The Portland daily press., 1880-08-16
THE GIFTED FoGG.
His Cumberland Mills Speech Saturday

Saturday morning the Argus announced that
the gifted Fogg would address the people of
| Saccarappa in the evening, but it did not ex-
plain that, while addressing the people of Sac
carappa, Mr.. Fogg would be in person at Cum
| berland Mills. Fogg is however we'll repre-
sented at the short distance of a mile by his
| voice.
| AT 7 O'Clock the gifted Fogg arrived at Cum
| berland Mills, accompanied by our distin-
| guished fellow-citizen Cap'n Chase and also by
Mr.. Elliot King. Mr.. Fogg was informed
that he was to speak from the band stand but
he declared that he couldn't, mot by q id
sight," that he must have hall to speak in.
Il can't make the quiet, conservative speech
that / want to make tonight if 1 speak out
DOORS" said the gifted Fogg. 81 shall saw
rough things if do, and the PRESS will print
EN-" Cap'n Chase saw the necessity of inn
mediate action and drove to Saccarappa for the
purpose of 'hiring hail. but could not do it
and, as matter of last resort, the gifted Fogg
was compelled to speak from the band stand as
originally proposed.
Mr.. NJ. d. Gray, who is supposed to desire to
stand up and be defeated for the Legislature
this fall, presided, and introduced the gifted
Fogg, who sailed in at once. His shout of
MIR. Chairman and fellow-citizens' half
stunned his more immediate hearers, although
(as throughout his speech) the people of Sac
carappa did not find his tones unpleasantv
loud. Over on Cape Elizabeth people had an
idea that there was considerable of shower
over yonder," and down in Waldo county, we
are informed, that several farmers noted down
the exact minute of Mr.. Fogg's opening as the
time when they felt slight earthquake. These
things are mentioned to show that Fogg is not
losing his voice. He has always been nothing
but voice, and it would be terrible to have
that gifted voice reduced to nothing. The
gifted Fogg stood on the steps of the stand
and announced that he would reply to the
speech of MIR. Hale, and, if he did, and kept
closely to the line OF Mr.. Hale's argument,
(and he said that he should) then Mr.. Hale
must have wandered over a good deal of
ground to very little purpose. II don't pro-
pose to swear" said Fogg in an aside ssbe-
cause that PRESS says that do, and me n to
show, that it is id liar.' He then
alive and kicking. He said that he
was confident that bad as he is he would
be welcomed back to the Republican
party, and that, as it is, the Republicans are
willing to pay him $50 night and expenses to
keep on the stump, but scorning Republican
money he proposed to still continue speaking
for nothing and paying his own expenses. II
am poor Greenbacker now, living on roast
potatoes and salt fish and drinking lemonade,
while Hale is eating porter house steak," OBJ
served the gifted Fogg sadly, and Cap'n Chase,
who isn't "poor Greenbacker,' and who
doesn't try to sustain life ON the above limited
bill of fare, was observed to be weeping pro-
fusely.
cred from his emotion, the gifted Fogg tackled
the tariff question and stated that if a match
is lighted there must first be a tax of one cent
paid on it, which must in the near future beg
gar the reckless individuals who at peanut
stands and in cigar stores sell matches at two
cents a bunch. In fact, we can see nothing
but bankruptcy ahead for the barefooted ur-
chin who looks in on us once in while with
the offer to sell three punches for 5 cents''
"Then it is well KNOWN" Mr. Fogg said.
"that Greenbackers smoke two cents cigars,
while am informed that Senator Blaine
lwho by the way doesn't smokel uses
fifty cents ones, and every drop of liquor
is taxed and the last Congress refused
informed that quite considerable number of
his Southern friends, known as "Moonshiners,''
have held the same ideas for some time past,
and have not been paying the government
cent
Said Fogg "The Republicans of his district
ought to write to Frye and tell him to meet
me in debate. The Republican speakers saw,
when asked to debate, we cant do it. We wear
stand up collars and you don't. We wear
sGoa De eehs s ana don't don't We We ear
gloves and you don't. We smoke so cent
cigars and you pay two cents for the kind you
smoke. We drink champagne and you drink
gin and lemonade, anyway you don't drink
wine. We pay no taxes and you pay the
whole, so you see we are not on the same
social plane, and we can't meet YOU"
After some general remarks about Maine
ship building the gifted Fogg pitched in and
gave his side of the count ouJ" or rather the
view that Mr.. Fogg was taking of it Saturday
evening, as he is in the habit of taking diff
ferent views at different times OF that highly
interesting subject He announced that the
PRESS had reporter on the ground, and that
reminded him that the PRESS of that day
came out and openly acknowledged that it
lied about the Slower case, and lied Infamous
ly, 81 said the PRESS lied, and now the PRESS
acknowledges that it lied, and it did lie'
yelled this gifted searcher after the romantic
and then he, in the most able and adroit man
ner, avoided coming in contact with the
realities OF life, by stating that he read in the
PRESS that Judge Virgin refused to concur in
the decision of the Supreme Court in the
Prince-Skillin case. 1t seems needless to say
that he read nothing of the kind.
There were other equally interesting points
in this lively speech that it seems to be hardly
worth while to particularize, but it may be
worth noticing that Mr.. Fogg announced that
it is the firm and settled determination of the
" Unionists" to bury the Republicans, and then
send 'em up in a balloon.
Mr. Fogg all WED his voice to wander
about the broad realm of fiction for about
three hours, and then gave way to King who
occupied few moments, and then King and
Cap'n Chase left for Portland dropping Fogg
at Westbrook, in season to take the cars for