The Portland daily press., 1870-09-01
FieId-Day Of the Com mn ittee Of tlbe Maine
Rhetorical Rocietv nj Vorl Auu In

FieId-Day Ofshe Committee Of tle Maine
Historical Society mt York, Aug. 80.
The suggestions in regard to this day. made
last evening at the close of the interesting Pop
ham meeting were successfully carried out
AT the proposed hour vehicles were in waiting
| to take the company to the several points of
interest, and first to the house of the Misses
Darrell, who cordially welcomed the visitors
to their mansion built in 1713, where they have
arranged many articles of antiquarian interest
for inspection. A long series of Almanacs, in.
terleaved with copious incidents of personal
and some OF general relation, beginning as
far back as 1850, attracted much attention and
examination. They also saw ancient deeds to
Jonathan Sayward, the owner of the house
and "man of note" in his day. The portraits
OF this person in the antique costume of his ne :
Rod, OF his daughter, painted by Blackburn,
some of whose portraits are well known else
where, whose married name was Barrel, and
who was the mother of Mrs. Wood, an early
novel writer, whose works, "Amelia" and
"Tales of the Night are here well remember
ed. The coat of arms of the family was pen
dant over the parlor fireplace, with this de-
SSAiPeioh' AlC DOdtCtu OutCS vi FeSS Ar
gent, between cheUrons ERMINE three leon.
ards heads of the first; Crest, leopard's
head, by the name of Sayward," with the
spreading mantelet and helmet with closed
visor to denote the rank of the be arer. In this
room was small tea-caddy, more than hun
bred and ten years old; china tea ware taken
at Louisurg, under Sir William Pepperell. of
two kinds glass and porcelain, richly adorned
with bright colOrs; two pairs of tongs, one all
brass, taken from prize at sea about the same
date, and an antique clock still "as good as
new" an admirable engraving Of Gen. Wolfe
and Frederick of Prussia, and other engravings
dating far back. At the close of this agreeable
hour, paper drawn up by the Hon. S. P.
Benson of Brunswick, one of the committee, in
memorial of the visit, was signed by all the
members OF the Historical Society present, and
visitors, aud made a goodly list
On resuming the carriages the compapy
passing by house where in dark night
lonely mother with sickly child escaped the
attention of the destroying Indian by hushing
her babe to sleep until the murderers passed
away was taken to the high grounds near the
water, and near where the first edifice for re-
igious worship was erected, after the occupa-
ton under the sanction of Gorges, and the
spot was shown where the Rev. Mr.. Dumma
was killed by the Indians while standing in
his door way. A short visit was made to the
Roaring Rock" peculiar fissure in rock of
trap formation, from whose wide bottom
through the narrow, long mouth at the ton.
the water and spray are forced with great vic.
lence in storms, to.the height of fifty feet,
sometimes throwing up pebbles from the in
ner peach to an elevation nearly as great On
returning to the village "Staga Point was |
pointed out where criminals we're removed |
from society by the speedy method of the hal |
ter.
La the afternoon the visitors were taken to |
the place on a beautiful point of land on tho |
eastern shore of York River where was shown
the place of the house of Robert Gorges, the
Governor OF Gorgeana, agreeing with the early
description. as about half mile above Traf
tons Ferry, to the two remaining garrison
houses of Indian times one of which is fast |
going to rnin; to the "apple tree' still q fruit
bearer, brought from England in box of earth |
more than two hundred years ago, but now |
soon to be lost, except in pieces preserved by |
curiosity hunters; to the site of the first corn.
mill erected in Maine, still occupied TOR the |
ike purpose; and to the place of the first pier |
bridge erected in New England, the drawings |
or which were exhibited in the meeting in the
an aiming. The beautiful scenery on the river
tions 81 It the distance was admired by all, por-
ishino nolhIich Agamentcus made the evan
.jects took un al, The long ride to see these OBJ
In ,l, oA up an ''e afternoon.
In the evening o
purpose of talking abo York was n held for the
ham spirit had so taken poass;on n ae u, the Pop
of some of some of the speafes 81 Inc I'm minds
tory was repeated with some a,s." WV us
against the Maine theory of the in.,ort.noas
the colony, and more effective ones in its saro,
But the latter part of the evening was taken
up with an expression Of the interest
of the speakers in what they had heard
and seen during this day of constant pleasure
and satisfaction. me speakers wero anima-
ed, charming snd instructed. Tomorrow
he committee will visit Kittery. The weather
las been most favorable, and the hospitable
ltteatons in private and public most generous
IN the one side, and welcome On the other.