Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1871-07-18
NUMBER 26.

three distinct yarleties-in tank, con-
stantly supplied with fresh water.
They are kept for sale selling at $50 by
the hundred to stock streams and ponds.
They are tame and suffer themselves to
be handled-ieeding literally while you
play with them. They are fed on cur
died milk In the pond above are thous-
and OF trout-tle Paradise of fishermen
but to fishermen this is forbidden fruit.
"ren dollars fine" sticks out on an
ominous sign adjacent.
Peru village has good water power,
say and grist mill owed by Gustayus
Hayiord & Son, Il shoe factory carried on
by J. V. Young, two stores, q shinglc
and lath mill
East Peru has good water power.
saw and glist mill. Mr.. RipIey's saw
mill is a mile above
Mr.. Knight has n saw mill, n mile
above West Peru.
All this while we have been on the
western bank of the river The railroad
will probably cross the river in Peru at
Turner'S Rapids, three miles below Dix
field village 1t will then follow the
river, passing just TO the north OF
DIXFIELD VILLAGE.
Dixfield has valuation of over half
a million of dollars 1t is an unusually
pleasant village, on quite Il bluff over
looking the Androscoggin. In hotels
Dixfield is very fortunate. as our party.
had abundant opportunity and appetite to
test. There is the Androscoggin House,
conducted by Landlord Jackson and the
National House. by Mr.. Marble both
hotels are exccllently managed. The
landlords of both houses had their
latch strings out and gave the railroad
army n sumptuous dinner which was
none the worse, OF course, lor being mark
cd with that cabalistic but beautiful mon
ogram "D. H." From Dixfield village
oHc may SCb ouPclU ' pV"S w suito"iiu
ing country. Here to the west is Speck-
led Mountain with his head among the
clouds, Black Mountain, glooming over
the Androscoggin Valley; crazy ',Tum,
BILE Down Dick" looking Gd% more like
we'll behaved mountain on this side than
on the other To the north is Mount
Blue, the Sugar Loaves and other heights,
less suggestive Of saccharine delights.
Dixield Village has three stores, and
is to have drug store, TO be kept by
Henry Marble. Nj. ID
The village water power is excellent
Here is Austin & Chase's saw mill Alvin
Judkins' carriage factory; f. X. Norcross }
grist mill; +. G.. Reynolds clover seed
and carding mill; Hosea Aus.in's tan.
merry. A WOODEN mill was burned here
u year or two since.
Dixfied village has two church cdifices
Congregational and MethodisD; six
lawyers; but no settled minister. Dix
field, probably, has M more lawyers
than she needs, but some of the people
told us there was too much disproportion
in her law and gospcl-which Is evident
from her minister ia statistics. Yet Dix.
field is well-behaved village, and will
doubtless have rs many churches and
mini ,ters rs there are denominations,
when, in a year or two, the locomotive
"Washburne," or "Col. Strickland" OF
"Gen. Clark" or "Soule"-good thing
for locomotive to haye-or Park"
screeches through this resonant valley.
Dixtied village has excellent stage
connections with Canton Strickand's
Ferry, Bryant's Pond and North jay.
This is the centre Tor quite an area oi
traffic hom Weld, Carthage, &c. a
new hall-milc race course for the use OF
the Agricultural Society, has just been
completed al cost OF $4,000. This is
prime region Tor good horsehesh. Out
from here went 4 $1,000 horse recently,
with 2 80 winning the other
day $500 purse in Riverside race.
Dixiield has two more villages. East
Dixfield owning walcr-power. on
which stands II. Walkers saw and grist
mill, and Henry Fuller's tannery. There
arc here three stores and two churhes.
Dixiold Center has two saw mills,
and store, doing n heavy business.
Here also is The town house.
MEXICO CORNER
Is five miles above Dixfield within sight
and (moat audibly) within sound OF the
famous Rumford Falls, mile up the
river. Mexico Corner is at the mouth
of Swift river, which perpetrated such
strange antics in the freshet of Is months
ago or more The devastation Of that
day will not soon be forgotten here
nor will the work be obliterated for a
long time. Splendid intervales covered
with sand or ploughed TO pieces, houses,
forests, cattle swept away in moment.
Its rise is 80 rapid that "swift' becomes
the fit name for it. Yet now our long
trail of teams fordod the stream at MeXi'
CO corner, looking like company OF
pilgrims ION Jordan stormey strand" or
ut the lords of the Jordan.
The first grasp we got hold OF at
Mexico Corner was the hearty welcome
of The Journals good friend II. w. Park,
ESQ.,, who is Valley Railroad man and