National Republican., 1875-07-16
A wAsH1serox1Ax IN NEW ENGLAND.

to Bangor by mail stage. When remember the
aching, and the quaking, and the jolting, and the
tossing about ridipgin that old stage pail comes
my spirits like the recollection Of some dark
crime, and
IeRow SAD AND MELANCHOLY
In an instant How It was possible for people to
travel long distances by this means Of conveyance
before the innovation Of railroads is past my COM
prehension. To contemplate . long journey by
stage is like facing the horrors Of the inquisiton-
nay death ITSELF man who can be happy in Q
stsge-c coach Is. not only pr ofOund philosopher,
but 1T candidate for the place Of joy hereafter.
Such q one would wax merry while Writhing in
the pains Of cholera morous; such one would
dian gauntlet. A stage driver has moro patience
and endurance than any living man. The most
rigid apchorite Of the Catholic faith Is mere
pigmy in doing penance compared with him.
The pilgrim who journeys afoot to the temple
of the gods, with dried peas in his shoes, and the
mortsis, reveiing in the delights Of the world, as
were when spoken Of S IN comparison 5 with the
or hari-kari Of the Orientals is o mere bagatele
as compared with the daily tortures sustained by
the conductor OF daily mail coach. II there
gor, even though it lay BY the way Of Turkey-in;
Asia, or the Valley Of the Shadow OF Death, /
should have taken 4 rather than go BY the mail
kind without getting terribly sea-sick. It is ten
times worse than the bounding bIllow. A ship
table E csmpared i p T with stage rattiIng over the
stones, and an earthquake Is nowhere beside the
spend more time and accomplish the least on
stage-coach than In any other known way.
good, healthy terrapin VIII distance one OF these
hours start. II one does not value his time any,
and is prepared and willing to die, my advice Is
stage in the fall, and, il lucky, you may reach
Buckaport, q distance Of hundred miles, early
In the spring.
THE DUTIES OF A COUNTRY sTAGE-DRTvER
fshes Of the mighty deep. one farmer wants this
thing and another that. A woman, for instance,
rushts out on the road with three or four bundles
ing up one Of the bundles, "goes 10 my daughter,
Mary Ann, and the others go to the Bend; and,
Der forty, remem 6er-and / wish you could see
Maria Dooley, and ask her to come out Wednes-
day. Away of in q field fellow will shout out
the next house little girl will come running
dswn the path with letter for the mail. In pass
appearance' and sent in an order for a Side Of
soleleather; and the village blacksmith will per-
hape leave an order for strip Of barron, so many
so much. A country lass, with broad hat calico
dress and stained fingers, approaches the stage
driver to sell in town, the proceeds to be laid out
in strip Of inch -and-a-half ribbon, pale blue.
Thas all along the route the orders flow in, and
by the time the city is reached the number will
away in the brain Of the driver, no notes having
Ueou lhheu Oi HuyIulDk. nO" II Is pOSelDl6 LOT
him to retain all this in his memory without get
ting size, color, weight price, &c, all mixed up
in an incomprehensible tumble is one of the great
1t is surprising that he does not run crazy or
wild, or become hopelessly idiotic; but he seems
to retain his faculties and thrive and do well.
have heard of lazy stage driver, of silly one,
and OF q drunken one, but
NEVER OF CRAZY ONE.
They all live to q good old age and when they
die the stages themselves tumble to pieces with
them, and go into the shed for kindltng wood.
BANGOR is CITY OF SOME Is, GOO
Inhabitants, situated at the head of navigation
on the Penobscot river, and was once not only 8
great commercial point, but the largest timber
along the river as far as Oldtown are immense
saw mills, carried wholly by water, some Of them
q whole log into fine smooth boards in the space
often or fifteen minutes; and below the city are
several steam saw. mills once in active operation
night and day. The writer can remember when
q thousand sails crowded the wharyes Of this
place; when the hum Of the planning mill, the
buzz Of the circular-saw and the strokes Of the
broad ak and the sdze were heard most every
hourin the twenty-four; when below the city in
the spring Of the year the river could be crossed
on logs, while above the city RATS Of sawn lum-
Der extended nearly across TO Brewer.
can remember, when boy, OF Witnessing the
molasses from the Antilles, of fruit and nuts from
the Mediterranean, OF dye stufs from Brazil, and
feet sight to behold, when the iambermen and
their teams were fitted out for the winters cam
paiRn in the woods, among the piues and hem
teams returned to the city half wild from the
forests.
