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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alfred, Jeremiah R. Gile.
Lyman, Bradford Raymond.
North Berwick, Timothy H. Hub-
Cornish, Ammi Boynton.
Dayton, James Maddox. Shapleigh, Edward Hargraves.
Hollis, Henry K. Bradbury.
Kittery, Joseph D. Parker.
Lebanon, Edmund F. Cowell.
Wells, Benjamin B. Eaton.
Limerick, Joseph H. Gilpatrick.
SENATE, 1869.
George Goodwin, Wells. Samuel Hanson, Buxton. Wm. M. McArthur, Limington.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Berwick, Uranus O. Brackett.
Limington, Edward Bragdon, Jr.
Lyman, Eastman Tripp.
Newfield, David T. Giveen.
Cornish, Reuben Small.
Saco, George Parcher.
Dayton, James R. Haley.
Sanford, Edward H. Bennett.
Eliot, George A. Hammond.
Kennebunk, James M. Stone.
Waterborough, Joseph W. Hol- land.
Kittery, Edwin A. Duncan.
York, Charles Junkins.
SENATE, 1870.
Samuel Hanson, Buxton. John B. Nealley, South Berwick. Joseph C. Roberts, Waterborough.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Acton, Caleb Burbank. Limerick, Albert O. Libbey.
Biddeford, John H. Burnham, North Berwick, Geo. H. Went-
John Q. Adams. worth.
Buxton, Thomas H. Berry. Parsonsfield, Harrison G. 0. Smith. Hollis, John W. Lane. Saco, Edwin B. Smith.
Kennebunk, James M. Stone.
Kennebunkport, Enoch Cousins.
South Berwick, John A. Dennett.
Kittery, Edward A. Duncan.
Wells, Frank B. Mildram.
Lebanon, Benjamin H. Lord.
SENATE, 1871.
John B. Nealley, South Berwick. Jos. C. Roberts, Waterborough. Joseph Hobson, Saco.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Acton, Samuel A. Stackpole. Kittery, Joshua H. Sanborn.
Alfred, Caleb B. Lord. Limington, Samuel M. Bradbury.
Berwick, George S. Goodwin. Parsonsfield, Harrison G. O. Smith. Saco, Edwin B. Smith.
Biddeford, John Quincy Adams, John H. Burnham.
Buxton, Thomas H. Berry. Sanford, Simon Tibbetts. Waterborough, David Deering.
Eliot, James G. Jenkins.
Kennebunkport, Enoch Cousins.
York, Joseph Bragdon.
SENATE, 1872.
Cyrus H. Hobbs, Wells. Ichabod Cole, Eliot.
Albert G. O'Brien, Cornish.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alfred, R. H. Goding. Biddeford, Ferguson Haines, North Berwick, George H. Lane. Parsonsfield, John Bennett. Saco, Edwin B. Smith.
Samuel R. Hamilton. Buxton, James O. A. Harmon. Kennebunkport, Geo. B. Carll. Kittery, Warrington Paul. Lebanon, Elihu Hayes. Limerick, B. A. Sawtelle.
Limington, J. F. Brackett.
Shapieigh, Henry R. Thing. South Berwick, J. H. Burleigh. Wells, A. B. Wells.
Berwick, Uranus O. Brackett. Biddeford, William H. Hanson, James R. Clark. Buxton, Samuel Hanson. Eliot, Timothy Dame. Kennebunkport, Albert Perkins.
Lyman, Jesse Gould.
Limington, Samuel M. Bradbury. Saco, Rufus P. Tapley.
Sanford, Charles H. Frost.
Shapleigh, Sewall Lord.
Eliot, George C. Bartlett.
Kittery, Joshua H. Sanborn.
Lyman, Samuel Waterhouse.
Biddeford, Edwin W. Wedg- wood, Charles G. Haines.
Biddeford, Edwin W. Wedg- wood, Charles G. Haines. bard. Saco, George Parcher.
South Berwick, Shipley W. Ricker.
Sanford, Benjamin F. Hamson. Waterborough, Benj. Leavitt. York, Asa MeIntire.
Luther Sanborn, Parsonsfield.
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SENATE, 1873.
Cyrus H. Hobbs, Wells. Albert G. O'Brien, Cornish.
John E. Butler, Biddeford.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Berwick, Samuel Ilubbard.
