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paris» maixe, September 3, \m.
State Election, Monday, Sept. 13.
FOU fiOVERlOI,
J. L. Chamberlain,
ruii δ^}ί\τυιι>·ν
WILLIAM W B<)J»>TEK,
THOMAS Ρ CLEAVES.
Ψ**η o» *
WILLIAM K. KIM HALL.
**>K roriTv t <f v«» m:
HORATIO A Γ ST IX
?V>I» ΓΟΓΝΤΤ ΟΟννΤΊ'ΊΟΝΚΚ:
WILLIAM C'HASK.
Λ*- A*<|Pme*Mir* .'■· ttc 14 >i»J*Uur,\
HENRY K. ii \MMONl).
Only λ fHc .'Mif/5 More!
Klection i- at hai· 1 I.ft t! - S»wr <i
which remain !m» d< >tcd !·> w ri\ î
•v«rr rcpnhM.'Hti vet#· l>c br*> »»ht ίο tlx
η :ιητ ι τι»οΙ»»»^«· !*» -t Λ* \\
home bt>cur«· thnr ν of* miv not î*
tv«<îetj. ο<»ηνΐ»ητ the i»t thttr ni<ts ·
Be up *T)il doing.
Srnsei?** Hi f*J t
So common is it for a portion of the
d(finer«tic pre*> ro in«în!«ζ·· in wholcstk
bragging, or '</■<$'* ■»*}, beforr eteeti >n, thai
l»ut liftle attention paid to it, even in
tidfre* Λ\Η^η the future is invested wrrh
some dou' t—I ni how nonsen<:rat and
utterly <t»q»H r» ft în a panel tv attempt
$uch hnmhntp ry, in λ year iike IhK
*hen the deiu.HTatu· part}· i- a« quiH :t>
t!ie £rft\ · iiït«"> which they quietly propose
to rest next year. It ha< rema nod lot
th<* R<w ;>>r I> 7>ν 'rat te out-Herod Hero»!
in this particular. it ha* resorted t.i
titres to prove thelepgth ofitsof, ι m->,
ami thro λ* ont a sop to the gy H.<, ** f>l
lon s :
TV* t«tal official vote o!" the State f >r
thenars 1*07 au il 1*'s \v»«. as fui'· tv -
l«f 1*6*
Chamberlain, Rep. ÔÎ\K.»S 7ô..'»2">
Villsbury, L>*in. ."-Ki.'J.VJ
Soot ten u£. 431
Total 103,753 1,11.78*2
The total >ote the p;"esent year, as the
I >i-tTTorrat estimates, w ill h*· as fo!lo\r<
8mith. l»em. «5«\7
Chaniborlain. regular Kep. 4·* 5 >4
HiditKNTil* lempera**· Κ»·ρ. s.»
Total 1U»>,718
, Having defeated ;n v.ectton (in prophe·
i t) they reh up u tli.· Hu-M>oni nun in
the t«»c al elect iou> to dt-feat e»o i^h r<
publicans to throw the Legislature into
deiut<craùc haud>. The Democrat, pre
diets that Aroostook. Knox. T,in<olu,
λ\ a>hin£ton ami Yo:k cnuutie* w: i vnd
Denacnuie Seanlott,iiBi in all. fallows
the Republican.^ t·» e on in Audivn· '^iu,
Kennebec, Pen υ χ· ·ΐ, Sajf i<lahtn\ t >'.a
8; it anticipate'» s: ν .ο:.·· inl'.m ·« . uni.
Franklin, liar*-»*·-*», Ih.u 1, I'wat.nj i*,
ScMMfset. V|] 11 —4 «
Toe J 4 vai aucie^ th ·..··: nip.-v' -d iu the
S< n.ite MNMl t r fiUl y SwSlon
e ect aud the HiuJ^e i:. ' >»u\ention. Λ m I
h»«rc it is that our uii; a ·■;· in clover.
Γύβ Ueprwntatn t . etle«t i y ι ρ ι
ralïty. iusteadoi'a ma;* ity.t >- »! i
gi\iug ta* 1»··ΐηο« iat> l ie » s« aJ\ i
tage i 1 alt tbe %.·;<.» .a» a awa\ Κ u
the regular liepubit v.u)»'·. ; »! - »* c
iluhtMun ti»eu il u l ο·· .ι i mtti ί it
in ;«*!.■> :<*at are un rtnly lb. it η
bj siuail utajo iti< - u · -n;»\ ù .* ; "·« i· »
κ ? KepreMMitatites. Ihe ί>··!η ν I
paiuia lii*· re>i». ia _* I Ui *> t*»r «
party, putting Ιΐ·< l> er.it>iu the Uoi e
ati"» and th« U-pr· »n« at 71. AV h
thi» ro.iit ot ι,» i:^e « * . -an ϊ··> ia I *
Seuate Cotlid be liile 1 · I> at-, ι it
in^ that U>dy >tand a*. »mlii j; ! · îi «j»
l> aua T.;tio p:>>piiet, ^ ■ > an>.*r ι» to ■>
Ile^a jiicans.
Thr (.*nnl Γι èitplur* ti» «4
(h'tjait z itn*n!
