The Republican journal., 1916-02-10

JACKSONVILLE. FLA, Feb. 2, 1916 Events
come up occasionally which indicate that our
country is not so large after ALL and in this re.
spect have two or three incidents to relate
In my first coming to Florida, in 1872 dropped
into the hotel business for time, and one
evening in the early winter a tourist came in
and registered. He name was Long and he
registered from Barnstable, Mass l remark
ed, well you are from pretty we'll down
east" "Ohl no. said he 81 first saw the light
of day on Charles street in Belfast. Maine.
OF course / was somewhat surprised, and /
said to him: well, | have little the be t of
YOU as | was the odar.) l also first saw the
light of day on Charles street, Belfast, Me.
He was the son of Mr.. Long who in 1859 or
90 was in the market business with Mr..
Ravener and that fact remembered well.
think Havener & Long had market in the
store now occupied by Ralph Southworth.
Another rather singular OCCUR nee. few
weeks ago the city of Jacksonville entertain
ed visiting mayors from 103 cities from vari-
Gus States south OF the Mason & Dixon line.
There over mile of tables to be used
for the 30 p. N. supper, but as the weather
had cooled off somewhat the dinner was not a
success. However, there was to be a high
diving act in the evening which brought many
visitors and residents of the city out on the
ST reefs and in the parks. | was walking about
with some gentlemen friends and would
occasionally get into conversation with others.
Soon ound mixed crowd of US entering
into general conversation. when heard an
elderly lady say to one of my friends, II am
from Maine" evidently in answer to his hav-
ing told her where he from. l, of course
turned around and asked what part of Maine
please. Her answer was from Monroe. OF
course was at once interested and told her
was from Belfast, and she asked me my name,
saying at once, which one of the Morrison boys,
Ed or WHIP" In my boyhood days | used to
spend part of my school vacation at Bradford
Webber's near Monroe Center and she seemed
to be aware of the fact and told me that after
grew up and engaged in business in Belfast
that in company with her father she had been
in our store many times, and in those days
knew me when she me. She was also
aware of the fact that one of US married in
Searsport and asked me which of US it was If
| understood her Alright her name was Miss
Piper and she had been away from Monroe for
number of years.
We have Belfast and Searsport man living
here in Jacksonville, in Capt. W. M Upper,
the agent of the Clyde line of New York
steamers His father was Methodist minis
ter, and in the lat SOS occupied the pulpit in
the-then new-Methodist church, and on leav-
ing the ministry moved to Searsport and Capt
Upper went to sea from there. He also
asked me about many of the scholars he used
to go to school with-many of whom have
passed to the great beyond. l believe Capt.
Upper married in Searsport and finally settl-
ed in Brunswick, Georgia, coming to Jackson
vile from there.
1t is not often l see anyone from Waldo
county or, in fact, from Maine, but several
times / have met Mrs. Jennie (Morse) Bragg
of Stockton Springs, whom knew very well
as young lady. She is spending the winter
here with her son, who is one of the trusted
and efficient employees in the engineering de-
partment of the Jacksonville street R. r..
owned by Stone and Webster of Boston, Mass.
81 degrees in the shade Feb. LIST. p. m.
E. ]. MORRISON.