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"Brewer Citizen" Pub. by Union Publishing Co.  Bangor.  Feb. 1889
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leol. caDle in !&{raw,
 
,!HOIl tof Bouthhay.
 
:Sollie of tile peuple Uullt 3S jolly as ever. He stated he hlld
 
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Said. th e.v had 110 f('preselltalion ill to\\'1I lIome tbought" on woman!s suffrage
 
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afialr~ alld wallled to be ",-t apart.
 
Why which he "bould like to give ml, and said
 
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in Uly • I ibe " ,. all I!' t 'qual rt'prese llta- that he passed Wt'dne"dIlY afternoon lind
 
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~ - /4. ,.'C/~ion Ullii we wo u ld thillk it a IlUrrid thillg evenin!!l .. the nwetimrs of the Committee
 
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--to dll' iele th,' Pl'O" e.
 
Oil 1,1· ...a l Affairs" who had this female
 
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J'~ "No. I hU"e Il l've r seen any wampum qlll'~ti~n under di~cu",;ioll. The thoughts
 
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used, a cI J don' t thilll, Ill ell are bought. " whkh ran thl'lIugh hill mind were sowe1< '
 
_ ,y :Ire lI o t Fok lllll in op elling- th e CU UII - thin~ like this:
 
Th.
 
-80METHINO ABOUT THE PENOB.oil talk . We s llIok" the calulllt't alld are
 
Thf'l'e is lin old tradition in our tribe,
 
~"8COT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND
 
, vel} >-oleTllu lwfore the bi!!' talk hegin s ,that woman spran/rfromab .. autiflllplllnt,
 
HIS WORK.
 
J!llt over t.lli're th,·y are giddy. Every. but the white lIIan t .. aches she came fl'om
 
,,~h'inh b dOlle ill writillg'.
 
a Illan al ,d frolll a rib taken while he
 
,. ~d Ab()ut. the Uorl He has In Pickle for
 
',.( 'l'hillk l-{ohi e in tile Hou se is the 1II0;;t sit'pt. The white man "peaks of the Ship
 
\,_&n Aroo~took lUember-Do We Owe the
 
-soulld IIlall tllcre and llik.· him best, hut 'fit' :;t"te, and of his count .. y a~ a ship, lind
 
'1 Ind 'aos $40(),OOO ?-He Makes M~ine an
 
'<I.otell you J " , Mallly is very hundy , and he says the supn'me I'i~ht in the land is
 
Oft'_ r-A Ild 'Vanls the Seat of GO"ernment
 
he 'can Ilt hilns, If to any place pretty the I\!!ht of suffrage. Nnw when a
 
• "r-Remove d to Oldtown.
 
,"~u:C-k . Talbot of Ea;;t ~Iaehiasis a gleat qllestion which c"ncerns the whole coun"YlItehll1an: He watclws everytiJillg' and try comes up, thf'n ShollhJ the supremacy
 
t, From time to time there hns appeared,l,le askes ahout eve n thillg. GI·.-at fellow be exercb .. d. Now let us ~ee! Wh" n a
 
;. portioll' of the press of :\Iaine, refer- ask. They arc a temperance set. "hip i,; hnilt" the keel is laid, and this is
 
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,;ence~ to Jo;:el-'h NIcola, an Indian and a
 
Jinve lIn fanlt to find with lilly olle', 1101. the slime liS the "aekuone in a humau
 
'Ylclllllel' of th· · pres" nt HOll-e of Hepre - '\lvl'n with the new melllber from Aroo s- b •. ino-. Then thf' rills are added to suit.
 
seutativeil, wh" rl'presents tlw Penob~eot -t!Qol;" h .. bOil tiJe co nllllittee on Illdiun No,,;' "uppose thl' ~hip goes on the rocl'8.
 