We Ίλ \ J that the temj>er
an<T o. ^aiu/ iti ή know ιι a- '? »o ! I em
pla ·«, lue tue s..n» «»f Γ iip-ranό, was
instilaic>l lo pr » n »:»· ihe tcmj.nrr.iMCC
reformation, without regard to p.irty lu
Other wolds, th.it it wa-a I» uij ♦*! ance
r.iiiivr than political urbanization Wen
it not -o. it w »uUl t»e vi*rv much circum
scribed in il- tirld ut' oj^rr.aion ami
limited iu il» tueni!>er*hip and influe net*.
And still il i> ei idriil t >at the ih«rd |ur v
movement owe-* it> origin to the action ol
th»G<>o«l Teiup'ar* I. ·*!»»· of tin* State,
la* ?priag, which to«>* a. tion on the su -
ject ot the χ tht-rnaiot ial nomination, and
re- · ttions »· «ndemnatory ο!" the
leaiperauce ι luract . ol the republican
nominee ÎUr liovernor. And it ise<juallv
well known ih.it the Co nit\ organization*
«*1 the third party are t i. v«*d up and agreed
uj»on iu the secret gathering of tin· t»<»od
Templars. While we do u >t quest ion the
r^ht ot these organ i/.*tion* to a«Mime
such political altitudes» w * que.>tiou the
propriety oi it. a·» a iuf η» ο! promo.in^
the refont» which they prole» to hare at
heart. Λ'ο gicat politiul movement can
be prosecuted «ucwssl ul ly, or for an\
leDgtti ol tiuie, b} *cri t conclave*. Se
cret societie* Are not ob.ectionable. Uj
forward -ociai or rciormatorv measures,
simply, but the genius ot our tree in
stitutions will not toi r.vte political move
ments conceived in sec et midnight
action*. Bat we do not beiieve Li* it the
Good Templar» are lia le to the oiurgt
of lieing ail in la.or «·i ttie third pailj
movement. It evid* .it thai thi.- - i.oi
the case iu our count·, ai we know,
personally, many racu;oet· of the oiviei
who are active support ·ι> o. Gov. Cham
berlain. Indeed, we «αο» of hut le λ
who are not.showin;:'! it a U rgemajoiiti
of the oider will act in ependently of ι ht
dictationof th»>ec who ; *e s-trivingtoco
mit the order to boltii. Wj reparti il
as unjust to the org . izatio:i to doi 1
their indépendante « such dictator.—
stiH, there is an influx ce exerted up :i
many of the members -the young and
experienced one- who ire just commet
ing political life, w ; ich is irnprop
What i-< tru*» ι u: ( y, is tr
throughout the dute The moat promi
nent member*» of th* ordefr, tvoi
are loyal to ike republican party ν aad will
not desert il at preatut.
Nothing will e«> eevely bring into «Sis
repute these seen et societies λ· the idea
that they are political naaehiues aud we
worked in (he int«»r»>t of a tew designing
men who are seeking to promote personal
and selfish int»*re> · We h >pe all theee
excellent institutions will purge them
selves of all such imputations, so that
no temperance man or irfcndof the cause
shall be excluded from co-operation nith
them.
Thinl Λιtiff if» Oxford County.
Our County has the ereflil *>f beinjj one
οΓ the strongholds of the third party move
ment In ouf State. This is piobably ow
ing to it." position in the late Heptddiean
State Convention, on the^an<Hdate, bnf
the lo/fie «»f éventa h bacHy strained when
It i< fortoîed into any snch concleSionSv
Wfth the excejHion of the town of Buck
fi> Id, which may l»e a little demoralized
ou this ·' -ifittfj question-, we do not believe
any considerable attachment to the third
party movement exist*. Certainly the
Hichboru County Convention which met
here this w»-ek does not «^>eak verv flatter
ingly for th«· cunse. From twenty to
twenty-five assembled, and these tsmfin
ed t«» the radius of ri\ e miles, principally
from Buck field and Norway. Thrre was
I no enthusiasm. nor ev»-n the incitement
i n-Jdeh noMe enileavor generally infbsea.
I There wan a t'rifjid atm«»^nliere prevailing.
* n"t entirely altribntaMe. it seamed t<> us,
Ι V» the Intr State of the atmosphere out
I side. There was indecision and aneer
4 h* all. Λ h«»sitancv
how fi» proceed and what tv> do, and
w hether or not ît wore well to .1.» any
thinj;. There ηκ a temporizing which
disaffected some and convinced all that
I their acts w»»re not in accordance with
* >mi(l judgment or the best intore^ts ol
the cau«e.
The democrats weTe ardrnt anil hope
ful. They mingled mon· freely, dM not
»catter so ;\ni| h in·; around the ι *1^» ^ of
the πκ>ηι as though they were not fully
committed to the meeting. Mr. Parrrs
invited the democratic Convention into
tht tar, and they evidently received the
I ingestion with pleasure, for th"Vreadily
rc>pouded. and ju>t filled the are», but
tin others seemed to hare an instinctive
a version to bars and hung off and kejw
al *ofî
There was another contrast between
f them and the democrats: there wa^anah·
«••nee ot parly workers and uld ** ire-pul
1 h -r« M »<t of them were young· men,
1 and u Λ mention it not tu th*-ir discredit,
hut -urh a< were evidently unu«ed to jw>
litieal £ tth'rii::;* and publie life; they
I were pioneers rather than old settbrs.
