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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05
VXyE ARE NOW OPENING THE LARG-
w est and most elegant stock OF l''i.
China, GLASS and Queensware,
p House, Hotel and Bar Fur h.
b niShlngGO0ds, Mirrors,
Lamps and Lamp $500

ever offered In this market, TO which we d
specially invite the attention OF Country
Merchants and dealers generally. Rnl.- VIU
Our stock comprises everything in our
line, was bought for cash, directly nom the %
manu- lecturers and importers, enabling us I
TO compete with my house in the country.
Our retail department embraces In part (
French China Tea and Din -. -
ner SETS from ACKNOWLEDGMENT l2 90 10 $4,000
Iron Stone China Tea and ma .tl, a.. III
Dinner sets, nom .............. $3.50 TO 5000
IrOnstone and Decorated .ygfu uN ..i
Chamber sets, from ..,..,,,..,.. $500 TO 5000
Vases, per pair, nom ......... 81 eta. 20 tl5.00
Lamps from 40 cts. 10 3l5O0
Goblets, per doz., from....... s2.60 10 5000
Tpmblers, per doz., fronig q. so cts. TO $3.50
Mtrrors, rom. ..............-...... 10 cts. up,
Best quality Glass Chimneys tor Is ots. OF
Brushes, Baskets and Willow Ware, In
great variety;i House Furnishing Hard y
ware, Fancy Goods. door ,Msts, Hat, Towel
dpd Clothes Racks. In faet you muft call
at - fOl4n1i fct hJi1nn1l sGW tGlofdl
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

gencies of Brownlowism demand all
this. imperativelY. The State must
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

Abandon the organization Mt once.
You are doing no good for yourselves
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

Hays, late OF the city Iranslrr uo,u-
,onv Nashville. has established an
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

wreck, 50 situated as to be an obstruc-
tin,, 70 I at Cross street. and nuisance
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

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Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

a vie ana wOrknlanesIp - s,i,.s ...,--,,-. =.
would be pleased % haye YOU cal and LOOK 90
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-02-05

} G.. W. qBLAoxpuRN, Compt.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
RumTOrd Fails.

Only forty one miles OF railroad would
reach the greatest water power IN New
England. a water power made available
more easily than any in our State. Rum
ford Falls are produced by the bounding
waters of the Great Androscogsin as they
leap over abrupt and craggy lodges OF
granite rocks and dash their spray high
in the air.
This spot produces some most pictur-
,sque scenery, and many facts ofscicntii-
L. Importance. There are At present four
falls 1T this place, while ancientiy there
must have been others of greater magni-
tude. for deep holes have been worn high
upon the banks where water has not run
in the days Of any living.
The whole descent is now divided into
two principal and two minor falls, the
first being six, tho second ten, the third
seventy feet perpendicular. and the fourth
twenty feet. while the whole is very little
less than two hundred feet. Ii is the third
fall. however, that will attract the atten-
ton of the traveller, for there the torrent
of water pouring down with the noise OF
incessant thunder, and dashing itself into
from rs it chafcs the rocky walls, produc-
cs an effect full of grandeur. Below this
pitch is an eddy with a water surface OF
from fifteen to twenty acres, encompass
ed with a wall of ledge through which it
can never find vent without the aid cfhu-
man hands, or by some unexpected con
vulsicn OF nature, or excepting few feet
through which the water now finds pas
sage. at the eastern extremity of this
large eddy. worn down by the continued
flow of water, logs and DRIFT. There is
ut present 4 dam across this narrow pas
sage. One of greater strength and height
could be built for less cost than any other
stream in Maine could be damned which
bears the same amount of water through
its channels. A dam once there would
stand As long rs water flows.
On the south side of the river from this
large eddy, level land lies, partly in Rum
ford but mostly in Peru. sufficient in area
to furnish ground enough upon which to
build two Lewistons, and give much
broader streets and ampler yard room.
From this large eddy the bed of the river
for the distance OF fifty rods, falls on an
inclined plane of perhaps fifteen degrees,
to the last fall, known as the Knapp fall,
mostly includedin one fall of about TWEEN.
ty feet, but making descent in some
twelve rods of nearly thirty feet, below
which on either side of the river is an
abundance of level land for building lots.
To reach from the level land below the
last fall, the level land south and east OF
the great eddy, the ascent is abrupt and
near the river very rocky for some dis
lance from the shore being solid rock,
and as you recede from the shore becom-
ing covered with soil and shrubs until at
last it becomes an abrupt hill covered
with trees level land close to its base
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Boston Correspondence.

