The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-10-29
Familiar SOUND. remembered we'll

fsdltu from tDe ola First Parish hell.
The old First Parish bell whose chime
From youth has marked the march of time
Whose tones, sonorOus, deep and slow
Bring back the scenes Of Long Ago
Long long ago, when good old Parson Smith.
WIN language quaint In sermons full of pith.
Forced TO rebuke, yet chary to condemn,
Held weekly forth in old Jerusalem
The old Jerusalem, within whose walls
EIst summoned by the trumpet's blatant calls,
Inc Inc people locked on Saba days to hear
lneir shepherds voice exhorting as in prayer"
+;d MI smith then, continuing the converse
Ilonal style used in the address, told of the
sysIeih OF barter in vogue in the early part
OF the century, when supplies purchased
from country people were paid for partly in
cash and partly in orders upon the store,
and help was paid by the employers in the
same manner, the amounts at the end of the
year being balanced either by orders upon
the different debtors for wok in their several
callings or for cash, each good customer
being allowed discount of five per cent.
Notes were not used, money being paid in
spot cash."
Under this system men obtained work on
their merits. Contracts as they are in vogue
today were unknown. The people were con-
tented in a round of patient toll and en-
ployers and employed lived in harmony.
Mr., Smith, for the benefit of the ladies,
here read, to illustrate the contract system,
an amusing advertisement for proposals for
the furnishing of the goods required in the
making OF lady's dress, the advertisement
containing all the usual specifications and
provisoes.
In conclusion, Mr. Smith said that he be-
ieved the mechanical methods of today per-
nicious and destructive CT harmony and
good fellowship among craftsmen. The
sooner they are abandoned, the sooner will
the good VIII Df earlier days return.
THE SUPPER.
AT the conclusion of the address the COM
pany adjourned to the hall on the floor
above, where seats were found at the long
tables laden with delicaces provided by Mr..
Robinson, the caterer. President Blanchard
presided, the invited guests being seated
with him at the head of the hall. PRAYER
was offered by Rev. Henry Blanchard. When
supper was finished the company was raped
to order, and toasts and speeches followed
in the order below, E. III. Elwell, ESQ.,, acting
as POSTMASTER in a graceful manner. The
dlHerent speakers were pleasantly intro
duced by Mr.. Blanchard
The Founders of oar association e
Response by Mr.. John B. Thorndike. Mr..
Thorndike said that 70 years had passed
since the formation of the association. and
read the names Of the sixty original men,
beers. He then described the formation of
the ASSOCIATION in 1915 and its beneticent pur-
poses. The speaker mentioned the action of
the society in furnishing its library and OBJ
posing the habitual use of liquors among
mechanics.
Our City.
Response by Mayor Chapman.
Mayor Chapman referred to the healthy
growth OF the city which has never suffered
from that mushroom growth which has mark
ed retrogression rather than progression in
other cities. She has withstood the shock
OF wars and fire, growing steadily, like the
century plant until tonight we see her un-
surpassed.
OR Honorary Members.
Response by Hon. VIM. L. Putnam.
Mr.. Putnam expressed his sense of appre-
canon OF his election to honorary member
ship In the Association, and entertained his
hearers with several interesting reminis-
cences OF the mechanics and their pursuits in
the ship yards of his native town, as known
by him IN his boyhood Those seemed the
halcy0n days for mechanics int. said Mr..
Putnam, believe that the capital and labor
OF this country will finally unite as the
waters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers
unite in one mighty flood. The difficulties
OF to-day. believe, should be met in the
mothers knee
Rev. j. w. Chickering, one of the oldest
honorary members of the Association. was
called upon by President Blanchard. and
spoke OF his pleasant connection with the
organization, and the sacred duty of the
mechanic who has Gods thoughts deputed
to him to carry out with the use Of the
material which He has provided.
Our Lecturers.
Response by Dr. C. H. Crandall. Dr.
Crandall expressed the qualification of the
lecturers at the evidences afforded them that
tnelr work had met with success, and spoke
OF the various influences which OF late wears
has drawn from the audiences at lectures
while to-day, DR.. Crandall believes, a new
era Tor good lectures is about beginning
The Press
Response by S. T. Packard. Mr.. Pickard
TOLD IN an interesting manner of the change
from the hand to the power nress. and tRe
art Of type-setting, which, OF yithstanding
the changes in other things, en- ins much as
~ was centuries ago. the ma. ninery for set
ting type not yet having been invented.
The Board Of Trade
response by President j. e. Blabon. Mr.
Blabon said that the Board of Trade is a
BODY OF hard workers, whose object is to en-
courage trade, commerce, agriculture and the
mechanic arts. and which will in the future
as IN the past, cooperate with the Mechanics
Association.
Portland Society Of Natural Historv:
Response by Rev. Asa Dalton. DIR. Dalton
was called upon in place of Major John M.
tGho 40 who was vas not present He referred to
efforts Of its president Dr. Wood, and cura-
tor Mr.. Fuller, and urged young people to
visit the building of the association as
means OF learning of the beautiful world in
which we live.
The Portland Institute and Public library.
Mr.. 5: NJ Watson, who was to have :e-
sponded, sent letter regretting his inability
to attend, which was read by Mr.. Gilbert l..
Bailey, secretary of the committee of ar
rangements.
Portland Society Of Art.
Response by Hon. c. F. Libby. Mr. Libby
referred to the true method of study of the
higher arts in connection with the sentiment
they embody and urged the necessity of
such study for artizans, citing as an illus
tratlon the case of France, which today is a
leader in the arts, having gained her prom
lnence by such studies. Mr.. Libby alluded TO
the work Of the Portland Society of Art and
the advantages of mutual working among
the different organizations of the city.
Mr. George w, Bean, who was to have re-
piled to the toast Mechanics" was I'M
avoidly absent.
sa Judge Webb tS was called upon and spoke of
ton OF the Portland of his boyhood
Rev. Henry Blanchard, in response to the
request OF the president, spoke briefly upon
a knowledge and practice of the Christian
religion as the basis of reform
A delightful feature of the evenings enter
tainment was the musical numbers, with
which the programme was interspersed
The State Street choir and Messrs. Shaw.
Ihurston and Colby sang, as they always
do, in manner to win hearty applause and
appreciation. The solos by Miss Belle
Bartlett and Mr.. J. M. Watts were capitally
rendered, and Master Butt, son of Mr..
Frank Butt, displayed in his violin solo
taste and skill which would have done credit
to much older musician. Mr.. Walter S.
Smith played the accompaniment well and
his piano solo is deserving of praise. The
company dispersed after singing "Auld
Lang Syne."