Eustace wolfington biography of alberta
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Alexander J. Wolfington, the son of a sea captain, was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Following a single trans-Atlantic journey with his seafaring father, he settled upon a land-based career as a blacksmith, and became apprenticed to a local master of the centuries-old art. Following the War Between the States, he traveled south to New York City, where he accepted a job at Brewster & Company.
He worked as a journeyman blacksmith for the New York City coachbuilder for three years, then followed his newly-betrothed sister to Philadelphia, just before the start of that city’s Centennial. He had saved enough money to purchase a small building at the corner of North Twentieth and Filbert Streets (now John F. Kennedy Blvd). Due to a bit of luck, his blacksmith shop was located right next to the new Pennsylvania railroad spur and he turned around and sold it for a $ profit, a substantial amount for the time.
With the proceeds he purchased an old feed store just 1 blo
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As the sun sets-this scene has some of the nicer lighting in the movie by the way-Drinian announces that the Dawn Treader has reached the Lone Islands, specifically the port of Narrowhaven. Caspian and Edmund look at the oddly still and silent town through a telescope.
Caspian: Strange. Not a Narnian flag in sight.
Edmund: But the Lone Islands have always been Narnia’s.
Drinian: Seems suspicious.
Edmund: I say we prepare a landing party. Drinian?
Drinian: Forgive me, Your Majesty, but the chain of command starts with King Caspian on this ship.
Awkward pause
Edmund: Right.
I dont feel like that little moment was necessary. It basically serves to make it very clear there will be some sort of power struggle between Edmund and Caspian later in the story when it wouldnt have hurt anything for it to be more of a surprise. Still, I dont hate it or anything.
Well use longboats, says Caspian, Drinian pick some men and come ashore. Two longboats enter the h