They lacked, in s>»m« particular# accor
I d-n«?t»th«Mr own confession, the knowl
edge so dfsiralde to impart wisdom to
t .lrtransactions. In making their nom·
i: at; >n«, t*>r instance, they t<»ok two of
t rcpuMivan nominees, η >t because
tl. » Ot-cuyi d t>e 1er ρ ><iti >r»* a: temper
! ance men. but ttecause they knew them a
little better. They knew nothing against
\'r.r temper'Alice character or standing of
Mr. fleaves, our candidite for the Sen
ate from the Western district, as they d··
c in· 1. and vet t lev nominate his co n·
;> tir »r in the convention.Mr. Farrington.
Why tliis is. unless to make as much
tr »t;:'!e a- ο Ssj; \·, }·» our ranks, cannot
b·· comprehend» d.
lint in the ease of Mr. Ro! ter. tliTe
w is out-spoken opposition on the part of
s i n··, t it m >r< οι a ->'oa:it of hi* «·*3·ιγ
υ t!.»· ■ " i'*/'; · i-h'U »«'question, if we
<\. ι ; idj;e. than on the temperance. What
is ι n- t. .j.·.-ι; i.i Mr. 1» »l"ter, a< to tem
ρ· ranee? He has .alw.ax* been a temper*
at.ee m tn—the »retieally and practically —
ut he did not \oie forth·· Constabulary
bi!l of the la^t s.^sion. Only this, :Uvl
η«th. ■ ' m >ri. This the test of tho·.»·
men, and he is to >e pre- ribed for not
» i:»i»oiiin^ ι m a> ue which earnest and
^ t -ai >·πμ -e m ι uv η ·; a^r^eed Up
on. Let thi> be distinct! , understood.
The rvpubHna imahiii -ftir the Senate
were rejected—one because hi» temper*
mce character was insufficiently known.
and tlu· other b»*c:Hi«e !i«· w.t* not a con
»ubo!arv man. W»· think ηο «Ιο net mi*»
lvprescnt the com eniion—we «*«-it.*in 1 ν do
n<·: intend to—l>nr thi* we £:ttk«red from
the s«)jHi ;in«l tenor of remark.
With η h:*t ton-·.· ι·λπ λ |»:irty appeal to
; the support ol the community, occupying
«. ; Ή » |MMkKMI. Sincere they may I>4-—
b;r. wh.it will be sddof their iudgrnaent?
Mist iken they must be, :is the events of
; the future will clearly show.
—Mr. Infers*»!!, the nominee of the
Ohio temp*ran»rc party for Governor, de
' clined for the following £ >od and suffiei
, ent reason:
I><.lie\in<; that the uiaintainance of an
independent temperance ticket at the corn
ing election will hazard the success ofthe
Fifteenth Amendment, which 1 h>ok to as
ih»· cΙ/ρ df grur of American slavery, I
teel bound to £ive my vote and what in
diicnce 1 ha»efor the Republican ticket at
t'ni-. Fall's election.
A nkwOrgw. It was stated in thc
demoeratie County Convention, recently
held here, that negotiations were under
way for a party organ for the democracy
ι of this County. The ideate, we under
stand, to i->uc the M une Dane rat, at Hid
' d-ford, edited by Kev.Cieo. K.Shaw, un
d«*r the he td of the Oxfoid Hcyi^r, with
j a department adapted to thn latitude ol
Oxford County. A hifitalin prospectus
h.i* lx»en i>sued, stating that the paper
will appear the 1*1 of October, just after
election! This leads us to doubt whether
its object is to herald the dissolution of
the old democratic party, or the birth of
the new conservative.
—The democracy, at tbeir County Con
vention, last week, were without the
b< u fit of cUrtjy. Kev. Mr. Thompson
prayed at the Republican and ilichhorn
Conventions, and stated that he would,
at the democratic convention, if he had
been invited, as he considered them on
ι prayiny yrou>i-l. since the Arjus bad pro
posed dissolving the party!
Λ Look at the Supporter* of Cham
berlain and Hichb0k.
The fetloinng well known leading
tetnperafccr we* support, the nomination
ol Ciumlwtlàln» and oppofte the Third
Party aftflidale:
Hon. SIDNEY PERHAM,
Hon. LOT M. MORRILL.
Ho -. ANSON P. MORRILL»
Hon. NEAL DOW.
Hon. WOODBURY DAVIS,
IIon. JOHN J. PERKW
Hon. NELSON DIKGUBY, Jr.
Hon LYNpON OAK.
1 Hon. DENNIS L. MÎLT.IKEN.
llox. NOAH WOODS.
The .v>o\e are a few of the names of
! prominent temperance men who occur to
u> as supporters of Chamberlain, who is
also supported by every republtean paper
m the State, and by the entire republican
organization.
On the other ham! the principal actire
»uppottcirs of Mr. Hichborn are as tol
lows"i
Major DEERING,
Rkv. E. W. JACKSON,
W. Ε. ΒIC Κ NELL, Esq., (better
known as uûr correspondent, "iiart
ford.")
lie i> a)>o supported by the Riverside
Echo, Gardiner Journal, and the demo
ct ilie papers generally. Any one can
put thi> and that together and draw their
own conclusions.
T< m pe ranee nnti the Thivft Party.
