The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-03-02


Interested, and 70 which we have 10 come nj
lust, whether we will or mn. Tho average
durntion Of life in Maine il 80 years. Bv
the census of 1850 The deaths In the State
are set down 1T 7545 for the year ending In
June, which Is Ms to II 90 100 of the pop.
aation ny the same tables the proportion
IN the Unitei Stated is As ! to 70 3-5 of the
population. These tables IRE mo-, conside,-
ca reliable. because they exhibit such yari.
Gus and dicsimilar results. In regard 10
aiaine' the proportion would seem 70 be too
sina,i. In Portland, the deaths for tho wear
iooo and 1851 were as to so of the p3nu.
iaiion, which us compared With other Iar.o
B'acfs SHOWS high degree Of health. In
~. .o same years, the proportion
was 40 10 81 =, aud the average for 8
years from l84l to l845 was | TO az. in
Lowell 10 1850 IL WA to 81, In Salem j to
81. lawn '"
The proportion Of deaths in the ci,ies Of
New England compares very iavorably with
The cities OF Europe. According 10 DR..
Prices table prepared more than 80 years
ago, HE proportion Of deaths 10 the popuIa.
lion In London was I 10 ~. in Vienna 1 10
20, in Berlin ! TO 81. But the average
duration Of lie is longer at the present
time, than il was 100 or even SO yeas ago,
owing partly TO exemption from epidemics
which fatally scourged The world in former
years, but which have in measure been
arrested by wiser medical treatment, and
improved sanitary regulations, partly by The
diffusion OF the principles and practice OF
temperance and the general cultivation Of
the arts OF peace. In Boston, for instance,
during the last century, the ratio OF deaths
varied from 10 % 10 ] In So Of The popu-
la'ion AMI BY tables carefully prepared in
England in l84l, the proportion Of deaths
~ The whole country was 1 to &c; while in
London II was TO 81, and in Liverpool and
Manchester ] 10 80, showing a very s,rik.
ing improvement in The average OF life IN
that country. BY The last census in Great
bIi'aih there appeared 10 be i29, OO0 over
gu years OF age, about 10, 900 over 30. 90
80 over %, $40 over 100, or one 10 60 600
nearly. IN Maine BY the last census there
were 10 ,495 persons between 10 aud so.
3,475 between so and 90, e3a between 90
and 100, aud - owe, 100, or ono 10 about
IS. 900.
BY recent tables prepared with much
care for the New England Life Insurance
Company, il was found that of 10 900 Iiv-
ing at tho age oi 10 years, only l,I27
reached Tho age Of so, lis the age of 80,
and tho age Of 90. This is mich inferi.
or TO the actual Stale OF things in Maine
And Tins calculation would DO very differ
eni IL The period Of birth were taken rs tho
basis. This was shown by Mr.. Kennedy,
The late head of The census bureau, who
prepared tables for Maryland illustrative of
This subject. His report states iha, of every
10. 1858 Infants born The same day, I,243
lie The first year,-a large mortality takes
place the 81 and 81 years, leaving about
3.5 of the original number TO commence
The 4'h year. Ahcr hi. period. the juven-
lie system acquires more irmne,s aud
'igor TO resist disease. AT tho age Of 81,
] ,l34 survive; 6,302 attain 10 IS years
The meridian Of manhood. At So, only
4.121 remain; from this age the numbers
are decimaed more rapidly, few become
and lin9ei on the verge Of
life, till virtually al the age Of i06, all have
closed their earthly existence.
Surely, Sour bones are scattered a, the
graves mouth" On lookin. at The census
of Maine. II will appear that the line of
equal division Of The living falls nearly up
on The ag- Of 20; thai j.. OF The $50 600
people Of Maine, 2sG 900 were 20 Yeas
and under, and 294 900 over that age -
The largest unmh.r LIVING ~ any slage Of
len years, was between 20 and so years Of
age; this was 99,735.
The number Of males in the State was
297, AL; OF females 2S5 69S. The occu.
patton OF a portion Of The former, was rs
follows :-ClergyInen 928. Physicians $50,
Lawyers $50, Teachers 5S8, Students 500,
Mariners 1923, Laborers Is 900, Mer.
chants aud Traders i.i3l, P,Iu,eIs 25s,
Shipcarpenles 2.24S. Maine equals New
York and surpasses Massachusetts in cank.
ers,; she boasts larger proportion OF agri.
cnllhral instrument makers. or fishermen
Maine aud Massachusetts are nearly equal,
and together they contain about one half OF
The whole number in The Union. or mari.
ners, Maine has more than any other Slate
except Massachusetts, and in ioiners sho
nearly equals New York.
In this connection | NAV observe that
there is moi now throughout The State in the
active employment of his profession, a
lawyer or Physician, who CON.
his professional duties SO years
neo. DR.. Nichols, ordained at Portland in
1909. is the Oldest settled minister connect.
I'd with parish. III these times OF rapid
change in The ministerial office. the exam
,le l. worthy OF note, and the history Of his
parish furnishes still more remarkable
eaiure; II was The The first parish es'ab.
ished east OF Kennebunk; il frs, minis
or, Rev. Thomas Smith, was ordained In
.727-l2S years ago there were then bu,
i've settled ministers IN Tho State. Since
which time there have been three ministers
nd has never for an hour been without a
eiilcd pastor, aud during SO Of those years
had the services Of colleague, viz -
Dr.. Deane with Mr.. Smith 81 Years, and
Dr. Nichols with DR.. Deane 8 years and
no example is still kept up, for since those
emaIks were written, a colleague has set.
ed with DR.. Nichols, who, We hope, will
TO the successors Of The next halt
entary, the traditions Of this venerable
'arish.
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Among these Interests, agriculture should
oi be overlooked, although i, is no, so
romIneni as our position in available land
nd other advantages, entities 1t TO lake
saac Hill, man competent to judge in
uch matters, declared, after tour in our
erriiory. that no Stale had less soil incapa-
lie OF cultivation IN proportion TO is extent
han Maine. He OF course must have re.
erred 10 The Atlantic States, and in such
lew, have no doub, Of his correctness
IN, our people have satly neglected their
dvanlages they have been drawn away
rom The most heallhinI aud the most indie.
endeni occupation OF lite, by the superb.
ial attractions OF other branches Of bust.