The historic pageant of Fort Fairfield and the Aroostook Valley

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Centennial Pageant

of
Fort Fairfield, Maine.

Official
Pageant Book

The

Historic Pageant

of

Fort Fairfield

and

The Aroostook Valley

Produced at the

Celebration of the Centennial of the

First Settlement
• of
Fort Fairfield, Maine

August 8, 9 and 10, 1916

Director

Miss Eva Winnifred Scates

Music by
PuUen's Orchestra, Bangor

Citizens' Band, Fort Fairfield

New Sweden Band

Millinocket Band

GENERAL COMMITTEE

Rev. S. M. Bowles, President; Mrs. N. Fessenden, Secretary; H. B.

Kilburn, Treasurer; A. O. French, E. E. Scates. Mrs. G. E. Bartlett,

Mrs. E. S. Hopkins, Mrs. H. G. Richards, C. C. Harvey. A. F. Goodhue

J. S. Williamson. D. W. Haines.

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Committee on Appointments Rev. S. M. Bowles

Committee on History • G. F. Ashby

Committee on Finance A. F. Goodhue

Committee on Publicity C. C. Harvey

Committee on Properties H. C. Buxton

Committee on Invitations Rev. W. A. Richmond
Committee on Pageant Grounds

The General Committee and Miss Eva Scates

Committee on Costumes Mrs. R. F. Thurlough

Committee on Music Mrs. W. A. Richmond

Committee on Decorations Dr. W. G. Chamberlain

Committee on Entertainment G. W. Currier

Committee on Dramatization Miss Eva Scates

Committee on Transportation D. W. Haines

Committee on Attractions G. H. Foss

Committee on Cast Rev. W. A. Richmond

Committee on Markers R. N. Wallace

Committee on Illumination H. D. Stevens

Miss Eva W. Scates, Emerson College of Oratory. Director of Pageant
Miss Minnie McNelly, Wellesley College. Instructor in Dancing

FOREWORD

" The pageant of Fort Fairfield and the Aroostook valley is
presented not only for the pnrpose of eouimeniorating the
lOOth anniversary of the town of Fort Fairfield, bnt also of
imparting to tlie minds of the present generation a knowledge
of the historic past and of awakening in them a keen apprecia-
tion of the town's growth and progress.

To a certain extent what has been trne of Fort Fairfield's
prosperity has also been trne of her sister connty towns.

The committee on dramatization have tried to stdect the
salient points from the mass of accumulated history which will
portray the town's development.

Many of the speeches delivered by the participants are
cuttings from the original and much of the dialogue eml)races
original sayings.

]\Iuch attention has been given to the choosing of charac-
ters in order that the episodes of the past may ])e enacted by a
generation of the present who })ractically represent the first
families.

Thus it is with reverence and respect that our towiispeo-
[)le give to you the story of their community.

The Directoi'.

©uv Creeb

■'We believe in our Coiiiinunity.

"We believe in its Past — in the men and
women who have lived before us, whose toil
made the land productive, whose foresight
founded our schools, whose devotion builded
our churches.

"We believe in its Present — in the men
and women and childreji about us. We believe
that there is nothing for the good of our town
which working together we can not accom-
l)lish.

"We believe in its Future — in the men and
vromtMi who will conn^ after us. We believe
that out of oui- hopes and labors now v;ill
grow a ( 'omnninity, (h-mocratic, prosperous
and strong, an honor to our State and to our
.Vation."

PROGRAM OF EPISODES

PROLOGUE

The ypirit of the Wild reigns supreme in dance.

EPISODE 1

The Spirit of Man — the stalwart Indians fish and hunt in
the untrodden forests. They come from the Tobique Valley.

EPISODE 2

Scene I — English lumber agents brand the King's Broad
x\n'ow on the tall pines for His Majesty's ships.

Scene II — Canadian lumbennen come to cut the tall Pines.
Scene III — First settlers arrive — the Dorseys, Fitzher-
bei-ts and Russells.

EPISODE 3

Scene I — Captain Rhines with Sheriif Strickland and
Volunteers come and arrest Canadian lumbermen tor
trespassing.

Scene II — Reenforcements from Canadian side arrest
( ;ipt;iiii K'hines. Strickland esca{)es.

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Scene Jl! — Strickland and Land Agent ]\lclntyre at Fitz-
lierbert Inn — Canadians take Mclntyre but Striclcland again
escapes — Young Warren Jolmston's atteni])t to notify Ameri-
can officers of ('anadian intentions.

Scen(^ IV — ('ai)tain Parrott and State ^lilitia arrive. They
I)uild a Fort and for their beloved Governor call it Fort
Fairfield.

Scene V — Ihiited States Regulars arrive with Captain
Xini Xess — Webstei'-Ashburton Treaty.

IXTEKLUDE
Treaty Dance.

EPISODP] 4
Priuiitive Town-meeting. ^

Primitive Church.

EPISODE 5

Shingle Industry. Domestic life at the time.

EPISODE 6
A ball in the '60 "s interrui)ted by Stage-coachman who an-
nounces "Fort Sumpter tired upon!"' Recruiting office]' calls
for Volunteers. Fort Fairfield's response.

EPISODE 7

Scene I — Plot to get Camion from Fort Kent on hearing
of Pres(|ue Isle's intention of firing it on the 4th of July.

Scene II — Return of men with famous old Cuji and the ar-
rival of Sanniel Stevens and ")() Presque Isle men to take it by
foi'ce.

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EPISODE 8
Coining of Swedes with Hon. W. W. Thomas — Fort Fair-
ht'hl the tirst Anuniean town throngh which they passed.

EPISODE 9

Coming of the Kailroad.

I'XTERLUDE

A symbolic dance of Potato trade with New England, tlie
Snnny South and Cuba.

