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FORM OF INVITATION. 
 NOROMBEGA, I539-KENDUSKEAG J^LANTATION, I769. 
 
 City op Bangor, 1869. 
 
 The celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of 
 Bangor will take place Thurstlay, September 30th, 1869. 
 Your attendance is respectfully solicited. 
 
 " Should auld acquaintance be forgot?"' 
 Please reply. 
 
 ELIJAH L. HAMLIN, 
 ISAIAH STETSON, 
 JOSEPH CARR, 
 
 Bangor, August 20th, 1S69. 
 
 SAMUEL D. THURSTON, 
 SAMUEL F. HUMPHREY, 
 JOSEPH F. SNOW, 
 
 Committee of Invitation. 
 

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PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
 The settlement of what is now the City of Bangor, was com- 
 menced by Jacob Buswell in the year 1769. 
 
 During the month of May, 1869, it was proposed by some of 
 our citizens that the one liundredth anniversary of the founding 
 of the City sliould be marked by appropriate Ceremonies ; when 
 a little discussion had shown that such was the general desire, a 
 public meeting was held at City Hall, and it was there decided 
 to have a Centennial Celebration, and a Committee was appoint- 
 ed to consult with the municipal authorities, and in concert 
 with them to make all the necessary preparations for carrying 
 out this decision. A Committee appointed by the Aldermen 
 and Council met with the Citizens Committee, and a programme 
 was agreed upon, and the following committees nominated for 
 its execution : 
 
 Upoji Place for Piiblic Services^ and Preparation of 
 Same.—K. S. Morrison, Geo. W. Ladd, Hon.^S. H. Dale, J. P. 
 Bass, Capt. J. S. Ricker, J. G. Clark, Lysander Strickland, 
 John S. Kimball. 
 
 Upon Correspotidence^ Invitations and Address. — Hon. 
 E. L. Hamlin, Hon. Isaiah Stetson, Joseph Carr, Esq., Hon. 
 S. D. Thurston, Hon. S. F. Humphrey, J. F. Snow. 
 
 Upon Finances. — Moses Giddings, Hon. Henry E. Prentiss, 
 Thos. J. Stewart, Philo A. Strickland, John Cassidy, Gen. 
 Joseph S. Smith, S. C. Hatch, Esq. 
 
 Upo?i Music. — E. F. Duren, Geo. A. Thatcher, Esq., Geo. 
 W. Merrill, F. S. Davenport, J. A. Crowell, A. D. Harlow. 
 
 Upon Dinner. — S. P. Bradbury, O. H. Ingalls, James Wood- 
 
luirv, (icii. A. Bartlctt, Capt. Win. Flowers. Levi Murch, 
 I). Clinton Morrill. 
 
 I'poii /'/-i-^rc.v.v/ow. --(iciieraK Chas. W. Roberts, George 
 VariKv, SidujN \. Tliaxter. L'lias. Ilamlin, Dan'l Wiiite, Col. 
 J. F. (io(lfrc\', Lieut. H. H. Beale, Capt's James Dean, Elijah 
 Low , Maj. Thomas Ilcrses . W'ra. Mannigan. Geo. H. Chick, 
 (;co. W. Merrill, Michael Schwartz, Chas. .Sawtelle. 
 
 Upon Pill in and I/viiii/s. — Re\ . C. C. Everett, Hon. Edward 
 Kent, F. A. Wilscjn. l':s(|., Chas. P. .Stetson. Esq.. X. S. Harlow. 
 John L. Cr()sl)\ . 
 
 Upon /)vroraticns. Mottoes^ and Ilhimitiations. — Col. A. B. 
 Farnham, Capt. Hermon l>artlctt. ^\'m. 1*. W'ingate. Capt. Chas. 
 B. Sanford, Capt. H. H. Fow. Edward Conners. E. E. Small, 
 Abrani \\'oodard, C. C. Prescott, Orin F. Shaw. Alfred Stet- 
 son, Henr)' F. McLaughlin. 
 
 Upon Rcffatta.—Ylow. S. H. Dale. Capt. Chas. B. Sanford. 
 William Coombs. 
 
 Upon Reduction of Fares by Railroads and Steamboats. 
 Capt. Chas. B. Sanford, \\'. C. Pitman, Capt. Wm. Flower.s. 
 
 Upon Rnblication. — Hon. Sani'l D. Thur.ston. Hon. S. F. 
 Humphrey, N. S. Llarlow. 
 
 Thursdav. Sept. 30, \vas fixed upon as ■■Centennial Day," and 
 the various Committees at once began their labors. 
 
 Hon. John E. Godfrey consented to deliver an Oration. The 
 conainittee upon a Poem and Hvmns, in answer to their public 
 request, received many excellent productions, from which thev 
 selected those printed in the following pages, as on the whole 
 best suited to the occasion. The City Common on Lime Street 
 was selected as the place for the public services, and a tent large 
 enough for several thousand auditors was engaged, and dulv fit- 
 ted with platforms and seats for all. 
 
 The Committee on invitations, in addition to a general request 
 published in the newspapers, that all former residents of Ban- 
 gor should appear here upon that day, and take part in its fes- 
 tivities, sent cards of in\italion to all absentees whose names 
 
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 were furnished them, and from many thus in\ited received let- 
 ters full of good wishes for the success of the celebration, and 
 the continued prosperity of the city. Some of these letters will 
 be found in this book ; want of space compels the omission 
 of the merely formal answers to the invitations, which were 
 received from the following gentlemen : 
 
 H. D. Gushing, I. A. Hatch, Freeman H. Duren, A. H. 
 Briggs, Camillus Kidder, Gilbert Atwood, W. H. Parsons, Bos- 
 ton ; Hon. Lorenzo Sabine, Boston Highlands ; Obed Wood, 
 Gambridgeport ; Wm. Thurston, Newburyport ; Rev. J. H. 
 Allen, Cambridge; H. O. Poor, Brookline ; B. F. Mudgett, 
 W. H. Foster, N. O. Pillsbury, New York ; Hon. J. M. Hodg- 
 don, Dubuque ; James Jenkins, Oshkosh ; Chas. P. Kimball, 
 San Francisco ;. J. B. Hill, Mason; Geo. Z. French, Wilming- 
 ton ; x\. T. G. Dodge, Washington ; Hon. Nathan Weston, Au- 
 gusta ; Hon. Ira Fish, Patten ; Allen Haines, Esq., Hon. I. 
 Washburn, Jr., G. S. Glark, Portland; Prof. M. G. Fernald, 
 Orono ; B. G. Bailey, G. A. Stackpole, Gorham ; Samuel Har- 
 ris, D. D., Brunswick ; S. R. Bearce, Lewiston ; John S. Garter, 
 Waterville ; B. F. Tefl't, D. D., Brewer ; Hon. Joseph William- 
 son, Belfast ; Jeremiah Bartlett, Bryant's Pond. 
 
 The committee upon finance ascertained the probable cost of 
 the whole aflair, and the municipal authorities appropriated 
 sufficient money to carry it through. 
 
 The committee upon music engaged the services of the Ger- 
 mania Band and Orchestra of Boston, Ghandler's Portland 
 Band, the Bangor Gornet Band, and Heath's Martial Band. 
 
 The Penobscot Musical Association kindly volunteered their 
 assistance in the proceedings of the morning and by skilful 
 rendering of their music gave great pleasure to the vast audience 
 in the tent. The voluntary aid of the Bangor Glee Glub during 
 the Dinner added largely to the interest of that portion of the 
 day's exercises. 
 
 The committe upon the dinner, after due consultation decided 
 in favor of employing Mr. Wallis to provide one, for as many as 
 could be seated in Norombega Hall, and to issue tickets therefor ; 
 
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 Ihc)' also issued tickets for spectators in the Galleries,thus accom- 
 modating many who desired to partake of the intellectual portion 
 of the feast. The hour for the dinner was fixed at six o'clock p. 
 m. to afford time lor the proper carrying out of the other parts 
 of the proj^rammc. 
 
 The laliors of the Committee upon the Procession were 
 crowned with success. Tlie detailed account in the succeeding 
 pages will show how well they deserve to he praised. Their 
 arrangements were all admirable, and the Military experience of 
 many members of the committee, and of the marshals, enabled 
 them to arrange, manoeuvre, and march, their long line of thou- 
 sands, promptly and without confusion. 
 
 The committee upon decorations, itc, cmplovcd Messrs. 
 Beals & Son, of Boston, whose abundant materials and long pro- 
 fessional experience, aided by the fine taste and personal exer- 
 tions of members of the committee, enabled them to adorn our 
 public buildings, &c., to the satisfaction of all ; arches were 
 erected at different points on the route of the procession, the 
 tent and Norombega Hall were beautifulh' decorated, and manv 
 houses and stores were elegantly dressed with flags, bunting. 
 &c., bv their owners. Illuminations were quite general in the 
 evening, and there were some fine displavs of fireworks in 
 dirTcrent parts of the city. 
 
 The Regatta Committee took much pains with their portion 
 of the festixities, and overcoming all the difficulties attending 
 so unusual an exhibition in this place, achieved success, and 
 fully satisfied the large expectations of the thousands who lined 
 the shores of the river to witness the races. 
 
 The managers of the Railroad and Steamboat lines of the 
 city acceded to the request of the committee, and reduced their 
 fares as desh-ed. 
 
 The display by the Fire Department was under the direction 
 of the officers thereof, and added much to the general interest 
 of the occasion. 
 
 The different committees and citizens generallv. labored zeal- 
 ously to make the occasion memorable, and to prepare a suita- 
 
ble reception for the guests of the city ; sparing no pains to make 
 the celebration worthy of themselves, and a fitting tribute to 
 the founders of our institutions. Their efforts were entirely 
 successful, and Bangor and her guests had reason to be satisfied 
 Avith her first Centennial Celebration. 
 
 In the compilation of this recoi'd the committee have been 
 aided by the able report in the Whig & Courier of October 
 first, and by several of our citizens who are familiar with the 
 early history of this region ; they regret the loss of a valuable 
 paper contributed by the late Hon. Wm. Willis, of Portland, 
 and of one or two interesting letters from other invited guests. 
 In addition to the papers herein contained, much valuable his- 
 toric material no doubt exists here, which should be collected 
 for the benefit of all who are interested in the story of the first 
 settlers on the Penobscot. 
 
 It is hoped that some competent person will undertake the duty 
 of gathering these memorials of the pioneers of tliis section of 
 the State before it is too late, and from them compile such a 
 history as the importance of the subject deserves. 
 
September 30, 1869. 
 
 The dawn of" our Centennial Anniversary was announced by 
 the ringing of bells, and soon after the streets and squares be- 
 gan to fill with people prepai'ed to enjoy the long expected 
 holida}'. By railroads, steamers, stages, and other available 
 conveyances, cro^vds of visitors came into the citv to join in the 
 festivities of the day ; the movements of those seeking favor- 
 able points for viewing the procession, of the different compa- 
 nies, schools, and societies, marching to the rendezvous ap- 
 pointed for its various divisions, the reception of companies 
 from other towns, the music by the almost ubiquitous Bands, 
 the beautifully decorated buildings, and the flags waving every- 
 where in the bright sunlight, all together gave the place an un- 
 wonted air of rejoicing. 
 
 The absorbing interest felt in the occasion of so great an as- 
 semblage, aided doubtless by the excellent management of the 
 police, prevented any disturbances ; and all ^vere exceedingly 
 jolly and good natured while waiting for the opening of the 
 official exercises. Tliis was not long dela\cd. With unusual 
 promptness the marshals of the day evolved order out of the 
 seeming chaos, and marching their divisions as previously ar- 
 ranged, organized and set in motion a procession o\er a mile 
 in length, describeil in the reports of the ^^"hig & Courier and 
 The Bangor Jcftersonian as follows : 
 
 THE PROCESSION. 
 The procession was formed on Ohio Street, with the right rest- 
 
injj; near the Hammond Street Church, in the following order : 
 
 Police. 
 Chief Jrnrshal— (ien'l V. ^Y. llolicils. 
 StfifF— Gens. George A'aniey, Sidney AV. Thaxter, Daniel AVhite, II. M. 
 riaisted, George Fuller, Col. A. B. Parnham, Maj. Alfred Veazic, Lt. Clias. 
 A'. Lord, Capt. Clias. B. Sanford, F. W. Leavitt, A\"m. II. Strickland. 
 Germunia Band — A. Ileinceke, Leader. 
 Company B State Guards — Captain J. S. Kicker. 
 Post Xo. 12 G. A. II. — Lieut. I). C. Morrill, Commander — Bearing the Ijatlle- 
 stained flags of the 2d Maine Regiment. 
 
 FIRST DIVISION. 
 
 Marshal— Lt. B. H. Beale. 
 Aids— Corporal George A. Bartlett, Capt. Chas. E. Gctchell, Capt. Michael 
 Boyce, Xathau P. Kelley, Henry Fuller, L. W. Atkins, George AV. Hamniatt, 
 Cieorge Wheelwright. 
 
 City CT0\ernmeut, and Invited Guests. 
 INIercantile Association. 
 Aged Citizens in Carriages. 
 Descendants of Jacob Buswell the first settler of Bangor. 
 Hibernian Mutual Benevolent Society, Thos. Gillespie, President, with ban- 
 ners of Society. 
 Penobscot Indians in the full costume of their tribe — fine specimens of the 
 Xative American. 
 
 SECOND DIVISION. 
 
 Marshal — Maj. Thos. Hersey. 
 Aids — Capts. Elijah Lo\v,F. A. Cummings, Chas. Dwinol ; Wm. Mannegin, 
 Waldo T. Pierce, Frank P. "Wood, Willis F. Rice, .John S. Jenncss. 
 Portland Cornet Band — D. H. Chandler, Leader. 
 Oriental and Penobscot Lodges, I. O. of O. F. 
 Katahdin Encampment No. 4, 1. O. of O. F. 
 Chief Engineer of Fire Department and Assistants. 
 Steamer Union Xo. 1. 
 Union Hose Company — E. E. Small, Foreman. 
 Steamer Victory No. 2. 
 Eagle Engine Company Xo. 3 — George H. Chick, Foreman, with Engine and 
 banner marked — "Organized 1833." 
 Eagle Engine Company of Brewer, with engine, S. H. Downes, Foreman. 
 Hook and Ladder Company — James M. Davis, Foreman. 
 Bucksport Engine Company — G. J. Cobb, Foreman. 
 Excelsior Engine Company of Upper Stillwater, with Engine — C. Burliii- 
 
 game. Foreman. 
 Pharos Temple of Honor. 
 
 Good Templars, with carriage bearing the insignia of the order, and the lady 
 officers of tlie Soeietv. 
 
TlllUn DIVISIIIN. 
 
 Miii'sliiil— Cdl. John ]''. (.'Min-, y. 
 AiilM— (';i|,l. lIcniK.ii llarllrll, Ivlw.'ir.l (i. Wyiiiiin, E. 11. Bradbury, B. B. 
 Thill. •Ii,r, cliiiM. II. (icfclicll, lvlw;inl K. Wiilki-r, Oiiis. H. Iluckins, J. B. 
 .Mn(,r. 
 
 ■JllE J'l'lil.lC SCHOOLS. 
 
 Tlic pupils of the C'it\ Sciiools to the numlicr of tvvo thou- 
 sand, hcadcil 1)\' Air. C. P. Roberts, Superintendent — each 
 school handsomely uniformed, and bearing a banner designat- 
 ing the School, with an appropriate motto — was a marked fea- 
 ture in the procession, and \\'as one of the most beautifijl exhibi- 
 tions c\ cr witnessed in our streets. The various colors of the 
 uniforms and their unique and tasteful arrangement,- were in 
 harmony with the glorious autumn time, and produced a spec- 
 tacle brilliant and beautiful. 
 
 The following order was observed : 
 
 Bangor High Siliool, Boys and Girls. Mr. Hale — 100 members. Boys wore 
 badges of white, (.xirls wliitt- skirt, trimmed with fall foliage. 
 Mntto — ^"Saiiere aude.'' 
 Select School, Boys and (iirls, Mr. Pease — IT.") members. Girls red cap 
 with white feather, red sack, white skirt. Buys \a liife waist, plain pants and 
 white stripe, badge on shoulder. 
 
 Motto — ^"Our Century's Aloe flowers to-day." 
 
 Miss Mitchell's Private School, 36 girls. "Wore white skirt, blue sailor 
 
 Jacket, blue cap with white wing. 
 
 Motto— "lie maketh the Pesert blossom as the Eose." 
 
 Girls Grammar School, S'o. 1. Jliss Costcllow — ."li members, "tt'hite suit 
 
 and cap with blue trimming. Each carried a \ery pretty wreath. 
 
 Motto — "(lur .Jewels." 
 
 Spring Street Grauimar Seho:.il, Mr. Stuart — To B;iys. Plain suits, pink 
 
 badge. 
 
 Jiotto — "For (iocl and ( )ur Country." 
 
 Prospect Street Grammar School, Miss J>ord — to lioys. "Wore blue cap, 
 white waist, white stripe on pants. 
 
 Motto — ■•]!anf;or's Coming -Men." 
 Union S(|uare (irainmar School, Jliss Coi'liran — IT girls. "Wore white cap 
 and skirt, witli pink sash. Each carrying a beautifliUy arranged basket of 
 flowers. 
 
 Motto — "Liberty and Union." 
 
 Pond Street Grammar School, Jliss Dickey — CO boys. "White waist, blue 
 sash, red, wliile and blue cravats. 
 
 Jlolto— "The Coming Man." 
 
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 Grammar Sehnol Xo. i. Miss "Wiii^'at!; — -J-S girls. White skirt and waist, 
 red and blue trimming, with bouquets. 
 
 Motto — "Buds of Promise." Device, wreath with btids. 
 Crrammar School, No. 7. MissHallowell — 36 girls. "White sldrt and waist, 
 green hats and trimming. 
 
 Motto — "Slips from the Century Plant.-' 
 Larkiu Street Grammar and Intermediate School, Miss Lymburner — SO 
 boys and girls. All with white waist aud blue cap. 
 
 Motto — " The March of Civilization." 
 
 Pine Street Intermediate, iliss Dillingham — 57 boys and girls. "White 
 suit, blue sash. 
 
 Motto — "Xo Drones Here." Device, Beehives loith Bees. 
 
 State Street Intermediate, Miss Smith — 63 boys and girls. Eed cap and 
 sash, white waist. 
 
 Motto — "Always Ready." 
 
 Union Street Intermediate, Miss Gallupe — 69 boys and girls. Boys, red 
 cap, white waist and stripe, blue sash. Girls, redcap, white skirt, blue sash. 
 Motto — "Onward !" 
 
 Hancock Street Intermediate, Miss Baker — 42 boys. Green caps, white 
 "v\"aist, and stripe on giants. 
 
 Motto—" "W'e'll Stand for the Right." 
 
 Thomas' Hill Intermediate and Primary, Miss Ellison and Miss Hall — 70 
 boys and girls. Boys, white waist, red cap and trimming. Girls, white suit, 
 trimmed with foliage. 
 
 Motto — " Love, Truth and Obedience." 
 
 Centre Street Intermediate, Miss Bdson — 57 boys and girls. Boys, white 
 waist, red cap and belt. Girls, white skirt and cap, red sack. 
 Motto — " The End crowns the Work." 
 Pearl Street Intermediate, Miss Blaisdell — 38 boys and girls. Boys, blue 
 jacket, white cap. Girls, white skirt, red sash. 
 
 Motto — "Our Common Schools, Our Country's Hope.'' 
 AVest Bangor, (mixed) Miss Bakeman. White suit, pink sash. 
 
 Motto — "Morning Glories." 
 Grove Street Intermediate, Miss Cates — 65 boys and girls. Boys, black pants 
 with white stripe, white waist. Girls, white skirt, green sash, and white cap. 
 Motto — "No place here for Idlers." 
 
 Grove Street Primary, Miss Cates — 50 boys and girls. Boys, white waist, 
 red cap. Girls, white skirt and cap, green sash. 
 
 Motto—" Work and Win." 
 Third Street Intermediate, Miss Patterson— 36 boys and girls. Boys, red 
 cap, white waist and stripe. Girls, white waist trimmed with blue. 
 Motto — "Knowledge is Power." 
 
 Pond Street Intermediate, Miss Hinks — 53 boys and girls. Boys, white 
 
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 \V;iiMt, rc<l IMP, liUii' siisli. (iirls, ImiII' cap, wliilr suit, lilllP siisli, 
 .MiiKi) — '"I'liiii^'s to III' rriiirnibcroil." 
 I,imi' Sh-crl (iiiixni.) .Miss Ifoldcn — ;i(; Ixij s ami girls. Boys, white waisf, 
 ciicli cin'ryiii;; cvci-};rcrii wri'allis. (;irls, nil sad<, wliite skirt, blue uai>. 
 Motto— "Tlicsi- shall fill our plat-i-s." 
 riiioii Sli-rrl Priiiiarj', Jliss JJunbai' — W) lioys anil trirls. Boys, whitr- 
 waist, blue sasli, ri'il rap. Cirls, ml cap, white skirt, blue sash, 
 .Motto— '-Tall daks from JJttle Aeorus srow." 
 l''ioiit Street and l.arkiii .'^treet I'rimarii's, Mis,-es Cnromiii^'s— till ijoys anil 
 sills. (irecM Clip, white waist, gi'eeii sash. 
 
 Motto— "'I'riith is fireen." 
 York Street l.'rimary,Xo. 1, :Mis.s Thayer— fU hoys ami girls. Boys, green 
 i"i|i. (tirl.s, white waist ami eap, green trimniiug. 
 
 Motto— "Our Fathers sowed that we might Heap." Device, AAea/o/ Whi-nl. 
 York Street Primaiy, Xo. 2, Jliss Adams, -ami- uniform. 
 
 Motto — "Onward uikI Upward." 
 York Street Primary, Xo. 3, Miss Lawrence, same uniform. 
 Motto — ^"Our Maine Jewels." 
 
 Pino Street Primary, Jliss Peirei — 42 boys and girls. Boys, white waist, 
 plaid sash, pink eap. Girls, white suit, red sash and eap. 
 .Motto— "The Try Children." 
 
 Third Sti-eet Primary, Miss Martin — o7 boys and girls. Boy-. Ijlne eap 
 
 and belt, white waist and stripes. Girls, blue overskirt andeaiJ. 
 
 Motto — " Progress." 
 
 Division Street Primary, Miss Snow — iOhoys and girls. Boys, redcap and 
 
 waist, white pants, red stripe. Girls, -white waist, red skirt and -a-li. 
 
 ]Motto — "Our Country's Hope." 
 
 Centre Street Prima^}^ Miss Lauder — ."lO lioys and girls. Boys, red i-;ip, 
 
 white waist, and stripe. Girls, blue eap, white suit, red sash. 
 
 Mi)tto— " Men and Women of 19IX)." 
 
 Spring Street Primary, Jliss Cliasi — (;2 boys and girls. Boys, red eap, 
 
 white waist and rosettes, white stripe. Girls, white eap and -uit, bine and 
 
 red trimming. 
 
 Motto — " Enjoy the present day." 
 
 Salem Court Primary, Miss ^[itehell — 40 boys and girls, all with red caps, 
 white feather, white waiit and red sash. 
 
 Jlotlo— "Centennials of 1909." 
 I'earl Sti-eet Primary, Jliss Treearteu — ">."> boys and girls. Itoys, pink c-ap 
 and sash, white waist, (iirls, white eap and w aist trimmed with red. 
 Banner in form of Star. Motto — "Uaugor, Star ot the East." 
 
 Fiirirrn division. 
 Jfarshal— Capt. .lames Dean. 
 .Mils— Capts. Frank Triekey. John E. IJeynolds, Lieut. J. D. Benson, Sam- 
 
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 >iol Preuliss, Fred II. Smith, Henry A. Aiiplctmi, AViilter E. I'mImipi-, Ilonii'r 
 "Wins. 
 
 TRADE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 These were let! by Messrs. A\^ootl, Bishop Sz Go's force of worlcmeii, 47 in 
 number, in uniform, heiideil by the memliers of the firm, 
 
 (B;iimer — " Established IsSfl, AVood, Bishop & Co., Iron Founders, Tin 
 Plate and Slieet Iron "Workers, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 Broad Street.") 
 and followed by a carriage drawn by two h(n-ses, loaded with samples of 
 tlie products of their Foundry and tin and iron ware manufactory ; the whole 
 making a tine display. 
 
 Xext came a four-horse team bearing a banner inscribed, " Hinckley & 
 K.^ery Iron Company, llSo2 — isi;!)"'; headed by the veteran employee of the 
 establishment, .lames Scott, who entered the service of the Company at its 
 commencement in 1832, and has continued in it since that time. The wagon 
 was loaded with patterns of \arioiis kinds of wheels arranged in a ta.steful 
 form. 
 
 The next wagon was from the same establishment, and bore specimens of 
 machine work and castings. 
 
 Wagon No. 3 represented a branch of the same establishment, with a ban- 
 ner bearing the device : 
 
 " Sullivan's Steam Boiler AVorks. 
 Hard is our labor 
 But happy our lot. 
 If certain to strike 
 AVhile the iron is hot." 
 
 On the wagon was a boiler in course of construction, with a forge and 
 crew of men busily engaged in adding bolts. 
 
 In the rear of the wagons marched the workmen of the Egery Iron 
 "Works, to the number of 75, with Messrs. Egery, French and (Jorham at 
 their head. 
 
 The next was a four-horse team from the Saw A\'orks of Messrs. Gibson, 
 Kimball & Sanford, with a handsome array of mill, cross-cut and circular 
 saws, placed in the form of a pyramid, surmounted with a display of I'ubber 
 and leather belting, and above all a large Sign bearing the inscription 
 "Dirigo Saw AVorks, Gibson, Kimball & Sanford, No. fSf Exchange Street." 
 
 A profusion of liags and bunting gave to the whole a very attractive aji- 
 pearance. 
 
 Then came a four-horse team from the extensive stove and tin ware Fac- 
 tory of Albert Noyes & Co., Central Street, established in 1830 — decorated 
 with banners, mottoes, and emblems of business, and bearing a number of 
 their workmen with tools and stock, busily engaged in manufacturing tin 
 ware, &o. 
 
 Next came the veteran saw manufacturer, Michael Schwartz, Esq., 
 driving his span of greys attached to a wagon containing saws of va- 
 
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 rlous kinds fniiii his f:ii-lory, cslablishoj in JS39, ami other goods in tlie line 
 (iC his tradi', niiikinj; an attractive (iis|)lay. 
 
 l>;iniiil .MiOrc'cvy, stove dealer, next followed with a team containing 
 hloves (if Mirions kinds. 
 
 Next a hincdfully f^otten up team, hearing specimens of all the variety of 
 ^'(Mids found in our fancy gooils stores, re|)rcsented the enterprise- and taste 
 of iMc^ssis. Sleni >V Alkins and ,\!ayo & I'earl. 
 
 Two wagons troin Mi'ssrs. A. I>. A- K. (J. lioyd. (whose business was estah- 
 lislied in ISi'iO,) containing fruit, confi-ctionery, Ac, were next in order. 
 
 A. !«'.(_: Iiase exhilntcd in thi- next wii^'on samples of nieii's and boys' clothing. 
 
 James I'attcrson, Jr., with a load of trunks, valines and harnesses from his 
 fai'tory on Central Street, occupied th(-' next place. He was followed by 
 
 The furniture wagon drawn by two hor-es, from the manufactory and 
 ware-ro(jnis of Dole Brothers, with some fine siieeinien> of parlor and cham- 
 ber furniture, very tasletully decorated with the national colors, and bearing 
 the inscription, Uele IJrothcrs, (established ]sl2. 
 
 A large team drawn liy four h()rses contained the workmen from Wm. Jlar- 
 gesson & Sons, Boot and JJociMsin factory, all busily at work, with the motto 
 " llume Industry." 
 " Why can't Bcjots and Shoes be made at Home as well as Elsewhere." 
 
 .J. F. Parkhurst followed with a wagon containing trunks in process of 
 manufacture, with his men at work upon them. 
 
 A. E. I'otc & ( 'o., followed wiMi a load of confeetionery, cigars and fruit. 
 
 The next team was from Dole & Fogg's Planing and Moulding Mill, with 
 miniature mill some ten feet square with high chimney, from wliich the 
 smoke issuing, ga\c it the appearance of being under full headway. .Samples 
 of mouldings, gutters, Ac, decorated the sides, while the proprietors adorned 
 thr. driver's seat. 
 
 (J. C. Prescott's furniture wagon followed with samples of furniture from 
 his ware-rooms. 
 
 ii. W. Merrill's furniture wagon came next with specimens of workman- 
 ship from his'manufaetory, with a banner inscribed : 
 
 " G. ^Y. Jlerrill's Furniture JIanufactory, established, ]s:!;!." 
 
 Next in order was a tinely decorated car containing a rich display of car- 
 petLngs, rugs and dry goods, from the House of l.yon. Hall A- Lewis, li 
 ^Vest Market S(iuare, established in 1S4;>. 
 
 W'm. Thompson of the Times Job Otlice had a Gordon press at work strik- 
 ing otf a t'entcnnial hymn as the wagon moved along. 
 
 Bowen A Johnston, ship chandlers, followed by a four-horse load of ship 
 chandlery, Ac. 
 
 A largo team labelleil "Crispin's Barge" next represented T. llersey & 
 Co's establishment, and liore sevi'ral inscriptions, — such as " Our ]datform, 
 gooil l»M.t;9 and shoes." " \\'c nsi' our awl to save your soles," \vitht.he dates 
 17(ilt and 18(i9 and the inscription, "established, 1S14," and boxes of goods 
 directed to e\cry part of the l?nion. A large gang of men were at work 
 plj'ingtlie waxed end anil awl. 
 
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 Sfveriil carts of tlio Bangor loo. Company. C. A. Balioook it Co's ooal 
 teams ; also three of Baoon & Huckins. 
 
 Tjarge \\-agon containing worl^nion and worlc from "\\'liarfl''s Carriage man- 
 ufactory. 
 
 Teams from Brown ville slate quarry. 
 
 Mammotli load of woolen goods from A\liec-lwriglit & Clark's. 
 
 Loaded teams of macliinery from Muzzy Iron Works. 
 
 Wagon of Agricultural implements from D. M. Dunham's establishment. 
 AVorkmen busy. 
 
 D. P. Wingate's sprinkler — not in working order. 
 Teams of goods from Jonness & Son's Hardware store. 
 
 A. Leighton's Ship Blumbing establishment i-epresented by workmen and 
 specimens of work. 
 
 Wagon from E. W. Blake's planing and moulding mill, Broad Street. 
 
 Suooeeded by the carriage of S. B. Fiflekl, driven by himself, with a bright 
 specimen of Young America on each side, and an attractive display of Boy's 
 fancy suits. Banner inscribed, "S. B. Fiflekl, 136 Exchange Street. Cloth- 
 ing for the Million." 
 
 Wagon from Prcsoott's clothing ware-house. 
 
 R. S. Torroy in wagon with load of Patent Bee hi\cs. 
 
 Mammoth wagon from Stiokney & Roberts carpet ware-rooms, 
 
 E. F. Duron, Hammond Street, and Patton & Wheelden, Slain Street, Book 
 and Music Stores, united in furnishing a display of Music and Musical instru- 
 ments. A piano forte was skilfully played during the marcli. One side of 
 the vehicle bore the tune and the words of " Home, sweet home," below it, 
 the titles of Music Books by citizens and former citizens; also the titles of 
 boolcs by authors who have had charge of Musical Conventions in the city. 
 
 - On the opposite side were the tune and words of "Auld Lang Syne," 
 with the titles of some AncientBooks. Banners with mottoes were displayed, 
 " Music hath Charms," "Let us have Music," &c. A variety of sheet music 
 was interspersed, rendering it cxiiite an attractive sight. 
 Teams from Phillips' Bakery. 
 
 The procession started from the junction of Ohio and Ham- 
 mond streets about lo o'clock, in the order named above, and 
 marclied through High, Union and Main streets, over Kendus- 
 keag Bridge to East Market Square, where the schools were 
 taken into the procession and the march was continued through 
 Harlow, Spring, Center, Somerset, Broadway, State, Essex 
 and York streets ; when at the junction of York and Boyd 
 streets they passed under an archway with the inscription, 
 
 " September, 1769, 
 First House erected near this spot," 
 
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 the bands playint^ patriotic imi.sic and various parts of the pro- 
 cession clieering for the "man vvlio first settled in Bangor." 
 
 From tliis point the |)riJcession pioceedcd up York st. to Xew- 
 l)ur\' St., up Newbury lo State st., down State to Lime, through 
 Lime at. — passing under an arch with the inscription, 
 
 "1769 — Remember our forefathers — 1S69". 
 
 to the tent upon tlic City Common. Here while the people 
 ^\■ere taking their seats, \ari(nis selections were performed by 
 the bands, and afterquiet w as restored, the Bangor Cornet Band 
 rendered admirably the overture from " Les Huguenots." 
 
 Rev. Enoch Pond, D. D.. the oldest clergyman in the citv, 
 next invoked the blessing of the Almighty upon the occasion, 
 after \\hich 
 
 The Penobscot Musical Association, under the direction of 
 F. S. Davenport, sang with fine effect the '-Pilgrim Chorus," 
 by Verdi, with Orchestral accompaniment bv the Germania 
 Band. 
 
 Mayor Samuel D. Thurston in a few brief remarks, intro- 
 duced the Hon. George W. Pickering as President of the meet- 
 ing, with the following list of Vice Presidents and Secre- 
 taries : 
 
 ]'ice-PrcsidcNts — Timothy Crosln. Andrew W. ILisev. 
 Peter Burgess, Joseph Carr, Esq., Samuel A. Gilman, D. F. 
 Leavitt, Charles H. Forbes, Thomas A. Taylor, James B. Fiske, 
 George L. Phillips, John T. Dole, Isaac F. Buzzell. Ex-!NLiv- 
 ors, Edward Kent, J. ^\'ingate Carr, Charles Hayward, 
 Wm. H. Mills, E. L. Hamlin, J. T. K. Hayward, Hollis 
 Bowman, Isaiah Stetson, Samuel H. Dale, .Vlbert G. Wake- 
 field, Augustus D. Manson. 
 
 Secretaries — John L. Crosby, Frank Dwinel, X. S. Harlow, 
 C. P. Stetson, Esq., F. A. ^Vils,)n, Esq., S. S. Patten, Philo A. 
 Strickland. Geo. F. (Jodbew Henr\- j\I. Prentiss. 
 
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 The announcement was received with apphiuse. On taking 
 the chair, Mr. Pickering spoke as follows : 
 
 J//-. J/ayor and Citizens of Bangor : 
 
 I thank you for the honor of being called to preside on 
 this interesting occasion. It may not be out of place to ask 
 your attention a few minutes, before introducing the Orator of 
 the day. 
 
 This great gathering of people here, to-day, is for the purpose 
 of celebrating the Centennial Year of the Settlement of Bangor ; 
 and we bid you all a kindly \velcome. 
 
 One hundred years ago, what now is the City of Bangor was 
 nature's forest : all around us was a dense forest, save here and 
 there a little spot, the camping ground of the Red Man — the 
 Indian of the Penobscot : — a splendid race of men in form — 
 warlike and brave ! They were resting on the banks of the Pe- 
 nobscot, feeling that they were the rightful possessors of the 
 soil, when they were startled by the cry of the coming of the 
 White Man. He came, and made his Camping Ground with 
 the Red Man. His coming tells the story of the fate of the 
 Red Man. Soon after came others and others, until the break- 
 ing out of the Revolution, when there was on the banks of 
 the Penobscot a little colony of white men — loyal men, — de- 
 voted to their native soil — patriotic men — devoted to the cause 
 of the Revolution. Their descendants are here to-day, as patri- 
 otic as their fathers ; and they behold a city beautiful and grand ! 
 the corner stone laid by their fathers ; they behold their ships 
 riding on the waters of the beautiful Penobscot, with their Na- 
 tion's Banner — the Stars and Stripes, floating in the breeze at 
 their mast heads, the Banner of the free and brave that, on the 
 battle field, led on the brave to conquer or die. And may that 
 Banner, 
 
 "Beautiful and grand, 
 Float forever over our land 1" 
 
 The Centennial Hymn, wfritten for the occasion, by Mrs. 
 
i6 
 
 Fannie Laughton Mace, was then finely sung by the choir. It 
 is as follows : 
 
 Centennial Wymn. 
 
 BY MRS. B. II. MACE. 
 I. 
 
 God of our days ! thy guiding power 
 
 Sustained the lonely pioneer 
 Who first, beneath the forest shades, 
 
 His evening camp-fire kindled here ; 
 To Thee, a -welcome sacrifice. 
 Its smoke ascended to the skies. 
 
 II. 
 
 God of the years ! as summers fled, 
 
 Within the wild, new homes were reared, 
 
 New gardens bloomed, new altars flamed. 
 And songs of praise the Sabbaths cheered, 
 
 Until the fair young city stood, 
 
 Gem of the eastern solitude. 
 
 III. 
 
 God of the centuries ! to-da\- 
 
 A hundred years their tale have told. 
 
 And, lingering in their solemn shade, 
 We listen to the days of old. 
 
 To us, how vast the centuries' flight ! 
 
 To Thee, as watches in the night. 
 
 IV. 
 God of eternity ! Thy hand 
 
 To nobler hills has beckoned on 
 The fathers, who, by man\' toils. 
 
 For us this pleasant dwelling won. 
 With them, hereafter, may wc raise 
 Celestial cities to Thy praise. 
 
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 The President then announced the Orator of the da}-, Hon. 
 John E. Godfrej', who dehvered the following : 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 In tracing the history of our city, as in tracing the history 
 of cities of greater antiquity and renown, we can find our way 
 back into the times of myth and mystery. Still, it is not a city 
 surrounded by walls of stone to protect it against invaders, 
 w^ith its castle and donjon-keep, and with its long lines of gov- 
 ernors, and knights, and fabled heroes. It is a city of an age 
 and of a country more wonderful than any that have before 
 existed upon the earth ; a city whose defenses are intelligence 
 and practical common sense, and whose lines of governors, and 
 knights, and heroes, were its practical, common sense, citizens, 
 who alternated with each other in its rule, and for whom the 
 sword had no attractions except when used in the defense of 
 their country ; a city that looks back to the past only for that 
 which may be useful as warning or example, and upon the 
 present, with a determination to fix upon it the impress of the 
 great enterprise of its people ; a people who believe that, from 
 its progress, prosperity, position and resources, it is destined 
 to have a great fLiture, and who strive that its foundations shall 
 be laid in intelligence and virtue, having an abiding faith in 
 that Power through whom alone nations and cities can attain 
 true glory. 
 
 lOOO. 
 
 One hundred years ago an almost unbroken wilderness was 
 here. Savage men and savage beasts were the inhabitants. 
 They were brave Christians who first planted themselves in 
 this wild region. 
 
 It is not for us to know at what date it was first visited by 
 civilized man. If the Northmen, in their mysterious voyages, 
 near a thousand years ago, explored this part of their Vinland, 
 no discovered record reveals the fact ; and, although our anti- 
 quarians may look upon the antique relics that from time to 
 time are found in our soil, and ask themselves if it may not be 
 
that Lcif, soil of Eric The Red, once dwelt upon the banks 
 of our ancient river, and if his brother Thorfin and his good 
 wife (jiidrida may not ha\c set up housekeeping and had their 
 son Snorre born to them hcreal)outs,* yet, until there are further 
 re\ elations, \vc must permit our Western Vinland friends to 
 enjos' the Inpothesis, that theirs was the favored region of the 
 some lialf a dozen years' residence of those old roveis.f 
 
 If it be true that there \vas once in this region — upon the op- 
 jjosite bank of the river, perhaps, — "an ancient great city with a 
 skillful and dextrous people having thread of cotton," as '-many 
 old pihjts and historians affirm," and Mercator'sJ and other 
 maps of the i6th century indicate, we have yet to learn the 
 fact, that its people were or were not Christians, as well as 
 the other important fact, that there was any such city at all.|| 
 
 The jealousy of nations, and of the ancient voyagers to our 
 coast also, lest their discoveries should become known to each 
 other and afford to all equal advantages, has deprived us of 
 much valuable knowledge relating to our ancient localit\-. 
 Many early maps and charts and descriptions of our coast and 
 river, it is believed, have been concealed and eventually lost 
 from this cause. § 
 
 Leaving the regions of myth and tradition, we come into the 
 sixteenth centui")', when reliable history relating to our country 
 begins to dawn. 
 
 There is little doubt that our coast was visited in a few years 
 after the great discovery of Cohunbus, and our river — called 
 the Norombega — penetrated ; for that is conspicuous above 
 cvcrv' other ri\ er upon the maps and charts of our Eastern coast 
 of the sixteenth century.^ 
 
 1524-56. 
 
 We are ignorant of the extent of the vo^■ages of the Cabots, 
 
 *irheaton's Korihmctt, 24, '28. DcCoain^s Pre-Columbinn Disrovi'n/, III. 
 
 ^Jlrlt. Aw Mog. I. IT-.IT. Mr. /fht. Coll. '2(1 Sor. I. 71. 
 
 } J/c. /ri>:l. Cull. 2.L ScT.I, .'ISt, 
 
 \\Chaiiipl(iiit\^ i'otj. Cti. III. 
 
 §,!/(■. Hist. Coll. ill Scr. I, .-till, 
 
 irSfo tlic mn\\H ill N'ol. 1, .Ifc. lli.1t. Colt, ill Sc. 
 
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 in i497-'8, and whether they traced the coasts of their new 
 found lands as far as Maine, but the ItaHan, Verazzano, under 
 French auspices, was in our waters in 1524, and the Spanish 
 navigator, Gomez, it is supposed, in 1535. It is beheved also 
 that Bretons and Normans were here as early as 1504.* 
 
 Andre Thevet, a celebrated French cosmographer, sailed up 
 our bay in 1556. He describes it quite minutely, declaring it 
 to be "one of the finest rivers in the world" — says it was 
 called, by the French, "Norombegue," and by the natives, 
 " Agoncy," and that upon its banks the French had, formerly, 
 erected a little fort about ten or twelve leagues from its mouth, 
 where it was surrounded bj- fresh water, " and this place was 
 called the fort of Norombegue.-j-" 
 
 It is not improbable that this fort was upon Kenduskeag 
 Point, or at the head of tide waters, upon Thompson's Point,J 
 as either of those places answers the description more nearly 
 than any other. 
 
 With the ancient voyagers, || the river of Norombega lay be- 
 tween Pematig, or the Isle of the Desert Mountains, on the east, 
 and Bedabedec, or the coast extending from Owls-Head, north- 
 erly, on the west, and embraced the bay and river. 
 
 1604. 
 
 The history of the exploration of the Norombega river, early 
 in the seventeenth century, is of interest. 
 
 Under a charter from the great King Henry IV, of France, a 
 Huguenot gentleman of position, the chevaHei* DeMonts, com- 
 menced the erection of a colony within the limits of what is 
 now the State of Maine, in i6o4.§ Bringing with him many 
 gentlemen, Romish priests, Protestant ministers, artizans and 
 
 *MurdocWs Acadie, I. 3. Me. Hist. Coll. 2cl Se. I. 228, 271. 
 tMe. Hist. Coll. 2d Ser. I, 416. 
 XIn Vmzie. 
 WChamp. Voy. Ch. HI. 
 
 §J6. "Priests, Ministers, * * They were of Ixith religions, Catliollc and 
 Protestant." Murdochs Acadie, 1. 1.5. 
 
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 soldiers, he l)iiilt a fort and dwellings upon DeMont's Island,* — ■ 
 called Big Island by the people of its neighborhood, — near the 
 head of Passamaquoddy Bay. This was the first known settle- 
 ment in Maine. Traces of it are still in existence. DeMonts, 
 with his company, passed the winter upon the island. 
 
 1605. 
 
 The winter proved intolerably severe, whereupon he conclu- 
 ded that it would be of little avail to attempt to establish a per- 
 manent colony in so inhospitable a climate, and that he would 
 extend his researches further south for a more genial locality. 
 Accordingly,in the spring of 1605, taking with him the accom- 
 plished Samuel de Champlain, he sailed from St. Croix wester- 
 ly along the coast of Maine. And it is fortunate for history, 
 that he was accompanied by an observer so intelligent as to be 
 able to describe the places he visited with such accuracy that 
 we can at this day identify them without difficult\-. 
 
