The Republican journal., 1913-04-24

The next meeting of the Belfast w. C. T.
! U. will be held with Mrs Nellie Macomber
Bayvew street tomorrow Friday afternoon.
at 2.3O o'clock.
The North Church Guild will have a mic mic
supper in their vestry Monday at 6. D. m.
Mrs. Z. E Proctor and Miss Amy E. Stoddard
are the committee in c barge
SHIPPING ITEMS. A recent order from Sec.
rotary of the Navy Daniels. abolishine the de-
signatons "starboard" and port and replace
ing them with right" and cleft" has set the
old sea dogs. the retired master mariners the
pilots, and pretty much every one who goes
down to the sea in ships. to talking vigorously.
mere was when the terms were starboard and
iarboard. but the 81 niarity in sound led To
tne substitution of port for, larboard. "They
can't be In their right minds,' said the secre-
'ary OF the Boston Marine Society. "These
are time-honored terms What is poinu to
be accomplished by it? It's about as sensible
as thinking of altering to something
else. The seamen on men -of-war are lubbers
enough without introducing any such inap-
pilcabe terms that" At the Seaman's
Chorch Institute in New York the Navy De-
partments order furnished material for argu-
meht and recrlmination. whats a skipper
gong to say. I'd like to KNOW" piped one old
grlzzled fellow, when he sees bit Of shoal
Oft the port quarter?" All had to admit that
this was poser. If he didn't bawl out to his
quartermaster, "Hard port, you loafer," what
would he say? Could any respectable sailor
man be prevailed upon to request his helms.
man mildly to "hard left?" He could not
AT Snug Harbor, where there are gathered
more of the old salts than could be found on
the deep sea today, the disgust could not be
put in polite shore language. They are talk.
ing ABOUT memorializing the department For
all foresee the inevitable result. What at first
Will affect only the Navy will soon be the
practice of the Steamboat Inspection Service
ana then the new terms will come almost at
once into general nautical usage Bangor's
"rand Banker, the schooner Lizzie Griffin, was
launched from the marine railway in Brewer
last week and is getting ready for the seasons
work 1.-The Portland Argus of last Friday
says AN OLD time coasting vessel lying at
central wharf, yesterday, attracted consider.
aoie attention. 1t was the "a ton schooner
Maine built at Essex, Mass, 50 wears ago and
used originally as banker out of Gloucester
one has very blunt bow and pinky stern. be-
ing the first one of that rig seen in port for
long time. She is now owned nv Cant r
Stewart of Brooklin who uses her as coaster
anu also In nshing. Despite her age she is as
sound as nut and bids fair to round out
century, The Maine has been a FREQUENT
VISITOR at this port and her good condition is
que to the fact that she was practically rebuilt
not great many years ago The bottoms of
'he5e Old fishing craft, if they steer clear of
locks and sh pals, are onglived, but the top
SIDES wear out and rot out and have to be re-
newed' We reported last week the towing
into Rockland of the schooner Harold G.
beecher, after she had been on a ledge near
flsherman's island, by the buoy steamer Hibis-
Gus, which pulled her off the rocks. diver
from Portland made an inspection Wednes-
day and found the schooner had lost part of
her forefoot. Temporary repairs were made
and she sailed Thursday for New York The
Rockland Courier-Gazette says: Capt. Pat
tershall is immensely pleased with the as
slstance and courteous treatment he received
from the captain and crew of the Hibiscus"
80, The Bangor schooner Irene E. Meservey.
Capt Perkins, sprang leak off Vineyard
Sound lightship Friday evening, and was
! beached at Tarpaulin Cove Saturday morning
just In time to prevent sinking She was
bound from New York for Bucksport with
about 400 tons of hard coal for Capt T, M.
Nicholson. AT high tide the schooner's deck
was under water. The captain and crew OF
four men were cared for at farm house The
schooner was raised April goth by the steamer
Tasco and towed to Vineyard Haven, where
repairs will be made. The schooner Freder-
lex Roessner of the Pendeton Bros fleet
which had been thoroughly overhauled, rugged
and repaired at this port under the super
! vision of Capt. J. o. Hayes, sailed under COM
mand of Capt. Hayes last Sunday morning for
Boothbay to load ice for Newport, R. l. She
! had been reported as loading stone at Vinal-
haven for New York. Capt. Hayes will leave
the schooner at Newport and another captain
! will take her.