Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-11-12

nat ursl attractions.
! have only alluded to a few OF our sa-
lient points in order to rivet your at
tention to what the State OF Maine is,
what Its opportunities are. No one,
even in the Wild deiirium OF dream
can picture to himself the future great
ness of our State. Maine has room
enough for millions OF inhabitants. As
DIR. Holmes so many years ago declared
1t wholly depends upon the exert ions of
her children IN living up to the designs OF
Providence to fOreteli the future of
Maine. Beyond and above this material
wealth the greatness OF Maine is in the
Tact that 1t has no large cities, no slums,
no poverty.
1t is made up Of SINAI! cities, attractive
towns aud villages, where the home life
controls, where men and women are
reared. Tue influence OF home life upon
character Is the great factor III the well
j being OF community. 1t not only
.teadies, but 1t stimulates II pbltion, en-
courHs-S an honest HE nnd makes the
dweI!er OF home better man and citizen.
THE HOMES OF MAINE.
The majority or our people dwell in
their own homes, which form net
work 81 ernobIiag associations from the
humble>t cot to the pHiHre, forming the
bulwark of civilization, and drawing
the people to more intIuate and
patriotic love OF their native soil
Ian MaClareu, in one of his beautiful
/ scotch stories, says: "tor townsman
may be born m one city, educated in
:. C"hd, H"ffltd II thifd, and work IN
taurth, II houses are but mus which
ne Use, Hud turgeis. lie hns no roots;
he i vlgrent oa tine lice OF the earth;
/ uut the c1untryunn Is born md bred,
and inarr'c' nnu dies one farm, and
TIM scene ii" looks ut n his Old age - the
same he saw IN ms hoyhood. Ills roots
are struck deep INTO the s1l! ana II Nou
tear them Il hls heart MltheFs and dies.
When -omriim,s one, therefore, reads Of
a fariner re,nE cH-t oat Of his holdings,
H. must not consider ii the SAINT as q
tenhnt go!ng from one street To another,
for II Is nnt house tIis farmer leaves, 1t
/, AIS iifr.'
II Is in Tia" home life, hat life around
which the affections ceutre in the shrlnes
SHaT,.m ,,n, rnaIIy rnn.tftnt. ,,ir sf,,'
are born and rearei. Domestic pleasures
cannot be cultivated in the great centres
" here the. eve. of every man Is upon hi.
| nelg hbor, because home Itself mean, peace
and comfort, freedom to do ~ one likes,
to enjoy absolute irdiVi,iual liberty
| Home, rs Drydeu says, is the -ucrca
refuge of our lIte.h View We may the
pleasures and the gIorits to he obtained
| by the successes and distinctions in the
| various walks of life, by commanding for
| the time being the admiration and APP
pause OF the world, by occupying DO
sitions of power and welding it. III
| fiuence, yet, after all, the true enjoyment
OF this life, the greatest comfort or
! pleasure or hHppiue-s that can CONS, to
! man or woman, is that happiness, that
pleasure, that serenity, that perfect peace
! which comes from true and high domestic
/ life
The home, the fireside is after all the
greatest throne aud brings the only last
ing peace and happiness that this world
can afford Th1. Is what make, Maine
great. pre-eninently great. 1t i, because
| by the very nature OF things, hy il. con-
ditions hv its small cities ana its numer-
Gus villages and towns, it IS nothing but
| a great home life. Look at its men and
women. See what ii mas produced, NOT
in material wealth. but 5. nat it ha. pro-
auced in men and women.
IN THE ARTS,
in science, in poetry, in song, in history,
in orators in statesmen, in patriots aud
| heroe. " hat a galaxy OF men and women
we can point to with pride and say 10 any
and every other State, match them it you
| can. 1t gave the world that master OF
immortal song, Longfellow. 1t has given
simmons, who has the power to chisel
or, Of the marble marvellous works OF art.
II Aus produced trinity of sonEsters
who have touched and improved the
hearts of millions.
Carey, Eames and Nordica have made
the world better and richer by their beau
tiful and unrivaled voices 1t has pro-
dueed innumerable scholars who have in
spred thousands OF youth in their re-
search for knowledge. No orator ever
r1yaled its Prentiss. no MARTYR ever eX-
celied its Cilley. It's patriots are num-
bered by thousands, of whom Knox and
Andrew were only examples. It's states
men have been conspicuous from the
early days OF our statehood.
What state ever produced men greater
than Sprasue and Chandler and Williams
and Evans and Fesseuden, Howe and
Hamlin. and the Morrills and James G..
Blaine, who though not born among us,
spent his life here, imbued the spirit of
our institutions and our soil and became
bv adoption our great leader. In the law
nurer and brighter and better names than