T • I.I 1 '» K A K V -HO T UNIVEKSI . F CALIFOKNMA. < . 1 1 i ft . V>Y 7<* Shelf No. ?J U~ i^c- '-? ■ J -HO ■1 I r the F " . — ■ inidlj multiplying Uaaei be li^> "( t'" - 'n - <' which were for the healing of the nations." HISTORY PKESS OF MAINE, EDITED BY JOSEPH GRIFFIN, 1872. . ' V OP T BRUNSWICK ; FROM THE PRESS, ESTABLISHED A. D.MDCCCXIX. 1 i m, 111 the JH-f I'M 01 I I I IN In tin- ode* at Hn Librarian of Congroai tl Washington. II III N -\\ II K ' i i > i i n . . . < ii 1 1. 1 i - ii FULLED lUMii: PREFACE. At the close of half a century's labor in Maine, the writer, un- -der the impression that he had been established in business as a printer, publisher and bookseller for a longer period than any other person in the State, thought it might be a pleasure, possibly a duty, to devote himself to the business of gathering up (while they could be gathered) the fragments for a History of the Press in Maine. The thought was thrown out, half jestingly, in a letter to one of the editors of the Saco Independent (his faithful ap- prentice in early manhood), and quite to his surprise the sugges- tion was not only hailed as a good one, but a recommendation of the writer's fitness for the work was spread through the press, and so many offers of assistance, necessary to the undertaking, were consequently made, that he took courage and forthwith sent out a prospectus of the intended work. In the following pages the reader will find the result. The time gained from his other employments has been occu- pied with collecting, arranging and printing the matter of this History. Persons, one or more in each county, it will be seen, have given the fruits of their faithful labors, — to which they have, in most cases, consented that the editor should affix their signa- tures. In no other way could so complete and reliable a history be obtained. The editor has endeavored to exclude every thing that might -appear partial. If any political or religious paper, or any book- I PRE F AC! publishing house, )i:i- oot received due notice, it i< in oases where he has applied in rain to the editors and publishers t<>r the information. Some corrections, with additional matter <>t' interest, \sill be bund in the Appendix, t" which the reader's attention is particularly called. For our frontispiece is given the portraits of the trio firsl en- gaged in printing. They are taken from a medallion, and are sai|>f"ndix. A description of printing press* specimen cuts of which are exhibited in tlii- boob — may be found on page 28. Success in obtaining portraits of early printers, e.lit->r*, and publishers, has not mel our expectations. The portrail of Luther Severance, from a plate prepared for the History of Augusta, was counted upon ; but^ very unexpectedly, on search at the offi< the lithographer it was nut to be found. Tlie editor, in closing, would express his thanks t<> all who have kiii'lK favored him with their contributions. The origin and gatherings of this boos air largely due t<> tin- Editors and Publishers 1 Association of .Maine The editors' labors, bating tlie imperfections, he cheerfully dedicates as a token oflove to the traternit v. INDEX OF COUNTIES. PAGE. PAGE. Aroostook County 209 Oxford County 118 Androscoggin County 203 Penobscot County 128 Cumberland County 33 Piscataquis County 201 Franklin County 196 Somerset County 179 Hancock County 112 Sagadahoc County 166 Kennebec County 87 Washington County 147 Knox County 191 Waldo County 158 Lincoln County 107 York County 124 i\Di;\ OF I'l i:i«»ii|. w- SOW PUBLISHED IN MUM". n i i ii mini: i i RS. Nov. L872. r, Hoalton Win. S. ( uliii in. Hoalton Theo • Weekl} Sentinel Elijah I (itiin. U .[ I (ciiiorral M • i Una Emery. * 11 ingot Whig and < 'ourier < \ BonteUe. * B igot ' "iiiin.rii.il M Emery. p lgi . 209 Cal us Times. Si i \ < . K. WTudden.jr. J 11 1 1. I:. 0. Rollins. 171 i.;: 19! II.) M Brunsw ick Teli graph \ fj S 1 1 \ - lt.li.i-' \ Ban M I B di 111 im • \ Burr, Si • Vppendix \| rr..r .. I (•in.:. \ Lord M \ Portland ( lharlea Holden. Ellsworth American \. K . Saw] ex. I Sentinel \ B. \utt. 140 ..l 115 117 98 KB Fairfield ( 'hronicle \i Colby, ngton • 'hronicle I. V I'r. I oner, tug '. W.Quinby. < iardiner Home Journal II. K. nforrell. Journal of Education, Portland \ l - * Kennebec Journal, V I Iwen, .ui.i \ Kennebec R» port r, Gardiner 103 R l! Caldwell. I I \i \ . \l li. Lewiston Journal (Dingley and Co INDEX OF PERIODICALS. Lewiston Daily Eve. Journal JM. Dingley, M. A., F. Dingley, M. A. Lewiston Gazette Wm. H. Waldron. Maine Farmer, Augusta W. B. Lapham, M. D. S. L. Boardman. Republican Journal, Belfast H. W. Simpson. Maine Standard, Augusta L. B. Brown, H. M. Jordan Musical Monitor, Augusta R. M. Mansell. Masonic Token, Portland * Maine Democrat, Biddeford Geo. K. Shaw. Machias Union Geo. W. Drisco. Machias Republican CO. Furbush. .Norway Advertiser. See App. Simeon Drake. PAGE. 205 207 97 160 99 99 69 125 155 156 * Portland Daily Press PAGE. 63 North Star, Caribou W. J. Sleeper. North East, Portland, See App. C. W. Hayes. Our Young Folks, Augusta E. C. Allen, Mrs. E. S. Gatchell Oxford Democrat. Paris F. E. Shaw. 214 Oxford Register, Paris S. R. Carter. Orient, Bowd. Coll. Portland Transcript E. H. Elwell. 99 120 122 83 58 * Portland Advertiser 38 H. R. Richardson, M. A. People's Lit. Companion, Augusta 99 E. C. Allen, Mrs. E. S. Gatchell. Piscataquis Observer, Dover 202 Geo. V. Edes. Riverside Echo, Portland B. P. Snow, M. A. Rockland Free Press Edwin Sprague. Rockland Gazette Z. Pope Vose. Seaside Oracle, Wiscasset Jos. Wood. Somerset Reporter, Milburn W. K. Moody. Sunrise, Presque Isle Daniel Stickney. Star, Portland State, Portland. See App. Union Advocate, N. Anson Albert Moore. Union and Journal, Biddeford J. E. Butler. Voice, Sherman's Mills. See App. L. H. Caldwell. Waterville Mail 106 E. Maxham, D. R. Wing. f Zion's Advocate, Portland 67 Dr. Shailer, J. W. Colcord. York County Independent, Saco 126 Wm. Noyes and Son. Youth's Temp. Visitor, Rockland 194. Z. Pope Vose. 63 193 192 110 186 212 69 188 126 * Daily and Weekly issue. Of secular papers there are sixty-eight, including seven dailies. t Religious papers, four. IXTRODUCTIOX. J_ he main object of this work is to give a History of the Press in Maine ; but before entering upon this special field, it seems meet that we should take a look at the origin of the Press and the Craft. So much in regard to the general history of printing has been recently published, that only a mere outline of the begin- ning and progress of the art, especially in the last half century, need here be given. While this work has been in press, an in- teresting book, entitled " Gutenberg and the Art of Printing," by Mi— Emily C. Pearson, has been published at Boston by Noyes, Holmes, and Co. Another, the " American Encyclopedia of Print- ing," published at Philadelphia by J. Luther Ringwalt, — a work of great labor and research, embracing every thing that lias any bear- ing upon book-making, including biographies of inventors, eminent printers and publishers. In consequence of the interest awakened by the erection of the Gutenberg monument at Mentz in 1857, many interesting facts were brought to light, relating to Guten- berg and other pioneer printers, which the writers of these books have gathered up. A majority of authors on the History of Printing, down to Isaiah Thomas of Massachusetts to 1810, are disposed to give Lawrence Koster of Haerlem, Netherlands, the credit of being the inventor of the art of printing, in the year 1420. But sufficient evidence lias not been brought to light to prove that Koster was engaged in any thing much in advance of the stamp and block printing art, which is traced back to an early period in the history ] 1( Til P. II.! - - "1 M \ I \ B. of the Assyrian and Chinese empires. It'll.- conceived the idea <>t* movable types, it i- clear thai he had not the -kill and perseverance to perfecl them to a practical ase. The story that John Geuts- fleisch, a servanl of booster's, stole bis master's apparatus, during :i festival, and absconded, communicating his knowledge to hi* younger brother (Gutenberg), seems unworthy of credit. An accounl of a lawsuit between Gutenberg and the heirs of hi> former partner, Dritzhn, in 1 186, -till upon court record, makes it quite clear that movable typeswere not then in ase by any other person. The voluntary destruction of hi- apparatus, the hard wort of years, that no one Bhould be unjustly put in | -ion of hi- discoveries, i- strong evidence that Gutenberg was the inventor of the presenl art of printing. In these days of remarkable scientific discoveries, it seems, at first thought, strange that so simple an invention as that of mova- ble types should do! have been made earlier. Bui we are no longer surprised when we observe the order of Providence.* Every thing has it- time. "Necessity (to human view) be- comes the mother of invention." While 1 k- were made by the alow process of writing, there were but few persona, who could read; consequently there could have been but little demand for 1" >< IKS. 'Die invention of printing seems to have been withheld until the time when the civilized world was not onlj ready to throw off the errors of pasl ages, hut to receive the oracles of divine truth with gladness. { Aboul the commencement of the fifteenth cen- tury their an- indications in historj that the darkness of the previous centuries was gradually Losing it- intensity, — the day was dawning. The little opposition that the invention of the art of printing me! with, is evidence that there was in the heart of Germany an increasing degree of civil and religious freedom. • lli>t.. r * -i«- I)' tubigno, ihould livebj Hot life which belong! to it, and thai life the world -I l i. ni .rkaiiir li"« jn it i portion »! the Brat laboi of tli<- \ < towed ui>nn the BIWe INTRODUCTION. II It has been remarked that "if Mentz had not been a free city* Gutenberg might not have conceived or executed his invention ; for despotism, like superstition, imposes silence. 'It was fitting that printing and liberty should be bom of the same sun and the same air.' " In this atmosphere of liberty, followed by increasing light, came the desire for books ; first for elementary works, and then for the Bible, which some had begun to feel was the book of civil liberty, as well as of eternal life. A man was now raised up, and an ambition given him to print the sacred oracles, that pushed him forward through every obstacle until he had completed his work of initiating the art of printing. Gutenberg was by trade a lapidary, (polisher of stones, and maker of mirrors). "He had a passion for mechanical studies. Not content to follow the beaten track, his mind was fertile in ex- pedients for saving labor and perfecting his work. The great art could only be reached by ascending patiently to it through many lower steps of toil and invention. ' It seems (says one) that every advancement of humanity is purchased with tears, and that suffer- ing is the fatal law of all great beginnings.' " — e. c. p. Gutenberg's first attempts at printing with blocks were proba- bly made at Strasburg between the years 1435 and 1444 ; but no direct evidence of his labor as a printer with movable types is dis- covered until he is again found in Mentz about the beginning of 1445. His first works were the Alphabet, the Poor Man's Bible (extracts from the Scriptures), the Catholicon, (a school-book) etc., all of which were done upon engraved blocks. Had the invention of movable types been stolen from Koster (of which act some have accused him), who died before 1440, would not the evidence have been apparent ? Down to 1450, Gutenberg had been experimenting * Gutenberg was born at Mentz, a free and rich city on the Rhine, about the year 1 MX), and when yet a young man, fled on account of political dissensions, to Strasburg, sixty miles distant. Of his childhood, says Miss Pearson, little is known ; yet some German and other writers draw pleasing pictures of his youth. They represent him as high-spirited, thoughtful and devout; influenced by a desire that good books might be made common, and as having a foreseeing consciousness of the part he was to act in bringing it about. ' He said to himself, from his earliest years,' says one of his biographers, ' God suffers in the great multitudes whom his sacred Word canuot .reach. ' 12 THE PRESS OF MAIN E in type-cutting and casting, :i — I~r«-.l by the ingenious S and depending for subsistence upon his trade. At this date, John Fust* was received into partnership, — furnishing the needed capital, and receiving as security ;i mortgage >>n the stock and apparatus of < iutenbei It i> supposed that "Gutenberg had attempted (•» print an edition of the Vulgate before In- solicited Fust for mone> nei r\ to complete the undertaking ; and that after their partnership was dissolved and Fust had taken possession of the apparatus, t In- still unfinished work was continued and finished bj Fust and Schoeffer. Gutenberg is believed by some authorities t<> have accomplished his design of printing the Bible at a later period.'' The greater probability is, that the Bible finished by Fust and Schoeffer in 1 155 t<> '57, was the one that posterity justly named after Gutenberg, who had commenced it. It is said that Fust, before he finished the Bible, repented "t" his treatment of Guten- berg, and tried t" induce him to join the firm <»t' Fusl and Schoeffer. Gutenberg's energy, in Bpite <>(' the Bevere l»l<>\\ inflicted upon him by Fust, was not l<>-t. Undi trials and difficulties he continued t" make progress in tin- art; and in 1 160 " « hear of him under new enterprises. I'»\ the aid "t" Dr. C. Hummery, he was again enabled t.> work on a satisfactory basis. In 1460 the Catholicon, in Inr^c folio, vras issued from Guteabei < >n tin- 18th of January, 1465, Gutenberg was taken into the employ of the courtiers of the Elector, Adolph of Nassau, ami re- moved t" Ettville. He received an annual payment from the "Tli • name boa been disputed, being written rational] l ■ ■ I ''mi ill I t). but the latter is authoratatiYe, •«- hit u n the colophons of hit pnbli< — Madebj Johannem I Mi ' Oncofthi tending the introduction of printing I inn of the printing- m. iii n il ..I John ' t for the return of cert partnership «ifli hit son-in-law , P< :■ - ■ ■ ■ 1'n.iii Joh I without producing an v return for t a ln>. with thi • • 'I the w.irk lown in their splendid Bible and the Psalter of I u>7 — Encyeioj INTRODUCTION. J3 Elector of a new suit of clothes, twenty bushels of corn, and two tons of wine. He did not, however, live long to enjoy his in- creased prosperity. It is known that he had departed previous to Feb., 1468 ; but the day of his death is not on record. The monument to Gutenberg, which adorns one of the public squares at Mentz, was executed by Thorwaldsen, the Danish sculp- tor. It was erected Aug. 14, 1857, the four hundred and first an- niversary of the invention of movable types. Fifteen hundred strangers assembled in Mentz to do honor to the memory of the great inventor. The dispersion from Mentz (at the time of the revolution, Oct., 1462) of the workmen already initiated into the mystery of printing, led to a wonderfully rapid extension of the art, which learned men of every nation were ready to welcome with delight. Before the completion of the first half century, printing had been established throughout almost the whole of civilized Europe. An idea of the rapidity with which books were multiplied even by the slow presses of that day, may be gathered by a glance at the famous Althorp library in England. There may be seen samples of twenty editions of the Latin Bible printed before 1480. Here are copies of nine editions of German Bibles printed before 1495 ; ten editions of Italian Bibles, fifteen of French, and four editions of the Spanish Bible, before 1481. Other works were also multiplied with surprising rapidity. The Althorp library contains editions of St. Augustine between 1467 and 1490 ; seven of St. Chrysostom : thirteen of St. Jerome alleged to be previous to 1468 ; fourteen of Thomas Aquinas be- fore 1480. Here, too, are twenty editions of Cicero, printed before 1473 ; eight of Horace before 1480 ; Pliny on vellum from Rome, 1471 ; — while the superb wprks of the Aldus press, the Stephens press, and Boden's Parma press are spread all around. " Luther completed his German translation in 1534. From 1535 to 1574, the production of Luther's Bible was immense, engaging the services of printers in many cities. One office alone, within n 'in E PR r - - Di MAIM i:. that period, printed one hundred thousand copiea In Kii'_rlanl Prance which continued for two centuries. The story of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in both England and Prance, is but a succession of bloody and tyrannous legislation on the one hand, and of bitter steadfast resistance on the other, taring upon tin- popular demand for the free use of tin- Bible in the vernacular; and in this Btrnggle printing Immediately played a conspicuous part, by providing the means for the diffusion of the Soriptun -." 'I'm; Enolibb Bibi b was baptised in blood. •• Tyndale nut bis death on the scene <>t' his work, ton year- after it- accomplishment. One of bis assistants had preceded him from the fires of Spring- field; another was to follow by the same death in Portugal. John Rogers, his friend, survived to meel his death at the stake; while Coverdale, the last comrade, reserved for a happier fate, saw hi- own Bible offered freely in England by the same king, Il> cry VIII, who had 'loon in I bis comrade t<> death." 'I'm Bible ra Aimm \. — During the reign of eighl a reigns, after the landing of our Pilgrim Fathers in 1620, no English Bibles, hut Buch as came from England were used in this country. Although a printing-press was established and books were printed here as earl] as 1639, yel no one could print the Bible on this aide of the water without being subjected to a prosecution from those in England and Scotland, who held a patenl from the Crown, In it',r,i John Eliol lia> obtain i copy of the !li" yclopedia. It royal :;*" rol. Pritx (10 INTRODUCTION. 15 German edition of the Bible, after having been three years in the press. But it was not until about one hundred and seventy years after the first English colony had been planted in America that the Bible was here "printed in the English language. Relics of early Printing. — The veneration for the Bible through the centuries has preserved to us a few copies of the earli- est editions, beginning with Gutenberg's, which, though without date, is supposed to have been finished in 1455, and to be the first book ever printed upon metal ic type. It seems most likely that this Bible, which Gutenberg began to print and which was finished by Fust and Sch/>effer, was the one (before referred to) which afterward bore the name of the Gutenberg, or Mazarin, — the latter name being given because a copy of it (very rare) was found in the library or**that prelate. Mr. James Lenox of New York is said to have a copy of this edition. — In the rare collection of biblical works of the late George Livermore of Cambridge is a single leaf of this Bible. This collection also contained a copy of the New Testament printed by Fust in 1462 ; supposed to be the first in which the date is given. Original specimens of block printing yet earlier than these, entitled Biblia jPaitperum, may here be seen. They are a series of wood cuts representing scrip- ture subjects, supposed to have been printed as early as from 1420 to 1440. Mr. J. D. T. of Boston has in his possession a copy of the sermons of the monk Utino, which was published at Venice in 1473 ; and which is still rarer, a volume of the " Speculum" of the monk Vincent of Beauvais, the printing of which was commenced by Mentel at Strasburg in 1469, and completed in 1473. — Silas Ketchum of Bristol, N. H., has in his library a copy of Orozin's History of Human Calamities, printed at Venice in 1483. — The public library of Boston contains many antique works; but the great library at Philadelphia is said to abound in ancient books. Among private libraries we think there are few, if any, in our country where there are more rare works of antiquity than in that p; Til E PRESS 01 MAINE. of Dr. Talcott, of the Bangor Theological Seminary. I'. cently favored with an opportunity t>> examine this library, we led to Bolicil « ■ i " 1 1 1 « - Doctor some information in regard t<> it, which he has kindly given as, and which we here insert : "The Latin Bible, or Vulgate, to which yon refer (writes the D tor i" the editor) i-> nol of bo earl) a date as you stated. Ii U dated 1501, and its peculiar value arises from it^ l nin-_r from the press of the celebrated printer of Nuremberg, Anthony Koberger, the father-in-law of Albert Durer. The 1 k was a presenl from a friend, now deceased. It was purchased, it' I am rightly informed, at the Bale of the library of Bom Thomas Ewbank, late Commissioner of Patents al Washington. This i< the oldest book in my possession which has a title page. But in this volume the date is nol gn en «'n the title page, but, :i» usual before that time, in the colophon al the end of the volume. The type is black letter, with many contractions, yel fewer than those which occur in the works which I have, bearing date from twenty to twenty-nine years earlier. In this volume, as in the older ones, the large capitals al the beginning of books and chapters are inva- riably omitted, the spaces being lefl t>> be filled ornamentally l>y the pen or pencil. Of volumes, printed before the year 1500, I have sixteen, mostly black letter, and all in excellent presen at ion. The most remarkable of these is the work of Tl ias Aquinas, en- titled ' Qu838tiones I tisputatas de Veritate,' a thick t'.»li<» w ith clasps, printed at Lubeck bj Koelhoef, I 1 7 _' . Among others are the Treatise of Albertus Magnus, - l>e EDucharistia,' in folio, printed at I'lin, ll7 - _': the celebrated work of Jacobus de Voragine, entitled Elistoria Lombardica, a collection of legends of the saints, printed (place n • ■ t given I l v- J. and the Anna Catena of Thomas Aquinas, a commentary on the Gospels, collected from the writings of the fathers, bearing date (place not given) 1476 This latter work is particularl) noticeable for the beauty of the typography, the thick- i ii- 1 firmness of the paper, and the tastefulness with which the capital letters have been filled in with the pencil. M In addition t" what I have >ai>l above as to the title page of Koberger'a Vulgate being destitute of date, 1 maj add that the INTRO DICTION. 17 next oldest volume in my possession,' printed with a title page, (the Epistles of Cicero, Turin, 1515) also exhibits the date, not ou the title page, but in the colophon at the end. The oldest volume which I have with a dated title page is a work of Erasmus, in duodecimo, printed in Italic type by EYoben at Basle, 1523. At a somewhat later period the date was sometimes given both on the title page and in the colophon. My copy of Manutius' Commentary on the Epistles of Cicero, purchased at the sale of Mr. Choate's library, printed by the " Aldi Filii," Venice, 1547, is thus dated." The foregoing interesting description gives a good idea of the style of the first printed books. Newspapers in Europe : — " The first European attempts to establish printed and regularly published newspapers were made nearly simultaneously, in the early part of the seventeenth century, in Germany, France, and England. The first German newspaper, in numbered sheets, was printed in 1012. The first French new- paper was established at Paris, 1632, by Renaudot, a physician, famous for his skill in collecting news to amuse his patients. The first English newspaper was established in London, by Nathaniel Butter, in 1622. It was a small quarto of eighteen pages, called the Certain Xews of the Present Week. "But the repression laws enacted after the Restoration of James II. crushed out all these early efforts. More than two hundred years after Caxton had exercised the art of printing in England, her citizens had to rely upon letter writers for their supply of news. During the very century that English kings crushed out daring journalism they were frequently baffled by printers of pamphlets containing violent and scurrilous attacks upon their doctrines or their dynasties ; and while James II. had suppressed all newspa- pers save his government organ, his successor found it impossible to suppress the adverse ballads, pamphlets, and books of the Jaco- bites, which were issued in underground printing-offices, where precautions against detection and arrest were adopted similar to those used at the present day by those who print counterfeit 1- 'III I PRESS Ol MAIM f money. After newspapers had once gained a strong hold in public favor, however, as they did in England daring the closing of the seventeenth and in the eighteenth century : after :i gradual change in the British constitution prevented ;i resort t ■ » purely arbitrary methods of destroying them in England; and after they had survived the Btamp t:i\ imposed by Queen Anne, :» long Beries ofbattles were waged before juries, between successive English administrations and differenl newspaper proprietors, until finally, despite many unjusl convictions, tin- freedom of fair news- • en public questions h i- •> • -n finally established in i od :i- tin- result of a s sri is of parliamentary and legal <-'>ntc-i< lasting till- more than tun centuries." — Encyc. Printing. Tir P ess ra America. — -A printing-press was in opera- lion in Mexico in less than .-i century after the new art became generally known in Europe, and for nearly ;i century before - t printing-press was introduced into tin- present limits of the United States. 'I'll.' second American city in which ;> printing-office was established was Lima, Peru, where a work designed t « > :t^~-i ^t the l»i-i« — -t— in the study of the language of the natives appeared in 1586." The first Book-press was established :it Cambridge in January, ■ l>\ Stephen Day. Rev. Jesse Glover, who contributed largeh to the purchase of this press, died on his passage t" tin' \ru World. Nothing could !».• printed upon it without the sanction of the President of Harvard Colicky. The press" was not enfranchised in Massachusetts until L755. Day, evidently from pecuniary embarrassments, soon relinquished his Btand and bee our foreman to his S tnuel < h*een. Newspapers. The firsl newspaper on 1 1 1 i ~ western conti- nent, of which there is anj record, was printed in Boston, M ss., in 1692, bj li. Pierce. The firel number has been preserved in the State Paper Office, London. Whether an) more than this number were printed is not known.— A> it eane out without INTRODUCTION 10 license, the probability is that a continuance was forbidden by the General Court. The Boston News Letter, commenced in Boston Aug. 24, 17U4, was the first established newspaper in the United States: imprint, B. Green ; proprietor, John Campbell, a Scotchman, a bookseller, and postmaster of Boston. The contents of the News Letter, during the whole of his proprietorship, are chiefly extracts from London papers. After issuing - his small sheet, 12 X 8, for fifteen years, the editor makes the common complaint that his paper is not supported, and he is not able, as he should be, to issue a whole sheet weekly in order to keep up with the foreign news, which was then, all beyond England, thirteen months in arrear ! The News Letter was continued until the evacuation of Boston by the British in 1774. "A rival newspaper, called the Boston Gazette, was established in December, 1719, by a new postmaster, who represented Camp- bell ; but it was only in the third newspaper of the United States, the Xew England Courant, established by James Franklin in 1721, that signs of live journalism in this country were developed. The Courant, under the management of -James Franklin, assisted by his immortal brother Benjamin, was the first American newspaper that gave any signs of vigor or energy, or that was anything more than a dry rehash of safe and staple news. The Franklins speedily became embroiled, not only with their newspaper prede- cessor, Campbell, but with the clergy and the civil authorities; and, James being forbidden to continue his publication, it was published in the name of young Ben, then an apprentice in his teens, nominally on his own account, but really for his brother." THE PRIXTIXG-OFFICE AS A SCHOOL. By reference to our Index of Periodicals it will be seen that there are only eight editors,* among fifty, who have received a col- lege diploma. The status was the same in Massachusetts as late as * Only seven in the Index have the titles annexed, — that of Marcellus Emery, AI. A., having been accidentally omitted. The Bangor Democrat, once edited by him, is not now published. Ill l. I RESS Ol M \ I N I. 1 v- _'". Buckingham, in hi* • Reminiscences, 1 gives bul five or »i\ edi- >f liberal education, 1 among tin- host that preceded him i:i M - sachusetts. The Columbian Centinel, edited by Benjamin Russell from 1784 to 1^-_>; the Boston G tte,byJohn Russell from IT'.'.", to 1823; ili- N. a England Galaxy, by J. T. Buckingham from 1817 to L 828, and the Boston Courier, I^J^to 1851, were among the m >-t influential papers in the country. Each of these editors entered the printing-office .-it aboul fifteen years < with only the \ v. < e lucation of the common schools <>f thai day, and gained hi- high position by appreciating and diligently im- proving the advantages of the printing-office. Innumerable are the cases of this kind thai have occurred. And not only have able journalists thus been multiplied, but our halls of State and National legislation have been amply Mi|>|>li<-<1 with efficient la- borers from these nurseries "f intellect.* Enrolled in the li-t will ever stand conspicuous one whom our fraternity will delighl t.> honor —that printer, journalist, statesman, diplomatist, philosopher, to whom was given wisdom to penetrate the secret chamb - the Almighty, and 1>\ his 'kite .-mil hemp string to ascertain the nature of His thunderbolts, and with an iron rod conducl them harmlessly to the earth. Nor 'li\ the r t i • 1 of a magnet, rang :i bell :it the distant end of a wire; — and from this feat, doubtless, was eaughl the idea i>\ Prof. Morse, which has given us the lighi sum i'imn riNQ \i-i- \i: \ 1 1 s; one thread of * hich, encircling the globe, can send out more intelligence in :i given time, than :ill the printing-presses or printing-machines in the world. Among those self-taught of the presenl generation, whose name stands ou1 above all others as a journalist, is the lamented Horace CJre< ley. The extreme poverty and hardships of early life through which B. liussell, Buckingham and Greelej pasted, make up an interesting and valuable history for the young. ' B m both held 3 i ate- i INTRODUCTION. 21 Among numerous testimonials in honor of our profession, we may be permitted to present the following, being new. — In a let- ter recently received from the venerable Dr. Withington, of Newbury, Muss., (now in his 85th year), with whom the editor had the pleasure of acquaintance in early days, he remarks, in closing — "I think printing is a noble employment, and brings as much literature before the mind that appreciates as — shall I say — a college ? Yes ; at least I have many profitable recollections ; though some printers, like their proof-sheets, only receive transient impressions." Leonard Withington served an apprenticeship with J. T. Buckingham, ending in 1808 ; after which he went to college — then to the Theological Seminary at Andover. His career since, as a clergyman, scholar, and author, is well known. Pres. Smith of Dartmouth College acknowledges his indebt- edness to the printing-office in these words — "I am far from be- ing satisfied with my labors in my present position ; but, imperfect as they seem to me, I cannot help thinking that I am a little better President for having been a printer." The printer, combining intellectual with mechanical employ- ment, — composing typographically, and at the same time, men- tally, — elaborating or criticising the written ideas of others in the copy before him, — often putting his own thoughts, without copy, directly into form, — must have a dull, heedless head if he does not gain the tact of a ready and good writer. His hard expe- rience also in business life, with his unrequited labors, quickens his moral sensibilities, — he leans naturally to the side of the oppress- ed, and becomes the strenuous advocate of liberty and equal rights. Consequently, under monarchical and despotic governments, the members of no profession have ever been exposed to such martyr- dom as this. History, since the commencement of printing, is full of accounts of the slaughter of printers, publishers, and journal- ists, who combated "wickedness in high places." Interesting volumes might be written on this subject. The examples of self-made editors (so to speak) are given for the encouragement of the young printer, who goes out with his 22 I H I V R BSS OF M \ I N E. Bcanty means into the new, rough settlements of our country, kblisfa his press w] roe can Bubsisl bul by performing the arduoas work <>t' editor, printer, and publisher; a discipline, well improved, calculated to make him an able :m«l a useful journalist. Where the discipline of th< l . (or its equiva- lent) and thai of the printer are combined, there, other things being equal, may we l""k for the besl editor, the best teacher, the best legislator.* It cannol however be disguised, thai the ) r boy po8sesse I of stamina, who starts in the world with a pittance, earns his firel farthing in a useful calling, an 1 pursues thai call- ing Bteadily, gaining knowledge and tacl through severe trials and deprivations, is the one who mosl Burely arrives al eminenc Though the employment of a printer may be more directlj connected with in- tellectu il development than are other mechanic >l trades, ~ 1 1 1 1 ever] exercise of > k 1 1 1 in in mil il I lImii" ti ■ml- tii mere ise th( ill- but h ill" :i man, ami slie luit half a woman, who baa nol learned a useful (rule-. I'm igth at this day, as a means, mainl] to her system of instruction, — requiring in com with her obligator] common school discipline, I male and femile, even to the royal household, shall leant - - trade. The Browing and permanent ■i of ever] nation ■!• p< nda on her obedience ti> this natural law. — the union of in inn il .mil intellectu il labor ; the first indispeiu ible, and to I"- held as honoi the latter God onlj knows how long the invention of printing might havi delayed had not Gutenberg been a lapidary j bj which trade he was nol onl] | cil in skill, but gained his living whi dent tli it there c in !"• no real adi in • aside from this u Vmong the man] instances of a similar kind that any intelli* ^rciit [■• cred or profane history, we «iil nan m thai this vicinity. The great chai within thirty n the moral and religions condition of Turkej is well known; but it i- not u kn"«n tli it thi to thai nation. I>r. Hunlin, attributes bis I, to the cultivation of his mechanical faculties while n student at I I iwdoin within mir know - now standing higl il nun (some have departed), who by trades worked theii through < than one, m pirt.ii\ sawing wood for fellow students, whom wc should 1 1 k .• to have no« compared with theii Would nol n ted « 1 1 1 1 out tn the world than urn, or militarj drill ' • i ; brother, recentl) published, is an additional and vcrj intcri i illustration of the truth of Uiis theory. The editors and publishers of the m under theii ited in I in Edinburgh witl '111111111 knowledge nuil in printing materials, as did our Harpawcll hi given in thi» book, beginning on igi i INTRODUCTION. 23 Tt may be expected of the- editor that he should give, in this introduction, some of his observations upon men and tilings in .Maine, — some reminiscences of the two generations of editors, printers, and publishers that have passed before him. We can give no better account than that which may be obtained by a perusal of the Newspaper and Biographical departments of this book. There may be seen a sketch of the editorial fraternity, , past and present, political and religious, — of the men that have figured as politicians, and of those that have been engaged in pre- paring and publishing moral, religious, and scientific intelligence ; there, too, may be seen the vast numbers that have made attempts at journalism, and from various causes have tailed of success. More than 200 periodicals have been started in this State, — had their brief day, and then disappeared. Many of these performed a useful part in the field of their mission ; and their conductors* though not pecuniarily rewarded, probably had the consciousness and satisfaction of having done something for the public good. No literary or scientific magazine has yet obtained a perma- nent footing in this State, unless the one now published (Journal of Education) proves an exception. "Too far down east," is the cry. The difficulty is — not the lack of able writers, but the want of readers. Our State is young; the bone and muscle, as well as the mental forces, are required in subduing the land, establishing manufactories, and in supplying a good portion of the world with lumber. Our literary and scientific men, with a few exceptions^ have been drawn to more central and lucrative sections in other States of the Union. Our invigorating climate, however, will continue to produce strong, intellectual men ; and when the west shall have been supplied, and our people find, as they should, more time for mental culture, our ablest literary men will be retained in Maine. Light ever begins in the east and passes westward. In our Bibliographical department it will also be seen how many of the best preachers and writers of our country are natives of Maine. Here and there one, we are glad to see, comes back to spend his. last days amidst the pleasant scenery of his boyhood. 24 THJ 5 S OF MAIN E Lei is] ise here in regard to the advance of printing, and the imim:-'\ \ PBIXTTS -- - W ith tin 1 rude, clumsy presses of the firsl century "t" printing, there mnst have been an immense number "t' lo the greal amount of work that :»i »j •*-:n-- to i - only da) w ere struck off "ii :i - Tin- tir-' presses rly in the form «s - of the day. \ s ecimen cut of a press - in 1560 shows some advance in construction; but i - 3 t until 11 . '_ -two hundi s after the invention of printing — thai W.J. B man, made the firsl considerable improvement in tin inventing one that »till bears his nan nktin, <>iu' hundr - s introduction, worked in London upon one of tli' - sses. [S illustrative cut at close >'t' this Intro- duction . I' differs • I materi "\ fr» >m tin- ] made in this country (aboul IT'.' I y Rai _• . which was in gen- eral use until L825. Bach of thes ss • [uired tn the 1' side "i* a dei •• ering but half .a' the form. \t improvement embraced th< joint - i in an iron Iran • T - krioua iin- d attachments to the levers, is s hand-pr <>f the la' - - work has been printed at the rati- of not two hundred impn an hour. In 1790 we find the firsl mention of a cylinder printing-machine Win. Nicl in .n. II .it into aae. Tlu> \ linder press that in 1 v 13 by B m Times rinted upon this in 1 81 \. at the - an hour, u wonderful achievement. i • were made that l houi :' printing :i use in 1 IS T R O D U C T ION. 25 the United States, of various degrees of speed. The whole num- ber of all kinds in operation is about 25,000. The machine of the greatest power yet invented is by R. Hoe and Co., New York, called the Type-Revolving Printing Machine, the principle of which was patented in 1840. A specimen cut of one with eight impression cylinders may be seen at the close of this book. The form of type is placed upon the central cylinder — which is about four and a half feet in diameter — and covers a segment of only one-fourth of the surface ; the remainder being occupied as an ink-distributing surface. The impression cylinders may -be in- creased from two to ten or twelve. The ten cylinder prints at the rate of 25,000 large newspaper sheets upon one side per hour. There is a press, invented by Wm. Bullock, a native of Green- ville, N. Y., on the planetary or type-revolving principle, which feeds itself from a continuous roll of paper, and prints both sides of the largest news sheet at the same time it passes around the impression cylinders. The sheets are cut to any exact measure- ment, after being printed, and are laid off in a pile by the opera- tion of the machine. The manufacturing company claim that they can make a press capable of printing 20,000 perfected sheets per hour ; or, by a duplication of forms, 40,000. TYPE-SETTING AND DISTRIBUTING. Until within a very few years it has been considered impos- sible that types could be either set or distributed in any other way than by passing them one by one through the fingers. Now it is among the probabilities that a revolution in the compositor's department is at hand. We have seen at Boston a type-distribu- ting machine, invented by O. L. Brown, operated by steam, which feeds itself from the page of matter to be distributed. The mat- ter is taken up line by line by the machine ; the letters are seized one by one by automatic fingers and passed into a rotating ring about ten inches in diameter. The machine must be seen in or- der to gain a clear understanding of its operations; but a printer will get some idea of the distributor if he is informed that the body of each letter has a groove or nick, differing in place from 4 THE i' k l - - in .M \i\i:. every other, and thai automatic feeler* (so to speak) are thrown • nit as the types pass around the ring, each type continuing to move until the match i-< made, when it drops in an upright posi- ti'>n u| :i galley, ready, when the gaUej is sufficiently tilh-. 1, to be placed upon the type-setting stand. This distributing machine, with :i boj to watch its movements, will do the work of two or three nun by the usual method. A gjrl in a few hours practice upon the type-setter (which we will n- >t attempl to describe) will do the work of two experienced hands in the old way. It is thoughl that these machines will succeed. Type-setting machines have been invented of ni<'iv rapid movement, but we believe there are yel some improvements needed to insure success. m wi i ' \< m BE OF i • \ i • i : i : . The facilities for manufacturing paper have kepi pact- with the demands of the press. Fifty-five years :iu r " paper was made only by hand in the following manner. — [A manner similar to that practised bj the Chinese a1 ;t very earl} period.] — Across a hard- w I frame of the size of the sheel to be manufactured, were drawn verj close parallel wires, with oross supporting win- at in- tervals, which gave whal we call water-lines. Another similar frame, called the deckle, was placed over this to form together a shallow sieve. This mould was < t ij .j «c I into the val of pulp, a portion of which was taken up, Bhaken, drained for two or three Beoonds, and then turned over u| a sheet of felt, the layer of |nil|> ami the Bheets alternating until the pile was sufficient to till a pre--, which was then screwed down. AAer pressure, the sheets were arranged in n mw order, and again pressed. Aiter this, the] ■•-i/e,|" b) dipping in a solution of gelatine or glue, and again dried and pressed; the sheets were passed under the manipu- lations of female operatives to clean off an] 'picks' that could he removed bj a knife. <>nl\ about two ,,i- three sheets a minute could be passed through the mould. The first attempt made to improvt bj Machinerj upon this slow process was made in 1799 l>\ Rol* it, in France. But it was not until ;i fi -w years later thai INTRODUCTION. 27 the Fourdriniers in England, with the Donkins, by a great sacri- fice of time and money, succeeded in bringing the machine into effective use. "The general plan of the Fonrdrinier machine is to substitute for the single wire moulds and felts of the hand-made paper, con- tinuous, or rather endless, wire webs and felts ; while they are do- ing their duty on the upper surface, they turn on leaving the paper and return below, being kept extended by ingenious mechanical contrivances. It is in this way that the operation is made con- tinuous, and that from the pulp at one end of the machine the rin- ished paper rolls out at the other end, in almost as many minutes as the old process had required weeks." The quantity of white paper of all kinds made yearly in the United States is estimated at about 225,000 tons, and the quantity of brown and wrapping paper at about as much more, and that about one-tenth of the white paper is made of straw. This coun- try uses and wastes more paper than any other. Its paper pro- duction is greater than that of France and England together. BOOK-BINDING. Cutting-machines, folding-machines, embossing and lettering- machines have increased the facilities in book-binding nearly in proportion to those of the other departments. It would be the realization of no strange dream, if in a few years we should find in some central locality a large building, or contiguous buildings, in which there will be the paper-making machine, the type-setting machine, the printing machine, with the folding, sewing and bind- ing apparatus, all brought to such perfection that an author may engage his paper for a good sized volume in the morning, and sit- ting down near the printing-press, by aid of a sufficient number of proof readers, have his book bound and ready for delivery on the eve of the same day. In view of this giant march of improvement, it becomes our brethren of the news, as well as the book-press, in isolated sections of the country and of moderate means, to consider what is to be the next phase in their horizon. Is the business of news- 28 'I'll l PRESS "l M \ I N l. paper printing, book-making, etc., .- *. i « 1 * - < I by powerful .- m < 1 expen- sive machinery, destined eventually to pa— into the exclusive hands of greal capitalists, by whom ool only labor but inin>l may be controlled ? The Editors and Publishers' Association was instituted tin- the purpose of mutual edification, literary culture, and the advance- ment of Journalism to its highest standard; — having in view also the general inter* sts of printing and publishing in .Maine. 1:1. I OOBP1 I tlVB. Iii 1« >■ >kin-_r at the history of the world, it will be -ecu that civi- lization advanced by almosl imperceptible degrees until the age of printing; and thai the rapidity, with which it afterward spread, was in proportion t<> the increase of printing power. The cylinder- press in Europe and America fame into operation but little over half a century ago ; since which period — the press in the mean time increasing its speed twenty fold — there has been a greater advance in the mechanic arts and sciences useful to man, than during the previous two thousand years! Within the age of the press, this New World (which science aovi shows to be older than Europe) has been discovered and oc- cupied. The true theory of the Solar Bystem lm- been made known, — opening to u- the sublime revelations of astronomy. The wonder-working powers <>t' Electricity, Light, and Strain have all been broughl into use. Geology, Mineralogy, and Chem- istrj have also unfolded their treasures! 4 Mmi i saj a I h. Loring, in a late address at the Andoi er Female Seminary) is now bus) in exploring ever) theory, in investigating every problem, in applying every science thai can vitalize thai wonderful aggregation of human forces, known as society. In mechanics and physics there are constant efforts and progress. Science and medicine have been broughl t" the highesl standard. The earth trembles and the waters are vexed with the application • The increasing light "t w i< nee, it ii •elf-cTident, baa i reflei influence ud de- ni mil upon the idTajii e of printing. INTRODUCTION. 29 of all those forms which science has presented for the perfection and power over the material world. The scientific period has ar- rived, and science is placed at last in the divine regions of human genius, once occupied by the poets and historians and orators and philosophers and divines, who long enjoyed undisputed sway as masters of human thought. It has also become familiar to us all, and has filled the highways and byways of society with its life-growing influences. We cannot close this part of our work in language more appropriate than that of the song by William R. Wallace, so characteristic of this age. SOXG OF OUR AGE. Will is ironed on my forehead, not a muscle is at rest; Billows of determination roll within my ocean breast, — " Evermore to do " their shouting ; and, as they're firmly hurled Upon opposing forces, — man is master of the world. Steam inventions, adaptations, manufacturing, mining true, Tunnelling mountains, bridging rivers, edening where marshes grew ; Terrible Arctic ice realms conquered, deepest Afric jungles trod, Even lightning every moment borrowed from the hand of God. All are trophies of my marching, and vast platforms are enshrined For the great but sacred boldness of the longing Human Mind ; So Earth opens up her history, so orbed skies their secrets show, And the Heart is daily swelling with a more adoring glow — More adoring, so ail neighbors, and all nations even, feel, With that worship, as God's music, larger love for one another through their inmost being steal. Oh, what rapture is my labor! oh, too grand it is for rest! Not subjective, but objective, is the passion in my breast; So with each heave of my muscles will material blessings grow ; So will Mind with larger stature on the vast Thought Mountains glow; So Humanity's Heart Rivers deeper, sweeter, holier flow ; So the Central Star of Bethlehem fix and bless all eyes below. Notk.— The whole number of tnthon rftcOrdad la the following ptgei li i".\ Nomherofl ks ud punphleta, 1,340 II the fraternity will continue to ■end n< Liifbniutfion regarding the hiitory of the preee, wt «iil tilt- it ami keep it nil for t »i .* next historian, w< maj print a rapplement, if there ihould be fbnnd In tiii§ work any omiwiorw of Important matter. Franklin at his Press. PRESS OF MAINE. .'/. < i i£anc6 THE PRESS OF CUMBERLAND COUXTY "THE OLD PORTLAND." BY H. Wi EICHAEDSON. Ox the fourth of April, 1783, the first news of pence was received in the little village then known as Falmouth Neck, and Parson Smith tells us in his journal that "our men had a mad day of rejoicing 1 , firing cannon incessantly from morning to night among the houses, and ended in killing Mr. Rollins" — that unlucky mariner having heen wounded by the explosion of a cannon, and surviving only four days. Nearly eight years before, in the very beginning of the war, the town had been wantonly burned by a British fleet — 414 buildings destroyed, and only 100 dwellings left standing. The population of the Neck in 1774 was 1900, and at the close of the Avar remained at nearly the same number. In 1784, the year after the treaty, Thomas B. Wait, who had been previously concerned in the publication of the Bos- ton Chronicle, came to Falmouth and opened a stationer's shop. Finding Benjamin Titcomb, a printer, already established here, he formed a partnership with him, and on the first of January, 17s."., issued the first number of the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser. It was the first newspaper ever printed in the District of Maine; and, under various names, has continued to the present day. The first newspaper in America, the Boston Til .' M \ I N E. ' ; I u'l was not bo <-M in 17 v "» aa the n of Portland was incorporated in 17 s i'>. and the name • the Cumberland < razette. Mr. inued to eondncl it foreleg Mr. Titcomb had elusion "t" Mr. Wait's labors, ad in 1790 I . be.* In 1792 the t G fusion the other ■ led the Eastern Herald. There , 17G1. Hi \ ■ wbury, elf in the printing business :it Portland, on Icon?' with bis own hands ( aa he frequently remarked to " ; laine. Aboul id with no other preparation than that which • 1 • red in I be rr- I A l b) the 1 \ ■ tied in in winter, I I I i itcomb — retiring from ' • pul] I a i II aa In 1820 Klilcr I • • with , him. Hi ■ ■ '• rrille a mam rithout notes. Hi / ■ v r m bk B !. \ n i) cou NT 35 wns :il thai day no party in Portland but the Federalist, yet the elections were as warmly contested as at any subsequent period. The whole of Maine constituted a single congressional district, which had been represented by Judge Thatcher of Biddeford, a persona] friend of Wait's, and a frequent contributor to bis paper. Thatcher's wit was sometimes of the sharpest and most exasperat- ing quality, and lie became unpopular in Portland; but Wait, with his usual courage and vehemence, stood by his friend when he became a candidate for re-election. The Gazette of Maine rep- resented the opposition. During the canvass Wait was personally assaulted; Daniel George, the schoolmaster, and Daniel Davis, af- terward United States Attorney, were threatened with personal violence; and Samuel C. Johonot, an accomplished lawyer, was actually driven out of town. The vote of Portland stood for Na- thaniel Wells, of Wells, 65; Josiah Thatcher, of Gorham, 23; George Thatcher, of Biddeford, 21; and William Lithgow, of Georgetown, 1. Judge Thatcher was re-elected on the fourth trial by a majority of sixty votes in the whole district. Mr. Wait is described by Willis as "a man of ardent tempera- ment, strong mind, great firmness and independence of character ; earnest and persevering in whatever he undertook, and honest in his purposes." He lived on the corner of Congress and Elm streets, where Deering block now stands. His paper was published "opposite the hay market, 1 ' now Market square. The difficulties under which belabored maybe appreciated when we remember the fact, recorded by Parson Smith, that in the spring of ITS.") the Boston mail was delayed five weeks by bad roads. The first at- tempt to carry passengers east was made in 1703 by Caleb Graf- fam, who was employed by Wait to carry the newspaper once a week in summer, and once a fortnight in winter, to Hallowed and the intermediate towns. Wait's valedictory, a manly piece of writing, not wiihoul a touch of pathos, appears in the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine of Sept. '■'>, 1796, — John K. Baker, an apprentice of Wait's, having just bought and consolidated the two papers. The estab- lishment at that early day, as ever since, seems to have been a Till NEWS PRESS 01 MAIN E. nursery for jounalists. John Rand, another apprentice, issued the Oriental Trumpel the Bameyear; and in L798, E. A. Jenks, another apprentice, after the Trumpet had fallen dumb, issued the firsl number of the Portland Gazette. The Trumpet appears to have been a Puritanical organ, with a distinctly nasal twang. The Gazette was a livelier rival t-» Baker's enterprise, in which Daniel George, already mentioned, was Boon engaged. George was :i remarkable character. Be is described as ;i man of genius, Inn -<> exceedingly deformed thai he had i>> be moved from place to place in a small carriage, drawn bj a Bervant. lie came here in 1784 or '5 from Newburyport, where In- had published almanacs, as he afterwards 'li'l lure. He was a pi-inter, but kepi school in Portland, and had also a small I kstore in Fish,now Exchange, street. In 1800 he became the sole owner of the Herald. The national parties were now beginning to take form. The first Republican club was formed here in IT'.'l. In 1803 the part} had become strong enough to support a newspaper, and the Eastern Argus was established by Calvin Day, and Nathaniel Willis, the father of "Willis of [dlewild. By a singular fatality it happened thai in the following year the publishers of both the Federalist papers were taken away. George died, and, soon after, Jenks \\a> drowned on a Sunday, near Richmond's [aland, on bis passage from Boston. Both, establishments, il appear-, were then united under the management of [saac Adams. Mr. Adams grad- uated at Dartmouth College in 1 7: »<.. and came t.' Portland in 1 7 '.'7. a- Chief Justice Parsons had <• e before him, t" keep school. In I s i'"J he opened a ' kstore in Jones's Row, on the wesl side of Pish Btreet, and in 1 805 bought the < lazette. Under his charge it assumed a character which it had lacked since Wait part.. I with it. Mr. Adams is described bj Willis as "a man <>!' fine talents, quick perceptions, calm judgment, and great energj of character." He was a tall man, with a large frame and a tine presence, and was for man) years a leading citizen, lie -at ten years for Portland in the Ma* ichusetts Legislature ; and for seven years, after the separation, in the Maine Legislature. He was for thirteen years on t| M hoard of selectmen of the town, and moBt of the time chairman of the board. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 37 Three years after his purchase, Mr. Adams admitted to part- nership Arthur Shirley, who had been an apprentice, and who now took sole charge of the printing office.* Mr. Shirley's connection with the paper lasted till IX'2'2. After 1811 it was Avholly in his hands, except that a part of the time his brother, J. Shirley, was associated with him. It was during the administration of Adams and Shirley that the old Gazette was illuminated by the brilliant essays of a cluster of young men, whose articles, over the signatures Pilgrim, Prowler, Night Hawk, and Torpedo, ke]?t the town in good humor. William B. Sewall, coming here to read law, found his college classmates, Savage, and Payson (then preceptor of the new academy, afterwards the distinguished preacher) al- ready engaged upon these weekly essays of wit and merriment. Two sons of Samuel Freeman — Samuel Deane and William — were Harvard contemporaries of Sewall, Savage, and Payson, and were also contributors to the Gazette. A little later came the contributions of the Torpedo Club, of which Charles S. Daveis, Nathaniel Deering, N, Carter, and N. Wright were the brightest ornaments. Portland was then a small village of four or five thousand in- habitants, all known to each other, and the authorship of these "Arthur Shirley was a native of Fryeburg, and commenced his apprenticeship in 1798 in the office of E. Russell, the proprietor of the first printing establishment in that town. " He was a man (says a correspondent) very decided in his views, — deliberate, square, firm, — shown characteristically in his hand writing, which you will remember was remarkably open, — plainer than type script. He was blind the few last years of his life ; yet even during this period he was much at his office, and would often work at the case ;" setting type by feeling the ' nick.' Ed. " Mr. Shirley from the age of 16 was connected with the public press ; and, as a printer, publisher, and writer, was successively identified, during his long life, with many newspapers ; among which were the Portland Gazette (since merged into the Advertiser ), and the Christian Mirror, which, under its original title, still maintains its place among the principal religious weekly publications of the State. The first ' Directory of Portland ' issued from his press. The first book of sacred music printed in the State had the same origin. The Daily Courier, the Family Reader, the Portland Magazine, and the Maine Washingtonian Journal all have his imprint, and were to no inconsiderable extent the product of his industry." — Extract from the Christian Mirror, Feb. 9, 18G1. Til E \ E WS PRE SS IN MAINE quips :ui>1 jests was sed with an interest which it would mow be impossible to excite. In 1813 William Willis came here and entered upon the Btudy of the profession, <>t' which he has since become the historian in Maine After completing his Btud- ies in Boston and being admitted to practice at the Suffolk B r, he returned to Portland in 1819 to take charge of Judge Mellen's office; and in the Bame year was engaged by Shirley to furnish editorial articles for the Gazette. I> was the first ii vchich il,, offict of editor was separated from tin b f ti,. pub- lisher, and marks an epoch in the local history of journalism. Mr. Willi-'- connection with the Gazette remained unbr till, iii 1822, Mr. Shirley having undertaken the publication of the Christian Mirror, edited by Asa Eland, disposed of the Gazette, which within the next three or four years changed hands several times ; coming back at last upon Shirley, who in 1826 sold the pa- per i" Jacob Hill and John Edwards,— the latter reared, like Shirley, an apprentice in the office, and like him destined to become a publisher. During the interval before this sale the pa- per had been edited for a Bhort time bj J. 1 >. Hopkins; but mainly by the modest and learned William D. Sewall, who found these labors much more to hia mind than the wrangling of the bar. Under his management a semi-weekly edition was begun, with which was revived the old title, Portland Advertiser, while the weekly edition was -till called the Gazette of Maine. Mr. Hill, who was a lawyer, edited the paper himself so long a- he retained an interest in it. On the tir-t of January, 1829, ho Bold to John and William E. Edwards, the latter having obtained a partial interest a year before. The new firm, casting about for an editor, first hit upon Grenville Mellen, the poet; but after a brief trial found him unsuited to the place. On the recommenda- tion of John Neal, who had returned from Europe two years be- fore, and was now n frequent contributor, thej next ! .Pun' II , a young man who had graduat I I Waterville a year before, and was then employed here as a teacher. TI pcriment proved vi nful. Before the n« •« band at the bellows was known, the shower of sparks attracted general notice CUMBERLAND COUNTY. :><> and comment. Mr. Brooks was no1 satisfied to follow the old ruts. He persuaded tlie publishers to pay his expenses in Washington during the session of Congress, and originated the conception of the Washington correspondent, latterly perhaps a little too well known. I lis insouciant descriptions of the sayings and doings of Congress- men had then the charm of novelty, and the Advertiser profited by it. In 1831, the consecutive publication of the Daily Advertiser began; though, during the sessions of the Legislature then held at Portland, daily bulletins had previously been published, as they have been, since 1832, in Augusta. The Daily Courier had also been started in 1S29, in Portland, and the Daily Argus followed suit in 1835. At that time even Liverpool could boast only of a thrice weekly journal ; and in the British Empire there was not a daily newspaper outside of London. After a few years Mr. Brooks conceived the idea of going to Europe as the special correspondent of the Advertiser, and in 1835 made the grand tour in that capacity. Greatly to the dissat- isfaction of his indulgent employers, he never returned to Portland. Landing in Xew York, he issued the prospectus of the Express ; writing down to Portland, however, that he still intended to main- tain his connection with the Advertiser, and, as soon as he could get the new enterprise under way, should leave its management to his brother Erastus. Perhaps that was his purpose. From 1836 till 1841, he maintained a dubious status here, until he had tested his chances for an election to Congress from this district, and failed- Then, and not before, the last link was broken ; and in November, 1841, Phinehas Barnes was installed as editor. Mr. Barnes gradu- ated at Bowdoin College in 1821); had been professor of Greek and Latin at Waterville for live years after completing his legal stud- ies, and brought to his new task a breadth and thoroughness of culture which lent new dignity to the paper. He continued to edit it until 1847, when he was succeeded by Henry Carter. We are now approaching the latest epoch, and must pick our way over the cineres dolosi of heart burnings, which are still fresh. The decline of the paper began in 1853, when John M.Wood first secured an interest in it. It was the first time in its history, that }u Til I. NEWS PRESS 01 MAIN I'.. .•id owner had been engrossed in other matters to which h< willing t<> make the newspap r secondary. No newspaper can be conducted on Buch principles. It is :i jealous public upon whose favor these enterprises depend, and the bare suspicion thai n daily journal is managed for private ends is fatal t • » it— prosperity. It musl !