Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-27

and the greater success OF Mr.. Edes papei
shos IL 70 have been the more popais,
sheet. aud my former authority says 1.-THE
publication of the fnteiiigeneer vas an fus-
portaat event 10 the settlement. comforting
distinction ard influence dif;eHis TO h.
realized 1t the present day. which vas ia
10 wise eiimtnished by the Toesin eezzsna
TO sound its alarms. Sylvia in the 'Poet'.
Corner. in an etfusiea in No. -. has Tia,
following, with other lines
Wsse lad sses. papsrs tlss.., .tsrag MONTH past
| vs. xrsaats sBfseBsfssl rHs4e rrsfsr tasts;
| t.as since ftss sliisearsT's the stage
lis read AMI asassliresi by -sszpi4 aud sage;
IL almost adnrssi by rae a5npli. and he swain.
WHO I've in the sdlaesns hsaiaisF- and plains,
/ The 1nteliizsnesr changed its name TO
the kennesec Gazette in i-b0, and tea
year. ls.er became the Herald of Liberty,
which name il retained until il. diseontin-
rance in lsIj, when Mr.. Edes moved 10
| Bangor. The same year that the Gazette
became the He-aLi Of Liberty leia.
Nathaniel ChecTer of Iiailoweil, eeul-
raenced the publication of tbs american
advocate, Democratic Republican paper,
which had quite an extended existence.
! In closing this brief survey Of the history
Of tho three papers, which we shall look
9ver together, cannot forbear giving
iittle anecdote, typical Of those times
When Mr.. Edes moved 10 Bangor, and
| founded the now Wing and Courier, lie hal
an apprentice. Janses Drroek, who strolis4l
out on Sunday. which he quickly soln&
was not permitted in Bangor. Edes
/ writes You must know the people are
| very strict on this day and will not let men
walk out, much less boys. James was
| strollipg about, and was ordered home by
he tGft NsFsf
them; a complain, was lodged against me
| on the next day, and should have been
Obliged TO pay fine had not Judge button
/ pleaded in my behalf that did not approve
Of such conduct, and so got clear" Ban
gor then, as nov seems to have rigidly en-
| forced the law.
The papers then were small folios. The
| pages i7xil inches in size. though this
somewhat differed in different years, until
! at last the Advocate of lelj is a paper OF
| really respectable dimensions. Various
we're the faces Of type used, and in the
/ present day the hysterical emphasis o!
words in large and small caps Is as amusing
I IA II is strange. Small ~ these papers
were. the printing offices seem to have been
/ Ill equipped for their publication, and there
| ~ no uniformity of the body of the paper
: All sorts and conditions of type from plea
, down, and both ItalIc and Roman serve TO
| form the various articles. As to the adyer
iisements, in number they are few and in
form simple. Space may not have been
valuable from the financial side of the
question; but from the newspaper view ii
was, and advertising forms but small pari
OF the paper The display, If ii may 50 be
called, Of these advertisements is modest
and nnassuming, and seems TO have been
used to economic IN needful fonts of type,
| rather than for ornament Run, AS these
papers were, on Ramage presses, and the
[ forms mixed as they were viii, great leather
ink balls in place of the modern composition
! rollers, and old as the faces probably were
when used here. il is wonder that the gen
eral look Of the paper is az clear as II is
End II seems to me, that were the paper
hitc and fresh, the elearness of the I'M
preston would compare very favorably
With some of our modern work.
! No person in this age can know the
troubles and cares that hung over the news
paper office of that day. One copy OF the.
Ioesin appears printed upon one side only
with the following interesting item relative
to il in its columns
! The Editor, relying on the generosity of
his customers, hopes they will excuse his
publishing the Tocsin, this week, on 50 bad
a sheet, ~, he has made every eXertau to
obtain better. his supplies from Boston, by
some unavoidable misfortune, not having
arrived. (fhe paper being so thin, will not
a Init of impression on both sides but as
n compensation. he proposes when any
thing important shall transpire, to give his
customers a sheet extra
This was before the day of the pulp mill
and paper by the ton.
| have said that advertisements formed
hut small portion of the paper, AMI yet
from their contents we get more local news
aud better idea of the times than from the
paws columns themselves. | found IN my
reading but one advertising cut. and that
was very sepulchral looking house with a
densely black chimney and roof, and equal
], >ombrc doors and Windows Hut this
oppression quickly gives way 10 the
many advertisements of the cup that
both cheers and incbriates. Rum
lf the puncheon. barrel. and hogshcad, and
soirits of all kinds are kept by every adver-
tt>er.
You know that when an officer in Boston
sbmplained because 50 much rum was drank
hv the soldiers transporting stores on the
sc from Merrymeeting bay to Fort Halifax
one could expect stores moved very far
,hout u great deal of rum, aud it looks
! our ancestors placed considerable faith
rs the efficacy of that general rule In thu
advertisement of Benj. Brown, jr., who
Keeps country assortment of staple goods,
appears the following variety. which is n
sample of all W. /. rum, brandy, Holland
and American gin, cherry rum wines and
other spirits and corfials Maine as yet
lad no law of her OWL
Hy far the greater part of the paper is
,reigu ntws, interspersed with domestic
,,-ws of Congress. and our relations with
,fhrr countries. II seems strange to read
tins then current news from Europe, FROM
.sxty To ninety days late. Bounaparte,
utwaes spelled with the IA in Egypt,
England in Marin, Nelson winning victories
all those things familiar to u ~ histor.
appearing rs the happenings of the day
Truly we are in another life. Ii is thought
orthy of note, when the mail brings pa
Jcr from Portland which contains the news
u. the arrival of u ship with the latest Eu-
rIpean cveuts of 0nls forty odd days ago
And equally rapid Is congressional news,
only sixteen DAYS old rs lttc as the open
ipg of the War of Isi2 the Advocate. under
The display line of War Declared. prints
as follows;
"Bv gentleman who arrived in the stage
on Tuesday evening from Portland it is
stated that while in Brunswick an express
from the westward passed. bearing the I'M
r1rtant Information that war was actually
declared by the government against Great
l;ritain. The express halted bnt few
inutrs AMI proceeded on for Bath and
Wiscasset. This report comes in q less
questionable shape than manv now atloat
s,Id attaches to itself a great degree ot
redit sail it nIss prove erroneous.
The next issue confirms the news and
e,ys that the Augusta paper appears in full
0nrning. and that the shipping 'sw eolors
half mast.
In fact. news moved ba; slowly, and these
iapers were cntirely dependent upon The
nails for enough copy to ill the paper. In
March. 1896, tho Tocsin announces
1.-The mail FROM Portland is to arrive here
MONDAYS. during thc summer seasGn. In
consequence of his alteration. the Iocsin
III bc Published Tuesday and on the
eth of Nav follow Ing, ADVERTISE that
'Notire is hereby gwen that in future tue
lost from Portland i'll arrive at ilallowes',
Hook. on THURSDAYS ct t. o'clock L. VI and
the mail for Wiscasset will he closed at hsl'
,,geer six. on the same evening. Returning
ON Wiscasset, to arrive ai Halinweli.
Hook. on Saturdays ut O'Clock Z. NJ. The
r,ail for the westward will be made mp M
half after two O'Clock +. NJ. on Saturdays.
lnd adds
We shall be ,h'i9e'l, in consequence OF
the above arrangement. To- pabiish the Toe
lin on ErffaRs till nBafheF alteration takes
sfar.