Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-12-03
NEW SERIES, VOL. 8, NO. Al.

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valuable farms werc cultivated in place oI
the primeval trees. The old trees being
thus iellcd. disputes existed concerning the
limits OF the farms on the two sides OF the
line, and owners Of Wild and timberrd land
were in doub, concerning the true bOunda'
rics of their claims.
Actua,,d BY these considerations, the leg
stature Of the States OF New Hampshire and
Maine provided a, their las, sessions, for
tho appointnen, u Commissioners i" to as
cyrtain survey and mark the dividing line
between said States, from the town OF Frye.
burg 20 the Canada line, &c, )" under which
enactment, Henry q. Kent, Of Lancaster,
rccciycd the appointment rs Commissioner
on the par, OF New Hampshire, and John
NJ. Wilson. OF Lincoln Plantation, was sim
ilarly accredited on the part Of Maine.
The section Of the boundary TO be ostab'
lished. was, with few exceptions, through
an unbroken wilderness, and extended about
50 miles from point TO point A. there
were 10 be few if any means Of eommunica.
ton with the settlements during the con-
uuucnco Of the work, preparations wer,
made accordingly. A tent, sufficient 20
protect the entire party, and weighing but
II pounds, barrels Of ship bread and layers
Of pork, together with d o,isra' Of =" tan
erockTy." and the numbSrless " iiIins " Of
woods life, were procured and packed, and
then an things were in readiness.
IL had been arranged between the Com
missioncrs that the parties from the two
States were u meet AZ wilson's Mills,
the last clearing toward the northern end OF
the line; the route TO this place laying up
the valley Of the Councc,icut TO CJlebrook
thence through Di1villc Notch to Enroll
AMI thence up the Androscosriu ani Ma
galloway river hy BatteauN 10 Wentworth :
Location, from which Poiu, u pass'ble
road was to lead US to the place Of des,Iua-
iion.
The arrangements heing thus perfected,
the New Hampshire party leit Lancaster on
the morning Of the 9th OF September. Our
party was comprised OF Henry o. Kent,
Com'r. james ;. Bracket. and John G..
Lewis Of Lancaster, and AdJ't Gen'l j. c.
Abbott Of Manchester. who accompanied
the excursion as a volunteer. dcsirous OF
engaging in camp life. We had secured
the services Of Dudley y lI,Iglon, to con.
vcy u. to Erroll-,he head Of carriage navi.
CATION and a. We drove away from the
Lancaster IIouse-our AAs floating in the
hrccre-our loaded wagon and our ri shirt
and warlike equipments, presented certain
" a novel appearance, large cro"d were
gathered upon the porch, and three rou'ins
cheers Tor the expedition, from the assem-
blagc sig1alirci our departure.
leaving the WOOD. in Mill.feld we rattle
over a lous pole bridge, aud are IN Errol,
on tie valley Of the Andro-cossin. Travel
ers are unpreparcd for the view here present
cl the road to the river passing through
the rich intervale land as may he found in
y. H.. aud amid farm houses some Of which
would DO credit to our mos, wealthy towns.
Reaching the Androsooggin we turn sharp
up the river, and after a ride Of one mile.
W. are landed at the headquarters Of the
AnlrOseossin Improvement, Company con
cornins who's, works and investments We
propose % speak hereafter"
In order properly to understand the or
Grafton, and location Of the works Of the
An.lrO.cossin Improvement Company, 1t
will he necessary to glance for a moment at
the geography Of iha, section Of country in
which they are situated. The AndrOscos'
gin. noble river equal IN volume to tbe
Connecticut, is the channel by which that
region around the lakes and the country in
northeastern Coos and Oxford counties is
drained. Far to the north e1is, chain Of
small lakes or ponds, situated in the town
,hip Of Rangely. and near the sources oI
Dead River. up which /, will be rccollec,ed
Benedict Arnold lei that famous .oriie upon
Quebec. These waters connect With Moose,
lamaguntic Lake, a splendid body Of water
2j miles in length, studded with pic,ureslu,
Islands. This lake again connects will
Mollychunkamuc. Welokenabacook and Al
legundebaso: in the order here given. and
tbc,e again are joined to umbasog, the low
er lake in the chain The general trend oI
these bodies Of water il y. E., aud they az,
ioined the one with the other by the An,
dro,eo.gin river. The river proper howey'
or commences a, the outlet OF Umbasos
one mile below this poin, it forms a june
tion with the Magalloway, a river OF equa
siEs which drains a vast region Of the lake
alluded to. Flowing south through th'
towns Of Errol, Dummer, Milan, Berlin
Gorham and Shelburne, in n. H., the An
drOscosgin enters Maine in the town OF Gil
ed IN Oxford county.
Formerly the lands around the head wa
ter. Of this noble stream were heavily tim
bsred, and now vast quantities OF pine ans
spruce are annually transported over ii
waters to the markets Of our eastern cities
In order more systematically to carry OF
the NUMBERING operations on thee waters
the advantages Of associated capital wer,
Lrought to bear, and accordingly the Legis
laiure Of n. II. granted to the proprietor
Of the enterprise, in 1882. a charter. anC
corporate powers, under the name and s,yl,