The following sensible views, a^ree^np
wfrh the jjre.-tt rnri-s of tcmpii-ancc men
in tire State, are copied frorr their iderin
thr Zfrifs Arfn-rtτΛ, the a We urpan olthe
I ί .υ ' ' is' *» ! Γ « πγ ■» TU'·. >> e minimim
\hetiu<> tin· Ni,l»<rr, c ireful consideration of
vhriMiaii moi» :
"Would you f.ivor a thin! party, chirf
h t >rmed tu carry ont the principle of
rempemnce." We answer, that woudd
dep iid upon eirvum*tmces *»»mewhat.—
upon the petition of the partir·» in e\M
ΐ'ΐΜΌ in regard to thi* nn<i other things
which arc important. A-a general thing
we woul 1 no! faror the formation of a
new political party for the purpose of pro
moting any one ]»rit»iij>I*· solely and
chiefly. It is too narrow ·\ basis for
a political party. There is a com·
liin-ttion of interests an<l principles which
a political party should look after and
>ui>>crre, and many of these are as dear
to us a« tcmp'-rancc. And it seems to us
vastly better to work through parties
existing and established, than to multiply
new parties, for the sake of securing nny
one specific thing. Our method would he
on this as on other kindred subject*. Κ
we and a majority of the people favor a
prohibitory law, and would have It en*
tru ed by State <»r local officers, let us in
our several town* select and >·»η·1 to the
le^Ulat ur« temperance nun. who will
make, and provide to enfirce laws in the
best possible manner. This would be our
method, and we believe more can be «lone
to further the cause ol tMnperance in this
way than l»y the formation of a new par
ty."
\o Suit·'
We are incline J to think that the new
bargaii: and «ale of the democratic party
π» proposed by the Argus, will bill
through. 1 he old Hunkers die hard.
The growi of disapprobation is revcr
Iterating among the hills of old Oxford!
• Nu, not for Joseph," say the old stagers.
No new lights will bo tolerated in the
present chiMiau era. Hie Biddrford
Democrat, with its newlv imported
Washington editor, says: "The l>em
iH-rat y w ill lorn» no ]>o]iiical coinliinations.
iVirties must be purilicd and we know of
no other way than for the people to teach
thrui that ihe\ w ill not ;>ubiiiit to tiie die
tatiou ot'ιιιιρι itu-ipiid m-ti who stoop to
any »uean% h«» λ ever corrupt, to accout·
plish their ends."
The lielUst Journal, also refuses to
desert "the good old ship oi Democracy
.it the bidding of the Argus. It disseuts
tioin the combination plan most un
qui\ocalU auti "pitch»- into" Fesscmlen
;md (.'ha iiUm lain with inlinilc relUh. It
proposes to go (lo»u with the hip.
lu til»· meantime, republicans are !ook
i«or on ixiuplacently, ami begging that
th*\ will seule the questionamong them·
strives whitther th'-y will go down with
the ship, or without it.
Which Idea'.*
With singular consistency the Hichborn
party in Kennebec s«-eiu to ha\ ο laid a>ide
the mainspring oi their party action : they
subordinate thr tcinperance cau-«e tv that
oi anti-hauging. Th»*ir whole County
ticket is m.tde up on this issue, aud their
nominees Lake pains to represent no other
especially. This illustrates what we term
a failure to cuurentrate upon any one idea
although the mainspring oi the party teas
one ivlea only. Can the Gardiner Jonrna'
now comprehend that a party may spring
Irotn one idea and then tail to concentrate
upon it, in order to satisfy the diversified
demands of its followers? This is what
the Kennebec 1 iicli born i ten have done,
and this is where it makes its most la
mentable failure. Lacking exclusive : ii^ht
σ β
to the temperance cause, and lacking the
power to control any largo proportion of
vote- upon th:it question, they adopt oth
er issues, among the most unieasonable
of which is this ot capital punishment.
We say unreasonable, for the reason, first,
that uo political party can expect to stand
solely upon such a question, and second
ly because a very large proportion of the
Krpubliean party and many in the Demo
cratic party are of the same belief as these
men who assutne peculiar champiouship
for anti-capital punishment. Oi course
there are men in all parties w ho complain
at the action of any party upon these
questions, aud the weakness of the JUich
born party is that it comprises for the most
part men who are actuated by very dilièr
ent and even contrary ideas, which have
cohesive power «officient to hold them to
gether barely for one campaign. When
this campaign is closed, the members
thereof will bo strangers to each other, as
their transient mission will have been per
formed to the satisfaction of nobody.
— [Bangor Whig.
Hichbom County Convention.
At half past 10 o'clock, on Tuesday last*
Mr. Btvkuell, ol Hartford, member of the
State Temperance Committee, called the
convention te srder, and invited Hov.
Zenas îhonipaoû to open it with pra^ef.
N. J. Cilshunn, of North Parisv was
•ppohried Secretary, and Albert Saftborn
of Norway,"Chairman, tem|H>rarily. These
nominations were s&bsequcuUy «wulo per·
manènt.
Kev. E. W. Coffin, of Bryant's Pond,
being called upon for remarks, respond
ed. stating that this wad the first political.
Convention he had ever attended—lu? was ,
a delegate tothe Chamberlain Convention
at Bangor and to the Ilichborn Conven
tion at Portland—could not support Gov.
Chamberlain becausehe doubted his tem
perance principles, lie read nil extract j
ft oni (ίον. C's last message, and said "it ί
had its birth, and a large part of its growth
in the grog-shops."
