The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-10-18


Sunday. -.... ..n. geo
Mesrs cLslbogrne s .stearns Of saco, who
have purch,sci The weI.kndwu Prrni,urc
Store VI :. T. shannon, have thoroughly Teas.
tel IL, .t,rc, AL sLisd aNcry large stock Of
furniture, sariS :, ptpes hanginss, Sc. cm-
traeigs al OF the latest improvements. They
are AZ cn,erprisipg firm. ani will merit, anil,
ro doubt, receive u iullsSus orpuLl!e patEou-
ter. 10y
Tho steamer Enterprise On the sico river
frcm the terminus OF the road to West Buxton
l. pruVise great convenience to tTavSl A. well
as for freight frOm ,hs, place and vicinity, and
pays ss au investment. We give the .frgss
credit of SOLICITING this itcm.sS Ell. h ,
NEwFIrlp, Dams Mills, Oct 10, ISL.
Ems. UNIuS AND JOURNAL: Being delayed St
thi. n,aSs short time, anil finding abuwlnnt
material TOR a letter, set myself To- work To
furnish you few items for your valuable pa
Ter. By the way. dO you not remember n
short rotiee in Your coinrns n Ww weeks
since. ola religious trouble in this village
Well, that Was half correct, and still did not
By any means 10 justice tO the subject. The
ficts are. asI have gathered them from rela-
lie intelligent citizens here, rs follows: \
meeting house was built here some thirty years
agp, by CongregaiiOnalists. Baptists and Free
Blpti,ts, each 20 occupy II proportional
share. AMI in case VI failure To do 50, either OF
the uthersto lie allowed 20 maintain occupant
cy. In course of time none remained except
the FRYE Blptists and they did not hold meet
ines regularly. but procured n preacher and
started up for while ~ circumstances favored.
llcihOdism, however, hal come into the place
ana gained snme ground. IL had yestry, and
n congregation that flled IT, Come" sail
the Free taptists, Z" help repair the meeting
house, and YOU shall maintain your meetings
In IL, and We will all worship together The
oiIcr WIS accepted AMI the house, nj cOnsii-
cradle expense, repaired; bat lo! In short
time FIRE. baptist preacher vas procured.
anl the Metholi,is assured that the term, OF
their occupancy had expired. Suffice II 10 say
the MethJliSls went back 10 their yestry GnI
have remained ever since. Let me now 20 ON
L. relate a few incidents la tho history OF thc
ATTEMPT Democracy has made Ia iOrln union
with the Free Baptist church. Efforts were
made f,r some time by the Democratic element
Ia acquire control ia this religious body, anu
with more or less success, until ut lcngth Ncy,
Mr.. Chcsley became preacher in charge. IL
seems he succumbed to Democracy fIr q while,
Was very cautious not t. say "sllyery' in the
pu'pit anl ~ avoid "nigccr' generally, until
at last Democracy became 81 exactins Of him
that he gave IL up AMI came on, true blue.
Then cane the tue NJ var,-Democracy in-
sel-Anti-S,lysry unrC,enting. lie show
cred blows from the pulpit. thick anil last, ON
PRO slavery. hut Pro slavery re'al'atel. ami
one gentleman % arises ia the midst ot sCr-
mon, aud interrupts by saying, =" wish you
hal great Hack niger right inside your
-'lC-s'" Another arises, anil filling To re-
al 10. tt,
ing at isn't 50 much what the preacher says,
a. how he Gets il OH" ~ hast, altcr several
repe,itions, one, MISUNDERSTANDING exactly with
the gentleman. broke IN by seXelaimlng. ~
don't see but what he gets u uii rs we'll rs YOU
d." The preacher 6nishel this discourse with
difficulty, buIhe Immediately Afterwards shar,l
the same fate OF previous pastors who hal
darrell t0 maintain principles contrary to the
Democracy. Theiutcriu before Gnu,hsr preach
CIR was procured, lasted till April last. Then
the Democratic element bmcntCl again, ant
this tine IL fDamel worse than usual, Let ,ue
pause here tn say ,ha, at this point the Metho-
distS hail asked to buy out or sell out IN the
" Oll meeting house, IA not very uure1s1na-
Lls request, sines their Investment there H;iS
realizing them nothing (uO meeting hut very
transiently oecurring), aud their object being
20 rrpsir II up. II il could be procured, and
make II what u was not, an ornament 10 the
place. \ peaked stick" cOull GoI have been
more stirring than was this proposition, De-
mocncy whispered IN the ears OF the Free
Baptists, "We will take hold now, You con-
currina.. and help you TO Free BIp,is, meet
iag." Democracy whispered in tue cars ~
Democratic Me,hOlisis, "COme, AM We wili
have Democrat meeting" Democracy wills
pcrsl 10 men who lUJel "glass' "COms
with uS and we Won't have temperance la our
mrvtiug." In fact, they whispered almost cy-
CrSihiug 10 almost everybody, till You migat
have sail with MrS. raTtinston, that they hal
rropUscl e. dispense With politics AMI iempSr:
anec aud religion agl all them things. Aul
muney-why money was no object. II was
prulirrrl ~ ,rcc rs water, and mcn'tha, had o.
