Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-09-04
THE NEW ENGLAND fAIT.
Fourth Day of the Great Fair.-Speeches
by Hon. George B. Lori 2, Gov. Robie
aud Senator Hale. The Afternoon
Races.-20,OOO People in Attendance.

pc pie arrived in Bangor and began to wend
Their way toward Maplewood Park The
weather Is beautiful the day clear and cool,
and this forenoon fully u 900 people gathered.
The forenoon ~ss devoted BY the committee
10 an examination of cattle and horses, etc.
The different classes of pulling horses and
oxen occurred, and there was an exhibition
of farm implements. The base ball game
resulted: Queen Citys IL, Yarmouths 3.
Shortly after l2 o'clock a large crowd assem-
bled at the grand stand on the fair grounds,
and Hon George B. Loring, President of the
New England Agricultural Society, spoke as
follows:
Ladies and gentleman, two days ago had
the honor OF calling an audience of citizens
of Maine to order for the purpose of hearing
some remarks l had to make with regard to
the opening Of the fair of the New England
Agricultural Society and the Eastern Maine
State Society. / stated to the assembled
multitude then, what the power, wealth and
strength of the State Of Maine is. l predict
ed for this fair great success. l have been
confirmed in my view of the power and
wealth of this common ealth, not only by
the testimony Of cnizens themselves who
have endorse d what then said but by the
wonderful collection of the resources
OF the state on these grounds. You
who have assembled here as spectators, will,
| am sure. bear me out when l say that a
finer collection of cattle and horses have
never been gathered together on this continent
than are here this very hour for you to wit
ness and sludv. / now wish to congratulate
you on the succ, SIS OF this fair. come to
assure you that what you have done here
this week vii serve to stimulate agriculture
who live in the more thickly peopled sections
that the strength, power and industry of
Eastern Maine are all with them in their en-
deavors to make this country as great and
have now come before you for the additional
pleasure OF introducing TO you the chief mag
istrate of this great State; he who rules so
well over the destinies of the hardy and in
uhStlipuS pttplt, ne NHo TtpTestDts tilc dkIi-
cultural industry of this State, which is pecu-
liarly an agricultural State, and am sure
that you will be glad to hear from him those
encouraging words, whit h he has been in the
habit, as one OF your own brethren, of ad-
dressing to you. | shall then have the hosor
of Introducing to you young senator from
the State of Maine, who so well represents
Eastern Maine. He has done it in the House.
trust, will live long and continue to do honor
to the State which he so well represents in
the councils of the nation. l now have the
honor of introducing to you His Excellency,
Gov. Robe of Name. Loud applause.
My friends, | am glad to be here today,
for feel that am addressing Maine au-
dience and as cast my eve over this beau
tiful panorama | can see an exhibition of
Names industry and progress and advance
in our great State. was pleased to read the
speech or address of our friend from Massa-
chusetts at the opening of the fair. He then
portrayed by statistics the great advance that
the State of Maine had made in the last ten
years, and statistics and figures never lie,
and we have today spread out before US an
exemplitication OF that great advance in ag-
ricultural products, in stock and in every
ting that sppertains to that great industry.
am happy to be here and address the peo-
pie of this great State, for while yon repre-
sent to us excellent stock, have before me
the best productions of the State in brave
men and noble women. We have, nv friends,
here, descendants of true, genuine pilgrim
stock We are not troubled much here with
foreign immigrants. but we have all the
original stock and their descendants and let
us be thankful for it because we see here the
evidences of great progress. There is
great deal of sentiment, perhaps, in agrcul-
ture, and there is great deal of sentiment in
poetry and music. | am glad that it is so.
A writer of ballads at one time said, "Let
ME write the songs of the nation and 1 care
not who makes the laws" and that is true in
some sense because music and poetry appeal
to our sympathy. But another educator said,
LET ME educate the children and will make
the laws Now, nv friends, these great ex-
hibitions are educators of the people, and
from them spring up the intelligence, grand
and pow erfal, which will rule this country.
Let us make progress and advancement in
every respect, and let there be in the State
of Maine an agriculture based on intelligence
and we cannot but succeed. l thank you for
your attention. l am proud of the State of
Maine. l am glad that our friend referred to
it and msde it appear by statistics that it was
a great State. l am sorry to occasionally
hear men berate the State of Maine. l am
sorry occasionally to read in the public
print, articles which speak i'll of our glorious
State. They are not true. Speak well of
your neighborhood, speak well of your State.
1t costs but little.
A few years and you will reiterate it again
and again and you will soon make others be-
lieve what you kno~ to be solid truth, that
we live in one of the best States of this grand
Union, and that we are making advance. in
the line of civilization. and let each man make
his own special efforts to leave footprints of
advancement on the shore of the great ocean