Bo>roH. August 9. 1869.
lfr. Edit9r:-Where is the author OF
The 'suideboard>" controversy, which has
been 50 interesting in the Democrat Of
latc2 Al this distance, look for him n
one lost in the woods" That article
ought TO have drawn him out" A
little nonsense now and then, &c, but
seriously. | see a wonderful similarity
in literal guideboard> and those the
supervisor i trying 10 set up over the
County. directing the youth in ! proper
way. II is evident he can make fun out
of the first A. well n successfully pulsue
the course Of the latter.
During my boyhood ramhlings over
Oxford County, never totnqd myself lost
but once, and that was when a snow
storm was raging, and | had walked
more than mile to school, and failed to
turn shortly To the right at the proper
place. In pleasant weather, our school
MOUSE NONlN NOT Dt >ctll until VIC "tlC
close up 10 it. Il was than | was lost.
for beyond that point. WAS ignorant of
the way The house was situated be-
tween the village at Locks Mills and
Beans Corner.-a comparatively direct
road between the two. That day,
wished to 90 into school, il Oh no other.
Found my way back by the assistance of
of 4 boy who was pursuing after
knowledge under the same difficulties
Then "guideboaris7 were needed TO
direct children to school. ltmay be well
10 erect few now tor the same purpose.
Otherwise, what is the need of them in
Your County? Drinking fountains would
be much better-like some in Boston. they
might be of iron-a place for horses on
one side, and on the other stream for
men.
Speaking OF "guideboards"-Mr. Edit
or. what earthly good does that do in
front of YOUR Office? II used TO tell the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13

AS an Orthodox church. We have not
had man OF dog fight or horse race
for three months.
Our village is located in the beautiful
valley of, and on the musical Androscog-
gin. We boast Of some of the most beau
tiIul scenery in the State We do file ex-
ceptions to the statement OF DIR. True,
that our mountains all look alike. Here
are the PERCEPTIONS Specklcd mountain,
the rounded Black mountain and the as
piring Thompson's mountain in the south
east the classic Sugar Loaves in the inn
mediate vicinity, and the bold Saddle
back in the north.
The beautiful scenery, the fine drives
and the productive fishing grounds in this
region are wooing the summer tourist to
partake of the beauties of nature and the
sumptuous tables of our hotels.
1t is promised that il your editorial cor
respondent lost himself in the wilds OF
Dixfield his mental and occult vision
must have been dimmed by the erudition
and beauty attendant on the teachers in
stitute recently held in this place. Rath-
er than have the reputation of the town
suffer. the authorities will furnish him
with a guide board to take alcng with
him.
Il. l.. Marble, mine host Of the Nation
al House, and, who. by the way, knows
how to render his guests happy, tells the
following good TN. "Some years ago,
travelling from Dixiield. my native place,
to Gardiner where was located in bust
ness, fell in with n traveller who pro-
posed that we dine at the Foss Hotel in
Wayne We were treated to most ami
able dinner in Foss' style. My fellow
traveller, rs | withdrew from the table,
says, have you finished your dinner? |
have not mine am going to have my
moneys worth" Ny friend in about
half an hour had finished his dinner, and
we resumed our travels toward the Ken
nebec, he diverging toward West Gardi
ner. Ny brother, physician in Gardi-
ner, received call that night. In the
morning Iasked him where he was called.
He replied, to West Gardiner to visit a
man who eat himself to death at Wayne
yesterday"
Ny fellow traveller was under the doc
tors hand two weeks all to prove that he
got his quarter of Il dollars worth. 5.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13

and we watch them and with little help
Of the imagination, they assume the form
of living realities.
A short distance from the city is the
most famous locality for crystallized
quartz to be found in Maine. Large and
fine masses of crystals have been taken
ont from here. Ifany arc left they must
be obtained by great labor at blasting.
Other minerals have been found in this
town, such rs beryl, wad, bog iron.
garnets, corundum, and tin ore. The
rocks are largely and coarscly granite.
and affords something to reward the
exploring mineralogist.
The setting sun has linged one of the
log mists with fiery red as it ascends
the summit of q distant mountain, and the
dark hues Of the forests remind one that
evening is approaching. We ere in the
hospitable home of Capt S. Mitchell, on
the mountain, where we find a good sup
ply of papers and plenty of good cheer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13