ten signel but never paid, came fnrUgrl with
their any cor hundred dollars, just rs was
wanted, aul Immediately the lis, MAS tull.
Democracy, however, Of course dii the bust
nCss-Pree Btptis,s fell in. What else was
there Or them TO do Democracy negotiated
Tor pastor Nice nan was pastor; little
easy. with hardly backbone enough, however,
o. come ia contact Wah Democracy, and alto
cythgr too good u'man To fall into their
clutches anl be exposed To their tender mcr-
cies And 500 WAS the amount stipulated Tor
n gospel unalulteratel $50 they mer) with
politics in the pulpit, and the man Ia presume
by ~ means that he hal the light ot suitrre
out at the pulpit. Cheap, wasn't az wen.
YOU should have seen Dams Mills of a Sunday
In last May or June You would have thought
IL was a model place for going To meeting, sare.
The Democracy even turnol Out,-and that.
You know, j. remarkable. Just think ~ the
Democracy (lla.lla!) going TO church! And
Democracy behaved well this Extraordinarily
nollel appTOyingly Mt leHunciation OF any
sin except Democratic, and as that dit not
occur, why, there was M disapproyll ~ all
Al went merry as the marriage belI' I'LL TIE
81 of September. Then the pastor, Elder
praSlce, voted, and yotcl the Republican ticket
llar.rayes was elected representative by mt
iority of three, and the Democracy said IL WIS
the ministers ,ha. elected him, and that It was
IL Il hard To pay Slo apiece for Democratic
voters, AMI then pay 500 Tor minister To
come aud vote against them. They wouldn't
st,Gl IL. The biz sums that were signed so
short time previous were Ignored, ani the
minister. after receiving the plttance OF merely
500 for six months, wastold ~ shirk for him
self Democracy sMOrc the id MethOdists
(yai see Democrpy was riled to the sScrftg
paint, and YOU have no ilcl how they will
swcarO WAS the cai,se AZ tlri- minister's ,ui-
iug. In Justice to the Mclholisls | must sly
they Just kept still Us they hal been doing all
along. IL hail happened on one Sabbath, some
months before, urat being without injecting
the Methodist congregation, some OF theIn,
csses their own pews. Democracy WAS in-
censeiI '.What presumption What impcr--
,iucnce - " was said. ,Aul'in the latter part
% The day Democracy, dis-uSted, staid away.
Democracy, daring the whole six months, new
CT. Ia ANY great ex;cut, patrVnitel the prayer
Reetinys Sash wse held on Sunday even
iusS, hut no boly over looked 10 see Deeocra-
cy't,,crr D. the way, q book agent, a metz
Llr ol that congTsgatiOn, has heen engaged in
selling History vi the Bible rs subscription.
When askc,l why he dill net 60 among the ID
r,Ocrlcy with his book, he replied that he new
cr',Ountl a sale Cor such thing rs that with
them. must AID that this Is Significant
Z fact. anil shows characteristic that Is stril-
ingly cviientin the community: and lan devil
ating tom my thrnio hat iatlc o. renark that
~, line water puwcr OF this place would have
Lsru Improved. anil indeed David Givecn iWv'l
known In Your plscel woull have heea retained
in this place, without doubt, in the manus,e-
"a -.