The Portland daily press., 1881-09-28
Reports from Representative Cities ant
Town.
GOrhana.

an Town.
IN Gorham.
"a The people of Gorham observed the day il
ga fitting manner and in the afternoon service
|Mwere held at the Congregational church. Al
Sxthe places Of business were closed. Th
s#stores and many of the private residences wer
s4draped in mourning and on all hands wer
sxsigns of sorrow at the nations bereavement
81 Among the most noticeable of the decoration
8were the house and grounds of Lewis McLel
CLAN, Esq. In front Of the house stood whit
sSbroken shaft, entwined with ivy and at tn,
IHbase was the letter &c" over which hung .
sssickle In the window of the house was {
.%portrait of the late President surrounded b,
ISblack and white bunting artistically arranged
Hrhe Masonic Hall was also tastefully draped
!Sand bore the motto "The memory of our de
$parted brother is cherished forever" in letters
&of black. On the store of Roscoe G. Harding
3were the words "Man dies, the nation lives, .
Wand his house, as well as that of Mr.. Edward
81 Harding, on State street was handsomely
#draped On School street, the Savings bank
IA I'd stores of j. Ridlon and Sumner G. Bolton
Con State street the stores of j. FL. Irish, J. C.
&Summerside; on Main street the stores of f.
SH. Emery, Mrs E. R. Patten, S. B. Guthries,
III. G. Gard, barber shop of Roscoe Rose tailor
3shop of J. Roberts, offices of Geo. B. Emery
$and Hinckley & Co., the tanners, and the
Sprivate residences of T. P. Irish, Frederick
sRobie, John Roberts, Stephen Hinckley, s.
AGarland and Mrs. S. Hinckley we're all draped
sbecomingy as were also the post office,
] methodist church and the political head
zquarters, both of which had their flags inI
mourning. The residence of Hon. John A.
1 Waterman on Church street was also one oil
sthe number in mourning The soldiers monu-|
zment near the Town House was suitably
zdraped with mourning and beautiful With
FLOWERS, also the ancient town monument near1
THE Congregational church. The priyateE
residences of DR.. johnson, Arthur Benson,
sEsq., Gardiner Weeks on Main street, Mrs
Haynes on Elm street, Charles Robbie andl
Walter Harding on High street, Theodore B
'Shackford and I. B. Whitman on Elm street.
|Charles Caruthers and Charles Alexander ons
South street were also suitably decorated With
Iemblems of mourning, and other significant
memorials. The ladies of "Gorham House Il
prepared with rare taste monument With
THE name of James A. Garfield inscribed uponE
it with lovely and choice flowers arranged att
ts base, representing the cross and crown.
The beautiful country house of Eden Gam-s
mon Esq. one of the Oldest citizens of the
place, was the center of well arranged pref
sentiment of emblems of mourning in the mid /
die of which was large picture of Garfield.
Previou to the services minute guns weret
fired and the pnpils of the Normal and publict
sc hcols to the number of IT'S, headed by thee
Gorham Band, paraded the principal streets.E
The church was appropriately draped for thes
occasion. Back of the pulpit were the nows
familiar words "God reigns and the govern-s
ment at Washington still lives" and in frontk
was large portrait of the late Presidents
draped in black. Over the pulpit hrng largeE
shield from which was hung black and white
bunting in graceful folds and which extended
all aronnd the church, caught up at short dis-a
tances by white wreaths At the left on en-E
tering was a large black shield bearing stillb
another portrait of the dead President and theS
words 1.-THE nations loss" Over this stood al
II
posite side of the church was companions
shield bearing the portrait of President Ar +
thur and the words "The nations hope" andk
surmounted by an anchor of white flowers.
The exercises were opened by Col f L
ROBBIE and the reading of the scriptures byE'
Rev. Mr.. Corey of the Methodist church. 4
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Huntingdon
of the Conorapationa LIST churcb and tho cbo;r5
sang selection. Hon. j. A. Waterman thenS
offered a series of resolutions expressing sor-s
row at the nations less, sympathy for thee
bereaved family and encouragement for theE
new President. Remarks were made by Geo.
u. Emery, Esq, Rev Mr.. Colby, Mr.. W. FL. /;
Bryant, principal OF the High school, and w Il
J. Corthell, Esq, principal of the NormalE
school. The Resolutions were adopte4 ands
after prayer by Rev. Mr.. Bartlett the meetingS
closed, the band, choir and audience joining inE
the hymn, Nearer my God to thee.'
Saccarappa.
The observance of Monday as a ''day of hui
mutation and mourning" was very general
here. After ten O'Clock in the forenoon all they
places of business were closed, and many of
tastefully arranged embems of mourning /
The services held at the Congregational chufchE
at o'clock in the afternoon attracted largeS
audience. The exercises began with the sing-s
ing of America by the congregation. this wass
by prayer by Rev. G. w. Bradlee,s
scripture reading by Rev. e. E. Bacon, andS
earnest and appropriate remarks in which theE
davout Chretop nh rohter fha he re;c forf;tud ~
and the patience and faith of our late Pres-ss
dent, were ably and eloquently portrayed, byE
Rev's. Tead, Bradlee and Bacon.
No attempt was made TO drape the church I
but a large picturesof President Garfield, SURF
rounded with the national colors, and blackh
and white drapery stood in front of the altar {
Yarmouth.
Monday, in accordance with President ARR
thurs proclamation, was set apart as a day Off
humiliation and mourning. The differently
church bells were tolled from 2 D. m. until 2.30, +
when union service was held at the FirstE
Parish church, which presented fine appear
ance. At the rear of the sanctum were sus-
pended festoons in black and white, while the !
pulpit and communion table were draped inR
black. In front of the former a splendid por-g
trait of Garfield was to be seen, and on the lat
ter beautiful cross of flowers. The organE
was draped with the American flag, on and
over, which were festoons of black. The cham /
delier was also fittingly draped. The exercises b
of the afternoon were very interesting and of
course drew large audience. The services Z
were conducted in the following order:
Music-Miss Annie Burbank.
Prayer-Rev. Frank Davis.
Singing-by the congregation.
Bible Readlng-Rev DIR. Torrey.
Prayer-Rev. Amasa Loring.
Remarks-by Rev. DR.. Torrey Rev. FrankE
Davis, Ed R. r. York DIR A H. Bur-
bank. 3. Freeman, Esq. Mr.. Hammond. /
Prayer-W z. Hutchinson.
Singing-by the congregation. L
Benediction-Rev. Frank Davis.
At the request of DIR. James M. Bates and 9th. /
ers citizens meeting was held in the evening
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