The Portland daily press., 1878-09-19

be grown cheaper than it can bought, too,
know there are men upon good farms who will
prove 6y figures and tell you that figures won't
lie and they won't if honestly used but they
can be made to lie as fast as canvasser for
lightning rods) that grain grown upon the farm
c0sts more than it is worth, and so they sit
around the grocery or post Off e, or fool around
with a colt which they think threatened with
spesa, vainiy seeking to get something for
nothing, and in time of harvest have neither
the bread or the money to buy; while the
nelghbor who has adopted the grange principle
pay as you go" has his crib of corn and his
bin OF wheat and whether 1t has cost a little
less or little mole than the market price, he
is so much the richer aud no one the poorer.
Brother farmers if we are to live by our bust
ness in Maine the sooner We lock to our own
fair broad acres for our living the sooner shall
we be rid of the monopoles aud combinations
o. which farmers so often complain.
SAL wealth of honest work is born,
All greatness comes OF toll"
"A sickle waits each willing hand,
Each heart Gods helping grace"
While d.. Garcelon was speaking Senator
Blaine arrived on the grounds. After Mr..
Thing had closed his speech Mr.. Blaine came
to the platform and was received with great
enthusiasm by the whole audience. Upon be.
ing introduced to speak the applause became
fairly deafening, and as he proceeded with his
remarks there was evident signs that his words
were needed by all within sound of his voice.
He spoke substantially as follows:
SENATOR BLAINE's SPEECH.
M. Chairman and Ladies and Gentemen-I
heard just enough OF my friends, remarks, one
of the TIRES Governors elect in this state Zap
plause) to differ with him. 1 am not one of
those who believe there has been any Stacking
OF progress in this state during the last eight
cen years. On the other hand there has been
material advancement and the state will com !.
pare favorably with any other in this respect
Take 1t eighteen years ago aud compare with
today. Then there were only two trunk lines
from Portland to the West and now thtre are
i've Then there was only railroad commani-
cation to half the counties in the state. now you
cab go to any OF them by rail. Railroads can
not b, built without money for they are built
of hard m aterial and cost hard money, not the
fiat money we hear of, (applause.) In 1860
there were $4,000 in our savings banks, now
there are $27,00O,000 in the savings banks of
this state, the products of the laboring Glass;
These are hard earned dollars and il is our
duty to keep them all worth 100 cents. Cap
plause.) The hay crop of Maine any one year
is worth more in the aggregate than the COM
bined cotton crop of the ten Southern states.
We have recently developed two large indus
tries in the way of granite and ice aud the
beauty of these is that the raw material cost
nothing. The products here are more varied than
those OF any other state, and that is why we
stand the depression of the times so we'll. We
are not all engaged in the same business and
hence are not all affected alike. We are not
all rich nor all Door, but the most OF us are
comfortably off. There are in this state 650,000
people. and there is not another state in the
Union that can show more intelligent $50. 600.
1t is state for history to bs proud of, and she
will be proud OF it. Ii is state of SaXons,
and Saxons ara noted for being hard drinkers
and land stealers, but our people have overcome
these propensItes and they deserve credit for
1t. We belong to the same race which now
governs the nations of the world. 1t is to such
arace as this that we belong, raca that sta nds
out to the envy of the world.
But want TO say word abo25 politics be-
fare Close word for all thrse PARTIES It is
generally said that we cannot tell who will be
Governor until after election, bat this year we
are worse off than before election My friend
Conner here does not look over hopeful, aud
there is a doubtful look in DE- Garcelon's eyes,
bat suppose that if you want to see real rosy
hope budding on human face, you would have
to visit Oldtown and call on my friend Smith.
loud and continued applause.)
The cheering continued so long that Ssnat or
Blaine was asked to speak longer. but he said
that he was opposed to irfla alton in speeches as
in currency.
Ex-Governor Perham was next introduced,
but he said that after the people had heard the
present and the next Governor and a live
Senator they did not wart to hear dead Gov
ernor.
FARMERS MEETING ON THE GROUNDS.
A farmers meeting was held 10 the large tent
on.the grounds last evening. The meeting was
presided over by D. M. Donham of Bangor.
The subject for discussion was (which is the
most profitable for farmers of Maine to raise,
sheep or neat stock" Peter w. Aver OF Free
dom was the first speaker and he favored the
raising of sheep to revive old pastures Hebron
Luce OF Bangor was OF the same opinion.
