Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-09-08
Following are extracts from the poem

A huudied years The mellow ray
or history o'er us streams,
Pierces the darkness. aud displays
rhc garnered light of vaaished days;
As ono who, lost in drcSms,
Secs glaams OF glory through tho skies
Aud wonder. wheucc they take their rise.
I, huudrc,l IA Tn r stately stcrs
Fell on M mOr,gl ear;
Yet gathered IN lhi, hOuorcd place
The tril-taie Footprint. we can trace
Thai marked ther progress here.
iud here "A monument we raise
"a memory of departed days.
our verses with our lhoughts will chime
Aud wander Ia that distant tune
Which Nils our fancy. nces our sight,
Iiilr hidden IA lao hA1y light
Which tell. VI day but hint, OF night
la sudbuty, Canada, we stand;
Above us t"wsr the stately trees
whcn. s,itrs,l by evvry passing breeze,
Wake nutmneous mu,ia through the land.
fsr fron ,hs thoioughia'e- Of .rnde,
Remote frun all the uJise of men,
A spot OF calm aud sweet rcpOso,
save whcru the sdrgiiug ~. eamlct 1Ows
Along son,e mossy hauuied gleu
That fickcrs sols with ligL! aud shade;
Or WhcIr the \ udI 1scoh sin pouIs
its udc impatient foo the sen,
Or with n sound like min-l.rlsg
Loi,ers along its shady shores;
The forest, vhv-c vast eLlns OF shade
Hide homcs that 10 the birds bc.Oas,
sprrad, green ean"py o'erhcad
All inirraced W..h threads of song;
Beneath, the ,'uy wili.nower -hOws
It, petal, moist with liuscr'ng dew.
That Il hernbl,ng stays and swiftly goes
whcrc'cr the sunligat Irieklcs Though.
Centennial Hymn.
As.-whcn 20 jacob il was gi,sn
To scc, 'nid Ea..eia desert, l0Ho,
A ladder reaching rp 10 Heaven.
Along whose steps the angel, shonc-
lie knew the Lord was sriely there,
Aud whnt had .cemcd but Wilderness
Now Gods oAa dwelhr did appear,
Aud Bethel" thencr he n. med The place.
SO. wh,n our fathers, ckstws-d isd,
CaHuccd o. luis losely valu 10 Oam.
sce,4; h, cms ald noOr oas, prraI
Aud spanuch b. yClIcr c.y.ihl dame,
Into whose depths ne mount iins soa ed
I. kr hcayeuiv i.ddcI. Hns.i.n 0d.
Tuey sail. "lIc-c ,r,ry dwell. The Lord"
Aud n.mrl the home the hOu Z OF God
Aud hc't, ,:om youth 20 age, ;hey ssroyo
Their AooLl" hrrilas' e. Keep
For Freedom, X 1uN edge, Sir.a, Love
Sow "a tue dLst all sii,n. sleevI
NJ, We. their children, e d..tnl
The b, -hlsc they lowell 70 wcll
Ih, hcir-loom from the pat drfrrni
10 children children. nobIvr al:
A place Tor hotnelie.l labors meet,
Ever OF mpaly wui.n the abode;
AqI ave. place 81 Worship sw1et.-
4 templo bigh,-A Of God"
Dwc'l with u, Thoui And whea tho stoae
shan Lc, NJ exc, our rc,t'dg place,
IicAyru'- ladder be- . us let dowd,
Aud may wc see Tree, face 10 faccl
q. c. "IIou,e OF Cod" See Gca. .A,II: :lO-ls
BiSlokr Up BETHEL.
Address Delivered by Dr.. y. +. True
t the Centennial of Bethel. Aug. 10Th.
S1i:
One hundred years ago litlle was
nown of the AndroSroggiu river beyont
.umiurd FtlIs. The earliest map il
,hich can liud it laid dawn is by
'harlevuix in l144. He gives :he liveI
oming from laNc that is nameless. Ii
74j party made - survey n few miles
bove Runlord Falls. find no recOrl
/ any exploration father up the river Il
eaching Shelburne, n. H.. which had
cceivcd charter lrU II The crown ~ early
; 1868. though not surveyed ill III.
THE INDIANS.
Tho Indian namo OF what is now Bethe
) lost. "Songo' applied to a pond. ant
ienily iug ~ sputce.' is the only Indian
anne now surviving in The town. TIVE
niles above the bridge IN front OF III,
Iwelling house oil the ate Timothy Chap
nan, esq. is the site Of nv ludian villag,
n The bauts OF the A1dcoscoggiI. |
las probably not been occupied by then
ince 1850. They had cleared len acres
4 inleryaie for corn field. Pine trees
8 inches in diameter had grown up il
ONE places wneu the first white settler,
anne. Tne rest WAS covered with bushes
;uln hills were every where ylslbl,
Imong The trees. In clearing The land 2
ellars were discovered, which had beer
sed us deposit ior com. A dozen gur
m rcls. together with brass kettles. axes
n;vcs. glass bottles. 4, ows and iroi
oes were found. One OF the guns was
Dadcd. a silgle 81 eleton was lDund. Il
; .,id the dead were buried at Canton
'uint. P,obably the settlement contiinet
rom 100 to 200 persons.
a m;e npd bait below tho bridge
ear the Narrows i Powow PJidl. n place
4 rendezvous Tor hunters aud wal flors
~ c1mnna were the Indians during th'
cst settlement ui the tow |. that quite /
rcl of IAN oeS On The river was com mor
occurrence.
Oncc party of Indians encamped neal
Iliur ;ver. and offered 10 wreslle with
Ohm Barker. the first settler ot Ncwry.
hey selected the veal est first. ant
,nrkcr threw them. Al length, having
oorcd all the rest. the strongest one wa:
n.aged and laid or hiS back after SHARP
t,uggle. The Indian arose and exclaim
d, You ail Kdtahondu-yoH all DerH.
The Audroscoggin river was Tor q Ions
ime the boundary between French an'
.nglish influence. The later Indian.
Tho visited Bethel used TO speak of The
,,nnv nroule that formerly uWelt there