Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-06-24

eral Court confirmed the grant. Their grant,
however. turned out TO be fifteen miles long
in one direction. reaching from what is now
Hartford 10 Chesterville. IL probably was
deemed no crime in those DAYS 70 take land
without consent Of the owner, any more
than il j. now TO take water. Tradition
preserves an ancciotc which would seem to
indicate that no very rigid morality govern
ci the early settler, in their intercourse
with the Indians. Pcrrpolc, the Indian of
whom have spoken. claimed Canton Point,
on Ihe ground of ME hcing the las, survivor
oi tho Rncomeko tribe. lie was always an.
moving Maj Livcrmorc with his persistent
talk about his claim. At last the MAYOR
promised him sixty dollar, II he would sty
no more ahoutit. Subsequently,, however,
Pcrepole complained hccausc, as he aid,
o. got drcGul little dollars" Scandal has
Il that he piid in York shilling
No town upon the Anlro,coccin i richer
in historical interest, and iu,crcs,in; story,
than Iumford. Around the falls and m.
tcrvales of that town liy a the Pennacook
Indians. who an passed &" long time aso," ."
t1 that undiscovered country. from whose
bourne no traveller returns" leaving their
beautiful heritage to BE- the sccne Of adyen-
ture and peril to another race.
The fall. in ,hi. town are a splendid cat
aract. The water ,umble- and f,ams over
a ledge Of rocks. which, by the constant ae.
ton oC the water. ars worn ,o deep chasm.
just blow where the water begins TO de-
sccnI almos, perP'niicularly, i large
rock in the center Of the riycr, called Rolls
Rock o, this rock, tradition has pre-.
served the following story
Soon after the frs, settlement Of the town,
a man by the name Of Rolf, crossed the ri'.
er Just above the falls. in a Hat boat, with
bis horse, for the purPos, OF having him
shoI. lie arricd until night a, a retail shop
IN the nrishborhooi. and Tartook some
What freely Of what then, as well as now.
has a tendency {, render meu IN their own
estimation, vcry wise and brave. Asains,
the rrmoustranc,s Of his friends be started
after dark with hi, horse, 70 rccross the
river.
Tie next morning his horse was found
quietly grazing in a neishborine field bu,
the bat ani Rolf himself, were no where 70
b, found. The alarm was gwen, the poo
pie assembled. and upon comparing notes d!
Wa. decd,d ,ha, probably Roll had gone
over ths calls, arI il -, he was one OF that
noted class who "tell no tales" just,
however. as al, were returning. mu'ins on
th, uncertainty or human hfs, thc ios
cleared up, and Rolf was disccrned Pcrchcd
upon the summit Of the rock, surrounded
by the raging torrent, aud beyond the reach
ol courts and sherii,, with their wri,s and
warrants. IIc had spent he night " alone
In ht, glory. ,1lc monarch OF a before un'
explored domain. rejecting, no doubt, upon
the Measure, Of solitude and retirement,
ch,,rcd and carrolel by the music OF one Of
nature. organs, the everlasting roar Of the
falls. IT,. however, was prepared TO abii-
cate his throne. aud retire 10 private lie, It
hi. neichhor. would but assis, and all in
,he work. After having devised several
scheme, 10 rescue hlm, without success, a
Ion. rope was l,atcd within his reach with
which hs made =. timber hitch " around
ht, body, aud by hl. friends be was drawn
through the boiling and foamrns b'llows
safe 20 land. The fret words uttered by
the rescued man after recovering his breath .
were. That rock Is dry place for tobae-
CO."
The territory now Rumford. was a grant
o., Massachusetts, to Timothy Walker and
hi, associates, to compensate them Tor loss
,iey bad sustained by the result Of cnn'
,ro,sr.y. decided by the Court Of King
Bench m England, relative to the bounda'
Pie. Of what Is now Concord, y. H., OF
which they were the original grantees
Timothy Walker was the fret Congregation
Al minister or Concord, the Indian name oI
which was Penuicook. and hence most oI
the fr.t settlers Of Rumford being from Con
cord. they called this also Pennicook'
Walker had an only daughter, Who mar
ried one Thompson. native Of Woburn
Mass. OF this union there was one child,
sally Thompson.
At the commencement Of the Revolution
ary war, Thompson left bis family Jo'ned
the Eusli,h in Boston, and afterwards went
70 Englaud. Subsequently, he went to Ger
many, where he obtained by some means
large estate. was made nobleman, and as
.umed the apellatiOn Of Count Rumtord
After the peace, be sent for his daughter
sally. who went out to Europe, aud finally
on the death OF her father. inherited hu
estate and title, being " Countess Of Rum
ford" She however returned after having
spent number Of years in Europe and re
sided for s1me time IN Concord, \. H., Dol
finally died in Germany. Through her mo
ther. the Countess OF Rumford inheri'e'
one.hali Of Timothy Walkers share Of th'
Eumlord land. The mother OF the Count
cs, Of Rumlord. after number OF year
from the time that her first husband lei
her, married one Benz Rolf, and by h'u
she had one son. Israel, who Inherited th'
other half OF her portion. This Benz. ROl