>«• understood that the journalisl looks to the public alone for approbation; bul it is also necessar) thai he should seek to win thai approbation by honorable dealing. There had been sev- eral changes of proprietorship before Mr. W 1 purchased an in- teresl in the paper. John Edwards had sold half the paper, in lv;7, to Joseph M. Gerrish, who had sold in turn to Reuben Ord- way, who had sold to Carter and A. F. Gerrish in 1850. <>n the first of August, L853, William E. Edwards, after thirty-six years in the Advertiser office, sold oul to Mr. W 1. The Atlantic- and St. Lawrence railroad had jusl been completed. Commercial strnt was buill tin- year before. In these greal enterprises Mr. W I had been conspicuous. He was planning a magnificenl residence and a miraculous hotel, and in an unlucky hour he wanted a newspaper. Ili- management proved extravagantly ex- pensive; and, although the circulation of the paper increased, it was published at a 1"--. Mr. W Pa partners, one after the other, sold their shares, and in 1856 he became the Bole owner. .Mr. Carter remained a year longer as editor. He was followed \,\ Mr. Blaine in l s -"» s . In 1859 the paper once more changed hands, passing under the control of Messrs. Waldron, Little and < \li,. retained il until Jan. L, 1861, when it was Bold to Mr. F. O.J.Smith. The editors, while the paper was published bj W (Iron, Little and Co., were Mr. Blaine and < I .Woodman. After the transfer, Eliphalel Case »m- the principal editor until lii^ death in the w inter of 1 862-3. In Mr. Smith's hands the Advertiser sacrificed its position as a Republican paper; therebj leaving ;i field which was prompt- ly occupied bj the 'Press': though the Advertiser BOLDBN. I \\ < h \. : ;r,i n the preference t" Mr. Richardson's history of the 1*1 r- * in Falmouth ( now Portland ) t a that hia interest led him to serj rod research. Mr. Titcomb, it i tablished the first ] indTitcomb published the Brsl newspaper. Mr. Wait was probably t (■<- tir-t mover in tin paper establishment Mr. Holden's interesting oarratiTe, prepared for a public address, contains, a> originally printed, some remarks "n nun and tlniiL's whicl • in of their deliver] ; but winch, for niu use and room, abridging. Tins he has permitted us to do. Editor.] I [RST -I.MI.W l.i'kl \ The man who succeeded Waft and Titcomb, and was bold enough t<> publish a semi-weekly paper in 1 T '. »* "». was .I>>lm K. Baker, a former apprentice of Mr. Wait's. It desen ed success, but * I i • 1 col win it. The paper, m- :i semi-weekly, went under; but he continued it, as a weekly, till I s "*'. !!<■ was succeeded by Dan- iel George, who continued it till 1804, when it ceased to exist. Failing in bis enterprise, Mr. Baker shook the < lu^t from hie and Lefl the town. He wandered away to the State of Ncia York, and there sojourned for :i tune, then t<> Vermont, where he kept a tavern. "Anything bu1 publishing a newspaper for a living in tin State of Maine," was Ins invocation. Thirt) years from the date < •!* 1 1 i - departure, he returned in hia old age to the scene of his earl) struggles and disappointing i a tired, worn-out man. He was an efficient man in his profession, but he was not met half-waj l»\ the people. He attributed one cause of lii- failure, and rightly, we think, to be the lack ol read) communication with the interior. The semi-weeklj took CUMBERLAND COUNTY. $\ well in town; but people in the interior did not find it to possess advantages to counterbalance the difficulty in getting it regularly. At that man) thai preceded it. It was established to advocate the election of Glen. Joshua Win -ate jr., for Governor of the State, in opposition to Albion K. Parris, the Democratic nominee, who received the support of the Argus and a portion of the Democra- cy, led by Ashur Ware, then Secretary >'i* State and :i writer for the Argus. Several of the leading Democrats, who opposed the election of Mr. rani-, were Isaac Daley, James Jewett, Asa Clapp and his son Charles, Judge Widgery, and others of this city, and Judge Ames of Bath, etc., all of whom contributed material aid in getting up and supporting the Statesman. The political oon- tesl thai year was the mosl virulenl and persona] ever witi in this State. Mr. Parris was triumphantly elected ( Jot ernor, and the combination Buffered a signal defeat. The firsl publisher of the Statesman was Joseph Griffin, who subsequently took as partner Amos C. Tappan. Mr. Griffin re- mained bul a short time, when he returned to Brunswick and the quid of a 1 U and job office. The firm of Griffin and Tappan* was succeeded 1>\ thai of Thayer and Tappan, and, soon after, Thayer, Tappan and Stickney i II.iiia l,\ Stickney) ; and finall) the whole control passed into the hands of Abijah W.Thayer as editor and publisher. Pre- • \ Sl ■ \ ! 1 i . . . ■hipal tod \iii r in- left, tin- o ■ published i p ipet il u iir ilnil in l C H M W E R LAND C OUNT V. 53 ~vious to this, however, it M T as edited, at different times, by Na- thaniel Deering, N. G. Jewett, and James P. Vance. Mr. Thayer carried it on about a year, and then removed to Haverhill, and thence to Northampton, Mass., where he died not long since, f On his leaving, Dr. Nathaniel Low was ushered in. The real proprietors of the paper induced him to remove from South Ber- wick to this town, and take charge of the sheet. He came, saw, and concluded to change the name of the paper to that of the American Patriot. His name appeared as editor and publisher, and Wm. E. Edwards as printer. He carried on the paper for about a year. In the meantime he had been appointed Postmas- ter in place of Robert Ilsley. But his reward was a brief one. He lost the place in a few months, when he returned to South Berwick, a wiser man. Soon after the Doctor departed for his native heath, the last note given in aid of the paper at its commencement became due, and was paid by one of the initiatory members. The days of the American Patriot were then numbered and finished. Most of that influential wing of the Democracy which seceded during the Parris and Wingate campaign, never returned to their allegiance. They united with the old Federal party, under the name of National Republican party, and rallied under that flag for several years, when they assumed the name of Whig party, having received important accessions from the Democracy about the time the New York Courier and Enquirer left the Democratic ranks. In the first year of the publication of the Statesman, the Wingate party, with the Federalists, obtained a small majority in the House, and on joint ballot. The Statesman was made the State paper. The contest of the first year of this split in the par- ly was carried on in the most savage manner. Caning and threatened assaults were of daily occurrence. Caricatures of the most ludicrous cast were printed in the Statesman. t Mr. Thayer obtained most of his knowledge in the printing office, and by private study. When a journeyman at Andover, in 181G, 1 remember his studious habit of having his book upon the ' bank,' from which he would catch a sentence while distri- buting ink upon the balls, or while his ' comp' was taking out a ' pick.' — Ed. ., i T II I \ l. w 9 PRESS Ol MAINE WREATH. The Wreath, a family paper, was commenced in 1822, by John Edwards, and afterwards continued by A. W.Thayer. It lived .■ilnpiit a year. EXPERIMENT. The Experiment, :i Bemi-monthly, was commenced aboul l v- J~>. It was quite unique in it- character. It was * -« 1 i t * -< 1 by Jami - V Purinton, afterwards principal <>t' the IIi_ r li School in Portland. The articles were all written by the members of a society of * young men, of which Mr. P. was al the head. They united for mutual improvement. Debate was a pari of their plan. They also wrote essays, and read them in public meeting. The manu- scripts were then corrected by the editor, and afterward published in the Experiment; bo thai the writer could avail himself of the amendments, a- also could his associates and the public a1 large. The paper was successful and quite useful. It lived for a yeai or two, till it- progenitors outgrewthe society. Among the asso- ciates were John B. Brown, Daniel Winslow, Winslow II. Purin- ton, < 'apt. < '"tliu, the writer, and many others of our citizens who continue to this day. COl EUER The Courier, issued in 1829, was the firsl Daily in this State. Seba Smith, the original Jack I >'>\\ aing, has the honor "t" starting it. Mr. Smith — ;i man of fine literal*} tastes — had been pre- viously editor of the Argus. Be was the husband of Mrs. I 1m th Oakes Smith, whose superior abilities as a writer are known throughout the land. Mr. Smith died bul recently, in Brooklyn, \. ST. He was a man of much simplicity of character, and modest} of bearing, almosl amounting ti> Bhyness, which made dim beloved bj all. II*- was classically educated — graduating at Bowdoin College in 1M S — bul never adopted either of the learned professions; preferring ti> cultivate lii- fine litcrarj I II. published no l k, I tliink. bul In- "Jack Downing i which gave him a national tame 1 1 » - was a poel of the finest CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 55 type, and some of his fugitive pieces will be read as long as the English language exists* Mr. Smith was also a man of the purest character — ever attuning his lyre to illustrate the most ennobling sentiments. The Courier died many years ago. Its last proprietor was Elbridge G. Waterhouse, who # afterward enjoyed a nook in the Philadelphia Custom House, and may be there now. TEMPERANCE JOURNAL. The Temperance Journal was published for several years, by A. Shirley and Son, and subsequently by Elder Peck, Brown Thurston, and others. Contemporary with this was the Peace Washingtonian, published by the Messrs. Nichols. Between this [taper and the Temperance Journal there was constant war as long as the Washingtonian survived. UMPIRE. The Umpire was a weekly, established by John Edwards for the support of Whiggery. It also risked the publication of a Daily during a portion of its brief existence. It warmly advocated Gen. Taylor's election while in charge of F. O. J. Smith, and expired soon after Taylor's election. ORION. The Orion, a weekly publication of a literary character, and edited by our venerable fellow-citizen, James Furbish, was started and published for a brief period by Mr. Edwards of the Umpire. These two last named papers, it is true, had but a brief existence; but they helped to make up the history of the newspaper press in this county, and were creditable to the enterprise of their pro- jectors. YANKEE. On the first of January, 1828, James Adams, jr., issued a weekly paper, called the Yankee, edited by John Neal. It ran * See " Bowdoin Poets " for a sample of his charming verses. — Ed. 'I'll r. N I. u - l!l - - OF M \ I \ I'.. well for eighteen months; when it was united with tin- Bachelor's Monthly, including Sire. B - Monthly and I a Literary Gazette, and published al Boston under the conduct <>t' .Mr. \ and James W.Miller, the poet Hut having been emasculated from a weekly folio t" :i monthly magazine, the insatiate grave of periodicals received it- remains jn -i\ months afterward. The Yankee illustrated, in it- lit;- in tin- city, the peculiarities of its editor in an eminent degree. At that time, 1828, M . \ ' was thirty-five years old. II- was in full vigor, and confident <>t bis ability to perform the duty assumed ; and the public held t«> the same opinion. Articles, which for their boldness and auda- city could find place ii ther columns, were as acceptable to our unflinching .-lit,.!-, as the mother's milk that gave him his in- cipient vigor, [f they were erroneous, he retracted like a true man, in the m< \t issue. Were they true, as soon prevenl the soul «'i John Brown from marching on, a- move him to a retraction, WORl D IN \ \i TSHELL. Somewhal alter the manner .'('the Yankee, but more carefully gol ap, was the World in a Nut-hell, which broke it- -hell about 1880, and was published occasionally. After several numbers appeared, the excitemenl was so intense, thai no printer could be found in the city to |>ut it in type. It- authors were mysterious ami hydra-headed. No two persons guessed the same individuals a- it- writer-, [t equalled. Junius in the mystery of its authorship. It- forte was oniversaJ censure. Wo be t<< the man who wrote a 1 k, or delivered a lecture, or made any literary effort, if he .li-1 1| "' belong to this dreaded Council of Ten. Censure first, last, ami always, was the m, .tt,,; and uo motto was evermore faith- fully lived np to. It- mysterj helped the excitement Nobody '•""l' 1 i«'H whence it came. Printing offices were watched. Printers' hands did the work; but do printer ever told the talc of its type or press-work. It was a finished specimen of typography. In size it was bul a letter Bheet It- beaut] of execution, for those days, was a marvel. The printer was a- faithful a- the printer of Junius 1 letter-. Mi- secrel 'lid with him. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 57 JEFFERSONIAN. In May, 1833, Horatio King, since acting Postmaster General, transferred the Jeflersonian from Paris, Oxford county, to Port- land. He had published it for three years previously in Paris; six months of which he was in partnership with Hannibal Hamlin, in its management. It was singular, indeed, that these two young men, connected in business in a small interior town in Maine, should meet years afterward in the capital of the nation, — one having filled the place of Vice-President of the United .States, and the other that of Post-master General. Mr. King's paper was a weekly, and took the Democratic side. It was published for several years with a good degree of success, when Mr. King, finding more congenial pursuits, removed to Washington, and the paper ceased to be issued; but from its ashes sprung the Standard, weekly, by John F.Hartley, — since Assistant Secretary of the United States. This paper was also weekly and Democratic. It was continued but a year or so, when Mr. Hartley removed to Washington, and the paper expired. PORTLAND TRIBUNE. [ In 1841 D. C. Colesworthy commenced the Portland Tribune, a literary weekly, in quarto form, which he continued to edit and publish for over four years. Among his contributors were John Neal, who wrote largely for its columns, William Cutter, Na- thaniel Deering, Mrs. E. Oakes Smith, S. B. Beckett, Charles Holden, J. W. Mighels, G. W. Light, G. A. Bailey, and several others. The Tribune prospered, — was highly complimented by the press, and many of its original articles were extensively copi- ed. Several were reprinted in English publications. In 1845 the Tribune was sold to John Edwards, and united with the Portland Urn] lire.]* WORKINGMAN'S ADVOCATE. About 1835 the Working-man's Advocate took the field. It was edited by Dr. C. II. P. McLellan, and published by Day and Sumner. A party had arisen, composed of workingmen, and * All matter inclosed with brackets is gathered from sources outside of the history given by Mr. Holden. t:i :: N EWS PF i. 5S OF MAINE. advocating their interests. This paper was its organ. It was political 'm it> character, and supported Judge McLean for the Presidency. It was :i great annoyance \>< the two political par- tie — :i> it sought to build up a third party from the laboring men of each, and thus obtain political power and a Bhare of the offices. It had its nominees for Representatives and other offices, and for :i time it looked as though something would come of it. But, like many a scheme to form a third party, it passed away a year after it> birth, and ii- subscribers were transferred to the Daily Courier. TRANS4 KlI'T. In April, l v :;T, a newspaper came into life in this city that was t'» exercise a wide influence throughout the State, and to reach a high point of success. I allude t" the Portland Tran- Bcript. Charles P. Qsley has the honor of ushering thi- Bheet into existence. It was edited and published by Sir. Haley for a while iii quarto form.* It was in the hands "t' Newell A- I for a time, — had previously been published by Short and Pennell, and also by II. W. Deering. In February, 1845, Win. BL Jerris bought it of Mr. Foster, — also the remains of the American. Be continued it till October, 1846, when he Bold <>nt to S. II. I worthy, who put it in folio form, and subsequently sold it to ■ Mr Halt perwithont - - Be bad charge of it ■dim fen yean. The Eclectic, published by l£dwin Plnnuner for four 71 neatly printed paper, wu also edited bj .Mr. Usley. The Portland Daily Tim a 189 Mr. luley. It wia theylrsf daily wiornmg paper published in Portland. Th( \ Advertiser were then evening paperi ■. but >i>.m after the Tunes appeared the) came oul in the morning. After the comment ement of the Transcript, the Times changed its name to the Portlander, the latter receiving 1 portion of its matter from the Transcript. Th) I Portlander »ito what ir.- called ' penny ' papers, havi In 1869 Samuel S. Staxbird issued 1 daily penny piper called tl I Courier, of which Mr. Ilaley was editor. After • ' ids and ■ml Advertiser. TIm 1 • r published in Portland called tl • si. in.! mi .. it « i» devoted to Nativi \ ei un, and lime; bat owing t" untoward ■ in went under, and onl) one volume of the p Ed V M B R R L A N D C O U N T \ . 59 Erastus E. Gould (a graduate of the Argus office) in 1848. Mr. Gould returned the paper to its original shape of quarto, carried it on about six months, when Edward II. Elwell made his bow to the public as one of its editors and proprietors, Elwell and Ed- win Plummer had been publishing the Northern Pioneer, a weekly literary paper, started by them in July, 1848. Sixteen numbers ■were issued, when Plummer sold to Elwell, who united the Pioneer with the Transcript. The paper was then published by them under the firm of Elwell and Co. Mr. Gould remained with the paper till his death, ten or twelve years since. Subsequently the Eclectic was united with the Transcript, which brought in Messrs. Pickard and Weston. It was then published by Elwell, Pickard and Co. Mr. Weston in 1860 sold to Charles Pickard. The firm remained the same — embracing Messrs. Elwell and the "brothers S. T, and C. W. Pickard. The Transcript has reached a well-deserved rank among the literary papers of the country, by the patient assiduity and well- trained ability of its proprietors. Faithful to good principles and the best interests of the State, it is received and appreciated by thousands of families, to whom it is a most valuable auxiliary in the education of the rising generation : giving tone and vigor to the essential elements which are the bulwarks of the country. Its subscription list has reached a point surpassing any other in the State by thousands. Its circulation is now, '71, about 17,000. YANKEE FARMER. The Yankee Farmer, by S. W. Cole, was brought from Cor- nish to Portland about 1836, and after publishing it here for sev- eral years, he removed it to Boston, and united it with the New England Fanner. PLEASURE BOAT. Some years ago a cynical paper appeared in the city, styled the Pleasure Boat. Jere. Hacker, a Friend, was its owner and manager. It was continued through several volumes. It dealt with great severity with what it claimed to be abuses in the re- Til I. \ EWS PRESS »>| M \ I m:. Ugious, political, and moral customs of Bociety. Backer had no 'i\il words to spare for any man or cause thai 'li-l not put their <>ars through tin- rowlocks of lii- Boat. It Bailed on a turbulenl Bea. .Many were the cursings this Broadbrim received from those he had offended. [II<- listened with great patience through his ear trumpet (he was very deaf ) to all complainants who approached him ; but continued straighl on his course. Al- though a man ..t' powerful muscular frame, In- was, in person, strictly noncombatant, being mild ami affable in his demeanor. The paper had a large circulation until the commencement of the war of the Rebellion. Hi- plain speech at this time, in condem- nation "fall military movements, gave such offense as t<> check the progress of bis boat in these waters, and he removed it to \ . Jersey, where he rowed it for a time; bul at last it foundered. II<- published a paper for a time onder the fit K • 'Chariot <<\' Love.' In this Chariot he doubtless rode more at ease, and in the u a\ of greater usefulness. Before he became deaf^hcw as asm fill bcI 1-teacher. He is uow engaged in tilling the earth, which \\«' trust he finds an equally genial employment. Mr. Hacker is a native of Brunswick. — Efl.1 POl II'H \l NOSTR1 M. I oughl nol to forgel thai nondescripl of party papers, the Political Nostrum, thai shoved its ugly phiz above tile muddy waters which inclosed it, somewhere between l s ."."> and '40. The Nostrum was a child <>i" man) fathers, not one of whom dared u> affix lii- name tn it. It emanated from the faction of the Demo- cratic party, known then as the l Mormons,' and afterwards as the 'Wil«l Cats.' Its disorder was an incessant craving for office, a t -. • 1 1 1 1 1 1 • • 1 1 complaint from thai daj t" the present. It was personal to the extreme, and nobody in the majority, of any prominence, n as -pan. I. \ trick successfully played upon the Nostrum was very repre- hensible. After tin' form u;h made up and the workmen were at dinner, some typo stole in and made sad changes in the read- if some of the articles, The authors were made t>> abuse CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Gt themselves. The edition was struck off and circulated before it was discovered. JOURNAL OF REFORM. [In 1836 and '37 D. C. Colesworthy published the Journal of Reform, a paper devoted chiefly to Temperance and Anti-slavery. It was the first paper published in the State devoted wholly to those interests. Among the contributors to this paper was John A. Andrew, the recent efficient and popular Governor of Massa- chusetts, who at this time was a member of Bowdoin College. It was through his connection with this paper, undoubtedly, that Mr. Andrew caught that flame of intense hatred to slavery, which characterized his future life.] YOUTH'S MONITOR. [The Youth's Monitor, a children's paper, was commenced by D. C. Colesworthy in 1839 or '40, and continued about two years.] ARGUS REVIVED. In 1839 appeared a paper called the Argus Revived. It was got up by some disaffected politicians, and was started unques- tionably to displace the old Argus in the affections of the people. But the startled Democracy of the State saw through its sham disguise. They indignantly aroused with the stem interrogations, * Is the king dead ? Is the throne vacant ?' And this ' Argus re- vived,' this pretender to the throne, after struggling for life for two years, went to the block and perished.* EASTERN FARMER. The Eastern Farmer, an agricultural paper, issued in 1841, was published for some time. Ira Berry printed it, and F. O. J. Smith was its editor. * Ira Berry, who was the publisher of this paper, received his printer's diploma at the office of John Mann, of Dover, N. H., in 1822. In 1831 he was a partner with F. O. J. Smith, in the publication of the Age at Augusta. In 1834 to '37, he was con- nected with the Eastern Argus. Mr. Berry was also concerned in the publication of the Amulet, Eastern Farmer, Gospel Banner, and Norway Advertiser. In 1853 he opened a book and job office in Portland, which (latterly in the name of his son, Stephen Berry) has been continued to the present day. — Ed. f.-j T II I. NEWS PRESS "I M \ I N E. GENII S. The city lia< u<>\ been entirely devoid of humorous publica- tions. Who do tolled the Genius, by Josiah Lord Thomas — wliicli, in BeveraJ Bhapes and divers m Is, amused the town for many years. The editor himself, with true democratic sim- plicity, distributed the paper to his patrons, and received in return whatever they pleased t<> -_ r iw him. Editor and paper are num- bered with the thingsthal wen-; l.ut its harmless vagaries, and accidental flashes of wit and humor, are -till remembered by the older inhabitants <>f the city. [ THE PORTLAND DA1L1 EXPRESS 1 raed by I). ('. Colesworthy in l^H, was continued less than a year. The population of Portland a1 thai time was not sufficient to Bupporl three daily papers. The dailies from the Advertiser and Ailtik offices had been previously established. The Express advocated the claims of Henry Clay for the presidency. John Neal contributed many able arti< lea to it- columns.] AMERICAN. The American made its appearance about 1860. This was a Daily, and Democratic Democracy was in the ascendancy in the State then; and all these luminaries, as they broke their >lu'lls and struggled into the light, worshipped al this altar. The Amer- ican basked in the sun of Democracy and the bankrupt law. The advertising was the tall clover in which it fattened. When that it oflj schilling frost nipped the concern in it- childhood, and it followed the long funeral procession <>f the departed news- papers in ( Cumberland count] . STATE "i M mm: The State of Blaine (daily, tri-weekly and weekly) was com- menced in July, 1858, bj May and Marble, who removed the Northern Light from HalloweU <>n the invitation of John II R freeing to furnish the money ; the editorial control bo i"' assumed bj John A. Poor. Mr, Wood having bought ■ CUMBERLAND COUNTY. (J3 controlling interest in the Advertiser, he abandoned the State of Maine. Mr. Poor then took eontrol of the paper, and conducted it till May, 1859 ; when he purchased the Advertiser of Mr. Wood, and with Waldron and Little as partners, united the two in one. The State of Maine was Whig in politics, but was largely devoted to developing the resources of our State. PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. The Portland Daily Press was established in June, 1862, by J. T. Gilman, Joseph B. Hall and Newell A. Foster. It at once took the front rank among the Republican papers of the State, and has maintained that position with great ability ever since. Comments, however, are not necessary, upon this paper, as its large circula- tion, both daily and weekly, shows in what estimation it is held by the people of the State. OBSERVER. In 1864 another mystery appeared, in the Observer, printed and published in Portland by Stephen Berry. Price 10 cents. No editor was avowed, but the Latin quotations were numerous and apt. Its style was respectable, and its form resembled the Nation. It was satirical and dyspeptic. RIVERSIDE ECHO. The Riverside Echo was established, in 1866, for the defence and promulgation of Temperance, and is the organ, particularly, of the prohibitionists. It is an able defender of the cause. Rev. J. E. C. Sawyer is the editor. It is published by an association. There are a few newspapers yet unnamed, whose history has come to my knowledge. There was an effort made in the Legis- lature about 1835, to legalize a State Bank. It was introduced by a member from the eastern part of the State ; but it failed. But the gentlemen interested in it were not willing to give it up. They raised funds and established a paper in this city, whose lead- ing text was, the establishment of a State Bank. It was printed about a year. There was no list of subscribers, but the paper was t; I 'I'll r. N r. W - P R I. 3S f MAIN I". scattered broadcasl to indoctrinate the people with this theory. 'I'lir measure was qoI successful. R ELIQ [OUS N KW 9PA PERS. [ have thonghl it besl to group .-ill the religious papers to- gether. Notwithstanding the numerous political and other news- papers tli.it have been issued, struggled mi for :t time, and died, or still live, the religious press has been well cared for in this city within the last half century. It early received tin' careful atten- tion of its Leading men in the various denominations, and has almost universally Itch well supported. CHRIST! W MIRROR. [The Christian Mirror was established in Portland, August, ls-j-j. [t was one of the pioneers of the Religious press. With the exception of three omissions, in consequence of fires, the Christian Mirror has been uninterruptedly issued weekh for nearly half a century ! Nol many papers in the land — none in tin' State, "i" like age— have had fewer editorial or proprietorial changes. I 'mil tin' late ch il \\ ar, the Mirror was — * • 1 1 1 \<> every State in the Union, t<» the countries of Europe, and t" the isles of the sea wherever missionaries have LC"nr. Orders have been received from Turkey for articles which came t" tin' knowledge of parties there from advertisements in the Mirror. This paper traces its origin t<> a little band of praying Chris- tians, members <'f Dr. Payson's church. Rev. Asa Eland, of Gorham, was the firel editor. He is still (1871) enjoying a ripe old age at Ashburnham, Ma--.* Me occupied tin- editorial charge most acceptably for several years. He was a discriminating reasoner; ami during the transition Btate from Unitarian tendencies t" stricl K\ angelical \ ioM a, he managed the religious discussions u ith greal moderation and to christian edification, [lev. John I.. Parkhurst, of Ringe, \. H., succeeded Mr. Rand in the editorial chair, but Mi Hud died the latter put o I 1 1 ttthi a of 88. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 65 occupied it a year only. In 18*26 Rev. Asa Cummings, pastor of the church at North Yarmouth, assumed the conduct of the pa- per, and remained its proprietor and editor till 1855 — 29 years!* Mr. C, after his graduation at Harvard, became tutor there ; was afterward tutor at Bowdoin College. Mr. Charles Austin Lord succeeded to the editorial chair in August, 1855, after having heen for several years associated Avith Dr. Cummings in the conduct of the Mirror. Mr. L., a native of this State, was formerly of the publishing house of Leavitt, Lord and Co., of New York ; after- ward he was for several years connected with the daily press of St. Louis. The Mirror, during its long history, has taken part in impor- tant discussions. One of the earliest was that in regard to the North Eastern Boundary. Public feeling was greatly excited; war seemed to be imminent. Dr. Cummings espoused the view of the Government against the popular opinion, and Daniel Web- ster, then Secretary of State, acknowledged the good service ren- dered by the Mirror in the peaceable solution of the dispute. Before this, there was a more limited controversy, but one of no small importance to the cause of Evangelical religion in Maine, in regard to Bowdoin College. The State, on the ground of some grant, assumed some influence in the management of the College. The Mirror took a prominent part in defense of the College's inde- pendence, and the final verdict was on its side. The questions of Abolition and Temperance have afforded prominent topics of dis- * Dr. Cummings died at sea two days out from Aspinwall, June 5 or 6, 185G, aged 65, and was buried in the deep. He was the sixth of sixteen children, born in Andover, Mass. ; but his father, Asa, died in Albany, Me., in 1845, aged 85. His great-grand- father was 102 years old. Dr. Cummings graduated at Harvard in 1817. He was a wise, learned, excellent man ; hard-working for thirty years as an editor. He pub- lished memoirs of Dr. Payson. — Bost. Daily Adv. In addition to the foregoing testimonials of character, Mr. Cummings is remem- bered, wherever known, as a peacemaker. The graduates of Bowdoin, class of 1820, will remember one of those exciting scenes among the students in the college yard, to quell which the influence of several college officers proved unavailing; but as soon as Tutor Cummings arrived, and his voice was heard above the tem- pest — ''Boys, boys! you have had fun enough; now to your rooms!" — a calm and a dispersion immediately followed. — Ed. 9 Til I. \ EWS PRESS 01 MAINE. cussion. The diflerence between parties to 1 1 1 « — « - reforms tret <>f measures, doI principles. The Mirror has held steadily t<> the principles for which it was established — tin- cause of Evangelical religion, without sectarian prejudices or denominational seal.] CHRIST! VN INTELLIGENCER Bui :i few months prior t.. the birth <>t' the Mirror, came the Christian [ntelligencer. This was the first organ of the CTniver- Balists in the State. Tiny aroused themselves about that time with much zeal, and built the church on tin- corner of Pearl and Congress Btreets, which was burned bj the fire of l v ''t'>. The In- telligencer lupin very modestly, but soon grew bold and defiant, as it increased in size and frequency of appearance. It was com- menced in September, 1821, as a quarterly of thirty-two Large octavo pages, by Rev. Russell Streeter, editor and proprietor, at fifty cents per annum; printed at the Argus office by Todd and Smith. It began with two hundred subscribers; but at the close of the first volume it numbered one thousand. At the commence- ment of the second volume, it tc><«k the additional title of Gospel Advocate. It- third, fourth, and fifth volumes were enlarged t«> a royal quarto size, and Issued once a fortnight, at $1 per year. During it- sixth year the form was changed to royal octavo; and towards the close of the volume, Rev. William A. hi. * became asaistant editor. In January, 1 S- J7. the paper was removed to Gardiner; Parker Sheldon, publisher, and Mr. Drew, editor, when it was issued weekly in folio, .-it $2 per year. SABBA I'll SCHOOL INSTRI CTOR [ The Sabbath School Instructor, a juvenile, weekly, was start- ed in May, 1830, by Daniel C. Colesworthy, Philip Greely, and William \V. \Y Ibury. Mr. Cutter edited it for the Brat two years, when Mr. ( Solesv orth] took control of 1 1 1 « ■ paper and <•- >n- tinued it for several years. He finally ><>M <«ut to C.P. Qsley, who united it with the Portland Transcript.] • HR1SH W I'll 1 1 1' The Christian Pilot, a half-sheet quarto, (Jniversalist, was published bj Rev. Menzies Rayner, al 11 per year, from July, i- ;_'. to July, L885, when it was Bold to J. C. Hill, removed to CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 67 North Yarmouth, and edited by Rev. Zenas Thompson. In July, 1836, it was merged in the Gospel Banner, published by Rev. Wm. A. Drew, in Augusta. For a time the Banner and Pilot was published simultaneously in Augusta and Portland. UNIVERSAL1ST PALLADIUM. In October, 1839, Samuel II. Colesworthy commenced the Universalist Palladium. It was edited by Rev. C. C. Burr, issued semi-monthly, and continued two years. Then Ira Berry took charge, and continued it two years. It was then merged in the Gospel Banner. EASTERN ROSEBUD. Mr. Colesworthy then issued the Eastern Rosebud, semi- monthly. This was a juvenile paper, and was continued for two years. He then brought from Norway the Religious Instructor, published it every other week for about two years, and then trans- ferred the list to the Banner. It usually takes several efforts in the newspaper line to satisfy those who like to try their hand at it. The establishment of a Universalist paper in Portland at this time, and the increase of that religious sect, under the lead of so resolute a general as Russell Streeter, stirred up the elements of religious strife by word and deed, as has not been witnessed since, and gave presage of the war that soon ensued. No politi- cal excitement in its intensity, in this place, ever surpassed it. MAINE WESLEYAN JOURNAL. The Methodists cultivated the press for the promotion of their religious tenets at an early day. The Maine Wesleyan Journal, a weekly folio, was begun not far from 1830, with Rev. Gershom F. Cox as editor. It was printed for the first year or two by Todd and Holden, and afterwards by Horatio King, at the Jeffer- sonian office ; finally, deeming Boston a better center for its use- fulness, it was transferred to that metropolis and united with the Zion's Herald. ZION'S ADVOCATE. The Baptists wrought out this instrumentality to promote their cause forty-five years ago. The Zion's Advocate was be- gun at that time by Rev. Adam Wilson, and printed by Day and Sumner. Mr. Wilson sold out, after ably conducting it several 68 Til i: \ I W - PR I. - - OK U A I N E. years, to Kalloch and Smith. .T. B. Poster afterwards became its filter and proprietor. For tin- Last thirteen years it has been owned by Dr. Shailer. Be and J. W.Colcord have conducted it with greal success, making it :i Bafe family paper, a- well as an able Bupporter of the cause it i- intended to sustain. I \Mll.Y [NSTR1 'TOR. The Freewill Baptists have nol been entirely forgetful of the I'n-- as an aid to their cause. In 1843 Rev. L I>. Fleming, pas- tor of the Casco Street Church, commenced the Family [nstructor, and continued it for some time. [An interesting fad has recently been given in a New York paper over the signature of II. S. Willis, by which it appear- that Nathaniel Willis, father of R. s., while editor and proprietor of the Eastern Argus, in 1808, having become interested in religion under the preaching of Dr. PayBon, proposed to change the East- ern Argus into a religious paper. Bui not receiving encourage- ment from Dr. Payson and other clergymen and laymen t<> whom he made the proposition, he -..,,n at'ter sold out :ind went t>> Boa- ton, where he commenced, in 1816, the firsl religious paper ever published in the United State-. — /•.' record. They form :t grand eontraal with January l-t. 17^.~\ when came forth upon the wondering gaze of the tew thousand inhabitants <>t' the town of Falmouth, the firsl paper ever published in the Stan — the M Fal- mouth Gazette." This novelty, with its tew hundreds of subscri- bers, received with doubts and fears, and cold contempt by many, has been built upon in the eighty-five years since elapsing, till at thifl da\ there are qoI less, I judge, than titty thousand paper- is- sue, l ever) week t<> actual subscribers, by publishers in this county. The newspapers of the county at this time, l s 7 - J, are: — 1 1 arrange them according t" age,) Portland Advertiser, daily and weekly. Eastern Argus, daily, tri-weekl] and weekly. ( Ihristian Mirror, w eekly. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. Zion's Advocate, weekly. Portland Transcript, weekly. Brunswick Telegraph, weekly. Portland Press, daily and weekly. Riverside Echo, weekly. The Star, Sunday issue. Maine Journal of Education, monthly. The Masonic Token, quarterly. 09 ^= The following additional notices are inserted here, out of order, having been sent in too late to he put in the proper place. The Family Reader, a weekly paper, published and edited by Seba Smith, was commenced in Nov., 1829, and continued several years. The Athenaeum, a semi-monthly, published by S. Colman, had a short existence. The Wreath, devoted to maternal associations, families, and Sunday schools, edited by Mr. C. L. Adams, published by Brown Thurston, weekly, at one dollar per year, commenced its existence March 3, 1842. In May it was doubled in size, and issued once in two weeks. In this form it was continued till Oct., 1843. The Portland Inquirer, edited by John Q. Day, and pub- lished by Brown Thurston, was started in 1848. The paper was subsequently edited by Austin Willey, and continued its weekly visits for some eight years. The Journal of Education is a monthly of 40 8vo. pp., edited by A. P. Stone, and twelve'prominent teachers in the State. Published by Brown Thurston. This journal was started by G. M. Gage, at Farmington, in Dec, 1800, under the title of the Maine Normal. It was moved to Portland in June, 1808, and as- sumed its present name. The Riverside Echo. See p. 03. We here insert some additional facts that have been communicated in relation to this paper. It originated in Lincoln Lodge of Good Templars in Bucksport. The first trial number was published in December, 1805. With the commencement of the volume in January, 1800, rri' 7,) ill 1: N 1. W - PRESS "i MM WE. it passed into the hands of Mr. Thomas 15. Emory, who inert it- Bue, and published it a- a temperance monthly through that year. Prof Willabe Baskell «»t* the Easl Maine Conference Sem- inary was it- editor. Though published in Bucksport, 1 1 1 « - paper was printed in Portland, at the office of 15. Thurston ami Co., where it has ever since been printed. With the commencement of the Becond volume in 1867, it was changed to a weekly, ami Portland made it< place of publication. In December, 1870, Mr, Emery sold tin- paper \>> the Riverside Echo Publishing Associa- tion, which body received a charter from tin- Legislature in 1871, ami now publishes the paper. Messrs. Hoyt, Fogg and B arc the publishing agents, and S. A. Strout, managing editor, with Prof. Willabe Baskell and I). P. Bailey, Jr., as contributing (.■'li- ters. Messrs. F. X. Dow, C. A. Stackpole, and Rev. .1. E. C. Sawyer have also at different times been connected with tin- edito- rial department of the paper. The Echo during a part of its existence has been the organ of the < i ..... 1 Templars, and dow specially advocates the cause of Temperance, while it- publishers seek to extend it- circulation and influence by giving it the char- acter <>t" a literary and family journal. Good Ssbd, a monthly, commenced by V. (J. Rich in Feb, '71, and sold to II. A. MoKenney in Dee., '71. Q^P During the last nil .r fifty periodicals leive ben coinmenrrd in Portland! Eleven only are now published. Verj nearly tin- same eiperience will in- (bond in other cities. — Ed, Jj' Si* appendii for additional periodicala from the Portland pn .Mr. f lull (••II. the writer 01* the- Foregoing history of the press in Portland («iih exceptions u designated), entered the Vr.'u; oilier in L819,atthe age of 14 1-3 years. II. 6 1-1 rears as an ;ip|>rc-ntH'i\ and !! years as a journeyman, when he be- came One of the proprietors and editors of tin- establishment, In this capacitj tie eontinned ontil 1866, being in close application t.> his business, boy and man. for thirty with the exception of the yean 1839, '47, and '48, when be e is s mem- ber of the Senate of Maine. Even then he kepi a constant inpervision of his paper ; respondent, and non-resident editor. Having been 1 comp. of one of the earliesl printers in Maine, John K. Baker, and receiving from his iip-< an account of bis personal experience and observation, — ■ sketch of whose biography he has given — ts well as from Ins long connection with the craft, Mr. Holden becomea a patriarchal link In thehiator] ofthepn commencement in M line. — l'-d CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 71 BRUNSWICK. In giving an account of the press in Brunswick, it may not be amiss if we descend somewhat more to personal experience, than has been done in regard to the Portland press. A printer's life, — especially that of the newspaper department, — is generally a life of hard toil and severe discipline, with small compensation ; and yet, such are its attractions, there has never been a lack of victims in the ranks of the craft, and comparatively few, when in, ever leave until worn out. The first press in Brunswick was set up early in December, 1819, by Joseph Griffin, who graduated at the office of Messrs. Flagg and Gould, in Andover, Mass.* Mr. G. entered that office at the date of its establishment, Aug., 1813, and finished his ap- prenticeship Nov. 8, 1819 — the time of his majority. A few weeks previous to this time, a letter had been received from Tutor (subsequently Professor) Newman, at Bowdoin College, who was anxious for the establishment of a press in Brunswick. In this letter he says — "I have mentioned the subject to Pres. Appleton, and his reply was — ' Tell the young man we shall be glad to have * We must be permitted to turn from our track a moment to notice this popular firm. Messrs. John Flagg and A. J. Gould graduated at the University press in Cam- bridge, Mass. They were well educated men ; and from their office was issued some of the best specimens of printing at that time executed in New England. Through their enterprise — aided by the liberality of Prof. Moses Stuart, whose usual prefix to his frequent jobs of printing was, " Do this in your best manner, and make your own price" — this establishment increased, until it surpassed all others in Massachusetts in book-work, especially in facilities for printing the oriental and dead languages. — Mr. Flagg died in 1833, aged 41 ; Mr. Gould in 1868, aged 75. Of the many journey- men who were employed by Flagg and Gould during the years '13 to '19, only one is living — Caleb Hersey, Esq. of Haverhill, Ms., of whom honorable mention is made by J. T. Buckingham in his " Personal Memoirs," as a graduate of his office. No ap- prentice of the above date who served his time out, save the writer, is now living. The office of Flagg and Gould has since passed under several other firms, doing a large business, with several power presses. But these presses have all been removed to the Riverside, Cambridge, and the noise of the press is heard no more in the quiet- shades of Seminary Hill. 72 1' II r. N EWS PR ESS OF M A I M. . liim come."' — Encouragemenl from such a Bource being deemed sufficient, Mr. Griffin immediately purchased of \\\< employers a favorite Ramage press, the best al that time in use; went t«> Charles Ewer's type-foundry, then recently established, and boughl an assortment of type — ome of the first casl in Boston. Taking bis apparatus on board :i Kennebec coaster, he landed at Bath. Early in December he commenced printing at Brunswick, in the building on the <'u-t ^i-l<- of .Main, facing Pleasant Btreet.* Prom this place lii^ office was removed in 182] to the building opposite the north end of the Mall, where it 1ms remained t<> this day. By the middle of December, 1819, he was at work upon the Baccalaureate Addresses of Pres. Appletomf It was required that the work should be printed in the besl manner, without regard to expense. It was under the Bupen ision of Mr. N. deaveland, agent of the CJommittee <>n publication. The work was executed, both in quarto and octavo form, <>n medium, hand-made paper, manu- factured at Andover, .M-.; thai for the quarto edition costing eleven ■ \t this time there waa bat one home on Pleaaant street, Capt. John A. I>un- ning's; onlj two others west of Main street, between Mill and M. K. • — 1 John O'Brien's, and Capt. John Dunlap's ; nine only on Federal street. There wen three public houaei — one kepi by Win. Hodgkina, in the old Washington Hall building ; one w here the Tontine now stands, kepi bj EL Stoddard ; the other al weat corner of the College gronnda, kepi bj Dowe. All had open bare. There were ten in nil imt one of which the tuna] variety of ardent spirits was kepi for sale, to 1m- drank m the stores or carried away. Even respectable women, who came to mar- ket, claimed their right to take a social glass around the hogshead, turned op fix ■ table in the retailer's store. Capt. John Dunlap, we believe, opened the Brat store in this village, in an I. attached to biahouae; the same honae is now the residence of I>r. J. D. Lincoln. The consequences of this free sale of intoxicating honors can Ij imagined. None are now sold, openly, except at the Town Agency. Population of Brunswick in 1820, J .'.'.'• I ; in 1870, i.".'7. The increase his been mainlj in the i ill t I'res. tppleton had passed to the higher lite the preceding October. — When I ■ hild of eight years, sitting in the old Smith church al tndover, there passed into the pulpit a man of such a loft] head and striking!} impressive oountenan to leave the in: ige indeliblj lived npon my brain. The nai it' the mdnidn.il l did not know. Some twelve yean afterward, when I saw the portrait of Pre-, tppleton, prepared to accompany his tddrasaaa, 1 said to myself — That u the man ! CUMBK RL AIM) COUNTY. 73 dollars per ream. * It was clone up in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. After it was ready for delivery, and the printer needed his pay, it was said to liim — " No one seems to be respon- sible for the bill, and you had better publish the book on your own account." There were seventy subscribers to the work. This, with the high reputation of the author, gave a promising field, and he accepted the situation. But the slow returns did not answer the printer's immediate necessities. Being in debt for a part of his apparatus, with the additional burden of this work, about $500, then due, it was necessary to sacrifice the edition, and the publisher was consequently left in pecuniary embarrassment for ten years. FIRST NEWSPAPER IN BRUNSWICK. In Sept., 1820, J. G. commenced the publication of a weekly paper, — a demy quarto of 8 pp. — called the Maine Intelligencer. It was edited by John M. O'Brien, Esq., who graduated at Bow- doin College in the class of 1806. A college club of young gentlemen (of whom Jacob Abbott, now so celebrated as a writer, was chairman) filled, occasionally, a column. The paper not being remunerative, it was given up at the end of six months to make room for printing the first two volumes of the Statute Laws of Maine. For this work he was indebted to the influence, gen- erously proffered, of the late Hon. Nathaniel Greene of Topsham, who was at that time a member of the Senate of Maine, sitting at Portland. This work, when completed, gave satisfaction to the public, and was accepted by the Superintending Committee. But an unfortunate circumstance prevented that remuneration to the printer which he expected from the sale of copies published on his own account. Ebenezer Everett, Esq., an able and cau- tious lawyer, volunteered his services as proof-reader. There was no room left for complaint as to typographical correctness ; but, unfortunately, as it proved, Mr. Everett saw fit to correct some errors in the orthography of the copy; and, to prevent the liability of erroneous interpretations, improved, in many cases, the punctu- * A paper, for lack of the finishing process of later years, very much inferior to the paper on which this book is printed, costing (same size) but $8.14, — manufactured by A. C. Denison and Co., Mechanic Falls, Me. 10 7( THE NEWS MAIN E. ation. Judge Preble, chairman of the Superintending Comn w.i- unwilling to give the necessary certificate, that the printing was a "true cop) of the original manuscripts,'' withoul specifying all the changes that had been made. Had these changes been separated, and placed under their proper heads, \ i/. corrections and errors, it would have been onlyjustice to the printer. But in- stead of this, a long black list of errata, was placed before the public. The house ofGlazier and Co., Hallowell, immediately is- sued a prospectus for the speedy publication of a u corrected edi- tion, in one volume." The sale of the tir>t edition was thus sud- denly checked, causing the necessity of forced Bales at ruinous rates. These damaging circumstances were afterward presented in a petition t - . the Legislature, and a sum of two hundred dollars was granted as a partial reparation. After ilf completion of this work in 1*821, through tin* solici- tation of Judge Ames of Bath, a part of bis apparatus was removed to Portland for the purpose of establishing a oew paper to be called the [ndependenl Statesman, as Bee aotice under the head Portland. This project, doI Btriting his taste, was boob given up to Amos C. Tappan, a young man whom he had re- ceived as a partner, and Mr. Griffin continued at hi> old stand* His next publication was tli<* Maine Town Officer, prepared i>\ John M. O'Brien, Esq. This was a successful work. The second and follow Ing editions \\ ere published by Glazier, Masters, and Co., to whom the copyright bad been sold. For his other 1 k-publications, Bee Bibliography of Maine. m mm: baptist hep, u d. In 1824, July 17, the firsl number of the .Maim* Baptist Herald wbjb issued. This was the firsl paper, coinciding fully *with the faith an. 1 practices of the primitive Baptists, ever published in the Cnited States The Bize of this paper was demy, folio. It ^:' s edited for thia tin..- no mail from Brunswick could reach tin* towna on the tndrow rivet except bj waj • ■! Portland and Hallowell; and not .ill of taid towna were , ,l ni thai « • > 1 1 v the publisher of the B. Herald found it pi i dm aj t.. i weekl) mail route u la paaaing up the w< i idi ol tin river and down the eaat Tni i a Government, two reara I iter, a tumi d th< route and i ontinued it until othei (ai ilitiea "i n importation made it onneceu ir\ CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 75 about six months by Benj. Titcomb, jr., a graduate of Bowdoin tUollege, 1806, — son of the first printer in Maine. After the time named, it was under the sole management of the publisher. At the commencement of the second volume it was enlarged to a royal folio size, and continued weekly for six years, During the two last years of its existence it was called the Eastern Galaxy and Herald ; the name having been changed in consequence of a larger part of its columns being subsequently devoted to secular interests. In the latter years of this publication the subscribers numbered over eleven hundred ; a larger circulation than can be claimed for any other of the many papers subsequently com- menced in Brunswick. SYNOPSIS OF EARLY VIEWS AND PRACTICES. " When this State was yet but a part of Massachusetts, and occupied only by scat- tered settlements, here and there, at the most advantageous points, it was penetrated by the Baptist preachers of the bordering States ; who, gathering strength as they ad- vanced, soon traversed its length and breadth, and preached the gospel at all the principal places. Like all pioneers, these preachers were a race of hardy and enter- prising men. Laboring among pioneers in the settlement of the country, they brought themselves into sympathy with their hearers, by the exhibition of the same bold, de- cided spirit. They attacked the consciences of men very much as the woodsman attacked the trees. They laid the axe to the root with a vigorous hand, and as blow after blow was dealt home, the forest re-echoed with the sound. " At this distance of time, and after so great improvements in the condition of the country and of society, it is hardly possible to conceive the difficulties which they encountered, and the suffering which they endured. Without public conveyances, or even well-defined roads, they had to track their way as best they could, through long distances, from settlement to settlement, or penetrate the unbroken forest to some remote logging camp, now, perhaps, the site of some flourishing village. In all these places they sowed the seed of the Word with a liberal hand ; committing it to the waters, confident that it would appear again after many days. And so it did. The early Baptist fathers performed in Maine what Whitefield. Tennant, and Edwards did in many of the other States. They broke the formalism of the old Puritan churches, and revived the fast vanishing doctrine of the new birth." — So writes Prof. Champlin in his preface to a work referred to below. Dr. Edward Payson, says a correspondent, was the first Congregational minister to break in upon the formal, lifeless Armenianism of the Congregational churches. Some of the pioneer preachers were patrons and correspondents of the Herald ; among them was Eld. Henry Kendall, whose autobiography, published in 1853, gives an interesting account of what he and others of the pioneer preachers suffered. We here give a synopsis of the faith and practice of the early Baptists of Maine as held forth in the Herald. In their church building they looked for a "Thus , j Tin; \ EWS l'K ESS OF M \ INE. Among the writers for the Herald were KM. Duncan Dunbar, over the signature of Onessimus) whose praise is still in the churches, as Bee Memoir; Eld. David Nutter, over the signature of Blephibosheth ; Mrs. Catherine II. Putnam, late of X. Y., au- thor of an able work, entitled the Gospel by Moses.* Among the occasional writers were Eld. Beebee of X. ST.; Miss Narcissa Stone, and others of Brunswick, Boon after the establishment of the Free Press, in this villi _ . by Moi.ri' and WYIK in lMi7, the creditor- <>f Mr. Griffin, thinking their chances to be lessening, seized his apparatus. It was ap^ praised by the printer <>f Bath, Jos. G. Torrey, al $800; more than enough to pay all the debts of the attaches. The attach^ saith the Lord." Their faith was found* d upon tho predetrrmined purpose oHiod in Christ ;is the only hope of man — " \<- have not chosen me, but I have chosen you " — " Chosen in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame l» fore him in love." Their faith was m thejktithtd work »f Christ. — a faith which grounds the bou! in the love that purifies tin- In-art and l>rin<_'s forth the of the Spirit " ; — becoming the Bource and onlj source of things pleasing to < rod Th ■ cleaved to the Nevi Covenant, which was sure in Christ, — separating it clearly from the old, which was faulty and "ready to vanish away." \> t,> the ordinance of baptism, it seems hardl] necessarj to say, that they believed it to be a KM qf faith in Chrilt end tin door of admission to r'lurrh prMUget, without further ceremony, without further covenanting. "If thou believesl with all thy heart thou mayest" be baptized. The] had do prescribed rules qf faith and proe- /i'.-i . except the New Testament ; deeming that, in it* embodied form, a sufficiently plain guide to every trulj enlightened ' Shristian, in ill matters of duty and discipline. In regard to the ministration of the Word, thej received as preachers such only, literate nr illiterate, as had an experiment d knowledge of Christ. The attainment of a thorough literary education bj the preacher, if sanctified bj Divine grace, w desirable to them as t'> other denominations, They took action for the repeal of the law which laid a tax on all, believers "r unbelievers, fiii the support of preaching by the "Standing Order," Nevertheless, the] belidved the laborer for Christ to be worth] of support, and w< re ever read] to di\ ide with him their goods, — The] believed it to be a dutj t" dedicate their children dail] t,. i;,*! at the famil] altar. The ■■ of the week they kept after the example of the apostles, as the n twmtHon day of out Saviour ; not as a continuation of the Jewish Sabbath, which was ■ I • in Christ Societies for moral reform, outside of Christ's church, the] l» i* to those who could not l iI»t with the church. Their language to the tempt- ed was "Come with us (into the kingdom of His grace) and we will do you good." Onlj the Balm in Gilead and the Physician there can heal the wounds that sin hath made, or brace the l temptation. — Ed. • This work, 140 pp. 8vo., is published b] Geo P Putnam and Co., N \ CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 77 orient being considered illegal, a compromise was effected. The apparatus was sold at a sacrifice under the hammer, but the debts of the printer were discharged. New fonts of type were fur- nished by the friends of the Herald ;* a new lever press % was pre- sented to him, and he commenced anew, not quite even with the world in a pecuniary sense, but rich in experience. The Herald was continued about two years longer, though at the expense of the health of the publisher. Those persons will not be surprised at this who have had experience of the close con- finement, day and night, hard labor and perplexities of the pub- lisher of a paper in a country village. In order to gain a decent living, he must do much of the mechanical work with his own hands, besides being book-keeper, collector, and, excepting such assistance as is gratuitously offered, editor. In 1830 he sold his subscription list and right to publish a pa- per (during the occupation of the field by his successor) to Win. Noyes, of Brunswick, who had recently graduated from his office. The Free Press had been already suspended. Mr. Noyes imme- diately commenced the publication of the Brunswick Journal, as see notice in place. JUVENILE KEY. The Juvenile Key, commenced in 1831, was a child's paper, nine by seven, in neatly printed newspaper form, published weekly for two years. A considerable portion of the type-work of this paper was done by two children of the editor; who, at the commencement, were only nine and seven years of age, respec- tively. Their names appeared as publishers : f the first, a daughter, * Among the leaders of these generous friends were Eld. H. Kendall, and Dea. J. B. Swanton ; who were subsequently reimbursed by the transfer of bills due on news paper account. \ The press on which he has since printed all his books, including this History. tThe Key had so good a reputation among its patrons that no less than seventy copies were sent to our bindery to be bound. To this day we hear it frequently spok- en of by its then young readers, now at mid-life, as having by its precepts and the example of its young publishers made a strong and favorable impression upon their minds. One case we will name. A boy in a neighboring town, who obtained his copy by services as our agent, often reminds us, that he owed much to the Key for his ear- ly habits of industry and economy. He is now worth his tens of thousands. In a complimentary notice of the Key and its publishers, by B. B. Thatcher, Esq. then editor of the Mercantile Journal of Boston, he said, " such children would get a living upon a sand-bank!" 7- Til K N EWS I R ESS OF M A WW i- dow the wife of a clergyman in the g 1 old Granite State, where, we trust, Bhe has found thai her early experience and discipline have been helps in the walk- of usefulness. The second, a Bon, Joseph Wan-en Griffin, left the printing business at the age of 22, to try theses t'"r the benefil of hi< health. At the expiration of about two years of sea life, he found himself first officer on board, the brig Kershaw in a voyage from, one of the West [ndia Islands to Savannah, Ga. During the pass _ which was through almosl a continual hurricane — the vessel was several times knocked down on her beam ends, stripped, of her canvass and spars, and became water-logged. The captain gave up in hopeless despair, exclaiming, •• All i- lost ! " Mr. < rriffin t.mk command, and, it was Baid, by superior Beamanship succeeded in righting the vessel, getting on her a little patched canvass, and bringing her into port. * Bu1 the hardships of this voyage cured him of the love of the Bea. — In Feb., 1849, al the age of 25 years, he took passage in the North Bend, at Boston, bound to Califor- nia, and waa lost on the way in the Straits of Magellan. I WIll.Y PIONEER \M' Ji \ IMl.l. KEY. After the suspension of the Brunswick Journal, the Key was enlarged to a L2 bj 9 Bize, I pp., to make it more completely a family paper and give room for advertising. In this form it was published with g 1 success for four year-. The many bound volumes scattered aboul the State will speak for themselves. The Baptist Herald was one of the earliest paper- in New Eng- land to take a Btand against the inroads <>t" intemperance, i>\ i \- posing the causes leading thereto. In 1826 appears in the Herald the first complaint and argumenl against ^discriminate licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquors. It was the endeavor of the edi- tor of the Family Pioneer ami Juvenile Key t.