The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-09-18
Annals of Belfast tor Half a
Century.
BY AN OLD SETTLER
(Hon. VIM. G. Crosby.)
CHAPTER XXXU. (lS3S. J

engaged in political manipulations to
take hand in anything else: there was
hardly room for anything to happen
save ELECTION" The contest between
the two great parties, Wing and Demo
cratic, was bitterly personal, especially
in this locality. The Wings were the
victors at the spring election; the tables
were turned at the fall election with
terrible whirl The Democrats carried
everything before them. They were the
'..outs and fought with desperation; the
''ins' We're equally desperate in their
efforts to retain possession of the loaves
and fishes 1t was regular bread and
butter campaign.
The political power of the State was
in the hands Of the Wing party, Edward
Kent having been elected Governor. The
spoils, although up to that period re-
garded by the party as heretical, became
practically an article in its creed. Col.
Geo Thatcher of Monroe was appointed
Sheriff of the County in place of Jacob
Traitor removed; Bailey Pierce, Clerk
of the Courts, in place of n. NJ. Low
ney removed; Solyman Heath, Register
of Probate, in place of VIM. H. Burrlll,
removed; and Webster Kelly, County
Attorney, in place of Charles R. Porter
removed. All the appointees, except
Col. Thatcher, resided in this place; Bel
fast was provided for"
Col. Thatcher was a son of Judge
Thatcher of the Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts, once Member of Congress. He
was born at Blddetord in $780, graduated
at Harvard in 1912, studied law with
Hon. Cyrus King of Saco, where be COM
menced practice in 1915. He removed
from Saco to Monroe in 1885 and resided
there until 1871, when he was appointed
Collector of Customs for this port, and
came here to reside. In January, 1915,
ne resigned his office of Collector and re-
turned to Monroe, where he resumed
business and resided until 1858, when he
ItI-4ONSA W w SS llOlt MASS, NLeIF uG
died suddenly June u, 1857, aged sixty
six. He was high-minded. kind-heart-
ed, honorable gentleman.
Mr.. Kelly was a lawyer by profess
sion, He was born in Salisbury. N. H.,
and graduated at Dartmouth in 1925. He
commenced the practice of his profession
at Frankfort from which place he re-
moved to Belfast He held the office of
Deputy Collector under Col. Thatcher,
Collector of Customs for this port, ap-
pointed in 1S41, and during chat term re-
sided in Frankfort. While residing in
this county he continued in the practice
of the law and stood confessedly at the
head Of the Waldo County Bar. He re-
moved to Bangor IN 1916, and from
thence to Boston in 1880 He was rapid
iy acquiring rank at the Suffolk Bar
when on visit to his friends in New
Hampshire ne was taken suddenly il anc
died at Henniker. July /, 1857. agec
forty-nine.
7 No Mormon preachers visited our
village on the 23d of February ami heIc
forth in the evening to a large assem-
biage. attracted by curiosity TO learr
somewhat Of the faith of the Latter
day Saints The men Were both litter
ate; they may. perhaps, have had tht
gift of the Spirit; one of them certainly
had the gift of CAB to very eXtraordi
nary degree. He took his tex from
one of the Epistles of St. Paul, an
evoked a malediction or all who SIOUX
preach other doctrine than Chris. anG
Him crucified No converts 10 the
faith were made here. They We're more
successful on some of the islands at the
eastward of US, on which they hac beer
iaboring,
In the month of april following a
series Of ''protractei meetings, as
they were styled, were held by the vari-
Gus religious denominations in our place
not, probably, to neutrallZe the effect
produced by the Mormon preacher, but
from an honest conviction that some
thing should be done to check the rising
tide of immortality and irreligion. There
were those who douh ted the expediency
of the movement, questioning the per-
manency of its apparently good results,
but all were agreed that the morals of
our village needed reform sadly.
One of the results of the Knox Con-
vention and the dissensions in the Demo
cratic party growing out of it, of which
mention was made in preceding chap
ter, was the removal of Col Daniel
Lane from the Colectorship of this Port
and the appointment of Nathaniel M.
Lowney, Esq. this event occurred early
in the spring. David W. Lothrop of this
place was appointed Deputy Collector
and Inspector in place of Nathaniel H.
Bradbury and Isaac Allard of this place
was appointed Deputy Collector at
Frankfort in place of Benjamin Shaw
At the annual spring meeting, April
18th, Nathaniel H. Bradbury, Thomas
Marshall and James Gammons were
chosen Selectmen, Henry Colhurn, Clerk,
ard John Haraden, Treasurer. They
uara oil Whios with the aypaptiOp of