Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1877-11-20
NorIrdU as q Location.

/ Permaueuce OF the COunty-seat IS i'm
por,ant for obvious reasons, and so is q
careful examination of the proposed loca-
tlOn, lest II may be found faulty after il is
too late. Norway has set up q claim
based on certain allegations which it is
/ not our present purpose TO examine but
| the orginators Of this scheme shou d
/ have spoken of the healthtulness OF their
yiilage Paris llill is well known through
/ out the State and even in Massachusetts,
rs n very healthy aud beautiful spot, aud
has long been iavoriie resort Tor inya-
lids and city people enjoying their sum-
MGR vacations. \ few years ago Norway
enterprise built hotel for summer
| bDarders, but from some reason they
/ failed to see the beauty OF the location,
and the hotel did not pay. Whether this
had anything to do With the presen. plan
is an open question; bat the reasons OF
that failure. - fr Is connected with
location, s,i. remain and are fair subjects
Tor consideration.
Norway village is built along the out
ic. OF the neighHoring pond and is divided
near - center 5y tie tannery brook,
Nog.h-a., lies VT meadow, 50 close o
o.. -,re.n. ra, .he village hes extended
a'lns one street nilc vithou, preading
O.. al TIE sides This meadow j. coy
cred with water ir We seasons OF the
yea, ard IS lrlsorscd ~ lbc brook. This
enters the palt stream near The tarncry,
and below the j.ucii.n is ero.tor march
halt a milo long sud several hundred
yards wide, in places. This marsh j.
Hooded every spring aud gradually dries
OF as The season advances. These two
areas OF mud and the 'arnery brook form
tae usual receptacle tor sll sorts of ofla,
Cncluding dead horscO and when the
water is shut fl, as is done At night in
summer TO economize the supply for
manufacturing purposes, the odor OF the
decaying refuse is plainly percep,iblc al.
over the village The streets are con
posed OF clayey gravel, which forms a
very compact (and dusty) roadway when
dry; bu; during and after shower rs
| The streets are ,CuaoW underdratnS, the
mud is from four TO eight inches deep
throughout the village. There is ire
quently pool OF stsgnsnt water five
rods long and one rod broad. covering
the sidewalk nearly the whole distance
opposite the residence OF one OF the prin-
cipal citizens. There are two crossings
about one hundred yards apart. During
the past summer nm attempt was made to
extend a street over he upper meadow,
but it had to be built up like railroad
embankment, six or eight feet high in
places, to keep it out of the water, and it
would seem cheaper to build the rest OF
it on trestle work. The tannery. which
extends about one hundred feet close TO
the sidewalk of Main S., vies with the
marsh in producing The odors so savorY
to the residents that they wish the whole
county to share their fragrance.
These statements are all true and none
of them are exaggerated in the least.
No citizen of Norway can truthfully deny
or palliate one Of them.
The result is that Norway is very IN
healthy. Many can remember the fire.
quent charges of the oxford Register
while it was published there, concerning
the frightfuly unclean state OF the vii
lage and the violence OF epidemic in con-
sequence. Diphtheria and levers followed
each other in quick succession.
Investigate these statements it you do
not feel satisfied of their truth, inhabit-
ants of Oxford County, and then ask
yourselves whether Norway is fit place
to put your Court House. Why, citizens
OF Norway tell you that your Court