The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-12-17
The South MontvilIe Club of 80.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JoURNAL: l
must write you about the affairs of the
South Montville Club of 90, for some of
your readers have been specializing as to
its meetings. We had one in %; also a
reporter worse than none, because re-
port under the circumstances, being look
ed for. did not appear. That meeting
dropped down through rift in the fog on
chaI ming August afternoon, as naturally
as leaf floats down the current of the
beautiful ST. Georges river. The clansmen
of Bogue assembled with due sobrie-
ty and solemnity. The sage of the Guam
tabacook vas there-simple minded soul
OF lofty genius and celestial highland
read from a scroll held in his right hand,
trembling with the fervor of inspiration,
another batch of prophecy. The chief of
the clan was present, clothed, and to all
human appearances as nearly in his right
mind as he has been known to be in any
previous meeting; but, by the way, if his
sanity is ever questionable it is on these
occasions, especially when an election is on;
he seems to have mania for office. Old
friends came, young folks came. We had
feast of reason and an exquisite COLA
ton, but no report Of these doings reached
the outside world, though the nobility at
that time was specially DESTROYS of put
ting itself in touch With the masses. The
reporter chosen missed an opportunity
The solemn pendulum Of fate, moving in
p4,tljt ada will SuinT info tpnch
with that pencil again for recording one
of the great meetings of the Poguesdae
clan.
Well, this year the dog star rose and
-et. the hay was cured corn garnered,
potatoes dug, apples gathered and ''or-
chalf tea made--lots of it-but the
chief Of the clan tailed to appear. Had
he gone to fight lie unspeakable Turk
that the wrongs Of bleeding Armenia
might he riELted in the face Of dilatory
tactics on the part of the six European
powers. OH had he joined the Cuban in
SurIectioui~ts, been captured by the Span
ISL undergone drlm-head court martial
trial and been shot in a Cuban fortress?
NJ, il turned out tEat he had been bat
t.iu4 dWiug the heated season with old
satan, bad scored poiut against him by
building just one meeting house, and
then run the gauntlet of h9rde OF his
atan = cmissalies iu popular election
and Won out. These mighty lahors end
to ipr the lime being, he wiped the sweat
from Lbs heated brow, sat down and wrote
uur a proclamation fol a meeting On the
idos November. and came into the Dale
on thp Jay appointed, tlis time BY way Of
fDe ca>t. as came the sa4es Of old to Beth
leEem. As il was IN the daytime he had
no stan To- guide him. save Lat was in the
forehead ui lusty StCed. But, (wuuld
Fou believeO his Trusted friend and kns-
man Conner, the Grand Duke of South
Ridge. had gone and taken the appoint
ncnr tor the meeting Out OF the old Intel
lectual Battery, and put it into the new
Grange Hall, so-called. Now, this was no
occasion to be maned. so there was a sub
dUed grinding of teeth-what there are
LETT Of them-and a graceful acquiescence'
but q mighty thinking was going on the
while-the pent up fires of some volcano,
not ancient. but to come.
Before coming to the meeting kindly |
take a late autumn stroll with me through |
Boguesdale and note where the families of
the mobiles live, beginning at South Ridge, |
really the most northerly point. 1t com
mands view of Georges River and of the
horizon at every point, arcLing low in "a
most beautiful contour of hills with a
wooded section of the Dale for its foot
stool. Here is the estate OF Conner, the
Grand Duke, He designates the place of
mis- residence, The Bluff on occa-
sions he's something of buffer himself
Going thence southerly past the goodly
estate OF Sin John Sukeforth, we came
10 that OF Sir John Prescott, Duke OF |
Shadagee. This estate has come to him |
through his Prescott ancestors of three |
generations. 1t is protected from the |
storms Of winter by forests, has a fertile |
southeastern exposure of field, kissed |
by the early spring and late autumn sun |
In this domain used to belong the provin-
ceS Of Bumfagel tgette, French, | think
and Skunk's Misery. ! am not certain |
that these gems are still in the ducal |
colonet, which shows, You see, that | am
becoming stranger to the land of my
fathtls. Lord lIOwes, of the house of |
EverSCn. now owns the estate OF Sewlll |
Prescott. one Of our old time noblemen,
such indeed by nature as we'll as by birth
Tiending thence northeasterly past tie
estate Of Lady Colby OF the house of
Sewall Prescott, widow of the late Eben
Colby, who gave his life for his country
in tie civil war, We come to the proud |
estate vi William Ripley of the house of
Gen. Oren Prescott on his mothers side.
sir W lllldm Is the Duke of Edge Hill.
His estate now Includes on the north that
OF the late lamented Baron Ferdinand
skinner, father Of our honored Sage and
Banneret, and on the south that of the
late Galen keene, whose domicile went up |
in flames some four years ago Next east |
is the noble estate of Sir Charles T. Ran
dali, Earl of Truetown, with it's hopitable !
mansion backed on the north by goodly |
growth of maple and birch wood Still |
on downiinto the dale proper, passing the |
historic mansions of knowlton, Eden and |
Fogg, we come to the estate of Geo. f. |
Randall, Earl of Cartersburg This fine
estate includes water power and lumber
mill. Retracing our steps to the bridge |
over the beautiful st. Georges river we
pass by circuitous route to right or left,
or by foot path back Of the meeting house !
with its classic SNOW white spire built
back in the sixties-the house in the
f0rties--to the fine old estate Of B. 7.
Knowles, the Marquis Of E tst Ridge, des-
ceudant from the house of Brooks. His
estate is backed northwesterly by that of
The late Jefferson Peavey, northerly by
that of the late solomon Gilman, now
owned by Representative Elect Martin.
easteIly by that Of the late Taylor Gil
man and sOutheIly by that of the late