EPISODE 10

Potato Industry — early and modern methods of raising
tlu- famous Aroostook potato.

INTERLUDE

Harnessing of the Spirit of Aroostook Falls by the Spirit
of P]lectricity.

GRAND FINALE MARCH
Fort Fairfield of the Present views the Grand Old Past
and stretches out her efficient arms to Posterity and the
Future.

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MUSIC OF THE PAGEANT

PKOLOGUE
The Wilderness
The Hills
The Forests

The Valley and Flowers
The River and Falls

Brooks C. Peters
Titto Mattei
MacDowell
Fr. Chopin

EPISODE 1
Indian Melody

Harmonized by Prof. Fillmore

EPISODE 2
Scene 1

Rule Britannia
Scene 2
No music
Scene 3
No music

The Whirlwind

From an Imlian Lodge

Prelude

Ishibrizzhi

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.^^iiLM^l

THE COMING OF THE SPIRIT OF MAN

EPISODE m

•Scene 1

Drum

Scene 2

No nnisic

Scene 8

Xo nnisie

Scene 4

Drum

Scene 5

J^ritish (jrenadiers

Yankee Doodle

Coronation ^lareh from "'The Proi)het, " Aleyerhier

INTERLUDE

Coronation ]\Iai'cli from "The Prophet" ]\Ie3'erhier

EPISODE IV
Scene 1
Xo music
Scene 2

Hymn, Invitation.
Come, ]My lieloved, Haste Away.

EPISODE V

Okl :\Ielodies

EPISODE VI

Tlie ( 'horns Jig

The Vii'ginia Keel

Tlie (4i]-l I Left Behind Me

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EPISODE VII
Scene 1
No music

Scene 2

P.irodv of Fort Fnirfield Men

Swedish Hymn

Xo music

The Corn Song
Cecile Waltz
Ragging the Scale
Dixie Land
Warming l-p in Dixie
La Bayamesa

X() nnisie

Tarantella

EPISODE VII 1
EPISODE IX
IXTERLUDE

EPISODE X
IXTERLUDE

German Air

McKee

Claypole

E. T. Pan 11
'Cuban Xational Air

(JRAXD FIXALE MARCH

Tluinhouser ]\I;ircli

Centennial Ilymu
Star Si)angled IJjinncr

Lomas

Wagner

Music bv

Pullen's Orcliesti'a

A. W. Sprague, Conductor

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Fort Fail-field IJaiul

^Maurice ('. Knowles, Leadtn'
August Sth, !)tli and lOtli

^iiUinoeket l>and
August 8

New Sweden JJand

Walter lleduian, Tjeadej-
Anffust 10

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DANIEL WEBSTER AND LORD ASHBURTON
Authors of Maine-New Brunswick Boundary Treaty. 1842

arooetook in ipoettc Xeoen^

By Ellen M. Gary

Ye who love a country's legends.

Love to hear its old traditions,

All its folk-lore, wild and wayward,

Of its early toils and struggles,

Of its growth and its achievements

Listen to this simple story,

Told in language weak and homely.

Told with little skill in song craft.

I repeat it as I heard it

From the lips of feeble old men.

So, my sisters, pause and listen

To the story of this northland.

Of this cold and dreary northland.

Long and icy is the winter,

"All the land with snow is covered.

Covered deep with crusted snow drifts.

Motionless are all the rivers.

Hard as stone becomes the water."

Short and lovely is the summer:

Then the land with green is covered.

Gold and green of growing harvests.

Singing, onward rush the rivers;

Then the land is full of beauty.

"But in days long since forgotten.
In the unremembered ages "
All this land was crowned with forests.
With the tall and stately pine tree.
With the ash and birch and maple.
Never feet of white man trod here.
Never white man's boat had sailed here.
But the red man found this river,

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Sailed his bark canoe upon it.

Saw it flashing in the sunlight,

Hurrying to the big sea water."

And he named it "The Aroostook."

Name, with his interpretation.

Would he call it "The Good Rivers."

Many moons the red man lived here,

Fishing in these lakes and rivers.

Hunting in these mighty forests.

But at last the wily white men

Came and saw these lofty pine trees

On the banks of the Aroostook,

Saw how they could cut those giants.

Float them down on the "good river."

Sell them to their English neighbors,

Bring home "Bank of England" money

To support their wives and children;

Saw how when the trees were cut down.

They could build a little cabin.

Plant their corn and their potatoes.

So they came with hope and courage.

With no roads to guide their footsteps.

All their road was "The Good River."

Came the Russells and Fitzherberts

Came the Lovelys, and the Dorseys,

Came the Bishops and the Johnstons.

In the woodland rang their axes

Cutting down the mighty forests.

Planting, reaping scanty harvests.

Catching salmon in the river.

Shooting deer and moose for venison.

Thus they lived their lives so peaceful

In the heart of the great forest.

Never tidings came to fright them

From the great world far beyond them.

Till one day they heard in winter.

Heard a tramping in the forest.

Heard men's voices loud and angry.

Heard these words of wrath and threatening

"Children, cease your constant thieving!

Robbing Maine of all her pine trees!"

And the settlers stood and faced them.

In their faces stern defiance.

Spake disdainfully in this wise:

"Nay! to us belong the pine trees.

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All this wealth belongs to England.

Come not sneaking through the forest.

Go back to the men who sent you!

Or we'll slay you as you stand there!"

Then they seized the brave (?) commander,

Took him to an English prison.

But his men in haste retreated

Through the snow-encumbered forest.

Backward to the men who sent them,

Told the story of their treatment.

Of their leader, now a prisoner.

How they all had been insulted.

Then as one arose the people.

Burned with wrath their hearts within them.

"We'll defend our northern border."

Hastily they raised an army,

Through the forest came the soldiers.

Armed with all their warlike weapons.

