The Republican journal., 1881-03-24
Maine Miscellany.

Ills Wlle 5 ndtlVe place, IN 1898 when he became
editor and one OF the proprietors of the kennebec
| Journal, the state paper. Under his management
the paper acquired greater influence than it had
| possessed under the lamented Severance When
Hon. john NJ " ood became sole proprietor of the
Portland Advertiser and Henry Carter had vacated
the editorial chair Mr.. Blaine was induced to take
| the position and he retained his connection with
| the paper until the autumn, | think, of 1860
| When | returned to my alma mater, to borrow
college expression after an absence of several
years, found Mr.. Blame the editorn chief of the
Advertiser and for two years was placed in close
relations with him. He was the readest and most
versatile man ever saw in an editorial room. He
never kept anybody waiting for him, and he was
equally exact in requiring that the printers should
have his copy in type and proofs ready at the time
| appointed, and he always took care to allow them
| plenty OF time The Advertiser was published at
that time in a block on the corner Of Middle and
Market streets, on the site now occupied by Messrs
Chadbourn q Kendall, but the printing office was
| in building down on Market street, and the two
were connected by gallery and passageway
through the attic of an intervening building
co dotofoso to the uninitiated. Mr.. Blaine had
fine accommodations provided for him in the su-
| perb library of the establishment, but he usually
| preferred to do his work up in the den" 10
foot room adjoining the composing room. Here
he was strongly intrenched against interference
Mi. Blame resided at Augusta all the time of his
connection with the Advertiser, and it was his
custom to go home Friday and return on Mon
day afternoon. He would come direct to the den"
and dispatch the printers devil for light lunch
thinr of thot Sort rcaont;nlo oo;+; u aoiiiI
with the state ot affairs Of tb sfna ~
dispatched he would grab pile OF exchanges and
go over their contents with lightning rapidity
tossing them loosely over his shoulder as fast as
scratchNscissors and nan upr +o,rotoc f
dear IfascarcnIr wori VAS snnl,o $50 t4Gi I..I .G
room for hours; and when the editor-in chief had
finished his task few directions were given to his
trrn at snch an bo i tbo+a ,ia ny snouiu ie
hjs denartnra NJ Riai,a ,;t .i ~ 0I'a a IN.
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uPou seVelal ulHeient supJec's "Lile the editor
| obliyious of their nrespnce Snddanlr ba ,conI1
interpose a remark in one direction, correct
statement made ii another discussion, or help out
the memory Of q third dsputaut and so on, tax
| Ing part III all that was going on around him,
| scarcely looking up from his paper, arresting
| the motion OF his pen. | thought of Napoleon
| debating to a score of secretaries at once Mr.
| Blalnes wonderful command of language is al
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rae of l Noulq say una. us
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| IL al ba haad of tho aCl,y,
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NJ s iiiis, 'ni ,ntI LIE, Ponlns ~ Ihllu VIII
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4 .Ie t"o @ eaia 'RoAo Vi ~ liio tnr! were very
ihe establishment ETan 4Panhon %i'"pe t - I al ~
r;tb his niIint hn,nor nnla So',,a,i Wy u5nii,
| in Joke with the august head of the establish