John M Hilton of Arson thought that the
kind of land should decide what stock it was
best to keep. Mr. Hanson Jaquith of China
spoke in favor Of sheep raising. Farther re-
marks were made by J. o. Reyes of Jay, Ru-
fus Prince of Turner, Seward Dill of Philips,
President B. f. Hamilton, Mr.. Bracket, Mr.
Philips of Hermon, and Others The discus.
sion was very interesting one and we shall at
another time print a fuller report of it in the
agricultural department than our space will al
low at this time.
Official Lis; of Premiums Awarded.
JERSEY CATTLE.
Bull, years and upwards, list prem, $12, Geo A
Bull, yr old and under 2, LIST prem, S., o Gardi.
ner for Governor; sweepstakes for same.
Bull cali, I'd prem, So, Jesse Dyer.
Cow. yrs and upwards, 1st prem, $40, H Smell
Robinson for Milkmaid 9th.
Three yrs old and under 4, list prem, 81, Geo A
Pike for Faith.
Two yrs old and under g. LIST prem, Jesse Dyer
One yr Old and under p LIST prem. So, Geo a Pike
Heifer calf, LIST prem, So. Smell; I'd do, ST., W
F Norcross
LONG wooLED SHEEP.
Bucks yrs and over st 81 HAYES
land.
Bucks, yr and under 2, 1st prem, SIS, c Mat
Buck lambs LIST prem, $40, j S Halves, Vas; alboro
I'd do, S., C P Mattocks Portland.
Ewes yrs old and over, LIST prem, SIS, J Winslow
Eve lambs, list prem $40. W Tilton, Togus; %
do, IS, j S Halves. So Vassalboro.
MIDDLE wooLED SHEEP.
Bucks, 2 yrs old aud over, 1st prem, $15 n R
Boutelle, Waterville; I'd do, $40, 81 Burleigh
Fairfield.
Bucks / yr old and under 2. 1st prem, s15, Hebron
q Bec no. NO. BRr RaHfe Ea Wats,
vile; I'd do SIS, H c Burieigh, Fairfield
Ewes yrs old and over. list prem. $15. Bou-
tee, Waterville; I'd do $40, H Burleigh, Fairfield
1;year old and under 2, LIST prem, SIS, N R Bou
telle, Waterville I'd do $40, Hebron Luce, Bangor.
Eve lambs, LIST prem, $40, r Boutelle, Water
| vile.
|. GEESE.
| Bremen, list prem, SO, j Remission.
Gray China, LIST prem So, B g Lewis.
| Wild, LIST prem, IS, r Torrey; 2dido, So, same.
DUCKS.
| Aylesbury, list prem, So, B Lewis.
Rouen, Sd prem, 81, b F Lewis.
| White Crested, list prem, So. B Lewis.
| Coorei Muscovy, I'd prem, 50, Lewis.
Pekin LIST prem, 49, G Mattocks; I'd do, 50,
| & J A Merrill; Sd do, 81, G Mattocks.
Young, 1st prem, SO, M Stevens; I'd do, So, G
Mattocks; Sd do, 81, same.
| AYRS HIRE CATTLE.
Sweepstakes on BULL A Libby, for Harry; do OF
cow, Libby, for Snowbird nerd prem, $40, 4
Libby.
Bulls years and over list prem. SIP; Alonzo Lib
by, for Harry; I'd do, So, w w Harris, for Fleet
year old, 1st prem, S., Alonzo Libby, for Maine
"a do. So, W Harris, for Pioneer.
Calf, list prem, So, Alonzo Libby; ID do, W. same
| Cows, years old and upwards, LIST prem, ~
Alonzo Libby, tor Snowbird; I'd do, 80, same' 10
8 years old, 1st prem. 81. Alonzo Libby, Queen o
Ayr, 3D.; I'd do, s., same, Lady Dane; , q,
years old, LIST prem, S., Seward Dill, Maud, "a
"a do, 50, A Libby, Queen of Ayr, Attn. W.T., o.
year old, LIST prem, So, w W Harris, Paulinei q
do, So, Alonzo Libby. Queen of Ayr, 9TH.
Calves, LIST prem, 50, A Libby, Queen OF ayr, OH
I'd do, ST., same.
| HALL AWARDS.
Union Lubricator Co Portland. grease. diploma.