Reached the shores of the Aroostook.

Built the earthworks and the block-house

To repel the base usurpers.

Now the English were not idle.

They had heard a proclamation

From the Governor of New Brunswick

To be ready to do battle.

So they decked themselves in war gear

Anxious to obey the summons.

Thus they both were armed for battle.

Only waiting to hear "Forward!"

When Gen. Scott, the great commander.

Heard of all their preparation.

Heard of the impending battle.

Then he called the chiefs in council.

To decide on ways more peaceful.

Saying: "I am weary of this bloodshed.

Wasih the warp^.int from your faces.

Bury all those cruel weapons.

All your strength is in your union.

All your danger is in discord.

Therefore be at peace henceforward

And as brothers live together."

So they did as he commanded.

Buried all their bloodless weapons

On the shores of the Aroostook.

Then the council fixed the boundary.

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Saying to the British province.
"Here thou shalt come, and no farther,"
And to Maine, "Here is your border.
This side may you live and labor."
Then the country grew and prospered.
Every year brought new arrivals.
Hardy men and loyal women.
True, their lives were full of hardship.
Toil in summer and in winter.
Sometimes famine looked in on them,
Only looked, but never entered.
Thus they toiled, in hope of plenty
For the children who came after.

Now, my sisters, pause and ponder,

Think how years have wrought such changes:

Gone the earthworks and block-houses.

Gone the spotted line and log house.

Cozy dwellings, schools and churches

Stand on the banks of "The Good River."

E'en the roads built with such labor

Soon became too long and tiresome.

So across the fathers' acres

Gleams the steel track of the engine.

Where once echoed cries of wild beasts.

Hear the wild shriek of the iron horse.

Even steam became too laggard.

We must speak to friends afar off.

We must send our voices from us

To those who are at a distance.

So the tall trunks of the cedar.

Stripped of all their limbs and verdure.

Stand like sentinels on duty.

Bound with bands of steel together.

Over whlcli we send our message.

Here I end my simple story.

Told with little skill of poetry.

Told in language poor and homely.

To the club I leave this message.

To the club, the Philomathian.

Blessings on you, oh, my sisters!

All your well remembered faces

And your deeds and words of kindness

I shall carry in my memory

Through the days and weeks of absence.

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PROLOGUE

Kcc'i wlio will tli;' city's alleys,

'I'akc the sinootli sliorn plain;
<Ji\'(' to VIS the cellar valleys,

Rocks and hills of Maine.
In our iiorthland wild and woody

Let us still have ])art,
Kug'ged nurse and mother sturdy

Hold us to tliy heai't.

— John (ireenleaf Whilliei'

From the orchestra comes the inotif of the Avilderness.
Suddenly from the wooded hill to the left appears a I'ouifh
and tawny man clad oidy in skins, haug'hty in maimer, show-
ing distinctly his suprenmcy ovm- the great unpeopled wild.
He is tlie Spirit of the Wildei'uess. To him he calls IIk' hills,
the cedars and the pines, then the Ix'autiful green valh-y with
its many coloi'ed tlowers, and lamning ahuig heside if, the i-i])-
|)ling i-iver witli its dashing falls. At his call come these
spirits and how in utter su))mission to their great su|)]'eme.
■■Dance."' lie cries, "Show me the Spirit of the Wilderness 1'"
^lajestically moves the hrowii liills witii their mist-covered

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tops; then swmvs the stately i)iiies and cethirs, and tlie valley
with its river and falls running among the hills. The little
flowers play gleefully with each other. Supreme reigns the
Avild, hut hark, fi'(uu the river hanlv comes an unfamiliar
sound.

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The Si)irit of the Wild starts. The dance stops. At that
moment ai)[)ears to the right a stalwart Indian. With him he
carries a how a)id ai'row. The Spirit of ]\lan has come to con-
quer the Wilderness. The valley and river greet him, since
he paddles up the rijjpling water in his birch canoe; but the
Spii'it of the Wild with the hills and forests defy him. He
pulls the string of his bow, and out shoots the arrow. It hits
the Spirit of tht' Wild and wounds him; and sorrowfully the
sturdy hills and forests carry him away staggering from his
t i'esi)assed could ry.

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rilARACTERS

The Si)ii'it i^i' 1lic Wild

Tlie Hills

Tlie Pines

The (V>< [ill's

The Valley

Till' Kivei'

The Falls

The Flowers

The Spirit of ^Fan

EPISODE I— BEFORE 1816

The Spirit of ^laii ealls to his rcd-skiiuied braves, who
come ill eaiioes from the Tobi(pie valley. They seek the deer
and the earibou. With their birch horns, they give the moose
call. A response eomes from the wooded hill. Sti^althily
they run with their bows and arrows to shoot the imieh-sought-
for prey, while the scpuiws piteh the eamp and })repare the fire
for the cooking of the meat. They sing as they work. The
Indians return carrying with them a young deer. The meal
is {)rei)ared. The leader is called to i)erform the usual sacrt^l
rites observed before the serving of food. Every man bows
his head. Tlie leader lifts from the pile of meat a bit and
I'aises it toward tht^ sky as an offering to Wakonda. 'After
the repast is over, they dance the old Indian Snake nane(\
and return in their canoes 1o their wigwamed village on thf
Tobiqiie.

( Characters

The S])ii'it of ^lan

aa^acaKfeJKSaS

The other participants in this fjiisoih' aiT Canadian In-
dians from, tlu' Tobi(int^ \'alh'y Rt'S(*i'\alion, all desccndaids
from the original tribe.

EPISODE II

SCENE 1— BEFORE ISKi
(Englisli lniiil)er agents (loie np thi' Aroostook I'iver in
I)ateanx to brand the big pines for tlie King's navy. As they
a])proae]i they art^ singing Rnh' h>ritannia.)

