The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-30
Remiuis0snoss Of a Past Generation.

age We dwell on the past. Residing in Port
land in 1918, and being in Exchange street
every day, thought it might be interesting
to some of your readers to view the street as
itstood at that day, and compare it WITH Inc
present time. In the account give below
do not pretend to be perfectly correct, out
others may be able to correct my errors.
send you sketch of the upper side OF the
street, and will send the other side in few
days. &A
EAp1.y REcoLLEcTIoNs OF EXCHANGE ST.,
IN 1913. RaHg 1&
On the corner of Fore and Exchange streets
was the building occupied by Moses Gould as
a hat store and Jonathan Tukesbury as a shoe
store. Mr.. Gould was native of Ipswich,
Mass. He was tall and well built, shrewd and
economical, and left a handsome property
Two sons survive him-Daniel and Moses.
Mr.. Tukesbury isa native of West Newbury.
Mass ,and believe is still in business on Fore
street; must now be over eighty years old.
The next store was kept by Joshua Tolford,
Matchmaker. He has passed away and left
two sons 10 business on Free street. The next
above was Robert Barbour's shoe store. He
has left two sons--John and Charles--in the
same business, who, hear, have handsome
property. q. 49,
think the next above was Eben Griffin's
shoe store. / believe he had but one son,
Leonard. The family are all dead.
Next we come to Mcclellan & Fletcher,
Auctioneers. The senior partner was sales
man, and stood among the first of his profess
sion. Fletcher was the business man, bright
and active, with great deal of wit and hui
NOR; he died in Boston. Mcclellan, believe,
died in Portland. ----
Next above was Enoch Moulton, Jeweller,
who kept as then thought splendid store.
He was native of Newburyport, Mass, and
served his time with his father, as did three of
his brothers. They have all passed away.
The next above was Henry s. Pearson. in
the Watch and Nautical Instrument business.
He was born in Newburyport, Mass. and was
one of the first members of the M. G. M. Associ-
alton: believe he retired after being in BUSH
ness oyer fifty years In the same street. All
the above kept in what was called Jones
Row. att r 41 S. 6l}(9l8
Two stores above were empty. Part of the
Row was made into tenements, well finished
and In good style for that day. Then came q
passage way to go to the rear. On the corner
was two story old wooden building, kept by
L. Champrosay, Coniectioner and Restorator.
He was a native of Paris, France. He was
also a Dancing Master, and a celebrated
prompter at the balls in the old Union Hall on
Free street, kept by Mrs. Cutter. He went
back to France to die among his friends.
The next above was one story, wooden
building, occupied by Oliver Bray, Esq. II
was in his Office and before him that all the
small cases Of crime were tried. He was
stout andof very dark complexion He wore
aqueue and his hair powdered. Alittle an
ecdote Of. Squire Bray, hope will not go
amiss. He was trying negro, and the office
was full of persons of the same class. A wag
came along and put his head into the door
and said, Scan you tell me which Squire
Bray is?" much to the, amusement of the
outsiders. He was quite musician and cele-
brated violin player. He played the bassoon
at the sold Jerusalem.p alias First PARISH
The place that once knew him will know him
no more.
L The next building was large one-story
wooden building, set high and back from the
lastreet. Here was the Insurance Office, OF
which james Neal, ESQ.,. was President "a
Quaker and bachelor. His office was the
stopping place for the merchants in town. II
will mention one Of them: Samuel Huzzey,
the old Quaker, whom the boys always called
the .'clerk Of the weather" It was said BY
them that the head of his cane under his arm
pointed the way the wind blew. Many anee-
dotes could be told Of him. One. will answer
for the present When he was one of the
Overseers of the Poor, man was sent to the
Aims House with delirium. The keeper told
him the man must have some rum. Reply
was, "Do not give him one drop, and If he
dies charge it to me-" He was at that time
President Of the "Sixty-nine Society for the
suppression of Intemperance.n would like
to mention the names of those persons who
paid their daily visits at the Insurance office,
/ but must forbear, as. no doubt most are
dead. -aea:
y y The next shop above was Of wood, and was
occupied by Christopher Manuel, barber. in
those days. believe he was born in one of
the French West India Islands, and came to
Portland when quite young. He has long
since laid BY his9razor and sleeps with the
Caesars. ,sbzi
L WIN. s, Quincy, Matchmaker, was, think,
next above. barely remember him. so-a
We now come to a three-story wooden
house, the residence of the Hon. VIM. Wild
gerry. He held a number of important off.
ces, both state and national. He was in Con-
gress and voted for the war of 1912, and was
called by the Federalists the aWar Hawk"
Betsey Farley kept amilliner's store in part
Of this building. 4 think this was the frat
Z store of the kind in Portland. Tsn or
From this house to the corner Of Middle
street was brick, and here am lost in location
OF the occupants: Woodbury. Storer, senior,
Notary Public; Cumberland Bank, Joseph,
Swift, Cashier, and Albert Newhal, President
Joseph Pope, ESQ.,, Town Clerks Office, was
IN the front part of the building. He was
great on Perpetual Motion" ssas si5sz
Seth Clark, Tailor; his shop was celebrated
for the first news, and he was called by the
boys "old News-monger." No.
Royal Lincoln, English Goods Store, and
Robert Boyd's store made the corner. This
appeared to me large store and full of
goods. ~ s" -srsf
This finishes the upper side of the street,
and If any of the persons named are living or
occupy the same buildings, they must be far
advanced in life.s .,g d.
sq, Our Quota. a-f
Under the call of July IS for SOC, 900 men,,
the quota of Portland was sol. The quota
assigned to this district on the present call is