Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-05-27

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with their lost comrades, under all the vicis-
'itudes of war were equally true to their
town. State and Nation, We cherish in our
neart of hearts to-day the memory of those
noble men of Gorhsm who died to save their
country. l joyfully welcome here to-day q
large company of the veteran soldiers Of
Gorham who belonged to the Union Army.
Many of them wear the badge of the Grand
Army of the Republic. l gladly welcome
the presence of many of the representative
farmers of our town. and their families, the
faithful Patrons of Husbandry. The giant
force OF the strong right arm of labor is the
prime producing power of our national great
ness. In our town it has subdued the forest
and established cultivated fields and indepeu-
dent rural homes, and to-day Gorham occupies
the front rank of agricultural towns in our
State. Our farms illustrate the fruit of in
dustry, frugali'y and intelligence, and farm
ing hereafter must be the chief employment
OF our people. 1t is the most honorable and
useful of all pursuits, and may future devel-
opments by the application of art, science and
cooperation, in the hands of progressive
people, open the way for still greater triumphs
in our agricultural history.
L welcome here to-day the distinguished
members of Harmony Lodge of Free and
Accepted Masons, the oldest and one of the
most respected of our secret societies, also the
worthy fraternity of Knights of Pythias, a
more recently formed organization, and the
invited guests of each. You are the expo
nents of high, moral and social culture and
true humanity.
welcome the Cadets, one of the military
companies of the State, from the city of Port
land. We are justly proud of the metroro-
lis of our State, and her progressive grow tn
in every thing that constitutes a great city
We respect the power and influence of her
educated, business and workiug-men, and
honor the strong and loyal arm of her citizen
soldiers which have and are ever ready to
protect the lives and property of all our
people.
NV task would be incomplete if | failed to
welcome here to-day, by special recognition,
the faithful and generous women who were
born in our dear old town. In the forest, on
the farm, in polite society, in the great moral
and political contests of the past our noble
women have always been heroic and true, and
| thus "their uncounted vote has always been
counted for the right" Our daughters have
seemed to illustrate and perpetuate the Chris
| tian virtues of Mary Gorham Phiuney Irish,
| the first white child born in our town, as the
true type of excellence, and thus as mothers
they have moulded the correct habits of our
| boys and pure character of our girls, which
has so much determined our past history. 1t
| is the same influence and similar teachings
which will secure greatness to our future
| history. We extend our warmest congratula-
tiOns to Martha Coleman Phnney Wentw orth
who honors this occasion with her distinguish
ed presence. She is the daughter OF James
Phinney, who was born in l74l and died in
1884. having finished an eventful and faithful
life Of "a years. She is the granddaughter
of Capt. John Phinney, our earliest ancestor ;
the niece of Mary Gorham Phinney and of
Col. Edmand Phinney of Revolutionary re-
nown, and the widow of the late Capt. Thomas
E. Wentworth of Gorham, a distinguished
officer in the recent war for the Union.
extend to the teachers and pupils of our
puDlic schools the congratulations and hearty
| welcome of all our citizens. You are the pride
Of our town and worthy of high rank of
| honor.
The past one hundred and fifty years are
over and gone The conditions and expe-
riencss of the past will not be the recorded
revelations of rtbe future. We are in the full
enjoyment Of liberty, power, wealth and
peace, the frAit of the toll and sacrifices OF
those who have acted in the past. There are
great perils which threaten our future. 1t 10
the eternal law of existence that We shall
move forward or backward, and The preser-
| VdllOu VI our STedt UlTllTlKDt Uy personal
example Of private worth, public virtue, and
the illustration of that righteousness which
eXalteth a nation should enlist our united
endeavor. To-morrow's sun will rise upon
the commencement of new period of time,
which in fifty years from now will either
excite the admiration or sorrow of another
| generation.
To-day we look back with 4 stately pride
upon the past. We are proud of our temples
OF worship, our homes, our schools, our tarms
and workshops, and the morality, intelligence
and industry OF our people. Let us remember
that no period or generation is distinctly
separate from another. The youth of to-day
are "the trustees Of the American future. !"
The lives of every generation should exem-
plfy all that was true and noble In the past.
| There should be an earnest striving among
the youth to build up character in the inter-
ests of frugalty and sobriety, and loyal per-
formance of every known duty. Thus, in
| fifty years from now shall the two hundredth
anniversary of the settlement Of our town
find an assemblage of its sens and daughters,
| in their firm manhood and true woma nhood,
| worthy to receive the welcome of Gorham
| by the words of the Roman mother. These
are my jewels"
| An one o'clock there was an
The mammoth barn belonging to Gov. Robie
was utilized for dining hall and hundreds
were fed there, while the governor entertained
some sixty ladies and gentlemen at his ow n
residence, Councillors Hatch and Locke be-
| ing among his guests. At 2 O'Clock z. NJ.
| the
Afternoon Exercises
were inaugursted in the tent, the programme
being as follows:
In the afternoon, commencing at l.3O O'Clock.
Music, By the Band
Prayer, by Rev. George L. Prentiss. d. D.. of New
Singing-"Green be Your Fame, Rossini
| BY the Chorus.
! Address, BY Rev. Elijah Kellogg of Harpswell
| Singing-Origina Hymn. BY Prot II. L. Chapman
| Hymn by the Chorus.
singing-"To Thee, Q! Country" Eichberg
| Announcements by the President OF the Day.
| Nusic BY the Band
Short Addresses, singing. Music by the Band, etc
| Closing Hymn-ARerica.
| Benediction by Rev. Edward Robie, d. d. o
| Greenland, N. II.
| II was estimated that there were two thou
sand people in the tent and total of five
thousand in town. Rev. Elijah Kellogg's ad
dress occupied about three-quarters of ar
hour and was a masterpiece of remlniscen ce
He gave graphic account of the struggle:
of the first settlers, the Indian wars, theil
hardships, interspersing his address with racy
stories and mirthful incidents. He took the
lives of Hugh Mcclellan and Mrs. Mcclellan
as examples, they having been among the