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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

Sometimes objection Is made to the character
of the preachers. Sometimes simple dis
satisfaction Is expressed. Now and then
but on account Of the too critical attitude OF
the town. or from the fault of the minister,
or his dissatisfaction with his Surroundings,
changes were frequent. The first preaching,
so far as the towns people were concerned,
was incidental, being given by missionaries
sent by the general court to the Indians.
In 17l5, however, the people voted In town
meeting TO raise money for the support of a
minister, and for the expense Of his removal
to the place. In 1719 the first meeting house
was begnn. II was placed about mile
south of the colleges.
The dates that just gave are significant.
In I'LL Brunswick was constituted a town.
ship. One of the first acts of this new town
ship was to provide for minister, and to
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

come representative. There are the wards
mas sense of responsibility. The dullest
wits are quickened. The most quiet man
may be surprised to find himself an orator
The self-asserting man may find his cOnceit
taken out of him. will not say that hope
that brunswick win long remain the most
Important town in the State, rather than
take its place among the smaller cities. This
would be to put my hope against that expan-
sion Of the life and business of the place
which we all feel to be both inevitable and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

ago, came the first settlers. We will recall
today the name of Thomas Purchase. II il
a pity that we could not have in some cen.
trail place statue to his memory like that
fictitious, but symbolic figure which com
memorates to Harvard College the spirit, IL
not the features of its founder. In the case
of Thomas Purchase it would be simply the
pioneer that we should honor. What ne
was other than that we cannot say. OF his
virtues or OF his failings we have little
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

II from this outward picture, we turn to
the inner life of the place, we recognize
intelligent and refined than that which be-
longs to most villages of its type. There
have been generations of modest and sterling
citizens and quiet pleasant homes. When /
knew the town most intimately there was a
society that for its charm could hardly be
surpassed. Think for moment what the
college has done for the town in this respect
Think what citizens 1t has brought to us as
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

among us, will feel special interest in our
celebration today. From how many widely
sundered regions of the earth the thoughts
turn to US, of those who remember Bruins
wick as we remember them.
have thus attempted, in an imperfect
way, to explain the characteristics of our
town which may justify our special feeling
towards it. Whether it may be thus justi-
fed or not, the feeling is there, and it Is this
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

Presidents and as Teachers Bowdoin
College like Brunswick has a character of its
own. Here again it may be the result of
personal interest and association, but /
confess that it seems to stand out from
among the colleges of its class, if indeed
Think, l say. of the men and OF the families
that II has brought to us. There were the
early Presidents whose descendants remained
to add to the stability and the charm of the
place. Their features are known to us by
the familiar engravings. McKeen whose
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

with its fair chapel and its quiet halls, as If
"some sleeping beauty" Behind the college
IS the spot to which many hearts turn with
the tendereSt love; a peaceful, sunny nook,
about which stand the solemn pines, togeth-
er symbolizing the glad and the sOrrowful
memories that mingle there.
1t is very pleasant early of summer even
ing to pass from the classic shades of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

must often have been full of hardship and suf
fering. After the days of Thomas Purchase
the settlement was nearly given up on account
OF the dread of the Indians, so that when the
Pejepscot company took possession of il. the
work had practically to begin again. During
the Indian wars which followed the number
OF settlers was again greatly reduced. They
must have lived great part of the time in
constant terror. They had the protection Of
Fort George, structure of stone that stood
where some Of the factory boarding houses
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

ever. we must be grateful to this company
for bringing the land upon which our town
stands into the market Of the world, and for
their general liberal arrangements. 1t was
their wise and generous provision that laid
out the twelve-rod road, from the river to the
sea, which though unhappily shorn of its
original proportions, still adds so much to the
beauty OF the place. One of their first
thoughts was for the religious interests of
the settlers. They early set apart land, both
In Brunswick and Topsham. for a church and
aided In the erection Of church building.
There would seem to have been as much
difficulty in settling minister in those days
as there is today. Perhaps the best
preachers or the best men in the ministry
were not attracted to these eastern wilds.
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PRICE So A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

was sentenced to be stretched in the public
stocks, and 10 have rotten eggs thrown al her
by the passers by. The magistrate thought
that he was sentencing her to an hour or two
of disgrace. He did not know that he was
sentencing her for all time, that she should
sit in the stocks forever to receive the contempt
or the pity of the gazers at her.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