The Chairman suggested that the Con
vention do np its business and adjourn.
A County Committee was raised, aa
follows :
llolman Waldron, ofBuckfleld, Albert
Sanborn of Norway, T. C. Cushman, of!
* '
Paris, II. S. Cobum of Sumner.
On motion of Mr. Bicknell, a committee
of twelve was raised to report a list of
names to be supj>orted for County officers. j
The Committee wus as followe:
Elijah Whitman, (ïeo. Shaw, ,T. W.
Whitten, of IlirckAeld, Went worth Ste ··
j vens, E. Ifowe, Mr Cushman oT Nor way, |
T. C. Cil*1ιman of Taris, W. F.. lliiknell,
H. H. Berry of Hartford, Mr. Robinson of
Sumner, ami Rev. Κ. XV. Coffin, of Bry
ant's l*ontl— wlin subsequently reported
follows :
For Scmitor.*, Lewis Bisbee, t»f Sumner,
Knoeh C. Farrington, efFryeburg,
<*l»rk of Courts, ( lias. F. Whitman,
Uucklicld.
County Treasurer, Horatio Austin.
t.'-yun/y Comm thinner, William Chase.
Mr. Godwin, "f Buckficld, said h»· wa
»urpri*ed that the Convention, professing
to act from principle, .should nominate
any mon who were member* ol other
parties, and did not intend U> rote the
temperance ticket.
Mr. Chas. F. Whitman, of Bucktield
followed in the same strain, ami wanted
all lieu men nominated. He belic\ ed in
acting from principle and not taking men
nominated by other parlies, out of friend
ship to them. If our object is simply to
ait.uk (ϊ«·ν. Chamberlain. we can cut his
name, but it the object is to build up a
party, then make distinct party nomina
tion·». Mr. Whitman -poke with earnest
ness.
Mr. Went worth Stevens, of Norway,
said he was on th·· Committee which
reported ihe names, and he proposed the
name of Mr. Austin, for County Treasur
er, because he was a temperance man
and had *aid he would -upport the Hich
horn ticket. [Doubted.]
Mr. Whitman replied that Mr. Austin
mi^ht be all riirht, but how is it with Ihe
Γ* © *
other nominee, Mr. Chase. He wanted
to know certainly how these men would
act.
Mr. Veranus Decoster, of Buckfield,
expressed the same desire.
Rev. Zen as Thompson counselled mod
elation. They might be going too fast.
Their zeal .should not run away with
them—they can net afford to disregard or
denounce any man who is thoroughly a
temperance man because he was nomi
nated by other parties. Trmj»eranee
men are divided this year, and not suffi
ciently united to warrant separate action.
Mr. 'Γ. ('. Cu«hman,of Paris, said, that
in acting on the Committee he did not
know how the nominees *«tuod—he had at
heart ι lie g >od <.f tin· torn]trance cau^e.
He did not mean to vote for any man for
office who was not sound on the question.
He hail been cheated I » ν voting for men
in the republican part/, from Vice Presi
dent down.
The Convention adopted the report of
the Committee
Mr. Charle.i F. Whitman then* stated,
th.it under this course of the Convention,
he should retire Irom the Committee on
Resolutions, and withdraw his name a* a
candidate forCleik of Courts.
A Committee on Resolutions was raised
in the meantime, as follow* :
Charles Whitman, Buckfield ; William
Bickiu'll, Η ml ford ; R«*v. Zonas Thomp
son, Paris; Rev. E. W. Coffin, Bryant's
Pond.
Mr. Thompson reported resolutions ap
proving the Platform of the Portland Con
vention, and its candidate for Governor,
and the nominees of this Convention, and
declaring that as by the resolutions of the
recent republican County Convention at
Paris, and by a portion of their nomina
tions the principle of prohibition was ig
nored, they felt obliged to oppose them.
Mr. A. C. Whitman, of Bucktied, mov
ed an amendment, that as an advanced
position of the temperance reform, they
resolve that the United States Govern
ment prohibit the manufacture and im
portation of spirituous liquors.
The resolution was adopted in addition
to the others.
The Committee on nominations substi
tuted the name of A. L. Burbank, of Beth
el.for their candidate as Clerk of Courts,
in place of C. F. Whitman, tfHen the
Convention adjourned.
—It is somewhat remarkable that the
Hichborn men have so much trouble in
getting candidates to ••stick." Not a
week has passed since their State Con
vention that has not witnessed the with
drawal of several reputed Ilichboru sup
poiters from their rank ?, and since the
holding of their County Conventions,
these withdrawals seem to have multi
plied rapidly. Hon. Samuel Farnham
was nominated by the Sagadahoc Conven
tion for County Commissioner, whereup
on he writes to say that he was a mem
ber of the Republican State Committee
and likes its action.
—The resolutions of the democratic
County Convention, have not been fur
nished us for publication, as we expected
they would be—hence we cannol give
them.
International Boat Race.
Since our last issues the human race has
been greatly excited about the great boat
race between the Harvard boys, of Cam
bridge, Ma · , ai d the Oxfords of Eng
land, ou the Thames, nearLondon. The
race occurred on Friday, 27tk a< 6 o'clock,
and whs telegraphed to this Country
ahead of time, some S hours, which might
be considered as better speed Uiau the
race exhibited. This was a victory of the
httuuin rtcc.