> operate upon the M ere to the credit of this young man and fur tin- . mint i>i' .ill \ oung m ■ ni< - ii . that he, « ho « i- so sell'-possesscd nnd efficient in time of .1 the moral Brmni I those itrong temptations of sea-life, — uae of tol , intoxicating liquors, ami their accompany irofanity ; — looked upon bj those who indulge in them, as little sine, ye >. manlj traits . but which nevertheless are mighty m polling down the strongholds of "minsoul," ami in i irds. CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 79 public mind, especially that of the young, by the publication of interesting narratives, setting forth in a clear light, not only the evils of an intemperate use of intoxicating drinks, but the dangers of temperate drinking* The abolition of negro slavery, and of the death penalty for crime, were strongly advocated in the col- umns of the Pioneer and Key. After the new printing apparatus had been obtained in 1828, Pres. Allen, and Profs. Upham, f Smyth, and Longfellow, began their series of books, (see list under head Bibliography) the printing of which, with the usual other work, kept Mr. Griffin's press in constant use for about twenty-five years, and was the means of placing him in very comfortable pecuniary circumstances. For twenty-nine years he printed annually one edition of the Catalogue of the officers and students of Bowdoin College ; and, for the last twenty-two years, two editions each year (with two ex- ceptions). Also, sixteen editions (1600 copies each) of the Triennial Catalogue. The first semi-annual Catalogue, after the "new de- parture" under Pres. Chamberlain, was wanted in too much haste to be done on his slow press, and he was obliged to yield to the superior facilities of his friend Dingley's establishment at Lewis- ton. * [n notes on pp. 72 and 82, the universal custom in regard to the selling and use of ardent spirits, up to 1827, may be seen. Our object in introducing this subject in this book is, to claim for the united press a large share of the influence that has brought about the present change. tThe kindly spirit of Prof. Upham is manifested in letters (Apr. 13 and June 8, '71) to the publisher. I had written him for assistance in making up a list of his works, which had gone out from my press. His answer in a closing remark is — "I have for- gotten the birth of some of my own books, I have not forgotten to certify, and will say it here, if my writings have been of benefit to the public, they owe no small part of it to the facilities and encouragement furnished by the printing establishment of my friend Griffin. The list of works, which you have first introduced to the notice of the public, is highly creditable to you ; not merely on account of their number, but on account of the typographical accuracy that always characterized every thing which passed under your hand." — Ed. Sn Til I NEW - I' I: l SS OF M UNE. OPBB \'l tV3 9. I • [get portion of mj work has been done either by my own hands, or by ap- prentia :" the feminine gender. At the present day, such is the advance in printing machinery, that, in our city offi< now more divided thanformcr- rcepting m anal] office* there will henceforth be no occasion for thoroogh ap- prenticeahip by the nme individual in all parts of the printing business ; hence a di- ploma to signify complete education in the art. it becoming a rare thing. This leads me. in passing, to express my gratitude to some of the more efficient, faithful appren- rho served at least six yean in my office. Among them was George Griffin of Aiiilovi r. Mass., who was subsequently printer of the (Boston) Anti-Masonic Free during the Morgan excitement, — afterwards a trader in Boston. He died of consumption, Dec. 1869, aged 65 yean j leaving in memory a good report of his character as a brother, father, and christian. — Another. William Noyes of Brant at the present time one of the editors anil publishers of the Saco Independent. Hi- works speak well for him. — A third. Justin Jones of Brunswick, for a long time editor ami publisher of some humorous papers in Boston. — chosen several times within a few yean one of the Representatives t" tin- M ■■ tta Legislature from old Cambridge. — A fourth apprentice, whose feat in type-setting at the aire of six years is recorded in tTie 1'ioneer in 1 8. M, is deserving of a notice here — George II. Griffin served a thorough apprenticeship in my printing office and store from his childhood up to twenty years of age. Ho then went into the book, stationery and room-paper business for two war- at W.iten ille. Me. At the commencement of the war of the rebellion, he left a good business m New York City, entered the company of'DuryeaZ ivea " as a private ; was with tins companj in the first battle of die war. at Big Bethel, and w.i- one of the lew who advanced over the first breastwork of the enemy. Soon after the battle he WES promoted to the office of Adjutant oi Battalion. Fifth New York Cavalrj . \t the time of Banks' retreat through the Shen- andoah valley, he WES BO MVerel] wounded b\ a fill from Ills hoTM shot under him — that the enemy, who picked him op, left him at a private house, where he was re-captured, a week later, by our forces. After a partial recover\.he accepted I quar- terina-ter's po-ition. ami served in North Carolina tO the end of the war. He a commission merchanl in St. Louis. — Eight girls have been well disciplined at my office m type-setting; many of them very rapid and correct compel I ■ the head of a family, walking in the ranks of ■•true womanhood." Mj iir-t journeyman, Georgi \ Edes, for man] yean past, editor and proprietor of the Picataquia < Ibservei — with me in 1820 and 11 — was one of God's honest, patient men ; excellent help m patting OVS* hard places. — One more journeyman 1 inii-t not fail to mention, Wm. Penn stetson, who was mj foreman for e igh te e n yean; whose move- were regular and stead] u the clock, and swii\ as that of Father Time, to who-.- forelocks he always clung. — I'd. ( ' U M B K 11 L A N D COUN T Y. 81 Simultaneously with the establishment of the press in Bruns- wick was the opening of the first regular bookstore by Mr. Grif- fin. A few books were previously kept on commission, deposited by Boston and Hallowed booksellers with Capt. Daniel Stone, and Brown and Humphreys. — From the entry of the first class into Bowdoin College in 1802 to 1830, the students either purchased their text-books abroad, or had them supplied by the professors and charged in their term-bills. Prof. Cleaveland furnished his classes in this manner to the last year of his life, with the view, as he often said to the writer, of saving expense to the students, sup- plying them at cost* A few text-books, however, the printer and * There was one exception to this practice; — with Smellie's Philosophy of .Nat- ural History, the price of which had been long fixed, he desired me to furnish his classes, which was done for some twenty years. " His intense conservatism" (a re- mark of his biographer) in respect to printing and books, was extremely favorable to those whom he employed. From the time my press was established to the close of his life, no job of printing which came under his care (and that was nearly every thing of college concern) was sent to any other office. As soon as the third edition of his Mineralogy was called for, he requested his publishers, Hilliard and Gray, to have the work printed by me. I have on file a written agreement with said house, dated Sept., 1823, to print the third edition, expecting to commence the work during the ensuing winter vacation. That time came, but no copy was ready. He thought to be ready by the succeeding autumn ; after which time he gave no more encourage- ment in regard to the printing ; remarking only, when questioned, that he was " pro- gressing as rapidly with the work as his college duties would let him." His publish- ers offered him one thousand dollars for liberty to reprint a thousand copies of the second edition without change, but he declined. It was a pleasure to work for the professor, on account of the plainness of his copy, which was equal to print ; and when prepared, unless it was to add a new name in a catalogue, he never altered a word. It was his sensitiveness on points of order and correctness, doubtless, that led him to take charge of the printing and distribu- tion of the Triennial and Medical School Catalogues during his life, and of the annual college Catalogue (even to sale and payment) until the accession of Dr. Allen to the presidency. — Until within the few last years of his life, the students' term-bills were all made out, and recorded by his hand. Although he gave the writer credit for " a large bump of order," in the arrangement of accounts, it was almost an impossibility to cast up the large and somewhat complicated term-bills without some small error that his eye was sure to detect. It is a question whether the professor's duty to the world should not have con- strained him to forego some of his onerous duties to the college which other hands could have done, though perhaps not as well, that he might have finished the work which seemed to have been designed for him. — Ed. 11 vj Til E \ I'. WS PRESS Ol M \ 1 \ I.. bookseller finds uj >• >n record, delivered t>> members <>f college in 1820 and 1 821, (evidence thai he Bold books at that early day,) whose names and persons it is pleasanl for him to recall, :i- well from early, as from later associations: — racob Abbott, Medediah Cobb, * Joshua W. Hathaway, *Josiah II. Hobbs, Thomas T, Stone, Ruins K. Cushing, James Larry, 'Joseph Libby, G Packard, Joseph H.Abbott, John Appleton, *Luther V. \»V, Jonas Burnham, * Egbert B. Coffin, * Win. I'itt Fessenden, * .T . »lm Ml > . ■ 1 1 • 1 1 • I . Lory < M<-ll. ( !ah in E. Stowe, < reorge P. < riddings, and a few others; all of whom have made a g 1 mark upon the age; Beveral of them prominent. Aboul half the number, as indicated by the star, have gone np t<> their higher reward. In 1822, Charles Weld (who proposed to add needed capital to the Btore) was received into partnership, and the stock was en- larged. This partnership was soon dissolved. Mr. Weld contin- ned the I kstore aboul one year; finding it nol remunerative, he sold out by auction. The printer removed his apparatus in l v- Jii to tlic upper story of the building he now occupies, commencing again to keep a few 1 ks in his counting-room — obtaining them from Portland and Boston houses in exchange for work. And this was the neucleus ofwhal has become, since I s -';.'!, the College Bookstore, from which mosl of 1 1 1 » - college text-books have been furnished. PEBIOnil ILS "1 BBUN8W1CK -Contliraad. Tin. Esckitoeb, a monthly, was published in l s- J''> 'J7. l>\ a olub of students in Bowdoin College, of which John Hodgdon was chairman. It was a pamphlet of 82 pp. s \".. printed for six months bj •! < triffin. Tin: Northern [rib, a monthly of 82 pp., unit forth also from tin Bowdoin press (far -i\ months, in l x- -".'. The editor and publisher was Sumner Lincoln Fairfield, a gentleman from the South. It was edited with ability; but, depending on unsolicited patronage, it was not remunerative. Mr. Fairfield had consider- able i' ('in m it n as a poet He died w bile > oung C U M B E R I . A N 1) C O U N T 7 . 83 Uownoix Si ikntific Kkyikw, commenced in 1871, issued fortnightly, 16 pp. 12m., from Dirigley's press, Lewiston. It is ■devoted to contemporary science. Professors C. F. Brackett, M. D., and G. L. Goodale, M. D., of Bowdoin College, editors. The Orient, published every alternate week during the col- legiate year, by members of the Senior Class of Bowdoin College. The first year of this handsomely printed and well conducted periodical of 16 pp., 9 by G, has just ended. It was founded by J. G. Abbott, of the class of 72, who became the managing and principal editor. The following are editors for the second year — A. P. Wiswell, W. A. Blake, J. F. Elliot, A. F. Moulton, and G. S. Mower. Other weekly papers, which have been published in Bruns- wick, are as follows: In 1827 appeared the Androscoggin Free Press, a royal folio, (26 by 20), Whig, — edited and published by Moore and Wells, assisted by William A. Packard, B. A. It was continued about two years. In 1830 the Brunswick Journal made its appearance. This was a royal folio sheet, published by William Noyes. Associated with him a part of the time was Henry W. Fairfield, now printer of the New England Farmer, Boston. The Journal was a Whig paper, supporting J. G. Hunton for Governor of Maine, and Henry Clay for President of the United States. Charles Packard, Esq., then Attorney at Law, edited it for a short time ; after wdiich Francis D. and John S. Cushing were the principal writers. It was a well conducted paper, but was published but one year and three months. 1836 — The Eastern Baptist, published by the Baptist As- sociation for one year. It was edited by Elder David Nutter, and .printed by T. S. McLellan. 1837 — The Regulator, royal folio, Democratic — published v I Til r. \ EWS I' I: ESS OF MAINE. weekly for two yean by Theodore S. McLellan; I. A. Beard, editor. 1842 — The Bbi nswickbr, neutral, printed and published for one year by 'I'. 8. McLellan; John Dunlap, 15. A., editor. 1845 — The Forester, printed and published by E. N :int' the enterprising editors and publishers of the Augusta Journal. At twelve years of age, Mr. Owen manifested his early industrious habits by pub- lishing a little weekly called the Sim, written in Roman letters. * [855 — The Musical Journal, monthly ; Geo. W. Chase, edi- tor and proprietor. BRI NSWICK TELEUR \l'll. Tlii> paper was commenced in l s ">:) by Waldron and Moore, as publishers, and Win. transferred their interesl to Geo. W. Chase, who • Our attention being again called to the temperance movement, we wish to add, as well ai correct, •> statement in the n^t.- on p. ',:. Th< ted, «• bav< learned, kept liquora, a little aecluded,in a basement, The statement, thai respectable women, who came from the out-posta of the Tillage to market and to pun (Inl occasionally call for a glass t<> drink in the store, notvt ithstanding the doubts of oui correspondent, i* confirmed bj eye w itnesses, —till In hil'. Vnd whj should tins prac pear strange, when the »!»>/ rupectablt and influential own in <«nr village kept uid when it was the custom of ever] familj in good standing ti> keep m- toxii ituiL' liquors to us.. ;is ,i beverage, ranking them among the necessaries of life ; and when it was considered mean not t<> offer them to guests! — i in- minister of the 1 I in his parochial calls, and the familj physician were specially treated. The f-n -i. mm- prevailing here, were practiced through i>nr whole conntrj np to aboi I Within a ver) few years from thai time the respectable traders of Brunswick, with but one exception, quit the business, l LD oiel Stone was the tir-t who n by the g ■ . Brom Monmouth, opened the firsl temperance The traders of Brunswick in I8S0 were the monied men. Outside of this i there was mui li poverty ; consequent!} the manj young nun. traders and met I «li" c ■ t'r.'in abroad to establish themselves here between the y culated -is t" tin' available means of die place,trosted out their goods, and r.ui.d — /.,/ CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 85 published it as editor .and proprietor about one year, when Howard Owen, now of the Kennebec Journal, was admitted as a partner, ami took charge of the agricultural department. After being con- nected with- the establishment about five months, Mr. Owen be- came dissatisfied with his unremunerated labors, and sold his interest to Mr. Chase. Early in 1857, Mr. Chase abandoned the Telegraph, — went to Bath, where he published the Masonic Jour- nal and taught music. Mr. A. G. Tenney, a graduate of Bowdoin College, class of 1835, purchased the Telegraph establishment in 1857, re-issued the paper, and has since continued to edit and publish it weekly. The character of this paper has been of the independent type: — it would not be possible to confine its editor strictly to the rules of any party in politics or religion. Mr. Tenney does not lack the talent to make as good and hand- some a paper as the people of Brunswick will support. Several apprentices, educated at the Telegraph office, have be- come publishers of papers and good journalists ; among whom are Howard Owen, above named, and F. Asbury Macomber, now one of the publishers of that well conducted weekly, the Suffolk Coun- ty Journal, at Boston Highlands, Mass. BRIDGTON. BR1DGTON REPORTER. The Bridgton Reporter was first started in Bridgton in 1858 by Samuel Noyes, of Nashua, N". H., and edited by Charles Sam- son, a native of Bridgton. Mr. Samson, in a year or two, was suc- ceeded by Enoch Knight, Esq., of Lovell, Me., now of the Portland Star, who, in the fall of 1861 went to the war as cap- tain in the 12th Maine, and was succeeded in the editorial chair by Geo. Warren, of Gorham, Me. In May, 1862, the Reporter was purchased by Capt. Horace C. Little, of Auburn, and was edited again by Mr. Samson, and afterward by Miss Lizzie Flye, THE N E W S PRESS Ol MAINE. of Denmark, Me. In the fall of 1863, Augustus Phelps, of Bridg- ton, boughl "lit ('apt. Little, and changing the Dame t<> the BRlDGTOfl -r.\ i i\i i . Made it a political paper, in the interests of the republican party, with David Bale, Esq., of Bridgton, editor. In March, l v, '4. the office with all it- contents was destroyed, and Bridgton was with- out a local paper till the advenl of the BRIDGTON NEWS The I Ji;i i •« . i oh Wiikiv News, an independent local and family newspaper, published at Bridgton Center, was estab- lished in September, 1870, by II. A. Shorey, editor and proprietor. Mr. S. i- a practical printer, Berving hi- time with Geo. 1. New*- man, Eastern Times office, Bath; following the fortunes of thai establishment u hen unite. 1 with tin- Northern Tribune ; completing his apprenticeship with Clark and Robert — afterward Gilman and Roberts — in L861 ; at which time lie enlisted for the war as Becond lieutenanl (afterward captain 1 ) in the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers. In March, 1865, he was breveted Major, u for t' the Maine Temperance Advocate, of which Mr. Shore] was also editor; this paper was published in the interests of "Enforced Prohibition.'' It wa- discontinued in August, l s Ti». ami in September of the same year he established himself at Bridgton. The constantly increasing patronage to the News gives evidence, Bays a corres- pondent, of its permanent Buocess. Mr. S. is a native of Water- ville. THE PRESS OF KENNEBEC COUNTY. HALLOWELL. BY E. ROWELL. EASTERN STAR. Hallowell claims the honor of publishing the first newspaper on the Kennebec. It was called the Eastern Star, and com- menced its existence on the fourth of August, 1794 — Howard S- Robinson, proprietor. The Star was sxtcceeded by THE TOCSIJN. This paper was published by Wait and Baker in 1795* On the- fourteenth of November, of the same year, THE KENNEBEC INTELLIGENCER Was established in the northern part of Hallowell (now Augusta} by Peter Edes. Its size was 11 by 16 inches. The Tocsin and Intelligencer were the only papers published in Maine, east of Portland, at this time. By the most indomitable enterprise and perseverance, these papers were enabled to publish news from London in sixty-one clays ! and congressional proceedings at Philadelphia, Perm., in sixteen days ! The Tocsin lived but a few years. The Intelligencer was changed to the Kennebec Gazette in 1800; and, in 1810, became * Thomas B. Wait, of the Falmouth Gazette, and John K. Baker, formerly an ap- prentice in the Falmouth Gazette office. In September, 1796, they sold the paper to' Benjamin Poor, of the Hook, who continued its publication about a year. — North'.* Hist. Augusta. sv Til I. N I. W - PRESS 01 MAIN I. THE HERALD OF LIBERTY, Which oame it retained until it- discontinuance in 1815, when Edee removed his estahlishmenl to Bangor. " AMERICAN ADVOCATE The American Advocate, a Democratic Republican paper, was established by Nathaniel Cheever in the year 1810. Mr, CI • was succeeded bj S. K. Gilman, who published the paper: for >i.\. years, and then Bold to C. Spaulding, who subsequently disposed of the establishment t" Sylvanus W. Robinson and II. K. Baker. Messrs. Robinson and Baker continued the publication until its union with the Free Pj II \l.l.<>\\ TELL GAZETTE. The Ballowell Gazette, Federal in politic-, was established by (J lale and Burton, in the year 1 814, and was continued t< >r aboul twenty years. * Peter Edes, the pioneer printer and newspaper publisher al lugusta,waaa son f >t" Benjamin Edes, a well known printer and newspaper publisher :it an earlv day in Boston. He came to the Fort Western settlement, in Hallowell, in 1795, and com- need the publication of the Kennebec Intelligencer in the fall <>f thai irdent federalist, and in high part] times was threatened with personal i for the manifestation "t his seal in the c uise. The threat he did ""t fail t" properly II' raa spirited, energetic and industrious, small in stature, with spindle ihanks, his legs being quite deficient of calves, and as hi cording to the t'.i-ln>>ii of the time, in small clothes with long stockings to th< tin* defect « .^ quite noticeable. When he removi <'■ to Bangor be took Ins tjpea and rith him. They were moved by Ephraim Ballard with a team of sii oxen. The load is said to have weighed four tons, and on account of thi of the Kennebec bridge it was taken across a pari at a time. The journej I proved difficult, occupying the team three weeks in going and returning. Th< if removal was onlj %\ IS," which Edes considered quite moderate. v nor In- commenced the publication of tl" B r Wei i tei ei which doubtful politics, but he probablj did nol so regard it. i- he in- quired of an tugusl i correspondent •• « bal do the people - ij of mj It ingor democratic i is to have I >> pleased with in* new situation, and thought ho could "make out to live, if nothing more," while, he i I \ astahehad "sunk rtj li\ tarrying so l"i>L' «i'I> so little encouragement." The veteran editor and pioneer publisher in the largest cities of central and eastern M • removed t" Baltimore, Md., and lived many years with Benjamin Edes, his son. I!- ifterward returned to Bangor and lived with a widowed daughter until his March 29, 1840, at I — Vorth't HuL cf Aug t uta KENNEBEC COUNTY. 6g FREE PRESS. The Free Press, Anti-Masonic, was afterward established by Anson G. Herrick, and was subsequently edited by R. D. Rice. It was finally merged with the Advocate, and published under the title of Free Press and Advocate. GENIUS OF TEMPERANCE. The Genius of Temperance, devoted to the temperance re- form, was established in January, 1828; published semi-monthly by Glazier and Co., for P. Crandall, editor and proprietor. It con- tinned about two years, without pecuniary advantage to the proprietor. CULTIVATOR AND GAZETTE. The Maine Cultivator and Weekly Gazette was established by T. W. Newman and R. G. Lincoln, Sept. 28, 1839, under the edi- torial management for two years of Win. A. Drew. It was devoted prominently to " Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts," for the first few years, and received a fair support from the citi- zens of Hallowell and surrounding country. Messrs. Newman and Lincoln continued as publishers until March, 1842; T. W. Newman from that date until Sept., 1843 ; T. W. and G. E. New- man to Sept., 1845; T. W. Newman and E. Rowell from Sept., 1845, to June, 1852 ; E. Rowell and II. L. Wing to June, 1854; E. Rowell from June, 1854, to Nov. 1859; E. Rowell and Charles E. Nash to June, 1862 ; E. Rowell from June, 1862, to June, 1865 ; Charles E. Nash to Sept., 1869; and by Henry Chase from that time to the present writing, July, 1871. In 1850 the heading of the paper was reversed, taking the name of Hallowell Gazette and Maine Cultivator; and at the commencement of the fifteenth volume, Sept., 1853, the second heading was dropped, retaining only Hallowell Gazette. After Mr. Chase became publisher, the name was again changed to the Saturday Gazette, now dis- continued. Mr. Rowell, who was connected with the Culti- vator and Gazette as employe, or editor and publisher, from Sept., 1839, to June, 1865, has complete files of the paper from its commencemenl — volumes of rare interest, to those especially who have been participants in the stirring events of the period. 12 Til i: \ EWS PR ES9 OF M \ i \ i: . THE LIBERT) STANDARD. The Liberty Standard, devoted to the cause of negro emanci- pation, was established by Rev. J. ( '. \.<>\ ejoy, editor and propri- etor, about the y< L840. Mr. Lovejoy was a rigorous writer, and the enemies of universal emancipation and the cause of tem- perance were often severely handled. Rev. Austin Willej ward conducted the paper with marked ability. It was published for some -i\ or eight years, '"it, as a business enterprise, was not considered successful. It was printed a1 the Cultivator and Ga- zette office, l>\ Messrs. Newman and RowelL KENNEBEC I 01 RIER. A paper called the Kennebec Courier was published in Ilal- lowell for a year or twobyT. W. Newman, commencing time in l x 'il or '62. It was afterward removed to Bath, where it lingered for a time, and then vanished away. There was another paper published here for a few months by J. W. May and A. C. Currier, called the Northern Light. That also ended its existence withoul pecuniary benefil to it- publishers. Mr. (> lale, the first proprietor of the old ETallowel] Gazette, established the Brsl ' kstore in Hallowell — the only one east of Portland, al that time. En the year l s- J", Mr. Goodale formed a connection with Franklin Glazier and Andrew Masters in the book publishing and binding business. This firm published the first .Maine Law Reports; and in fad this was the chief book publish- ing house in tin- State for many years. The firm was subsequently changed to Glazier, Masters and Smith; then t" Masters, Smith and Co., and finally, at the presenl writing, t" Masters and Liver- more. Mr. Masters came to Hallowel] in the year 1815, and is the oldesl printer and I k publisher in the State. 4 He is now active in business, and may be found al the case almost any working day in the year, setting type as rapidly and oorrectl) as ever. Mr. J. !•'.. Smith, former!) of tlii- firm, is now cashier <>t the Northern National Bank of Hall.. well. Mr. Cheever connected a bookstore with lii- printing establish- ment about the year L812, and published several books on bis own "Mi M '• ■ •• i not established in business until 1820 J Ciriffin in 1819 K E N i\ E B E C COUNT Y. 91 account, and for Boston publishers. His health failing a year or two afterward, he sold out his establishment to S. K. Gilman, and went south for the benefit of his health. He died in Augusta, Ga., after being there a few weeks. Mr. Gilman transferred the bookstore to Calvin Spaulding in 1820, and the printing establish- ment in the autumn of 1824, Mr. Spaulding carried on the book and newspaper business for several years, and then disposed of the printing business and material to Messrs. Robinson and Baker, as before stated. He has continued the book-selling business until the present time, having occupied the same store for more than fifty years. He came to Hallowell in the year 1812, at the aee of fifteen vears. He is now an active business man.* Among those now living who have been engaged in the news- paper business in Hallowell, are S. K. Gilman, now Judge of the municipal court of the city; C. Spaulding, now bookseller in Hal- lowell; R. D. Rice, now President of Maine Central Railroad ; H. K. Baker, now Judge of Probate for the County of Kennebec ; Anson G. Herrick, one of the proprietors of the New York Sun- day Morning Atlas ; T. W. Newman, now compositor in the New York Tribune office; G. E. Newman, now job printer in Bath; E. Rowell, now postmaster at Hallowell ; Chas. E. Nash, now one of the proprietors of the Kennebec Journal ; and Henry Chase, pro- prietor of the Gazette until it was discontinued, Dec. 9, 1871. It would be interesting to sketch the history of all those mem- bers of the Hallowell press alluded to in this brief article. Most of them were practical printers, and men of business enter] (rise and moral worth. Those who have passed away have left their " imprint " for good upon the community, while those now T in ac- tive life exert, to say the least, an average beneficent influence in business, political and moral circles. We trust some future his- torian of the press may complete a history thus briefly and hur- riedly inaugurated. Hallowell, July, 1871. * In 1820 to '23. I went to Hallowell occasionally for books, and to Gardiner for paper. I traded with Mr. Spaulding fifty years ago, and brought books from the building he now occupies to the building still occupied by me. The agreement in our apes, — lean, 5 1-2 ft., wiry frames. — time of continuance in similar occupations, etc., are •coincidences that create no little degree of brotherly feeling. — Ed. 92 'I'll I- N BWS P R ESS OF MAIN E. A l<. D BTA [TJ* For the history of the pn Indedinbrai or otherwise designated, we are published, 1870,, in and N KENNEBEC [NTE1 LIGEN( I [This \\:i- the first paper published in Augusta. It was com- menced in 1795 in what was then the aorthern pari ofHallowell, called Fori Weston settlement Fifteen months later the place was incorporated under the name of Augusta. It was after the incorporation of the new town that the Dame of the [ntelligencer u.i- changed to Kennebec Gazette, and subsequently to the Her- ald of Liberty. For other particulars Bee page v T. \i i,i STA PATRIOT. Proposals were issued December 12, 1816, by James Burton, Jr., for publishing the Augusta Patriot, in which he said, tt per- sonal invective, political rancor, and sectarian heat, shall be rigidly excluded from its columns." Burton had been an apprentice of Peter Edes, and had started the Hallowell Gazette, a federal pa- per, in company with Ezekiel Goodale, in January, 1814. The first Dumber of the Patriol was issued March 7. 1817. Both the republican and federal. nominations appeared conspicuously in it. It probably was doI sufficiently partizan for the times, and died a r or two after from want <>t" patronage. KENNEBEC JOl RN \l In the fall of 1823, Augusta having beeo for some time with- out a Dewspaper, the citizcos through their committee invited Luther Severance and Russell Eaton to establish a newspaper in their town.] The press was sel up in the Branch brick store at the southeast corner of Bridge and Water streets, where the first Dumber of the Journal was Btruok ofl, January 8th, bj Benjamin Davis, Esq., who was pn — nt and "gave the j»nll and t « •« .k the pa- per,* 1 which In- has preserved as a memeuto of the event. As the subscription lisl al 1 1 1 i - time was small, numbering bul four hun- dred and fifty, nod slowlj increased, it became necessary for the publishers to practice a stricl eooDomy. The} performed all the k KNJN P.BRC COUNTY. 93 labor of composition and press work with the assistance of only one apprentice. Severance, who furnished the editorials, was in the habit of putting a portion of them in type without writing. This was done to save time, " thus uniting " — as has been re- marked by Mr. Blaine — " with ease and rapidity, a mechanical and mental process, which gave early proof of that well digested and concise mode of thought, which subsequently distinguished him as a political writer of ready force and condensed power." In October, 1833, the Journal was enlarged a column to the page and proportionally lengthened. This became necessary from the growing demand for ' more space to treat of themes of public interest, in the discussion of which it was taking LTJTHEE SEVERANCE. A brief from North's History of Augusta. Luther Severance was the son of Elihu Severance, a farmer at Cazenovia, N. Y. He was born in Oct. 1707,. He worked upon the farm and attended the village school until his seventeenth year, when he went to Peterborough to learn the art of printing -of Jonathan Bunce. With him he remained five years; when, being of age, he sought work as a journeyman printer. He found employment at Philadelphia with Wm. Duane, publisher of the Aurora, a newspaper which supported the administration of Pres. Munroe. He remained more than a year in Philadelphia, and wrote, among other things for the Aurora, a communication upon the subject of the Missouri Com- promise (a subject then agitating the country), which did him great credit. In the fall of 1820 he went to Washington and obtained work in the Intelligencer Office where he remained, with slight interruptions, until he went to Augusta. In 1829 he was elected by the National Republican party to represent Augusta in the Legislature. In 1835 and '36 he was elected to the Senate from Kennebec. In 1839 and '40 he -was again in the House of Representatives. In 1843 he was elected to Congress ; and again in J 845. He was one of the vice-presidents at the national convention which nominated Gen. Taylor to the presidency. Upon the election of Gen. Taylor and the accession of the Whigs to power, Mr. Severance, who had for some years suffered much from ill health, desired the appoint- ment of the United States Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands in the hope that the salubrity of the climate of those islands might restore him. In this he was gratified, after some delay made by southern senators on account of his anti-slavery views. Accompanied by his family, he sailed from Boston for Honolulu on the 22d day of August, 1850, and safely reached his destination on the 12th day of the following January. He remained nearly three years commissioner at the Sandwich Islands, ac- '.i I THE NEWS PRESS OF M \ I M.. a leading ]>art. Tn Jane of the Bame year Mr. Baton retired from the establishment, leaving Mr. Severance the Bole proprietor and manager for several years, until, in the 1 >•-•_: i 1 1 j 1 1 1 1 -_r of I s :;'.'. 1 half of the paper and establishment to John Dorr, who had been engaged al Belfast in publishing the Waldo Patriot This con- nection was a fortunate and profitable one t<> the partners, and continued until Mr. Severance was appointed commissioner to the Sandwich Islands in 1850, when the Journal passed into the hands of William II. Wheeler and William II. Simpson, and was edited by Mr. Wheeler. Win-. ■in- sold his interest to his partner Simp- Bon, and engaged with John II. Lynde in publishing a paper at Bangor. Simpson in turn sold the establishment and paper to quiring ^rent influence with the lung and his cabinet, ami winning the favorable re- of the foreign consuls and the people of the islands. The climate did not have the favorable effect anticipated, and his rapidly failing health made him anxious t.> return. Il>' embraced the earliesl opportun p ''t.-r the arriTa] of Ins successor, and reached In- home al Augusta on the 12th of April, 1864, with health prostrated paal hope of recovery. In moch suffering, which he !>"r.- with Christian fortitude, he lived until Janoarj J-V 1856, \\ hi n he died, al the age of Rftj The legislature 1 1 1< - 1 1 in session, upon being informed of the event, passed appi resolnl tunonial of their regard for his memory as a man of in! and honor and a faithful public officer," attended his ftn I rernor and < looncil, the city cooncQ of lugusta, and a large number of cil Ri . Dr. Tappan, who assisted Rev. I G Ware, pastor of the I oitarian church. at the funeral, said he had known Mr. Severance for manj years, "and held him in high esteem. l%ough not blessed with superior advent igea in early life, yel by dili- gent culture in the faithful use of those means of information winch ire accessible to all, he "lit lined high rank among men of intelligence. As the editor of a weekly jniirnai \ member of our State legislature and our national 1 commissioner from the I cited States in a foreign country, he wme uni- formly distinguished for Ins good sense, Ins sound judgment, Ins extensive acquaint- ance with men and things, and Ins firm adhesion to what be n • prin- ciple. \ man of exemplary morals himself, he was ever (bond <>n the Mdc o: in the community, both in Ins native country and in those inti ads of m lure his elevated si ition g iva to ins opinions, counsel and example, n com- mending mil ■ I iliarfy amiable and kind in his domestic and social r< 1 I are to gain the affections, in ih> ordinal} kindred and friends.'' — 9 J O. /.'... '/ • .mi K ENNEB EC COUNTY. 95 Janus G.Blaine and Joseph Baker. After a short ownership Mr. Baker parted with bis interest to John L. Stevens, and in 1857 Mr. Blaine was succeeded by John S. Sayward, and the paper was published by Stevens and Sayward, editors and proprietors, until 1868, when it was sold to Alden Sprague, who was publishing a paper at Rockland, Capt. Charles E. Nash, of the Hallowell Ga- zette, and Howard Owen, who had long served in the Jouraal office. These persons formed the firm of Sprague, Owen and Nash. This enterprising firm commenced the publication of the Daily Kennebec Journal on the first day of January, 1870, with encouraging prospects of success. A daily paper had been started in Augusta a number of times before, but failed each time for want of sufficient encouragement. MAINE PATRIOT. On the twenty-eighth of August, 1827, James Dickman issued proposals to publish, at Augusta, the Maine Patriot and State Ga- zette. A number of citizens opposed to Mr. Adams, and ardently in fiivor of Gen. Jackson for the presidency, were instrumental in starting the Patriot. The leaders were Edmund T. Bridge, John A. Chandler, Edward Williams, and Greenlief White. Wednes- day Oct. 31st, the new paper, of a size somewhat larger than its contemporary, the Kennebec Journal, made its appearance under the editorship of Aurelius V. Chandler. In the presidential canvass of the next year the Patriot was foremost in the contest for Gen. Jackson, and after his election, in May, 1829, it was sold to Harlow Spaulding, by whom it was published, under the continued editorial charge of Mr. Chandler, who, in the fall of the following year, went south to recruit his health, where he died, in Charleston, S. C, December 31, 1830, at the age of twenty-three years. James W. Bradbury succeeded Mr. Chandler in the editorial chair, but relinquished it July 1, 1831, and the paper was discontinued in December following, hav- ing been superseded by the Age. THE AGE. The legislature in removing from Portland made it necessary to provide at Augusta a printing establishment for the State 96 T il E \ I. w - l'l; ESS 01 m \ i \ i. printing, and a newspaper which ahonld l>e the organ of the dom- inant part) in the State. With this riew a company "with a large capital* 1 established the Age, which was printed in the Pa- triot office. The Bret Dumber of the new paper was issued D U-'M, 1831, with the motto, "Yon must pardon something t<> the Bpiril of Liberty." In politics it was democratic and in harmony with the State and National administrations. In its prospectus, which was issued by Charles Bolder) and ('".. it was announced thai the paper would be "avowedly a party paper." When it made its appearance it was published by I. Berry and Co., under the editorial charge of F. ' ►. •'. Smith, a former editor of the Ar- gus; and in due time was made the Stair paper and received the patronage of the public printing. Smith, who was part owner, continued its editor until Aug. 10, IsJ'J, when George Robinson, who was then a studenl a1 law in Rene! Williams' office, assumed the editorial charge, which he continued until he transferred the interest he had acquired t<> Edmund T. Bridge, March 26, 1833. In December, 1834, Bridge and Berry sold to William .1. Condon who had been editor and publisher of the Saco Democrat. B[e continued Bole proprietor until December 16, 1835, when he sold the establishment to William El. Smith and George Robinson. Smith and Robinson continued the publication until the death of the latter in February, 1840, when George Melville Weston, a gentleman who had for some years assisted in editing the \ became associated \\ ith Smith. G orge Robinson died of consumption at the earl) age of twenty-seven years. Be was a graduate of Bowdoin College in the class of 1831, was educated tin- the bar, and displayed \eiy considerable vigor and ability as a political writer. William R. Smith with his associate conducted tin- paper until August •">, I v 1 1, when it was sold to Richard I ). Rice, who controlled it until May, 1848. It was then purchased bj William T. Johnson, who, in connection with Daniel T. Pike, conducted it until May, 1856, when the} were succeeded bj Benjamin A. G. and MelvilL W, Fuller, who, after a Dumber of 3 ears, disposed of the establishmeul to Daniel I. Pike. Be in turn sold to Gilman Smith, in whose hands it died during the great rebellion. KENNEBEC COUNTY. 97 AUGUSTA COURIER. A newspaper, neutral in politics, called the Augusta Courier and Workingmen's Advocate, was started on the 19th of August, 1831, by Washburn and Jewell. [It was edited by Rev. William A. Drew, from its commencement, until Jan. 26, 1832 ; from this time to its close, Nov. 26, 1832, it was edited by Geo. Robinson.] MAINE FARMER. [The first number of the Kennebec Farmer and Journal of the Useful Arts was published at Winthrop, Jan. 21st, 1833, with E. Holmes as editor. It was an eight page paper, the size of the printed page being 9 1-2 by 7 3-4 inches. The name Kennebec Farmer was retained until March 18th of the same year — nine weeks — when it was changed to Maine Farmer, which title it has ever since borne. The motto of the first number, which has since been retained, was — "Our Home, our Country, and our Brother Man." Its original publishers were William Noyes and Co., the terms being $2 per annum, if paid in advance. We have in our possession the first volume, with the exception of the first and a part of the second numbers. The paper was well made up, and neatly printed ; the editorials brief and pointed ; the selections appropriate and seasonable, and the communicated articles practi- cal and sensible. We have a portion of vol. 3d, the page having been somewhat enlarged, and measuring 11 1-2 by 8 inches, eight pages to each number. We have almost the whole of volume 5, by which it appears that the paper was then published at Hallo- well, by Wm. Noyes. This was in the year 1837. It was published a year or two in Hallowed, when it was purchased by Marcian Seavy, and again removed to Winthrop. In 1844 it was pur- chased by Russell Eaton, and removed to Augusta. Mr. Eaton continued its proprietor until 1859, when it was purchased by Messrs. Homan and Mauley. Mr. Mauley retiring from the firm in September of that year, in consequence of declining health, Mr. W. S. Badger purchased his interest, and the publishing firm and proprietorship of the paper have remained unchanged to the pres- ent time. In 1846 the paper was enlarged, one column to each page being added, making seven columns to the pao;e. In Jan., 1871, 13 THE NEWS PRESS OF MAINE. it was increased to eight columns to the page. The paper com- menced with two hundred subscribers, and al do time during the first seven years of its existence did it number more than eight hundred. The changes in the editorship of the paper have been less frequenl than it- changes of proprietorship. The name of K. Holmes, ae editor, occupied a prominent place in each issue from Jan. 21, 1833, to Feb. 16, 1865— a perk>d of thirty-three years. I >r. \. T. True occupied the position of Benior editor from March !•, 1865, to March 6, l y i'>'.>. At various times, for a brief space each, W.T.Johnson, Esq., Russell 1'. Baton, and Geo. E. Brack- ets, have been connected with the paper as associate editors. Mr. Samuel L. Boardman has conducted the agricultural department of the paper since 1861, with the exception of a few months in the winter of 1863-'64. It< present circulation is nearly 12,000 copies weekly, the largesl number, it is believed, with one excep- tion, of an) paper published in Maine] 31 EL BANNER. A weekly religious newspaper, called the Gospel Banner, de- voted to advocating the doctrine of universal salvation, was is- Bued Julj 25, L835, under the editorship of Rev. William A. Drew, who was also proprietor. Be was assisted by two associate edi- tors, Rev. Calvin Gardiner and Rev. George Bates ArthurW. Berrj became interested in the paper, and printed il in 1889. It Boon returned to the proprietorship <>f Mr. Drew, Who, in September, L843, Bold it to Messrs. Homan and Manley, who published the paper al the Granite Bank building until Jan- nary, 1859, when they purchased the Maine Parmer and Bold the Banner to Bioknell and Ballon. Mr. Divu retired from the edi- torship in October, 1854, when lie was succeeded bj Rev.J.W. II on, who become editor and part owner. Mr. Hanson, in 1 859, ucceeded bj Mr. Ballou, who was its editor until it was Bold in l^iil to Rev. George W. Quinby, who nom owns and edits it. DREW'S i:i R \l. l\ III I IGEN< l R [Thifl , .mi.., weekly, edited and published at Augusta, bj Rev. "W \ Drew, from Jan., 1855, until Sept., 1867. It was KENNEBEC COUNTY. 99 then sold to R. B. Caldwell, and removed to Gardiner, where Mr. Drew continued to conduct it until Feb., 1859. It was enlarged to a folio sheet Jan., 1858. MAINE STANDARD. [This is a Democratic paper, weekly, 42 by 26, circulation 4450 ; terms, $2 a year. Editors, L. B. Brown, of Starks, and H. M. Jordan, of Westbrook. Mr. Brown edited and published the Franklin Patriot at Farmington, in 1864 ; became connected with the Standard in April, 1868, with Hon. E. F. Pillsbury, who re- mained with him until succeeded by Mr. Jordan, Oct., 1870. PEOPLE'S LITERARY COMPANION. [The People's Literary Companion was first published in Oct., 1869. It .continued as a monthly until October, 1871, when the first number of the weekly was issued in 8 pp., 20 by 13, at §2.00 a year. The monthly paper attained a circulation of 1,500,000. When it first started as a weekly, owing to the increased price, the circulation fell off several thousands ; but is now rapidly in- creasing. E. C. Allen is managing editor. Mrs. E. .S. Gatchell has been the literary editress from the first. OUR YOUNG FOLKS' ILLUSTRATED PAPER, Semi-monthly, was first issued Oct., 1871. It is devoted to the interest of the young, though not confined exclusively to reading adapted to children. Samuel TV. Lane has had editorial charge of the paper. Considering the time since the paper was first pub- lished, Our Young Folks' Illustrated Paper has attained a great circulation. Messrs. E. C. Allen and Co., the publishers, have the largest publishing house in Maine, keeping six steam-presses in constant employ, and requiring about seventy persons in their business. All the publications of this firm are electrotyped.] MUSICAL MONITOR. [A sheet by this name, 24 by 18, is published monthly at Au- gnsta by Pi. M. Mansur ; principally devoted to advertising ; though containing considerable miscellaneous reading. Circulation, 1500 copies; partly gratuitous. Mr. Mansur published his periodical first at Vienna in 1855 to '61, under the name of Glenwood Val- £-- Inn Till. \ EWS i'i: ESS OF M \i ley Times. He then moved to Bit. Vernon Village, where he was appointed postmaster, and for two years continued to publish the Times. II<- then enlarged lii- paper into a small quarto, publish- ing it one year with the name of Fbung Folk's Monitor. In l B66 to the present time we find Mr. Mansurin Augusta, publishing the Musical Monitor. His printing has been done al various printing offices.] \fy A more j>:irticular account <>t' tin • tinted in V- — - rived tun late t'»r insertion in the prober place — will tie found in the Appendix to this work. <;.\ ijdiner. BY II. K. HOBBBLL. EASTERN CHRONICLE. The firsl periodical established in Gardiner, was the Eastern Chronicle. The firsl number was printed < h-\. 2 1. 1 B2 1. and is now in the hands of Judge Wm. Palmer who took il from 1 1 » « ■ press and lias kept it ever since. Hon. Parker Sheldon was editor and proprietor. Two volumes were printed, when it was merged in the [ntelligencer, Jan. 25, 1827, of which Rev. Wm. A. Drew was editor. The Intelligencer had been printed in Portland bu years. It was printed in Gardiner seven years, when, in 1834, il ceased to exist. Tin: Amkkh an StIndabd was made up from the Intelli- gencer ami published by Mr. Sheldon aboul one year, in L832. NEW ENGLAND FARMER. Tin New England Parmer's and Mechanics* Journal, a monthly magazine was published during the year L828, by Parker Sheldon. I )r. Ezekiel I tolmes was editor. G \ i : i > i m u SPECTATOR Tlii^ paper was commenced in Deo, i v ;'.», by Alonzo Bartlett. In July, l v ln, i m- Journal. Mr. Ihath published ami edited it until 1862, when he c-n li-t i-«l in the army, and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg.* The paper was carried on by II. K. Morrell, for Mr. Heath, until Nov. L864, when Mr. Mor- rell became proprietor, and has since continued to edil and publish it. * A. M. C. Heath was a native of Monmouth, and came to Gardiner when ■ boy. Hi' served Ins apprenticeship in the office of the Cold Water Fountain. He was for four (rears one of the publishers of the Fountain and Journal, and Bur nine Tears was connected «itli the Gardiner Home Journal. When the rebellion broke out he ardently espoused th loyalty. In Aug., 1862, he laid down Ins pen and shouldered a musket, feeling thai his countrj needed him. He fell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec I ; . I 62, toing shot through the while gallantlj fighting in the extreme front 1 1 1 ^ death casl :i deep gloom over the city of his adoption ; for all felt that an able, conscientious, and talented citisen bad lefl them. He was buried in Gardiner under the auspicet of tin- Mechanii \ sociation, of which he was ] I :it the time of his death. His fellow-citisens contributed some three hundred dollars, as a testimonial of respect to his memory, mil in place i rtone upon bis grave He sleeps in Oak Grove Cemeterj Tin- K E N N E B E C COUNT Y. 103 KENNEBEC REPORTER. First number issued by G. O. Bailey and J. F. Brown, in Feb., 1865. Mr. Brown sold out to R. B. Caldwell, son of the former publisher of the Transcript. Mr. Caldwell, in 1871, bought out Mr. Bailey, and is now publisher and editor. WATERVILLE, From a number of the Mail, published June 9th, 1871, we copy the following ] (leasing reminiscences of the first paper issued in Waterville, commenced about three years after the establish- ment of Waterville College, now Colby University. — Ed. WATERVILLE INTELLIGENCER. "J. M., of Palmyra, sends us a copy of the Waterville Intelli- gencer, the first newspaper established in our village. The number before us is dated June 8, 1826. It being the fourth number of the fourth volume, shows the commencement of the Intelligencer to have been in May, 1823. William Hastings, publisher. How vividly, as we look upon its yellow, time-stained pages, rise up before us the man, his office, and his circulating li- brary — especially the library, of which we were a patron, to the extent of our means, and of which a catalogue yet survives among our relics of the olden time. The office was first opened in the writer was associated with Mr. Heath nearly all his life, and bears cheerful testimony to his honor, integrity, and many good qualities. He was not called upon to enlist, — had every tie to bind him home; not only business, but a large family of small children. But recruiting was slow ; it was the darkest hour of our country's peril, and to encourage others, as well as from a sense of duty, he placed himself at his country's service. The Sixteenth Regiment in which he was a sergeant, was ordered to the front, illy prepared for service ; but he went uncomplainingly. His health, never good, hardly permitted him to endure the fatigue of the service. On the fatal day he had an order (the writer took it from his pocket after his death) to go to the rear, on account of disability ; but his love of country pushed him forward until he received his death-wound. No more patriotic, unselfish man fell in that great struggle, than A. M. C. Heath ; and no one's memory is more cherished by his fellow-citizens. Post No. C, G. A. R. of Gardiner, bears his name. Inj THE N EWS PB ESS OF MAIN E building now occupied by Mr. Baker as a barber shop; and for the benefil of the future historian we will mention thai here the first Bheet, printed in Waterville, was -truck by John Burleigh, (a printer from New Hampshire, then in trade in our village, who afterward himself published :i paper here for a few years,) and Asa Dalton, who volunteered for the occasion to beat the form with the old-fashioned balls, for Mr. Burleigh to pull. The office was afterward removed to the building north of the lo1 on keep the office employed during the dosing up of the old business. The Watchman had but a small 1 i-t of subscribers, and it lived only fifty-sb weeks — the first number being issued Dec. 18, L828, and the Last, Dec 80, 1829. Mr. Hastings removed his office to Augusta, where he 'li,| job-printing in a small waj for several years in connection with a bookstore, accumulating a Little properly, which he subsequently lost in a newspaper venture in Bangor. He died about twelve yean THE ri m i 8, A whig paper, was the nexl one in the field — the first number appearing in June, L881. It was published bj Sir. John Bur- Leigh — James Stackpole, Jr., being the political editor — and Lived about two \ cats : 1 1 1 < l a quarter. K E N N E B E C COU N T Y. 105 THE WATERV1LLE JOURNAL, Also published by Mr. Burleigh, was the next to appear ; a quarto of eight pages, and religious, without being sectarian. Its publi- cation was commenced at the instance of the officers and friends of Waterville College, and with promise of assistance in the edi- torial department from some of the older students, and also in securing subscribers ; but these promises not being fully met, the paper was discontinued at the close of the first volume. This Avas the first paper in Waterville on which composition rollers were used, the others having been printed with the old-fashioned balls. A manual labor department having been established at the college, the old Ramage press of Mr. Burleigh, with his other printing material, was purchased and set up in one of the work- shops on the grounds. Some friend of the institution in Massa- chusetts contributed an iron hand press, and perhaps some type. Job-printing, in a small way, was done for a while in this office by Mr. Edgar H. Gray, (now Rev. Dr. Gray, of Washington, D. C.) a graduate of the class of '38, who had entered college a practical printer. An old catalogue of the College Library bears his im- print. This office, with the exception of the old Ramage press, (which originally came from the establishment of Glazier, Mas- ters and Smith, of Hallowed), was soon sold to Mr. Geo. V. Edes, and taken to Dover. THE WATERVILLOJNIAN. This was a quarto of eight pages, somewhat literary in charac- ter, and the next in order. It was published by Wing and Mathews — William Mathews (now a professor in Chicago, who is authorized to affix LL.D. to his name) being editor, and Daniel R. Wing (who, in some capacity, has had a hand in every paper published in Waterville except the Union) printer. The name of the paper was borrowed from a boyish venture of the same par- ties in the days of the Times and Waterville Journal. At the close of the first volume, the paper was enlarged, the form changed, and the name altered to THE YANKEE BLADE, William Mathews, editor and proprietor. A great change, too, 14 I'll I. \ EWS PR I.- - '.... k of elegant extracts from English classics, but a live -lii'ft. adapted to the wants of the people of the tames. His brother Edward (afterward murdered by Dr. Coolidge) was immediately admitted to a partnership, and the paper was pub- lished in Waterville one year by W. and K. Mathews, when the interest of the junior partner was purchased bj M — Stevens, of Hall. .well, and the establishment removed to Gardiner. At that place the paper was pul.li-.licl about three years and a half, with n large and increasing subscription li-t, at home and abroad, when, with another change of proprietors, but with the original editor, it was removed t.. Boston, in which city it already had a large -ale In that city it flourished for a few years, losing grad- ually its distinctive character, an. I after Bwallowing Beveral of its rivals, i1 was itself Bwallowed by the Olive Branch, and disap- peared. After the removal of the Blade, Waterville was without a printing office until the fall of 1 s 1 1, when John S. Carter, an old Bangor publisher, came in and occupied the field with a job .'dice until the excitemenl preliminary t.> the building of the Amlr.>s- a and Kennebec Railroad Beemed to demand a paper once in.. re THE W \l'l.i:\ ll.l.r. i \M>\ This paper was commenced in April, 1847, bj Chas. F. Hath- away. It was a neatly executed sheet, neutral in politics. After a trial of fourteen weeks, Mr. Hathaway squarely gave up the en- terprise. u \ ii i;\ ii i r \i \ll.. Tin Eastern Mail, or Waterville Mail, as its title now stan. U, was commenced on the 19th of July, 1847. Eph. afaxham bought the ..Mice nsed bj Mr. Hathawaj in publishing the [Jnion, and issued the firsl number >>!' the Mail at the time above named. Ai the en. I of t \\ .> years, Daniel l». W i 1 1 -_r, who ha. I Keen em- ployed ..ii the paper from it> commencement, bought one-half <>f the ...ii. . in, ami the linn "f Maxham ami Wing became proprie- tors and eilitorn of the paper. It i>.«.ls no partj position until the L1JNC0LN COUNTY. 1()7 presidential contest of 1850, when it advocated the election of Gen. Fremont. Though claiming to be "independent in politics," it objects not to being classed with republican papers. The Mail, during the twenty-five years it has now numbered, has always had a small subscription list, never coming up to a thousand. Its jobbing and advertising have been fair, and it has always had generous encouragement in the town and village where published. Its composition is mostly done by girls, and the proprietors are both practical printers. Its office is now in Phoenix Block, on Main street. THE PRESS OF LINCOLN COUNTY. WISCASSET, BY JOSEPn WOOD. The first newspaper in the county, of which I have any knowledge, was the TELEGRAPH. It was published at Wiscasset in 1798. I have a part of one copy in my possession, dated Friday, June 22, 1798. The princi- pal head of the paper is gone, and I cannot ascertain the name of the publisher. In size the paper is 21 by 18, four pages of four columns each, well printed. I found it among the papers of my great-grandfather, Gen. Abiel Wood, where it served as a wrapper for a file of letters, bearing upon it the label in a full round hand, "Letters, 1798, 2d file." R. Elwell appears to be the principal (in the fragment. in my possession the only) advertiser, and occupies a column of the third page with a catalogue of his goods, which 'I'll I'. \ EWS PRESS <>l M A INK. he "has jusl received and has imw ready for sale a1 his store in Main Street, nearly opposite the Post-office, W - - [Jnder the head of True Patriotism it i^ stated thai -tin- inhabitai Portland, on Monday last, voted to allow two thousand dollars, towards fortifying the harbor of thai place." There was also an accounl ofa u remarkable shower ofhail al Kennebunk, on Satur- day last, with hailstones four and three quarters inches in circum- ference.'' I ISTERIS REPOSITORY. [A newspaper called the Eastern Repository was published at Wiscassel in June, l v ""'. as appears by an order of notice "t" the M sachusetts General Court, of the Beventh of thai month, re- quiring the petition <>t" Elihu Getchell and sixty three others, t'<>r bridges " across Kennebec river, <>\ er 1 » ■ » 1 1 1 sides •■!' Su an island,* 1 to be published "in the Eastern Repository, printed in Wiscasset, and in the Kennebec < razette." Thai Wiscassel was without :i paper on June 23, 1802, appears from the charter, <>t" that date, establishing the Lincoln and Ken- nebec Bank al thai place, requiring the firsl meeting t.> be noti- fied " in the paper printed bj Edes, in the county of Kennebec, and in Jenk's Portland Gazette."]* 1 Wh.it Followa, mi lose. i in brackets, ii from the pen of Mr. JOHN DORR THE LLNCOl N TE1 I GF Mil [In 1820 Samuel B. Dana commenced the Lincoln Telegraph with tin' "M press and type before used by Babson and Rust, which had been for man) years unused. Thai paper was contin- ued eighteen months, when, Dana having left, ii was discontinued. In October, 1821, with the same old material, I issued the LINCOLN in ri l l n.lM I I:. This paper I continued until May, l v J7. when I sold t>> Amos C. Tappan, b) whom it was published some three or four years, when, from ill health and other causes, li<- relinquished the busi- M IV. North, ii • \ ■ M w ru published, 1 1 I i ' ed, it might be, in the latter pari — Ed LINCOLN COUNTY. 109 liess to James Crowell, who was shortly afterward burned out, and that ended the Lincoln Intelligencer. While the paper was in my charge it advocated the election of John Q. Adams to the presidency. When, in 1828, Gen. Jackson became President, Mr. Tappan supported his administration.] Of the Lincoln Intelligencer (continues Mr. Wood) I have copies and extracts from it, preserved in a scrap-book, of some forty different dates — from October, 1822, to October, 1835. The issue for Dec. 14, 1832, appears with its column rules re- versed, and contains the following announcement : — " Died on Sunday night last, Mr. Amos C. Tappan, late editor of this paper, aged 33. It devolves upon us to record this day the painful in- telligence of the editor's death. We have in former numbers of our paper apprised our readers of his severe illness, and its fatal termination is now communicated with deep and unfeigned sor- row." [Afterward, Anson Herrick started a paper at Wiscasset, called the Citizen, which lived but a year or two.] THE YANKEE. A paper of this name was published in Wiscasset somewhere about 1830, by Hon. Erastus Brooks, afterward editor of the New York Express. The name was probably suggested by the fact that his father distinguished himself in the war of 1812 as com- mander of the "Yankee," a vessel in which he was lost in 1814, while engaged in the public service. Mr. Brooks afterward relin- quished the position of editor, and fitted himself for college, pay- ing his expenses, while engaged in his classical studies, by setting type and teaching school alternately. The Lincoln County Republican was published in Wis- casset in 1841-43, by Joseph B. Frith. Another paper by the name of the Yankee was published in Wiscasset in 1845, by Joseph B. Frith. WISCASSET HERALD. Published weekly; size, 17 by 10; 4 pages, 3 columns each; printed in Wiscasset from July 1 to Sept. 30, 1859, by Charles A. J. Farrar and Joseph Wood ; devoted to home interests and 110 Til E \ EW - PR ESS 01 MA IK E Local news. This was a boys' paper. Neither of the proprietors had Been the inside of u printing office until they bsw their own. \ I. »we pi' Be and 100 lbs, <'t' type, mostly bourgeois, formed the principal part of their material ; their * imposing stone ' was a pine plank ; the office supported bu1 one composing -tick, and other ar- rangements were "ii the Bame magnificent scale. Set, notwith- standing these primitive fixtures, the young publishers carried on the paper for the full term of three months, (term- -J.", cents), when having do capital to work with except the money they received for subscriptions and advertisements, they were obliged to sus- pend publication. 4 Farrar afterward learned the art of printing in a Boston office, and is at presenl publisher of the Boston Independent The junior partner of the firm, W 1. served an apprenticeship in the office of the Portland Evening Courier. In l s '>7 he again opened a printing office in Wiscasset, and in l s »'>'.» commenced the publi- cation of the SEASIDE ORAC1 I The size of this paper was 17 bj 12, 1 pages, 8 columns t.> a page. Ii was started as an advertising sheet, with a free circula- tion of 5000 copies, depending upon it- advertisements ti>r sup- port During the first yearil was published monthly, and circu- lated in everj post-office in the county. In l^Tn it was changed t<» a fortnightly subscription paper, at $1.00 per year, the size remaining the same. It was continued fortnightly during l s 71, bul on the first of January, 1872, it was enlarged and has since been published weekly, the sise being * We remember t" have received MTertJ aomben of this juvenile paper, tad eu bt ir i . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 \ to its respect ible appearance. We bate never known .i bog « tbe tmbitioD, patience end perseverance t" educate himself, whili Id, m for a« to print ■ juvenile paper, but gained eventuaUj .i bigfa position Ibi ■ ii mob cam »iil appeal in tbe eonne of tn] H \ M us boy, nov. mi the Patent Office at Washington, end il-.> editor ..t' that well-conducted paper, "The Silent World," who ins been totaUj deaf since nine commenced in this waj We (brushed him with type, and he made himoi ill tb srhii h, it the age of ten to tweln dited, printed and pnblisbed quite i respectable ni — /.'►. therefore, .ill thai we ha»e fbr nt bo many inducements to establish a oewspaper, as at Ellsworth." Mr. Lowell entered upon his work with much seal, and with great courage and faith in In- Buccess; but li<' continued in the business less than three year-. In his valedictory to the readers of the Northern Statesman of November, l v 'i v . which was commenced "by him, and expired on reaching it- cycle of52 num- vo\. i., he Bays: — ••In the autumn of 1826 \\<' commenced the publication of the Endependenl Courier, which was the first newspaper published in Ellsworth. It advocated the re-election of Mr. A. lam-. In l s- J'.' we disposed of our interest in the establishment to the Messrs. Hale, who published a neutral paper for a few months. An anti- Jackson paper, called the Hancock Advertiser, was published Boveral years afterward, from the Bame office, b) Robert Grant, and afterward bj Grant and Moor. In 188-1 it ceased to exist. In 1885 tli< : Radii \i. a .lack-on paper, with a mu office, was established b^ D. T. Pike and Co. In !—::»» it fell into the hands of others, and was converted into o whig paper. It was* published i>\ a "Nli Washburn some six or eight months. In the spring of HANCOCK COUNTY. 1 | ;, 1837 it passed into the hands of Joseph H. Jordan, who published a neutral paper for about eight months, called the Lai;<>i:ki:"s Jouenai,. In November, 1837, the writer (Charles Lowell) took the office, united it with another, and commenced the publication of the Northern Statesman. During the twelve years which have elapsed since the estab- lishment of the Courier in 1826, there have been issued from the press various other sheets purporting to be newspapers printed in Ellsworth, which, in fact, were only hand-bills, issued in that form to avoid postage, etc. In reality all the papers ever published in town up to- this time, are the Courier, Advertiser, Radical, Jour- nal, and Statesman — five in all." The history of newspaper publishing in this county from Nov;, 1838, when the Statesman was discontinued, is one of sad mor- tality. Next after the Statesman was the Bee, published by Jos. H. Jordan. This paper was issued in the autumn of 1839, and continued in existence less than two years. The Hancock Dem- ocrat was started by the same gentleman in June, 1847, and lived for about three years. He then commenced another journal called the Eastern Freeman, in 1853, and continued it one or two years. ^ . ELLSWORTH HERALD. In October, 1851, Messrs. Couliard and Hilton came to Ells- worth from Bangor, and commenced the Ellsworth Herald. Mr. Hilton closed his connnection with the paper in about six months. Mr. Couliard continued the paper until the fill of 1854 as* a neu- tral paper. Its publication was then discontinued, and the press and material passed into other hands — that of \Vm. II. Chaney, who, in November or December of 1854, started the ELLSWORTH AMERICAN. Subsequently Mr. Chaney associated with him Chas. W. Moor, of Ellsworth, and this firm published the American until Dec, 1855; not quite 52 numbers were issued by them. N. K. Sawyer then became the purchaser, three weeks before it had reached its 52d number. The American is now printed on paper 42 by 28. 