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The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

THE following letter from Winthrop G.
Ray, ESQ.,, of New York-a large stakeholder
and one of the Directors of the Portland &
Rochester Railroad-to gentleman of this
city connected with that road, will be read
with interest by those who are in favor in
granting aid to the railroad enterprises now
before the public:
New YORK, June 25, 1872
Dear Sir:-Your esteemed favorite of the 18th
was duly received
am very sorry that cannot be in Portland
as soon rs expected. would ike to be with
you before Tuesday next when the vote of the
city is to be taken on the loan to the Portland
& Ogdensburg r. r. You know that have
always been in favor of the building of that
road, 1T being line in no way competing with
the Portland q Rochester road, or conflicting
with 1t, and L have considered that its compile
tlon would be OF great advantage to the manu-
featuring and commercial interests of Portland
and through the influence of their increased
prosperity enhance the value of real estate. 1t
was not surprising that some should hesitate at
the amount of 81, 600 to the enterprise But
L hope that all will, when they consider the
close competition in business between the vari-
Gus points-in these days of small profits and
the great outlay of capital necessary to secure
it-deem it within the bounds of prudence and
good Judgment to vote in ia of the loan of
VI, $4,000 to the Portland & Ogdensburg and
$45O,O00 to the Portland & Rochester
The agricultural population of Maine has not
increased in ten years. If we wishto build up
direct railroad communications with those sec
tons that are increasing rapidly in wealth and
population Truly yours,
WINTHROP G. RAY j,
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

EXHIBITION OF THE EATON SCHoOL.-The
sixteenth annual exhibition of the Eaton Fam
lily and Day School at Norridgewock, took place
on the 10Th and Goth. Unusual success attend
ed the efforts of teachers and pupils. During
the review of the classes, the scholars recited
with promptness and correctness that reflect
ed great credit upon their instructors and them
selves. In the school-room We're hung about
forty oil and crayon paintings, the fruits of Ia
boz. fom Ee3class under Mrs II. F. Eaton charge
during the past year. The exercises OF We'd
nesday twere very interesting; declarations,
reading and music forming the entertainment
At the close of the afternoon, Diplo were
awarded to the Misses Angie S. Sawyer, Grace
M. Crosby, and E. Katie Watson, who had
completed the four years course of study in the
Institution. A considerable number of old
scholars were present, and on Thursday evening
a pleasant -nnion occurred, the enjoyment of
which was heightened by the fine music fur
nished by Morrison's Orchestra Band
The success of Mrs. Eaton's exhibition has
been strong proof of her capabilities as a
teacher
c. M g.
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Mortgages of Votas.

MR. EDITOR; 1t is currently reported that
citizen of Portland spent several weeks last
spring in procuring mortgages of votes against
Ogdensburg. Did he suppose that the men who
wrote their names in his little book were fools
and that they sold their minds to him and were
his slaves? They at most only meant to say
that if his stories aoere true and they did not
change their minds they would vote against
the road. That was all they could say. No
man OF sense or honor would ever pledge him
self not to change his mind on any subject-any
pledge OF this kind would be null and void, be-
cause it would be immoral and wrong in itself
If man on the strength of reported fact
says ne Will do certain thing, when he finds
the fact not to exist, he is absolved from all OBJ
legations to do it. No man has right to pawn
his future action, so that whatever afterward
turns up he must redeem the pawn, even though
he learns that it would be wrong and criminal
to do so. GROTIIrs
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The Leaotston Journal says shat business in
the manufacture of open and top buggies at
New Sharon by II. Wyman, cane-seat chairs
BY 5. r. Lancaster lumber by III. Day, and
boots and shoes by n Harding is brisk. The
latter has recently put in a steam engine to
help along his work
Grass-hoppers are beginning to make their ap-
pearance in Franklin county.
The summer term at Little Blue closes next
Wednesday with public examination and exhi-
bition.
At horse trot over the Pennington course,
on Thursday, June Goth, $125 were offered
in purses $50 sweepstakes purse, and $50
th1ee-m5nute purse. The first was won by
BILLY Bumpus" in three straight heats, time
2:45, 2:45, 2:45. s'Phil Sheridan won the sec
ond purse; time 800, 2:51, 2:52
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
The currant saw-fy (Nenatus uentricosus) is
doing great damage to the currant and goose
berry bushes at Waterville. This insect made
its first appearance last season, and is much
more destructive than ordinary currant cater
pillar. From twenty to forty of the larvae of
the saw-fy may often be counted on a single
leaf where they lie along the edge of the leaf,
overlapping each other.
,;l non. j. H. Drummond has presented to the
library OF Colby University, a complete set of
sne Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maine,
time. F'O'N'
ON students of Colby University, who were
clted 70 testify at fire inquest on Saturday,
showed their respect for the laws of the land by
ascending before the inquest came off. Two
of them have since been apprebended ord oro
held in custody for the adidarned sessi any IRE
inquest. Vi 'Ao
Orville d. Baker, Esq, of Augusta. will rive
the Grafton at Jefferson on the Fourth. e'''
A young man named Murphy who was sem
fenced to a short term of imprisonment for
stealing trunk from the depot in Gardiner
escaped from Jail few days ago He was re-,
captured at Gardiner by City Marshal Sipber
but again escaped him shortly after
Thirty-six trains pass over the trunk lines of
the Maine Central Railroad daily.
On Wednesday last Drs. Hildreth and Plimp-
ton successfully amputated the right foot of
Mr.. Henry Oliver of Gardiner, who has suf-
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For the Press.l
Who Wants the Custom Of the Vermont
Traders.