The distance was Tour and a quarter
miles, and the lirst report was that the
Oxford s boat, three or four beat lengths,
though a corrected re|>ort makes it but a
half boat length.
The flarvards were not all in good
health, and are highly complimented by
their Knglish friends, fur their pluck aud
skill. A dinner was given them, at which
Charles Dickens made a speech highly
complimentary \o the Harvards.
The fastest time ever made by the
Oxford crew was in 1838, when they row
ed the course iroui MorUak* to Putney in j
exactly twenty minutes in an eight-rowed j
boat. The present contest was a four
oared race, and the time made was twen
ty two minutes forty-one and one half'
seconds. This makes the present time
liettcrthan any before made, allowing for
tke difference between a tour-oared aud
an eight oared boat.
Startling llumor.
The following telegram appeared in
the Daily papers a few days since, but we
understand some doubts exist as to its
genuineness. The vessel is the one on
which Midshipman Wm. \V. Kimball, son
of Gen. W. Κ Kimball, of this town, U
aboard.
A desperate conspiracy has been dis
covered on board the I'nited States frig
ate Sabine. n»»w lying in the port of Cher·
bo;irg. Soin * of Ihe rrcw, to revenue
© r
themselves on their nflicers, :vltrnipf«·»1 to
set fir»· to tin* powder magazine and blow
iiI> the ship. ΤΙιβι had lighted a fuse con
nected with th»· magazine, when the plot
was frustrated by a cabin boy who dis
covchmI tin; burning fuse. It was found
that twenty-two sailor* were implicated
in tin· plot, and they were put in irons.
Seven have sin«e been condemned to death
and hung at the yard arm.
—At the Science Convention at Salem,
Dr. Trim read a paper on the non-Kos
siliferous Kocks of New Knglaipl. He
said that geologists from Ihe West and
from abroad were surprised to find so
great an extent of territory without a fos
sil. The geology of much of New Kng
land, and espeeiâUyof the State of Maine,
is very obscur»·. The relation of tii»· ro<"k««
to each other i* not understood. Many
of them an· eoveivd by the drift. We
have several varieties of granite of differ
ent geological age. The whole of New
Kngland geology is independent of that
of the Middle and Western States, and
must be judged by a different chronolo
gy. He had for years been convinced
that we had an oldei series of rocks than
hud been acknowledged by geologists,
and he was glad to kn<>w that this opin
ion coincided with those of Professors
Hunt, Hitchcock and Bailey, whose pa
pers at this s< .sion would do much tow
ards unravelling the geology of Maine
He said that no conglomerates had been
found from Penobscot Hay to Kearsarge
Mountain in New Hampshire, except
near Itaugely l,ak·. There was no fos
sils west ol the Kennebec river except at
Pari in Pond, which lies west of Moose
head Lake. No fossil has ever been
found in New Hampshire, nor in Ka*tero
Vermont, or iu Eastern Massachusetts.
How shall we account for it? It could
not be wholly from metamorphine which
obliterated them. He believed they
never existed there.
He thought thai these immense depos
its were the result of great tidal currents
in the ocean, which in that period swept
along over what is now New Knglaud
from an o[>cn ocean, unlike that of the
iutra-continentnl seas, which help form
the regular formation* of the middle and
western Suites. He believed the present
sea coast was onco the scat of powerlul
extensive volcanic action,and that portion
of the ΐικ-ks on the coast will vet he class
ed among the oldest rocks on the globe.
(For the ΟχίυηΙ Dciuociat ]
The .subscribers desire to express their
gratitude and thanks, through the L>cmo
cral, to the Engine Company, and citizens
of Norway village, generally, for I-heir
exertions in staying the progress of the
lire in their Tannery, oil the 20th inst.,
and they also tender their thanks to the
South Paris Engine Co., for their prompt
and efficient aid on thatocea^iou. When
the Paris Company arrived on the ground,
the tire covered a large poiliou of the
roof, and it was thought by many that the
building must burn down, but their
machine being quickly in position, was
soon pouring a constant stream on the
tire, which in connection with the Norway
Company, soon subdued it. Without the
aid of the Paris company, our main build
ing with its valuable contents, must have
been destroyed, and for their prompt aid,
we are truly grateful.
Mix lu & Watson.
Norway, Aug. 30th, 1861).
— The Maine Fanner suggests that as
the fair of the State and New England
Societies at Portland takes place before
any ol the county societies hold their ex
hibtioni, it will give au opportunity for
their officers, managers and others inter
ested to visit the New England Fair, learn
what they can of its management, con
Terse with its officers, examine its vari
ous departments and learn all they can to
turn to advantage in conducting, with a
view of attaining the l>ost results, their
own local fairs. Let the county Societies
be well represented at the grand com
bination exhibited at Portland in Septein
[ ber.
—A gentleman in our village raised ten
pounds of nice Potatoes, this season, from
a small Early Rose, not weighing over
1 1-2 ounces. This is about as good as
anything we have seen.
Ea*t Sumner*
Agreeable to a call from the Congrega
tional church, in Sumner, a council of
clergymen met for thu examination, and
if thought proper, the ordinal ion of He v.
if. H. Hutchinson, as an evangelist.