Biddeford, Luther T. Mason, Dominicus Ricker.
Limerick, Eben F. Severence. Lyman, Nathaniel Littlefield. Newfield, Usher B. Thompson.
Buxton, James O. A. Harmon.
Parsonsfield, John Bennett.
Eliot, Samuel A. Remick.
Saco, Ivory Lord.
Kennebunk, Addison E. Haley.
Sanford, William P. True.
Kennebunkport, George Carll.
York, George W. S. Putman.
Kittery, Warrington Paul.
SENATE, 1874.
John E. Butler, Biddeford.
Benjamin F. Hanson, Sanford.
John Hall, North Berwick.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Acton, Caleb W. Burbank.
Biddeford, B. F. Hamilton, Enoch F. Pillsbury.
Cornish, Calvin E. Woodbury. Hollis, Charles W. McKenney.
Kennebunk, Albion K. Gilc.
Kennebunkport, Geo. E. Carll. Kittery, Mark F. Wentworth.
Lebanon, John S. Parker. Limington, Joab Black. North Berwick, Francis Hurd.
Saco, Ivory Lord.
South Berwick, Thomas J. Good- win. Waterborough, Wm. H. Johnson. Wells, Trafton Hatch.
SENATE, 1875.
John Hall, North Berwick. Ivory Lord, Saco.
Benjamin F. Hanson, Sanford.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alfred, Albion K. Gile. Berwick, Samuel Hubbard.
Biddeford, Ferguson Haines, Lu- ther T. Mason. Cornish, Timothy Brackett.
Dayton, James R. Haley.
Eliot, Samuel C. Shapleigh.
Hollis, Charles W. McKenney.
SENATE, 1876.
Ivory Lord, Saco. Uranus O. Brackett, North Ber- wick.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alfred, Timothy Garey. Biddeford, Edwin Stone, Daniel Goldthwaite. Buxton, Reuben W. Murch.
Kennebunkport, Seth H. Pink- ham.
Kittery, Joseph H. Seaward.
South Berwick, T. J. Goodwin. Wells, Howard W. Littlefield.
SENATE, 1877.
Uranus O. Brackett, North Ber- Usher B. Thompson, Newfield. wick. Joseph Hobson, Saco.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Acton, James Garvin. Berwick, Lorenzo R. Hersom.
Biddeford, Daniel Goldthwaite, Edwin Stone. Buxton, Stephen Towle.
Eliot, Samuel C. Shapleigh. Kennebunk, Robert W. Lord. Kennebunkport, Sim. L. Cleaves.
Kittery, Joseph H. Seaward. Lyman, James B. Roberts. Parsonsfield, Chas. F. Sanborn. Saco, Roscoe L. Bowers. Sanford, Hosea Willard. Waterborough, Benj. F. Chad-
bourne. York, Josiah D. Bragdon.
SENATE, 1878.
John F. Ferguson, Shapleigh.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Biddeford, Joshua Moore, Ifar- den Taylor.
Cornish, Timothy Brackett.
Dayton, Clark R. Colc.
Shapleigh, Charles W. Coffin.
Ifollis, James Meserve.
South Berwick, Wm. H. Flynn.
Waterborough, Charles W. Smith. Wells, Trafton Hatch.
Lebanon, James M. Gerrish.
SENATE, 1879.
William T. Moody, Kennebunk- John F. Ferguson, Shapleigh. James M. Andrews, Biddeford.
port.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Alfred, John T. Hall. Kittery, Dennis M. Shapleigh.
Berwick, Charles H. Horne. Lyman, Richard S. Stanley. Biddeford, Charles P. Emery, Harden Taylor.
Newfield, Charles E. Pinkham.
Saco, George Parcher.
Cornish, Albert G. Andrews. Sanford, Jeremiah Moulton (2d).
Dayton, George H. Moore.
Waterborough, W. W. Libby.
Eliot, Howard Staples.
York, James A. Bragdon.
Hollis, James Meserve.
CHAPTER XXVII. YORK COUNTY PRESS.
Newspapers, Past and Present, arranged under the Heads of the Towns in which they have been Published.
FRYEBURG. RUSSELL'S ECHO.
