Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1878-10-29
From the Kennebee Journal.
4 Vacation Rdmbie.
ivoRD Conner. October g. 1873.

RUNFoRD CORNER, October 3, 1879.
Ito, ye dwellers in the close and dusty
city, shut in by high brick walls, and
drudgiDg in the treadmill of daily life,
with the mercury, even in these October
DAYS, pointing TO 50 or 80 degrees in the
shade,-come forth from the carking cares
of business, and the mud and mire Of pol
itics, into the green fields and forests OF
the country. If ever days or hours were
designed and fitted for recreation aud ru-
raj travel, these are the ones. We left
the Kennebec on the first day Of October,
equipped for short excursion into the
interior. The sunshine and the AIR, the
roads and the scenery, were charming and
delightful from the hour we started. The
trees are clothed with the vsriegated hues
Of early autumn, with here and there ma
ples and sumacs gorgeous with crimson oil
scarlet, the deep brown Of the ash, the
yellow gold Of tho beech, and all the
various cOlors that the trees and shrubs
of the roadside assume Thus we rode
over the hills and valleys that lie between
the kennebec and Androscoggin, viewing
the green fields and pastures, verdant even
10 October, the apple orchards bending
with their load of ripe and golden fruit,
the broad cultivated acres giving evidence
OF abundant crops of rich corn and grain
the men and boys gathering IN the pota-
toes, the cattle grazing 10 their tat past
ures, and all the various sights and scenes
of prosperous rural life.
Was it poet who, with "his eye in
fine frenzy rolling" pronounced dancing
10 be the poetry OF motionP If so, he
was one who literally was ''of Imagination
81 compact" and had little knowledge OF
the reality. Talk of shaking your feet
and hopping about in hot room hour
after hour, 10 the music of an old fiddle,
being the poetry Of motion Before the
high court of criticism confirms such an
absurd notion as fnslity, We beg to sub
nj. another view. Take a light open
wagon. with horse that needs no driving,
anu on the first and second days Of Octo-
ber, with few pleasant companions equip
ped in i similar manner, ride through a
beautiful country, along smooth and we'll
made roads, pausing where you please to
view the charming vistas Of scenery, and
going on A. fast and as far as you choose,
and If this is not the poetry Of motion,
VIA, Is itl
Beautiful as was the first days ride to
South Livermorc, yesterday far exceeded
IT, The rosd from that place towards
Canton Mills, passing along the banks OF
the pond for mile or Two, with gIlmpSeS
Of the water shining through the interst'-
ees OF the intervening trees, Ii simply de-
hghtful. At one point, crimson maple
crowned q projecting point on the oppo-
site bauk Of the pond, and the water being
peItectlv still, the reflection Of the trees
aud shrubbery In the depths below, was
lust As distinct as the reality above, the
color even Of the maple foliage beng a.
TiEid In the water as In the air. Had a
painter been there, be would have cstAb-
iished his reputation if he could have sue
cecded in portraying counterfeit pre-
sediment" Of the lovely scene. But time
would fail TO cnumerate the beauties OF
the scenery We witnessed Oh our journey
up the picturesque ApdrOseOggin to this
point. And if time would allow, cur
feeble powers OF description are wholly
inadequate to picture what must be seen
to be appreciated We ought not to for
get. however, to mention that all the way
along on our ride, We were solaced by the
"me.odious song of birds, namely that
charming bird Of the forests and fields OF
Maine, the lovely crow, crying 10 musical
tones. .cah, cab, can -
This morning | am writing at an open
window, in the second story Of the hotel,
with view on the opposite side OF the
river. Of the pretty village Of Rumiord
Point. with Its white spires pointing hea-
yenward, aud with background OF rocky
wood.crowued cliffs, aud through al open
in, & view Of the road that leads to And
over, hanked by hills and mountains on
either hand. The morning Is lovely and
cIesr. as was last evening, when our par
~ walked to the river and chartered the
rope ferry boat to take Us across the river
and back by moonlight.
! PIX HOLDER.