Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-05-18
TuE PINE TREE STATE.

The organization Of the " Pine Tree
State Club" wa. perfected a, the oiiaey
House. ia Bl,ion. on May Day. Rev.
M,no, J. Savage presided. and In prefac.
sng hi. remarks sflsr the dinner ~s' over.
laid
Genllemen, when new prince IL born
toto The world 10 IL customary for those
Who .rc 10 be bis loyal subjects 10 eele-
braie the event by the booming OF big
guns AMI by The shouts of welcome on The
part of the common people. IL will be my
pleasant duty. afier the brief speech that
shall myself make. to touch of one amer
another of those big guns, ba, all OF us ate
not big guns. and | suppose that We All
voui use 90 have voice in this matter,
A. We al hope that this is 10 be The prince
among the clubs of Boston propose.
therefore, that We all rise 20 our feet ani
ioin together Ia three hearty cheers OF
welcome 10 the Pine Tree state Clao OF
Boston. The entire assembly OF go al
u,tlves % Maine. rose 10 iis feet, aud The
cheers wcfe given with Wild cnihusi,sm.
Mr. savage wen, on 10 give some reasons
In humorous wsy Why u was that 80
many of MAinc's sous have been scattered
over all the couniry. One OF the chief OF
these reasons be seemed 10 thlnk wis the
extreme ylgor of the winter, which, he
sAli. Ia some couniies 10 Maine wss qllie
capable OF freezing up The law OF gfaVllA'
iion.
There ATE three klni. OF farmer, be
saii. iu Maine nfsi, the farmer who lives
with to!erAble comfort OF bis farm. who
eat. ani wears everything be produces,
snd earn nothing from year - year. next
there IL the farmer who now aud then gets
rich, even % = Maine farm aud, lastly,
there is the gentleman farmer who farms
for the ION oft How he makes bis mon
~ Mark Twain has Informed us. lie buys
plg Tor al 90. feeds him els worth OF
corr, and then sells him for -. III. makes
si.Ss on the pig. bat he loses on the cora.
Ia Maine farmer Il 10 get rich, be must
live la thl. way not only work early and
late. bat make bis wife sni children work
early and late, too, he must sell every
thing be can possibly nni market Tor !
be must feed the live stock on VIA, he
cannot possibly sell, and what the pig.
and cows aud chickens won't eat, be must
live on himself Hut Maine has her all
yAn,sgcs A. well a. her Disadvantages.
She was destined 10 be the watering. place
OF America There was no such sea'coAsi,
no such beaches. no such rocks, no such
clr, anywhere else on this oouilnent-
There 4. no music anywhere else like the
music OF the dear old pines along the
shore.
Maine 4. = STATE where q great m,ny
more grand men are started than eau
nni room on her soil when Massa.
chusetts wants It's most famous Governor,
a grand Governor 10 be one OF the noblest
figures OF the North. IL goes 10 Maine. (Ap'
plause.) when again Massachusetts wants
another man to train by term OF three
years 10 the gubernAtorisl chair, ani then
- send one step Ligher % fll bis place In
The National Legislature a. Washington.
In order iha, be may be fully fitsd for The
Upper House (gres, spplsuse) aud Tor no
body knows what beyond, (renewed sp-
plsuse,) 10 goes sg,in 70 Mslne. when the
United States by process OF natural Sc
lection, develops the nnesi, keenesi hu'
morlst and wit tha, this continent has
produced, wit who not only has made
his nuest sayings the common property OF
the people. tut whc though dying a. The
sge OF %, l. known AL round the world
I Ill
and pitches upon the late Artemus Ward.
(Applsuse When again America Is seek
iug ~ develop her most popular singer
the man who shall sing bis way Into the
hearts Of every man. woman aud child 10
Americs, the man who shall sing himself
- thoroughly into the affections OF All
British speaking people that he shall even
oa,rlyAl the laureate himself la bis own
home, whom does II selecf IL goes To
Portland and takes up q young man nrsi
10 be trained - Professor OF Modern L,n'
guAges st Harvard. sends him ~ Europe,
aud he comes back aud blossoms Into our
own Longfellow. (Grest spplauss
And so Maine Il the seed bed or many Z
noble fruit, not only Ia America, bot all
over the world. There IL another thlug
that always touches my Imagination, kin
dies nv heart aud softens every thought
and feeling, and that Is what think To be
the grandest tree that grows on the face oil
the earth, the Maine pine, strong, able 10
develop Itself In any soil, with aspiration
In every line OF trunk and limb and needle,
keeping itself unehsnglng throughout the
year, ever lining Itself 10 heaven, laughing
At the storms, the winds and the SHOWS,
hut gentle as well as strong, FOR how We
DO love 10 :hlnk OF those days when W.
have lain upon our backs on carpet o
plue needles that have been sifted over
the groaui, watching the golden heeks OF
sunlight dart through, and listening To th'
nnest maslc in all the world, the slghlng
ani clrcllng OF the soft winds through ih'
branches OF the plne. A Maine man can
take no nobler motto or model than th'
pine tree OF bis native State. Great sp
pl,use.