The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-21

l InT me benefit of the world and the up
NJ naoplst. He loved his fellow men.
ha Ion only was he thoroughly good, but
n 10 mau great heart, a heart large
qII H. TO take in whole human family.
;I ~ mas Iull of warm feelings, generous
ranp and active sympathies. He
r .s the fact that he was in the
i inoso important sense his "brother' S
men," ''0 ~ "''S No"oo-
t;,, mnsh ne was quite a young man an in
St,,aee friend said to him playfnlly,
LOU might have been rich if you had
10y given away so much" He added
WIN emphasis, II should not probably
NAYS nao as much as I have" His polit-
. Ia views were olear-cut and we'll de-
nned. He knew where he stood and why
No soood there. He held to principles
and policies in politics that to him were
very significant and important, and no
inan could ever receive his vote who
Woulo not properly represent them. A
plogiesslYe business man, quick to see
ana Wise to employ all Improvements in
commercial and industrial methods, he
nau no use for the specious methods of
our ingenious and not over scrupulous
NE goal, not in wealth, but in charac-
ter His life current was quiet, but it
was deep and strong. His example and
1nnuence have contributed to make men
ana women happier and better, business
standards worthier, society purer, relig-
ION more potent and life more truly worth
living
THE STORY OF GOODWILL FARM.
The story of the Goodwill Farm expert.
ment which long since passed the expert
mental stage. and is now an assured sue
cess, and one of the most benefcent and
promising philanthropies in the State, is
full of interest.
len years ago the 25th of October
a young man in the employ of the Ameri
Can Sunday school Union, put into the
Bangor Savings bank $26. 0S. 1t was
the coumulation of small savings that
had come to him from time to time. AS
he says, II had covenanted with God that
anything that came to me by gift or
otherwise, above my salary of $500 year,
should be considered as coming directly
to aid needy boys" Little by little the
fund grew until upon the last day of
juno, 1889, he was able to pay $4,000 for a
farm Of 1875 acres on which was farm
house and two dilapidated barns. This
farm. is located on the banks of the Ken
nebeo River, on the Maine Central rail
road nine miles north of Wateryille and
nine miles south Of Skowhegan In that
farm house. began, we believe one Of the
grandest Christian and philanthropic
works ever devised by man. 1t began
this way. The late Geo. N. Quincy. of
Boston, agreed to pay the car fares from
Boston and return Of fifteen poor little
boys if the Rev. Geo. W. Hinckley would
care for them three weeks. 1t was agreed
to and carried out. Three of those boys
remained at the farm and made it their
home. To-day there are five cottages, each
/ q happy homo of family of fifteen boys
Good Will Cottage was opened Sept. l.,
1850. Mrs. Eta Jewett is matron Mrs
Hastings is matron Of Golden Rule Cot
tage, that was opened just two years
after Good Will. Bailey Cottage and
Fogg Cottage. gifts from Mr.. G. M.
Bailey, of Winthrop. and Fl. H. Fogg,
of Bangor, were dedicated Sept. /. 1893
Miss E. Cushman and Miss Mary Shack
ley preside over these cottages as matrors
The cottage best known to the young
people Of Maine is Endeavor Cottage. 1t