Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-22
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NOTES OF A NEW ENGLAND
TRIP.


BA~ooR. M. Jane ~. 50
w. Eior
Leaving waieNille We pas along the
linc u ,he Maine Central Railroad 10
P.tisfeld. quiet. pretty aid thriving
liiile village The Maine Genital lnsi.-
iu,e. a 6rsi.clas. and f3gnshing acade-
my. 5, heated here From Pii,sheld.
we pas. through several pleasant and
prosperous villages, and a good farming
county. 20 Bangor. Dexter, a large.
crossing village. with several manufae.
turing interests. connected by a branch
road from NewPori. W. did NJ; 'i,ii.
Bangor is city of some 10000 ia
hab.ian,,. situated Al The heal = navi.
CATION. on ,he penob.coi. Il !. "a port
Of entry. and ha, large and safe hArbor
4 large number Of vessels are engaged in
the transportation Of lumber. Bangor be-
ing the natural cutie, u the heavily tin
befed Penob.coi and the county eon,ig.
uoa.. thu, making il one q the larges,
lumber markets In the world. Bangor
has abundance q waier.power. bot i
no, very largely engaged In manliaciur-
ing The city !. on both sides u the
Kendaskeag River, ooanec,ed by several
bridge The bridge across the Penob-
scot 10 ,hc neighborng suburb of Brewer,
Is onc.iourih u a mile long The city
is connected by steamers along the river
and coast. and 20 Bosioa
Bangor j.. beautiful city with hand
some streets aud ane drives. especially
,hc road. o. Moan, Hope Cemetery, and
10 Hamplen. I, was A. the latter place
iha, the fdgs,e "John Adam" was run
ashore and buraed in 1879. Near here.
Ne think ia Hamplen. 6. the home Of
Hannibal Hamlin.
Bangor /, the sea, Of Theological
Seminary. with library u nearly lj.-
600 volumes
We have Jast taken trip - Oldtown.
twelve miles above Bangor. The first
station is Neafie. named for old General
Veszie. Above Neazie j. Orono. named
from the renowned Chief Orono, who
formerly lived there. Il i,amsi 1t beau
iifal iown. situated ia a splendid ooun-
try. and is the scat Of the State College
Of Agriculture and Mechanic Ant. The
" Commencement" occurred while we
were there. and the exercises showed ,hA,
the scholarship Of the school ranks high.
and the College deserves the liberal pat
ronsge i, is receiving from every County.
The graduating class was a good one.
Dinner was served in the town hall. and
speeches were made by several able
speakers, among them Hon. e. A. Bou-
,elle. President Fsrnald. etc.
Old,own has population Of three or
four thousand, and is quite pretty place.
There are a large number OF lumber, saw
and shingle mills. and the lumber trade
is the principal business. There are
a number Of mills a, wha, Is known as
Great Works, but several have been
burned, among them one saw mill said
10 have been the lArges, in the world.
There is a vas, water. power a, Old,own
Falls capable. when utilized. Of furnish
ing immense manufacturing facilities.
The boOms across the Penobseo, a, Old
town. TO keep lumber from drifting out
TO sea, cost 100000.
There is quite mixture Of races and
people At Oldtovn; besides in the river
Is French. and also Indian, Island. The
Indians are not very numerous. and pro-
badly there Is no, one on the island more
than half.blOoded Most Of them are
away ia summer. They have a very
pretty little church where they worship.
They are all Roman Catholics. Some Of
them take little Of the ardent once
in a while. in common with the pale
faces. We were all aroused one night.
a, the hotel. by the distressing cries Of q
half.drunken squaw who was Parading the
streets in state Of partial nudity and
u,t.ring unear,hly yells Most Of the
Indians are Pesceable and civilized. and
some Of them are somewhat cultured.
Oldtown has an excellent High School
in charge Of II. II. Bryant, VINO Is pro-
badly well known to most Of your read
ers. The exercises Of the graduating