The Republican journal., 1881-12-01

Inc Otdte FdlT VIII no uOuDl De permanently
located in Lewiston, as evident from the first
The committee appointed to consider the matter
visited Bangor last week, and examined the ia
cilities offered there, but the Whig is informed
that the general result of the conference a
substantial and unanimous conclusion, under the
circumstances in favor OF accepting the Lewiston
proposition. The Wing also learned that letters
have been received from all parts of the State pro
testing against any agreement to locate the Fair
permanently at any place, even if it is permissible
under the charter which is disputed; but the
cess of the exhibitions in Lewiston and the inter
est IN the Society manifested by the people of that
section have had greater weight with the com
mittee We think this decision is to be regretted,
and we should be sorry to see the State Fair be-
come merely local exhibition, of which there Is
great danger. But Lewiston will no doubt make
special efforts, and which we hope may prove sue,
cessful, to make the Fair a State FAIR in fact as
well as IN name aud to present such attract ons
and offer such facilities as the occasion demands
The Lewiston Journal has already made move in
this direction 1t says
We suggest that III order to keep up a lively in
terest in Names State Fair for time to come it
WOulu ne goOu tOllcE Tor the management 10 go TO
some trouble and expense in seeking new attrac-
tons each year: that few hundred dollars laid
out, tor instance, in giving some enterprisng man
a rowing commission to go through the State each
year and solicit articles Of interest for the exhibi
ton. arrange for mechanical displays for which
power might be furnished, etc would be an ex-
ceent Investment Its well established axiom
that one dollar must be sent out to bring back
another dollar; and in order to make the State Fair
draw perpetual crowds, novelties must be provid
ed for the dear people.
We have received from II ". Bryant, Portland
recording secretary and librarian Vol VIII of the
Collections of the Maine Historical Society The
work is from the press Of Hoyt. Fogg & Durham
and contains over 800 pages of interesting matter
The frontispiece is fine steel engraved portrait of
Edward Bourne LID and the table of con
tents is az follows.
|, The North Eastern Boundary, by Hon Israel
Washburu. Jr II col Arthur Noble of George
town, by Hon William Goold III Educational
Institutions in Maize while District Of Massaehu
setts by Rev. j T Champln, LII D. ". The
/ Pemaquid Country under the Stuarts by W.
Richardson, A. v Fort Halifax its Projectors,
Builders and Garrison, 10y Hon VIM Goold VI
Coz William Vaughau Of Matrncus and Damaris
Gotta, by Hon VIM Goold. VII Norombega, by
Hon John L. Godfrey. VIII Memoirs and Bi
ogrAphica Sketches / Hon Ruel Williams by
John Poor : Hon. Edward Emerson Bourne
LII y BY Hon. L B Smith 3 Hon Ether
Shepley LID by Hon Israel Washburn Jr A.
Hon George I Davis, by Ion Geo f Talbot
Hon Edward Kent LII y by Hon John f. God
frey with euogies Rev Leonard Gods D.
D LII ID, b. Prof Charles Carroll Everett D. D.
In an article on tobacco We find an absurd men
ton of the Perque tobacco grown III Louisiana
which is described as having "a peculiarly spirit
uous flavor that makes it exceedingly popular -"
Mince pies usually have "a peculiarly spirituous
flavor whlch is as easily accounted for as is the
flavor of the tobacco in question little good
brandy produces the one and little good-or bad
-whlsKey the ether 1t is mainly the way in
which lerlque tobacco is prepared that gives it its
distinctive qualities although that grown in ST
James Parish is regarded Of superior havo, and
richness 1t is put up IN rolls about two feet long
aud four Or five inches i'll circumference, tapering
slightly al the ends, and is subjected to great
pressure, which resolves the tobacco into "a solid
mass In preparing it for smoking cutting ma
chine is used, although some prefer carpenters
pane y little PerlQue goes long way unless
the smoker has exceptionally strong nerves
The Mayor Of Charleston, South Carolina, on
behalf Of that city and Of the whole South, makes
an appeal for national aid in support of the public
schools. The problem submitted is this: By the
addition Of the colored children to the school sys
tenn the number to be educated has been doubled
The assessed values IN the city Of Charleston were
IN $50 less than one half what they were in 1860
and The school tax in 1880 was three and one halt
mills-the total amount raised for school purposes
about sol 900 year. exclusive of appropriations
for the High School and College. 1t is estimated
that at present only about one half Of the white
and one half of the colored children in Charles
ton are enjoying school privileges, and there is
neither school room, teachers nor funds to pro
vide for tile remaining half
The NV Ynrh unrali rnnn.ts a tal hnsiness