The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-19
GENERAL COUNTY NEWS.

Divi6ssd.
> TIE salmon Falls Manufacturing Compan,
have deslarda dividend Of 5 per cent eel
per sharc) p
Deeksr's Rssk. b.
Aoorrespoudent Of the Portsmouth JOuras
writes to that paper conserving an interesting
locality In York: "About two miles north o
Mount Agamsn,icus. In the nsighboring toWI
OF York. Ma. is large rock. apparently bal
boulder. win lis fAee towards the south snd
Its back against ledge or Q knowl, on each
side Of which are 6ss trees. In the solid par,
front Is q peculiar hole, called Bakers Opsn
where Il is supposed that q regisde VI thai
name cooked his bread and other food.
Baker, II u supposed, was one Of the Psrlia-
ment or Court that condemned Charles |. whG
Vas sNsrvsrls beheaded. and Oliver Cromwell
waA declsred Dictator. When times changed
and Charles II. was called to the throne, Crom'
wells prominent adherents had TO Zee from Oh,
country, aud Baker II appears located here 10
the neighborhood VI the rock, then wilder
ness. TO keep in conccalment. lie built . los
hut and planted on small scale, collsclst
fsrs, and ct dunes privately visited Portsmouti
for trade. This Was about two hundred year.
ago. lie Was rputed to have much silver
money. He obtained his clans, fish and salt
dams. they did not disturb him.
Some distance from the Rock or Oven, near
the road and where two or moro towns join
about two miles southeast Of North Berwick
and In front Of the house of Mr.. Hosea Allen,
Is q spring called Bakers spring. Its waters
are very pure and life-giving. and never dry.
Il Is supposed that sometimes the regicide OBJ
tsinei water from this spring, when 10 drowth
Il was exhausted nearer the Rock The
neighbors do now.
Judge Bourne OF Kenncbunk writes that the
records Of York do not give much account OF
the individual, but In describing the boundary
Of towns reference Is made TO Bakers spring.
As Baker Was here for concealment. IL Is prob
able that he did not make himself known In
any public way, knowing that largo rewards
hal been offered Tor him. NO..
Two miles beyond is Berden's cave. the
mouth Of which Is the sine OF q common door,
admitting two rods deep into solid rock.
The whole locality. the moant. the spring,
the oven and the cave, u romantic In the ex-
treme. The lover Of nature can here 6nd a
pleasant retreat. Deep valleys, halls and CUR
Cling brooks. high hills and crumbling granite
Wild grasses, birds, squirrels, berries, and
trees OF various kinds. Here Is the place OF re-
sort for the Naturalist, Geologist, the Botanis'
and the Historian. The ocean spreads out be-
meath your feet.
switch Trot. I'm the neighborhood Of Ag
amenticus Is o road called JYiieA Trot. A,
the time of the rage against Witchcraft, Maine
Was part Of Massachusetts, and subject Ia Ia
laws. A minister named Burroughs, preach.
ing at Wells, (uow West parish) was accused
Of uitohcraft, taken from his pulpit. put on 9
horse with guard on each side, and trottet
with great speed through this road, from
which Il derived the name Il retains to this
day. lie was tried ut Salem for witcbcratt,
condemned and hung on Gallows Hill In Salem
near South Danvers. As there Is In this day
more witchery in money than any thing else
this town has lately taken the name OF the mu-
ni6cent Peabody"
rrarei over Lake Winstpisseogec.
On Monday. Juno %, the splendid steamer
Chocorua. Capt. A. wiggin, illcommeuce run
ming her usual two trips daily over this lak'
for the special accommodation Of excursionis''
to the White Mountains, and will leave Altor
Bay for Marlborough and Center Hsrbor al
IL 10 A. M..and $50 r. ". On Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. as usual, viii stop ct Mer'
edith Village. Travellers from the East, In or
der to make the first trip, must take the earl,
train 10 Dover 50 as to take the train over thu
Dover a winnipisseogee Railroad at lilo A. n
Excursiouists anywhere between Portland and
Boston, can make the entire trip Of 30 miles
over the beautiful lake, and return the same
day. Almost every accommodation can be hal
on hoard the steamer, equal 10 hrst-class ho-
tel, and Capt. Wiggiu spares no pains ~ make
everything Agreeable and pleasing. For m
excursion route delightful and pleasing, ther,
Is none in New England that equals 1t.