The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-09-13
AGer tlse Fair.

After the Fair.
Nov ,b # the great New England Fair has
hecome one of the glories of the past now
the crowds that filled our streets have return
ed to their rural homes, and the holiday finery
has been exchanged for the every day home
spun; now that the jack buildings, the fierce
alligator, the fat boy, and the hobby horses
have departed, and there are to be no more
cakes and ale, for some time at least let us
trust, there are a few comments we should like
to make as to why the fair was success.
In the first place the worthy President of the
Maine State Agricultural Society and his ac-
tive Secretary, together with the Trustees, had
lett no stone unturned for the past two years
to place the matter understandingy before the
people of the State. Next, after the fair was
really commenced, the system and order was
perfect, and here again comes in hard work on
the part of the President, Secretary, Superin-
tendent of halls. Mr.. WATSON, and the Treasu-
rer. Mr.. Morris, with all their assistants. Meth
err should we forget the indefatigabe exertions
on the part of Mr.. Charles E. Jose, of the City
Government who worked like tiger to have
the fair come here, and then used every effort
to have matters arranged to the satisfaction of
the Society, press committee and all. Mr..
Knight and Mr.. Gosse fully sustained the rep
utation of the city press for courtesy, and we
think that the arrangements made for the ac-
commodation of the press were properly APP
preciated, judging by the compliments paid to
the committee in the Boston papers
There are certain parties, however, who have
not been properly thanked. These are first,
the Portland Water Company, for, without the
introduction of water from the Presumpscot
into the fair grounds, we hardly know where
the immense stock of animals would have
quenched their thirst The company kept
never failing supply on hand, the pipes fur
nishing nine hundred gallons an hour.
Then again our city police. When we come
to consider the crowds that were present dur
ing the week, the gathering OF the scum of so.
cety that usually makes its appeara nee at all
shows and fairs, we consider it little short of
wonderful that there was no more crime to re-
cord than what occurs in our city daily during
the year, and even less. We understand that
the police are also indebted to Messrs. Stone
and Littlefeld, of the Boston detective FORCE
who pointed out many rascals, who finding
themselves closely watched gave up the game
and left for parts unknown. Drunkenness,
too, was very rare.
Finally, our Mayor and City Government
did all in their power to make the thing sue
cess. They assisted wherever it could proper
ly be done by them. and the result of all was
told by Mr.. ScammOn at the dinner at the Fal-
mouth Hotel, when he said they should pay
their premium list all the EXPENSES of the fair
and have margin of profit left.
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Proceedings i n the SUPERIOR G. ourt m, ,I,e
Death Of Hon. VIM. pin res.eu.I.
On the coming IN OF the court Saturday
morning, Nathan Webb. ESQ. county ATTORNEY
addrassod tho oonrt in roforonoo - a. aoot,
49, ~ W INC ue''n
Vi SENATOR ressehoeh Us Iohows:
May it please your Honor: I think it is
proper for me as an officer of this court to call
your Honor's attention to the sorrowful fact
of the decease of q distinguished and honorable
member Of this bar. An honored, patriotic
and beloved fellow citizen has died. With
establishment of this court, he was not engage
Honor; but as a citizen Of ours he was re-
noT w for his position at the bar as well as
This is not the time. the hour. nor am I the
person to make euiogy or ANALYSIS of his
character; but this morning is the time fixed
for the last sad rites in honor of the deceased:
and the members of this bar doubtless have
made arrangement to attend on that occasion.
I respectfully move that this Court be ad-
iourned, that its members NAV attend the
funeral of our departed brother and testify
their respect for his worth.
Judoa Goddard tban rosnordod 90 fo,,ous
nv. rs N-N - .e'ponueu % lo'iu"s'
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.a;. i;f Us VI JUG u,eSiIy anu IN
,eas .a,m'y u nm. aa,h WIN oar 80 nu
stsrtes ns TO rasi1e dhat m , Ever t nusy, yee
bnIee hem eminems oraamehes OF our profession
roreor Sora i tha ,,n;r,o - tyd S
in thn merid.n Of Of nrnfass;o VI anu
then the venerable and heiouad natr;arch of
the bar of Maine Iono retred from ppct;va JntU
fnIl of Years and of bonorSNond nov ~" oides;,
son after a fnIl Quarter Of q centurv of 6;Stin.
0uished and successful legal labor and fifteen
Years mora of mnintarrnnfed nnhi;c life hos
been snddenIv called from h;s Senatorial
chair -0 ms '''o''"'
OF tba nubl;c serv;cas of Hon william, d
Fessenden since his retirement from act;ve
practice upon hi, lection to the Senate IF the
United StateS 1874 r do not nronose to
sneak ON thJ sion: thew form n mart of
the history country during one Of the
most mer ne epochs in the national life
and viii .seive appropriate notice in the balls
of Con less and in the columns of the press.
Permit me, however to refer for moment to
his brilliant career as a lawyer at the bar of
this county where he received his legal educa-
ton, entered on professional life and acquired
his well earned reputation.
Admitted to this bar in 1927, before he had
attained his majority, Mr.. Fessenden was call
ed into full practice five years later, through a
partnership with Hon. William Willis which
continued for twenty years. He rose very
early to prominence, becoming distinguished
among the leading lawyers of that period for
ability industry, integrity, thoroughness and
success Indeed during most of his profession
al life he was very near the head
of the bar of the county and indeed of |
the State, his honored father and the |
late ex-senator Evans being perhaps the |
only LAWYERS who could be said to be his SUI. |
periors. Although between 1881 and 1854, |
Mr. Fessenden was honored no less than six |
times with an election to the Legislature from
Portland. and once represented his District in
Congress. his practice i'm the Courts of this
State and of the United States was unipter-
rupted.
While in the professional character of Mr..
Fessenden all was admirable. he was nerbans
most remarkable for the clearness nrecisipn
and looical force with which he ALWAYS nre-
sented his case. his addresses IN the ;1rvan
his law arouments tn tbe conrt were moiels of
those excellepcies I cannot convey NV some
Whit yontbf,I ;,nnress;ons Of NJ EosssnJan's