116 III I. NEWS PRESS "I MUM!. It i- lh ly paper printed in the county. None bot a weekly ittempted here. Win. P. Burr was connected with the American from 1861 to l s, '">. II>- was a practical printer, and a '_">'>'! partner. Hi- interest was purchased, at his own request, in and he removed t'> Brewer to in other business. From thai time tin' presenl publisher assumed tin- ownership and editorship. In 1869, new pr< sses and type were purchased to tin* value of 12,000. It- presenl circulation i- -J. tun. In April, I860, Messrs, Wasson ami Moor started an agricul- tural paper called tin- Eastebh Pabhbb, which they continued until the tall of 1861, when tiny suspended it- publication, 1 it fall a paper was started in Bucksport, called the Rtvbbsede E< ho. It i- printed in Portland, and i> in -Mine sense the organ <»t" the Beveral temperance organizations of the county. We Learn it is not a Bource of pecuniary profit to the enterprising publisher. In .Ian.. 1 866, < !ol. Z. A. Smith started the II w> •>. g .i,, t b» \i . It was Union in politics, bul after reaching it- 38th Dumber it was disc* 'in inued for w ant i »f Bupport. The cumber of newspapers which we have enumerated in our brief sketch, amounts to nearl) twenty in number; and \< it, bo tar as we can learn, no two,jus1 the opposite in politics, hav< been published at the same time. Mr. Washburn at one time, bul for a tiu weeks only, started the novel idea <'t" making lii- paper the advocate of both parties; not that he ua- a "fence man," quite, but he tried the experiment <'t' having lii- paper the expo- nent of inn parties- — < >iit- Bide of the paper being devoted to the interests of the Jackson party, and the other was equally Eealous for the Adams party. Mr. Lowell, however — g 1 authority — -a\- thai Mr. Wa-liluirn'- paper was an anti-.laek-'ii paper. The paper -"..ii changed hands. The experiment was not \\\\\\ tested. Mr. ! '• ■ 1 1 ■ 1 who figured in this count} for so man} years in the paper business, was n Hallowell man. He emigrated to Bo* .'on from tin- county. Mr. Grant, the publisher of the Hancock HANCOCK COUNTY. H7 Advertiser, was a native of this town. He, many years since, went to New York, and lias spent his time in . scientific pursuits. He was engaged several years in experimenting with the calcium light, and government employed him for a time during the war to test it. We have one number of the Advertiser now before us, and we fail to find in it any terms of publication, or any statement as to who is the publisher." It is dated April 2, 1834. Mr. Joseph H. Jordan, who started so many papers in this town, was a genial, true-hearted man ; at one time he represented the town in the Legislature, and was for a few years collector of this port. He subseqnently obtained a clerkship at Washington, and removed his family there. He died in that city some years ago. He was a practical printer. Charles Lowell was a merchant in this town (Ellsworth) be- fore going into the newspaper business. He subsequently read law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced his profession until his death a few years since. He was never a practical printer. He was a most prolific political writer. Mr. Conliard is residing, we learn, in Massachusetts, and continues to work at his business. Mr. Hilton is, or was, in New York City ; so, also, of Mr. Chaney. We have already spoken of Mr. Waters. Of the Messrs. Hale we can learn nothing in particular, only that the firm was composed of Alden S. and John M. Hale. Alden S. was a practical printer, learning his trade in Brooklyn, New York. He published a paper at Walpole, N. H., before coming to Ellsworth. He died sometime since in Rutland, Vt. J. M. Hale, the partner, still lives in Ellsworth. On inquiry, he asserts posi- tively that he did not gather up his present competence in the business. D. T. Pike, of Augusta, who published the Radical, made the ablest paper yet published in the county, it is said. It was what its name indicated, and it represented the views of the Jarvis branch of the Democratic party. Samuel Hall, who published the Castine Eagle in 1810, was from Boston. He advertised to do job-printing, and no doubt was a practical printer. The fact that no newspaper, except the one now published, has 11- THE NEWS PRESS 01 If AIM l.. ever been published continuously for more than Beven years, since the establishment of the Castine Journal in 1799, tells it- own story. As purely money making enterprises, they have been fail- ures; as means to reach political position and promotion, they have also been failures. But thai these publications hai ood influence on the public, is true. i ii i; PRESS OF OXFORD C01 MY. I We are indebted to Mi i.G.B Barrows, W. \. I'h-.iv N. T.Trub u ■'■ E. Goodbow, and others, for the History of the Preaa in thia county. F R y E B r RG l;i SSE1 i 'S I CHO. One of the earliesl papers published in Maine was Russell's Echo, or the North Si lb, established in Fryeburg, Feb., 1798. Ii was started by Elijah Russell, who had formerly printed a paper in Concord, N. II. The Echo was published, weekly. Lees than a year. Its size was aboul 24 by 18; terms, 1.50 per annum. A Bingle copj i- in the possession of Hon. Geo. B. Barrovi a,oi I burg, who writes thai every Bpring, in digging lii- garden, he finds Btones which were pari of the foundation of the old printing-office. The late Arthur Shirley, of Portland, i- Bald to have Bel the first type in the office of the Echo. A tiu copies of Russell's Echo are to be found al Worcester, Ikfaseu, and al Dartmouth College, and perhaps in the library of the Historical Society al Concord, V II. \ < > i; w \ v . <>\i l IRD 0BSER1 EH 'I In' printing business commenced in Norwaj on a small scale as earl} ae 1826. David Noyes,in bis History of Norway, \ i Barton then commenced publishing the Oxford Observer in OXFORD COUNTY. U9 this village, and from 1828 Wm. P. Phelps was associated with him until April, 1829, when Wm. E. Goodnow bought out the in- teresl of Asa Barton, and the paper was published by Goodnow and Phelps until October, 1830." At that time Mr. Goodnow bought out the interest of Phelps, and published the Observer until June, 1832. The title of the paper was then changed to the Politician, (Wm. A. Evans, editor), to conform to the high state of political feeling then existing, on the eve of a presidential elec- tion. The Politician was continued until April, 1833, when the establishment was sold to Horatio King, of Paris, who took it with the Jeffersonian establishment to Portland. The county was left destitute of a paper until June, 1833. At this time, Asa Barton commenced the publication of the Oxford Oracle, an independent paper, and after having issued seven numbers, sold the establishment. In April, 1832, the Journal of the Times, a small, indepen- dent, weekly paper, was commenced by Wm. E. Goodnow, and published about three months. It was then discontinued, from the fact of its interfering with the subscription list of the Politi- cian. In March, 1830, a small, independent paper, called the Village Spy, was commenced by Asa Barton ; but in a short time it was discontinued for want of patronage. NORWAY ADVERTISER. The Norway Advertiser, an independent family paper, was commenced by Ira Berry in March, 1844; subsequently published by Ira Berry and Francis Blake, jr. After the dissolution of the copartnership, it was published by Berry alone. The paper was subsequently published by Edwin Plummer ; then by Albert B. Davis and Cyrus W. Brown ; then by Thomas Witt ; and lastly, by Mark H. Dunnell. Mr. Dunnell soon altered the name to the Pine State News. It was discontinued in Jan., 1851. In July, 1851, a newspaper under the- old name of the Norway Advertiser, printed on a large, handsome sheet, was established by Moses B. Bartlett. It was subsequently purchased by George W. Millett. Until the publication of the Advertiser, with the ex- ception of the Politician, (which was whig), the Norway papers 120 ™ ' NEWS PRESS Ol M \i N I • been what in oommon paarlanoe are styled neutral papers; bul within a few months the Advertiser has abed its old Dentnl akin, and appeara al this time (Jan., 1863) in a democratic garb. The Advertiser waa discontinued al the time of the election of Abraham Lincoln. [Nobwat, \ <■.,.. 1866.] PARIS. 0X1 ORD OBS£R\ ER The first attempt al journalism in Paris was the starting of the Oxford Observer, July v . 1824 Asa Barton was the editor and proprietor, and added to these duties the care of :i country store. The paper was a folio of five columns to a page, and was independent in politics. Pari- Lost this luminary in a sudden and unexpected manner. Village rivalry made the citizens of Norway ambitious to have a newspaper. An arrangemenl was made with Mr. Barton to move to that place. By the aid of an 01 tram the whole thing was accomplished in a single night, in December, 1826, without the knowledge of the citizens of Paris. The subse- quent history of this paper is noticed in Capt. Goodnow's sketch ..I' the press of Norway. JEFFERSON! W In 1 s- .> the Jeffersonian was issued in Pari-. It was a political paper of the democratic school. We gather from an incomplete file belonging to E. R. Holmes, Esq. thai it was started in 1828. It was for some time published by Bon. Hannibal Hamlin, and II n. Horatio King. It was printed in the building no^ occupied by the Democrat and Register offices. This paper was removed t" Portland in \^-<-. 0X1 ORD DEMOCB \T In March, I s :::'., a paper with the above title waa issued by G \\ . Blilletl and Octavius King. It was radically demo- cratic in politics. Bang sold hi- interest to Milieu at the end of -i\ months. The paper was edited by the late Hon. Joseph Mr, Stevens retire. 1 from the firm. Dr. Brown continued t<> edil the paper for aboul three years, when Bon. John J. Perr) became his successor, as political editor, — the duties of office-editor devolving upon Mr. Pidgin, who gave more prominence to local matter-, and organized the system of Local correspondence, for which the paper has become bo well known. In lMiT the paper was purchased by CoL Fred K. Shaw, its present able editor and proprietor. In June, L869, Mr. Shaw enlarged the paper (which had been cut down during the war) to its original size of 86 bj 25, and by tile aid of new apparatus put a new dress upon it. The circulation (1,400 at the time of purchase) was soon increased to 1,850. OXJ ORD REGISTER. The publication of the Oxford Register waa commenced Oct l. L869, bj M. an. I o. I-'. Watson of Biddeford, under the firm of Wat -on Bros.; Geo. K. Shaw, editor ; Samuel II. Carter, local edi- tor and business manager. The paper was printed at the office of the Maine Democrat, Biddeford. April 28, 1871, a printing-office waa established at Paris Hill, and the first Dumber was prime. 1 here ; the size changed from an eight t.> a seven column paper; .Mr. Carter retiring, and Oi M. Watson, son of the senior proprie- tor, taking his place. Oct. 20, L871, Samuel II. Carter purchased the paper of Messrs. Watson, an. I became sole editor and propri- etor. OXFORD COUNTY. 123 BETHEL. BETHEL COURIER. This paper was issued at Bethel under the copartnership of D. Cady and F. Smith. Its first number hears date, Dec. 17, 1858. After the fourth issue, Mr. Cady sold out his interest to Mr. Smith, and a copartnership was formed by F. Smith and James Nutting, as proprietors. Most of the editorial matter from its commence- ment was written by X. T. True, though this fact was not gener- ally known iintil he was publicly announced as editor, July 15, 1859. At this date, Smith sold out to Nutting, who was sole pro- prietor until the 46th number of vol. n., when, ill health compel- ling him to seek different employment, he sold out his interest in the paper to J. Alden Smith. A card, job, and power-press, with new type, was now procured, and the appearance of the paper much improved. Dr. True continued as editor until June 7, 1861, when he retired from the business. The paper was published by Mr. Smith until July 26, 1861, when the high prices of stock com- pelled him to give up the paper, much to the regret of the citizens of Bethel. Its list of subscribers was united with that of the Ox- ford Democrat. During the existence of the Courier, Dr. True contributed ninety-seven chapters on the History of Bethel; Dea. George Chapman several chapters on the early* History of Gilead ; and J. G. Rich, of Upton, wrote quite a number of interesting and val- uable articles on the Wild Animals of Maine. The writer is not aware of the existence of more than two files of the paper ; one in possession of Mrs. Moses Mason, and the other in possession of John Q. A. Twitehell, in Portland. Duplicate copies of the His- tory of Bethel were cut out of the paper by the editor, and put in sera] i book form, one volume of which he deposited in the library of the Maine Historical Society, and the other he still retains. Dr. True's editorial labors were Gratuitous. t ii i: ri;i>s or YOttK I OIMV K K\ N E BUN K. \\\ ma oi the TiMEa In Ihi:; the AimaK of the Times was oommenced and contin- ued two years in Kennebunk. On M arch 20, 1805*, the first Dum- ber of the Kiwii-.ink Gazette appeared. It was published until aboul L842, by Jas. L Remick, who died a1 Kennebunk, Sept. :;, 1863, aged sn years. The Gazette was continued by lii« Bon, Daniel Remick, fora few years. s A CO AND BIDDEFORD. FREES! w *S i i;n \i». A paper by the name of the Freeman's Friend was published in Saco in 1805, b) Wm. Weeks; for how long a time, we do nol learn. There appears in the firsl number of the paper an adver- tisement ofa wool-carding machine in operation, bj John MayaU, at Jefford's mills in Kennebunk. Timothj Keazer advertises for Bale an oration, delivered at Saco, Jul} 1, 1806, b) Joseph Bartlett. M \l\i. PALLADII M The Maine Palladium was published at Saco as earl] as the autumn "i 1820, bj Putnam and Blake, and as late as Julj 21, YORK COUNTY. J25 MAINE DEMOCRAT. The Maine Democrat was commenced in Saco, Jan. 6, 1828, by Messrs. Wm, and John Condon, who continued to publish it for several years, and then sold it to T. Maxwell and Michael Beck, Esq. of Portsmouth. Mr. Beck in a short time purchased Maxwell's interest in the paper and continued its publication until the time of his death, in 1843. It was then purchased by Alpheus A. Han- scom, who continued as its editor and publisher until May, 1864. Wm. Noyes with his son then purchased the Democrat. The son, Isaac B. Noyes, was editor until he died, a few months after- ward.* A second son was received into partnership, and the pa- per continued under the firm of Wm. Noyes and Co., for about three years. In Oct., 1867 it was sold to Charles A. Shaw, Esq. of Biddeford ; but the Messrs. Noyes continued its publication till near the first of January following. Mr. Shaw then removed to Biddeford, where he erected a new building for the reception of the office, and there immediately commenced, in connection with the Democrat, a daily, called the Daily Times. He expended several thousand dollars on the establishment ; but finding that a daily could not be sustained he lost his interest in the undertak- ing, discontinued the daily, and soon afterward (Oct., 1868) sold his apparatus, with the Democrat, to E. K. Smart, of Camden. Mr. Smart continued to publish the Democrat, until May, 1869, when it was purchased by the Watson Brothers, its present pub- lishers and proprietors ; since which it has been under the edito- rial management of Geo. K. Shaw, Esq. *1saac Badger Noyes, at the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, immediate- ly gave up the practice of Law, and recruited the first company of soldiers that joined the army from Saco, of which he was chosen Captain as soon as his company joined the 5th Maine Regiment. He at once proceeded to the front in Virginia ; but his health being poor, having a disease of the heart which afterward terminated his life, he resigned his commission in the fall of 1861. With the hope of regaining his health he spent the two following years in South America. Returning early in 1864 he im- mediately assumed the editorial management of the Maine Democrat, which he con- tinued to conduct till the time of his death in December, 1863. 126 THE n EWS PRESS OK. MAI IN E. Tlic Union oommenoed in .Ian.. 1845, withWm.Noyes as pro- prietor, and Louis O. Cowan as editor. The Union immediately took rank as the leading organ of the whigs in Fork county. It u:i-> continued by Nbyes and Cowan until Feb., 1848, when .Mr. Cowan purchased 1 1 1« - interest of Mr. 15 s, and continued its publication in Saco until the office was destroyed by fire in 1856; he then moved to Biddeford, and purchased the Easi bbm Hbbald and Merj wiii.i: Ai>\ i:i: i i-i.i:, and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Uniok urn Jotjbnal, which he continued t<» publish until the time of his death, in l s, '-">. His widow Bold the establishment to its present proprietor,J. E. Butler. BIDDEFORD HERALD The Biddeford Herald was commenced in 1848 by Reed and (•,,1,.. h was a papn- devoted principally to local news; — con- tinued under the conduct of its originators some eight months; thru, to it- close, about nine months, under W. !•'. Scammon. Mr, Bcammon then commenced the publication of the Biddxfobd Townsman, which lived only three months. Mli:i will r. \\<\ ERTISEB In April, L 849, the Mercantile Advertiser was issued by Manns Watson, dow of the Maine Democrat It was moved to Bidde- ford in 1850, and sold to Daniel E. Somes, who published it un- der the name of Eastern JbuBNAi aboul a year and a half. It was then sold to Mr. Cowan, and merged in the presenl Union and Journal, G kZETTE. Jan. 5, 1857, the Gazette made it- appearance in Biddeford; Marcus Watson, proprietor; Chas. II. Granger, editor; and contin- ued until 1861. Marcus Watson and Co. then commenced the publication of the Eastern Herald, which was published one year. JTORK COUN n INDl PENDI N I' The York Count) Independent first appeared Ma; 18,1869, bj William Noyes and bis ron, Wm. 8. Noyes, no* the firm of w .8. Noyes > pay for new — paper souls in thai day ; it was as much as thej oould do t<> keep the bod) alive, let alone " keeping soul and body together." The town of Bangor then contained aboul l" 1 " 1 inhabitants, and it is aol to be wondered al if the Register was aol any better than other journals of its day. It ivas a medium, however, through which writers could communicate with the public; and matters of Siatc and National momenl wire discussed in its columns. A topic which occupied a large space in them, through many cum- bers, was the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, The i of the argument, and the vote of Bangor, was in favor of the separation. Mr. Edee continued lii^ connection with the PENOBSCOT COUNTY. joo, Register until December 25, 1817, when he disposed of it to James Burton, jr., who changed the name of the paper to BANGOR REGISTER. Mr. Burton continued to publish it alone until January 4, 1826, when he associated with himself John S. Carter in its publication. That was the day when lotteries were favored in Maine ; and, by uniting the sale of lottery tickets with the printing business, these gentlemen kept the Register at work. The paper advocated the National Republican cause, and the election of John Quincy Adams to the Presidency of the United States. It was discontinued August 2, 1831, and was succeeded by the Penobscot Journal. Among the principal contributors to the Register, from time to time during its existence, were Samuel E. Dutton, Jacob McGaw, William D. Williamson, Jedediah Herrick, John Godfrey, Martin Kinsley, Enoch Brown, John Bennoch, Allen Oilman, Edward Kent, Joseph Whipple, (who commenced his History of Acadia in the Register), Samuel Call, Rev. Harvey Loomis, Henry Call, Thomas A. Hill, and many other prominent men of Bangor and the neighborhood. Mr. Samuel Call was understood to be the editor of the Register, at times. He was a cynical gen- tleman of considerable sharpness of intellect, and a caucus speaker of some ability. Mr. Kent, too, had the reputation of being its editor in its later years ; but this was denied by the Register, al- though he wrote many able articles for it. From some cause, there was dissatisfaction with the Register among a portion of the citizens of Bangor, and they raised a fund for the establishment of another journal. This was commenced in 1824, under the charge of Ezra S. Brewster as publisher, and was styled PENOBSCOT GAZETTE. It was a weekly paper, edited by Daniel Pike, a promi- nent gentleman among the Orthodox: Congregationalists. Mr. Pike was a grave man, a pure man, a religious man, a sensible man. The Register styled him a "demure" editoi - . The Gazette was respectably conducted, but was a great annoyance to the Register. In a notice by the Register of several new journals, 17 T;; ) Til I. \ i: WTS PRESS 01 MUM. on August •">. \^-\. i- the following reference to the Gazette:— — u Bu1 as this paper is onr rival, and :i competitor, we have too much feeling and too great an interest to pass ii over slightly at tin- end <>t" :i paragraph ; and ae we are just now deficient in time and space, we must defer m further notice of it to a future oppor- tunity." The opportunity, however, did n. >t occur until the 1 l'h of February, 1827, (which was clearly a joyous day for the pub- lisher), when the Register had the satisfaction of announcing the demise of the Gazette "of an atrophy" and gave it this parting salute — '-She was a weakly child, of about tWO year- old, of :i very good disposition, being much attache. 1 to schools, conferences, missionary societies, etc. I'»ut. though well disposed, Bhe had many errors, and sometimes spoke so thick as to be unintelligible. Candor, however, induces as to say, that her faults were more from carelessness and from want of capacity than from any evD intention." The Gazette was succeeded by the r \- li i:\ i;i:i i BL1CAN This paper was edited by Nathaniel ETaynes, a gentleman of culture and literaiv The Register styled him "Attorney at Law, late of Orono." He possessed a different temper from that of the editor of the Gazette, and stirred up the bile of Mr. James Burton, jr., of the [Register, wonderfully, who took delighl in call- ing ii the u Genuine." Alter a few issues, Mr. Burton's delight assumed a dismal cast, for he felt constrained to "move on the works" of his adversary in 1 1 > i — style: " False charges, malicious innuendoes, misrepresentations and circumstances with which we have oot the Blightesl connexion, have been broughl in requisition against us; -in no instance where his evil genius could conceive he might injure our feelings or reputation has he neglected the at- tempt. "' The Republican was alive at the time of the demise of the Register, which journal in its valedictor) gave its editor the following expiring kick— " Perchance, too, we have at tim< - felt more pit} than indignation at the pun) and spiteful and ■ in rjly ii"i. .-/■;,■/.< of the young man, and have made many apolo- for him similar to his ( .wn for his ''mistake' in advocating duelling that he is, constitutionally, altogether n mistake, and PEiNOBSCOT COUNTY. l;ft laboring under the influence of that malady that never permits him to be on the right side, or to feel at all amiable toward his species. In sober truth, Ave have felt mort pity than anger, and more contempt than either." Mr. Haynes continued in charge of the Republican as long as his health would permit. On his resigning his position, his brother, Isaac C. Haynes, who had been in the office with him, succeeded .him, and continued to control the columns of the Republican un- til December, 1837, when he sold the establishment to Gen. Samuel Veazie and others. The Republican was a vigorous supporter of Andrew Jackson for the Presidency of the United States, and sustained the Dem- ocratic party in all its measures, until its sale to Veazie and Co., when it was conducted in the interest of the ' Conservatives,' a fac- tion of the Democratic party who were opposed to President Jackson's measures in relation to the United States Bank. It was understood to be under the editorial control of John Hodgdon until its final suspension in November, 1838, when its subscription list was transferred to the Frankfort Intelligencer. Mr. Hodgdon returned to his allegiance to the Democratic party, and afterward removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he now resides. THE CLARION. This was a small quarto literary paper, established May 3, 1828, by Gilman Merrill, and published from the office of the Bangor Register. It was at first edited by Charles Gilman, son of Hon. Allen Gilman, first Mayor of Bangor. After a time the Clarion was enlarged from a sheet of four pages to one of eight pages, and was edited by B. B. Thatcher, the poet, conjointly with Mr. Gilman. These editors were liberally educated, and law- yers. The Clarion was very creditably edited by them. They were both young men when they left the paper. Mr. Gilman was afterward Law-reporter in Quincy, Illinois, where he died. Mr. Thatcher obtained distinction as an author in Massachusetts, where he died. L32 Til r. N EWS PR ESS OJ M \ I N I.. T B ■ 1 1 jister was Buccee led by the PENOBSl OT JOl KN M.. This paper was « - - 1 i t * - « 1 l>_\ the late lamented Phinehas Barnes, Esq., who bad a short time previous to its establishment gradu- ated from College. It was, as may be supposed, ably conducted. It advocated the cause of the National Republican part} from August, 1831, for aboul two years. In l^j:; the Whig party was organized, and on September 22, l-:;:;. the BANGOR (id RIER Was established as an exponenl of its principles, by William B. P. Rogers. Ajb a partisan paper it was the lineal descendant of the Penobscol Journal. It came under the editorial supervision of Samuel Upton — a former unsuccessful merchanl in Castinc — and lii- son, Horace Upton. It was edited with considerable vigor and ability. On Jul} 1. L834, Mr. Rogers established in connec- tion with the Courier a daily paper, styled the Bangob Daily W'hii;. On Dec 20, L834, the name was changed to BANGOB DA1L1 Vt H1G Wl> ( i >i EUER. This name it has borne until dow, and bids lair ti> bear for a long time to come. It continued under the same proprietor and editor until Sept. 21, I 835, al which time the junior editor retired, because of failing eye-sight, and Mr. Rogers disposed of the estab- lishmenl to Gamaliel Marchanl and Jacob A. Smith. Samuel Upton continued to edit the paper for a time, but at length re- tired, leaving the editorial labor in the hands of Mr. Marchant, w I Lanaged it creditably until lii- health failed. His Iuhl:- be- ing affected, in tin- fall of \^-'>~ he made a voyage t-i tin- W< I [ndies for relief bul on lii- return, in May, 1838, he concluded t'» ili>|M.-.,- of his interesl in tin- paper, and, on June 8, sold it to .lulin Edwards of Portland. The paper was carried on bj Kdwjirds and Smith until A.ug. 2, 1841, when Mr. Edwards trans- ferred his interest to John S. Sayward, then late of the Mechanic and Fanner. The paper was in the hands of Smitli and Sayward until M y, 185-1 nearl) thirteen years, Mr. Sayward had special charge of the editorial department, and Mr. Smith of the print- PENOBSCOT COUNTY. I33 ing. The paper was ably and successfully managed by these gen- tlemen. On the first day of May, 1854, they sold the establish- ment to William II. Wheeler and John H. Lynde. Mr. Wheeler had recently been connected with the editorial department of the Kennebec Journal. In introducing these gentlemen, Mr. Sayward said of Mr. Wheeler, that through him " the political, social, in- tellectual and moral welfare of the people would be promoted ; " and of Mr. Lynde, that he " possessed energy, skill and business habits." The result has shown that Mr. Sayward was not in er- ror. Mr. Wheeler's management of the editorial department of the paper confirmed his opinion of liim ; and that Mr. Lynde has conducted the financial affairs of the establishment with skill, energy and success, there can be no question. Mr. Wheeler continued his connection with the paper until November, 1868, when he disposed of his interest to Mr. Lynde, and removed to Boston, where he died.* Mr. Lynde has since * William H. Wheeler died in Boston, March 9, 1871. He was born in Worcester, Mass., February 13, 1817, but the largest part of his life was spent in Augusta. He served a long and faithful apprenticeship as a printer in the office of the Kennebec Journal ; continued his connection with the office for many years as journeyman, and became one of the proprietors in 1850, when Luther Severance, whom he succeeded as editor, retired from the paper to accept the mission to the Sand- wich Islands. In June, 1853, Mr. W. sold his interest in the property to his partner, Wm. H. Simpson, but remained as editor until 1854, when he went into business in Bangor as partner of John H. Lynde, in the publication of the Daily Whig and Couri- er. Of this paper he was editor and joint proprietor from 1854, until the autumn of 1868, when he sold his interest to Mr. Lynde, and removed to Boston, where until re- cently he was employed as one of the editors of the New England Farmer. He left a wife and four children — two sons and two daughters. The Boston Journal speaks of Mr. Wheeler's character as a journalist as follows : " He displayed marked ability as a political writer, and gave promise of attaining to the highest rank in his profession — a promise ill health alone prevented the complete fulfilment of. However, he held for a long time the strongest pen in the State of his nativity, and has left a record in journalism of which his family and many friends have a right to feel proud. His views with regard to the duties and obligations of journal- ism were pure and lofty, and were thoroughly carried out in the newspapers over which he exercised control. Thoroughly conscientious, yet unobtrusive ; gentle and amiable at all times, upright in his walk and catholic in thought, he had many friends who will hear of his demise with deep regret. He was modest and retiring to a fault ; otherwise he might have held high official position. Devoted to his profession, he sought no honors outside of it." l:;i T1IK N r. WS PRESS 01 M \l \ I'.. carried on the establishment in hi- own name. The paper baa been under tin- editorial managemenl of| first, Joseph W. Bartlett, (principal), and -I. Swetl Rowe, (local) editors, and now "t' ('apt. ('. A. Boutelle, (principal), and Edwin A. Perry and Alfred 8. Meigs, (assistanl local | editors. The Whig and Courier was an earnesl supporter of the Whig party during its existence, and has been an unflinching advocate of the principles of tin- Republican party since the Whig party was dissolved. It now stands among the ablesl papers in the State ; ii< business has Bteadily increased from the commencement) and it may well lie called a BUCCeSB. When M- SSrS. Smith and Say- ward Nil it. .Mr. Sayward went into the Kennebec Journal, and has since Ict't that paper with a competency, and is enjoying his otiivm '•"in upon hi- farm in Boxford, .Ma--. Mr. Smith i^ enjoying his in an eleganl residence upon u Thomas's-Hm," in Bangor. When the Anti-Masonic party deemed itself of suificienl im- portance t" organize politically, it- leaders thoughl it expedient to establish an organ in Bangor; and Anson Herrick removed thith- er from Ballowell — where he had been associated with Richard D.Rice (afterward Judge Rice of the S. J. Court) in printing a paper — tin- the purpose. On the seventh daj <>t' August, 1884, he published the firsl number of the PENOBSCOT FREEM w This paper was under the editorial charge of Asa Walker, a |M>li-hed and vigorous writer. We believe it survived its party, hut was nut long-lived. Sir. Herrick's enterprising disposition prompted him to greater things than the publishing "t' a weekly Anti-Masonic journal, and in August, 1885, he oommenoed the publication of a -mall daily paper, styled the lt\ii \ i OMMERCl \i \i'\ ERTIS1 R This was a lively uon-partisan journal, and Mr. Herrick made it quite taking for Beveral months, until, in consequence of an un- fortunate non-financial operation, lie suddenly (in May, 1836) came to the conclusion, that New fork ideas would be more fa- vorable to hi- Buocess than those of Bangor, and removed to that PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 135 city, where he established the Sunday Atlas. He was right in his conclusion. He was made an Alderman, and a Member of Con- gress (as his father, Ebenezer Herrick, had been before him) in New York, and when he died, a few years since, he left a fortune (we believe) and the Atlas in the full tide of prosperity. But notwithstanding Mr. Herrick left Bangor, the Advertiser went on. It fell into the editorial hands of John W. Frost, a young lawyer, who manipulated its enunciation with much bravery until Dec, 1836, when it was absorbed by the PEOPLES' PRESS. This was a daily and weekly democratic paper of a peculiar stamp, established by Thomas Bartlett, jr., March 12, 1836. The paper was edited with some smartness for something more than two years. We believe it was suspended in Novem- ber, 1838. On Feb. 6, 1835, an association of gentlemen having at heart the welfare of the artisans and agriculturists, established a weekly journal, under the style of the MECHANIC AND FARMER. This association was composed of John Brown and Co. They employed John S. Sayward as its editor. In his Introductory, the editor announced it to be his intention " to assist and cheer man- kind in the various duties of the workshop, the field and the do- mestic circle ; to urge forward correct feelings and action among the practical working-men of the country." The Mechanic and Farmer was an interesting and useful journal, and was in exis- tence four years. Its last number was published Feb. 21, 1839. Its publishers were successively, Cobb and Merrill, Charles Cobb, Benj. A. Burr and Win. E. P. Rogers. In June, 1835, John S. Carter commenced a monthly publication, the EASTERN MAGAZINE. This was edited by Mrs. M. P. Carter, (the wife of the publish- er), who was a poet, and a writer of much merit. She continued in the editorial chair, until failing health compelled her to leave it, in December, 1835, when she was succeeded by Charles Gilman. [36 T" E N EWS PRESS 01 M \ I N E. Si] Oilman continued in it during the remainder of the year, af- ter which he edited it as the M mm. MONTHLY M kGAZINE. This periodica] was published by John 8. Carter. Both t] publications were handsomely printed, and obtained considerable reputation for their literary merit. The patronage extended t>> them was doI sufficienl to keep them in existence. In January, 1836, Mr. Cuter established a pleasanl weekly, THE BANGOREAN. This was edited by Mr. Gilman also. It was handsomely printed, and edited with ability. It was not, however, a political paper, and there being do powerful company behind to sustain it, it- fortunes were united with those of the Mechanic and Parmer in October, L886. In 1^:17 Rev. Thomas Curtis, a Baptist clergyman of much learning and ability, came to Bangor from England and conceived the projed of putting before the public a literary ami religious pa- per worthy of the Bupport of an intelligent community. It was ondersl 1, thai Professor Leonard Woods (afterward President \Y la of Bowdoin College) was to assist in the editorship. A respectable subscription was raised, and the resull was the BANGOR .ii 'i B \ \i The first numberwas issued June I, l v -7. The paper was continued just one year. It was printed b) Samuel S. Smith. It dited by Mr. Curtis and bis son. It was a handsome paper in quarto form, and contained eighl pages of reading matter. Al- though the articles were well written, yet they were cot to the popular taste, and the subscriptions were aot renewed. \ the Democrats were a live party in Penobscot, and pro- I to have Bome political light, the) Ti'l m>t choose to have that light bid under a bushel long at a time, therefore when the Eastern Republican Tell into what they oonoeived t" he Conserv- ative darkness, man] of them "pooled" in ten dollars apiece, and PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 137 on the fifteenth day of February, 1836, started on its long and eventful career, the BANGOR DEMOCRAT. William R. Smith, and, we believe for a time, William T. Johnson, were its publishers. It at length came under the edito- rial charge of Isaac C. Haynes, formerly of the Republican, who was its editor for many years. Although strongly partisan, yet Mr. Haynes' editorials were usually dignified, quite free of person- alities, and perhaps as temperate and little objectionable as parti- san editorials coidd well be. On Nov. 22, 1838, the publication of the Democrat passed into the hands of John Pray and William Thompson. Mr. Thompson, at length, became the sole publisher, and so continued during Mr. Haynes's connection with it, until August 3, 1857. Marcellus Emery, a graduate of Bowdoin College, a lawyer, and a gentleman of ability, succeeded Mr. Haynes as editor of the Democrat. He for a time published in connection with the Democrat a daily paper, the BANGOR DAILY UNION. This paper took strong ground against the Republican party, Pres. Lincoln, and the war for the suppression of the rebellion ; and it was thought by the enemies of the rebellion that the editorials were rank with treason, and almost every issue provoked denun- ciation and threats against the editor. Hon. Isaiah Stetson was then mayor, and so open and violent were these threats, at last, that his attention was called to the excitement, and he was very anxious to j^revent an outbreak. But no vigilance of Ms could provide against the cool determination of a community that felt itself outraged by what they conceived to be attacks upon the principles which they had been educated to believe sacred, and stabs at the heart of their country. On the 12th of Aug., 1861, while Mr. Emery and his assistants were at their dinner, the mob quietly entered his office and shied his presses, paper, types, cases, and apparatus of all sorts, from his fourth story windows into the 18 'I'll E NEWS 3S 01 M A I \ E. street, and afterward piled them up in the market-place and burned them; and, when he appeared to remonstrate against this unexpected disposition of his property, the indignation against him was bo great that it was with difficulty la- was prot< from violence. Bui Mi - . Emery was nol t" be suppressed, Alter the lapse of nearrj :i year and a half, w hen the public irritation had \>< some extent subsided, he made an appeal t<» hi- democratic friends in the State, and was enabled t" resuscitate the Democrat in .Ian., 1863. This paper is -till in existence, under hi- charge, and is the democratic organ of Penobscot county. After the war was closed, Mr. Emery, counting either upon the imperfecl memory or forgiving disposition <>\' the people, Boughl t.. recover the value of his destroyed property, by a suit, in Waldo county, against certain individuals for trespass. These individuals, however, determined that a jury of Waldo county should render ii" verdict without a lull understanding of Mr. Emery, ami of the disloyal utterances of hi- journal and <>\' the greal injury they were doing to the cause of the country at the time "f it- suppression. And, in a protracted trial, they produced such testimony t>> the jury, (a portion of whom were democrats), that they returned a \. rdid that .Mr. Emery's paper was a "pub- lic nuisance,' 1 — but giving some damages against two of the de- fendants, Tabor and Hopkins, who hail made themselves conspic- uous in the mob, though, unfortunately for Mi'. Emery, the] were poor men, and nol able to respond, and were quite jndififerenl in regard t" the result of the Buit They had both been t<> the war and done something for their country, and, as Mr. Emery had the privilege of living in it without contributing anything voluntarily for it- salvation, they were quite willing In- involuntary contri- bution should stand. The other defendants in the -nit win de- clared n<>t guilt) ; but a new trial was granted, which ha- nol yel been had. It i- Inn justice t" Mr. KineiN t" say, that on the night "I the arrival of the new- of Lee's surrender, after being informed ofit, and prompted b) some enthusiastic war people, he hit his bed in P E NOBSCOT C O U N T Y. 1 g§ rhaste, and taking his stand upon the balcony of his hotel, pro- claimed that he was a friend of the Union, and waved the stars and stripes in a manner indicating, to the spectators in the streets, that he loved the flag. The Democrat has now the support or countenance of such prominent democrats as Maj. General James H. Butler, Chairman of the State Democratic Committee, Ex-Surveyor-General Gorham L. Boynton, Abrahain Sanborn, Wm. H. McCrillis, James F. Rawson, Amos M. Roberts, Hastings Strickland, Isaac W. Patten, Joseph Chase, James Tobin, and Abner Knowles, Esquires; General Chas. W. Roberts, Drs. Geo. W, Ladd and C. A. Jordan, ("Faust"), Hon. George P. Sewall, Benjamin Swett, Joshua W. Carr, Wm. T. Hilliard, John Varney, and Simpson Rollins, Esquires. In the year 1842, the anti-slavery men of Bangor, having the year before organized a branch of the party known as the Liberty Party, felt the necessity of an organ, and on April 30, 1842, sent forth the first number of the BANGOR GAZETTE. This was a weekly paper. Its publisher, John Burrill ; editor, John E. Godfrey. It was continued for a year as a weekly ; after this, its publisher thinking the encouragement sufficient to war- rant it, issued a daily sheet. The design of the proprietors was to put before the people facts in regard to American Slavery, and to impress upon them the idea that, as that was a political institution, it was by pohtical appliances that it must be abolished. That i constituted as they were, it was impossible for either the Whig or the Democratic party to take action against it and maintain its integrity; therefore, that the only practicable way of operating against the institution, politically, was by voting squarely against it. The effect of the argument was soon felt, and both the great parties were driven to concede, by resolves and editorial utter- ances, that political action was necessary, but their organs insisted that the action must be through the tAVO great parties. As the .people preferred to remain with their old parties so long as there was the least hope of accomplishing anything through them, ac- L40 'I'll F. NEWS PRESS "| M \ I \ K. i> to the Liberty party were gradual. In a vote of the city, the largest ever obtained by tin- Liberty party was between three hundred and tour hundred, in an entire vote of the citizens ofbe- tween two thousand and three thousand. But the anti-slavery gentimenl was strengthened throughout the community t<> :i very much greater extent than tin- vote of the Liberty party indi- cated. 'I'll at vote, howe^ er,and the agitation it occasioned, ami the information promulgated bj it- journals, accomplished tin- end Boughl for much earlier than its friends expected. The Gazette performed it- share <>t the tabor. It was continued several years. In about tun years after it- establishment, Mr. BurrOl disposed of hi- interest, ami was succeeded by George W. Light a- publisher. -Mr. Light was succeeded by Seward 1*. Moore. Mr. Godfrey, altera time, relinquished tli«' editorial chair, ami was succeeded by Asa Walker. When the Free-Soil party came into existence, in which the Liberty party was merged, Mr. Walker changed the name of the Gazette t<» THE PLAT! ORM, Under u bich name it was published, bj Francis Shepherd and Son, during the Free-Soil campaign in which Mi-. Van Buren was can- didate nt' that party for the Presidency. The prominenl supporters of the Gazette during it- existence, were Adams II. Merrill, Charles A. Stackpole, Jones 1'. Veasie, George A. Thatcher, James Alien, Asa Davis, Nathan B. Wiggin, Albert arty fell prone to struggle for long years against a desti- ny which, in the days of Andrew Jackson, no one could have dreamed awaited it, to wit — annihilation. BANGOR POST. This was a racy paper, established sometime before the year 1850, by Thomas Bai-tlett, formerly of the People's Press, to amuse the community and support himself. It was a jolly, read- able paper, and " took " while it was taken ; but, unfortunately for want of material aid, it was not taken long. Mr. Bartlett had a brother, a printer by trade, a witty and en- terprising person, a victim of the cacoethes scribendi, who started a paper in the year 1844, to amuse, edify and provoke the com- munity. It was not particular what it said or whom it placed blushing before the public gaze, provided its treasury derived ben- efit froin it. It bore the name of BANGOR DAILY MERCURY It was the mouthpiece of all the wags, all the croakers, all the grumblers, all the envious, and all the jolly and dissatisfied per- sons who chose to send it then contributions. It was much dreaded by timid persons, but sometimes it stirred up the risibili- ties of the people wonderfully. It started the Antiquarian bur- lesque, which kept the community in a state of merry fermenta- tion for weeks. Those who recollect the excursion of the Mercury's antiquarians down the Penobscot river, then marvel- lous adventures with Aboljacknegus, Porkunsis and the Baskahe- gan giant — whiskey, — will not recall them without being inclined to renew their cachinnation of those merry times. But it was at last with the Mercury as it is with all similar guerilla journals; after the people had been pretty generally lam- pooned, they lost their relish for that kind of amusement, and be- 1 12 T II i. \ EW S PRESS 01 M \ I \ i: gas to withhold their patronage. The consequence of tlii- was thai .Mr. Bartletl relinquished the editorship, saying, in his valedic- tory, that he had put nothing into the concern, and he 1 * - 1\ it^ cap- ital onimpaired. In I860, the establishment passed into the hands of several \\" 1 1 i -_r gentlemen, who greatly enlarged it and placed it under the charge of Samuel P. Dinsmore and Charli - P. Roberta, two young lawyers of more than ordinary editorial :il4ii t \ . It was conducted, in connection with a weekly issue, in the inl of the Whig party, until the year 1854, when it stopped. The es- tablishment went into the hands of W. E. Hilton and C'< »., ami w.i- converted into a Straight-whig paper, and called BANGOR l>\ll.\ Jul i;\ \i Mr. Robertswas sole editor of this paper for a time. At length, Daniel Sanborn became associated with him, and continued asso- ciate editor until some time inline its discontinuance, in August, L857. These editors used very Bharp-nibbed pens, and Bet the community in an effervescence aboul three prominent Bfaine Law advocates, whom thej denominated, M Dow, Peck, and Weaver," thai 'li'l nol subside until the "Co.* was smashed, and W< .•it least, in regard to his temperance pretensions, put hors du com- bat. After the discontinuance of the Journal, Adams Treat and others purchased Borne part of the establishment and connected it with the Democrat in the form of the Bangor Daily (Tnion here- tofore noticed. Charles P. Roberts was associated in the editor- ship during the first months of ii^ existence; then, as his and Mr. Emery's eiews connection with it altogether. After the Free-Soil campaign, the anti-slai ery elemenl became so strong in the Democratic party, that it was deemed advisable by certain gentlemen of the part) t.i establish in Bangor a journal thai would advocate the principles of Jeffersonian Democracy cordingly, in March L849, Joseph Bartletl and Benjamin A. Burr established a weeklj paper bearing the title of I hi .ii l l I RSONl \V Mr. Bartletl had Bpecial charge of the editorial department, and Mr. Burr of the printing. In his Salutatory, Mr. Bartlettan- PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 143 nounced that the Jeffersordan would "be the advocate of Demo- cratic principles, and would support the Democratic party as the exponent of these principles," and that the principles of Jefferson were the Democratic principles. During his whole editorial career, Mr. Bartlett undeviatingly pursued the course he had in the outset marked out for himself. He was influenced by neither threats, promises or bribes ; and he was subjected to such of these, at times, as would have influenced men of less firmness. But they only served to make him more earnest, if possible, in the expres- sion of the views he had adopted. It is needless to say, that after the Republican party was organ- ized, the Jeffersonian recognized its principles as those of Jeffer- sonian Democracy, and ever after was their firm and consistent advocate. It supported Gen. Fremont, Abraham Lincoln, and Gen. Grant, for the Presidency ; and, during twenty long years, Mr. Bartlett gave all the influence of his ready pen in favor of the right. Oftentimes in advance of his contemporaries he expressed opinions, afterward adopted, with a positiveness not always agree- able, though, we apprehend, no one ever doubted his sincerity. At length, however, he had to succumb to a mightier than any political foe. Consumption took him in its relentless grasp, and in the year 1870 he laid down his editorial j:>en never to resume it. In a few months Mr. Burr transferred the subscription list of the Jeffersonian to Mr. Lynde of the Whig and Courier. While publishing the Jeffersonian, in the second year of the war of the Rebellion, Messrs. Bartlett and Burr commenced the publication of a daily paper, in connection with the weekly Jeffer- sonian, called JEFFERSONIAN DAILY EVENING NEWS. The first number was issued June 28, 1862. Before much pro- gress was made with it, the publishers found themselves disap- pointed in regard to their office arrangements, and concluded not to proceed with the enterprise after August 2, 1862. Mr. William Thompson, who had been the publisher of the Democrat, having encouragement that a daily evening journal 1 i i Tin: N i. WS PR ESS OF M \ I \K. would be supported in Bangor, on the 19th of June, 1858, estab- lished the BANGOR DAILY E\ i:\iv; TIMES. This was a paper, liberal and independent in politics, except dnringthe war, <>t' the prosecution of which to a successful termi- nation it was an ardent advocate. A- it was established by its publisher for hi- own emolument, it was fortunate for him that his inclination prompted him to make it a war i>aj>cr, for it- pa- tronage during that period was very extensive, it being always ' m possession of the war aews, for which everybody w op to the hour of its publication. It wasat first under tin- edi- torial charge of Charles I'. Roberts; afterward of A. C. Brook, who was succeeded by William K. Stevens. It was a sprightly ami agreeable journal, anil was will sustained. Mr. Thompson, having become wearied with the labor of newspaper publication — not because of want of support — suspended the publication of tin- limes on Sept 10, 1867, and limited his business to job-print- ing, simply, until hi- death, in 1871. \; a period when spiritualism was producing considerable ex- citement, G< torge W. Brown established in Bangor a journal with the title Of THE SPIRIT <;i \Kl-l \\. This was not a long-lived paper, and we arc not aware that it exercised any influence for good or evXL s. F. Whetmore published before I s "' 11 a -mall daily paper called the DAIL1 BEE. It was an adventure of Mr. \V. ami several journeyman print- nras intended to be conducted to take the popular breeae, but it u a- short-ln <■■!. Tin- la-t journal, hut one, established in Bangor up to the pres- ent time, of which we have any knowledge, is B1 ki; - I ii H < i \T IfONTEO \ This is an eight-page quarto paper published monthly by Ben- jamin A. Burr. It i- a tastefully printed sheet, ami i- lull of un- exceptionable ami interesting, miscellaneous reading tor the fami- PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 145 ly. The first number was issued in April, 1870, and we believe the patronage it receives will justify the publisher in keeping it in existence during his pleasure. There have been attempts to establish other newspapers in Bangor, but Ave believe we have given the names of all that have seen the light ; certainly all that have shed any light, except the BANGOR DAILY COMMERCIAL. This paper was established by Marcellus Emery, Esq., editor of the Democrat. Although under Democratic management, yet it keeps pretty clear of partizan politics, it being the design and desire of the conductors to make it a popular business paper, and to make money. The paper is a smart, newsy journal ; has a good subscription fist, and is popular with many of its patrons. It will not be for want of talent in the editor if he is not successful in obtaining for it an extensive circulation. The business interest of the community appears to be the prime object of his solicitude. The first number of the Commercial was issued on the first of January, 1872. DEXTER. DEXTER GAZETTE. [ Its character, independent ; editor and proprietor, R. O. Rob- bins; size, 32 by 22; published every Friday; circulation, 600. The advertising columns are well patronized. The printing busi- ness was commenced in this place by J. F. Withered in 1853. He published several periodicals of different names, one of which once had a weekly list of 1700 subscribers. It was of a literary char- acter. He sold his interest in August, 1869, to Gallison and Robbins, who carried on the publication of the Gazette and job business until October, 1871, when Mr. Robbins purchased the in- terest of the senior partner. ] OLDTOWN. OLDTOWN INDEX. This was the only paper ever published in this place. It was issued occasionally, in 1818-49, — had probably no circulation 19 1 III; NEWS PRESS <>v M M N K outside of the town, It was managed principally by one Charlef II. De Wolfe, an Englishman l>y birth, a man of peculiar notion- in • irianigm, free-love, wing t<> his peculiar view-, he « 1 i * 1 not find it convenient to tarry here :i great while, and he ltt't the State. The next heard of him he was under arrest in l • n, on a criminal charge for his unlawful manner of taking :i wife. Being a man of some ability, he defended his own During the trial the Judge asked — "Mr. De Wolfe, do you pro- i to Bhow that y<>u have been married to this woman .-" ■■ We . your Honor, married according to the universal la and the dictates of our own conscience." B Do you Love this unman well enough to take her for your wife'.-"' •■ M -• certainly I do." u Madam, do you love this man well enough to take him for your husband?" " Y. -." u Then,by virtue of authority v« in me, I pronounce you to be husband and wife, duly married ac- cording to tin- laws of Oregon. Go, and -in no mon ' N heard of him was hi- 'hath in California. — .i.a.i:. THE PRESS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY. BY GEO. W. DKISKO. EASTPORT EASTPORT SENTINEL. The Eastport Sentinel was the first newspaper printed in Washington county. The first number was issued at Eastport, August, 1818, by Benjamin Folsom, who came from Massachu- setts. It was Federal or Whig in politics, and was continued by Mr. Folsom until his death, July 8, 1833 — nearly fifteen years. Then Seth B. Mitchell, who had served his time in the office un- der Mr. Folsom, took charge of the Sentinel for the proprietors, and continued its publication till the summer of 1842. The es- tablishment was then sold to C. C. Tyler, who published the paper until April 18, 1848, when he sold the same to J. W. Emery, who continued the paper until 1851. Mr. Emery sold one-half to Mr. Close. The Sentinel was continued by Emery and Close until August, 1853, when one-half of the establishment was sold to Samuel Osborne. The paper was continued by them jointly until October, 1855. The whole concern was then purchased by N. B. Nutt, Esq., and has been published by him ever since. The whole establishment, with the books, all the volumes of the Sentinel, types, press, etc., was destroyed by the great fire of October 23, 1864, which swept off the principal business street of the town, destroying a large amount of property. The Sentinel has been from its commencement identified with 1 Lg THE N EWS PH M \ I \ I. the Federal, Whig, and Republican parties, in the order named. Al periods its moderate political tone rendered it unobjectionable to ;ill classes. When the \\" lii _r party was dissolved, the Sentinel hoisted the Republican flag, and has continued it \<< this day. As a local paper it has much <>t' the time been thoroughly roted to the interests of Eastporl and it- immediate Bection of the county. It will ii"' be disparaging to any ofits publishers it'it be said tli.it Mr. Emery made ii much the best newspaper. One in perusing the old volumes cannol but observe 1 * i — commencement and retirement lie displayed tad and industry. His items were short, Bharp, and numerous. In consequence of 1 1 » « - 1"-- by fire in 1864, it is difficult t<> e..l- led dates relative to the changes in the Sentinel. The earliest issue we had t<> examine, is • of March 13, 1819. It was print- ed ti>r several year- on a -lie. i -J I by l v inehe-; the tir-t number was this size. The Sentinel of the above date Btated, as "evidence of the growth and prosperity ofEastport, the cost of buildings, wharves, ite., intended t<> l><- erected the present year, w ill amounl t<> about -i\t_\ thousand dollars.*' The price of the Sentinel was 18.50 per year — one-half in ad- vance. NORTHERN LIGHT. The Northern Lighl was started al Eastporl in April, l v _ v . We have doI been able t.» learn who its real proprietors wen ■ I' tarted in the interests of the Democrats, or "Jackson men," and advocated the old "her.-'-" election to the Presidency with do little 'energy. It Beems probable that tin- original movers in it- establishment were politicians at Boston, Portland, Augusta, and in Washington county. Tin- arrangements were matured in Portland during the session of the Legislature in 1828 I iding I ). ni.Miat- in the State generallj t'a\ ored the enterprise, an. I prob- ahls man) of them contributed mone) to its aid. I first ostensible proprietor and publisher was Mr. Quincy, from Boston. I urtiss was the printer; be was from the Argun office at Portland. Subsequently, a son "i Asaph K. WASHINGTON COUNTY. 14J) Nichols, Esq. (then Secretary of State), a clerk in the Adjutant- General's office, arranged with Mr. John Bent to take charge of the paper. Mr. Quincy failed to meet the expectations of the proprietors, and for good reasons was discharged shortly after the paper was started, and Mr. Curtiss succeeded him as editor and publisher, and so continued until the close of the fourth volume, in 1832, when Mr. Bent purchased the concern and soon after changed its name to the Eastern Democrat, and by that name it was con- tinued until May, 1837. The Democrat, however, was removed to Calais in 1835, its first issue appearing in November of that year. It was published by Mr. Bent, at Calais, until its suspen- sion in May, 1837, and resumed in 1839 and 1840 by J. C. Washburn. For nine years in succession these papers were the organ of the supporters of Jackson and Van Buren, in Washington county. They contributed much to'the uninterrupted prosperity of the par- ty for the fourth of a century, ending in 1854. It was a period when T. J. D. Fuller, Geo. M. Chase, S. S. Rawson, John Hodgdon, J. A. Lowell, and others then associated with them, were young, talented, and active in political life. CALAIS. The following concerning newspaj^ers we gather from articles, on " Calais Newspapers," which appeared in the Advertiser of that city in March, 1867, and is no doubt mainly correct: — ST. CROIX COURIER. The St. Croix Courier was the first newspaper published in Calais. It was established, January 28, 1835, by Hamlet Bates, Esq. of Eastport, editor and proprietor. It- was Democratic in principle, and was conducted with considerable tact and ability. On the 18th of December, 1835, the office caught fire, and nearly all it contained was consumed. The office was not insured, and Mr. Bates not having means to re-establish it, it ceased to be. BOUNDARY GAZETTE AND CALAIS ADVERTISER. The Boundary Gazette and Calais Advertiser was the second. 150 TH r. NEW 9 PRESS 01 MAIN E. It was Btarted by II - n i \ P. Pratt, Esq. of Norridgewock, who announced in his prospectus thai his paper would be published k -«.ii the line that separatee Greal Britain from the CJnited St The firsl Dumber of the Gazette was issued on the l_th da] of April, l v :;"'. In polities it was Whig. It was the first paper in the county that nominated Gen. Harrison for the Presidency, who, in L 886, was duly nominated by the Whig party, and elected in lM". Mr. Pratt, finding that he could n<>t make a living out of the business, gave it up. The last Dumber was issued <>n the 28th day of July, 1836. i kS PJ i:\ 1. 1 MOCH \ T The Eastern Democrat, published in Eastport by Mr. John Bent, was moved to Calais in 1886, and the first Dumber was is- sued mi the 26th day of November. It ran along very smoothly on .-in even keel until the tall of 1836, when a split occurred in the ranks of the Democracy, on the Domination of a candidate for Rep- resentative to Congress. One side nominated Hon. T. Pillsbury, and the other nominated Hon. A. G. Chandler. The nomini the Whig party was the Hon. Frederic Hobbs of Eastport. In order to head off the Chandler party and make his election sure, Mr. Pillsbury purchased the Democrat, editor, and all hands, and lef) the Chandler part] out in the cold. But the Chandler party, determining Dot t<> be foiled by any such maneuver, made arrangements to tun •• a small paper printed weekly in the Advertiser office, during the campaign, called the To< -in. Bui a-- the firsl fiction proved a draw game all around, and the contest was considered jusl commenced, the Chandler part \ -rut to Boston and purchased a press, type, and other mate- rials for a paper <>t" their own. Then commenced the tug "t' war, which was kept op with great spirit and animation to the bitter end. After a fourth trial without any election, Mr. Hobbs, the Whig candidate, withdrew from the contest, and Joseph C. Noyes, Esq. of Eastport, was Dominated in hi- stead, and was elected. This ended t he contest. The wind-up of it was, Mr. Pillsbur) defeated, discouraged, and mortified, wenl t" Texas, at that time the refuge of such WASHINGTON COUNTY. 151 gentlemen. Mr. Bent abandoned the press for want of support, and went to Boston. GAZETTE AND ADVERTISER. The Gazette and Advertiser was the next in the list. It was started by Snow and Jackson. The first number was issued on the 16th day of August, 1836. It was published by them until the 14th of February, 1837, about seven months, when Mr. Snow withdrew from the concern for the purpose of taking charge of a new paper then about to be established by the Chandler party, while Mr. Jackson continued to publish the Gazette and Adver- tiser until November 14, 1838, a little more than two years, when, like his predecessor in the business, he was constrained to strike colors and ' give up the ship.' The paper was edited by James S. Pike, Esq., during the time, with that gentleman's wonted tact and ability. Yet it would not pay. Mr. Snow started a new Democratic paper, Feb. 18, 1837, in Milltown, under the euphonious cognomen of the Down Eastee, and published it until Dec. 27, 1838, a little short of a year, and gave it up. The establishment was then sold to J. C. "Washburn, Esq., who had it brought to Saltwater village, and commenced the publication of a paper called the FRONTIER JOURNAL. The first number made its appearance on the 9th of January, 1838. It was Democratic in principle, and went along very smoothly until about the 21st of May, 1838, when it met with a head flaw which knocked the whole concern into pi, and came near annihilating the publisher. R. Whidden, Esq., having an in- terest in the concern, demanded a settlement, — he wanted some money. Mr. Washburn, poor man, had none to give him ; where- upon Mr. Whidden seized the account books and the week's edi- tion of the Journal, and walked out of the office with them under his arm. Thus ended the last chapter of the first volume of the Frontier Journal. This, too, wound up the General's connection with the press. The experiment, he says, cost him twelve or fif- teen hundred dollars. Mr. Washburn's connection having ter- minated thus summarily, Lucius Bradbury, Esq., took charge of J52 TH !. \ EWS l'l: ESS OV M \ I \ l.. it, and ran it until April 28, 1840, when he gol tired of a bud- so onerous, and in which there was bo little money, and gave it up. After the sudden and unexpected termination of Mr. Wash- burn's connection with the Frontier Journal, he went about Borne other business, and Mr. Bradbury had the newspaper field all t<> himself until the summer of 1839, when, as the rupture in the Democratic ranks had not been healed, J, ('. Washburn hired the Democral press and types, and started the paper anew under its old title of Eastern Democrat. The first number of the nen se- ries was issued on the L8tb day of June, L839, and continued until June 22, 1 — 41 — the expiration of the term for which he hired the establishment. Thus ended the second series of the Eastern Dem- ocrat in Calais. The Whigs had been without an organ a1 Calais for about three years, and after the election oft General Harrison, John Jack- son, being oul of employment, undertook the resuscitation of the paper, in hope of making amends for the two years he had lost in his first attempt, and of building up a business which would prove remunerative in the future. (Bui he think- now, after twenty-six years service, it is aboul as far off as when he started.) Accord" ingly he hired the establishment which was owned by J. S. Tike, Win. Deming, and Noah Smith, — employed F. A. and C. ES. Pike, who had jusl commenced the practice of law, to write for it. and Bel the machine in motion. The first number of the new series was issued on the 1 1th day of April, 1841. With the close of the first volume, the editorial labors of the Messrs. Tike on it ot \» 1, firom which time to the presenl Mr. .lack-en has had the manage- ment of the Advertiser entirely to himself Bos own words are, "Although we bought and paid for the pre-- and type, and it has always been at the servioe of the party, and they have availed themselves of it whenever the} pleased, they never contributed one dollar toward its Bupport, except in the waj of a subscription for a oopj of the paper, or an occasional advertisement, or paltry job. During these twenty-four ) ear-, twenty-five weekly editions have not been printed and published thai we 'li.l no1 edit, WASHINGTON COUNTY. 