( 'haraeters
A I'aptain
A Lieutenant
Two men

Captain. — Rest youi- oars. I)(^hold tlu' Pi.ncs ! Spars tor
His i\Iajesty 's shij)S !

Lieutenant. — Are you positive, cai)tain, that these are
within His ^Lijesty's land and that we arr noi'th the parallel''

Cai)tain. — Positi\e or not, we shall spot the best that
stands, it is ours for the taking.

Lieutenant. — AVell said, my (•a])tain. thr best is none too
good for His ^Majesty's service, be it noi-1h or south. (Men
i-eturn)

Captain. — ]\Ien, have you obeyed oi'dei's?

Men. — Captain, we have.

("aptain. — (4ood. Lei no man under p<Mia!ty of England's
law dare fell a tree marked by His ^Lajesty's b.road arrow I To
the Boat.

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SCENE 2

(Canadian hunbernien approach in tow boat to cut big
tijiber.)

Characters

Boss of the crew

12 men *

Boss. — Here is a grand chance and no mistake.

Man. — Hold, Boss ; these trees are spotted for the King.
See the broad arrow.

Boss. — Spotted for the King? Nonsense! Remember $10
a ton, and we split even. Follow me.

(Lumber operations start.)

(In the meantime boats are seen passing up the river.)

SCENE 3

First Settlers 1816

"Michael Russell was undoubtedly the lirst to locate. His
settlement was upon the south side of the Aroostook river.
James Fitzherbert is given the credit of being the next settler.
He located at the mouth of the Fitzherbert brook. The next
on the same side of the river Avas John Dorsey. "

Ellis's History of Fort Fairfield

(The Kussells come on horseback.)

Characters
Michael Russell
Phebe Russell, his wife
Year-old child

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Michael Russell. — Ileri-. we art:, h nice clearing and s])i-i!if;
water near by.

Phebe Russell. — It's the best we've seen. You build the
shelter and I'll prepare the supper.

(James Fitzherbert and family arrive in ox-cai-t.)

Characters

James Fitzherbert

Bridget Fitzherbert, liis wife

Two sons

Michael Russell. — Welcome, stranger, welcome to these
parts. Glad to have you with us.

James Fitzherbert. — Thanks, neighbor, thanks. We shall
not be so lonely here.

(John Dorsey and wife come up the river in a canoe.)

Characters

John Dorsey

Hannah Dorsey, his wife

Small boy

Michael Russell. — Another stranger, welcome. There is
a good clearing just above.

John Dorsey. — Thanks for your kind welcome. We'll
soon have quite a settlement here.

EPISODE III

1838-1842

"After the war of 1812, the British claimed the whole of
the upper part of the vast valley of the St. John. They de-

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iii;tii(lc(l Jill the hiiid above (he 4(Jtli dcy-i't'c of iioi'th latitude,
which included about ouc-third of what v\ as supposed to be
the territoi'v of JMaiue. The (piestiou in dispute was refei'i'ed
to W^illiaui, King of Xet hei'lauds, and he tlecided in favoi' of a
line whicli the treafy did not iiulicate, aiul of which ik ithei'
of the parties had thought. The people of Maine were ind.ig.
nant at this decision. T]iv luitional govei'niuent. anxiou;^ to
avoid Mar, gejierously oifered ]\iaiiu- a million acres of hnui
in .Michigan in excdiange J'or the terriloi'v she would thus lose.
This oti'er was declined and prolonged negotiations ensued.
The territory in disjuite l)ecanie the prey of plunderers. The
region of the Aroostook I'iver was I'obbetl of its most valual>le
timber. The Str.te legislature in seei'et session authoi'ized
Sheriff Strickland to raise a force of volunteers, drive otT the
tresjiassers, and seize their teams. The eomrnand was placed
under ('ai)tain Stove}' Khincs. ''

Ab()ott and Elwell's History of ]Maine

SCENE 1
( 'haracters

Captain Stover l\hines
Sheriff Strickland
Volunteers

(Captain i\liines, Slieriff Strickland and \^)lunteers
ap{)ear. )

Cai)tain Stover Rhines. — Halt! We have caught the tres-
passers at their thieving. Men. l)y the ordei- of oui" governoi',
seize the lumber and the teams.

(Arrest and seizures ai'e made. Several luml)ermen (>s-
(•a])e to the Canadian side.)

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"Governor Harvey of New Brunswick issued a proclama-
tion declaring British territory had been invaded, and sent a
communication to the governor of Maine that he was instruct-
ed by the British governor to hold exclusive jurisdiction over
the disputed territory."

Abbott and Elwell 's History of Maine

SCENE 2

Characters

Captain Stover Rhines
Sheriff Strickland
Several Volunteers
Canadian Sheriff
Canadian Men

(Captain Rhines and Sheriff Strickland with Volunteei*s
cncoimter Canadian Sheriff with men.)

Canadian Sheriff. — By what authority do you interfere
with Canadians on their own territory?

Captain Rhines. — Their OAvn territory, hoAv so?

Canadian Sheriff. — This is His Majesty the King's land.
For the 46th parallel is the true boundary line ; therefore you
trespass.

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Captain Kliines. — iJy the Treaty of Ghent the St. John
was made the boundary, and we are not trespassers. It is you
that trespass.

Canadian Sheriflt'. — You lie ! and in the name of the British
fTOvernnient. I arrest you. Men, seize these Yankee meddlers.

(Sherifit* Strickland escapes.)

"Land Agent IMcIntyre was among the first upon the dis-
puted territory. James Fitzherbert was able to ati'ord the best
inn accommodations and Mclntyre with Sheritf Strickland was
stopping there. At this time Mr. Johnston had sent his son
to Tobique with a grist. There he learned that a party was
being organized to go to Fitzherbert 's inn and capture the
American officers. He started with the grist to give the alarm,
but the Canadians on their way to the inn overtook him and
held him back."

