Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22
The Editorial Excursion to Aroo.took.
PRrsQrE IslK, Oct. sth, 1883.


came to the conclusion at once that ARGOS.
took County was good place to raise men
II nothing else. have hardly ever seen a
nobler, harder set Of men on any occasion.
The exhibition Of cattle and other stock
came Of on the first day, and as We arrived
somewhat late, a portion Of 1t had been
driven OF. Enough remained, however, to
convince us that the farmers Of this Coun.
" understand the Importance Of raising the
best kinds Of stock. | saw good specimens
Of Hereford and Devon cattle, and several
mixed breeds. The sheep and swine had
been driven away before our arrival. The
horses exhibited, and in fact all the horses ]
have seen in the County are superior To any
| have seen in the State. Most Of the farm
work and numbering il performed with
horses, and efforts are made to procure the
largest and 5est breeds tor hard service.
But suppose a description Of the pro-
ducts Of the soil Of Aroostook will he Of more
intcres, to those who are interested in the
settlement Of this County; those mean Of
our County who think Of emisrating hither.
would remark that this season has been
unusually cold aud backward. say ten or
twelve days later than the average, 50 tina,
the corn crop was nearly failure. Some
specimens were on exhibition which would
pas a. middling.-,he ears rather small,
and the kernels shrunk up,-yct /, would
make good bread. The potato !. an impor.
taut crop here, and nowhere have ! seen
better specimens than were presented for
exhibition. The varieties were not great.
The " California. !" the " Christie, &" State
Of Mainc." "Pinkeyc," and "0ranse."
included nearly all the varieties. The gar
den vegetables were as fine As are usually
exhibited in other Counties. Some fine
'pscimens OF cabbage, raised by l. Whitney
Of Prvsque Isle, were particularly no,icca'
be. Also good varieties OF turnip-, bec,s.
carrots, onions, and parnips. In the way
OF fruit. Of course n great display was not
70 be expected. Good specimens OF native
apples raised in Houl,on and Pre-quc Isle
were SHOWN.
Arcos,ook canno, he beaten in raising
grain. Good specimen. Of wheat, oats
weighing from thirty Eve to forty pounds to
the bushcl.-rye. buckwheat, and barley,
were abundantly displayed. noticed spe-
eimep. OF good white beans. In the way Of
manufactured articles the show was small.
In the ladie. department noticed some far
specimen, OF carpets and rugs. The sewing
circle also exhibited for sale variety OF
useful articles. 4 neatly trimmed harness
attracted particular attention Some boots
manufactured by Bradford 4 Blake Of lIoul.
ton. looked as II made for service.
After the exhibition was over, the crowd
assembled on the common in front Of the
hotel. and were addressed nv Rev. Mr.. fow-
l,r Of Maehias, Bartlett Of the Jeaersonian,
Gilman Of the Bath Times, FORBES OF the
Temperance Journal, Cowan Of the Union.
and Chapman Of the Rockland Democrat,
On the whole. the exhibition. small tho
IL was. demonstrated TO all present that all
tie neocssar,es Of life can 10 raised In this
County in abundance. The days passed Oh
pleasantly, and nothing Of an unpleasant
nature occurred. One fact particularly mo-
ticeablc was tina, there was bu, very little
Sign. Of intempcrapcc. Everything about
them bespoke ,hrii, and industry, and their
robust, healthy appearance spoke wcll for
the climate.
4 word about the village Of prcsque I.le.
IL is pleasantly situated on the Prcsquc Isle
stream about one mile from where II emp.
tie into the Aroo.iook river. and distant
from IIoul,on in norihwestly direction
fOr,y-,wo miles. Ag,Od water power is
afforded on the stream which has already
been improved by the erection Of saw,
Single, clapboarl and gris,mlll, aud u
cahiue, shop. The village has grown up
very rapidly, but presents evident signs OF
thriit and property. The Pioneer news
pap5r, one Of the grca, institutions Of Ar.
oosiook County, is Published here The
present village wall doubtless he the nuclcu.
Of large aud populou. place. Tho sur
rounding country is fine farming laLd, and
Is bsing rapidly settled.
Yesterday morning a rarity Of us visited
the Allen farm about two miles from Prcslue
Isle, across the AroOstook river. This Is
called one Of the "Model AroOstook farms. {"
IL consists oil six hundred acres Of land.
more than three hundred Of which is cult
waited. He has raised this year iOrty-nine
acres Of wheat. Everything about the farm
and buildings was neat and tidy, and the
broad acres stretching out on all sides made
i, appear like a baronial estate Of the old
country.
We were invited in and RECALLED with the
products OF the farm, consisting Of nice mllk,
honey, bread from home. made -four, and
that dish To oil Yankees dear, pumpkin pie.
Last nigh, about halt our party started
for Houlton, on their way homeward, and
the rest of US took carriage for Fort FAIR
field, situated down tho AroOstOok river,
distant from Presque Isle twelve miles. We
spent the night there, and returned here
this evening. The route to Fort Fairfield,
the appearance Of the country, a short de-
serinuon Of the VILLAGE and town. will fur.