The Portland daily press., 1890-07-31

begotten many children, John, the Baptist,
Is held in high honor. The patron saint Of
the society might well be St Dorothea, the
martyr, whose attribute In Christian art Is a
basket of roses. 1t is eminently fitting that
the intercessor should be a woman; for to
the lessons Of their mothers and the love OF
their sisters, and sweethearts, and wives co
the men OF York largely owe whatever good
Is In them and to the patient and unselish
affection Of these women, and forgiveness
for offences thrice and four times repeated,
to supplicatiOns streaming to heaven like
the prayers OF saints in their sorrow," per-
haps dellverance from further temptation
and possibilities Of higher life.
Though we wear our badge as the heredi-
tary c0gniZance Of the House of York, the
Daughters Of the County, for whose wit and
wisdom l have an admiration based on long
acquaintance, may like to hear the legend,
rec0unted by Sir John Vaudeville, which
says that the White Rose sprang from the
unkindled brands heaped about the virgin
martyr at Bethlehem. With its recital
will bring this rambling letter to close.
The legend says that a Jewish maid OF
bethlehem (whose name, Southey tells sus
wasZillah) was beloved by one HamiSh, a
british sot. Zillah rejected his suit, and
Hamish, In revenge, accused the maiden of
offences for which she was condemned TO be
burned alive. When brought to be stake the
flames burnt Hamlsh to a cinder, but did no
harm to Zillah. There she stood, in garden
Of roses, for the brands which had been
kindled became red roses, and those which
had not caught fire became white -.Ssos.
These were the first roses that-bfoomed on
earth after the loss Of Paradise.
With the hesrsiess wishes for a happy re-
Yours truly.
p. w. MCINTYRE.
Mr.. bennett then In his own proper per-
son made short speech. dwelling upon the
fact that while those who have gone cut
from York have had fair measure of pros
perity there may be those who are kept be.
hind in the old towns who have not had so
many of the good things Of the world He
said:
Our cities owe to the country very great
balance OF Indebtedness Of many kinds.
We need not now partlcularize. We only
need be reminded that the cities get their
very best blood from the country.
Let US repay the country In some small
part at least by giving the. rural towns IL
braries. They will elevate the fountains
whence come our brainy and robust men and
women still higher. The fashion of giving
libraries TO our rural towns cannot be too
soon introduced by our wealthy country
born citizens.
A library is benefcent munifcence es-
peclaiiy to the country. The donor Of
good library sets in motion forces which
never cease, because they are Intellectual
forces. A good book Is an Immortality for
the writer Of that book, and a perpetual
blessing to the readers thereof.
Miss Linnie b. Treadwell read the anus
ing sketch "The Dutchman and Mrs. Scud-
der" with great effect, after which Mr.. s. NJ.
Watson Of the public library. read a paper
tracing the name York as applied to the En-
glish city from Yevor-woc, which In course
of time reached its present form. He showed
how the title Of the Duke Of York also de-
scended into America to York county and
drew the conclusion that the members OF the
society were all entitled to be called Dukes
Of York. He also spoke at some length Of
the marryings and intermarryings between
the York families so that he said he doubted
if there could be found community more
nearly related in all its parts than the resi-
dents Of old York.
This ended the literary exercises. The
committee on nominations reported the fol-
lowing officers, who were unanimously re-
elected: President. VIM. G. Davis: vice
presidents, ]. A. Locke, FL. N. Jose, w. Fl.
Clifford, r. o. Conant, II. j. Libby; secre-
tary and treasurer, ID. B. Kicker; chaplain,
A. n. p. Small; committee of arrangements
A. A. Strout, j. S. Kicker, l.. b. bennett, j.
w. Deering, M. p. Emery, N. E. Redlon, Fl.
G. Small.
Judge Webb, l.. Il. bennett and Hon. Jo-
seph A. Locke were appointed to revise the
constitution, reporting at the next annual
meeting. Music by Mrs. Judge Webb and
others, and readings by Miss Treadwell,
which were thoroughly enjoyed, filed up the
time until the boat arrived, when the men,
bers Of the York Society returned to treas
ure up their white roses and to look forward
to the ninth annual meeting.