SCENE 3

Characters
Sheriff Strickland
Land Agent Mclntyre
Canadian Sherifif with Men
Warren Johnston

(Sherilf Strickland and Mclntyre are coming from thu
woods.)

Sheriff Strickland. — I'm getting tired of this camping in
the woods and on boughs.

Land Agent Mclntyre. — I, too. Let's try Fitzherbert 's
tavern.

Sheriff Strickland. — It's the best shelter here.

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(•< 'jinadiau Sheriff and men ai){)ea/\ )

Canadian Slieriff. — Ili, you Vaidvee spies. We ari'est you
ill tiie name of His ^Lajesty the king. They seize Melntyre.

Land A<re]it J\[clMtyre. — Hun, Strielvhmd, i-un.

Canadian Shei'iff. — (to men) Don't h't that luan eseape.
We want l)oth of them, ("ateh him I

Canadian 3Ian. — Cateli liim:' Catch tluil uuui .' I'm no
l)looming' race horse — tlial "s Strickland.

(Strie1\laud escapes.)

SCENE IV

Characters
Captain Pari'ott
State Militia

(Captain Pai'rott and State Militia arrive.)

Captain Parrott. — On yonder lull we'll erect a fort, and
for our beloved o-overnor, we'll call it Fort Fairfield. Men.
mount the caniH)n on the summit and plant Old Glory. For-
ward, ^lai'ch !

(Flag Raising and Salute.)

Fort Fairfield! Fort Fairfield! Fort Fairfield!

"In the year 1S42 Lord Ashburton came to Washington,
the British ambassador authorized to form a new treaty for
the settlement of the boundary. Commissioners were appoinl-
ed to confer w\{\\ Lord Ashbui'fon and Secretai'y Daiiie!
Wel)s1er u])oii this subject. The ([uestiou was l)rough1 to an
;iiiiicable std t lement . "'

Abbott and Elwell's lIis1or\- of i\Liine

S( 'ENE 5

Characters
Captain Van Ness
Lieutenant Kicketts
Iinited States Regulars
( 'anadian Captain

Canadian Troops
Secretary Daniel AVel)ster
Tjord Ashburton

( Tnited States Regulars under Captain Van Xess and
Lieutenant Ricketts march on to Pageant grounds. Car.adinn
redcoats under Captain join the American troops. From the
right comes Daniel Webster. From the left Lord Ashburton.)

THE HANDCLASP OF FRIENDLY RELATIOXSHU^
J^ETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS.

INTERLUDE
Tlu' Treaty Dance — the coming of peace.
EPISODE IV

SCENE 1
PRli\l IT I VE TOAVN-MEETl NCI

State of Maine
To Mark Trafton, Jr., Constable.

You are hereby re<piested to notify and warn the legal
voters of Letter D Plantation [now Foi't Fairfi»^ld| to meet at
the schoolhonse at the Fort in said Plantation on ^Monday, the
twenty-seventh day of INLirch, at one o'clock in the afternoon,
to act upon the following articles. \iz : —
1st. To choose a moderator to pn^side at said nnM-ting.

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2(1. '!"() clioosc ;i Pl;iiit;iti(Hi ("It-rlv.
■ Ul. 'I'd choose Assessoi's.
•itii. To choose ;i school coiiiinitlee.
-1th. To choos<- Jill olhei' iieeessjiry officers.
6th. To act iipoii iiny other l)usiiiess thtit may properly

come Ix't'ore said meeting.
7th. To see what sum of money the i)lantation will i-aise for

sujtport of schools.
I'^tii. To see hoAv iinich money the phuitation will raise foi'

making- and I'epairing I'oads and high^vays.
ilth. To see if the plantation will vote that the school com-
iidttee and assessors district the plantation iido six
school districts.
10th. 'i'o see what sum of money teachers in plantation
scliools shall re( tdve as W(^ekly wag(-s. and if tliey
slndl board around.
11th. To see if the taxes can be paid in oats at twenty-five

cents per bushel and buckwheat at two shillings.
12tli. To see if the un})aid taxes of 185;^ can be paid in road

work at 12 cents per hour for men and oxen.
i;)th. To see if bids will be accei>ted for cai'e of the poor.
14th. To see if collection of taxi-s be set up at auction and

sold to highest biddei'.
I'jth. To sec if the })lantation will \o1e to sell the i)ublic lots

to settlei's for not less than ^sl.OO pel- acre.
Kith. To see if the i)lantation will accept a I'oad laid out b\-
assessors fi-oni Wingate Haines' Mill to Pati-i(dc IMc-
Shea's. also the road leading from Fort Fairfield to
Pres(|ue Isle near Otis Eastman's.

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(iixt'ii under our luiuds this first day of March, A. 1). 1S54.

-^, . "l .lonatium Ilopkiuson

Fhintaiio'.i I a c. n- i i

(- A. S. Richards

Assessors I , . .

j .Jesse S. Averdl

Aunual I\leeting, Letter I) Plantation, JMarch 19th, 1854.

Pursuant to the within wai'rant to nie directed I liave noti-
tied and warned the inhabitants of said plantation. Letter IX
qualified as therein expressed, to assemble at the time and
place and for the purposes ^vit!lin mentioned, by posting up an
attested co})y of sucli warrant at the store of John McClusky,
being a i)ublic and conspicuous idace in said plantation, on
Monday, the nijieteenth day of IMarch. being seven days before
said meeting.

Mark Trafton, Jr., Constable of said Plantation.
A True ( 'opy.

x\ttest : 1). Cummings, Plantation Clerk.

SCENE 2
Primitive Church
The congregation asseiid;)les.
Psalm by the })astor.
Invitation sung l)y choir.
Contributions.
The congregation dis})erses.

