The Portland daily press., 1889-06-29
pass away as minutes ana SOC
come. These were present:

w% Ga. Henry snF ciioSd his PresideNs MmG Davis.
j. H. Hamlen, Emeline L. Libby.
Harriet A. Libby, III. j. Libby,
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. Cram, Mr.. and Mrs. G. +. Carr,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Pike, |. L. Came and wife,
j. O. Brown and wife, G. K. Bean and wife,
Miss Hattie B. .Kennison, A. A. Strout,
Mrs. Geo. M. Small. Mrs. j. l.. Sears,
L. Coolbroth and wife, II. Q. Small and wife,
Mrs. j. Il. Chase, Miss l.. III. Small,
Miss Isabel Jordan, Mr.. w. s. .Brudbury,
Joshua Davis and wife, Miss N. II. Maxwell,
X. b. Billings, Mrs. O. III. Lang,
Mrs. o. M. Sawyer. N. E. Redlon ana wife,
Miss N. II. MclDtire, Miss Eveline McIntre,
Cola. w. Bradbury, Mrs. NJ. w. Jewell,
Frark p. Carr, Miss Marion Il. Cram,
Vernon ID. Cram, j. A. Kenard and wife,
j. III. Sayward, III. Il. StrOut,
r. o. Conant, John Sawyer,
Ira f. Clark and wife, Chas. 4. Snow and wife,
Mrs. l.. NJ. Cults, Miss Z. nj. Moody,
Miss M. A. Eastman. Mr.. Cyrus Thompson and
d. G. bennett, t. Miss Abbie G. bennett,
w. S. Dunn and wife A. q. SAWYER.
Geo. A. Clark, Frank A. koss,
J. @. Brown and wife, Joseph A. Locke and
Grace 9. Locke, Mrs. d. NJ. Christopher,
Mrs. Lizzie Chenery, Mrs. G. M. Libby,
Mrs. j. II. Adams, Mrs. Alfred Woodman,
Springfield, Mass, Ira s. Locke,
ID. z. Wentworth. Daniel Brooks.
Mrs. o. A. Hill, ,Deering, Mrs. Charles GOodrdge,
Ellen G. Williams, Deering.
Sylvester Mari, Marge 9. Marr, Cornish,
A part of the First Regiment Band dis
coursed sweet music at the island and on the
boat. Shortly after o'clock p. m. deli
cious dinner was served by Gushing 4 Mitch
ell in their spacious new dining hall. Ev.
erybody was pleased with the menu. Post
prandial speeches followed Mr.. William
g. Davis president of the society, called
order and with brief Introductory remarks
presented William III. Clifford, ESQ, who
made very graceful address of which the
following is an abstract:
MIR CIIFFORD's REMARKS
As has believe been the custom hereto
fore, we are again favored with most agree
able day for our annual excursion, and the
place selected by the committee could not
be excelled in beauty or thegrand out look it
commands. . We children of the county of
York, immigrants and colonists though we
are, have long since yielded to the summer
fascinations of Cumberland, and can find no
filter spot on which to pay our memorial to
York than such an one as this, where we can
at once enjoy the peculiar attractions of our
adopted home, and indulge in pleasing re-
collections Of the older one.
The desire to enliven and refresh that
most pathetic of all recollections-the
memory of parents, early life, birth place
and home, is naturally indulged under cir
cumstances like these.
We love the memory of the plain simple
sterling lives that were lived in the rural
towns and districts of York in the days to
which our thoughts thus revert. Those
were the days of downright honesty OF
opinion and purpose. The frame work of
character, though not perhaps so smooth
and vanished on the surface as now, was
strong and sound and healthy to the core.
This was simple life. but these men did
| do. They aided to lay the broad foundations,
established the practice. tried and proved
| the running and working order of the insti-
tutions whose fruits we enjoy.
Among many traits nothing more charac-
| terized the early days Of New England set
| tement and later history than plain,
| open distinct avowal of principles Of ac-
| tion not by professions, but by rigid and
| unwavering following of adopted maXims
| to results. Men were sincere in their ad-
| herence to principle, and this sincerity was
| little pictured in words. 1t was acted out on
| the hard fields of three trying duties which
| the pioneers of civilization in Lew land
are summoned to perform. This might have
made the old New England character seem
not little hard, intolerant and narrow; and
| so 1t was; but like steel it had the true ring
| and rang the clearer the harder 1t was struck.
| 1t is for such traits as this that we entertain
| so sincere veneration for the generations
which have preceded us in York. | think it
| is true that the inhabitants of York in early
days exhibited in as high degree, and still
retain in at least as full a measure these
primitive, sturdy. abiding elements of ind-
vidual character, those qualities that enc0un-
Of life, as those Of any of that noble fraterni-
| ty of counties that now constitute the family
Of Maine. [Applause.J
MIR. swEAT's REMARKS.
Hon. l.. ID. M. Sweat followed Mr.. Clifford
with interesting remarks. He said that
since he was called upon he could not refuse
to say word for old York county and es-
pecially for his own native town. My men,
ory naturally goes back, said he, to the old
| town of Parsonsfeld, its ponds and streams,
and forests and fine old people. You will
not expect me to allude to the many people
who have done honor to the county and the
State who were born in the town of Parsons
field. Mr. Sweat paid high tributes to the
late Rufus Mcintyre, Hon. James w. Brad
der John Buzzell, the Free win Baptist As
sociation his father, DR.. Moses Sweat, and
his brother, Dr.Sweat. | am proud. said he,
of being native of Pars0nsfeld, | am proud
of being native of York county, and more
than that am proud of being native of
Maine. Applause.
COL. BRADBURY's REMARKS.
Col A. w. Bradbury made a brief but new
ertheless good speech. You will not ex-
pect Of me, said Col. Bradbury. any remin-
iscences Of York or the town of Alfred, be-
cause know none. In fitting terms Col
Bradbury alluded to those staunch men of
Alfred, the Conants, Daniel Goodenow, John
Holmes. Dr. Parsons, Rev. Moses Sweat,
Israel Chadbonrne and Jerry Bradford, of
the pleasure of being present on the occa-
sion and of the good avlsing as the result OF
such reunions. As Col Bradbury finished
there was much applause.
MIR. LoCKE's REMARKS
Joseph A. Locke, Esq, was called upon,
but he said that as there were Others to
speak and as considerable time had already
been occupied, he would not venture to mar