The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-07
Country Resorts ON the Line of the Port
land a. Ogdensbus Railroad.

This town has always known that it was
elected to good luck and believe it to this day /.
1t is rich in farms water-powers and lumber,
and is really unrivalled in scenic beauty.
Tourists are at once strikingly impressed with
the harmonious combination of it's landscape
features, and very many tarry here the entire
season, for the air is sweet and exhilarating
and the water pure and wholesome. The
town is situated on both sides of the Saco river;
that part on the east being denominated
Hatchs Corner and on the west Hiram
Bridge. The corner is the beehive of the
Town. Its people are for the most part -engag-
ed in the manufacture of boots and shoes, and
nen and boys clothing. There Is vast
amount of business transacted here with but
little outward demonstration. The new firm
OF Green & Hatch ARE at present doing as much
If not more business than all the others COM
bned. These merchants are young and en-
terpiisiDg and possess full determination to
keep the wheel of trade in rapid motion.
Clark & Co. are doing prosperous business
at their extensive saw mill. Mr.. Ivory Clark
employs great many hands at his boot and
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Tue dry goods and grocery business for many
years. We would as soon think of riding in
carriage with one wheel off as to omit the
name of Mr.. Christopher Allen in description
OF the business men of this town; for he is one
of its propelling torces-an active and energet-
c house builder who has constructed the best
buildings here.
The main feature of interest in natural seen
cry on this side of the river is Tear Cap Hill,
which is about one mile east of the Corner.
Here Harry Brown and other artists have
made some superb sketches. At sunset the
river is beautifully grand. This hill takes its
name from a very unromantic circumstance
which occurred at its summit mary years ago
an ARRAY between two elderly women whose
ruff1ed caps, though minor consideration in
this act of savageness became sadly torn and
disarranged. Pity that the community should
exhibit so much of unfriendliness, by allowing
the memory of this unhappy event to live in
the stigmatc name it has given to this emf
hence!
The country about Hiram Bridge is noted for
its pcturesqueness; here is the soft, green
valley with the lovely Saco, beautiful in its
ugly crookedness; for its abrupt turns give the
appearance of a chain of EMPOWERED lakes
which sparkle and coquette with beauty
through the interstices of the giant pines along
its banks; then here is Mt Cutler which is a
small mountain, but precpitous and rough
wooded, and wearing frown as if in stern re-
buke at the smiling scene before it; there are
several paths to its summit, though none are
well defined; yet ambitious people overcome
this difficulty with a good grace, and always
feel rewarded for their toilsome pilgrimage;
for the view from the best, yet not the highest
standpoint is very fine; here are the two villa
ges nestled quietly, not to say cometosey in
natural amphtheatre formed by wealth of
forest clothed hills, while off a little to the
south is the new railroad bridge, beautiful in
It's web-lke appearance, thus adding another
charm to the picture. On the mountain side
granite and verdure strive for mastery; and
mere may be found fine variety OF wild flow
ers, fern, lichens and moses
We advise, and everybody advises the tourist
to visit the Falls, for they are really grand; at
their foot he may fish little or a great deal
with success, and if be is not toe fastidious,
may have happy good meal here; and as
there is an abundance of frogs near by, he may
have them la Crapotine, and only fraction
more froggy than at our pop ular city hotels
Tho woter powor horo is Of great value and al
most Imitless capacity, and undoubtedly will |
soon be improved. OF course The scenery is
grand-the land rough and cragged There is 1
but little pretence to business at the Bridge.
Hubbard Bros traffic in country produce and
Try 10 meet the wants of the people in dry and |
fancy goods. The First Universalist society |
are building church here, which promises to |
be fine one. The Mt Cutler House is very
good holel, but is too well known to need fur
Their comment from us. The private residences |
are very pretty, being shaded by beautiful
,lms, among which we would mention that of
Hon. John p Hubbard, Noah Hubbard, ESQ.,,
md Marshall Spring. The Portland & Og-
lensburg r. R. Company have neat depot
lere, and the incoming and outgoing trains
ieepu up quite little stir. Without doubt but
title time will be required to make signal
rSn an Many benedic.ions on this
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