THE first newspaper in this county and one of the earli- est in Maine was the Echo, or North Star, established by Elijah Russell at Fryeburg in February, 1798. The estab- lishment of the Echo by Mr. Russell two years after the first paper at Wiscasset, led Mr. Griffin (" Press of Maine") to the supposition that this publisher, with the Russell of that paper, was a brother of Benjamin Russell of the Bos- ton Sentinel. The type, he says, was probably the same as had been used on the Sentinel. Mr. Russell had formerly printed a paper at Concord, N. H. The Echo was pub- lished weekly less than a year. The late Arthur Shirley, of Portland, is said to have set the first type in the office. In size it was about twenty-four by eighteen ; terms, one dollar and a half per annum.
In 1872, Hon. George B. Barrows, of Fryeburg, wrote Mr. Griffin that he had a single copy of the Echo in his possession, and that every spring, in digging his garden, he found stones which were part of the foundation of the old printing-office.
A few copies of this paper have been preserved in the collection at Worcester, Mass., and at Dartmouth College. On application to the Antiquarian rooms in Worcester, Mr. Griffin obtained a copy, which proved to be No. 7, Vol. I., dated Fryeburg, Me., Aug. 19, 1798.
"The type," he says, "is very much worn. The paper contains a sensible communication calculated to calm the war-spirit of the day, caused by the depredations of French war-vessels upon our commerce. There is also a double column, giving a list of revenue-stamp duties. An advertisement of land for sale at Farmington, Maine, appears over the signature of our former neighbor, Jacob Abbot, Sr., then of Concord, New Ilampshire. The terms of the Echo are given, -- Pay in anything or cash.'"
Joseph Hobson, Saco. W. F. Moody, Kennebunkport. 15
Kittery, Mark F. Wentworth. Lyman, Zopher R. Folson. Saco, Rufus P. Tapley. Sanford, William F. Hanson. Shapleigh, John F. Ferguson.
Waterborough, Wm. H. Johnson. York, George M. Payne.
Usher B. Thompson, Newfield.
Limerick, Ira S. Libby. Limington, Jas. M. Ilopkinson. Newfield, Benjamin Carleton. North Berwick, Tim. B. Hussey. Parsonsfield, Jos. F. Dearborn. Saco, Edward Eastman.
Lebanon, Hiram Lord.
Limington, Stephen L. Purinton. North Berwick, Frank A. Knight. Saco, Roscoe L. Bowers.
Kennebunk, Robert W. Lord.
Kittery, Dennis M. Shapleigh.
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WELLS AND KENNEBUNK .*
ANNALS OF THE TIMES.
In 1803, Stephen Sewall commenced the publication of the Annals of the Times. It seems to have been started under very favorable auspices, so far as regarded the patron- age of advertisers. Many persons in Portsmouth adver- tised their lands in its columns, and also a respectable num- ber in Wells and other towns in the county. But the sub- seription patronage was insufficient to sustain it, and the paper was continued but one year. Occasionally the paper contained respectable communications on political questions and things of local interest. Mr. Sewall wrote the ode for the 4th of July, 1803, which was sung with effect on that occasion. His position as publisher of this paper not meet- ing his aspirations, he abandoned it in 1804, moved to Scarborough, and there established himself as a Thompson- ian physician.
KENNEBUNK GAZETTE.
In the beginning of 1805 another attempt was made to establish a newspaper in Kennebunk by William Weeks. This enterprise was not as successful as the former. The paper was denominated the Kennebunk Gazette. A single copy of it has been preserved by Judge Bourne,-No. 19, dated July 24, 1805. Besides the postmaster's list of let- ters remaining in the office, it contains but a single adver- tisement, a fact going to show that the business commu- nity took little interest in sustaining it, or did not under- stand in those days the value of an advertising medium. The paper is made up entirely of selections, containing nothing editorial and no original matter. It was continued but a little while, when the publisher moved to Saco, thence to Portland, and thence to Portsmouth, where in 1809 he became the publisher of the New Hampshire Gazette.
Another paper, called the Eagle of Maine, was started soon after, but no relic of it-not even the publisher's name -remains.
