Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-07
The Bangor Celebration
The Procession. Orafions, Hymns

the Press:
The procession was one ct the fneSt
ifnot the finest ever seen in Maine. The
nuhlic schools all dressed uniformity
turned on more than l1'n strong Inc
display OF trades was unique.
The Escrv Iron Works were repre-
seuted hx wagons b airing patterns and
specimens of work. followed bv - men.
Other boundaries aud manufacturers
made similar display. Dole X F"gg
contributed miniature planning mill
some ten feet square with smoke rising
from a high chimney. \ printing press
struck of copies OF the centennial ode-.
Shoe dealers had teams with men al
at work and manv other trades ana
branches o business were represented.
At the junction Of Bowl aud ork streets
the procession passed under an arch wa
with the inscription september l'"'-
First II Duse erected near this spot
The exercises in the tent began aboni
noon. Rev. DR. Pond, the oldest cler-
gyman in the city invoked blessing
after which the Pilgrim Chorus was
suny br the Peuobecot Musical \ -oel-
alton. with an orchestral accompanl-
ueni bv the Germania Band. IA
Mavor g. W. Pickering presided a.
sisted bv long list of Vice President,
representing the old families of the city
among whom were eleven ex-Mayor>.
The following HYMN. written for the
occasion by Mr.. b. II. Mace was then
sung:
God Of our DAYS Thy guiding power.
Sustained the lonely pioneer.
who Grsi beneath the forests shades.
Iii, evening camp Dire kiudled here.
To III e. a welcome sacrifice,
l. -noSe asC ended 10 the ~kics
1. "A Of The years a. summers fed.
Within the Wild new homes were reared.
New gardens bloomrd, new alter famed.
Aud >on- II praise the : sabbath cheerrd.
Uaal The fair youag city stood
Cen OF the eastern solitude
cd ~ she centuries To-day
A hundred wear their tale have told.
And lingering In their solemn shade.
We listen to the days Of Old.
To u haw vast the century - GIT.
To Thee A. watches in the night.
Goa Or eternity. Thy hand
To noble hills has berkonea
The father, who by many tolls.
For u this pleasant dwelling won.
With them her, amer may we raise.
Celestial cities To thy praise
Hon. John l.. Godfrey. Judge OF Pro.
bate. and native of the city then de-
livered long aud deeply interesting
Grafton lie traced the history nf the
discovery and early settlement OF Maine
80 1893 when Jacob Russell from Sails
bury. Mass. erected the first log cabiI
in the now prosperous city almost oi
the spot where the Catholi,. Church now
-toud> Ills son stephen. and Calel
Goodwin. Of Castine with wife an,
eight children arrived in the followin.
year But in l11l-72 came the rnmigra
ton which more iilau that oi any oihc
wear leli it, impress upon the CITY
Thel, came How ard. bennett. Crosby
Webster and Others mostly from Bruins
wick and Woolwich. The descendant
OF two Of these. Simon Crosby ans
Thomas Toward. still occupy portion
of the land originally taken mp by thei
ancestors. The IIaihorns erected tn
first saw mill in what j. now the tow
OF Neazie. 1t would have been a rrea
convenience 10 the people, if they ha'
built a gri>imill also. for they were Oh
liged TO convey their corn for grinding
bv water. To "A mill little way abov
Fort Point Bat they usually avoidc,
this labor by pulverizing their corn il
inpriar- until the year l916. when BEN
Wheeler erected gri>tmill upon In
Souadabscook stream in Hampton.
The first death ia Bangor wa- that q
Mr. Cotton. in i77l. The list maj
riage i suppos. to have been in j.
cob Bussell's family. The first brit
was that nf Mary. daughter OF Thoma
Howard, aud mother Of our fellow cit
zen. Capt. John 4. Mathew. She Wa
born June 80. l9.l. The importar
event of the year l71S. was the esial
lishment OF the first school in Bangor
Miss Abigail Ford applied herself To III
instruction OF children ia hog hou.
upon the fiat. near Treats Falls. l.,
the name OF the teacher be remembere
Abigail Ford. Before the close of ii
year IVA, Plantation, which extende
from Soudab>eook Stream To Stillwaie
then called Deadwaier
The first framed house in Bangor W.
built bv the Halhorns for Jedediah Pre-
h.. be fore the Revolution. Ii was Il
uated on the bank OF the Penobscot.
few rods south OF Penjeiawock stream
TWAS at first occupied by Capt jam
son as tavern, aud was the first no
in Bangor.
DIR. John Herbert who came to n
Young settlement in l77i was the flr
physician Some of the emigrants we
OF the Puritan stamp; all We're indu
trious and enterprising. Religious Sc
vices Were frequently held b. trave
ling preachers but the first clere WINS
TO settle in town was the Rev. Seth y
Bile, native of Weslfield, Mass, wi
came in 1856. with his wife and thr,
little children. There was no orga
lied church in the plantation. but Il
people wanted settled religious teac
err and engaged Mr.. Noble at a stiper
offl00 year. He was installed und
some ancient oaks near the corner
Oak and Washington Streets. One OF
er clergyman was present.
The last growing town was incorpo
ated in 1871. There were several IN
chanics in Bangor who had not had
opportunity to exercise their trade
The incorporation of the town Undue.
to new enterprises and their skill W
In requisition. Major Treat who h.
for many years carried on a SUGGEST
traffic with the Indians just below Il
Penjejawock, gave these mechanics er
ployment i'm building a ship in tn
neighborhood, which was complete
in Two years. This was the first sailir
vessel larger than boat, ever built