Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-02-04
PRESIDENT ssAll ON NAME.
Pre.ldsat 4. ". smsIr. stire.. al tho riBs rr,s
state tiab Ia nostanl

PRESIDENT SMALL ON MAINE.
Pr,.l.isnt A. ". smaIr. siire.. Al the Ptbs rr,s
state tiab In ilosionl
Lhiiss aad GsHilsasH: N. graceful
word. of the President do not conceal
frOm YOU, of course, the genial aud ami-
able snd plou. fraternity ~ mutual all
mlration which exists among Oxford
county men. have never been able Ia
discover Ju.t Why birth la Oxford county
!. q title 10 higher place Ia American
pec.age than birth In other counties In
the state II Maine bat from q very pre-
cociou. youth have tried to accu.iom
myself mOiestly Ia the fact aud tri~i to
acccpt the respouslbllitie. therrwith
accruing In the spirit of noble--. obligc.
I as.uf. you have never felt as though
I ought To cast any blame upon your
brother. ani sister. of Maine, Who we're
not so fortunate as a. have been born
Ia IIuckficld or Paris; aud 80 Ear a.
know, there exist. among the people Who
originated In Oxford county M unklnd.
Tier FEELING tOaarl ~. other natives ~
| Maine than q sentiment of genuine sym-
pathy that you wcfr obliged tO hsgin
life against such disadvantage. ~
va. on nav way from Malns tlis morning
began to think n Professor Brycv'.
comparison between the nrl population
IL tai. country aud ~ England. II In
pressed Professor Brycr az oncc that ~"
representative. of farming families II
thl. country we're divided Instead ~ ~
malning slaves to the gfrcu a. In his ON n
country. One sou. d. observed, remained
To till the farm, while the other .ou. made
/ "A. "A. -.
came there lawyers, doctors, ministers
and merchants. hi. club i Nltncs.
anil q testimony a. the truth of PROT
Brycc's observation. lie dbl not add, Va
connection With hi. observation, the
quotation from Valentine ~ Verona, that
''home-k keeping youth have ever homely
Nit." IT, did no, even add anything
like the word. attributed o. a lawyer
who.s name ha. mOrr than lu,'al c-lehri-
/ ty. Imagine that u VAS AZ th. cl"s. II
q dinner somsthing Ike this, not In q
prohibition state. when this young law
yer gave ~. sentiment The men ~
Mslnc-like their own pine tree they
never lo.e the green Laughter.
II occurred a. me that u might have been
q very happy concrit on the part 10 q
Precedent to adj realism Ia this O,rasion
by bringing q sprig II the native green.
o. representing the .tay-ai-homr., frum
the state ~ Maine. must say f"lt
like rr.cnting the imPutation, bat When
found that other. against whom such an
iInpuiatiou could not D. made Nerr Ia
,iteSI guests. I frlcuici somewhat. Hut
nov sm obliged to speak, after thi.
.lur upDu nv honof-i father, Who i
accused ~ having b.cn the cutter ~ a
ml.ht. Laughter and applus" IN"
ta.k ~ representing the Maine stay-at-
homes I. particularly difficult this even
lug. apart from one. native ssusitiNen"s.
about posing q. a specimen. III" subj"ct |
~ Maine, Maine lhudstion, the eulogy of
Maine Ia. been finish~,i. " .e.ms tu me-, |
one. fof all, In the adtlrr.., nos b"Cume |
famous, which Mr. FRYE delivered lev |
year. ago Ou an occasion similar Ia this,
and Witch. u seem. to the, de.srNe- to
rank. along With th. r-crnt description |
~ the southern home ~ Mr Grady, very |
hlgh among our American classics. Who
ever will Attrmpt IN the futurv to sp"ak |
the praise. ~ Maine men must ran the
gauntlet ~ comparison With Mr. FRYE.
Politics arr forbidden 10y naturv nnd by |
revelation revived through the poet di- |
f-,tly frum headquarters. Now. th" unly |
really burning l..lc Ia the state ~ Main~ |
IL Wh-thrr Ne shall get snow enough a. |
haul oar winter. Wuod. ! de-, h"wrNer,
rrmsinlsr that a. the train hali~i 40
Ngu.ta ihi. morning I uotlc,d on 40"
platform the gentleman known tn th" |
ifrr,rrvnt world o.. "Io~" Manley laugh !
ter in animated conversation With 40" |
eminent Representative frnm oar district,
Hon. ~-th l.. Mllikrn. ~ Bslfast as Mr. |
sergeant HuIfuF would undoubtedly say |
.In lt..lf q mo.t SUSPICION. Cifvum. |
stance " Laughter. Hut do not know |
that thl. suspicious Circumstance would /
of it.clf furnish sufficient material even |
for = political .p--,h. cannot follow |
Mr. B~-,hsf'. example, You rrmemh"r |
the story ~ the Young theologiin, the |
Young candidate for the ministry Who |
a.kr,i Mr. Iie,cher II b. ever found him |
..lf h-fur- an audience trying tO .Isak |
eNtsmIoransOu.ly and di.CuSsrr'l that |
hl. mini va. suddenly blank.
"Oh yc.," .aid Mr. li"ech"r, very |
often.
"Nrll, what ,io you ,lO asked the man. |
"Oh. said Mr. lIs-ch.r, "A heller. and |
thu neat day the newspaper. .ay, "At
thl. poiut Mr lle-yhsr b-,ame elplucut.
laughter. EloIuencr that consists in
.onorou.ne.. 7. c.topI.d by 10" propri- |
ctic. II the ocSision.
Thrr, seem. Nothing left bat pruph"-
cy. Before Ne ADJOURN this evening wr
.halI probably hear much, a. Nr ALREADY |
have heard, about What Maine ha. done
for the nation IN III. past. The query |
Ia. occupied tO nv mind whether thers |
are any pfohahllltie. that Maine viii |
plav relatively q. important a role Ia the |
world In the future a. In the past. I
cannot .ay that have In my mind. eye
the individuals Who could we'll fill your |
place. aud those of the gentlemen Who
have ALREADY b--n mentioned here wcrr
tho.e place. a. he vacated tomorrow |
morning: bat I could engage, on 20
hour. notice, to send tO you a ll.t ~ the |
names, numerically sufficient, ~ Young |
gentlemen Who would dearly like To Try. |
Iaughier.l
Nov II .ecm. Ia me a. look over the |
state of Maine that the condition. which |
make. u possible for her Ia furnish go
many good worker. for the rc-t of the |
,ountry aud Of the world are not e.
-fntlallN AIlu-Fls ii'N I'lhAANlNh "
increasing slightly. our native popula-
tion 1. transcend somewhat frOm IL. own
locality. bat In the majority of case.
there remain. a family of native stock
culti,ating the farm. Although wehaNe
a large Infusion ~ foreign population,
especially of French Canadians, Yet u
seem. "a me that the proportion of native
stock has remained essentially the same.
hi. native population !. being moved
upon by th. outside world more dc,'ide'l-
Ia than Il ever wa. In any time beforr
the present. wonder al the enterprise,
I wonder az the push. at the courage oi
the men Who, seeing 80 little ~ the
world a. they could from Maine Ia the
older days, dared to yeniur. oui and
take what must have seemed Ia them like
A leap IN the dark. At present the outside
world IA. 80 encruachoi upon aud come
lnto the state of Maine, that the people
of Maine arr much better acquainted
with the outside world than they were
IS years ago. II seems to me that the
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