Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-09-04
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THE POOR MANS FRIEND?
ShyIock in OIdtown /!
the GREENBACk CANDIDATES
PHILANTHROPY,


THjlAW uUhUPv.
Ssasement Of Mr. lhms. y. lortan.
We give space beL.w 10 the statement Of
| Nj Charles y. Jordan, OF Oijtosp. e,,-
1 erruing some remarkablr business t,au..r.
hon- with joseph l.. Smith. the 6reenbsrk
candidate tor Governor A. Mr. Smith
Claims 10 be special Champion of the labot-
inS classes aud par eTeeiiencs the toor
mans friend. the statement Of Mr.. Jordan
Is Of considerable political interest At III.
/ time:
! oiprowS. Aug ssh. 1879.
/ To As Eiiior y tss WAi1 4 Courier.
STA; ~ w you allow ur a SPACE m your
! paper for what trust aud hope viii b.. !,
/ b~neht to the lsboring Classes OF this Stair.
The present Grce0bsck candidate far
/ Governor, ). l.. smith. came to ne about
The nrst Of January. ISIS. aud wanted n,
/ furnish me wAh money to cut lumber that
winter told him had camn on ~.
west Branch on Town In Il. aud had an
4 10 that time had s2,soo, (lwenty-eIgbt han
/ dred dollars OF Bsbb Lancaster Of u,n-
g"r- lie wanted me to 20 and pay them
/ aud gave me check on the VeAzle RAM
! for the same. have regretted IL m.uv
/ times since, for they had alxsys dealt win
me honorably ADD fair. had of Smith an
To the l0sh OF June. 1873, about GIL 90
dollars, al II per cent. commission max
lne sooa' I.SZo. aud about ~ per cent
/ Interest per annum on hts money In the
/ isii OF lssS. | took out a PERM, on the
sAu'e town for four horses or NOR, and
could carry il on with Inv own means bu,
smith came To me and wanted me to take
| DOT permit on ixl6 on Nelho,,1s Br,,ol
Tor two or three csmps. said he had saS.-
W. aud waDted me to use Il in Eating
timber that winter. | told aim did not
want to do so much. aud that knew moth
Ing OF the chance and had not time to 81.
p'"re the sams. lie sail Zach Moore Of
THIS town. had explored Il. aud he. smith
would guarantee IL to- he nr.t-.l...
chance After his coming to the a number
Of times | consented and pat 90 two r,,,cs
on 1 Ia Is. mskiag 10 ali ) csmp.. about =
hors~~, - men. cut ahou, three million
81 logs. Ia the spring o. "a found the
Ne aufias bard hrook 10 drive on. AMI
Z The result was. | lcfi about six or seven
thousand Of my aogs IN the brook. and
when ] settled with nv lacn be-. waited t7,-
II pay them Of siih 50 cts on the dollar
~hich refused 10 do. believing then a.
10" Do. that sc should pay our laboring
men fairy snd honestly. lie sad that nay
dollars a. JAZZ a. good tor them a. one
huadrri. bat bad them all paid "a IN
iuii. much to smiths di.plcasnrr In
! bad come into the boom about tNentv.
tour huodrcd thousand feet OF log. Ihst
YEAR they Fsfssi out aud I .oid ab,ut
tseiSr hundred thousand grttiuy ataaut
81 10 for them. AZ This time tb.y called
4 boom mcctinE 70 SEQ about ahatfius III.
boom. Smith came 10 the and wan:rd ne
10 Sste to shat the boom | told hfa,
waited my logs 80 To pay him anI The
fvsi ct nlJ creditors. lie sad the log.
~7a j ieiea mote 10 the spfog Ari hv
"ou.d taaAc his .ltegcss all rishi aud tho
ru-t uf nY creditors could Too, do anyth.g.
~la in"- tod him Mr. C. Il L.bra.fer
wAs cha.inS rac Tor hi. pay. III .ass. tell
hian O. g. 90 ae.. About the first OF o..
iu1sr hv commenced lao a serpent Ia coil
afsa"d and iaAc Away my pvrspnal PROB
vftF. De topN a. nv har-cs and .igslag
That eui The ioEs wiih. not I.Ayia. me
Aufih5ng 70 ~ofs With. aud krpt taktng
uuii! DC took a.. hal. Ia the Aprfn, Or
- he took The last horte. got mad AN
swofc hc NoalI seIl him before sunset. lie
so.d him go D. q. >4NYsr Go lh~v
psid alm a.. lac a>scd. 60; ia aics wres.
they sold ihc same horse 70 JoAb BraNn.af
Bradley Tor So | aru. to smith .n.i
$500 N'fHt.tH HAAN ~ thF#AANs AfI AsAFat .