Under the call. towns will De entitled
70 representative pl'nwS So
Albany Andove. 3 Bethel Brown,
Ecld 3 Buykfcli : Byron F.; Canton 5;
Denmark > DiNi,ld >: FlycbUrg :;
Gilcad /; Grafton Greenwood >;
Hanover ! l.; Hartford , ilebrou3; Hiram
;: Lowell 8 Mason I Mexico ! Ncwry
] Norway >; Oxford Paris :; Peru ) F.;
Porter3; RoNbury Rumiord STOW / 4;
Stoncham | ; summers Sweden2 Upton
l; Waterford 3 Woodstock ll1mIm'S
Grant /; Franklin ri. /; Milton Pl. /;
Lincoln Pr /; Frycturg Academy Grant
!. Total 20
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
NOricdy Items.

The first and most important crop to
the farmer is harvested and safe in the
barns. 1t has been secured in very good
order, not damaged by wet weather, nor
scorched by too much sun, as it frequent
ly is. Take it altogether in this section
the hay is unusually good.
The continued cool weather is tight
one" for corn; it has to struggle against
cool windy days, and still cooler nights.
Some of our weather prophets talk of
great corn weather after the eclipse. AZ
ter the eclipse what do we see?
The rust is already fastened on to some
fields of potatoes.
Grain begins to wear golden hue,
these days, and will soon be ready to har-
vest. Some of our best agriculturists
say that grain should be cut when plump
in the dough.
Norway generally sells her thousands
Of bushels of rosy apples, but there will
be great falling off this year.
Summer travellers are vending their
way thither in goodly numbers this year.
They are in love with the hills of old OK
ford, and the cool, invigorating air they
find here. Some of them put on airs"
when they come to the country, but it
comes natural to city folks and of course
We don'r blame them, neither do We care
for them.
Rev. Jesse Jay. of Raymond, will
preach in the chapel at North Norway
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Dirfeid ITEMS.

The correspondent of the Lewiston
Journal, writing from Dixfeld, July 3oth.
says;
Farmers are getting along finely with
their having. A large crop will be Sc
cured Much use is made Of improved
having implements. A man with NOW
er and horse rake can put four acres into
the cock in a day. 1t was the work Of
four men in the old routine. Hence the
heavy part of having is, by machinery,
reduced three fOurths.
Grain is good; apples scarce and corn
very backward. 1t is just commencing
spindling. whereas it should be silking.
Unless the weather through August and
September should be favorable, corn can
not ripen.
The physical and moral health of our
village is good. Our streets are as quiet
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Take a Guide Board with You.

CAPITAL advice, that! We never thought
of the idea before. Sapient advisers have
taught us that, and we hasten to extend
the same to others.
Look at your guide board, dear sir,
when You attack those engaged in public
life. See to it that it points the right
way. BE sure that it tells you the truth,
30 that YOU shall utter the same.
Look well at what your guide board
says, when you are tempted to speak i'll
of those who never wronged You. Ifyou
disregard its finger You may find in due
time the old adage tue, that courses
like chickens come home TO roost."
Look sharply At your guide board when
you learn that others think lightly Of YOU.
See ifyou have followed its directions
Spell out the letters on Your guide
board when YOU are tempted to II mean
act. and if You have been heretofore
guilty of mean things. strive 10 avoid
them in the future, and aim at being no.
bic hearted.
Consult the direction of Your guide
board when You are tempted by evil
minded companions to pursue wrong
course. Read the direction over three
times. Mt least, before YOU yield 10 their
wishes.
Take your guide board with YOU when
YOU feel ill-natmed. 1t will point you
place where you may rid yourself of your
di>agreeablc feelings.
Procure guide board and keep it with
You il YOU have naturally a sour dis
position. especially take it with YOU when
YOU are travelling abroad; 4 persons
character sticks ont then, and his guide
board may caution him against doing
some mean act in the presence of his
fellow travellers.
Look 4, Your guide board early in the
morning and sec which way i, points for
the day and follow its direction. Rcmenl-
Der that it always points only in one
direction Mt the same time Look Mt it
again at night and see how near YOU
have followed its direction during the
day.
Ifyouarc naturally mean, contemplate,
en,iauS, sour. cross grained and i'm
pudeni, very small guide board will
answer Your purpose. On the contrary,
it Won are generous hearted, honorable,
cheerful and pleasant towards others, YOU
may have onn covered with golden
letters, that not only YOU, but MI may
read Be sure then always to carry a
guide board with YOU. Lewiston Journal,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Greenwood city. oxford County.