 Guided by the natives, they sailed past a remarkable island — 
 
 to which they gave the name of " The Isle of the Desert ]Moun- 
 
 tains" — into a river, which their guides called Pematagoet, and 
 
 which they believed to be the Norombega. The Isle-au-Haut 
 
 lay at its mouth. From this, at the distance of fifteen leagues, 
 
 they found a place about a quarter of a league in width, [at 
 
 Fort Point,] not far fi-om which, at the distance of about two 
 
 hundred paces from the western shore, was a rock, which was 
 
 dangerous, lying even with the water, [Fort Point Ledge.] 
 
 About seven or eight leagues from this they came to a little river, 
 
 [the Kenduskeag,] and soon aftenvards were obliged to cast 
 
 anchor, as before them [off" the foot of Xewlnn\- street] ^^•ere 
 
 several rocks which ^vere uncovered at Ioav water. About half 
 
 a league further onward \vas a rapid, which came in a slope 
 
 (if seven or eight feet where the river was about Uvo hundred 
 
 ♦Tills lias boon calleil Nculi-al Islanil, ami Dosqnet's Island. Tlie " Congres- 
 siniial \'<iya^rry" in the IT. S. Culler Mahonini^-, aloni,^ the coast, of Main o, in 
 ],M(i(i, liaving with them Jlr. llilKarcl, of the ('. S. toast Survey, and several 
 RcntleiLien ot lhc^ Maine Tlistoiieal Soeii'ly. voted that the i-slaiid he hereatter 
 ealled Deinonl'H Iglaiid, lit the same time fj:i\'inj]r the ]■) roper salute. V,y the ac- 
 tion of the waves the island lias lK.'en reduced to a small i^avt of its "original 
 dimensions. 
 
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 paces broad. [Treat's or The Penobscot Falls.] " The river," 
 says the voyager, " was handsome and pleasant as far as the 
 place where we cast anchor. Going on shore and going on 
 foot, hunting and to see the country, I found it very pleasant 
 and agreeable as far as the road led me, and it seemed as if the 
 oaks that were there were planted for pleasure." 
 
 Those of you who remember the grand old oaks that, some- 
 thing more than a third of a century ago, stood above the Point 
 on the bank of the Penobscot, and the fine grove that coverfed 
 the hill near the mansion of our first Chief Magistrate,* will 
 appreciate the remark, " it seemed as if the oaks that were 
 there were planted for pleasure." 
 
 It would be singular if our voyagers were not curious in re- 
 gard to the mysterious city of Norombega, about which so 
 much had been said and written in their day. They made 
 search for it, and Champlain declares, that he "is certain that 
 most of those who mention it have never seen it, and speak of it 
 from what they have heard from people w^ho know no more 
 than they," and that, from the entrance to where he was, he 
 saw no city, nor village, nor appearance of any, but, indeed, one 
 or twro savage huts where there was nobody." They w^ere visited 
 by two savage chieftains, Bashaba and Cabahis, with fifty or 
 sixty companions, but had no evidence of their dexterity and 
 skill, except in their savage mode of singing, dancing, leaping 
 and feasting.! 
 
 It is not absolutely determined that the Norombega river was 
 not in the same year the object of the admiration of the English 
 voyager, Weymouth, and his historian, Rozier, who says that 
 they passed from the Island of St. George, (Monhegan) , up " a 
 great river trending far up into the main," that floweth sixteen or 
 eighteen feet at high water, and was so admirable that " many 
 who had been travelers in sundry countries, and in most famous 
 rivers, affirmed them not comparable to this, " the most beauti- 
 ful, large, rich and safe harboring river that the world affbrd- 
 
 *Hoii. Allen Gilman, north of State and Essex streets. It is now owned by- 
 Michael Schwartz, Esq. 
 ^Champ. Voy. Ch. III. 
 
fth."* Belknap and Williamson, who founded their belief upon 
 the observations of Cajjt. John Foster Williams, a U. S. Reve- 
 nue office!', were of opinion that it was. But, as it is established 
 that our ri\er was v'sited as early by Champlain, we can afford 
 to yield the claim that it was the river of W'eymouth to those 
 who urge that the Georges or the Sagadahock was that river. 
 
 1605— '13. 
 The name Norombega was said by the "great French sea- 
 captain," Jean Parmentier, in 1 539,! to have been applied by the 
 people of the country to the whole American coast discovered 
 by Verrazano, from Cape Breton to Florida, but when in about 
 1660, Milton wrote 
 
 " Now from the North 
 Of Norombega and the Samoed shore, 
 Bursting their brazen dungeons, armed with ice 
 And snow and hail, and stormy gust and flaw, 
 Boreas and Caecias and Argestes loud 
 And Thrascias rend the woods and rock upturn,"t 
 
 it was confined to the region lying between Pemaquid and Pas- 
 samaquoddy,J a region that now contains a population of be- 
 tween 250,000 and 300,000 souls, 
 
 There is no doubt that the site of Bangor was a noted place 
 of resort of the ancient Abenakis ; for the celebrated expedi- 
 tion of the Jesuits, under the patronage of the" Marchioness De 
 Guercheville, and other religious persons of the court of Henry 
 IV, designed to establish a mission here in 1613. Unfortunately 
 for the project, the missionaiies were persuaded by the wilv 
 savages of Mount Desert to come no further than that island. 
 But they had hardly commenced building (upon the place 
 known as Fernald's Point||) before they were dispersed by Argal 
 with his squadron from Virginia. 
 
 *J!flk. Am. JBioff.U.p.Ul. iniliamson's Mainel. 193. ><ce Locke's nist. Camden, 
 pp. lU-11. 
 
 %1'aradisc iMst. Book ,\. 793 line. 
 
 \"Nnrniiibega hath on the N. E. .Vora Scoiin. on tlio S. W. Virginia" * "^ "A'irgin- 
 ia in llic lull latituilc thoi-oof, cxtonil(>tli IVcnii the 3-4 lU'tiroc where it joms 
 with Klciriila, unto Ihc +4 drt;re<' where it (|nartoreth on Noroiubeffii." JleuUn's 
 Cosmography, I'art 11. pp. 1117, 109. Ucmk IV; London, l(i:V>. 
 
 IIIcUMitilled as the locality, by Hon. B. L. IlauUin, of Bangor. Parkman's Pio- 
 
 veers 'ill. 
 
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 [Father Biard savs, (Jesuit Relations Vol. I., Chap. 23) : — 
 " La contrariete des \ents nous retint cinq iours A Port Royal, 
 then a favoring X. E. wind arising, we set sail with the intention of 
 going to the river Pentegoet, to a place called Kadesquit, which 
 we had destined for the new settlement, it having many great 
 advantages for this purpose."] 
 
 Kadesquit, as our localit}' was called by the French, was often 
 visited by that people after its exploration by DeMonts and 
 Champlain, and the Penobscot was made a thoroughfare by 
 them until the building of Ft. Powuall, in 1759, to and from 
 Canada. 
 
 The French claimed that Acadia extended to the Kennebec 
 river, as it did, but the English were continually encroaching 
 upon its limits until they succeeded in occupying Pemaquid. 
 They were not so successful in occupying the country east of 
 the Penobscot, permanently, until its final surrender by the 
 French to the English under the treaty of Utrecht, (1713), but 
 parts of it were at several times temporarily in their possession. 
 
 i626-'35. 
 
 In 1626,* the Plymouth colonists erected a trading house at a 
 place called by them, Penobscot, by the French, Pentagoet, and 
 by us, Bagaduce and Castine. In 1635, they were dispossessed 
 by the French, under D'Aulnay de Charnisay,t — commonly 
 called D'Aulnay, by the English — a Lieutenant under the Aca- 
 dian governor, Razilla. As the business of the English, and of 
 the French also, was with the Indians, and some of them at 
 times adopted their costume and mode of life, J the}' were doubt- 
 less often up the river as far at least as Kadesquit. 
 
 It is not to be supposed that the Plymouth people submitted 
 quietly to this interference with their nine years' possession of 
 Penobscot, and the breaking up of their lucrative peltry busi- 
 ness. They were greatly indignant, and contracted with a blus- 
 tering Captain, Girling,who had a ship, called the "Great Hope," 
 
 * Mass. Letter Boole, 107. Sullivan's Hist. Maine, 275. 
 
 t See Gov. Bradford's account of this transaction Hist. Xeut Plijmoidh. 207-8. 
 I Ashley "lived amonge ye Indeans as a savage and used their nianers." 
 Cue. Bratffor(Vs X. I'. 170. 
 
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 t ) retake the place for the consideration of seven hundred 
 pounds of beaver. To see that the job was fairly completed, 
 and to pay for it, they sent with him the renowned Capt. Miles 
 SLandish, with a vessel containing the beaver. Girling failed, 
 through stupidity and dishonest}' ; the French retained Pen- 
 ta^^out and Plymouth kept the l)ea\'cr.* 
 
 1670. 
 At sometime between 1665 and 1670, a young French officer, 
 by name, Jean Vincent, Baron de St. Castin,t found his way 
 
 * J-IuhharcVs Xeic Kntjlan'l^ ](;2. "Oirling -vvouUl take no advice, would neiUier 
 summon the enemy' nor permit <.;ipt. Mundisli to do so. Neither woiild he 
 liave paticiu-e to bring his ahip wher shu miyht do*- execution, but hegane to 
 ir;ho<)t at distance lilte a madd man and did thfin no hurte at all: the which 
 when those of >e plantation saw they were much gree\ei.I. and went to him 
 and tould him he would tlo no ^^ood'it he did not lay his ship beter to pass 
 (forsheTnight lye within pistoll sliott of ye house). At last, when he .saw his 
 own lolly, he was perswaded, and lay<.-d her well, and bestowed a few shott to 
 good pui-poss. but now, when he was in a M'ay to i\<H- some good, his powder 
 was goone; for though he had — peeec of ordnance, it did now appeare he 
 had but a barrell of powder, and a peece; so he could doe no good, but was 
 faine to draw of againe; by which means ye enterpri>e was niade frustrate, 
 and ye French incouraged; for all ye while that he shot so unadvi^<'dly, tbry 
 lay close under a \\'orkc of earth and let him consume him selfe. l\v advlsud 
 with ye (Ja]»taine [Standish] how he might be supplj-ed with powder, for he 
 had not to carie him home; so lie [standish] told him. he would go to j-e 
 next plantation, and do his iudeavur to procure Mm some, and so did: but 
 understanding by intelligence, that he intended to ceiase on ye barke, and 
 surprise ye beaver, he sent him the powder, and brought ye barke and 
 beaver liomc. liut tiirling never assaulted ye place more, (seeing him selfe 
 disapp(tye]it.rd,j but went his way; and this was ye end of this bussines." 
 Gor. HrinlforiPn X(fW /'h/ mouth, 2()S-'.). 
 
 The Govt, of Mass. iiay had given Plymouth some encouragement, that it 
 would assist them to regain their trailing hoxise, but when called upon, it 
 had various excuses for deelining. Plymouth was in the wrong. Tbe Ireuch 
 had m.erely taken possession of their own territovy. 
 
 t " The Baron of St. Casteins, a gentleman of Oberon in Beam, having lived 
 among the Abenakis, after tlie savage way, for alii^\'c twenty years, is so 
 much rcspecte<l l)y the savages that thi'y look upon him. as their tutelar God. 
 He was formerly an otUeer in the Carignan regiment in Canada, and upon 
 the breaking u] I of that regiment threw himself among the savages, whose 
 language he had learned. He married among them after their fashion, and 
 ])relerred the forests of Aeadie. to the Pyrcnean mouutmns that encompass 
 1 he ]ila.ce of Ids nativity." Forthetirst years (if hisabode with the savages, he 
 behaved himself so as to draw an inex]ucs>il)le esteem from them. They made 
 him their Great (.'hief or leader, wlio is in a manni-r the sovereign of the na- 
 tion; and by degrees he has worked himself into such a fortune, which anv 
 man but he would have niaile such use of as lo draw out of the countiy two 
 or three hundreil thousand erowns, which he had now in his ]ioeket ot' good 
 dry gold, liiit all the use lie makes of it is to l)uy up goods for presents to his 
 fellow savages, who upon their return fron\ huntini; presenthim with beaver 
 skins foa treblevalue. TheGovernovs (u-neral of (anada keep in with him, 
 and the (Governors of New Kn;;land are afraid of him. He has several daugh- 
 ters who are all of llieni married very handsomely to Frenchmen, and had 
 good dowries, lie has never ehanged" his wife, bv whieh he meant to give 
 the savages to underslaiid tliat (Jod does not love inconstant folks." La Hon- 
 f.art's i'iif/(ii/''8, -sol. 1. " This Casteen is a Frenchman, has lived there [at Pe- 
 nobscoLlj many vetirs. has ii or 4 Indian wives, and iaocs a huntiug with the 
 Iiulinns." Ji'dut/o/pk's J.clter. I hit chin mn rapvrs, ."x;:!. 
 
 "That man's ehnnieter has heen treated as a mystery by his own country- 
 nu'n and tlu'. writei's of thid nati«ui confess that they cannot find any satisfac- 
 tiMi' motive lor his condnet.'" SuNinnt's ,1^(//;m', 93. 
 
 "iJl, Get. 1707. Gaulln, :\Iissionary priest of the Seminary of Quebec, being 
 
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 into this region from Canada. lie was barely of age, but 
 had seen senice in the celebrated Carignan regiment, un- 
 der the renowned Italian General, Montecuculi, against the 
 Turks, and was fond of adventure.* Marrying the reputed beau- 
 tiful daughter, or daughters, (for it is said that he had more than 
 one wife,) of the great Tarratine chief, Madockawando,f he es- 
 tablished himself at Pentagoet, where he succeeded in obtain- 
 ing great influence over the natives. He resided in the country 
 during the remainder of the century, and accumulated a fortune, 
 by traffic with the Indians, of about 300,000 crowns. We have 
 the names of two of his sons and two of his daughters, who 
 were quite well educated. The sons and the father were doubt- 
 less often at Kadesquit, and the sons, with his grandson Alex- 
 ander de Belleisle, caused great annoyance to the French priests 
 at Pannawanske, by selling au-de-vie to the natives and by vari- 
 ous objectionable proceedings, especially b}' supercilious treat- 
 ment of themselves. 
 
 at Port Royal, married Anselm de St. Castin, baron de St. Castin, son of Sieur 
 Jean Vincent, baron de St, Castiu, and of dame Matilile of tlie parish of the 
 "Sainte famille", at Pentagonet, and damois'^lle Charlotte 1' Amours, daughter 
 of St. Louis d'Amours, ensign of a Company at Port Royal, &c. 
 
 i, Dee. 1707. Married le Sieur Alexander le Borgne de Belleisle, &e., to the 
 damoiselle Anastasie de St. Castin, fille du sieur Vincent, ecuyer, baron de St. 
 Castin et de dame Matilde. 
 
 4, Deo. 1707. Phllliiipe de Ponbomoou is married to Therese de St. Castin, 
 daughter of the Baron and of dame Marie Pidianiskge." Register of the Parish 
 of St. Jean Baptiste of Port Royal. 
 
 .Another son, Joseph Dahadis, was the hero of the story related by William- 
 son (Hist. Me. Vol. 11, IM,) as appears by a letter signed by him in Mass. Ar- 
 chive.s.A^jl. .^-2, p. i-ic, and was doubtless the '' Rohardee" mentioned in Williamson^ s 
 Hist. Vol. II, ]). 71, note. 
 
 Father Lau\oiiat, in a letter dated Panouamske, .July 8, 1728, to Father de 
 la Chasse, says, "The insolence of the Messr.s. de St. Castin has become so ex- 
 cessive that they have no respect for me or for God. The eldest, who will not 
 marry, and not satisfied to spread corruption through all the village, has now 
 set up a public traffic in brandy, with his nephew, the son of M. de Belleisle. 
 They have already drowned one man by it, and think to destroy many others. 
 The youngest of the Castins never comes Into the village but he gets publickly 
 dnmik, anil sets all the village in a flame [combustion] . » * * Puffed up by 
 their commission and the pension they obtain from the King by means of M. 
 do Vaudreuil, they appear as if the earth was not worthy to bear them." 
 
 * Martinis France Vol. I, p. 2(>.1. Garneau's Canada^ 1, 215, 2-24. 
 
 t Squando, of Saco, and Madockawando, the chief commander of the Indians 
 eastward about Penobscot " are said to be by them that know them, a strange 
 kind of moralized savages ; grave and serious in their speech and carriage, 
 and not without some show of a kind of religion, which no doubt they have 
 learnt from the Prince of Darkness." * " It is said also, they pretend to have 
 received some visions and revelations, by which they have been commanded 
 to worship the Great God and not to work on the Lord's Day." Hubbard's In- 
 dian Wars, 366. Madockawanilo was the adopted son of thechief Assiminasqua. 
 He was not an enemy, nor do we learn that his people had committed any 
 depredations until after .some Lnglisli spoiled his corn and otherwise did him 
 damage. ^^ Drake's Jloolc of the Indiana. 1S^. 
 
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 •Pannawaiiskc, Pannawanskek, or Panamske, &c., are varia- 
 tions lit' a name supposed to have been applied to an Indian 
 villaf^e at ( )l(lio\\ n. But as the natives had no fixed village, 
 until prohalil)- after the erection of Ft. Pownall, but many sta- 
 tions or camping grounds upon the river, to which they resorted 
 at the proper seasons, to obtain the supplies of game and fish 
 upon wliich thev subsisted, it is more probable that this name, 
 which is probably the original of Penobscot, ^vas applied in its 
 various forms to the different camping grounds. This ^vill ac- 
 count for the river being called by the English Penobscot, while 
 it was called Pentagoet, by the French. 
 
 After the French came into the countn. thev established mis- 
 sions at different points which were of some permanency and 
 the savages clustered around them.t 
 
 1677. 
 
 For many \ ears prior to 1677. there was a controversy be- 
 twixt the government of Massachusetts and the heirs of Sir Fer- 
 dinand Gor2:es, relative to their respective rights in Maine. 
 This controversy was settled this year by the purchase of the 
 Gorges interest for £1250 sterling-! The English settlements 
 extended to Penobscot, and by this purchase the Massachu- 
 setts Government conceived that they had the right to exclusive 
 jurisdiction over Elaine as far as the Penobscot river. 
 
 The horrible Indian wars, commencing with Philip's ^yar at 
 this period, that ravaged Alaine for more than half a century, 
 led to occasional expeditions to the Penobscot, sometimes on 
 missions of peace, but more frequently on missions of destruc- 
 tion. In 1676, Capt. ?vlooie came here and obtained the ratifi- 
 cation, by Madockawanilo, of a famous treaty made b\- Mas- 
 sachusetts, with Mugg, a subordinate chief. — a treats" \vhich 
 ^\■as soon violated. 
 
 • Cimoes will) liOmcii Icil 1 lii^ pliioi> Si-pt. 1:!, lc.17. mi an expodition to a place 
 Tiour I 111' mouth ol'llic Kriuu'ticr. It is not iiiipr.iIdiliU' tlmt the \-illagrc of Pan- 
 iiuiiiiskc wiisiil siuiir iM.iiii iMiHii'ii ilir liaimov null Hampden line and lid- 
 cliiiKiiiii Iti'iid. 'I'lir Frciu-h li:ul lixcd villiigrs k.ui;- oi-I'ori-. 
 
 tThi- Nilliitrc oi NiiriMiisciuik is iirnrcsl Now Knffhmd, that of Medootek near- 
 est Ac'iMliu, !iiul Hull iiT I'liiKiouiiniki^ iiciii-h- in the centre, in 172-1. .V. 3' Cot 
 llu,:. I\, mil. 
 
 II See dee. I from raher, ,1/".'. IlisI . Coll. II, 201. 
 
In the. autumn of 1696, Col. Benjamin Church, the conquerer 
 of Philip, ascended the river with his whale-boats. He had 
 been informed that at the " great falls," there was a great ren- 
 dezvous of the enemy, where they had large quantities of corn 
 planted. He was disappointed in not being able to find either 
 the enemy or the corn, but he learned of the existence of a fort 
 upon a little island further up the river which was difficult of 
 access.* 
 
 i723-'35. 
 
 He was aftei-vvards ordered to find and destroy this fort, but 
 this work Avas reserved for Col. Thomas Westbrook, who came 
 up the river with an expedition in 1722-3. He passed through 
 Kadesquit ^vith a foixe of 240 men, and after a march of five 
 days through the woods on the west bank of the river, succeed- 
 ed with much difficulty in finding the fort. There were twent}-- 
 three d-wellings inside of this fort ; outside, there was a priest's 
 house, and a chapel handsomely finished within and without. 
 The place was deserted. Westbrook set fire to the buildings 
 at nightfall, and in the morning they were in ruins. f The island 
 was probably Nicola's Island, at Passadumkeag. Traces of 
 erections are still to be seen there. 
 
 In 1725, Capt. Joseph Heath came with another expedition 
 across the country, from the Kennebec river, and destroyed a 
 French fort and village at a place called Fort Hill, at the head 
 of the tide, above Mt. Hope.| 
 
 1758— '59- 
 Under the treaty of Utrecht, in 1713, Acadia became English. 
 Louisburg finally- fell July 26, 1758, and the Islands of Cape 
 Breton and St. John (now Prince Edward's Island) were add- 
 ed permanently to the British acquisitions. (With this con- 
 quest the whole coast, from Newfoundland inclusive, became 
 
 * " Their pilot, York, informert them of a fort up that river and that it was 
 bnllt on the little Island in that river; and that there was no getting to it, bnt 
 in canoes, or on the ice in wintertime." Church's Indian 7F'«''S, (Drake's E(t.)22o. 
 
 t Autograph letter of W. in Mass. Archives 1722-3. Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 
 VIII. 2d Ser. 2fi4. 
 
 t Whipple's Acadia 80. Eaton's Warren 39, Hutch. Mass. 11, 286. 
 
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 ]5iitish tcnilorv.) Canad;i was still in the possession of the 
 FiLiich. The St. John and the Kennebec rivers were fortified 
 and t^uardcd by Eii<^lish troops, and the only avenue for the 
 French open to the ocean was the Penobscot river. It was of 
 <;;reat importance to the English that this avenue should be 
 closed. A fcirt upon its bank was deemed indispensable. With 
 a view to its erection, Gov. Fownall with a fleet and troops, 
 in the spring of 1759, reconnoitered the river. A sloop of the 
 expedition run upon one of the rocks that were so formidable 
 to Champlain, off" the foot of Newbury Street, and he landed his 
 troops upon the Eastern bank of the river, and marched them 
 abouj four miles to the head of the first falls, opposite Thomp- 
 son's Point, where he raised the banner of St. George. After 
 saluting it, he buried "at ye Root of a Large White Birch Tree, 
 three large Trunks springing from ye one Root, " a leaden plate 
 bearing this inscription, 
 
 " May 23, 1759. Province Massachusetts Bav. 
 
 Dominions of Great Britain. 
 
 Possession Confirmed by Thomas Fownall, Governor." 
 
 In consequence of this act of Gov. Pownall, the territory be- 
 tween the Penobscot and the St. Croix rivers was embraced in 
 the territory of the United States under the treaty of Paris of 
 1783.* Had it not been for this act of occupation, the countrv 
 east of the Penobscot river would at this time have been, prob- 
 ably, a part of the Fro\ince of Xew Brunswick.j 
 
 Having completed his reconnoissance. the Governor returned 
 to Wasumkeag Point, (Fort Point,) whei'e he erected Fort Pow- 
 nall. 
 
 The building of this fort was the commencement of a new 
 era in Eastern Maine. In the language of Williamson. •' then 
 closed the scenes of massacre, plunder and outrage by the In- 
 dians fore\er. " 
 
 The fort was completed July 25, 1754. It was garrisoned bv 
 
 *roinuiJrs JoiiriittI, .I/".-. Ilisl. Coll. V. :1S1 Hang. 
 
 t-l/f. HiHt. Cull. \ I. xa, N(ii,.s l)y Hon. .I.>s. WiUinmson. 
 
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 a force of eight}- men, at first under the command of Gen. Jede- 
 diah Preble, afterwards nnder Capt. Thomas Goldthwait.* 
 
 1759- 
 When Go^'. Pownall first entered the river he took decided 
 measures with the Indians, and with good effect. He had a 
 conference with them near Belfast, and, giving them a Union 
 flag, a Red flag and a White flag, told them that he had come 
 to build a fort upon the Penobscot, and to make the land Eng- 
 lish. That he was able to do it and would do it, .that they should 
 have justice, and that they should do it too — that they should be 
 cared for and protected if they were friends, but that he would 
 sweep the river of them, " from one end to the other," if they 
 were not — and that to keep faith with the English was indis- 
 pensable to their existence.f They were convinced that it would 
 at least be good policy to keep on terms of friendship with their 
 new neighbors, and the next spring they entered into a treaty 
 with the English to \\'hich they adhered until the Revolution, 
 when they adopted the cause of the colonists and were as faith- 
 fiil to it as their nature would admit.J 
 
 1769. 
 
 With the building of Fort Pownall, commenced immigration 
 to the country in its neighborhood from Massachusetts, New 
 Hampshire and the Western part of Maine. The Southern part 
 of Orphan Island was occupied in 1763, and Col. Jonathan 
 Buck was the first settler in Bucksport, in i764.§ 
 
 The settlement upon the river was very gradual and did not 
 reach Bangor until 1769. Doubtless the difficulty of obtaining 
 title to the lands was an obstacle to rapid settlement, as well as 
 a lingering timidity in regard to the Indians. But there were 
 some persons so situated that they were disposed to brave every 
 obstacle in order to obtain a home for their families. 
 
 The first of these was Jacob Buswell, or Bussell as his de- 
 
 * Williamson's Hist. Maine II, 371. Gen. Preble removed to Portland, and was 
 a prominent patriot. 
 tJ/e. Hist. Coll. V. 376. 
 } Williamson's Maine II. 47S. 
 ^Whipple's Acadia 81. 
 
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 scendants piL-fcr to pronounce the name. He was probably 
 orji^inally from Salisbury, Mass., and had been a soldier in an 
 expedition to Canada, in which his health had suffered. He 
 was poor. He had a wife and nine children. He was a hun- 
 ter, fisher, boatbuildcr and cooper. 
 
 This ref^ion abounded in game and fish, and was inviting to 
 pioneers such as he. .:V title to the soil did not probably dis- 
 turb his contemplations. The title to anv game or fish he might 
 obtain, he did not fear would be called in question, ^\'hether 
 the rule " necessity knows no law, " had anv influence in re- 
 gard to his acts or not, he took up a spot of ground upon the 
 top of the hill overlooking the river just below the rocks of 
 Champlain, and erected a log cabin thereon ; and this was the first 
 dwelling, and his ^vas the first English familv known to have 
 been established within the limits of Bangor.* To Jacob Bus- 
 well belongs the honor of having been our pioneer inhabitant, 
 one hundred years ago.! 
 
 It is a circumstance, perhaps worthy of note, that the re- 
 ligious order that first had establishments upon this river, and 
 probablv at this place, more than two centuries ago, and was su- 
 perceded and for a time almost obliterated — the Roman Catho- 
 lic — has now a permanent church structure almost upon the very 
 spot which was occupied by the temporary dwelling of our 
 Protestant pioneer inhabitant. 
 
 The loneliness of BuswelFs family was relieved in the spring 
 of 1770, by the arrival of his son Stephen, with his new wife, 
 Lucy Grant, and bv Caleb Goodwin, with his wife and eight 
 children, from Castine. — Goodwin was originally from Bow- 
 doinham. — These new-comers built cabins a little southerlj' of 
 Jacob BuswoU's, bchvccn that and the Bangor Bridge. In the 
 
 * " rlncol) liiiswcll livt'd in 11 Ui^ house on the iU'i'livit>- l<'ss than half :i mile 
 :ilii)\(' Ki-iiihisl<(':i,;>' I'oinl. porhiii)s 'joo piu-i's sontht'vl>" of Nrwbury St , and 130 
 imiTH Ifoni lln' Imnks oi" thr ri'iiol>st'(it river, not lar tixun a spring. Here 
 he li^Til t u o \ rnrw or nK)rr. jriUiiniinoH'.'i A/iitah. 
 
 Thi' Miirin^;'is now (•o\citMl anil eonct'ttled. 
 
 tMr. Wllliinnson in 11 niannscrii>t rntlticil "Aiiiinls of llmigor," a cojiv of 
 wllich is hi poHHi'Nsion or llic ^Ic. Ilislori.-al So,-., .savs tUat tllVre shoulil'l)e a 
 I'oi rci'licin oi' I lio Ml iilcnifn t In Ilis lUst. ot Elaine. Vol. I, p. .">.'>;;. tliat ."-itophen 
 Ituswrll was tlie first scltkr ot lian.uor. lie is satislied that .Jafub was the 
 (list si'lllei-, ami tllat Stepiien eauie in tlie sneci-edinj,^ spriny. 
 
year I'J'jo, the population of Bangor consisted of about a score 
 of souls.* 
 
 But the immigration that, perhaps as much as any other in the 
 century left its impress upon Bangor, was that of 1771-2. The 
 individuals who came — chiefly with families — were Thomas 
 Howard, Jacob Dennet,| Simon Crosb-^-, Thomas, John and 
 Hugh Smart,! brothers, Andrew Webster, || Joseph Rose, David 
 Rowell,§ Solomon and Silas Harthorn and Joseph Mansel. 
 Most of these came fromWoolwich and Brunswick, in this State. 
 
 They took up lands at various points, having faith that at 
 some time they should obtain a title to them. Their faith was 
 well founded. The titles of all were eventually established, and 
 that of one at least — Simon Crosby^ — is now in his descendants 
 of the third and' fourth generation. 
 
 These iinmigrants had various occupations, and their charac- 
 ters Avcre as different as their occupations. Some were of the 
 puritan stamp, and their excellent lives and example had an in- 
 fluence upon the community. All were industrious and enter- 
 prising. Howard established himself upon the estate now owned 
 b}- Hon. J. W. Carr.lf Crosby took the estate now owned by his 
 descendants, near the Hampden line ; Dennet, the lot where the 
 Central Railway Station is ; Rose, a lot near Treat's Falls ; 
 Rowell, a lot further up the river, and the Smarts, lots near the 
 sites of the First Parish Meeting House, First Baptist Meeting 
 
 *FouT of Stephen Biiswell's descenciants were present at the Celebration. 
 Three are residents of Argyle, where their ancestor died, and one -waa from 
 Boston. Isaac, a son of .Jacob, was a Eevolutionary pensioner; he died in 
 Chei-ryfleld. .lacob died In Orono. 
 
 t " A sliipwright, tliicte-set, thick lips, grum voice, industrious, honest and 
 generous. His wife [Thos. Smart's sister, and the sister of Capt. .lames Budge] 
 was a very sensible woman. They had a larsjc family ; one daaghlcr maiTied 
 John Bragg and one Maj. Trafton," [father of Kev.MarkTraftonJ. }riUkmso7i's 
 Annals. 
 
 t" They went to sea and owned a coaster together. Thos. was captain, 
 .John and Hugh sometimes went trips with their brother. They talked large 
 and were disposed to be "bullies". Hugh was ne\er married. He died at sea; 
 the others at home." Jb. 
 
 II Died at Stillwater. His children were Eichard, Daniel, Ebenezer (Co).) 
 Andrew, .James, Elijah and Wm.. Hasey's wife [mother of Andrew W. and Elijah 
 W. Hasey]. lb. 
 
 §Some of his descendants are in Eddington and Bradley. 
 
 ITMr. Howard flrst built a cabin near the river. About 87 years ago he built 
 the house on State Street which is now In possession of his descendant, JMlss 
 Jlannah V. Howard. 
 
3^ 
 
 House ;ui(l Morse's Hill. Andrew Webster built his cabin at 
 the intersection of Main and Water Streets. 
 
 The Ilarthorns, who were from Worcester, Mass., established 
 themselves upon " The Plains, " just above Mt. Hope, where 
 s')niL' of their descendants now live. They initiated the business 
 which from that day to this has been the business of Bangor. 
 They employed Mansel, who was a millwright, from Scituate, 
 Mass.,* to build a sawmill at the mouth of the Penjejawock 
 stream, a little way below Mt. Hope, and made it quite a centre 
 of business. 
 
 It would have been a great convenience to the people if thev 
 had built a gristmill also, for they were obliged to convey their 
 corn for grinding, by water, to a mill a little wa}- above Fort 
 Point. But they usually avoided this labor by pulverizing their 
 corn in mortars until the year 1776, when Benj. Wheeler erected 
 a gristmill upon the Souadabscook stream, in Hampden. 
 
 1772-3. 
 
 James Dunning| came from Brunswick in 1773 or 3, and took 
 the lot on the westerly side of the Kenduskeag, at its confluence 
 with the Penobscot. Robert Treat came the same j'ear, and 
 built his cabin at the foot of Newbur^• street. 
 
 The first death in Bangor was that of a !Mr. Cotton, in 1771. 
 The first marriage is supposed to have been in Jacob Buswell's 
 family. The first birth was that of Mar}-, daughter of Thomas 
 Howard, and mother of our fellow citizen, Capt. John A. ^Nlav- 
 hew. She was born June 30, 1771. The important event of 
 the year i773i ^'^'"^s the establishment of the first school in Ban- 
 gor. Miss Abigail Ford applied herself to the instruction of 
 
 *riis fatlH'T, .Tolni ^lunsoll. cniin' from London, nini'Tio*! in Scituate. had four 
 sons and ci^lit dauf^rlttrva. .Iost']tli did duty at Marliiiis, as a I^iout.. 6 Bionths 
 alter Penol)scot was taken. .Vlter lus return to Penol)sc<^1. before tlie "war 
 <'loseil, 11 militia eompaii,\- was fonued of all tlic able bodied men on l)otll 
 sides of the ri\'er fri^m SouadabseooU upwards. .lanu's (Jinn, of OlTinp:ton, 
 ■was (^apt.; Mansell T.ient. Alter the war, a division was made. Capt. Eilw. 
 AVilkins commanded below Penjejawttek, and iManseil abovt.-. Wlien WUkins 
 resigned, ('a|)l. -las. JJnd^e suefet'ded liini. .Mansell resigned in ITtlll. Wil- 
 tiftnfs<in\^ Aliiuih. 
 
 tills deseendants arc anejng the principal Inhabitants of Cliarloston, in this 
 
 ri'enobscot | Conldy. 
 
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 children in a log house upon the flat, near Treat's Falls. Let the . 
 name of the first teacher be remembered — ^ Abigail Ford.[*] 
 
 Before the close of the year 1773, there were thirty families 
 in Kenduskeag Plantation, which extended from Souadabscook 
 Stream to Stillwater, then called Deadwater.-f 
 
 New Worcester was a name applied to the territory now em- 
 braced by the towns of Brewer, Orrington and Holden. Its 
 first inhabitant was John Brewer, in about 1770. He resided 
 on the Segeundedunk Stream, where Brewer Village now is. 
 Capt. James Budge, formerly of Medford, Mass., removed from 
 Castine to the northerly part of New Worcester in 1772, and 
 built a sawmill on the Mantawassuck Stream. || He afterward 
 removed to Bangor and became the owner of the lot of one 
 hundred acres, embracing the " Point " which for him, for a long 
 period, was called "Budge's Point." He carried on the lumber 
 business quite extensively, and run masts and timber in rafts to 
 Castine for shipment. 
 
 Hampden, below the Souadabscook Stream, was at first a 
 part of Frankfort. It was settled about i77o.§ Benjamin 
 Wheeler was the first inhabitant. His locality was near " High 
 
 *"Thomas Goldthwalt, son of him of Hie same name wlio commandea at Ft. 
 Pownall, liatl a trading house near the mouth of the Kenduskeag. Being a 
 tory he did not remain after the first sign of war was manifest." Williams<yti's 
 Annals. 
 
 t"The place v\-as first called 'Deadwater'; but one Owen Madden, a dis" 
 charged soldier from Burgoyne's army, whoihad been stationed at Stillwater, 
 S. Y. changed the name from Dead to Still, as a better sound. He was a school- 
 master in Bangor and Orono. He was at times accustomed to drink intoxica- 
 ting liquors to excess, but he was well educated, and jjossessed a good dispo- 
 sition." Williamson^s Annals. 
 
 \\ " He was a thick-set man ; a ready and fluent speaker." IJ^lliamson's Annals. 
 lie has several tlescendants in this city and vicinity. The wife of "Dr. Isaac 
 .racobs is a daughter, and tlie oldest person living who was born in Bangor. 
 She is 87 years old. 
 
 § It is claimed, in Hampden, that that town was settled before Bangor, .say 
 in 1767. It may be so, but in the letter of Elihu Ilewes, referred to, (datcil 
 9th June, 1775,) is the following statement: " I li\'e on Penobscott Eiver about 
 twenty-three mOes above Fort Pownall; the settlement very New, the first 
 Man that Pitched in my ]Seighborhood has not been there more than five 
 ^'cars. 'Tis tme Cap'n -Tona'n Buck began near ten years ago, but he lives not 
 much more than eiprht miles above the Fort, the Inhb'ts beingsettled for above 
 twenty iiiUes above him."— J/nss. Arrhircx, Vol. 193, pp. .338-343. Elihu Hewes 
 was the first Town Clerk of Hampden. Several of his descendants are in 
 Hermon. 
 
 " I suspect that in the early settlement of the country, say as long ago as 177G, 
 there were, for the purposes of taxation, two districts, the upper and the low- 
 er — that Hampden was incorporated in 1784. covering the settlement of Marsh 
 Bay, and north to Wheeler's Mills, and that the country below retainwl the old 
 name of Frankfort— that when lYankfort was incorporated, (17«l,) it took from 
 Hampden all south of Waldo's line, and to the mountains, leaving the old set- 
 
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 I Kad," and was called W'lujclcrhcjiciii^rh. Joshua Eayers was 
 the liisl inhabitant of Orono. Jeremiah Colburn settled there 
 sddii aftL-rward. 
 
 The lirst framed house, in lianLjor, \vas built hv the Harthorns 
 forjedcdiah Preble, before the i<-e\o]ution. It was situated on 
 the bank of the Penoljscot, a few rods south of Penjejawock 
 stream. It was at first oceupied by Capt. Jameson, as a tavern, 
 and was the first hotel in Hanj^or. It was afterward occupied 
 by Maj. Robert Treat. It will be recollected by many as the 
 residence of the late \Vm. Forbes, I-^sq. It was atfirst probably 
 occupied as a truck-house, as tho.se trading houses were called 
 where the government kept their stores to be bartered with the 
 Indians and others, for furs and other commodities. Preble 
 was the first truckmaster. He was very unpopular with the 
 Indians, and the\' made great eflbrts to have him removed, and 
 to lia\e Jonathan Lowder,* a late gunner at Fort Pownall, 
 substituted. They accused him, to the Provincial Congress, of 
 lying in bed until ten o'clock ; of treating them with great in- 
 difference, going awav and leaving them waiting a dav at a time 
 for their supplies, thus affording their 3'oung men an opportunitv 
 to indulge in the pastime of getting drunk.f 
 
 There is a tradition, that the beautiful daughter of this great 
 truckmaster, became enamored of a splendid voung Tarratine 
 chief, and, ha\'ing procured fitting costumes, made arrange- 
 ments to take up her abode \\ ith him, in the wilderness. The 
 plot coming to the knowledge of her father, he incarcerated her 
 in the " donjon-keep " of the truck house, until he had an op- 
 portunity to remove her to his friends in the west. J 
 
 ticiiirnt 01 riMiikl'oit ill Sanily I'oiiit, ;iiiil biilnnce 111 Belfast." "In Ort. 17S4, 
 this 1(irilin\, |<'_\1(iHiiiii;- IVniii llt-lf.-ist up ilie Ti\('r so ;is to ineliidu tlie 
 Will. >\v Wheel. 'I's .Mills, .111 III.' s.ina.l:ibscii..k stn';nu,l "'iis ealliMnVh.'clur- 
 li.)i-.>."— (,'r/(. .Ir,l,',li,ili /In-rirl-S letter to Dr. .lolin .l/iw,.//, March U. IS4.->. 
 
 *.I<iii!i. 1,1. W.I. T w!is (iiiiimr, iiiul .Ifd'li rrchk' Truckmaster, at Ft. rowndll, 
 
 in 1771,— /i'...s/../) /,■.,,//.,■/■</■ c.r 177.">. 
 
 f,lA.(.M, Ariliins, \ ,.1. lU, p. .■»!. 
 
 t"Mr. I'i'i'lil.' WHS II n"r.':il {i\v\. On llio way to tlio .'iionn's vessel in ii boat, 
 niipr.iaehiii^;- a pnniiiiieni plaiv al m- la'viiii.l fastine aiul' all.inptiiit; to lanil 
 
 i-M il. III.' s.'ii lii'iiif; r(m,i,'li, liis U',i; was eiuinlil between the boat anil the 
 
 roik aiMl (Muslie.l. lie na-i'.l to draw liilus.ll upon the roi-k, w lieiv lie 
 
 ill. Ml. IliniiiH' 111. 'alls ol wriliiiH', llG ilelail.'.l bis snll.Tiims aii.l vepelite.l bis 
 ooiiise. 'I'll.' wiitinn' wns I'ouii.l on liim. I'l.l.le was iiuite eiiterin-isiii"- "— 
 If iltniijlsnii'^i Jilllnls. " 
 
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 The Indians were not desirable neighbors. From pity or 
 from fear they \vere considerably indulged, and made them- 
 selves disagreeably familiar. They made free to enter the cabins 
 of the settlers at all times, by day and by night, — forcing their 
 doors when fastened, — to appropriate svich food as they could lay 
 their hands upon, and to occupy the most comfortable places, 
 extending themselves upon the floor, with their feet upon the 
 hearth towards the fire, ^vithout regard to the occupation of the 
 good house-wife, or the comfort of the family, sometimes even 
 crowding them aside, if in the way. Although they had a 
 wholesome respect for the power of the whites, yet they did not 
 hesitate to take advantage of timidity or good nature, to satisfy 
 their wants. 
 
 The Avife of Mr. Thomas Howard related this anecdote : 
 
 " One morning an Indian entered her house and offered her 
 a ninepence to provide him with a breakfast. She had hardly 
 got it ready, upon a barrel in a corner of the room, before an- 
 other Indian rushed in and seizing her hungry customer they 
 both fell upon the floor together. The assaihmt, getting the other 
 face downward, stood upon his shoulders and taking his tuft of 
 hair in his hands pulled and twisted it with such violence that she 
 feared he would dislocate his neck. While this scene was taking 
 place, -a third Indian came in and fell to devouring the break- 
 fast. Mrs. Howard remonstrated, saying it was for his brother. 
 He replied "Humph, berry good fight ! " and dispatching the 
 breakfast, went his way, leaving his discomfited bi-other to di- 
 gest the fight instead of the breakfast.* 
 
 When Champlain visited the Penobscot, these people were 
 
 • *" Mrs. Howard says, before the Revolutionary war, the Imlians used to 
 threaten that they meant to drive the settlers off from their lands, hut atfrr 
 hostilities eommenceil, the\' professed great friendship for the Americans, 
 and went down to Baf^uduce, to Join them against the British. But after the 
 British drove the Americans up, In the repulse and defeat of 1779, many of the 
 savages turned upon the settlers, and plundered their houses all the way up 
 the liver. Some of the Indians were killed; amongthem 'White Francis' and 
 'Osson.' At one time, hy day or night, for years after the first settlement, they 
 would hurst open the doors to come in and warm themselves. Wl}en the occu- 
 pants were up, the Indians would turn them from the lire and warm them- 
 selves. Sometimes they would lie down and sleep with their fcH't toward the 
 fire. They would steal and eat anything that was cooked and in sight, hut 
 stole nothing but provisions. They were chaste, and no Indian was ever 
 known to offer violence to a female." — Williamson's Annals. 
 
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 clad in the skins of wild beasts. After a century and a half of 
 contact with Europeans they had accustomed themselves to the 
 Coarse blankets of civilization, but their customs were still bar- 
 barous long after the \isit of Governor Pownall. The heads 
 of the men were shorn of the hair, except a single tuft upon the 
 crown. Tile women wore jewels in their ears'and noses, and 
 the betrothed "young ladies," for sometime previous to their mar- 
 ria<^fc, wore " (jne blue stocking and one red one," as a publica- 
 tion of the intention. 
 
