The anti-monopolist., 1877-03-15

t;,, With which the human race - 9iessea,
more forcbly than eyer. am M ,nst a.t,aci.
iva iva and Interesting place for 9 'mner resort,
-: h;oh to sD.lld an annual vacation. - o.
f,nnd on this continent, ana lroni which .n0
;nralil 9 N derive greater bsneht, AMI the TOUR
;st rap richer harv It OF pleasure anu en!y
mynt than can be reailzeo III Any o'ue' eo0'AOA
of our country. 80 ). -, :.:
sa;a a crneratlun of people may live and ptss
swav. there has been no essential change, on
the face of the country. Farms: villages, ana
the extent Of the CULTIVATION oi 'no sol' ienl"in
about the same. .-l A.
unlke the West in that respect, wnere the
ov.rHnwinc tide of emigration is seen wan |
d.rinr along the banks OF the beautiful streams
AMI over the fiowery prairles. pltcnlng tents
dc d.s # to the abode OF civilization, aud BY the
works Of the hand of civilized and Intelligent
man making for themselves places and Sec
lions o1 our country equally productive and
byantiful as the garden Of Eden, with which to
b.ess our race and produce ooun1Iui supply
NOR Of England, and the people Of the old
world.
thought that no State nor section OF the c0un-
} try will co npare with Maine in relation to
arric ,ltural npatness. To the wandering trav-
! prr Maine Sc. ms to have more neat farms,
with houses and barns well painted, indica-
tive of perfect thrift and prosperity, than any
other State in the Union. The farmers of
Maine do not realize the fact that the large
majority Of them are the most wealthy ana IN
| d pendent people on earth wealthy because
their wants are more nearly supplied than those
t ot any other class of people; Independent for
a the reason that they are 'ss beset with the
troubles and affections OF life, and reaplng
from the world in th~ir pro ,ress through it. the
: largest share of earthly blessings which are
conducive to temporal ENJOYMENT.
I The man with neat, small farm, worth
. from two to five thousand dollars, ut OF debt,
and laying up from one to five hundred dol
g lars per year, and putting it at interest. is
# Que O the most wealthy men in the world; so
: far far as money goes to make up earthly enjoy
ment. the purposes and objects OF life; and
It when called to pass from earth and lie down
in the silence and solitude of the grave, and
there waste away in the last decay OF nature,
J. has rea ed more largely from the world, in the
autumn of life. of real comfort and happiness,
IL than man worth millions. Then why is moi
|e the ,nd-p ndent farmer the richer amt wiser
r, man at the close of life? And why is o. such
- livelihood far preferable to any other? Why
not be- satisfied with reasonable competency
o. 1t is said
n "Contentmanti is the richest life
In treasures that's untold;
Gold leads to . continual strife.
ID Aud troubles the world"
er notice that many of the old, cultivate,
fields have been abandoned to their primtiv
VI condition. and are again reclUthed with re
spectabie forests, while none have been con
verted by the husbandman from thu prilnitiv
~ condi ion to yield rich and bOuntlful harvest
es This certainly indicates dimunitlon in POP
C. ula,ion. But why 'ek for great treasures ]
IN other States, where they are not to be found!
Il The sad and melancholy picture that q
,'c absence of twenty years has painted to m
VI mind, is the wonderful mortality of the in
On b sbitsnts OF Cumberland county. The f0rme
Re. generation, with whom was acquainted, an
he y ith whom WIS associated, has passed away
:. It is an historical fact that twenty years is tt
-. Ire Of consecutive generations, AMI think
~ fully realize the truth OF it. look in vain Il
Oe former acquaintances and familiar faces, ~
IS, sec but verv few; a. I'D when, perchance, SON
IS. old acquaintanceS are to bt found OF 1Jrm
-, srneratl.n, the sickle of the time has SO mat
:. inrOads OH noble men l sc freely recogni
in them, and witness in every form evidences
he decaying manhood. wander to the ce'neterie
ed sci ucl,ers of the dead, aud there | tiud my q
no um .intances my friends, aud the kindred du
h1 f my ancestors. Many Of the cemeteries
Cumberland county seem to be my HON
~ es pecialiy the one at Gray ,where almost eve
get monument contains the inscription, al
marks the final resting place Of some near al
of iear friend. There find the names Of mi
- who were remarkable for their high moral a.
ed. intellectual worth, who have adorned t
~ senate illustrated the judiciary wandered in
o'n 1,wery fields Of literature, d-lved in I
ing depths OF science. trodden in the cool q
m. tranquilizi, paths OF philosophy, ably III
is.e ID at tho altar OF their Divine Master, a
mon who p),ses,eI in the most enlarged d
in grev all the elements OF human greatness. Su
: was thu worth, virtue and ability OF the form
generations OF Cumberland county, VINO
ne now reposing in the cemeteries Of tbs de-
.by and which is more fully described in the Il
ard guage OF Pope:
OF "In one short view, subjected to our eye,
the is, emperors, heroes, sases, beauties II
sta 1t will well repay the oldest inhabitants y
ons living, who acquired taste Ior romantic Sc
lose cry by travelling with horses and ca, ria3es
not the old and circuitous roads, before the G
tho struction Of railroads, to take horse
nell ~ .Iin. n.ad leo Inc 70 .u,,tnn Ea,ie hv tha
Iiter Of Libby's Corner, Bishops Corner. Allt
the C0rMer, over Blackstrap hill to Gray Cor
New Gloucester lower Corner, DaDv
Corner to the old ferry below Lewiston Fl
ltOlS will guarantee he will travel over every
ally and through every valley in that section Of
country.
one had desire this last summer to tr
wise that old road, over which have trav
many hundred times in my youth. from
una to Portland, and IN conformity to my ?. ea
and took horse and buggy and started
Hramhalls hill. / could not recognize
familiar object until got t Bishops Cor
aud that was the house and tanueries of
old and WORTHY friend Levi Morrill,. v
memory is to be loved and h0nored;
the therc. over the h,rd and granite soil Of th.
tim. road to Gray. Past events and ten thou
thoughts of pleasure and sadness passet
lana mind, and when | arrived on the verv apt
llent the hill, ovefl'sklng the beautiful and e1
sive valley Of the river, VIII ~ Gray fact
piets Ar situated. presenting one Of the most
holy tIiul landscIPss on earth, with ave and
,nces IT,. - -. = -. ..4
IS Of And view the ancient sccie,
ling, Where in my youth learned to read
And played upon the green.
The hills an valleys are the same;