The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-30

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Gays IN reaching Maryland. He remained
Vhere TWO years, was successful as a
tPacner, and all the time was studying
Ior college, seldom retiring before mid
night. He taught the English branches
anu Aatln, and received the princley sal
ary oI s4oo year. But his board only
oos' one dollar week, though he lived
Wluh one of the wealthiest families.
lie came home in December because Of
the death Of a brother, and finally conclu-
oeo not to go back, though urged to do
SO. He had abandoned his purpose of
entering college, because two wears of
0reea were required then, and that did
not accord with his ideas. He had long
before resolved to learn some language 81
as to speak it. and considered French to
be next in Importance to English. He
attended the Academy at Gorham for
two years and graduated, but did not
study French because cousin in Canada
had urged him to attend college there
| at St. Hyacinthe, and he had resolved to
do so.
| He made the journey in March through
the Dixvale Notch in New Hampshire,
and was student there till the following
December The president of the college,
who was afterwerd Bishop of Montreal,
secured him boarding place with the
brother of the famous Papineau, who was
then in exile, because of his agitation for
annexation to the United States. The
Papineaus were wealthy and cultured
people, and he thus gained admission not
only to the best society, but to the French
| language in its best use. He became
| able to speak 1t like a native. He was
the only Protestant in the school 1t was
necessary for him to conform outwardly
to the usages of the place, which he did,
though at first his knees rebelled at the
frequent kneslings.
Returning home, he began in the
spring of 1914 to study law in the Office
of Fessenden & Deblois. He also taught
the principal of which was brother of
Prof Packard of Bowdoin. That fall he
attended meeting of prominent citizens,
including John A. Poor, to consider the
question of building a railroad to Mon
treal. That was the inception of that
great enterprise in which he afterward
took an active interest four years after,
becoming the law partner of it's chief
promoter. John A. Poor.
In 1851 Hon. A. W. II. Clapp invited
Mr.. Adams to accompany his nephew,
A. j. Emerson Clapp. as tutor on tour
through Europe. Together they visited
England, Ireland, Scotland, France,
Italy. Austria, Germany and Belgium
He also acted as correspondent of the
Railroad Journal Of New York, writing
chiefly of the railroad systems Of Europe.
On his return he was appointed on the
| staff of Governor Hubbard, whose cleo
ton he had earnestly advocated before
hi departure.
In 1852 he was superintendent of schools
for Cumberland County, and delivered
an address on education in every town in
the County.
q In 1856 Gov. Wells appointed him re-
porter Of decisions Of the Supreme Court.
The year before he had been engaged to
edit the Eastern Argus for John Apple
| WIZ S1iOh hoCOAOthiy vi 1cSdt1Ou bU llOu-
don. This position was the result of his
prominence as Democratic and as a wri-
ter for the public press. He was a Demo-
GRAFT not only because his father was be-
fore him, but because when he was six
teen years old, on the Rumford farm, he
took the Portland papers and made up
his mind that his fathers political opin-
ions were right and those of his grand
father were wrong. He had always
evinced capacity for expressing himself
to good purpose in writing. When in
Canada he wrote letters for this pape
and from his first arrival in Portland as
an law student, frequently commented
upon matters of general ssinterest in such
a effective way that he seemed best suited
to supply MIR. Appleton's place on the Ar.
gus. The campaign that year was very
exciting, and Gov. Wells, the Democratic
candidate, was elected.
| The next year he formed law part.
nership with Nathan Clifford. They were
mutually congenial. Mr.. Clifford once said,
81 guess we'll have a life partnership
Adams" Soon after Mr.. Clifford was
appointed to the Supreme Bench, and mir
Adams was unanimously elected editor
of the Argus by its owners. He did not
desire to accept the offer. There was less
of argument and more of squib writing
and personal repartee then than now,
also the editorial chair of Democratic
paper just prior TO the war was delicate
situation. He preferred the law, at which
he was successful. Old DIR. Ingalls,, a
political sage of that time, advised him tc
accept the position. 'I'm going to con.
tinued in the law and let politics alone. u
was the reply. you'd make better ed
itor than lawyer" said DR.. Ingalls,, and
finally he decided to become the editor Of
the Argus.
Although for so many years editor Of
the leading Democratic paper in Maine
Colonel Adams has not often been can
didate for office. He served two terms
in the Legislature in 1878. In the lat
ter year he was the party nominee fol-
Speaker. His friends often urged him tt