T he Courier-Gazette. V 'I ’.’mk 4 9 ROCKLAND, MAIN 1, TUESDAY, MAY 1,1894. E ft. r- d »« Remnd Ol»». Mall M tiiw . N u iF it B 1 ” UNION’S GRADUATION. with white satin ribbon and lace, pink brides­ IJAOUN F.N MAINE. E. H. COCHRAN opened down, as it looked fifty years ago. as railroad out of Boston at that time. It was maid roses. (F or tile C o t’KIFK G ayettf..] Church St. was well down towards its margin to me a wonderful sight. ( »ccasionally I A Disagreement on the Question of a ' Ida E. Robbins: White nun’s veiling, He Tells of Boston of Sixty Years Ago of mud, marsh and water. would tramp over to Charlestown and go up The ar .ma of th .t first sniff of morning air to Bunker Hill monument, then not half Ball or No Ball. trimmed with pearl passamenterie, Marechal Bv A n x ie W r ig h t . — Interesting Notes. differcl materially, I judged, from that used completed in height and take a view of that Nicl roses. Ther ben’ place fer er Jolly right m the ointment which was poured upon the battle-ground of the Revolutionary War. At The graduating exercises of the class of ’94 The reception and ball was a very enjoya­ Kz daoun en M aine; Thanksgiving Day, 1883, the Pratt Mem­ head of our Saviour by the woman. that time the entire hill and surroundings, Union High School, an event which has long ble affair, and the attendance was very large. Ther cloud* thet soar, orial Methodist church in this city was re­ Nov dropping this line I will take up a few well down to the river, was bare of buildings been looked forward to with interest anti T her brook* tin t roar, other matters of that fifty years ago. While which gave a good view of where the British Burkett’s orchestra furnished the music with T h er waves thet rnanle on the shore, dedicated, and Rev. J. W. Hamilton of Bos­ pleasure hy the friends of the school, and the ( hurch street house of worship was be- army formed their line of march in brilliant the following array of artists: Jee’ seem ter come from Henven’r doer ton delivered the sermon. At the time a ing completed I attended meetings on Brom- array, in full expectations of success, in con- more especially by the participating parties, I. II. Burkett, first violin lender. W ’en daoun en Maine. friendship sprang up between Mr. Hamilton tield street, peeping out over those high box quering American Independence, E. L. Hewett, second violin nnd prompter. and which was announced to occur Friday I’m f. M. \V. Lnwry, cornet. Ther bos’ place fer er jolly sleep and E. II. Cochran of this city, one of the pews, getting a view of the pastor, John I will close my lett r by mentioning three evening, April 27, had an unfortunate begin­ <'. W . Gale, clarinet. Ez dnouti en Maine; ’ I inds v, whose square built proportions and familiar figures, well known in Boston in that John Johnson, trombone. pillars of the church, and a correspondence T h er smell or rose grum voice, made more grum on account of : 1 ng ago year 1834. ning on account of a disagreement between B. K. Mnddocks, brtsn. followed the reverend gentleman’s return to his habit uf speaking and preaching with The first was Constable Reid, the tall, the school committee, and a majority of the Mr. Seiders and Misses Tolman ami Hen­ Kn clover-blows Jes’ seem ter fit er feller, so's Boston. One of the letters written hy Mr. teeth lirnily set together. j straight tnan who was a terror to law-breakers graduates. The whole difficulty arose over derson refused to take part in the exercises. He wants ter shot hex eyes en doze, Cochran we have been permitted to see, Occasionally I woulil go doun »n Hanover with his Hag silk handkerchief usually tied the holding of a ball at the close of the exer It was very unfortunate that a difference W ’en daoun on Maine. and it contains so much in the way of remin­ St. and hear l ather Daniel Fillmore, the i round his neck. cises, the class desiring and the committee arose between the class and the committee. meek a n d quiet preacher, whose church edi- Another, the burly City Crier with bell in Ther bes’ place fer er jolly meal iscence and history that we have obtained ficc had t • me an uppish look, with its tall hand, who was usually in demand giving pub- opposing such action. T he C.