porated as a town, the eleventh in Maine.
Its first instrument was rum. His Gaming
meant, as | have said, the destruction OF the
Indian. But before his destruction it meant
his degradation. Thomas Purchase did
something to lessen this latter doom mas
much as it would appear that the rum which
he sold was largely watered. At least one
Of them complained that he "had paid
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

build a church. In 1877 it was finally incor-
Thus, as the energy Of the Anglo-SaxOn pio-
neer was followed by AnglO-Saxon business
enterprise. this, in Its turn, was followed by
Anglo-SaXon organization. This Organiza-
ton was made imperative by the circum-
stances of the case
There was among the people rude energy
The spirit that brought them there would
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

that inspires our gathering TODAY. This
iieeIing Will not be satisfied on an occasion
IKE TINS with out glance backward at the
history OF the town we love. | am not a his
torlan or an antiquarian. Even If were the
la9ors OF John McKeen and Of the brothers
Mheeier. whose admirable history is, or
should be, familiar to you all, and Of those
whose results our historical society has pub
iished would leave. little opportunity for
fresh discovery, ! shall not attempt even by
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

ers of the laws. Thus after the chaos Of the
forces Of nature, after the wilderness, the home
Of beast and savage, after the loneliness Of the
pioneer, we have at last town, member of a
vast system Of towns, orderly itself, and part
of general order far greater than ITSELF a town
that is to perform its full share of work in the
civilization and the higher culture Of the world.
Who were the people who constituted this
new town! This it would be hard to say, so
far as all of them were concerned. Some We
are told, had for some reason or other given up
their old names when they left the old world.
In the new world they not only entered upon a
new lite. but they entered upon it as new men.
Some of these were doubtless driven from their
early home by stress of outward circumstances,
the nature of which we can only guess. More
came inspired by that restless energy which
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as land was occupied by settler he had to
pay his tax, but the unappropriated land
Whether this distinction was based upon
some aristocratic notion, like that which I'M
der the old regime In France made the COM
mon people pay taxes from which the mobiles
were exempt, taxes which being ground
ly into the pockets Of the rich, or whether it
was based upon the notion that land should
not be taxed until it became productive, in
either case the distinction was an unfair
one. The company was growing rich out
Of the sale of its lands, the occupants
were with difficulty supporting themselves
upon their several lots, yet the whole burden
Of taxation would seem to have fallen upon
them. We cannot help sympathising with
the fathers of the town in their repeated pro-
iquitous arrangement. On the whole, how
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+swing of the tides, we can see, at last, life.
There is the life of the forest, the majesty Of
SO dear to us, but oaks and beec6eS
and other hard wood trees. There was the
life of all animals, the bear, the wolf and the
moose. There was the life of man. Here
the Indian lived and loved and hunted and
made war. We picture him moving through
the forest depths, almost as silently as his
predecessors of the fnny tribes moved
through the expanses of tie sea. Here he
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

In certain respects one of the most interest
ing personages that stands forth from the OBJ
scurity of these early days, is the Rev. Robert
Dunlap. He was invited by the town 10 preach
with view to settlement in l746. The next
year he entered upon the regular duties Of the
minister Ct the town. He was paid as it
would appear according to the custom of the
time by money that was raised by a vote of
the town, as part Of the regular tax. In
l76O there arose difficulty between him and
the town. The nature of this and the rights
Of the matter l do not know As to Mr..
Dunlap's claims upon our admiration in
general have nothing to say. What inter-
ests me in him is letter written in the month
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14
BIRTHDAY.
Brunswick Town was 100 Years Old
Yesterday.
The Grafton by Professor Charles
Carroll Everett.
Professor Henry Leland Chapman's
Poem.
William NJ. Sargent tells the Story
Of Thomas Purchase.
The Old College Town hOnOred in
Song and Story.
Especial to the Press.l

BRUNSWICK, June 13.-Professor Charles
Carroll Everett, of Cambridge, pronounced
the grafton this forenoon before a large and
interested audience. He spoke as follows
PROFESSOR EvERETT's GRAFTON.
We gather to celebrate the birthday of a
town. From certain points of view it might
seem as If this were hardly worth the cele-
brating. The world is full of towns. There
are hundreds Of thousands which no man
can number. Think how they have sprung
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-06-14

list Of names that the country honored. In
peace the town has also done and is still doing
its whole part Thus we stand here to-day IN
the comfort and prosperity Of the present,
with all those years Of burden and pTivatioB
behind us. We stand here and look forward
CONTINUED on FOURTH PAGE.l
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Tho Stocks.