'~he,
 
the 100;;t one referring to his .all'air;;, an.! who would uot do jus tice to Hihs mav break and give wa.v , but still
 
;'sLrou/C alltLmanly face. Bnt previolls t',
 
cU~: H e furl" t 8 this la llt! is rightfully she may· be savt'd. nUL if the kepI breHks
 
ltlis, !'om .. of these papers have llIade him :/!lurs, Ullt ~9.r he has been kind, for he the hack bon~ is J!one Hnd the cralt
 
ULttt he ghould lemain at Au:.:u~ta II !It't we Illlllting' up the HCCOUllt betweell doomeLl. Therefnrf', in my opinion the
 
:Colli,l .. of Wt~""S or 8,,.0, and then go 1lOme,
 
the tribe alld the Slatt', and I lilld there i, ~llprelllacy is vested In the keel, or back
 
.lira\\ illg however, nis salary "'tir th'l
 
due u~ just $459,924, all(i I tim going' to bOlle, Hud not in rihR, nor in any thing
 
,Whole te l'lll . Of COIII'se Mr. N icola reae!
 
lI,;k hi III to pay it. H e SHyS he wauts to ' e\-er made out. of a rib.
 
*hese, and on ~Ionday hst he ClIlled JIl , $'!Vc.us what ~\'e deserve and nOLhillg
 
U.. ferring again to the Indian claim,
 
U8 "lid told us there was no truth ill the-e
 
more.
 
MI'. Nicola ~a' s he ba" made the Stat..
 
~~,orif''', alld Ihat h~ had nUlnel'ou". duties
 
;: ,Here Nicola drew from his poek .. t hook the followin!! liberal offer. If Maine will
 
lo perforlll_ to whwll h" shollid g'l\'e the a ·"heet "f lJHl-'er, co\',e l'ed with figure s pay over the fOllr hundred and ode!
 
~1IH' attention us did tis white brethren
 
whkh would be a credit to a hi~h schoul tholl~a: : tI, Mr. Nicola ag' ees to throw
 
'10 their ,; .
 
lI.. y, so fal' liS n"atnelSS and acc uracy goes. POI tl~nd and Ballgol' in the sharie. by
 
, ' In the fir~t place we de!'ire to ~tate t-O ,lIe expla lued thelll as fullows:
 
I-'ivillg back one half, if Maine willlllove
 
VIe fUlIlIY pllragrH]lhpr~, that Mr. Nicola
 
, Th"re is clu·· II" f.,r rent of shores for the Sl~ at of govenllnent to Oldtown
 
1fI a thorou~h ~elltl .. m:lD. and, althollg'h
 
26 Jear~ at ~4.600 ppr year .... .. ~ 119,600 wllf're it helon~s.
 
be is 1111 IlILliall , yel he has such all edu- ~ -The price wu s $:,000 per
 
Nicola has been hef"re the temperance
 
.,J!Jltioll a" would ellable hilll t .. "peli do,vlI -year, ""b nt the State paid
 
cnllllllitt"e, lind a~kpd theln to report the
 
:nuite a hatch of the pre-t'nt House, s hould only $~OO.
 
foliowin!! ;; pl'e ial law:
 
'Miat bOlly go into a s lwliillg scho"l ~e~_:' LOS8 of mOlwy put into
 
AllY olle selling liquor to II P enobscot.
 
sion. At. ti!!' ure~, a s will he seclI bl:'fore
 
~he Stale Treas ury . . .... . _. . .... 13,000
 
Indian, In be illlpl i~olJ,'d 011 conviction,
 
':~. e con..Iude Ihis :~ icle, he is no newice.
 
- - - - thirty days withont hail, for tirst ofi',nce.
 
"Tutal $'] 3:!,600 Whoev, 'I' carries to lin IndiulI's house, or
 
1lild he write s a better hand than do .. ,..
 
-!Jome ~ th\!. _';"'pulll' rs who pok e fUll at
 
Th e c:l~h put into rre~su ry b ~- t Il e t, ib., wh" gives' to an Inrii:lII, liquor, a puni shtil-Ill. ,,.'he n-t'b tlil~ is atlded tile facl that
 
wus $GO_ ()OO alld veal's afterwards it was : m ellt douhle the above.
 
"Just wa tch
 
be is 1\ Ie lll. erawe rnati ;qlli ,·t and corrt'et li'a l'll(~c1 t"at III (Ii~ge nts had elr,\ wn Ollt I that committee and see what they will
 
-is hi~ sl ,eec h aile! a good j1ldg:.. of Ille .. , 8]3 ,000. for what Plll:PO~ . Ih e tribenevel' : do," said Mr. Nicola.
 
