The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1889-08-01

kotos about Mon and Things,

When Gen. Montgomery started on
that campaign to join Arnold at Quebec.
he had but one Regiment and a small
force OF artillery, perhaps. He went by
the way of Lake Champlain and down the
st. Lawrence and for his security was
obliged to capture Montreal md some
smaller places and leave garrisons. The
historians say that when he arrived at
Point Levi his Regiment had dwindled to
800 effective men. If three companies of
Arnold's Regiment turned back, besides
the many sick, as Caleb Haskell says, we
may well believe that the joint force was
only about 90Oas Is stated in Ridpath's His
tory. II certainly docs nat gire ~ high
opinion Of the Generals military skill and
sagacity that he should attempt an assault
on the city, defended as it was by a far
superior force behind strong walls and
Entertainments and well supplied with all
the munitions of war. Men admire
bravery and dash even to the point of au-
dacity; and Montgomery has been almost
universally praised and his fate lamented !;
hut taking candid view, | incline to
think it was well that he should be re-
moved before there were any more sacri-
fees TO such fool-hardy rashness.
In looking over my fathers Docket as
Justice of the Peace, find that in 1892
suit was brought, Joseph Baker versus
James Snow. both of place called
Goshen on the kennebec river, not in any
Incorporated town. This could be no
other than Clinton, and Caleb Haskell
called it the name 1t was then known by.
suppose it was called Goshen because IL
was on the way to Canaan. 1t was incor-
porated as Clinton about 1875.
The town of Pittsield was at first
called Warsaw, and think was ncorpo-
rated by that name. Young men from
there who came over into Bloomfield to
hire out used to pronounce the word In
such a manner that 1t sounded very much
like the adjective "worser". Perhaps
this pronunciation became so common
that it was the reason for changing the
name TO pAtshald, in. compliment to the
man who once owned large part or the
whole of the Township as well as quite
portion of Canaan
Some Of the Older readers of the RE-
PORTER may remember an elderly man by
the name of Greenough who lived on one
Of the roads leading from the river Dad
to lIaskells corner. The mention of Gen
Timer in the account Of the destruction
of the Frigate, John Adams, recalled this
incident. lie had some business with
Gen. Timer which required him to visit
the Gen in Bangor. On his return he
showed little pride in giving an account
of his reception. His manner of speak
ing was In short sentences or phrases
with long pause between. Gen. Timer
clever man-inyited me into his parlor
talked religion-bottle of brandy on
the table-took some brandy together
talked religion"-etc. This Is not related
as reproach. He was respectable, never
called drinking man, was member of &
church. 1t shows the habits and man
ners of the time, and to most who heard
the story there was nothing unusual OIL
worthy of remark about it. "Times
change and we change with them" Still
there were some then, 10 or 20 years be
fore the Temperance reform started, who
expressed the sentiment that there was
an incongruity between brandy and re
ligion, that they did not mix well
EBEN WESTON.