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THE MAINE PEOPLE. 

 In tliis account of a trip to Maine, it becomes 

 a very pleasant duty to place on record our 

 agreeable experience of its i)eople. Wherever 

 we traveled we were treated in tlie most hospit- 

 able manner by all, and it is only truth to say, 

 that for kindness, sobriety and true friendshij), 

 the Maine peoi^le cannot be surpassed. As far 

 as the writer learned, not one intoxicated man 

 was seen by the party during the trip. The 

 Maine law certainly works well in the land of 

 its origin. 



INTERESTING EVENTS. 

 Before closing this narrative mention must be 

 made of certain interesting events in connection 

 with the fronting excursion, referring more par- 

 ticularly to Mr. Cooke and to Mr. Page, than 

 whom no two more agreeable, friendly and really 

 good Christian men can be found, in a fishing 

 party or out of it. Mr. Cooke is most kind and 

 generous wherever he goes, paying special at- 

 tention to the little children, and to Sunday 

 schools and Churches. He presented libraries to 

 the Sunday-schools of one of the villages through 

 which we j)assed, Mr. Page doing the same at 

 another village. Both of these gentlemen are 