The fourth paper was the Weekly Visitor, afterwards changed to the Kennebunk Gazette, which remained for nearly quarter of a century under the latter name. The Visitor was started in 1809 by James K. Remich. The publisher seems to have had more sympathy from the public than had his predecessors. The advertising support of a newspaper we suppose to be very essential to its success. This was very liberally given to the Visitor. A great deal of original matter was also furnished for its columns. Pre- vious failures probably moved the people to a more active interest in its success, and the paper soon acquired a satis- factory footing. It maintained its position under the two names between thirty and forty years. July 7, 1821, the name of the paper was changed to the Kennebunk Gazette. By a wise and prudent management of the financial con- cerns of the establishment the publisher acquired a very comfortable independence, which he transmitted to his son Daniel at his death. He died Sept. 3, 1863, aged eighty years. Daniel Remich conducted the paper for a few years. Files of the Kennebunk Gazette are preserved in the York Institute at Saco.
THE EASTERN STAR.
The Eastern Star is the only newspaper now published in Kennebunk. This paper was started in Biddeford by W. Lester Watson, in September, 1877, and removed to Kennebunk the following January. It is a weekly, inde- pendent in politics, and devoted to local interests,-W. Lester Watson, proprietor ; Marcus Watson, editor. The paper has a good circulation and a liberal advertising pat- ronage.
SACO AND BIDDEFORD. FREEMAN'S FRIEND.
A paper by the name of the Freeman's Friend was pub- lished in Saco in 1805 by William Weeks, the same pub- lisher who started the first Kennebunk Gazette in the latter town at the beginning of the same year. He seems to have been encouraged, if not induced, to engage in this en- terprise by the eccentric lawyer, Joseph Bartlett, who, it is supposed, wrote most of the editorials for the paper. Bart- lett had become quite popular and ambitious, and the es- tablisliment of this paper was one of his schemes for ob- taining the control which he sought over the Democratic party. But it failed, as did all his other plans. We do not know how long the paper was continued. Mr. Griffin says, " There appears in the first number an advertisement of a wool-carding machine in operation, by John Mayall, at Jefford's mills, in Kennebunk. Timothy Keazer adver- tises for sale an oration delivered at Saco, July 4, 1806, by Joseph Bartlett."
MAINE PALLADIUM.
The Maine Palladium was published at Saco as early as the autumn of 1820, by Putnam & Blake, and as late as July 21, 1830. We find in Folsom's " Saco and Bidde- ford," about the last-mentioned date, the name of Alexan- der C. Putnam, but we do not know whether or not he was the publisher associated with Mr. Blake.
MAINE DEMOCRAT.
The Maine Democrat was commenced in Saco, Jan. 6, 1828, by William and Johu Condon, who continued to publish it for several years, and sold to T. Maxwell and Michael Beck, Esqs., of Portsmouth. During the first two or three years it was managed by Joshua M. Young. Mr. Beck in a short time purchased Mr. Maxwell's interest, and continued the publication of the paper till the time of his death, in 1843. It was then purchased by Alpheus A. Hanscom, who continued as its editor and publisher until May, 1864. The Democrat was then purchased by William Noyes, with his son, Isaac B. Noyes, who officiated as edi- tor until he died, a few months afterwards.t A second
+ Isaac Badger Noyes at the breaking out of the Rebellion, in 1861, immediately gave up the practice of law and recruited the first com- pany of soldiers that joined the army from Saco, of which he was chosen captain as soon as his company joined the 5th Maine Regi- ment. He at once proceeded to the front iu Virginia, but his health being poor, having a disease of the heart, which afterwards termi- nated his life, he resigned his commission in the fall of 1861. With the hope of regaining his health, he spent the two following years in South America. Returning early in 1864, he immediately assumed the editorial management of the Maine Democrat, which he continued to conduct till the time of his death, in December, 1865 .- Griffin's Press of Maine, p. 125.
# History by Ilon. E. E. Bourne.
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YORK COUNTY PRESS.