l understand that here and there wholesale
grocer, or dealer in shoes, or something else,
says that he shall oppose the ogdensburg road
He don't want the trade of the Vermonters, or
of any body else that comes into Portland over
that road
Now. some of the Vermont traders are in
town. and they are as smart men as are made
now a-days, and they are trying to learn who
the merchants are who are unwilling to give
them an opportunity to come to Portland to
trade, and they mean to find out, and when
found will make note of it,
CAPTAIN CUTIE
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

A TWELVE DAY EXCURSION. George
b. Peckham of Boston, who has had five years
experience in conducting large steamboat ex-
cursions, has chartered the steamer New Bruins
wick, of the International line for twelve
days excursion from Boston along the coast of
Maine, and is now making up his party. Mon
day, July Sth is named as the day of starting.
The programme includes stops at Bar Harbor,
Mt. Desert, Eastport, st Andrews and st. John.
The homeward trip will take in the Penobscot
Bay, Belfast, Bangor, Rockland, Hallowell,
Bath, Portland and Boston, reaching Portland
on Thursday, July 18th and remaining several
hours, and leaving for Boston at late hour.
The route is about HOO miles and the cost
meals and berths included, is only $50
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
fered for several years with a bone difficulty Of
the ankle Joint

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thn ontio ;a;nt WIN = "
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g.
Mr. CiarL Who With his son was lost fron, +h pa
sohoonar iana in Insw;tch barhor .Juna Eth '' 4;
schooner Jane IN nas9o at th 5th Is
her husband and son. ''S' VI
Cenersl Thom is ;noniring into the condition
Of Camdan barhor os a nraI;minarv 10 tha 80
yey ordered by Congress.
Hon Mour;oe q Rlaka of San Frano;soo hos
made visit to Camden, where he formerly re-
sided
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
Tho Voico savs that the new bridoa oo.,,s
M;Iford r;vor T., ;ncon is nearly fnisIo5 a'io''
caoro,o C,,t,or da,o+ n,os+ar atJ;noo,-
d;sannesred under mysterons c;rcmmstanno,s i"'
Tho e.rninos Of the Euronean and MI,
American railway for Nav were S36O21. 67.
Mr. Tyler wasoatt 10 aho,t to oo into .ho
mannfactnre of Wooden carner;ng at h;s I'll, 'I
in Hamnden. This carnetinp ia made Of str;ns
of black walnut and nine in Sarons natto sr,p'
- -
Rangor SaturJaw -o 'o'u ~
1Jr Weston Of Ronror foror,or of +ho
nanters in tba emniou Of tbe Ranaor Gu Car,
ppanv was sayeraly ;ninred SATURDAY b~ fa1 LIN,
from a building at the GAS works. y -''''-e
Thu Ca+hol;os 90 ponnor hove o,,o,a,
cured over ten thousand dollars towards the
erection of a Catholic church mon the ,v .st
s;de NP0 '-Ae "o''
s.c.n.uoc co,,xrx
I'M
Inc second ADVENT society IN bath, nave
Inv A G Palmer on Middle near Center ~ St sne
II is 36 bv 10 feet in Size, ''''e''
new car factories owned nv the Messrs Patt en'
are increasing ronidly' '''o-'
$500 -
soMEhsEr COUNTY.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
Statement Of the Case.

