Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-02-08

GRrr~vitlr, Mass. Jan. ~, lsGi.
when your very WELDON, paper o; las,
week was received. We opened il a, the Pos,
Ohcy. (a.w We arr usually IN haste 20 learn tho
new. from the good old County o, oIford.)
and IN ir- minutes an elderly gentleman.
Of very respectable appearance, addressed
u. with an air Of pcrpleSi,y, and said. A" d.
you take Democratic rarcr1" Standing
az our elbow he had evidently noticed tbe
fair headin: Of "rhe oxford Democrat"
and oi course could very easily aud natural.
ly conceive Of It a, being Democratic and
why he should b. surprised and psrplcIed
at our taking " democratic paper, you
eau hardly - at los, g. imagine. oi
course W. told h,m that it was democratic
paper Of the old standing order and
true 20 the principles Of The fathers Of the
Republic. which IA l7s5 excluded slavery
from all the territory that then belonged to
Us. which excluded the wor,is slave and
slavery from the Constitution, because, a.
Madison aid. Il was intended 10 De " the
good charter ii human liberty {, unborn
millions. and which declared by the lips
Of Daniel Webster. when be aud Andrew
jackson were turning back the waves ol d.
lusion aud di.uuion IN South Carolina. al
mo., thirty years aso, LIBEErr ANp
U>Io>, now aud forever. one and insersra-
BILE"
Th,. place. Greenv,le, i. a small Village
in the south part oi the town OF Leicester.
e,sh, mile. we., OF the city Of Worcester,
and City from Boston. IL Is quite desira.
bly, lOca,sd. near the Clapp'ille Station, on
the great Wes,ern Railroad. IL was at
thi. place that some oi the fret settlers OF
the town established themselves, abou,
l7Is. On entering the village ones a,ten.
ton is at once arrested by the eIeellen, Wa
ter power here Possessed. For the small
stream called f.sneh river. and which NJ
Norwich forms the Thames, here, within
the distance Of one hundred rods, falls
about seyeniy.iSe feet. Ata punt which
Tor more than a century has been occupied
by saw and sri.t mills, thers is an admira.
Ole privilege for the erection OF cotton or
wJOlyn mills, AMI probably it wall be im'
proved Tor TIN, purpose at no distant day.
\ ht,le below are The works Of the Mrssrs.
franei. Stiles x Co, for the manufacture
Of knives for paper mills, planning ma
chimes, Sc., also bed plates aEd engines Tor
paper malls. Their business Is about City
thousand dollars year. Mr.. S,llcs is one
Of those larse-hearted, public spirited. en-
terpri'lus men tina, 1t is grea. good for
tune iJr any Place ~ have.
Tue town ot Leicester was Surveyed and
began 10 be settled in l7lI. It's situated
on the height of land between the Atlantic
OCEAN and the Connecticut River, az an
elevation II about one thousand feet. The
town !. very uneven and hily, but has no
mountain peaks or PreeiPiees- The s'ii '-
generally hard and stubborn The manu-
featuring interests OF the town are very con
siderable In 1855 the ~oolen mills pro.
due,d goods worth $500, COO; the tsel'e
card manufactures. $4,000 worth oi
cards and the boot. aud shoes and other
articles manufactured, probably increased
the whole amount to S9OO.OOo. The pop
ulatiOn NJ that time wa. 2.5so. and the
valuation in 1850 VAS 81 .2l9 $50.
This part Of tho town i. called Greenyllle /.
in memory Of some Of the frs, settler. OF
the name Of Green. Capt. Samuel Green,
Of Maiden. was one Of the early prOprietor..
lie appear. to have been an intelligent able
and influential man till his death in 1886.
A house he bulk and occupied here is still! !
standing. His only sou. known as DR..