-G. represen­ Consideiable feeling has been engendered Ez daoun en Maine, permission to give it to our readers entire. spire giving evidence of church title a long lie notices. At one time I recollect his street- .-a u n e rs , tative in order to do justice to each party con­ thereby and it will take some time for the Biskits thet rise, The letter after a few words of introduction distance heaven-ward, with a not-to-bc-for* crying a “box lost” on Hanover street, and cerned, interviewed a member of the school healing process to begin. En pun ken plea, is as follows: gotten massive bronze rooster standing on the with his stentorian voice created a little alarm Laborers, top of a long iron rod, making itself useful by board, and a representative of the class lo Clam chowdera, benna with eller eyea, to bystanders, hy being misunderstood as an­ Rockland, Jan. 24th, 1884. an occasional change of front thereby giving nouncing “Small pox on Hanover street.” T e a m s te rs , obtain all possible information partaining to SOME SHORTING NOTES. En haddocks Idled ez no surprise, Can find no belter shoe than the W en doaun en Maine. ...H aving a few leisure moments just people on terra firina the information which The third familiar figure was the street the controversy. now at my command, and your favor calling way the wind was coming from. lamplighter, who was usually seen about sun­ Bread W inner. Saida member of the class: “When we G. K. Merrill, the Photographer, has re­ i'h< 1 hva' pluee for er jolly dance to mind by the splendid efforts you have made 1 pause here to say, that with your personal set with his ladder on his shoulder and a Ez daoun en Maine; experience in churchbuilding, with the enor­ large can of whale oil in his hand, lighting up It is strong, rrlial >. hone t. and manufacture were informed that the committee opposed turned from a trip to the western part of the in a locality in Boston which long years ago n-SKlytoRive A IX <>( i IlOOIt WORK Y er hev the hall I had some acquaintance with, leads me by mous debt of the People’s Church in Boston the street lamps, as gas lighting had not then US the Bent Service for the I.eiiat Moncv our having a ball, as has been the custom state, and the following notice taken from the En M erdll’s h ill, at one time largely on your shoulders—you, Made for Men an d L evs, from soft, pliable stock .ay of temptation to give a little of mv per­ been introduced. I pitied the man with • two styles, seamlc . Balmoral and Congress, here and elsewhere, a class meeting was Portland Evening Express will he thoroughly Yer want ter beer “Twin Demuth cull,” sonal history of boyhood days. zMthough not with others in l’ke embarrassment, have faced that big job on his hands. vith and without tap lv. called at which four members voted to have appreciated by our checker players. Er else yer can’t enjoy et all. vritcr, as I never attempted an article for the day when it had become a serious anxiety I am sorry to have detailed you so long AMOS P. TA P LE Y & CO-, G. K. Merrill of Rockland, the champi-.n W on (1.1 un en Maine. print or public observation. as to how to raise the wind, as the saying is, with my comical and historic account of boy­ BOSTON, MASS. a ball, one opposed and the remainder which reminds me of a little of my own ex­ checker player of the state, no matter who Ther lies’ place fer ef jolly time It will be fifty years the 8th day of next hood experience of my first seven months in .. TIE? abstained from voting. The committee were holds the title as long as he is within our June that I might have been seen on a Mon­ perience, when with eight others, the building Boston, in that long-ago year 1834. In the 1 / daoun en Maine; committee, a few years ago I got caught under at once notified of our action, and we were borders, loves the game as well as any man day morning landing on T wharf in Boston following January I returned to my then F. A PETERSON, Atlantic Nlioe Store (I’ll w ’lsperthla) a heavy meeting house debt, and only escaped “ T.ast Thomaston” home. immediately informed hy them that they on earth, hut he has to travel incog, hi order E r little miss from a lime laden schooner from what was then Last Thomaston, now Rockland. My hy paying about S800 each ! E.