Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-08-20

would soon become monotonous We awota
the next morning 10 find ourselves in one of
the prettIest places it was ever our privilege
to be in. The Maine Hygienic Institute of
Waterford needs no recommendation from
me, and only propose to speak of its beau
tifui Location and surroundings. The MANY
wonderful cures chronicled from this institu-
ton have given it a very wide reputation and
Its present proprietor. Dr. W. p Shattuck
(who has made it what it Isl can even feel
that the brightest jewel in his crown will
be the loving remembrance of the MANY
wives and daughters who have been restored
to health and strength through lis skill. /
Will only add that at this modern Be,hsaida
the waters are always troubled" and that
the genial doctor is ALWAYS ready to incline
the sympathetic ear to listen to the woes of
suffering humanity. Waterford seems TO BIZ
very aptly named. 1t contains Gin par, or
wholly nine different ponds and lakes. one
OF which is directly in front Of the cure while
in the rear Mount Tirem lifts its head some
fifteen hundred feet above the lake Nature.
who has been 50 lavish Of her gifts to thi.
beautiful place, has been greatly aided by the
taste and skill Of the Doctor and the rrinmph
of art seems to have been contaminated in the
arrangement of fountains and summer houses
which add greatly to the effect of the archi.
tectural display of the buildings Some of
the most beautiful drives are to be found
under the overarching trees and upon the
shores Of the many lakes. and, each turn in
the road, opens up new views of surprising
beauty and interest think have given a
reasonable excuse for the fact of taxing the
hospitality of the doctor for these Ito us) very
short days, and to the additional fact that vs. hen
returning from the mountains, we stopped
again TO show our friends the prettiest place
we eUer sdE.
Monday morning, wonderfully rested and
refreshed we rery reluctantly started for
Danville junction via Norway and Mechanic
Falls. Retracing our road from Norway mot
by Hemlock Hill however, we found pleas
ant and very easy road with the distance
shortened to ten miles, although somewhat
crooked from winding around high hills
and pretty ponds. We passed the grindstone
where the honest Yeoman (who had misdi-
rected US, was grinding his scythe. but the
II Y. was gone we trust to a land where
guide boards are plenty and weary travellers
unknown. Leaving Norway ten miles over
good level but sandy road brings us to
Mechanic Falls, a pretty village on both
sides of the Little AndroscOggin river and in
the towns of Poland and Minot, the latter of
which was once the home of T. B.
Swan, the corn shelter man. Among
the varied interests of this enter
pIisl1g are the factories oil DennlsOn
Manf'g Co, and the Evans Rifle Co. Hav-
ing but two miles further to go we stopped
with kind friends till after an early tea, when
we drove over a good road to Danville Junct-
ion. An incident that occurred before reach
ing the junction, shows the feeling that gen.
orally exists in city like Auburn, which
has large number of rural inhabitants
Taking a cross road for a short distance, we
became somewhat confused by the appear
ance of our surroundings. and felt some ap
prehensions, lest we had got lost in some
back pasture. But calling at a house in the
distance we asked the rural inhabtant him
self, if he would kindly inf rm us of our
whereabouts. The answer was as prompt as
sarcastic. In the City of Auburn, which is
seventeen and three quarters of mile long"
As we left the X. L.. and rode away Through
the cleaning" our better half remarked that
she thought we had got pretty well into the
suburbs, the correctness of which we felt I'M
prepared to deny.
OF our arrival at Danville at 73O,
stopping all night with Aunt Ruth,
sleeping in good bed at the rail
road station; of a flying visit to Auburn
next morning to select a two seated carriage
for our trip to the mountain, leaving our own
team in care of the friends who were to &C
company us; of our ride via. NJ. G.. r. X.
tn Portland. shopping at some of the many
well-tilled stores; of going out driving in
the horse cars twilight ride through ever
green cemetery with dear friends, who enter
tanned us for the night, and sent US on our
way rejoicing in the morning to that mecca
of the dPvotee of pleasure, Old Orchard. |
will not dwell upon, but simply say that
found ourselves comfortably quartered at
Hillside cottage on the camp ground, where
we had faith to believe that we could for the
li,tn IN thp oil
of DR.. Culis and his faithful co-laborers or
the subjects OF Faith and Holiness
For the next seven days we had the pleas
ure of attending the meetings and found that
the eloquent lady and gentlemen speakers
were as full of faith as they were faithful in
helping DIR. Cults to advance the interest and
success of the meetings. That they were a
decided success. the full attendance, unabat-
ing interest and wonderful cures Gall of which
have been duly chronicled in the daily papers,
are sufficient guarantee. DR.. Cullis, in
stead of being the greatest fraud of the
times" as he was called by a paper printed
not far from the kennebec valley, only few
months ago, and, am sorry to say, too much
copied by some other editors who use their
shears more than they do their Drain, is a
perfect ideal Of Doctor of Divinity, or a
Doctor of Medicine; without egotism, the
glory and honor of the cures can be given to
You, WHO satu III Woru, anu tHe
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up, and if he COM
mitted sins they shall be forgiven him.
James sis.
Old Orchard cannot be rightly named. for
it would have been an utter impossibility for
any kind of an orchard to ever have become
old on such sandy soil like the good boy the
trees would all have died young" The
irut mostly raised here now seems to be
''Greenies." good many "Sops of Wine"
and ''Porters" can be found at the hotels,
and we saw some ''Nodheads" at the after
noon meetings. Their flavor was no sharper
than the pun. and we will now speak of one of
the principle humbugs of Old Orchard 1t is a
humbug that is not much of humbug, and
vet it is considerable of a humbug. | mean
an Old Orchard mosquito. Its bill is only
equalled by that of the hack-driver, and it is
fully as prompt in presenting it. Their love
of kindred is something remarkable, for
when one was killed, scores came
to the funeral, and if the writer
| of the book of Proverbs had ever
visited Old Orchard he would never have
compared anything to the "sting of an adder"