DR.. True, writing to the Lewiston
Journal from Greenwood, July 10Th, says;
Ifvou want To- know where Greenw God
CITY Is, or rather where il once was, ask
anybody who travelled up 10 the northern
part OF Oxford County by stage-coach -
years ago. and he will tell you all about
it with livcier recollcc;ionS than about
any other place this >ile Of New York.
Since the advent of the G.. T. H. Road
little i known now by strangers OF the
town of Greenwood. save the small village
nj Locke, Mills But in times of staging
the TRAY cllcr always remembered the long
road through the woods and among the
rocks for miles. without seeing a house.
He remembered how the road ran by =
beautiful little pond on one side and
high. perpendicular cliff on the other.
This WAS wild and romantic spot and
ALWAYS attracted the attention of the
traveller Unluckily for the tourist that
road Is stopped up aud a new one built al
quite u distance from the other side of The
aforesaid pond. In riding along that road
the stranger formed very unlayorablc
opinion of lis capabilities. Still there are
many good farms in the town occupied
by quiet moral and industrious people,
Greenwood City was % years ago, 4
little village with two hotels. half u
dozen dwellings, u little church. saw mill
and store. 1t was ut Capt. VIM. Moves
tavern where stage passengers took
dinner. \ rousing fire always greeted
the chilled traveller. The Captain was
the great man in those parts at that time.
His opinion was law to all the people
around. On sudden, some ten years
since, fire broke out in one of the houses.
and in thirty minutes every building
except the church was burned TO the
ground. Never was destruction more
complete. The inhabitants hardly had
time 10 get out of their houses before they
were one sheet of flames. The chuch
was the next year crushed in by the snow,
and the dcSolation was complete. Only
one small dwelling has been erected
where once was u little village. The
church has been built by the people in
the vicinity. As wcpassed along We were
reminded of the history OF Portland and
other cities of the East The road, once
a great thoroughfare of travel and trans
portation is hardly trod enough to keep
down the grass. The old Captain has
gone the way OF all mortals, and Green
wood City now exists only in name.
We rode Il mile and half west Of the
city into what is called the Mountain
District. Probably 10 families in Maine
are located so near the clouds as this
neighborhood. tits, however, covered
with good land. We saw an excellent
old orchard slanting to the north. a
butternut tree was growing thrifty, while
a Lombardy poplar of 40years still looked
green. II has been dull and rainy day,
and the mists and clouds are gathered in
valleys and on the sides of the hills far
below us; we are looking down upon
them at great hight. In a valley amile
distant, the mist looks like the foam OF
mighty cataract frozen stiff. We see
them forming all sorts OF fantastic shapes,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Wesfern Correspondence.
CoLrAx, Iowa, July u, 1869.

CoLFAX, Iowa, July u, 1867.
Mr.. Editor:
The rain has ceased, and again we are
having fair weather, which is cause oil
great rejoicing to the farmers of this VI
cinity, as the rainy weather babe fair to
entirely ruin the wheat crop. 1t has
damaged it TO great extent now. but il
will not prove total failure. Farmers
think they will get about half u crop
They are Lusy harvesting it now.
Yesterday OH my way To Des Mones,
saw several fields of wheat harvested and
ready TO be threshed. In this country the
wheat is all ,hreshcd in the fields and the
straw burned.
In point of agriculture, Iowa is far
ahead of any other State in the Union
In rapid growth and progress, richness
and fertility OF lis soil, and the purity and
hcalthiulness of it, climate. it Is not To be
surpassed. 1t has appropriately been styl-
ed 1.-THE garden of the grain growing re-
zion of the world" 1t lies between 10
- and - II degrees North Latitude,
and is washed OH the east and west by
the two great commercial rivers of the
globe. Ii has ineNhaustable beds of coal
and peat, and is on the whole one OF the
mos, desirable States in the Union for !
farmer 10 locate.
Financially, Iowa is one Of the first if
not the first State in tho Union. Its war
debt i, all paid, and large balance left,
in favor of the State. The following is n
statement of the financial condition OF
Iowa.
cash in hand. Of state and Co. Treas. s?si2So,C,
TAKE ut l~s due u|'"'''''
war claim, allowed by act ofConsress -,
Mar lSin. --'N'''-H
War claims due under act OF Congress .....
of l~ol I'S''"'u"
Total sl,s,9 233 -
bonJ. dine IN ISL 100000
school n,nJ bophs 33iil>.0l
s5gi!e .Ol
Balance in favor of the state s'sI's3,N9
These are very important facts to lowanS
and to those who are seeking homes in
the Northwest. No other state can show
So clear financial record. People COM
inc here are not taxed to pay of M old
State debt. Iowa is destined to be the
home of agriculturis,s, the product oil
whose labor shall find ready market
contributing largely to the prosperity OF
our common country.
Fraiernally Yours.
e.. f.. H.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13

