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

ers yrri.h siueiicc IN those great pow
.ntoush every region of the earth
Meiltlon OF the kennebec Journal now
hearing the venerable age of three quar-
strs,, =. century. and steadily gaining
I,,.u,lis.n ~ gong, recalls the names OF
Lu,her Severance. John l.. Stevens, Rus
SCI eaton John Dorr, and a host OF
o ,cl Is severance. who shared with Hor-
.'ec Ireeiey the rather unique habit OF
composing and setting up his own edi-
toriais at the case. was member of Con-
Srcss ana commissioner to the Sandwich
islanus, where he was succeeded some
Years later by Mr.. Stevens as minister
VINO was otherwise distinguished in the
diplomatic service
\ ne paper hangings on the walls of the
ottagon parlor of the Williams home
stedu sun testify to the interest that
Always seems to have been taken by the
people OF Augusta in those islands float
ing on the vast Pacifics liquid fields
me voyage of Captain Cook there de-
plcted preceded by years the arrival of
those missionaries, many of them from
the state of Maine. who moved by IAN
inward zeal and great hope of laying
some good foundation or at least, to
make some way thereunto for the propa-
eating and advancing of the gospel of the
kingdom of Christ in those remote parts
OF the earth, laid the basis of the future
destiny of those far-off outposts in the
progress of mankind.
And so the Age reminds us of George
Robinson, George NJ. Weston, Daniel T.
Pike, Treby johnson and William X.
Smith, and of Richard ID. Rice whose
judicial career reflected so much honor on
his State and town.
Then there was the Gospel Banner, in
timately associated with William A.
Drew, the first pastor of the Universal
list church, and who acquired distinction
as commissioner to the great exhibi-
ton of 1851 at London, the predecessor
of the Worlds Fairs of succeeding years.
Holman e. Manley succeeded Berry in
nf r,li, of ar
some years took charge of the Maine
Farmer. which had been published by
DIR. Holmes at Winthrop: moved to Au-
eusta and there carried on by Russell
Eaton They were followed by Badger &
Marley. Homan still surviving, Badger
just fallen on sleep, and the junior Man
ley connecting us with General Sewall.
with Governor Cony, and with the old
judge, moderator at the first town meet
ing.
Would that time allowed the taking up
these newspapers and their predecessors,
The Tocsin; The Advocate; The Intelli-
gencer: The Gazette, &c. which in them
selves embody the history of the town. in
their advertisements; in their notices of
marriages and deaths, and in those small
paragraphs that relate to the daily life of
the citizen. and to the incidents, one by
one, however apparently insignihcant
some of them may be, which mark. like
the ticking of the clock. not only individ-
ual coming and going, but the gradual
advance of material Improvement.
Because depression has been as far as
practicable restrained. and innumerable
thoughts suppressed of those who glide
among us. with feet that make no sound
upon the fioors,' it must not be supposed
that the unnamed have not been remem-
bered and so have been neglected They
are welcome guests here, and hold in
mortmain still their old estates.
But this imperfect story must be closed.
1t has not been brought down to date 1t
has been desultory Ii has brilliant chap-
ters that have not been told. 1t is TO be
continued and better told hereafter. This
Is only the fragmentary and hurried talk
of one of Augustus boys, sitting by the
home fireside as the evening grows apace.
and the circle, of which he has never for
gotten that he is one, narrows around
him Being thus at home he cannot fully
realize why the sunrise and the sunset
gun at the Arsenal, which he has heard
so often in his boyhood and his youth,
should break out in salute TO the incum-
bent of a great office though he knows,
claiming no desert on his part that any
position, however exalted, may, in this
dear land. come to any one who adheres
to the old traditions of faith and duty. of
country and of home, and all that they
imply.
Truly, 'the pathway that leads TO her
door has never been forgotten by Au-
gustas sons, no matter how Tar aheld
they may have ventured. The SKIES
hearts. Though in the fertility of TINS
lovely valley there is little resemblance
to rocky Ithaca and little resemblance IN
the wanderers to the sage Ulysses, all
can eXclaim with MIN:
Rugged she is but fruitful nurse of sons
Magnanimous; nor have these eyes be-
Elsewhere an object dear and sweet as
she.
Breaking off abruptly, and from neces-
sity these conclusions may neVeftheiesS
be plainly deduced from the narfatloh'
that the founders of Augusta were men
of marked ability, of solid worth, and or
active enterprise; of thorough patriotism
and true courage; who, Whatever tiie!5
differences in politics or religion, adhefeo
tion. under every circumstance; who al
wavs took pride in their own citlzens,
and never befouled the common nest ny
personal alterations outside the pre-,
cincts within which they We're redre9 4
and by which they We're sheltered; ana
win whom, though many of the old lam
lilies have disappeared in name, the con
nection of those of today is distinctly
.traceable through the ties OF plood ana
common association. The continuity
and without continuity III human affairs
..nen would become like flies IN q sum
mer''-has been maintained uhprokeli,
and so the future has its enduring rookS
in the past. ea+hars
l,new not only how to command, but no"
To ohey and that true freedom nourlShcs
hest when self restrained. They knew
from experience that the tree or hpcrty
can only obtain its perfect growth wneh
nroteoted by the-sacred circle OF fuhGa-
mental law and they resisted any az
tannt 10 break down the hedge Whlch
prevents it from being uprooted ana de-
voured As they successfully solved the
nr0blems of their time, so may we iook
far fhe solution of the problems Whlch
nonfront u.s. We need not fear external
attack, and, if we follow their sood eN-
ample. no Goths and Nandals can ARISE
within our borders to overthrow our III
situations.
The Grafton was followed by long APP
nlause. several times renewed, ana
after a selection by the orchestra foi-
,o,,rri' from Norma, Mr.. Bradbury IN
troduced Mrs. Emma Huntington Ma
CON Augusta's well-known poetesS
who was given most cordial greeting
Her poem, which lost nothing IN he'
repdariup. was a graceful production
fu1I of beauty and harmony, and breath
mo tho true spirit of the long ago. II
is eiven below in full
Ancient Koussinoc.