Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-07-23
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Prr>rr,, Vas, July :, 1850

PHCNTt~s Ala, july :, lN'V'
MrSsrs EprroEs You should have
heard from me ere this will admit, and but
for pressing. urgcu, business, | should not
have DELAYED - long. The morning ] len
YOUR beautiful village, was no, one io capt.
yaic the heart. or render one passionaicly in
. love with nature, though Old Oxford has IT,
beauties rarely oqusllcd by any Of the more
favored portions Of this rrca, u>loN, though
there are place. where the sun smiles more
lovingly. and rude winter puts on a irown less
severe. Yet warmer hearts and manllcr feel
hrs are not found than iherr, and never
shall ccasc to honor and To love thee, my
native land your lofty mountains, and your
wooded hills YOUR gushing fountains, and
YOUR parting nils YOUR 'rriant meadows,
and your leafy boWcrs, your driving blasts
ard SHOWS, and slert and shoWcrs. All thai,
green memory ~akcns Of the past, love
and i1ldl, cherish ,ill the last Although
nature looked inclemsut the morning | leh,
~, / reached Poril and, The smiles Of the sun
looked out. though at trsi lanVuld, and tear
fu as a lonely woman IN her grief, yet as the
day wore on sPsoc, the eve perhaps never
r.sird on lo,sllrr scene. A gentle brcrIr
rust rus,lcd the fresh green leaves, and
famed your brow, while through the day
the birds caiolcd for Us their dcliciou. music.
and at evening the glorious suns, OF the We'-
terra sky w. a scene mos, lovely. Added TO
that. had the pleasure Of looking upon the
fading rlorics Of the day with friends, IN the
exceedingly beautiful city Of Worcester,
Mass, having reached ,ha, place al o'clock
the ,sm" evening.
ANsr remaining IN tina, enchanting place
one week. | lch a, eigh, O'Clock in the morn
inr iur Albany va thu Western II. X. which
CITY reached at ~ o'clock, same evening,
after a most farguiur and uncomfortable trip,
tho day bring exceedingly hot, and the road
intolerably dusty len Albany Al IL
o'clcck. same evening, for Geneva, which
place We reached a, t IN the morning, max
ing 100 milr, IN - hours-rruy ~ ;,avci.
iug ti,lt On lea':ss me car. anil surrying
ioUarl. ,uc steamboat landing, To take the
morning boat down Seneca Lake to jefferson,
M, boat cast oil her lines and left Us about
two minutes in the lurch, Notwithstanding
,bey had advertised the said boai a. being the
cheapest and mos, expeditions one TO South
cru y. York aud found on enquiry that
only two mornings before, the Captain had
waited twenty minutes. would like To sc
the Captains name, George Dakin, passed
round a. a man unworthy to b. trusted, and
4 man II M accommodation, whatever. ~ that
game being up, was obliged to take the
stage after eating meet miserable breakfast
a, the Washington Housed which place could
advise all travellers to pass by for Penn lan,
the county -css 1t fs,o- cOdn,y. 4 hnc
shower laying the dust and having excellent
company, the ride Was a mos, delightful one,
through Que Of the finest regions OF the fine
State Of v York for grain and iruIt-and
never IA, there 4 better prospect OF more
abundant crop than at present, though the
crop OF grain will Be less Ia many parts OF
the grain growing country. At Penn Van,
We leh Our stage for a little steamboat on
Crooked Lake to HanDond's Cut, 20 miles,
tbcnce : miles by stage again to Bath. The
scenery upon this Lake Is perhaps as fine as
any in the country. The Lake Is 20 miles
long and from In miles wide, and stretch
IS away though one OF the most beautiful re-
gions imaginable. The waters are very deep
and cold. abouuding in fish Of the fines, quail
iiy. Mos, Of the way It passes through a
cultivated Region, the land gently ascending
rum the waters edge 10 the height Of near a
hundred icet, while the fields OF wavir & grain
and grass, white, smiling cottages, dark orch
ards and patches q woodland blend IN sweet
proiusiun as you pass along. At ore point
there is a promontory called woodrd Bluff
that is very fine This route viii do for peo-
pie Of leisure, although they advertise i, as
being expeditions, but for business man i,
Is in,olerable. They hi.ched on some less
than dozen large canal boats and were six
hour. in going 20 miles. There IS no conf
deuoe to be placed upon any in connection
with ,hs.e lines. yOu nav be fortunate IN