Used to punish gossips, ISLANDERS, ETC.. in ord
Brunswick.
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CONTINUED on FOURTH rAGE.l
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03

can phwat ssmes to be the matter wild
the Colonel, Mrs. O'Raherty1 did hear
him gruntin' siveral tonnes durin' the dag"
"Indade. Mrs O'Flaher,y. it's very SICK
the Colonel is. He did fall in wild very
bad company yis,e'day. As he was comm
from church he did step into saloon beyant
an wan Az the fellies he says TO the Colonel.
says he:
you understand some German, be.
laveF 'Troth, an it's big fool l would
be- says the Colonel, If l wouldn't UNDER
stand some Ditch after helm warruckin' on
the sthrates wild 'em for over twinty years.
"'Then,' said the fellies, 'phwat's the
English Az Tos voI<n Sic llS<n? 'Phwat
will ye have1' said the Colonel.
can thin livery mon in the house did yell
'beei!' An Az course the Colonel did have
10 set Thin up for the whole gang; and 20
did they kape ca,chin' livery won that did
come in, wild their pos vol2fs Sic Asbsmf'
until the whole town samed to be droonk;
an a sicker mon there niver was then the
Colonel wos all last noiRht, and the whole
av the day. It's great shame 50 it is TO be
ropin' in innocent men wild SIGH Ditch a.
that +"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03

Land Patent-State Of Nevada to Alex.
Rowland, 3Is acres Of land in Mason Valley.
Dated May 6, 1880.
Land Patent-State Of Nevada to o. A
Brooks, 100 acres CT land in Mason Valley.
Dated Feb. IS, 1882.
| Land Patent-State Of Nevada to !. M.
Douglass, 100 acres Of land in Mason Valley.
Dated July II. 1881.
Land Patent-S,ate Of Nevada to F. P
Shirley. gao acres OF land in Mason Valley.
Dated May 6. 1880
Land Patent-State OF Nevada to O. A.
Brooks, 100 acres OF land in Mason Valley.
Dated Feb IS, 1882.
Land Pateni-Stste Of Nevada to Kimber
Cleaver. 40 acres Of land in Mason Valley
Dated June q. 1880.
| Land Patent-State Of Nevada to Kimber
Cleaver. ZOO acres OF land in Mason Valley
Dated June q. 1880
Land PATENT State Of Nevada to VIM.
Scealy, 74o acres OF land in Mason VALLEY.
Dated June %, 1880.
| Land Patent-State Of Nevada to G. H.
Nelson, 100 acres Of land in Mason Valley.
Dated Feb. IS. 1881.
Land Patent-U. S. to Rufus T. Copley,
I6o acres Of land in Mason Valley. Dated
Feb. S, 1875.
Location Notice-Young America claim.
in DEVILS gate District, by John Finigan.
Dated June ~. 1889.
Location Naturalization claim. in
Devils Gate District, BY VIM. Trudgen.
Dated June a., 1880.
Location Notice-valley Gold Mine Claim.
in Badger District, by A. E. Allen. Dated
June IS, 1889.
Location Notice-Woods claim, in Devil,
Gate District, by R. F. Brodeck. Dated
| July ~. 1889.
Location Notice-Wood's extension claim.
in Devils Gate District, by F. N. Wood
and !. F. Stidger.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
A DrvERrrNG DAM.