 As hasbeen intimated, the religious element existed amongthe 
 first settlers of Bangor. This element was not allowed to de- 
 cline. The missionary was welcomed ; and Mr. Ripley, who 
 \vas the first, found that his services were appreciated on both 
 sides of the river.* 
 
 Rude indeed were the places of worship of those early 
 Christians. When the weather was propitious, the barns were 
 used as churches. When the cold and the snows came, the log 
 cabin shielded them in their devotions.f 
 
 In consequence of some domestic infelicity. Dr. John Herbert 
 wandered here from the west in i774- He was the first phy- 
 sician. He was a religious man and presided and exhorted in 
 the public meetings. Possessing various accomplishments, he 
 taught the children in the Penjejawock neighborhood in the 
 common studies, and in writing and singing. His professional 
 services were often rendered without fee or reward. For five 
 years, this good man devoted himself to the moral and intel- 
 lectual improvement of the people until 1779. when his son 
 traced him here, and took him home to die.| 
 
 Rumors of Revolutionar)- mo\-ements did not linger on their 
 way to tliis remote region. The Boston ^Massacre, and the 
 destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor had taken place since 
 tlie arrival of the first inhabitant. The people here were as 
 
 * WillUiitisou^H Alilliils. 
 ]l^i'of. SheiHiriPti St'niloit. 
 \ irilluiiiiHoit^s Ainiiih. 
 
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 patriotic as elsewhere, their temper may be understood from 
 this incident, related by Capt. Mansel : 
 
 The largest oak in the neighborhood, stood not far from where 
 the westerly end of the Bangor Bridge now is. Some high 
 libert}' men trimmed it of its lower branches and named it 
 " The Liberty Tree, " and meeting with one David Rogers, a 
 sea captain, one of those traitorous, pig-headed persons that arc 
 always croaking against the cause of their country when it is 
 in trouble, took him to the tree and declared their intention to 
 hang him unless he would swear to be true to his country. He 
 refused. Whereupon they procured a rope, and, having fortified 
 all around with New rum, proceeded to carry their threat into 
 execution. Finding they were in earnest, he retracted and took 
 the required oath.* 
 
 1775- 
 
 In a letter from the Penobscot River (Wheelerborough) to 
 the President of the Provincial Congress, Joseph Warren, in 
 1775, the writer (Elihu Hewes,) says: 
 
 "The people here, I am confident, will support it (the Revo- 
 lutionary cause) to the last moment of their lives, being willing 
 in general to encounter any difficulty [rather] than to yield to 
 that Band of Tyranny whose plodding pates have long projected 
 methods to enslave us4" 
 
 In 1775, the news of the battles of Lexington and Bunker's 
 Hill created a great sensation in the community but neither of 
 these events was the occasion of so much anxiety as the dis- 
 mantling of Fort Pownall by Mowatt, in April of the same 
 year. 
 
 This fortification was felt to be a protection against the sava- 
 ges, and it was feared that, when the news of its unserviceable- 
 ness should reach Canada, the hordes that had gone there on its 
 erection, J would return and ravage the country. This fear was 
 groundless. Canada had long since become an English 
 
 *Williamson^s Annals. 
 \>tass. Archives, 1775. 
 ; ]rilHamson'a Maine, II. 418. 
 
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 Province. The French had ceased to be a power in the country, 
 and could no longer influence the savages against their old 
 enemy. Besides, from the last fifteen )ears experience, the 
 Indians found that it was for their interest to live on terms of 
 friendship with the people who had control of the country. 
 Therefore, instead of rejoicing at the I'emoval of the guns and 
 ammunition from the fort, the Penobscots were greatly exas- 
 perated against Capt. Goldthwait for permitting it.* 
 
 After the breaking out of the Revolution, the Provincial Con- 
 gress of Massachusetts lost no time in securing these Indians in 
 the interest of America. In June, ( 1 775,) they recognized their 
 claim to territory extending from the head of the tide up both 
 sides of the river six miles, forbade trespass thereon, and prom- 
 ised to supply them with ammunition, provisions and goods, 
 at a reasonable price, and to protect them from imposition.f 
 
 In September, two of the chiefs of the St. John tribe ap- 
 peared at the truck house at Penobscot Falls, and had the ser- 
 vices of Jonathan Lowder in writing a letter to the Provincial 
 Congress, in which they say that their tribe are resolved to stand 
 together with the Penobscot Indians, '' and oppose the people 
 of old England that are endeavoring to take your and our 
 liberties from us. "J 
 
 The Provincial Congress sent Capt. John Lane to raise a 
 company from the Penobscots to join in the war. There was 
 among the Indians, at this time, a man of low instincts and 
 morals, of the name of Andre'w Gilman,§ who \vas useful as 
 
 *J/"f7SS. Arckirc.i^ 177.'>. 
 
 P^iililcr'x Eastern .^[((iiif, .53. 
 
 \Ki'Jfier^s Eastern Afrtine, ;").'). 
 
 §" He [Gilmanl originated in York Co. or vicinity, aviis inferior in niinrl and 
 stature, altliuiin-ii lu^ lutd some vi\'neity and cunning. His influence witli tlic 
 Indians was tlic only cause of liis l)einjj made lieutenant. He sjioke tlie Indian 
 lau^-uage as well as' a nati\'e, dressed in tiie Indian c(istuinc, and bunted and 
 tratled witli the Indians. Was ne^■or unirried. lint was the Intlicr of a son by a 
 native. Atthislinie he was about 50 ^M-ars old. Belore the close of the war, 
 he w'itli one I'eol and his stiuaw anil son, a or Hi years old, went hunting; near 
 I'ushaw Lake. (Ulnian clainu'd half tlie fur. Tiie Indian claimed two-thirds, 
 Iieeause (W the ser\ ices of his sijuaw and son in slcinninf? and cooking the 
 game, *c. (iilman sell led the (|uarrcl in this way: He procni'ed a keg of rum, 
 and two reckless lellows I'l-oni the rivi'r, had a carouse, killed the Indian and 
 took all the fur. 'I'lie mother ami boy saw the whole from behind a stump, 
 where lhe,\' were concealed. The mnrdtu-ers were arrested and committed to 
 jail in l'ownall)iu-o. .\ story was circnlatcd among the Indians that the trial 
 \\as to he a week later than it was, therefore no ^vilnesses aiipearcd ami the 
 murdorevs wi're illschnvgi'd. (iihuan uiver rclurniMl to I'enobscot."— irWinm- 
 snii^K .t mails. 
 
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 an interpreter. He was at Boston with Orono* and some 
 other chiefs and they all oflered their services to the govern- 
 ment. In 177^' ''• company, consisting of twenty white men and 
 ten Indians, was organized. Gilman was made commanding 
 Lieutenant, and Joseph Mansell Orderlj^ Sergeant. This was 
 the first military organization, and a rude fort, at the angle of 
 the roads just above Mt. Hope, was their headquarters. They 
 acted as Rangers until the British occupied " Bagaduce," or 
 Castine, in 1779.! 
 
 1779. 
 
 Castine was deemed by the British important as a military 
 and naval station, and they took possession of it with three 
 vessels of war this year and commenced building a fort. 
 
 It was here at this time that the celebrated Sir John Moore, J 
 respecting whose heroic death, afterward in Spain, Wolfe wrote 
 the stanzas beginning with the line : 
 
 " Xot a drum was heard nor a funeral note," 
 commenced his active military career and led the detachment 
 that opposed the landing of the American troops, as a Lieu- 
 tenant. 
 
 The American government, on learning of the occupation, 
 sent a fleet of forty-three war and transport vessels, under 
 Com. Saltonstall, with about a thousand men under Gen. Lovell, 
 to dispossess the British. It was an imposing fleet, and the force 
 
 *Capt. Wm. Lewder, about 85 years old, son of the above Jona. Lowder, says, 
 that Orono was doubtless white, and was stolen by the Indians when a child — 
 that he died on his (Capt. L.'s) father's farm, just above Mt. Hope— that when 
 about to die he asked his father for paper and ink — that he covered the paper 
 with Indian characters and said, "great deal money buried, you get 'em and 
 your papooses," — then covering the palm of his hand with ink, he pressed it 
 upon the paper as his signature, — that Orono was honest, kind-hearted and 
 intelligent. 
 
 t jrifliamson's Annals. 
 
 Three companies of militia were stationed in the woods X. of Bagaduce 
 to cut off supplies from the upper settlements, destined for the British forces 
 at the .siege. Oneof these was under Jos. Mansell, and the others were under 
 two of the Grants. — HerrtcL-'s letter to Dr. Mason. 
 
 tHe was born in Scotland in 1761 — obtained an ensigncy in the 51 Eeg't of 
 foot.in 1776, [at 1.5 years of age], then quarteredatMinorca, and served with that 
 Beg't till he obtained a Lieutenancy in the 82d, commanded by Gen. Francis 
 McLean. Went with him to N. America — was stationed for the greater part of 
 the American waratXova Scotia.— Wentwith the expedition to Penobscot, and 
 at Castine, as he says, he first heard an enemy's gun flred. He afterwards 
 commanded the British armj; in Spain and lost his life at Cui-iinna," Rees Encyc. 
 
 He was but 18 when at Castine. 
 
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 was sufficient to accomplish the work promptly. But owing to 
 the jealousy, obstinac}' or perfidy, of Saltonstall, the favorable 
 moment was lost. Sir Geo. Collier arrived with re-inforce- 
 ments f(jr the British, and the American fleet was dispersed and 
 totally dcstr()\ed. About twenty vessels escaped up the Penob- 
 scot, ten of which reached Bangor and were blown up by their 
 ci'L-ws near the mouth of the Kenduskeag.* 
 
 The crews landed on the P<:>int, but the people, being few and 
 poverty stricken, could make no provision for the crowd of 
 hungry fugitives, and they hastih' left, makingtheir way through 
 the wilderness to the Kennebec ; some of them starving to 
 death on the way.f 
 
 The destitution of the people of Bangor at this period was 
 so great, that many, if not all, vv-ere compelled to subsist upon 
 
 *Collier wrote to tbo Afliniralty that, when I^e sailoil up the Bay, "the rebel 
 fleet presentorl themselves to our view, drawn up in a crescent across the riv- 
 er, and seemeil inelined to di.spute our passage; their resolution, however, 
 soon tailed them, and an unexpected and ignominious flight took place. The 
 Hunter, LS guns and the swiitest sailer in America, was taken; the Defence 
 [Deflance] If), was blown up. The Hampden. -20 guns, taken. All the rest of 
 the rebel fleet, amongst which was a lieaxitit'nl frigate, called the Warren, of 
 '41 guns, 18 and \1 pounders, together with 24 sail of tran>i)orts. were all blown 
 up and de;?trove<l. (ieneralLovell, who commanded the rebel army, and Cora. 
 Saltonstall tli'e fleet, had flxed on thi.g day fUAug.l to have made a general 
 assault on the tort, and ships, which (>ur appcarinu-e happily prevented," For 
 the names of the ships of both fleets, see (^7^m//^^o/('s Muhie^ 11. pp. 470,475, 
 notes. 
 
 " Tiie Sally was the first one burned [in the river] a little above what is now 
 Can's wharf. The P(»int was covered with American soldiers and mariners. 
 Tlic British followed to ihewer's Cove with a ship, and sent their boats or 
 barges to the liead of tlie tide, hunting for iilunder. >iim'l Kenney, who re- 
 sided not far from the ferry-way, on the eastern side of the river," an arrant 
 tory, had collected at a lioiise not far from Col. Brewer's, a great quantity of 
 pork and beef taken iVoni the settlers. Of this he informed (apt. Mowatt, 
 commander of the squadron, who coming to view it, blamed Kenney. and told 
 him to take till' salt from his (Mowatt's) tender, immediately salt the Avhole, 
 and give a hnrrtd to cacii one from whom he had taken provisions. Jedediah 
 i'rcble, a tory, lived in the house flrst built by the Harthorns. Solonion Har- 
 thojii was a news carrier to the British. John Lee. of Basraduce. was a noted 
 lory, lie told Thomas Howard, when news of peace arriveil. he "had rather 
 Anieriea. hail been sunk than not been conquered by the British.' Lee was 
 afterward Collector of Customs at Castine."— f^////'^/^^■<"^.^■ Animfs. 
 
 About thirty years afterwards, a Mr. Clitford came to Bangor with a small 
 schooner and' adiving bell. He raiseil "less than thirtv of the cannon and a 
 few Ions of balls from the bed of the river. "When firstVxposed to the air the 
 iron of the guns was so solt that it eould be about as easily cut with a knife as 
 a common lead pencil, anil then it enlireh' resembled black lead in appoar- 
 anee. On eacli sueeeeding (la\" it becanu' so nineh harder as to be entirely* im- 
 jieivious to lli(^ knife in fouror five days of exposure." — '' Jicn/arls nhitire to 
 ilie Sctthiiii'nt nf Baiit/nr" bji Jacob Mc(;iiii\ A's>,.. in possvs.-iiou of Me. ///>^ Sor. 
 
 Capt. ^hiusell .siiys thai (ien. iMci.ean, who lirst had command of the British 
 troops nl ISagailiice, "was a cool, deliherale man. tliat he was succeeded by Col. 
 Canqiltelh a \ ioleni, passionale filiow. MowatT. who burned Falmouth," com- 
 manded Ihe naval foice a1 r.agndiicc. He was of niedium size, forty or forty- 
 live years ohi; luid a IVesli counlenanee, and was o I good appeai'ane(\ Ho 
 woie a blue eoal with lighter colored blue facings, mid had his hair powdered." 
 iVUIifini^on^p: Atnmh. 
 
 1 imii'imsou'.H Maine, II, -ITii. 
 
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 fish, sometimes boiled with sorrel to improve the flavor. 
 Wheat v^ras from $50 to $75 per bushel ; corn $35 ; molasses 
 $16 per gallon, and the herb that gave inspiration to the Revo- 
 lution, $19 per pound.* 
 
 The British, being now secure in their possession of Baga- 
 duce, extended their rule over the adjoining country. It was 
 exercised with severity. Many tories had flocked hither from 
 the West, and indulged their petty spite in persecuting the pat- 
 riots, burning the houses of sturdy old Joseph Page, of Penje- 
 jawock, and James Nichols, of Eddingtan Bend, because they 
 refused to take the oath of allegiance to Great Britain. Some 
 weak persons took the oath, and were employed at Castine, by 
 the British, at low wages. Others who refused to take the oath 
 were compelled to labor there. Some, on both sides of the 
 river, being unable to endure the oppressions and privations, 
 removed to Kennebec! 
 
 1780. 
 
 We can imagine the sufferings of the beleaguered people up- 
 on the Penobscot during the British occupancy of Castine. 
 Almost wholly isolated from the world ; with the river closed 
 by the enemy ; with want staring them in the face, and a wide 
 and pathless wilderness on every side, their feeling of desolation 
 must have been terrible. We cannot wonder that in 1 780, when 
 the "dark day" shut down upon them, and the obscurity was 
 so great that business was suspended, and lighted candles were 
 required at noon-dav, with the superstitions that then prevailed, 
 the ignorant should have fancied that the Daj' of Doom was at 
 hand. 
 
 But these terrors were to have an end. The darkness lifted ; 
 the sun again appeared, glorious precursor of the great events 
 that followed. 
 
 1 78 1 -2-3. 
 
 Cornwallis surrendered Oct. 19, 1781. The British govern- 
 ment resolved to prosecute the war no further, March 4th, 
 
 *" $6 for a shirt, $7 for a pair of shoes, $5 a pound for beet."— lb. 466. This 
 "was in " currency." 
 iWilMamson's Maine, II, 478. 
 
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 17S2. The treaty of Paris, determining the boundaries of the 
 United States, was signed Sept. 3d, 1783. 
 
 With the barriers to their intercourse with the world removed, 
 and being no longer subject to an odious surveillance, the in- 
 habitants renewed their labors with energy. Some of those 
 who, under the pressure of the war, had left, returned ; new 
 immigrants came, and Kenduskeag Plantation assumed the ap- 
 pearance of thrift. The fisheries were valuable, timber was 
 abundant and excellent, and the great business of the region 
 was entered upon with vigor.* 
 
 The missionary again appeared. Rev. Daniel Little, of 
 Wells, visited the place several times and gave his attention to 
 the spiritual wants of the people and administered the ordi- 
 nance of baptism.! 
 
 1786. 
 
 Rev. Seth Noble, a native of Westfield, ]Mass., came in 17S6, 
 with his wife and three little children. He had done patriot 
 service under Col. John Allan, in Xova Scotia, and at Machias, 
 where he preached a sermon on the event of the repulse of Sir 
 George Collier in his attack upon that place in 1777.+ 
 
 There was no organized church in the plantation, but the 
 
 people wanted a settled religious teacher and engaged ]Mr. 
 
 Noble at a stipend of £100 a year. He Avas installed under 
 
 some ancient oaks near the corner of Oak and \\'ashington 
 
 Streets. § Mr. Little and himself were the only ministers pres- 
 
 *STcOaw's Tlemnrl-s. "On public days !\ncl on the 4th of July after the Revola- 
 tlon, there iis^-d to he linrse-r;u-ini^ on the Plains, espeeinlly nenr the 'Punkin 
 Tavern' [in \'f!izi<',l our Toliias Trafton, in running a htu-^f, hy means of a 
 do^ running across thr roud, was thrown and Ivilled."— iniUamsnn'.-^ A}nial-'. 
 
 f'One Oliver Nohle iireaehod a tew Sabliaths. Afterwards TMr. Little came 
 again, and during each visit baptised several children." — iriUiam^vii's Annah. 
 
 iKii!<lcr\t Kastern AUiiiir, >.H. i)9, 110, I'i;). 
 
 tJ"Si^l»l . 71h, ITsi. AVcnt down this forenoon to Capt. Brewer's to rest myself 
 p^(.^^^olls to tlie Instalment . Lodi^od at c'ajit. ttin's, because of a large com- 
 pan\' i>r AVfstrru ,Siir\cyors. 
 
 8. ' S|M'ii1 Itir torcnonii in writing off niv Indian Vocaliulary. 
 
 9. S])rnl lliis (l:i\- at ( apt . [.Smart's?] Wrote on my A'ocaliulary. In the af- 
 tcrnnoii >iT\ N'dilc came I o see me, ami said that ^Ir. Powers could not come, 
 but adN'iscd tlH^ inslalnicnl to go on. 
 
 Ml. Mr. Nnlilc lias in the orchard a long Platform suspended on boards, and 
 a large nnndici- ot slnidiug oniis. 
 
 Till' cinivcli in private gave Air. Xoble a call to the Pastoi-al offlce, and voted 
 that., cuiisiilcfing the great Irinddc and expense of convening a (^~)uncil, I 
 slioidil induct Inni into ollb-e — wliicli I did in tlu^ prescnc<' ol' a large assenddy 
 — tjayc tdni a iiastoial clnirgt\ and the right hand of fellowship. TlnM^cople 
 are salisllcd witlnmt. otfcring any oiijections. lleturmMl to Mr. Xobie's to 
 lodge." — Rev, Danld IJttle'a Jom-tial of his An.isiori Kas/ in 1786. 
 
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 ent. He preached the sermon, and Mr. Little gave the Charge 
 and the Right Hand of Fellowship. He administered the 
 Lord's Supper to Thomas Howard, Andrew Webster, Simon 
 Crosby and their wives, of Kenduskeag Plantation, and to John 
 Brewer and Simeon Fowler, of New-Worcester Plantation, who 
 were all members of churches in other places, and, says the 
 chronicler, "the prosperity and respectability of all their chil- 
 dren are circumstances worthy of especial note."* 
 
 1790. 
 
 To JMr. Noble our city is indebted for its name.f The story 
 is familiar. Through some means — his instrumentality it may 
 be, as he had resided in a precinct bearing the name — Ken- 
 duskeag Plantation came to be called Sunbury, and in 1790, 
 the people requested him to procure from the General Court an 
 act of incorporation of the town with that name. Mr. Noble 
 was an excellent singer, and the solid old minor tune of Bangor 
 was a favorite with him. (The minor key was then popular, 
 perhaps from the nature of the tiines.) It occurred to him 
 that that name for the town would be more satisfactory than 
 Sunbury, and it was inserted in the charter. He was not dis- 
 appointed. But no one at that tiixie dreamed that there would 
 be a future fitness in the name from the fact that an important 
 article of its exports would resemble that of its celebrated 
 namesake on the other side of the ocean, as it does. J 
 
 Mr. Noble* was a very genial person and possessed much 
 
 * Wlliamson's AnTials. 
 
 fThe name of Orrington, it is said, originaterl in this way. At a meeting of 
 tbe people of the settlement, Parson Xoble was present, anrl was delegated to 
 procure an act of incorporation of the town. Upon inquiring by what name, 
 Capt. James Ginn, the Clerk of the meeting, suggested that it be Orangetown, 
 the name of his native town. The suggestion was approved, and the Capt., 
 who, though a good penman, was detieicnt in orthography, in his record of the 
 vote, spelled it Orrington. Tl;ie Parson, partl>' from waggishness, and ]iartl^ 
 because of the o^iginalit^■ of the name, allowed the orthography to remain ; it 
 is so inserted in the charter, and no disposition has since been manifested to 
 amend it. Ginn, wlille a resident here, bought a slave woman and her child 
 in Massachusetts. 
 
 JSlates are a large and increasing article of export from this city. Bangor in 
 Maine is destined to be as great a slate mart as Bangor in Wales. The supply 
 in Piscataquis Co. is inexhaustible. 
 
 *He is described as a man " thin-faced, spare, not tall, of light complexion 
 and of fresh countenance." He was active, quick, smart and nervous, and 
 was a very good preacher. He was between 40 and 60 years of age when he 
 came to Kenduskeag. He had been a Methodist, hut became a Congregation- 
 
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 versatility of talent. It was said of him, by the venerable 
 Dea. Wm. Boyd,* that "one would think, when he was out of 
 the pulpit, he never should have entered it, and when he was 
 in the pulpit, he ought never to leave it." 
 
 The town was incorporated in 1791. Mr. Xoble remained 
 here until near the close of the century. He was settled in 
 Montgomery, Mass., from 1801 to 1806, and afterward went to 
 Ohio, where he died, in 1807. f 
 
 There were several mechanics in Bangor who had not had 
 an opportunity to exercise their trades. The incorporation of 
 the town induced to new enterprises and their skill was in 
 requisition. Major Treat, who had for many years carried on 
 a successful traffic with the Indians just below the Penjejawock, 
 
 alist. Late in the fall, while he was here, a vessel, havinfr on board, among 
 others, Mr. Noble's oldest son, young Robeit Treat and SyJvia Knapp, all of 
 Bangor, ami liound Ironi here to Boston, was wrecked on House Island, in the 
 midst of a tliiok: and cold snow storm, and the passengers were lost. On a 
 subsequent Sabbath Mr. Xoble preached a most pathetic discourse, from the 
 text, 'Is it well with thy husband; is it well with thy child: is it well with 
 thee? And she said, "It is well."' He was quite gifted in prayer, and often 
 very eloquent in his sermons. He preached with notes, and sometimes they 
 were prctt\' old. His habits were not coiTCct; he was too intemperate for a 
 minister, and not only the small salary which he received, but his moral 
 obliquity in a diti'erent respect from that above referred to. caused him to 
 leave Kenduskeag." * * "J>ea. Boyd came to Bangor in ITnl. He says Mr. 
 Xoble was too light in his conversation, and did not sustain the gravity be- 
 coming a minister. He would take a dram with almost any one who invited 
 him, would laugh and tell improper anecdotes." * " Wlu'n he had been in 
 the plantation about a year, a v<:iti: was passed to build a meeting-house 40 by 
 33 feet; but it was not built." — lVi(Hainmn''s Annals. 
 
 "His head [was] covered with a white and remarkable wig. He was evan- 
 gelical in his doctrine and faithful in his preaching — as one remarked of him, 
 he unsheathed the sword of the spirit and turned the point upon the hearer. 
 It is soinewluit singular, that, though he was thus earnest aud direct in his 
 preaching, and continncil to preach thetruth for the space of eleven years over 
 his broad parish, which comprehended what is now Bangor, Brewer, Holden, 
 Orrington aud Hampden, there is uo evidence that in all that time there was 
 a single conversion, ll any, they were still-born, never saw the liLfht and 
 never shed any light."— /'/-o/'. Geo. SheparcVs Sermon, '■'■Early FicJi'jious^ Hist, of 
 Bangor and Vichriti/.'^ 
 
 He built a house S. of .State St., between Newburv street and the Howard 
 place, in which he lived. llC" patronized Mr. JRobert"Treat's store largely; the 
 principal article of charge against him upon Mr. Treat's books was rum. He 
 was probably induced to come here by reason of a Resolve of Mass. of June '21, 
 178.^. giving him as "one of the i;efugecs from Xova Scotia" oUO acres of land. 
 Se'- luist. Jfrsolves, p. 86. * 
 
 "He was an ardent i)!driot. He proposed in a letter to Gen. ^Vashington a 
 plan lor the capture oi ■^\ csleru Xova Scotia, including the St. John river, urg- 
 ing its iniiiorlancc and otVcving l<i take any position. Washington relused for 
 want of men. Kiilflrr's /■:>istcrii Miiinc, \-l'.). n. 
 
 *He was liinn Bristol, Me. "In sri-tifar.-i. Mr. lioyd was a ship-carpenter, and, 
 in the sunin:ier ol' 17lU, built and launched near llic Kcd Bri<l;ie, the first vessel 
 ever laiiit oti the Penobscot al)o\e the Hay."' [This was the Treat ship.]— 
 J'n>f. S/i.c/>'i.nrs Svniioii. 
 
 Jaeoli Ucniiet and Nath'l. Harlow were also concerned, as mechanics, in 
 building tliat shiii. 
 
 ^Allen's Bing. Dirt. 010. 
 
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 gave these mechanics employment in building a ship, in that 
 neighborhood, which was completed in two years. 'This was 
 the first sailing vessel larger than a boat ever built in Bangor, 
 or (it is said) above Fort Point. 
 
 In 1 7951 a saw-mill was erected by William Hammond and 
 John Smart, near the head of the tide on the Kenduskeag. A 
 mill had been previously built at the fall near " Lover's Leap," 
 by Wm. Potter. 
 
 1800. 
 
 The first thirty years of Bangor's existence were not favored 
 by a large growth in population or wealth. The population in 
 1800 was but 377,* and not one inhabitant had a title to his 
 land. The title was in Massachusetts. But in March, 1801, 
 the General Court passed a resolve providing that each settler 
 prior to 1784, or his legal representatives, should have a title to 
 his lot of 100 acres on the payment of five dollars, and each 
 settler between 1784 and 1798, or his representative, should 
 have a title to his lot of one hundred acres on the payment of 
 one hundred dollars. The resolve provided also for the survej^ 
 of Bangor, and its division into lots. This work was per- 
 formed by Park Holland, Esq., who made a plan to which 
 reference now is frequently made, although few, if any, of these 
 lots retain their original proportions. 
 
 The beginning of the century was auspicious for Bangor. 
 Its position at the head of the tide waters of an important river, 
 and in the center of an extensive territory, attracted the atten- 
 tion of enterprising men in Massachusetts, and there was soon 
 an addition to its population of many sound practical citizens 
 w^ho immediately took an interest in its affairs of which they 
 had control during a large part of the first half of the century. 
 The names of many of these men are fresh in our memories. 
 
 The effect of this immigration was very soon felt. The first set- 
 tlers found frequent opportunities to sell their lands. Business 
 was concentrated upon the banks of the Kenduskeag. House 
 lots were laid out, and the nucleus of the city was commenced. 
 
 *Iii 1792, the year after the town was incorporated, the population was 16i).— 
 Allen's Biog. Diet. 610, 
 
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 The o^rowth of the town during the first quarter of the cen- 
 tury waS^vcry irretjuhir. A fatal epidemic* in 1809-10, the 
 emliargo, the war of 1812, and the cold seasons of 1815- and 
 1 81 6. 1 had a detrimental effect. But against all obstacles, all 
 calamities, and ncjtwithstanding all evil auguries, it kept on its 
 way. 
 
 It was incorporated as a city in 1834. The details of its his- 
 tory during this century are for the historian that is to come. 
 
 Fellow citizens, what is to be the future of our city ? 
 
 By a parallel, which is not altogether inappropriate, we may 
 form some estimate of its future substantial growth. 
 
 Boston — a city of "which we, as Xe\N' Englanders, have every 
 reason to be proud — was founded in the wilderness in 1630. 
 At the expiration of its first century, it contained about 12,000 in- 
 habitants. Its average increase was about 1200 in a decade, or 
 1 20 in a 3'ear. At the expiration of its second centurv, in 1830, it 
 contained about 6i,ooo inhabitants, an increase of about 49,000, 
 averaging about 4900 in a decade, or 490 in a year. Early in its 
 third century it commenced, and has ever since been extending, its 
 railway communications, and its population in the next thirtv 
 years had increased to about 178,000 — a gain of 117,000 — an 
 average of 39,000 in a decade, or 3,900 in a year. 
 
 Bangor was founded in the wilderness in 1769. At the ex- 
 piration of its first century it has a population of about 20,000 
 — an average growth of about 2,000 in a decade, or 200 in a 
 year. It commences its second centurv with a population more 
 than half as large again as Boston had at the commencement of 
 its second century, with similar railwav enterprises to those with 
 which Boston commenced its third centurv, intending communi- 
 cation soon with the eastern British Provinces, and with Aroos- 
 
 ITCfir .Joahxia Lane, sa> s, (lint from one point in Hampden, he counted at one 
 time IS houses in eaeli of wliieh ^^■as the dead body of at U'ast one victim of 
 this awful diHtemi)er. Ir was a phiffue as rapid and fatal as the cholera, and 
 if poMsihle more terrihie from Uie eondition In whieli it left the dead. 
 
 *.Sn<iw fell in .June, and llie eold was so intense, that hirds dropped dead and 
 were found in lar^e n\ind)ers frozen. A sreat hes'ira Of the people to Ohio 
 toolt plaee, althoii^ii nnniy arter\vards re.iii-elted that they left, and some fami- 
 li<!s returned, satisiied thai they had lost liy (he ehaufi'e. There has been no 
 so cold season sinee, and some who imagined that the miasmas, fevers and 
 a;<nes and otlior diseomforts, of the \Aesi were in-el'eralile to tlie healthy, invig- 
 orating^ eliuuile of their nati\e iSlaine, liave been lau,i;lit better b>- experience. 
 
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 took, over the European and North American Railway, * and, at 
 no distant day, with the Canadas and tlie great West, over the ex- 
 tensionf of the Piscataquis Railway, and with other growing 
 parts of the country by railways now contemplated. Why 
 should we not have an average growth by the expiration of the 
 19th century, — in thirty years — half as great as that of Boston? 
 But with a quarter of that average, the population of Bangor in 
 1900, will be 50,000, and, at the expiration of its second century, 
 1 20,0Q0, double that of Boston at the expiration of its second 
 century. 
 
 What is to be the future of our city ? Cast your eyes upon 
 the map of Maine, — scan the extent of its territory — nearly as 
 large as that of all New England besides, — trace its wonderful 
 coast with its capacious bays and secure harbors, — inferior to 
 none in the w^orld, — follow its innumerable water courses, with 
 their waiting powers, examine its fruitful soil, its inexhaustible 
 quarries of marble and slatej: and granite, its mines of silver, 
 of lead and of iron ; without taking into account its forests and 
 its fisheries, it is a state of vast resources. Look then to the 
 points which must be its business and commercial centers. 
 That Bangor must continue to be one who can doubt? At the 
 head of ship navigation of the great Penobscot, with its winter 
 port — its Pirseus — at only half an hour's distance by railway, 
 with the business of thousands of miles of territory that must 
 inevitably fall to it — -with its lines of railway bringing to it 
 commodities from the extremest parts of the country, and dis- 
 tributing its merchandise among innumerable thriving towns 
 and villages, with its manufactures ere long to be estab- 
 lished, w^ith its facilities for transportation by sea to all parts of 
 the world and with the great enterprise of its people, it must 
 be a great business and commercial center. 
 
 *Withln two years the traveler from Sew York will be able by the railway to 
 reach Halifax, from whence he will have an ocean voyage of only six days to 
 Europe; and it is predicted, that, within ten years, a railway will traverse New- 
 foundland, from whence the voyage will be but four days to Europe. 
 
 tAlready agitated. 
 
 JThe slate of Piscataquis county that is marketed at Bangor is inexhausti- 
 ble, and is reputed, for its color, tenacity, and beauty, to be the best in the 
 ■world. It is becoming rapidly known in Ihe market, and, since the building of 
 the Piscataquis Eailway, new quarries are opening. 
 
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 In reviewing the history of our city from the time when 
 Jacob Buswell planted his rude cabin upon the hill-side, we 
 find it a history always of toil and, in its earlier days, of great 
 hardships. So much as it has now of wealth, of beauty, of 
 good report, comes from the industry, the good taste, the good 
 sense and the integrity, of its people. Among its first comers 
 were God-fearing men, whose influence has been felt in all the 
 years, — ^working men, to whom is owing in a measure that re- 
 spect for labor that has always existed here, — provident men 
 and economical, hence the continued disposition to frown upon 
 all extravagant expenditures, — hospitable men, and the trait of 
 hospitality remains, — benevolent men, that their descendants 
 have not forgotten this, let the contributions for the poor, for the 
 orphans, for home and foreign charities, for the soldiers and for 
 sanitary purposes in the time of the Rebellion, and for the many 
 objects that constantly appeal to the s) mpathies, testify, — patri- 
 otic men, contributing in the days of its extreme weakness all 
 their military strength to the cause of their country, undergoing 
 persecutions and privations in its behalf, and, at a later day, 
 sending with alacrity all its available force* to aid in saving the 
 life of the nation when endangered by treason ; and, liberty- 
 loving men from the time when Great Britian attempted to 
 suppress the first struggles of the country for freedom, to the 
 time when tyrants sought to make sla^•ery the "corner stone of 
 the Republic." 
 
 Whatever of wealth, whatever of character Bangor possesses, 
 arc its own. Its citizens by birth and hy adoption have earned 
 what they have. Their possessions have not come to them by 
 inheritance ; they claim no special reputation from that of their 
 ancestors. Their acquisitions are owing to their o\vn efforts. 
 Those who came hither from abroad — from Massachusetts, 
 from New Hampshire, from the Oxford hills, and from Europe, 
 came not with gold or with titles ; but with strong hands, honest 
 
 *r>anKOv sent about 'J70n of ita pitizons into the war of the Eclielllon. Tlie 
 ^'allant 2(1 IMaino IfiKt.,— Col's. Chas. I). .Inmosoii, Clias. W. Roberts, and Geo. 
 Vanu'.v, of I'.aiificir,— ami llui l.wf Maine Heavy Artillery,— t'oi. Daniel Chaplin, 
 ol IJanp;or, who was killcil in battle— were brf^-anized" liere. The former dis- 
 liiiKuialied itself fiy its nallantry in the llrst battle of Bull Kuii, and the latter 
 iu the balllen of the Wililerue.s.s. 
 
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 hearts, firm faith and a determined will, and thrift has followed. 
 
 One hundred years ! What one hundred years was ever so 
 rich as that in which Bangor has had its existence ? So full of 
 events ! In religion, in politics, in war, in lav^^, in medicine, in 
 public education, in morals, in literature, in science, in the arts, 
 in mechanics, in trade, in the appliances of labor, there has 
 been revolution upon revolution. How many astonished hands 
 have been raised at some new phase, some new development ; 
 and how quietly, when the novelty has subsided, has the new 
 order of things been submitted to ! 
 
 When we consider how the stiff way of puritanism has been 
 modified, the despotic sentiment humbled, the mode of warfare 
 changed, the application of legal principles extended, the bene- 
 ficial innovations in medical practice, the increase of scientific 
 knowledge, — and here permit me to mention the names of 
 Humboldt and Cuvier, born in the same year with Bangor, — the 
 improvements in the fine and the mechanic arts, the enlarge- 
 ment of the fields of trade, the modification of toil by the ap- 
 plication of machinery, the melioration of the educational sys- 
 tem, the progress in morals, in literature, in taste, and in the 
 observance of the laws health, we cannot but feel thankful that 
 our day is in the century in w^hich Bangor has lived. 
 
 And now, fellow citizens, with the warnings and examples 
 of the past, with the encouragements of the present, and with 
 the agreeable prospects of the future, let us thank God and take 
 courage. 
 
 The address was listened to with marked attention during 
 the hour and a half occupied in its delivery and was frequently 
 and heartily applauded. 
 
 " The Star Spangled Banner" was then sung, with accom- 
 paniment by the three bands, and the audience joining in the 
 chorus. 
 
 The President then happily introduced Rev. Geo. E. Adams, 
 
5° 
 
 D. D., of Brunswick, who delivered in an admirable and appre- 
 ciative manner the following Poem by Mrs. E. L. Crosby : 
 
 SoCKABASIN SwASSON, &C. 
 
 PROLOGUE. 
 
 ■• Sockabasin Swasson !" 
 A party — pleasure-seekers all, 
 A rushing ride — a flying call — 
 An aboriginal — a trade, 
 AJler some discussion made. 
 Lingering a moment. 
 Latch uplifted, at the door, 
 
 " Might we ask one question more ? 
 Would he favor us — his name ?" 
 Soft the courteous answer came, 
 
 " Sockabasin Swasson." 
 
 •' Sockabasin Swasson !" 
 'Twas a patronymic strange ; 
 Took an unintended range. 
 Flashed away from island home 
 In the tangled woods to roam ; 
 Waked the forest echoes : 
 Roused the Indian hunter — bold 
 Stealthy hunter — as of old 
 Never turned by flood or fell 
 From the path he know so well ; 
 Stern Penobscot hunter. 
 Mentally resolving 
 Never would he, come what might, 
 Faint or fail by day or night, 
 Nc\L'r eat or drink, or spread 
 For his limbs the branch}- bed. 
 Till his barbed arrow 
 Reached the flying, panting deer. 
 
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 Stayed the wolf in fierce career, 
 Never till it pierced the bear 
 Madly hastening to his lair, 
 Or the haughty eagle. 
 
 " Sockabasin Swasson !" 
 Stood he with his handsome face, 
 Spoke he with a gentle grace, 
 While before our curious eyes 
 Driving bargains, merchant-wise. 
 Quite a civil sanop. 
 Not a single sign we saw, 
 Smoky wigwam, lazy squaw, 
 Tomahawk or scalping-knife. 
 Not a sign of savage life 
 (Only bows and baskets.) 
 
 In a quiet dwelling, 
 Not so very rude and small, 
 Competent for holding all 
 The family, fence around 
 Green, secluded, garden-ground. 
 There the man was living. 
 Came he at our sudden call. 
 Met us in his decent hall. 
 Showed his littte basketry 
 Like any christian, with an eye 
 To make a living profit. 
 
 While he slowly counted 
 I was fain to turn away ; 
 For I seemed to hear him say 
 "This for that— and that for this— 
 One must ne'er a figure miss — 
 This to be deducted. 
 One must look about him when 
 He traffics with these gentlemen ; 
 Words may be of love and law : 
 
5^ 
 
 Hand may be the lion's paw 
 Told of in the story." 
 
 "Story?" had he read it? 
 Ah ! some tales will never die. 
 Min<^le they, all silently 
 With the :i<^cs, as they flow, 
 Tides of human joy or woe. 
 Heart's blood boiling. 
 Had he read it ? It appears 
 Men have lived a hundred years, 
 Left they no tradition, pray 
 When from earth they passed away ? 
 
 "Story?" Sure he knew it. 
 
 "Sockabasin Swasson !" 
 Dare I not, in sorry jest 
 Introduce him as your guest 
 On this occasion. Wide and far, 
 Quite another style of star 
 Messengers are seeking. 
 — So the consultation ran 
 I overheard — some aged man 
 Residing — haply in the ^^'est — 
 The very oldest, wisest, best 
 Ever born in Bangor. 
 
 Man who left the city — 
 " City ?" " clearing" in the wood ! 
 Hamlet in grim solitude ! 
 Rugged land of frost and snow ! 
 Doubting whereto this would grow 
 Such a poor beginning — 
 For a more inviting sphere. 
 Wo forgive him — Year b\' year 
 Tlicrcafter, with an earnest will 
 Toiled he onward, upward, still 
 Climbing higher, higher. 
 
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 Have they found the hero 
 
 In his distant dwelling-place ? 
 
 Let us see his honored face, 
 
 Let us see his hoary hair 
 
 Stirring in our summer air 
 
 Like a gleam of glory. 
 
 Cut down branches ! strew the way ! 
 
 Spread your banners ! garlands gay ! 
 
 Ready with your lusty cheer ! 
 
 Sure the great man will appear, 
 
 Man so very kingly. 
 
 Bangor is on tip-toe. 
 
 Rings the bell, and sounds the horn, 
 
 Home ! Come home ! O eldest born. 
 
 Brave old boy, and Mother's pride, 
 
 Heart and arms are open wide. 
 
 Table standeth w^aiting. 
 
 Hark the train ! but who are these ? 
 
 They come by twos, they come by threes. 
 
 Respectable, you understand, 
 
 But not so very old and grand. 
 
 Not the man we wanted. 
 
 Search the mail bags ! Nothing ? 
 Not his autograph, which might 
 Declare he "pineth for the sight 
 Of his old home," and, o'er and o'er 
 "Nothing could delight him more, 
 Than your invitation." 
 Messages he might have sent, 
 Pleasant, timely compliment, 
 Wishes for our highest weal. 
 Anything that would reveal 
 Kindly recollection. 
 
 Not at all becoming 
 
 Let him be however grand, 
 
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 On his dignity to stand, 
 
 Colder than his native clay. 
 
 Another time we shall not say 
 
 Much about his goodness. 
 
 And yet, speak gently. Poor old wight ! 
 
 Perchance it was an oversight. 
 
 He is so old, so deaf, so blind, 
 
 Nay, very likely you will find 
 
 Not upon this planet. 
 
 Truth is, honor, glory, 
 
 Justice, love were his delight ; 
 
 And having reached the top-most height 
 
 Of human virtue, he was fain 
 
 To stand upon the nobler plain 
 
 Of immortality. 
 
 That is he died — so long ago 
 
 That name or race we ne'er shall know. 
 
 And what he did to bring renown 
 
 To native state, or native town 
 
 Is lost from history. 
 
 Satisfied, he may be, 
 
 Have no fancy for our shows ; 
 
 Yet we wonder if he knows 
 
 What changes fifty jears have brought. 
 
 What man hath done, ^^■hat God hath wrought 
 
 In the last century. 
 
 They say the blest immortals go 
 
 On travels. Who the truth may know ? 
 
 However, just suppose the case, 
 
 He visiteth his native place, 
 
 Delegate from glory. 
 
 Does he like the picture .? 
 Shall we hear the man exclaim 
 " How wonderful ! Is this the same 
 Shivery, uninviting spot. 
 
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 ■ With here a shanty, there a cot, 
 Store or t\vo and saw-mill? 
 Rudimental roads that went 
 Zigzag up some steep ascent. 
 Scarcely resting, went up higher 
 Over precipices dire ? 
 Such a tribulation 
 
 ' For a man to be in ! 
 Alan and horse and load and all ; 
 One can but ask -what potent call 
 Induced the brave young pioneer 
 To fix his habitation here. 
 — Unless it Avas the n\er — 
 Tlrat from all its feeding rills, 
 Tricldi^g do\yn among its hills. 
 That from all its foamy falls. 
 Uttered then its joyous calls, 
 
 ' Come to brave Penobscot, 
 
 Never mind the climate, 
 Come, and triumph that before 
 Scarcely hath been dipped an oar 
 In these fresh waters. Watch my tide 
 And think what cargoes yet may ride 
 Down my kindly current.' 
 • It must have been the river. Not 
 Otherwise had e'er the spot 
 Been found, and Sockabasin still 
 Alight rove his hunting-grounds at \\'ill, 
 Out and out a savage. 
 