EPISODE V

SCENE 1
Shingh' Industry

This ei)isode will be enacted before and after the pageant
on either entrance to the grand stancL

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"Asliland for wealth,

Pi-esque Isle for Pride ;
If it hadn't been for shingles.

Fort Fairfield would have dird.""

The process of shaving shingles by hand.

The steer team will be driven by Mr. George C. Cary of St. Johns-
bury, Vt., who, when a young boy. hauled shingles in this way.

SCENE 2

Domestic Life at the Time

Carding, Reeling, Spinning and Weaving demonstrated

EPISODE VI

1861
A Ball in the 'HO's
(Characters
Stage-Coachman
Recruiting Officer
Dancers
Friends and Relatives

(Dancei's Do Chorus Jig and \'ii'ginia Keel.)

(Stage-coachman drives in.)

Stage-eoachman. — Fort Sumpter fired upon and Pi-csideiit
Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers!

Recruiting Officer. — Who will answer to our beloved
President's call ?

Men.— I— I— 1—1— 1. etc.

Reci'uiting Officer. — Vans leave at once for Iloulton. Men
fall in.

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(Sad lea vc-ta Idiiii: of voluiitcei's. I)('{)art by singing Tlie
(iif! I l.cft H.-hind Mo.)

"Fort Fail-field sent 120 of hei- sons to the Civil war. From
first to last, whetlier tiushed by victory or depressed by disas-
ter, her sons were ready to brave the dangers of the battle
field, and, if need ))e, give their lives that the nation might
live. Her roll of honoi- stands upon the national record. Her
heroic dead and lier wounded and disabled veterans represent
almost evei'y famil\' of that day."

Ellis's History of Fort Fairfield

EPISODE VII

('utting fi'om the Loyal Sunrise {)rinted at Presque Isle,
duly f), LSlif)

"("elebi'ation at Presfpie Isle, Maine'"
"At nine o'clock Captain Stevens' company of artillery
from Foi't Kent came in with colors flying and band playing,
and was received by our people with demonstrations and aj)-
plause. The Fort Kent artillery came SO miles to take part
in the celebration and deserve great credit for their patriotic
effort. Their battery was stolen, not captured, from them on
the eve of their leaving for home, by some "border ruffians,"
which deprived us of the pleasure of hearing the national
'Sfdute.

SCENE 1

Characters
Stephen Phi])ps
Albion Wellington
Har\ev (Joodhue

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(Stephen Phipps and Albion Wellington drive on Pageant
grounds and encounter Harvey Goodhue.)

Harvey Goodhue. — Where to, now, boys?

Albion Wellington. — Fort Kent, Captain Pattee says the
old cannon must boom for us on the Fourth and not for
Presque Isle, and so we are going to get it.

Harvey Goodhue. — Want any help?

Stephen Phipps. — Yes. Come on, we may need you. Fire
crackers for Presque Isle, cannon for Fort Fairfield.

Albion Wellington. — The old gun is rightfully ours. It
was taken from Fort Fairfield without authority.

Stephen Phipps. — Right about face, Goodhue, and we'll
pick up more help at Violette brook.

Harvey Goodhue. — All right. You're ac(iuainted with
Sam Stevens at Fort Kent?

Stephen Phipps. — Leave it to me, I 've got a scheme to
work Stevens.

Albion Wellington. — Jump in, Goodhue. Three cheers
for Pattee and the old cannon !

(Team starts for Fort Kent.)

SCENE 2

(Three days later.)
Characters
Joseph Fisher
Edward Dorsey

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Dr. Perl^iiis

Albion Welliiiy:1ou

Stei)lien Phipps

11(1 rvey (.Tootlhue

J esse Drew

Captain Stephen Pattee

Sanniel Stevens of Fort Kent

Pres([ne Isle Men

ToAvnspeGple

(J()sej)li Fisher, Edward Dorsey and Dr. Perkins v/atehingr
for retni'ti of men with cannon.)

Joseph Fisiier. — About time the boys were tjetting back!

Edvrard Dorsey. — Suppose anything has happened?

Dr. Perkins. — Don't woi'ry. Those fellows ai'e all right,
and here they eonie now. Hi. there I

(Albion Wellington, Stei)hen Phipps and Harvey iJoodhue
ap})roaeh in team with cannon.)

Albion Wellington. — Hi !

Joseph Fishtn'. — You've got it, boys.'

Stephe)! Phip])s. — Sure thing! The little gun is right with
us.

Jose|ih Fisher. — How did the game work?

Albion AVellington. — Slick as blazes. Sam Stevens had
the cannon out with artillery practising for the Presque Isle
celel)rati()n

Stephen Phipps. — Sam worked overtinu' to show us what
thi^y were going to do

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THE SPIRIT OF ELECTRICITY

Hai'vey Gooclliue. — Aiul where the guii was kcj)!. and how

it was i)erfeeted

(All laugh.)

Stephen Phipps. — Now, where will we store it?

Dr. Perkins. — Pattce and Uncle Jesst' think you had het-

ter hide it in my eel la i' for the rest of the night.

All.— All right.

(Start to hide gun.)

Joseph Fisher. — You don't think Pi'csque Isle will get (ui
a hump to find it. do you?

Albion Wellington. — We'll give them some ehase if the\-
do. Here's Pattee now and Uncle Jesse with his yellow vest
and bi-ass buttons.

All. — Hi there, captain. All orders obeyed.

Pattee. — We'll wake the slumbers all right on the Third,
but what is the excitenn-nt of this flying horsenuin?

Horseman. — Sam Stevens has notified Pres([ue isle of the
missing gun and he with T)!) men are riding here to capture it.

Jesse Drew. — Lord a i\lassyl They're after the gun I

Stephen Philips. — liminy and Simmons! What's to be
clone ?