son was received into the partnership, and the paper con- tinued under the firm of William Noyes & Co. for about three years. In October, 1867, it was sold to Charles A. Shaw, Esq., of Biddeford, but the Messrs. Noyes continued its publication till near the first of January following. Mr. Shaw then removed it to Biddeford, where he erected a new building for the reception of the office, and there im- mediately commenced, in connection with the Democrat, a daily ealled the Daily Times. He expended several thou- sand dollars on the establishment, but finding that a daily could not be sustained, he lost his interest in the under- taking, discontinued the daily, and in October, 1868, sold his apparatus, with the Democrat, to E. K. Smart, of Camden. Mr. Smart continued the publication of the paper until May, 1869, when it was purchased by the Watson Brothers, who were the proprietors (George K. Shaw, editor) till June, 1876, when W. S. Noyes, Esq., came into possession of the paper, and continued it till he sold to F. W. Roberts, Esq., in February, 1878. Mr. Roberts finding the pecuniary responsibility greater than he had anticipated, relinquished the paper after getting out one issue, and the mortgagors at once arranged with Mr. Noyes to continue the publication till another sale could be effected. Mr. Noyes continued its publication till the 7th of the following June, when it was published under the management of E. W. Wedgwood, Esq., till the 25th of July, and then closed finally. Mr. Noyes finding that the subscribers who had paid in advance for the paper looked to him for a fulfillment of their contract, immediately com- menced the publication of the State Democrat in Saco, which is of the same size and price with the Maine Demo- crat, and is now the only Democratie paper in York County. It is published weekly in Saco by Noyes & Co., and is an enterprising and remunerative sheet.
Mr. William Noyes, the senior partner, was born in Brunswick in March, 1809, and at an early age entered the printing-office of the late Joseph Griffin, at Brunswick, where he served an apprenticeship of seven years, gradu- ating in 1830. He then immediately commenced the pub- lication of the Brunswick Journal, which he continued about one year. In 1831-32 he worked in the Boston Type- and Stereotype-Foundry, and also at Nashua, N. H., for John F. Trow, who is now one of the largest publishers in New York. In 1833 he established the Maine Farmer, one of the most successful papers ever printed in the State, which he published eleven years, and in 1845, in company with the late Louis O. Cowan, he established the Union at Saco, now the Union and Journal, of Biddeford. (See history of that paper, Maine Democrat, Knox and Lincoln Patriot, and Independent, of Saco.)
UNION AND JOURNAL.
The Union commenced in January, 1845, with William Noyes as proprietor, and Louis O. Cowan as editor. It immediately took rank as the leading organ of the Whig party in York County, and was continued by Messrs. Noyes & Cowan until February, 1848, when Mr. Cowan purchased the interest of Mr. Noyes, and continued its publication in Saco till the office was destroyed by fire in 1856, when he removed to Biddeford, and purchased the Eastern Herald
and Mercantile Advertiser, and consolidated the two papers under the name of the Union and Journal. Mr. Cowan continued to publish the paper till the time of his death in 1863. Ilis widow sold the establishment in April, 1863, to John E. Butler, who, in January, 1872, took in his father, Rev. O. Butler, as partner, the firm being J. E. Butler & Co. till Aug. 7, 1877, at which date they sold to the present proprietor, Mr. George A. Hobbs.
Mr. Ilobbs was born in Somerset Co., Me., May 25, 1824. Ile was brought up in Wells from the age of ten to twenty, and received his education at the old Kennebunk Academy. lle returned to Somerset County in 1845, where he read law and was admitted to the bar; was clerk of the courts of Somerset County from Jan. 1, 1854, to Jan. 1, 1857 ; moved to Illinois in 1857, and was twenty years engaged in newspaper business in that State,-until he came here and purchased the Union and Journal. His son, Thomas A. Hobbs, has been associated with him in the management of the paper from the first.
The Union and Journal is the leading Republican paper of the county, is well managed, and has a good circulation.
BIDDEFORD HERALD.
The Biddeford Herald was commenced in 1848, by Messrs. Reed & Cole. It was a paper devoted to local news, and was continued under the conduct of its originators some eight months, then to its close, about nine months, by W. F. Scamman. Mr. Scamman then commenced the pub- lication of the Biddeford Townsman, which lived only about three months.
MERCANTILE ADVERTISER.
In April, 1849, Marcus Watson, now of the Kennebunk Eastern Star, issued the Mercantile Advertiser at Saco. It was moved to Biddeford in 1850, and sold to Daniel E. Stone, who published it under the name of the Eastern Journal about a year and a half. It was then sold to Mr. Cowan, and merged in the present Union and Journal.
BIDDEFORD GAZETTE.
The Gazette made its appearance at Biddeford, Jan. 5, 1857,-Marcus Watson, proprietor ; Charles H. Granger, editor, -- and continued till 1861. Marcus Watson & Co. then commenced the publication of the Eastern Herald, which was published one year.
YORK COUNTY INDEPENDENT.