 ' Yes, it was the river. ■ 
 Therefore, shall it be that while 
 To her fructifying Nile, 
 Egypt, in her vernal hours 
 Conse,crateth lotus flowers, 
 Fi'csh and s\ycet oblation. 
 
5^> 
 
 While the Ilinddo cannot rest 
 Till somewhat he loveth best, 
 Mif^hty (jantjcs, of his grace 
 Allows his humble hand to place 
 Near his holy waters, 
 
 "While the Adriatic 
 — 'Not a river' — do you say .' 
 No bettei' — hath her gala da}- 
 When Venice comes, in royal pride 
 To claim an ever radiant bride, 
 Ready and rejoicing, 
 Shall Penobscot ebb and flow 
 And the dolts beside her know 
 Not half her virtues ? Bless her ! she 
 Knows her place. You never see 
 This right honest river. 
 
 Like a craz}' engine 
 Rushing madly here or there. 
 Just for dampness in the air. 
 Her rocky banks are steep and strong. 
 She \vorks her work and sings her song- 
 ' What about the freshet.?' 
 "There was a freshet.* Such is fate — 
 Ri\ers may be unfortunate 
 Once in a hundred years. I trust. 
 And not lose character. We must 
 Not be too exacting." 
 
 • What about the winter.'^' 
 
 Depths of all his being slirretl. 
 " Perish," saith he, everv word 
 Frigid, heartless, cruel, sly. 
 Intended not to gloritS' 
 This Penobscot river. 
 Only second siiall it stand 
 ■TlKil o|- I,sni. 
 
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 To that ^^ hich in the better hind 
 Serenely floweth. Happy they 
 Who dwell upon these banks to-da\-. 
 Those in the hereafter." 
 
 Visitor celestial, 
 Deeply musing, scanneth still 
 Bangor from her sunset hill. 
 ■• The half has not been told. To-day 
 I see old things have passed away : 
 Strong the new foundations 
 Have been laid for coming years ; 
 And duly, frequently appears 
 A superstructure plainly meant 
 To be an age's monument. 
 Ah ! the knotty question 
 
 !Must have been decided 
 About the meeting-house ; 
 'This side or that.?' "Self interest and pride 
 Had a long battle. But the spires 
 Glittering in the sunset fires 
 Show there was a victory. 
 At some town meeting it would seem 
 They voted the Kenduskeag stream 
 Was not impassable. All praise 
 To him, and length of dajs, 
 Man who made the motion. 
 
 ' Man who madfe the motion ! 
 Knew he not his Avealth of grace. 
 Henceforth forever shall one place 
 Be consecrate. One blessed hill 
 Shall have its shrine, where whoso will. 
 An earnest worshipper. 
 May find his God. Later time 
 Alay raise its temples more sublime, 
 But Gothic power, Corinthian grace 
 
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 Sliall iic'cr from incimiiy cllacc 
 'J'lie old white iiicctiiig-housc. 
 
 •• It had a soul in it ; — 
 Life and lo\'c and strength and will 
 In floor and heani, tower and sill, 
 That made it in the gazer's sight. 
 I'airer than if with gold bedight. 
 Or silver pinnacle. 
 What lilessed presences appear ! 
 What tone§, familiar tones I hear I 
 'Twas bvit a glimmer o'er mc cast. 
 'Twas but an echo from the past '. 
 Pleasant gleam and echo I 
 
 "As to ' mighty progress.' 
 
 ' Rapid growth,' ' improvement vast,' 
 
 And all that talk, the world goes fast. 
 
 In public, private, church and state. 
 ■ Up and doing earlv, late' 
 
 Ever is the motto. 
 
 Who will not run, must lag behind ; 
 
 Who will not labor, venture, find 
 
 Lost are all the prizes. Nay — nay. 
 
 I cannot on the Bible say. 
 
 With my hand unlifted. 
 
 " I recognize this cit\' 
 
 As the verv top-most queen 
 
 Of all the cities ever seen. 
 
 She has done something, but how much 
 
 Awaits a bold creative touch 
 To bring it out of chaos. 
 iSly e\-es are open ! Verv true. 
 Just here, at sunset is a view 
 
 Lovely as I have often seen — 
 
 A city all embow crcil in green, 
 
 BhiQ, blue hills, and ri\ cr. 
 
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 •■ That is in the distance. 
 Cloudy shadow, golden shine 
 Will make a dreary scene di\ inc. 
 Strive for beauty that may bear 
 Nearest vision, keenest glare 
 Of a critic stranger. 
 Peering through each street and lane. 
 Let him never more complain, 
 ' These men have left their work undone, 
 Thought this lane obscure might shun 
 Passing observation.' 
 
 •• Like a silly ostrich, 
 Dreaming if himself be blind, 
 No pursuer from behind 
 Will pounce upon him. Do you need 
 This old allusion when you read 
 Careful explanation .' 
 Then your senses must be dull. 
 Come awaken ! ere I cull 
 Such a nosegay as }'our pride 
 W ould scarce acknowledge grew beside 
 Gallant showy garden." 
 
 Speaking in a figure ? 
 
 Is he ? was he ? Does he mean 
 
 Gardens which our eyes have seen, 
 
 Weeds which grow and flaunt and spread, 
 
 Poisoning all the path we tread ? 
 
 Matters quite external .-' 
 
 Doubttess. Yet he means beside. 
 
 Since from His dominion wide 
 
 The Mighty Father, of His grace 
 
 Appointed, set apart this place 
 
 For your habitation. 
 
 Hear His high commanding : 
 'Not a man of you may stay 
 
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 I(llin<4 through the li\x' long tkiv. 
 I'aithfLil in mv \ inc\ ard toil ! 
 iiaircii \sastc and rocky soil 
 \'(.t shall yield a har\est. 
 iiiiild a city here whose name 
 liser on the lip of fame. 
 .Shall for those who vaguely roam, 
 Waken blessed thoughts of home. 
 Like a dream of Eden. 
 
 Yea. a goodly citv. 
 City that hath ne'er a wall. 
 Lowly cot or palace tall. 
 But integrity hath planned. 
 While the cunning, faithful hand 
 Labored in the building. 
 Cit^' that hath ne'er a street 
 ^Vhere debasement foul may greet 
 Pure e\es. Ne'er a hidden den 
 Where arc bought the souls of men 
 For a bubble — nothing. 
 
 On the heights a city I 
 Radiating holy light 
 On the left hand and the right, 
 That beholding, men may say 
 Far %ye shall not go astray- 
 If this guide we follow.' " 
 
 C'cntur\ begun I Our eyes 
 Shall not see the morning rise 
 On its closing. Not the less 
 Lift we here our hands to bless 
 Bangor on Penobscot. 
 
 Il\iiin — "YVmerica", the audience uniting. 
 Benediction — Ke\ . ^\nior\' IBattles. 
 .March — by the Bands. 
 
Exhibition by the FiPvE Department, 
 
 At 3 o'clock the Fire Engines ^vere brought out for trial in 
 East Market Square. Centre Park and the adjacent walks and 
 streets -were filled with an interested crowd of lookers on. — The 
 steamers showed their power satisfactorily. 
 
 The trial for the purse of $50 was between Torrent No. 3 of 
 Bucksport, Eagles of Brewer and Excelsior of Upper Still- 
 water, the latter winning the prize, playing 169 feet, 3 inches, 
 the Torrent 151 feet, 8 inches and the Eagle 147 feet. The 
 playing would have been better but for a hea\y wind blowing 
 dead ahead which shortened the distance by a good deal. 
 
 Much interest centered in the trial, and the best of feeling 
 prevailed. The winning tub is a "• Hunneman," the other two 
 being " Buttons," 
 
 The Portland band regaled the crowd with choice music dur- 
 ing the exhibition. 
 
 At four o'clock precisely the boats were started in 
 
 THE REGATTA. 
 
 Long previous to the hour of starting the people began to 
 gather, and crowds lined the shores on either side of the river 
 and occupied every available place for seeing. 
 
 The first race was for batteaux, in which six started. Two 
 prizes were offered, one of $40 and the other of $15. 
 
 The first prize was won by Wm. Conner's crew in 10 :3. 
 
 The second prize was won by the batteau " Caribou" manned 
 l)y Indians, in 10 :45. 
 
 The time of the other four was as follows : ' 
 
 Repulser 11 minutes. Dreadnaught i3:3i. Troublesome 
 II :34, Sunkhaze 11 :4i. 
 
 The next was for canoes with two paddles, paddled by In- 
 dians. 
 
 The first prize of $40 was won by Pomola in 10 :33. Crew— 
 Sabattus Joe Mitchell, Joe Neptune. 
 
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 Secoinl prize, $2^. 1)\- X^ecolar, in 11:07. Crew — Francis 
 Neptune, Attain Orson. 
 
 In the scrub race for all boats there were four prizes oflered, 
 of $2^, $15, $10, and $5, and four lioats entered. The first 
 prize ^^■as won by Trac}'. 
 
 The rc-tjatta was so well arranged and promptly conducted 
 that it was all finished in less than an hour. It afforded much 
 amusement to the great crowd. The Germania and Bangor 
 bands furnished excellent music during the races. 
 
 The report by " Faust" (Dr. C. A. Jordan) in The Bangor 
 Democrat, after describing the Regatta said — " These Indians 
 of the Peaobscot Tribe were as fine specimens as the eye ever 
 looked upon. They were all sanguine of winning the first 
 prize. Francis, a giant fellow, was confident of success — but 
 Francis treated confidence a little too often in the forenoon, and 
 when he was asked after the race was over, why he failed to 
 take the first prize, complacently replied, " Too much occupee ; 
 no good for big Injun". The sight of Xeptune recalled to mind 
 his venerable Ancestor, the illustrious Governor Xeptune, so 
 long and favorablv known in this and other States. Xeptune 
 was a great man. I doubt if he was excelled in intellectual 
 ability by the renowned Logan, Tecumseh or anv other redman 
 in this country. Many readers of this will recollect the famous 
 trial for murder of the Indian who killed Captain Knight — the 
 trial took place at Castine. X'eptune was there ; the Indian 
 was defended by Judge Mellen, then in the height of his popu- 
 larity. Judge M. appeared on this occasion elegantly dressed, 
 with ruffled shirt, &c., c\idently intending- to acquit his red 
 client if possible. During the proceeding Judge ]\lcllen arose 
 and informed the court that Gov. Xeptune -was present and de- 
 sired to bo heard — the request was granted, and Xeptune with 
 his leonine type of countenance, a head as massive as, and 
 much resembling Daniel XW-bstcr's, ablankct upon his shoulders, 
 slowly and with great dignit\' stood up ; for a moment ho bent 
 his head downwards and gazed upon the Hoor. then ele\-atlng- 
 
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 his head and standing erect, with the utmost solemnity of coun- 
 tenance, he commenced : 
 
 " One God make us all ! He make white man, and he make 
 Indian. He make some white man good, and some Indian 
 good. He make some white man bad, and some Indian bad. 
 But one God make us all." From this sublime exordium he 
 proceeded to address the Court for some thirty minutes in a 
 speech which was characterized by masterh^ power and ability. 
 
 Centenkial -ffyMN. 
 
 BY DR. C. A. JORDAN. 
 
 Thy hand. Great Architect, hath wrought 
 Amazing change in every clime ; 
 Thy grandest oracle is Time — 
 
 Illumed, inspired by lofty thought ! 
 
 To Thee, there is no time or space : 
 
 Eternity Thy cycle bounds ; 
 
 While spheres unmeasured mark the rounds 
 Thy mute, untiring footsteps trace ! 
 
 Our Cradle owned Thy constant care ; 
 
 Our Youth exulted in Thy love ; 
 
 Our Manhood wafts to Thee, above, 
 The incense of its warmest prayer. 
 
 Through all the Century's lights and shades — 
 Its golden gleams and lurid blaze. 
 Thy sleepless Eye, O Prinee of Days ! 
 
 Benignant, watched the fleet decades. 
 
 These vocal streams, Thy glories sing ; 
 
 And hills, with cot and temple crowned ; 
 
 While myriad voices loud resound 
 Imperial honors to their King ! 
 
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 ER^ISES OF THE pVENING, 
 
 THE CliNTEXXIAL DINNER. 
 
 At six o'clock the Centennial dinner came oft' inXorombega 
 Hall, which had been tastefully decorated for the occasion. 
 Amoncc the decorations were photographs of our ex-Mayors, 
 and a fine photograph of Park Holland, well known by all who 
 have ever held deeds of land in Bangor, as the author of " Park 
 Holland's plan," so often referred to. 
 
 Also, pictures of President Grant and his Cabinet, and a fine 
 picture of the late Senator Fessenden, furnished by Amos 
 Pickard, Esq. 
 
 The meeting was organized as follows : 
 
 President. — His Honor jNIaj'or Thurston. 
 
 Vice Presidents. — Hon, E, L. Hamlin, Hon. Isaiah Stet- 
 son, Hon. S. F. Humphrey, Hon. S. FI. Dale, Hon. A. M. 
 Roberts, Hon. Geo. W. Pickering, Hon. G. K. Jewett, Hon. 
 Chas. Hayward, Hon. J. W. Palmer, Hon. J. B. Foster, G. W. 
 Ladd, D. F. Leavitt, Moses Giddings, \Vm. P. Wingate. 
 
 His Honor Mayor Thurston called the company to order and 
 invited Rev. Dr. Caldwell to ask grace upon the food before 
 them. 
 
 The good things on the table were then fully discussed, after 
 which Mayor Thurston remarked that from all the absent sons 
 of Bangor on the Atlantic and Pacific the word was, "'glorious 
 old Bangor." No man ever lived in Bangor -who did not look 
 back with pleasure to the years of his residence therein. If 
 there ever was such a one he is dead, and the appropriate 
 inscription upon his tombstone is, " Died of loneliness." 
 
 He then alluded to one among us who has distinguished 
 himself in our councils and stood in high places, though per- 
 haps he had never had the honor to be '' ^Mdernian of his native 
 village." Lest he might call him by the wrong title-, he would 
 call u|ion "citizen" Hamlin for some remarks. 
 
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 Mr. Hamlin, in response to tlic call of the Mayor, said. 
 Though not to be classed with the oldest of our citizens, he yet 
 felt himself like a connecting link between the early settlers of 
 our State and its present population. In the early settlement 
 of the City his uncle owned in fee a large part of the land on 
 which it is built. His maternal grandfather was the proprietor 
 and first settler of the town of Livermore. He settled there in 
 1772, and was subject to all the trials, hardships and privations 
 incident to the earl}' settlement of our State. How vividly he 
 recollected the thrilling events, as narrated by- an honored 
 mother. 
 
 He spoke of the remarkable changes in the past century, of 
 the progress in art, science and letters. One hundred years 
 ago, where now was located the beautiful Cit\' of Bangor, up- 
 on the banks of the Penobscot there was an unbroken wilder- 
 ness. To-day, the hum of thrift and enterprise went up from 
 her commercial marts and market places, with promises for 
 future prosperity, which would satisfy the most ardent and 
 devoted of her friends. Iron rails had united the West with 
 the East in indissoluble bonds. The wonderful power of steam 
 had been made subservient to the wants and comfort of man ; 
 machinery had been perfected until it seemed almost endued 
 with thought ; electricity had annihilated time and space, and 
 in the upward progress of free government, we had seen the 
 events of centuries compressed into a few years. How won- 
 derful the change ; a marvel to the world ! 
 
 He spoke of the future of Bangor in most encouraging terms. 
 In looking at the past we could hardly conjecture what could 
 be the developments in the coming century that should com- 
 pare favorably with the past. Yet he doubted not that they 
 were in the womb of time and would be born. But looking at 
 present agencies, and their use and application, the most skejj- 
 tical cannot fail to see our future and certain progress. The 
 vast water power in the immediate neighborhood that must 
 come into use in propelling all sorts of machinery, and the 
 manufacturing of all fabrics and things in use, gives a certain 
 
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 promise of no limited extent. Bangor was near tiic centre of 
 tlic State, at head of navigation of our noblest river, and move- 
 ments which he hoped would not be checked, were being made, 
 that would constitute Bangor one of the great Railroad centres 
 of the State. The E. & N. A. Railroad would soon bring us 
 in more direct communication with the British Provinces east ; 
 the Bangor and Piscataquis Road will be extended to Canada 
 and connected with the North Pacific Railroad, thus open- 
 ing from distant India and the western slope of our country the 
 shortest and most direct line of communication. This was not 
 idle conjecture, but is so written that he who will may read, and 
 reading will see that the future of our city is to be more mark- 
 ed, more progressive than in the past. There were " growlers " 
 and " obstructives," but they cannot change the fact that we 
 were to occupy in the future no secondary position in our State. 
 
 The President then said, we expected to have had the pleas- 
 ure to welcome our Governor to-day. We have from him only 
 a dispatch, regretting his neccessaiy absence, and sending mes- 
 sages of congratulation, and good wishes for our future pros- 
 perity. 
 
 The President then called on A. G. Jewett, Esq., of Belfast. 
 
 Mr. Jewett responded : Mr. President — I am happy to meet 
 in this hall this evening so large and so interested a family of 
 Buzzells. I am happy to meet my old friends, with some of 
 whom I made acquaintance 40 years ago in this city. It is one of 
 my sources of pride that I spent the earlier period of my man- 
 hood in this city. I have a little pain mingled with my pleasure. 
 When I came here who were the leading men.'' — and God only 
 knows where are they ! It is proper for me to say that I miss 
 them — Allen Gilman, the McGaws, Crosby, Brown, Dr. Rich 
 and others — they have passed a\^•a^•, — new men and women 
 have filled the places made vacant h\ the men and women of 
 those days. Forty years ago 30U had less than 4000 inhabi- 
 tants. To-day you ha\e 20,000. Talk about arresting the pro- 
 gress of Bangor, — you might as well talk of arresting the body 
 of water that runs over the Niagara. No power short of the Al- 
 
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 mighty can arrest it. Who that lias seen the disphiy of to-dav, 
 can mistake the character of the men and women who com- 
 pose the population of this city. And let me say to my friend 
 Hamlin that when wc meet here again one hundred years 
 hence, Bangor will be found to extend away down the river, 
 and the back country between here and the Kennebec will con- 
 tain a population probably ten times that of the whole State 
 to-day. You can't stop the energy and enterprise of such a 
 people. 
 
 A Glee Club consisting of Messrs. Hazeltine, Knight, East- 
 man and Wheelden then sung a quartette, "Welcome, welcome 
 is the meeting." 
 
 The President then called upon a Bangor boy, Thomas S. 
 Harlow, Esq., of Boston, who spoke as follows : 
 
 Mr. Mayor : I had hoped to escape. I read carefully the 
 kind invitation to be present at this great solemnity, with which 
 your Committee had honored me, but it contained no hint of a 
 speech. Again, when I took my seat at this bountiful table, I 
 examined the bill of fare, which professed to contain a full pro- 
 gramme of the entertainments of the evening, where I thought 
 a trap for a speech might naturally lurk ; and felt relieved to 
 find that the catalogue ended with "nuts and raisins," and 
 " songs." All right, said I to myself; no danger now ; so I 
 partook of the feast in unsuspecting confidence. But, on occa- 
 sions like this, the master of the feast wields a despotic power, 
 and governed by no law but his own discretion, calls upon 
 whom he will, and no guest can gainsay his authority, or pro- 
 tect himself from its exercise. So, making a merit of necessity, 
 let me say without further preface, first, that I felt glad and 
 honored at receiving the invitation of your Committee to take 
 part in this re-union of the earlier and later inhabitants of our 
 goodly city. It has been a source of keen enjoyment to me, to 
 come back here to-day, after so many years of absence, to mark 
 the changes which time has made, to re-visit the haunts of my 
 boyhood, to observe the growth of the city, and march with my 
 old schoolmates, (now men of mark in their generation,) 
 
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 lln'iiii;_,'h hroail slrccls, ainl between stately rows of houses, 
 which cn\x-r llic ^^roiind, where, not so ver)' long ago, we hunt- 
 ed squjncls ani(in;^r the oaks and hemlocks. Why, Tvlr. Mayor, 
 when 1 first knew JSanLjor, (and I don't claim to be an old 
 man yet,) there were in that whole tract of land included in 
 tlie anu'le l)etween Exchange and Center streets on one side, and 
 Stale street on the other, over which the procession moved to- 
 cla\ , but four dwelling houses, all of which are now standing, 
 though sdinewhat improved and modified. They were, the 
 Lumbert house, the Bradbury house, (then the only house on 
 1 ! load w ay,) and the houses of Allen Oilman and Thomas A. Hill, 
 I )n State street. Broadway- was the only street then open in that 
 space, and the greater j^art of what is now Essex street was 
 covered with thick woods. As the procession moved on, I 
 looked with pride and pleasure on the changes which had taken 
 place since those days. Upon the spacious streets, new build- 
 ings, rail roads, steam boats and manufactories, which had 
 sprung into existence since I was a school bov here, — upon 
 all the tokens of the thrift, activity and enterprise, which had 
 built ujs the Bangor of my boyhood, from a little town of 2300 
 inhabitants, (and let me say in a whisper, rather inclined even 
 then, to boast of what it meant to be,) to a goodly citv of some 
 20,000, to say nothing of Veazie, a rib apparently plucked 
 from her side while she slept. For all that I saw, I rejoiced and 
 was glad ; and I felt grateful that an opportunitv had been giv- 
 en me to witness the glory of the present dav. But as the 
 procession moved on, amid all the grand display of the enter- 
 prise, the activity and the wealth of the city, not the least striking 
 l^art of which \vas the representation of the various industrial 
 pursuits, which have helped Bangor to fulfil so gloriousK- the 
 promise of her youth, I saw something which touched me 
 more nearly than all else, something that impressed me tar 
 more than all these tokens of material prosperity. A\ e, some- 
 thing far better worth coming from IMassachusetts to see, than 
 all yovu" railroads and steamboats, your miles of lumber, your 
 I'oundries and manufactories. I saw that \\hich promised more 
 
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 for the future character and growth of Bangor, in all that beauti- 
 fies and ennobles life, than any display of mere material re- 
 sources. I mean the two thousand intelligent, well dressed and 
 joyous looking children of the public schools, arrayed in tasteful 
 uniforms, and making the most attractive part of the procession. 
 Again and again I left the line of march and took a new posi- 
 tion, that I might feast my eyes on this beautiful sight. My 
 thoughts went back to my own school-days ; to the old wooden 
 building on State street, where knowledge was dispensed by 
 rule^ and to the scant measure of care and interest there so 
 grudgingly dealt out to us, and I felt that, in the language of 
 the market, " children were looking up." 
 
 Who would have thought, forty j-ears ago, of a whole town 
 making so much of school children, or taking any pains to give 
 them a day's pleasure.'' Children are cared for now. I thought 
 that I saw, in the mere fact that on such a da}- as this, room 
 was made for them in the procession, — that they and their teach- 
 ers were the honored guests of the city, and had a part in the 
 grand ceremonial of the day, something of the causes which 
 have made your city what she now is. In her thoughtfulness 
 for the children, in her care for their interests and happiness, 
 in her deep interest in the public schools, the Bangor of to-day 
 is as far in advance of the Bangor of forty years ago, as she is 
 in wealth and population. The character of a people is no 
 where better indicated than in their care for their public schools, 
 for the universal education of all the children of the State. 
 Here have been formed and trained the men who have built up 
 the fortunes and the good name of Bangor. The presence of 
 these children and their teachers tells of the place they and 
 their schools hold in the hearts of the people. And permit 
 me to say, that from a pretty large experience, I am satisfied 
 that there is no other training for children so thorough, so well 
 calculated to prepare them for the work of life, as that which 
 they receive in the public schools. I had the honor to be on 
 3'our School Committee in 1838, with those excellent and hon- 
 ored men, the late AVm. Abbott and Dr. J. P. Dickinson, who 
 
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 in their day did so much to elevate the character of your schools ; 
 and with your late Mayor, Mr. Wakefield, — himself a teacher of 
 no little rei^utation, — atthe timeof the first establishment of the 
 Ilij^di School for girls, when about a hundred bright, intelligent 
 c^'irls presented themselves for examination and admission. 
 About half of them were from the public schools, and the re- 
 mainder from the best private schools in the cit}-, (the pri- 
 vate schools for girls, here, at that day, were hardly second to 
 any in New England) ; and at the close of the examination it 
 was the unanimous opinion of the committee, that in accuracy 
 of scholarship and thoroughness of training, the scholars from 
 the public schools were unquestionably in advance of the others. 
 
 Not to trespass longer on your indulgence, permit me to 
 say, Mr. Mayor, that as long as your fellow citizens continue 
 to regard the public schools with the warm interest and kindly 
 care which are evinced by the prominent part they have assigned 
 them in the ceremonial of this day, as long as they recognize 
 and act upon the great truth, that the school children of to-day 
 will be the men and women upon whom, ere long, will devolve 
 all the duties and responsibilities of social, civil and political 
 life, the care and presei-vation of the City, the State, our fair 
 frame of Government, and of all that adorns and ennobles hu- 
 man life, so long you may be assured that the priceless heritage 
 which you have received and upheld, shall be maintained in 
 undiminished beauty by those who are to fill your places. 
 
 Mr. Mayor, allow me to propose — " The memory of Abigail 
 Ford, the first teacher of the first public school in Bangor." 
 
 Selections by the Band. 
 
 The Mayor regretted the absence of our honored fellow-citi- 
 zen. Judge Kent. We have heard from him, and Hon. Isaiah 
 Stetson will read the letter. (?ilr. Stetson read the letter, as 
 follows) : 
 
 HouLTON, Me., Sept. 26th, 1S69. 
 Dear Sir : 
 
 I need not sa)' to you, who know so well the interest I 
 
 ha\e taken in the proposed celebration, lu)^\- much I regret that 
 
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 my official duties here will prevent me from participating with 
 my fellow citizens of Bangor in the celebration of the century 
 birth-day of the city of our home. 
 
 Although not a native, and although I do not aspire to the 
 dignified and venerable station of the " oldest inhabitant," yet 
 my residence dates from the earliest years of my manhood, and 
 has been continued until the present time — and until I find my- 
 self in the front rank of the living representatives of former 
 years. 
 
 Such celebrations, and the gathering of the " town children" 
 to do honor to their mother, have an interest peculiar and indi- 
 vidual in its character. They resemble the thanksgiving gath- 
 erings of Scotland households, devoted to thoughts and remem- 
 brances of the single family, and to recounting the family tra- 
 ditions, and the individual fortunes of its members. On such 
 occasions as this our thoughts instinctively revert to the domes- 
 tic history of ourselves, our neighbors and our townsmen, and 
 we dwell upon the lights and shadows of the pictures which 
 meiTiory brings before us, and recall the more than half forgot- 
 ten scenes of joy and sorrow, of hope and despondency, of faith 
 and submission, through which we have passed, or which we 
 have witnessed. At such moments we feel the truth of the 
 lines, which the experience of life year by year confirms, 
 
 " How small of all that human hearts endure 
 That part, which kings or laws can cause or cure." 
 
 But Bangor has a public, ag well as private — an outward, as 
 well as inward history. That history, I doubt not, will be fully 
 portrayed by the able and faithful chronicler, to whom the duty 
 has been specially entrusted. That history is a record of 
 which no son of Bangor, native or adopted, need be ashamed ; 
 for it must exhibit in its details the progress of a people, earn- 
 est, intelligent, industrious and persevering — rising from hum- 
 ble beginnings, into a city " set on a hill." 
 
 In communities, as with individuals, a reasonable self respect 
 and a rational self appreciation are justifiable, and often prove 
 safeguards against what is corrupt and degrading. It is un- 
 
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 (loiibtcdly true thai w'c have cherished this appreciation, and 
 i\liil)itc(l, as a communit}', perhaps an unusual pride in our 
 city, its institutions and its character. We liave all felt, when 
 we ha\c called to mind its loyalty and ready sacrifices in de- 
 I'cnce of the countr}', when its existence was in peril, — its liber- 
 alit)' in conti'ibuting to all noble charities, and in sustaining- 
 public institutions of rclij;^ion and learning, that we had cause 
 to rej(/ice that our lot had been cast in this eastern citv. Wheth- 
 er at home or aln'oad, we have felt, and have still the right to 
 feel, that we arc ''citizens of no mean citv." Mav its next 
 centennial show an undimmed record. 
 
 Ver}- trul}-, }our friend and fellow citizen, 
 
 EDWARD KENT. 
 
 Hon. E. L. Hamlix, Chairman, &c. 
 
 The President said we have some troubles, though you ma}" 
 not think so. Other communities have robbed us. Providence 
 has done so in taking from us Rev. !Mr. Caldwell, ^^'e think he 
 is sorry for it, and we would like to hear from him. Mr. Cald- 
 well spoke as follows : 
 
 If I am not sorrj-, Mr. Mayor, that I went away, I am very 
 glad to be here again, and to be here to-day. It seems so like 
 home, with all bright and familiar faces around me, that I begin 
 to doubt if I h-Axc ever been away. I am not a son of Bangor, 
 but what is better, I am one of the fathers, having given it some 
 sons who have always been taught to look back to this town 
 with a pleasant pride, as their birth place. Beautiful and to 
 be cherished, is this love for the place where we were born. 
 No spot in all the world seems quite so fair or dear as the home 
 of my childhood on the mouth of the ^Nlerrimac. Nowhere is 
 there so fair a smile on the sky, no where so bright a sparkle 
 on the waters. \\ hen I came here it interested me to find 
 so many old familiar names imported from m\- birthplace. 
 Coonilis and Pearson and No\es and Call and Short, and I 
 know not how many nioie, with some who lost their names 
 to find new ones, — and to-.day \o\n brilliant and long proces- 
 sion look us thronL;Ii at least one street on which the old Essex 
 
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 Company fixed ihe name of Newbun-. ^\nd now ni}- friend 
 Judge Godfrey, whose most admirable and singularly well di- 
 gested oration, we have all heard with great delight, tells us 
 that from Salisburj'on the other bank of the Merrimack, comes 
 James Buswell, the father of us all, to set up his habitation, 
 such as it was, on one of these hillsides, a hundred years ago. 
 Surely the Kenduskeag and the Merrimack are very near re- 
 lations. 
 
 I am glad that Bangor dates her birth and history, not from 
 Sieur Samuel de Champlain, seeking the wondrous and mythi- 
 cal city of Norombega, which no vojager ever found, but from 
 plain Jacob Buswell, hunter, fisher, cooper, boat-builder, who 
 came here to get a living, nothing more, for himself and his 
 nine children. It is an unromantic origin. But history, even 
 the noblest, is made out of just such common materials. My 
 predecessor, Roger Williams, the first founder of the Church I 
 have the honor to sen'e, went out on a principle, and started 
 the town of Providence as "a shelter for distressed con- 
 sciences." History gives him the honor of which he is worthy. 
 
 But our fathers came here on no very heroic mission. Some 
 felicity of situation drew them : the necessities of daily exist- 
 ence, the desire for more room, and cheaper, the spirit which 
 carries people to Dakota and the ever receding West, led them 
 here. They builded better than they knew. Out of such 
 humble beginnings, out of the instincts which here sought a 
 home, has sprung this city so fair and stately on the forest hills. 
 The river has fed it. Out of the woods it has drawn wealth. 
 It is stretching out its roads eastward and westward and north- 
 ward. It has a future. And when after another century, like 
 the aloe, it shall bloom forth in another Jubilee, may it be as 
 brave and fair as this of to-day. None of us will be here. 
 But if we do our duty, wc shall be here in our works, and in a 
 city made larger, richer, wiser, purer, by the life and work of 
 a generation which has passed away. 
 
 The President then called upon the Hon. E. L. Plamlin, 
 
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 President of the Bangor Historical Society, who responded as 
 follows : 
 
 He said the Society had in its possession many interesting 
 articles in relation to the history of this locality. This was a 
 famous camping ground for the Indians, long before its settle- 
 ment by the whites. 
 
 Here about the falls of the Penobscot, the Indians had their 
 home, from whence, in the summer time, they went to the sea- 
 board after seal and porpoise, and in the winter time, to the 
 upper forests above the falls in pursuit of moose, deer, bear, 
 &c. Here was their great fishing ground where fish was found 
 at all times, and very abundant in the Spring. 
 
 Here have been found a large number of the stone imple- 
 ments used by the Indians, such as axes, gouges, chisels, knives, 
 spear and arrow heads, and stones fashioned for ornaments. 
 Also iron axes and tomahawks of French manufacture, copper 
 and brass kettles, bronze spoons and knives and many other 
 articles of foreign make, and probably brought here soon after 
 the discovery of this continent. The society has several hun- 
 dred of these articles, some made of jasper, hornstone and 
 quartz, showing much skill in their manufacture. The jasper 
 came probably from the upper Seboois, and the hornstone from 
 the head waters of the Kennebec. 
 
 He here exhibited a large basket full of these implements, 
 stone, iron, bronze, brass and copper. 
 
 But the most curious things in the possession of the societv, 
 are some of the bones of an extinct species of the whale, found 
 about forty feet beneath the surface, in making excavations a 
 few years since, near the Maine Central station in this city. 
 He here exhibited some of these bones. They are the bones 
 of the first known earliest settler in this place. How long ago 
 he settled here we can only guess ; perhaps before the flood, a 
 regular antediluvian. Pie settled here before Damascus or 
 Jerusalem was built, or Rome was founded. He may, there- 
 fore, well boast of the greatest antiquity in our early settlement. 
 Portland, Boston, New York, can show only some clam shells. 
 
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 and the foundations of those cities rest inglorious upon mere 
 banks of bivalves. 
 
 When the ancient Grecians or Romans began to lay the 
 foundations of their cities, if anything remarkable was discov- 
 ered in making excavations, it was noticed, and considered as 
 an omen, favorable or unfavorable, as to the future of their 
 cities. Suppose we take the same view of things. Are we 
 not fortunate in building our city upon the back of a whale, the 
 largest animal that lives ? This augurs well for the size of our 
 citj-, and indicates that at no remote period our city may, in 
 comparison with other cities, be as much larger as the whale 
 is ahead of all other created beings. 
 
 Then again, the whale sheds more light in the world than all 
 other animals put together. Even the hog, the next luminous 
 animal in line, cannot hold a candle to hirtt. This foreshadows 
 the future when our city will become a great light in the world 
 and diffuse its brightness over a large space. 
 
 Then again, the whales luxuriate in schools, and we are 
 surely following the example of our great predecessor, as any 
 one might see who to-day took notice of the long and bright 
 files of scholars and teachers which gave such beauty to our 
 procession. 
 
 The whale spouts and blows. Young America in Bangor 
 may safely challenge any other place for exploits in this line. 
 
 The whale is a migratory animal, moving over long spaces 
 in a short time, for pleasure, or to find better feeding ground. 
 How is it with u&? The committee on invitations for this 
 occasion, received a few days since by the same mail, two 
 responsive letters, one froin a Bangorean in Sacramento, Cali- 
 fornia, and the other from Switzerland in Europe. Go where 
 you will, you are sure to see or hear from some Bangorean who 
 has been there before you, to see some new thing, or to find 
 better feeding grounds. 
 
 We may, therefore, be proud of our whale, and adopt him 
 as the tutelar genie of our city. If Massachusetts suspends the 
 image of a codfish in the hall of her representatives, as em- 
 
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 blcniatic of the old Bay State, why should \vc not emblazon 
 our city escutcheon with the photograph of the whale? If it 
 he complimentary to say of a man he is a whale of a man, why 
 should we not strive to make limv^or a whale of a city? 
 
 Most communities have some sign or emblem of their indi- 
 viduality. Some take the Lion, some the Leopard, some the 
 llcar, some the Eagle, — all ferocious and fighting animals, rep- 
 resenting the worst qualities of our nature. On the other hand, 
 the whale is a useful creature and loves peace. He is a sup- 
 porting and embracing stay for the fair sex, to prevent their too 
 exuberant expansion, and furnishes a safe and sure light in the 
 absence of the sun. 
 
 To use the language of our deceased and venerable fisher- 
 man, Tim Colby, " the whale is a very respectable fish, and 
 knows what he is about," and he probably well knew when he 
 deposited his bones here, that there would, in time, be erected 
 over his remains, the splendid mausoleum of a great city. All 
 honor then to the great whale. Let us follow along in his 
 wake, and endeavor to imitate his strength, his bigness, his ca- 
 pacity to shed light in darkness, and to be seen and known over 
 all portions of the globe. 
 
 Mr. Hamlin, then exhibited one of the account books (Ledger 
 B,) belonging to the late Maj. Robert Treat, the first trader in 
 Bangor. He came to this place in i773i made his first residence 
 near the foot of Newbiuy street, removed thence to the Red 
 bridge, where he built mills and kept the Post office, and after- 
 wards to the Rose place, where he died in iS2v He did a 
 large business in trade, and was extensively engaged in naviga- 
 tion. Mr. Hamlin then read the following extracts from the 
 account book, showing the great depreciation in the currency 
 and consequent inflation of prices, at and about the close of the 
 revolutionary war, and also the great consumption in ardent 
 sj^irits. 
 
 John Maxshi.l, Jiinidi!, (o Koukut Treat. Dr. 
 
 Old tenor monev. 
 1779, Tcb. "111. To 1-2 gill of rum, £ 3 6' 
 
 " ISUjs.oI' s:iIiiioii 3-6, 1 8 
 
 " '2 Ihs. (•(illoii wool (I l."i i 
 
77 
 
 i mug toddy, T (i 
 
 Ikeg " 15 
 
 i mug toddy, 7 (S 
 
 1 mug ditto, 15 
 
 ;!lbs. Cotton, 36 6 IS 
 
 1 lb. coilee, 1 quart molasses, 2 5 
 
 1 mug toddy, 15, 2 mugs ilip, 1 ].s 
 
 i lb. powder, 1 13 '■> 
 
 3 gills rum, 1 5 U 
 
 In paper money, £25 6 9 
 
 Equal in Halifax currency, balance due, £ 2 16 
 
 Joseph Carter, to Robert Treat. Dr. 
 
 177!), Apr. isth, i mug toddy, 4, 1 mug ditto, 8, £ 12 
 
 2 lbs. 6 oz. pork, 10, 3i lbs. rice, 6, 2 4 4 
 
 i pint rum, 7, 1 pint rum, 14, 110 
 
 i mug toddy, 7, 1 mug do, 8, 10 
 
 1 mug toddy, S, 27th, 1 mug do. S, 16 
 
 i mug toddy, 4, i pint rum, 8, 12 
 
 i mug toddy, 4 6, 4 6 
 
 Depreciation eleven for one, balance due, 
 
 11 
 
 22 
 
 28 
 
 Oct. 3d 
 
 8 
 
 20; 
 
 24. 
 
 £ 6 9 10 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 Dr. 
 
 
 £ 12 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 14 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 Rev. Seth Noble, to Robert Treat. 
 
 Sept. 1st 1787, 3 quarts rum, 6, 6 lbs sugar, 6, £ 
 
 5, " 1 gall, rum, 8, (10) I lb. tea, 1 6, 
 
 3 lbs. sugar, 3, (17) 1 gal. rum, 8. 31bs, sugar, 3,. 
 
 1 gall, rum, 8, (24) 3 lbs. sugar, 3, 
 
 Igall. rum, 8, (Oct. 1,) Jib. tea, 1.6, 
 
 2 quarts Molasses, 2, 2 lbs. sugar 2, 
 
 1 gall, rum, 8, (15) 2 quarts rum 16, 
 
 2 quarts rum 2 6, i bushel salt, 3, 
 
 i bush, salt, 3, 1 quart rum, 1 6, 
 
 Ivov. 6, 1 almanack, 1, 7i galls. "VV. I. rum, 8, 3 10 
 
 In regard to Elder Noble, who was the first minister in this 
 settlement, it was said by one of his cotemporaries, that although 
 the parson purchased large quantities of liquors, it was with 
 good intentions. Being a very benevolent and kind hearted 
 man, he was in the habit, when visiting his rhuematic and col- 
 icky parishioners, and they were quite numerous, to take with 
 him a bottle of rum, which he was urgent to have administer- 
 ed internally and externally, to those sick people, to alleviate 
 
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 tlicir ailments, — and usually closed the visit with a good hot 
 drink all round. 
 
 Jonathan li(iwi>i;it,to ItfiiiioiiT Treat. Dr. 
 
 I7SG, Miiicl] 13th, 1 gill of bnindy 6, 1 gill dci. C, 1 
 
 II, linugtcjildy, 1, 1 
 
 15, 1 mu;,' suii^'iiri^i', 1 :!, 1 f;ill brandy, C, 1 9 
 
 10, 1 mug toddy, 1, 1 mug toddy, 1, 1 gill brandy, C,.. 2 G 
 
 1!), 1 mug toddy 1, 1 mug toddy, 1, 2 
 
 i mug toddy, (i, i mug do. 6, 1 gill brandy, <l 1 6 
 
 23, 1 gill brandy, 6, 1 mug to.l.ly, 1, 1 mug toddy, 1.. 2 fi 
 
 2i;, 1 gill brandy, 0,1 mug toddy, 1, 1 6 
 
 2!», i mug toddy, 0, 1 gill brandy, 1 
 
 lulmanack.l, 1 
 
 And so the account continues to a goodly length, and the oth- 
 er accounts in the book show the same great consumption of 
 ardent spirits. 
 
 There is a long account with James Budge, one of the early 
 settlers, and who owned one hundred acres of land on the east 
 side of the Kenduskeag, upon which is built a large portion of 
 the city. 
 
 The first item in his account is for fifty-four gallons of West 
 India rum. It is no wonder that he became a poor man, and 
 lost his land, when his encounter with the Buskahegan giant 
 shows such a tremenduous first charge. 
 
 The following items taken from the credit side of the forego- 
 ing accounts, show the prices of the staple articles about 17S6 : 
 
 Man's labor, I shillings per day. 
 
 Sawed pine hoards, 24 shillings per thousand feet. 
 
 Pine ton tlmher, 12 shillings per ton. 
 
 Tine shingles, shillings per thonsand. 
 
 Clapboards, 13 " " 
 
 Fresh salmon, 2 pence per poxmd. 
 
 Fresh moose meat, - pence pci- pound. 
 
 Beaver skins, V2 shillings per pound. 
 
 Otter skins, 12 shillings apiece. 
 
 Bear skins, 1-2 *' " 
 
 Sill lie skins, :i " " 
 
 Moose hide, (i " " 
 
 Musquasli skin, sixpence. 
 
 Mink skin, one shilling and sixpenee, 
 
 Mr. Hamlin then produced the following statement of Capt. 
 Jacob Holyoko, of Bic%\cr, of his recollections in relation to 
 
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 the early settlement in Brewer and Bangor. Capt. Holyoke 
 died at his residence in Brewer, May 2, 1865, and since his 
 decease, his dwelling house, the first framed house built in 
 Brewer, has been taken down and a large two story double 
 brick store erected upon its site. 
 
 I was born March 37, 1785, in the town of Brewer, my pa- 
 rents were living at that time in a log house near the small 
 school house, just above John Holyoke's brick house, where 
 the old cellar may now be seen. 
 
 My parents came from Boston, some eight or ten years be- 
 fore. My father was a cooper by trade, and was one of the 
 famous tea-party there, with his adze in his hand. About 
 three years after I w^as born my father built a frame house into 
 which he moved, and was the first framed house built in Brew- 
 er, and is the same in which I now live. 
 
 My first recollections of Bangor are, that in looking across 
 the river from my father's house, I could see only three houses. 
 Budge's, Dennett's and Dunning's. James Budge lived first in 
 a log house, near Capt. Snow's house, he afterwards built a 
 frame house near Gen. Veazie's house on Broadway. Mr. 
 Dunning had a small framed house, near the site of the City 
 Hall. Jacob Dennett had a framed house near the Central rail 
 road depot. Doct. Nevens lived near Coombs' wharf; Stephen 
 Buswell lived about ten rods from the river, and about ten or fif- 
 teen rods south of the brook that runs near J. Wingate Carr's 
 house, on State street. I always understood that the Buswells 
 were the first settlers in Bangor. Mr. Rose settled and traded 
 with the Indians at the Rose place ; Major Treat kept the first 
 store in Bangor, near the Red bridge ; he afterward purchased 
 the Rose place, and lived and died there ; there was an early 
 settler near the poor house. Rev. Mr. Noble lived in a log 
 house near the river, say about fifteen rods below Buswell's. 
 The first meeting of Rev. Mr. Noble was held in Doct. Neven's 
 house ; I was baptised by Elder Noble, when about six years 
 old. My father and Major Treat frequently went up the Ken- 
 duskeag hunting ; it was a famous hunting ground about the 
 
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 meadows — plciitN' of moose, deer, caribou, partridges, rab- 
 bits, iVc. 
 