Jesse Drew. — Ti-ust in Pattee. and keej) your powder diy.
Spread the alarm, and we'll give Sam and his cohorts a warm
reception.

(People assemble with guns. Sam Stevens with Pres(jue
Isle men drive in.)

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Sam Stevens. — Here, you nitfiaiis, deliver up that gun
you've stolen !

Pattee. — That gun belongs to Fort Fairfield. You have
MO legal claim to it.

Sam Stevens. — We have a legal claim; but if that is of no
avail, by the powers that be, we shall take it by force I

Pattee. — Force, or no force, if you take the gun you take
it over our dead bodies.

Sam Stevens. — Keep your ill-gotten gun. It is better to
sutt'er wrong than do wrong. l)oys, about face !

Pattee and followers sing:

"Sam Stevens with his hundred men

Came riding on their horses,
rUit 'twarn't no use, they stood no show

With Fort Fairfield bosses."

EPISODE VIII

1860

Coming of the Swedes with AV. W. Thomas

The Sw(M!ish iiinnigi-ation was the first and only immigi-a-
tion planned and carritMl out by a State. Hon. W. W. Thomas,
ex-consul to Sweden in lS(i;5, was chosen to carry out thi:"
gi'eat enterprise.

■"Fortliis new impulse in the great primary life of settle-
nu'iit the State is i)rincii)ally indebted to the skill an.d uidiring
efl'oi'ts of t!ie Commissioner of Imiingi'ation, W. \V. Thomas.
who has on both sides of the Atlanti<' devoted himself 1o IIk'
cause in a way woi'thy the thanks of tin- State."

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"The colonj' consisted of 51 Swedes. Each man brought
credentials from his pastor. In this way the colony was a
colony of picked men with their wives and families. They
brought with them their pastor, their Sabbath and church ob-
servances. On July 22d, they arrived at Tobicpie, and drove
across to Fort Fairfield, the first American town.

"It is pleasant to witness the interest with which Sweden,
the Mother country, watched over the welfare of her sons and
daughters in this distant land. The governor of the State of
Maine received this letter from the Swedish parliament : —

"All your promises to our people have been kept and
have even been surpassed by your. generosity. What Ave have
lost from the fatherland will not then have been lost to human-
ity. God bless your land."

(This episode is enacted by the Swedish colony from New
Sweden, Maine, led by Hon. W. W. Thomas, who has lately re-
turned to this country Avith his Avife and family to visit old
friends. Mrs. Thomas and the tAvo sons Avill also participate
in this scene. Hon. Albert A. Burleigh of Houlton, imperson-
ates his father, Avho Avas land agent at the time.)

Characters

Hon. W. W. Thomas

Hon. Albert A. Burleigh

•Judge William Small

Swedish Pastor

Immigrants

Fort Fairfield ToAvnspeople

Preparation of Entertainment for the SAvedish Colony by
the peoj)le of Fort Fairfield.

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Their arrival. Dinner servetl b.y the ladies of the town.
Address of welcome by Judge William Small. Speech by
Hon. \V. \V. Thomas. A prayer of thanksgiving by the pastor
of the colony. Swedish hymn sung by the immigrants. Their
d(q)arture through Caribou to New Sweden.

EPISODE IX

1875
Coming of the Railroad

' ' November 18, 1875, was a red letter day for Fort Fair-
field by the publication of the first newspax^er and the arrival
of the first train connecting Fort Fairfield with the outside
world by rail.'"

Ellis's History of Fort Fairfield

(,'haracters

Judge William Snmll

Hon. Alexander Gibson, Presitlent New I>runswick Railway

Hon. William Widderburne, Speaker of the Provincial House

of Assembly
( 'anadian Guests '

Townspeople

(Townsi)eoi>le assemble to see first train steam into Fort
Fairfield. The train arrives on bank across river. The hoist-
ing of the Stars and Stripes and Union Jack together.
S])eeches made by })i'ominent men.)

Judge William Small. — "Fellow townspeople: The stay
ol our friends is necessarily short, as the cars are to leave at
six o'clock, in which they are to return, but before they leave
it is desirable to have a friendly interchange of thought and
congratulations, so 1 shall call on our distinguished visitors:

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liMif*^ •«■»«««■

Hon. Alexander Gibson, President of the Xe^v Brunswiek Rail-
road. Hon. William Widderbnrne, Speaker of the Provincial
House of Assembly.

Hon. Alexander Gibson: — "Ladies and Gentlenu-n : I am
happy to meet this pleasant company on this pleasant occa-
sion. One year ago 1 visited this county and Fort Fairfield.
I then had an interview with citizens of this tow^n and
promised them that upon their performance of certain condi-
tions, Ave would have a train of cars in this village in the
month of November, 1875. We are here with the cars on the
last day of the month. In one year from today, if not before,
we intend to water the 'iron horse' at Caribou. I thank you,
ladies and gentlemen, for this grand demonstration in honor
of the New Brunswick Railway."

Hon. William Widderbnrne. — "It is in the interests of
(peace we make railroads, not of war. They should bind to-
gether in bonds of love and good will distant people,
cement friendships already existing and create new reasons
why Avar Avitli its garments rolled in blood shall never again
rear its hideous form and stalk over the tAvo empires, one of
our Queen Victoria and the other the land of Abraham Lin-
coln."

Judge Small. — Xoav, if our honorable guests with theii-
friends Avill rei)air to the ToAvn Hall, they Avill find dinner
served for them by the ladies of the village.

(Note — The above speeches are the originals taken from
{: copy of the Fort Fairfield Aurora, Avhose first issue came out
on that day.)

INTERLUDE

A Symbolic dance of the Potato Trade Avith Ncav P^nglaiid.

