Summer days down East . Here occurred the first hanging in Maine, when a terriblemurder was avenged by the strong hand of the offended law. Thistown was in the territory purchased of the Indians by the ambitiousChristopher Lawson, and sold by him to Clark and Lake, the ante-diluvian land speculators. The latter endeavored to live on his newdomain; but the Indians cancelled his title by putting him to death, andan aristocratic kinsman. Sir Biby Lake, came into possession. It wasas dangerous a piece of property as a landed estate in Ireland is in thelast quarter of the nineteenth century, and th
Summer days down East . Here occurred the first hanging in Maine, when a terriblemurder was avenged by the strong hand of the offended law. Thistown was in the territory purchased of the Indians by the ambitiousChristopher Lawson, and sold by him to Clark and Lake, the ante-diluvian land speculators. The latter endeavored to live on his newdomain; but the Indians cancelled his title by putting him to death, andan aristocratic kinsman. Sir Biby Lake, came into possession. It wasas dangerous a piece of property as a landed estate in Ireland is in thelast quarter of the nineteenth century, and the good English knightcontented himself with barren ownership, and did not take prevent further Indian intrusions (and thus to reduce, the localdeath-rate) a formidable fortress was erected, and named Fort Shirley,in honor of the Governor of Massachusetts. Here Major Sam Good-win lay in garrison, with a band of tough Provincials, until the Con-quest of Canada removed all danger from the heads of these fair. Topsham, Bowdoinham, and Richmond. 23 valleys. Three brothers by the name of Gushing settled here after thefort was dismantled, and became leaders among the Kennebec a number of the Saxon immigrants whom Gen. Waldo hadbrought from Europe made their homes here, and the locality naturallyreceived the name of DRESDEN, after the capital of their later there came to the place the gallant Major Polereczky, aveteran officer of Rochanibeaus army, who received the proud officeof town-clerk, and thus ruled the records of the little republic for fifteenyears. Richmond is a pretty river village, with long and rural streets, over-arch-^d with elms and maples, and occupied here and there by smallfactories. Along the Kennebec extend the great ship-yards, aboundingin shavings and chips, and overlooked by gaunt stagings from whichmany a fleet ocean-racer has slipped away into its destined element. Ship-building began here more than fifty years a
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