The first number of the York County Independent ap- peared May 18, 1869, published by Noyes & Co.,-William Noyes and William S. Noyes,-and is now published by the same parties. It is a weekly, independent in politics, and is published every Tuesday, at Saco. On retiring from the Maine Democrat, Jan. 1, 1868, the Messrs. Noyes removed to Rockland, Me., and there commenced the publication of the Knox and Lincoln Patriot, which they continued to publish, as per contract, just one year ; on the expiration of which time they removed their office back to Saco, which, during the interval, had been without a paper or printing- press of any kind.
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DAILY TIMES.
The first daily paper in Biddeford was started by Hon. Charles A. Shaw, ex-mayor of the city, in January, 1868, in which year Mr. Shaw ran for Congress. It was pub- lished in connection with the Maine Democrat, of which Mr. Shaw was then proprietor. Mr. Shaw procured tele- graphie news and other costly appliances of a daily news- paper, but the field being insufficient to support his enter- prise, the venture was discontinued after an experiment of two weeks. Mr. E. S. Morris, present State superintendent of common schools, was assistant editor.
The Watson Brothers,-Marcus and Oscar F.,-while proprietors of the Maine Democrat, started another daily May 13, 1872, called the Daily Times. Oscar F. Watson died in October, 1872, and Marcus continued the daily till the latter part of February, 1876, when it was discontinued. March 6, 1876, Frank W. Roberts started a small three- column paper, called the Daily Chronicle. This paper was purchased, July 17, 1876, by Andrew J. Small, and its name changed to the Daily Times, which is still published by Mr. Small, who has eularged it and made it a newsy and enterprising local sheet. It is independent in politics, makes local matters a specialty, is well patronized by ad- vertisers, and has a good circulation in both cities.
Mr. Small is a native of Saco, where he still resides, though publishing his paper in Biddeford. He began life as a newsboy, then went to setting type, and has got to be editor and proprietor of a very useful daily paper. Since he began to publish the Times two other daily papers have been started, but have been discontinued. The Evening Star was started by Marcus Watson, in August, 1876, and continued about thirteen months. In January, 1878, the Evening Post was issued from the Maine Democrat office, and continued about six weeks. This paper was under the editorial management of George B. Goodwin, Esq., now of the Bangor Commercial, and it immediately took the lead as the daily evening paper of Biddeford and Saco. It was at the height of its prosperity and was being well received by all parties (although strongly Democratic) when it was suddenly transferred to Mr. Roberts, in connection with the Maine Democrat, when Mr. Goodwin immediately severed his connection with the paper, and after two issues its pub- lication ceased.
The only daily now in Saco and Biddeford is the Daily Evening Times, by Andrew J. Small, editor and proprietor, No. 184 Main Street, Biddeford.
BIDDEFORD WEEKLY ADVANCE.
This paper was established in April, 1879, by Rev. O. Butler, the present editor and proprietor. It is independent in politics, and is gaining a fair circulation by the industry and earnest labor of its editor. Mr. Butler is a native of Berwick, and is connected with the Free-Will Baptist ministry.
LIMERICK.
THE MORNING STAR.
The Morning Star, now the widely-circulated organ of the Free-Will Baptist denomination at Dover, N. H., was established at Limerick, in this county, in May, 1826.
Elders Buzzell and Burbank were the first editors; Wil- liam Burr, a native of Hingham, who served an apprentice- ship in Boston, was printer. " Mr. Burr, when he came to Limerick, though less than twenty years of age, was an ac- complished gentleman of pleasing manners and most ami- able disposition." In May, 1832, Hobbs, Woodman & Co. disposed of its property to a new firm, known as Hobbs, Burr & Co. In October following the paper was sold to the Free-Will Baptist denomination. Mr. Burr subsequently became principal editor and a very efficient business manager, which station he retained nearly forty years and until his death by apoplexy, which occurred on the morning of Nov. 5, 1866. An interesting memoir of his life has been pub- lished in a volume of 208 pages 18mo.
The Star was removed to Dover, N. H., in November, 1833.
The Village Register and Farmers' Miscellany was pub- lished (four numbers) in 1840, by Samuel B. Eastman. It was discontinued for the want of patronage.
The Frec- Will Baptist Repository was published from 1845 to 1852. Except a small portion of the time, it was published in Saco. John and James M. Buzzell, editors. It was moved to Portland in 1852.
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