The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-07-10
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ed for the benefit of old maids" 1t was
the custom to take the sense of the
meeting, at the close of the discussion,
by ayes and noes. At the meeting at
which the question last named was dis
cussed majority of those whose names
were called were bachelors, old or young;
but the vote was almost unanimous in
favor of taxation. One OF the members
who was suspected of being on the brink
of matrlmony caused no little merriment
by replying, when called on TO vote aye
or no, that he was 'on the fence; q
position occupied about that time by a
large portion of our local politicians.
December 25th was a great day for
"sportsmen. A lot of turkeys were
distributed" at the Spa and still
larger lot of turkeys, chickens and
geese were "exposed to marksmen in
the rear of Mr. rockingham s meeting
house," according to the advertisement;
Refreshments" also were provided.
Rum, gunpowder and the Gospel were
slightly mixed on the occasion.
This year, after long and virulent
contest which embittered the personal
relations of many respectable members
of the community. Waldo Avenue was
located from the McKeen school house,
Or the Mcmillan house, terms used indis-
criminately at the time, to Bridge street.
The opponents of the road favored a To-
cation from the point above named to a
point near the house of George W.
Bruce; the house now occupied by
Messrs. Walton and Hartman on High
street beyond Fields hill. The Avenue
was not continued from Bridge to Main
street, its present terminus, until 1880.
At the meeting held November Sd for
choice of Presidential Electors the vote
was for Adams 1876, for Jackson 70. The
result was surprise to the Waldo Demo-
crat, for in the month of June preceding
the jackson party" in this place, so far
as was known, consisted of-ONE! He
was not man possessed of the mesmeric
power which some men have of rallying
hosts around the banner they fling to the
breeze;-on the contrary he was a man
of repu(sive manner and with few per-
sonal friends; but he was honest, doubt
less, in his conviction, for he was in the
war of 1872 and personally acquainted
with Gen. jackson. Some of the mad
wags of the village, who cared as little
about who should be the next President
as they did about the mystery of the
Aurora Borealis resolved to have some
sport out of his idiosyncrasy, as it was
regarded. They accordingly notified a
meeting of the friends of Andrew
Jackson to be held at the Court house,
at which several vigorous Resolutions
were passed and a contribution was
taken to defray the expenses of the cam
paign. On looking into the hat it was
found to contain one-half pistareen,
equal in value to dime of our present
currency, a four pence half-penny, one
cent, and a handful of pieces of tin
about the size of a dime; the half pista-
reen was the contribution of the Jack
son party!
On the next me rning an old horse be-
longing to the individual referred to was
found, moored head ard tail, in front of
No Phoenix Row, painted with stripes
like a zebra and the words "a. Jack
SOIL" Whereupon the Committee elect
ed at the meeting held at the Courthouse
published an advertisement in the Dem
ocrat, illustrated with the picture of a
iackass, the substance of which was as
follows: 1.-The Jackson Committee of
Belfast, feeling themselves highly in
suited by the coalition, in painting and
otherwise disfguring the noble animal
rode by the "Hero" at the battle of the
Horse shoe, offer the funds raised for
other purposes, for the detection of the
perpetrators of the daring outrage COM
mitted on Monday night last. The Com
mittee entertain no doubt but Clay is at
the bottom of this! 1t is indeed full
and decided proof Of the corrupt bar
gain and sale!" The only signature at
tached was jackson Committee" The
"bargain and sale" referred to was the
alleged coalition between Clay and the
friends OF Mr.. Adams which resulted in
the election of the latter; one of the
battle axes used in the Presidential war
then raging.
1t was not then dreamed by those who
laughed at the boys frolic, that the
Jackson party of one would grow to be
seventy-nine by November then next;
still less that they themselves would be
roaring, ramping Jackson-men within
the next twelve month; yet such proved
to be the fact; one of the illustrations of
the truth that 1--WE know what we are,
but know not what we may be.
Among the business men who came
here this year, not now living, or resid-
ing here, was Charles Goodwin, who
opened dry goods store in No. Pick
ards building, next door to the Eagle
Hotel: when he left here he went to
Portland. William Center, ''from Bos-
ton," opened store of the same kind at
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