 The first saw and grist-mill in the settlement were built at 
 Brewer Lower Village — first meeting house built in Orrington. 
 
 A family by the name of Mayhew, our nearest neighbors, 
 lived al>ove us, near Mr. Chamberlain's present home, and the 
 cellar is still to be seen just south of his house. Mr. Simeon 
 Johnson had a log house just above Mayhevv's ; John Rider 
 lived next above Johnson's ; John Thombs lived about three 
 fourths of a mile above us. When I was about ten years of age 
 Thombs had a difficulty with Oliver Leonard, who had pur- 
 chased Thombs' farm. Thombs forbid Leonard from taking 
 possession, drew a line in front of his house, and shot Leonard 
 in the abdomen, severely wounding him, when he passed over 
 it. Thombs was carried to Pownalboro' and was tried and had 
 to sit on a gallows. He aftenvards returned to Brewer and 
 died here. Mr. Campbell lived next above, then Solomon 
 Hathorn, where Mr. Smart now lives — Mr. Orcut lived next. 
 
 Mr. John Emory lived at Robinson's cove, about one mile 
 down river ; Henry Kinney and John Tebbetts the only other 
 settlers between our house and Col. Brewer's. There were no 
 settlers back, and no roads leading back from the river. 
 
 Soon after building the new house, I can remember my fath- 
 er keeping school. The first school I remember attending, 
 was kept in my father's house by Mr. McKinnev, a private 
 school, about twenty scholars. 
 
 For many years the Indians were in the habit of making a 
 camping ground of the flat het\\een our house and the meeting 
 house, near the present ship \'ard, ever\- summer, in going to 
 and returning from the seaboard, where they went principally 
 after porpoises and seals. I ha\'e seen often thirtv or fortv wig- 
 wams, built principally of birch bark, inhabited bv two or 
 three hundred Indians. 
 
 There was a beautiful spring of \\ ater on the bank of the 
 ri\ er, now covered up by John Ilolyoke's wharf, which the 
 Indians used, and was also used liv us. 
 
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 This flat of one or two acres was cleared, when my lather 
 first came to Brewer, and from the number of Indian stone im- 
 plements found there in improving the land, was doubtless a very 
 ancient Indian camping ground. When my father built his 
 framed house he cleared up about six acres around it, and 
 upon every side except the river it was a heavy, thick forest. 
 
 Salmon, shad, and alewives were very plenty, and in their 
 season many people came here to catch them — bass also were 
 plenty, and in the fishing Season, we could fill a batteau with 
 fish at Treat's falls in a short time ; we Would sometimes take 
 forty salmon in a day, and I think as many as five hundi-ed 
 were taken some days, in all. My father had a large seine in 
 the eddy, just above the Bangor bridge, and we had much 
 trouble with the sturgeon. When a large sturgeon was cap- 
 tured, the boys used to tie the painter of the boat to his tail and 
 giving him eight or ten feet length of rope, let him go, and 
 when he grew tired or lazy would poke him up with long sticks 
 and so be carried all around the harbor. 
 
 (Signed.) JACOB HOLYOKE. 
 
 Brewer, Dec, i860. 
 
 The following " Centennial Hymn " written by Mrs. S. F. 
 Woodhull, was then sung by the company : 
 
 Centennial Wymn. 
 
 To the tune of Ganges^ or Ariel. C. P. 2\I. 
 
 A hundred years have passed and gone 
 Since, 'mid the ancient forests born, 
 
 Bangor received her name ; 
 And now she's grown through childhood's hour 
 To queenly influence and power. 
 
 To maiden grace and fame. 
 
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 Tcnohscot hastes to do her will, 
 Keiiduskeaf^ with :i \vild, glad thrill 
 
 Leaps at her gentlest call ; 
 And Ocean boars to distant shores 
 The forest pines — her richest stores, 
 
 Which at her bidding fall. 
 
 For her is worn the martyr's crown — 
 In graves of glory and renown 
 
 Her loyal Heroes lie ; 
 She twines fresh flowers above them there. 
 Which breathe their fragrance on the air 
 
 With memories ne' er to die. 
 
 These Homes of culture, side by side 
 With Halls of learning open wide. 
 
 And Churches free and fair, 
 Invite us all in joy to raise 
 Our every heart in grateful praise 
 
 For God's dear love and care. 
 
 The President then asked if the people had ever heard of 
 John A. Poor. They would like to hear from him again — Mr. 
 Poor said : 
 
 Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen : 
 
 I fear to speak, lest I should know not when to stop speaking, 
 so many thoughts crowd upon my mind at the mere suggestion 
 of this Centennial Celebration. A hundred 's cars of histoi'y 
 seems a long period to look over, whether forward or back- 
 ward. I stand at the half-way station, for I have known Ban- 
 gor fifty years, (or within a few months of it,) and I could 
 to-da}' enumerate every store and shop, every house and build- 
 ing then standing within what is now the city proper. Not a 
 church edifice then lifted its spire toward Heaven, within the 
 limits of this large territory of Bangor. ^V toll bridge imposed 
 restrictions on intercourse between the two sides of the Kendus- 
 
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 keag, and a population of 1200, thus divided, was formed into 
 rival factions, in which the bo^'s of the day fought the battles 
 of "East side" and ''West side," with ever dubious results, till 
 the toll bridge was made free, in 1S20. 
 
 The deep and majestic Penobscot, draining over Sooo square 
 miles of territory, with thousands of miles of river tributaries, 
 467 different Lakes and Ponds, and 1604 distinct streams, each 
 capable of use for its water power, as shown in the Reports of 
 the Hydrographic survey, — -bore on its bosom from Bangor to 
 the sea, the small lumber vessels of the period. Its surface 
 had not to that time been disturbed by the paddles of a steam- 
 er. The Kenduskeag, then a deep flowing stream, with its beau- 
 tiful cascades from Six Mile Falls to tide water, has shrunk to 
 a comparative rivulet in summer time by the clearing of the 
 forests ; crossed by several bridges within the city limits, the 
 latest and now the most welcome of all, though by many dread- 
 ed and opposed, — the Railroad Bridge, like a spinal column, 
 spans it at its mouth, the greatest improvement ever suggested 
 for the benefit of the city, as a measure of business, or for the 
 accommodation of its people, as is now seen and acknowl- 
 edged by all. 
 
 Contrast the condition of Bangor fifty years ago, with its 
 small number of people, and still more sparse population of 
 the surrounding country, within what was then Penobscot 
 County, with its present greatness and business importance. 
 Bangor, including its original territory now numbering 20,000, 
 and the population of the country reaching more than one hun- 
 dred thousand, ten fold more than the entire population fifty 
 years ago ; and the increase of wealth has gone on much more 
 rapidly than the growth of the population. 
 
 A glance at the map, and a tolerable knowledge of the phys- 
 ical geography of the Penobscot basin, were enough to satisfy 
 any one of the ultimate greatness of Bangor. No New England 
 town had such a breadth of territory dependant upon it for a 
 market under the old systems of transportation, and had she been 
 able to go forward in a steady career of prosperity from 1820, to 
 
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 1.S70, like that which follinvL'd the twenty years after the close 
 iif the last war with Enj^land, from 1S15 to 1835, and applied 
 her resources and her credit to the building of railroads into 
 the interior, simultaneously with the buildiiic; of them in other 
 sections of the countr\-, — ]>angor would to-day have been, what 
 we all predicted thirty-fi\e years ago, that she must become, 
 the second city of New England. 
 
 Nothing has been so striking to tire eye of the cai-eful outside 
 observer, as the indifierence of the people of Bangor, to the de- 
 velopment of her vast interior, rich in treasures of agricultural 
 and mineral wealth. The rich lands of the interior have re- 
 mained comparatively inaccessible to market, for want of rail- 
 roads, — the treasures of slate, exhauatless, and invaluable, 
 have been worked to a small extent only ; and the abundant 
 iron ores of Linneus and all that region, have been left almost 
 undisturbed in their native beds. 
 
 Crippled in her resources by the land speculation of 1S35, 
 and the revulsion of 1836, ending in the collapse of 183". — her 
 men of enterprise weakened, if not carried down in the crash, — 
 the new rising business-men lacked Esprit dit Corps in public 
 improvements, and were too exclusively devoted during the 
 last thirty years, to the lumber trade, the most precarious of 
 any branch of business. 
 
 But a new era dawned upon Bangor when she finallv gave 
 support to the European and North American Railway., one 
 branch of which railroad reaches the slate, and another shall 
 soon reach into Aroostook County, to the iron, soon to be com- 
 pleted also to St. John and Halifax, — -a link in the trunk line 
 of that greatest of railroad works \et proposed, the Trans-con- 
 tinental Railway^ that shall form a golden belt around the 
 world ; connect the commercial centers of Europe and ^Vsia, 
 by the most direct and shortest of all routes, in point of time ; 
 spanning the continent of North America at its widest part, 
 between the Atlantic and Pacific seas. 
 
 The Penobscot, under diilerent names, the most ancient of 
 which was Noromliega, afterwards Pempregtiet, then Pente- 
 
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 goet, now Penobscot, has been a region of romantic tra- 
 ditions, and of legendary interest since its first discovery by 
 Europeans. Laid down as " tlie great river" in all the records 
 and maps of the earlier \''oyagers of the New World, — shown 
 by that invaluable contribution to history, Dr. Kohl's late work, 
 issued by the Maine Historical Society, — the belief in a great 
 city upon its banks, at the head of the tide, " where the peo- 
 ple are small in stature and of the same complexion as those of 
 India," \vas for more than a century the received opinion of 
 Historians and Geographers of Europe. L'Escarbot, in the 
 first edition of his great work on New France, printed in Par- 
 is, in 1609, did much to dispel this illusion ; and the narration 
 of Champlain, first published in Paris in 1613, put an end to 
 this belief among those learned in geography ; it seems 
 probable that the broad plain on the Brewer side, opposite the 
 mouth of the Kenduskeag, the site of an Indian village, was 
 the spot which the Portuguese and Spanish Navigators had 
 made known, at a very early date, as the site of Norombega, — 
 the truth of whose narrations can only be reconciled by suppos- 
 ing their writings suggestive, — prophetic of the great city, 
 which at a future day or at the end of the next hundred years, 
 will spread itself on both sides of the Penobscot around the 
 inouth of the Kenduskeag, overspreading this ancient site " of 
 Norombega town." 
 
 The charming legend of our great American Poet, Whittier, 
 whose relatives were among the most worthy and honored of 
 the first settlers of Bangor, in the Atlantic Monthly of June, of 
 this year, deserves a place in the records of your doings to-day. 
 
 When invited to this celebration, I was reminded of my 
 youthful predictions as to the future of Bangor, and challenged 
 to confront my former statements, — for one of my first efforts 
 in newspaper writing was an earnest attempt to prove that 
 Bangor was destined to become, certainly the second, if not 
 the first city of New England. 
 
 Mr. James Brooks, then editor of the Portland Advertiser, 
 now editor of the Express, and the most intelligent and influ- 
 
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 cntial member of Congress, from the City of New York, took 
 up the discussion against me, in his paper, and it was prolonged 
 to several articles upon each side. I am interrogated again to- 
 day, as to the comparative greatness of these two cities in the 
 future, — destined no doubt, for many }-ears, if not forever to 
 remain, the large cities of Maine. 
 
 When I wrote on this question 40 years ago, the Locomotive 
 Railway was unknown. Its success in 40 years has changed 
 all the laws of proportion, destroyed all rules of calculation 
 then known, causing the earth itself, commercialh' speaking, 
 to shrink to one-third its former size, — for steam upon the land 
 and upon the water, has already reduced the tirrie of transit 
 to less than one third the period then required to circumnavi- 
 gate the globe. If my opinion has changed it is the fault of the 
 railway, rather than of my reasoning. 
 
 I became interested in the railway at a verv early day, and I 
 am glad of the opportunity of saying in this Hall, that I owe 
 it largely to the influence of a distinguished citizen of the State, 
 to whom its people, especially of the Penobscot \'alley, are 
 more indebted than to any other man, — whose memor)- is still 
 cherished and whose monument will some dav be erected here, 
 at the public expense, — Moses Greenleaf. He was mv teach- 
 er and my most valued friend to the time of his lamented death 
 in March, 1834. '^° great scientific attainments and large prac- 
 tical knowledge, Mr. Greenleaf united a sanguine temperament 
 with an enthusiasm which carried him far beyond his cotem- 
 poraries in comprehending the natural advantages and resour- 
 ces of Maine, as shown in his t\\ o volumes, one published in 
 1816, and the other in 1S29. 
 
 The eloquent allusion to him in the messages of Governor 
 Lincoln to the Legislature, in 1828 and 1829, will always give 
 his name a prominent place in the history of our State, should 
 no monumental stone mark the final resting place of his ashes. 
 
 The lamented death of Governor Lincoln, whose inemorj' is 
 embalmed in tlic aftlction of all his cotcmporaries, permitted 
 a new turn to be given to public pursuits in our State, and the in- 
 
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 troduction of party politics displaced or drove from the public 
 councils, men capable of comprehending the material interests 
 of Maine, — this strange political strife finally ending in civil 
 war, — and I witnessed with no ordinary satisfaction, the acces- 
 sion of our present Chief Magistrate to the Gubernatorial chair ; 
 who, with higher endowments and greater culture than any of 
 his predecessors, has brought the brilliant fame of a military 
 hero to the chair of State ; while comprehending in full meas- 
 ure as he does, the abundant resources, and brilliant future of 
 his native State. * « « » » 
 
 The growth of Bangor during the last twenty-five years, has 
 been mainly due to the lumber trade, with some increase of 
 the agricultural population of the interior. Her influential men 
 of 1852 and 1853, refused to allow the English capitalists, who 
 took up our railway to Montreal, to build her railroad to St. 
 John. Had this been done, Bangor would have-been larger than 
 Portland to-day. Portland has drawn very considerably from 
 the trade of Bangor, which if left to its old channels, vv^ould have 
 aggregated itself here. But a development of business at Ban- 
 gor would have followed the construction of the line to St. 
 John, greater than all her losses from the growth of rival 
 cities. 
 
 I have not time to go more into details, (cries go on, go on.) 
 The prospects of Bangor were never so bright as now. You 
 have a vast water power and valuable lands in the valley of 
 the Penobscot, capable of agricultural development, and a still 
 greater breadth of good land in Aroostook in your reach, which 
 Portland has not, and in my opinion the future of the two cities, 
 and their comparative growth, depends upon the comparative 
 efforts of their people. (Cries of " good " and " go on.") If you 
 will hear me further, I will, in this connection, ask your indul- 
 gence for a moment, as an act of justice to you and myself, to 
 refer to the existing railroad, from Portland to Bangor. How 
 came it to pass ? It was built with your money, in part, under 
 many embarrassments. But to whom are you most indebted 
 for its origination, or practical conception.? 
 
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 I am happy to be able to put history right, — for I have had 
 credit for work on this Hne which was not due to me. 
 
 A genius for railroading, is as much a natural gift as that for 
 any great work of art, whether in painting, poetry, or sculp- 
 ture ; some men have a taste for physical science in its highest 
 or practical form, in public works, canals, steamships, the mag- 
 netic telegraph and the railway. 
 
 Some years ago a young man, endowed with tastes of this 
 character, came from College to Bangor to take charge of our 
 newspaper, as editor ; in that way he became familiar with the 
 physical features of eastern Maine, and the measures required 
 for the development of her material interests, which he did 
 much to aid while connected with the newspaper, and after- 
 wards as a member of the Legislature. 
 
 In 1844, that same gentleman, while editing the Portland 
 Daily Advertiser, represented the City of Portland in the Leg- 
 islature. To him I addressed myself as to an old friend, in 
 the autumn of 1844, when I moved the project of a railway to 
 Montreal. He fanned the spark into a flame, and was the 
 active man in initiating the early measui'es which produced the 
 Portland and Montreal Railway, of which, and its successor, 
 the Grand Trunk Railway, he has for more than twenty years 
 been the trusted counsellor and attornev. 
 
 In the Legislature of 1845, when the railroad policy of 
 Maine was inaugurated, by the grant of a liberal charter for the 
 Montreal line, our friend, the Hon. Phineas Barnes, suggested 
 and gave direction to the movements for a line of charters from 
 Portland to Bangor, under which the different sections were 
 built, now united into the Maine Central Railroad. 
 
 The future of Bangor is now assui-ed, for her railroads must 
 go on. A dam at the lowest fall on your river, with a canal on 
 the Brewer side to a point below the bridge, will plant a pop- 
 ulation greater than that of Lowell or Lawrence on the site of 
 ancient Norombega. 
 
 The completion of the European & North American Rail- 
 way from liangor to St. John, in the inception and in the Mork 
 
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 of carrying out which I may claim to have liad some liand, 
 will in future times be regarded as the great event in the history 
 of Bangor. ****** 
 
 In Bangor I spent my youth and early manhood. Here I 
 formed my earliest and strongest attachments, and within her 
 enclosures lie the remains of the departed. And while I can 
 look with pride at the growth of Portland as the result of 
 measures to which the best of my days were devoted, I can 
 never look upon Bangor with any other emotions than those of 
 the deepest regard and affection, and under the inspiration of 
 a Centennial Celebration, I may be permitted, while reviewing 
 the history of Bangor for fifty years, to speak with the confi- 
 dence of a well assured judgment, of the true pathway to still 
 higher achievements in the futui'e. 
 
 Hon. Phineas Barnes was then called for, who thanked the 
 committee for having extended to him an invitation to be present 
 upon this occasion. He paid a high coinpliment to the arrange- 
 ments for the celebration and the fine manner in which it was 
 carried out. He was highly gratified with the appearance of 
 the school children, and glad to hear his friend Harlow allude 
 to them in the manner in which he did. Never remembered to 
 have seen finer and more gentlemanly appearing boys, and more 
 beautiful and interesting girls. He paid a high compliment to 
 the address of Judge Godfrey, and thought he never heard or 
 read a more appropriate, judicious, or as he believed, a more 
 historically correct address upon any occasion. As a son of 
 Penobscot, having been born upon the hills of Orland which 
 look down upon the streets of Bangor, he felt a more than or- 
 dinary interest in the address. Compared the way in which he 
 returned to his home from Massachusetts forty years ago in a lit- 
 tle vessel which could not stop to leave him at his home, but 
 brought him through to Bangor, with the methods of transporta- 
 tion to-day. Alluded to the natural advantages of the city, and 
 the manner in which they had been improved and the beautiful 
 manner in which the city is laid out. In later years he spent 
 
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 some time in Bangor, and held a humble position upon a 
 newspaper pulslisheil in this city. The nearest date of the pa- 
 per while he was upon it to the present time, was 1831. There 
 was nothing of peculiar interest in that number of the paper 
 except an article in reply to one from a Portland paper upon 
 the interests of Portland and Bangor, signed by the letter " P." 
 There is no mistakinj^ who was meant by the letter " P," and 
 he believes the influence of the man will be felt for many years 
 in the railroad history of our State. 
 
 The President then read a sentiment from P. B. Mills, Esq., 
 as follows : 
 
 " Bangor — her best schools have been an honor to the city — 
 her best scholars an honor to humanit\-— her best mechanics 
 an honor to the country. 
 
 The club then sung the Glee " When the Ruddy E\ening." 
 
 The President then happily introduced a distinguished son of 
 Bangor, Rev. Mark Trafton. 
 
 Mr. Trafton said : 
 
 I have listened to the remarks of the gentlemen who have pre- 
 ceded me with both interest and anxietv — interest from the very 
 interesting reminiscences presented, and anxietv lest the Ban- 
 goreans should become proud of their historic past and prospect- 
 ive future. But these eloquent gentlemen who have preceded 
 me, are all " of yesterday and know nothing," while I can say, 
 and with an honest pride, " I am native here, and to the man- 
 or born." They are adopted sons, mere exotics — I am an abo- 
 rigine. Whatever may have been said \i\ my school-mate, 
 the orator of the day, of the Buswell family, (may their tribe 
 increase,) it is certain my Maternal Grandfather was one of 
 the original settlers of this citw and va\ mother was born here 
 94 years ago, only six \ears after the first house was erected in 
 this wilderness ; I ha\'e heard her tell of carr\ ing the dinners 
 to the lumbcr-nicu wlio were cutting splendid pipe logs in the 
 valley where Mahi street n(_)w runs. Then all the pines which 
 
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 were suitable for masts for some " high admiral," bore the 
 broad arrow, the crown mark of possession. When the Eng- 
 lish forces took Bagaduce, now Castlne, the settlers here were 
 obliged to go down to that post and perform what was called 
 a tour of duty., in the erection of the great fort, the ruins of 
 which remain to this day. Fish and game were the principal 
 supply for food in those days, but for which the inhabitants 
 must have perished. 
 
 The first murder committed in this town was of an old 
 Frenchman by the name of Junlon, who was a trader from Cas- 
 tlne, and had a log house and store where the steam mill now 
 stands, near the depot. A nephew of his, named Johonnet, 
 came into my grandfather's one evening, wild and excited, say- 
 ing the Indians w^ere around, and he feared they would kill his 
 uncle. He soon left, and the report of a gun was heard, and 
 on going to the store the old man was found dead, but no 
 doubt existed that the nephew was the murderer ; he was 
 sent to France for trial. Places and sources of amusement 
 in those days were scarce. The first musical instrument 
 made in the town, was a violin, constructed by some ingenious 
 scape-grace, who was dying to see the light fantastic toe trip- 
 ping to the tune of Nancy Dawson, perhaps. It was slily 
 done, for in those days the Jiddle was the main instrument in 
 the diabolical orchestra. The wood was seasoned in my grand- 
 father's oven ; the strings were made of sinews of moose ; the 
 hair must have been from the head of some squaw, while 
 spruce gum supplied rosin, and soon the young people of Ban- 
 gor were whirling in the giddy dance, one hundred years ago. 
 
 My grandfather, a boat-builder, built the first craft owned in 
 this port, which now witnesses the arrival and departure of so 
 many sail of vessels. 
 
 Gilmore has the honor of bringing out the Anvil Chorus in 
 the great inusical jubilee in Boston, and some Italian has the 
 reputation of being its author, but I am sure my father raised 
 the first strains of the Anvil Chorus ever heard on the banks 
 of the Penobscot, as he was the first Blacksmith whose anvil 
 
rang beneath the strokes of the hammer in all this region. His 
 shop stood on the high bank, west of the road, just north of the 
 old Rice house, still standing, a few rods above the steam mill. 
 
 My memory does not go back beyond the year 1814, but I 
 distinctly remember the Hampden battle and the taking of Ban- 
 gor by the British troops, the burning of the shipping and fright 
 of the women. I then shed the first and last blood for my 
 country, being knocked over by a kick from a horse, in front of 
 a British regiment. The first newspaper, I think, was printed 
 by Mr. Burton, — the Bangor Register. 
 
 How distinctly I see my first Sunday School teacher. Deacon 
 Pike, and the one class constituting the Sunday School, gath- 
 ered in the gallery of the Court house, then the only place of 
 worship, now the City Hall. The city of Bangor was, when 
 my meinory first awakened, a mere hamlet. I could go now 
 to the site of every house and shop then in existence. I see 
 the signs of the first lawyers, — to hear whose pleadings I used 
 to creep slily into the Covirt-room,^plainly before my mind's 
 eye, — Jacob McGaw, John Godfrey, Allen Oilman, Wilmot 
 Wood. And the old physicians, Skinner and Rich. And the 
 merchants, Amos & Moses Patten, Hill & IMcLaughlin, Taylor 
 & Brown, Levi Cram, Fiske Bros., John Barker, James Crosby, 
 Joseph Treat, G. W. Pickering, Thomas Hatch. And that 
 princess of caterers. Ma'am Hatch, bustling about, now boxing 
 our ears, and then spreading for us huge slices of such bread 
 and butter. The old masons, John and Stephen Giddings. 
 Carpenters, J. and N. Boynton. St. Crispin's College, Davis 
 & Weed the first Presidents, where I was graduated. Zadoc 
 Davis, quaint, poetical, whose advertisements ran thus : 
 
 "Davis & ^V^^ecl, in times of noeil, 
 BliiHt roust- cleliiiquent debtors, 
 And if l,lie>' may refuse tlicm piiy, 
 y\"\\\ send lliein printed letters !" 
 
 The first sadiller, that noble looking man, jNIajor \\'illiams; 
 
 the cabinet makers, Hill & Dole ; the tinman, Henry Call, 
 
 whose soldering was not with soft saivdcr ; the old eccentric 
 
 blacksmith, Simon Harriman, whose high ambition was to be 
 
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 elected to the Legislature. A witty and wild genius by the 
 
 name of Lewder, took up in his behalf in some rattling rhymes, 
 
 some lines of which I can remember and must send down to 
 
 posterity. Harriman had invented a famous cow'bell, which 
 
 he warranted " to be heard from one to five miles." Hear the 
 
 poet : 
 
 " His fame tlirougb all the oounti-y soundcth, 
 
 " Harriman O, O, Harrimaix O, 
 
 " From one to five miles It resouniletli, 
 
 " Harriman O, &e. 
 
 " As he's a blacksmith he is aole, 
 
 " Harriman O, O, Harriman O, 
 
 " To furnish pitchforks for your stable, 
 
 " Harriman O, &c." 
 
 James Smith, who killed our meat, and that master fisher- 
 man, than whom old Isaac Walton never had a more zealous 
 disciple, Tim Colby. And then there limps before me Mr. 
 Wilkins, the old Postmaster. If you will step into the Ken- 
 duskeag Bank the gentlemanly Cashier, Mr. Dodd, will show 
 you the old gentleman as he walked the streets fifty years since. 
 But they are gone, and the evening is gone, and so, wishing 
 you a thousand years of prosperity, I bid you good night. 
 
 Hon. John A. Peters was next called upon, who spoke as 
 follows : 
 
 Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen. — There never was a 
 place to me like Bangor. Twenty-five years ago I was easily 
 attracted here, and soon became attached by indissoluble cords. 
 To use the thought of another, there are certain invisible links 
 of association which steal over us and bind our affections to a 
 locality as efliectually as the thousand small threads bound Gul- 
 liver to the soil of Lilliputia. 
 
 A town has a character as much as an individual, and be- 
 comes known by it, at home and abroad. I never knew a 
 decent person who did not enjoy the atjiiospkcre, so to speak, 
 made of the social, moral, and business qualities of this city. 
 
 Bangor has a character peculiarly her own. While it may 
 
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 l)c difficult to analyze or describe it, there are certain rather 
 (listinj^aiishing characteristics which she may well claim to 
 
 possess. 
 
 Slic is distintjiiished for her correct tone of society. I mean 
 a want of distinction between classes of men — how I have al- 
 \va3s hated these distinctions of classes — a poor fictitious thing ! 
 Bangor is democratic in the better and purest sense of that 
 term. 
 
 She is distinguished for her independence ; for she speaks 
 and acts for herself: — for generosity and benevolence; for in 
 no good cause did she ever fail freely to contribute. 
 
 Bangor bears a high palm for courage ; patriotism and pluck. 
 The sons of Bangor and the Penobscot valley were among the 
 \'ery first to volunteer their lives to crush out rebellion. How 
 many thrilling things crowd before our minds at the very 
 thought of the early scenes in 1861 ! Where in !Maine, or on 
 earth was patriotism more inspiring than here.'' How many 
 Bangor names have been inscribed upon the splendid banners 
 of our country ! How many upon the battle-field have gone to 
 immortality ! 
 
 We tell their doom vrithout a sigh, 
 
 For they are Freedom's now, and Fame's. 
 
 Our city has always been distinguished for her remarkable 
 unity of sentiment and action. She is rarely much divided in 
 any good cause which afl'ects the well being of her citizens. 
 There are fewer old fogies here than anywhere else. The 
 old men are younger — the young men are older than in oth- 
 er places. There are fewer glasses worn — probably fewer 
 drank — than in other regions. The doctors here kill fewer 
 patients than is usual with doctors ; the lawyers live and let 
 live, and the ministers practice what they preach ! 
 
 Bangor has al\ya^■s been distinguished for the energy of her 
 inhabitants. Her business men have pushed her products over 
 the earth and seas. She has sent her population almost every- 
 where. You may meet a person from tlie most distant State 
 or the farthest territoty — if he knows you are from " down 
 
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 east," he inquires about Bangor ; not so much about Maine as 
 the best linown place in the State of Maine — to him, Bangor. 
 This is because the sons of this city who have sought adven- 
 ture abroad have kept up a perpetual memory of their old 
 home, and have given us a world wide reputation. They can 
 truly say of us 
 
 None knew thee but to love thee, 
 None named thee hut to praise. 
 
 Our town has more of the similitude of a western town prob- 
 ably than any other place in New England. 
 
 It may be noticeable that Bangor and vicinage has but few 
 of the public institutions of the land. We are proud of our 
 Theological Seminary — we have nothing else ; no State House, 
 or State Prison, reform schools or asylums ; neither do we 
 need or want them. 
 
 Neither has Bangor, for its importance, furnished any con- 
 siderable share of our political public men. She never had a 
 United States Senator until last winter we elected the Ex- Vice 
 President, Hannibal Hamlin, who is on this occasion here. 
 We have had but one Governor from Bangor, elected by the 
 people, the Hon. Edward Kent. For almost the lifetime of 
 the State Bangor furnished not a judge for the highest judicial 
 court in our State, latterly having upon that bench a Hatha- 
 w^ay, an Appleton, a Cutting and a Kent. Williamson, Parks, 
 Allen, Stetson and myself have been the only Representatives 
 in the Congress of the United States from this city, the com- 
 bined terms covering but a brief period of time. I know of 
 no way for you to make it up, but, when you have one of your 
 own, to keep him as long as he will stay. (Laughter.) 
 
 Mr. Mayor and fellow citizens ; What shall our future be ? 
 In the decade expiring in i860 the County of Penobscot had 
 increased in population in a ratio beyond any other portion of 
 our State excepting the youthful Aroostook. Since then I 
 apprehend our county has not so decidedly led the van. But 
 the day of our great prosperity is coming, and the light of it is 
 now already breaking upon us. The dream of Bangor is just 
 
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 being realized. The next decade will be our growing and ad- 
 vancing; jjeriod. The locomotive will soon leave us as a centre 
 in every direction. Wc shall soon have from the north and 
 the south, from the cast and the west, railroads to bring to 
 Uangor and Penol)sc<jt County varied business, enterprise, and 
 greatness. With mines and ftjrcsts about us ; — exhaustless 
 water power in our midst ; — with agriculture, manufactures 
 and commerce ; with virtue, integrity and industry in our pop- 
 ulation, we shall have a surpassingly fine position a decade 
 hence — mark my words. 
 
 Fellow citizens ! What shall Bangor be ten decades hence ? 
 The imagination even, judging from the past, will fail to tell. 
 May Providence prosper our glorious city ; and I give you the 
 sentiment; — "The Star of Bangor; mav all the centuries roll 
 by before it sets." 
 
 After music by the Band, the President called out Rev. Dr. 
 Geo. E. Adams of Brunswick. The Dr. said he firstwished to 
 correct a misstatement which he had noticed, in which he was 
 spoken of as a native of this city. It was a mistake. He came 
 near being a native when he was about two years old, but his 
 father removed to Bucksport instead, on account of the goods 
 sold in the grocery store which has been alluded to ! But 
 though not born here, he was as deeply, perhaps more deep- 
 ly — attached to it than many native born citizens. 
 
 He was bound to it by many ties, and though long absent, 
 his heai't was drawn to it, and he came to it with pleasure. 
 He would give thanks to God for the progress in all that is 
 good that is continually being made in Bangor. 
 
 S. S. Patten was called upon to show some relics of Thomas 
 Howard, one of the first settlers of Bangor. He gave a brief 
 sketch of Mr. Howard and his, wife. He showed a linen spin- 
 ning wheel 104 years old, given by the father of the wife of 
 Thomas Ploward as a wedding present. Upon the wheel was 
 a bunch of flax which \\ as raised upon the farm o,f Mr. How- 
 ard forty-fi\c years ago. 
 
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 He also showed the first grist mill in Bangor, being a samp 
 mortar used for pounding corn. Also a chair 104 years old, 
 with which the then j'oung people " set up housekeeping." 
 The articles were viewed with much interest. Mr. Patten is a 
 grandson of Mr. Howard. 
 
 Henry E. Prentiss, Esq., was called upon. next, and spoke of 
 the Children's Home, saying that on this day we should re- 
 member with pride this institution as one of the most promi- 
 nent objects among us as speaking of our benevolence and 
 prosperity. The centennial year of our city's birth is a fitting 
 time for the completion of this noble work. 
 
 The Rev. Dr. Edward Ballard, of Brunswick, Secretary of the 
 ISIaine Historical Society, was called on as the representative of 
 this institution. On account of the lateness of the hour he de- 
 clined making any remarks, but at the solicitation of the 
 Committee has since written out what he intended to say had 
 time permitted — as follows : 
 
 Mr. President : — I have been much and more than much 
 interested in the proceedings of this day and the festival exhi- 
 bition of this evening. The sight of the schools of this city, 
 gathered in the procession, would well pay for a longer journey 
 than I have made to behold it, especially, too, when the knowl- 
 edge is added that they are under the charge of teachers who 
 know how to teach and do it. The historic address was not 
 put in to be an ornament of the occasion, but was what it was 
 intended to be, a narrative of facts, beginning with the earliest 
 known event on your noble river, and bringing the links in the 
 chain down to the dates which the memory of men now living 
 can easily reach ; thus securing them for the gratification and 
 instruction of the people of future years. Many of them 
 might have been forever lost but for the indomitable industry 
 which has rescued them from the voracity of time, and placed 
 them among the treasures that are worthy to be preserved. 
 
 And this is the design of the Society in whose behalf I now 
 
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 speak. Many a fact has been saved and Isrought to light by- 
 its efforts. Many a document has been rescued from destruc- 
 tion, to aid investigations into the past, and in some instances 
 to be auxiliaries in the adjustment of claims of property. When 
 the time conies for the preparation of a new history of our 
 State, it will be seen that our quiet labors have been enriching 
 our treasure-house for facilitating the labors of its author, and 
 enhancing the pleasures of his readers. 
 
 I well know, Mr. President, because I have heard it said in 
 all seriousness, that we have been thought to be a set of old fel- 
 lows who are digging into the obscure past, to bring out matters 
 of no interest except to ourselves. And it is very true that some 
 of us are old, and have the whitened locks of age on our brows, 
 or are despoiled of those locks before the whitening process 
 could reach them. But this is not our fault. How could we 
 help it.? We have kept our youth just as long as we could; 
 and we are sure that our calumniators, — though that is rather too 
 hard a name — call them complainers, — will be just as old, as 
 white or bald as any of us, provided only the}- live long enough 
 to reach such a usual result. But we are not all so old. We have 
 young men, middle-aged men, who are as active in their desires 
 and labors as any of their seniors. And as to the dullness of 
 the results of the labors of our members, we mav. with a per- 
 fect sense of the superiorit}' of our position, reply to the alle- 
 gation, that such has not been the termination of the efforts of 
 the past, when we know how our volumes are sought for in 
 different parts of our country, and are found on the shelves of 
 libraries in foreign lands. Certainlv such has not been the ter- 
 mination of the patient historical research which the orator of 
 the day, — the historian of Bangor, — himself an honor to our So- 
 ciety by his membership, has presented to the large, interested 
 and as if spell-bound audience this da\- in \our capacious tent. 
 
 For the sake of our Society, but still more for that of the 
 history of our State, I would that every citv, town and village 
 would do in this direction what has been here done to-day for 
 the Qriecn City of the Penobscot : gather up the facts of their 
 
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 long past ; of their early occupation ; of the lonely toil of the 
 first settlers in their neighborless solitude ; the slow growth of 
 the settlements ; the Indian aggressions, perhaps not always 
 unprovoked ; and final success and stability. The events are 
 fast disappearing, and unless arrested in their departure, will 
 be sought for in vain in the next generation. Who shall save 
 them to relieve the patient toil of the painstaking student, like 
 your own Williamson, whose volumes, though not all that 
 must now be desired, are a marvel, that, under the disadvan- 
 tages for the effort, they are as good as they are, and would be 
 a loss never to be repaired, if they should be stricken from ex- 
 istence ? 
 
 But there is a greater value in historical pursuits, than any 
 gratification of a passing interest. What is a nation without a 
 history.? What to us would have been the value of all the 
 achievements of Greece and Rome, or any of the people of the 
 eastern w^orld, if the facts had not been caught and fixed in 
 speaking letters on the indestructible page of history, before 
 they had been lost in the waves of oblivion ? How much less- 
 ened, if not lost, would be the value of our religion, if it were 
 not sustained and enforced by its history.? What would our 
 children know of the mighty convulsion through which our 
 nation has passed, and whose struggles produced anxieties not 
 yet fully put to rest, if there had not been the watchful men to 
 mark the progress of the startling events, and given them to 
 the press to be preserved and read by coming generations.? 
 Away, then, with the thought that we are mere plodders, doing 
 nothing for the pleasure or the profit of the present or follow- 
 ing times. Rather let us be regarded as doing our share in 
 bringing the bygone to bear its healthy influence on the present, 
 and making the past to be our guide in the future. 
 
 The company then united in singing "Auld Lang Syne," 
 and thus closed the first Centennial celebration of the founding 
 of our city. 
 
 During the evening bonfires, illuminations, fireworks, and 
 music by the bands stationed in some of the public squares, 
 furnished entertainment for those who did not attend the dinner. 
 
Answers to Invitations, 
 
 AND OTHER PAPERS. 
 
 LETTER FROM THE HON. PELEG \V. CHANDLER. 
 
 Boston, Sept. 25th, 1S69. 
 Gentlemen : 
 
 It is with great regret that I find myself obliged to decline 
 your invitation to attend the celebration of the one hundredth 
 anniversary of the settlement of Bangor, on Thursday next. 
 
 Although not a native of the place, my father took up his 
 residence there when I was very young ; I attended its schools, 
 was fitted for college in the Seminary on the hill, and com- 
 menced my professional novitiate Avith a meinber of your bar ; 
 so that all my early recollections and impressions are connected 
 with the town, and I have always considered mvself entitled to 
 the honors and privileges of those who were born there. Noth- 
 ing would be more agreeable than to meet mv old school-mates 
 and friends and join with them in recalling the events of the 
 past on the interesting occasion referred to ; but as this is im- 
 practicable, perhaps you will pardon me for a brief reference 
 to my earliest recollections of this most flourishing Citv of the 
 East. 
 
 It is a little more than fort^- years since I came to Bangor on 
 the top of a stage coach, solitarv and alone ; — a country bov, 
 born and to that time reared in a remote town at the western part 
 of the State. As we drove down the main street over the Ken- 
 duskeag river to the Franklin House, and thence round to 
 Chick's Hotel, where the DwincI House now stands, I was 
 duly imprcsscil willi the magnitude of the village, then a mere 
 
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 dot, as compared to the charming city, which now stands at 
 the head of navigation of one of the finest rivers in the coun- 
 try. With theexception of one or two stores at Budge's Point, 
 all the shops were on the " Flat." There was but one brick 
 building among them, I think, and not a store westerly of a 
 wooden structure at the corner of Main and Water streets, then 
 occupied by the brothers Learned, and with a tremendous sign 
 of "New York Cheap Cash Store," reaching far over the side- 
 walk. From the place where the Unitarian Church now 
 stands to the Institution hill, there was an open field, called 
 Davenport's pasture, unbroken except by a school house and 
 the house where Mr. Rowe now resides. Every hotel in the 
 place, except the Franklin House and perhaps the Hatch 
 House, has been built since that time. There was one meet- 
 ing house in the town, which was afterwards burnt. Every 
 church now standing has been erected within my recollection. 
 There -was no bridge over the Penobscot and no communica- 
 tion with Brewer except by a wretched ferry-boat, worked by 
 two men. Broadway v^^as then a narrow country road, if, in- 
 deed, it existed at all. Thomas' hill was remote, bleak and 
 uninhabited, and there were but two houses from Kenduskeag 
 bridge to what is now called Mt. Hope. There were two 
 school houses and one piano forte in the village. 
 
 It was no part of the paternal plan that I should be exposed 
 to the temptations of so large a place as this, and I was soon 
 dispatched to the Foxcroft Academ}', some thirty-five miles in 
 the interior, by the mail wagon, a one horse affair driven by a 
 good old man, -who improved the wrhole journey by impressing 
 on myself and an old lady, (the only passengers,) his peculiar 
 religious views, which were more relished, I fear, by the old 
 than the young traveller. There was a decent road as far as 
 Corinth and then a more execrable one I never saw. The vil- 
 lage where I was to be established, had one little store, a mill 
 or two and several houses besides the Academy building. It 
 did not come up to the expectations nor suit the views of a 
 youth who had so recently seen the glories of Bangor, and he 
 
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 very soon pi-oposed to return. In a few days I found a private 
 conveyance with a countryman who was journeying to the 
 South. I well remember tliat we stopped over night at To- 
 zier's, a little one story tavern at Corinth, where my experience 
 was novel, not to say interesting, and somewhat illustrative of 
 the primitive state of things in a new country, where house- 
 room and bed-room were limited. On being shown to the 
 small attic which I was to occupy, there appeared to be two 
 beds separated by a space large enough for the passage of a sin- 
 gle person. I was directed to take the one on the right. Now 
 this bed already contained two children, w^ho were fortunately 
 fast asleep. It was not the first time by a great deal, that I had 
 slept " three in a bed," and I was soon lost to all conscious- 
 ness. In the morning my opening eyes rested upon those of 
 two very pretty girls in the other bed, whose eyes, by a singu- 
 lar coincidence, were fastened upon mine, a state of things not 
 entirely in accordance with my former experience, but not in 
 the least unsatisfactory nor alarming. The occupants of this 
 neighboring bed were evidently of the female persuasion, judg- 
 ing by their head gear, and they were certainly young, judging 
 by their eyes and the ringing laugh with which they received 
 my compliments of the season and of the morning. As I was 
 obliged to leave quite early, it was arranged that I should com- 
 plete my toilet first, my new acquaintances judiciously turning 
 their faces to the wall while I did so. The fair friends whose 
 acquaintance I made under such interesting circumstances, I 
 have never to my knowledge, met since that eventful occasion. 
 It is not impossible that the}- are the mothers or the grandmoth- 
 ers of some who may attend your celebration. If so, I beg to 
 be remembered as an early friend of the family. 
 
 On returning to Bangor I was placed in the school of a wor- 
 thy gentleman, of whom I retain a most vi^id recollection, and 
 for whose instruction I feel under great obligation. He was a 
 teacher of the old school, ^vho meant business and a good deal 
 of it. Uiulerhini the youny idea must shoot or die. With the 
 \oice of a Ijoancrges, he could roar you as gently as any suck- 
 
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 ing dove upon an occasion, and although he did by no means 
 spare the rod, he never used it to excess nor when it was not 
 deserved. As to discipHne, he went somewhat upon " streaks." 
 He was entirely impartial, but would, at one time, take a boy 
 or a girl and put them through a course of edifying reproof for 
 a week, setting out their peculiarities and failings in an ener- 
 getic manner, every day and every hour. Then omitting this 
 pupil entirely, he would pass to the next and so on, so that we 
 all caught it in the course of the term. I remember once, he 
 had upon his scolding-list the name of a beautiful girl — now 
 the affectionate mother of a family — and he had been ringing 
 her demerits for several days. One morning while engaged in 
 mending pens at one end of the school-room, he heard some 
 whispering near the seat where she usually sat, and without 
 
 looking up, he began to discourse on Miss in his usual 
 
 vigorous style — her inattention to study — her listlessness — her 
 ill example to the younger scholars, etc., etc. Now, it so hap- 
 pened that the young lady, who was thus upon trial, was not 
 at school that day at all, and on hearing a general tittering, the 
 master looked up and quietly remarked, with a grim smile, 
 that although she was not present, his criticisms were just as 
 correct as if she were there. Which, as I am relating the in- 
 cident, reminds me of a minister who took his text from the 
 account of the conflict between David and Goliath ; " and he 
 took his staff in his hand and chose him three smooth stones out 
 of the brook," and said he intended by these words to illustrate 
 the doctrine of the Trinity. A worthy deacon stepped up and 
 whispered that he had got the text wrong — it was '■'■Jive smooth 
 stones." '' Veiy well," replied the parson in some confusion, 
 after turning to the text ; " the exact language in the Bible 
 is different from what I supposed, but the principle is the 
 same," and so went on with the discourse. 
 
