Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-09-07

l~Tkr, WHICH OCCURRED sErT. ,, 1898.
!, Test ! have hccn Young, and now am old
>ow al-o when am old ana gray headed. o
Cod iorsakc mr not--F-a II L.
Eigh,y years are more than An ordinary
life time for man. Three score years aud
ten, are, by the psalui-,. given a. the num-
Der Of mans years upon the earth lie
then adds, II by reason of strength. they
be four>core, yet, J., their strength labor
ana SORROW"
Great changes are being wrought every
year, and every hour in the year We see
very marked changes transpiring all around
u with oar increase Of population. and
our constant Increase in knowledge In this
country, changes In the past have been
great, and IN quick succession. At time
they have been vcrt unexpected. and not
always TO our liking
Having lived from 1913 to 1898, the
changes that have take place in the eighty
year ~ my life, in the scientific, social
and rcl G.ous world, have been great, and
many Of .hem 4 blrssu. to the people
II the man who died the year that was
born could return 10 earth to-day, lie
wuat hardly recognize this as the same
world that he left, four->core years ago.
A. this i my eiehlieth birthday. aud The
htiy-fuurth anDiyereary OF my ministry.
propose 10 speak Of a few Of the many
changes that have taken place during my
lifetime.
was born in the District Of Maine,
seven years before it became a State.
The laws for the sJyernmtnt of The
District Of Maine were enacted by The
legislature of -achu-ott-. and | was
under those laws seven years before Maine
became = State, in ls21. Whether the Jaw
VIII decide that am native Of Mas-a-
chusett- or Of Maine will be Of liltle con-
sequence 10 me. | was born in what il
now the State of Maine, and lived there.
in all, more than sky years
SIN love the dear old S:ate--;he Pine
Tree state" es Gov. Wa,hburn called it,
Name has been called "a good State to be
born in aud to move fr, m" but, for more
than sixty years, | found II "a good State
to live in. The changes and improve
mtnt> daring my lifetime have been very
" - t'"'' "a
'Hif fouu- u''''n' pu' r. y"
~ 1H.. ~. ny
Giyer VI all good for our natieual bless
inss. With the exception OF George
Washington ali the ex-presitents Of the
United states ~ho have died have passed
away since my remembrance. | was born
during Nadlson's adm Illustration.
Eighty ycal- a9o our population as a
IH'''" W IN, '.9I'''Ov W heh
- 81, XIII "u' - ,o 80 ~ aln,
: -AN "u' i,vl'Il4 t.v,' 'l1 Va oHi4 '''gV'poo-
~" H 'ooy " ii''ie Hshts
years AZ" PVT hAt'ona! ffICofs "as ohiy
ont Aht lnlte-iouit'l' iil-I'ohs square
hl'yN ~" ~ eln'' aVe' '1ioe MI" one
ma. m..-''.NS Stua'e .1''if7
oe Ht7t steamboat ever puHt "aH CON
~ ac.eu ohlS siA wears "ei"ie wa oofh'
shu sue ''u"' ohIs pe p'opeleu ao'1t As
IaSl a. a man couil walh on the iahu.
hiSAH 9eSfS ago thete were no ocean
Nt'Auleis' hoi "efe an! o"ned pt 'he
-oNefhihtl or stsaiieI9 oi Any eiIo'
cong business en- tAe Atlantic coast.
40" lHft are almost "ilnout huih-
per; indett' ms business "i the country
couid not De carried on successfully With
out lAeh-
When the frst railroad was built IN this
country. was fourteen years oiu. IL eX-
tended from the quarry, IN Quincy, Mass,
To the "harVes, distance OF only lie"
miles, ana was drawn by horse power.
Now they are almost numoerless, anu ex-
tend IN various directions, through all the
States aud territories Of our nation. The
tr>t train OF cars propelled by steam was
10 1929 and the engine was imported from
England. You all know that the telegraph
and telephone are OF more recent inven-
tion
Eighty years ago we only had eighteen
States; now We have forty four, with
other territories knocking at our nation S
door Tor admission, In eighty years the
wealth OF the nation has increased far
more in proportion than It's population or
territory. The same l. true. OF the in
crease o1 our pnblc schoois, colleges ana
seminarles OF learning hnowledge Is
running TO ana fro through our land
with Increasing rapidity. 1t does seem
that so growing wealthy ana prosperous
hatioh. shouid ieei very ,hahklnl 10 the
hlVer OF all GOOD anu that' oy Wen,
ordered moral ana reiglous me- sh 'aio
oiess an me peoP!e "lthin our oofuers.
NY native STATE or maine mas gwen
ohth 70 some as hopie lle' as ever lrou
on Americas SOIL "ouid not eulogize
any one 10 patticuiar' put pe IL re'hem
peftd' that Maine mas raised up suci
eminent statesmen as h'ans' ,inoru
haih,lh anu ressehueh' anu indeeu' hoS'
OF olnels ol hatlonai reputation' Among
| uST AuiiIldis y Dlcu arc SuCu euIihSut sOllicfs