The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-05-21
3eautiful Bermuda

BeautIful DEL muses.
belfast Young Ladies Saw There
! Two 0 Meeting with a Former Towns
o. ro of Miss Louise Ferguson
, toe T ,s,0p K. Hills from a soJour RIM IN
nuds me's'Jf former resident of Bel
INF tn E, response to a request, l Tor
and IN lars of their visit Miss
i +! kindly furnished , US with fr tine
! hss c S of letter wrp:eh iro"
WV last February:
he surprised to know that we
u VII, a former Belfast man, Mr..
ed W .her who lived in Belfast
'0lSs ., ho,hood. His parents came
ng ",' ,,ben he was three years old.
fl'' NO, was in 1864. His father
ipA '' .sctain, going on long voy-
s sant, America and other foreign
10 pD vas born on Turks Island,
! -, possession some hundred
bns ts of Bermuda. The late Mr..
S0u' me firm of Spencer & Will
Fs v Iusher's uncle, and also
was q,,rk 5 Island. The Lushers
'l0 down at the foot of Miller
'' w., near the shipyards. l be-
~ H.. sb,pyard nearest was owned by
n ~ Mr.. Lusher said that at
'' Co.,. was the only well in that
o ' and thar the men from the ship
wv ,beir water from this well and
.sDrp gave him all the wood he
w., bnrr so that he never had to
w. He spoke of the big fire of
a. ~, mined out good part of Bel
a an5 among many buildings his own
T. sand sewing machine and
u.,s saved, alorg with one or two
s.ti.ls. of furniture. His father
.n.r an voyage at that time and
e quite an invalid. He was
.s;-teer wears old, and what was
j was through his own exertlons.
.,sss PARTICULARLY about Mrs. George
p.,sstt who he said was very kind
=, ami his mother after the fire.
otbe- homeless people they were
inc .bs streets and passing Mrs.
,.tr. bome, which was then the
! ,ons4 across from the courthouse,
!. ,ts aecosted them. Although a
--.r to Mrs. Lusher, when Mrs.
l',, .onrl that they had been rem
4 5onaless by the fire she took them
Int Mrs. Lusher at once to bed, as she
ysty fraii, and did everything for
.omfort Of them both. The reason
Mrs. Burkett knew him was be-
! he was at one time in her Sunday
Il class He remembered Mrs.
kstt with much gratitude. Mr..
her 5 mother died about year after
frs and Mr.. Philo Hersey was made
gpsrdisr. He spoke of the old In
camping ground near what is now
Coon0s boat shop. The Indians
to eanp regularly there. but after
|fre Baywew street was opened up
thew were sent farther along. He
L Of gong down on the shore near
steamboat wharf and of getting
H from a spring there. And that
|bow would take an alder twig, push
kn,eQ ari in a crack in the rocks,
soon . stream would trickle down
| tFg bent ike a faucet, and for a
Ia clam shell or a leaf would serve
!. HI mentioned the White place at
|foot Of inc square, spoke particularly
i've daughters of the house, very
ty glrs, who used to ride out in
|eyanCe winch he learned in later
b WIS d jaunting car A large
uegrv rs always in attendance.
ssid l5ar as a child he was always
! lied Vbta chjs equipage went by, and
the children would stop their play
watch them out of sight, looking
|nty at the pretty young ladies but
b col0rel man, who at that time was
Peat curiosity. The Whites spent
Of the year in the South, which
al1ed the presence of their colored
ant HI asked US many questions
\ places and people, some of which
f@Ia not answer. | do not remem-
nj The people he inquired about, but
Pentohed the Andrews boys, the
es bows, Fred and Bob Chase, a
NJ Rolx and a family Of Perkins, with
p lie at one time lived, and gave US
detailed account of their well
Isled home, especially of how they
line Sabbath. All the cooking was
lne day before and as each one
w 10 eat they went to the pantry
s' What they liked. An abundance
slSsys provided, but each one had
eand wash his dishes as no table
N'Or cleared away on the Sabbath.
was evidently a Puritan observance
We Impression made upon the young
va lasting He spoke of going to
70 Miss Wiggin in the old Acad-
dlu also mentioned havinu GONE to