The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-01-04
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE NEW LEGISLATURE.

Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE NEW LEGISLATURE.
The Maine Farmer of last week contained the
following interesting statistics in relation to the
SiXtv-first Legislature of Maine gathered by its
editor, Howard Owen, Esq, for his forthcom-
ing volume of Biographical Sketches for 1888,
which will be issued in few days:
The compiler has biographies of IS of the
81 members Of the Senate. There are Is Re
publcans and National Greenbackers. The
oldest members are Hon. Seward b. Hume. of
Washington county. and Hon. James W. Clark
of oxford county, who are each 50 years of age
The Youngest member Is Hon. Ernest NJ. Good
all. of \ DIRK county, who is %. Five are from
80 TO 40 wears Of age, twelve from 40 to 30, six
from 80 to go and five from 60 TO 20. Five of
the members We're born out of the State; nine
We're born IN the towns where they now reside.
Six are graduates Of colleges and the remainder
Were educated at the peoples college. the COM
mon schools and the higher SCminaricS of learn
ing. Twenty-Five have had legislative expert
ence. twenty-five are married. Other facts are
given aS follows:
PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION.
Merchants. .............S Farmers .............3
Manufacturers .....4 IaWy erS. -
Master Mariner Zimmerman; FAINTER IfeaS,
H@ant Farncr and T,.orhcr Station tgrnt
Merchant and Farmer, Lumber Merchant
and Manufacturers EDITOR and Put sher. i each
pr,rctnH
,,,,,o,.o,,ti.naIi.t - troo pontist
Baptist......,.........2 Liberal.
tniversast. Friend.
Methodist...-........2 No religious prefer
Unitarian .............2 cnccs..................J
nv, also l,,.,, f,.,.,, +I,,, ,I-+i. tI,.,t. j,
y ~" y a. - III ~ ~. N ~; ! ~ -
'Uhl'llVl u's su1ttcVeu III Stt M i'tIl u nom
All bui seven OF me one nuhdfrd ana HitN-oht
Republicans. 1893; National GrcenbackS. 16;
na,,n.ro+S 3f. total I51 nf tho ,nn,n har.
fro,, whom, con,,,Ieta ,nt,r,s .,a ,n.oi,eJ Inc
fIIir o,li,, 49, 80 .IInt,1 " ri
oldest member Is Kew Alfred r. ives: OF Cas-
Charles H. Prescott Esq. of Biddeford, the
editor and publisher of the Biddcford Journal
md Uovward peirre Fsu of Er,nI,fort who
~, ,nb * 17i,.a az ma n,,o,,,Ia.. ,ra ht,,oo,,
aie e"cli ~ oI 'e iellpcl9 are "etMoV e.,
y ana ~ AVl'lS ~ "S', I'M ptlNtci oV anu ~
slNty-three between ~ ana 9o, tWentY-nine De
lNtTu ~ anu W. hlt'Vl pti MtVH o anu w. anu
L'r, ~ tIn Gtat ~ 1'i+lt , ,,,ti ~ th
9o,i II. ,'iS -. q, i''',i i W |
tVN u tHtH INV represent, tiilt -oilV II" fF ~
iSiaiNe experiences lWtllty-SeNeh received Il
educated at the common and high schools and
academies
There are tventv-one SINGLE men or widow
ars in tho Io,vor branch Tho n1ultituainous
occupations or professions are embraced, the
farmers, as usual leading the van. Other sta
u>tlcs are gwen as follows:
PROFESSION OR OCCUPATION.
Farmers. ............ ia
Farmers and Mechanics......... .............. 3
Farmers and Merchants. -. ...... }
Farmers and Lumbermcn- 49,. !
Farmers and surveyors ......-.:-.....-.--:. :
Iier and RIarlsn,iih Fa,1,1a,, and Iton. Ma
.,.,..... ....1 each
LAWYERS. ...................... 20
Merchants.
Manufacturers. - y
hYSlcla!s ah'i surgeons
1unptr MANU- ana pealtfS'''.. ''''--''' ''''
NerE6amts md Mannf.rtmrc,,. ,
Tanners , - . ,
Editor and Publisher, Civil Engineer sur
veyor Teacher Master Mariner, CONNER
cial Traveller, Blacksmith, MiWrght, Stone
t Euttei -iton"Iil', j 1tl master, P""i .tIAs
nomSj heTleL, n'o'Ei ltGiiIet'Ii EH7tlJcr'
Seaman each
,,...
''i'N'
GonSreSatlohailNt--...@ Heron" AINehl>l--'-''
EPl7roPai!Ih .
I9,,tit i sm,,,'
[ nitarian , To reii5ioms l,ref,nres -
Free Baptist........ 5 Nc religious preferpn-
Liberal. ,............. ces reported )
Free Christian, Independent, Presbyterian,
Christian Observation-Disclosures. each
..It seems IN ms tl,.t fine r.,,o,. of +1nso ,.,ra-
fully romnile1 Statistics nust he mnratsod win
ia Iarrn n,,,,I,.c nr ,,,,,',hor5 ~ i,,,+,, ~
who have nas.pd the nrridian nf Iifa in b%th
branche. TIT ouGbt 70 Owe m,flrc nindi
and ensure An even haIanr, renln,,ino if inn
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1-o.rS oIJ md io l.; las, ,1-o,.,.;o0J I,,+ ~, 49,
suits Of snrb an anl,,o,. Thoro Vii bn i,,+
rnnnoh Of voutI1f,II n,,+ I,I>i,s,n in INA ooi Ia
tiIre 70 o,i,s 1nor,a,t,,,,, 70 tt,a ,,-iiti, 7i'l
sal of the oIIn, ha.j1. tl,tn, -, ,,,,,,',
n,inhor of th. % b,,.'' had ,,,,., 10,
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Insin.I Viii, ,r'i Wv III
,,, 1,i nj -, ~. NJ W. On
eminent III al! the professions occupations and
INDUSTRIES WIN lNcIy knowledge OF the pub
~ anu i,iItIefaS any we can out zoos
~; ,i 49, ii'.ii ''ii Niil''l WIN
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