In addition to the above there will be a
diverting dam built at the toll house, one
mile above Hope canyon on the west fork.
The object is to divert the water either into
the Long valley canal or along the foothills
at the foot OF the mountain slopes on the
ives. side Of the valley. 1t will extend along
the valley toward the north, passing Sheri-
dan to Genoa. These waters will here join
the Carson river.
GOOD FOR THE MILLS.
BY storing the water in food times. not
only ranches but the mills At Empire, near
Carson, will have more water than they can
use. The present proposition is to carry the
surplus into Churchill county, Nevada, where
some Of the finest lands under the sun are
now ianguishing for water.
OTHER LOCATIONS.
There are several other excellent locations
for reservoirs now being carefully studied.
One Of these is the Double Springs valley,
located on the Carson and Bodie road, about
four miles from Horseshoe bend, on the
Carson river. This valley has an area Of
two or three square miles. The water from
it can be conveyed either into the east fork.
through Antelope, Smith or Mason valleys.
as may be required. az ysx ts.<a.
Mr.. BRIDGES SPEAKS.
After discussing the whole Of this bread
question, Colonel Bridges said: "During
the three months that we have been in the
field the progress made has been something
enormous. Nine.tenths Of the water here
tofore has got into sinks-Such Is the Car.
son and Pyramid. Our work is going to
change all This and practically revolutionize
Nevada. OF one thing l am certain and
that is that the population Of Nevada will
be doubled in an exceedingly short time"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
Electric 0ltterS .

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as 10 need no special meniien.
All who have used Electric Buffers sing the
same song of praise. Apurer medicine does
not exist and tits guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases Of the Liver and Kidneys. will re-
move Pimpl.s, BoiIs, Salt Rheum and ether
affections caused by impure blood. Will
dive Malaria from the system and prevent
Al we'll a cure all Malarial fevers. For cure
Of Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
Try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction guar.
anteed, or money refunded. Price 50 cts.
and s. 90 per bottle at J. A. Bonham's.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
A Narrowing Suspicion.

He-Are you sure that am the first man
that ever kissed you so fondly3
She-Can you doubt me1 or course you
are the first one.
He-Of course I do not doubt you. my
darling. l love you TOO madly, too devot-
eddy. for that. But why, o! why did you
reach for the lines the very instant I ven.
tured to put my arm behind you on the back
Of the buggy, If you had n>ver been there
before2
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
District CeuI {

District Court will convene here next Mon.
day. The appeal case Of J. G. Smart W. E.
W. Bennett, is set for trial on Monday with.
out jury. The appeal case Of Best and Illus.
sey W. Holland ct al is set for trial. by jury.
on the xth. The case Of Brown W.. Daxett
has been postponed, and jurors who were
summoned to appear on the s'h will, there
fore. no. be required to be in attendance until
the 9Th inst.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
JurOPD 0uonOaeA.

Following is list Of names Of the juror,
summoned to appear At this session Of Court
n. H. Sheldon, J. H. Dreyfuss, c. Hern.
leben. W. H. Hoffman. S. E. Cooper, Chas
johnson. VIM. Slingerland, w. NJ. Schooley,
W. NJ. Staple,on, B. F. Clements, l.. A.
Guild, J. F. Holland, H. F. Raymond. T.
b. Smith, Frank Fitch, L. Matson, Rober,
Wiley, VIM. Roberts. A. J. Newman, ]. 6.
Young, E. Hancock, ST.. James West, J. H.
Halstron, Luther Davis, IT,. Geo. E. Juqua,
Geo. A. Barrett. Aaron Powell, E. L. White,
W. J. Wester6eld, II. c. Clark. F. Winsell,
]. H. Rae. IT,, Ruel Lothrop. Geo. Rammel.
kamp, Parker Barnes, H. Wise.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03

Deotn Of ASoo0ft C0o0Gef 04O11oo0s
Robert Chester Holland, the only son oil
A. J. and Frances Holland, Of Greenfield.
Mason Valley, died at that place July 9th,
aged a. years and ! month. Chester Hol
land was born in California May 80, 1865,
and came to Mason Valley with his parent,
in 1881. where he resided until his death.
About two years and half age he was
caught in . snow storm and contracted Z
severe Geld which settled upon his lungs
Thinking = change Of climate would benefit
HIM he .ome months ago took q trip to Cali
tornia. The change did not benefit him,
and he returned to Mason Valley about the
hrst Of last May. since which time he grad
ually declined until death relieved him Of
his suaerings. Deceased leaves father and
mother and three sisters, Mrs. J. G. Kauf
man, Of Mason Valley, Mrs. James Chatter
ION. Of Sacramento, and Mrs. Arthur Chase
Of Red Bluff, CAL, and many friends te
mourn his u.timely death. IS. F. and Sac
papers please copy.1
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
IAle.ess IL . Ds.gersss Fault.