BUT NOW WHAT CHANGE!
The mills are shut down, the wharvss are grow
ing weedy and rotten, the machine shops are
open, but the clatter is faint, the sail and block
makers have moved away; the custom-house is
but name and the eoltectorshIp a snecure; q
few scanty sails dot the river, score of logs
| float by you where thousands came tumbling
down before, a narrow line Of rats crowd up on
there while the others have left, the 'yo hO!' Of
the boatman is heard no more on the water, the
last house has been built, and Bangor. Ike many
going to decay! The people are talking OF build
ing factories, but no one will hazard his money in
In the banks and In private Golfers but the people
are afraid to invest The great West is responsI-
BILE for all this.
Themomentlumbero operations were commenced
| in Wisconsin and Michigan, Bangor started on
the downward road. Some Of the heavy lumber
or from that city. At the present time the de.
preston In business is greater than ever in con-
and North American railroad. This has Seriously
affected several heavy houses in Bangor, as well
as brought griel to many household. Prominent
ried CLERKS are the ones who are doing best now,
and more than one merchant stated to me that
they would willingly
CHANGE PLACES WITH THEIR CLERKS
as far as making money ut present Is concerned.
Speaking Of this new railroad reminds me that
some very fne trout streams have been rendered
accessible to the sportsman by its daily trains.
and II is no uncommon thing in Bangor, during
| the summer season, to see eager parties of from
two to half dozen fellows, young and old, armed
to the teeth, 50 70 speak with rods baskets @ and ID
| he old "Pine Tree State"
AS this is comparatively a new eIysium for thu
angler but few know the best waters for trouting,
| and those who are fortunate enough to possess q
| knowledge Of all the good places are naturallya
e n ehaIy any Rnssdn concern
was up the road short time since prospecting
| around, and has played pretty sharp game on
| couple Of fellows who had some fine strings of
trout, and assuming as ignorant and dumpish
| look as possible, he inquired what ,'them fish"
were. Such specEled- looking things he certainly
had never seen or heard Of before-was entirely
| ignorant Of the existence of such hsh. He In
they caught them &c. and the result t' Was THAT that
early the next morning he slipped quietly down
from the hotel with his fine, asxible rod and book
finest kind Of brook-trout In most sportsman
like and scientific manner, and sending them off
TO Boston, and / understand he has been steadily
At II ever since with undiminished ardor.
ILEyT BANGOR FOR BOSTON
| on evening Of the 5th, by rail. The Eastern
roa4 = row running night trains Of Pullman
50 that one can leave either place at O'Clock in
the evening and wake up In the morning at the
enc 81 the ISS good many stop, are
tient disposition, Is somewhat annoying. On this
occasion, after We had made dozen or two stops
in as many miles, and were then running ut about
the rate Of speed observed ct cheap funerals, my
curiosity led me TO inquire Of the conductor as to
the reoson OF the delays, &C., and yeu may rest
| assured felt that the reason was eminently
good one, when he told met that there was q train
| Of freight cars right ahead Of Us on the same
track, and by running slowly only the engine and
| car or two would get demolished on our catch
Ing up with them.
| BOSTON IS AS SMART,
energetic and lively as ever, and still worthy the
i appelation Of "Hub." A terrific thunder storm
visited the city during my stay there, and through
some imperfection In the roof Of the new magnih-
/ cent Providence depot, the rain beat in and
deluged the eastern end Of the building, so that
i the gentlemen's room looked like the back bay
Il at high tide. Washington street was flooded,
Il and as the water danced and rippled along over
i the cobblestones It reminded me so much Of o
| mountain torrent that 1 instinctively looked
around for good place TO cast my line for trout,
and It was only through the Interference of gen.
/ tleman In O blue coat with brass buttons that
was deferred from turning over some Of the curb
Il stones in search Of angle worms.
leave tonight for Providence, and tomorrow
Il shall revel In smothered clans and baked blue
| fsh down on the Naragansett bay.
SIMON SIDELINKER.
| Sale Of Hay Scales.
Messrs. Duncanson Bros, auetioneers, sold yes
terday, BY order Of r. L. Hoxie, chief engineer,