Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-10

Lru commitment to Father Drllillette.
niHseil, who had arrived there fror
France. three years preyin,s That ye,.,
Jay Here the pious missionary und,sl
,ne SHADOW of the cross. the sacred en-,
about ,, Mn " ma mans REDEMPTION. gathered
1917 Iiin the untutored children of tht
Forest and instructed them M s;rns = IL
.hTouei an Interpreter until he had mas
tered their difficult dialect Here for mn
aposto,i pi ,n zen years ears, at intervals, thi.
, pored TO heal the wounds and malaaia.
/ q ihrii souls and bodies. by every can.
! ossaple consolation human and divine
- VIZ" ~, meanwhile. he had been recalled
! 70 Quebec. to give an account Of nc
success of his mission and 10 aid in M
. v,,a,aoiishnenl Of others in still more per
nous regions. Twice he had been re-
a,,i9 at the earnest entreaty of his de-
|, voted lock, who became inconsolahIe IN
ms departure from them Twice he RI,
paiieu 70 Boston to try and effect a
,hsaay IoI their mutual protection against
, ''irir inii,iacable foe, the Iroquois.
| nouSn ne appeared before the New
England authorities, not only as q good
pas.oT, III the interest of the sheep az
NJ ioid' put,as an accredited ambassador
W ahe canadian government his noble
Glorts tailed, and the alliance that would
iiaNe saved them from the untold mis-
erlSs OF war, was never consumated
iiern. nls iahors practically ended at
| cue MISSION of the Assumption, and the.
ialhef took his last sad farewell of his
sorrowing children. to whom he had
endeared himself by so many tender ties
of affection.
Though far advanced in years and
prokeh III health, Father Druillettes had
y YET more trying and dangerous mission
| 70 undertake. Sent To the distant West
he there Joined the famous Pere Mar
auctte, whose labors and tolls he shared.
until he had gone beyond his S0th year
Mneni worn out and exhausted by the
| natushlps 81 his long missionary career
ne returned to Quebec to die The fruit
o. MS Jealous labors long survived him.
those among whom he here laborcd
preserved the faith which they had re-
ceived from his lips until the Abanaki
| tribe became extinct, in the desolating.
| wars that followed.
| Towards the close of the last century
the white settlers who had long since
been gathering, began more rapidly to
increase ana to replace the eXpatriated
| Indians. and the Augusta of today whose
| centennial we are celebrating with All
its modern adornments. is the work of
Their hands or its material growth ana
| prosperity 1t is not within my province
TO speak. To the theme Of the early
church | am restricted The modern
cdifice that has replaced the original is
hardly less modest and unpretentious
than its precursor May we hope that
II has preserved the sacred traditions of
the past and will continue to perpetuate
,nem: Under the. fostering care of st.
Mafy's not few missions have been
| nurtnred Wlthln large radius until they
nnally became self-sustaining. One by
one. she like fond mother witnessed
and responsible only for the remnant
| that has been left to her spiritual care
and guidance. Of the long line of zeal
Gus and devoted pastors. who ministered
at her altar, some are now engaged in
| other fields of missionary labor. while
| many have gone to their eternal rest.
| To the present St Mary $ parish the
| outSrowth of the Ancient Mission of the
| Assumption may we not aptly apply the
beautiful words of Holy Scripture which
| express SO well the interchangeable charac-
| ttern1l 81,
| teaches: 'And Thou in the beginning
@ Lord. has founded the earth. and the
| heavens are the works of Thy hands:
| they shall perish. but Thou shalt con-
| tinue; and they shall grow old as a gar
ment; and as vesture Thou shalt
| change them and they shall be changed;
| but Thou art the self same: and Thy
| years shall not fall.
Hon. II. NJ. Heath was the next
speaker. his subject, tine Bench and
the Bar" being introduced with the
sentiment:
The balance wheel that keeps rightly
| adjusted the complicated machinery of
public ana private affairs.
In response to the introduction, given
with compliment as one of the States
NEST esteemed members Of the bar, Mr.
Heath said:
Judging from the very common expert
oncc that | have in nay practice. have Il
| strong suspicion that | belong to the
| bench now. ! do not always nave my
| own way with it.
once made himself famous by what was
said to he the shortest speech recorded III
the annals of that English legislative
| body After the distinguished Edmund
| Burke had given one of his mastery ora
| tons which left nothing whatever to be
said upon the subject. he. arising with a
| GOOD deal of enthusiasm said, Mr speak
| err | say ditto to Mr.. Burke.
! Now if You We're here this afternoon,
and heard the graphic and eloquent cpl
| tome of the history Of Augusta by tn"
Chief Justice. and heard him digrcss for
nj least a quarter of his time in Il master
| v review of the achievements of the
bench and the bar of Augusta. you wiz
approciate the acknowledging that ! have
fot. that famous member of the English
Parliament. About All there is LETT Tor me
TO say is to suggest that aiter iiie eily'
| Justice of the greatest court inChristendonl
| has adorned the subject matter, there ~
but little left for the lips of Il PLAIN couil :
| try Justice of the peace, but, the Nistols
| Of Augusta eursori!y gone over mere 10 =
| night would not be complete without az
least a word rs TO what her lawyers VINO
have lived here have done ! thihk as y
| General proposition, ii would be Saie I"
| sav that no good thing has come 10 Au~
gtIsta in the last hundred years th'it mas
| not been formulated, or hciped, III leaSi,
1 =
| difficult today. TO have anything thitt -
very good in this town without hcr III" -
vers for without them what would you
do for "A presiding officer and what, M
friends for a powerful business governor
and what for learned ana handsome
MAYOR? | might so on. down TO the mos
| rhlc postmaster. and another gentleman
who has had the audacty TO buy ana own
| n fort that was built $50 years ago, anu y
distinguished political speaker; so ihit'
after a hundred years, at least the laW -
vers of today, those living among YOU you
ivbo have not immortalized thcmseiVeS
bv diving or by emgratinG. are stu doihb
e9,ncthing for Augusta. The very thinG
,bat made Augusta among the posSipiil-
tics and made il possible for TINS pe'tu-
| tif,l city to be located here was the crei,
| lion of n lawyers brain. Many citieS dh't
| many towns in Maine. as you Know, nay :
| hecn built because of their neafhess ~
some water power or their harbor or nav il
| iyntion capacity Augusta owes us Ms
reai movement toward progress To the
h,,iidino Of this bridge which spans tn
iSnnnebec river The idea of the develop
mont of its water power came ~ yen >
later IL was almost bali a century pc
, fore her people damned the river, ana ~
! mon. i'm their earlier experience, damned
, | the dam. ,,,s+a I havo
| bnf little personal knowledge. nut %
en,o Of these elderly men many OF THESE
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