The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-08-16

| L r Loring, Rufus Stanley,
Thomas Kicker.
SOUTH BERWICK.
F Chabourne, Charles H Gilman,
William Gilman, George Goodwin,
Mrs II Littlefeld Henry G Stone,
Mrs Eliza Stone.
wATERpoRoUaH.
d Kicker. Mrs Sarah NJ Kicker,
William II johnson, (Portland)
John Roberts, Cyrus # Jefferson,
Mrs j II Shaw, LIT Chase
b Bennett, Luther Roberts,
John Hamilton, Fred A Leavtt,
VIM johnson, Mrs Hattie johnson.
| w Downs George Knight,
Arthur Allen, John M Lane.
WELLS.
lothian Clark, Frank M Strout,
| Mrs Mary o Stevens, Fred II Littlefeld
| A Littlefeld. Charles M Iittleteld,
Mrs Charles M Little William Chick,
field, Oscar Hatch,
| Mrs Oscar Hatch, Thomas Hatch
| Mrs Anna Hatch, Willie O Hatch
| John Littleheld, Amos L Hatch
| Charles A Rankins.
YORK.
| louisa M QUITS, Mary A Eastman.
Josiah Chase Geo Clark, M ID,
| John Bedell
Portland people are not, however, entirely
| responsible for the damage done the clam
bake Mr.. Thomas Kicker, of Shapleigh a
veteran eighty-three years old proved himself
a valiant trencherman, and two Bux ton lassies,
Mrs. d. NJ Avery Of Detroit, and Mrs. George
| Dole of Saginaw, demonstrated that the air OF
the unsalted seas does not lessen the appetite
for the New England clam. These ladies
were under the escort of Mr.. j. B. Pike, who
has not forgotten the gallant ways he learned
in Buxton when boy.
The last clam snatched from its shell to mu-
sic furnished by the Buxton Centre band Zone
of York's best institutions y the diners, true
to their English instincts, began to clamor for
after-dinner speeches, and were entertained
and edited for an hour by words from some of
the brightest and best of the sons of York. The
| president of the association, a gentleman
whose acquaintance has been liberal educa-
| tion in courtesy to all who have had the good
fortune to know him, and whose name is
| household word in Maine, the Hon. Bion
Bradbury, began by speaking as follows:
HON BroN BRADBURY.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Sons and Daughters of
York:
| 1t gives me great pleasure to greet you all on
this beautiful day and at this charming spot
and to welcome you to the Inauguration of the
| Portland Society of native born citizens of the
| ancient and venerable county of York.
We are gathered beside the ocean over which
came the daring navigators who discovered
this continent and brought civilization and re-
ligion to these savage shores, and laid the
foundations of the free institutions under
which we live in peace, prosperity and happi-
| ness
| Turning our eyes eastward, we behold the
placid waters of Casco Bay dotted with its
hundreds of lovely islands, soothing our spirits
| with its gentle beauty. Before us, embroidered
| in broad-spreading elms, lies "the beautiful
| town that is seated by the sea. +" now the city
of ouF adoption, of our affection and of our
Fnrthnp an ha Mort = ho
| everlasting hills, under whose shadow reside
| our friends, the Oxford Bears, and whose tow
| ering peaks bearing the talismanc names of
Washington. Adams, Jefferson, Franklin,
| spire us with grand ideas and patriotic emo
| tons.
''Two voices are there one of the sea- one
| of the mountains; each mighty voice.
Both speak to the soul of man, broadening it
| with ennobling conceptions, filling it with
| great thoughts and stirring it TO great Deeds
Under the everlasting influences of these glor-
| GUS surroundings and of the interesting coca
| sion which brings as together, let Us all be
| happy and jubilant.
