which
Ger J would be unable to pass. But
:9a~ned up as ! have been COM
. H. o many times in long life,
ire at the bullseye, and by good
f.t square, pronouncing the word
+' Bat | feared that | had not
SO. tyr to my CONSERVATION | was
p By the Governor, but he only
"a h- To give the definition of the
3 / nd not know the meaning of the
.-ta,tion, Definition Of words was
4-t taught in that school to any
->lenJ AS for myself l do not
nat / had ever looked in a diction-
Ihere was none belonging to the
y. lie teacher probably had one,
~ some of the larger girls had one,
'aa none and l think that none Of
'ss had one, and none of US were in
manner class, as we considered that
y sJuly fit for girls only. So when
9lhef and simply asked the mean
=. .ie word, | promptly answered /
~. .Sr9W Then he asked the class,
We same result. He then put the
'lh 10 Inc entire school and the Is
IVY appear to have it. If they had it
i77t, ii, as there was no response.
10 ~ ask the teacher, but we