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like the click of the New York men's oars in the rowlocks at each 

 stroke, and substituted brass rowlocks to turn in the gunwale 

 fitting the oar, which ellei'tually prevented the disagreeable 

 click. 



After the same kind of discouragements which Noah probably 

 experienced in building the ark, the barge was ready to paint. 

 This was done by Wm. Capeu, the sign painter of "log cabin" 

 memory, who was the lirst to encourage the owner in his under- 

 taking. Capen had his choice of the colors and style of painting, 

 and chose pea ereen for the outside with a narrow black and gilt 

 stripe. Capeu's shop was in the third story of the "Insurance 

 building," then on the site, of the present Bailey & Noycs building 

 in Exchange street. Judge Mellen had his law office in the second 

 story, directly under the paint shop. The year before, the Judge 

 had attained to t he age of 70 years and had become constitution- 

 ally disqualified to hold the office of justice of the Supreme Court. 

 This undoubtedly caused him to be irritable. The noise made in 

 turning the boat in the process of painting, and that, made by 

 those attracted to look at it, very much disturbed the Judge, who 

 frequently went up stairs and opened the door to complain, 

 Finally, when the stripes were on, the burnishod brass rowlocks 

 and the showy stern cushions were in place, the Judge came up 

 one morning to complain, but his eye caught sight of the barge 

 and he stepped in to examine, and was so well pleased with the 

 barge that all his bitterness died out, and he apologized for his 

 mi patience and told us to make all the noise we liked. 



There was now no difficulty in forming the club and getting the 

 shares taken. The barge was named The E :gle, and when finished 

 was launched out of a three story window into Exchange street 

 and hauled to Ingraham's, now Commercial wharf, and placed in 

 the water. We were all there, with our oars, intending to make a 

 trial trip, but as there was rough water outside of the dock, and 

 the boat looked so frail, and set so light on the water, wc hesitated 

 to launch away. Much to our relief at that moment. Captain 

 Green Walden, of the revenue cutter Morris, came into the dock 

 in his barge. We asked the captain to put his oarsmen into the 

 new barge and try her, which he readily did, and to assure us of 

 her safety he got in himself as coxswain. He put the boat into 

 every possible relation to the sea in the harbor, with a sweep that 

 overcame our timidity, and a half dozen of the new Eagle Boat 

 Club took their places in the barge, and this was the first rowing 

 club afloat in Portland harbor. Some of us could row, but some 

 of the crew were powerless to keep stroke, lifted their oars high 

 and awkwardly out of water, and often "caught a crab." Feather- 

 edging was an after accomplishment, which was soon learned. 



The Eagle was not modelled for speed only, but for a comfort- 

 able boat to take our lady friends for an evening's excursion in 

 calm weather, where the singing of the Canadian boat song and 

 kindred productions could be enjoyed. As we became proficient 

 in rowing, a desire for something to row with developed. The 

 only boats that could approach our speed on a trial were the 

 revenue cutter's and the port barges, with those of an occasional 

 man-of-war that came in. The ownership of the barge was 

 changed after a year or two, and she was finally shipped for Cuba 

 and was lost off the deck of the vessel in a storm. 



I commenced to write this sketch with many pleasant recollec- 

 tions, but when 1 come to try to recall the members of the club at 

 its formation, I find not one alive but myself. Of the original 

 members I recollect Abner Lowell, James Appleten, Jr., Win. 

 Capon, Charles F. Little. All have passed away, and, like Job's 

 servant, "1 alone am left to tell of it." 



The next rowing club after the Eagle, as I recollect, was com- 

 posed of Neal Dow, Abner Lowell and others, who obtained a 

 boat in Boston, a white barge, which they named the Nautilus. 

 They went on an excursion to Bath, where she was malicously 

 damaged by having a hole cut in her bow in the night, which 

 caused much excitement in that town. The passage home was 

 made in a steamboat. 



The purchasing of the Nautilus in Boston caused an ill-feeling 

 among boatlmild'crs and boatmen here, and a club was formed of 

 which the following were some of the members: George A. 

 Churchill, Amos Warren, Joshua and Charles Safford, E. M. Pat- 

 ten, Thos. O. and John F. Gould. They employed Thos. F. Roberts 

 to build them a barge 40ft. long and to row ten oars. True to their 

 home pride, she was called the Portland. This was in 1838. The 

 Mechanics' Association held their first fair that year, filling the 

 three stories of the present much-abused Old City Hall. The 

 splendid barge Portland with two hand fire engines, one from 

 Philadelphia and one from Boston, occupied the lower story. A 

 silver medal was awarded to Roborts for his barge. The Portland 

 was taken to Boston by her owners and was entered for a race 

 with several Massachusetts boats. She was leading the fleet with 

 her builder steering, when a pilot boat came across her bow and 

 obliged her helmsman to alter her course or be run down. By 

 this she lost the first, but took the second prize. With the advent, 

 of the Portland came bitter spirit of rivalry among oarsmen, and 

 the championship of the harbor was warmly contested. 



The Wave came next after the Portland and after her all is 

 blank to me— Hon, Wm. Gould,in Portland Daily Press. 



PASSAIC CANOEING.— The Ianthe C. C. lately held a watei 

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 each canoe. A number of visitors were present at the club house 

 to view the procession, in which members of the Essex, Ruther- 

 ford and Arlington clubs took part. 



A craft, the description of which equals anything to be 

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 mammal extant. ' The boat is said to be a copy of a German 

 invention. It will be taken apart when finished and packed 

 for transportation on board the whaler to which it is an ac- 

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