Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1876-08-15

rather small Tor pToulho'o
On picking our way to The top we 'ouH"
County Attorney Bisbee and family roS'-
master DeCos,er and iaDiIy, Insurance.
Agent Hayford and family with the DC
ore mentioned engaged" couples anu
two or three spare maidens. with "noH
Cole soon occupied himself eSiuen''y
forge,ful OF his previous engagement
- ,yhi,s Mountain breeze endered the
weather comfortable on the sulnu''''
though sold Sol' was sending his sna.p
eat arrows at US. The view from 'n''
elevation is grand and beautiful west
ward the white mountains stand ou'
boldly against the blue sky IN all the"
grandeur, giving perspective seiuo"
eoual,ec. Further south are pheasant
mountain, and numerous popds,ior lanu-
scape, while the villages OF Paris SCUM
Paris, Norway. Oxford and Mechanic
Falls gle evidences of that human skill
and il. dustry which alone rebder coun-
try valuable. To the southeast are he
bron and tho two cities OF the plain
Lewiston aud Auburn. We nave Iehu
and heard 50 much about the DESTRUCTION
of onr forests that We were agreeaoly
surprised to observe that not more than
one-hali the territory TO be- seen nom inns
nosi,ion has been cleared There is un-
told wealth vet ia Tho iOresls Oi Oxford
County. As we made these observations
the mountain party had paired oil, and.
seated on the lea side oi rock wen
nrotected from the sun by arms aud UNI
brellas, was engaged in singing Nearer
to thee" Hold tho Fort" etc. we
should Judge that yerr good choir might
have been selected from members oil ms
party.
The latest edition of the Bisbee family
thought il was about time for her alter
noon nap and. being one OF the old ioiks'
we accompanied the married people To
their camping ground. In about an hour
the party was united. and started Tor
home.
Accepting an invitation from Mr.. Bis
bee, we visited his pleasant little resi-
dence. 1t is located on "A slight eminenee
, which il lerraced from road 10 door step.
/, He hqs very convenient and attractive
set OF building, KEEP; Us models "i neal
ness. la the barn besides his colt. "bich
has previously been noticed IN this paper,
we found full-5Iood Jersey call. per-
fectly built and Of excellent color. She
will make a valuable COW. Mr.. Bisbee
has nice law library, and is not only
making constant additions 10 it, but IS
gathering many valuable volumes for
household uses.
A Emo view Of the village and sur
rounding country may be had from the
bill! back of Mr.. Bisbees residence. Al
the loot of this hill is cOmmodious resi-
dence formerly occupied by Mai. LOring.
Chas. Forster, the tOotb-piCk msnuiaC-
turer, has leased these premises.
Mrs. Whitney Cummings. a literary
character OF some note. in her youth.
occupies fine residence. opposite the
Bisbee stand. 1t is shaded by large elms
which also stand in front of two or three
adjacent houses Mrs. Cummings is
sister Of the late Henry Prentiss Of
Bangor.
After spending a pleasant evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings, we re-
red to the Bucktield House. owned by
Warren and Son, where we had
refreshing sleep and good breakfast
The hotel is located 10 convenient
position, and has a generous patronage.
The buildings are soon 10 receive n
borough repairing. Mr.. Warren. senior,
is harness-msker by trade, and during
the winter moths. las. year manufactured
twelve complete harnesses, doing in
that time about $500 worth oil work.
Twenty mile river runs through the
village furnishing sale aud reliable
water power. The privilege furlhest
down stream is occupied By saw mill.
This property was Purchased in May by
Lunt & Record, two very energetic and
practical young men. They do all kinds
of custom saving, aud also manufacture
shingles.
On the same territory is located An
drews Maldron's shovel handle facto-
~. The upper story oil this building is
occupied as Il carding mill We found
an aged gentleman. Mr.. WaldIon, in
charge OF this room. The latest i'm.
proved machinery is used in this work,
aud firsl-class rolls are turned out. MIR.
Waldron we'll remembers when caldiug,
spinning and weaving were all done by
hand, and drew an amusing comparison
between The first machine he used and
the elegant piece of mechanism which
was before US.
Further up the stream is Sheriff Whit
tens tannery. This business has been
conducted here for the past fifty years.
The present building is 30x60 leet, two
stories high, with large Atore-room in
the attic. 1t has capacity for tanning
l'oOo bides per year. though, owing 10
hard times, 1t is not worked to its foil