The Republican journal., 1913-10-16
Annals of Belfast tor Half a
Century.
BY AN OLD SETTLER
(Hon. VIM. G. Crosby.)
CHAPTER XXXVI. (lS42. J


to the office holding Wings about this
time. The Democratic party Was again
in the ascendancy, Holm Fairfield hav-
ing been elected Governor. The poltica
guillotine was again in motion. Israel
Cox of Searsmont. now of this city, W as
appointed Sheriff in place Of Joseph
Muzzy, removed; William H. Burrill,
Clerk OF the Courts, in place of Solymar
Heath; Chas. Palmer, Register of Pro
bate in place of Bohan P Field, Jr.,
and Jonathan G. Dickerson. County At
torney in place of Joseph Williamson.
Hon. James White was elected Treas.
urer of the State.
In the month of February Messrs
Townly and Burnham gave two concerts
of voc al and instrumental music at Phe
nix Hall. Townly had before that time
resided here for awhile, and during that
time officiated as organist at the Unita-
rian Church.
Prior to this year our connection with
the outside world through the medium of
steam had been limited to one steamboat,
making at the most two trips per week
between this place and Boston. This
year, during large portion of the sum-
mer season, we had steamboat at our
wharves every day in the week save
Sunday. Since that time we have been,
like Oliver Twist in Dickens story OF
that name, constantly "asking for more. y
The old Bangor led off in the early
spring, but soon retired from the field.
She made her last call and fired her part
ing gun on the 25th of April. A change
took place in her ownership and IN the
month of August following she left Bos-
ton for the Mediterranean where she was
to be emp Dyed, as contemplated by her
owners, as d towboat. She piled for
awhile as a freight and passenger boat
between Smyrna and Constantinople un-
der the name of Yeni Demia, sailing
under the Turkish flag. She was first
put on this route in 1884 and had contin-
ued 70 make her trips to this time be-
tween Bangor and Boston with remark
able regularity, never having met with
any serious accident.
She was followed, April 9th, by the
Express, Captain J. B. Coyle, anc by the
Telegraph, Capt. S. H. Howes, on the
18th of May. These boats ran in oppo-
sition for awhile. The fare to Boston
was reduced to one dollar, On the third
of June eightyseven from this place
took passage on both boats for Boston,
on the sixth, seventy, and on tie evenly
eighth between eighty and ninety. A
large number of our good people availed
themselves of the low fare to visit the
metropolis of New England who had
seldom, if ever before, visited the shire
town of the county. Marvellous were
the tales told by them on their return;
among them, that there were "taverns
enough in Boston to accommodate thirty
five hundred people
The steamer Huntress ran for awhile
between Portsmouth and St. Johns,
touching at this place on her return
trips, ard connecting at Portsmouth with
the railroad to Boston.
Among the beneficial results of the
steamboat opposition of this year were
the discovery Of the wonderful fact that
steamboats, could come to our wharves,
and the construction by Mr.. Daniel Mer-
rill of the wharf now known as the Up
per Steamboat Wharf Mr.. Merrill fitted
up rooms for bathing at the end of his
wharf on scale altogether beyond any
thing ever attempted here. The men of
those days, however, had not learned
that there was any affinity between
cleanliness and goodness, and for lack of
patronage the enterprise was soon aban-
doned.
The Rev. Elbridge G. Cutler was or
dained Pastor Of the First Congrega-
tional Church and Society on the fifteenth
of June The exercises on the occasion
were dS lOllOWS. luVOCdtlOIl, E6dulIlg OIL
Scripture and prayer by Rev. James P.
Stone of Prospect; Sermon by Rev. DIR.
Tappan of Augusta; Ordaining prayer
by Rev. N. Chapman of Camden; Charge
by Rev. Isaac Rogers of Pennington ;
Right hand of Fellowship by Rev, Uriah
Balkan of Union; Address to the people
by Rev. L. Wiswell of Jackson; Conclud.
ing prayer by Rev. R. Page of Levant.
Mr.. Cutler was.born at Pennington and
died at Reading, Pa, whittier he had
gone for the benefit of his health, April
18th, 1876, aged thirty He was
eminently successful in his labors in the
ministry while residing here and left be-
hind him name which is still kept as a
precious treasure in many hearts. On
the receipt of the sad intelligence of his
decease a funeral discourse was preached