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on account of the tide. Each man brought his lantern. Mr. Cudworth's mother, then seventy years of age, never having witnessed a launch, came up from Scituate and was present at the event—a great one for her. Ship Electric Spark, 1,200 tons, launched at the same yard in 1855, was commanded by Capt. R. G. F. Candage (now of Brookline) and made the voyage to California in one hundred and six days. The Boston Advertiser of Saturday, May 10, 1856, has the following advertisement: Glidden & Williams line for San Francisco To Sail on or before Tuesday, May 20, the Magnificent first-Class Clipper Ship Thatcher Magoun S. B. Bourne, Comdr. The Thatcher Magoun is truly an elegant ship extremely sharp and ventilated in the most thorough manner. She will sail as above. For Freight or Passage Apply at California Packet office 39 Lewis Wharf. She was built by Hayden & Cudworth. To illustrate the quality of work by a famous Medford ship-builder a lady relates this exp