Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-09-26
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Ana on the pedestal these words appear
| NV name is Osymandias, king of kings
| Look on my works. We mighty, and de
| spairi
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
OF that colossal wreck. boundless and
| bare
The lone ana level sands stretch fai
! away
He saw the utter folly Of erecting
| costly statues in thc vain hope OF per
petuating his memory. lie SAID. though
he had accomplished an this that he hal
| become the king Of kings, Yet all was
vanity. Look on my works. We mighty
and despair
the world has the writer of our day,
Orators may. by their words of eloquence,
| move the thousands, but the writer OF Z.
book reaches millions. and many book
have been translated into 50 many Ian
guagcs that they are read by almOs,
every nation of the world. Surely he VIII
shall give to III" world one good bOOl.
which shall be read by millions, one tina
will make its readers some better fu:
having read ii, has done a good life work
and surely he would not cXclaim: "LooH
on my works. ye mighty, ana despair,
but rather would offer that noble petition
of George Eliot:
"Oh, may | gain that choir Invisible.
OF those immortal dead who 1--we again.
In minds made better by their presence,
In pulses stirred to generosity.
In deeds of daring rectitude. in sCorn
For miserable aims that end with self.
In thoughts sublime that pierce the nigh,
And With their mild pcrsistcnce urg
mans search
To Naster issues.
Who can foresea the great influence
ftttY
OF this town? Not only its material bui
its educational future will be benefited
thereby. certainty Your citizens Will valu,
their farms ana ihcir places Of business
higher because Of b.. and every one VII
| think more ul his home because il brings
| tn them the advantages NJ reading IN,
! great minors IT the world. Nud To you,
children comes in abundant measure tn
benefits here bestowed. Its influence.
upon their future lives YuU cannot est
1 mat', AND lis advantages 10 them Npu
cannot measure. May ~ lr to them iuut
! iur W mai ANA moral 4. Ntlupmvut. III
! their tongues are touched with the fir,
I nj ,.Yurrurn. may thrs here hr tJuEn. 4.
I lpt tlrir voices Nt h,Irl iur thu upui tiI-
| ~ oar race and uui iu ~tSiag nnpc.'-
uI.t.r aGtiu-' thr eternal NaFii'"s m tn.
1 WORT pt ti.N
~ ,r,.r tfou-hr- Snail b- painted u
, Yf,.-tc lun- may they h,r. b. ICED tn up
TOTO tui rrnnhl. tl..r f,,.uv men ana ul'
t' lrrr them in tHr paths Wy passion au
IL th,y -hall -..k rh. highways nc com
[ uEr.ts ANA fur urr.'- rf trIu'. ma. ihi'
n"h.. sift l"ad them i' scatter tnri
wealth %" bless and uYt With '.d &" gra.
ifN personal tmhit Nd.
IVY. Grand master mon ptid his.
irilui. to ih, donor and charged "a, e.li
Z,n- rf Clinton tn I'r'~'rN. .h' glit.
F ". Plaist,d ~ Augusta. rcjoicrG
/ that hc could b. prr sent. The occasion
4 .n auspiCiuus N has brought ali to-
I g-thcr to honor former resident. W
\ W. Brown, who gave The building. Ms
Y Brown herself had also honpred thu
! town by hcr presence and in return was
| hunorcd.
H. referred u the work az the Ma.
sons in laying the corner stone ano
spoke uf ihr work Of tn" Masonic Or
der.
From your midst years ago a young
nln went out Ia fight lifc's battles. To
day h returns to his old home ano
gives his presence. He gives the library
His life is an example to the yOunf
men uf The town. lie knew your father,
ana now furnishes means of cducat
ing the people. Col. Plaisted theI
passed on to the benefits of the secre
orders and as he expressed it the worl
that makes life worth living. He pait
glowing tribute to Mr. Brown ant
spoke of the benefits that will be de
rived from the library. His address wa!
hearty applause.
The historical address was then dc
liVered by Rev. J. a. Weed
He said in part:
The town of Clinton originally com
priscd within its limits what is nov
Clinton and Benton. This and sur
rounding territory anciently belonge'
to the Plymouth Company under
grant from King James T., made il
t 1906 The first settlements, however
Il, on the I<enrebec river We're made i
7 1715. when David Gray, Gearge F'itz
gerald. Stephen GoOdin and one Gilso
/ settled at Woodwin's Corner. Then j
about 1888 Gcrshom Flagg settled o
the west bank of the Sebastic0ok. Flag
came from from Lancaster. Mas
other old settlers were J. f. Roundl
Captain a. Richardson. Isaac Hol
! Trial Hall. David Hunter, Charle
= Amos. Jonathan Brown. jesse Bake
i and a man named Philbrook. The ter
ritory Of Clinton and Benton became
plantation in 1890 and on April 90 179
the first town-meeting was held at tn
house of Jonathan PhiIbrook. Har
i cock plantation was the original nam
ard 1t numbered 27S souls. In 1912 til
:, town was divided and Benton set off b
itself taking its name from Thomas I
Ee0tor the great senator from Mi:
souri,. In 1886 milling and manufat
TIN ing began at clinton village ard II
.. FIST hotel was built and kept by Alfre
Hunter. William Yarmouth was ais
in trumcntal in promoting many publ
r IMPROVEMENTS.
Tie reverend speaker then discussed
detail the origin of tie various villag
Within The town Units. P!shon's Ferr
IL Morris7n's Corne1. Gacdin's Corner ii
A. Wn7ds01's Corrcf. and reviewed the hi
Il, N tr!r ~ the families IA Hunter. Mcneil
I Browne. lip,r. Wells, Richardson. IIod
y den, Lamb, VIM, spaarir. Resse Al
Morrison. lie told Of The tie or the Sc