Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-05-13
REAR REUNION.

Al the meeting of oxford Bear Asso-
citation In Portland. last "Wednesday eve
nlng. Hon ]. J Perry. prssldent Of the
Assoc el,.loa presided IIe was rerlectei.
Among th,sv ps~.-nt wer- .s.vice
z, esldent Hsulln sni's Ns'"f Stfickisni.
OF Bangor. ani Rev. Do AKr Smsll
and c., Pr,d n Dos. Il Portland Guests
OF the so,le,y)i eK-Governor sidney Per
ham, United States Marshal Geo. ID. Bls-
bee. Col. John NJ. Adams, ID 'puty Collec-
tor David Moulton. y. r Chase. DR. A. \.
Thsyer. Aretas shartlsn. Geo. :. Hayes,
Geo. r. Kimbs,l, walter Allen, Giles q.
Bailey. Dr. ". n Mscalas,er. AIbro y.
Chase. aud any quantity OF other well
known gentlemen. Nearly all the gentle
men were accompanied by ladies.
Letters of regret from Hon John u.
Long and Hon. H0rstio King
A large number of speeches were made.
The AryHs reports Mr Ilamlln's remarks
a. follows
NR HaNfIN's REMAINS
Tie began by stating that Il was . part
Of the agreement on which he hal accepted
an Invitation 20 be present. that he should
not be- csllci on n make any address. Bat
on reaching the city the president. Gen.
Perry. told him he must make aspeech.
THIS l. an error on your presidents part,
D. put II mildly ! hsd hoped o. cone here
and enjoy good time with the Bears. and
have no occasion u sh' - claw or give
erowl Amer proceeding 10 humorous
view. Mr llamlln took serious tone sni
expressed In eloquent words the gratifcs-
ton and pleasure II gave him 10 meet the
sons and daughters of Old oxford have
met them al over the world, sni ever
found them a. class. In all professions
and trades, doing honor o. their hther.
Ani mothers. ani % their couatry. The
speaker thought the secret ofthe success %
oxford couniy m-n l. ~ be foani Ia the
fact that the earliest settlers % The ooua,y
wcr. exceptionally brave AMI honest men,
trained In The school % their intellectual
faculties The mothers of our forrfa,hers
what 40 We not owe % their sterling
merits Even more are we Indebted 10 them
than ,o the fathers The fact that ,he boys
ofOxfofd county. ln the early days, were
trained a. b. self reliant has been the chief
factors In making oxford county distin-
gul.hsd Mr.. IIamlln gave statistics show-
log how many honors political And Judicial.
had fallen to the lot OF the sors 81 Otfori
since he had been In public llfc Daring that
period ths eoanty has never been represent
cd 10 Congress save by a man to the manor
born.
The county has furnished -four Unlt.
ei states senators, IN The time specified,
Howe, Grover, IIsmlin. Hale. recall the
names of 70 Representatives in Congress.
all natives of Okford county. part of whom
represented the county. and the Others be
log ssut % Congress from their adopted
Stsie.. The speaker told an anecdote OF
an oxford nan who resolved % 20 west
So he got hls traps together Ani With wife
and children struck Oui to make bis fortune
in The wllds OF Oregon But this chap va.
full Of pluck snd gOahesdltlvepcs-. Ga
bidding The speaker good bye. the msn said.
"lIamlln. III be In Congress or In h-l
within the neat four years Aud sure
enough he did gst into Congress in The tine
.pcclned. oxford ooany has furnished
seven Supreme Justices of the S.Ate ant
eleven presidents of our state Scnaie or
the seventy .pine years oxford has been
county tNcuty dve years oi the Marshal.
-hip. Of the State has bcrn entrusted -
the natives of this county. The spesser
said while be loved bis whole country With
his whole heart. yet he loved old Oxford
little better than any othsr part wherever
be journeyod bis thoughts were an0oss,
the lolty mOantalns ani beaaufal valleys
OF his native oxford. Mr.. lismlin closed
BY quoting fvw appropriate lines from
Goldsmiths Deserted Village. ending
.Mr hrart untrArrlei ioaily larns % ihee.-