Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-22

with which they stand by home indus
tries and each others enterprises, an
| example worthy to be repeated by the
citizens of every city and hamlet with
in our State. We have a great field
for improvements and grand old
state filled with the greatest of natures
undeveloped resources. We should be
more loyal to our State and to every
industry within it's borders. 1t is a
great privilege to be able to employ
men and women at a good rate of
wages, to teach them to raise good
families, and send their children to
school and educate them for good citi-
zens knowing that on their shoulders
must rest the welfare of future govern
ment.
THE City of Halloween was re-
slondeG to by Rev. j. W. Steele, who
said in part:
Mr. POSTMASTER: To stand sponsor for
the City of Hallowell l am perfectly will
ing, though l shall not, except by way of
passing to the city as it now is, presume
to speak upon it's past history. That is
before you. Settled in 1852 Ilallowell at
once began to grow and at her maturity
became the mother of many, and the
grandmother of many more of the cities
and towns of Maine. Augusta and Farm
ngdae, Manchester and Chelsea are
some Of her children. Some of these
while nesting in the mothers bosom
became naughty and planned to steal the
birthright and now have the goods in
their possession. notably n large house,
better known as the state House, at the
tln Co
are now sitting and are capitally fixed.
Her grandchildren are scattered from
Kittery to Caribou, and from the lake of
the Rangeley region to the islands at the
mouth of the beautiful Kennebec where
she opens into the broad Atlantic
The heat Ct Hallowell is as broad rs
her territory; you cannot look anywhere
without finding it. Like Pat, who was
drafted into service during the Civil
war; he had his tailor make his Uniform
and ordered shield placed over his left
breast for protection against the enemy's
fire. BY way of joke the tailor also
placed shield about midway between
the base of his brain and the back of
his heels. Singular as it may seem the
first bullet from the first gun struck Pat
on that part of his anatomy. "BeEorra,'
said he, "sure the tailor knew where me
heart laid, better than me meself did
So with the heart of Iallowell, it is pro-
tected everywhere, and in no place IS it
more secure than at the center of ac-
tivtieS on Water street where at the
first sign of disorder, the Hallowell Heart
Cure Co. can adjust the machinery to
the satisfaction of every complainant.
Hallowcll stands in the very centre of
Names movements, holding steady Au-
grsta and Watcrvillc on one side; Lewis
ton and Auburn on the other, and keep
ing Biddcford and Bangor from slipping
off the edges.
IIallowel has her Granite Works, the
sturdy stones of which have gone
abroad to strengthen and adorn som"
of the most admired structures of the
nation.
Hallowel has her shoe factory out Of
which has gone some of the finest shoes
to grace the dainticst feet of the pref
TEST rEaidens in this or any other land.
HallowcN has her banks National and
Savings) as strong as Gibraltar, where
your dcposits are safe in the hands Of
men who have never defaulted, and
which afford you better returns than
gold bonds or government securities.
Hallowen has her famous hotel over
which a Stone presides, and where the
most fastidious epicurean can eat until
he cries, II yield, yield. 1 can hold iii
no more"
Hallowell has her Register. weekly
naper. clean. pure and Fuller than ii
M. Nv, al aDDCrclatlSc:
courteous to the core. allowing the Ken
nebec Journal and Boston Globe, on
their good behavior. to come to town
unmolested.
cannot now name all of them but
Hallowell has her rolling mill, her ma
chine shop where skilled workmen turn
out products second to none.
Hallowel has her merchant men and
her merchant women, who are as STEADY
as clocks and as firm as the everlasting
hills by which the city is surrounded
Hallowel has her schools. from the
kindergarten to the high, over which
preside principals and assistants VINO
can teach the young idea how to shoot
and put them into the way of entering
the colleges that are calling for them
Hallowell has her Free Library, in
charge of efficient and painstaking LADIES'
who make choice only of such books
that can with safety be placed in the
hands of the children and the more
mature in years.
Hallowell has her churches, pastored
bv men (present company not accepted)
who fearlessly proclaim the gospel as
they see it, and I am authorized to in
yite every man of you, with your wives,
or sweethearts. or both. to come next
Sunday, hear and see that the churches
are here and that the gates of hell shall
not prevail against them.
Hallowell has had her famous families.
What can l say more? lime would fan
me to tell of Deacon Clark, the
Vaughans: Merricks, Pages, Doles, Win
gates, Dummers. and many others
They were giants in those days; they
have crossed over the river. but many
of their descendants abide to honor their
ancestors. The Cheevers became DIS
tinguished as divines in New York
PeIeg Spra que and George Evans went
to Congress; Henry Paine became bril-
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