153 assist in setting up and distributing, read and correct proof-sheet, fold, direct, and mail, — and a greater part of the time did the press-work <>n the same. In 1842 W. R. Snow, of the Down Easter, revived the Fron- tier Journal and published it until the summer of 1848, when he sickened and died, and the paper died too. Thus ended the sixth attempt to establish a Democratic paper at Calais. From the close of the Journal until 1862, Mr. Jackson was alone in the newspaper business at Calais. In that year the Her- ald, published at St. Stephen, by John S. Hay, was 'lightly mob- bed' by 'riotous' persons who it is said had the publisher's pecuni- ary welfare at heart, which caused him to move over the river to Calais. The 'mobbing' of his office created sympathy for him, and after a visit to nearly all of the American cities east of Wash- ington, where appeals for aid were put forth, he returned, "after an absence of a few weeks, with upwards of two thousand dollars and a big list of subscribers." Mr. Hay published the Herald a little more than a year at Calais, and abandoned the business for want of support. Mr. Jackson and his paper, the Calais Adver- tiser, remain master of the situation. It is difficult to follow the various persons connected with the press at Calais. When last heard from, Mr. Kates was Municipal Judge, at Chelsea, Mass. Lucius Bradbury, Esq., who died at Eastport in June, 1850, was connected with several of the papers at Calais. .He assisted Mr. Bent, in editing the Democrat, and was the leading editor of the Down Easter during its existence. His talents as a writer of humorous sketches and articles were su- perior. He was a brother of Hon. Bion Bradbury, and at the time of his death was Deputy Collector at Eastport. MACHIAS — EAST MACHIAS. EASTERN STAR. The Eastern Star, the first newspaper printed in Machias, was issued by Jeremiah O. Balch, proprietor, publisher, and editor, December 3, 1823. The Star was a sheet 24 by 18 inches, four 20 1 5 \ T H ' columns to a p Jumna in alL The price w year in advance, or 13.00 al the expiration of the yi The proprietor 'li'l not Beem to anticip sjreat sua tin- in lii— salutatory he Baid: tt The editor of the projected publi- cation La aware "t' the discouragements which will be thrown in his way l>\ men of unenlightened and contracted minds. From such he expects, be asks, qo aid." The Star was found* independent paper, but in the lential controversy of 1824 it took tl I nrford side of the issue, and the Buccesa of the Adams men and the election of John Quincy Adams to the Presidency of 1 1 1 » - United States rent the Star somewhat unpopular, and for want of material support its publication was suspended in about one year from tin- fl- its firsl issue. The building in which it was printed stood between the store now occupied by S. H. Talbot, Esq., and the house occupied by Joseph Wnittier, at chias, and was owned by Caleb I It w as torn '1"\\ ii m\ crai j ears The publisher Baid he u had chosen Machias (E M ; ias) for the place of publication, i1 being the ahire town of the county, and offers man} advantages for the proposed establish] Washington Academy was Located at m<1 if the pub- lisher received more encouragemenl from the leading men of that village than he • 1 i < 1 from the villi A i chias, it would occasion no remark. Easl Machias was incorporated in 1827. Inquiry was made of an I tleman, a native and still a resident ofEasI Machias, whal he recollected of the Hasten' 5 !l> "Nol much, except I remember the press was worked with a crow-bar." It was probablj oneoftlu Rai The late Ebon Blackman, Esq. of I st M s, was < the principal contributors i" the Star. Ii Bcems probable that the publication of the Star An old n -si. lent ..i M itive <-t' Mr. Balch, was inquired to tin 1 Star, lit 1 wii I lie recollected \ery distinctly thai it tnd he thought th • WASHINGTON COUNTY. 155 What became of the press and type after the suspension of the paper is not known. Mr. Balch subsequently removed to Le Roy, New York, where he published, for a while, a paper called the Le- Roy Standard. He was living one year ago, but not connected with the publishing business. MACHIAS. MACHIAS UNION. The first number of the Machias Union was commenced May 25, 1853, by E. M. Yates and C. O. Furbush, publishers and pro- prietors — both practical printers; Mr. Yates editing the paper. About five hundred copies were issued, nearly all of which were sent to actual subscribers, obtained mostly in the central and western sections of Washington county previous to publishing the paper. Machias alone furnished one hundred and fifty subscri- bers. The paper was neutral in politics. The Union was the first paper issued in Machias as at present organized. The Star (before alluded to) was published before the original territory of Machias was divided into five towns, as it now is, in what at present is East Machias. Machias was incorporated in 1784. Washington county was organized in 1789, Machias being the shire town, and has so con- tinued to the present time. The county contained fewer inhabi- tants then, than Machias does now. No one, who has been con- sulted, can give information of any attempt or any thought of establishing a paper at Machias prior to the Union. For the last eleven years two papers have been in a small measure successful. Mr. Yates remained at Machias only four months, when on ac- count of ill health he was obliged to give up the business. He sold his interest to Mr. Fnrbusli, the latter continuing to be pub- lisher and proprietor until August, 1854, when he sold half of the concern to Geo. W. Drisko, who assumed, and is yet in edito- rial charge of the paper. Mr. Furbush continued the superin- tendence of the mechanical part of the paper until August, 1859, when he sold his interest to Mr. Geo. A. Parlin, who, being a Tin: \ i:u's ci: M \i \ E. I tical print led Mr. Furbush in the mechanical execu- tion of the paper and job-printL The building in which the Union was first printed stands on Main street; il was then owned bj Dea. Wm. Crocker, now by Hadley Brothi re. In 1856 the proprietors t>uilt an office and oc- cupied it tli.it fall, located <>n Center street, in which 1 1 1 « - Union has sinee been published. M \'lll A- REPl HI [l The Machias Republican was first 1 — 1 1*-< 1 in .Imp. 1866, Stacy Fowler, proprietor, publisher, and edi e office was in the second story of the store on Main street, then owned by the M - cliia- \V. r Power and .Mill Company. <■■ . I. Talbot, Esq., was one of it- principal contributors. His acknowledged ability as, a '■. he paper no little prominence. Mr. Fowler did nut find i 1 rative and was unable to publish the paper longer than aboul twenty m. >;it h-. He had several su Bors b) turns, none succeeding only a i"<'\\ months al a time, till vhcn Mr. Furbush Wi--. il \ » ■ 1 hi- connection with the Union and assumed the proprietorship «'t" the Republican, the control "t' which ; in bis hands, with the exception of about one year, wl , who helped start the Union, re- turned to M ' was in ■ ith Mr. Furbush in in publication. A ie in lical bet a from the Btart the i!i r nnil (•■ ' lit the ' : I I ! In much WASHINGTON COUNTY. 157 the organ of the Republican party, and from its central location attained a larger circulation than either of the other Repxiblican papers published in the county. Mr. Furbush is still the publish- er and proprietor. Newspaper business, of itself, in Washington county has not yet proved self-sustaining. All the publishers, who have contin- ued in the business more than two years, have had other business in connection with publishing; bookstores, job-printing, or some other business. Probably of all the papers ever published or are now published in the county,' not one of them received an amount from subscribers in one year, sufficient to pay the expenses of pub- lication for the year, not taking into account any time or disburse- ment for editorial services. Advertising and job-printing are largely depended upon to subsist the publishers and keep the work in progress. Diligent inquiry fails to discover any person who made money, or who is now doing so in Washington county in the newspaper business, while the records show that no small amount of money has been lost. We are indebted to Joseph Gunnison, Esq., at Eastport; Hon. Bion Bradbury, at Portland ; Hon. M. J. Talbot, at East Machias, for information given. Mr. Gunnison was a valuable aid. T ii 1: PRESS OF WALDO COUNTY. i;V BON. JOSEPD \Wlll LMSON. BE L F \ 3T. llWi'i" k G VZETTE. Within the limits of whal is no^ Waldo county no newspaper enterprise was undertaken until 1 x- j<>. <>n the sixth day of July in thai year, Messrs. Ephraim Fellows and W. R. Simpson publish- ed at Belfast the firsl Dumber of a weekly i died the Han- cock Gasette. Ii was well printed in bourgeois and brevier type, each page being aboul eighteen inches bj twelve, and containing fonr columns, Aboul one page was devoted t>> advertisements. William Biglow, 1 Preceptor of Belfasl Academy, a graduate «>t' Harvard College, class of L794, and a man "of infinite j( tnosl excellent fancy" was its first editor. Judge Alfred Johnson, Wm. < ;. Crosby, Esq., and others were ocoasiona] contributors. Alter twenty-one numbers of the Gazette had been published, it assumed the additional title of Penobbcoi Patriot. The reason of this change is Btated < « • 1 ><• u the disoontinuanoe of the r Weeklj l»> gister," i a pap< r i stablished at Bangor in 1815), "and a wish to Becure patronage in Penobsool county ." The new name was nol long oontinued, and \\ ith the seventh volume, June 28) 1826, that of Bblfasi Gazette was substituted, [ts exist- ence was brief, and terminated with number thirty-seven of the eighth \ ohune. Ml l hi large prii U ' WALDO COUNTY. 159 JUVENILE MAGAZINE. In April, 1823, Messrs. Follows and Simpson advertised the prospectus of a monthly publication, entitled the Juvenile Maga- zine, "for the amusement and instruction of young persons, and the use of schools and families," to be edited by William Biglow. Each number was to contain thirty-six pages, duodecimo. The annual subscription price was one dollar, to be paid in advance. But one number appeared. CHRISTIAN VISITANT. The Christian Visitant, a monthly publication of religious ar- ticles, was established in September, 1825, and continued two years. It was in duodecimo form, each number having twelve pages. It was published by Rev. William A. Drew, now of Au- gusta, under the auspices of the Eastern Association of Univer- salists. There were, on an average, about two thousand copies subscribed for. Ephraim Fellows printed both volumes. WALDO DEMOCRAT. A week after the suspension of the Belfast Gazette, the first number of the Waldo Democrat appeared. It was a revival of the former under a new name, and was designated as " vol. ix., new series." Mr. Fellows, the proprietor of the Gazette, became its publisher. Its size was considerably larger than its predecessor. In politics it advocated the re-election of President Adams. The first leading editorial gives the following reasons for a change of name — " We this day present the public with No. 1 of a new series of our paper ; or to speak, more correctly, with a new paper, under a new name and auspices, in an enlarged and improved form, with new hopes and prospects. * * From the want of an editor on whom might rest the responsibility, the publishers of the Belfast Gazette have been aware that their paper has heretofore wanted that strong and decided political character which is re- quired to gam the confidence of the community, and to give a proper tone to public sentiment. * * The political character of this paper is to be, as its name purports, Democratic, heartily and entirely 1 >emocratic." The Democrat continued less than a year, and with the forty-fourth number its unannounced termination took place. lOQ TH I". N I. WS PRESS 01 >l \ REP1 BLICAJS JOI i.n \| N|i-. Fellows transferred hi- press and other printing materials to Messrs. Robert White and Cj st, who, under the style of White and Rowe, on the sbctb daj 1829, established the Repubfi rnal. In politics, the new ^1 nit supported I democratic principles ;i- represented by Jackson, \\ 1 Lose election over Adams in the previous November probably induced the discontinuance of its pn I '1 typography uriv similar to those of the Democrat. Tl e partnership of White and Rowe eiisted until 184-, when Mr. Whit i. and was succeeded bj Benjamin < rriffin, of Boston, who became the editor. The new firm was dissolved <>t" Rowe and Griffin was resumed, which continued until January, 1849. At that date, George B. Moore and Levi R. Wing, young men who had » their apprenticeships in the offii 1 . became proprietors. Mr. Griffin soon afterwards hit for California. Il< has since edited the Proi i- dence Daily Post, and now conducts the Syracuse (N. Y.i D cr.li. His editorials in the Journal were distinguished bj of thoughl and simplicit) of style. Mr. Rowe also wenl to Califor- nia, and subsequently to Nevada City, where he died Dec. 12, L858. Under the Btyleof George B, Moore and Co, and Wing and Moore (Mr. Moore being editor), the Journal continued until I s — when J. G. Dickenson, Esq., now one of the Justices of thi 9 .- preme Court, purchased the interesi of Wing, and :i new partner- ship was formed, called Moore and Dickenson. In M y, I tnblishmenl was sold to William H. Simpson, Esq, tin , Hi editor and proprietor. Mr. Moore continued the editorial management until 1861, when he was appoint I torofthe Customs nt Camden. He was afterwards editor of the Portland Dailj Advertiser, which position he occupied at the time of his • Mi w mil II.- tin d udd< 1 WALDO COUNTY. 161 death, March, 1862. With the exception of a short period of sus- pension in 1866, the Journal has existed for over forty years. It has always been published weekly. THE MALNE FARMER AND POLITICAL REGISTER. In chronological order this was the next paper to the Journal established in Waldo county. It was also published in Belfast. It was a weekly sheet, about 20 X 14 inches on each page, well printed, and conducted with considerable ability. The first num- ber appeared April 8, 1829, and the last Oct., 1830. Edward Palmer, afterward a Unitarian minister at Natick, Mass., was its editor. WORKINGMEN'S ADVOCATE. From the dissolution of the Farmer arose The Maine Work- ingmen's Advocate, another weekly paper, which commenced November 3, 1830. The proprietor Was John Dorr, to whom the subscription list of the Farmer had been transferred, and probably its printing materials, as the size and typography are identical. Its political character was decidedly Federal or Whig. Samuel Upton, Esq., a prominent politician, was editor. With the com- mencement of the sixth volume, its name was changed to Ameri- can Advocate. On the 22d of January, 1834, the offices of the Advocate and of the Journal were destroyed by fire. Their con- tents were saved in a damaged condition, the presses were broken in the haste of removal, and the types badly knocked into pi. The Advocate was discontinued April 28, 1836. Mr. Upton re- moved to Bangor, and afterward to Washington, where his death occurred in 1840. BELFAST INTELLIGENCER. In 1836, serious dissensions having occurred among the Dem- ocrats of Waldo county relative to a Congressional nomination, the Belfast Intelligencer, a rival of the Journal, was established Nov. 17th by Frederick P. Ingalls. Joseph Williamson, Esq., was its editor and principal proprietor. At the expiration of a 0= In ninth line of preceding page, after 181 , insert 1. In second line of second paragraph, after 18 , insert 55. 21 [£2 THE n i. R S PR ESS OF M A I I was moved to Frankfort village (now Wlnterpoit), where it was maintained until Jan. !_. l^J'.'. Mr. [ngalls i- now a con- Btable in Boston. Mr. Williamson died in I i WALDO PATRIOT. Th" removal of [ntelli i by the publication at Belfast o lied the Waldo Pi John Dorr was ita publisher, and Bon. Solyman Heath, now of rville, editor. ! arnal, which it ex- celled in mechanical execution. The first number appeared Jan. 1,1838. Pecuniarily, the paper is believed t<» have been unre- munerative, and at the close of the first volume it was onited with the Kennebec Journal, s i ta, of which Mr. Don- became :i proprietor. Be still resides in that city. WALDO -k.n \i.. An enthusiastic political campaign in 1M<» induced the estab- lishment of another Whig newspaper in Beliast, and in October, Ghas. Giles, a practical printer (who a few months previously had made an ineffectual attempt to institute the I democratic Standard), gave t-> the public the Wald ; a weekly paper "i" medium sise. < >n the 26th «>t' June, L846, il was enlarged, and the name of State Signal substitute I for the <>M ona Isaac X. Felch, Esq., afterwards Deputj Collector, edited it until the termination of the seventh volume, Oct. 27, 1^17, when Messrs. Giles and Felch re- tired, and a change of name and proprietors tm>k place William L Av( ry, Esq. of Belfast, and Borace K. Kimball of N< m Fork, • ph Williamson, father of the author of tin* well prepared --k. tch of die I ■ i Qirereitj in th< i — i Dontjf tttoi lent of tin- Sen .;• i M eti . — l'-'l t In the ralu kbit Knoi Count • dwia : i il with tin- |irui . I I i''lish- ■ •n. nenl the \nn-n- iden from M vj 1 Me., ii»I i ■ in Califon \ I ■• i'l.-ii •ims- ■ WALDO COUNTY. 163 who a few weeks previously had started The New Planet, now became owners of the Signal establishment and united both pa- pers under the title of Signal and Planet. Mr. Felch subsequent- ly removed to Gorham, where he died in 1870. For a short time he was editor of the Portland Evening Star; Mr. Giles engraved in mercantile pursuits, and was Postmaster of Belfast from 1849 to 1853. At an early period of the rebellion, he enlisted in the Four- teenth Maine Regiment and was killed at the battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862. On the 10th of January, 1849, the firm of Avery and Kimball was dissolved. The former continued as editor and proprietor. His connection with the paper ceased March 3, 1853, by a sale to D. H. Prime of Vermont, who changed its name to Belfast Signal. Mr. Avery afterwards edited the Daily Times, at Troy, N. Y. He now resides in Washington. Mr. Kimball has been for several years, foreman of one of the New York dailies. Under the new ownership, prosperity did not attend the Signal, and in Novem- ber, 1853, it was sold to Messrs. J. R. Stephens and Co.,- who pub- lished a few numbers and then discontinued it. JNEW PLANET. The New Planet, of which mention has been made, was a weekly folio sheet, with seven large columns on each page. It was independent in its character, and according to the prospectus, "differed in many respects from any journal in the State." After sixteen numbers had appeared, on the 27th of October, 1847, its union with the Signal took place, as stated above. PEOPLES' ADVOCATE. In March, 1844, another rival of the Journal appeared, called the Peoples' Advocate and Independent Democrat, printed week- ly by Lewis Richardson, "for the proprietors." It contained twenty-four columns, and the annual subscription price was $1.50 in advance. It gave a cordial support to the regular National and State Democratic candidates, but opposed the local nomina- tions. N. Abbott, Esq. of the Waldo Bar, afterwards a member of the Legislature, and a Representative in Congress, was the edi- tor. The paper did not reach the close of a second volume. 10 i Til r. \ l. u 9 PB ESS OF MAIN E Mr. I ; ■ 1 1 i.i i-. 1 -■ >n has since published a pap r at Rockland, where he died in 1867. - A small weekly campaign paper was issued from the office of the Republican Journal, for a few months previous t'» the Presi- dential election of 1848. iMMOA SCHOOL ADVOCATE. In May, 1848, Messrs. Rowe and Griffin oommenoed publish- ing a1 Belfast the Common Sol 1 Advocate, a semi-monthly sheet of a quarto form. The editorial department was conducted bj William I. It was of small dimensions at first, but with the increase of the political Organization which it represented, its size \s.i< extended, and it is now a large sheet. William .M. Rust, Esq. has bi i n editor and proprietor from its commencement. M MM: I REE PR] 5S After a quiet of ten years, local dissensions again disturbed the harmony of the Democratic party of Waldo county, and <>n June r>, 1864, the .Maine Free Press, a large and well printed weekly paper, was established at Belfast by Hon. K. rL Smart, Collector of the Customs, who edited it. The name <>f Levi R. Wing appears as first publisher. For a few months in l s ">"> John Abbol conducted it. .M. V. Stetson then became publisher, and CoL Smart resumed the editorial charge. In l v >7, it was re- moved to Rockland, and merged in the United Static Democrat, under the name of Democrat and Fr< P . which it qom bears. Col. Smart continues to reside at Camden. Bir. Wing and Mr. 8t< tson live In Boston. PROURESSn i. \<.i. i.\ l.\i\<. BI II l I in The only dail) paper ever attempted in Waldo county, the Progrenaiv* \ Evening Bulletin, a sheet \-j. \ s Inches, w 1 ne 1 1 i-~-ii.il from the office of the Age in Belfast, even afternoon WALDO COUNTY. 1G5 from April 24, to June 29, 1861, and contained all the evening despatches concerning the war. It was revived March 10th of the following year, by Messrs. Pillsbury and Burgess, under the name of the Evening Bulletin. But twenty-six numbers of the new series appeared. UNION BANNER. The Union Banner was started in Belfast, January, 1870, by L. H. Murch, (a native of Unity) who was editor, publisher, and proprietor. It was printed by Geo. W. Burgess. It was a monthly royal quarto of 8 pp., published but one year ; circulation 1000 copies. BELFAST ADVERTISER. The last newspaper established -in Waldo county was the Belfast Advertiser, a monthly quarto of eight pages, published by George E. Brackett and George W. Burgess. Its first issue ap- peared in July, 1871, and it is still published, with a circulation of twenty-five hundred copies. As indicated by its name, the columns are principally devoted to advertisements. Til K PRESS OF SAGADAHOC COUNTY. BAT II. MAINE GAZETTE. The history of the Gazette, the first newspaper published at Bath, must 1>" very brief Ii was commenced by M< nr& T and Simpson on the s th da] ofDecemb Mr. Simpson, after one j neotion with the establishment, Bold bis right to Mr. Torrey, who oontinned the publication until l^:;o. The politics of • ly <>t*a aominal ch tcr; as, at that time, under the administration <»t' James Monroe, there was rery little politioal excitement. When John Quinoy Adams was brought before the public, the G tl took a decided stand for his election. This movement resulted in the establish- ment of the Maine Enquirer, which advocated the promotion <>t" Win. EL Crawford to the E*residenoy; and the final resull was the consolidation <>f both papers, in l v i'J, under the name <>f (i:i/.itt<- and Enquirer. The Gazette was the medium for the promulgation of the 1 of the United States, while Eenry day was Secretary of State under the administration of J* Q. Adams. The editorial of this paper was conducted principally by the publishers. The contribu- tors were Bon. William Thorndike, Eon Benjamin Randall, and Hon. Joseph !•'. Wingate. The bound volumes of the Gazette were presented by Mr. r the Bath E*ublio Library in 1880, when Dr. N. Weld Liibrarian. \ . i . — Mr. Torrey, who graphei n re hope tbeereofhii laborio No 19 Winthrop I SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 167 MAINE INQUIRER. This paper was established at Bath, Oct. 14, 1824, by Thomas Eaton, who graduated from the office of the Eastern Argus, which was tken published at Portland by Messrs. Todd and Smith. Mr. Eaton continued publisher and editor of the Inquirer until Nov., 1832, when he disposed of his interest in the paper to Mr. Harris, of Haverhill, Mass., who published it about a year, and then sold his interest to J. S. Swift, recently publisher of the Farmington Chronicle. Mr. Eaton was appointed postmaster of Bath in April, 1833, and continued in the office until Dec. 31, 1850. The Inquirer was the first paper in New England that advo- cated the election of Gen. Jackson for President, commencing the canvass soon after the choice by Congress of John Quincy Adams for President in 1825, — the States failing to elect. The Inquirer was rigidly Democratic in its doctrines. In this enterprise Mr. Eaton was assisted and patronised by some of the most prominent citizens of Bath, among whom were Gov. Bang, Hon. Peleg Tallman, Col. Peter H. Green, Gen. James McLellan, Gen. Joseph Sewall, Judge Henry Tallman, Judge Groton, and others, who were especially active and efficient in sustaining the paper and extending its circulation. GAZETTE AND INQUIRER. In 1832 the Maine Gazette and the Inquirer were united and published weekly under the title Gazette and Inquirer, first by Mr. Han-is, and afterward by Hamlet Bates until 1834. Josiah S. Swift then became the proprietor and publisher, under whose supervision it was published until March 17, 1836, when the estab- lishment was purchased by Elisha Clarke, who changed the name and called his issue the LINCOLN TELEGRAPH. The circulation of the paper was quite limited at the time Mr. Clarke took charge, being less than 100 ; but under his manage- ment it soon gained a very large circulation for the times, and a good pecuniary basis. Mr. Clarke continued as editor and pub- lisher until September, 1846, when he sold to Chamberlain, Haines and Plummer, and retired. |.;> Till: \ EWS PR ESS OF MAIS B. The oew publishers were all enthusiastic and Bangnine young nun; they felt thai enterprise was the direcl road I -. and in that faith tiny enlarged the paper, and gave it a oew tith — THE NORTHERN TKlia \i:. • — They made expensive additions t<> the establishment, and struggled manfully to realize success. In 1M** they commenced the publication of the Dailj Northern Tribune. This experiment proving less profitable than was hoped, Mr. Haines retired from the tii-iii aboul 1849; and a few months later Sir. Chamberlain withdrew and emigrated t<> California, where, it i- understood, he ha- been \< ay successful in life. Mr. Plummer then took a- a I partner in the business, Geoi R 38, at that time foreman in the Portland Advertiser office; and Boon afterward sold hi- in' t<> Benjamin H. Meder of Brunswick. Messrs. Meder and Ross discontinued the publication of the daily, and issued, instead, the Tri-Weekly Northern Tribune. Mr. Meder, however, did not long retain his position as publisher, hat sold out to Mr. Ross. All these changes took place previous to 1^~>"_\ The various persons who at differenl times were proprie- tors of the establishment, were at the same time editors of the pa- per. Mr. Ross, on becoming Bole proprietor, being an excellent practical printer, devoted himself mainly to the business pari of his office, employing editorial assistance. I Ion. .1 elm S.Baker was the Brsl who edited tin 1 paper for Mr. Rosa, which he « 1 i • 1 for some Length of time II.- was succeeded by ('ha-. <;. Came, Esq. of Portland, who furnished editorial matters few months, until he became connected w ith a Boston oewspaper. Through the fill ami winter of i 85 i '55, W. H. Crosby, at that time Principal of the Bath High Sri I, acted a- editor for Mr. Rosa. He hit Bath for Kentuck) in March, and Mr. Upton supplied his place during the remainder of Ross's administration, which terminated on the Brsl daj of .lime, L865; the weekly and tri-weeklj Northern Tribune then becoming consolidated, under new owner-, with the nui.N \M> w I I'M \ MIRROR The Weeklj Mirror was Btarted bj Ruins R» Haines, one of the former publishers of the Tribune, and Hiram L Wii SAGADAHOC COUNTY. \QQ Waterville. * Mr. Haines had subsequently associated with him, at different times, H. L. Whiting, a Boston printer, Edwin Sprague, now of the Rockland Free Press, and Charles Cobb, then of New York city, f The Mirror was published weekly until the spring of 1853, When it also appeared as a daily; the Tribune being still issued tli rice weekly. Both the Tribune and Mirror were whig in poli- tics ; the former having free-soil proclivities, and the latter repre- senting the conservative element of the party. Mr. Cobb became associated with Mr. Haines in March, 1855. On the first day of June, the same year, Mr. Haines of the Mirror and Mr. Ross of the Tribune disposed of their respective inter- ests to Charles Cobb and George A. Kimball. The two papers Were now consolidated ; the name of the Tribune being retained for both weekly and daily issues. Cobb and Kimball's proprietor- ship was of short duration, being just three months. On the first day of September the office was sold and possession given to the Tribune Association. Political as well as pecuniary considerations had something to do with these various changes. The repeal of the 'Missouri Com- promise,' and the consequent attempt to establish slavery in Kan- sas, worked thorough disintegration of the old Democratic and Whig parties, and finally resulted in establishing the dominance of the republican party. Neither Ross nor Haines liked the idea of continuing in the business and making a paper to conform to the changed political situation, after each had so long and so earnestly fought under the Whig banner. Having disposed of their newspaper interests in Bath, Mr. Ross went to Kansas, engaged in the lumber business, and was meeting with a fair degree of success, when his mill and lumber were swept away by fire. His friends in Bath assisted him to be- gin again, but he died within the year. Mr. Haines remained in Bath and took the position of foreman '.Mr. Wing, a few years later, was burned to death on the Steamer Ocean ; the accident being occasioned by collision with one of the English Mail Steamers in Boston Harbor in 1851. t See Appendix. ■ >■> 17n TH i: N E w - PRESS "I MAINE. fin- the Triburj \ iation, which he held • tnd a half. and then went t<> ( California. THE TRIB1 RE ISSO IA i number emeu — Straight Whigs they delighted to call thi —-who put into th< n an actual paid u|» capita] I; a Bum which at that time was buj • I to be ample for the purpose of making a tir>t class local paper, both weekly and daily. No member of elation had a practical acquaintance with the business, either as publial editor; th <_ r :»in j-<»liti- cal advantage, and in this they were for a tim<- eminently sful. As has been stated, ti \ med the publication of die daily and weekly Tribune on the first day of September, 1855, jusl two wick- before the close!) 1 State election "t" thai year. The politics of the Tribune were changed, just at thai im- portanl crisis, from an earnesl advocacy of republican ]•<>' an equally earnesl Bupporl of the Whig party, and <>f its alliance with the Democratic party. The Lincoln senatorial district was then entitled t<> four Senators, whose election rmined by one <-r two hundred votes. The change in the j">liti-'> of the Tribune, it cannol 1»' doubted, decided the senatorial election in favor of the allied Whig and Democratic candidates, thus secur- ing the election, by the Legislature, of Samuel W. I i rnor of the State. Financially, the success of the Tribune while under the man- agement of the Association was by no means < imensurate with the means employed. R. R. Baines was engag oeral fore- man, with D.Garland and S.Drake as foremen respectiv< the newspaper and j"l> departments. Tl excellent nun for the positions assigned, and they were supported bj a Btrong of subordinates, male and female. Wm. II. Whitman was employed as business manager, and whatever hi> qualifications for thai post, it i- '-, rtain he 'li-l aol manage t<> make the exp riment \ ition a pecuniary buco Mix rt (i I Brunswick Telegraph, was in- SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 17J stalled as editor; and it must be said of him that no person has ever occupied the editorial chair in Bath who had a greater de- gree of general fitness for that position. To a liberal education and a mind capable of close reasoning and of arriving at logical conclusions, he added unwearied industry and constant applica- tion. With such an array of professional and mechanical talents, the Association not unnaturally looked for a fair dividend on their in- vestment. But although a paper of a higher class than was ever before issued in Bath — one, too, which has not since been ex- celled, if indeed it has been equalled — still the income was so far from giving it support that within the second year the stock- holders were assessed 100 per cent, on each share. The questions of the day having become settled adversely — and very emphatically so — to the politics of the Tribune, the stockholders made but a slight response to the assessment just mentioned. With them it had been a political venture, one that had wholly miscarried. Their cash had been absorbed, and it is not to be wondered at that in such case their interest abated. Still the paper struggled on a few months longer, being very ac- ceptably edited by Wm. L. Putnam, Esq., then a young college graduate and law student ; — now a prominent lawyer in Port- land, who has once been chosen Mayor of that city. Early in September, 1857, the Association disposed of the Tribune establishment, at a very low price, to Eldridge Roberts and Elisha Clarke, who continued the publication of the daily and weekly Tribune under the style of E. Roberts and Co., Elisha Clarke, editor. They at the same time made purchase of the Eastern Times newspaper establishment, and united its subscrip- tion list with that of the Tribune, calling the consolidated paj)er NORTHERN TRIBUNE AND EASTERN TIMES. The politics of the paper under E. Roberts and Co. were of a Democratic cast, while the community in which it was located was Republican, more than two to one. Of course the publishers found that money was coined in the business somewhat slowly. September 8, 1857, John T. Oilman started the People's Organ, 172 ™ E N EWS PRESS 01 MAIN E. a -mall tri-weekly and weekly paper, Democratic in politics, and an active rival of the Tribune. The rivalry, how< rer, was brought to a close in a few months by tin- Tribune es- tablishmenl to Mr. Oilman, who joined t'» it that of tin- Organ.* Perhaps no editor in Hath was ever more popular than Mr. Oilman, though we think nol d affluent writer, sharp and racy, the war against the rebellion until June, l v o-j, when 1m- sold tin- offi Jas. ML Lincoln, publisher of the American Sentinel. As this was the last newspaper consolidation that has taken place in Bath, it is proper to go hack and bring forward an account of two impor- tant branches of what i- being considered as 'he main line; a third one — the Mirror — having been already noticed. The first to be mentioned is the MAIM; ENQI tRER. From the time that the old Maine Enquirer was united with the < la/.. itte to May, l v l - j, the Democratic party in Bath had no paper to advocate its principles. En this year, however, John J. Ramsey commenced the publication of the Maine Enquirer, — :i change of a single letter from the name of a former publication, and which was Bupposed sufficient to evade the rights of Mr. Clarke, of the Telegraph, as purchaser of a trade mark. Mr. Ramsey published the paper four years with fair success, pecunia- rily, and with a respectable show of ability. i the adoption of the Chicago platform in I860 by the Republican part] the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, Mi Clara iticing f that platform with that on which be had • to John T. Oilman, editor and proprietor of the . .in oppoaiti min : t" r. tml\ the riewa of the Democratic party, i member of th< '64, and ia now Deputy i nil Bath bouac, where be baa held offiee SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 173 In the spring of 1846 John T. Gilman became associated with Mr. Ramsey, and the name of the paper was changed to EASTERN TIMES. In November of the same year Mr. Gilman purchased the entire establishment, and continued the publication of the Times some- thing over a year, and then sold to Joseph T. Huston, a gentle- man who had spent about twelve years as Professor of Mathe- matics in the U. S. Navy. On March 7, 1850, Mr. Huston sold to George E. Newman, a practical printer, then of Boston, but formerly of Hallowell, where he had been associated with his brother, Thos. W. Newman, in the publication of the Hallowell Gazette. Upon assuming the management of the Times Mr. Newman devoted himself largely to the reconstruction and rejuvenation of a run-down establish- ment, employing as assistants in the political department, Fred E. Shaw, Esq.,* now editor and proprietor of the Oxford Democrat, and Thos. W. Newman, then of Hallowell.. The paper was strongly identified with what was known as the Hubbard interest; always persistently advocating the doctrines of the Democratic party, as set forth at then- convention in Portland in 1849, and subsequently as held by that great apostle of Democracy, Stephen A. Douglas. Under this management the Eastern Times was the first Democratic paper in the State to rebuke and denounce the bolters at the Legislative Caucus for the nomination of a candi- date for the U. S. Senate upon the expiration of Mr. Hamlin's first term, and the weight of its influence was exerted to show the justness, the fitness, and the consistency of returning that gentle- man, which was done. Mr. Newman succeeded in greatly improving the typographi- cal appearance of his paper, as also its circulation and patronage, until April 7, 1856, when he sold the establishment to a company of gentlemen formed for the purpose. They installed, as editor, John Abbott (familiarly known as " Long John "), who occupied the position only a few months, the editorial management then devolving upon different members of the company, until after the " Mr. Shaw had been some months with Mr. Huston in the same capacity. i; | T ll E N I. u S I' R ESS "I M A l \ I.. election of Mr. Buchanan, when the paper was left to run alone while the stockholders went to Washington to assist the P denl in filling the government offices, particularly those in the latitude of Bath. Two young ladies were employed in the office as compositors in the mean time, and for six months i tors. After nearly two years of newspaper experience, at a cost of several thousand dollars, the material of the office was dis- : of to Clark.' and Roberts, then publishers <>t' the Northern Tribune. AMERICAN SENTINEL. Who that was old enough to be a voter at the time does not remember that most singular political development, styled the Know Nothing movement, which swept over the whole country, taking Maine in it- course, in the summer of 1854. The American Sentinel was one of the first, if not the very first paper in the State, which was started solely as an organ "t* the Enow Nothing or American party. In \^'i\ certain gentlemen, among whom were Bon. E. B. French, Hon. Aimer Stetson, Bon. E. \V. Stetson and other promi- nent individuals, procured the necessary materials and established a weekly paper in Damariscotta village, and employed Joseph M. j, then a young graduate <>t' the Eastern Times office, in Bath, a- printer. Hon. Ezra B. French was editor, and the name — American Sentinel — given to the sheet, at that time wa-sup- 1 to l»e a sufficient indication of it- politics. A- has already been stated in the account of the Northern Tribune, that journal, early in September, L855, was sold to the Straight Whigs, and the Republicans of Bath were hit without a paper to advocate their \ ieu -. N. gotiations were at once commenced for the purchase of the Sentinel and it- removal to Bath. A Belf-appointed commitl active Republicans took hold of the matter, and in less than a week the press and materials were Bet up in Bath, and volunteer compositors, pressmen and editors ■_:"' oul the largest edition ever before thai time issued from a Bath office. Then- was a wonder- ful lack of almost everything needful for getting out a paper. SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 175 except determination on the part of those engaged in it. To the writer of these paragraphs fell the duty of making a sheet iron mold for casting the rollers; a job very easily performed so far as the casting was concerned ; but the pinch was to get the rollers out of the mold. In two or three weeks, however, the " office " was removed from the livery stable counting-room to Pierce's Hall, where it was amply accommodated, and where it soon became well estab- lished under the proprietorship of Mr. James M. Lincoln, who assumed the rights, credits and liabilities of the volunteer pub- lishers. Previous to his connection with the Sentinel, Mr. Lincoln had been known in Bath as an excellent mechanic, working at his trade — that of a coppersmith — for Messrs. Mitchell and Low, and at the same time as an earnest advocate of the cause of tem- perance. Before coming to Bath he had been connected with the Native American party in Boston, in 1852, and thus very naturally became a leader in the "American" movement of 1854, and was by that party chosen that year to represent the city in the State Legislature, and was by no means the least influential member of that body. Mr. Lincoln commenced formally as publisher of the Sentinel in the latter part of September, 1854, and continued until his death in August, 1866.* The publishing of a daily paper in connection *From a Memoir of Mr. James M. Lincoln we learn that he was born in Bos- ton, February 27, 1820. He was the son of Jared and Sila Lincoln, and grandson of Matthew Lincoln of Hingham. His father, a man of vigorous intellect and unbend- ing integrity, still survives, in his eiglity-eighth year. His mother, a woman of refine- ment and culture, with a sensitive nature ever ready to heed the call of the needy and distressed, was called to her heavenly home when he was but three years of age. In early youth, he enjoyed all the advantages of the excellent schools of Boston ; and at the age of thirteen received the Franklin Medal — a token of the highest merit — at the Mayhew School. The Editors and Publishers' Association, at their meeting in 1866, passed this reso- lution — " That in the sudden death of our brother, James M. Lincoln, our Association has lost the counsel and co-operation of a good man, interested in all which concerns our welfare, and the progress of society to a higher civilization. His activities were in aid of the public good. His friends all felt that he was a good man and true, and worthy of tin highest confidence." 176 THE N EWS PR ESS OF MA I \ I. with the weekly Sentinel was often discussed, l>nt took form only through the exciting •• Freemont and freedom " campaign of 1 v - ,; . during which a daily Sentinel was issued, which will not Buffer in comparison with other papers of that day in the zeal, spirit and ability it displayed in maintaining Republican principles and poli< While publishing the Sentinel Mr. Line. .Id was three years in succession chosen Assistanl Secretary, and the three succeeding years Secretary, of the Senate of Maine. In bis absence "ii his official < 1 u t i . • < the paper was under the editorial supervision <>f_Mr. CTpton, the present proprietor of the Daily 'Finn-. .' seph M. - was foreman in the office of the Sentinel from the com- mencement of it- publication in 1854 to October, 1868, when he entered upon the office <>f Clerk of Coir In 1862 Mr. Gilman, publisher of the Tribune and Daily Times, finding hi- news changed by the logic of events, and him- self in harmony with the Republican party in advooatinga rous prosecution of the war for the maintenance <<\ the Union, proposed the sale of hi- office to Mr. Lincoln, and negotiations t.» thi- end were consummated in the month <>t*.Imie. The two ..thee* were consolidated under Mi-. Lincoln; Mr. Gilman removing to Portland, where he was at once installed asjoinl proprietor and edi- tor in chief of the daily and weekly Pre--. The Sentinel office was removed across the Btreet into the office given up by Mr. Gilman; the name American Sentinel supplanted thai of Northern Tribune on the consolidated weekly, while the name of the Daily Times was changed bj Mr. Lincoln to the Daily Sentinel and Tin Thus it is seen that, with one or two nnimportanl except the American Sentinel of to-. lav i- the lineal successor, by actual bucc< Bsive consolidations, of ever) paper that ha- been published th. There has been no break in the line- which come down from the Main.- Gazette, the M [nquirer, the Main.- Enquirer, th.- Line. -In Telegraph, the Eastern Times, th.' Northern Tribune, and the People's < >rgan. All have converged and united, and the subscribers of each of the papers have been served t-> thi- -lay without interruption, excepting Buch as had otherwise directed. SAGADAHOC COUNTY. 177 'With a clear field to occupy, Mr. Lincoln had a fair degree of pecuniary success, and continued to issue the Sentinel and the Daily Sentinel and Times until his death, which took place, as al- ready stated, Aug. 14, 1866. Without any claim to brilliancy, and with a repugnance to the sensational, he gave the papers a high tone; and by xmremitting labor and straightforward purpose on liis part, they maintained a respectable standing and exerted a positive influence in giving direction to public opinion. Toward the last of July, 1866, finding himself obliged to take a vacation on account of failing health, Mr. Lincoln arranged with Mr. Cobb to carry on the office as foreman, with Mr. Hayes to as- sist in looking after the finances, and with Mr. Upton to attend to the editorial department. He then went to Farmington, hoping in that beautiful and quiet village to find not only rest from ha- rassing and wearisome labors, but also rebef for a long time troublesome complaint. Instead, however, of finding improved health he at once sank under disease, and a medical examination disclosed that what he had been considering dyspepsia was really an incurable disease of the stomach ; an opinion which his death within the fortnight seemed to verify. The publication of the papers was continued by the widow un- til the first day of the following December, when the office was sold to Elijah Upton and Henry A. Shorey, who published the daily and weekly papers until Sept., 1869. Under their adminis- tration there was no change in name or general character of the papers. In the last named year, certain parties becoming dissatis- fied with the paper, both for its outspoken advocacy of tempe- rance and for its equally outspoken opposition to the re-nomination of Gov. Chamberlain, induced W. E. S. Whitman to become its purchaser. He put a new dress on the paper, and exhibited not a little tact in editorial management. But finding the business very much less remunerative than he had been led to expect, after a trial of thirteen months he re-sold the office to Mr. Upton, who is still the publisher. 23 • 7- THE rTEWS PRESS Ol H \ I N E. TE1 ESCOl i In 1 v :;7 a small sheet, called the Telescope, was issued by James Nelson, which survived .- * 1 ► « ► 1 1 1 one year. Mr. Nelson grad- uated from the office of Mr. Griffin at Brunswick. He is now a compositor in Houghton's Riverside printing-house at Cambridge, M £8. SAG IDAHOC i:l \ [EW. This was the title ofa daily and weekly paper published a few months in 1853, or near that time, by Joeiah S. Swift, afterward publisher of the Fanrrington Chronicle. M MM: TEMPER WT. ADVOCATE. Id the winter of L869-T0, Henry A. Shorey commenced pub- lishing a weekly paper with the above title, in the interesl of t In- "third party," or the political party of that time which made Temperance and a more stringenl temperance law its leading is- iue. A trial of nine months proved the impracticability of the enterprise; the subscription list was disposed of to the Riverside, and Biaj. Shorey removed to Bridgton and established the Bridg- kon News TITE # PRESS OF SOMERSET COUNTY. BY SAMUEL L. BOARDMAN. NORRIDGEWOCK, SOMERSET JOURNAL. The first newspaper printed in Somerset county was issued at Norridgewock, May 15, 1823, and was called the Somerset Journal. It was published by Edes and Copeland at $2.00 per annum. The senior member of this firm was Geo. Valentine Edes, who was born in Boston, Feb. 14, 1799. He served his time principally with his uncle, Peter Edes, at Augusta. Peter Edes, as may be well known, was the son of Benjamin Edes, of the firm of Edes and Gill of Boston, printers to the General Court in the stirring times preceding the Revolution, and the publishers of the old Boston Gazette and County Journal. Peter, who at the time was too young to join the army, but still old enough to feel as much interest in the events of the day as the most active soldier, was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of Bunker Hill, and confined upon bread and water one hundred and four days. During this time he kept a minute diary which presents a very interesting picture of the hardships and cruelties to which our prisoners were subjected by the British. The firm of Edes and Copeland was dissolved in September, 1824. Mr. Copeland pur- Ghasing the interest of his partner for the sum of four hundred dollars. After dissolving the partnership, Mr. Edes continued te lg() THE N E w 9 I'll E 38 01 M \ I N E. prinl the paper for Mr. Copeland until Deceml Be then went into trade, continuing in the business two or tfa In 1839 he established the Piscataquis Herald at Dover, and is still living at thai place publishing the same paper, under the firm ot' Geo. V. Edei and Son, the name having been changed to the Piscataquis Observer. Mr. Edes sel the first typeeverset in IV- ii(»H&-i.t county ("ii the Bangor Weekly Register) in 1816, and the first in Somersel and Piscataquis counties as above stated. Although ii"\\ (1872) in his 73d year, he still work- al th. every day, and sticks the smallesl type without the aid ofgl Thomas J. Copeland, the junior member of the firm of I and Copeland, was a practical printer, and served his apprentice- ship with E. y the compositors. Among tin- writers of ite political articles were William Allen, Esq., author of the histories of Norridgewoek and [ndostry, now living in the former town in hi* 92d year; Bon. David Kidder, a native of Dresden, representative to Con- gress from 1 v 'J-i to 1 v -7; Hon. John 8. Tenney,a native of Bj Geld, Mi—., late Chief Justice of the B.J. Court of Maine, deceased ; Dr. James Bates, Representative to Congress from 1831 to 1833, now residing in Yarmouth; and other prominent politician- of the time. It i- probable thai these gentlemen assisted, pecuniarily, in the publication of their political organ; at any rate Mr. Allen did, as he has informed me thai he subscribed for several copies for friends, assisted in procuring subscribers, and advanced money for the publisher to procure paper, without interest. After one month's suspension the Somerset Journal re-appeared July 5, 1837, published by Henry Paul Pratt,* who i--u. . 1 it as voL rv. number 6. In his [ntroduotory he says : — a As hereto- fore, the Journal will be an independent publication, purely Re- publican in its principles, the unwavering friend of the people. \\ • shall endeavor to rise above mere party considerations — ap- prove the right wherever found, and rebuke the wrong." Mr. Pratl had served his time with Mr. Copeland, and was therefore practically fitted for it- publisher. He published it until D< when the name of B. 1-'. Dimock, a brother-in-hra to Mr. Pratt, appeared as it- publisher. Now Long Mr. Dimock acted as publisher I am unable to Btate. In 1848 the name of the paper was changed to the Workingman, and alter a few months it was called the \\<>|;M\(,\| \\ \\|. II (i| I I - PR] -- About this time Mr. Pratl having again assumed its publica- tion in his own came, he associated with himself in its editorial management William I). Gould, a native of Norridgewoek, admit- ted to the Somerset bar in 1846. Mr. Gould went to Australia in ■ where, if living, he is -till residing. He was a man of genuine native ability, and a writer of much force. • II. I I'riti ii.ui previcmalj published > paper in Calaii called the Boundary ■ ■ SOMERSET COUNTY. 183 I have in my possession files of this paper for the years 1835-40. It was a well printed and well made np sheet, with ex- cellent selections in prose and verse, bnt containing few editorials and but very little local news. In the issue for April 2, 1839, this motto appears at its heac\ — " In those tilings which are essential let there be unity ; in non-essentials, liberty ; and in all things charity." — Augustin. In that for April 16, the following is placed as a motto upon its inside, in addition to the above — "Indig- nantly frowning down every attempt to alienate one portion of our confederacy from the other." — George Washington. The head letter was a shaded German text with the seal of the State in the center. In the issue for May 21, 1840, the seal was substi- tuted for a log cabin, to conform to the sentiment of the party concerning Harrison as candidate for the Presidency, which the Journal warmly advocated. Skowhegan gaining the ascendancy over Norridgewock as a place of business, it afforded a wider field for a printer, especially in the department of job-work, and in 1845 Mr. Pratt removed his establishment to the former place, occupying Dyer's building, upon the second floor, and near the Skowhegan Falls bridge. Mr. Pratt was a zealous Whig, and an earnest worker for the party. I judge he had hard work to keep the paper running, and probably received contributions from friends of the party to aid in printing it. It was always engaged in a war of words with its neighbor, the Democratic Clarion, and many were the personal squibs that appeared in the columns of each. Mr. Pratt was an honest, hard working man, of decided ability. He worked at the case himself, and always set his editorials without writing them. He gained from his party the office of County Treasurer for 1851-52, the only political office I believe that he ever held. In 1852 Mr. Pratt sold the establishment to Messrs. Brainard and Downs and removed to St. Paul, Minnesota. There he en- gaged in printing a daily paper, and after a short time died of cholera. A son of his, II. Frank Pratt, is still engaged in the printing business in that State. George F. Downs, of the firm of Brainard and Downs, was a native of Mercer, a practical printer, 1-1 l 11 I NEWS PRESS OP MAIN E having served in the Clarion < >tli< •<- al Skowhegan. This firm pub- lished the People's Press bul a few months. They then Bold t<> Wm. E. Hilton, who after publishing it one year removed it to Bangor, changed its name, and from thence it- history ceases t" be connected with Somerset county. DEMOCRATIC SOMERSET REP1 BLICAN. The second newspaper established in Somereel county was the Democratic Somersel Republican, the first Dumber of which was issued at NTorridgewock, June 10, l s . v . It was owned by a joint stock company of twenty-four, all prominenl Democrats of the county; and it is probable they were Led to it- establishment from the fear of Losing power as a party, since the Whig party had a press in its own interest which was wielding it- silent but forcible influence in every part of the county. Among the owners of the paper \\ ere Dr. James Bates, Hon. Drummond Farnsworth, Samuel Sylvester, Joshua Gould, Sir. Collins and Mr. BlcFadden. Dr. Bates acted as editor, and I have been informed its main objecl was to secure lii- election to Congress. It also supported Gen. .lack-, in for the Presidency. Dr. Bates was elected a Representa- tive from 1881 t<> 1 883, and without doubt this paper had much to do in securing his election. The paper was firsl printed and published for the proprietors b) Samuel Homer Noyes, then l>y [ncrease A. lam-, ami afterward bj Geo. V. Edea It- circulation in 1881 was aboul four hundred copies, [t was then purchased bj Asa W'vman and Son and removed to Bfilburn — now Skow- hegan — the first number issued in thai place bearing date D 12, 1881. Asa Wyman was afterward our ,.t' the County Com- missioners for Somersel county, and a highly esteemed citizen. He died in 1852. A-a N.. bod of Asa Wyman, edited the paper while il was published by them. In 1849 he went overland to ( 'alifoi ni i, and nr\ it returned. ^K<>\\ lll(. \\ -I MINI 1 Wlit n the paper was removed to Bfilburn the name of Skow- hegan Sentinel was added to it, and it appeared a- the Skowhegan Sentinel and Somersel Democratic Republican. Subsequently the latter part of this name was abandoned. It^ motto at this time SOMERSET COUNTY. Jg5 Was — "Principles rather than men." The paper was published by Asa Wyman and son until Oct. 8, 1838, when it was purchased by Moses Littlefield and Jabez D. Hill. Its circulation at this time was nearly 700 copies. Mr. Littlefield never served any regular apprenticeship at printing, but was originally a hatter, having served his time at this trade in Norridgewock. After regular hours' work at his trade, he would go into the printing office at that place, take up a stick and go to work. In this way he acquired whatever knowledge of printing he ever j)ossessed. Jabez D. Hill was a native of York county, and came to Milburn in 1831. The firm of Littlefield and Hill was dissolved in 1840, and, to use the words of Mr. Littlefield, " one thousand dollars had been sunk during the two years they had published the paper." Mr. Hill then assumed the responsibility of publishing it alone, which he did for six months, after which Mr. Littlefield again purchased the entire establishment. From April, 1841, to July of the same year its publication ceased ; and when it again appeared, at the latter date, it assumed the name of DEMOCRATIC CLARION. In 1856 F. P. Littlefield, son of the publisher, was admit- ted to a joint proprietorship in this paper. Having from its commencement been an advocate of the Democratic party, and having for some years previously abandoned that and become the organ of the Republican party in. Somerset county, the name of the paper was changed, June 18, 1857, to Republican Clarion. In June, 1865, the publication of the paper was suspended two weeks," in order," said the publishers, " to give all hands a vacation." For twenty four years previous to this time, the publishers also stated, an accident never occurred in the office to forms, material, or operatives, — from no cause was the regular weekly issue de- layed a single hour. Its circulation at this date had reached eleven hundred. In August, 1867, C. A. F. Emery purchased the interest in the paper owned by F. P. Littlefield, and continued his connection with Moses Littlefield until February 1, 1868, when the latter, ad- monished by failing health that he must relinquish the business in 24 [g£ Tli I. \ EWS ri. CSS 01 MAIN1 which he had acquired competency and a g 1 reputation journalist, Bold his i 1 1 t . -i-« - ~t in the newspaper to /. A. smith, who had published, during the greater pari of 1866, the Hancock Jour- nal at Ellsworth. Mr. Littlefield, how< tained his interest in the job-printing department of his office, which h<- continued t-> carry on until his death, August 19, 1868. He was :v man of in- ,, of shrewd business character, and more than ordinary ability. The name of the paper was ehanged in April, l v Sohessei Rspobtsb; and was enlarged in size July 20, 1869. In June 1 v 7". Mr. Emery Bold hie part to Mr. Smith, and the latter, during the same month, disposed of a half interest in tin- establish- ment to A. L Brown. Mr. Smith, having accepted a position on the editorial staff of the Portland Daily Press, sold his in- terest April L9, 1871, to W. K. Moody, who had been one <>f the publishers <>f the Androscoggin Herald at Mechanic Falls. ( . A. F. Emery again purchased Mr. Brown's interest, Jun» 16, L871. August 25, 1871, the paper appeared in quarto form, eight . size "i' printed page l v ;-, I2j inches, ti\<- •-• >tiiiriii^ t>> the page, with tin' motto, •• I ' - and Literature; Truth and Jus- tice; for the Public Good.*' Published by Moody and Emery: \V. K. M 1\, editor. 1N\ BSTIGATOfi During the political campaign of 1844, a small sheet called the Investigator, supporting the measures of the Democratic party, was published at Skowhegan bj Wm, D.Gould. It was printed \,\ Moses Littlefield, and it^ publication ceased after a fi « « MANN'S \Ml i:h \\ M1SI ll l \\\ \\i> l Will \ PHYSICIAN. In December, 1M7, I >r. Amos AngierMann commenced the publication of a paper, at the then little village of South Nor- ridgewock, bearing the somewhal pretentious title of Mann's American Miscellan) and Famil} Physician, [twasag i sheet, well made op, neatlj printed and published at 11.50 a year. In the center of the head was a large spread eagle, and in a scroll, underneath, the motto, "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." At the time of the commencement of this papt r it> publisher was enjoying a somewhal extensive, and in man) sections favorable SOMERSET COUNTY. lS7 reputation as a physician; and while his avowed object in estab- lishing this paper was to "disseminate liberal principles," it soon became evident that it was mainly to keep himself before the public as a physician. His first venture in the newspaper business was discontinued at the close of its first volume. In May, 1849, the same person commenced the publication at Skowhegan, of Mann's Physician and Down East Screamer. I have been unable to obtain a copy of this paper, or to ascertain anything definite in regard to its size, terms or length of time published. I have been informed, how- ever, that it was not issued regularly. It occasioned much com- ment by its position on the murder of Edward Matthews at Wa- terville in the autumn of 1848, for which Dr. V. P. Coolidge was tried and convicted, the incidents of which are still fresh in the minds of most readers. It will be remembered that the public excitement concerning events subsequent to the conviction and imprisonment of Dr. Coolidge, was for a long time intense, and entered to some extent into the political campaign of 1849. SOMERSET SPECTATOR. The first number of the Somerset Spectator — the first paper published in North Anson — was issued July 23, 1852. The ma- teriel used in furnishing the office was the old material of the two papers last named. I have before me a copy of No. 29, Vol. 1, of this paper : Somerset Spectator : Devoted to the True Interests of the Country : Published every Friday at $1.50 per annum. At the editorial head is the following : "fg^Will our exchanges who have heretofore directed to American Miscellany, Skowhegan, change direction to Somerset Spectator, North Anson, Maine." From this it would appear that the Spectator was regarded as a sort of continuation of Dr. Mann's paper formerly published at Skowhegan, although I cannot ascertain when or how long it was known as the " American Miscellany." The Spectator was pub- lished by Rodney Collins, Esq., although his name does not appear in the imprint. It w r as a seven column paper, size of printed page 21 X 15 inches. It was discontinued with No. 50 Vol. 4. ] gg ri! i. \ r. WS PR ES - OF M \ I \ »'. . I IRMER \\i» Ml'.' II \M<". In the winter of 1852-3 a small, eighl page monthly paper, was published .