The Portland daily press., 1873-10-01
William Gordon.

fRfEBURG, Oept ~, 1873.
The death of Mr.. Gordon, which occurred
suddenly Saturday morning, the 9th inst, at
his residence in Fryehurg cast deep gloom
over the entire community.
He was born in Fryeburg in 1897, and passed
all his life in his native town. Most of his ac-
tive life was spent in farming, although he
specialized some in timber lands. being an ex-
traordinary judge of standing timber. So
great was his celebrity in this subject, that he
long ago received the ''cognomen'' of 'Judg-
ment," by which he was generally called.
Among the descendants of his family are his
namesake William Gordon I'd for many wears
prominent officer of this town. A. P Gordon.
County Commissioner for Oxford CouRty, and
DR. Seth c. Gordon of Portland, ne news of
the decreased. He possessed very retentive
memory, and was great reader. This fact to-
getber with his genial qualities made him a de
sirable companion for men of culture as well as
those OF less literary tastes. Having spent
more than century OF active life, identified
with the interests of bis town, his many ac-
quaintaDce were so many warm friends.
While would not wish to parade any of his
virtues particularly before the public must
say he possessed some traits of character prom
inenty exemplified in his every day life, SO
worthy of imitation that cannot forego their
mention. 1t was common saying with him
that he never intended to let 'the sun go down
upon his wrath" If any misunderstanding
occurred between his neighbors and himself, he
was always ready to extend bis hand, and
bring about peace and good feeling. One time
while at work with bis neighbor, and tired with
excessive labor and the heat of the day, he Sc
v.rely and perhaps uhduly crititized some of
his doingS. One horr after when they met be-
meath shade tree for water, with glistening
eve and Quvering lip he proffared the right
hand of fellowship, saying Brother, | was
wrong. Give me your hand and heart" No
feud could exist where the light of his great
heart could penetrate and res ora peace aud
good will His family, now bereft of so kind
father and partner, will receive the warm
sympathy OF all who knew him. F.
MODES OF QUoTNG EXcHANGE.-In quoting
exchange on foreign countries it has never
been the practice, except in dealings with Great
Britain. to assume par upon which percent
age is rated. The universal rule, except in this
case, is to quote the money OF our country
against the money of other countries Thus
OH France and the franc countries, exchange
is quoted on francs and centmes to the dollar:
Oh Russia, cents to the thaler; on Frankfort.
cents to the form, and so on. In reforming
our practice with Great Britain, the Secretary
adopt the same method, quoting exchange
III uolidrS dui CeutS W the pOunc Suefllng
or in renee and fractions to the dollar. In
the Spanish American States and in China it is
customary to quote exchange on Great Britain
in pence to the dollar, but fol the United
States the Secretary would recommend quota
tons in dollars and cents to the pound sterling
Tor the following reasons: First-The variation
IN quoting one cent to the pound is near enough
to denote the Gu stomary variations of exchange
in the market, so that he use of fractions in
stating prices will be unnecessary. One cent
variation corresponds very nearly to one quarter
PER cent. in the exchange upon thu fictitious
par. Secoud-As the dollar of thu. United
States is a gold coin, and of the South Ameri-
can States and China silver coin, dstnc-
ton in the unit for quoting exchange is for this
reason desirable, siuce it would thus be un-
derstood without further explanation, that
quot alton of dollars and cents to the pound
referred to a gold dollar, and of pence and frac-
tons to silver dollar. The law, while pre-
scribing the close of the present year as the
term for the dlscontinuance of the old rating
of exchange, does hot prohibit, but rather ia
vites, an earlier change in the practice. In or
der to avoid the Inconvenience of postpone
ment to the last moment, the Secretary recon-
mends that the change De entered upon at once
and urges upon those in a position to guide in
introducing the changes demanded by law the
importance of acting promptly, so that by con-
ference and interchange of views an agreement
may be reached as to the most convenient time
and manner of effecting them.