The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-01-08
Oar King Lear and his Unnatural
Daughter.


Our King Lear and his Unnatural
Daughter.
Those pelican daughters!
Regan, Goner!-
Your old king 1ather who frank heart gave ALL
Because would not see thy cruel nails
Pluck out his poor old eyes; nor thy fierce sister
In his Amounted flesh stick boarish fangs.
The European & North American road is
playing most successful Regain to Names
King Lear.
Think Of it First the grant of tapelve
thousand acres a mile for the Sc miles from
Mattawamkeag to Vanceboro, on condition
that claim on the land held by Massachu-
sets OF about three hundred thousand dollars
should be assumed by the company. Then a.
money grant from Maine and Massachusetts
of about tacetce thousand dollars mile.
Then the assumption by the State-the dot
ing old Lear that will deny his daughter
nothing, though already her wolfsh eyes be-
gin to gleam--of the Massachusetts, claim,
making the money subsidy about fifteen
thousand dollars mile.
Now, having obtained the fond old mans
crown and estate, see how the unnatural
bag begins to pluck him by his grey beard
See how she drives him out of doors into the
night and storm! The Ur1vIaI condition that
the road should encourage immigration re-
ceived no sort of attention till the Legislature
applied the spur of penal statute And now
the State is obliged to engage in hand to
hand contest with the road for the possession
of lands that it had reserved for settlement!
The road makes a raid on the territory al
ready occupied by settlers, and the State is
obliged to seek redress in the courts! The
whole history of corporate greed furnishes no
parallel to this Infamous proceeding! Such in
gratitude and baseness ought to work for
feiture of its charter. Is it any wonder
that we, the humble Gloster that takes the
old mans part in his utmost need, are like to
have our eyes torn out by the minions of the
wrathful termagant who has despoiled the
sovereign State? The Bangor Wing has f.
nally descended to charges of falsehood, and
to systematic vituperation as a means of JUS
tifying the usurpation of Names new master.
| 1t goes on day after day asserting that the
PRESS has not spoken the truth, while evil
dence is every day accommodating to show
that its veracity can be impugned only on the
ground that it has not told the achole truth
about the land-grabbers. There is now little
doubt in anybody's mind that what we
stated. as rumor in regard to the owner
ship of the road is a lamentable fact.
Is the Wing prepared to explain who owns
the lions share of stock held by Woods and
others, trustees? The action of the Govern
or and Council in treating the road as a bor
der-ruffan and ordering the Land Agent to
proceed against the trespassers in the courts,
is a satisfactory proof to everybody that the
view taken in the PRESS of the iniuuity of
the company's claim was the right one. AS
for Mr. Clark, we are content to have the
correctness of our statements respecting him
tested by the Legislative investigation that
we trust will be entered upon this winter. As
the deed given by that gentleman in the
name of the State has become a matter of
history we append it here, in order that those
who are interested in the matter NAV have it
for reference.
Like Lear the State is made to say:
Win snadowy forests and champains rich'd
With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads
We make thee lady. - -
Here is the Clark grant in full:
Know all men by these presents, That Josh
ua L.. Chamberlain, Governor of the State of
Malice, by virtue of the authority conferred on
me by an Act OF the Legislature of said State
structlon of the European & North American
hallway, approved on the third day of March,
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and slxty-eight, in consideration of one
dollar paid by said Railway Company, the re-
ceipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do here
by transfer and convey to said European &
North American Railway Company all the tim
Der and lands belonging to said State situated
upon the waters of the Penobscot and Saint
John rivers, to be used by said Company to aid
in the construction of its contemplated line of
railway as contemplated and provided for in an
act entitled IAN Act to provide means for the
defence OF the North Eastern Frontier ap-
proved March the twenty-fourth, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four and an act approved February twen-
ty-hrst, in the year of our Lord eighteen hun
dred and sixty-siT, and subject to all the reser-
vations in and obligations imposed by said acts,
except as therein provided and reservations of
land required by law for public uses.
Said lands are more particularly described by
letters, names, numbers, and ranges, as follows,
viz: Eleven. Amity, B. Eastern Hort Fair
field, Eaton Grant, Plymouth Grant, E. F. G.,
in the first range of townships West from East |
line of the State: For Presque Isle, Maysville, |
Lyndon, |. NJ. L., in the second range of town.
ships West from the East line Of the State:
South half No. two, numbers five nine east
half 4 (94) eleven, twelve, thirteen, or Wash
burn, fourteen, fifteen, eighteen, in the third
range of townships west from the east line of
the State; four, Southwest quarter SIX North
west and Southeast quarters eight, nine, twelve
thirteen, fourteen, seventeen, in the fourth
range of townships West from the East line of |
the State: East half two, three, now Sherman,
four, six, eight, nine, ten, now Masardis, elev-
en-, now Ashland, twelve, fifteen, eighteen, in
the fifth range of townships West from the
East line of the State: three five, eight, nine
eleven, thirteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen,
in the sixth range of townships West from
the East line of the State: Northeast quar-
ter and South half five, nine, ten, North
west quarter four, eleven, thirteen, fif-
teen, part of seventeen, sixteen, eighteen,
from IN the The ntt ran of townships West
part seventeen in the eighth range of town
ships West from the East line of the State;
seventeen, in the ninth range of townships
West from the East line of the State B, one
undivided half IL, in the tenth range of town.
ships West from the East line of the State:
thirteen, in the eleventh range of townships
West from the East line of the State: undivid-
ed West half twelve in the fourteenth range of
State: West half seven CIV. -, eight, in the
fifteenth range of townships West from the
East line of the State: Seven, eight. nine.
South half eleven Is. ny, in the sixteenth
range of townships West from the East line of
the State: five, part of eleven (pt III, in the
seventeenth range of townships West from the
East line of the State: four, six, seven, eight,
nine, in the eighteenth range of townships
West from the East line of the State: five.
six, seven, in the nineteenth range of town
ships West from the East line of the
State. five, i'll the twentieth range of
townships West from the East line Of the
State: part OF Indian townships numbered three
and four, three in the fifth range and one I'M
divided half of West half of three in the third
range OF townships North of Bingham's Ken
nebec Purchase: Gore of land adjoining West
field and township 10 r. 3, West from the
East line of the State: And all other lands be-
longing to the State whether described or not.
situated upon the waters aforesaid The sched-
nile OF land herein is intended as a description
OF the interest of the State in the several town
ships described, whether in whole or in part as
the same may be, without guarantee as to
quantity IN each, but containing in all one
million acres more or less
rms deed is made with the understanding
and agreement on behalf of the European and |
North American Halfway Company that in
case the Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Com
pany shall construct their railroad and comnIv
with the terms and stipulations of the second
Section of an Act entitled San Act to revive
and extend the Charter of the Bangor and Pts
cataquls Kallroadi Company,-Approved Feb
uary 18th, 1867, and within the time therein
named, then the said European and North
American Railway Company shall and will re-
aquis Railroad Company, its successors and as
sifsnc oil no rds lxn in fha c n