Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05
A Buried City inSMa1ne.

The last field day" of the Maine His
torica, Socie was enlivened by an ad.
dress from Mr.. r. K. sewe'l, who said
that a. a special meeting of the Society,
held at Augusta, in February, 1859, the
QUESTION f the existence of paved streets
at Pemaquid was discussed, some alleging
occular demonstration, and others deny ing
the fact. On motion Of the b N. ]. w.
Bradbury, large committee of the 5ocle'
ty wa appointed 10 visit the spot On
the 26th of August FLOWING, the COM
pany proceeded to Bristol; and found the
half had not been told, for sections OF
pavemvn, artistically built of beacn cob
tle-st ones, with perfect &utters and curb
ings, were open. and examined, uneartn
el from the depth of foot or more OF
soil, above which the tall.gro "n grass had
long waved and often been shorn and made
into hay
Further examination disclosed other
facts showing that Maine had a mysteri-
ous but bur ed history, to une .rth which
the citizens of Bristol were promised a
feld-day exercise in two, years from that
date by this society, on condition that they
would make fu ller explanations of ttelr
ancient remains, and gather up for the use
OF the Society all toe fragments of history
within reach; and q special committee
was organized to take this du y in charge,
the re marAable results of who eff rts in
developing the archaeology of this sp It
have SCENE to justify the recommends
ton that granite shaft here be raised in
the interests of the history OF Maine, TO
mark the "beginnngs.. Of New England
here uncovered.
J.H. hack Teton, of Pemaquid, as the
organ of the subcommittee, having in
charge The exhibit of newly discovered
remains, gave most full and Intensely
interesting drtail OF facts, rel cs a~d ira
ditions, supported by afidavits of ivng
eye witnesses, showing that in 1886
fragment of gravestone was turned out
by the plow near the ancient burial ground
of Jamestown, marked wi h the date of
1905. He exhibited leaden ornament,
apparertly tag to ro, or piece of cloth,
dug up at N. Harbor in 1858, bearing the
date 1910, and English letter n" In the
center. The affidavit Of Mr.. Fosset, that
in 1853 the ancient canal showed remains
four feet high, deep and wide, bearing at
toat date maple trees eighteen inches in
diameter. He also exhibited pipes from
the apparent ruins of an ancient factory
there of the patterns of pioes of clay, in
all respects like lipes classii d. marked
and arranged in museum o. tobacco pipes
in Guildhall, LONDON, belonging to
the times of James the First and
Charles the Second of England, seen there
by Mr. Dean, and now c4mp red With the
specimens shown. Spoons of the pattern
OF the Elizabethsn period, and in all re-
spects like those dug up at Gosnold's
Lanoi ing, on the Elizabeth Islands. were
found here aud were shown. Mr.. Hackle-
ton also exhibited shot found in loc .lity
OF N. Harbor, where heaps of shot f'om
the size of bullet to q No. 2 have been
taken out, 30 pounds at a time, and 80
pounds DY weight, within the past five
wears, by his afhant, Joshua Thompson, of
n. Harbor. !.
At this place are the ruins of an ancient
fort, 50 feet by 81, walls 5 feet thick,
which, forty seven years, ago, Was over.
grown with very la ge axis, now cleared
If. Full descriptions of the streets of
jamestown, pavements, remains of smith
cries, as they were half a century sgo,
were given by eye-witnesses and laborers
who had been employei to remove the
ruins and level the streets, fill up the cel'
lars and dig up the pavements, and erase
tho ronaina