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heartily in sympathy with the people of the region, not a 

 stranger eager for pelf. He shonld be wealthy enough to 

 be practically above want. If he would accept the posi- 

 tion, it would not be difficult to designate him. 



Again, York Institute should be the depository of other 

 historical facts. So long as questions in early Maine his- 

 tory are unsettled, this society will be needed, to help 

 discover the truth, and to stand by it boldly. Why so? 

 Because, if for no other reason, this is the oldest part of 

 the State permanently settled ; because, if here where her 

 history almost begins, we have no concern or pride in the 

 matter, no one else can be blamed for indifference towards 

 the glorious State whose motto is the proudest: "Dirigo," 

 "I direct." You see these things will forge to the front. 

 The early history of our State must be written, and writ- 

 ten aright, and of all other counties in the land the 

 county that held within its limits the Jii^st duly incorpor- 

 ated city 071 thiis continent, ought to have something to 

 say about the manner in which this history should be 

 written ; ought to feel an enthusiasm, a spirit about it, 

 that would assert just claims and maintain them until 

 granted. 



York Institute, as this county's historic society, has 

 certainly a ver}^ important duty and an excellent oppor- 

 tunity without searching further. These it must not 

 shirk. 



"Talk up Maine, if you Please" is an article in one of 

 our local papers of recent date, and it will bear repetition. 

 "In the first place, Maine stands fourth among the thirty- 

 eight states in the number of water-wheels and the amount 

 of water-power she has in use. In her quarrying indus- 

 tries she ranks first in grranite and third in slate, beius: 

 exceeded in the latter only by Pennsylvania and Vermont. 

 In shipbuilding she is third in the list, outranking all the 

 States with the exception of New York and Pennsylvania, 



