The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-07
DAILY PRESS
s'nefa II sniis9E gltsi1aHp d1o'T II
ND. .aHA .sliiK
Saturday Morning, August 7, 1889,


Saturday Morning, August 7, 1889, ~
$ -,n = ---o ,I .. I
'...-. - l'-..l''-l7 .''
Hclou oilcana - onlina,iio ma ' -
FOR GOVERNOR - .,
TncuI1a crrasrDrDTAINT
JUDHUA Ia. UHAMDEALAIN,
seasoai OF BRtJNswfeKaT 1rxgc9
hsiH'oqq4. To-. go -.-z----- D. lianass
I,.H ,7T.7T 70 --7Er---T7 T77T-z7-ls'I gtarGf
Hne origin ana history OIL Inc
Newspaper Press i'm CUmber-
land, C0unfv..aso bic ssett ssiss.t
$50 - - 81 -. .,,.,,s. .,,f,
- :,
ADDRESS BY HON. CHAs. HOLDEN, BEFORE
1rr,,oN woa lIE 'f7c5sI s6i7-G5s 7rlpf6q sidI Il
d.-ssf isG sao Nod ilsi hisresis I ta,l sstet,ig
The theme assigned 3 me- sometime since, !.
byra former Convention. of Editors and Pnh-
lisbers ia .atbe oy,e;n AND, His.ar. - ~.
-.-' i'o'i LUG
newspaper press " ouniOeriaha Souhtyf lliv
in l7S5, on the first day sofa January, thes
important event 0occurred---a precursor of
,ba s,raat rss,,,s ~ ,,,.i ,s,,asa,t y,ha,
N -. .p
issuing u .ne nrss ne"spaper 10 'l's county,
as well as in the District, tnow State) OF
so,I II lr,a AZ, ~ a-sal.s
sA ~ ~ "po'Y 70 ~. ,.s if5s -
kAnown An as Falmouth. FAY And tne town OF raj
mouth, inow Portland has the high honor
Of being the arena. and whence ushered. into
ea ~ ,,;anasr f 81. ,ro.t %,
',,-''S 'rS.1'r ,i.s,r Sss,'
nstrumentallty, wnlch now sWays It's poten':
tial wand throughout the State. % ri Il sssos
Tha nanar.sxvas. called -tba .,Fal,,o,,th. Ga
vo.te snd arg Tbnwss as T q Ws;.e vas ~ hoId
man Who rendered his name immortal nv
tbat AZ IN . deed II had fa;tbfS,iIv Tent as -
ra,ic of rceedinc val,,e conv ~ ti,a ,,a,,e,
a.,eS Nnvs,rI Iar -I7as = i,,,t a.. r. ,'ay
which swent off ali the newsnaner offices Of
the citv. in 1864, swent = way also tbis iittia
Connection link with the mast centnrv and
the first newspaper Of the State. 10
g n was hut a seyen-by-niue sheet. as II
were. Yet. when we consider the under.
taking in its fullest yiew-the barren field--a
sparse population---the people not educated
~ the need of The newsnaner--a ,uxurv not
wuch ~ oh enioyed % by I tbemTsnS the holdnsss % vi ~
tbe affamnt looms IN befora ne to oigsntic
,,rorort;ons snd sss3,rss 5 an ;r,rors 81
bszsrd not Nv ts,a deeds ,,f shaas
,,,a,sl =, grsatars cl,emes in those asrs ofto;l,
md srfysr;n@ and s,ovetv in tbe' J;sts;et Of
Ma;na ms ~"0 f''''s''' - - N'''''S' W
An horor tba, 20 tl,a ua,norv ~ r,u ,s RAT
=, ,,,a,, ,.So sterr,ad for,h Sinfo That atoc,nv
s,,, are,,, rb;ch crve,ed an sncb adva5},,so,,s
Ma, ;S III aoeleta rnat3 fos, !, win Il odast
haid,,ees and srad ~ init; afa this -,
fsrnr;se' tor nnr countv and district- :.
Tx NV MINDS eve metb;nks + see that
conraaanns n;oneer now as he nonders mon nor,
his nroisct anf fir'aly concndcs that Il shan
he carrisd o,ifs 5rhei ram i,,epcefl tha difi-
culties. ,TlS'Ss' . BIC bSi,.'7 saiTns fs,2si -
q The type mustIbe procured from Europe;
for there were no foundries so early as that
in this country; unless he can buy out some
old office in some more favored State. A
Damage press must be obtained;. ricketty,
secondhand concern, most likely for new
one would cost so much that the enterprise
cannot goson if the luxury of q new screw
nress is dey,anded reauifif,e two Hnullsr to
cover the he'd with the platen. 4. ....,..,. y.
Men with q spirit equal to the trial Of bold
experiments. are generally poor, and our
creat fiIe-leader was not an exception to the
rnle,l sod 5sI0a sTI bnl3 .52allAsb iIoiias mo
) 'Sheenalx;ns and wool rnust he obtained for
the balls. and ink for distribution upou their
smutty faces: and, indeed, all the other ne
cessities wherewith to issue the first sheet.
How many sleepless nights and anxious days
ii involved Talk of enterprises Of the pre-
sent day. WITH art and science and all the
otbor a.y1iancea If This favored aoei Tallx
of the 6rdenshnrc Ra;lrosdI Conid the cnr-
tain he liites frorn' those scenes of the dead
mast which saw the frat newspaper issued i'm
This region. and be compared with mapy a
c;uanfic scheme of the present Siav. and the
balm would be awarded. for anxiety and dar-
ing to the brave man Of 1855, who. looking
All embarrassments boldly in, the face .--ap-
railing as thev. were.---setr down. In front of
them al. his will and resolped, that the ad-
ll 3esI s,io una,,IJ ranSar Il ~ s,,ic,
otner ausen. wnlCn ~. ti,o est biish
uous oyer ,ls P,,s ~ so ~ ' "As11
mens ol tne II, = 80 ~ T,,,,,..fp
Iepeas ,.,sn.Ia .e;a.,oe, =; ~. D;st.;ot
WaiteLne - as,.
q g n = glis u q, -. q ,,S y fs,, iS
iresn py ~ WY az 70 Rsouu " 'o'o~ M his V ieau
Ii .nc s.oas W. e.. rs .ss.hs ,otar tha, M.
tgLs., Wa ony e lev s..,ad ,I,.t ha rsss
a s,s, tos.m y" ~ rnsr he ex tent of the
title to his paper He called it then, the
cumberland Gasette. r.
AZ time rolled on, his view continued to
oxnand Aoain he changed the 4 anne of this
Ssit. .h,r,, Thet Mr. Waite svas = live man
n thee s;.nnla times II hardly needed more
49, tha 1efobI;sbnneot of The ,newsnaner
rrass an 70 s s,,ow Rut his nrooress;ve ebaracter
s sss ss xroil ;l,mstratad bv tbe comnrehensive
II acfar If his titles a. bv the Initiative aci
ITSELF The name Y,sxt taken on was the
Easterr, Herald. & The whole east was. to be
laid under contribution. Eastward the star
of' INSTRUMENTATION took its way. The rising
sun was to be met and invoked to shed its
vigorous beams upon the Struggling Herald
Of more enlightened day. '''i -lsa. ia
But as the day advanced. and warmed in.
a