Let Portland invest a sum amounting to
capital to complete the Portland & Ogdens-
burg railroad, and she secures as follows
The outlay of Sc, 250, 900 by Vermont, Can
ada and New York to give her, clear route
to the Great Lakes, whose business now
amounts to 500, O00,0 600 per year.
The additional outlay by Canada of $780,
900 to give her an independent route to Mon
treal
An independent route to Chicago and the
west south of the Lakes.
Connection with the vast railway system of
Canada for which Parliament has voted $780,
100000 and $4,000, 600 acres of land, and the
managers of which look to the p & o. rail-
road as their main outlet to winter harbor.
Access by these Canada roads to Chicago
and to the magnificent grain and cattle coun-
try of the interior Dominion.
Access on the line to the Lakes to 25O,OOO
population for whose business she can COM
pete ON most favorable terms.
The position of most favorable export and
import centre for the great populations lying
upon the Great Lakes, and in territory west
and northwest thereof.
Connection with the Northern Pacific rail-
road, whose President, Gov. Smith, has de-
clared the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad to
be the best route from the great Northwest to
the Atlantic.
The use of her harbor as the winter station
of Sir Hugh Allan's steamers, additional to
those to be run by the Grand Trunk.
Such facilities for transporting their goods,
as our flour and corn merchants, wholesale
provisioners, fish dealers, lumber operators,
dry-goods, hardware, crockery and glass, boot
and shoe, drug, iron and other dealers have
declared adequate for their purposes.
Additional advantages for manufactures,
which now are cramped by deficient means of
communication with the interior.
Command of a market for the sale of both
merchandise and manufactures immeasurably
exceeding that to which she now has access.
A vast increase of business and with it of
population, an increase in the value of real
estate, of shops and stores, of dwelling
houses; corresponding increase in the de-
mand for every form of labor, and in our gen
eral prosperity.
These advantages Portland will secure
without particle of risk of any sort The
money asked for will finish the road, and the
road once finished will command great traf-
fic. We hope to see the loan voted by an
overwhelming majority.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
[Arqus, Feb. 10. 1921

"The question is sometimes asked can we
afford to risk so much upon this railroad.
There can be hardly possibility of loss; but
the real question is can we afford to do with
out it. 1t is my conviction that the compile
ton of this road will add at least 25 per cent
to the business and value of property of this
city," Il. C. HERsEY.
1--WE consider the building of the P. & O.
R. R. a necessity
AUG E. STEVENS 4, Co
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The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

THE New York Eoening Post, in its COM
ments on the Fifth Avenue Conference, rep
resents the Southern members as virtually
saying:
For five years we suffered from war; for five
years we have been suffering from despotism
Who is the despot? General Grant Give us
anybody to beat him. You have given us very
little for many years. GiUe as at least this one
saoeet naorsel Of reoengel
In other words the Southern men say that
the election of Horace Greeley will be par
tial yindication of their course the past twelve
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

The National Division of Sons of Temper
ance closed its session at Chicago Saturday eve
ning having elected the following officers
o. S. Wetmore. of St Johns, N. b., M. w. P.
W.; o. Clark, of California NJ. w. c.; H. S.
Bell, of Louisiana, NJ w. A.. S. w. Hodges,
of Massachusetts,, Grand Scribe; T. A Ben
nett, of Connecticut, NJ w. Chaplain; Mr..
Brier (colored), NJ. d. M. w. Sentinel
A Baltimore despatch says that Christiana
Thorpe, aged %, while on a train Sunday eve
ming had her clothing ignited by spark from
dummy engine and was burned almost to a
crisp.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

''We are firm in the conviction that when
your road 1.-THE P. & o. is completed and
equipped as you design, -four, grain, and 9th
er products of the West will be transported
from lake ports to Portland at as low rate of
freight [ifnot lower as it is transported to
any other Atlantic city; and on the contrary,
merchandise from Portland to the West"
NORTON, CHAPMAN & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
Is IL Trun Q

