Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-07-30
horticultural.
Maine as She Is to Be.--No. 8.

are giving SVcu lttdiu VAi 1hc h'V's-
ment. They have proved that capital
may be proftsbly invested in Maine.
They have doubled. yea. trebled, in about
twenty years. We have our Lewiston,
Saco, Biddeford. Portland. Winthrop,
Gardiner aud Dexter. The statistics of
manufactures in these cities and towns
tally f.yorably TO the manufacturers OF
Maine.
The future ofour State is foreshadowed.
Water powers have been purchased by
corporations and individuals, who intend
TO erect factories on grand scale.
The headstrong Audroscoggin. in its
rage for improvement. is speaking in
thunder tones to the capitalist. Harness
me to the tribute wheel. and Twill work
your wealta. and the independence of
Oxford and Franklin Counties
Our other rivers are leaping from their
mountsin headlands and highland tables,
laundering forth, There is Withholding
that tendeth TO poverty, and giving that
tendeth TO wealth = I'VE are the original
legsey of Heaven" ''0ur thunderings
have received no response save the mimic
echo OF the bowling storm, and the de-
risive hooting of the owls" "Our forces
have, hitherto, been wasted on the willow
and elm, that bow in graceful reverence
over our foaming esttracts As they ware
in grateful SUBMISSION to our power;
Harness Us TO manufactures, the car of
the wealth and power of nations )" I'VE
are mans servants" ITO him will We
yield willing obeisance."
practical Illustration, andore familiar
TO the readers of the Journal, Of the
wealth and farm thrift that follow in the
wake of manufacture, let Us instance
Lewiston. Her water power. wreSted as
il were from nature. has developed
populous, wealthy and enterpriSing city
The manufacturer says to the beautiful
agricultural region aboutit. Our interest
and yours arc reciprocal, You speed
the plow and We will speed the loom, and
divide the profits with you. You require
oar fabrics TO clothe yourselves and fam
lies. We require Your hay, grains, meat.
vegetables, fruit and wood. We will
strike the balance in cash"
And the farmer diScourses thus with
the merchant and citizen; I've are in
company with the manufacturer which
warrants Us to beStir ourSelveS-to manu-.
facture manures, drain our lands, rcdrain
our bogs, wrest our rugged land, from
the clutch of nature and plant orchards
and vineyards We will admit YOU to
the copatnery, and furnish You with edi-
bles. if YOU will supply Us with goods
and haudiwork, provided YOU will square
the account with cash.
Who, blessed with the power of loco
motion, has not, within twenty-five years,
beheld, with establishment and delight,
the wondrous change that has come over
Lewiston and passed TO the beautiful and
fertile valley OF the Androscoggin
Here city has arisen from 8, rural dis
trict. and germ yegctated for future
city on the other bank. Improvement
has swept over the valley OF the Andres
coggin and clothed ii - 4 garden.
The eve looks. and the mind rests with
pleasure Ola this Improvement. Here
city Of tn thousand inhabitants, points
its half dozen towering spires. hope-like
10 the skies. Hero education is literally
endowed. In the vicinity lands have IN
creased in value one thousand per cent,
Throughout the country fifty per cent.
And this must be accredited 10 manu-
iacture
When the Spragues, those princes of
manufacture. shall buzz their hundreds
of thousands OF spindles in Augusta. The
like effect will be produced upon the
agriculture Of Kennetec When all the
waterfalls in Maine shall yield to the art
of man, our State will be one city-or at
least one great continuous village.
No nation or people can become com
pletely wealthy and powerful by asricul
ture and commerce alone. Il is manu-
facture that has made England what she
Is. the little bulmight kingdom. Manu-
facture Is the triplet ter OF agriculture
and commerce. The form the grand
triad.
We see y hat i wan ing to roll on the
future greatness OF VI ne. DO not stand
sniveling and drive 70 over stern
climate or rugged soil, VOW upon the
grand altar OF Nature nd offer sacrifice,
vow 90 rcmsre those distractions in your
path ".;ch bar YOU tron. the prize. They
were placed there 10 learn you to be men
Where NO effort is required, no will will
be directed. A man without will is not
mana thing
Harness these waterfalls with sn IRON
harness. They will need 10 lashing
Nature needs none. This is wanting 10
roll on the future greatness Of the Dirigo
State. This is wanting to keep our sons
and daughters at home, either in the
manufacturing establishments, or, what
is better. within or along side of the
paternal mansion. where theirmorals and
health can be in safe keeping. This is
wanting to increase the wealth and popu-
lation Of our State. which, in some of the
rural districts, decreased in the last
decade and, probably, willin the present.
This is wanting 10 build nm cities with