The Portland daily press., 1888-08-10
BRAINS AGAINST DOODLE.

gathered to meet him. Mr.. Reed, as he
stepped of the train was greeted with cheers.
lie very soon started for the Court House
grounds, escorted by uniformed clubs and a
large procession of citizens from all parts
Of the county
AT the Court House speakers stand had
been erected near the entrance, thus leaving
the gentle slope upwards to the audience. all
OF whom could get good view of the stand.
Twenty-Five hundred is probably none too
large an estimate of the numbers of the au-
dience gathered here. They extended from
the gate up to the Court House, some stand
ing even ON the Court House steps. In that
audience were the oldest and most prominent
Republicans of York County. Conspicuous
among them were several old Harrison
Wings of 1910. There was the aged Eben
Emerson, of Biddeford, now that Increase
Kimball is gone the last survivor of the thir-
who met in this village of Alfred in 1856 and
organized the Republican party in York
county. Mr.. Emerson is forming club of
old Tippecanoe veterans, of whom he finds
about half dozen survivors in his own
city. Then there was Col. John l.. Perkins,
OF Kennebunk. aged ~, who was one of the
old company of Tippecanoe Guards that act
ed as escort to the delegates at the
great mass meeting of the Wings
of York county in Kenuebunk in 1910.
This mass meeting was one of the largest
and most memorable ever held in the county.
Daniel Remick, who presided that day, As
years ago, yet lives in Kennebunk, but was
unable to be present today, although still an
and Capt. John b. Fernald were pair of
old Tippecanoe Wings, who came here today
from the town of York. "We sang Harri-
son songs by night and beat his foes by day,
that campaign" said Capt. Bragdon, ''and we
will repeat the programme this year" Other
well known Republicans, most of them
younger men, who were present, were Geo.
III. Muzzey of South Berwick, Issac Hans
com of Lebanon, A. s. Hanscom of North
Lebanon, +. A. H0bson and j. +. Bracket
of Limington, s. f. Shaw and j. H. Dear
born of Biddeford. A; l.. Prescott of North
Berwick, ex-County Treasurer John Hall of
North Berwick, c. E. Atwood of Saco, Geo.
Burnham of Biddeford, r. ii. Ford of Bid
deford, Fred Boothby of Saco, ex-Deputy
Sheriff r. l.. K. Grant of Biddeford, Mayor
Emmons and o. G. Clark of Saco, Judge
Charles S. Hamilton of Biddeford, Charles
w. Coffin of Shapleigh, John G. Stewart of
York, f. M. Higgins of Limerick, County
Commissioners B. +. Pease of Cornish, r. l.,
Goodwin Of Berwick and s. 5. Andrews of
Biddeford, VIM. W. Mason Of Limerick, f.
j. Leavitt Of Buxton, j. +. Warren of Bux-
ton, Chas. III. Prescott, editor of the Bidde-
ford Journal, ex- County Commissioner VIM.
I'll. Deering of Saco, Frank Wilson of San
ford, Capt. A. M. WEIGH of Biddeford, l.. FL.
Kendall of Biddeford. ex-Councillor e. M.
Goodall of Sanford, Charles Frost of Spring
vale, Cyrus p. Harmon of West Buxton, and
William Hill of Eliot. Judge Hobbs of
North Berwick, County Attorney IL. IL. Bur-
bank of Saco.
Mr.. Reed, accompanied by Hon. Henry B.
Cleaves, and f. ~ Higgins, Esq, who was
to preside, arrived at the stand a little past 2
o'clock. Mr.. Reed was loudly cheered when
he appeared.