;Jl:, will he ~eell at unce that the Penobscots l!inew.
 
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1I11Vl: no rea~on to be ashamed of th"ir ,
 
III ' pre~t on $132,600 at '6 per CPllt. for
 
,12gislatol·.
 
29 years .. . ........... . .. . ...... 1ji230.7ii4
 
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- ~Io. N.cola c am e in. on Monday, being
 
Illl.erpst Oil $4,600 for 26 years,
 
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his \Va.v to Augusta, aLe l' havillg " To whi ch add .... . ......... . . 132 .600
 
\gpi·nt the :;ublJ:lt,h at home. Of eours~ ~ Add other debts .... ... . . .. . .. 84,424
 
\We did lIot lo se ~uI ' h an OppOl·t ullit\' to
 
'1'otlll d .. bt of State. $459,924
 
'PIn -an IlId\;III's id ea of our Legislature
 
Mr. Nicola did nut expect to bring Ihis
 
,.ami the IIII'll there, and in a 10llg alit! ill'>lerl'slill)! tall" h e er.id in substance the amount buck with hilll , ami from the
 
g~~/~~(hd(
 
'winkle of his e.\e and the ~mile upon
 
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-; 'Pit' lng- hllildillg at An g usta is a bu ~ ~' .18 lipt' 118 he talked, one could ea~i1v sur"p'Iace III it. there is a s luw and careful ~l"e thai, he dill not t'xpect to fiud the
 
B1aehill .. havillg t.hrce branche,,; th,' St'lI- " eotlt' man from Aroostook wit.h thl' cllt<h
 
!It .hand, but he soberly deelared tl,at
 
at,.· / the HOII,c all' I the Gove)'n(\I"~ C, ,uneil
 
Thl' HOII~e wal ches tl,e Spnate; Ihe thCJ!e ti:':tlr, 's do but express the truth,
 
Sellut.. wat c h, 's til e Hnuse; til e Gov,'rllor altd that Ihe sum I s only the Penobscots
 
and Coulleil walch bl'th lirallches and aoe.
 
the 1I0";;l-'al-'l'r JIIen watch th e whole lot. , Josepb Nicola, as .,-e bave said is a
 
B"t afte r all, s" lIIl'LiIUCS bad bilis slip
 
Ihroll:! h 1111110ti('ell, 111~(\ th e lI ext morllillg ~trnll/r pnd practical tl'mperance man. lind
 
the new ~pa per chllps tt-li them lIbtJut it. were he not troubled with a ,husky voice
 
..nd th e ll I h"v:\1 I' re-c"n~idered and some- wOtl ,d addre"s the house Oil the ~lIbj ec t
 
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_ ' III 'S 1.1 ' 1'0\\
 
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out. E\ en afler til is, lIIuny _of intemperanc .. in his tribe, and h" wOllla
 
Jaws COllIe had{ to be ame llo/,.d.
 
mnlw .... l!<'od speech 100. Liquor, he says,
 
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.' Pnh:l]Js ROllle :lIl1bitious man wi!l COlliI' i~ rll'nlOl'aliz ng the tribe, allii he is going
 
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-in wi lh It bi!! ~c h e lll l', otl ers obj E-ct allll before thp t,' mpel'llllCe c ' 'mlllittee alld ask
 
-~h t' IJl th c :-<-', is a bi!! pow-wow, \Vlllch eo, t,
 
tl em til draw a bit! makillg it II priso n
 
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th e tax pay ers. g-re:lt d eal. T ake the "ff lie" to either ~ell, giv ... or procure for
 
- ang" r 1;00 111 t1!!1lt! I t Ill ude llIe lauJ! ls. "II Indi:m, intoxio-atimr liquors. Thi,; he
 
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... ~ ,iC., .. ~ " )k ~
 
S,m,,, "I' the hl\\"\ -'.
 