The churches of Bethel 1st, and 2d,
Ruinford, South Paris, Turner, Norway
l^t and 2d, were represented by their
pastor* and delegate*. The council wa.x
called to order by Rof. T. T. Merry, of
Norway. Rev. 1). E. Garland of Bethel,
was chosen moderator After the council
was organised, the examination of the
candidate in regard to his christian
expcncf.ce and doctrinal belief, took
place.
The examination was earnest and
interesting,and voted entirely satisfactory.
The ordination took pluco on Tuesday, ι
commencingat 10o'clock. Exercises as
follows :
Opening hymn was read by Rev. Mr.
Hutchinson, of Canton, uncle of the can-'
didato.
Reading of Scriptures by same.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Barrows—Baptist
clergyman.
Reading of hymn, and sermon followed
by Rev. J. B. Wheelwright, of South I
Palis. His text beiug the 6th verse of
the 141st Psalm
The sermon was eminently able and
appropriate, and every way worthy of its
author's well known ability. It was
eagerly listened to by a large audience, j
Ordaining prayer, by Rev. Mr. Merry.
Charge to Candidate by Rev. Mr. !
Dickinson, of Turner.
Reading oi hymn by Rev. Mr. Garland. ;
Benediction by Candidate.
Xorway Item*.
The drought i·. getting to be felt «juitc
ee\erely iu this town. We have had no;
rain to thoroughly wet the ground since
j
the 21't h <»f July. Potatoes are suffering
iti consequent·* and the crop will be i
I Corn rolls .some, but it has been doing
very well of lute. Fall feetl is looking
"down in the mouth." Some grain is
bein£ cut, and many fields are yet quite '
green.
Bennett A Penley started their machine
la>t week. They say oats are very
heavy.
Mr. Nathan N. Penley raised 100
bushels of early Sehccs this year. He
received per bushel for a [>ortionol
them delivered in Lewis ton. He thinks
they are the be*>t kind extant.
Woodman & William* have opened a
stove and tin ware sliop on the corner of
Main and High Streets. We hope they
will "live and let life." It always pays
in the eud to do about right between man
and mau.
ritoeT'e coκXKit.
ι Thomas J. Kveictt Co., at Frost's
Corner, have hired Alfred Shattuck's
shop, and gon« to shoemaking. They
receive their work from Auburn.
Kcv. Mr. Weston, of Ilridgton, will
preach in the School House at this place,
next Suuday, at ·'» o'clock Γ. M. Also on
the following Sunday, Rev. James A.
Libby will hold a meeting at 4 o'clock P.
M. After the services, a baptism will
take place. All people ase invited to
come.
, Rev. Mr. Tahor, of the L'niycrsalist
ι church, preached here last Sunday even-1
m an excellent, and all-convincing ser
mon from the text, "All that the Father
gi\ eth me «Jiall come to me ; and him thaï
ι cometh to me 1 will in no wise cast out."
Dyke.
Ilvrlin Falls Item*.
Mr. EdUor;—As I see the Democrat
circulates in this vicinity, pcrhajm the
readers of your valuable paper, will like
to hear from this locality, i aia happy
to say that genual prosperity prevails
around and in tlx* midst of us. The crops
are fair—hay especially, ha.> been secured
j in good order.
The \\ inflow Mills seeiu to be dviuçr
their usual amount ot lumber busiue**.
It in reported that negotation* ar* in
progress, lor the erection οία new lumber
mill ujkki the Green privilege, iu our
village. Mr. Greeu is now commencing
a new mill upon the site of his li*-t mill,
J lately lo>t by lire.
Mr. Α. II. Gcrrish, just below the Falls,
I is running his mill» as usual. Although
ι the waters are considered low lor the
. season, the superior advautage-» of the
) privilege, enable the proprietors to
j keep business snayyiny, ami orders coiu
I pleled in good time.
The merchants are having quite a
, satis factory trade, and contiderable
I changes are beiug made in reai estate.
ι Mr. Johu N. Horn, has thought an
additional farm lying north of his hoiue- I
stead, and is making a uew addition to
his already extensive buildings, which
will afford him more room for improving
11 j>ou his natural energies aud perse ver· ι
ance.
Mr. Greeolief Collin hue built him a
nice dwelling bouse, near the upper mills, ι
and lias just moved into the same.
Joseph Η lodge W has just erected a very
pretty dwelling below the falls, and is
now occupying it.
M. C. Forest, Esq., Postmaster, has
just completed his three story boarding
houûc, which makes a line addition to,
tho village, and will alToid one of the
most pleasant retreats lor invalids and
pleasure seekers in this part ol iho Stale, j
His rooms arc neatly fiai*he<t anil nicely ι
furnished, and his tables aie Oiled with ι
the nicest edibles that the market affords ;
his capable and pleasant wife not being !
behind the limes in producing the desirable !
viands to satisty the most fastidious cpi
cure. Esquire Forest has fitted a very ι
desirable fixture upon the top of his house,
which gives one of the most extensive :
and pleasant views of the White mount-1
nins, to be had from any house in these
digging ; and lor aiding the angler and
hunter, ho has the ready information to
communicate with pleasure, when desired.
Call and see.
Mrs. Kmcline M. Blodgett has newly
fitted and furnished her house, and she
has been well patronized with boarders.
Aug. 24th, 1869. G.
Bethel.
Through the auspices of the ladies of
the first Congregational church, a fair
was held at Pattce's Hall on Tuesday eve
ning of last week, which proved a grand
success. One hundred and sixty dollar»
were received during the evening, which
goes toward purchasing a pipe organ for
their church.