 Of the citizens of the town at that time, there will be those 
 present who may doubtless have a better recollection, as it is 
 now more than thirty years since it was my residence. I be- 
 lieve I am correct in the impression, that of the resident law- 
 
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 ycis there is liiit one survivor. Chief Justice Appleton was 
 then at Sebec and JudLje Cutting at Orono ; of the two Ham- 
 hns, one was in Hampden and the other in Hancock county. 
 Mr. Rowc and Mr. Paine, and other able men had not yet 
 come there. There is certainly one eminent Judge, now in ac- 
 tive service, who still resides in the old town — " Nomen clar- 
 um et \ eaerabile" — although it will seem to many absurd to 
 apply the term venerable to one whose bright and ruddy coun- 
 tenance, ringing laugh and youthful wavs, give no indication 
 of his years. But he was my Sunday school teacher more 
 years ago than he or I like to recall. It is one of the pleasures 
 of life, occasionally to meet this distinguished citizen, who as 
 lawyer, legislator, ambassador and Judge, has known no such 
 ^vord as fail. Long may he wave ! 
 
 Another citizen, now laid in the grave, unless poor liquor 
 and enough of it, has kept him alive far beyond the Bible age. 
 
 was B . " Old B , as the boys irreverentlv called him. 
 
 He lived in Joppa ; but how he lived was a mysteiy. for he 
 never did anything but prowl around the town. He was, 
 when sober, very light fingered, however, and if left a single 
 moment alone in a store would rush to the Jamaica rum barrel 
 in a trice, and help himself about as quick as a squirrel can go 
 through a post-hole. Nor did he confine himself to liquids, 
 but \vas, in the course of the day, good for numerous trifling 
 things, which he stored away and could barter from time to 
 time, for rum. On one occasion a \vorthy deacon, who kept 
 
 on Water street, missed a lump of butter, and as Old B 
 
 was present, and as his hat seemed to sit rather heavv on his 
 head, the deacon had no doubt that the butter was inside of 
 
 that hat. So he invited B to take a seat in the corner next 
 
 to the stove. Now the natural warmth of the human caput is 
 inconsistent with the solidity of the compound called butter, 
 which is preferable for the table in a solid rather than In a fluid 
 state, (except for toast, and then it should be free from human 
 
 hair,) and Old B would have much preferred not to be 
 
 detained at all, especially not to sit in the corner next the stove. 
 
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 Moreover, the unusual politeness of the deacon was suspicious. 
 Still our hero felt the weakness of his case and readily com- 
 plied. The deacon then put on additional wood, which was 
 
 an aggravation, but when he suggested to B that perhaps he 
 
 would be more comfortable to remove his hat, it did seem like 
 adding insult to injury ; No, he would not remove his hat, and 
 pretty soon the melted butter began to run down his venerable 
 cheeks, while the deacon rubbed his hands in as much glee as 
 a deacon should, till the whole lump had vanished. It is said 
 
 that B never stole any more butter in that store. 
 
 Of another noted citizen. Old — ^-, many queer stories were 
 told ; it was said to have been one of his peculiarities that 
 though he would steal he would not lie. This was a distinction 
 in morals which he took. On a certain occasion, as the story 
 goes, the deacon acted on this peculiarity, and this is what 
 came of it : The old " Columbia" was coming up the river 
 slowly from Boston, and there was quite a crowd on the river's 
 
 side, among them, of course. Old . The deacon, having 
 
 a quantity of salt fish on board, took aside and proposed 
 
 to give him half a dozen of the best fish if he would solemnly 
 
 promise to go home and not steal any more. hesitated, 
 
 rubbed his old pimply nose, and said it was a hard case ; but 
 with the addition of a glass of grog, he would agree to the 
 proposal. So it was settled, and the fish were selected. Now 
 
 it was a larger cargo than had supposed, and as it was 
 
 growing into the evening, his opportunity to filch would have 
 been excellent. He was up to the emergency. When it was 
 near sunset he entered the deacon's counting room, threw down 
 the six fish and said : " Deacon, I've brought back those fish ; 
 I think I can do better." Which, by the way, strikes one as 
 by far a more honest and honorable course than pursued by 
 sundry politicians who advocate the repudiation of our Nation- 
 al debt. They should at least insist upon placing the bond- 
 holders in as good position as they were when they lent their 
 
 money to the Government. Even Old returned the fish, 
 
 although he had confiscated the grog. 
 
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 I beg that you will excuse the length of this letter and its 
 trivial character. Others will doubtless speak and write on 
 graver topics, and cannot fail to dilate upon the remarkable 
 growth of the town, on its past history and its brilliant pros- 
 pects. In early times, the citizens had great expectations as to 
 the future, but no one could have anticipated what we now see, 
 nor have dreamed that the little village would become so large 
 a city and a railroad centre of such importance to the whole 
 country. But we have scarcely begun to estimate the character 
 and significancy of the influences now operating on your future 
 growth and prospects. Situated at the head of navigation of 
 the finest river in the State, with admirable facilities for com- 
 munication with a large region of excellent farming land, your 
 city cannot fail to increase with a rapidity before unknown, as 
 soon as the great I'ailroad projects, now well under way, are 
 carried out. 
 
 As the timber disappears, the land will be improved for 
 agricultural purposes, and the mill sites all over the region will 
 be used for manufacturing. The sources of your prosperity 
 may change in the coming years, but the same energy, ability, 
 and business sagacity will not fail to improve them, and the 
 next Centennial will be celebrated by those w^ho reside in one 
 of the largest, as well as most beautiful cities of Xew England. 
 I am, with great respect, your friend and servant, 
 
 PELEG W. CHANDLER. 
 Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others. Committee. 
 
 FROM REV. LEONARD WOODS, D. D. LL. D. 
 
 Bruxsa\"ick, 2oth Sept, 1S69. 
 To Hon. E. L. Hamlin and others, Committee. 
 
 Gentlemen : it is thirty years this fall since, with many re- 
 grets, I left Bangor for another post of duty. At this distance 
 of time I look back upon the four 3 ears of my residence there 
 as among the happiest of my life. Subsequent years have not 
 cftaced the agreeable impressions which they left upon my 
 
mind. When I first took up my abode there, the city was ex- 
 periencing a reaction from the excitement of the Great Land 
 Speculation, and having seen the bubble burst was bidding 
 adieu to its visions of wealth and splendor. But its spirit was 
 not crushed ; and it exhibited, even in that time of its greatest 
 depression, a buoyancy and hopefulness, which made it seem 
 to me more like a city of the growing West, than of staid New 
 England. A generation has passed away, and new visions of 
 prosperity are presenting themselves, less extravagant than the 
 former, and resting upon a more substantial basis. The iron 
 rail is fast supplanting those imaginary streams, which were 
 drawn at will on their maps by the speculators of those days, 
 wherever they were wanted to float the trunks of the forest 
 trees to the lumber market of Bangor. These rail-road schemes 
 which, as well as those streams, converge at Bangor, or radi- 
 ate from it, as their center, certainly appear to aftbrd a far bet- 
 ter assurance of the future growth of the city. They owe their 
 first conception, as is well understood, to one of your distin- 
 guished citizens, and doubtless lay coiled up in his brain while 
 he was still a resident. When they were first promulged they 
 were regarded by us all as stricken with the very error of the 
 moon. Since that time, year by year, they have been drawn 
 out, towards the west and towards the east, before our wonder- 
 ing eyes, in interminable lines, like the paper shreds drawn out 
 from the mouth of the Conjurer, until now it has become 
 impossible, in the nature of things, that they should be ex- 
 tended any farther, and the Grand Finale must accordingly 
 soon be reached, when the marvel will be witnessed of a trans- 
 continental and inter-oceanic rail-way running through Bangor 
 from Halifax to San Francisco. 
 
 Your first Centennial falls happily at the beginning of the 
 new era of prosperity thus inaugurated. I regret very much 
 that it will not be possible for me to be present on that occa- 
 sion, and to join with my old friends and fellow citizens in the 
 hallowed memories of the past, and cheerful hopes of the fu- 
 ture, which the occasion will suggest. May the best success 
 
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 attend the Celebration ! May the hopes it will inspire be fully 
 realized ! May the enterprise of the citizens be rewarded by 
 a la rue increase of wealth and population! And above all, 
 may the material prosperity of the city, be always tempered by 
 the principles of the ancient morality and religion, and be ac- 
 companied by the equal growth of the schools and churches, 
 the seminaries of sacred and secular learning, and the various 
 humane and benevolent institutions, which were founded by the 
 venerable fathers of the city, and have been bequeathed by 
 them to their sons as their best legacy ! 
 
 Very truly and respectfully yours, &c., 
 
 LEONARD WOODS. 
 
 FROM REV. JOSIAH BREWER, D. D. 
 
 Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 4th, 1869. 
 Messrs. Elijah L. Hamlin, &c.. Committee of Invitation, Ban- 
 gor, Maine : 
 
 I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your invitation to 
 attend " The celebration of the one hundredth aniiii'crsarv 
 of the settlement of Bangor" but fear it will not be in my 
 power to be present. 
 
 Though I have lived more than seventy of the hundred years 
 since that settlement took place, and almost half a century, 
 since, for a twelvemonth, I taught the academy in your city, 
 yet the blood moves more warmlv in mv veins, at the mention 
 of that little word, Bangor ! ^ucrc. Is this partly because I 
 am in some sort of kith and kin with the good people of your 
 Welch named place, for family tradition ascribes to me a Welch 
 origin.'' Ilnwever this ma\' be, reason enough exists in the 
 interest I have taken in your admirable School of the Prophets, 
 and sympathies in common with some of your citizens still, and 
 others who have gone to their rest, in the education of your 
 native anil Indian and Cireck youth. 
 
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 May I be indulged in a suggestion that among other doings 
 suitable to the occasion, in grateful remembrance of your past 
 history and present prosperity, you inaugurate a movement 
 through your own, or the National Legislature, towards a divi- 
 sion of their land among my old fi'iends of the Penobscot 
 tribe? In consequence of your dwelling among them, their 
 game and their forests have passed away, leaving to them only 
 a trifling annuity and their undivided beautiful islands above 
 Oldtown. Scarcely anything, as it appears to me, would tend 
 more to their welfare, than such a result. 
 
 With my best wishes for '■'■ Norombega" and the '■'■Keiidus- 
 keag Plantation, I remain, very respectfully, yours, 
 
 JOSIAH BREWER. 
 
 LKTTI^R FROM GEORGE A. THATCHER, ESQ. 
 
 Hon. E. L. Hamlin and others, Committee : 
 
 Gentlemen : — In the early part of the present century-, 
 Bangor received a large accession to its population, mostly 
 from the neighboring States of New Hampshire and Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 Among these we remember with pleasure many of our most 
 useful and substantial former citizens, men whose character for 
 integrity and enterprise have made their mark upon this whole 
 community and left a rich legacy to their descendants, of which 
 they may justly be proud. 
 
 They laid the foundations of virtue, education and business, 
 upon such a basis that all succeeding generations will feel their 
 influence. They were indeed "the solid men of Bangor." 
 Let their names be recorded in our history as public benefac- 
 tors, from whose combined energy and wisdom have resulted 
 to a great extent, the present prosperous and happy condition 
 of our beloved city. 
 
 Those of us still remaining may well take lessons from their 
 
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 example, and so fulfill our present duties as to merit the grati- 
 tude and praise so richly due to these excellent men who have 
 !4()ne befoic us. Let me give the names of some of the class 
 referred to, as among the most jDrominent and useful. 
 
 Sam'l E. Dutton, Jacob McGaw, Allen Oilman, Wm. D. 
 Williamson, John Godfrew Thomas A. Hill, Park Holland, 
 Rev. Harvey Loomis, Dr. Ilosea Rich, Dr. Joshua P. Dickin- 
 son, Dea. Wm. Boyd, Dca. Eliashib Adams, Moses and Amos 
 Patten, John and Wm. Emerson, John and Geo. Barker, Joseph, 
 James, Frank and J. Wingate Carr, Abner Taylor, Geo. W. 
 and Tilly Brown, Caleb C. Billings, John Ham, Wm. Forbes, 
 Thos. Bradbury, Philip Coombs, John Pearson, Benj. Wyatt, 
 Samuel and Henry Call, Chas. and Wm. Rice, Jacob and Benj. 
 Garland, James B. and John Fiske, Zadoc French, Jos. Leavitt, 
 Wiggins Hill, Asa Davis, Isaac Lincoln, Edmund Dole, Zadoc 
 Davis, Stephen and Daniel Kimball, David J. Bent, Robt. 
 Parker, John and Stover Perkins, Jos. R. Lumbert, M'm. and 
 Chas. Hammond. This brings me to the special object of this 
 communication, to wit : a short memoir of Capt. Charles Ham- 
 mond, who perhaps may properly be considered one of the 
 most distinguished members of the list. 
 
 He was born in Newton, !Mass., of highly respectable parent- 
 age, Sept. 6, 1779- When quite young, having a taste for 
 mercantile life, after serving a clerkship in Roxburv, he re- 
 moved to the neighboring town of Concord, where he entered 
 into copartnership with Jonathan Heywood and continued in 
 trade until 1S06. All the old men of that place speak of him 
 as being " one of the first men of the place." 
 
 In 1805 he married Elisabeth Brown, (the present Mrs. Bil- 
 lings of this city.) During the next year, his attention being 
 turned towards this region of country bv his brother Wm., 
 who preceded him, he took up his residence here and immedi- 
 ately became identified with its business and prosperit\-. He 
 was of imposing and attractixe personal address and of frank 
 and h()n()ral)le dealing. These characteristics, together with a 
 noble public spirit, commanded the respect and esteem of the 
 
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 community and gave him great power over his fellow men. 
 
 He soon became largely interested in real estate in this and 
 some of the neighboring towns. His principal purchase was 
 what was known as lot No. 70, Holland's survey, on the west 
 side of Kenduskeag Stream, originally held by one Buzzell, a 
 relative of the first settler of the same 'name. 
 
 This lot commenced at a point on the Kenduskeag Stream 
 near the store occupied by Wm. A. Bartlett, running north- 
 ■westerly in the rear of Kenduskeag Bank, across Main and 
 Columbia to Ohio St. and up to near Thomas' Hill, thence to 
 the Kenduskeag Stream in a northeasterly direction, and thence 
 down the stream to the place of beginning, including, as it will 
 be seen. West Market Square, City Hall, the Court House and 
 Jail lots, and an iinportant part of the business portion of the 
 citv. 
 
 He engaged in mercantile business in a store built by himself 
 and Abner Taylor, on the corner now occupied by the Wheel- 
 wright block, and continued until his death in 1815- 
 
 West Market Square was laid out and presented by him to 
 the town, and ought to bear his name. City Hall lot was pur- 
 chased of Capt. Hammond by a company of citizens for the 
 purpose of erecting a building for public uses, of which he re- 
 tained sevei-al shares. This building was used for several years 
 for town meetings, religious worship and other uses, when it 
 passed into the hands of the " Bangor Court House Corpora- 
 tion." In the year 181 7 it was leased to the County of Penob- 
 scot for a term of ten years, reserving the right of using it for 
 religious worship, for which pui'pose it was occupied by the 
 First Congregational Society, under the ministry of Rev. Har- 
 vey Loomis, up to 1822, when they moved into their new 
 church on the East side of the stream, — which was the first 
 Meeting house erected in Bangor. In 1825 the County pur- 
 chased City Hall and lot of the proprietors, and used it until 
 the new Court House on Hammond Street was built, when it 
 was sold and convej^ed to the citj'. 
 
 Capt. Hammond was a leading man in all public improve- 
 
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 meiits and had liis life been spared, must have amassed a large 
 rortunc. lie rcpicscnted the town in the General Court of 
 Alassachusetts in the years 1813 and 1814, and in many other 
 \va3s received expressions of honor and confidence from his 
 fellow citizens. 
 
 Retaining an interest in military matters, which he imbibed 
 in early life, he was chiefly instrumental in raising the Bangor 
 Artillery Company, which he commanded at the time of the 
 " Battle of Hampden," and which was said to have behaved 
 with great valor and discretion. 
 
 He died young and much lamented, on the 12th April, 1815, 
 aged 36. In a journal kept by Joseph Leavitt, Esq., at that 
 time, giving a list of deaths for 1815, he speaks of Capt. Ham- 
 mond in this short but very significant and complimentary 
 manner : " The brightest ornament we have in point of talent 
 arid usefulness." 
 
 FROM REV. JOHN C. ADAMS. 
 
 Falmouth, Sept. ist, 1S69. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Accept my thanks for the honor of an invi- 
 tation to the anticipated " Centennial." 
 
 It would give me great jaleasure to be present, but I am sorry 
 to say that it is very doubtful whether I can be. 
 
 I rejoice in the idea of such a celebration as you contemplate, 
 as I do in everything tending to tlie honor or the ad\antage of 
 Bangor. I know no other home than Bangor. " AIv heart, 
 untraveled, fondly turns to" — Bangor, and under the shadow 
 of Mt. Hope, in a definite 6 ft. x 3 ft. which I have before my 
 mind's ej^e, I pleasurably anticipate taking up mv last earthlv 
 rest. 
 
 It cannot be amiss to add the hope that when Bangor is no 
 more, we may all be inhabitants of that •• City \vhich hath 
 foiDidatioiis, \vliose builder and maker is God." 
 
 Very respectfully vours, 
 
 JOHN C. ADAMS. 
 Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others, Committee. 
 
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 I'llOM GEJSI'l J. C. STIiN'ENS. 
 
 Lancaster, Sept. ii, 1869. 
 Gentlemen : — I have received your kind invitation to be 
 present at the Centennial celebration of Bangor, and I trust 
 that I need not assure you of my regret that circumstances 
 compel me to forego the pleasure it would afford me to mingle 
 with my fellow citizens in the festivities of so auspicious an 
 occasion ; one which marks the great improvement and re- 
 cords the progress of a city so steadily developing its surround- 
 ing elements of prosperity. But whether present or absent in 
 person, be assured my heart is with you, for how can I forget 
 to feel a deep interest in the welfare of a city in which I have 
 spent the greater part of my daj^s, and whose society has so 
 much contributed to my happiness. But when I visit Bangor 
 and see so few faces that remind me of my early days, I am 
 forcibly admonished of the rapid flight of time, and that I am 
 growing old, and that few of my contemporaries in age remain 
 to fill the places of their fathers who have departed this life 
 and whose memories I shall never cease to revere. 
 
 Wishing you all the enjoyment which such an occasion is 
 eminently calculated to call forth, I am, gentlemen, with great 
 respect for the citizens of Bangor and for your Committee, 
 Your Obedient Servant, 
 
 J. C. STEVENS. 
 To Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others. Committee of Invita- 
 tion, Bangor, Me. 
 
 FROM J. A. GUSHING, ESQ_. 
 
 POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, ) 
 Contract Office, > 
 
 Washington, Sept. 27th, 1869. j 
 Dear Sirs : 
 
 I thank you for the invitation extended to me to be present 
 at the coming Centennial Celebration. 
 
 "Should auld acquaintance be forgot .i'" Never with me. 
 
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 hiuiiic^ remembrance i)f the friendship and kindness of Bangor 
 citizens. These I cannot forget if 1 \vonld, and would not for- 
 t;et if I could. I, a native of Salisbury, N. H., living for a 
 while with a dear sister, Mrs. Flint, then a resident of Charles- 
 ton, Me., now of IJani^or, was permitted by her and her hus- 
 band. Dr. Flint, then living, to take a horseback ride to Bangor, 
 the embryo city, that as Plantation and Town, had not seen 
 quite a half century. Buoyant with health and enjoying every 
 moment " as only boyhood can," I started at early morn in 
 July, 1S19, passing through more wilderness than "clearing," 
 over more " corduroy road" and sloughs than hard ground, and 
 by more log houses than framed ones, found mvself, at about 
 12 m. looking down froin Thomas' Hill, on the nucleus of a 
 city destined to be a mighty power. 
 
 I was accredited to Messrs. Hill & ^McLaughlin, bv whom 
 I was treated with kindness and politeness. Having but three 
 hours to spend, I went down the Hampden road by William- 
 son's house and law office, a long distance, as it then seemed, 
 to a tan yard, thence to Joppa where there were a few houses, 
 thence back, by a house on the rise of land opposite where the 
 Bangor House now stands, thence down the southeast side of 
 Main Street by framed buildings, in one of which was the Post 
 Office, to Burton's printing office, and thence back to Messrs. 
 H. & McL.'s store on the northwest side of West jSIarket 
 Square. 
 
 Resting a few minutes, I started again, went to Messrs. !M. 
 & N. Patten's, Taylor & Brown's, to the wharves, on board 
 sloops and schooners, over the Kenduskeag to East side, re- 
 turned, went to the Hatch House for my horse, paid a very 
 light bill for his and my refreshment, and at a little past 3 P. sr. 
 was wending my way homeward, not then thinking that, in 
 about thirteen years thereafter, Bangor was to be my home. 
 
 The sun hail set before I left Kenduskeag, (then Levant) and 
 through the woods ni)- companions were the horse I rode and 
 an owl that kept pace to enliven me with his musical utterances. 
 At a little past 11 r. ^]. I had arrivctl home, a litde tired, a lit- 
 
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 tic sleepy, but with the panorama of all I had seen indelibly 
 pictured on my mind. I give this as it appears uprising after 
 the lapse of half a century; not all that I recollect, for that 
 would fill a volume, and mayhap some error of location is in 
 this, stated onl\- from recollection. 
 
 And now, dear friends, on you and those you represent, on 
 Bangor and all its interests, I invoke blessings, and though it is 
 impossible for me to join you in " the celebration of the one- 
 hundredth anniversary- of the settlement of Bangor," the desire 
 of my heart is with yours for its future prosperity, as in rejoic- 
 ing for its jDast and present. 
 
 Very respectfully and truly j'ours, 
 
 J. A. GUSHING. 
 Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others. Committee. 
 
 FROM NATHANIEL HATCH, ESq. 
 
 Washington, D. C, Aug. 31st, 1S69. 
 Gentlemen : — I hasten to thank you for your kind invitation 
 to your Centennial Celebration of the first settlement of Ban- 
 gor, and I hope it will be in my power to accept it, as it will 
 give me heartfelt pleasure to meet so many dear old friends, 
 and exchange with them words of sympathy and congratula- 
 tion ; to recall once inore the memory of dear loved ones 
 passed away forever, and to speak of how much they would 
 enjoy the evidences of wealth, prosperity and progress which 
 surround us on every side. In their time it was a great event 
 of the village to get a mail from Boston once in two weeks, 
 (brought by a man on horseback.) As to other interests, some 
 small sailing vessel or swift Indian canoe stole silently up the 
 inlets, now crowded with shipping. No scream of locomotive 
 on land, or of ocean steamer told of unbroken traffic with the 
 other hemisphere. One small school house was the centre of 
 intelligence, for education, religion and politics. They read 
 with a shudder of the efforts of Franklin to bring down the 
 
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 linlUnin;.;, that the iinpicnis wretch (Icscrvcd the vengeance of 
 Ile:i\cn; litlle dreaming that in our day they might if they 
 wished, talk ■will/ a friend in London or San Francisco. 
 
 My love for my native city docs not exceed my admiration 
 of \\cx political l/istor\'^ wlien I consider the forward place she 
 has always taken in every struggle to maintain the right. Her 
 sons ha\e always been found in the front rank of everv newly 
 settled and progressive State of this Union, and when our 
 moral progress was in danger of being sacrificed, " the battle 
 cry of freedom " found them at the posts where death and des- 
 peration were to be met and conquered. I need not remind 
 vou of the many whose names stand high upon the roll-call of 
 earth, and who are so proudly welcomed, or of the many even 
 inore precious to our hearts and memories, \vho answer a 
 higher roll-call in Heaven. 
 
 Regretting that iny three sons, all natives of Bangor, will be 
 prevented by distance from being present on that interesting 
 occasion, 
 
 I have the honor to be, very truly, 
 
 Your Friend and Sen^ant, 
 
 XATHAXIEL HATCH. 
 Hon. Committee of Invitation to the Centennial Celebration of 
 
 the Settlement of Bangor, Me., on the 30th Sept., 1S69. 
 
 FlloM L. D. GILJIORE. ES(^. 
 
 WASHiNCrTON, D. C September 22d, 1S69. 
 Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others, Coipmittcc of Invitation : 
 
 Gentlemen : — You ha\'e my thanks for your invitation to 
 l)e present with you and luiite in celebrating the hundredth 
 annixxMsary of the settlement of our beloved city of Bangor. 
 
 I am grieved that pressing business engagements compel me 
 to forego that great pleasure. 
 
 It seems almost impossible that onl\' one century has elapsed 
 
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 since Stephen Buzzell reared his log cabin on the banks of the 
 Kenduskeag, with a desohite wilderness on either hand, un- 
 broken save bv the " ■whoop of the savage" and the prowlings 
 of the wolf. Yet such is the evidence of history. 
 
 Within that century the beautiful valley of the Penobscot has 
 been made to smile with verdure, many thousand homes bright 
 and sunny as the valley itself have been dotted on the landscape 
 from tide water to Madawaska, while the noble river has be- 
 come a highway for fleets such as were never equalled in 
 Roman days and rarely excelled even in our commercial age. 
 And the city itself, what can be said that by possibility may add 
 to her name and fame.? There she stands, the emporium of the 
 commerce, the manufactures and the learning of this great val- 
 ley. There she stands, with her sixty public schools, her 
 -ten benevolent associations, her libraries of twenty-five thousand 
 volumes, her fine newspapers and fifteen churches. There she 
 stands, a great linnber market, with her iminense banking cap- 
 ital and saving institutions — the center of wealth, intelligence 
 and refinement of our great State. Yes, there she stands, with 
 a sturdy foot on each side of the Kenduskeag, looking upward 
 and downward through the great valley like a watchful sentinel 
 keeping guard over treasures too precious for ordinary care. 
 And most charming is the site selected for this sentry. 
 
 The traveller who visits Bangor for the first time discovers 
 at a glance why its early inhabitants directed Seth Noble to 
 name the place Siinbury^ for sunshine appears to be its normal 
 condition. It is said that Noble gave the' name of Bangor \.o 
 our city by reason of his love for the old psalm tune, but a 
 more facetious and perhaps appropriate cause is sometimes 
 found from its similarity in function to the mastiff" of the an- 
 cient story : 
 
 " Miller's big dog sat on the bam floor, 
 And Bango was his name." 
 
 Possibly the future student of nomenclature may combine the 
 two coincidences and show how it occurred that one cit}- 
 
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 l)cc:ime the cxcmi^lar both of watchful care and devout harmo- 
 ny. I '/n'c you the following sentiment : 
 
 Maine has its hundred hurl)ors, but oi Bangor s only one. 
 I ha\'e the honor to be, 
 
 With high regard, 
 
 Your ob't servant, 
 
 CHAS. D. GILMORE. 
 
 FROM WILLIS PATTEN, ESC^. 
 
 Washington, D. C, Sept, 34th, 1S69. 
 Hon. E. L. Hamlin, 
 
 Dear Sir : — I have received an invitation from the Com- 
 mittee (of which you are Chairman,) to be present for the pui"- 
 pose of attending the Centennial Celebration of the settlement 
 of Bangor. 
 
 You must be aware that very few more pleasant events could 
 occur to me, than the one I am kindly invited to take part in, 
 and it is therefore with regret that I am so situated, at the 
 present time, as to forego the anticipated enjoyinent. 
 
 When an old man is asked to meet the friends of his boy- 
 hood and of his youngerdaj's, it is with scarcely an exception 
 a most powerful incentive to him to put aside all other duties 
 for the purpose of rewarming the heart and awakening the 
 impressions of his former )-ears by the sight and presence of 
 old associates. If this is so, of course the incentive is doubled 
 when it is considered that the spot of meeting is m}- birthplace 
 and for many years my residence, So \ou nia\- possibly judge 
 somewhat of my disappointment in not being with vou on that 
 day. 
 
 It is probable that there will not be manv among those gath- 
 ered together then, of }>tv agi\ who were to the manor bom, 
 for a large proportion of tlie present residents of Bangor are 
 called in some places " Carpet baggers." 
 
 From all the causes al)o\e mentioned, not to speak of the 
 
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 fact that the 30th is the anniversary of my marriage, you may 
 rest assured, it is with much reluctance that I am forced to 
 state my inability to respond in person instead of by this weak 
 substitute of the pen. If allowable I would offer this toast : 
 
 The enterprising City of Bangor, Qiieen of our East, whose 
 citizens ai'e as proverbial for their public spirit and kindness 
 as are the waters of old Penobscot for its delicious salmon ; may 
 her sons be as stalworth and warm hearted, and her daughters 
 as fine looking and true, hereafter as heretofore. 
 
 I can only close by wishing you may have nature's best ben- 
 ediction in the shape of good weather ; there is little doubt all 
 else will be as successful as need be. 
 
 I am, very Respectfully, 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 WILLIS PATTEN. 
 
 FROM HENRY BUTTON, ESQ,. 
 
 San Francisco, Sept. 10, 1S69. 
 Hon. E. L. Hamlin, Chairman of Committee : 
 
 Dear Sir : — Your favor of 30th Aug. last, covering invita- 
 tion to attend Centennial Celebration of the Anniversary of the 
 settlement of Bangor is received, and in reply will say that I 
 very much regret that distance and my engagements will pre- 
 vent availing myself of your kind invitation, which as a native 
 of Bangor it would give me great pleasure to accept ; inas- 
 much as it will be out of my power to be present, allow me to 
 introduce to you my oldest son, Henry, who is now on a visit 
 east, and who will probably be present ; if so, please consider 
 him my representative, as well as his own, who also feels a 
 lively interest in the prosperity of his native place. While I 
 might mention quite a number of items of similarity between 
 my adopted and my native city, I will merely state that they 
 both had their commencement the same year, for it was in July 
 1769, that Gov. Postaler with Father Junipero Serra and their 
 
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 coadjutors first set foot on the soil of San Francisco for the 
 purpose of permanent settlement, wliich culminated in a flouv- 
 ishinLC Presidio and mission. 
 
 Al\\a\s feelin<^ proud of the growth and prosperity of the 
 Qiieen City of the East, allow nie to give }ou : 
 
 The City of Bangor, — As in the past, so in the future, may 
 she be the pride and boast of her sons in whatever land Provi- 
 dence has seen good to cast their lot. 
 
 Please accept mv cordial thanks for your polite invitation 
 and for the beautiful representations of my native town which 
 accompany it, while I remain, 
 
 Verv truh', your rjb't serv't, 
 
 ITEXRY DUTTOX. 
 
 FROM KEY. WM. C. POND. 
 
 San Francisco, Sept. 17th. 1S69. 
 Hon. E. L. Hamlin and others. Committee : 
 
 Gentlemen : — ISIany thanks for your invitation now Iving 
 before me, to celebrate with you the first Centennial of "Ken- 
 duskeag Plantation." I ^\'ish I could accept it, and see on so 
 good a day, the imposing and beautiful citj' which has sup- 
 planted the lonesome log-cabin of Sept., 1769, 
 
 Many as the years are which have passed since I was more 
 than a visitor in Bangor, no other spot has come to seem so 
 much like home. Froin the out-set of my life in California, I 
 have taken and read, as the next thing to a home letter, the 
 "Bangor Courier." I have entered thus, with almost the inter- 
 est of an actual resident, into the questions that, from year to 
 year, have agitated your community. I have watched the pro- 
 gress of churches and schools, of street improvements and R. 
 R. enterprises, and ha\ e been proud that a sagacious liberality- 
 was holding for Bangor the place which nature appointed her, 
 of the metropolis of Central and Eastern Maine. When will 
 
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 she add to this, the glory of being one of the chief Work-shops 
 of New Enghind ? 
 
 I have never met a man in California w^ho came from Maine, 
 — much less from Bangor — \vho was not proud to tell his origin. 
 If I had, I must have despised him. May the second century 
 of that goodly place "•be as the first and much more abundant ! 
 
 Yours very respectfully, 
 
 WM. C. POND. 
 
 FROM TKV. JOSHUA YOUNG. 
 
 Fall River, Sept. 21st, 1869. 
 
 Gentlemen and Dear Sirs : — Your note of invitation 
 received some time since, to attend the one hundredth Anniver- 
 sary of the settlement of Bangor, to take place on the 30th, 
 would have had an earlier reply but that I have hoped I might 
 find it possible to be with you on that interesting occasion, and 
 take part in the festivities in memor}' of "Auld Lang Syne." 
 
 I must yield to the necessity that keeps me away, but am 
 none the less grateful for j'our kind remembrance of one who 
 finds, with some sadness at his heart every time he makes his 
 annual visit to the home of his childhood, less and less who 
 know him or whom he knows ; but whose interest, neverthe- 
 less, in the place he will always think of as " his own city," 
 suffers no abatement, but has increase rather from the tendency 
 natural to most persons, I think, to return with peculiar fond- 
 ness to their first loves and former prepossessions as they grow 
 older. 
 
 I suppose I have a right to be called a Bangor Boy, for 
 although not Bangor born, my memory goes not back beyond 
 the time when I there began to be conscious of my existence, 
 as a little curious urchin trying the ways of the world, as a 
 voyager come to a new shore and exploring the land. And 
 thinking of this, I find I am getting gray, for I can embrace 
 within my own recollections of Bangor almost half the years of 
 its age. And what changes have taken place in that time. 
 
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 Ponds where I used to skate liavc disappeared. Water in 
 which I used to swim has retired before the firmer clement on 
 which now rest the walls of stoics and warehouses. The wood 
 into \vliich I durst not venture far for fear of bears, is now 
 traversed by populous streets. Four bridges, instead of one, 
 span the stream. Nine church-steeples instead of two pierce 
 the sky. And large, handsome school-houses, I don't know 
 how man)', allure the children in with the enticements of wis- 
 dom and gentleness rather than the rod and ratan. 
 
 Of these and such like changes others will speak whose 
 recollections run farther back than mine, and who have follow- 
 ed the growth and improvement of your city with the eyes of 
 constant and gratified obsei-vers. 
 
 I am sure you will have a good time, and much I shall lose 
 by not being there. 
 
 Absent in body, allow me to be present in spirit by the fol- 
 lowing sentiment, wherein I would express my afiection for 
 my native city (for I remember no other as such,) and the pride 
 I take in its past career and its future prospects : 
 
 Success to the rising star in the east ; may it shine with ever- 
 increasing lustre as it mounts to the zenith. ISIay its increase 
 in population and wealth only be surpassed bv the wise and 
 intelligent interest taken by its citizens in the " weightier mat- 
 ters of the law" of true progress — Spiritual worship and Popular 
 Education — the sure safeguards of any community ; the founda- 
 tions that never give way, of a lasting Prosperit}-. 
 
 Reciprocating the sentiments of your letter of invitation, 
 I am, niv dear Sirs, 
 
 Yours as ever, 
 
 JOSHUA YOUXG. 
 
 To Messrs. E. L. Hamlin and others. Committee. 
 
 FROM (>I.1\ i:i; FROST, ES(^. 
 
 liusrox, Sept. ist, 1S69. 
 Messrs. E. L. Hamlin, and others. Committee: 
 
 Your kind fuNDr inviting nie to be present at the celebration 
 
of the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Bangor 
 on the 30th inst., is before me. 
 
 I am about starting on a northern tour to the New Dominion. 
 This will detain me so late I can scarcely hope to be relieved 
 from official duties long enough to enable me to be with you 
 on that interesting occasion, but will do so if possible. 
 
 Every communit}' should keep up the landmarks of its his- 
 tory and faithfully- record all the events which stamp upon it a 
 distinctive character of its own, at different periods of its 
 progress. 
 
 Little is known from history of the national character of our 
 ancestors — the Tarratines — or of their country — Norombega — 
 from the day of the Baskahegan Giants to the visit of Martin 
 Pring in 1603 and of Pierre de Gast Sieure de Monts, in 1605. 
 They were, however, a brave and heroic race, and if their his- 
 tory had been recorded it would have developed many valiant 
 deeds of dauntless courage and stratagem in the numerous 
 conflicts for empire among the different nations of North 
 America during the sixteenth century. 
 
 The succeeding generations — up to that most important 
 epoch, Sept. 30th, 1769, when Stephen Buzzell and family 
 settled on the brow of the hill one hundred rods from the 
 Penobscot on the Kenduskeag in Norombega, passed through 
 a transition period which not only stamped their own charac- 
 ter .but that of an empire and a continent. 
 
 The Jesuits at Tadousac with Richlieu in the back ground 
 and the Castilions at Fernandina and St. Augustine under 
 Pedro Menendez, and succeeding adventurers under their res- 
 pective royal masters, struggled hard for an empire which 
 should eclipse in magnitude and grandeur the kingdoms of 
 the old world. 
 
 They did not succeed — but another race stepped in and 
 occupied the land already enriched by the blood of martyrs and 
 heroes and prepared themselves for the enjoyment of freedom 
 and equality of birth — the inheritance of the generations suc- 
 ceeding Feb. 25th, 1794, when Bangor took her baptismal name 
 
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 ill N<iriinil)i.\L;a, claiming all the lands frcjni Souadaliicook to 
 Pcnjcjcwock. 
 
 What shall lie said of this period and what of its results? — 
 a perioil of wars and commotions among the nations of the 
 earth struggling for liberty against tyranny — kingdoms divided 
 and parcelled out to strengthen the strong and make the weak 
 more keenly feel their weakness. Finally all this is succeeded 
 by a period of calmness and reflection. Rulers began to feel 
 a responsibility to the go\ eriicd and a duty to the commerce of 
 the world — a progressi\c intelligence and the fraternal feelings 
 of divided nationalities combined to reunite them and teach the 
 arts of peace. 
 
 We have seen the kingdoms of the world bound together by 
 a chain of living, speaking intelligence, spanning mountain and 
 ocean till Bombay and New York are within speaking distance 
 of eight minutes. Napoleon has built a new highway from 
 Paris and London — from Hamburg and Constantinople, — from 
 St. Petersburg and Stockholm to the rich storehouses of Cal- 
 cutta and Bombay and to all India and the Celestial Empire. 
 
 We have turned the waters of the Great Lakes into the At- 
 lantic — the Mississippi into the Penobscot — the St. Lawrence 
 into Casco Baj' and finally the Pacific ocean into ^Slassachusets 
 Bay ; — so that San Francisco, St Louis, Chicago. Xew York. 
 Boston and Bangor are near neighbors. So let it be the work 
 of your generation occupying the grand centre of Xorombega — 
 Lords of the Exchequer, as our own ancestors were Lords of 
 the forest — to bring to your doors the waters of Moosehead, 
 Chesuncook, Tamiscouta, Pcckeenegomoak, Walloostook, 
 Wahlahgas, Meduxnekcag, Washdemoak, Mirimichi, Petite 
 Caudiac, Bay of Fuiuly and Sislidobsis, so that soon Halifax, 
 St. John, Fredericton, Woodstock. Madawaska and Qiiebec shall 
 be your near neighbors — that the time inav soon arrive when 
 the three great cities of Xorth ^Vniciica, Bangor, New York, 
 and San Francisco shall be the representatives of the wealth, 
 population, intelligence and enterprise of the eastern, central 
 and western (li\isioiis of our country. 
 
 I am, \ery respectfully, \ouv ob't scr\ 't. 
 
 OLIVER FROST. 
 
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 FROM NATHANIEL FRENCH, ESQ. 
 
 Auburn, Sept. 4th, 1S69. 
 
 Gentlemen : Your kind letter, inviting me to meet with 
 vou on the 30th Inst, to celebrate the one hundredth anniversa- 
 ry of the settlement of Bangor, has been received. It revives in 
 my mind some interesting incidents of my life. In 1826 I 
 removed from my native town, situated among the hills of 
 New Hainpshire, to Bangor. My neighbors said to me, that 
 I was certainly going from home, as Bangor was on the verge 
 of civilization. Soon after I arrived at Bangor, John Wilson of 
 Brewer enquired of me how many bridles I brought with me. 
 He said it ^vas expected that one horse would soon be missing 
 after a man arrived from New Hampshire. He said there 
 would be no particular complaint made if onl}' o?ie was taken, 
 but they were unwilling to have thein carried off in pairs. He 
 gave me to understand distinctly that one horse was a regular 
 Danegelt tax, which Bangor and vicinity, had consented to pay 
 to New Hampshire, provided it secured immunity from further 
 depredations for one year. 
 
 .As an offset from New Hampshire, when I returned to my 
 native town, I was enquired of by a mechanic, (who said he 
 thought of going to Bangor for employment,) if Bangor people 
 hved comfortably. He said he had been informed, that they 
 lived mostly on fish and clams. He further inquired if the 
 white people and Indians associated together as neighbors, and 
 intermarried. I was at a loss to decide which had the poorest 
 opinion of the other. But New Hampshire and Maine people 
 are now better acquainted with each other. Bangor in 1826 
 was an active business place, and had a healthy growth up to 
 1835, when the wild exciting times of speculation commenced, 
 which for some two or three years so frenzied people with a 
 desire to accumulate fortunes in a day, that ordinary business 
 was deemed by many of little consequence. 
 
 During those times, I presume few persons in Bangor thought 
 of looking for a better or more desirable place to live in, but 
 
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 soon after the speculation bubble burst, Bangor not only wilted, 
 but was apparently in a state of paralysis, and judging from 
 remarks made at the time, I presume it really appeared to some 
 that Bangor was more the antitype of Jonah's Gourd, which 
 came up in a night and perished the next night, than a place of 
 permanent realit\'. But time, which tests and determines the 
 inherent \ahie of things, in A. D. 1S69 shows Bangor to be a 
 decided reality, a beautiful and important city, second, I sup- 
 pose, to only one in our State, and judging from the effort she 
 is making to secure all the advantages her situation commands, 
 by opening railroad facilities for doing an increased business, 
 I suppose that you are expecting the next Centennial Celebra- 
 tion of Bangor will find her without a rival in our State, either 
 in size or wealth. 
 
 Success to your enterprise 1 But be it remembered, that a 
 city of spindles, situated on the Androscoggin River, has de- 
 posited its entry fee for the sweepstakes in the race of the next 
 century. 
 
 I cheerfully accept your invitation, and intend to share with 
 my old friends and acquaintances in the festivities of the occa- 
 sion. 
 
 Very Respectfully, 
 
 Your ob't Sei^v't, 
 
 NATHANIEL FRENCH. 
 Hon. Elijah L. Hamlin and others, Committee. 
 
 FROM THOS. S. HARLOW, ESq_. 
 
 Boston, August 21st, 1S69. 
 To Messrs. Elijah L. Hamlin and others. Committee : 
 
 Gentlemen : — I am very happ^- to acknowledge the receipt 
 of yovn- kind invitation to unite with you in celebrating the 
 hundredth anni\crsary of the settlement of Bangor; and I cer- 
 tainly intend to do myself the honor and the pleasure of being 
 pri-sent on an occasion of so much interest. I have alwavs 
 
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 found great delight in revisiting the home of my boyhood, and 
 marking the many clianges whicli time brings with it, and I 
 have in my mind a very distinct picture of a small town, built 
 almost wholly of wood, of about 2200 inhabitants, something 
 holding a middle ground between the tipper and lower halves 
 of the engraving which embellishes your invitation, less wooded 
 than the first, and much less city like than the last. 
 
 I hardly thought the good old lady had attained so venerable 
 an age ; and yet I trust she has not reached her prime. And I 
 doubt not that the boy, who now goes to school where I once 
 went, will live to see her, in population and character, the first 
 city in the Pine tree State. 
 
 Gentlemen, I thank you cordially for your kind remembrance 
 of me in your invitation, and I accept it with great pleasure. 
 I am. Respectfully, your ob't serv't, 
 
 THOMAS S, HARLOW. 
 
