Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-02-12

a. coming from " horny handed son ol
The soil. and 10 conceal my Identity, got
my fathers hired mao, william Noyes,
(who. I think s,ill survives At yarmouthl }
g. irai scribe H. A. printed, period be-
ing placed after The Initial letter "a" the
writer's name would appear 70 have been
"farmer bot this was no, the Intention,
and a. I, was my nrst attempt, horn on
the Tth OF September. 1880. guess the
mistake occurred through lgDorance. This
frsnk confession need not have been made,
Only when one starts ont N write history,
Que cannot be too exact touching minor
details This was The article
ClnfKNs on M,ISK,
I can no longer keep from warning you
of the impending danger which i about 10
bcfal you. The fcdersiists are trying their
utmos; ~ eject their object on the thlr-
teetnh day OF this month. Nothing IL too
dlsgrscefal or ,iclous Tor them 10 DO, II
they can but gain their poiut aud seeing
their hopeless condition, they are stralning
every nerve % save themselves ron The
cause Of their certain d0wnfAl. They
know II they are defeated this fall they are
gone forever. Hut. fSll0ts Cfifsas n
MiiHs, II you bat 90 your duty on the thlr.
teenih OF this month, this State will De no
longer governed BY dlsorganfers aud OF
dce-scekers. bot will show herself friendly
To the National administration, and freed
from The shacklcs OF federalism which were
about 10 overthrow her. he al the polls
on The day Of election aud show the 'e'ier.
allists that they are no longer 20 govern
The Republican State OF Maine.
A. fsKNKR.
hardly need say ihs, the d" feierallsts, T"
whose candidate Tor Governor vas the
then Incumbent. Governor iIuniou, were
rosts,i /" horse. foot and drsgoon." by the
Triumphant celectlon OF samuel y. Smith,
the Republican candidate. and the "lmpsnd-
ing dsngef" wa- over. Had "A. Farmer ="
not have come - the rescue a. be DID,
aus, 10 the nick OF time, there Is no
telling wha, dire calamity Nigh, not have
bclallen the " Citizens of Maine
AZ another time. many months later, I
ven,urcd n submit 90 the learned e,il,or .
piece of poetry " 4" co the Rainbow lie
received lt kinfly, bat In the course ofa
day or two. returned IL, suggesting some
improvements. which undertook 20 make,
and handed u back 10 him. 7, was, 10 bis
view. no, ~, quite perfect, and be re-
turuei "a sgaln Tor further polish. This
being done. again presented u, writing
on the back thereof. 4" Read twice and
laid on the table for a ihird reading A"
wha, was my delight when Il neat came
back with the enforcement % Read IA third
time AMI passed" might also give yoa
copy ofihls exquisite production, which
vas published anonymously, bat never
having sought poetic fame, aud pabllc At
tentlon being nov concentrated 90 the
PoctLaurcatc of Grca, Bhtaln, 10 would
shock my moiesiy 20 ani myself 10 an al.
tltude. which. 10 the remo,est degree,
might look a. though I was expecting
similar rccognltloa On this sIie of The wa
ter soft l. latter iha, withhold that
poem.
The lat number OF the paper as pub
llshcd BY iIamiin King Is dA,e,i october
20. lss0. when the partnership. which had
been In every respect pleasant, was dis
solved. and became sole proprietor
Durlng these slS months. which covered
The entire period OF Mr. iIAmlln'. work 10
a printing Office, remember hui single
instance where our Views came In connlct
THIS was one day when W were working
q, the press and yerdsn, youngster came
Into the ONCE very anHloas 70 secure po-
sltlou % learn the trade. IIsmiln told
him tha, an essential prerequisite would
be 10 eat half q pint ~ Ink, which be At
osce started % DO. when, having bold Of
the pss.bans With which the types were
inked. and being thus for the moment lord
Of the ink.benoh, lnterfered ,o the extent
OF assuring the young man TIA, the merest
taste was sufficient thus relieving bin
nom what regarded a. an unreasonable
exscilon and--ssylng our ink
The paper Of November 2. is30.
appeared under my own name, aud u
was 90 continued until soli ogt 10 the
Sidadiri. a weekly Democratic paper OF
Portland. on January 1. isSs-the date OF
the last number OF the J,f,roAidH. Mr.
Cole continued 10 edit the paper until No
yember %. isS2. when, having obtained
some facility In writing, and no, feeling,
probably, that could afford to pay an ed
lior 30 high q salary A. nine shIllings a
week. plucked up enough courage 10 In
form him that had concluded 10 dispense
with his valuable services. have M
doubt he felt very sorry TO lose 80 honor
able and lucrative position. for he was
30 overcome that he announced als with
drawal In only three lines, as follows
with this number the subscriber re-
signs the entire control and charge OF this
paper into the hands OF the Publisher.
"JosKrH @. Cole"
DO not recollect What thought OF this
yaledictory at the time bot Il looks now
A. though Mr.. Cole though, Il was "a
gone case either with himself or the pa
per-perhsps both guess he "oPened
his eyes" when he saw In the very next
number over three and half columns OF
" editorial from my own PEN Well,
continued 10 work on, with no other as
sistance In the Office than that OF two sp-
prentice boys, one II not both OF whom
was my senior In years. oiihona." tHs>
Mary Prentlss. late Mrs. Cummins, the
swee, mountain poet, was from the start
ing Of the paper, a constant aud welcome
contributor; her father, Henry Prentice,
senior, used also sometimes 10 write for IL
Judge Emery wrote one New Years Ad-
dress, as well a. assisting edltorially sew
ersl weeks In the winter OF 1891, while Mr..
Cole was q member Of the State Leglsla-
ture. and there were other occasional cor
respondents. or course my paper was
thoroughly Jaeksonlan a. well A. Jeifer-
sonlan. and about the time assumed edi-
toriai charge OF II. South Carolina nullin-
cation was rampant On that subject. lie
articles, both original" and selected,
mere highlx ehsrg,d with pstriOtlc dyua-