Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-01-28
PEN AND SHEARS.
Annual Meeting OF the Editor. and Pub
fishers OF Maine.
FoRENooN SESSION

FORENOON SESSION.
The Maine Association of Editors and Pub
fishers met in the judiciary room Yesterday
forenoon at 10 o'clock, and was called to or
der by the President.
DR. w. Il. Lapham, from the Committee
on Essayist and Poet, reported that they had
selected for lss2-
Samuel W. Lane. Augusta, Essayi,t; L.
Pope Vose, Rockland. Poet
The County Historians then made their re-
ports.
The matter of job printing was debated.
and Il committee of three appointed by the
chair to Issue an address to the job printers Of
Maine for the purpose of arranging a sched-
ule of prices which shall put the business on
4 paying basis.
On motion Of Mr.. Thurston. it was voted to
print the usual number of reports, and also to
reprint the records of some of the earlier
meetings of the Association.
The gentlemen whose names were proposed
for membership at the business meeting were
elected members.
Mr. Thurston, from the committee to re-
wise the list of County Historians, made the
following report. which was accepted, and the
gentlemen named therein were thereupon
elected to serve as Historians of the Press in
|
Androscoggin-Nelson Dingley. Jr., Lew
iston.
Aroostook-William s. Gilman, OF Houl-
! ton.
Cumberland-Brown Thurston, of Port
land.
Franklin-Charles W. Keyes, of Farming
ton.
| Hancock. A. Emery, of Ellsworth.
Kennebec-Geo. W Qunby. of Augusta.
| knox,. Pope Vose, of Rockland.
Lincoln-Samuel l.. Miller, of Wadoboro'.
Oxford-George II. Watkins, of Paris.
Penobscot and Piscataquis-F. X Smith,
of Bangor
Sagadahoc--Joshua +. Upton. of Bath.
| Somerset-Joseph Wood, of Skowhegan.
aldo-William ii. Simpson, of Belfast
Washington-George w. Drisko. of Ma
chias.
York-W. J. Holland, of Limerick
On motion of DIR. w. b. Lapham. it was
voted to make the summer excursion to the
Rangely Lakes, by such route and such vari-
| ations as the committee may decide upon.
The following committee was appointed to
arrange for the next annual excursion :
Charles W. Reyes, Pennington; W. B.
Lapham, Augusta; George II. Watkins,
Paris.
On motion of Edward II. Elwell, section
of article ), of the bylaws of the Association
was suspended for 1882; and on motion Of F.
G.. Rich of Portland, it was
VOTED. That the next annual session be
| held at Portland.
Adjourned to >. 80 o'clock in the afternoon
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
| In the afternoon the Senate Chamber wore
its most cheerful and homelike aspect. The
cracking. open wood fires gave an air OF
comfort to the apartment. There was large
attendance of editors and their lady friends.
| The literary exercises were of an unusually
| interesting character. Rev. Il. l.. Snow OF
Alfred, read a thoughtful and scholarly essay
! on 1.-THE Newspaper Press" Ittraced the his
tory of printing. from the little chamber of
Faust down to the present day, and showed its
wonderful growth The Importance OF the
new.paper rs an educator and elevator of the
race was especially emphasized. The journal
| lat has n high and noble vocation. 1t Is his
province to reach and instruct the masses
lie can teach the young more than the
schoolmaster The essay was replete with
practical suggestions to the editors IN MS
audience Mr. Snow dwelt upon the methods
of improving our Maine papers. Ills essay
was most happy effort and its delivery gave
unalloyed pleasure. Hearty applause greeteu
| the essayist at the conclusion of his paper.
The poem was delivered by w. Q. Fuller,
Jr.. of Rockland. 1t was entitled The
| Goblin of the Press and was one OF the
brightest and most brilliant illusions ever read
ON an occasion of the kind Mr.. Fuller put his
audience in rare good humor in few witty
PREDATORY remarks. During his recitation OF
the pocm, the Senate Chamber was crowded.
and the applause at the end Of nearly every
stanza was hearty and spontaneous.
ON motion of William Moves OF Saco tne
thanks of the Association was rendered 'he
Essayest and Poet for their entertaining anu
instructive productions.
Unfinished business was then taken up'a'"
after some unimportant matters settled.
Before adiourning, the thanks OF the As
.oc;a,ion were rendered to the LEGISLATURE OF
Maine: to the superintendents OF the various
railroads in the State for their courtesy ana
to Colonel Baker of Hotel North for his kind
Rev. DIR. Ouinby then read the history OF
the press in Kennebec county for the past
Adjourned to meet at the supper table OF
the Hotel North.