The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-06-27
upon thousand. Of the lives Of these creeplns

upon thousands Of the lives Of these creeping
tenants of the ocean are sacrificed every day
to the god Of Mammon. The meat of these
Holsters as well as the lumber of this region 60
round the world and put money in the peck
cts of those engaged in the enterprise. HUI. rah
for the lobster and porgy!
attended church on the Sabbath here and
heard Rev. Mr.. Harding preach to his congre-
CATION in the town hall, his meeting house
hWing been injured by fire some time ago.
and not yet fully repaired. noticed the wo-
mer of the congregation greatly outnumbered
the men. The truth is, quite number OF the
most active and wealthy business men don't
attend church here, and the preacher seemed
to be aware of the fact. His subject was
"Why do not more people become Christians
in the world and attend church," He said
the houses of worship contain but little room
compared with the great number of the peo-
pie; and yet the seats were not halt filled
The first reason he gave for this was that the
church members did not perform their duty
and live according to the spirit of the Gospel.
They qaarreled among themselves-thought
too much OF creeds and dogmas, and too little
OF practical faith and good works. For an Or
thodox preacher thought he hit his brethren
rather Lard. The sermon was well written
and gave evidence oil much thought and re-
fectiCn on the Part OF the author. 1t seems to
me that such sermon was not calculated 10
keep away even unbelievers in puritanlsm
from church. But he is orthodox, and that is
enough for some, and perhaps his sermons
generally may be less liberal than this one
was. Perhaps there are gentlemen enough in
this village to establish more liberal society
than they believe the Congregationalist to be
And why don't they do ita They possess the
means, and would modestly suggest to them
to build an Unitarian Church; hire good
pastor and 60 to church every Sabbath morn
ing at least; especially If they cannot fellow
ship with the two societies already established
in this enterprising village.
Before close must speak word about
the eastern Hotel" at which am stopping.
Let not the reader stand back in horror, when
I say it is kept by a colored man, and pretty
deeply colored too with African blood. But he
is gentleman and knows how to sskcep ho-
tel" for all that. No better table is spread at
any public house in Maine. at least have
never sat down at one. The cooking is ad-
mirable and the fare excellent. Mr.. Green,
the colored landlord, is single man, has fol-
lowed the seas and been steward on board of
ships on the other side of the globe. The
truth is he knows when an article is well and
properly cooked, Is very quiet and unassum-
ing, knows the wants of his guests and sup
plies them, and withal is very intelligent. So
much for Mr.. Green, the cofored landlord of
the best hotel in Machias, and hardly beaten
by any other in the State.
The freight Of the "City of Richmond" in
creases at every trip, and so do the passen-
uers. On board noticed some buggee wag-
ons from the establishment of Wingate, Sim
mons & Co., Of Union, in this State, who
have become celebrated for their taste and
skill in the manufacture Of carriages. There
is no better work done in New England, and
their carriages are sought for from all quar-
tiers. And well they may be, for they select
the be 1T timber and fashioa it with taste and
skill not easily beaten by any workmen in our
country. 1t is pleasant to speak of such in
dustries in our State, and may these young
mechanics never lower their standard but con-
tinue to manu- acture carriages that shall en-
dure as long as DR.. Holiness celebrated sshay."