Mr. and Mrs. Barker, Mien Tree, of this
town, and Mrs. Chase of Portland, gave
a concert on Friday eveftingin the church,
which was listened to by a full house.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, of Boston, gave
a very interesting concert one evening
last week, in the second Congregational
church.
We have never seen our Tillage wear a
mere lively appearance than now.
The Public Houses are all overflowing
with city life, and our streets present a
lively appearance.
Mr. Harrison Grover .sold his house
last week, on Mill Street, to Mr. Roman
7.0 Cross, aud hae purchased a house
known as the Earn'* stand, ou Church
Street.
We notice *nmo of our farmers are
turning th^ir attention to new varieties of
wheat, and many of fhem have thus
greatly improved their seed. I-*>t spring
we received a specimen of wheat from
the Department of agriculture at Wash
ington, called arnautka spring wheat, im
ported from Odessa, Kusaia, which has
proved fully equal to recommendation.
It has a short hut full head,, thickly set
with kernels. It ha* six rows and will
undoubtedly yield well,
The object of this distribution is to dii
semminate new seeds ami extend those
that have proved of sectional value.
*T »" II4VI' m-«f -"/"il HIC »» nil" ,,
oaU from Hamburg, which now look* re
markably well.
This year severnl of our farmejs hare
made trial of the Early Kose potatoes,
and so far a* w e have heard report fu
vora le results. The Snow Ball is get
tin^ to be a very popular potato in ibis
section.
The Kohlrabi or Turnip cabbage i*
found In ninny gardens in this section,
and has been established as being worthy
of cultiratioh. Most of our fanners will
commence to j>ick their hops this week.
The henry wind which prevailed here last
week wus very «le>tfructire to many field*.
Curier Ocover I'ost, <». A. It., of Beth
el, will start out on their cavalry camping
out excursion,September l.*<th.
The Kail Term of (ioulds* Academy
commencedjon Tuesday, August 31st.
Ç,
fKor ttir Oxford I»« fno«*rat '
Mit. Editor: Allow m»* to say through
your coliùune, th.it the farmers «»!'th. An
droscoggin valley, in faston and vicini
ty, were much disappointed in not meet
ing th*» challenging party Mr. W ;·«!
leigh, agent of til· Wood mower, on the
day appointed for the trial by N\ I.. Mar
shall, agent of the Buckeye mower. Very
mauy of us. farmers, had frequently
expres-.-d preference for the Wood
mower, above all others, and probably in
man) instances our confidence would not
have been -shaken, had Μι*s Wood come
forward, at the appointed time, t<» meet
Miss Buckeye, in the rich valley of the
Androscoggin, but the coquettish style in
which sin· withdrew from the <Onte*4,
when pushed by her rival, looked like
adaiisnion on lier part, thai the walt/.iug
of Mias Buckeye, over the uneven surface
of our fairest meadows, would detract
much from those laurels borne by her a.·»
Queen Bee, from the bourbon hive, and
on which aIoum she teems to rest her
reputation.
The manner in which ifoe challenge
was given, and received by the Agents of
tfao>e Mowers, gave us farmers a light to
demand the Exhibition ; and judge ot our
disappointment when the hour luid arriv
ed for the contest,.instead of meeting the
challenging party, we met the imputation
that the brown fisted farmers of the An
droscoggin, would uot be impartial judg
es ; being the IVieiuU of Mr. Mai -bajl, that
they would decide in I'avor of lii> Machine ;
such imputations as those come with ill
grace.
I think the course of .Mr. Wadleigh in
this caso, ha* lelt a very unfavorable iu
thieoce in minds of oiu* farming com
munity, and the result Κ that whereas
before the day of trial as ap|>omted.
Wood's machine had alarme preference to
all other», tlwi prompt anti etûeienl man
ner in which Mr. Marshall "came to
trial," and responded to the wishes ot
multitudes around him by exhibiting his
machine ·ιι smooth and uneven sections,
both bv experienced am! in xepericncod
drivers, seemed to reverse the opinion of
very many, as to the merits of those
machines, and when the Androscoggin
valley sluill again h bow her thousands of
acres of her heavy grass, it w ill not be
surprising to And the Queen IV e of the
"Amherst Hive," introducing her little
family. A Famuu.
Canton, Aug 12th, 18Ci>.
—A Farmer's Club fu> beeu organized
at Uuckfield. which was addressed last
Saturday, by 1 lou. Sidney Perham. It
then made choice of Col. A. 1). White,
President ; Vet anus Dec osier, Vice Presi
dent, and M. A. Allen, Secretary; K.
Wait, Wni. Chase, A. J. Hall were chos
en a committee to preseut a subject for
discussion at the next town meeting which
is to be holden at the Town House in
liuckticld, on the lHth of September, ιιζ
1 o'clock P. M.
—We are indebted to the managers ot
the New England Fair lor a complimen
tary ticket to the next annual exhibition
at Portland, commencing September 7th.
All the railroad and steamboat fares have
lieen red need, both on passongers and
freight, and the largest attendance ever
had is expected. Every farmer should
improve this opportunity—the first which
has offered in our State—of attending the
New England Fair.
—The hardware staio of Mr. Gibba, of
Lovell was recently broken into and th«
money drawer robbed of a small quantity
of scrip.