The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
AS TO MAINE.
A Cheap Purchase Of Realty-The
Mother of Some Things.

Mother of Some Things.
New York Press.
The untimely death of former Speaker
Reed brings up the subject of Maine, the
twenty third State in the Union. the Pine
Tree State, the Lumber 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 original
New England" Maine has given us one
Vice President-Hannibal Hamlin. She
has never produced President, being geo.
graphically out of it. But Blaine lost by
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 attorney gen.
eral She also gave US the widow Cover,
fair Nordica.
Maine was owned by Sir Ferdinand
Gorges. That name appears to have been
lost. There are no Georges to-day so far
as l can learn. Here is chance for some
To ses s sp a S
State of Massachusetts. The Gorges laid
out great city of twenty-one square
miles and named it Georgeana. 1t was on
the Agamenticus river, or Acomenticus,
and Is known to-day as the post village of
York, some eight miles from Portsmouth.
Maine is the mOtner or prOnlDit1On. Her
Governors and senator's have had the
Christian names of Albion. Nathan, Jona-
than. Samuel, Arson, Joseph, Lot Israel,
Abner, Joshua, Daniel, Sebastian, Alonzo,
Peleg, Esther, judah. Renel, Hannibal,
Amos, Enoch and Selden. What other
State can show such list? Maine is the
mother of foreign immigration. In 1864
she gave SIS for every able-boded immi-
grant imported by fostered State corpora
ton. Think of that. Less than half a
century before 1900 of her best citizens
til l.fx.lr >f tI@tf O
the mother of woman suffrage. womens
convention in Augusta in 1874 resolved
THAT we pledge ourselves never to cease
the agitation we have begun until all I'M
swept away" She is the mother of anti
trust. In 1889 she forbade trusts. She has
imposed the death penalty, abolished it,
resorted 1t and abolished 1T again.
Names rivers, lakes and mountains have
names that could not be forgotten. These
gadahoc, Chimmenticook. Chimpasaoc.
Chinquassabamtook. Essquilsagook, Schoo-
die. Umsaskis. Ripogenis, Wassatoquoit.
gamook, Moosetocmaguntic, Apmonjenega-
nook, Wetokenebacook, Sysadobsis. Mil
lenkikuk. Cosbosecontic, Umbazookskus
Damariscotte Notch and Pemadumook.
The seacoast of Maine is the most won
derful in the world. In straight line ii
measures 225 miles, but when all the ins
and outs are counted the shore line is 2.4S6.
Hundred Harbor, Maine" There are fifty
four lighthouses and twenty-three fog sig
nails between kittery Point and Quoddy
Head The tide at Eastport has a rise and
fall of eighteen feet two inches.
Portland was the first capital OF Maine
Augusta was incorporated under the name
OF Harrington, and as town was known
as Cushnoc. 1t became the capital i'm lS32
The States coat of arms is a silver shield
bearing pine tree with a moose lying at
its foot. Only few choice spirits have
seen a moose lying down. yet an army of
some $1,000 hunters look for him every win
ter. Names motto-"1 direct"