The Republican journal., 1913-06-12

east. There is an anecdote of him truly
illustrative of the frankness with which
he dealt with those who came to him for
medical aid Madam" SAID he to a lady
who had been for long time ailing and
''spent all her living upon physicians.
neither could be healed of any"-''I can
not cure you; but you can cure yourself.
Empty all those phials into your slop-
pail--stop making an apothecary's shop
of your stomach-don't say word to
any living soul about your aches and
pains for six months; at the end of that
time you'll feel better; follow the same
rule six months longer and you'll be
WE'LL" The invalid, who fortunately for
herself had as much faith in the doctor
as her predecessors of nearly nineteen
hundred years ago had in the angel who
troubled the Pool of Bethesda, adopted
and carried out the suggestion and lived
until 1872, when she died aged ninety-two.
The brig Ospray of about 100 tons
burthen, owned by Greenleaf Porter
and John Clark, traders residing here,
and the schooner Harriet and Eliza OF
1873 tons owned by John Angler and
Salathiel Nickerson, residing here, were
built this year and launched in the month
of September; the Ospray from the
ship yard just northerly from the car
house of the Railroad, the Harriet &
Eliza at the upper bridge. The first
voyage of both was from this place to
Port-au- Prince; Capt. Henry B. 'Eells,
father of Mrs. Moses w. Rich, was
master of the Ospray; Capt, Josiah
Simpson, paternal grandfather of the
Editor of the Journal, was master OF
the Harriet & Eliza. On the night Of
Feb. 20, 1929, the Harriet & Eliza. two
days from this port bound to New York,
went ashore at Estham, Mass, in vio-
lent gale which streWed the coast with
wrecks, and was totally lost; the hull
and such of the spars as remained were
sold for the benefit of all concerned for
the sum of S35; at the time of her loss
she was commanded by the late Capt.
Jeremiah Merithew of Searsport. The
Ospray was sold to parties residing at
the West; her fate unknown to the COM
piler.
At the annual Spring meeting the Sc
lectmen and clerk of the year previous
were reelected. At the annual Fall
meeting James McCrillis, ESQ.,. was re-
elected representative. The number of
ballots cast was 10. The meeting was
held at the old Westinghouse on the
east side of the river and the attendance
was small. 1t was the last town meet
ing held on that side; up to that time the
annual town meetings had been held on
both sides alternately. The meetings on
the west side had been held for several
years at the old Meeting house which
had now been sold to the Baptist Society;
the same building now standing in rear
of the Phoenix House.
The erection of the Conference Room,
as it was then called, was one OF the
events of the year. 1t stood on land
Just northerly of the dwelling house of
Hon. R. C. johnson. 1t was occupied as
place of public worship by the religious
society now known as the North Church
until their present Westinghouse was
built. 1t was afterwa Yards sold and re-
moved to Front street near if not ac-
tually on a portion of the site of the
Belfast Foundry; it was afterwards
burned.
The number of families residing with
in mile from Nesmith's Corner at this
date was 1852; of this number ninety
were resident within the same limits in
1916. The number of deaths in town
during the year was twenty eight.