Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-11-26

patton there, and from it entered the ~.
ton police force. D0s-
In lss3 carnc the draft riots MA
tells what parious times those we're. o.,
h.nos Wasgstt does not. lie can't rs,ns,,''
Der just Whist happened; he doesn,, ~.
TO remember just what happened. ma ~
physician, even ifsy years after bss -
biddan him 10 talk Of just wha, hspnsna'.
The excitement % the remembrance. 49,,
not be a healthy thing for that pi,..,
three year old hcsrs.
i Boy douht he canse nearer r.. a....
then hsn 81 asy fips Ia his lite. Ire re-.
sslts spsak instead ofiha skipper. In a..
asty following yoars be hiss never on,,e
recovered his health. though 81 s,sr,
sixteen sears in Florida trying to do 20
/ Now. getting wigbin signaling dis,o,ce
Of the century mark, 1T bis home ~ n,
Meridian street. East Boston, In bis -.
markabiy clear and precise dietion. bs
| speaks 10 this wise:
aha not bean ali smashed To u.ecns
several times would look younger. fne
doesn'i look DAY more than seventv
| My i'll health you can lay to those dr.t,
I riots mustn't talk Of them IA shudd,r A.
/ the mention OF the name land 10 an A..
tack of yellow fever once had in a brig
/ on the west coast OF Africa"
| After the draft riots catastrophe the
| doctors recommended cuba to Cant
wssgstt. The island was then in a CON.
slant state OF revelation. About the tlne
be wanted TO return horne he los, hi.
transport, 30 IT was not safe place for
him. Meeting there skipper he knew il
was agreed that he should ostenstbly hs
signed on the Shippers ship as "earEssp.
ter. 80 be left Cuba.
His hesith fell back again and Florida
was tried. There he rerainsd tair shsrs
OF health. His energies in Florida were
| principally directed toward efforts in be-
half OF masonic affairs. The Florida
| lodges were In shaky condition Cant
wssgstt bolstsred them up. with
membership In Jacksonville be became in
/ time grand master OF Masons OF the state
of Fiorids, and grand high priest o; ROYAL
Arch Masons. Prcviou-ss he had been
member.of Lygonia ledge OF Ellsworth.
I y. and A. N.
/ Capt. WRsgatt was bora Feb. Is. ISlo.
I Perhaps Feb. is, 1900. he will eonsidzr
/ himself ancient. tie says he was a
"born, dried and smoked democrat uuJa
they kicked me cut"
/ "whss tort" be wss asked
because ! voted for the right ,uan.
forget bis name, He wss lavyrr IN
Gardiner, running for governor Later
when was in Buenos Ayres be was Amer
can consul there. Since then have
generally voted republican, though e2u
myself independent. The tirst President,
ever voted for vas he man Who followed
Martin Van Buren,"
Well Capt. wasgatl remembers scgsag
the Eastern rAalruad enirr tast Bo.,ea
about isaI.
Tue old sailor sttrtbutes mis- longevity
10 ''eorreei living lie uses liquor ag.s.
sionsIly as a medicine. and used tobac .
whtn he followed the sea. "Est- can ~.
anything" says be, "unisss II comes trua
. aos. Old Moses was Just about right TO
his theory about tbst.
"wsll, /" rsnrladsa iris r1s a.l spce.-
l.vn 80 CHATTING she other day, "To us-
sshAuscd OF ny age, and I'm not AFRAID
to tell Of IL. II I hadn't Always dom ,-
test --se s0e~ , fAga{trt k4-- p.
anle 10 get this far, and I snouidnt have
been used as sen as have been used
"Ar my family have gone along except
one grandson. He's student at the
Everett high school.
al shsh follow the others when ny tsmc
comes"