MR. EDIroR,-1t is currently reported that
the managers of one of our line of steamboats,
are opposing the Ogdensburg road 1t does not
seem possible that men should 90 to work IN
run down the value of their own stock Asa
small stakeholder in the line referred to, pro-
test against their destroying the value of nv
Investment, returns upon which largely depend
upon the immense traffic that would be carried
to the boats by the Ogdensburg road.
MACHIAs
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
STATE NEWS.
ANDRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDRosCOGGIN COUNTY.
The graduating class at Nichols Latin School
numbers nineteen, seventeen of whom will en-
ter Bates College.
The following lecturers will appear in the
Lyceum course, to be given in Lewiston during
the coming fall and winter:-Robert Collyer
Tilton, VIM. Parsons, Mark Twain, Mrs. Liver.
more, Senator Patterson of N. H., and Rev. w
d. ID. Murray of Park Street Church. Boston.
Blacks Boston Stereopticon will also occupy
one evening of the course.
The Webster Wooden mill, at Sabattusville,
is having new steam engine
Tho Poland camp meeting will begin Mon
day, August 10Th.
The following is the county tax of Adroscoc-
gin county, as assessed upon the different towns
by the County commissioners
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
THE AMERICAN FLAG INsULTED.-T Wash

ngton special of the Boston Journal says:
The State Department has been notified by
George H. Holt, United States Consul at Gaspe
Basin, of an insult to our flag by Capt. La
chance, commander of the Canadian cutter
Stella Maria. He had seized the schooner
James Bliss for alleged in-shore fishing, and on
bringing her into Gaspe harbor on the Goth
inst. he ordered the Dominion flag to be hoisted
over the stars and stripes, which were displayed
Union down. The Consul demonstrated, but
Lachance declared that he was acting in obedi-
ence to orders The next day the flags were
again hoisted, except that the United States
flag was not Union down. That day Capt. La
vote, the senior officer of the Dominion Marine,
arrived, and Consul Holt complained to him of
the insult to the flag. No attention was paid
to the complaint, and in less than half an hour
the prize was taken up to Quebec with the Do
minion flag waving over that of the United
States. The colonial fishermen are getting i'm
patient to have the treaty put into operation, as
it will give them free markets for their fish in
the United States, and they are consequently
well pleased when any indignity is offered to
the United States fishing vessels thinking it
will hasten negotiations.
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ishes any work he undertakes We built for
him during the past year a number of bridges
on the Montclair road of New Jersey and were
paid by him in cash. even when he had the
privilege of paying half our estimates in paper.
KELLOGG & MAURICE.
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[Aduertiser. Feb. 12. is

Aduertiser, Feb. II, 1872.
eff we could have the fair chance with
Boston which your direct road 1.-THE P. & o. |
would give, we could double our Western
business and make sure of the home market
in Maine.'
CUMMINGS. LEAYITT & WIDBER.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

I'VE want as good access to northern N.
ID. and Vt, as Boston now has. This, and
better theP & o. railroad will give us. 1t
VIII give us another channel to the west"
every interest in the
city is concerned to put this road through"
G. j. WALKER & Co,
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
TArous Feb. IL. 1872. |

''We look forward to the completion of the
"Ogdensburg' as destined to open market
for our rails in vt. from which we are now
excluded" G. E. B. JACKSON,
Treas. Portland Rolling Mills
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[PREsS. Feb 12. 1921

when the P. & o. r R. shall be opened
through N. ii. and VT to Lake Champlain,
Portland will find trade all ready waiting
her embrace, that must in two years of time
add fifty per cent. to the present volume of
general traffic, and ir my own line of trade
100 per cent? C. E. JOSE,
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

"The Grand Trunk cannot bring in anv
reasonable time two-thirds the freight which
is nOw seeking an outlet through Portland.
Boston merchants get their products in eight
to ten days; while it takes on the average
through the year, more than thirty days for
ours to reach Portland"
DAVID KEAZER
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
PRESS, Feb. Ia. 1871

1--WE hold what we have always held that
the P. &. o. railroad will do farmore for Port
land than any other road can.
We are emphatically in favor of pushing
this road through"
JACOB MCCLELLAN,
Treas. Portland Co.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
IPRESS, Feb. 16, 1921

''The manufactures which we hope to
build up here, and the trade which we hope
to sustain and enlarge, are alike interested to
push the great enterprise through"
DEERING MILLIKEN & Co.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF PORTLAND.