 REV. WM> T. SAVAGE. 
 
 Frankliiii, N. H., Sept, 16, 1869. 
 
 Gentlemen : — Yours of the 20th ult., inviting me to the cele- 
 bration of the one hundredth year of the settleiTjent of Bangor, 
 to take place on the 30th inst., was duly received. 
 
 It would afford me peculiar gratification to be present on that 
 occasion, and I have delayed responding to your courteous let- 
 ter till now, in the hope that severe illness in my family would 
 be mitigated and permit me that pleasure ; but in this I am dis- 
 appointed. 
 
 Bangor, my native place, was once all the world to me, and 
 fond recollection brings up vividly a thousand scenes associated 
 with its past history. 
 
 I do not remember when in 1814 the British chased the 
 frigate Adams up the Penobscot, dispersed Capt. Morris' ma- 
 rines and took possession of Bangor : although I was there and 
 took a small part in affairs at the time. I was a baby begin- 
 
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 ninr^ to creep, and was practicing that profession in my father's 
 house, at the corner of Main and Water streets. Here some 
 of the officers of the invadin;^ troops were quartered. The sol- 
 diers had rifled Mr. Bent's l)ake-house (as \vell as the Post 
 Office and Judge Williamson's garden, across the street,) and 
 liad tossed gingerbread, for my benefit, into the windows, till 
 the pieces literally checkered the floor. They were delighted 
 to see a bal>c, and asked to hand me out. So, after much per- 
 suasion, I was handed out through the windo\v, into the arms 
 of a soldier, and by him passed on to the next; and having 
 once got started thus, I \vas handed o\er from soldier to sol- 
 dier successively down the entire line, then drawn up before 
 the house ; and, after ha\ing been duly inspected by each, I 
 was returned safely back again. This \vas my first interview 
 with the British, and, in point of gentleness it was probably 
 peculiar ainong the citizens of the town. 
 
 Among the earliest of my instructors, was Aunt Betty iSIinot, 
 who kept school in a one story hip-roofed house, standing on 
 what I think is Columbia street, near the city Hall. This was 
 afterwards the seat of the " Bangor Young Ladies' Academy," 
 where many young men, as well as young ladies, were helped 
 on towards fame ; — some of whom, alas, never reached it. A 
 succession of worthy teachers graced the rolls of the Academy, 
 among whom occur the names of Messrs. Brewer, Coburn and 
 Quimby ; and there are varied accompanying incidents of their 
 respective administrations, about which Joseph Can-. Esq.. of 
 your Committee, and numerous other actors and patients with 
 myself, if willing, could copiously and interestingly testify. 
 
 Among the tcacliers on the West side of the Kenduskeag, 
 who stand forth prominently outlined on the past, I see a stern 
 form, irreverently entitled "Old Briggs," who not infrequently 
 thrashed the boys,*bad and other, with his horsewhip. And 
 then, in quite a dillerent category, there are BenJ. Nourse and 
 Elliot Valentine. In the classical department of the Seminary, 
 I easily recognize the respected forms of the Rev. Messrs. I>r. 
 Adams, Woodhull antl cithers. 
 
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 The first public worship that I remember was held in tlic 
 old Court House, and the first Sabbath School was in the gal- 
 lery-, extending around three sides of the Court room. The Rev. 
 Harvey Loomis, the early settled Pastor, I recall as a most 
 amiable man, with the ready expression of Christian and hu- 
 mane sentiment from the pulpit, and one to whom little children 
 were at once attracted, in the social circle. I was present in 
 the First Parish church on that stormy Sabbath morning, the 
 first in Januarjr, 182^, when he fell in the pulpit and expired. 
 I sat in the body pew, nearest the pulpit ; Judge Williamson 
 and others rushed past, mounted the pulpit steps and bore him 
 down to the vestibule door, in hope of reviving him ; but it 
 was too late, life was extinct ; the unpreached sermon, on 
 examination, was found to have for its text : "• This year thou 
 shalt die." The sad event sent a gloom over the whole town. 
 
 I wonder whether the coasting is as good in Bangor at pres- 
 ent as in days of yore ; and whether the boys now begin from 
 the school house at the top of Union street, coast down Main, 
 strike into Water, and thence glide down upon the ice of the 
 Kenduskeag .? Or better still, whether starting from High 
 street, they shoot direct down the steeper declivity, across Main, 
 onward to the stream, taking along in their way any of the 
 Selectmen who may chance to be leading their horses up from 
 watering.? But I fear the liberties of other times may have 
 been abridged under the growth of power. Those were days 
 of pristine simplicity, when Bangor possessed only ten or 
 twelve hundred citizens. 
 
 Great change has come over West Market Square since 
 Messrs. Taylor & Brown piled up shingles so amazingly at the 
 west end of Kenduskeag Bridge. Geo. W. Pickering, not far 
 distant, kept an excellent crockery store, and Rufus Dwinel 
 later dispensed a cheering variety, in supjDly of the ladies' 
 wants. The hay scale, with its long chains, then adorned 
 Main Street, where we played ball in summer and skated in 
 winter. Messrs. Hill & Dole's Cabinet shop followed, and the 
 residences of Messrs. Thos. A. Hill and John Barker completed 
 
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 the ccmntclion to Water street. In the mansion of my birth, I 
 recollect tlic Theological .Seminary, once located for a time, 
 and also the residence of the Rev. Dr. John Smith, Professor 
 of Thcolof,''y. Thence onward, the houses of Messrs. Henry 
 Call, Francis Roberts and Wiggins Hill finished the mansions, 
 to the Bant^for House. 
 
 Time would fiiil me to tell of the Doctors, Rich and Dickin- 
 son ; of the Lawyers, ISIcGaw, Oilman and Williamson ; of 
 Edes and Burton, publishers of the " Bangor Register ;" of 
 the rising churches and the bible given by Mr. Buzz\ ; of the 
 taverns, kept by Hatch, Chick and Hutchins ; of Ta\ lor's and 
 Dutton's Coves, where we used " to go in swimming" at high 
 water, and of the stump-covered fields and knolls where we 
 once hunted wolves and woodchucks, now crossed by streets 
 and densely occupied by human abodes. 
 
 But I beg you, gentlemen, pardon me these reminiscences 
 called forth by your invitation. 
 
 I dwell quietly at the head waters of the Merrimack, among 
 " the hills of God and the trees which His own hand hath 
 planted ;" yet it has happened to me to have wandered widely 
 among the Capitals and seats of knowledge and arts on most 
 of the Continents ; but the one place on the whole earth's sur- 
 face where I would wish to be, on the 30th of September next, 
 is Bangor. Please accept my thanks for the summons to the 
 old home, and pity me that I am forbidden to come. The old 
 friends, the cherished early associations, the historical facts and 
 the varied significance and influence of the place, as they will 
 be evoked on the occasion, would delight me. Mav the select- 
 est influences be with jou, and the day be full of cheer to the 
 dear old mother and her gathered children. 
 
 With much consideration, I am 
 
 Very faithfully -sours, 
 
 W]M. T. SAVAGE. 
 
 Messrs. E. L. Hamlin and others. 
 
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 prom joseph carr, esq_. 
 Gentlemen : — 
 
 Not having had the pleasure of behig present at the Centen- 
 nial celebration of the cit}', I am unwilling, as a Bangor born 
 boy, to let the occasion pass without contributing my mite 
 towards the commemoration of the event. Some few of my 
 early recollections may be of interest now-, and of value here- 
 after. 
 
 When I was a boy, what is now Harlow street was called 
 Poplar street, and extended from Meadow brook to Penobscot 
 river. There were at that time only five dwelling houses on 
 Poplar street between Meadow brook and Kenduskeag bridge. 
 On the east side of the street was the house of Nathaniel Har- 
 low, which is now standing on Central street, next above the 
 Baptist brick church. The entrance to this house was through 
 a large farm gate which opened from Poplar street just where 
 Centre street now intersects with Harlow. On the west side 
 of the street near Meadow brook was the dwelling house of 
 Nathaniel Burrill, afterwards known as the Drew house. The 
 next house south was the house of my father, which is yet 
 standing. Some quarter of a mile south on the same side of 
 the street, a few rods below the corner" formed b)? Central street 
 bridge and Harlow street was a two story wooden house then 
 known as the Lapish house and afterwards as the Crosby 
 house ; a small brook crossed the street just south of this house, 
 and on the north side of the brook, a little way from the street 
 and near the stream was the house of John Harlow. The 
 brick engine house stands very near if not on the very spot 
 where this Harlow house stood. There was also a small log 
 house standing on the east side of the street, just north of the 
 brick church, and I think was used by Mr. Harlow as a pump 
 and block maker's shop. All the land, from the corner of State 
 street where now stands the Granite block in East Market 
 Square, to Meadow brook, was fenced with cedar posts and 
 rails, and used as a mowing field and cow pasture, but it was 
 
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 iiiostl}' in liushcs. Oak trees were grcnvincc where- is now 
 French street, and l)etv\een that and Exchange street. Tall 
 poplar trees were i^^rnw in^ in front of every house on the street, 
 and hence the name gi\en the street. Meadow brook was 
 crossed liy a high wooden Inidf^'e, under wliich was a flume 
 and a Water wheel which furnished water for a tannery. The 
 land helween my father's house and the house of John Harlow 
 was fenced in and partially in mowing; but trees, bushes and 
 stumps were more plcnt}' than grass. A foot path ran along 
 the banks of the stream, and I ha\e shot rabbits, pigeons and 
 partridges there, and have often seen wild geese and ducks in 
 the stream b}' my father's house. Quite a brook of water ran 
 across the street where Spring street now intersects with Har- 
 lov/ street, and there was a watering place there on the west 
 side of Harlow street, where travelers and others drove down 
 in their carriages to water their horses. There \vas a large 
 ravine extending from the east side of Broadway and just north 
 of Penobscot street, the water from which and a large spring 
 just south of French street helped to form a brook which 
 ran into the stream near the house of John Harlow. On the 
 hill north of Cumberland street, where now stands the depot 
 of the Oldtown and Milford Railroad, there was quite a little 
 pond of water, around the edges of which grew quantities of 
 lambkill or laurel ; on this pond small boys skated in winter, 
 and killed frogs in summer to see if it would make cows give 
 Isloody milk. There was also a very deep ravine or gutter on 
 the north side of State street, extending from the corner of Pop- 
 lar street nearly to the brick school house ; it was some twenty 
 or thirty feet deep, and had been formed by heavy rains. It was 
 one of the delights of the boys going and coming from school to 
 run through this ravine and cut out from the hard clay petrified 
 acorns. The first school that I attended was kept by a Mr. 
 Belcher, in a room in the house of the late Israel Snow, which 
 house is still standing on the south side of the lower end of 
 Broadwa}', near its inteisection with \\'"ashington street. It 
 was deemed one of the handsome houses of the day, and the 
 
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 can-ed cornices under its eaves, show at this day that it had 
 some claim to the reputation. The next school that I attended 
 was in a wooden school house on State street where now stands 
 the brick one. Bo^s and girls went to this school, and many and 
 all sorts of school masters developed their genius and practised 
 their experiments here. If the scholars did not learn, it cer- 
 tainlv was not the fault of their teachers, for they were shamed, 
 coaxed, bullied, flogged and feruled after the most approved 
 fashion of the day. Fools caps were often threatened, but I 
 do not recollect of seeing them worn ; a blow on the open 
 hand with a heavy mahogany ruler, or a box or a tweak of the 
 ear, or a knock on the head with the aforesaid ruler, were the 
 ordinary punishments and modes of discipline ; but the tri- 
 umph of art was a good, stout birch stick, well laid on. At 
 this time there was neither Broadway, nor Pine street, nor 
 Essex street, nor Grove street ; large oaks and trees of a smaller 
 growth were in all these places, and close about the school 
 house. For the ruler the boys had a remedy by putting an eye- 
 lash crosswise in the palm of the hand, but the expected im- 
 punity from pain was never gained thereby ; there was no rem- 
 edy for the birch except off" jacket, stand and take it. Of all 
 original punishments, that by schoolmaster Knight is entitled to 
 precedence. It was his custom on hot afternoons to take a nap 
 in his chair, and calling up some boy whom he thought de- 
 sei-ved punishment, he would make him stand in front of him, 
 facing the school, and stretching himself out on his easy chair, 
 would place his legs on the shoulders of the boy, telling him to 
 keep a sharp lookout for the other boys ; he would then calmly 
 resign himself to sleep ; but wo to the unfortunate boy if the 
 legs fell. 
 
 Later there was a Young Ladies' Academy at which both 
 young ladies and gentlemen attended. The first terms were 
 kejjt in the third story of the brick stores on Washington street 
 erected by the late Joseph Lcavitt. It was afterward removed 
 and kept in a small one story wooden building on what is now 
 Columbia street, very near where now stands the brick cnoine 
 
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 house. Amon<; the superior advantages of the Academy over 
 the town school, \vere declamations and written compositions 
 in both Latin and Greek; the memory' of some of the former 
 remain, hut all traces of tlie latter have disappeared. When I 
 went to the State street school there were but two houses be- 
 tween State street and Poplar street, with the exception of the ' 
 house of Nathaniel Harlow above mentioned. Both of these 
 houses are still standing ; one is on the line of Exchange street 
 in the square formed by Penobscot street, French street and 
 Somerset street, the other is on the corner of Broadway and 
 Cumberland street, on the east side of Broadway and the north 
 side of Cumberland street. Both of these houses were sur- 
 rounded by large oaks and other trees and bushes, and were 
 considered so inuch in the w^oods, especially the last one, (then 
 unfinished and unoccupied,) that the boys did not like to go 
 near them, especially after dark. 
 
 In the year 1806 my father built a wooden store now stand- 
 ing on Washington street at the City Point, between the brick 
 stores built by Zadoc French and Joseph Leavitt, and the 
 wharf known as " Carr's wharf," which was the first wharf 
 built into the Penobscot river. In this store my father traded 
 until about the year 1842. All sorts of goods were kept for 
 sale, and Saturday was the great dav of trade, and Saturday 
 afternoon (iny just holiday) was usually spent by me on compul- 
 sion in waiting on my father's customers. On this dav there 
 came to the store men from the celebrated families of Har- 
 thorns, McPhetres, Spencers and Inmans, bringing with them 
 shingles, salmon, shad, smoked alewi\es and credit, for ^^'hich 
 they wanted tea, tobacco, calico and mm. It was one if not 
 my chief duty to quench the thirst of these most thirsty custom- 
 ers. Innumerable gills, pints and quarts of good old " Santa 
 Cruz" ha\e I drawn and delivered to these genial souls, of 
 whom I can truly say none were drunk, but "all had a drappie 
 in Iheir 'ee." I have now in ni)' possession the original copper 
 gill eup, which furnished these hardy jiioneers what thev con- 
 
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 sidered to be almost their " meat and clothing," and their drink 
 it certainly was. 
 
 Santa Cruz rum was one dollar a gallon ; New England 
 rum two shillings and sixpence ; tea was four shillings and 
 sixpence per pound ; tobacco one shilling and sixpence ; seven 
 yards of calico made a dress for any ordinary sized woman ; 
 salmon sold for four pence halfpenny each, shad and alewives a 
 cent apiece in small lots, or fifty cents a hundred by the quanti- 
 ty ; but these last had no pecuniaiy value so far as a dozen or 
 so went for any one's individual consumption. I have often 
 seen nets drawn full of shad and alewives in Kenduskeag 
 Stream, both above and below the bridge, and before any 
 wharves were built into the stream. The Kenduskeag bridge 
 was originally a toll bridge. It was incorporated by Massa- 
 chusetts by act of the Legislature, June 20th, 1807, under the 
 name of the " Bangor Bridge Company," and Moses Patten, 
 Amos Patten, Nathaniel Harlow, Samuel E. Button, John 
 Perkins, Jr., Robert Parker, Joseph Treat, John Balch, William 
 Hammond, Jr., Jacob McGaw, Horatio G. Balch, Ebenezer 
 Weston, Jr., Joseph Whipple, and their associates, were "au- 
 thorized to build a bridge across the Kenduskeag strearrt at 
 Bangor, from the County road on the northerly side thereof, to 
 the landing near the house of William Hammond, and to take 
 toll for twenty-seven years." By the terrris of the act, " People 
 going to and from public worship, schools and military duty, 
 and residents going to and from any part of their farms, are 
 exempted from tolls." 
 
 The house of Wm. Hammond, referred to in the act, stood 
 very near, if not exactly on the spot where now stands the 
 brick store at the corner of Hammond and Central streets. 
 The stream has been slightly encroached upon since that time ! 
 
 I cannot fix the time when I first went to a religious meeting. 
 I only remember that I got tired and cried to go home. Meet- 
 ings were held at this time in a back room of a wooden store 
 at what is now City Point, and which stood where now stands 
 the last brick store in the block on the west side of Exchange 
 
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 street. The entrance to this room was by a wooden walk and 
 railing on the outside and southeast end of the store. The 
 services were afterward held in the wooden school house on 
 State street, and then in the town, now city, hall on Columbia 
 street, which at that time faced Main street, from which was 
 the entrance up three flights of broad steps. The whole front 
 of the town hall was in grass, and enclosed with a fence. 
 Wooden posts stood at the corner of Hammond and Main 
 streets, where a brick store now stands, through which a path- 
 way led to and from the building. 
 
 Joseph Lcavitt was the first Town Clerk that I remember, 
 and I have often heard him publish the banns of matrimony by 
 crying them aloud just before the services commenced. Mr. 
 Leavitt and my uncle James Carr were the last two gentlemen 
 that I remember as wearing their hair in a queue. Politics 
 ran high in those days, and I have often seen members of my 
 father's family, who were Democrats, stamp out of church 
 when some obnoxious Federalist preached. I was too yoimg 
 then to understand it ; but having in later days seen respectable 
 men and women bounce out of church with venom and fury 
 because the clergyman saw fit to preach on the crime of slavery 
 or the wickedness of the great rebellion, I now see the point in 
 all its ridiculous absui'ditv. The Rev. Harvey Loomis, the 
 settled clergyman for fourteen vears over the first Parish in 
 Bangor, was a gentleman of genial habits, and most gentle and 
 kindly feelings ; the expression of his face was mild, and to 
 look upon it one would feel inclined to sa}- that it repudiated 
 the doctrine he was known to preach. Xotwithstanding his 
 pleasing address and mild appearance, he was sound on the 
 matter of doctrine. With him and for us it was a lake of fire 
 and brimstone, " where their worm dieth not and the fire is not 
 quenched." It was a square eilt^cd doctrine, and had the pitch 
 in it. In these earl)- days it was the custom on Fourth of Juh', 
 General Musters, barn raisings, and all great and glorious cel- 
 ebrations and jollifications, to have, carry around and oiler, 
 buckets of good rum punch, of wliich all partook and felt better 
 
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 therefor. Looking back on these days from my present stand- 
 point, I sometimes think that a bucket of the one and a sermon 
 of the other would be refreshing to the bodies and the souls of 
 many of the present generation. Speaking of punch puts me 
 in mind that a pipe of Cogniac brandy changed the whole busi- 
 ness growth of Bangor for more than half a century. Two 
 well known citizens, A. and B., purchased together a pipe of 
 brand)^, which by mutual consent was stored in the cellar of B. 
 When they came to divide it, A. charged B. with having wa- 
 tered it, for which B. pulled the nose of A., and C. interfering 
 as the friend of B., called A. a rascal, whereupon A. sued C. 
 for defamation of character, and recovered some five hundred 
 dollars damage, which the father of C. had to pay. A., how- 
 ever, offered to discharge the judgment if C. would apologize ; 
 but blood was up, and loss before dishonor the motto, and the 
 offer was refused. A sort of truce was afterwards patched up, 
 but it was only an armed neutrality. The store of B. was on 
 the east side of the Kenduskeag, and that of A. was on the w^est 
 side. From this day forward every effort was made by A. and 
 his friends to build up the west side and depress the east side. 
 Neitlier time, nor money, nor arguments, nor persuasions were 
 spared to accomplish the end. The Court house, the Town 
 house, the Jail, the Work house, hotels, stores and dwelling 
 houses all went up on the west side under this influence ; nay, 
 even the grave yards were on the west side, and would have 
 been there at this day if there had been a suitable location. All 
 of the original parties to the quarrel are now dead ; all were 
 honorable men, and the two principals lived and died members 
 of different churches on their respective sides of Kenduskeag 
 Stream. To-day nature is reasserting herself, and business, 
 like water, will find its natural channel on the east side of the 
 Kenduskeag, as the next fifty years will show. 
 
 JOSEPH CARR. 
 
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 COMMUNICATED BY AN OLD CITIZEN. 
 
 There arc many interesting incidents connected with the his- 
 tory of Bangor early in this century, which will be useful to 
 the future historian. 
 
 There was one instance of over-zeal in a good cause, the re- 
 sult of which was a pretty effectual " warning," for a time, at 
 least. 
 
 Before Rev. Mr. Loomis was settled, the Lord's Day was 
 disregarded, and profanity was as fashionable as it is now. The 
 establishment of regular religious services on Sunday, led to a 
 gradual improvement in the morals of the place. But in a few 
 jears some of the more advanced good people became impa- 
 tient at the slow progress of affairs and sought to quicken it by 
 a resort to the law. A large number of Tjthing-men was 
 elected at town meeting, and with them as a basis, an associa- 
 tion called the " Bangor Moral Society of Tything Men " was 
 organized, to enforce a more rigid observance of the third and 
 fourth commandments. Their action was vigorous ; members 
 patroled the streets, and all who were so unfortunate as to be 
 detected in out-of-door pedestrianism or employment on Sun- 
 day w^ere subjected to the penalty for transgression. At the 
 commencement of their second year the society congratulated 
 their friends on their success, and gave notice of their design 
 to accomplish more in future. This provoked an opposition 
 with which the moderate sympathized. The doings of the 
 society and their new announcement were travestied in stanzas 
 of this style : 
 
 For last year's labors and success, 
 
 (Which we think very great,) 
 Ovn- orderly and moral friends 
 
 \Vc do congratulate. 
 
 This privilege alone tcv claim. 
 
 On Sabbath da\- to roam, 
 While others of loss pious fame 
 
 Must keep themselves at home. 
 
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 To Committee of Publication : 
 
 Gentlemen : — Please insert in your report the following 
 corrected sketch of my remai-ks at the "Centennial Dinner." 
 Respectfully Yours, 
 
 S. S. PATTEN. 
 
 Thomas Howard, one of the first settlers of Bangor, was 
 born in Lynn, Mass., Aug. 15th, 1741- He married Mary 
 Stinson Oct. 31, 1765. She was born in Wool wick, now in the 
 State of Maine, May 20th, 1 747. They began housekeeping in 
 Woolwick, and there were born their two children, Rebeckah 
 and Thomas. In April i^'Ji, they moved to Bangor, where 
 was born their daughter Mary, June 30th, I'J'ji. (She was^the 
 first white child born above "Budge's Point".) After this, six 
 children were born unto them, viz. : Louise, David, Susannah, 
 John, Francis, and Sarah. Their original homestesd and farm 
 (excepting one third part now owned by J. W. Carr,) has never 
 been out of the possession of the family, and is now owned 
 by Miss Hannah Francis Howard, one of the thirty-six living 
 grandchildren of Thomas and Mary Howard. Mr. Patten, 
 (one of Thomas Howard's grandchildren,) showed a linen spin- 
 ning wheel 104 years old, which was given Mrs. Howard as 
 a wedding present by Mr. Stinson, her father. Upon the wheel 
 was a bunch of flax, raised by Mr. H. on his farm 45 years ago. 
 He also showed a chair 104 years old, belonging to the same 
 family. The first grist mill built in Bangor, was a samp mor- 
 tar, showed by Mr. Patten, which was made by Mr. Howard 
 fi'om hornbeam cut on the soil of our city, and hollowed out 
 by burning with heated rocks. These articles have never be- 
 fore been taken from the old house built by Mr. Howard. The 
 wheel and mortar are owned by Miss Howard, present owner 
 and occupant of the homestead on State Street. The chair be- 
 longs to George W. Howard, great grandson of Thomas and 
 Mary Howard. 
 
 These relics were examined with much interest by the com- 
 pany, and illustrated more vividly than speeches could, the 
 simple and economical habits of the pioneers of New England. 
 
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 Cc)inpl>in,L; willi the rc(|ucsl of the Committee, Wr. L. II. 
 I'^atim has furnished the following condeiised memoir of one 
 whose honorable life and valuable ser\ices should be held in 
 grateful recollection by the citizens of Eastern Maine. 
 
 PARK HOLLAND. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was born in Shrewsbury, Massa- 
 chusetts, Nov. 19th, 1752, and died in Bangor, May 22d, 1844. 
 
 We extract from the Bangor \\ big and Courier of June ist, 
 1S44, some paragraphs of a communication written by one who 
 had known him for a number of years very intimate!}-, and 
 who is now one of our most honored citizens. 
 
 " The late Park Holland was a man so venerable, and one who 
 has so worthily filled a considerable space in public considera- 
 tion, that I think I can not be mistaken in believing that some 
 biographical sketch of his life and character will be acceptable 
 to your readers generally, as well as to those who had the 
 pleasure of his personal acquaintance. 
 
 During his infancy his father moved to the town of Petersham, 
 where he was brought up to labor upon his father's farm. In 
 1776, he enlisted in a regiment of ^Massachusetts troops, and 
 leaving home served during the short period for which he en- 
 gaged ; he then returned to his native place, and shortly after en- 
 listed in the Continental army, for and during the war, which 
 service he fully accomplished, sharing largelj^ in all its sufferings 
 and its glories. He entered the service as a subaltern officer 
 and sustained various offices during the progress of the war, 
 though I think he never ranked higher than a captain." 
 
 Although the opportunities for study which he had enjoyed 
 in early life were extremely limited, he had notwithstanding 
 succeeded in getting a very good education. 
 
 When the army was disbanded in 17S3, he was appointed 
 a^cnt to settle the accounts of the 5th and and a part of the 
 loth and 15th Massachusetts regiments. He was emplo3'ed in 
 tiiis, and as Clerk to the Pa3master General, for nearly a year, 
 ^vhen he returned home after an absence of six or seven vears. 
 
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 After this he paid ofT the officers and men belonging to these 
 regiments, at different points in the State, which he describes 
 in his meinoir as being a season ot happiness, in meeting his 
 old companions in arms, with whom he had suffered and en- 
 joyed for nearly seven 3'ears, and with whom he had finally 
 seen the war brought to a favorable close. 
 
 After he had finished the payment of these troojDS he was 
 emplo3'ed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in connec- 
 tion with Gen. Rufus Putnam, to survey a part of the Schoodic 
 or Passamaquoddy country, the Harbors, Islands, &c. This 
 they accomplished in the fall of 1784. 
 
 After this, for some five or six years, he cultivated his farm 
 in Petersham, during all of which time he was the representa- 
 tive of his town in the General Court, and one of its most 
 beloved and honored citizens. 
 
 During the unfortunate "Shay Rebellion," in 1793, he was 
 appointed a Captain in Gov. Lincoln's army for its suppression, 
 which was the more happily accomplished from the gentleness 
 and sympathy of those in command, who could but feel a ten- 
 derness and regard for the brave but misguided men, who had 
 so lately been their companions in arms. The last of Shay's 
 force was dispersed in the immediate vicinity of his home in 
 Petersham. 
 
 In 1794, in connection with Jonathan Maynard, Esq., he 
 surveyed the land on each side of the Penobscot River reserved 
 for the Indians, and also made a survey connected with the 
 "Bingham purchase." He extended his survey into the vast 
 pathless forests of what is now Aroostook County, and north- 
 ern Penobscot, the whole party coming near starvation, and 
 reserving a little dog which accompanied them, as a last resort ; 
 after his death had been decreed from day to day for several 
 days, the dog saved himself by finding a hedgehog, which the 
 party captured ; then they found an Indian encamjDed upon 
 the banks of a stream, who had a quantity of smoked salmon, 
 which he had caught and cured. Of this they ate so heartily 
 that they were nearly all sick, some having to be rolled in 
 
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 order to relieve them from the effects of an overdose of smoked 
 sahnon. 
 
 From this time to 1801 he was nearly all the time employed 
 in the surveys of the wild lands in the "Province of Maine," 
 so called. 
 
 In 1 801 he moved his family into what is now Eddington, at 
 the Bend, as he found that his business for a number of years 
 would probably keep him here. During the summer of this 
 year he surveyed the " Settler's Lots" in Bangor, which had 
 been ordered by the General Court in an act " to quiet the set- 
 tlers ;" and many of the conveyances of real estate in this city 
 even now refer to "Holland's plan." 
 
 He was for a long time after moving to Eddington the Agent 
 for the Penobscot tribe of Indians, issuing to them the annui- 
 ties of corn, blankets and trinkets, which were paid to them by 
 the State of Massachusetts. 
 
 He sui-veyed many towns in Piscataquis County and in Pe- 
 nobscot County, and was actively emplojed until about the 
 year 1820, hardly any one leaving his name attached to so many 
 important surveys in this State as he had made. 
 
 To copy again from the newspaper article before alluded 
 to : — " Park Holland was an honest, a benevolent and an ami- 
 able man. The British were the only enemies he ever had. 
 In a selfish, grasping genevation, he has been almost like an 
 oasis in the desert. His sympathies, his heart and his hand 
 have always been with the poor and the suffering. He was 
 never a rich man ; his very nature forbade his becoming so 
 while he was surrounded with the poor. 
 
 While capable of labor he was an uncommonly active and 
 industrious man, of the most simple and unostentatious man- 
 ners, always ready to lend a helping hand to those in want. 
 Of a vivacious temperament, he was always ready with a 
 repartee or a story, and many a story and joke has the writer 
 listened to, that had Park Holland for a father. 
 • As he L;row old his children and grandchildren were natural- 
 ly anxious to ha\o something by which thcv could recall vividly 
 
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 to their mind liis appearance as lie was in the ripeness of his 
 years, and for that purpose they proposed that he should have 
 his portrait painted ; this he would not listen to until Mr. Har- 
 dy, the Artist, proposed to paint him with a surveyoi-'s compass 
 in his hand, with a back ground of forest and lake ; to this he 
 at last consented, and Mr. Hardy succeeded in getting an ex- 
 cellent likeness, which is now in the possession of his grand- 
 son, Mr. Luther H. Eaton, of this city. 
 
 After a long life of unostentatious usefulness, and having 
 served his country faithfully in the field and in the Legislative 
 halls, and after having done perhaps, as much as any one man 
 to develope this section, which when he came here was almost 
 an unbroken wilderness, he calmly awaited his end, which 
 came on the 22d of May, 1844. His remains were interred at 
 Mt. Hope, almost on the summit of the hill, looking down up- 
 on the beautiful river, up which, he with Gen. Maynard, pushed 
 the first boat load of surveyors' supplies, sixty years before his 
 death, and which at that time had come to be so important a 
 channel of commerce. 
 
 He left two daughters, and one son, — Charles T. Holland, 
 now living in the town of Foxboro, Massachusetts. 
 
 REV. HARVEY LOOMIS. 
 
 [Extract from a letter from Mrs. E. L. Crosby.] 
 
 " We were all proud of Mr. Godfrey's address, yet one omis- 
 sion I regretted. Mr. G. speaks of an addition to the popula- 
 tion of Bangor, early in the present century, of ' many sound 
 and practical citizens, whose names are still fresh in our mem- 
 ories.' Well they may be, for the Bangor of to-day, began 
 with them. For the best of reasons, no doubt, he omits to re- 
 cord those names, to dwell upon the times in which those hon- 
 orable men were doing their work. But I cannot help think- 
 ing that the year 181 1 should have had a place in the panorama 
 which passed before our eyes on the 30th day of September, 
 
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 1S69; that it should have stood out as a crisis, an epoch, in the 
 histoiN of Bangor ; — a year when more was done, done by one 
 man, tuvvard directing the forces which were to result in all that 
 is best in our cit}', than in an}- other \car before or since. It 
 was well that othci' clergymen, such as they were — and one of 
 them did engineer a good name for the new town — should have 
 been among the early inhabitants. But it was great that such 
 a man as IIar\ c\' Loomis should have found his missionary 
 lield in the little straggling village of Bangor, Maine. He was 
 a man of whom the good deacon, whose remark ]SIr. G. men- 
 tions, might have said, ' he is in the right place, both in the 
 jDulpit and out of it.' Everything that was winning as a " 
 preacher, everything that was charming as a man. Full of 
 zeal in the cause of truth and righteousness, full of sympathy 
 with the jDeople to whom he devoted his life. For it did not 
 take those 'sound, practical citizens' long, although most of 
 them were not at the time ' righteous over much, ' to decide that 
 .such a prize must, at all hazards, be secured. And it was a 
 good beginning, that Bangor, when the number of inhabitants 
 was less than 700, agreed to pay Air. Loomis a salarv of $Soo, 
 and paid it. So from iSii, until the beginning of iSj^, he 
 ■was identified w ith Bangor in all its important interests, and 
 many a man, who might otherwise have sought a more prom- 
 ising home for his family, came to this place because such a 
 man, such a minister was here. A wise master-builder was he, 
 not only using his own hands skilfully, but knowing how to 
 make the humblest or most erratic effort of another, available in 
 the raising of that structure he desired to see on the banks of 
 the Penobscot — a temple to the Lord, an inviting abode for man. 
 
 (Good old Mr. ' Tom Bartlett ' as we called him, gave an 
 idea of his tact when he said ' !Mr. Loomis will catch up a 
 brick and clap it into a weak place as quick as any man I ever 
 saw.') 
 
 Fresh and warm is the place his name occupies in the hearts 
 of the few lingering ones who knew him as he was, and who 
 can recall the day when suddenly he vanished from their sight. 
 
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 The first Sunday in January, as it has come round these forty- 
 four, forty-five years, has always been a remembered anniver- 
 sary. xVud sometimes, we have occasion to say, ' in such a 
 storm as this Mr. Loomis died. On such a day we dimly saw 
 through the driving, drifting snow, a prostrate form — we knew 
 too well whose — borne from the church where he had fallen, to 
 the nearest house, in the vain hope that something might be 
 done to restore animation.' We seem to see it all again ; and 
 again we feel the thrill of agony which went through all hearts, 
 when the feai"ful message came, ' he is gone.' He was thirty- 
 nine years old, — a man, who if he could return to the earth just 
 as he was when he left it, would not be found behind the times." 
 
 After the above communication was received by the Com- 
 mittee, the writer was requested by them to furnish for the 
 Centennial Book, a copy of some lines entitled " The Desolated 
 Conference-room," written with reference to Mr. Loomis' death, 
 and printed in a Bangor newspaper very soon after, that is 
 sometime in January, 1825. In complying with this request, 
 circumstances render it suitable to say a few words. Although 
 it would be difficult to tell what it was in a production so 
 inartistic, which commended it to the hearts not only of those 
 immediately interested in the occasion, but of strangers, yet in 
 fact it was copied far and wide, not only that year, but occa- 
 sionally for twenty years ; sometimes one departed worthy 
 having the benefit, sometimes another, generally appearing as 
 '• original." It was introduced somewhat on this wise : " Sev- 
 eral poetic effusions which appeared in the papers, indicate the 
 deep feeling that pervaded the community. We subjoin a few 
 of them." 
 
 The scrap-book or the old newspaper could have furnished 
 one of these eflusions, years before. But enough has been said. 
 Somebody blundered. 
 
 At last in a Biography of Rev. Mr. Emerson, of Newbury- 
 port, " The Desolated Conference Room" received a quietus 
 and safe burial. 
 
 It may be of little consequence, yet it would seem that the 
 
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 flower which wns deemed worth borrowing for a stranger's 
 grasc, might as w ell be carried back to shed what fragrance it 
 may over his, for whom it was originally planted. 
 
 E. L. C. 
 
 The Desolated Conference-Room. 
 
 Ye need not hang that candle by the desk ; 
 
 Ye may remove his chair and take away his book ; 
 
 He will not come to-night. He did not hear the bell 
 
 Which told the hour of prayer. I cannot speak the reason, 
 
 But he does not seem to love, as he did once. 
 
 The conference-room. 
 
 We've waited long of late, and thought we heard 
 At length, his ^vell kno^vn step. We were deceived. 
 He did not come. 'Tis verv sad to sav, 
 But he will never come again. 
 
 Do ye remember how he used to sit 
 In that now vacant corner, hid bv its obscuritv ? 
 Only ye might perceive his wondrous eye 
 Striving to read the feelings of your souls 
 That he might know if ye would hear the word. 
 Ye do remember — A\ell, he's not there no-w ; 
 Ye may be gay and thoughtless if ve will. 
 His glance shall not reprove vou ; 
 Or if ye choose it, ye may slumber on j'our seats 
 And never fear the watchman's eye. 
 It weeps not o'er vou now. 
 
 There ! listen to that hymn of praise ! 
 But how it falters on the lip ! 
 How like a funeral dirge it sounds ! 
 Oh ! yc have lost your leader and ye cannot sing. 
 But hearken ! whcMi \ c struck that note 
 
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 Did ye not hear an angel voice take up 
 Tlie lofty strain, " For thou, O Lamb of God, 
 Art worthy?" 'Twas his voice. 
 Not rising as in former days from this 
 Low temple ; — sing softly — or ye will not hear ! 
 Only the clearest, sweetest note, waving its way 
 From the celestial world, just strikes the ear. 
 Intent — and now — 'tis gone. 
 
 Oh, how it chills the heart to think 
 
 That voice no more is heard within these walls. 
 
 It is no fiction, is it ? no deluding dream ? 
 Oh, no ! — our friend is gone. The damp of death 
 Is o'er him. The moon is shining on his grave. 
 He will not ■wake until he wakes to immortality. 
 
 'Tis sweet to pause and think, in what 
 A higher world than this his spirit dwells, 
 How very near he is to Jesus. Sure, he must now 
 Be near to Him in heaven, who did so love 
 His name on earth. And now. 
 He's washed his mortal woes and sins a\va3'. 
 And now he drinks the river of a Savior's love. 
 And now he tunes his harp to angel themes. 
 And now he joins a band, the rapture of whose song 
 An angel mind can scarce imagine ; 
 
 How does he swell the chorus, " Thou wast slain for us — " 
 A song not new to him — he sang it oft 
 In years gone by. 
 
 But we are not in heaven, we are here 
 Where desolation reigns in every heart, 
 And sorrow looks from every eye. 
 
 Soon we must go away, and there is none 
 To say a blessing for us. Though, when prayer is done 
 We stand — -and wait — yet none shall say 
 " Now grace be with you." 
 
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 Yet surely we must not repine 
 At what He does who made us. He hath done well. 
 So be it, Father, even so, since it hath seemed 
 Most righteous in thy sight. 
 
 And if wc ask of God a blessing for ourselves, 
 If we repent that wc have sinned against Him, 
 He will not frown on us, He'll hear our prayer. 
 
 We'll go then, trusting in His name. 
 He oft hath blest us in this room. 
 He'll bless us yet again — we'll go. 
 
 FROM NOAH BARKER, ESQ. 
 
 The following stanzas, composed by the Rev. Seth Xoble, 
 on the death of his wife, — which occurred in 1793 in a log 
 house then standing on the old "Jacob Buswell lot," and near 
 the present site of the Catholic Cathedral on York street, — were 
 committed to memory, at the time, by Rachel P. Knapp, of 
 Brewer, then a girl of fourteen, and now, (18^9,) the widow 
 of the late William Eddy, Esq., of Corinth, and in her eighty- 
 first year ; — although no copy of them has been preser\^ed, 
 or, (so far as she knows,) is now in existence, vet she has 
 retained in her memory the lines as thev were originally com- 
 posed, and at her rehearsal, they are reproduced by the sub- 
 scriber, as follows : 
 
 jL^IKES COMPOSED ON THE pEATH OF ^OPHRONIA, PoNSORT OF 
 
 ^Ev. ^ETH Noble, 1793. 
 
 I. 
 
 Forbear, my friends, forbear, and ask no more. 
 For all my cheerful airs are fled ; 
 
 Why will you make mo talk my torments o'er.'' 
 My life, my joy, my comfort's dead ! 
 
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 II. 
 
 Deep from my soul, mark, how the sobs arise ! 
 
 Hear the long groans that waste my breath ; 
 And read the mighty sorrows in my eyes ; — 
 
 Lovely Sophronia sleeps in death ! 
 
 III. 
 She was my friend, my guide, my earthly all ; 
 
 Love grew with every waning moon ; — 
 Ah ! Heaven through length of years, dela3^ed the call. 
 
 And still methinks the call too soon. 
 
 IV. 
 Grace is a secret plant of heavenly birth. 
 
 The seed, descending from above, 
 Roots in the soil refined, grows high on earth, 
 
 And blooms with life, and joy, and love. 
 
 V. 
 Not the gay splendors of an earthly court. 
 
 Could tempt her to appear, and shine ; 
 Her solemn airs forbade the world's resort. 
 
 But I was blest that she was mine. 
 
 VI. 
 
 But, peace ! my sorrows, ne'er with murm'ring voice. 
 Dare to reprove Heaven's high decree ; 
 
 She was first ripe for everlasting joys, — 
 Sophronia waits above for me. 
 
 Having recently found among my old papers, the above 
 memorandum, and thinking it might be of interest to the anti- 
 quarian, I herewith present it to the Committee on publication 
 of documents connected with the late Centennial Celebration 
 of the settlement of Bangor, to be disposed of in any way the 
 Committee may deem proper. 
 
 It may be proper to add that Mrs. Eddy, by whose instru- 
 mentality these lines were preserved from oblivion, died at my 
 
ISO 
 
 house in Corinth, (being the old homestead where she ha< 
 lived for 51 years,) on the nth of July, 1869, aged 90 year; 
 I month and 19 days, retaining her mental faculties unimpaire 
 to the last. 
 
 The early records of Hanj^nr will show that the marriage c 
 Air. William Eddy of Eddington, and Miss Rachel P. Knap 
 of Brewer, was solemnized by the Rey. Seth Noble, Xov. i) 
 
 1796. 
 
 Respectfully submitted 
 
 To the Committee aforesaid, 
 
 By their Ob't Servant, 
 
 NOAH BARKER. 
 
 Corinth, Sept. 30th, i' 
 
 f 
 
 ENJEJEWOCK. 
 
 WRITTEN FOR CENTENNIAL DAY, BY MRS. A. G. WAKEFIELD. 
 
 In memory's gallery, covered o'er 
 With cobwebs, and the dust of time, 
 
 A picture hangs, whose features give 
 The inspiration to mv rhyme. 
 
 Upon the canvas, outlined dim, 
 
 A weather-stained old housef appears. 
 
 With chimney huge, and slanting roof 
 Thatched with the moss of many years. 
 
 Around the house, a grassy lawn 
 
 Lay, fenced by ri\ er, hills and stream. 
 
 Which dawned upon my childish e\ es 
 As fair as poet's brightest dream. 
 
 ♦A stiviiin llmt riuptics into tlii' I'oiiobsc'ot, near Mt. Hope, 
 tTho llrst I'laiiuMl luiiise In lliuiyor. 
 
Above the rest, one height arose, 
 
 O'er this fair realm to reign, as queen, 
 
 Lifting aloft, with stately grace, 
 Its leafy crown of " living green." 
 
 As grand, and graceful now it stands, 
 As erst it stood, in pristine pride. 
 
 With marble tablets gleaming forth 
 From verdure rich, on every side. 
 
 Long may your trees, Mt. Hope ! outstretch 
 Their arms, to guard a sacred trust, 
 
 And gather to your beauteous breast 
 The future generations' dust. 
 
 Spare, Time ! those martyred heroes' names, 
 Embossed on glory's granite page, 
 
 And as one column crumbles, may 
 Another rise, to latest age. 
 
 Your silver chimes, Penjejewock ! 
 
 The river's rush, the rapids' J roar. 
 Float downward, through the lapsing years. 
 
 And lull my senses, as of yore. 
 
 Again, a sight of early times 
 
 Comes back, to glad my fancy's dream ; 
 The light canoes, in " Indian file," 
 
 I see pass swiftly down the stream. 
 
 O birchen barks ! how beautiful 
 You glided in your fairy grace. 
 
 How wondrously in keeping with 
 The spirit of the time, and place. 
 
