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iiion are a (lifforont article tlian tliose who ordc^r us about 

 in cosmopolitan New York. 



If a stranij^er falls ill in Portland lie should take the 

 nearest hack and direct the driver to Longfellow's Statue 

 and then down Conoress Street toward tlie Union De])ot. 

 AVe will guarantc^e he will find the doetor at home, no mat- 

 ter what his hours. We doubt if there is a parallel case 

 on this eontinent. AVe do not exa<»'.nerate in stating that 

 we believe in that half mile tliere are more doctors than 

 in any other half mile in any State of the Union. There 

 is one thing eertain, there couldn't be any more, as a 

 doctor's sign is on every house, and when you see a 

 double house there you find a doul)le doctor; and ]Mr. 

 Sawl)ones is not confined to one side of the street, as 

 in every house on each side the doctor is at your service. 

 The Portland doctors seem to believe in that patriotic 

 plirase, ''United we stand, divided we fall." It is quit(^ un- 

 fortunate that in so high and healthy a city the doctors 

 have pre-empted the main artery between its busiest pul)lic 

 S(iuare and the I^nion Depot. It produces a sickening 

 impression. 



The depot used by the Maiwe Tentral Pail road is a fine 

 architectural structure. We found that the cars of the Bar 

 IIar])or Ex|)ress contained all the conveniences that the 

 most exacting passenger could ask for, and we enjoyed 

 every minute of the four hours we spent sj^HMling through 

 ' the cool and beautiful country from Portland to Bangor. 

 Our train made a ten-minute stop at Augusta. As we 

 looked over the town our thoughts wandered back to 

 Maine's great statesman — tlie Plun:ed Kniglit. There were 

 two men defrauded out of tlie Presidency, Samuel J. Tilden 

 and James G. Blaine — Tilden in the State of Louisiana 

 and Blaine in New York City. 



