Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-10-03

used frequently to visit an old hunter here,
Of whom he was very fond, listen to his
stories, live on his coarse fare and 60 hunt
Ing and fishing with him. (By the way,
this Is Websters centennial year, as you
know, he was born one hundred years ago,
and great celebration is to be held at
Marshneld, Oct. 3. President Arthur has
signined his intention Of being present,
and an elaborate programme Is expected.)
Going back to town, We return to
THE OLD BURYING GROUND
and long We linger on this sacred spot
where
"The Pilgrim Fathers are at rostl
When Summers throned on high,
And the worlds warm breast Is In verdure
dressed
Go. stand on the hillIwhere they iie"
So we come and stand amid the graves OF
nearly three centuries of the Fathers "
and their descendants. We were lately In
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, at Concord,
Mass, and, under the grand old trees,
stood by the graves OF Emerson, Thoreau
and Hawthorne; and, at Mount Auburn,
by the grave Of Longfellow, Claiming and
other notable people buried under the
splendid marble shafts, monuments, ODE
lisks and sculpturi ngs and among the
beautiful flowers, plants, trees, avenues
and fountains. But, nowhere, have we
felt such interest or emotion, as In this
plain, simple burying-grouud, with its
crumbling stones OF the past. Standing
by the old watch.tower, we command q
fine view for miles, with historic places on
every hand. The writer from whom we
have Qoted, says: below US, the ground
slopes TO the water, cut into terrace below
terrace, with the buildings (and trees, he
might have added, upon them. At its
foot are the wharves and harbor, and be-
yond Is the Beach, OF the point OF which
the Maynower swung to her anchors"
We sit here for hours, talking with an old
gentleman, q native OF Plymouth, de-
seconded from its first settlers and, look
iug on this beautiful scene, we exclaim, in
the words OF the poet
"The Pilgrim Fathers-where are they?
The waves that brought them DER
Still roll In the bay, and throw their spray,
As they break along the shore"
And as we look upon their graves, the ans
wer comes: They are gone. But the prin-
ciples they planted still live. The germs
OF Freedom, Religious Liberty and Equal
Rights that they brought to these shores
have come to q grand and noble fruition.
Their principles Of Morality, Law, Educa-
ton, Freedom and Virtue, have been trans
planted into the soil Of every State, and
been one OF the greatest aids 10 the ma
tiona development and prosperity. No
man can estimate the influence OF that set
Element, planted in 1920, amidst the De-
cember SHOWS; nor can he appreciate the
sorrows and suferings Of that dreadful
winter when New England began 70 be.
A word now, about
THE TOWN AND ITS INDUSTRIES,
and then we will bring this frightening
letter TO q close. The population OF Ply
mouth In 1880 was y,09S; It's valuation
over four and-a-quarter million dollars.
Plymouth County. Of which the town OF
Plymouth Is the seat, has 74,O2i inhabit-
ants. The town has private and public
schools, Of highirank, and public library.
II has two national and two savings banks,
and two weekly papers. 1t has Grand
Army Post and soldiers monument On.
B.-I believe the monument Is higher than
the post this is only pun 1t has twelve
churches and seven hotels. 1t does con-
siderable in the fisheries, and has quite
foreign commerce. Plymouth manufac-
lures wooden and cotton goods, boots and
shoes, duck, stoves, iron and zinc plate,
Zone firm owning mines, and getting out
It's own zinc from the ore in Virginia.; it
makes nails and tacks, steel shanks, kegs,
boxes, etc.
Near Seaside Station, on the Old Colony
a.