Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-05
The N an
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SeaWeed


made his pilgrimage along the Maine coast to finally
disappear somewhere the Canadian border for
Winter And probably picturesque adventurer
worked his along the mutndented rocky shores
the Pine Tree State
Sam says his is Samuel J. Charlton and
his permanent shack along the shores of
LEtete Passage up in Charlotte County New Brunswick
When he made his first trip four years ago every
body eyed Seaweed Sam with suspicion Children chased
threw after him he plodded by on his
nce-white old horse
elders put him down excessively dirty
old tramp But after they saw him do his stuff they
warmed to the strange old man and even fed him and
and gave them shelter in barns. That was all
Sam food for his horse and chance to rest
He wouldn't go into house
Sam usually stops the day at small coast
settlement like Mckinley. down Mount Desert Island
Plenty here" he grnned Il got TO have
live Something makes crave it. have always
it" Hence the name Of Seaweed Sam
This eccentric individual claims be electric"
healer He will his hands together vigorously for
generate" his batteries he expresses
IT, and then lay his patient provided the subject
doesn't mind the grimy state Sans hands are always in
Fortunately for fisher folk a
squeamish about little dirt After Sans vigorous hand
rubbing prcky ungling sensation can actually be felt
he lays his unatractive paws ones head. arms.
back other aching parts of the human body
At Mckinley several persons suffering from rheuma
tism with badly sprained ankle submitted TO
Seaweed Sans electrical manipulaons and admitted
that his treatment greatly relieved them. With each
patient he left pnt-sze bottle of his lniment the base
of which he claims is rockwell
Il lobster fish all through the Summer and when ii
Fall feel like wandering little" Sam explains
his of life. so just toss the rope bride on Old
Rocky which is short Rockwell and jog far
Rockiand From back and visit all the QUIT
ofhe-way hooks find. plan to get back to New
Brunswick just before the first heavy
How old do you think 1 am Maybe so? Well I've
really passed my saith birthday and I'm as strong and
rugged when young fellow. Because seldom
anything that doesn't out Of the
Years ago commenced gathering rockweed Now
this very coarse vegetable is a nourshing food when
properly prepared Over N Japan they always use their
and they have over 40 varieties They dry and
put it up in packages in many different ways
Il don't believe it is possible for man to live any
cheaper than 1 l existed for month moth
ing but seaweed products and have never lost pound in
weight fact before began eating food alone had
all kinds of stomach troubles. Now can digest shark
dogfish, skates and sea urehns
day when first began my food diet
studied the tons of rockwell along the shores figured
have been put there for something so gathered
boiled three hours. This removed the salts
potassium cyanide Then baked it in
several hours more and ground a fine flour
Some my recipes these: Take three measures
powder it with salt pepper and cloves
boiled potato and small slice Of bacon, cook all
together in a spider and it makes appetizing
You can make swell rockwell soup by taking this
-four an onion a beef bone two spoonfus sorrel
some bay and crumbled crust of bread Rock
weed flour boiled in spider with bit OF pork plenty Of
vinegar powdered cloves pepper and salt and with
bread and butter is very satisfying.
The rockwell alone without particular flavor but
il contains all nourshng necessary TO sis
Mixed up with various condiments it is delicious
produce with the rockwell as the chief ingredient
Between Cutler and Prescott his recent November
trip Seaweed discovered old wreck house
close the water. One was fairly dry however
and there was outbuldng that sheltered
Rocky took possession and stayed nearly month
Made nice headquarters to mix up some of
my famous Rockwell Rub as call the IMMINENT make
stuff" Sam declared Il dug up old stove
and up--Plenty of wood all around and bTfNed
up a lot Anyone who with bottle filled free
of charge rub out any ache pain in short order
Some of the fishermen me two three old
comforters Had to spread out an old umbrella to keep the
rain slept pretty comfortable until the nights
began get frosty then headed back toward Canada