The Portland daily press., 1890-06-11
MAINE TOW MS.
FryeburR,

BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS BY REV. Ed
WARD CHASE.
The baccalaureate address before the grad
uatlng class of Fryeburg Academy, was de-
livered at the Congregational church on
Sunday evening, by Rev. Edward Chase of
Hallowell. 1t was very excellent discourse
and was founded upon Ps. 81, sixth verse:
"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward
parts, and in the hidden part thou shalt
make me to know wisdom" The following
is briet abstract: The text teaches us
how, as God taught David the secret of be-
coming an accomplished man and woman
we need first to take advantage of opportu-
nifty IhSH.o t This III, is opportunity every
Of man mem who tnat ea M See des rSs
anything finds the way open before him to
obtain it. The life Of David in his boyhood
was hard and prosaic, and yet, while taking
solitary care of the fiocks he caught, ON his
rude harp, those sweet melodies of nature,
which later charmed the ear of King Saul
There. as shepherd, he also learned to be
hero, warrior and a ruler of men. All
persons cannot be alike, but each one can be
original. and realize Gods will concerning
him. we can no more spare the little than
the great. If the little are true to themselves.
We also need fidelity to good conscience.
Truth is the greatest blessing God has given
us here on earth. Be pure.minded and good
hearted all the way through. 1t is unsafe to
take gifted and learned men, who are with
out principle, as our models. They often
times have the face of an angel and the
heart of demon. Through conservation to
and communion with God, we obtain wis
dom to direct our lives Alright A ship with
out rudder, or compass, or sight of the
sun and stars for many days, would be bet
ter OIL than youth without wisdom. The
former might possibly drift into safety, but
IN rif Co. ~aa1- ~
and his truth delights to dwell in the secret
places Of our hearts, all will be well. The
church was decorated with flowers. and the
music was given by double quartette of la
dies and gentlemen.
A pleasant children's service was held at
the same church in the afternoon. The ex-
ercises consisted of responsive readings,
recitations and music, appropriate for chill
dren's day.
The graduation exercises were held In the
Congregational church at D. no. Tuesday,
A large audience of the friends Of the grad
yates and others interested in this well
known Institution, gathered at an early
hour. The decorations in honor of the occa-
sion were arranged with much taste by the
class Of 81. The programme included piano
solos by Miss Rose K. Wedgewood Of Cor
nish; prayer. Rey; R; H. Daayis, North Con
Emile Wadsworth, Cornish; essay, "Rud-
ders," Lila Ethel Ridlon, Kezar Falls; class
history, Henry Eastman Brock, North Con-
way. n: H.; essay, 'The Tiger of the Noun
tain: Georgs ellen Henry woodward, Winthrop
ester, N. H.; essay, Bismarck" Melvin
Herbert Pingree, Denmark prophecy, Ar
chic Guy. Axtell, Winthrop; essay, "Intel-
lectual Life, Nellie Gertrude Ridlon, Kezar
Falls; valedietory, Shaping the End" Lii
lie Marian Wilson, Denmark; class ode,
Nellie G. Ridlon; benediction by Rev. B. N.
Stone of Fryeburg.
The music and other exercises were very
creditable to the performers and pleasing to
the appreciative people This class, al
though small in number, is by no means def.
cient In intellectual ambition. for it is re-
ported that Harvard, Dartmouth, Smith and
Wellesley will receive recruits from its
ranks. Mr.: A. F. Lewis, the secretary of
president, Major ID. r. Hastings, after the
singing of the class ode, made brief remarks
to the class, and then conferred the diplo-
mas. Among those present was Gen. Mar
shall Wentworth, of Jackson, N. H., who
has recently been elected trustee Of this
institution.
A meeting Of the trustees was held on
Monday evening, June 9th. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing year
PRESIDENT, Major ID. X. Hastings; vice pres
ident, Judge A. II. Walker; secretary, Mr..
A; +. Lewis; treasurer. Mr.. A. r. Jenness.
The school will continue under the instruc-
ton OF the present worthy principal, Mr.. j.
K. Dinsmore
A meeting of the alumni was held in the
Academy Hall at the close of the gradual
ing exercises. The officers and committees
OF last year were re-elected
Freeport.
SOUTH FREEPoRT
Much has been said and written lately
about Freeports principal village, its many
attractions, its enterprise and prosperity, its
rapidly developing industries of various
KINDS, and the advantages it offers as sum-
mer resort So much has popular notice
been directed to this central point that other
portions OF the town, less pretentous but in
some respects perhaps equally deserving,
have been quite overlooked. OF one of these
we wish at this time to give brief descrip-
ton.
A neat and pleasant little village is South
Freeport on the right bank of the Har-
raseeket, and near the shore of Casco
Bay, Here are some fifty cosy dwellings, a
handsome church, good-sized schoolhOuse,
tory, and two livery stables. The buildings,
though none of them new, have all a trim
and well-preserved appearance.
The streets are straight and clean, and
shaded by graceful elms, and the grounds
bordering on them combine the simple at
fractions OF garden, lawn and orchard.
Along the shore, however, Just below the
village, extends for some distance a line of
old shipyards, from which many a goo0lv
vessel has been launched in years gone by,
when ship-buildiDg was a leading industry
in this section, but which now lie silent and
deserted, their covering of rotting chips
quite overgrown with grass, and the shops
and sheds slowly falling into ruin. Here
and there among them may be seen a rudely-
built structure, occupied by clam-diggers
when shelling their clans and barrelng up
bait, for the neighboriDg mud-hats yield as of
yore rich harvests of these useful biValYes,
and during the fall and spring one may see,
every day at low water, many rubber-bOoted
dlggers hard at work with clam hoe and has
ket. Most Of the laboring men of the place,
however, are now employed either at Free
port Corner, or in Portland or Bath,
lnere are yet TWO wharves WelI-breseryed
ana mucn USED, and from one of these each
morning the pretty steamer Phantom piIdes
gracefully down the river with her load of
passengers and freight, destined to Portland
seventeen miles distant returning as grace.
fully and with an equal or larger load AT
night. This steamer is owned by resident
capitalists by whom it was built q yery few
years ago. and under the management al
Capt. ii. b. S0ule, with Capt. Townsend as
master, has done a paying business every
season, besides being great convenience tC
the people of Freeport, and the islands that
lie along her route.
The other wharf just mentioned is a large
and substantial one, built upon spiles. and
belongs to the packing-h0use Of w. K. Lewis
q 20. All their spacious and convenient
pullolngs stand either upon the wharf OF
CI1se beside II upon spiles, so that nearly the
mn4le establishment is directly over the al
aoe no Mater This firm puts up each fall some
'OS StoDS gans Oh corn of excellent quality.
tho Hi y ~, On the high ledge which crowns
oneis +ro aSm roos back of the corn factory,
Verdant island cane 80 ilhe9 'IO" W