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Show FAMOUS BUCKSPORT CAPTAIN. rrnu fro., mi ri.M.r I-I..I TkU T.r aImiiI ato.uoo. "Tom Nick," or "Cap'n Tom," la tild to have mado KO.COO at least, clear ' profit thla year out ot hit flihlng fleet So say tho wisest ot tbo llucksporters, i and tbey refer to Capt. Thomas Nicholson Nich-olson of that town and to his business prosperity. Cap'n Tom la ono of tho few men In Ducksport, lie., who are worth more than lluO.OOO, and when he started In llfo bo hadn't a cent or a soul to give him a helping band, aaya tho I,.owlitoii (Me) Journal. ! Tho atory ot Cap'n Tom's life Is a atory ot thrift, tireless Industry and rapid money making. All along tho eastern coast, from Maine to Huston, he la known as a remarkable man. When bo waa U years ot age he made hla first trip to sen-went fishing un the Grand Hanks In n Iluckport schooner, nnd for some years be continued con-tinued to catch codfish ou shares, ai ono ot tho erew The .bares wen- liberal lib-eral In tboeo dsys, bowmer, and the men who were willing to work tra hours, stealing the time from their watch below, used to make a good deal at money by cutting out tbe cuds' nnguei and tounds and plck'lug thm tor the borne market, those prt ( f the fiabta being, by custom ' thrown In" to "fat up" the ineu'u wages Cap'n Tom Is a bachelor, aged about 40 year. Often be may be seen at work In hla little offlce at 3 o'clock la tbo morning. He talks and apparently thinks ot nothing but his flthlng ves-tell. |