The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-21


Election returns-The carpet baggers flock
ing northward since the Conservative victories
in the South.-Bangor Democrat. .EI
The Democrat used to indulge in similar
strain of rejoicing when Union soldiers were
driven from the sacred soil during the war.
And it does we'll to acknowledge the late de-
feat OF the friends of the Union in the South
as something identical with their defeat in
the conflict of ms.gsI-s~5s0s,&s
NEWSPAPERS IN CUM II RLAND
.sqssssslsT- COUNTY.
History of the sc ouricr,' "Exper imcnt,o
.sTempernnce JOurnuI,'' ExpOsiteIo
aOrion,'' ss Wreath,' 's1 GO Ynnkee'' and
.'NuishcII, - 18th pleasant rem i'm isc ences
and gossip about the editors, ppbl isl,ers,
readers, SC. &c..& a.
To the Editor Of the Press: q se
In my; last / brought the Independent
Statesman" and its successors to the grave.
Its tombstone might truly bear the inscrip-
ton, ''Died of unpaid notes,"--a disorder that
ended the career Of many a newspaper in
this vicinity in oden times. 4 +. -,a.si ID.
The "Courier" was the first daily ventured
upon in this State, and Seba Smith, the orig
inal "Jack Downing" has the honor of start
ing it. Mr.. Smith was a man of fine literary
tastes, and has been editor of the Argus. He
was the husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Oak
Smith, whose superior abilities as writer are
known throughout the land. Mr.. Smith died
bnt recently, in Brooklyn, Ny. The "Cour-
Ter" died outright many years ago. Its last
proprietor was Elbridge G., Waterhouse. He
enjoyed nook in the Philadelphia Custom
House for a long time, and may be there now,
] If the maxim is true that slew die and none
resgn.'' s 'fi .oN fFJJ hiAs3t -,i'' KEY
The Experiment. a semi monthly, was
commenced about 1925. It was quite unique
in IFS character. 1t was edited by James N.
Purinton, afterwards principal of the High
Scuool in this cityso The articles were all
written by the members of a societyof Young
men, of which Mr.. P. was at the head. They
united for mutual Improvement, Debate was
a part of their plan. They also wrote essays
and read them ia public meeting. The man
uscrpts were then corrected by the editor and
published in the Experiment" with the cor
| rections. so that the writer could avail him
self of the corrections, as also his associates
and the public at large. The paper was sue
cessfal and quite. useful. 1t, lived for year
Or two. till its progenitors outgfew the Society.
Among the associates were John b. Brown,
Daniel WInslcw, Winslow FL. Pulinton, the
writer, Capt. Coffin and many other of our
citizens, who continue to this day.
The Temperance Journal" was published
for several years, by. A. Shirley & Son, and
subsequently by Elder Peel, Brown Thurston
and others. Contemporary with this was the
"Peace Washnstonian." by the Nichols, be-
tween whica papers there, was constant war,
as long as the ".Washingtonian survived"
The "Expositor" also, "a "lheral slieet,n so
called, as II was opposed to the ulti a-measuIes
advocated by the Journal, was published sew
eral years by the Brothers Nichols. 80
The "Umpire," was weekly, established
by John Edwards, for the support of whig-
gerry. 1t also risked daily portion of Its
brief existence. 1t warmly advocated Gen.
Taylors election, while in charge of F. o. J.
Smith, and expired soon after Taylor's cleo
ton. ..-s,s..,,.s-2
The "Orion," a weekly publication of lit
erary character, and edited by our esteemed
fellow citizen, James Kurdish. Esq, was start
ed and published for brief period, by Mr..
Edwards Of the "Umpre." These two last
named papers,it is true, had but a brief ex
istence, but they helped TO make up the his.
tory of the newspaper press in this county,
anU .,raYa itahJ 70 of A.
projectors. az
b. The 'sWreath,'a family paper, was COM
menced in 1922 by John Edwards, and after
wards continued by A. W. Thayer. It lived
about a ear
On the LIST of January, 1928, James Adams,
Jr., issued weekly paper, called the Cyan
kee," edited by John Neal, who was toireceive
$500 year for that service, payable in law
books and stationery from Adams bookstore.
1t ran year and-a-half and Mr.. Neal ran with
it with most commendable fidelity when
having the capacious nav to. swallow Mrs.
Hale's Monthly, the Bachelors Monthly
(having swallowed Mrs. Hale it. was only fair
that one of the masculine gender should go
the same road) and the Boston Literary Ga
zette-it.was trotted off to Boston, and there
conducted by Mr.. Neal and James w, Miller.
1.-THE poet.) But, having been emascuated
from weekly folio to monthly lhaaazina, the
insatiate grave TOT, periodically received its
remains in six months after. ta -i'' 4
The yankee" illustrated, in its life in this
city, the peculiarities of its editor in an emf
6oUroo Tn 1000 81
old. He was in full vigor of confidence in his
ability to perform the duty assumed with as
founding results-and the public held to the
same opinions sThe paper was edited with
that vim and muscularity that made "the
feathers fly" Articles that for their boldness
and audacty could find no place in any other
columns, were. as acceptable to our unfinch-
ing editor, as the mothers milk that gave him
his incpient vigor aud Drawn. If they were
erroneous, he retracted like a true man, in
thenext issue. Were they true, as soon move
him from his positionas prevent "the soul of
John Brown from marching On'"' ua5
There have been of late years, for limited
periods hired bands of music at the head of
State street, or at City Hall to regale the ears
OF the citizens. There Was no occasion Tor
this expenditure in 1928 and 1929. The mu-
sic Tor that year and half was Of another
metal. There was no tagging. No cessa-
ton. The array Of wind Instruments at the
Peace Concert in Boston, hardly equailed it.
But, alter all the muscular power, the varied
ability. the brillia cy, the boldness of its con-
Quoting, and the utter iearlessness too, which
is so essential IN complete cditor--its wind
gave out in a-bIiet eighteen months-aua it
lies with its feet toward the east, ready to
spring to lie again, whenever the magic wand
oil the master spirit that breathed life into it
shall get time from hIs lnultiiarious pursuits,
to give hearty respiration from his power
iul lungs in that direction
Somewhat after the manner of the "Yal-
kee' but more earthly got up, was the Nut
sfell,' which broke its shell about 1885,
and was published occasionally. Several
numbers appeared, and then the excite ment
was SO intense, that no prin 5er could be found
III The CITY to put it in type. Its authors were
mysterious and hydra headed. No two per-
sons guessed the same individuals as its wri
ters. II eqnalled 'Junms" in the mystery of
its authorship. Its forte was universal CEN
sure. Wo be to the man who wrote a
book, or delivered, q lecture, or made any