 As backward, to his Island home, 
 The Red man on his shoulders bore 
 
 His tiny craft, he often asked 
 
 For lodging, at my father's* door. 
 
 tTreat's Falls. 
 *WilUam Forbes. 
 
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 Full well he knew, a welcome sure 
 
 Always awaited him within, 
 A brother's soul my sire could see. 
 
 E'en through a vail of tawney skin. 
 
 And sometimes, would they come in bands. 
 And camp all night upon the lawn ; 
 
 Qiiiet, they slept the dark hours through, 
 And peacefully they went at dawn. 
 
 Those, who the site of this old house. 
 Think not so very fair, and good. 
 
 Were not unto " the manor born," 
 
 They saw it not, before the '' Flood T'^ 
 
 Moderns may boast their Iron Horse, 
 
 And iron ways to travel on. 
 We had our " tracks"\ in former times 
 
 Indented in a ledge of stone. 
 
 Their daring hands, those mystic prints 
 Efface, and on that sulphurous stone 
 They raise a railroad bridge, and rest 
 Its buttresses that rock upon. 
 
 Some day an " ancient gentleman" 
 May come again to claim his own. 
 
 Then where will be their railroad bridge 
 When the foundation stone is gone.? 
 
 People of nineteen — sixty-nine ! 
 
 You who have grown so wise, and great. 
 Our day of small things, don't despise, 
 
 But learn from us, to work, and wait. 
 
 tor is4(;. 
 
 }Tli(^ "Devil's l!<ick," In old tiiuos, was the principal " lion" of Bangor. It 
 wiiH a lar;A<" >i'II<>\vi.sli brown liouUU'r. whioli tratiiUon said, was brought over 
 from llu' oast sido of tln^ riv<'r, ono dark ni^'ht, by tlie evil one, (ind deposited 
 Jiistaliovo a li'clt;o, at Iho iiioiilh of tlu- I'onjuiowook. The " tracks" alluded 
 to, wHU'o. supposed U) have la'eii made by him, In clambering n]) over the ledge 
 with his bui-then. 'riie>- were ab^>nt three IV-et apart, round in form, and in- 
 <l(udeil an inch or more, into tlie ledtce. In warm weather, this rock had 
 \'isitorH almost I'^ery day. 
 
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 Let each, in his peculiar sphere, 
 Perform the duty of the hour, 
 
 That great occasions, when they come. 
 May prove in you, an equal power. 
 
 The horizon widening, will disclose 
 Fields larger, for your feet to tread. 
 
 New mines of thought to be explored, 
 New skies, with opening rifts, o'erhead. 
 
 And as the circling centuries, still 
 
 To those gone by their treasures lend, 
 
 May our descendants heavenward keep 
 Their course, 'till earth fulfils its end. 
 
 AuLD Lang Syne. 
 
 We meet no warrior's praise to sing, 
 
 Or laurel wreath bestow, 
 But celebrate our city's birth 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, &c. 
 
 A brave old pioneer, was he, 
 
 Who feared not frost or snow, 
 But made his home upon this spot. 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, &c. 
 
 To-day our fields of waving grain, 
 
 On hill and valley grow, 
 Where giant forests reared their heads. 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, &c. 
 
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 And where we inarch along the streets, 
 
 Once fed the timid doe, 
 And the Indian in his wigwam sat, 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, &c. 
 
 The iron horse, the telegraph, 
 
 They make a goodly show. 
 These arts we bring were all unknown. 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, &c. 
 
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 ENTENNIAL. 
 
 i^Nuremburg.') 
 
 Grateful hearts meet here to-day, 
 Loving lips their tribute pay, 
 In our hands green wreaths w^e bring, 
 Hymns of praise our voices sing. 
 
 Dawns the City's natal day. 
 In the Past, her present la}-. 
 Blessings strown with tender care. 
 Till a century's stamp they bear. 
 
 Past, the Indians' hunting time, 
 Church bells now in clear toned chime 
 Breathe peace and plcnts", full and free, 
 Thanks we give dear Lord, to Thee. 
 
 As we still in stature grow 
 Year by \'car, so may wc slio\y 
 On the page of time to conic. 
 Words well spoken, deeds well done. 
 
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 Sing we now with voices clear, 
 Praise for this our hundredth year, 
 Peace on earth, to men good will, 
 This shall be the watchword still. 
 
 SUMMER ST. 
 
 Centennial Wymn, 
 
 E. B. NEALLEY. 
 
 God, who sustainest nations by Thy poWer^ 
 Who seest in rolling centuries but an hour, 
 From jubilant lips and swelling hearts we raise. 
 To Thy great name our grateful hymn of praise. 
 
 Our fathers built secure on Thee, — the rock 
 Untouched by time, unmoved by tempests' shock ; 
 Kindled in faith, yet burn their altar fires ; 
 To Thee their churches heavenward point their spires. 
 
 Grant us, with steadfast faith and tervor filled. 
 Upon this rock of ages still to build, 
 Like that fair city, to whose jasper walls. 
 In words of love. Thine holy message calls. 
 
 So may our city firmly built on Thee, 
 In years to come Thy favored Israel be ; 
 Thy guardian hand aye shielding its fair fame, 
 And all our children servants of Thy name. 
 
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 Centennial Wymn. 
 
 BY R. S. LAKIN. 
 
 All hail the grand Centennial year : 
 
 'Tis meet we raise the voice of praise, 
 And sing our grateful hymns of cheer 
 To God, the light of all our ways. 
 The voice "of praise, 
 We gladly raise 
 • To Thee, our God, to Thee. 
 
 Thou hast, O God, a century given 
 
 Of plenty. Life and Living Light ; 
 Since first our forest monarchs riven, 
 Fell by the woodman's arm of might. 
 The voice of praise, 
 We gladly raise 
 To Thee, our God, to Thee. 
 
 Where towered the pine, and stood the oak. 
 
 Where roved the bear, and leaped the deer. 
 Where one lone voice Thy praises spoke, 
 A thousand voices now we hear. 
 The voice of praise. 
 We gladly raise 
 To Thee, our God, to Thee. 
 
 Oh Lord, Thy goodness so dispense, 
 
 The fruits of Life so freely give, 
 That all who live a century hence, 
 JNIay frccl}' eat, and godly live. 
 The voice of praise. 
 We gladly raise 
 To Thee, our God, to Thee. 
 
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 157 
 
 YMN, 
 
 For the Centennial Celebration of the First Settlement of 
 Bangor, Maine, — September, 1869. 
 
 BY GEO. KENT, ESq_. 
 
 God of our Fathers ! at Thy throne 
 Prostrate we bow, and humbly own 
 
 Thy majesty divine ; 
 Inspire our hearts with Heavenly grace, 
 Attune our lips to sing Thy praise. 
 
 And be the glory Thine. 
 
 With our own ears we've heard, O God ! 
 Our Fathers have proclaim'd abroad. 
 
 The wonders of Thy grace^ — 
 How Thou didst drive the heathen hence, 
 Vouchsaf 'd our sires a sure defence, 
 
 A certain dwelling-place. 
 
 Not on their might did they rely — 
 Thine own right arm was ever nigh, 
 
 All needful aid to give ; 
 By enterprise, and patient toil. 
 To train the mind, subdue the soil. 
 
 And learn the art to live. 
 
 O'er wilds where once the red man trod. 
 Altars, now dedicate to God, 
 
 Are vocal with His praise ; 
 The desert as the rose has bloom'd, 
 The glorious Gospel has illum'd 
 
 Our land with heavenly rays. 
 
A Century's revolving round 
 This goodly heritage has crown'd 
 
 With blessings rich and rare ; 
 For this may ceaseless thanks be given, 
 May songs of praise ascend to Heaven, 
 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 Centennial Wymn. 
 
 BY MRS. H. G. ROVITE. 
 
 The sun shines bright on lofty spire, 
 
 On church and crovv^d below, 
 Where forests v^^aved, and red men dwelt 
 
 One hundred years ago. 
 
 Beneath the pine trees' virgin shade 
 
 Unfrightened roamed the deer, 
 When, armed with axe and bible, came 
 
 The sturdy pioneer. 
 
 Vanished a century's giant growth, 
 
 And, fair beneath the sun. 
 Nodded and smiled the yellow grain- — 
 
 The axe its work had done. 
 
 Then slow uprose from hill and dale. 
 Church — belfry, wall, and tower. 
 
 Whence prayers ascend and songs of praise 
 Proclaim the Bible's power. 
 
 All hail ! to Him whose sheltering arm 
 
 Hath been our hope and stay ; 
 The God to whom an hundred years 
 
 Are but a single &d\. 
 
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 A WuNDRED Years Ago. 
 
 To the Tune of '■'■Auld J^ang Syne.' 
 
 BY DR. E. M, FIELD, 
 
 Where now the stately buildings stand 
 
 In many a goodly row, 
 An *oaken forest claimed the land, 
 
 A hundred years ago. 
 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, 
 A hundred years ago, 
 An oaken forest claimed the land, 
 A hundred years ago. 
 
 The red men roamed the shore along, 
 
 Their arms the spear and bow, 
 Their sports the dance and savage song, 
 
 A hundred years ago. 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, &c. 
 
 Their birchen wigwams flecked the glade. 
 
 The wild deer fled the foe ; 
 And here the Indian wooed his maid 
 A hundred years ago. 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, &c. 
 
 Now on Penobscot's rolling tide 
 
 The huge ships come and go. 
 Where the canoe did lightly glide 
 
 A hundred years ago. 
 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, &c. 
 
 *An oak grove covered the hillsides of Bangor a hundred years ago. A few 
 trees are still left, namely, a cluster east of Newbury street; another cluster 
 between Essex and Grove streets, in the rear of Mr. Thaxter's house ; a solitary 
 one stands in the garden of Maj. Strickland on Broadway. 
 
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 Behind the car of Time how fast 
 
 The lapsing ages flow ; 
 How Hke a vision that is past, 
 
 A hundred years ago ! 
 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, &c. 
 
 Oh, Father, make us all thine own ; 
 
 Let us in wisdom grow, 
 And profit by the good seed sown 
 
 A hundred years ago ! 
 Chorus — A hundred years ago, dear friends, &c. 
 
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 ENTENNIAL -HyMN. 
 
 BY MISS SELMA W. PAINE. 
 
 God bless our city Bangor, now 
 
 On this its birthday morn, 
 A hundred years have swiftly come, 
 
 A hundred years have gone ; 
 
 And still, it feels the blood of youth 
 Through all its limbs run fast ; 
 
 And as it backward turns, believes 
 'Tis but a childhood's past ; 
 
 And, questioning with steady gaze. 
 Looks onwards to its prime, 
 
 And hopeful, naught but welcome gifts 
 Sees in the hands of time. 
 
 God bless our citv, Bangor, then ! 
 
 God bless its work begun ! 
 And may our hope be justified 
 
 When a hundred vears have run ! 
 
i6i 
 
 In the " Clarion," a short lived literary paper, edited by B. 
 B. Thatcher, appeared, in April, 1827, the following utterance 
 on the departure of the ice fi'om Penobscot river, a stirring 
 event in those times : 
 
 [cE OF THE Penobscot, 
 
 To the sea ! the sea ! 
 
 Thou last of the winter hoary ; 
 
 For the summer draws nigh, in glory. 
 
 With beams too bright for thee. 
 
 To the ocean go ! 
 Thou chain of our winding river, 
 And try, over that which resteth never 
 The band of thy strength to throw. 
 
 Ha ! thou ! wilt thou be 
 A covering over the grand commotion ? 
 How the ever foaming rejoicing ocean 
 Will laugh at a mote like thee ! 
 
 Yet onward ! rush on. 
 
 As the winds and the waves may guide thee, 
 Rush on, where tossing and wasting abide thee ; 
 Chain of our river, be gone ! 
 
 E. L. c. 
 
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 The Rhyme of the Ancient City Wall 
 
 In the year 1849, the building which had been occupied as : 
 City Hall and for other city purposes, being too small and in 
 convenient, was turned around and removed from the angle c 
 Hammond and Columbia Streets to where it now stands, am 
 enlarged by lengthening, and putting a basement under, it. Oi 
 its completion, it was dedicated by an oration from Abrahan 
 Sanborn, Esq., and the following rhymes from another citizen 
 
 When Jacob Buswell, eighty years ago. 
 First tabernacled in this land of '-Lo," 
 With neighbor none his lonely life to cheer, 
 Except, may be, that timid thing, the deer, 
 Or, peering from his den, the solemn bear. 
 Whose company he very well could spare ; 
 When vested all these hills the solemn wood, 
 That, through unbroken centuries, had stood 
 In solitude so awful and profound, 
 Its echoes undisturbed by human sound 
 Save the wild war-whoop of the Tarratine 
 As he his foe pursued with vision keen — 
 Could any one have dreamed that eight>' years 
 Would bring the change that to our view appears.? 
 But Jacob Buswell most advent'rous man, 
 Believing progress was the modern plan, 
 Commenced to change this region of the beast, 
 Into the biggest city of the East, 
 With a grave Mayor, a Police Judge so tall, 
 Councilmen and Aldermen, and — a City Hall! 
 
 But who was Jacob Bu.swcll ? It is time 
 lie were embahncil, if Avorthv, in good rln me. 
 Wlicvc came lie from? Has no one his history ! 
 Or arc his life and acts a mystery.? 
 
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 The stor}' of this wayfarer, 
 
 Told by th' historian, 
 Is brief and to the point. He was 
 
 Old Mr. Buswell's son. 
 Upon the hill he pitched his tent. 
 
 Oh, most aspiring man ! 
 Not far from the old mansion called 
 
 "Hotel American."* 
 The first frosts of the eighth decade 
 
 His advent did behold. 
 With gear a little, I opine. 
 
 And a great household. 
 
 Thus We dispose summarily 
 
 Of Jacob Buswell's story-^ 
 Though when he died, we think, he was 
 
 An aged man and hoary. 
 But while his tale it is so short, 
 
 He was the pioneer 
 Who first essayed to lead the Way 
 
 For all the people here. 
 
 What better work did Romulus, 
 
 That nursling of a beast.'' 
 He founded Rome ; but Buswell found 
 
 As fair a spot at least. 
 With hills as many, and a stream 
 
 Like Tiber, bright and running, 
 W^ith fishes ready for the net. 
 
 And choicest game for g'unning. 
 Who knows that Buswell's city may 
 
 Not sometime shine in story. 
 Like that of Romulus, or, perhaps, 
 
 With a much greater glory ? 
 
 *This "was a large three story wooclen edifice built early in the century by 
 Mr. Greenleaf, for a hotel. It was sometimes used as a prison, It was for a long 
 period the residence of Philip Coombs, Esq. It stood near the head of York 
 Street, upon Newbury street, where Col. David Bugbee'a mansion iiOw stands. 
 Buswell's hut was near the Catholic church. 
 
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 .Scarce eight short years had passed their bound, 
 
 So great had grown the people, 
 That they resolved, a meeting-house 
 
 To build without a steeple. 
 A refugee of seventy-six, 
 
 Who taught the Holy Word, 
 Awhile sojourned in this good land, 
 
 And to them ministered. 
 Not bellicose, like Brownlow, he. 
 
 Though once a little wayward. 
 His claim to immortality 
 
 Hangs on the change of a word. 
 Beneath an oak he was installed 
 
 By Rev. Daniel Little, 
 A saint, who, where he preached or prayed. 
 
 Cared not a jot or tittle. 
 But preaching out of doors was here 
 
 By many men derided, 
 And Parson Noble boldly said 
 
 A church must be provided.f 
 
 As on Penobscot's sunny side 
 
 The people were located, 
 A sunny name they thought to give 
 
 The town they had created. 
 The parson, being a learned man. 
 
 Expert in " slinging ink" on. 
 They bade him write down Sunbury, 
 
 The best name they could think on. 
 Then sent him to the General Court 
 
 Of Massachusetts Bay, 
 To have its use there authorized 
 
 All in the legal wa}-. 
 
 tVotes of Sunbury, March '27, 1787. " Voted to build a meatiug house 4( 
 feet Large." 
 
 " Voted that the luoatliin house shall bo i5ult at Condeskge." 
 
 "Mr. Budge and Mr. Snmrt URroot to gave one acor of Land to the tow 
 Set the meating house on."— A^n-/// Jitcurd.^. 
 
 The meeting honyc was not built. 
 
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 As the good parson jogged along, 
 
 Towards his destination, 
 He doubted if so light a name 
 
 Became his occupation ; 
 And pondering o'er the old psalm tunes,— 
 
 Now whistling and now humming, — 
 He felt right through his marrow bones 
 
 The very name a coming ; 
 Then Sunbury he scouted, and. 
 
 Filled with the solemn clangor 
 Of the old tune most dear to him, 
 
 Said, " Let the name be Bangor." 
 
 From that time forth Sunb'ry was heard 
 
 No more among the people, 
 And no more that purposed work 
 
 A church without a steeple. 
 Then, for the space of thirty years. 
 
 No sign of house of prayer 
 Did grace the town of good Bangor, — 
 
 And cheer the Christians there ! 
 Time came, at last, when worthy men 
 
 Concluded Sabbath day in 
 Bangor would be better kept, 
 
 With a good place to pray in. 
 And, knowing that the Courts of law 
 
 Were in as sad a plight, 
 They set their busy brains at work 
 
 To church and State unite. 
 And very soon a structure rose, * 
 
 With Court-room planned for preaching. 
 And all desired conveniences 
 
 For law and gospel teaching. 
 That was the modest edifice 
 
 Which rested in the angle 
 Where Hammond and Columbia meet — 
 
 Without much modern fangle. 
 
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 With witness-stand and crier's seat 
 
 And pews all perpendicular, 
 With pulpit, too, and Deacon's chair, 
 
 And bell up in the steeple thei'e. 
 
 That bell ! How dear to memory 
 
 The music of its tone. 
 When once, at summer even-tide, 
 
 It reached the wanderer lone, 
 As, floating in the light canoe, 
 
 Or lingering near the stream, 
 He saw the shadows lengthening 
 
 Till all was as a dream. 
 Then, not as now, did frowning walls 
 
 Conceal the Kenduskeag, 
 And din, and dust, and drowning drays. 
 
 The ear and sight fatigue. 
 But village quiet reigned around, 
 
 When toils of day were ended. 
 By nothing broken but the sound 
 
 That from that bell descended. 
 
 Let us return. Within those walls 
 
 The old psalm tunes resounded. 
 While a reverent chorister 
 
 Kept even time, and pounded. 
 This was a man of order, who. 
 
 With rigid physiog', 
 Took note of every peccadil' 
 
 *Of roguish boy and dog. 
 And when he magnified himself 
 
 In solo or duett, 
 'Twas clear he thought he took the shine 
 
 From cverv bod}' yet ! 
 
 Then once a crazy vagabond, 
 Yclept " Old liat\' Co'son," 
 
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 To wake the dozing worshippers 
 • Conceived a novel notion, 
 And, possibl}', their appetites 
 
 He thought to re-awalcen. 
 So laid upon the burning stove 
 
 Some sausages and bacon. 
 Before the desk, with hoary locks, 
 
 Reposed an ancient deacon, 
 Who was, by good, and bad, and all, 
 
 Esteemed a saintly beacon. 
 While in refreshing napping lost, 
 
 Careless of phylacteries. 
 The smoke of Haty's sacrifice 
 
 Saluted his olfactories. 
 Bewildered, he, half-stifled, woke 
 
 From his short fit of dozing. 
 And no more, upon that day. 
 
 In church was seen reposing. 
 When stolen shingles came to town 
 
 Wet with the dews of Hermon, 
 There Mr. Buzzy looked for help, 
 
 From Parson Loomis's sermon.* 
 
 To court-house, town-house, church and hall, 
 
 The structure was converted, — 
 That well it served the purposes. 
 
 May safely be asserted. 
 When stranger parsons came to church, 
 
 They well might doubt if 'twas it, 
 When straight before their perch they saw 
 
 The malefactor's closet. 
 The sight to stranger lawyers might, 
 
 In court have been amusin', 
 
 * "Most tbink as Mr. Buzzy did, though they do not say it. Mr. Loomis, on 
 liis first coming, pleased him on account of the occasioual rigor and even se- 
 verity of his doctrine. Calling on liim at one time, he said, "I don't believe 
 j'our preaching, but it is .just what is wanted for these villains that steal my 
 logs. Go on and preach it, [future punishment] and I will give you a hundred 
 acres of land to begin with." — Br. ShepariVs Sermon, 
 
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 Of Judges in the pulpit, and 
 Of Juries penned the j^ews in. 
 
 What \'aried reminiscences 
 
 Of that old court-room linger ! 
 How the shrinking witness writhed 
 
 When Oilman* shook his finger I 
 'Twas there the learned trio sat, 
 
 Mellen, Weston, Preble !t 
 Not often doth the Bench resound 
 
 With like judicial treble. 
 There silver tones of Greenleaf | rung. 
 
 The broad, rich, voice of Orr :§ 
 Attorney Foote|| high alto sung, 
 
 Bass, Godfrey and McGaw.^ 
 
 There sat the Court of Common Pleas, 
 
 That pui-e old Court of r-rs, 
 And startled malefactors with 
 
 All sorts of legal terrors. 
 What scores of shingle trespassers 
 
 Have vowed and vowed repentance. 
 As the r-r's came tumbling out 
 
 Before the fearful sentence. 
 Yes, thei"e it sat, and sat. and sat. 
 
 And sat, and sat and pondered, 
 
 *Hon Allen Oilman. He wiis the tirst lnw ycr who practlcpd In Bangor. ) 
 came in 1800. He was the lirst Mu>4ir of tlu- (,'ity. in 18.'U. 
 
 t Hon. Prentiss Slellin, and lion. Wm. I'ilt I'veble, of Poitlancl, and He 
 Niithan ^Veston, of -\ii;^ast]L. The 1ir?^l thix-e .Tml^es of the .supremo Judic 
 Court of Maine. 
 
 t Simon Greenleaf, Keporter of the Deeisions of that Court, of Portlav 
 He was afterward Law Prof^'ssor in Harvard Collei^e. His style of eloquen 
 gained liini the aiipellalion of " Silver Ton,u:iie." 
 
 § lii'njamin Orr, of linmswic-k, one of Maine's ablest advocates, and the 
 val of (7reeiileal'. He jiossessetl a masculine- style of eloquence, and had t 
 sotiriquet of "Uroail-axe." 
 
 II ('onteiiii)oiary with i;ve(MiI<'af and Attorney- (ieneral of the state. He h 
 a sorl of falsettti \(uee : was a man of ronsiderabk' ability and consideral 
 coiieeit. 
 
 If .bihn (Jodfi'i\\' anti .Tacob IMrCaw, two of the leailin^o: lawyers of Penobsi 
 Coniily, eoiiteniporiiry witli the altttN'e. i;odli-e\ came to Hampden, fr( 
 'rainiton, Mass., atid MetJaw to Itan;^or, from New Hamiislnre. in ab( 
 ISOI. Mr. (MHlfT-ey sillied in Itaii^'or in 1.S2I, and was eonnty Attorney u^a 
 yi>ars. " 
 
i6g 
 
 And hatched out such lucid law 
 
 That Bar and clients wondered. 
 'Twas there a wise official roads 
 
 Irreparable indicted, 
 Am] gravely urged the learned Judge* 
 
 To have such \vroiig ways righted. 
 But the learn'd Judge quashed the bill, 
 
 In his emphatic mode. 
 And said that no town could repair 
 
 An irreparable road ! 
 *Twas there that band of highwaymen, 
 
 Yclept the Court of Sessions, 
 Relieved our worthy farmers of 
 
 Long strips of their possessions. 
 There came the people year by year— 
 
 A motley convocation — 
 And each by vote expressed his will 
 
 Concerning State and nation. 
 And struggled who should^ for the time, 
 
 Control the corporation. 
 Careful that too good a man 
 
 Got not official station. 
 And there, some three decades ago. 
 
 The British Lion rested. 
 And tried the fathers' patience till 
 
 It was completely tested. 
 They sought to soothe his rampant ii-Ci, 
 
 With dainties from their tables. 
 And soften him with liquid fire 
 
 And garden vegetables. f 
 
 *Hoii. David Perham, fol* man 3^ years .Judge of the Court of t'ouihioii Picas. 
 An upright magistrate and excellent lawyer. He first established himself lii 
 his profession at Brewer Village. At the time of his death, he resided in 
 Bangor. 
 
 fin Sept., 1814, after the atfray at Hampden, the British troops came to Ban- 
 gor and perpetrated many lawless acts. The Court house was converted into 
 barracks. The troops were exacting and the people were defenceless, con- 
 sequently all that tlie soldiers desired that could be supplied was given them. 
 Theyat last became so stupidly drunk, that their commanders, fearing that 
 advantage might be taken of their condition, hurried them into the vessels 
 and took them down the river. 
 
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 And there the Hampden hero famed, 
 
 Wliosc brows had laurels worn, 
 For cutting this outrageous beast, 
 
 Was cut liimself in turn.* 
 
 In later days a "L\ccum" 
 
 Displayed its modest head there. 
 And modest merit, for a while. 
 
 Quite modestly was fed there, 
 Protected by a sturdy Hedc^e.t 
 
 Strong Shepard and full Pond,}; 
 Resort it was, hebdomadal. 
 
 Of which we all were fond. 
 'Twas there a grave philosopher,§ 
 
 All with his dexter hand bent. 
 Taught how a swift revolving ball 
 
 Might fly ofl" in a tangent. 
 And there another,l[ queer as \-\isc. 
 
 With fun up to the brim, 
 Once scaled the New Jerusalem 
 
 And bared the cherubim I 
 
 Time speeded on, and sh^ange the use 
 Those time-stained walls did come to ; 
 
 The soldier's oath resounded there. 
 The tap of soldier's drum, too. 
 
 The pulpit, that Religion had. 
 In waj's unnumbered, hallowed, 
 
 *(:<Mi, .lohn r.luko. Tie was a gallant lU'M)U]tioiiar>' sdldiev, biU boinif nn 
 tnnatc in iiol Itrin^i' alilr "Willi a lew raw inililia iiu-ii to turn llie disoipli 
 Irofips of the Urilish, lie was tried liy eonrt martial in the Couit house, 
 was, liowe\'er, aeiinitleil. 
 
 tUev. Dr. Freilc rirk 11. Ileiltre, a former pastor of tlie Indepeiulent Con 
 ^^atiuual Soeiety, (Unitarian,) i'rt,»f. of Theolo^N iu ll:ir\ aril ToUi'^e, and aut 
 
 }Rcv. Dr. (iedijie sliepanl and Uev. Dr. Enoch Pond, Professors in 
 Bangor TIifoloLrieal Seminary. 
 
 tj.Vsa Da\ is, Ksci., di'livereil a matliematieal leeture qnite mysterious to 
 .h().\s. 
 
 Il.ldliii 11. Mill, i:si|., a iHwj cr and ennlile seliolar. In one or two lecture 
 altackf'd S\\ iMlenli(ii7;'iaiiisni with nnieli si'\erity. In another U'eture 11 
 MaKi<-, lie related an aiieedote embruein;,^ a eoiM tMsatittn l)etwt.'en a 1110 
 and her iiaii;;iil\child, which revealed the pliysieal laa-uliarities of the elie 
 to tlio amusement of one iiart of the aiidieuee and Ille eonlusiou of the ot 
 
Was stripped of holy relics, and 
 
 Abominably tallowed ! 
 The straight-back pews, with look demure. 
 
 Were trampled under foot ; 
 Jockeys exchanged the street for floor 
 
 And added seats to boot. 
 'Twas there that Democrats, inspired 
 
 By patriotic wishes, 
 Resolved and re-resolved that they 
 
 Would have the loaves and fishes ; 
 And there were told when honest men 
 
 Must have the freezing go-by ; 
 And, true to party principle, 
 
 They'd " buy no grog of Roby !"* 
 
 There home-bred orators, sometimes, 
 
 The people did admonish ; 
 There labored foreign demagogues 
 
 The natives to astonish. 
 There Whigs and Democrats run mad, 
 
 By Crogans led, and Drapers,! 
 Once bowed the neck to brogue and brag, 
 
 And cut fantastic capers. 
 
 Though British foes once in that house 
 
 Did nightly bivouac, 
 And leave, upon its floors and walls. 
 
 For years, their iron track. 
 Yet not by them was its good naine 
 
 So tarnished and defaced. 
 As by foes domestic, who 
 
 Themselves and it disgraced. 
 
 *Roby kept the American House. He was a Democrat, bnt on one occasion 
 tripped in his allegiance because of some party measure liis conscience did 
 not approve. Jewett, in a terriflo hiiransfue, enjoined it upon his brother 
 Democrats to " buy no more grog of Eoby I" Eoby was mad. 
 
 tCrogan, an Irish-American Democrat of force, and Draper, a rough Yankee 
 Whig, were pitted against each other in .speechifying, und both generally 
 came out first best, as near as could be determined by the applause. 
 
172 
 
 A liordc of Northern Goths and Bears, 
 
 Th' army of th' Aroostook, 
 ^Vho, than their warrior business do, 
 
 Would rather see a j^oosc cook, 
 A dozen di'cary cooking-stoves 
 
 Within its walls located, 
 jViid with worse than Hat\'s smoke. 
 
 Its precincts desecrated. 
 
 Day after da}- those greedy men 
 
 Around these stoves were toiling. 
 Baking, broiling, frying, smoking, 
 
 Steaming, stewing, boiling! 
 Could parson Noble have dropped down 
 
 Upon those Vandal toilers, 
 With holy indignationj he'd, 
 
 No doubt, have burst the boilers !* 
 
 vSince then have been enacted there 
 
 Things wonderful and funny ; 
 Every project has been tried 
 
 To get the people's moneyi 
 Phrenologists, Biologists, 
 
 Eastern necromancers, 
 Negro imitators and 
 
 Meretricious dancers. 
 Have found the bumps in unbaked heads. 
 
 And limbs manipulated. 
 And in the pockets of the crowd 
 
 Their hands insinuated. 
 Until, at last, most ci\il folk 
 
 The profaned hulk neglected, 
 j\nd prayed that, on some blessed dav, 
 
 A Hall might be erected. 
 
 *Tlic olil City llivll WHS ooiivorlcil into linviiuks lurlho Aroostook soUlii 
 I'ndrilliMl MiHl iinkiMiipt, thrydcyoioil tlirir I inio to \\ hat tlu'y considered gc 
 livinj^, williont rej^aril to the sniietily ol t!ie iireeiuet. 
 
173 
 
 Considering tlie Cit3''s needs, 
 
 The Council-men and Mayor 
 Designed a place for public use, 
 
 Appropriate and fair. 
 But finding that, in years gone by, 
 
 The cautious Legislature 
 Had limited expenditures 
 
 For objects of this nature. 
 To bring themselves within the rule, 
 
 They wisely' did conclude 
 To turn the desecrated Hall 
 
 And swell its magnitude. 
 Then, presto, change ! how quick 'twas done. 
 
 And we accommodated ! 
 Our city fathers, certainly. 
 
 Should all be reinstated.* 
 
 Sacred the spot where «ow it stands, — 
 
 'Twas long appropriated. 
 By worthy men, to purposes 
 
 Which can't be overrated. 
 
 Here stood an ancient tenement, 
 
 That once an ancient maiden. 
 Cheerful but dilapidate. 
 
 Lived or, rather, staid in. 
 And sought by birch and A, B, C, 
 
 To earn a livelihood 
 From youngsters' backs and brains that be- 
 
 Longed to the neighborhood. 
 As others did, so she resolved. 
 
 Once in her life, to die not 
 
 "The old building fronted on West Market Square. For many years after its 
 erection, no buildings intervened between it and the Square. It was reached 
 Vjy broad flights of steps, and the ground was handsomely terraced before it. 
 It was removed more than the distance of its width on Columbia street and 
 considerably lengthened. The old part stands upon the spot formerly occu- 
 pied by the "Bangor Young Ladies' Academy;" an institution where young 
 ladies then usually completed their school education, and young gentlemen 
 were fitted for college. 
 
174 
 
 In single-blessedness, but to change 
 
 The name of B — tt — y M — n — t. 
 But men and time were quite too tough 
 
 For her good resolution ; 
 Wary the first — the last did wear 
 
 Away her constitution. 
 And finally, like willow pale, 
 
 She droop-ed and assented, 
 And pure and holy, long ago. 
 
 Aunt B — tt — y died contented. 
 Then was this time-worn tenement 
 
 Used for a seminary, 
 Where ancient discipline was tried 
 
 With boys and girls unwary — 
 The sacred rod of Jewish sage 
 
 For children living then. 
 But now condernned, when school-boys are 
 
 The fathers of the men. 
 There reigned, in miinic majest}'. 
 
 Successive pedagogues. 
 Who led and drove their wild pupils 
 
 Through Greek and Latin bogs. 
 Willard, Baldwin, and, not least, 
 
 The calm and kindl}- Brewer. 
 Acceptably the sceptre held — 
 
 None could have held it truer. 
 Then followed Coburn, tyrant bold. 
 
 With goggles green and dubious — ■ 
 The terror of delinquent boys. 
 
 An eye-sore to the studious. 
 Last, preceptor Qiiimby came. 
 
 Witli prospects ever brightening. 
 Until, at length, he made himself 
 
 Director of the lightning.* 
 
 »Tlic sclmol wMs llrsl diu'iicil in llu- linll of T^cuvilCs block at the City P( 
 in l)rt., isl'.l. ^]v. lialilwin xv.'is till- llist |iii'cc|>tt>v. He wils siu'ci'0d<'il liv 
 Wilhnil, Mlli'iwaril Judge \\ illavd, m Tniy, N. V., n<i\v ileecased. Rev. Jo 
 llic'wi'i- MueiaMMled liim. Me ariciwani tan^iit an Iiuliaii seliool on OUlt 
 
175 
 
 In that old wigwam boys and girls, 
 Now model men and mothers, 
 
 Did sometimes catch the teacher's smile. 
 But oftener one another's ! 
 
 'Twas there the matrons of that day- 
 Did with the fathers come, 
 
 And often hallow, with their prayers, 
 The time-worn " Conference" room. 
 
 There Loomis, Pike and Adams* prayed. 
 And others now ascended, 
 
 Whose voices oft, with Dr. Watts, 
 Harmoniously blended. 
 
 Those scenes have passed, and long ago 
 
 Those walls away have faded, 
 And other scenes and other walls 
 
 Have now the spot invaded. 
 How wondrously the ancient Hall 
 
 Plas been regenerated ; 
 How happily the public wants 
 
 Are now anticipated ! 
 Abounding room there is for all 
 
 To show their excellences 
 In oratory, beauty, or 
 
 Whate'er may please the senses. 
 A nook far down for Aldermen, 
 
 Those haters of good living, 
 
 Island, and was afterward for many years a missionary in Syria. Cobum was 
 believed to know but one prayer, and the boys imagined that while he was 
 repeating it, he was watching them over his goggles. Abel H. Quimby was 
 his successor,— a good teacher. He became interested in the subject ot elec- 
 tricity, and after Ue left Bangor, went into the business of constructing light- 
 ning rods. 
 
 *Rev. Harvey Loomis, the first pastor of an organized church in Bangor— 
 the First Congi-egationalist. He was very much beloved. He dropped dead 
 upon entering his pulpit -Jan. 2, 182.^. His text for the morning was from Jer. 
 28 ;]6. " This year thou shalt die." His portrait is in the vestry of the First 
 Parish Church, and is very correct. Daniel Pike was a prominent man in the 
 church. He directed the music, and was Supeiintendent of the Sunday School. 
 A stei'n, but excellent man. Doa. Eliashib Adams, a prominent man in the 
 church and a citizen a gi'eat many years. He reared a family of eloquent and 
 erudite ministers. 
 
 2?, 
 
176 
 
 Who, now and then, the paupers join 
 
 In putting down Thanksgiving.* 
 In that nook there may be found 
 
 The poet of the city,t 
 Who reputation great has gained 
 
 By many a pun and ditty. 
 Another nook for Councihnen, 
 
 Who, dreaming of promotion, 
 Fritter time and apples while 
 
 They hug the empty notion. 
 Another for the worthy Judge, | 
 
 The poet laureate, 
 Who economic justice doth 
 
 For city and for state. 
 And frowns upon transgressors with 
 
 A wondrous length of phiz, 
 That makes the guilty rascals writhe 
 
 Whose eyes encounter his. 
 One for the town's Inquisitors, 
 
 That set of lynx-eyed foxes. 
 Who yearly haunt our premises 
 
 To tax our money-boxes. 
 Another for that gentleman. 
 
 With visage smooth and sunny. 
 Who, greedy for the public good. 
 
 Relieves us of our money. 
 One for those super-pedagogues 
 
 Of urchins without number. 
 Whose teachings for the work of life, 
 
 Their careful brains encumber. 
 Then, further down, the keen Fouche 
 
 Transgression circumvents ; 
 
 *Tho Aldermen furnlslied the paupers with their last Thanksgiving din 
 and partook of it with thorn. 
 
 ttir(ir«o W. Snow, Esq., who [in 1S70,1 has boon, during the last twenty- 
 yenv.H, City Clork. 
 
 Jllon. Si>onoor A. Pratt, Judgo of the Polioo t'ouit : of unimpeaehahle in 
 rity. 
 
177 
 
 'Tis wonderful the distance that 
 
 He rogues and liquor scents ! 
 And there our nightly guardians 
 
 Have ample opportunity 
 To sleep and watch and toast their shins 
 
 And gossip with impunity. 
 And there retired apartments wait 
 
 That modest population, 
 Who blush in daylight to be found 
 
 Pursuing their vocation. 
 
 As down the stream of time we glance 
 
 And see the thousands thronging 
 These busy streets, in costume strange, 
 
 To other days belonging, 
 What fate hath met this edifice. 
 
 What structure doth replace it? 
 This spot, — will some deformity 
 
 Or noble palace grace it.? 
 Will Buswell's city then have seen, 
 
 Like Rome, its rise and fall. 
 Or, like the ancient Babylon, 
 
 Be no more found at all .'' 
 Oh, let us hope a better fate 
 
 For this our charming city ; 
 The ages' praises may she know, 
 
 And ne'er the ages' pity. 
 
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 To THE Penobscot, Now 
 
 APRIL II, 1845. 
 
 Old Winter soon will loose his hand from thee, 
 
 Thou noble stream ! 
 His arm is wasting daily, and will be. 
 
 Early, a dream. 
 
 Oft on the leprous limb I fix my eyes, 
 
 And wish it gone, 
 That I may watch thy restless bosom's rise. 
 
 As thou mov'st on. 
 
 That I may see thy dazzling surface flecked 
 
 With glistening sails. 
 And thy rich valley's wealth float down uncheckec 
 
 By adverse gales. 
 
 That I may hear the sailor's song again ; 
 
 The dash of oars ; 
 And watch the stirring forms of busy men 
 
 That pace thy shores. 
 
 And then I feel, 'tis but a fleeting day 
 
 That intervenes. 
 And hides from me this beautiful arrav 
 
 Of stirring scenes. 
 
 J.E.G 
 
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 [From the Atlantic Monthly for June, 1869.] 
 
 :mbega,* 
 
 Noi\EJ 
 
 BYJ. G. WHITTIER. 
 
 The winding way the serpent takes 
 
 The mystic water took, 
 From where, to count its beaded lakes, 
 
 The forest sped its brook. 
 
 A narrow space 'twixt shore and shore, 
 
 For sun or stars to fall, 
 While evermore, behind, before, 
 
 Closed in the forest wall. 
 
 The dim wood hiding underneath 
 
 Wan flowers without a naine ; 
 Life tangled with decay and death, 
 
 League after league the same. 
 
 Unbroken over swamp and hill 
 
 The rounding shadow lay. 
 Save where the river cut at will 
 
 A pathway to the daj''. 
 
 Beside that track of air and light. 
 
 Weak as a child unweaned. 
 At shut of day a Christian knight 
 
 Upon his henchman leaned. 
 
 * Norembega, or Norimbegue, Is the name given by early French flshenuen 
 and explorers to a fabulous country south of Cape Breton, first discovered by 
 Verrazzanl in 1524. It was supposed to have a magnificent city of the same 
 name on a great river, probably the Penobscot. The site of this barbaric 
 city is laid down on a map published at Antwerp in 1570. In 1604 Champlain 
 sailed in search of the Northern Eldorado, twenty-two leagues up the Penob- 
 scot from, the Isle Haute. He supposed the river to be that of Norembega, but 
 wisely came to the conclusion that those travellers who told of the great city 
 had never seen it. He saw no evidences of anything like civilization, but 
 mentions the finding of a cros.s, very old and mossy, in the woods. 
 
i8o 
 
 The embers of the sunset's fires 
 Along the clouds burned down ; 
 " I sec," he said, " the domes and spires 
 Of Norembega town." 
 
 "Alack ! the domes, Q master mine, 
 Are golden clouds on high ; 
 Yon spire is but the branchless pine 
 That cuts the evening sky." 
 
 " O hush and hark ! What sounds are these 
 But chants and holy hymns .' " 
 
 " Thou hear'st the breeze that stirs the trees 
 Through all their leafy limbs." 
 
 " Is it a chapel bell that fills 
 
 The air with its low tone ? " 
 " Thou hear'st the tinkle of the rills, 
 
 The insect's vesper drone." 
 
 " The Christ be praised ! — He sets for me 
 
 A blessed cross in sight ! " 
 " Now, nay, 'tis but 3"on blasted tree 
 
 With two gaunt arms outright ! " 
 
 " Be it wind so sad or tree so stark, 
 
 It mattereth not, ni)- knave ; 
 Methinks to funeral hymns I hark. 
 The cross is for my grave ! 
 
 "]\h- life is sped ; I shall not see 
 
 My home-set sails again ; 
 The sweetest eyes of Normandie 
 Shall watch for me in vain. 
 
 " \'et onward still to ear and eve 
 The baffling mai\ol calls ; 
 I fain would look before I die 
 On NorenifK'ga's walls. 
 
i8i 
 
 " So, haply, it shall be thy part 
 At Christian feet to lay 
 The mystery of the desert's heart 
 My dead hand plucked away. 
 
 " Leave me an hour of rest ; go thou 
 And look from yonder heights ; 
 Perchance the valley even now 
 Is starred with city lights." 
 
 The henchman climbed the nearest hill. 
 
 He saw nor tower nor town, 
 But, through the drear woods, lone and still 
 
 The river rolling down. 
 
 He heard the stealthy feet of things 
 Whose shapes he could not see, 
 
 A flutter as of evil wings, 
 The fall of a dead tree. 
 
 The pines stood black against the moon, 
 
 A sword of fire beyond ; 
 He heard the wolf howl, and the loon 
 
 Laugh from his reedy pond. 
 
 He turned him back ; " O master dear, 
 
 We are but men misled ; 
 And thou hast sought a city here 
 
 To find a grave instead." 
 
 " As God shall will ! what matters where 
 A true man's cross may stand, 
 So Heaven be o'er it here as there 
 In pleasant Norman land ? 
 
 " These woods, perchance, no secret hide 
 
 Of lordly tower and hall ; 
 Yon river in its wanderings wide 
 Has washed no city wall ; 
 
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 " Yet mirrored in the sullen stream 
 
 The holy stars are given ; 
 Is Norcmbega then a dream 
 Whose waking is in Heaven ? 
 
 " No builded wonder of these lands 
 
 IMy weary eyes shall see ; 
 A city never made with hands 
 Alone awaiteth me — 
 
 " ' ITfbs Syon mystica' ; I see 
 Its mansions passing fair, 
 ' Condita cceIo' ; let me be, 
 Dear Lord, a dweller there ! " 
 
 Above the dying exile hung 
 
 The vision of the bard. 
 As faltered on his failing tongue 
 
 The songs of good Bernard. 
 
 The henchman dug at dawn a grave 
 
 Beneath the hemlocks brown. 
 And to the deserf s keeping gave 
 
 The lord of fief and town. 
 
 Years after, when the Sieur Champlain 
 
 Sailed up the mystic stream, 
 And Norembega proved again 
 
 A shadow and a dream. 
 
 He found the Norman's nameless grave 
 
 Within the hemlock's shade, 
 And, stretching wide its arms to save. 
 
 The sign that God had made, — 
 
 The cross-boughed tree that marked the spot 
 
 And made it holy ground : 
 lie needs the earthly city not 
 
 WHio hath the heavenU found ! 
 
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