Int the kidneys. When inactive they speed
lily fall into disrepair. Those obstinate and
fatal maladies. Brigh,'s disease and diabetes.
ensue vulnerable certainty upon the inaciior
Of the organs affected. Ca,arrh OF the
bladder. enuresis. gravel and strangury are
also 10 be apprehendsd from partial paraly
sis Of the bladder. Of which weakness and
sluggishness are the causes. Hostetter's
stomach Bi,ters 10 . fine tonic and promoter
OF activity for the renal organs. and one
which can be relied upon to saord them the
requisite stimulas without exciting them an
effect 10 be feared from the snmedicated alco.
holic excitant Of commerce. A farther bene
heent eject Of the Biuers, BY renewing
activity Of the kidneys, is to enable them to
drain from the blood in It's passage through
them. impurities productive Of rheumatism
and dropsy. Nervousness, fever and ague,
eens.iPa,ion and dyspepsia are conquered BY
the Bit,ers.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03

Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday were
the hotties, days ever known in Dayton. Sat
usdsy the Thermometer stood lo7 In the
Shade. Sunday ii ranged from TOO 10 io6.
and Monday 1t reached icS. Since thea il
has ranged from IS to 100. The Oldest set.
tiers here claim no such spell 81 hat wsashss
~ Spes kAevn hsss beaDse.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
STAGE CONNECTIONS.



WILMINGTON CENTER, July ae, 1850.
Ed. TINES
Mrs. Clark Egleson is a.ssg Us. visiting
H. NJ. Schooley. her brother.
Rev. z. T. Brown has returned from Con.
ference and is visiting friends here.
Mr.. Pierce 4 family with some Of their
friend. are on . camping tour in the neigh.
borhood Of Lake Tahoe.
Miss Lizzie Ames has been quite iii fol
The past ten days. She 10 now improving in
health. and Is stopping with her brother. S.
X. Ames.
Miss Ida Rogers left on the 36th for An
,telope Valley to visit friends. She expects
to b gone about two weeks. and will visit
friends in Bridgeport before she returns.
The ranehers are beginning to feel the
need Of water for irrigating. Some Of the
lower ranchers have scarcely wafer enough
for their stock and gardens. and judging
( rom the way the water in the river is dimin.
ishing they will soon have to depend on
their wells.
F. c. Everett. Of Ohio, is again in the
Valley. His son Frank has also returned
from San Francisco, and both gentlemen in
tend to 60 to mining. They fee. confident
that they have struck il this time. Frank
Everett is making preparations TO erect q
small mill on the Walker river near yelling
ton. A good little mining camp near BY
would help the Valley out wonderfully, AMI
all wish the enterprising gen,lemen success
VIII. o rHR WIsP.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03
Pumping Water.

The Carson river Is so low that crops ON
portions Of the Sutro ranch have to be irri
gated with water that is pumped from the
river. A pump Of great power has been
placed in the bed Of the river near the Su're
bridge and is run BY power furnished BY the
steam threshing engine Of the Tunnel Com
pany. The pump has been in operation for
Two weeks or more.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-03

Trains and 2 run daily.
Train 3 runs Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days
days.
Passenger ,rains make close connection q
Mound House with express trains OF Virginia
and Truckee Railroad which connect at Reno
with east and west-bound trains OF Central Pa.
cihe Railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Hawthorne, with United States Stage Cot
coaches for Aurora rs miles); BOdie tS7 miles)
and for Lundy and Bridgeport.
Al Luning, t325 miles from Mound House,.
with Gilmer. salisbury 4 Co.'S triweekly
stages, uesving Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
daysl for Downeyville. Grantsville and Bel
mont.
At Candelaria. with United States Stage Coz
stages for Columbus 70 milesl Silver Peak.
Nontesuma, Aida Valley. Gold Mountain. etc.
At Keller, with stages for Cerro 6ordro Il
miles). Darwin "a milesl, and Panamint.
HIM YERINGTON.
RI: LAWS. General Superintendent
u. A. BENDER,
General Freight and Passenger Agent