The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-01-09

duous'y as our librarian and cabinet keeper, and
ior the last ten of that term secretary aso
IIaltnfuiy performing the duties thus deyolving on
MN until the removal of the library and cabinet to
PORTLAND made change necessary.
we cannot appropriately express the feelings with
which we have long regarded him in the wonted
phrases of inflated or common place panegyric; and
we ieel that they would be distasteful to him who
niled as few ever can the character of polished
mo9estiyet self-respecting Christian gentleman.
Most noteworthy among the traits of his truly
venerable character were his nice sense of honor
ana problty his honest hostility to al shams and
pretences, and his ready and faithful response to
the sternest requirements of duty he understood
it. His life exemplied his faith in the maxim,
Paras Deus, non plenas, adspicit manas
He was one of that corps of instructors in Bow
dom College whose names are SO pleasantly familiar
70 the generation of scholars in Maine and New
England that is now fast passing away-that single
minded and unselfish body of men who in the midst
OF Peep rapidly growing more greedy of gain
and less scrupulous of honor, devoted their lives
and energies to making reputation for their col
iege by di!igent and metbodical work in their
eral oepaftments with results far surprising in
practical utility aay that could have been obtained
from richer endowment less worthiy manned.
1t was TO him as the sole survivor of that honored
pand that Longfellow in the Morituri Saluta-
mus addressed the eloquent and graceful tribute
commencing with the lines:
Honor aud reverence and the good repute
That follows faithful service as its fruit,
Be unto him, whom, living, we salute.'
Vainly should We strive to add anything to such
sweet praise so 6ttingly bestowed. We chronicle
parture. He was with us at our annual meeting on
Friday, July II, and this face the face Of an
angel" Two days later he received from the Mas
ter whom he reverently served the only plaudt that
ne ever with set purpose sought,-"Well donei
Good an faithful servant
The meeting then adjourned until evening
at 730.
EVENING SESSION.
There was q good attendance at the evening
session. Mr.. Geo. +. Emery read paper on
the men OF Maine during the confederation
MR.. EMERY's PAPER.
he said: Ths period to which we invite your at
tention is period in our history second to none
other The confederation of free and sovereign
states had proved itself inadequate. convention
held at Philadelphia to thesreve article of confed-
erationihad drawn up newEarticles. -Four states out
ofthlrteen had ratified them. 1t was necessary for
the articles to be ratified by nine of the states.
convention is being he'll Ia Massachusetts to see
what action the state will take. 1t is known that the
sentiment in that state is to the Consti-
tuition. In the district Of Maine the sentiment is
very strongly against it, It'll known that on the
action of this convention the life of the Constitu
ton depends Gov. Hancock is sick and William
Gushing presides over the assembly. Looking over
the convention We see Mark Adams, John Neal
Nathaniel Wells, Robert and Thomas Cutter, Thorn
as Wentworth, Gen. Thompson of Topsham and
number of others. OF the Maine men, VIM. Widg.
cry has the post of honor, being on the committee
of Ways and Means. The debate il upon the differ
ent clauses of the new Constitution and our Maine
men showed themselves very earnest in
l.
seems strange now to think that of the forty-sx
delegates from the district of Maine twenty-one
voted against the adoption of the constitution on
the ground that by SO doing, the states would
to be Tree and independent.
Next followed paper by Mr.. B. K. Sewall
of Wiscasset on the extent of the Spanish &C.
cupaney Of Maine.
Mr.. Elwell followed with paper on the
origin and growth of the press in Maine. He
history down to the time of the Publishing the
Portland Gazette in 1885, Just one hundred
years ago. Portland was then a village OF
about 1000 people In 1856 the name Of the
paper was changed TO the Cumberland
Gazette. In 1890 the Gazette OF Maine was
first issoed. In 1881 thes fret daily paper was
started. The Eastern Argus was issued in
1903 and became daily in 1885. The first
daily was issued in 1929. II was followed by
the Advertiser in 1881. and by the Argus in
1885. From this time papers increased rapidly
in number.
The meeting then adjourned.