The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . the Marine Hospital which stood closeby, a low double house kept by Daddy Richardson, a charac-ter, whose chief occupation was the making of seines which wereeverywhere and over everything. Daddy was not much of atalker, but he could repeat the Bible from cover to cover. Thetrouble with the old gentleman was that while it was easyenough to get started, he never knew when to stop, and whenin class meeting he had run abo
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . the Marine Hospital which stood closeby, a low double house kept by Daddy Richardson, a charac-ter, whose chief occupation was the making of seines which wereeverywhere and over everything. Daddy was not much of atalker, but he could repeat the Bible from cover to cover. Thetrouble with the old gentleman was that while it was easyenough to get started, he never knew when to stop, and whenin class meeting he had run about so far, some one must dropan extinguisher on him in the shape of a lustily sung hymn orother diversion. Still nearer the bridge was a shipyard where Ichabod Norton built his vessels. ICHABOD NORTON. Suppose we digress to Ichabod himself for a moment:—Born in 1761 he died in 1847 f^^l o^ years and honor. Hismonument in Edgartown tells us that His house was open totravelers, and his hand ever open for the benefit of others. Hearrived at a good old age, was at last gathered to his fathers,his noblest of mottoes, an Honest Man. Endeared to his fel- 78 MARTHAS As eveniiis comes. low beings by firmnessand fidelity in publicaffairs, and his honestyin all his private deal-ings. By prudence andeconomy he amassed alarge fortune, which hewisely distributed forthe benefit of hisfriends. The motto which hehad cut over his fireplace—Deal justly, Love mercy and payall debts—was the keynote of his life, but as he was one of thefew men on the island who had money to loan, in fact wasiknown as the bank of Edgartown, there were naturally somewho were not quite as charitable in their expressions of opin-ion as the good book counsels. Like many strong men he hadhis odd side. It is said that in his old age he sent for a friendand, remarking that he already had his coffin in the house,asked the friend to write an epitaph for him. This the frienddeclined to do, because he was his f
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