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The Middle Atla.itie States, The Sunny Sonth and Cuba.

The Aroostook Potato Girl "Hesitates" with the I^oston
Market, "Pox Trots" with New York, "Cake Walks" with
the Knnny South, Does the "S{)anish AValtz" with Cuba.

Aroostook potatoes have been shii)ped at some time to
every State in the Cnion, also to South America, but the bulk
of the potato business is with the New England and JMiddle
Atlantic States, the South and Cuba.

EPISODE X

Aroostook Potato Industry

Review of the Potato Industry from its earliest methods,
l>eg'inning with : —

The Man with the Hoe

The Hand Fork Digger

The Sulky Plow

The Potato Planter

The Riding Cultivator

The Riding Two-Row Hoe

The Three-Cylinder Sprayer

The Hoover Digger

The Automatic Sorter

Marketing on Pall-P>earing Jiggers

To do his shopping the Aroostook farmer brings his fam-
ily to town in his automobile.

The figures below show the growth of the Aroostook i)ota-
1o market from 1S94-10L5, inclusive: —

1895 1,903,521 buslnds

1899 3,478,616 bushels

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U)U1 5;i65,421 bi/.shels

19U;; 6,411,082 bushels

11)0.') 9,270,446 busiiels

1!H)7 7,208,214 bushels

1!)0!I 11.835,410 busliels

1910 18,094.3r)S ])ushe]s

1911 16,806,797 bushels

1912 14,454.102 bushels

191;! 20,226,508 bushels

1^14 17,822,482 bushels

1915 14,967,859 bushels

In 1915 the i)()tat() business done in Aroostook county
lacked very little of $15,000,000.

The snuill and unsalable potatoes are used in the fall foi'
starch, also souietiiiu's those on hand at the end of tlie ship-
ping season. The Aroostook starch business varies from 1.000
to 2,000 tons a season.

INTERLUDE

A Symbolic Dance

Electricity Harnesses the Spirit of the Falls. Its Struggle
with the Wild Elements and its Final Victory over Them.

Five nnles below Fort Fairfield on the Aroostook river
are the Aroostook falls. Until 1907 the sjjot was one of
l)ictures(pie bcaidy, attracting the tourist and the pleasure
seeker. In that year Mr. Arthur (lonld of Pres(pn' Isle. JMainc.
having secured a charter from the New IJrunswick Legislature,
installed there a power station un(b:'r the name of the Maine
& Xew r.runswick Electrical Fow(U' (V)mi)any. To-day the
company lights the following towns: Fort Fairfield, Pres(pie
Isle, Houlton. Mapleton, Maplegrove, Limestone, Van Buren,

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ism

Waslibiirii, Hritlgewalcr, Easlon. .Moiitierlk), and Ihtdgdo'.i,
ou the Maine si(lt% and St. Leonards, Grand Falls, Andoxcr asid
I'erth on the New Brunswicdv side. It also sn])plies current
to the Aroostook Valley Railway, and is as yet using only
about one third of the available ])ow(U-.

GRAND FINALE MARCH

Fort Fairti(dd of the Present Views the (ri-and Old Pasi
and Strettdu's out her efficient Arms to Posterity and the
Future.

(Fort Fairfield entei'S in wlnte chariot reining a s])aii of
white horses. At her side, walk the symbols for which ^,lu^
stands, Education. Religion, Fraternity and Agriculture. Then
>-ome her neighboi'ing towns. Caribou, Pres([ue Isle, Linu-stone,
Easton, Houlton, Mars Hill, Plaine, New Sweden, Van Pui-en.
and Fort Kent. Together they view the glorious j)ast — the
long procession of events which re])resent also the nmking of
any one of the sister towns.)

Majestically the procession wends its way past the white
ehariot down the green valley of the Aroostook, while the Cen-
tennial Hymn is being sung by a thousand voices. Puglers
announce Posterity, a beautiful girl clad in white. She brings
to Fort Fairfield her future — -'^00 efficient school children, who
lovingly crown her.

"Honu' of our childhood, live for aye.

Ours till death and ours alway!"
"And the Star Spangled Panner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the honu' of tln^ brave."

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

0 013 983 692 3

LIST OF PATRONS FOR
THE CENTENNIAL

Governor Curtis, Portland, Maine

Hon. Carl E. Milliken, Island Palls, Maine

Senator Johnson, Waterville, Maine

Hon. F. E. Guernsey, Dover, Maine

Hon. Frank C. Ames, Machias, Maine

,Rev. T. W. Fessenden, Harborside, Maine

Mr. George C. Gary, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Mrs. Florence E. W. Bliss, Worcester, Mass.

Hon. M. N. Drew, Portland, Maine

Hon. Willis E. Parsons, Foxcroft, Maine

Hon. F. M. Drew, Lewiston, Maine

Hon. J. B. Madigan, Houlton, Maine

Hon, A. A. Burleigh, Houlton, Maine

Mr. Howard Safford, Mars Hill, Maine

Hon. W. H. Dilling, Easton, Maine

Mr. Charles F. Daggett, Presque Isle, Maine

Mr. Arthur R. Gould, Presque Isle, Maine

Major A. W. Spaulding, Caribou, Maine

Mr. H. D. Collins, Caribou, Maine

Mr. Fred F. Spear, Limestone, Maine

Hon. Nicholas Fessenden, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Hon. H. W. Trafton, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Hon. Percy R. Todd, Bangor, Maine

Hon. W. W. Thomas, Portland^ Maine

Mr. E. K. Guild, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Dr. W. D. Kinney, Osterville, Mass.

Dr. A. D. Sawyer, Fort Fairfield, Maine

Florence C. Porter, Los Angeles, Calif.

Mr. A. G. Fenlason, Fort Kent, Maine

Hon. P. C. Keegan, Van Buren, Maine