Cit Ie ove
 
-rthere thillk~ would det .. r Oldtown :lIld nangol'
 
,:and tll lkt-'d, lI e n :r ~tood on It floatin g log . dealers fr')m tradillg with the red II1l'n
 
..in tl lei r li\' e,;:, y,·t Ihey s tl'utlHI up allci and i'q11llW8 lind thell his tl'ihe would be
 
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dow n II lld 1'i ',iIIlCci t,hat " WE have pl'ivi- belt... r physically :lIId morally.
 
1e'''e:;-' alld ,, 11 that_
 
One 1II:11J ,aid that
 
Mr. Nicola. while here, an'll nged with
 
-0;1' tiuJI' he let three hundred logs illtu a the cflunty IIttoTU"Y. t·, lI:we the case of
 
'boo III nc1 10(,1; Ollt sev,·J1. :1.I ,c\ as 111':11' 'IS N"well Gllbl'iel. an Ir,diall who stabbed a
 
I - coulll Illah e it lIUt., lI e daim cc1 th e boom IIIf'lnher of the t:'ibo, pO!<lloned
 
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'-peol ,le 1001. Ih, ' twu hU I cil'cd and ni , e ly- Thul'I!dRY, when he would be ill
 
- I11'('e logs, in paYlIJe llt for th e care of the an' ·e. Nicola is bond"lUali fyr.
 
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HON. JOSEPH NICOLA.
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SOMETHING ABOUT THE PENOBSCOT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS WORK.
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And About the Rod He has in Pickle for an Aroostook Member - Do We Owe the Indians $400,000? - He Makes Maine an Offer - And Wants the Seat of Government Moved to Oldtown.
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From time to time there has appeared in portions of the press of Maine, references to Joseph Nicola, an Indian and a member of the present House of Representatives, who represents the Penobscot tribe, the last one referring to his strong and manly face.  But previous to this, some of these papers have made him say that he should remain at Augusta a couple of weeks or so, and then go home, drawing however, his salary for the whole term.  Of course Mr. Nicola read these, and on Monday last he called on us, and told us there was no truth in these stories, and that he had numerous duties to perform, to which he should give the same attention as did his white brethren to theirs.
  
'BON J'OSEPH NICOLA
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In the first place we desire to state to the funny paragrapher, that Mr. Nicola is a thorough gentleman, and, although he is an Indian, yet he has such an education as would enable him to spell down quite a batch of the present House, should that body go into a spelling school session. At figures, as will be seen before we conclude this article, he is no novice, and he writes a better hand than does some of the reporters who poke fun at him. When to this is added the fact that he is a temperance man, quiet and correct in his speech and a good judge of men, it will be seen at once that the Penobscots have no reason to be ashamed of their legislator.
 
 
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"Brewer Citizen" Pub. by Union Publishing Co. Bangor. Feb. 1889 Edited by Frank H. Nickerson

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HON. JOSEPH NICOLA. _______ SOMETHING ABOUT THE PENOBSCOT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND HIS WORK. _______ And About the Rod He has in Pickle for an Aroostook Member - Do We Owe the Indians $400,000? - He Makes Maine an Offer - And Wants the Seat of Government Moved to Oldtown. _______ From time to time there has appeared in portions of the press of Maine, references to Joseph Nicola, an Indian and a member of the present House of Representatives, who represents the Penobscot tribe, the last one referring to his strong and manly face. But previous to this, some of these papers have made him say that he should remain at Augusta a couple of weeks or so, and then go home, drawing however, his salary for the whole term. Of course Mr. Nicola read these, and on Monday last he called on us, and told us there was no truth in these stories, and that he had numerous duties to perform, to which he should give the same attention as did his white brethren to theirs.

In the first place we desire to state to the funny paragrapher, that Mr. Nicola is a thorough gentleman, and, although he is an Indian, yet he has such an education as would enable him to spell down quite a batch of the present House, should that body go into a spelling school session. At figures, as will be seen before we conclude this article, he is no novice, and he writes a better hand than does some of the reporters who poke fun at him. When to this is added the fact that he is a temperance man, quiet and correct in his speech and a good judge of men, it will be seen at once that the Penobscots have no reason to be ashamed of their legislator.