In obedience to that innate sentiment of the
| human heart which inseparably binds every
/ man to the place of his nativity and to the as
sociations of his childhood and youth by the
strongest ties of affection and love- this society
| has been formed.
| Long may it live! and on its annual reunions,
| while We meet to indulge in social pleasures
and keep alive our friendships, let us ever pre-
serve i'll fresh memory the dear old county of
| our birth.
| Mr.. Bradbury closed by calling upon Wilbur
| E. Lunt, ESQ., to respond to the toast, "The
! President of the United States" Mr.. Lunt,
| who is splendid specimen of young York,
and man whom its youth delight to honor,
said:
NIB. LUNT's SPEECH
| Mr.. President Ladies and Gentlemen:
The toast The President of the United
| States is one to which we can all respond most
heartily, for the people of York county are, and
| always have been loyal to their country. We re-
| American citizens, we feel proud to know that
| kings descend from their thrones to grasp the
| hands Of men who have served our people in that
high station. With these sentiments l am sure
are cherished other and personal feelings of re-
| spect for the character and approval for the
| dignifed and wise manner in which the gentle
| man now our chief magistrate, has borne the
| great trust which under most painful and trying
| circumstances fell to his lot.
Upon such an occasion as this, / think
| we may well be pardoned il we indulge in
| little Boosting over the record which the
ready to work for the public good, they have
ever Deen active prompt and courageous in the
defense of their rights both ia the field and
in the forum, in war and in peace.
The conqueror of Louisburg, the Gibraltar of
America. was York county man, and at that
famous siege, the success OF which startled En-
rope, soldiers from York county took a promi-
nent and active part. One may still see at their
old homesteads relics brought SO long ago from
that famous fortress. In tho war of the revolu-
ton no stauncher patriots stood by the Colonies,
no holder or ADLER men fought in the Continental
armies. In all the wars since Jour independence
York county men have always been actuated by
| the sentiment and spirit of their ancestors, to-
defend their country its liberty and rights when
ever duty called
| In the affairs of our state which has always
been so loyal to the national government, York
county men have been distinguished by like vir-
tues. One may stand near the birthplace of the
| learned and distinguished president of the asso-
citation and look upon the former home of Gov
| ernor Sullivan, who filed the office of Governor
| when Maine district of Massachusetts,
| while near by is the housein which the present
| Governor of Maine dwelt in his young manhood.
Not far of is the home of Governor Fairfield,
| whose prompt and determined action did much
to gain for state that immense area of terri
| tory, larger than the whole State OF Massachu-
| sets, which was finally confirmed to us, by the
| governors to Iowa, California and other states
| in the Union. The federal courts have been
| strengthened and adorned by a Sewail and a
| Clifford, and the state courts by judges of the
| highest eminence and purity of character.
need not speak Of the Bar; its members have
| already spoken for themselves. Famous dfvires
| and skillful physicians have been happy to claim
their birthplace in Old York, while last but not
| least, that county can boast of a yeomanry
| worthy country's pride, from whence have
| sprung sturdy and an upright race of people.
Old York with its lofty hills it placid lakes, its
valleys and winding streams its rugged shores
| and level beaches, but above all its dear old
homes and their memories, of this, our birth
"Wher'er I roam, whatever lands to see,
My heart untrayeed fondly turns to thee.",
| Fellow citizens of York, ever loyal to the con-
| stitution and the laws of our country, l know
| you are ready to cheer for the President of the
| United States.
| Gov. ROBBIE being absent, the Hon. Joseph
| A. Locke, of the Executive Council, respond
ed in fitting terms to the toast, 1.-THE Governor
of Maine" saying:
MIR. LooKE's SPEECH
Mr.. Presjdent:
lam sorry His Excellency, the Governor is
not present. as has been expected he would be
until within few minutes, to respond for the
| State ON this occasion.
AS citizens of Maine we feel proud of our State
and her position among her sister States as an
integral part OF this nation. We feel proud of
her agriculture, her manufactures, her trade,
her commerce., and herswealth. Theindustry of her
people and her financial integrity are proverbial
While we may not possess the fertile soil of the
| sunny South or the far off West we have a soil
which returns to honest labor fair and sure re.
ward, and to us as a peoplesit gives something
more. 1t gives us men and women enured from
childhood to habits of frugality and industry;
HABITS which when once acquired fit them for
usefulness and future success In all the paths of
life whether at home or abroad
Our manufactures are heavy and yearly in
creasng, our commerce is prosperous and grow
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