The Portland daily press., 1876-10-18
Charles Day.

Nh Editor.-Your paper of to-day contains
notice Of the death and brief personal history
of the aged and well known printer whose
name stands above. In that obituary many
facts are omitted, and in some instances are
not correctly stated. This, with personal re-
gard for a friend of fifty years standing, in
duces me to pay slight tribute to the memory
of worthy son of a much respected mother.
Elizabeth Pearson was the daughter of VIM.
Pearson, and great grand daughter of John
Oliver. who came to Falmouth from Boston.
In 172l be had grant of one acre for house
lot on the south side of Fore street, where
BradbuIy's Court now is, which takes its name
from Rowland Bradbury, who in 1871 married
divers daughter and was the grandfather of
Elizabeth. Oliver also had three acre lot on
Congress street. and sixty acres besides. Some
OF the Oliver home lot is yet owned by the de-
cendants of his son-in-aw Bradbury. Elizabeth
Pearson was born on this home lot of her great
grandfather in 1867 In 1856 she married
George Day, who was lost at sea when
their son Charles, whose death causes this no.
tice, was very young He was born in 1898 on
Fore street, little west of the Portland Com
pany's works. At an early age, probably about
1872, he entered the Office of the Portland Ga
zette (not the "Argus ofice'') then published
by Arthur Shirley, on the south corner of Ex-
change and Federal street.
My first knowledge of Mr.. Day was ir 1923
as partner in the firm of Day & Frasier QUOT
Sumner.) Abijah W. Thsyer had established
the "Independent Statesman and Maine Re
publican" to support Joshua Wingate, Jr, for
nj lhiop L.
Democratic candidate, who was elected. The
Statesman was issued weekly from the Office of
Day & Frasier, and although Thayer was the
nominal editor, Mr.. Day bad much to do with
the makeup of the paper. The political COL
test which produced the Statesman was a very
lively one, and that paper was illustrated dur
ing the campaign with humorous caricatures
OF the prominent supporters Of Gov. Paris 1
recollect one in which Judge Ware was repre-
sented with pair of bellows blowing the fire
over which hung pot in which Judge Preble
was stirring something with long spoon. The
Statesman also supported John Quincy Adams
Tor President, against Clay, Crawford, jack
son and Calhoun. The result was no election
by the electors, and Adams was elected by the
House Of Representatives Besides the publ
cations mentioned in the PRESS, Day & Fras-
Ter in 1925 published the Yankee" literary
paper, by John Neal, who had just returned
from residence of year or two in London,
and subsequently they published working
mans paper edited by DR.. Chas. Fl. Mcclellan.
During these years Erastus Brooks, now of the
New York Express, was an Apr entice in the
Office of Day & Frasier, and boarded with Mr..
Day.
About 1880 George Sumner was associated
with Mr.. Day in the printing business in place
of John Frasier. After the death of Mr.. Sum-
ner, Mr.. Day gave up the Office and assisted &C.
casionally in several newspaper offices, but for
several years he has spent most of his time in
the store of his son Charles During the past
summer he spent several weeks in Philadelphia
but was i'll most of the time while there, aud
now he has passed away lamented by many
friends as social companion in his quiet way.
He was an honor to the newspaper fraternity.
The mother, Mrs Day, was eight years old
when the town was burned by Mowatt, and
recolected the appearance of the squadron as
the ships worked up the harbor against the
wind. She was the last resident of Portland
who recollected distinctly that event. She
died just before the fire of 1866, aged SO years.
WIG.
Windham, October 10th.