20 .ci me sell q 50 a. 70 obtain far price.
lie AL that the SrltiuEs he Obtained -
tue gave bim the property and need %,
!ouA after q a. he should d. s.th Il a. p,
Cd Id pleased. repeatedly A.ks,l
him - Acii4c hsch be =. often refa.c.l.
lie sad by Az al Was his aad ne .AoasI
Keep i Nv creditors came 10 me. some
Of them. Aad advised me to 60 into baas.
Fuptey 80 a to get settlement STU
smith Ihcy io.l ns H. would have Ia
show hls books. etc. They caHcd a meet.
!ns before Ia" BAakrupI Court Ia Bangor.
NF. smith told The Register that he on, Ell
mc uoihias and owed him nothiny. I
thought this ~As hard statement a. had
an account sikh him OF about So 90 aid
he had over So 90 worth OF my logs:
a. 70 this tou eau Ascertain al the Ham,
fupi Court. No, ouly did he ruin ms in
iAsln2 my property, hu; also 10 credit AZ
the time be Conlmrnced aith fn~ nv credit
WAS good ia Bangor iur e. a.sra IN
ls.5. | hired tao auudrvd dollar. ns saith
for one year al / : per cent. Gave hlm
mortgage on mr. iurult0rc. Tao Nrrk.
before u became due | met Smilh AZ the
y Garry. MoosehcAd Lake, Aske.t II he
sas Wiling 10 waiI until came down.
which would be Ia about four week.. he
aid he wa, aud would give inc sixty day,'
notice when be wanted ". lie cane dosn
and In less Than week called upon my
vile aud told her that 10 il Wa not paid a.
maturity he should iorecIose and tasr the
furniture; but Induced her 10 give him q
/ mortgage ou her house a. per cent. Dor
AnnGm. A. for smith bein: a frirui %
the laboting elass, | Tor one Know by bil.
ter experience that be Is not 80 any longer
than they can secure him 50 ~, can get
/ from 10 ~ per cent. Tor what money
hog az 60 q D H.. - =
. ] had pair of horses and harness. etc
I that he bad a mortgage on. 10 July thl,
year, sold them, with bl. consent and
AuoSledge, 10 ID. Orr for sJa5. smith
said be would give me credit Tor the same.
{ Il he next day smith took me and drove up
where Mr.. Orr lived aud had the horses
| and obliged me to take Oh SIS or he
should take possession Of the horses.
1t Is claimed tor Mr.. smith that he il the
poor mans friend. Hos well he deserves
that title. the following fact. will show
Last January ! was At work Ia the
| woods by the month with a pair OF horses
to earn my living. Alter being reduced to
poverty as / have stated. and got INV leg
crushed badly by log rolling upon Il, and
was brought home. and have been laid Up
ever since, ! received for my wages IN
| April, So.
owed Smith on nv horses and carried
THIS money 10 him 10 partly pay for them,
hoobiing To his house on crutches "a.
told that he would not take the money an.
der the circumstances, bat l knew better;
he took every dollar, when was so roor
that Mr.. W. b. Hayford got up purse
among my humane friends 10 Bang or OF
nrarly the above named amount, withou,
my knowledge. and sent 1t To me by which
means and my Kind neighbours We were saw
ed IRON absolute want. Mr.. Smith called
upon me several times during my sickness,
out never offered me any assistance or gave
1e a dollar 10 money. On the contrary,
as l have stated above, he Obliged me 10
july to lose twenty-five dollars on the sale
OF my horses.
AN certain that II | could have fair
settlement with Smith he would owe me
after getting all his debt and Interest many
thousand dollars. | did all | could for
Smith election last year because / felt
obliged 10, for he had a mortgage on INV
house expended considerable money OF
my own, expecting IL 10 De refunded. but IL
has never been paid. This year shall do
All can against him, and work for an hon