Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-10
Senator Frye on Maine.

Patagonia any way. . place way down
East. Well. il 10, but the "S,ar OF the
East" VAS way down East, too, aud the
sun roe. way down East. too. They
speak Of /, q. ifii vas land now with
stump. crossing Ia the public highways.
They cay. q, the gentleman from Ma.''
ehusst'. remarked = moment ago. that
the ,novhikcs arc falling 10 Maine.
The snowflake, did not touch Maine,
bat the momsn, came into Msssaehu-
,e,is the ,no~a.k,s were falling. And
they talk sbou, our cold winters and
early ffo,,s aud out long winters aud all
tha, ,or, of thing Well nov. there IL
some truth in H. Ba; for ell ,ha, We
have exceedingly comfortable homes Ia
Maiae. exceedingly brsh, fre'ide.. long
winter svsnins.. books plsn,y. aud ensr.
g.,ic. thoughtful. earnest, faithful men
and women, too.
And they say ,hA, our soil Is rough and
hIid To be sure Il is rough. No need
10 talk .bou, ",iekling Maine soil with
the hoe 20 make 1, laugh with the bar
vest" I, would no, laugh. bat ia re-
.poasc TO real hard work aud 20 moisture
from the .wea, of the biow. our Maine
soil laugh, with karvssu and can
poin, you 10 land Ia the State Of Maine
to-day that. in IL. crop bearing capacity,
1. equal 10 that Of any 10 the United
State. Of America; land on which you
can si.e AZ much wheat 10 the acre Q.
you can on any acre Of l.nd in the Uni'-
cd States. Why, you can 20 way up IN.
TO the northwestern part OF Maine' way
up in,o ,ha, Aroo.,ook Couniy-~hy'
every year they raise 100000 OF H.
OOO, 900 bushsl. Of po,Aioe, and when
my friend Pe,sp was ia Congre.. be i'm.
mor,.liI,d the potato crop by calling II
",hs peach crop" aud ii goes by that
name to-day.
And they say. "You have big forests {;
,wo.,hiids Of The State Of Maine ns for
o,." Yes. iha, /. true. We have ene
fors., lArs. enough 90 that II YOU should
take ,hi, commonwealth Of Ma'..ehu.
,s,u and drop Il night down inio ID.
middle Of that forest, the people oi
M.aaehu,s,t, would Be obliged 10 en-.
ploy guide. 20 take them over the bot
der. Ba, there are 10. 900 ,,slvart men
ehoppins the tree, in those forest. aud
k.ulins them 90 tho rivers aud driving
them down the rivers % the saw mills :
5000 on 1000 mote men are converting
them into Lumbar. aud then they ATE
loaded in 800 or 400 Maine vessel, And
are carried all over The world Ard then
they return 20 the State of Maine So
600. 900 every year. 50 there u nothing
bad abou, our great forests.
sob. bu, your ,aifae, !. rough. rug.
ssd and mountainous .nd foil Of hills.
Yes, tha, I, true IL i.hilly. !, i' moan.
Ainoa.. Bai every bill snd mountsin
has in corresponding valley aud down
through those valley. to-day there ate
5000 riy,r, running toward the sea. with
currents 90 swifi ard s,rons that they
could carry every 'iasle spindle N the
Unlsd State, Of America. Did you
ever ihink Of ia There ate $500 square
mile. Of lake, feeding those river'-vhy'
more lake, than there Is land IN Rhode
I..nd and Delaware eombinsd ADD
the mos, m.guifesn, lake. that ATE TO b.
found on the face q this earth. You
may talk Aboai Loeb l.omond AMI la'
esrn. and windermers aud all iho''
l.ks.; and say 10 yoa on the JOth day
Of September last. when ! dropped m,
roi aud started for home, | do not be-
lisye in I'll the vide world you can poin
me 10 anything more gorseoasly and
masnifesn,ly beautiful than these 'an'
lALo-,he R,nseley lake. IN Maine
Applause. ,
sob. ba, they Ars frozen up half tn.
ye.r." Yt.. they are frozen up bali ih'
year. Ba, there are $500 ,,alwari men
chopping the ice itself into splendid
block, Of crystal; .nd then there arc
200 or 500 more Maine vessel. eArryih'
these block. Of crystal all over the wide
world and bringing back TO the State o.
Maine 9. .OO0. 900 every year
"Ba,," say they "you have 20, a rug
g,d, dangerous. fogsy coast Yes, Il y
q eoa., .bou, 5000 miles long, fyoa iol
low the indsn,a,ion. Of the shore-rsaeh'
ing from here TO London--sOms,hins OF .
coast IL /, rough and Il I, rugged and
IL s dangerous. Bat did u ever oc'
cur 10 you ,hl, there are 10000 fisher
men who have been bred and trained OF
these coasts snd ,ha, they equip over zoe
ve.el.-,hs mos, beautiful vessels in ,h'
wo,ld-and that IL tki, eoun,ry's lif'
should be in peril ,ha, there !, hsrdl,
one ou, Of the whole 10000 ba, ~oul'
give ell Of hi. skill aud hi. eunnin'
and his courage to the salvation OF ,h'
republic Applause. And undouo''
edly II has occurred to you that the coast
OF Maine i. COW "a thing Of beauty,
and tha, there are millions Of men ant
women every summer coming from AL
mos, every city In the republic and liy'
ing the summer moh,hs upon our beia,i'
| fal .es.hors. rugged as Il i', and bring
ing with them down TO US shekels an'
good manners. and when they 90 hom
taking from u. health and good morals
And another thing Did !, ever occur Z
yoa ,ha, on ,hs, rugged coast. out OF 37'
ship. ,ha, are to-day sailing on the bro.'
ocean. on the eo.s, Of Maine alone 2I'
were builded; aud that IL i' ,ha, Main
coast which is to-day saving the indus
uy OF chip. building.
"Bat II |, terribly rocky" Yes; !,
rocky. I admit. Ba, 1000 msn. Sou
men. every year hammer and cut tn.
rock into things Of beauty; snd then JO'
or 400 Maine vessels take them awal
and bear them away to your cities to b
placed in msgn,se,n, edihee, all over tn
country. and they bring back to u' ST.,
700. 900 every year.
but after all these are no. the bes
things In the State Of Maiae. The bes
thing s i,s product OF men and women
tell you. my friends. there 10 no 'po
on the face Of this earth that can poin
10 q roll Of honor such s old O1for'
County In Maine can point to. Ap