Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-10-20
For the Democrat.
Notes by the Way.

ter ~ which is small village, the sea, Of the
University. The buildings Of the Institution
consis, II large brick ed,fces erected a, some
lulc distance from the road, the foreground
being reserved for play ground.
IL the center Of this common is planted a
/ tall liberty tree from whose summit are con
stsntly displayed the Stars and Stripes, indl.
eating in some measure the character OF the
sehnol
These buildings were built 10y Capt. Part
ridge, and for many years were occupied cH-
clusi,ely asa military school. When say
Capt. Partridge, however, | speak somewhat
indefinitely. as there rePosc in the village Co.
metery, several who bore lhlshamc and enjoy
ed the same ttle.
The ParrJges were the first settlers aud,
in passing through the ehmchyard where,
zach IN his uiuoN cell forc'cr laid
The rude fuTefathcrs Of the hamlet sleep"
! with difficulty read upon the iime-worn
iombsioncs,
Their nance, their year. 'pelIelby the ualet,er.
ed musc."
Some Of them having been buried before
the revolution.
Capt. Alden Partridge, tho founder of this
school, va. a san of one Of the first settlers.
and died sometime during the past year aged
about seventy years.
While the school was under his care twas
quite popuIr. sometimes numbering four hun
drcd students. A few years ago he sold out
his intcres, tn Colonel I. II. Ransom, who
took charge Of the Institution until the com.
mcnccment u the Mexican war. Early in the
war he enlisted and vas entrusted with tho
command II the ninth regiment Of Infantry,
bur lher short career he fell at the balIlc NJ
Chapullcpcc. lis remains were brought
home, and plain marble monument marks
the last resting place oflhc scholar. The teach.
cr and hero.
The University has now become 4 reeu.
larl, chartered Institution, and " course lost
most Of irs military character, though an ar
mory is sill kept and a short drill d. among
the regular daily exercises, while the Tag is
lcp, haalnr as before mentioned Leaving
Norwich vc assembled a hin several miles 10
length, rising urohahly ahou, q hundred and
iNy feet to the tnlIe. On either side the
land incln,s toward the rad and the slipping
sides exhibit cultivated fields, fne pastures.
with here and there forc', growth Of wood.
Arriving at the summit We found 4 cores.
pondIns descent on the opposite side, though
mo-, So Ion. or steep as the land becomes more
elevated as we approa,h the interior II the
STATE toward The Green Mountains.
We NOW Ten The main Travelled roal and
took Ihc nu,c to Corpcras IIll. \. We ap.
preached rbc HUI. the rock, by the roadside,
and ia ,hc fields began to exhibit dark rrsry
appearance. indicating the existence Of Gle.
mcnrs 10 their composition, which will finally
entirely d,comTosr them.
On applying tie tongue TO the surface of
these rock, VIC Gnd them strongly imprcgna,.
81 with alum, though not precisely like the
alum used 10 the arts, iron being substituted
for potash Aswr reach the summit the ar
becomes filled with a strong sulphurous odur
and ono almost Ancic, he approaching the
mouth oflhr cave sPotcn ofby John Bunyun.
From this place We get BIRDS cye view OF
the works. The ore IL found 10 a steep hin
side .loping towards the east At he base
are the factories in which the ,alt is made ,aod
the houses Of the workmcn.
IN order to understand the whole process IT
manufacture we commenced at the mine from
which the ore is Obtained.
The vein n iron is fly.rour frci wide run.
ming nearly north and so1th, and hence longi-
tudinally with the hin, bu, the length and
depth have no, yet been ascerianed
On the surface the ground Is covered with
an inc'us'aiion OF bog iron ore ,coniainins lbs.
sill wood, leaves, beech nuts, &c.
Under this the ore ia found in the form Of
a sulphurct, the yellow or Tyriip, and the
white, called moroanir.
There il also intermiSed with this, and dis
irib u'ed through 'he whole mass, veins of
the sulpharet ofcopper, which, ~ it is taken
from the mine brings ore hundred dollars per
ton, and is carried To Boston for reduction To
the metallic form.
/ The ore is first broken into large masses
I by blasting, and is then hrnkcn into small
/ fragments with hammers, the copper seplrat.
ed from the iron, and wheeled under cover 10
keep il from the rain The iron is now NOV.
ed ont Of the pic IN bluoUs, and piled IN large
heaps, liule dry fuel or coal having been
7 placed al the bottom To assist in firing the
mass. The roasting process is now commonc-
ed by setting the heap on Gre. which continues
to burn for several DAYS, when it can be pul.
verified to the consistency Of SAID Water Is
next brought upon the heap, conducted m
horeG logs from 4 never falling spring which
bills out Of the ground a short distance OF
/ II usually takes about tWo weeks ior the wa
ter to percolaio through this heap, where it is
caught in large yaI The lev is INV carried
I in an aqueduei iNrothe top of a high building
and eyaporated by 6ierinr through brushwood
when il Is agaia caught by eisterns in the bot
tom. From this place it is conducted into
the factory, aud caught lnlo large boilers lin
ed with le'd. 4 FIRE is KEEP, up under the
boilers night and day, and The liquor II boiled
until il acquires density OF thirty degrees.