The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-21
FACTS ABOUT MAINE.
The State Sold for $G,25O-Queer
Names in Maine.

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Names in Maine.
From the New York Press.
The untimely death of former Speak
err Reed brings UP the subject of
Maine. the twenty-third state in the
Union, the Pine Tree State. the Lum-
Der State, the land of the Foxes. Reed
was the biggest man the state ever
grew. Blaine. whose name and fame
were so intimately associated with
Maine, was a native of Pennsylvania,
therefore, an adopted son of the orig
inal New England" Maine has Civ
Ell us one Vice President-Hannibal
Hamlin. She has never produced a
President being geographically out of
IL. But Blaine lost by a close shave.
Reed missed the nomination in 1896.
She has afforded us a Secretary of
State, two Secretaries of the Treasury,
a Postmaster General and an Attor-
ney General. She also gave us the
widow Cover, fair Nordica.
Maine was owned by Sir Ferdinando
Gorges. That name appears to have
been lost. There are no Gorges to-day,
so far as l can learn. Here is chance
for some fellow to get a pedigree. Sir
Ferdinando's grandson sold his heri-
tage for s6.250 to the state of Massa-
chusetts. The Gorges laid out a great
city of twenty-one square miles and
named it Georgeans. 1t was on the
Aganenticus river or Acomenticus,
and is known to-day as the post viii
lage of York. some eight miles from
Portsmouth.
Maine is the Mother of Prohibition.
Her Governors and senators have had
the Christian names of Albion. Ma
than, Jonathan, Samuel, Arson, JOS
eph, Lot, Israel, Abner, Joshua, Dam
iel. Sebastian, Alonzo Peleg, Ether,
Judah Renel. Hannibal. Amos. Enoch
and Selden. What other state can sohw
such a list !! Maine is the Mother of
Foreign immigration. In 1864 she gave
$25 for every able-bodied immigrant
imported by fostered state corpora
ton. Think of that Less than half a
century before $4,000 of her best citi-
zens" emigrated to Ohio. Think of
that She is the Mother of Woman
Suffrage. A womens convention in Au-
gusta in 1874 resolved, THAT we pledge
ourselves never to cease the agitation
we have begun until all unjust dis
ordinations against women are swept
away" She is the Mother of Anti
Trust. In 1889 she forbade trusts. She
has imposed the death penalty, abol-
ished it, restored it and abolished it
again.
Names rivers, lakes and mountains
have names that could not be forgot
ten. These are some: Cupsuptac, Po-
Homogeneous, Sagadahoc, Chimmenti-
cook, Chimpasaoc. Chinquassabamtook
Essquilsagook, Schoodic, JTmsaskis,
Ripogenis, Wassatoquoit. Matagomon,
Pangokomook, Wallagosqu
Moosetocmaguntic, Apmonjenegamoo
Wstokenebacook, Sysladobsis Millen-
Kihuk, Cosbosecontic, UmbazookslSis,
Damariscotta. Notch and Pemadu-
nook.
The seaeoast OF, Maine Is the most
wonderful in the world. In a straight
line IL measures 225 miles, but when all
the ms and outs are counted the
shore line Is 2,4sG Hundred Harbor
Maine" There are fifty-four light
houses and twenty-three fog signals
between Kittery Point and Quoddy
Head The tide at Eastport has q rise
and fail of IS feet 2 Inches.
Portland was the first capital OF
Maine. Augusta was incorporated un-
der the name Of Harrington. and az
q town was known as cushnOc. IL be-
came the capital IN 1892. The states
coat Of arms n a silver shield bearing
q pine tree, with a moose lying az ifa
foot. Only a few CHOICE spirits have
seen q moose lying down, yet an army
of some s0,000 hunters look f0r hlTn
every winter haine's motto-'I a.
rect"