Monday, juno "a.
-.-tr... s-.. ARRIVED. ss
Steamer New England, Field Boston for Eastport
and st John. NIB. r
Sch Iris Burchell, Boston,
Sch Laura & Marion, Clifford, Boston, to load for
North Haven
Sch Oregon, Dunton, Boothbay.
Sch Ella Jane, Gilbert Bristol
Sch Benedict, Crockett. Thomaston for NYork.
Sch Rainbow, COombs, Calais for Boston.
CLEARED.
Steamer Dirigo Johnson New York-Henry Fox.
Brig ID S Soule, Soule, Lngan, CB-C Ingraham.
Sch M Fitzspatrick, Smith, Aexandria-Charl
Sawyer.
Sch A M Chadwick, Coan, Georgetown DC-Chas
Sawyer.
Sch Lizzie X, OBJ Waters, st John, NIB -John
PorteOus.
Sch Star, (Br) Sadler, St John, NIB Porteous.
Sch Stampede Whitmore, Yarmouth to load for
Washington-Bunker Bros.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

hELLOtfG ~ MauhlCE.
LETTER FROM II. A. FULLER
NEW YORK, Juue II, 1872.
S. j. Anderson, ESQ.,, President, Portland &
Ogdensburg Railroad:
Dear Sir,-Owing to my absence from the
city for the last week, yours of the 18th inst,
as yet is unanswered, and l am at a loss to
know how to answer now, so as to meet your
wishes To help you in your great work would
give me great pleasure had l no interest pecun-
iarily. As my name is before you Il feel that
you, rather we, belong and should work to-
gether for the enterprise, and yet cannot see
what can do satisfactory. | began my rail-
road life on the Boston and Providence railroad
in 1888, having followed the business constant
ly since in various States i'll both small and
large contracts, have invariably filled my con-
tracts aud finished the work where the COM
pany has been able to carry out their part. l
have made some money but have never allowed
people to know more of my affairs in the way
of money matters than was necessary
Have asked for individual security but seldom.
Railroad presidents, engineers directors and
contractors under me as well as bankers that
have done business with l think would be
pleased to havo the same to do again. shall
not ask anybody to be my security, nor do
wish any one to be- for men expect to be paid
for all they do at this time and l am old enough
to want all l can make. The time till your
election is short and my time is all taken up
and will be for two or three weeks in pushing
piece of our road here to completion, or would
come to Portland and see if | could help. On
the following page you will see names of men
familiar with me for the past few years; if l can
see them or you could write them they might
perhaps help by saying what they would do as
to letting us have the work. Here follow the
names which are Julius H. Pratt, ESQ.,, Presi-
dent of the Mt. Clair Railway, New York; III.
L. Spaulding, ESQ.,, Director, Bloomfield, N.
j.; C. R. Alton, Esq, Civil Engineer, 81
Broadway, New York; o. b. Halstead, ESQ.,,
President of the New York Exchange Bank,
New York city,
The above named gentlemen are all business
men and successful 1 think, and 1 should be
willing to be tried by them. would rather
you would write Them Still, if possible, L will
see them or some of them and ask them to
write. l may not be able to do so in season to
help you but will try. H. A. FULLER,
for FULLER q HARDING.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
MARRIED..

In this city, june "a, by Rev. Mr.. Buck, Leonard
Eustis, of Bangor, and Miss Annie L., youngest
daughter of E. G. Bolton Esq. of Portland.
In Lewiston, June 20, Chas. B. Hobbs, of Hallowel
and Sadie S. Gorley, of Lewiston.
In New Gloucester, June 10, Geo. A. Clark, NJ. d.,
of Portland and Sarah F. Marsh, of N. G. W.
In Newry June 16, Geo. A. Kilgore and Sarah j.
Morse.
In Rockland June IA, A. B. Armstrong of r., and
Elvra +. Knowles of Belfast.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Attention COntinentalS''.
All members of the Portland Continentas and all
wishing to become members, are hereby requested
to meet at Lancaster Hall, at "A p m. Wednesday,
June Goth, 1872.
juh25 Per Order Executive Committee.
The Portland daily press., 1872-06-25

PRESS, Feb. 9, 1872.
1.-The lumber trade of Portland will be
much more than doubled by the opening of
the P. q 0. railroad" j. III. HAMLEN.