Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-06-25
From the Maine Ennych.t.
Local Sketches.
TnYrnrEn.

cqual!ed by auy in this State.
The Saeo River enters the town near it,
southwest corner, from Conway. in New
Hampshire. and formerly turned to the
north, winding its way through broad and
hautiril alluval land. iu graceful bows and
turns. until it reached the north line Of the
town, when, ,lrnins again south, /, swept
%. way through the same intervals, ap-
rroacaing ia slae places very near the river
in iis northern corner, making distance Of
thiriy.s,v miles ia ihc single town of Frye
burg, and finally leaves the town within
icv mll,s OF its entrance.
rui. majestic iu,era'c, o., mos; b,auu-
ful perhaps Of any in New England. {, eight
mile. long ana from two 10 three wide, and
was formerly liable 90 frequent iuund,tiuns,
ia consequence % the length and crooked.
nos 1t the river and level character Of The
country. Tie torrent. from the White Hills
would come rushing down like au avalanche.
.ulmrrs.ns the whole country, sweeping
away ina Nw hour. bui'luc., fence, and
crops, oulcarryius lesolaiion and ruin over
mile, IN extent Norruicngc or foresight
could avert or stay the ie.truc,i,c l,od. \
Few hours or rain such a, frequently occur.
on the mountains. w,llI Sometime. sweep
away The whole years labor ot the farmer
below. S1mcums, il would come in the
spring ia.t after ,hc seed was planted then
IN the summer. -uinins tie grass or the new
made hay or in the autumn, jus, as the
luzuriau, crops or grain and corn were
rgajy ior she harvest; AMI perhaps atuisht
,hc ,1ilirc farmer would look with pleasure
and hops upon the golden fields, AMI awake
in the m1rnin. 9, Goi broad lake whcrc
,hc evening before bad waved the rswarl Of
hi' year. labor. \ Gentleman informed me
that in one case. IN 800. cat and dog
vcrc PLACED DO ,hc oven frr safety FROM the
rising water. when they were both drowned.
To remedy ihe., i..a,trlu. results, the own.
cr. of this in,er,a'e cut channel acrnss
from one point Of the river another, max
IN: i,s course through the town nearly
s;nisht. leaving H. tor,u1u' winlincs m
the north rar, of the town the dry bed of
river. cuablin: the water 90 pass "a as hs;
as il came from the mountains. and forever
preventing any great overflow of the hnl.
4 lawsuit illlowclaslius, those who chang.
81 the channel 81 the river, ~ rartie' WI,
had lumber l,r, high and Try and Car away
from the new river. |, proved very ,czl.
tious and expensive % the owners Of the
land, bat the change ailsl thousands ,n the
value or their farms, and /. one of the per-
mausni improvements which their p1'tcriiy
will never regret. Much of this land before
wa. So low aul wet a' only 70 produce a
small crop or very inferior grass, ani frc-
quently uo,hip: was harvested. Now IL i'
very productive, of ,hs bit of hay, and the
higher portions ~ the iutsrulrs ar, among
a., mos; excellent AMI productive lands in
Maine. Upon thi. broad and beautiful in
,eryale are farm, equal 20 any upon the
rrliri, land. ol the west. Every kind Of
crop cultivated in Maine grow. luSuriautly.
Ou, farm. OF which fortunately obtain
"a some statistics. is but a specimen Of
Others. Its owned by H. u. F. llutehins,
E.q. II contains $50 acr,s oc in'erv,le and
meadow land, and De cuts from loo TO 80
,ou. OF hay, rai.,, from ,Oo 10 l,ooOhushe
OF potatoes, and wheat, oats, corn and other
Vegetables in lar-, quantities. II, bad, a
short 'imr SINCE, uiueiy.uine head OF cattle,
besides hor.s. AMI sheep. liz house. barns
and ol,-huiliins ar' an large AMI elegant,
arI hI, whole farm is mll,l Of excellence.
In addition q hi, farm. be has 100 acres or
laul n the vicinity, and suppose Is one Of
the wealthy farmers OF Maine. lie has ac.
cuiauh.,l it all since 1889, when he COM
mence,l the world with only seven dollar'.
Ifhe hal gone ives, and been As successful,
hi, prosperity would have been spoken Of as
reason why Others should 20. Why 'honll
not his success here De a reason why our
young men should stay here in Maine and
DO l.kcwise2 lie informs me that he Is not
the only rers1n that has made money by
farming ia FrycbarS.
Fryeburg Village, situated on land slight
ly elevated above these iuteryales, which it
oy,rlJ5ks 20 the north. is one of the most
ds..b,lul locali,ie, ia Maine. /, is rrinci-
IAl,y built upon a street eight rods vide, a
mil, ia length, and perfectly level aud
straight. With the exception Of perhaps
the main street in Brunswick, i, is the
hardsome.t one in Name. Other streets
cross i, right angles, upon which are
neat and tasteful residences and places Of
business. " the head OF TIE main street,
and in plain view Of The whole length OF Il,
i. the elr-1u, residence Of +. l.. Osgood.
ESQ. the son OF one Of the first settlers.
Further down arc the residences OF EN-Gov.
Dana and another Of the Ossood family
nearly facing each other, with splendid
,lms between. The Methodist and Consre-
gational churches. a large and elegant school
house. built Of granite, which would honor
any city Frycbnrs Academy, a brick cti-
Zee Of imposing and classic beauty; the
residence Of r.. Weeks, Esq and the Oxford
House, kept by Messrs. T. 4 q. II. Walker,
and many other residences whose owners,
names id not learn. are all indications to
the stranger that the people Of Fryebnrs
appreciate the natural beauties Of their lo-
r,Iiir and deli.ht % embellsh il with the