-it Skowhegan bj I. < . I ►owning and Co . called the Farmer and Mechanic. It was issued two or three months and discontinued. i NIOB \i»\u( \n The Brsl Dumber of the CTnion Advocate waa issued July '-!:'>. 1856, al North Anson, by Albert Moore. It- circulatioii a1 the commencement was aboul WO copies, and it was started mainly as a campaign paper in the interest of the Democratic party. Mr. Moore \\ rites me : ■• Winn I commenced the paper, I had no thought of running it any time myself bul expected, when Surly started, to turn it over to some one acquainted with the busini n. I had never written a line for a paper and knew nothing of tin- details pay. This will give some idea of the cosl of publishing, even a small countrj pa] and at the same time it evinces a persistenl courage by do means common with publishers of local Dewspapers. Mr. Moore con- tinued ><>!<• manager and publisher of the paper fourteen years, when bis son, Ben. Moore, was admitted a partner, and the paper i- now published bj \. Moore and Son, al 11.50 per year. It is a >i\ column paper, size of printed page I s .'. X 18 J inches, [ta regular li-t is aboul 900 copies, although al times — probably iil, 1857. It was published ever) Fridaj bj .1. 1.. Patten, Ar- oade Building, Madison SL, Sko\* began, under the editorial super- vision "I' M. I>. Hopkins. Terms, 11.50. EL II. Nlckerson, printer. It- head letter was a neat German text, in the center of which u:^ a cut representing a hand press, a case, and a medallion SOMERSET COUNTY. 189 -of "Gutenburg, Fust, Schoeffer." It was "Devoted to Literature, Agriculture, General News, etc." It was a neatly printed and well made up paper, size of printed page 22| X 16 inches. Mr. Patten, the publisher, was not a practical printer. M. R. Hopkins, the editor,* was a brother-in-law of Mr. Patten. SOMERSET FARMER. The name of Somerset Telegraph was changed to Somerset Parmer, April 10, 1861. Slight changes in the mechanical ap- pearance of the paper also took place at the same time. The greater part of the first page was made up of agricultural selections. I am unable to state the exact date of the discontinuance of the Somerset Farmer, but it occurred sometime during the autumn of 1S65. FAIRFIELD CHRONICLE. The publication of the Fairfield Weekly Chronicle was com- menced May 1, 1872, at the village of Kendall's Mills in Fairfield. The paper is what is known as a " patent outside " — the first and fourth pages being printed in New York or Boston ; the second and third, devoted to local matters, general news and home adver- tisements, being printed at the office of publication. It is an eight column paper, with the motto — " With Malice toward none, with •Charity for all, with firmness in the Right as God gives us to see the Right, let us strive to finish the work we are in." Published by the Fairfield Chronicle Association, at $2.50 per year. George H. Colby, editor. * Mr. Hopkins was bom in Brunswick, September 19, 1813. His parents were Friends, and he was strictly trained in the peculiarities of their faith. Becoming converted at the age of eighteen he united with the Methodist Church ; was educated at the Wesleyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, and joined the Maine Conference ia 1840. At different times he was located, as a preacher of that denomination, at Berwick, Richmond, Orrington, Hampden, Oldtown, and Searsport. Prostrated with hemor- rhage of the lungs at the latter place in 1851, the attacks continued at intervals for some years, compelling him to relinquish preaching. He removed to Bloomfield, now Skowhegan, in 1854, and in 1858 was elected Register of Deeds for Somerset County. This office he held until his death, June 3, 1859. He held several local offices of trust, was an able preacher, and possessed many qualities of the successful editor. He was a finished, earnest, candid writer, his articles possessing more than ■average merit. [90 THE n I. w S PRESS 01 M \l N B. I believe I have dow given Borne account of every newspaper that has been published, or is now published in 801 inty : a t-ital of ten Beparate publications, which have appeared under nineteen different names, and of which but three exist at the present time. It would have been gratifying could I have given more extended personal sketohee of publishers, editors and con- tributors, bul it would have carried thi> paper to :i greater length than Beemed desirable As it is, I cannot lay down my pen, without making mention of «>n<' gentleman, who although not connected with any of the papers which I have enumerated, yet for nearly ti>rty years was a constant contributor t<> their columns. I refer to Dr. John S. Lynde, a native of Guilford, Yt., where he was born September L, I7 v \ and a graduate of the W Istock Medical College. He came to Norridgewock in l x- JT, and at once identified himself with the history of the place, and acquired and retained a large and successful practice. He possessed an original and well cultivated mind, was a deep thinker, a constant student, and his literary and scientific attainments were of a high order. He was a ] t of no low order, while as a public lecturer npon agriculture and scientific topics he was well known through- out the State. l!i- contributions to the press were upon histori- cal, scientific and political subjects, and quite often poetical pieces from his pen graced the columns of local and state papers, He died in October, 1866, at the age of seventy-eight THE PRESS OF KNOX COUNTY. (HF For sketches of the Press in Knox county we are indebted to Messrs. EDWIN SPRAGUE and W. H. TWOMBLY. THOMASTON, EAST THOMASTON, AND ROCKLAND. THOMASTON REGISTER. The first newspaper published in what is now Knox County was the Thomaston Register. The first issue was on the 17th of May, 1825. It was a weekly, and published in Thomaston, as its name indicates. It was started mainly by the agency of Mr. Jonathan Ruggles and his friends, who entered into a three years' contract with Edwin Moody, of Hallowell, to print the paper for 1500 a year ; Mr. Ruggles was to furnish paper, manage the edi- torial department, and have the income. It was well printed, ably edited, and without party bias until the approach of the Presidential election in 1828, when, under the editorial charge of Mr. Cilley who was killed in the duel with Graves, it became a warm supporter of Jackson's administration. Mr. Moody sold his interest in the establishment in September, 1831, to Abner Knowles, and removed to New Hampshire. The paper was con- tinued by him under the name of the Independent Journal, and printed by Win. S. Tyler, assisted by II. P. Coombs, until the spring of 1832, when the establishment was sold out to George W. Nichols and brother. Mr. Ruggles, who started it, has since been a member of the Supreme Bench, and State Senator, and is still living at Thomaston. 192 TH I. R BW - II. ESS "l- M HUE \ \ tion \\. Kl'.l'i BLICAJt This paper was started in Thomaston, October, 1882, afl the organ <>f the Wnig party. It wasprinted by John Ramsay and .-.lit.-, | by Wm. J. Forley. After a fewyi ra Ramsay removed his paper to what is no* Rockland, then called Easl Thomaston, n here it was discontinued, or merged in the Thom is ron Rkpi b- i i, w In 1837 the two political papers having become extinct, Eezekiah P. Coombfl commenced the publication «-t':i paper bound to ii" party. The firsl number was issued August 23. Mr. Coombs was printer and publisher. EL Prince, jr., was editor the first year. In 1846, October 1, its existence terminated. It was afterward revived by D. J. Starrett, under the name of fin u: uro I.' i .. obdsb, but was discontinued in I s 1-. THOM \>T<>\ Kl.l'i BLK kN In January, 1839, appeared the first number of a paper called the Thomaston Republican, .-it whal is now Rockland, It was Whig in politics, and was published by R. B. CaldwelL In L841 it w;i- removed to Wiscasset. lax KIWI' '■ \/l III On the 22d of January, 1846, a1 Easl Thomaston, now Rock- land, began the publication of the Limb 1 i< >• k Gazbttb, sinoe ohanged to Rockland Gasette, It was published at first by Lewis Richardson and John Porter. In August, I s 17. Richardson with- drew, and Porter published it alone until I860, when he associated uitli himself as publisher, Greenleaf Porter, his Bon, who died in [866. In L866 Mr. Porter took in as a partner B. B. Wortman, who had for several years been foreman of the office, and the pa* per is now published by them. It claim- to be independent in politics. It- first editor was James Fogg, who continued in the position till the autumn of 1846. He was raooeeded by Dr, Al- bert shau from 1M7 till his removal to Bath; byM. P.Williams toJanuarj 28, I860; bj A. D. Nichols from January 81, I860, to February 26, 1858; b] Wakefield i<:.t ha- sustained itself and supported tin- publish- ers. r rii«- publishers arc brothers, the elder of whom has been, and is the editor, and the younger is a practical printer and has always superintended the printing <>t" the paper. Tin- Free Press passed from the linn of A and K. Sprague, Jan. 1, 1861, to Edwin Sprague, who i- now editor and proprietor. Mn TH'S TEMPERANCE I ISITOR In February, 1860, Mr. Z. P"|><- Vose commenced the publica- tion, at Rockland, of the Youth's Temperance Visitor, with the , r , The Rockland Gazette has changed owners twice within the year 1871. The firm of Wovtman and Porter dissolved a few months since ; and recently Z. Pope Vose and John B. Porter have purchased it and formed a copartnership under the style of Vose and Porter. The Youth's Helper and Temperance Visitor, a monthly tem- perance and child's paper, for several years published here by Z, Pope Vose, has recently been removed to Portland. CAMDEK AMERICAN CITIZEN. The first newspaper published in Camden was the American Citizen, which began its existence May 13, 1840, as a Democratic sheet. After a brief career of twenty weeks, it expired for want of patronage. The editor and proprietor was John R. Shaw, a hatter from Winthrop, who subsequently went to California. CAMDEN ADVERTISER. In 1851 the Camden Advertiser was started in Camden by F. C. Messinger, where it was published for nearly a year, and then removed to Rockland, where it was published till 1854 under the name of Commercial Advertiser. Mr. Messinger, after discon- tinuing his weekly, published for a short time a small tri-weekly, but sold his office in 1855 to A. and E. Sprague, and moved to Oshkosh, Wis., where he again engaged in the newspaper printing business. In 1852 he published a campaign paper called the Pine Tree State, which was under the patronage and editorial control of Hon. E. K. Smart. It was discontinued after the election in November. Note. The name of the paper printed and published by H. P. Coombs, men- tioned on page 192, was the Thomaston Recorder. PRESS OF FRANKUffl COUNT? \:\ J. S. SWIFT. r \i:m i x G TON The historj of the Pr< — in Franklin Count) lays claim to do greal antiquity for the date of its origin. At the time when the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, the firel exploring party that \ isited the ealley of the Sandy River with a vie* to future settle- ment, was examining the unbroken wilds of the primeval forest which covered its extensive intervals. Subsequently the region wae settled b) an enterprising and intelligent community, largely made up of emigrants from Massachusetts : but the territory re- mained a pari of Kennebec County until 1 889 ; and its inhabitants, supplied with their periodical literature and school-books from Hall. -well and Augusta -long their marts of trade — little encouragemenl was presented for the introduction of a printing press. The firel attempt to establish a printing press within the ter- ritorial limits of what is no\t Franklin Count) was made in 1882 b) W. A. Dunn, who started a woekl) paper at Farmington, called the SAND1 l;i\ it: J i "M vv It was offered a1 two dollars a year, -was indifferentl) printed on !; press, and probably never circulated, weekly, more than three hundred copies. It lacked a competent editor, and was overburdened with tho communications of literar) aspirants; but FRANKLIN COUNTY. 197 its selections, especially in regard to rural affairs, rendered it more satisfactory to its patrons, than was the remuneration it offered to its publisher. The Sandy River Yeoman struggled through one year, when the enterprise was abandoned. No efforts were subsequently made to introduce another press until 1840, when the County of Franklin, having been organized, and Farming-ton having become the shire town, the first perma- nently successful attempt was made to establish a press in that town by the writer of this sketch. His boyhood had been spent on a lonely promontory on Sebascodiggin Island — the largest island in Casco Bay, and a part of the town of Harpswell, and con- nected with Brunswick by a bridge. There, almost isolated front the world, he early became passionately fond of books. Though poverty threw serious obstacles in the way of the gratification of his all-absorbing literary appetite, he managed to introduce him- self to the printing offices in Bath and Brunswick, where he gained access to exchange papers for a trifling consideration, which his juvenile perquisites enabled hini to make. The growing literary ambition of the boy at length prompted him to procure a small font of worn-out Brevier type, which had been thrown into pi in the office of the Bath Maine Inquirer. This he sorted out, laid in a case of his own construction, and having made a wooden chase, some tin rules, and cut a head on a block of wood, he printed a seven-by-nine weekly paper on an old cheese press. The paper was called the Banner, and during its life of some six months ex- cited the curiosity and comments of the periodical press far and wide. The Harpswell boy printer and editor received the patron- age and encouragement of many of the literati of Bath and Bruns- wick, who helped him bj; the loan of books. The late John McKeen, Esq., became a regular correspondent of the Harpswell Banner ; and the file, now in the writer's possession, contains valuable results of his historical and antiquarian researches. This boy's play initiated the young man bo far into the mysteries of the typographic art as to induce Mr. John Harris, who had become proprietor of the Bath Inquirer, t<> hire him as an assistant in his office, where he remained till his -J 1st birth day; when, by the as- 198 'I" E NEWS J OP MAINE Butanoe of friends, he purchased the claims and succeeded to the business of hi< employer. After publishing the Enquirer two j ears he was compelled, by reason of failing health, t" dispose of ma in- to Eliaha Clark, Esq. After spending some yean in agri- cultural pursuit "in his health, he removed t<> Franklin county, and in February, 1840, again connected himself with the press bj starting at Farmington the 1 l; Wkl.lN REGISTER. Tin Etegister soon worked itself into a fair share of popular favor and obtained an individuality chiefly through ii> condensed sketches of the desultory reading <>t' its publisher in early life. At the end < >t" tin- firsl year pecuniary considerations induced him to ass x-i.ii t> himself with John F. Sprague, \\ h<> had been an assis- tant in his office. Swift and Sprague continued to publish the Etegister until tin- close of the fourth volume, when the Benior publisher purchased the whole of the establishment and suspended tin- Etegister — which had been run a- a political paper — ami Btarted in i t < place an independent paper, which has ever sinoej though under several different publishers, borne the name of CHRONICLE Mr. Swift continued the sole publisher of this paper until 1847, when he relinquished the printing ami publishing department t<> his former partner, .Mr. Sprague, and for several yen-- •!■ . himself ohiefly t" the meohanioal details of the typographic art in Portland, Bath, and Boston. In 1854 he again succeeded Mr. Sprague, and -"mi after associated himself with Lucien N. Presoott, to whom In' subsequently relinquished the whole business. Mr. lYc-roii, for several years edited, printed and published the Chronicle; and, while under his control, political considerations introduced a competitive press into Farmington. In l s > s the I i: \\ki l\ PATR] a Democratic paper, was established in Farmington ' M Pillsbary and Stetson, and printed at Lewiston for some two , ami afterwards at Farmington bj J. W. Swift.* The I ('it i "tiinn in i-iiU'U' AtMP FRANKLIJM COUNTY. 199 Patriot was well supported until near the close of the war of the rebellion. Its printer introduced an extensive job-printing estab- lishment, and managed it with so much mechanical ability as to secure patronage to a considerable extent beyond the limits of the county. In 1861 while the Patriot was in the most successful part of its career, and the Chronicle was published by Mr. Prescott, then postmaster at Farmington — and printed in connection with a job-office by B. A. Swan — the originator of the Chronicle again entered the field and established the third printing office in Farm- ington. He started the County Record, as an independent, literary, and senii-religious paper, winch was received with so much favor as to induce the publisher of the Chronicle to make overtures for the nnion of the two papers, which overtures were accepted, and the Record was merged in the Chronicle. Prescott and Swift edited the Chronicle for some three years, while it was printed by Mr. Swift and his youngest son, E. Sprague Swift. In September, 1867, Mr. Swift who had for many years, sus- tained the responsibilities of the gospel ministry, retired from all connection with the press and devoted himself exclusively to his ministerial duties and rural pursuits. Mr. Prescott at the same time disposed of his interest in the Chronicle, and Andrew C. Phillips, a gentleman of the legal profession, became the ])urchaser. Mr. Phillips engaged competent printers, and (the Patriot having been suspended before Swift and Prescott retired from the Chronicle) continued to be the only printer and publisher in the county until 1869, when he transferred all his interests to A. H. Davis. The Chronicle now (1872) has reached its 27th volume, and is edited and printed by Mr. Davis. It is now the only pa- per published in the county, and is liberally sustained. The comparatively young county of Franklin has not yet be- come conspicuous for authorship, though a considerable amount of pamphlet literature has been written and printed within its limits. A comparatively large number of young men and young ladies have acquired the art of printing in the Farmington office, and sev- eral have become conspicuous for their skill in other States. Per- haps tin.' most important work, originated and printed in Franklin •jiiD '111 I. \ I. WS I'l: ESS OF MAIN i: . county, is the History of Farmington by the late Judge Parker. Another bound volume printed in Parmington Lb the life of Rev. Howard Window. Besides these a greal Dumber ofser us, ad- dresses, and catalogues of schools and academies have been printed at this place. .maim: NORMAL. Among the periodicals printed at Parmington, die Maine Normal, edited by Mr. G. M.< rage, principal of the Normal School, attained a high reputation for literary meril and mechanical exe- cution. It waa printed by J. \V. Swift one year. In connection with tlic Franklin Register, a small agricultural paper, called the SAND) EOT I i: PARMER, waa printed during sis months, when it w:t> merged in the Register. A small paper, issued from Mounl Vernon by l«. M. Mansur, was printed in one of the Parmington offices for some time. The Musk \i. Advxbtiseb, issued from New Sharon by Mr. Chase, was printed in the Chronicle office one year. A neat monthly paper, connected with the Abbott School, was printed in the Chronicle "Hire for a Bhorl time. Within the presenl years well furnished book and job office has been opened at Parmington by Mr. David rlnowlton. THE PRESS OF PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. tn=For the following facts we are indebted to Mr. G. V. EDES. DOVER. At about the time of the incorporation of Piscataquis County in 1839, Mr. George V. Edes — whose history is in part related in connection with the Press of Somerset county — issued propo- sals for publishing a newspaper at Dover in said county, to be neutral in politics. The prospectus was circulated through the county ; but a majority of the people, not satisfied with a neutral paper, withheld their subscriptions. Mr. Edes, however, being determined upon a fair trial, purchased the printing apparatus of a man who had been employed to do printing for Waterville College, and moved the estabhshment to Dover. The Whigs in this county, not having an organ to play for them during the Presidential campaign, proposed that if Mr. Edes would abandon the idea of neutrality they woidd procure sub- scribers for his paper and render him other assistance which he greatly needed. Their promise was fulfilled honorably. They procured over 500 subscribers for the paper, and the first number was issued June 1, 1838, under the name of PISCATAQUIS HERALD. This paper advocated the election of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency, and it is said, was the first paper in the United States that nominated him tor that ofiice. At the time of the disruption 202 THE \ EW S PRESS 01 MAIN E of tlir Whig party, the editor joined the wing thai assumed the name of Republican, and has remained with that party until this day. Tlic Democratic party, not liking tin- idea of being without .1 paper attached to their interests, issued a prospectus tin- a Demo- cratic paper t>> be printed at Dover, which would B have a great influence in promoting the cause of truth and elevating democrats t<> oilier." Their prospectus was issued a shorl time after that of the Herald. The Brsl Dumber of this paper, called the DEMO) I: kTIC Kl.l'i BLICAN, made it- appearance in July, under the came of Samuel II. Davee as publisher, and Geo. W. MoFarland as editor. The establish- menl was o'w aed by a company \\ bo Buffered loss by the com em. The paper was published but our year, and the materials of the office were afterwards purchased by Mr. ESdes. The Herald continued to be printed under its original name until the year 1849 — when it was enlarged to a aheel :; v X 24 and the name changed to thai of PIS< kTAQl 1- OBSER^ KK. The building in which the Herald was firsl printed is dow standing, and is owned and occupied by Chas. K. Kimball, Esq., as a store and dwelling-house. After our removal from it the basemenl was occupied by the proprietors of the Republican during the existence >>\' thai paper. The aewspaper business in this county has hardly proved hV Bclf Belf-eustaining — bul we think it will pay in a short time, as the facilities here are now much greater than they were ; and the} m increasing. TIIE PRESS OF ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. LEWISTON JOURNAL. The first newspaper published within the limits of the present county of Androscoggin — setting aside an advertising sheet tem- porarily printed elsewhere — was the Lewiston Journal, the initial number of which was issued at Lewiston, Friday, May 21, 1847. It was published by Wm. H. Waldron, a printer from Dover, N. H., and Dr. Alonzo Garcelon, since well known as an eminent surgeon and physician — the style of the firm being William H. Waldron and Co. Dr. F. Lane was the editor, although both Dr. Garcelon and Mr. Waldron contributed more or less to the col- umns of the paper ; Mr. Waldron had the entire charge of the business and mechanical department. As Dr. Lane severed his editorial connection with the Journal in the autumn of 1847, and Dr. Garcelon was prevented by his large professional and other business from giving much attention to the paper, the laboring oar came upon Mr. Waldron. The size of the Journal was 33 X 23 inches, and it was printed on an ordinary hand press in an office in a wooden building on Main street, which stood on the site of what is now Jones Block. As illustrating the changes of the past quarter century, it may be mentioned that the late Col. William Garcelon went to Port- land with a team and brought the press and printing materials for the Journal to Lewiston. CoL Garcelon pulled the impression for •_.,,! 'I'll E \ EWS PR ESS or MAIM I".. the firsl copj of tin- Journal printed, and had it in lii- posa :it the time of lii^ death. A i the i in i' 'I"- establishment of the Journal in l v 17, Lew- i-ton .Hi' I Auburn were towni of but little more than two thousand population each. TheWater Power Company had but just en- tered u| thedeveloj ml of the extensive water power at Lew- i-ton Palls. Androscoggin county • 1 i • i n<>t then exist, the Beveral towns aow composing the county being attached t«» four different counties. Lewiston, Lisbon and Websterwere in Lincoln county; Bast Livermore, Leeds, Greene and Wales in Kennebec county ; Livermore and Turner in Oxford County ; and Auburn (including Danville since annexed to Auburn), Rlinot, Poland and Durham were in Cumberland county. So diverse county relations inter- fered with the circulation and business development of the Jour- Dai. In tlir winter of l^-'.l the new county of Androscoggin was established, and Lewiston and Auburn made a political, as it was previously, :i growing business center. The Journal pursued the even tenor of it- way a- a local and politically neutral newspaper, with Bcarcelj more than Beven hun- dred subscribers, until I860, when Dr. Garcelon severed his con- nection with tin' paper, and .Mr. Waldron became the Bole proprie- tor, publisher and editor. During ilii- period the paper devoted \ « tv little attention to political topics, and gave the briefest possi- ble summary of foreign and domestic news. To local news was allotted the largesl Bpace. Its columns were enriched by frequent contributions from the pen of Rev. James Drummond, then pas- tor of the Congregational church in Auburn (known at that time as G«>flTs Corner). In 1850 '51 Jones Block was erected, and the Journal office was removed to the third storj of Garcelon's build- constructed in connection with the block. [n 1854 ■ ■. durin • the < ■ \ « i t i n •_: controversy over tin' Kansas \ • wkn question, tin- Journal warml} espoused the frei cause, and earnestly BUpjKjrted the principles of the Republican party, then just organizing. During this period Prof Win. .M. Baker, Principal of Lewiston Palls Academy, and Nelson Dingley, jr., a Senior in Dartmouth College (and subsequently, after hia ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. 205 graduation in 1855, a law student in the office of Morrill and Fes- senden), contributed largely to the political department of the paper. In 1855 the Journal office was removed to a new brick build- ing on Main street, erected by Mr. Waldron, and for the first time a cheap power press was procured on which to ' print its weekly edition of less than a thousand. At this time the advertising and job-printing patronage of the establishment were unusually good for a country newspaper. In September, 1856, Nelson Dingley, jr., who had been but a month or two before admitted to the bar, after studying law for one year, purchased one-half of the Journal, and it was published for a year by Messrs. Waldron and Dingley — the former taking charge of the mechanical, and the latter of the editorial depart- ment. In September, 1857, Mr. Dingley purchased Mr. Waldron's half interest and became sole proprietor, publisher and editor. Under Mr. Dingley's management the Journal became more de- cidedly political, and was recognized as one of the leading Repub- lican papers of the State. The rapid increase of the circulation justified an enlargement of the paper in 1858, and again in 1860. DAILY EVENING JOURNAL. On the 20th of April, 1861, one week after Sumter was fired on, the first number of the Daily Evening Journal, a small sheet I only 25 X 10 inches, was issued by Mr. Dingley, and gradually reached a large circulation for an interior town. In 1862 the Journal establishment was removed to the Journal Block, Lisbon street, constructed especially for the business of the paper. In 1863 Frank L. Dingley, the younger brother of the proprietor (who had beeta an editorial assistant on the Journal since his graduation at Bowdoin College in 1861), became interested in the ownership of the paper, which was henceforth published by the two brothers under the style of Nelson Dingley, jr., and Co. In 1864 the Daily Journal was enlarged, and in 1866 again en- larged to its present size — 86 X 23 inches. In 1866 the Weekly Journal was enlarged and changed from the foli© to the quarto fomi ; and in 1868 again enlarged to its present size — 55 X 31 £ 206 THE N E WS PRESS 01 MAIN] inches. While the Journal Lb onoomprouusingly Republican, yet it doee qoI devote bo mnch attention to politics as to prevent giving a eery comprehensive summary of State and Domeetio news, and considerable space to agricultural topics and general reading ti >r the family circle. The Journal has a very large circulation for Maine; and aotwithstanding a large aumber of papers have been published in Androscoggin County during the quarter century of stence, yel it i- the only paper that survives, with the exo p» 1 1 • «ii of the Gazette recently started. DEMOCRATIC U>VO( \ TE. In May, 1*;V2, the Democratic Advocate was started by George W. Chase, Esq. It was printed for six months in the Journal office, and then removed to an independent office on the Auburn side. At the death <•!' Mi-. Chase in l s ">:'>. the Advocate passed into thr hands >>t'a company of leading Democrats, who employed Dr. P. Dyer (now of Franklin County) to oonduct it. Dr. Dyer was succeeded in L 854 by John Abbott, who remained about a year, leaving the establishment in I s .").") and starting a rival Democratic newspaper called Tin: Union, which, however, lived only a few weeks. In l v ~>7 the Advocate was purchased by C. B. Stetson, Esq., who conducted it until L861, when it was merged in the I [stoh II an Mi'. Thf Bame year that the Advocate was started (1852) Dr. Young commenced the publication of a small weekly called Tin: Pansophist, which survived hut one year. Tin- same year Messrs. .M. \ . Stetson and .1. I'.. Jones oommenoed the publication of an dtural paper called the I UIMER \\t> \li.i il \\i<\ This paper lived about eight months, and like the* other experi- ment, involved thf proprietors in a considerable loss, ami dis- oouraged mu undertakings for several _\. In L858 \ ] y. Foungj former proprietor of the Pansophist, again entered into the news- paper business, and for a year or two published a little sheet called the TOI I U8TONK. I I \\ I- PON l.l it BLK \Y In the Bummer of I860 the Lewiston Republican was started ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. 207 by H. C. Johnson, and survived in this form nearly a year, al- though at a considerable loss to the proprietor. In 1861 the Re- publican and the Democratic. Advocate were merged in a new neutral Weekly and Daily paper, called the Lewiston Herald, published by Messrs. Johnson and Hale. The Daily lived six months, and the Weekly about eight months. In February, 1868, another attempt was made to start a Demo- cratic newspaper in Lewiston by publishing a paper called the Conservative. Only one number was ever issued. During the Presidential campaign of 1868, Hon. E. K. Smart of Camden tem- porarily removed to Lewiston and published a Democratic paper called the Jacksonian, which was suspended before the campaign closed. THE EVANGELIST. In 1856 the Evangelist, a Congregational paper started at Portland some months previously, was removed to Lewiston and published from the Journal office until 1861-62, when it was dis- continued. In 1857 a senii-religious paper, called the Rising Sun, was pub- lished for some months at Lisbon. LIVERMORE FALLS GAZETTE. About the same time John Morrill published this paper at Liv- ermore Falls for nearly a year. MECHANIC FALLS HERALD. In 1867 Mr. Moody started the Mechanic Falls Herald at Me- chanic Falls, and continued its publication nearly four years, when he purchased the Somerset Reporter and discontinued the Herald. LEWISTON GAZETTE. In the winter of 1872 William H. Waldron started a new weekly paper at Lewiston called the Lewiston Gazette, which ad- vocates the " Liberal Republican " and Democratic cause, and sup- ports Mr. Greeley for*the Presidency. With the exception of occasional monthly advertising sheets, the foregoing covers the history of newspapers in the county of Androscoggin since the first paper — the Journal — was published in 1847. Of fifteen newspapers started previous to .Ian., 1872, all arc dead except the Lewiston Journal. 208 TH i: N I'.w - i'i: i: 39 DF MAINE. Of the publishers and editors of newspapers published in An- droscoggin county during the quarter century closing with 1872, M -. F. Lane, If. V. Stetson, I>r. foung, Geo. W, Chase, and John .Merrill are dead. W. II. Waldron i> publishing the I.< wis- ton Gazette; .1. II. Jones is on a farm in Auburn; EL C. Johnson is publisher of a paper in Vermont ; E. K. Smart i- in Camden; ( '. I ">. Stetson has business connections with .1. R. Osg 1 and ('••., m; Dr. P. Dyer is practicing bis profession in Parmington; John Abbol has been Lost sight of; Mr. M ly is publisher of the Somerset Reporter; Mr. Bale is foreman of the Lewiston Journal office; and the Messrs. Dingley remain the publishers and editors <>t' tin- Journal — the Benior having occupied thai )'"»itii>u sixteen, and the junior nine years. Mr. .Nelson Dingley, jr., :i native of Durfc un (onoe ' fumberland, now Androscoggin County), graduated ;it Dartmouth College in I ed law for one year with Morrill and Fessenden I Kails, Me., and idnritted to tin- l>ar in the rammer of] 3 he became laeoeiated with William II. Waldron in the proprietorahip nml management of the Lewiaton Jonrnal, a weekly ne« printed it Lewiaton, for whose political department Mr. Dingley had written • nvelj ftw two yean previously. In September, 1867, he became sole proprietor and editor of the Jonrnal, In 1861 he commenced the publication of a Dailj edition of the Jonrnal and has since conducted both papen I I imp tn iii< 51 i iture from Unburn, and took his seat in the winter oi I Bi elected from Auburn in 1862, and w 3 of the Hon i Having removed to Lewiaton in the spring of I returned to tli>- Legislature, at the election in September of wiston Journal offici tciated with his brother (Nelson Ding- ley, jr.) hi tin' proprietorship and managemt at of that establishment ; a position which he baa continui >l i" occupy. THE PRESS OF AROOSTOOK COUNTY. BY THEODORE CART. AROOSTOOK PIONEER. The establishing of the first paper in Aroostook County is largely due to the efforts of Joseph B. Hall, Esq., who, as he writes us early in 1857, "conceived the idea of starting a newspaper literally in the wilderness." Public attention at that time was in some measure turned to the fertile lands of Aroostook, and he thought a newspaper would do much towards drawing settlers into this new county. Little was known of the vast resources of this then remote region except what was obtained from the annual reports of the Land Agent to the Legislature, and Mr. Hall's scheme was considered by almost every one to whom he commu- nicated it as, being visionary and impracticable, and all doubted its success. Mr. Hall was then Secretary of the Maine Senate, and while then engaged in finishing up the work of the session, he in- duced W. S. Gilman, a printer and compositor in the Maine Far- mer office, to join him in his new enterprise. The prospectus for the Aroostook Pioneer was printed at the Farmer office, and was written by the late Dr. Holmes, then editor of the Farmer. The paper was to be published by Hall and Gil- man, and edited by Joseph B. Hall. The prospectus was sent out, and there were soon gathered in the county and from other parts •jln Til I. \ I. w 9 PRESS 01 MAINI of the State eight hundred subscribers. The old office of tlio B ■:• Gazette, consisting of an old hand press and :i quantity of type, was purchased bj Mr. Hal] and transported on a team from Bangor to Presque Isle. The office was located overWinslow Hall's store and the first nnmberofthe Pioneer, the first paper ever printed in Aroostook, was issued in the tiill of L857. The projecl proved a success. Mr. Hall continued t « » * -< 1 i t the Pioneer until February, L860, when his connection with the pa] It thru had a circulation of about two thousand subscribers. He Bold "Ut lii< interest as publisher at the close of the second volume, in 1859, for reasons which we give in his own words: "I advo- cated the building of a railroad to Aroostook, ass means of i t -i development, and the following winter the Legislature passed a l>ill in aid of Buch a road, t<» be submitted to the people for their approval I strongly advocated it- adoption, others differed, and this w as the commencement of a bitter hostility to me personally." After the retirement of .Mr. Hall the Pioneer was carried on by William S. Gilman, as editor and Bole publisher, assisted al di£ ferenl times bj Warren A. Plummer, Daniel Stiokney, and <■ ( Jurtis, jr., wli<> in the absence of Mr. < rilman (he 1»« i ii-_r aw ay from his post much of the time), have taken entire editorial charge of the paper. In January, 1868, the Pioneer was removed from Presque Isle to Houlton, where a larger Geld of operation was of- fered and better inducements for success held out to Mr. Gilman, the editor and publisher. UtOOSTOOB DEMOCF \T The Aroostook Democrat, the first political paper printed in the county, was started at Houlton in the month of April. I860, 1>\ ".-in association of Democrats." The first two or three issues of the paper were printed at the Democrat office in Bangor, being principally made up of matter taken from the Bangor 1 >aily Union. Afterwards the publication was assumed bj Messrs. Madigan, Man-ui, Tmeworthy and Co. at Houlton, and edited by William Bartlett, a Bangor printer. In August, Zebulon Rowe, Bheriff <>i' the county, boughl out the paper. Inn found it a losing operation. The Democrat 'li'l not receive the support of the Douglass wing AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 2\1 of the party, and the election, State, county, and National, going against the Democracy that year, the publication of the paper, af- ter a hard struggle for a brief existence, was discontinued in No- vember, 1860. The press and material were subsequently sold and removed into the province of New Brunswick. AROOSTOOK TIMES. The Aroostook Times, the first paper ever printed at Houlton, was established April 13, 1860, by Theo. Cary, editor and publisher, some two years after the Pioneer at Presque Isle, which then ably advocated the interests of northern Aroostook. As there was no paper printed at the shire town, we saw that the field was open and that another paper would be useful and highly conducive to the best interests of our section of the county, and believing that it could be made self-sustaining we started the Times, not as a ri- val of the Pioneer, but as a co-laborer with that sheet, in the work of giving information concerning the vast and varied resources of Aroostook County and of opening up the wilderness lands to set- tlement, which at that time was attracting large numbers of emi- grants. The Times was not started as the organ of any party, but as an independent paper, and has since maintained that character, devoting its energies to the best interests and welfare of our beau- tiful young county. During the war it did not hesitate to array itself on the side of loyalty and patriotism, and was always uncom- promising in its support of all measures adopted by the govern- ment for the suppression of the rebellion. It was among the first, after the Presidential election of 1860, to sound the note of alarm and to strengthen the hands of all union men, when the rebel States were arming and making every preparation for seceding from the Union and destroying the government. It has lived to see the rebellion crushed and the country restored to peace. The Times was started with a list of about 500 subscribers, which has been gradually increased without the aid of canvassers. We un- dertook the enterprise with no practical knowledge of the business, either as editor, publisher or printer, and have succeeded beyond our expectations — never having received pecuniary support from any one to whom we have not paid dollar for dollar. During the 212 THE NEWS PRESS IN MAINE. eight yean in which the Times has been published, it has n- >t biled to appear promptly on the day of publication. It has been our aim t.i make :i paper thai will attract subscribers t.. it- support, without personal solicitati and experience baa oonfirmed as in this course. The size of the Times when started was 82 x 22, six columns to a page; in June, l v ''>7, ii was enlarged to a shed of 86 X 24 inches, seven columns t.> the page. Within the last ten years our town has increased in population and wealth, and con- sequently the receipts from advertising, job-work, and sub- scriptions are much more satisfactory than formerly ; but truth compels ns to admit that had we devoted the Bame time, energies, and capital to almost any other branch of business, the pecuniary result must have been -till more satisfactory. AROOSTOOK ill l:\l.h. The fourth paper printed in this county was the Aroostook Herald, the first number of which was issued on the 24th day of June, I860, by Joseph l'>. Ball, editor and publisher. It had a subscription list, to start with, of something over four hundred subscribers, which was increased t<> over a thousand before the cii< 1 of the firsl yen-. It was Republican in politics, and for the first time the Republicans carried the county, electing their entire ticket that year. At the meeting of the Legislature in 1861, the editor, Mr. Hall, was elected Secretary of State, and he associated with him .M r. George Curtis, jr., who had charge of the paper as editor while Mr. Ball's was at Augusta. In the spring of 1862, Mr. Ball, with other parties, projected the starting of a new . 1 : i i I \ paper at Portland, t<> be called the Portland Press. The Herald was discontinued and tin' material removed t" Portland, and thr subscription li->t was merged in the .Maine State Press. I . Stieknej and Co., publishers, and 1 >:i i i*l Stickney, editor, under not \rerj fai orable circumstances : five persons had offered t<» pay for thirty copies, and Borne thirty others promised t" patronise it. As Mr. Stickney informs us, fifteen hundred copies of the tir^-t number were printed, which AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 213 Were sent to as many different persons, with a request " to send a dollar if they thought the paper worth more." The editor said in that issue that the jiaper was intended for those who had "brains,' T and if any one should receive it who was conscious of being desti- tute of that indispensable article, to return the paper immediately — nine copies only were returned. In a few weeks the Sunrise had four hundred subscribers. The material for printing the Sun- rise was brought from Bangor, by Mr. Stickney, with one horse at one load ; hence, says Mr. S., "I suppose for that reason, if for no other, it might properly have been called a 'one-horse newspaper.' " For the first two years the press-work was done in the Pioneer office, taking the forms to and from that office. Until January, 1867, all the type-setting, making up the forms, and all the mechanical work of the paper was done by females, and the most of the time entirely by one young lady. The Sunrise from the outset has been an unconditional, loyal paper, and the aim of its- editor has been to give it a pure and unexceptionable moral tone, to advocate earnestly every moral reform and improvement, to promote the interest of every worthy object, encourage social order, education, and everything which conduces to the elevation and improvement of society ; and we believe that he has accom- plished much good in this direction. In his note to us Mr. Stick- ney says, " Perhaps I have been, sometimes, somewhat radical and severe, possibly to a fault ; yet nevertheless I have felt that good and patriotic men have always been ready to pardon something for the spirit of an earnest, and I hope an honest, old man." Mr, Stickney never had any experience in publishing, and but little in editing, until he commenced the Sunrise. In February, 1868, the paper was sold to Messrs. Glidden and Rowell, who have since published it under the name of Sunrise, having dropped the ** Loyal." Mr. Stickney is retained, and he continues to wield a vigorous pen in the capacity of political editor. The Sunrise is now printed on a sheet SO X 24 inches, a little larger than when first started. 214 Til K .N EWS P R ESS "I M \ i N I. NORTE STAB 'I'll.- North Star wa> oommenoed, Jan. 1872, at Caribou and Port Fairfield, bj W.J. Ble8pcr and Bon, edited by the senior partner. It is well printed upon a sheet :;•'> .< -4. Terms, 12.00 a year. Judging from the Dumber CM, voL 1 ) Bent as, the paper i- independent in politics. One half of it is taken up with business Dotioes; the other well filled with matter of interest and utility for famil y reading. One column of the paper Lb printed in the Swedish Language ; also advertisements in Swedish ; aboul thn oolnmns are in French ; the remainder Kngliah. Circulation weekly, 760 copies. This paper is said to be taken by every family in New Sweden. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAINE. Note. The matter of the Bibliography is gathered from the following sources — Viz. our own memoranda; the Trade-lists of publishers, recently revised and sent in; Catalogue of the Library of Bondoin College; and selections from a Catalogue Ofwoikl bj Mime authors, prepared by William Willis for the Historical Magazine. published by EL 15. Damon of Moriauia, .N. V. Valuable aid baa also been rendered by several friends interested in our work. With a few exceptions I been confind to such works as were published in separate books or pamphlets. Our reqaeet to publi-hers was, that they should put no book in their lists but such .mated in Maine. .Notwithstanding our rare m this re-pert, there mav t» deviations from the rule. In the General Alph abi tiral Catalogue follow, publi-ln r-' Lists, w liere it w.LS doubtful ill regard to f- of the author, the title or rharai ter of the work is nwirted m the alphabetical column; the author's •iHdwIIIL'. OUR AUTHORS, THEIR BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS. (O 3 Those houses that have sent us a Catalogue of their publications will find their Lists under their respective names. Publishing houses are arranged chronologically. PORTLAND. PUBLICATIONS OF HYDE, LORD, AND DUREN. * William Hyde was established in 1816. Hyde, Lord, and Duren in 1835. Donnell, J. O. Juryman's Guide. 12mo. Greenleaf, Simon, LL.D. Maine Reports. 9 vols. 8vo. Greenleaf, Moses. Map of Maine, and Statistical View. Haynes, Rev. D. C. Practical View of Christian Missions. 12mo. Howe, E., jr. Eastern Lyre. Sacred Music. Original and select. Morrill, Miss. Blacklyn Swamp, or Benefits of Filial Obedience. 18mo. Nichols, Ichabod, D.D. Natural Theology. Third edition. 12mo. Parsons, John U. Analytical Spelling Book, 18mo. Primer, 18mo. Payson's Works. See Cummings, Asa, and Payson, Edward. Pearl, Rev. Cyril. Youth's Book on the Mind. 12mo. Pond, Enoch, D.D. Pastor's Guide, or Lecture on Pastoral Duties. 1844 ; 377 pp. 12mo. New edit. 391 pp. 12mo. 1866. Andover, Mass. Probation. Pope and Pagan, or Middleton's Letters from Rome. Swedenborgianism Reviewed. 300 pp. 12mo. 1846. New edit. 1861. 250 pp. 12mo. Boston. Manual of Congregationalism. 18mo. * George Lord removed to Boston, Mass.; E. F. Duren returned to Bangor. 28 218 Til E PRESS 01 M \ l.\ E ro. coxTisrr.D. Prince, Bar. N. M. Memoir of Ber. Wm. K. Prin ;•■ l2mo. Pi in\m, S. Introduction to Ai •• B ar. l s m<>. Rat, haae, M.D. Conversations on the Animal Economy. l2mo. Souls, Rev. C. Questions on Upham'a Mental FhBoBopby. Swiii-ii;. SarnneL Cumberland Collection of Aw I - M Yeatok, Rer. F. Guests ofthe Marriage Bupper; translated from Malan. L8mo. Bartimeua, 18mo. I'i-ham's Works. (St-L' Bowdoin College.) Wauui.n. Wm.. 1».1>. School Geography and At Eoueehold ConaecratioD and Baptism. 1846. liT pp. 18mo. Mr. William l lv . the scn'mr member of the above tinn. was born in Lebanon, Conn., May 87, 1788 He resided on a farm twenl fl6hemade a profewion of religion, and it wai his purpose to enter the ministry, bat want of health prevented. He afterward taogbt school in Bristol and Bath, Me. In 1811 be entered the book-business at Bath. In [816 be remoTed to Portland ; porchased the • k of Lyman and Hall, bis former employers in the book-bra of Mr. Murray, bookseller on Middle street ; uniting both, and opening die store rbr- iihtIv occupied bj V.Lyman, on J \t first it was William H then Shirley and Hyde ; afterward Hyde, Lord, and Daren. Mr. Hyde sided in the , | iblishment of die Christian Mirror in 18S8 ; removed to Boston in 1890 ; rents H,, . rs,and then returned to Portland -.was there in the book-business until i Be then retired from bosinesB, and went to Bangor ; was there with b in-law Dea. E. F. Daren, audi 1869; thenwenl to Newton-Center and resided with l,,s son-in-law, C. B Richardson, until Ins death, log. 18, 1870. Our long acqaain- tance in trade with Mr. Hyde,— finding him in all his business transact forward, correct, and honorable,— has left with us an abiding reaped tortus me m ory. — Ed PI BJ [< \ nOKS OP - LNBOBS aJTD I 1BU EL In the Trade Lial of Banborn and Carter there are many reprints.— we recognise as original onlyTown'a Firet Book for Children ; Town's Speller and Deflner, the Analysis, and Noa. l. J and 3 m rVaterhouae's K-> to all Arithmetica i and tin- B Btatntea of Maine, reduced to Questions and Answers, tor Behoole. The foregajng booka are to their Trade Lial of i s it. Thej afterward published a 2nd edit of Upham's Cottage Life, Smyth's Calculus, and some other works. The firm was dissolved man] years sii P.1 HLIOT.RAPHY. 219 PUBLICATIONS OF S. II. COLESWORTHY. Established in 1829. BUCK, Levisa, Mrs. Life of Rev. Thomas Barnes. 18mo. TJurr, C. C. Noel Ronello. 175 pp. 32mo. Discourse on Revivals. 8vo. Colesworthy, D. C. My Minister ; Sketches of the Character of Rev. Charles Jenkins. 1833. 112 pp. 18mo. €lark, F. G. Treatise on Book-keeping. 156 pp. 8vo., with Key, 96 pp. . Fleming, Rev. L. D. New Testament Companion. 196 pp. 12rao. French, Rev. Wm. R. Little Moralist. ISmo. Bible Class Assistant. 162 pp. 18mo. Gerard, George. French Course. 396 pp. 8vo. Greene, Roscoe G. English Grammar. 12mo. Jackson, Henry. Arithmetical Foundation. 72 pp. 12mo. Mandell, Rev. D. J. Adventures of Search for Life. 90 pp. 18mo. Morgan, Jonathan. Translation of the New Testament. 307 pp. 12mo. Pearl, Rev. Cyril. Spectral Visitants. 82 pp. 12mo. Quinby, Rev. George. Editor of Sermons and Prayers by fifteen Univer- salis! Clergymen. 350 pp. 12mo. Reed, D., Mrs. Wild Flowers. 96 pp. 32mo. Smith, Daniel D. Lectures on Domestic Duties. 192 pp. 12mo. Sawyer, J. H. Digest of Arithmetic. 12mo. Sadler, Rev. L. L. Lectures on the Prophecies of Daniel. 180 pp. 18mo. Catechism on Mathew's Gospel, in two parts. 18mo. Sermon on Social Alliance. 8vo. WniTMAN, Rev. Jason. Young Man's Assistant. 394 pp. 18mo. Young Ladies' Aid. 304 pp. 18mo. Helps for Young Christians. 192 pp. 32mo. The Sunday School. 82 pp. 18mo. Discourses on the Lord's Prayer. 240 pp. 18mo. Mr. Colesworthy is also publisher of many juvenile books. PUBLICATIONS OF D. C. COLESWORTHY. Established in 1833— Removed to Boston in 1861. (Colesworthy, D. C. Advice to an Apprentice. 128 pp. 16mo. Parent's Gift. 82 pp. 16mo. Poems. 360 pp. 12mo. Common Incidents, 1832 ; My Teacher, 1832 ; An Address to Young Men, delivered before the Mechanics' Institute, 1832; Sabbath School Hymns, 1833, TH r. PRESS OI MAIN E , Coi i BWOB1 in . 1 ». ('.. i ontut Address to the People of Color of Portland, 1836; Opening Buds, 1838; II ;••■> Deaths, 1840; Touch at the Times, 1840; Chronicli I Bay, I860; Old Bureau, l s »n ; Qroap of Children, i s, '>.', \ Bints on Ck>mmon Politeness, l s, '7 ; All the Tear, 1871. (Hie last bar published after his removal to Boston.) Mr. Colesworthyjias in preparation. "Master Chase's Scholar-." a work giving an account of these who attended Mr. Chase's school in Portland, 1820, which will soon be put to ; PTJBLK mONS "F BAILEY anh bTOYES. I'.i'Ki ii. s. B. Eestex — a Poem. Chase, Jacob, jr. Map of Maine. l'l in III U. EL l'>. Man Immortal. The National Book of the Sabbath. 1861. 144 pp. lSmou Jackson's Arithmetic. KiM.-i.i uv, B. Maine Townsman. BfOBBIS, EL 8. Maine (i\il Officer. M mm Townsman. Reyised Statutes of Maine for 1871. Smyth, William. N't u Elementary Algebra. BaWYEB, Moses. Lieutenant Colburn — a Novel. Willis, William. Documentary History of the State of Maine. 1 1 itorj of Portland. \..w\ and Law \ era of M sine. Wi i d, AIL d II. Weld and Quackenbos' Progn isiYt Grammar. Progressiye Parsing Hook. New Qrammar. Latin LeSSOnj and Header. Weston, EL P. Northern Monthly — amagaaine. Void - of II' Url and Home. i Blake commenced the l>""k business in Jane, 1865, and «h«-»l in I lie eed) 'I bj Bailey and Noyea in I, who alao bought out the concern of O. L. Sanborn and Co. in i tabliah- • BIBLIOGRAPHY. 221 PUBLICATIONS OP IRA AND STEPHEN BERRY, Printer — Established in 1857. Bartol, Mary. Child's Magazine. 1858. 12mo. Beecher, Fred H., Lieut. Memoirs of. 48 pp. 4to. Portrait. Gould, J. M., Maj. History of 1—10 — 29th Maine Regiment. Journal of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Maine. Masonic Token. A Quarterly. Neal, John. One Word More. 1854. 12mo. Proceedings of Grand Lodge of Maine. Vols. 1 (reprint), 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Grand Chapter of Maine. Vols. 2, 3 and 4. Grand Council of Maine. Vols. 1 and 2. Grand Commandery of Maine. Vols. 1 and 2. Portland Society of Natural History. Maine Pharmaceutical Association. Transactions of Maine Medical Association. 4 vols, Messrs. Berry have also published Histories of many of the Masonic Lodges of Maine. PUBLICATIONS OP BROWN THURSTON, PRINTER. Portland Directory and Reference Book, by S. B. Beckett, published biennially. 400 pp. 8vo. 10 vols. Sketch of the Life of Rev. David Thurston. See Adams, Thomas. History of Winthrop. See Thurston, David. Letters from a Father to his Son, an apprentice. See Thurston, David. %* Periodicals under head Newspaper Press. PUBLICATIONS OF HOYT, POGG, AND BREED. Chronological Commentary. By Rev. C. G. Barth, D.D., Germany. Imperial octavo, 1000 pp., with introduction by Rev. J. J. Carruthers, D.D., Portland. (By arrangement with the English publishers.) Maine Year Book and Annual Register for 1871. 424 pp. 16mo. Merchant, Matthew. How Bennie did it. Second edition, 440 pp. 16mo. Putnam, Rev. S. M. Prayers from the Scriptures, Old Divines, and the Poets. Second edition, 272 pp. 12mo. Plummer, P. W. The Carpenter's Guide, a Manual of Reference for Contractors and Builders. Plates. Second edition, 72 pp. 8vo. •^■j, I H E PRESS OF M \ I N r. It'iYT »^ . Enoch, ]).]). Bangor. TheApoes lined. _ 10 pp. 12rao. Stbo r, M ,C. W. D. slip; •■ d. W kBBi n. William, ]).]>. These fin ' >iir Indent Mis* non S 120 pp. 12mo. J with the Children. Second edition, 32 1 pp. L6mo. Mi ITS. Hoyl ;ind Co. re-pul>lish from the BngKA — Aunt M Maxims ; Lindsay Lee and his Friends ; Mary BrantOD and her One Talent ; Cottagers of Cilenearren ; and some twenty others, mostly illustrated. Mi .| Fogg commenced buainflH in 1867 by parchaang the stock .-ind bnaineai of Mr. H. Paekard,long and faToraMj known xs the proprietor of tin' Sunday Scl 1 Book-store of Portland. In the spring of 1869 Mr. I.. C. Breed, of B admitted a partner, and the business cantoned udei the pn PTJBLK LTTON8 OF l.<>i:i\... BHOBT, \\l> BLaSMON. Martin, Clara Barnes. The Little Nortons. 284 pp. 12mo. ViiciiN, Win. Wirt. Supplemental Digest of Maine Reports. 620 pj Vol. .")7, Maine Be] rta, 660 pp. 8to. y 58, ditto, 696 pp. Bto. VoL 59, ditto, 676 pp. Maine Civil Officer, 2nd edition, 644 pp. l'Jnio. PI i-.i [I \ nON8 OF DBB88KB 1HD \\ SB, Boi pok*b Tax Collector and Form Book. Kim. -im u\'> Maine Townsman. pROB \ I'l. Manual in 1' *.* Prom a daughter of the late Thomaa 1!. Wait, Mrs. Lord, of Oi N. J., and also from Bon. John Neal we bare received some additional items of interest concerning Mr. Wait and the early book business in Portland] Which WS shall publish in our Appendix. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 223 BRUNSWICK. WORKS BY OFFICERS OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE, DURING THEIR OFFICIAL TERM. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. GKIFPIN, IF NOT OTHERWISE INDICATED. Appleton, Jesse, D. D., President. 1809. God's Care of his Church. Sermon delivered at Gorham, Jan. 18th, at the Ordination of Rev. A. Rand. Portland. 1810. The Immutability of Religion. Sermon at Freeport, February 10th, at the Ordination of Rev. Reuben Nason. Portland; J. McKown. " Sermon at Saco, Oct. 24th, at the Ordination of Rev. Jonathan Cogswell. Portland ; Francis Douglas. 1811. Sermon delivered at Augusta, Oct. 16th, at the Ordination of Rev. Benjamin Tappan. Augusta. 1813. Discourse delivered at Bath, May 11th, before the Society for discountenancing and suppressing Public Vices. Boston. " Discourse delivered June 20, 1813, before the Officers and Students of Bowdoin College, occasioned by the death of Tutor Frederick Southgate, A. B. Boston. 1814. Election Sermon, Mass., May 25th. Boston. " Perpetuity and Importance of the Sabbath. A Sermon deliv- ered at Portland, Nov. 10th. Portland. 1815. Sermon delivered at Brunswick, April 13th, on National Thanksgiving Day, on account of the Peace recently es- tablished between this country and G. Britain. Hallowell. 1816. Address before the Massachusetts Society for suppressing In- temperance. Boston. 1817. Sermon delivered at Freeport, at the Ordination of Rev. Enos Merrill. Portland. " Sermon at Northampton, Sept. 18th, before the American Board of Commissioners for For. Missions. Charlestown. Applbton, -i mttnued. 1818. Addn -> before the Education Society. Hallowell. 181i». Bermea delivered it Portland, Nor. 18th, at the Forma- tion of tin \| Brand r the Am. 8 iety for educating Pi oa Youth fur the Ooapel Ministry. Hallowell. 1820. Addreaaea, delivered at the Annual Commencements of Bow- dam College, from 1806 to 1816, with i. ! Ad- -. and a Sketch of hi- i. \ 1 >. 1>. " Lectures at Bowd. Coll., and Occasional Sermona. Bra Portr, 1837. Work>, embracing his ('nurse of Theological 1 toree, his Academic Addresses, and a Selection from his Sermons; with a Memoir of his Life and Character by Prof. A. S. Packard. An': Allen, William, D.D., President. 1823. Sermon on the death of Samuel Eaton of Harpswell. " Sermon before the Maine Miaaionar] 9 it Farmington. Hallowell. 1828. Accounta of Shipwreck and of other Diaaati S Pub- lished for the benefit of Seamen ; printed for the author; diatributed gratuitously. 300 pp. l2mo. 1824. Sermon at the Ordination of Kev. J. ( . G --. I'"psham. 1828. Value of the Bible. 1828. Urdveraal Salvation. 1832. The Minister's Warfare and Weapon-.. A Sermon at the In- stallation of Rer. Seneca White. Wiaeaaaet, April 18th. 1832. Amerioan BiographicaJ Dictionary. 808pp. 8yo. 2nd edit Printed (Of Win. Hyde, Portland. The third edit; published bj Jewett and Co., Boaton, in 1867. 1836. A collection of Hymni for i- Worehip, original and 800 pp. l8mo. Printed tor the author. ireate Addreaaea. Printed for S. Colman, Portland. Collection of lOflQQ wordi not b any Bngliah Dictionary. •• Junius " unmasked. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 225 HOWDOIN COLLEGE. Cleaveland, Parker, LL.D., Professor ; the " Father of American Mineralogy." 1814. Address at Brunswick, April 27th, before the Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell Society for the Suppression of Intemperance. Boston. 1816. Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology. 1 vol., 668 pp. 8vo. Boston. 1822. Mineralogy and Geology, a Treatise on. 2nd edit., in 2 vols. 8vo. Boston. " Account of Fossil Shells, etc. Harris, Samuel, D.D., President. 1867. Inaugural Address at his Induction into Bowd. Coll., Aug. 6th. 1870. The Christian Doctrine of Human Progress contrasted with the Naturalistic. Boston Lectures ; " Christianity and Skepticism." For other works see house of E. F. Duren. Longfellow, Henry W., Professor. 1830. Proverbes Dramatiques. 200 pp. 12mo. " French Exercises. 100 pp. 12mo. " Novelas Espanolas y Coplas de Manrique. New edition in 1845, with additions, edited by Prof. D. C. Goodwin. Price 65 cts. 1832. Syllabus de la Grammaire Italienne. Boston. Gray et Bowen. 1833. French Grammar of Lohmond. Translated. " Outre Mer, two Nos., 40 pp. each, printed for Hilliard and Gray, Boston. The whole work was published by the Harpers, New York, in 2 vols., 1835, passing through several editions in this country and in England. 55* For notice of Prof. Longfellow's Works, published after he left Bowdoin College, see Catalogue of Ticknor, Fields and Co., and their successors. Newman, Samuel P., Professor. 1826. Address before the Benevolent Society of Bowd. Coll. Sept. 5. 1827. Practical System of Rhetoric. 12mo. Printed for William Hyde, Portland. This work is still used in Bowdoin Col- lege, and has reached its sixty-fifth edition. 1835. Elements of Political Economy. 12mo. Andover, Mass. 29 226 'J'" '• 1 ' 1 - :,A ' N ,: Boa ;g. Packabd, Alpheoe s., D.D.. r ■ -..r. 1835. Fifth ' port of the Comberland County Temperance v in High str. Church, Jan. 8th. Portland. 1837. Address delivered at the Dedication of thr Teachers 1 Beminary at Gorham, Mi . ,, Address at the Teacher's Association of Preeport and North Yarmouth. lv;'.>. Xenophon'c M i orabQiaof Sophocles, with English N tea. 2nd edit in 1841. New York. " Memoir of Pres. Appleton. Sit Appleton's works. 1850. Memoir of Hezekiah Packard, D J)., with Portrait r.s jip.svo. 1853. History of the Bunker Hill Monument. Portland. 1868. Our Alma Mater ; an Address delivered before the Alumni of Bowdoin Colli 1868, Discourse on the death of Prof. William Smyth. Smyth, William, I >.]).. Professor. I s :.".'. Elements of Plane Trigonometry. 108 pp. 12mo. 1880. Elements of Algebra. 336 pp. royal 12mo. Bubsequently eotyped and several editions published at HalloweD and Portland. 1884. Application of Algebra to Geometry. 2nd edit, in 1842. 1836. Analytic Geometry. 240pp. 12mo. l ^ : i ' '» - Plane Trigonometry and Surveying. Subsequently stereotyped and severa] editions published at Portland and Boston. 1854. Calculus, Integra] and Differential 240 pp. 12mo. I Sanborn and Carter, Portland. Still in use. *.* All I 'riii'. s no ill's Text-book* were used in Bowdoin and elsewhere, until Ml ni print Tin- deli} in publishing new edition! wii caused bj the li*-* of plates in Uir great Bra U Portland, and the subsequent death of the author. 'l'i i b II.-, William P., Librarian. IR63 Catalogue of the Librarj of Bowdoin College, with an Index of Subjects. 832 pp. s \". Sold at the Low | BIBLIOGRAPHY. '227 BOWDOIN COLLEGE. UriiAM, Thomas C, D.D., Professor. Jahn's Bib. Archaeology, trans, while the author resided at Andover, Mass. — Second edition, while at Bodowin. 1827. Mental Philosophy, Intellect and Sensibilities. Two vols. 8vo. Printed for Wm. Hyde, Portland. 2nd ed. 1833. 1829. Ratio Disciplinse, or Constitution of the Cong. Churches. 2nd edition. Printed for Wm Hyde. 1834. Practical Treatise on the Will. 8vo. Printed for Wm. Hyde, Portland. Dr. Upham's works on Mental Philosophy, in three volumes, were subsequently stereotyped and several editions published by Harper Brothers. In 1870 the works were somewhat abridged by the author — again stereotyped, and issued by the Harpers, New York, in two vols. 12mo. This work is still used at Bowdoin. 1834 Religious Offering. Printed and published by Leavitt, Lord and Co., New York. 1835. Manual of Peace. 1 vol. 8vo. A part of this work was subsequently stereotyped and published by the American Peace Society. Boston. 1840. Outlines of Imperfect and Disordered Mental Action. Har- per's Family Library, New York. 1843. Interior or Hidden Life. 300 pp. 12mo. Now published by the Harpers. 1846. Religious Maxims. 12mo. Boston. 1851. American Cottage Life ; 2nd edition. 212 pp. 12mo. Other editions subsequently published at Portland and Boston. This work is now stereotyped and published by the Amer. Tract Society, Boston. 1851. Treatise on Divine Union. 12mo. Boston. 1853. Life of Faith. 300 pp. 12mo. Subsequently published by the Harpers. 1855. Letters written from Europe, Egypt and Palestine. 375 pp. 12mo. Subsequently pub. by Longstreth, Philadelphia. 1858. Life of Catharine Adorna. 250 pp. 18ma. Harpers, N. Y. 228 T ll E P R l. SS OF MAIM E- BOWUOIN COU.BT.B. I ' i'ii wi, Thomas ( '.. continu* ■>. 