distance to certain places, hut every one
knows who has travelled both ways, that
it was not safe directory. Abolish it,
and remove that triangular concern near
by, for breaking roads, and you have a
handsome place for flag. staff, or for one
of the aforesaid fountains. In no place
does little brushing up so improve the
appearance of things rs on Paris Hill.
Nature has done every thing for YOU.
Will not your people do more for her' A.
A good suggestion. The budapest
has been IN eye-sore to us for some time.
Ed
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Canton Items.

On Friday, Mr. VIM. c. Stevens buried
n child of about six months old. and on
Monday J. z. Swasey Esq, buried a child
of about fourteen months old. Both funcr-
ais were held in the Universalist house,
Rev. O. H. Johnson, attending on each
occasion.
Mr.. c. Holt has laid an aqueduct to his
house, a distance Of about twenty-five
rods-somcthinG that is rather more IA
yorabc to this country than boring wells,
although the men that made an unsuccess-
full attempt here last winter, have put in
some GOOD wells on the river road, and
are putting in some here now. These
wells are said to work complete, if they
can only hit the right kind of sand or
gravel At The bottom.
Robert ). Davis, Esq, of the firm of
X. ). Davis Il Go. OF Boston, has been in
town spending few days with Mr.. NJ. F.
Kicker, who is connected with that COM
pany, in the way OF introducing school
books. We presume Mr.. Davis, enjoyed
himself much in fishing, and viewing the
hills of Old Oxford.
On Saturday quite large crowd gath
cred here to see the moving match come
of; but all the readers of the Democrat,
were informed on Friday night, that there
would be no match and consequently there
were not so many here rs there would
have been. However, the Buckeye ma
chine moved at the appointed time for
trial, before quite large crowd, on an
uneven piece of ground, for thirty min
utes. and then went on 10 another smooth
er piece where boys were allowed to NOW,
which they did in satisfactory manner
The Buckeye did its work well but it was
quite disappointment not to see the trl-
al come off.
On Sunday, rs Mr.. Homer Child, with
his wife and two children, were crossing
at Greene's Ferry, their horse backed the
wagon in which they sat, out OF the boat,
completely capsizing them. BY quick as
sstance of those in the boat, and two
Young men who started from the same
shore in 4 small boat at the time they did,
they were rescued; but the horse went
down the river and drowned. 1t was
rather narrow escape, and 1t should
warn men to take their horse by the head
as they cross the river. The horse was
valued at $500
On Monday, they commenced opera
tons in the brick yard, it being very
favorable time on account OF the dry
weather. I:
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-08-13
Bethel.

A barn connected with the old FRYE
stand, and owned by X. A. Frye. Esq, of
this village. was consumed by fire on
Monday morning together with about ten
tons of hay and one hog. Fire supposed
to have originated from smoking. No
insurance.
Rev. Mr.. Titus preached a sermon last
Sabbath on the subject of temperance.
In the afternoon Mr. Ralph Wells,
Superintendent OF Mission Sabbath schools
in the city of New York, addressed the
children aud large audience. His
method of imparting instruction was
impressive, and il would he well il every
day rs well as Sabbath School teacher,
could have listened to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney of Boston will
give public concert OF music in the I'd
Congregational church, Friday evening
On the Tuesday evening following the
ladies of the lst Congregational church
will hold fair, the proceeds of which are
to 90 towards the purchase of an organ.
The boarders ut the Chandler House
are having series of entertainments,
literary, scientific and social.