1862, Lift and Eteligioaa Experience of Madame de la Moths 1 1 2 vols. Published \>\ the Harj 1866. Exposition of the Canticles, by Madame Guyon. Translated from the French by J. W. Metcalf, M. I>. Printing roper- intended by Prof. Upham. L33pp.8vo. 1872. Christ in the Soul. 172 pp. l'-'mo. This is a volume of Spiritual Bongs, written during the closing period of the author's life. Woods, Leonard, !>.]>., I.I..D., President 1862. Eulogy on Daniel Webster, delivered bj request of the City Government and Citizens of Portland, Nov. 17th. I860. Address on the Life and Character of Parker Cleaveland, 1.I..D. 2d ed., with Portrait. P i eta. s i» pp. Bvo. 1862. Address on the Opening of the New Il.dl of the Medical Bchool of Maine. Feb. 21st. Other work-- of Dr. W La, not published during liis connection with Bowd. Coll.. 1 1 1 : i \ he found in the Literarj and Theological Review, edited by him (1834 to 1837). Among these are articles on Reform and Radi- calism — Comparative View of the Lives and Systems of Augustine and Pelagius, translated from Meander — Contrast between the Lutheran and Calvinistie Theories, translated from Sehleiennaeher — Review of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister, inN. P. Willis's Nevt Monthly; Boston, i^- s — Christian Theology, - vols., translated from l>r. Knajip; New York, 1881 '88. Also several articles in the Collec- tions of the Maine Historical Society, and elsewhi I'VMIIII I 1 S. N. . i > ii w.is do! iiiir intention .it lirst to notice is tins Catalogue tin publication "i Pamphlet Onl) one hoaae,that of l I Daren of Bangor, whose record is i oi ni ■ U 'i « itli the Bangor Theologii il Seminary, baa tent in rach .i 1 1 — t In Mr Duron's record, with that of the pamphlet literature of Bowdoin, we trust will be found sufficient historical Internal to warrant the pr deviation from our mis bj tin ir insertion. The names of man] other pamphlets of interest will U- sound in i>ur gi in r ii ( it dogue under the names of their respective authors. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 229 HALLOWELL. PUBLICATIONS OF GOODALE, GLAZIER AND CO., AND THEIR SUCCESSORS. Goodale, Ezekiel, commenced the book-selling and book-binding business in Hallowell as early, probably, as 1800, and the printing and pub- lishing business as early as 1810. He published the Hallowell Col- lection of Church Music, compiled by Samuel Tenney ; an English Grammar, by Jonathan Morgan, and two original abridgments of Lindley Murray's English Grammar ; Kinne's Arithmetic ; History of the Bible and Jews ; The Songs of Zion, by Moses Springer, Jr. ; The Instrumental Director, by Samuel Tenney ; The Columbian Header, by Rodolphus Dickinson ; The Northern Harmony, a collec- tion of church music, compiled by Abraham Maxim. He commenced in 1819 the publication of the Maine Farmer's Almanac, edited that year, and the succeeding year, by Moses Springer, Jr., and for many subsequent years, by Daniel Robinson. In 1820 Mr. Goodale formed a copartnership with Andrew Masters* — who had been in charge of the printing office since 1815 — and Franklin Glazier, which continued until 1824 under the name of Goodale, Glazier and Co., and subsequently, Glazier and Co., until the death of Mr. Goodale in 1828. The publishing business in its various branches was continued by Glazier, Masters and Co. (Justin E. Smith) until 1847, when Mr. Glazier sold his interest to Danforth P. Livermore, the business being continued under the firm name of Masters, Smith and Co., until the retirement of Mr. Smith in 1871. The business is still continued under the title of Masters and Livermore. These firms continued the publications of the more im- portant publications of Mr. Goodale. PUBLICATIONS OF MASTERS AND LIVERMORE. LAW. AprLETON, John. Report of Cases decided in S. J. C. of Maine — 2 vols. Adams, James. " " " " * Mr. Goodale was not a practical printer, but established the office in connection with James Burton, Jr., in 181L This connection was dissolved in 1815. Mr. Masters served his time as an apprentice in the printing business with C. JNorris and Co., in £xeter, N. H., and came to Hallowell and took charge of Goodale's office in 1815. 280 THE PRESS 01 MAINE WILL. MASTERS AKD CO. r, m tmued. Rakkk, Henry K. Maine Justice, revisi UAH, Philip. Digeel of I 1 I v . J. ' . :' Maine, reported in \<>\s. ] to 26, Maine Rep Kuukiki.i., John. Report leeided in S. J. C. of Maine — O&l i m ii i , Simon. " •• u 1 ft 8, Hi \ni. Solyman. •• " " 5 vols. HUBBABD, W " " " 7 vols. Oi.ivkk, Benjamin L. Practical Conveyancing. American Precedents in Penonal and Real A I PKBLST, Jeremiah. Maine Justice. Maine Town Officer. The first edition WM pn by J. M. O'Brien, and published by J. Griffin. Maine Civil Officer. RkdiNOTon, Asa. Report of Caeea decided in S. J. C. of Maine — vols. Sin ri i.v. John. " " " 17 vols. BTBABHB, AsaheL Treatise on Real Actions. Si \ti n - of Maine. Knacted in L821. : IK 1. NTS of Maine. 1822 to I S raa :' Maine. Rerieed in 1841. ditto reviaed in 1867. VlKi.IN, Win. Wirt. Report of CaSM decided in S. .1. ( . ' M ma of S. .1. ('. of Maine, reported in vol-. - M R -i BOOL. PisK, Allen. Murray's English Grammar — Simplified. Ditto Abri Goodals, Ephraim. New Pleasing Spelling Book. Gbj n . R English Grammar. Bawes, BLosea. Q. S. Spelling Book. Jh\w i i. Albert G. BesOUt's Arithmetic; translated from the French. l.ii. [noma J. Spelling Hook; Primary Class Book] National I Book. Ni \\ m \\. Samuel P. Rhetoric. l; atsoM, DanieL Kinne's Arithmetic, revised. Smtth, Wiiii.mi. Elements of Algebra. Si km i i 'a French Grammar. MUSICAL WOBMB. Flnte Instructor | Violin do. ; Drum and Pife do. ; Clarionet do.) I .let do. j Ancient Harmon] Revived) Wealeyan Harmony, by II i - ofZion, bj I I • N is and Smith Hinckley { Temple Harmony, l>> J. C. Washburne. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 231 HALLOWBLL. MASTERS AND CO. continued. MISCELLANEOUS. Eaton, Cyrus. Annals of Warren. Hist, of Thomaston, Rockland, and E. Thomaston — 2 vols. Glazier, William B. Poems. Locke, . History of Camden. Mower, Sarah S. The Snow Drop. Martin, . An Old Soldier's Narrative. Norcross, Christopher T. Sacred Songs. Starrett, David. Memoirs of Mrs. Starrett. Vaughan, Benjamin. A Treatise on Agriculture. Williamson, William D. History of Maine — 2 vols. Masters, Smith and Co. were publishers of the Maine Register for many years. BANGOR. PUBLICATIONS OF D. BUGBEE AND CO. Native Poets of Maine. Bangor, 1851. 312 pp. 12mo. Voices of the Kenduskeag. Various authors. 1848. 286 pp. 12mo. PUBLICATIONS OF E. F. DUKEN. DUREN, E. F. Manual of Hammond St. Cong. Church, 1833 to 1871. 52 pp. 12mo. Minutes (annual) of General Conference of Congregational Churches in Maine from 1853 to 1871. Portland and Bangor. Churches and Ministers of the Congregational order in Maine from 1672 to 1867. Portland. 67 pp. 8vo. Minutes (annual) of the Penobscot Musical Association from 1847 to 1871. Harris, Samuel, D.D. Oration, July 4, 1861. Bangor. Wheeler and Lynde. Total Abstinence ; a Discourse preached in Bangor, August 7, 1860v Wheeler and Lynde. For other writings by Dr. Harris see Bibliotheca Sacra. Til r. PR ESS OF MMN B, ■ a. f. r. iiL-Bf.s etmUmmit Bev. Alfred K. Discourse on the Death ; nt Lincoln. Bangor. Wheeler and Lynde, Ifi M \i ii'v. Rev. John. Primitive tnd M dern Piety. Bennon at the Ordination of B Cyrna Hamlin, Missionary to Constantinople, at Portland. Oct. a, is Characteristica of the Times. Fasl Day Sermon, April 12, I - The Offence; a Discourse delivered in Bangor, at the request of the Temper. i:. '. iation, March, 1839. Impulses of Titty. A Discourse preached in Hammond St. Church, Feb. 18, 1844. The Error and the Correction. A Sermon delivered before the Ham- mond St. Congregation, Nov. 28, 1845. Government. A Sermon delivered in Hammond St. Church, July 20, 1858. A Pattern Church. Bangor, 1859. I ' m by Professors Bond and Shepard, Commemorative of Bj r. John Maltl.y, i POMBOT, S. L. Bennon before the Maine Congregational Charitable Association. Pohd, Enoch, D.D. The Church 1887. Second edition, revised, 1880. 128pp. L8mo. Manual of Congregationalism, prepared for the General Conference of Congregational Churches in Maine. 1859. 100 pp. ISmo. Christian Perfection. Bangor. S. S. Smith, 1841. i' tor's Guide, ox Lectures on Pastoral Duties. 1844. 377 pp. 12mo. Probation. B>7 pp. I8ma A CATALOGUE, EMBRACING MAINE WORKS, NOT NAMED IN THE PRECEDING PUBLISHERS' LISTS. Abbott, Rev. Jacob. [Born in Hallowell ; graduated at Bowdoin Col- lege in 1820.] This author has resided a part of his time in Farmington, Me., where the Rollo and Lucy Books, the Illustrated Histories, Science for the Young, Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young, and other educational works were written. Mr. Abbott, as is well known, has written principally for the young. The whole number of his works is about one hundred and fifty. Abbott, Rev. John S. C. Napoleon I. 2 vols. 1276 pp. royal 8vo. Napoleon at St. Helena. 1 vol. royal 8vo. The French Revolution of 1789 as viewed in the light of Republican Institutions. With 100 engravings. New York, 1859. 8vo. Confidential Correspondence of Napoleon and Josephine. 1 vol. 12mo. History of Russia. 8vo. This author was born in Brunswick, and graduated at Bowdoin in 1825. He re- sided here while he wrote the above works, that, as he says, he " might avail himself of the College Library, which is rich in French literature." The whole number of distinct books, that has appeared from the pen of this prolific and interesting writer, is forty-two. Abbott, Rev. Gorham D. [Born in Brunswick ; graduated at Bowdoin College in 1826.] Among other works which this gentleman has written, is a History of Mexico. This work was highly commended and adopted and circulated by the Mexican Government, as an authentic account of their history and struggles. Gorham D. Abbott, brother of Jacob, and John S. C, is the third son of the late Jacob Abbott, who was born in Wilton. JN. H., 1773; came to Hallowell about 1800, where and in Brunswick he resided several years. He finally removed to Farmington, where he closed his useful life in 18-17. 30 T II E P R ESS OF M W \ C. Adams, CI Di- i Sullivan. Portland, Shirley and Hyde, 1825. -Ji pp. - Adams, Eliashib. A So esafb A Burr, 1871. pp. 12X00. Portrait. Adams, Thomas. inksgiving Dis tFan gton. HaUowell, 1819. 16pp. G i Kennebec Conference. Augusta, 1828. Address before the Maine Miss. Soc Portland, 1828. 40 pp. Sketch of thi r. D. Thursl a. P tiand, 1867. B0pp8vo. Portrait. Adams, G - I . D.D. [Pastor of First Cong. Church in Brunswick, 1830 to 1870.] Eulogy on Joseph McKeen, 1 I I Bowd. ColL, delivi nt his interment. Brunswick, J. Griffin, 1865. moo before Maine Mi Society. Portland, 1840. - nnni on the death of Mrs. Ellingwood, relict of the late Rer. J. W. Ellingwood of Bath. A i lbn, Rev. Stephen. Address al the Interment of John A. ('. Fellows, an Instructor in Bowd. ColL, Feb. 9, 1869. All .1 n. William. History of Norridgewock. Edwin .'. Peet, 1849. 252 pp. l2mo. I I ' irj of Industry. I ■■ aealogy of the Allen Family. Bad bt, Rev. Jacob. The Frontier Missionary, (Episoopal), Memoir of, b) William S. Bartlett, with Preface bj Geo. Burgess, DJ>. Boston, 18 ■ pp. Bt o. of, describing the destruction of Falmouth. Main. II ■• v Collections, V. I! illabd, K< \ ■ Edward. Editor of Memorial Volume of the Popham Celebration. Barlj llistors of the Protestant Episoopal Church in D M Hist. S < 'ollections, \ l. V, \k of Cumberland. i' f, on the death of Win. Pitt Fessenden, l v BIBLIOGRAPHY. 235 Bartlett, William S. Life of Rev. Jacob Bailey. 1852. 366 pp. £vo. Becket, S. B. Hester, Bride of the Islands (Casco Bay). A Poem. 336 pp. 12mo. Benson, Samuel P. Historic Address at Wiuthrop Centennial Celebration, May 20, 1871, with Poem by J. W. May. Blaine, J. G. Memoir of Luther Severance. Augusta, 1856. 33 pp. Bradbury, Charles. History of Kennebunkport. 1837. 300 pp. 12mo. Boardman, Samuel L. The Agriculture and Industry of Kennebec County, with notes upon its History and Natural History. 1867. 200 pp. 8vo. Agricultural Survey of Somerset County. 1860. 75 pp. 8vo. Bolster, W. W, Tax Collector and Form Book. Dresser and Ayer. 450 pp. 8vo. Bosworth, Rev. Dr. Dedication of Memorial Hall, Colby University. "Waterville, 1869. Bowdoin College. Charter, By-Laws, Decision of the Circuit Court, etc. J. Griffin, 1850. 60 pp. 8vo. Burgess, Bishop. Sermon at Gardiner. 1855. Sermon on the death of R. H. Gardiner. Boston, 1864. 20 pp. 8vo. Champlin, J. T., D.D. President of Colby University, Waterville. 1841. Discourse on the death of Pres. Harrison. 1843. Demosthenes on the Crown. 1845. Kuhners Elementary Latin Grammar. 1846. Apollos, or the Preacher. A Sermon, preached before the Baptist Convention. 1849. Popular Orations of Demosthenes. " Aeschines on the Crown. 1859. Butler's Analogy and Ethical Discourses. 1860. Text-book of Intellectual Philosophy. 1862. First Principles of Ethics. 1868. Lessons on Political Economy. 1870. Historical Discourse at the Fiftieth Anniv. of Colby Univ. Chickering, J. W., D.D. On the Decalogue. Boston, 1839. 257 pp. 12mo. Hill-Side Church. 1856. 280 pp. 12mo. First Ripe Fruits. Sanborn and Carter, 1859. 72 pp. 18mo. T H E PRESS 01 M \ I N r. . Coan, L. S. Centennial Discourai .• Boothbay. Boston, 186< Cham, Marshall. Address delivered at tbi Di tion of the Town-house in Bridgton, 1852. Portland j Brown Thurston. 42 pp. 8vo. CUSHM \n. Rev. David Q. Ancient Bettlemenl of Bheepscot Maim- Sist B . < 1L, [V, ( ' l M m i \ < . - . Memoir of Edward Payson, D.D., with a Selection of He Bern in :; vols. 8vo. 600 pp. each. Portland, Byde and Lord, 1849. M< moii of Marion I.. Burd, of Fryeburg. 18mo. Senium delivered in Gorham before the Maine Mi .8 me, l N _' N . DAVTJB8, Charles B. Address delivered at Pryeburg, on the First Centennial Celebration of Lovell's Fight. Portland ; James Adams, jr., L825. 64 pp. - Discourse on the death of Adams and Jefferson. Portland; 1826. Address before the Alumni of Bowdoin College. Portland, I s -;"'. Deane, Samuel, D.D. [( trdained over First Parish in Falmouth, Oct., 1764.] Ntw England Farmer. 1790, 332 pp. E Sermon at the Funeral of Thomas Smith. Portland, 1796. s \". Benjamin Titcomb, jr. ]>i \m , John G. Historical Report and Argument in Relation to N. K. Boundary Question, submitted to Bung of Holland. Hl.l ttTNO, Nathaniel. Carrabasset A Play, on Indian Traditions. l2mo. Portland, l s: '> n . saris. A Tragedj . Also, several Ballads. I»KI W, Rev. William A. Glimpses and Gatherings of a Voyage and Visit t<> London and the G Exhibition in the Summer of 1861. Augusta; Unman and Manley. i<»i pp. 12mo. Portrait. Easi i kn Coasi of N. America. lis Discovery, with earliest Maps, bj 1.0, Kohl of Germany. Re* vised for the press bj Dr. Leonard Woods. Maine Hist. So Collections, vol. I, Hew K ins. Bistor) of Warren. IS7 pp. !2mo. Ballowell, 1861. His tor) of Rockland and South Thomaston, with Familj Genealo- gies, Ballowell, I s ' 8 1 s., rjiuo. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 237 Eaton, Samuel. Eulogy on Hon. Jacob Abbott, grandfather of the Abbott writers. Brunswick ; J. Griffin, 1820. Sermon at the Interment of, at Harpswell, 1822. Editors and Publishers' Association. Yearly Transactions of, published annually (with two exceptions) since 1863. Each number about 56 pp. 8vo. Ellis, Rev. Jonathan. Topographical Description of Topsham, Sagadahoc County. Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. III. Episcopacy. Journal of 48th Annual Convention at Bangor, July, 1867, including the Consecration of Bishop Neely, and his Address. Portland. 76 pp. 8vo. Everett, Ebenezer, Counsellor at Law. Editor of the Revised Statutes of Maine. Biographical Notice of, by ¥m. Willis, in N. Eng. Hist, and Geneal. Register, XXIV., 81. Fletcher, Rev. Nathaniel H. Sermon at the Ordination of Rev. Daniel Little, Kennebunk. 1800. Folsom, George. History of Saco and Biddeford. Alexander Putnam, 1830. 331 pp. 12mo. Address at the Popham Celebration, 1864. Freeman, Samuel. Editor of Smith and Deane's Journal. Author of Mass. Town Officer, 1793 ; Clerk's Assistant; Probate Di- rectory, etc. B. Titcomb, jr. Freeman, Charles. History of Limerick. Maine Hist. Soc. Collections, I. Freeman, Rev. Charles. Uses of Baptism. Portland. 100 pp. 18mo. Society to be made Christian. Sermon before the Maine Mis. Society at Bath, 1834. Portland ; Merrill and Byram. Gardiner, R. H. History of Gardiner. Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., II. Geology of Maine, in two Reports to the Legislature by Charles T. Jackson. 1836 and 1839. Godfrey, John E. Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Bangor, Sept., 1869. Bangor; B. A. Burr, 1870. r ii i: PR ESS OF M \ i \ E. m . S. I.. - B ' - iculture]. Igrioulture of Maine. 16 vols., Bva Goodwin, Daniel EL, D.D., • 1' r in Bowdoin College. M moiz of John Merrick. ><• pp. s \". . i; Pracl I gush Grammar. \ Grammar fox Children. Pub- liabed by Sanborn and Carter. Portland, 1845. Gr] bni i u . M Statistical View of the District of Maine. Boaton ; Cumminga and Hilliar.l. 1816. 154 pp. ! Survej of Maine in reference to its Geographical Features, v and Political Economy. Portland; Shirley and Eyde, I 168 pp. ^ (ii;i iM.i w. Bimon, 1. 1.. I ). Inquiry Into the Origin and Principles f 1 iry. Portland. 1 1 7 pp. s \<>. Ft porta of the Sup. Jud. Courts of Maine — 1821-29. 9 i (iui.i m i \r. Jonathan. Pastor of a churcb in Wells. I II tory of Maine from the earliest settlement. 1' mouth; Harrison Gray, i s '_'i. 370 pp. L2mo. G( , gy of the Greenleaf Family. 116 pp. Ne* York, 1854. GBOTON, Nathaniel. Biographical notice of Rev. •'. W. Starman, author of an A menta in Waldoboro*. Maim I! •. 3 . I .. V. HaCKL] TON, Mn. Maria W. Jamestown of Pemaquid. A Poem. With Historical Introduction bj Dr. E. Ballard. II \m i is. ( lharlea E. i ie of Birds found m the ricinity of Waterville. Ln Report of tarj of Board of Agriculture. II \\-..\, ,i. w . II .-'. Sketch of the Ahnaki Indians. Boston, 1849. 120 pp. l'-'ino. Eliatorj of Gardiner, w. I Gardiner, and Pittaton. Gardiner] Win. Palmer, 1862, Hiatorj of Norridgewock and Canaan. :;T1 pp, I2ma B Hi a, 1849. History ol B >omfield, Skowhegan, and Starke. 12mo. Haywood, John. . and of tl States. Portland, 1856. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 239 Herrick, Jedidiah. Genealogy of the Herrick Family. Bangor, 1846. Hill, John B. History of Mason, N. H. Bangor ; S. S. Smith. 500 pp. 8vo. Hopkins, James D. Address to the Members of the Cumberland Bar. Day and Co., 1833. 79 pp. 8vo. Holmes, Ezekiel. Exploration and Survey of Aroostook Territory. Augusta, 1849. Hodgdon, John. Reports, as Adj. Gen. of Maine, from 1861 to 1866, in six vols., con- taining names of Maine Volunteers. Augusta ; Stevens and Say ward. Hott, Edmund S. Political Manual and Annual Register of Maine for 1870. 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A Text-book for schools. rrse delivered at the Dedication of the Stone Church of the First Pariah, Portland, 1828. James Adams, jr. *-'•"' pp. I Temperance Address. 32 pp. Bvo. Portland, l v -' s . \ ttural Theology. 2d edit inn. 215 pp. 12mo. B \\ m. Hyde, 1881. Hours wiiii the Evangelists. 2 vols. 400 pp. each. B< Nil HOI S, Bei . .1. I . ( i mon on the death of Samui P •-'• . ii. James W II • \ IgUSta from its esrKeSl settlement to lsTO, with notices of the Plymouth Company, and settlements on the Kennel together with Biographical Sketches and Oeneslog R rister. Published bj Clapp and North — from the Press of 5 Owsn snd Nash. Augusta, 1870, 880 pp. Bvo, Mips ;l nJ BIBLIOGRAPHY. 243 OWEN, Charles, (Bath). Fragments. Fugitive pieces of Poetry. 112 pp. 12mo. O'Brien, John M. Maine Town Officer. Brunswick, 1822; published by J. Griffin. 350 pp. 12mo. O'BRIEN Family at Machias. Their Exertions in the Amer. Revolution. By Capt. John O'Brien of Brunswick. Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., II, Packard, Alpheus S., jr. Guide to Entomology. 700 pp. 8vo. Record of American Entomology. Characters of the NoctuidEe. Portland Jour. Nat. Hist. Packard, Rev. Edward N. Memoir of Lieut. Fred H. Beecher. 48 pp. 4to. Stephen Berry, 1870. Parsons, Isaac. Some Account of New Gloucester, in Maine Hist. Soc. Coll., II. Parker, Thomas. History of Farmington, Me. J.S.Swift. 136 pp. 8vo. Payson, Edward, D.D. Sermon at the Ordination of, by Seth Payson. Portland ; J. McKown, 1807. Address to Seamen. 1821. Discourse at Portland, May, 1814, before the Bible Society of Maine. Thanksgiving Sermon. 20 pp. Portland ; A. Shirley, 1820. Sermon before Me. Mis. Soc, 1812. 18 pp. Hyde and Duren, 1847. Sin, Estimated in Light of Heaven. Colman and Chisholm, 1836. Works Complete. 1111 pp. 8vo. Hyde and Duren. See Cummings, Asa, D.D. 1846. Bible above All Price. 1820. Sermons. 1 vol. 12mo. Portland, 1828. 1 vol. 503 pp. 8vo. 1830. 1 vol. 444 pp. 12mo. Portrait. Spiritual wants of man. New York, 1828. Sermons. 400 pp. 12mo. Portland, 1831. Sermons for Christian Families. 284 pp. 18mo. Boston, 1832. Thoughts, Conversations, and unpublished writings. 5th edition, 192 pp. 32mo. Boston, 1840. Oracles of God. Address before Bible Society. Boston. Reminiscences of, by Rev. Isaac Weston. 360 pp. 12mo. Portland. PEET, Josiah. [Thirty-eight years Pastor of Cong. Church, Norridgewock.] Memoir of, with a selection from his Sermons, by David Shepley. 344 pp. 8vo. Portrait. •j< I Til i r I. ESS OF MAIN l I'i ki i v. T< n mi ih. Pn >f the ('<>n\ ' )ct.. 1819, the purpose of forming I F the 8 '. .ine. 1' rtland : A. BhirL Kill. \; . i83g — the Centennial Anniversary on the 1 torham. Portland ; 1 lay Poob, John II. i 'iirntriial. I; id 8hip-hnilding 5 I Port- land. Portland; D. Tucker, 1855. 61 pp. v Poob, John A. Memoir of Beuel Williams. Brunswick ; J. Griffin, 1864. 66 pp. 8^ Pombot, S. I... D.D. Sain:-' Pi ... mi e. New York, I Discourse at the funeral of Rev. J. Smith. Bangor, Aug., l£ Arguments in favor of Missions, before the Missionary S Port- land : Alfred Merrill, 189 - I luren's list, p. 281. Pebble, Wm. P. ' ''1)11' Families in America, ISoU-TO. i . Commodore Edward. Life of, •;'» pp. 8vo. Bj L. Sabine. rks Am. Biog., \\ II. 1'ki.ni i". s irgent S. I ofj bj liis brother, Rev. G I . .. Ken York, 1 8 "> 5 . Pi i \ lm, Henry, Bsq. Description of Brunswick, Me., in Lett* 28 Hvo. J. Griffin, 1820. Out of print Bat, Isaac, M. I>. I a tures on Botany. Portland. Band, Rev. Ai m ms. s \m. Portland, I s I . : •■ I' ' i. i\ oftheAbnaqui language, with an luctorj Memoir and Notes bj John Pickering. Bee Mem. <>f Amer. Acad of Arts and 5 Si w mi . H ma. ir of his r. Jotham SewalL Boston, l s -'^. 408 pp. 12m BIBLIOGRAPHY. 245 Sewall, Rev. Jotham B., Professor at Bowdoin College. Evenings with the Bible and Science. I. Antiquity of Man. II. The Mosaic Record of Creation. III. The Noachian Deluge a historic verity. IV. The Monuments of Egypt, and their testimony to the truth. V. Bishop Colenso's assaults upon the Pentateuch. New issue. Boston ; Nichols and Hall, 1870. Sewall, Rufus King. Ancient Dominions of Maine ; Embracing the earliest facts, the re- cent discoveries of the remains of aboriginal towns, the voyages, settlements, battle-scenes and incidents of Indian warfare, and other incidents of history ; within the Ancient Sagadahoc, Sheep- scot and Pemaquid Precincts and Dependencies. Portland : Sanborn and Carter. 1859. 366 pp. 8vo. Sketches of the city of St. Augustine, Florida. Sewall, Joseph. History of Bath. Me. Hist. S. Coll. II. Shepley, David, D.D. Sermon at the Ordination of Samuel H. Shepley, at New Gloucester. Memoir of Rev. J. Peet. See Peet, Sermon at Fryeburg before the Maine Missionary Society. Sermon at the funeral of Dea. Jacob Mitchell of N. Yarmouth, 1838. Shepard, George, D.D. Discourse Commemorative of Benj. Tappan, D.D. Portland, 1864. 23 pp. 8vo. Sibley, John L. History of the Town of Union, Me. 1851. 540 pp. 12mo. Smith, Seba. Life and Writings of Maj. Jack Downing. Satirical. 260 pp. 12mo. Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth O. Saggamore of Saco. Smith, Thomas L. Historical Address at Windham, July 4, 1839, on the Centennial An- niversary of the Settlement of Windham. Portland, 1840. Smyth, E. C, late Professor Bowd. Coll., now of Andover Theol. Seminary. Our Country not forsaken of God. Sermon to the students of Bowd. College, June 23, 1861. Three Discourses on the Religious History of Bowdoin College. Brunswick ; J. Griffin. 80 pp. 8vo. Price 25 cents. Life and Ministry of Rev. Wm. T. Dwight, D.D. Boston, 1869. 246 TH I. PRESS OF M M N I". StBI ins Ilev. Benjamin. - rmon on the death of .dl. son of Sir William. 1852. Stevens, Mrs. Anne, i Htn s of Portland Magarine. :.. !;■ i . SaxnneL M ■: • I ither John Sawyer. Bangor, 18J Diaoourae on occasion of the l I t f • ■ Hist j ofFrye- burg. A 864. Bfbaoi i . Rev. Win. Discourse on the death of Rev. Win. Allen. Stowi . Mrs, Harriel Beecher. Uncle Tom's I in. 2 vols., S22 pp. each. l'-'mo. Pi trl of Git's Island. 487 pp. 1-mo. . • Parts of than wurks wrc written in Brunswick. StBACKET, William. Account of Popham's Colony on the Kennebec. 1607. Maine 11.-'. - . c::.. in. Stone, Rev. Thomas T. Sketches of Oxford County. 1830. 112 pp. l2mo. Sullivan, James. [A native of Maine, a lawyer at Georgetown, and after- ward Governor I M lohusetts.] II • iry of the District of Maine. Boston; Thomas and Andrewe, 1796. WO pp\ Symmi.-. U. \ . Thon II • r\ ..;• Lovell's Fighl M ■ B, L726. Pryebnrg. 60 pp. I2ma Su ii i . M ( Brunswick). l'ro and Con. Boston ; 1». Lothrop and Co., 1871. - ss pp. l s m.>. 'I'm: I'. Address before the Cumberland Bar, on the retirement of Judge Ware from the Bench. Portland, 1866. s \.>. Taj i oi r. D. B. Mei ill ofBev. George Shepard, D.l>., of Bangor TheoL Seminary, with Sermons. Boston, I s1 '''. 1 . Tapfan, Benjamin, 1>1>. 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Translated by Mrs. Upham, and published by Hoyt, Boston. Valentine, Elliot. Mental Arithmetic. 100 pp. 18mo. Bangor ; E. F. Duren, 1840. Vinton, John A. History of Pemaquid. 600 pp. 8vo. Wells, Walter. Report on the Wat#-power of Maine. 327 pp. 8vo. Augusta, 1868. Weston, Jonathan D. History of Eastport and Vicinity ; Lyceum Lecture, 1834. 62 pp. 8vo. Weston, Nathan. Oration at the Centennial Celebration of the Erection of Fort Weston, Augusta, July 4, 1854. 24 pp. 8vo. Augusta ; Wm. H. Simpson. Weston, Edward P. Editor Northern Monthly. Portland ; Bailey and Noyes, 1864-'65. Editor of Bowdoin Poets. Second edition. 180 pp. 12mo. Bruns- wick ; J. Griffin, 1857. Voices of Heart and Home. Wellcome, I. C. (Yarmouth, Me.) and Goud, C. (Topsham, Me.) Plan of Redemption. Second edition. 460 pp. 12mo. Weld, Allen H. Progressive English Grammar. Progressive Parsing Book. See Bailey and Noyes, publishers. Wells, Walter. Hydrographic Survey of Maine. First Report, 1860 ; second, 1869. 526 pp. 8vo. 21 Plates. Augusta, 1869. WHITE, William. History of Belfast. 1827. 120 pp. 12mo. Whitman, W. E. S. and True, C, Lewiston. History of Maine Troops during the War. N. Dingley and Co., 1866. 248 T I! E PRESS 01 M \ I N E. Whitman, BsekieL Memoii of John Whitman and ; ! pp. Svo. land, U Williamson, Joseph. i of Castine. M • II I . VI. I ■ nrli Neutrals in Maine. Williamson, William D. y nf Maine from its] md Tl I pp. 1 1 .. ■ a. .: ; ( , . '. . r i ■ 1 Co., I : Willis, William. In t'n.m Rev. Thomas Smith's Journal, kept from 17_n to 17 s v Portland ; Thomas Todd and Co., l^'.'l. Net* edition in I s 19. Journals of T. Smith and S. 1 Portland. 484 pp. Bvo. J. B. Bailey, 18 Introductorj Address before the Maim- II I \^~>~. Portland i B. Thurston. li try of Portland from L832to 1864. Second edit. 181 s \<>. Bailey and N I I [story of the Law, the Courts, and the Lawyt rs of Maine. Tl'J pp. Bvo. Portias ^ 1 _ ge of Abnaki Indians. Maine Hist. B , I . IV. Editor of the first -i\ volumes of the Maine B Memoir of Stephen Longfellow. x itch Irish Immigration to Maine. Pamphlet. M moir of Henry Jenks. Williams, Rev. N. W. Centennial Address, delivered at Buxton, .'ii pp. I "land; B. rhurston and Co., I8fi0. Wobi ii. Rev. Edward. Centennial l>i- S pt l". 1868, at th ttory of the Baptisl Church, N. Berwick. Biddeford, 18( man, Jabi II. G dog) of the Woodman Family. H Brunswick] J. •I'm. Out of print. W'iiiiti i . Joseph. iphical View, with reference to Internal Resources ; including 11 . Penobscot 102 pp. Mu. Bar. . I sir,. W'iiiiti. i. Joshua. P I. R er. 102 pp. 8vo. lsn;. ADDENDA, BY E. F. DUREN, including the names of those authors, whose books are to be found only under the names of their publishers. Adams, Rev. Aaron C. (Auburn). Sermon ; Our Hope. Lewiston, 1860. In Memoriam of Rev. David Thurston. 8vo. Portland, 1865. Adams, Rev. John C. (Falmouth). Sermon before the Maine Missionary Society. 8vo. Portland, 1865. Adams, Rev. Solomon. Temperance Reports. 12mo. Portland, 1831. Allen, William, D.D., p. 224. Appleton, Jesse, D.D., p. 223. Appleton, John, p. 229. The Rules of Evidence, stated and discussed. 284 pp. 8vo. Philadelphia, 1860. Appleton, Martha W. Hyde. Recollections of Frederic. 72 pp. 18mo. Portland, 1847. Bailey, Jeremiah. Address on Fourth of July. Wiscasset, 1805. Bailey, Rev. Winthrop. (Brunswick). Sermon at National Fast. 8vo. Portland, 1812. Unity of God. 8vo. Springfield, 1822. Christian Fellowship. 8vo. Greenfield, 1825. Baker, Henry K., p. 230. Balkam, Rev. Uriah. (Lewiston). Sermon. The Christian Workman. Georgetown, 1847. " Harper's Ferry Outbreak. Lewiston, 1859. " 61st Anniv. Me. Miss. Soc. at Thomaston. Portland, 1868. " Meekness of Humility, on Fast Day. 8vo. Lewiston, 1871. * Proof-sheets of the preceding forms of the Bibliography were sent to Mr. Duren, of Bangor, which he carefully examined, — making some corrections and additions. He has also very kindly furnished us with this additional list of Maine authors, which he has been gathering at intervals, as he had opportunity, with the hope of com- pleting it at some future time. He would he glad to receive titles of Books from authors or publishers. 32 250 TH E PRESS OF MA IIS E. I! ibi ; h. (Buxton .1 - a. 8vo. Portland B iBTOi . Ret . Cyrus A. N ' A The Ministry at large. l2mo. Boston, 1836. Di \\ ■ < liunli. Bto. Boston, i - Reform, individual and public. v \". Boston, l v I B kBTOi . M iry, p. 221. Baptist Minutes and Reports of Associations and Mi I mven- tions, yearly, 1831 to 1872. li.wi.i \ . Rei . Ki .ih. i N' « < astle). Fashionable Amusements. W 1804. Bermoii at Ordination of Rev. Philip Spaulding, P L Bvo. B ii kstown, 1809. Sermon at Ordination of Rev. N. B. B. Beman, 3d Church, Portland. Bvo. Portland, 1810. Sermon. Wine Bibbers. Boston, 1812. State Fast on Peace. Bvo. Hallowell, 1812. " Maine Missionary Boc. 8vo. •• 1813. Bl 'Mil. S. !'•.. p. 220. 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Masonic Address, Portland, 1N0S BIBLIOGRAPHY 211 BROWN, Rev. Francis. (North Yarmouth). Sermon at Ordin. of Rev. Allen Greeley, Turner. 8vo. Portland, 1810. " State Fast. 8vo. Portland, 1812. Fast Day. End of War. 8vo. Hallowell, 1814. " Maine Missionary Soc., Gorham. 8vo. Hallowell, 1814. Calvin and Calvinism. 8vo. Portland, 1815. Buck, Levisa, Mrs., p. 219. Buck, Reuben. Temperance Address. Kennebunk, 1831. Carpenter, Rev. Elbridge G. (Dexter). Sermon at 51st Anniversary of Maine Missionary Society, Augusta, Augusta, 1858. Motives to Home Missionary Work. Tribute to a Sainted Wife. Bath, 1854. Carruthers, Rev. John J. (Portland). Sermon before Maine Miss. Soc. at S. Berwick. 8vo. Portland, 1850. " Thanksgiving Day. 8vo. Portland, 1862. Chapin, Rev. H. B. (Auburn). The Gift and the Giver. Portland, 1840. Chase, Rev. Benj. C. (Camden). Half Century Sermon at Camden. 8vo. Boston, 1855. Cheever, Rev. Henry T. (Hallowell). The Whale and his Captors. Island World of the Pacific. Life in Sandwich Islands. Life of Capt. Conger. Memoir of Nathaniel Cheever, 1850. Memoir of Rev. Wal- ter Colton. Voices of Nature. Pulpit and Pew, 1852. Chickering, J. W., D.D. Sermon before Maine Miss. Soc. at Augusta. Portland, 1846. Tract ; What is it to believe in Christ ? New York. Sermon at Interment of Rev. J. Bennett. 8vo. Boston, 1847. Temperance Address. Portland, 1854. Sermon at Interment of Rev. C. Hurd at Fryeburg. Portland, 1856. Cleaveland, Parker, LL.D., p. 225. Cochranism, in York and Cumberland Counties. 8vo. Boston, 1819. Coffin, Rev. Paul. (Buxton). Sermon, Ordin. of Ebenezer Coffin, Brunswick. Newburyport, 1794. " Election Day, Massachusetts. Boston, 1799. " Ordin. of Jeremiah Noyes, Gorham. Portland, 1804. " Ordin. of Jonathan Cogswell, Saco. Kennebunk, 1811. Journey from Wells in 1760. N. Eng. Register; Boston, 1855. Cogswell, Rev. Jonathan. (Saco). Support of the Gospel. Kennebunk, 1819. Sermon before Maine Miss. Soc., Augusta. Hallowell, 1819. Farewell Sermon. Saco, 1828. •j.", -J THE PRESS 01 MAINE. Coosw ri i , Rev. Jon tthan, contimu I 8 - L83C Westm I livini -. II irtford, I s i ;. Scriptural View of Inability. New Brunswick, N. J., It Coi i . Rev. Albert (Cornish). Tributi • i ft ■■.(.. W. Cole, BluehilL 300 pp. l2mo. Portland. 1846. Bennon before Maini M B Portland, l s 7i. CO] I 8WOBTH1 . D. ('.. p. 219. COLESWOBTHY, S. II., p. 219. Colman's Miscellany. A monthly, commenced Jury, 1839. Wm. Cutter and Grenville Mellen, edil • . New York. Condit, Rev. Jonathan B. (Portland). Sermon before Maine Miss. Society, Bath, 8vo. Portland, 1 — 1 1 . The Missionary Enterprise. 8vo. Boston, 1864. Convention, Maine. Address to the People. 64 pp. 4to. Portland, 179L Proceedings of. Bvo. Brunswick, 1816. Journal, al Brunswick. 86 pp. rlennebunk, 1817. Address to tin- People. Portland, 1819. Debates, bj .1. Perley. :;i»i pp. L2mo. Portland, l^-'<>. Cbj bs] v. Rev. Noah. (North Yarmouth). Thanksgiving Discourse in North Yarmouth. Portland, 1826. Burning of the Phoenix. L2mo. Milwaukie, 1848. Cummino8, Rev. Asa. (See p. 65 ami 236). Sermon, Stati I . B unswick. 8vo. Brunswick, 1820. " Ord. <»(' Rev. John A. Douglass, Waterford. Portland, 182L [ntermenl <>t'Kr\. P. Chapin, PownaL Portland, 1839. Cubhm \n. Rev. Joshua, (Winslov. ). Thanksgiving Sermon al Wlnslow. Bvo. Boston, 1846. Oration al Augusta, Jul) Ith. ^\... Augusta, 1807. Oration, Jul) 4th. Wiscasw t, l s " s . Ci i n k. Rev. Edward F. ( Rockland). on, Signs of the Times. Portland, 1844. 17th Anniversar) ol M M v Bangor. Augusta, 1864, Eulog) nu Abraham Lincoln. Boston, 1866. I i) mi Infant Baptism, Mirror, Aug. 20. Portland, i v Deani . 8 imuel, l>.l>. (See p. I I m 8ermoni to Yuan- Men, 109 pp. I2ma Portland, 177.'.. I I ition, Jul) Ith. 12mo. Portland, 17 Election Sermon, Massachusetts. Boston, 1794. National rhanksgiving Sermon. 12mo. Portland, 1796. Two 1 1 the Hi lurrection. ( mi ol I' i-. I 806. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 253 Dike, Rev. Samuel F., D.D. 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Ministers the Servants of Christ. 12mo. Boston, 1770. Sermon before His Majesty's Council. 8vo. 1773. Fast Day Sermon. Boston, 1783. Tyler, Rev. Bennett, D.D. (Portland). Saints' Perseverance; New Haven, 1817. Religious Principle ; Con- cord, 1S24. Sermon at Ordin. of Rev. Lyman Beecher ; Boston, 1829. Strictures on Dr. Taylor on Regeneration ; Portland, 1829-'33. Vindication on Regeneration ; 63 pp. 8vo. Portland, 1830. Heathen without the Gospel ; Portland, 1832. Articles in Spirit of Pilgrims ; Boston, 1832. Inaugural Address at Hart- ford Seminary ; Hartford, 1834. Review of Day on the Will ; Hartford, 1838. Letter to Dr. Bushnell ; Hartford, 1847. Charge to his son, Rev. Josiah Tyler, Missionary to Africa ; Hartford, 1849. "Worth of the Soul; Norwalk, 1853. Discourse on Ability and Inability; Hartford, 1854. Reply to Harvey on Ability, etc. ; Hartford, 1855. Address on resigning Presidency of Society ; Hartford, 1857. Lectures on Theology, and Memoir. 395 pp. Boston, 1859. 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Artillery, M \\'i i d, Allen II. p. 220 Wi i 1 9, R \. Oe ■. W, i Kennebunk). Sermon at Ordin. of Rev. D. 1 isdick, Worcester. 1841. Wi ii M Portland). ibath. 1 JO pp. I8ma Portland. Wi roN, 1 P. p. 220. \\ i stok, R Cumberland). Rei rd Paj ion, 1 '.J ». 360 pp. I2ma l v II lorj of} t 'umberland Association. Numerous Articles in Magaiines and aeirspapera. L806tol867i BIBLIOGRAPHY. 2G9 Wheeler, Rev. Crosby H. (Warren). Missionary in Turkey. Ten years on the Euphrates, maps and engravings. 1 vol. 18mo. 330 pp. Boston. Letters from Eden, engravings. 16mo. 432 pp. Boston. Whitaker, Rev. Nath'l. (Bloomfield). Two Sermons on the doctrine of Reconciliation. 8vo. Salem, 1770. On the death of Rev. Geo. Whitefield. 8vo. Salem, 1770. Christ's Kingly Power, and Liberty of the Churches. 98 pp. 1774. Whitman, Rev. Jason. Portland. See p. 219. Sermon at Ordination of Rev. E. H. Elder. (Eastport). 72 pp. 12mo. Boston, 1832. Williamson, William D. p. 231. Willey, Rev. Benjamin G. (Sumner). Incidents in White Mountain History. 307 pp. 12mo. Boston, 1856. WILLIAMS, Rev. Moses H. (Portland). Discourse in memory of Dea. Joseph Libby, Portland. Portland, 1871. Williams, Rev. Thomas. (Foxcroft). Sermon, 25th Anniv. Me. Miss. Soc, in Wiscasset. Portland, 1832. Windsor, Rev. John H. (Saco). The Blessedness of the Just. 8vo. Portland, 1861. In Memory of Daniel Smith, jr., Saco. Wines, Rev. Abijah. (Deer Isle). Human Depravity. Middleton, 1803. Vain Amusements. Windsor, 1803. Merely Moral Man no Christian. Portland, 1828. Winship, Rev. Josiah. (Woolwich). Charge at Ordin. of Rev. Alden Bradford, Pownalboro (Wiscasset). Boston, 1794. Charge at Ordin. of Rev. Daniel Stone, Augusta. Hallowell, 1796. Charge at Ordin. of Rev. Thomas Cochran. Buckstown, 1805. * # * Parson Winship died in 1824, having been 59 years a minister. Alden Bradford became Secretary of State in Massachusetts, holding office from 1812 to 1824. — Ed. Wise, Rev. Jeremiah. (South Berwick, 1707 to 1756). Sermon on the death of Charles Frost. 1725. " Election Day ; Rulers the Ministers of God. 55 pp. 8vo. 1729. " Ordination of Rev. James Pike. 173Q. Woodman, Cyrus. Records of the Church in Buxton, Me., during the Pastorate of Rev. Paul Coffin, D.D. 88 pp. 8vo. Cambridge. Woods, Leonard, D.D. p. 228. Yeaton, Rev. F., p. 218. 270 TH ' PRESS 01 M \ l n I'.. BUPPLEMENT. i I .'.all ire added) too to be put in place : — Pom of the I '.en in the Boston I re by Maine authors, \i/ : Cm i \i ft, B., D.D. The Gospel of the Hebrew Prophets. 6fi pp. II lebis, Rev. Samuel, D.D. The Christian Doctrine of Euman Progrest ted with the Natu- ralistic. 65 pp. Sm\ in. Rev. Egbert C, 1>.1>. Prom Lessing to Schleiermacher, or from Rationalism to Faith Taloott, D. s., D.D., p. 266. A i ii v. Elizabeth Altera (Florence Percj >. Foresl Buds from the Woods of Maine. L2mo. Portland, l- Poems. l6mo. Boston ; Ticknor and Fields, 1866. n. \\. u. Ai i i \, William. Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement ofMachias, \| 20, 1863. 180 pp. Mi' bi is ; C. 0. Furbush. Boi roN, Nathaniel. The Original Account ofCapt.John Lovewell's "Great Fight" with the Indians, at Pequawket, Ma] s . I72fi ; bj Rev. Thomas Bymmes, with Notes. I s pp. Concord, N. EL, 1861. b, i. b. Coi r.\ I M\ I 081 1 N . Services at the Laying of the Corner Stone of the Memorial Hall of, Augusl 1 1. 1867, and of the Dedication of the same, August l". 1869) with a photograph of Memorial Hall. •"»:> ]>;•. x . W ater- ville, 1869. B. I . B. J >i \n. John Ward, A. M. (Boston). A native of Maine. Sketch of the Life of Rev. Michael Wiggtasworth, A.M. Albany, 1863. 2d edit, 160 pp., 1*71. Btorj of the Embarkation of i omwell and his friends Rw N ind, 1866. Memoir of i; ?. Giles Firmen, 1866. Memoir of Rev. Nathaniel Ward 213 pp. 8 vo., l^Ti. Editor of John D ration of R< markable Providences in Hi-> Life, 18Mj Historical Magasine, I , 1807, to Jan.. L868. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 271 Dean, John Ward, continued. Ed. New Eng. Hist, and Geneal. Register, Oct., 1862, to Dec., 1863. Recording Secretary of the American Statistical Association from 1860. President of the Prince Society for Mutual Publication from May, 1870. Hamlin, Charles E. See p. 238. An Obituary Record of Graduates of Colby University (Waterville College until 1866) from 1822 to 1870. 66 pp. 8vo. Waterville, 1870. s. L. B. Reports on Natural History relating to Maine. 1865-66. Manual Labor at Waterville College. 1867. E. F. D. Hanson, J. H. (Waterville). Preparatory Latin Prose Book (with Vocabulary), containing all the Latin prose necessary for entering college. 514 pp. 12mo. 20th edition. Boston, 1871. Hand-book of Latin Poetry, with notes. 776 pp. 12mo. Boston, 1865. Ilsley, Charles P. See p. 239. Forest and Shore. 426 pp. 12mo. Boston, 1856. Afterwards pub- lished under the title of The Wrecker's Daughter. Treasure Trove, or the Signet Ring. Scene laid chiefly on Rich- mond's Island and Ancient Falmouth. Lewiston, 1867. (May be issued in book form, 450 pp. 12mo). The Island Fete ; scene laid at Diamond Cove, Portland ; a Poem. 85 pp. History of Ancient Falmouth and Portland, 500 pp., in process of" preparation. [Many stories, by this author, have been published.] Kidder, Frederic. See p. 240. Col. John Allan, Eastern Maine, and Nova Scotia in the Revolution. 350 pp. 8vo. Albany, 1867. E. F. D. Rip, Rev. William Ingraham, D.D. The Early Jesuit Missions in North America, containing original let- ters of Father Sebastian Rasles, and accounts of Missionary Life among the Abnakis, 1722-'23. 325 pp. 12mo. Albany,. N. Y., 1866. s. l. B. Smith, T. L. Published in 1831 a Centennial Address, which was a brief history of the Town of Windham, Me. A more complete history, by the same author, is now ready for publication. G. M. b. 272 r " B PRESS "1 M \ l \ £. South i a, Rev. Samuel. The Centennial Celebratioi) of the Settlement of Fryeburg ' the Historical Address, 79 pp. 8to. w ter t 1864. -. Wni ts, 6 any Pern). Thia distingoished author was born in Portland in 1M1 — the daughter of Nathaniel Willis [see pp. 51 and 68], Fanny Fern's first book — Fern Leave-, — was published in Jui md had a sale of over ninety thousand copies. Her next volume — Little I ■ rns for Fanny's Little Friends — was published in l 1 and had a very Large sale. In May, L854, was published her i of Fern Leaves, which was! . bj Ruth Sail and Rose Clark. From I s "'.". to the turn ah. Oct., l s TJ. she was a regular contributor to the N>w York Ledger. I . r. i>. t not t<> Ih- able ti> *i\A to the lift • doia ' !oIlege bj Nehemiah Cleveland, Eaq., now of N< ■ Y^rk. Mr ('l. n, l.inil. while .it Bowdoin College, raperintended the printing "t" f • • ■ ^rk- ) that appeared t'r'wn m\ press: and had his pr hare ne piiMi-.li the 1 1 i>t. >r\ of the < '•■lU-^t- (made nearlj Bfl ad s little earlier, that Hiatoiy, instead of thia, would perha een mj last witIi. EDITORS AMi PUBLISHERS' ASSO< I \TI<>\ i >r \i mm 1 in l U. , ting 1 /' :tlint. Orator. Portland. . < 'baxlea Holden. B 1 J I! 11 l.lu. 11. 1 II. Klwrll. \ 1 l 11. ElwelL ■ r.i. l II l IwelL Win I E. II dwell. Enoch Knight l II. Elwell. Portland. 1 J \ 1 1. • mi ii . N. Dingleyjr. w I - u hitman J, \ ll.'III.Hl. J G BJ ■:. B P - Moot • 1871. J, \. 1 l< .111.111. Simplj in I'lfiit i. ■ta. I I Shaw. Exi anii APPENDIX. NEWSPAPERS ON THE KENNEBEC. See page 87. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir, — In considering the origin and history of the early newspapers on the Kennebec, it may be well to note that two of them were probably born of the Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, (estab- lished by John B. Wait and Benja. Titcomb, Jan. 1, 1785), in the interest of forming a new State of the District of Maine. The first paper on the Kennebec, and the third in Maine, was started by Howard S. Robinson at " Hallowell Hook," Aug. 4, 1794 ; it was called the Eastern Star. The Gazette of Maine was the second paper ; it was started at Falmouth by Benja. Titcomb in Oct., 1790, in opposition to the Cumberland Gazette, published by Wait, which name Wait changed in 1792 to Eastern Herald. Robinson was probably an apprentice of Wait, and the Star which he published was under Wait's patronage, and in the interest of the new State project. It maintained a feeble existence for about a year, when it was succeeded by the Tocsin. The want of success of the Star may have arisen from the character of its conductor, Robinson, rather than from any want of favor to the scheme it was established to advocate. Robinson was a printer of dissipated habits, from which cause he was usually poor, roving around and working as a journeyman printer. In about 1819 he returned to Hallowell and worked a short time in the office of the American Advocate. At that time he repre- sented that he " had been at the top of the wheel " of fortune, but from ha- bits and appearances he was unmistakably at the bottom. We may not infer from the want of success of the Star that Hallowell was a barren field, or that the projects sought were not worth pursuing, as Wait, with John K. Baker, another of Wait's apprentices, established in that place, in 1795, 35 27 [ Til I. I RE - - OF MAINE. The Tocsin." Thii paper bad more success than the Star, bat was short- ' lived, ending in 1 T '. > 7 . in the hands of Benja. Poor, to whom it a M 9 '. 15, L796. — The Tocsin w is well printed, but on poor paper, 17 X 11 inches, folio, and was famished to subscribers at 1.50 per annum. + ...... It would be interesting to know inure definitely the motives which ' iblishment of these papers, thus early, <>n the Kennebec, in advance of a mail for their distribution, and this interest is increased when we learn that, at the Fori Settlement in Hallowell, two and a half miles from the Hook \ illage, w here the Tocsin was being printed. Tin K i w i bi i [ntkl- i ii, i M i b was established, bj Pi Nov. 1 1. L795. The mail how- ever, bad jusl then commenced a weeklj delivery on the new post route to Hallowell. Edes was a son of Benja. Ed I B ii a, printer to th< Gen. Court of Mass., and publisher of the Chronicle, etc What motives could h ive sent him to the Fori Settlement, at this time '.' There was general in- formation to be disseminated bj bis paper and local and legal advertisements tu be published ; bul one paper could have answered this call in a I the si/e uf HallowelL The rivalship of competing villages may have stimu- lated, bul could n<>t have produced them, at that time. When we look at public affairs, two motives are suggested, either of which ma] have furnished sufficienl inducement to rival papers, so near to each other, in even a Bpars- lv peopled region ; one was the project to establish a new State ; the other rival candidates f< r Congressional honors. At the time of Wait's effort to increase the circulation of bis paper, in Dec, 1793, hj the employment of Oraffam to distribute it. the Portland Convention on Separation «as held, to which Daniel Coin was a delegate from Hallowell. and was Chairman of the- Convention. The star was started in August succeeding the second Conven- tion On Separation, which was held in June, 1794 j a1 this Convention. Nathan I Summer, a delegate from Hallowell, was Set n I urj . The Intelligencer was established probablj in interests opposed to v ration; perhaps at the instigation of the Plymouth Company, which was opposed to the measure, as the unsettled affairs of that company eould he ' The experience of onlj littv oraixt) '•■ onld convince anj one, tl >;..r in no part Of M mn ■. OUt of I'nrtl.uiil. i\.n With the usual I mills! ry ami tart . .I ..ni \ be mat lined (giving ■> bare lubeUtencc) until the type trorn out The papei wai then discontinued nr told tu ■ no* band. — Eat fi'ii. . h .1 . •■ i B Wait (given In thia connection bj Mr. North) and his pro !■ 1 1 ni -i mini • i distributor of hia pspen into \\ et and Hallowell once s week, miv hr seen on page H — I'.H APPENDIX. 275 best promoted by the government of Massachusetts, with which the mem- bers of that company had great influence. The Congressional election in the three districts into which Maine was divided in 1792 took place in November of that year ; the succeeding elec- tion in 1794, at the time the Tocsin and Intelligencer were started, had passed, and the election of '96 was just coming on. These elections were warmly contested, and as at that time public opinion was concentrated upon candidates for office, through the medium of the newspapers in which the nominations were made, by anonymous communications under various sig- natures, it became important for candidates to possess this means of reach- ing the public ear. The result, however, of this course was a multiplicity of candidates, and at times a number of trials before an election was ef- fected. Whatever may have been the motives of "Wait and Baker in estab- lishing their paper — the Tocsin — they sold to Poor in Sept., 1796, proba- bly with a view, on the part of Baker, to a larger field of operation, as in the same month he purchased of Wait the Eastern Herald, and of Titcomb the Gazette of Maine, and united them under the name of Eastern Her- ald and Gazette of Maine. In Poor's hands the Tocsin shortly died. The Intelligencer, under various names, survived for twenty years, printed by Edes, who was a part of the time associated with his son. The first change in the name of the Intelligencer was made in October, 1800, to the Kennebec Gazette ; the second change to Liberty Herald in February, 1810. These changes, however, were without change in its politics ; it was always intensely federal. In 1796 there were but three papers published in Maine — the Eastern Herald and Gazette of Maine, at Portland ; the Kennebec Intelligencer and the Tocsin at Hallowed. In the Intelligencer and in the Tocsin, Boothbay, Georgetown, Waldoborough, Dresden, Wiscasset, Green, Farmington, and Winslow advertisements appear. I have a file of .the Kennebec Gazette commencing with Vol. 1, No. 5, Dec. 12, 1800, and ending with No. 30, June 5, 1801, with the imprint of " Peter Edes at Hallowed." I have never been able to learn otherwise than from this imprint, that the Gazette was at any time published in Hal- lowed, and the place of publication may have been assumed from its being better known than Augusta. Some of the prior issues of the paper were dated " Augusta, on Kennebec River." In this file the proceedings of Congress are printed under the heading, " Legislature of Columbia." Federal and Democratic nominations of candidates for office are made in it, by communications advocating their 276 TH E PRESS 01 M \ 1 N !'.. Nothing of a political nature appears under the editorial head, and but very little of any other matter; and this is chiefly char the Intelligencer and 1 , but not - "he Herald. All important matters were di torially, hut by communi under various signaturee. It a] this time, that huth bran I OSWered tl I Q, to which he replied. '1 12, 1800, contains the address of the Senate a] B f I iture of Columbia n to President Adams' speech, and his sepa- hch. Yours truly, Jami a W. Nobth. PERIODICALS CONTINUED. w1scasset telegraph. Mb. Editor, In \u Sir, — Through the kindness of my friend, Charles J. Noyes, I am in receipt of sheets from you of yon W W J have considerable interest in the Work, as my father was one of the earlier publishers in Maine. What you state In regard to the Wis< \-i i Tl n.- ORAPB is imperii 1 1 not being able to help the matter much. M\ father died while I was in my infancy, and my mother mai nothing was preserved relating to my father's business. Since I have ar- il manhood, notwithstanding much research, 1 have been unable to obtain a file, or even a whole sheet, of his piper. I bare before me the hist half of a sheet dated March 11,1797, N . XV. VoL L The must therefore have been established in the autumn of 1796. The title is the Wiscasael Telegraph; the motto — ••The wildernees shall bud and m like the n ■• ." Printed and published bj J. N. Russell* and 11. Hoskirn, corner of Main and I w avt .nnum. It is well filled witli (iirrent new s of the day. foreign and domestic, and has a short editorial on the celebration of Washington's birth-da} in Philadel- phia and New York. ■Th< .-ii, probably, who, under the title of J. sad J N H \; Inti rbii firm : i .\ Itojnn of thl John Rusacll of the in m una) v •• over Ibrtj ■ ng ll >e • •.I • ,.■ mnvnl i" M line, when bi APPENDIX. 277 The publishers were young men from Boston. Russell was a brother of Benj. Russell of the Boston Centinel. My father served his time with Thomas and Andrews, the leading printers at the time. Russell,, as I un- derstood in my younger days, was unsteady and went south. My father died in the winter of 1804, and the paper stopped. It could not be true that there was no paper in Wiscasset on June 23, 1802. Why the bank notice was ordered to be printed in Edes' paper may have been on account of the residence of the stockholders, or politics may have been the cause. After my father's decease a paper was printed in Wiscasset by John Babson, which was reported to have been bought up and s'topped on account of its politics. This may have been the Eastern Repository, mentioned in your account. With much respect, Gardiner, July 8, 1872. H. B. Hoskins. A son of Mr. H. B. Hoskins, when about twelve years of age, self- taught, printed for a year or more, a small paper called the School- fellow, he having been presented with a press and type by a relative in New York. He afterward studied medicine at the Louisville (Ky.) Medi- cal School, and received the highest honors of his class ; subsequently prac- ticed in Boston, and was a leading writer in the Courier, confining him- self generally to scientific and literary subjects. His health failing, he re- moved to Newport, Vt., where he devotes himself mostly to agriculture and editing the -Vermont Farmer, — not wholly relinquishing his practice. The State. — The first number of an eight page paper with this name was published at Portland, Nov. 2, 1872, by the State Publishing Associa- tion ; terms, $2.00 a year in advance. Enoch Knight is understood to be the managing editor of this paper. Five columns to the page. The pros- pectus says that the State will be " an independent public journal, thorough- ly devoted to the people's interests, and which shall not fail to command their respect ; for it will discuss all questions affecting our material and so- cial interests in the spirit of justice and true dignity." North-East — a new paper, published in Portland in 1872, by Hoyt, Fogg, and Breed, for the Episcopal Board of Missions for Maine. The Northern Monthly — a Magazine of literature, civil and mili- tary affairs, under the conduct of E. P. Weston. Each number contained ' 72 pp. 8vo. Terms, §2.00 a year. Published by Bailey and Noyes ; press of B. Thurston. The first number was issued in March, 1864. Ten num- bers only were published. It wa.< a well conducted periodical. B. P. s. 278 'I'll r. PRESS 01 MAINE. 'I'm. WATCH-TOW! ft — ;iapcr, published at Portland in the interests of the Association of Baptists, bj .1. M. Buzzell, M. !>.. for It was then (about the year I s I s ' sold to the publishers of the Portland Transcript. M - ls - 'I'm BREDOTOfl REPORTER W8S established about ls.',T, and closed in 1864, It \\ as a spicy, loyal paper, edited a part of the time bj <■■ . W. Warren, who died in June, 1863. Castine Gazette. — We have received a few numbers of a paper by this name, published at Castine by Geo. A. Wheeler, M. 1>.. formerly of Topsham. It is a respectable, business-like paper j siae, 22 by 16; pub- lished monthly at fifty cents ;i year. Castine was the fourth town in the State to establish a newspaper. The revival of journalism in that pl< old place is a good Bign. u ELLS Wl> KENNEB1 \K. [Extnotl from a in -tiHisrript Hiatal? of Weill wd Kcnnrbim'-, . •• in L803 Btephen Sewall commenced the publication of the An\ im Times. It Beems to have been started under very favorable aua so far as regarded the patronage of advert Many persons in Ports- mouth advertised their g Is in it- columns, and also a respectable number in Wells and other towns in the county. But the subscription patronage was insufficient to BUStain it, and the paper was continued but oni Occasionally the paper contained respectable communications on political questions and things of local into B wall wrote the ode for the Fourth of July, 1803, which was sung with effect <>n that occasion. His position as publisher of this paper not meeting his aspirations, lie abandoned it in 1804, moved to Scarboro', and there established himsi If ta ■ fhom] ph\ sician. •• In the beginning of 1808 another attempt was made to establish a newspaper in ELennebunk bj William Weeks. This enterprise was not as -fill as the former. The paper was denominated the k B» v i ,N. We have a single copy of it, dated Jul] 24. Prom this specimen of the opinion that the people took but little interest in sustaining i'. [llOUgb this \sas the 19tb number, beside the pOSl master's Dl I remaining in the off tains but a single advertisement The paper is mule up entir.lv of collections, containing nothing editorial and no original communii itions. It was oontinued but a little while, when the publisher moved to Baco i thence t" Portland; then to Portsmouth, where in 1809 lie became the publisher of the Nei Bampshire Gasette. APPENDIX. 279 " Another paper was attempted soon after, of which we have been un- able to ascertain the name or the publisher. We believe it was called the Eagle of Maine ; but no relics of it have been found, so that we know nothing of its character or of the length of its days. " A fourth paper, denominated the Weekly Visitor, was started in 1809 by James K. Remick. The publisher seems to have had more sym- pathy from the public than his predecessors. The advertising support of a newspaper we suppose to be very essential to its success. This was very liberally given to the Visitor. A great deal of original matter was also fur- nished. Previous failures probably moved the people to a more active in- terest in its success than they manifested in the previous enterprises. The paper soon acquired a satisfactory footing, and maintained its position be- tween thirty and forty years, though its name was changed to Kennebunk Gazette, July 7, 1822. By a wise and prudent management of the financial concerns of the establishment, the publisher acquired a very comfortable independence, which he transmitted to his son. " All the publishers of these papers, in addition to the work of their profession, kept a book-store, supplying the public with stationery, school- books, etc. " The Columbian Star, at Alfred, was continued but a short time. Its establishment was designed for two objects — to aid in the election of Crawford, and in the location of all the courts at Alfred. These two ques- tions being removed from the public mind, no interest in it was strong enough for its support." [All but one of these papers were briefly noticed with the papers of York county. — Ed] Echo, or North Star. — It having been reported to us that there were files of papers in the Antiquarian Rooms at Worcester, Mass., printed at Fryeburg between 1792 and 1795, we have obtained, through the favor of the Librarian, a copy of what proves to be from the earliest volume printed — No. 7, vol. I. — dated Fryeburg, Me., Aug. 19, 1798, which agrees with our notice, p. 118. The type is very much worn. The paper- contains a sensible communication calculated to calm the war spirit of the day, caused by the depredations of French war vessels upon our commerce. There is also a double column, giving a list of revenue stamp duties. An advertisement of land for sale in Farmington, Me., appears over the signa- ture of our former neighbor, Jacob Abbot, senior, then of Concord, N. JL, referred to p. 237. The terms of the Echo are given — " Pay in any thing, 280 THE PH MAINE or cash." In our ym; I only the M any thing." The es- tablishment of the Kcho li\ Rti^rll t for the Brat paper at Wis- leada to the supposition thai this publisher, with t ; «f that paper, waa a brother of Benj. Rtusell of the B tineL The type robablj tl ■ tad been used on the CentineL Tin IfoBHiMQ Stab. —- The Morning 8 paper, was established at Limerick, May, 1828. Bussell and Burbank thfl first editors ; William liurr, a native of ffingfaam, wbl apprentioeship in Huston, printer. •• Mr. I!urr, when he came to Limerick, though less than twenty years of age, waa an accomplished gentleman, of pleas ing manners and must amiable disposition." In May, 1832, i Woodman, and Co. disposed of its property to a new firm, known as H Burr, and Co. En October following, the paper was BoldtotheFn denomination. Mr. Burr subsequently became principal editor and a very efficient business manager, which station be n tained nearly forty years and until his death, by apoplexy, which occurred on the morning 1866. An interesting memoir of his life has been published in a volume of 'jus pp. L8mo. The Star was removed to ] )o\ er, X. II.. NOT., 1833. 1 culation speaks for i' BIBLIOGRAPHY I <>MIM in. 1m \m . Ch irli -, (Cambridge, M d volumes bare been published, but all since he has left his na- tive State. I'm i man, William, (Cherryfield.) Temperance Address, Oct, 1829] with an Introduction, April, 1872. 80 pp. svo. Portland, 1872. .1 addressee, poems, ami other articles bare bees written durinp In* long lifetime - -..me i if which have been published, or con- tributed to the newspaper. Oodi U 1 . lion. John I'... i Bangor). The aawanakok. Hist. Mag., Ken York, Feb., 1872. M u 1'.. D.D., OrinneU, towa. N of Hath). Adjustment between the X.itill'.d La* i IS and the Chris- gj dan l iw. Boston Lectures, vol. .;, 1872, pp. l to I s . APPENDIX. 281 THOMAS B. WAIT. Through the kindness of Dr. Geo. E. Adams, now of Orange, N. J., we are favored with the following facts from the hand of his neighbor, an aged widowed daughter of Mr. Wait. "Thomas B. Wait (she writes) was born in that part of Lynn, Mass., called Saugus, in 1762. He served an apprenticeship at the printing busi- ness in Boston. He resided for a time at Thomaston, where a part of his children were born. I do not know the exact time when he went to Port- land, but he was there in 1785. I have the impression that he printed the first newspaper in Portland, but am not certain about that matter. He was in the book-publishing and selling business at Portland, and was burnt out (probably in 1S06), losing every thing. He immediately issued proposals to reprint Blackstone's Commentaries, and received sufficient encourage- ment from his kind-hearted townsmen (who subscribed, many of them, for a book they did not need) to induce him to go to Philadelphia and engage a company of journeymen printers — Robert Lilly being the foreman. Soon afterward [probably after the completion of Blackstone in 1808] Mr. Wait moved to Boston, where he published the American State papers. His three sons were with their father for a time ; two afterward read law, and all three went to Illinois about 1817. His second son, William S. Wait, came back to Boston, and was in the book-business with Wells and Lilly [subsequently Lilly, Wait, and Colman]. This brother afterward returned to the west. My father died in Boston in 1830." On inquiry of the Hon. John Neal (now in his 80th year) concerning the publication of Blackstone, he writes us in his clear, steady hand, an index to his still strong memory — that " Blackstone's Commentaries were republished at Portland by Thomas B. Wait in 1807, four volumes, 8vo., 1903 pp. text, and 100 pp. of Appendix and Index. It was wonderfully correct, and has ever been regarded by the profession as faultless. Tucker's Blackstone appeared long afterward. I cannot give the year, as my law library was destroyed in the great fire. I do not remember about Wait's connection with B. Titcomb, jr., [Mr. Titcomb left printing in 1798], but I well remember a paper — the Federal Gazette, perhaps — in Exchange street before 1807, and that his son, Wm. S. Wait, (afterward a partner with Lilly in Boston) worked in the office ; and that " Master George," as he was called — a dwarf, who used to be trundled about the streets by the boys who had been his scholars — had much to do with the paper." 3G 2g2 T H I. PRESS \ bit OWU efl in 1862 the Press was established, and was at first published bj Mr. l r, John T. Gilman, and Joseph B. Hall, under the firm name oi N \ i lu 1866 M l ter became the sole owner. '11. APPENDIX. 283 was established at the earnest solicitation of the leading Republicans of the State, and since the first year has prospered even beyond the expectations of its founders, enabling Mr. Foster to leave his family in comfortable cir- cumstances. The establishment was burned in the great fire of 1866, but before the ruins were cold the publisher had ordered new material, and the ■work went on as before. How worthy a citizen, — how kind a neighbor, friend, and employer he was, — how warm his sympathies in every good work of humanity and re- form, — how unselfishly he labored for the public good, his fellow citizens do not need to be told. His character was of the best New England type — humane, active, progressive. He was never an aspirant for office, but was nevertheless frequently honored by his fellow citizens with official position. He was elected to the City Council in 1858 and 1859, and to the Legisla- ture in 1859, 1860, 1867, and 1868. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the Republican City Committee and a member of the Republi- can State Committee. He was for two years President of the Mechanics' Association of this city. CORRECTIONS. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir, — Having had the privilege of sseing the advance sheets of your valuable work, we beg leave to call your attention to an error in relation to the Bow- doin College Orient. It was founded by the Class of 1872 — the result of a deep- seated conviction among many of its members that Bowdoin should have a representa- tive among college journals, and that our class should have the credit of its founding. As members of a committee, appointed for the purpose by our classmates, we pre- pared and matured all the plans for the management of the Orient. The first board of editors suffered many changes, several finding it impossible to spare the necessary time 5 but the following were the editors longest in office ; and to each of them is due the credit of conducting the Orient during the difficulties and uncertainties of its first year : — M. Coggan, Geo. M. Whitaker, J. G. Abbott, O. W.Rogers, H. M. Heath. Harold Wilder, Chairman. S. P. Meads, G. M. Seiders, Geo. M. Whitaker — Members of a committee elected by the class of 1872 to mature a plan for conducting the Orient. * # * J. G. Abbott's presence in College during the absence of the other editors led to the impression that caused the notice on p. 83. — Ed. Bangor, July 18, 1872. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir, — Since my notice of the Bangor Press was furnished you, I have discovered some trifling errors. On page 14-2, there is a mistake in regard to the disposition of the Bangor Daily Mercury. It was published for some time after the Journal was established by A. E. Hilton and Co., and was never connected with that paper. 2g4 rii r. PRESS 01 m \ i n E. Tin- Journ ed with the Democrat under 1 I nioii tinned foi nom t >ed be- fore the Democnl was destroyed in l I Washington Cockti Se< ' • r. • I • bushed in Calais waa the Advertiser, h 8 by Mr. H. P. Pratt .Mr. I lam- let Bates established the St. Croix Conner in 1834. The Advertiser had do editor, excepting its publisher. M B '• innounced himself • to* of the St Croix < lurier. tuIv. JOBR I' ' rODl I I — line under Samuel Eaton -. commencing Sermon it Interment of, may be Found corrected under the name of J. W. Ellingwood, p. . I re 234 — undername of < j< E Adams, for relict of the late, n the l .i'. J. \\ Ellingwood, who died in 1 102 — line 6th, for Broek and Hacker, read Brock am B I 100— 3d line from bottom, for 1841 read 1841 I t, for J. 1 Brown re id J. C. Brown. I ■ [69 — line 2nd, for Edwin Sprague, now of Rockland Fre< A.Spi igue. line 6th from t»« >tt t"< »r 1829 read I i — In connection with the M I inner, rV B. Lapham, M. D., should be added as genera] editor. I — Line 10th. for Taoatines r.- id T in itines. — Bottom, for Adams, James, read Adams, John M« I —For Morrell, Miss, read Merrill. i. -Mi- has been merged in the Echo, and published bj II. \. M Cir< alation 10/) Washington Press. No hotter hand (lever) Press in use. SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF THE PRESS OF MAINE. March, 1874. PLAN OF THE HISTORY. Among the forty periodicals that have given favorable notices of this work, only four, to our knowledge, have found fault with the arrangement of the matter. Possibly the writers of these critic-isms failed to notice that the editor was guided by the chro- nological order in which the press was established in the several counties ; its progress through each county being given in like order, commencing at the time of its first entry ; thus completing in a connected view the history of each county* Slight deviations from this rule were occasioned by the peacemeal manner in which the matter was received. The two Catalogues of authors with the Supplement it will be seen were, under the circumstances, as explained, unavoidable. These defects are remedied by the full indexes now published. THE INDEXES. The work of prepai'ing a complete alphabetical index of editors and authors, together with an index of all the periodicals of Maine, past and present, though conceived necessary to make the History of the Press convenient for reference, appeared at the closing up of the volume to be too formidable a matter for the re- maining strength of the editor, as intimated in his address before 37 » See table, page 317. Til I". PRESS OF M\l\ I the Editors and Publishers? A iation. He is glad that this work has been delayed to gii e him time to prepare, as be baa bow done, the rail Index here presented to the public. By the delay he has not only remedied an evil complained o£ hut has been able to add totl many names of authors that had escaped notice. For convenience, as well as propriety, we have classed editors and authors in the same index. Strictly speaking, he w ho pn original matter for a periodical is as much an author as he who writes a book. A. glance tl the multiplicity of newspapers and magazines in tlii- country, and the avidity with which they are read, will lead to the conviction thai the periodical press is destined to outweigh in it- influence thai of the book press, with even thai of the pul- pi1 added. In L800 the population <>f Blaine was, in round numl 152,000. There were at thai time only five weekly newsp viz, the Portland Gazette, Eastern Herald, and Oriental Trum- pet,, printed at Portland; the Kennebec Intelligencer, at Hallo- well, and tli<' Castine Journal, al Castine. In l s l."> the population was about 250,000. All the above named papers, excepting the Portland Gazette, had disappeared, and five others, viz, the Eastern Argus al Portland, Weekly Y r isitor at Kennebunk, Hal- li.utll Gazette and American Advocate at Hallowell, and the B rar Weekh Register a1 Bangor, had taken the field. In l s 7i> the population had increased to over 000,000. The whole num- ber of periodicals a1 tin- date was 7 J. and 1 1 * • • circulation of daily papers, according to Howell and Co.'s Directory, was aboul '." ; tri-weekly, 800 ; weeklies, 141,000. Total circulation each week, aboul 'Jnj, iiimi. Probably an equal number of papers from other States was circulated in Maine, making al leasl t\\" papers each w eek '■ •' • '• • rj aduh person ! The number of authors of books and pamphlets in Maine, re- corded < 1 1 1 ii 1 1 _r the time since the establishment >'t' the first press, is over 600; number of books and pamphlets, 1400. Ami:. S U P P L E M E i\ T . 2dl periodicals — daily, weekly, and monthly — fall bnt little, if any, short of 500. This view of the progress and influence of the press should impress us with the great responsibility that attaches to the editorial corps. Few are aware how much the life of a repub- lic depends upon the character of its journalists. He who has observed the progress of Journalism in Maine for the last sixty years must be sensible of a considerable advance not only in the literary but in the moral and religious character developed. About one third part of the circulation of our periodi- cals is now made up of moral, religious, literary or scientific mat- ter. Our strictly political papers are of a much higher tone than formerly. Next in importance is the improvement that has taken place in the mechanical department of the press. Xeatness and godli- ness usually go hand in hand. Nearly all the papers in Maine for the first period of thirty years were printed with second hand typo upon a coarse paper, 24 X 19 or 20 inches, — this being about the only size of printing paper made in Xew England sixty to seven- ty years ago. The Portland Gazette, a copy of which we have, dated March, 1811, is of this size. The next size, used commonly in 1820, was 26 X 21. The Boston Palladium, the State paper in 1801, was only 27 X 21. The paper-mill at Andover, Mass.. where was manufactured a large portion of American made paper used in New England sixty-five years ago, made only the fol- lowing sizes : Writing Paper. — Foolscap, 17 x 14; Pot, 14x7; Letter (now called Quarto- post, or Congress Letter), 14 x 6 1-2. Printing Paper. — Demy (or demi). 21 x 19 to 20 ; Royal, 27 x 21. Forms of matter were so imposed as to give four, eight, twelve, eighteen twenty-four or thirty-two pages upon the side of a demy sheet. This gave the terms designating the size of books, viz, quarto, octavo, duodecimo, etc., terms ren- dered neirly useless siii"e the introduction of machine presses, by reason of the va- riety given to the size of paper and the number of pages printed upon a sheet. * # * From the History of Andover we learn that the mill above named was built in 1783 by Hon. Samuel Phillips, and carried on by Phillips and Houghton It was burnt in 1810 or 'II, and rebuilt in 1812. Dea. Amos Blanchard took a lease of the mill soon after. He was manufacturing paper there, to our knowledge, in 1815; Dan'l Poor being his a hand is the Prospectus of the first Literary Magazine ever proposed in Maine, a synopsis of which has been furnished bj :i friend whose assistance ilicited. Whether any Dumber of the work was published antiquarian research has failed to discover. In L8 fl ;i pamphlet appeared in Portland with the following title-pag '• PBOSPl CTDfl The MOTLEY A I I I I 11 \ R V 10 D R N A I. To V printed at Trtrtland Bi J. M'Kows, in IK08. Coiromows. 1. The Journal will be well i »i-i 1 1 1 1 -. 1 on twelve octavo | of good paper, in the style of the present prospectus. 2. The price t" subscribers will I"- $2.5 ' •> year, payable in advai :;. The first number will !>■■ Issued Saturday evening, January -." It also bore the following motto: To speak my mind. Motley '» the only < The Prospectus, or " Preface " as it is called after the t i 1 1 * - page, Oils tiv.> closely printed octavo pages, and Is elaborate and somewhat florid in style. It discusses tii.- favorable conditions for the cultivation and growth of litera- ture and modestly concludes that "the profession is more congenial « itl> the unbounded sensations of ;i republican, than with the restraints and terrours issal." Of course we find the usual referei e, andthi ment that "in the summer of their glory, fori! was at the midday of th>-ir virtue, the plains i G were the loveliest pictures of politics and litera- ture that were ever grouped." It adds, evidently bj waj of encouragement, lalnu "i" .i civil origin and "f a llterarj purp- »rt close]] in alliance with tii ■ gh >stlj m m »ries of those honorabl i si ites." " \ forced t" say, " In 1 1 1« ■ «lt-~§»ii«- < b ten upon the heavj and glassy \ iture." That was certninly bad. He becomes specific, and mentions th< thout giving nam - of a historian, a scholar, and who bad produced something excellent In thi • lines, i>ut the Simple 8 the period cared not to taste tin I I SUPPLEMENT. 293 for so discreditable an indifference appears to be that "the heroes and the lovers of America had no ardor. Their sentiments of one kind terminated in Marriage, and their passion for the other was bounded by Peace." Marriage and Peace ! Truly our ancestors aspired to a grouping rarer and lovelier than any that the plains of Greece ever presented. But, though the subtle editor of the Prospectus casts us down, he would not have us destroyed, and we pluck up our courage again at the discovery that " the flight of years has not carried away a single charm from Nature as she reclines on this voluptuous bank of the Atlantic. Her smiles are as bright — her blushes as glowing — her breath as sweet and the opening fascination of her eye as blue as when at evenings of yore Sicilians tuned them upon the reed, or Provenceaux sung them latterly to the harp. Nor has her 'right hand forgot its cunning,' for when in good sooth has she formed her clay into finer women ?" Verily such gallantry as that ought to have assured the success of the Motley at the outset, and doubtless it would, had it not have been for an unlucky paragraph which occurs on the following page, and which we grieve that we must quote : '"Whether a journal like the present offering, and conducted according to promise be wanted in The District is to find answer in the return of our subscriptions. We rely with an honest, and a lively, and an abiding confi- dence upon the auspices and cheers of the Gentlemen of these counties. Our papers are inscribed to them. Haply aided by the magnet of a good type and the charms of a fair page, we may ' Win the stray glance of Lady passing by : but a miscellany unreservedly at their devotion is forever precise or everlast- ingly frivolous." Good-bye Motley after that. We fancy that few gentlemen of these ■counties who were ardent for Marriage and Peace, would venture to encourage J. M'Kown to publish a journal beginning in that strain. Nevertheless the luckless editor, seemingly unconscious of his fatal slip, closes his utterance with a stout heart, and in the following words: "Apprehensions, we know, are frequently the squalls of conscience ; and often when men foretell their own defeat their own incapacity is the prophet. These epigrams are true enough. But they have no sting for pure hearts and disciplined heads em- ployed in arraying a motley Mercury a V antique in conducting a journal of profit and pleasure on the elder rules of philosophy and letters." BOWDOLN PORTFOLIO, a monthly magazine of 24 pp. Svo., was published in 1839-'40 by a society of students in Bowdoin College. Edward P. TVeston (first mover in the concern), B. A. G. Fuller, J. B. L. Soule, Elijah Kellogg, and Geo. F. Magoun, were its editors. Published one yeai^ from the press of J. Griffin. 294 F '• ' PRESS OF MAINE. PEJEPSCOT JOI Rfl \l.. a weekly sheet, was published :it Brunswick in 1846, one year, edited bj MASONIC JOURNAL. 'Phis paper (monthly), a folio of eighl pages, was commenced at N<'U Sharon in May, 1854, bj Gr. W. Chase, under the name of Musical Advertiser. Alter two numbers were issued al this place it was removed to Brunswick. In about one year its name was ohanged to Musical and Masqpic Journal. In May, l s ">7. it was moved to Haverhill, Mass., and published until Jan., I860, when it was Bold to Rev. Cyril Pearl, and united with the Crystal and published at Portland, semi-monthly, under two titles. On one Bide, the name Crystal ; on the other, Masonic Journal. !!<■ con- tinued in this way until June, 1860, and then moved to Water- ville, Canada Eastland published the paper there, as well Portland. Brown Thurston printed it all the while. [1 to exist :itt«r I lea, I U'\": \ n OF I REEDOM. This was a scmi-monthl) published a1 Brunswick, commenced March, 1888, for the abolition of slavery, edited by the late Prof. Win. Smyth, !>.!>.. of Bowdoin College. It was continued al SUPPLEMENT. 195 Brunswick about one year, and then removed to Hallowell and placed under the editorship of Mr. Austin Willey; Prof. Smyth retiring. Mr. T. W. Newman (now of the New York Tribune office) the publisher has sent us the following extract from the prospectus, written by Prof. Smith, appealing to his christian brethren in Maine. " Mere dead orthodoxy will do no good either to ourselves or to the slave. The exigencies of the cause require practical abolitionism, faith manifested by works corresponding. It is time to awake out of sleep, and to show our attachment to the cause, not merely by profession, but by the sacrifices and efforts we are ready to make for its advancement." Mr. Newman adds the following testimony to the character of Prof. Smyth. " When publishing the Advocate I was a young man about twenty-one, I am now an old man of sixty-seven, yet the memory of my intercourse with that Christian gentleman and scholar remains as a light in a dark world, and his example as a beacon in the path to the better life." Tiie Battle Axe, a juvenile temperance paper, page 7 by 6, was printed in 1849 at Portland, by master B. F. Thorndike. The Nonpareil, of same size as the Battle Axe, was published at same place for a short time, by masters Cummings and Mitchell. These juvenile efforts have proved usually a good discipline to the pub- lishers. ECLECTIC. [Some account of this paper is given on pages 58 and 59 in connection with the Tran- script. The high rank that the Transcript has attained among the literary papers of the country has made it desirable to present here in detail the many changes of laborers and the hard work required to build up a paper in Maine so as to make it a success.] The Eclectic was commenced at Portland by Edwin Plummer, in October, 1850. For a short time a Mr. Eldridge was associated with Mr. Plummer in its publication. Charles P. llsley had an editorial connection with the paper during its whole career. After a little over two years of hard work, during which he placed the Eclectic upon a paying basis, Mr. Plummer was obliged by his failing health, to give up his connection with it, otherwise than as an occasional contributor. In Jan- uary, 1853, the Eclectic was purchased by Messrs. E. P. Weston and S. T. Pickard, and published under the firm of S. T. Pickard and Co. Mr. Weston, a graduate of Bowdoin, class of 1839, was at that time Principal of Gorham Seminary, and had for some years been known to the public as a contributor of prose and verse to the lead- ing periodicals of the country. But then as ever since the educational interests of the State and the country claimed the chief share of his attention. Mr. Pickard pre- tii i: r R k»s or m \ i N E viously had a brief experience as a publisher in Boston, baring been connected with the illustrated pa<>-- I • I rpel In \;,r:l.l ■ • . I i lie, then hating ■ rirculation of about WOO. united with the Portland Transcript which had about liOuO subsenbers. For ■ tunc all the propri- prietors of fa ed their connection with the Transcript. (See Watch- tower Mr. Gooldwai obliged by failing health to pi re up the labor and care of the office, and ins interest was purchased by his partners. He died [n 1850 I M - b, 1860, Mr. Weaton aold his interest to Mr. Charles W. Pickard. a te of Bowdoin College, claaa of 1837. (Kor further particulars hop page 59). Mr. dwell i^ i native of Port! ind, rec< ired hit education in the public schools of that city, learned the printer's trade in the office of the Duly American, published in Portland in 1842, became connected with the Transcript in 1848, and has had editorial • of it since that tune, an unbroken service of over twenty-live years. The Transcript, now in the thirty-eighth vcar ■ nee. has a weekly circulation of twenty-two thousand copies. THE ENQI [RER, published al Portland weekly, was the successor of the Riverside Eoho (pp. 63,69). The latter paper was purchased in March, l v T-J, bj 1 1. A. M< rlenney and Co. who continued it under the old name until January, 1 S T::. when they enlarged the Bheel to v pp., 20 X 14 and changed the name to Enquirer. As a paper it Beemed to be remarkably successful, having at the time of it- suspension (imi accounted for) in July, l s 7:i, it is »aid, u a bona JUL List of over 12,000 subscribers. The Rev. B. P. Snow, who was editori- ally connected with this paper, is aow one of the editors of the Christian .Minor. \n\ CRT1SER \M' STA I r The Portland Advertiser and the State have been united. The Advertiser remains under the same editorial management as heretofore. Mr. Stimaon, of the State, is now the busmen man- ager of the joint concern. TORE COl NTY. (Tj*The additions ami corrections to the Hfartor] of the Preaa in Fori Cooaty are given us bi I II Pierce of Saco, Feb. tQ, 1874 Mr Pierce for many yean on t ,. . ■. rest m the newspaper press, nol on)} n Maine, but In otbei parti land Hi baa i large collection of sample sheets of old publica ti ons. i:i I IGIOl 9 MAG \/lM' edited b) Eld. John Buiaell Vol. I. s cumbers, 288 Dpi Portland, Oct.1812; A. Shirlej ; K oontainingashort History of the Churoh of SUPPLEMENT. 297 Christ, gathered at New Durham, X. H., in the year 1780, and now spreading its various branches in almost every direction through the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, the District of Maine, and in many other parts of America." Vol. ii. of this Magazine, published 1820, '21 '22, contained an account of the united Churches of Christ, commonly called Free- will Baptist. Kennebunk ; James K. Remich. MAINE RECORDER. This was a weekly sheet, commenced at Limington, Apr. 1832 ; Moses A. Dow was publisher, and Gamaliel E. Smith, editor. The second volume is by Arthur M. Baker. Vol. iv. pub- lished in 1835, is by Charles Davis. It was a Whig organ ; continued until Dec. 31, 1835. NATIONAL REPLBLICAN, a Whig sheet, was commenced at Saco, Oct. 1832, by Dow and Marble. It continued into the second year. Henry P. Pratt, of the Limington Recorder, succeeded the first publishers. YANKEE FARMER, by S. W. Cole, semi-monthly, Cornish, 1835, was printed one year at the Recorder office, Limington ; afterward for several years at Portland, and then merged with the New England Far- mer at Boston, Mass. YORK COUNTY HKRALD, a Whig paper, was commenced March, 1838, by Stephen and Clement Webster. It was continued until Feb. 17, 1843. when it was discontinued, its printing materials having been sold to James M. Buzzell, with which he commenced in March, 1843, the MAINE FREEWILL BAPTIST REPOSITORY. This periodical was published at Saco about three years and then removed to Limerick, where it reached its eighth volume ; Eld. John Buzzell, assistant editor. VILLAGE REGISTER AND FARMER'S MISCELLANY. This paper, neutral in politics, was commenced in May, 1840, at Limerick, and published until the following September. It was then changed to the Eastern" Star and became a Harrison cam- paign paper. It was continued about six months. S. B. Eastman, publisher. 38 i • M \ i x . r . ill URRWICK REPI BLICAN, P. Hale. I bare seen No. 2, vol. u March -~. 1835. I' in August, 1835. [1 i w: published in Biddeford ' j Marcus W • ; C.HJ bur months; afterward a contributor. WASHINGTON] \N BANNER. published bj ( EX1 OSITOR. This waa r, published al Portland by Thomas Nichols and bro. in ">>. [t was a violent opponent of the "Maine Law." and aided much in tl>' Samuel Wells for < <"\ er- nor in L855. [n i 556 John M. Wood obtained the control >'t*it, and it I iice. ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. M \im: e\ \m;i:i i igious paper nnder the patroi the congregational de- nomination, was commenced and published, tir>t at Portland, and kvard al Lewiston, during the year 1856. Published weekly wiston ron and Dingley. Si» <>f the paper, 86 X 24. Editors, Rev.s .1. Drummond, I'. Balkam, ai ■ II ; \. i Ungley, jr.. office editor : Re^ . S. C. F< — < aden, edi- I correspondent and general agent. RISING SI X, a newspaper on a sheel '.i • 22, was commenced at Little River Village, Lisbon, .1 •■ ■ •. Plummer, proprietor, A. \\ . Hobbs, editor. The Sun was published under the patronas tip- Freewill Baptist Association. X". 'J", in our possession, is well printed bj I Irras, and is well filled with inter- tter. Ii was continued at Lisbon only one year; after- ward removed and published at Richmond tur abuui a 1. Si PT L V.M R NT. i BATES STUDENT, Published monthly at Lewiston ; edited by students. ONCE A WEEK, a literary periodical, Lewiston ; vol. i. commenced April 5, L873. Miss L. W. Sanford and Mrs. E. L. Gatchell, editors. It continued, wc believe, about a year. CLIPPER. This is a small weekly paper commenced in 1874, and pub- lished at Auburn. OXFORD COUNTY. REVIEW AND HERALD OP THZ SABBATH. The first volume of this periodical was published in 1850 at Paris, in monthly parts. In 1851 it was continued semi-monthly. The last number is dated Paris, Me. June 9, 1851. It was subse- quently published for short periods at Saratoga Springs; then at Rochester, N.Y., and afterward removed to Battle Creek, Mich., where it is still published and extensively circulated; two steam presses running upon this and the society's other publications, night and day. A paper preliminary to this, was issued for some months at Topsham in 1840 by Elder Jas. White, the present President of the Adventist Association. One number of the paper was printed at our office, under the title "A Word to the Little Flock." Its size 4 pp. 10 X 8- Its publication was continued at Topsham for a few months; its form afterward changed and pub- lished as above. Mr. William A. Wheeler, (see p. 304), then a little boy at Topsham, who has reminded us of the forego- ing omission, says, "The press on which this paper was printed was in the upper story of a carpenter's shop, immediately behind Mr. Larrabee's house, near my father's garden. I often went into the office to see them set type." SAGADAHOC COUNTY. JUVENILES. What Not. This is the title of a little paper of 4 pp. 6x5, published at Bowdoinham in 1859 and '60. No. 3, which lias been sent to us, is dated Oct. 1S59. It is edited and published by J. L. Brown, a trader. Though a very small paper, it deserves notice on account of its good moral tone. gOO THE PRESS 01 MAIN E. Tin: EAOU •reekrj at Bath in 184£ .-. The fii mce of being wholly a child's w vol. of 8 numb ■:-. bound, page 7 i>y .".. Bhows bo much Improvement, both in printing and editing, th mme he had thi with a better apparatus. At tl utbreak <>t" the rebellion, he entered the arm] .1- quartermaster, and al the end of the war was brevet He Is ii"V. d merchanl al Bangor. 'I'm I ki ELSioB, a juvenile ol 4 pp. 7 by •'>. published at Bath in 1848, by masters Line tin and Swift, was of Bame size and equally well printed as the above vol. n.. an 1 quite as n II edited; but it >• intinued only a Bhort time. LEISURE lli>l RS, a monthly of 10 pp. o mmence 1 Jan. 1874, published al the Times oilier, Bath. LINCOLN COUNTY. MONTHLY Ml commenced al Waldoboro', Jan., 1873, at one dollar a year ; a quarto of eighl pages, 15 x 11. We have seen the fourth (April) number, which contains, with other interesting matter, seventy-five names of the first settlers of the town — all Germans. Scarcely a single name exists to-day as it was pronounced and written in 1762, As an instance of gradual changes, we have in the name Sidsnsberger — fit s •/• /•, and thei An interesting sketch of the history of the first settlement is given. KNOX COUNTY. [DEN HERALD. Mi W II Twombrj (now editor and proprietor of the Banner, W N ' ■ following the firat ihui of the • of until I pi ice. The Camden Herald originated in January, 1869, Wm. 11. B ry, a printer from Winthrop, being its firel publisher. It was a small sheet, five columns to a i up entirely in nonpareil type. ' >n the first of the nexl September the office w as purchased l»\ \V. II. Twomblj ud 1». L Crandall, both printers from Mas- SUPPLEMENT. 301 sachusetts, who enlarged the paper by adding two columns to a page, and setting the reading in larger type. On the first of March, 1870, Mr. Twombly purchased his partner's interest, and has since been sole proprietor and editor. During the first year the circulation of the Herald was about 600. Under the present management it has reached 1200, and is growing. It aims to be as local in character as possible, with no political bias. The size of the paper is 86 X 24. The editor (Mr. Twombly) is a native of Dover, N". H., but learned the art of printing in the city of New York, where he resided some twenty years, filling various situations at the case, in the reportorial corps, and in the editorial room. He after- awards removed to Boston, where he was manager of a newspaper for a year or two. A lodge of Good Templars, recently instituted in Camden with seventy members, has been named in his honor, he being an active advocate of temperance. [J. W. Perry is the present editor — 1873-74.] KNOX COUNTY JOURNAL, a monthly, 12 X 10, published at Rockland by L. M. Robbins. PENOBSCOT COUNTY. NORTHER V BORDER. This weekly paper was commenced in Bangor, Jan., 1873. It is conducted by an association of citizens, with Rev. Dr. B. F. Tefft as editor-in-chief, and Oscar F. Knowles as printer.* " The object is (says its editor) to w T ork for home interests, for the de- velopment of our resources, for the advancement of this portion of our country; by encouraging, advocating, and befriending every enterprise that has this great object in view." In October, 1873, Mr. V. Darling became associated with Dr. Tefft in the management of this paper. THE CRUCIBLE. This is the title of a neat little paper issued by the students of the Maine Htate College, Orono. J. M. Oak, G. H. Hamlin, and C. E. Reed are the editors. * Now printed by the Border Publishing Company, office on Main street. Til I. PI ESS OF MAIN E THE STAR. Thia paper la named in the li«t • f the Portland In "tir fir . the Portland Alumni of Bowdoln College, at tln-ir Annual 1 1 l'.i //in. John. Hi. .'i I; ik for (he use ol st denomination. K" niii Randall, Founder «'i" the Freewill Baptisl order. I * ' i . \ i : iv . I: - thor of the Prudj books. < I MMIM. I I C. Birth and Baptism. Discourses of First Principles. Il'im". Portland, '73. i i . Edward II. An Address delivered Mar. l">. 1870, before the Sons and Da i [ass., "ii the cel< oration • ■! the fiftieth am i the admission "i Maine into the Union. I'l 981 s di -.. S imui I ' . B Speeches, S mons. and Addresses; published by Win. P. Tomlinson, \. Y.\ 267pp. I II \MI IN. \ The Tourmal em; it- complex nature; Its wonder- ful |ih\~i>-.ii properties, etc, with -|»-.i.i uitiful and matchless Sd Uoston; James R. O pp. l2mo. inville Pi p. l2mo. Sah i publish e d. l.;.;.. fax J. I SUPPLEMENT. 303 IIill, Thomas. " The Life is more than meat." — A Sermon preached in First Parish, Portland, on occasion of the death of Prof. Agassiz. Portland, 1874. Holmes, John. Oration delivered at Alfred, July, 4, 1809. Kennebunk, Jas. K. Eemich. Johnston, John. History of Bristol and Bremen, including Pemaquid settlement; 524 pp. Svo. Portraits and engravings. Mason, Javan K. A Completed Life, — A Discourse, in Memoriam of Bev. Richard Woodhull, preached at Thomaston, Nov. 27, 1873. 15 pp. Svo. Rockland, Vose and Porter. Owen. Moses. Plymouth Church and other Poems; pub. by W. S. Jones, Portland; 112 pp. Svo. Packard, Alpheus S., sen. Discourse on the Life and Character of Thomas C. Upham, D.D., delivered at Brunswick, Apr. 4, 1S72. 24 pp. Svo. J. Griffin. Address at the Centennial Anniversary of the Congregational Church in Wiscasset, Aug. 1873 ; Svo. Wiscasset, Joseph Wood. Memorial Address at the interment of Dr. James McKeen, Dec. 2, 1873. Riddell, William. Two Sermons, preached to his people in Bristol, were published by Russell and Hoskins, Wiscassett, 1800. Sewall, Capt. Henry, (Augusta) of the Army of the Revolution, Diary of, 1776 to 'S3; published from the original manuscript, by Dawson, Morrisiana, 1ST. Y., in Histor. Mag., Aug. 1871. Smith, Gamaliel E. Journal of the Convention of Delegates, assembled at Brunswick in 1816, on the question of the Separation of Maine from Massasachusetts. Smith, Saba. Downing Gazette, periodical, Portland in 1835. New Elements of Geometry; Svo. N. Y., 1850. My Thirty Years out of the Senate by Maj. Jack Downing; 12mo. N. Y, 1859. Way Down East; or Portraitures of Yankee Life; 12mo. Phil. 1866. Beside the works here and elsewhere named, Mr. and Mrs. Seba Smith have written much for Magazines. Smith, Mis. E. Oakes. Old New York, or Democracy in 16S9 ; a Tragedy. Stetson, Charles B. (formerly Supervisor of Schools in Androscoggin county). Technical Education. A Plea I'm- Special Instruction in the common schools adapted to lit pupils for the trades and arts they design to follow in after life. 8Q4 'III B PRESS 01 MAI x - E hiMren. Tin i:-i"V Stephen. II • rfcal Address, at the Centennial Annivi •• organization of ti il Church, Bluehill, Dec. 31, 1873, with a - S S S 1-7 1. The Ibung People's Bisl »rj of Maine, from it- earliest discovery I fund settlement of it- 1> lundaries in 1842. Adapted i""r us LUustral d. Portland, Dresser, McLellan and Co. 1878. ', B >wd. Coll.) Orographic G the origin and Structure of Mount l:;*> pp., Lee and Sh M ini i! i »r R dlroa 1 En i.]... and on • vol. plat - : I. s and Shepard, Bosl n, 1878. - ii.l edition now in pi W \i dobobo'. 1 Qtennial Celebration of the [ncorporation of, July 4. 1^1.). edited by ss. Including Sermon by Rev. A. J. McL ''ration by Col. A. W. Bradbun ; 52 i>[>. 12m ■. Bangor, Benja A. Rurr. Weston, Edward 1'. Strength by S .Chicago, 111. Win BLEB, William A.. \ • S rintendent o ', Library J we lncl claimed as a • of M line, bul b II father, Rev. Dr. \.1> \\ b when William wma in wdoin Colli : "ii rarioui •■ 1 1 tion irj in pcrfe ting the copj for I work was carefully revised b) him. The Pron ibularj of S tare • red bj him ; and « Inch I itOr of I lu r.l and with Antiquirian and Philol H ! tionuy, it is .mil bted i" fa Wiiii m \ n. \. < ... and Ki i m . .i. w . Nbl v D hundred Mini i use In the Engl isli High School, Boston, 1871. 160pp. ISmo. i rim- a new India to ntnt, >nd nlm to cuiy oilu-r uwttn to the additional »ig- natur* at th» CATALOGUE OUR EDITORS AND AUTHORS; A Complete Index to the History of the Press of Maine. niT In this Catalogue we have inserted the names of native authors whose writings have been published in other States, designating them by this sign (§). Those names to which this mark (f) is attached, we copy from the Historical Maga- zine, where they are inserted as authors, natives of Maine. We are unable to find any books ascribed to them, and the supposition is that their writings are limited chiefly to public journals, or the volumes of the Historical So- ciety's Collections. In our newspaper record, where no editor is named, it is taken for granted that the publisher is, or was, the editor. Abbott, Charles N. t Allen, E. C. '99 Abbott, Ezra f Allen, Elizabeth Akers 270 Abbott, Gorham D. 233 Allen, Stephen 234 Abbott, Jacob 233 Allen, William 224 249 Abbott, John S. C. 233 Allen, William 182, 234 270 Abbott, John 164, 173 ,206 Anderson, M. B. t Abbott, J. G. 83 Anderson, Rufus t Abbott, N. 163 Appleton, Jesse 223 249 Adams, Aaron C. 249 Appleton, John 229 249 Adams, C. L. 69 Appleton, Martha W. Hyd< 249 Adams, Charles S. 234 Atwood, G. M. 101 Adams, Eliashib 234 Avery, W. L. 162 Adams, George E. 234 Adams, Isaac 36 Badger, W. S. 97 Adams, J. M. (Ed. Argus) 51 Bailey, D. P. jr. 70 Adams, John C. 249 Bailey, G. A. 57 Adams, Solomon 249 Bailey, Jacob 234 Adams, Thomas 234 Bailey, Jeremiah 249 Alden, S. 117 Bailey, Winthrop 249 39 802 Til 1. PR ES S OF M A i m: . H iUX. p lOE. M'll. »..» . !!. K. 91, - Blake, W. A. Baker, Joseph 95 Blood, Mi-hill K. JO, ^7 B urdman, 8. J.. 179 Baker, J. 8. . w . W. Baker, W. M. 204 . B, P. 113 Balch, J. <). 158 Bosworth, Rer. Dr. Ballon, 98 ton, Nathaniel do, Uriah 249 .: ae, \'Aw . 1 . Ballard, Edward 234 Boutelle, C. \. 134 ■ Minutes ■J -.n nrdoin College f Cumberland 234 Boynton, John Barker, instead of Backer 102 Brackett, ( . P. Barker, Noah f 165 Barnes, Phinehas 39, 132 Bradbury, Charles Bartlett, A. Kid Bradbury, J. W. Bartlett, Joseph 250 Bradbury, Lucius 161 Bartlett, Jos. ll-J Bradburj . < Isgood t Bartlett, J. W. i:;i Bradford, Alden 260 Bartlett, M. B. 119 Bradley, Caleb Bartlett, Thomas, jr. 135, 111 Bray, Oliver Barttett, Wm. 210 Bridgi . E. 1 . Bartlett, William S. B i, M iss Ann K. 171 Bartol, Cj rus A. 250 Brooks, l'.ra-tus 109 Bartol, Geo. ML t imes Bartol, M;in 221, 250 ... A. ( . 111 Barton, \ i 119, 120 Brook, 102 B mow >. Wm. 0. 84 BroM p.. A. 1.. rao B . Geo. 98 Brown, Charles p. + 1 1 inlet 1 19, 167 Brown, C. W. 119 . James 184 i, Prands 261 . kiah 250 .. 1 .. w . 1 II Beard, I. A. 84 Brown, John ML B; i». 220, Brown, J. B. 64 Beckwith, G 1 250 Brown, L B. Benson, Samuel P. Brown. T. 11. 129 Bent, John 149, 150, 1 5 ; Buck, Si 219 ■_' J 1 SI, 61, 11.' Muck, Reuben 261 Bicknell, Geo. W Burrage, U.S. Ed. Ziou N Ail\o. Bigelow, Wm. 168 Burr, B. \ ; 13, 1 II HI tokman, ' 154 Burr, Win. 880 Blaine, J. G in. 96, - Burr. W. P. 118 Bl ike, Joi Burgess, Bishop 5 N D E X. 303 PAGE. 'AGE. Burgess, G. W. 165 Clark, Elisha 167 171 Burleigh, John 104 Clay, J. A. 101 Burns, James 102 Cleaveland, Parker 225 251 Burton, James 88, 92 Close & Osborne 147 Burton, J. jr. 129, 130 Coan, L. S. 236 Butler, J. E. 126 Cobb, C. 169 Butler, John J. f Cobb, Emma ]). f Buzzell and Burbank 280 Cochranism 251 Buzzell, J. M. 127, 278 Coffin, John H. C. f Coffin, Paul 251 Cady & Smith 123 Coffin, 54 Call, Samuel 129 Coggan, M. 283 Caldwell, R. B. 102 103, 192 Cogswell, Jonathan 2-51 252 Came, C. G. 41 Cole, Albert 221 Cary, Theo. 211 Cole, J. G. 120 Carruthers, John J. 251 Cole, S. W. 59 Carpenter, E. G. 251 Colby, G. H. 189 Carter, Henry 39 Colesworthy, D. C. 57, 61,62,66 252 Carter, J. S. 129, 136 Colesworthy, S. H. 67, 219 252 Carter, Mrs. M. P. 135 Colman's Miscellany 252 Carter, N. 37 Colman, Mrs. Samuel t Carter, S. R. 122 Condit, Jonathan B. 252 Case, E. 40 Condon, J. & W. 125 Chamberlain, Haines, & Plummer 167 Condon, W. J. 96 Champlin, J. T. 235 Convention, Maine 252 Chase, B. C. 251 Coombs, H. P. 192 Chase, G. W. 206 Copeland, T. J. 180, 181 182 Chase, G. W. 84 Corthell & Swan 193 Chase, G. M. 149 Cothren, William f Chase, H. 89, 91 Couliard & Hilton 115 Chapman, G. 123 Cowan, L. O. 126 Chapin, H. B. 251 Cox, Gershom F. f Chandler, A. V. 95 Craig, H. K. t Chandler, Peleg W. § Cram, Marshall 236 Chaney, W. H. 115 Crandall, P. 89 Cheever, Geo. B. 235,570 Cressey, Noah 252 Cheever, Henry T. 251 Crosby, W. G. 158 164 Cheever, N. 88, 90 Crowell, J. 109 Chickering, J. W. 235, 251 Cummings, Asa 65, 236 252 Cilley, Jonathan 191 Cummings, E. C. 296 Clapp, W. W. 113 Currier, A. C. 90 Clark, Bishop W. t Curtis, Geo. jr. 212 T II E I' RESS 01 MAINE. PAGE. Curt is. Laura t Dunlap, John M Curtis. Tip [36 l)ur. . 1 .. 1 . . Curt i - 1 18 _iit. Edward S. 253 Cutter, E. P. ■svi .lit. William T. r, Win. 57 . P. 29| Cashing, P. 1). F. S. Philip Cushman, David f ii Cyrus 231, 236 Cu-hinan. Joshua . i, Russell tnuel Dana. 8. B. Eaton Thos. 167 D.i\ ies, Charles S 87, S Edes, Geo. V. 179 201 1 >a\N, A. 15. 119 Edes, Peter 87 L28 . A. 11. 199 Edwards, John 132 Davis, A. II. s. t . Jonathan ilvin , .".I Ellis, Thomas L. 253 Day, .1. <>. ElHot, .'.I. 1 teane, Charles t EUingwood, John W. 1 teane, John (J. Elvin, Richard - Deane, Samuel ; !T ElwelL K. 11. 56 1 leauc. Win. 87 Emerson, (>. B. .. John Ward 270, 271 Emerson, John 1>. Nathaniel Emerson, Samuel 1 lickerson, .1. < <. 160 l'.incr\ . C. A. P. 185 Dickman, James 95, 127 Emery, (;. F, 121 Samuel F. Emery, J. W. 147, 1 is 1 limock, li. P. 182 Em in- 137, 146 1 )insmore, 8. 1'. lis, W. A. 119 I)iiiu r l<'.v. Prank 1 , 205, 2 Everett, Eben< Dingle} . Nelson, jr. 205, 208 Donnell, .1. 0. ■JIT. 5 Fairfield, John 1 inn-, John B 1 108, 161 field, Jotham 1 )ii\k aing, 1. C. 188 Pairfield, 8. L 1 >i.w ns, ( i. 1 '. Parrar, A. J. Dow,»F. S. 70 Felch, LN, 162 Drew, Wm. \. 100, . Fess( n.hn. Bamuel C. w. i it. ; l'.il. i>!" 1 ,\ 1 >i ink T. Fisher, Jonathan 1 )i unimoni. J 204, Fiek, Allen 2 J i Drummond l. t Fiske, John 0. Dunn, W. \ tmund t Dunnell, M. B 119 Fleno 219, INDEX. 305 PAGE. PAGE Fletcher, E. B. 220 , 254 Gilman, S. K. 88,91 Fletcher, Nathaniel H. 237 Gilman, Tristram 255 Fly, Lizzie 85 Gilman, W. S. 210 Fogg, James 192 Glazier, William B. 231, 255 Folsom, B. 147 Glidden & Rowell 213 Folsom, George 237 Goddard, Henry 255 Forley, W. J. 192 Godfrey, J. E. 128, 139 , 237, 255, 280 Foster, John f Goodale, Ephraim 230, 255 Foster, N. A. 58, 63 , 282 Goodale, Ezekiel 88, 90, 229, 255 Fowler, S. 156 Goodale, G. L. 83 French, E. B. 174 Goodale S. L. 238 French, William 219 ,254 Goodwin, Daniel R. 238 Freeman, Charles 237 Goodenow, W. E. 118, 120 Freeman, Rev. Charles 237 Gould, E. E. 59 Freeman, Samuel 237 Gould, J. M. 221, 255 Freeman, William 280 Gould, W. D. 182, 186 Frith, J. B. 109 Granger, C. H. 126 Frost, Charles 254 Grant, R. 114, 116 Frost, J. W. 135 Greeley, Allen 255 Frye, VV. G. 192 Greenleaf, Jonathan 238, 255 Fuller, M. W. 96 Greenleaf, Moses 238 Fuller, T. J. D. 149 Greenleaf, Simon 238 Furbish, James 55 Greene, Roscoe G. 238 Furbush, 155 156 Griffin, Benja. Griffin, Joseph 160 52, 71 — 82 Gage, G. M. 69 200 Gross, J. P. Ed. Jour. ] Education. Gale, Wakefield 254 Groton, Nathaniel 238 Gallison, 145 Gammon, C. G. 41 Hacker, Jeremiah 59 Garcelon, Alonzo 203 Hackelton, Mrs. Maria 238 Garland, David 254 Haines, R. R. 168, 282 Gardiner, C. 98 Haines, Z. T. 41 Gardiner, F. f Hall, J. B. 63, 209, 212, 282 Gardiner, R. H. 237 Hall, Samuel 113, 117 Gatchell, Mrs. E. S. 99 Hale, David 86 George, Daniel 36, 50, 281 Hale, J. M. 117 George, N. D. f Hamlin, A. C. f Giles, Chas. 162 Hamlin, Charles E. 238, 271 Gillett, Eliphalet 254 Hamlin, Cyrus 22, 232 Gilman, Chas. 131, 135, 136 Hamlin, Hannibal 57, 120 Oilman, Edward W. 255 Hanscom, A. A. 125 Gilman, J. T. 63, 171, 282 Hanson, J. H. 271 306 l It l. PRESS "I MAINE. :i. .1. W. muel II tley.J.T. BaskelL Edw. !. Willabe igs, Win. iy, C. F. Bathawaj . < ■• ,W. . 1 1 II es, A. If. Haj De8, 1). C. lla\ Ql Baynes, Nathaniel Bay, J. B. 1 1 i\ wood, John Beath, A. M. C. II. •':. II. M. Beath, Solyman, k, Anson .. \. < i. Berrick, Jedediah II . John B. Hill. .1 Billiard, 0. 8 Bobbs and Burr Bodsdon, John Ion, John Bolden, Charles Bolland, A. Bolmea, Ezekiel Soman, Joa. A. Bopkina, Jamei I ». Bopkins, Louisa 1'. Bopkina, M. R. Bopkina, J. I'- ll '.II is, I . II. Boskins, II. B, Boyt, Edmund S. 1 1 ton, J. T. Bubbard, J> PAOX. PAGE. 98, . Haley, ('hark- P. 281, 255, 270 :>h H. t 167 I\t>. A. I'.. •"<7 11 Jackson, John 152 70 .Teaks William 2 1, 251 103, 104 A. 106 ihina, Chai - . • Jenia, W. 11. M 280, 25fi Jewell, 11. W. 101 113 Jew.- . V (.. 217, 256 Johnson, W. T. 3 131, 137 1 bnaon, Samuel 130 Johnson, Edwin 163 onson, Alfred 168 Johnston, John 101, 102 Johnson. B. C. 283 Jones, Elijah 162, Jordan, J. H. 115, 117 Hi:i Jordan, II. M. . 91 Judd, Syh _ •. 240 239 - th It. 257 Kellogg, Elijah 240, Kellogg, Elijah, jr. 240 Kent, Edward li". i Kendall, Henry 240 82, 131, 149 K Idder, Frederic 240 51, 57 Kimball, 11. K. 162 11 1 Kimball, G. A. 168 97, 100, : King, Boratio •".7. 1 19, 120 97 King, William 25" King, Rufus + bury, 1!. 220, 257 L89 Knight, Enoch B5, 277 38 Knowlea, Abner 191 101 Ladd, William 240 277 1 .an DUI Lancey, B. H. t . I . 208 w . INDEX. 307 Lapham, W. B. (Me. Farmer) Larrabee, Wm. G. f Lawson, J. W. 101 Lee, Thomas J. 230, 258 Lincoln, Enoch 240 Lincoln, R. G. 89 Lincoln, R. W. 41 Lincoln, Jas. M. 172, 175 Little, 63 Little, Daniel 258 Little, Geo. B. 258 Littlefield & Hill 185 Locke, John L. 240 Longfellow, Henry W. 225, 258 Longfellow, Stephen 258 Longfellow, Stephen, jr. 258 Loomis, Harvey 258 Loomis, J. R. 241 Lord, Chas. A. 65 Lord, Nathan f Lord, Thos. N. 258 Loring, Amasa 240 Loring, Levi 258 Lovejoy, Joseph C. 90, 258 Low, L. N. 53 Lowell, Chas. 114, 117 Lowell, J. A. 149 Ludwig, M. R. 241 Lynde, J. H. 94, 133 Lynde, J. S. 190 Macomber, F. A. 85 McDonald, Wm. | McLellan, C. H. P. 57 McFarland, G. W. 202 McKown, J. 51 McKenney, H. A. 70 McKenzie, Alexander 259 McKeen, John 241 McKeen, Joseph, sen. 241 McKeen, Silas 259 McLellan, Isaac t Magoun, Geo. F. 258, 280 Maine Law on Temperance 258 Maine Missionary Society Maltby, John Mann, A. A. Mansur, R. M. Mandell, D. J. Manly, Marchant, Gamaliel Marden, Geo. N. Martin, Mrs. C. B. 22 Mason, William Mason, Javan K. Mathews, Wm. Max ham, E. Maxwell and Beck May, J. W. May, Hezekiah Meigs, A. S. Mead, Asa Meder, B. H. Mellen, Grenville Mellen, G. L. Merchant, Matthew Merrill, Daniel Merrill, Josiah G. Merrill, S. H. Messenger, Rosewell Messinger, F. C. Mighels, J. W. Miller, J. W. Millet, G. W. Millet, Joshua Miltimore, Wm. Mitchell, Ammi R. Mitchell, David M. Mitchell, S. B. Moore, Albert Moore, G. B. Moore, Ben Moore and Wells Moore, H. D. Moody, C. P. Moody, W. K. Morgan, Jonathan Morris, E. S. PAGE. 259 259 186 99, 200 259 97 132 259 , 241, 259 259 259 101, 105 106 125 90 259 134 259 168 259 121 221, 260 241 260 241 260 195 57 56 119, 120 241 260 241 260 147 188 160 188 83 260 260 186, 207 219, 260 220, 260 I'll E P RESS <» I- M \ Men-..;. II. K. 102 M mil. John M e, £ Iw. S. f \. Moulton, A. 1 . Ifowi , G S. Mower, Sarah S. 231, ly, John - up, Charles t March, L. 11. 165 \ ! .. C. EL N , B ilien I'll Neal, John 55, 242, 281 Newman, Gi •. EL 10, 91, 17:; Newman, Samuel 1'. 225, 260 Newman, T. U . 89, 90, 91, IT:; Nichols, A. It. i in Nichols, A. I>. 192 Nichols, [chahod L'lT. 260 Nichols, .1. I. ;i Usher + Parkhust, •'. L 84 i •• tt, J. 1.. Ins Payson, Edward, Pearl. Cyril 217, 261 Pi k, \. D. . [01 iah 261 Perley, Jeremiah Perry, E. A. 134 Perry, J. W. 295 Phillips, A. ( . 199 Pickard, C. W. Pickard, .1. 1 . Pickard. S. I . Pidgin, William Pii ' *iah 244, 261 Pike. » 152 . I laniel 129 Pike. I). T. 111. 1 IT Pike, .1. 8. 16] Pike. Mrs. M. II. 1 1 v Pike. Richard + P M 1. Richard (Atherton) t Pillsbury and Bui 165 Pillsbury, r r. Pillsburj and S; . Edward EC * INDEX. 309 PAGE. PAGE. Plummer, Edwin 59, 119 Rand, John 36 Plummer, P. W. 221, 261 Rasle, (or Rale) Sebastian 244 Plummer, W. A. 210 Ray, Isaac 218 244, 263 Plummer, W. C. 193 Redington, Asa 230, 263 Plumer, S. L. 102 Reed and Cole 126 Pomroy, S. L. 232, 244, 261 Reed, Mrs. D. 219, 263 Pond, Enoch 217 232, 261, 262 Remick, Daniel 124 Pond, Preston 262 Remick, J. K. 279 Poor, Henry V. 262 Remick, J. L. 124 Poor, J. A. 62, 244, 262 Rice, R. D. 39, 91, 96 Poor, John H. 244 Rich, F. G. 70 Portland Sketch Book 262 Rich, J. G. 123 Porter, J. B. 195 Rip, William Ingraham 271 Popham Colony 262 Ripley, E. W. 263 Pratt, H. P. 149, 182 Robbins, R. 0. 145 Prentice, Geo. L. f Roberts, C. P. 142 Prentice, Thomas 263 Roberts, E. 171 Prentiss, Sargent S. 244 Robinson, Geo. 96,97 Preble, Geo. H. 262, 263 Robinson, Daniel 230, 263 Preble, Edward 244 Robinson, H. S. 87, 273 Preble, Wm. P. 244 Robinson, S. W. 88 Prescott, L. N. 198 Rogers, W. E. P. 132, 135 Prime, D. H. 163 Rogers, O. W. 283 Prince, H., jr. 192 Ross, Geo. 168 Prince, N. 121 Rowe, J. S. 134 Purinton, J. N. 54 Rowe, C. 160 Purinton, W. H. 54 Rowell, Isaac 101 Putnam and Blake 124 Rowell, E. 89 Putnam, Catharine H. 76 Rowland, L. P. 263 Putnam, Geo. A. 263 Ruggles, J. 191 Putnam, Henry 244 Russell, Edward f Putnam, S. 218, 263 Russell, Elijah 118 Putnam, S. M. 221, 263 Russell, J. N. 276 Putnam, W. L. 171 Rust, W. M. 164 Omitted in place. Parkinson, Joseph G. § no Sabine, E. R. t Parkinson, Robert H. § Sabine, Lorenzo f Parkinson, Royal § Sampson, Chas. 85 Sanborn, D. 142 Quinby, George W. 98, 219, 263 Savage, 37 Quincy, 148 Sawyer, J. E. C. 63,70 Ramsey, J. J. 172 Sawyer, N. K. 115 Rand, Asa 38, 244, 263 1 Sayward, J. S. 9c , 132, 135 40 wo THE PR1 - - 01 MAINE. PAGE. Seammon, W. F. :. Joseph 264 Seabury, Edwin •_'»;» Smith. John Seai er, Edward BU Smith, Seba •■- 1, 24 Sc\ eranoe, Luther Smith, Ti. ill, Daniel Smith, Thomas I . 245 Sew, ill, David t Smith. William 1'.. Bewail, Jotbam I'll. 264 Smith. \V. K. Bewail, Jotbam B. 245, 864 Smith. X. A. n<;. 186 Bewail, Jnlm S. 264 Bmyth, E ('. 245, 270 Bewail, Joseph 243 Smyth, William -_ Sew all, Rufns Ivin^ 246 Snow, i;. (;. _ Bewail, Stephen 278 Bnow, W. It. 151, I"-:} Bewail, Samuel 264 Some-. 1 >. ]'.. 126 Bewail, Wm. B. . 38 Souther. Samuel 246, L'TL' Shaw, Albert 192 Southgate, Horatio t Shaw, ('. A. 1 •_'■-. Southgate, Wm. S. f Shaw, Fred E. 173 Soutbworth, Aianson Shaw. (i. K. 1 22 Soule. ('has. 218 Shaw, J. It. 195 Bparhawk, Thomas s. 265 Sheldon, Parker 100 Spaulding, < '. Bheldon, Pres. Sprague, Aiden '.».-, Bhepard, < h 264, 245 Sprague, A. and I'.. 199 Bhep ird, John 11. 264 Sprague, (has. a. Bhepley, David 245 Sprague, Edwin 191 Sheplej , John 280, 564 Sprague,J. 1 . 198 Shirley, Arthur 37, 55 Sprague, Wm. 246 Shirley, B. 11. 101 Btackpole, ('. A. 70 Shirley, J. 37 Stackpole, James, jr. 104 Bhorey, 11. A. 86, ITT. 178 Stanwood, 11. \. 64 Bias, Solomon 264 Starrett, 1 (avid 281, Bibley, John L. 246 Btarrett, 1». J. 192 Bimpson, W. II. :m. 160, 282 Stearns. Ashael Simpson, \\ , ft. 158 , O. 8. t Bimpson, W. W , 160, 282 Btebbins, Horatio I'll.-. Bleeper, W. J. 21 I Stephenson. 1'. 265 Smart, 1.. K. \'2'< , 164, 195, -J"T Stephens, Ann s. Smith, A. J. 123 Ste\ . |, \|' I. \nile 246 Smith, 1 »aiiiel 1 >. 219, 264 i us. Benjamin •J 1. . Smith, Mrs. Elisabeth 0. ■'>:. :i I lis. J. l.. Smith. P. O. .1. 1". Stevens, Wm. l 1 11 Smith, Oilman ,n, i'. B. 208 Smith, Hem \ B 264 Stetson and Joi 206 Smith. .1 A Stiekney, D. 210, 212 i.NDEX. 311 PAGE. ■ PAGE Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher 246 True, N. S. 247 Stone, A. P. 69 True, N. T. 98, 123 Stone, Thomas T. 246, 26,3 Tucker, Samuel 247 Storer, D. H. f Tucker, William P. 226, 267 Storer, H. G. f Turner, Chas. 267 Strackey, William 246 Twombiy, W. H. 191,294 Streeter, Russell 66 Tyler, Bennett 267 Strout, Mrs. C. W. D. 222, 266 Tyler, C. C. 147 Strout, S. A. 70 Tyng, William 247 Sullivan, James 246 Sullivan, Wm. f Upham, Thomas C. 227, 267 Swallow, G. C. § Upham, Mrs. Thos. C. 247 Sweetser, Samuel 218, 266 Upton, Horace 132 Sweetser, Seth 266 Upton, Elijah 168, 177 Swift, J. S. 167 178, 196 Upton, Samuel 132, 161 Swift, Miss Maggie 246 Symmes, Thomas 246 Vaill, Joseph 267 Symonds, Wm. L. f Valentine, Elliot 247 Vance, J. P. 53 Talbot, George F. 156, 246 Varney, Geo. J. 296 Talcott, D. Smith 246, 266, 270 Vaughan, Benjamin 231, 268 Tappan, A. C. 52, 109 Vinton, John A. 247, 268 Tappan, Benjamin, sen. 246 Virgin, Wm. Wirt 222, 230, 268 Tappan, Benjamin 266 Vose, G. L. 296 Teft, Benjamin F. 266 Vose, Z. P. 192, 194 Tenney, A. G. 85, 170 Thacher, Stephen 266 Wait, Thos. B. 33, 87, 281 Thatcher, B. B. 131, 246 Walker, Asa 134 Thatcher, Geo. 35 Walker, Geo. Leon 268 Thayer, A. W. 52, 54 Walker, Joseph 268 Thomas, J. L. 62 Walker, John B. R. 268 Thornton, J. Wingate 246 Wallace, Findley 268 Thurston, Brown 55 Waldron, W. H." 63, 84, 203, 297 Thurston, David 246 Ware Ashur f Thurston, David, sen. 266 Ward. Jonathan 268 Thurston, Eli 266 Ward, Samuel D. 268 Thurston, Mrs. Jane P. 266 Warren, Geo. W. 85, 278 Thurston, Richard B. 267 Warren, Wm. 208, 222, 268 Thurston Stephen 267 Ware, Joseph A. Thwing, Edward P. 267 Washburn, J. C. 151 Titcomb, Benjamin 34 Washburn, 116 Torrey, J. G. and Simpson 166 Wasson and Moor 116 Tour of Lafayette 247 Waters, D. J. 112 312 THE PRESS "l MAINE Wat) . ! . P. W toon, ('. M. . M U'r. rhou •.].!■. Webb, Edwin B. R ks, Win. 134, Welch, A. 1". Mini II. 230, 347, Wtils. Mrs. Wells, Geo. W. Wills, Walter Wellcome L ('. and Good, C. u jton, W • >n, 1'.. P. 5130, 347, 288, Weston, Geo. M. W< iton, Isaac w iton, J. P. i. Jonathan D. W 'i, Nathan W • iton, s. I{. W . Crosby II. Wheeler, Geo. \. W r. Wm. A. > Wheeler, Wm. 11. 34, Whetmore, B. P. Whipple, Joshua Whipple, Joseph l-2'.i, Whitman, Bzekiel Whitman. JasOO 219, "Whitman. Joseph Whitman, W. I'.. S. ami True, ('. II. 101, Whitaker, G. If. Whitaker, Nathaniel Whiting, II. I.. White, 0. W. White, i: Whit.', William Wilder, II. Willard, Joseph f 11 122 138 278 292 288 247 241 .Y.i l't: 96 101 247 LM7 101 - I 278 133 ill 248 248 248 269 247 289 289 169 198 247 283 Willi.. Nathaniel Willis, N. P. § Willis, R. S. \ Willi,. Sua P. (Fanny Willis. William Williams. Bfosefl II. Williams, M. 1'. Williams N. W. Williams, Thomas Wflley.A. Willev, Benjamin G. Williamson, Joseph William,. in. Wm. D. Winship, Josiah Wines, Ahijah Win-. 11. L. Win-. 1». K. Windsor. John II. Window, 1 ». Wise, Jeremiah WisweU, A. I'. Witt. Thus. Withered. J. P. Wood. Mrs. f w i. Joseph Woodman, ( , I . Woodman. C\ rus Woodman. Jabei 11. Woods, I.< onard Worth. Edward Wortman, Wright, N. Wyman, Ass S. pack. Fern) 273 348 389 193 90 158, 161, 348 381, -i 89, 168 106 .-.i 119 14fi 109 40 ■J in 238, 389 348 198 .;: 184 \ .1. M. 166 P. 101 1 .. P. •Jls. 389 \ ing, M I M .. l ! d. l tstern Times, Bath IT I INDEX TO THE HISTORY OF THE PERIODICALS OF MAINE. tD 3 Living periodicals are designated by (L). ICP Signature 37 it is necessary to prepare and print stibsequenily to the printing of this Index ; for this reason, the articles which we shall insert between the pages 284 and 293 will be referred to by the sign, sig. 37, placed after the name. Advent Review sig. 37 Age 95 American 62, 113 American Advocate 88 American Citizen 195 American Miscellany 187 American Sentinel (L) 174 Androscoggin Free Press 83 Annals of the Times 124 Argus Revived 61 Aroostook Democrat 210 Aroostook Herald 212 Aroostook Pioneer (L) 209 Aroostook Times (L) 211 Athenamm 69 Augusta Courier 97 Augusta Patriot 92 Bangor Courier 132 Bangor Daily Commercial (L) 145 Bangor Daily Evening Times 144 Bangor Daily Journal 142 Bangor Daily Whig 132 Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (L) 132 Bangor Journal 136 Bangorean 136 Bangor Daily Union 137 Bangor Democrat (L) 137 Bangor Gazette 139 Bangor Daily Mercury 141 Bangor Post 141 Bangor Register 129 Bangor Weekly Register 128 PAGE. Bates Student (L) 295 Bath Daily Times (L) 174 Battle Axe sig. 37 Bee 115 Belfast Advertiser (L) 165 Belfast Intelligencer 161 Bethel Courier 123 Biddeford Herald 126 Biddeford Townsman 126 Bluehill Beacon and Hancock County Journal 113 Boundary Gazette and Calais Adver- tiser Bowdoin Orient (L) Bowdoin Portfolio Bowdoin Scientific Review Bridgton News (L) Bridgton Reporter Bridgton Sentinel Brunswick Journal Brunswicker Brunswick Telegraph ( L) Bugle (B. C.) (L) Burr's Fifty Cent Monthly Busy Body Calais Times (L) Camden Advertiser Camden Herald (L) Castine Eagle Castine Gazette (L) Castine Journal Christian Intelligencer w 149 83, 283' 292 33 86 85 86 83 84 84 292 144 101 195 294 113 278 112 66 81 I I'll l. PRESS "I MAIN I. Christian Mirror (/.) Christian 1'ilot Christian Visit nit ' ■ ' Harion Clipper Cold Water Fountain Colombian 5 Common School Advocate ( !oum u County Record Courier Crescent Cryel 1 1 Crucible (/.) Cultivator ami < lazettc Cumberlau Daily \ •! \ t-rt i -i r ( /.) Dailj \r L 'us (/.) Dailj Bee Dailj Commercial Advertiser l > up. ( lourier Dailj I'.Miiing Journal / Daily Kennebec Journal (/.) Daily Ron] Duly 'rimes Dailj ami Wi-i k 1 \ Mirror I >a\ hI's Sling Democratic tdvo< Democratic < llarion Di mo, rat and Free Press ( /.) Democrat Republican l tamocr itic Somi net Repnblioan Dexter Gazette (/.) I • itch Dree '■ Rural Intelligent r \'t 38, 64 1.1 101 199 64 119 293 89 .;i 39 39 I 11 134 '>:. 10! I • Ml I ■ 199 l I 1 I., in: 98 I \ i /.) I tern B . ( 'hrooicle I iiin". r.it n I armei i I reeman i < . il iw .mil l lei ilil a 1 l< r.il.l of M i Herald and Men antile \ rati i i Light 101 i '■ ! | . , 1 RopabUcaa i 19, I i ,51 100 150 116 li ■ ■ bad 87, 5 .Ti'l i A) i;, i. Ellsworth American (/.) Ellsworth Herald Enquirer sig. 37 ■oir Evening star Excelsior sig. 37 Experiment ;tur 108 r • 117 I 115 115 82 U) 54 140 Fairfield Chronicle (I.) Falmouth Gaiette ami Weekly \d- W r' Family Instructor Family Pioneer and Juvenile K. . Familj Reader Farmington Chron Farmer and M. ter Frank 1 Franklin Patriot I rii-muiss Friend Frontier Journal 189 aer tdvern' Oardinei Sped itor and Advertiser tte and Inqnirer M imr < leniui ( Minus of Temperance < llenwood \ alle] Times ' ■ I S • I 15 inner ( /.) II ill.. m il (. ii \ . . Hancock Democrat k Jonrnal Herald of Liberty Incorrigible Independent < lourier . mliut Journal S3 68 78 198 188,206 I 1..1 101 100 1 151 i : •"■: 89 l<«» 98 ill IK H 101 in i i INDEX. 315 Independent Statesman Investigator PAGE. 52 186 Jacksonian 120, 207 Jeffersonian 57, 120, 142 Jeffersonian Daily Evening News 143 Journal of Education (L) 69 Journal of Reform 61 Journal of the Times 119 Juvenal Temperance Watchman 84 Juvenal Key 77 Juvenal Magazine 159 Kennebec Courier 90 Kennebec Intelligencer 87, 92 Kennebec Journal 92 Kennebec Reporter (L) 103 Kennebec Transcript 102 Kennebec Gazette 275 Kennebunk Gazette 124 Knox Co. Journal (L) 205 Knox and Lincoln Patriot 127 Laborer's Journal 115 Leader Leisure Hours 296 Lewiston Gazette 207 Lewiston Herald 206, 207 Lewiston Journal (L) 203 Lewiston Republican 206 Liberty Standard 90 Lime Rock Gazette 192 Lincoln Advertiser 111 Lincoln County Republican 109 Lincoln Democrat 111 Lincoln Intelligencer J 08 Lincoln Miscellany 193 Lincoln Patriot 111 Lincoln Telegraph 108, 167 Literary Banner 297 LiTermore Falls Gazette 207 Loyal Sunrise (L) 212 Machias Union (L) 155 Mac hias Republican ( L) 156 Maine Baptist Herald 74 Maine Democrat (L) 125 Maine Evangelist 293 Maine Farmer (L) 97 Maine Farmer and Political Register 161 Maine Free Press 164 Maine Gazette 113,166 Maine Intelligencer 73 PAGE. Maine Inquirer 167, Enquirer 172 Maine Monthly Magazine 136 Maine Normal 200 Maine Palladium 124 Maine Patriot 95 Maine Rural 102 Maine Sickle 193 Maine Standard (L) 99 Maine Temperance Advocate 178 Maine Wesleyan Journal 67 Mann's American Miscellany and Family Physician 186 Mann's Physician and Down East Screamer 187 Masonic Journal 293 Masonic Token (L) 69 Mechanic Falls Herald 207 Mechanic and Farmer 135 Mercantile Advertiser 126 Morning Star (L) 127,280 Monthly News (L) 295 Motley 285 Musical Advertiser 200 Musical Journal 84,293 Musical Monitor (L) 99 National Republican 192 Nettle 101 New England Farmer 100 New Planet 163 Nonpareil sig. 37 North-East (L) 277 Northern Iris 82 Northern Home Journal (L) 102 Northern Light 148 Northern Monthly 277 Northern Statesman 114, 115 Northern Border (L) 295 North Star 118 North Star (L) 214 Northern Tribune and Eastern Times 171 Northern Tribune 168 Norway Advertiser 119, 120 Observer 63 Oldtown Index 145 Once a Week 295 Organ 172 Oriental Trumpet 36 Orion 55 Our Young Folks' Illustrated Paper (L) 99 Oxford Democrat (L) 120 Oxford Observer 118, 120 316 INDEX. Oxford Omrlo Oxford I II I I J J 1 ■hist 1 aeman Penobscot ' isxette 1 . • Penobacot Journal 1 ■ 1 1 1 1 •• r try Companion (L) 99 1 ■ 1 ' rg .in 171 1 .!.-'s l'n-si ■ 119 1 Herald B01 1 server (L) 202 Platform llii I • 15... it 69 Politician hi- Political \<>*tnmi Portland taWertkter (/.) ss Portlander 58 Portland Daily Express 69 Portland Daily Presi ( /.) Portland < rasette 36 Portland Inquirer Portland Press (/.) 40 Portland Transcript (I.) 58 Portland Tribune .".7 I ; Progn •• \.' Evening Bulletin 16-1 Quarterly Journal KB Radical in tor 83 Republican Clarion 1 • Republican Journal (/.) 160 i Son • llll mi l n . Press ( /,) iv.; Rockland Gaxette (/.) ll- I ell's Be ho ll:: Sabbatb Scl 1 [nstructor Sandy River Parmer Sand) River \ • om in I ioc Review r Scholar Orach / 110 • ntinel • 1 rinrr i Somerset Journal i ( /.) i Somem I ■ i Telegraph i Spirit < ■u.irili.ui III PACE. /> 69 F.ast 101 192 / • M une 62 ' irior Sunrise (/.) r rpb! I • ■ 17: Temperance Journal 104 Thomaston Journal 1 Thorn isto i Reg iter l'.'l Thomaston Republican 19S Tocsin 87 Toucb • 106 Tribune Aaeotistioii 170 Umpire 55 Union U • Union \ (L) 188 Union Banner I inon tnd Journal (A) 1 . United States Den Universalis! l'alhulium 67 \ i I I . i _- * - Sherman's Mills) W ' I Vlllorr.lt Waldo Patriot u \\ man W • n illonian w ■■ rrille Mul (/.) w [ntelligencet lie Journal lie I nion What Not u • ■ I lerald VVorkingman'i I VVorkingman'i and Peoph World in a Nutahell Wr.ith Yankee \ Blade s • • i rmer York County I nd ependent I tor Youth's Helper and Temperance Visitor / Youth's Monitor Youth's Temper / /.ion's Advocate (/.) 119 i I im 106 106 103 106 106 293 109 67, 161 I I 101, 106 100 <;i 67 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE. The counties of the State and the towns the benefit of the News-press In 17S5 Cumberland county, 1794 Kennebec " 1798 Lincoln " 1793 Hancock " 1795 Oxford " 1805 York " 1815 Penobscot " 1818 "Washington " 1820 Waldo " 1820 Sagahahoc " 1823 Somerset " 1825 Knox " 1832 Franklin " 183S Piscataquis " 1S47 Androscoggin " 1857 Aroostook " in the respective counties received in the order following. at Portland ; Hallowell ; Wiscasset ; Castine ; Fryeburg ; Kennebunk ; Bangor ; Eastport ; Belfast; Bath ; Norridgewock ; Thomaston ; Farmington ; Dover ; Lewiston ; Presque Isle see p, Bailey and Noyes Berry, lri and Stephen Bugbee, D. and Co. Colesworthy, D. C. Colesworthy, S. H. Dresser and Ayer Duren, E. F. Goodale, Glazier and Co. Bigelow, William Cummings, Asa Edes, Peter Foster, Newel A. Griffin, Joseph W. Griffin, George Heath, A. M. C. Hopkins, M. R. Hyde, William Lincoln, James M. Lynde, John H. Noyes, Isaac B. PUBLISHING HOUSES. PAGE. 220 221 231 219, 220 219 222 231,232 229 Griffin, Joseph Hoyt, Fogg and Breed Hyde, Lord and Duren Loring, Short and Harmon Masters and Livcrmore, and Masters, Smith and Co. Sanborn and Carter Thurston, Brown IN MEMORIAM. Shirley, Arthur Smith, Seba Severance, Luther Sprague, Chas. A. 158 G5 282 78 80 102 189 218 175 318 125 33 87 107 112 118 124 128 147 15S 166 179 191 196 201 203 209 PAGE. 223 — 228 221,222 217, 218 222 229, 231 218 221 37 51 93 282 Tappan,A. C. 52,109 Titcornb, Benjamin, First Printer 34 Thayer, A. W. 53 Wait, T. B. 35, 281 Wheeler, W. H. 133 Williamson, Joseph 162 Willis, Sara Pay son (Fanny Fern) 272 41 oIFOE B18 Til!! PRESS OF MA IN E IN MEM0BTA1I. Mr. John II I I ' wii born at Pomfp I W 5 l.yndc, found on pi: 1 He acquired a knowledge of the art ol printii :n the of chronic cere- orron at the Iom nutained by the commu- nity has gone forth from a large number of the editorial corps. INDEX TO THE SUPPLEMENT. ID* All names In tl ils to which reference is .. and the number of the wore both rc-irr.ingcd to add new nnt: printed, thu I e references incorrect. nOBS AND KDITOBS. FACE. U. ■ - B Balkam. 1 Iriafa Elwcll, E. II. W. II. . 1'. E. Fuller, B \. G. ' Brown J. 1 .. Id, E. E. .1 M. 1 II. Brown, P II II, Eld J. M. 1 '• 1 lin, G. 11. ■ . \V I . (1 irk. 1 - \\. I,D. 1 Hill, i u . ii John 303 (limn, Cuuimingi and M 1 Johnston, John Darling \ . J, U . i ijah Y \ ad .Niarblc I d and s «itt 300 Drummood, J. 804, IBS, - ■ Lyiui. . J II 318 INDEX. 319 Lynde, J. S. Magoun, Geo. F. Mason, Javan K. McKenney, H. A. Newman, T. W. Nichols, Thos. Oak, J. M. Owen, Moses PAGE. 133, 304 258, 280, 203 303 70, 206 89,90,91, 173,295 298 301 243, 303 Packard, A. S., sen. 22G, 2G0, 302, 303 Pearl, Cyril 217, 2G1, 294. Perry, J. W. 295,301 Pickard, C. W. 59, 29G Pickard, S. T. 59, 295 Pierce, Marshall 29G, 298, 304. Plummer, Edwin 59. 1 19, 295 Pratt, Henry P. 149,182,297 Rccd,C. E. 301 Remich, James K. 279,297 Richardson, H. W. 33.41 This name icas omitted in the General Index by oversight. Riddell, Wm. 303 Robbins, L. M. 391 Sanford, L. W. Sewall, Henry Smith, E. Oakes Smith, Gamaliel E. 209 303 54, 245, 303 207, 303 PAGE. Smith, Jos. S. 300 Smith, Seba 54,245,303 Smyth, Wm. 22G, 2G5 Snow, B. P. 29G Soule, J. P. L. 203 Stetson, C. B. 20G, 303 Stevens, C. A. 303 Swallow, G. C. 204,311 Tefft, B. F. 2GG, 301 Thorndike, B. F. 295 Thurston, Brown 55, 294 Thurston, Stephen 304 T wombley, W. H. 19 1 , 294, 300 Varney, Geo. J. 303 Vosc, Geo. L. 303 Waldron and Dingley 293 Waldoboro' 303 Walker, M. B. 294 Watson, Marcus 120,298 Webster, Stephen and Clement 297 Welch, A. P. 302 Weston, E. P. 220, 247, 2G8, 277, 293, 295, 303 Wheeler, Wm. A. 299, 304 White, James 299 Whitman, A. G. 301 Willey, Austin 90, 295 Wiswell, L. 298 Wood, J. M. 298 NEWSPAPERS. Advertiser and State (L) 29G Advocate of Freedom 294 Bates Student (L) 299 Battle Axe 295 Bowdoin Portfolio 293 Camden Herald (L) 300 Clipper (L) 299 Crucible (L) 301 Crystal 294 Eagle 300 Eastern Star 297 Enquirer 29G Expositor 298 Excelsior 300 Knox County Journal w 301 Leisure Hours (L) 300 Maine Evangelist 298 Maine Freewill Baptist Repository 297 Maine Recorder 297 298 Masonic Journal 294 Monthly News (L) 300 Motley 292 320 Til E PRESS OF M A 1 N E. I and Masonic Journal .1 Journal I il Republican r«-il Northern Border - I 301 Oncc-a-Wcek 299 Pejepscot Journal Religious Magazine Review and Herald of the Sabbath 299 PAGE. Scholar's Leaf publican 298 / 302 -tcr and Farmer's • ilanv 299 Wasbingtonian Banner 298 vtiazette 298 What Not 299 Yankee Farmer 297 fork County Herald 297 . obbei i roire. HoRATIO Kim;, mentioned as I' ■ ■ neral on page 57. was appointed to that offi >• in Feb . I8G1, !' '•' h M. G. Oil various occasions during the pr. The Standard I on same parre. Mr. Kin was published some time before the demise of i ua ; the 1 itter establish- ment was purchased by the proprietors of the former. On same page. John F. Hartley should app< tant S of) ell.S I - ' tfury. I V Ji oka '■ drowned July \2. 1C07. 313. Alb urier insert /.. Baeo. Page G2. The American at Portland was established in 1841. 124. 'J - ml published two rtland and published until 1809. The M i ne Palladium commi ■ - . and waa merged in the Kennebunk Gazette Jan. 15, 1831. 1 rd made it« Bral appearance in 1858. rn Journal. The I nion i i d by lire in oH ol. II. 1 i I .T Rtmick real liimich. *.* our \\Mik Is now ended. The field over which we bare passed has been to a i onstderable extent new,— man] parts of it pleasant to contemplate, Ii has been shown to be larger than most persons had conceived. The diffi- culties enc tuntered, and the amounl of labor that has been performed, none can estimate i>«it those who have been engaged In similar undertakings. Pe» cuniary remuneration bas nevei i itheringup these ots and putting them in print we hare promoted the honor of those f.-r whom we have specially labored,— authors, editors, journalists, publish- rinters,— and rendered some service to posterity) our object is accoin- pilshed, OUT Compensation SUbstai .i < , 17, 1^74, r Griffin, J bf Uaina/ ■of vhs pross k yi4 (J85 1 * v UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LIBRARY o* cM&t V3&^ u^ SLA** XfrW **** <>*&&& ed. ^^^riidbe^ This lata© KNiC rkem #1 st-f ■j*** 1 ®! JULl*' 69 * 1 MAR 2 1971 tj-1-71 sEN T ON «J- ^J" i^/vH u> 2l ,ioom .7;5^^ 5288