Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-07
For ne Oxfori Democrat
NOTES or A NEW ENGLAND
TRIP.
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NJ. Editor
This will describe rcoen, trip 10 Frank
lln County.
We reached Wilton amer pleasant
drive over q rough road. from the thriv.
log town OF Can,0n. wilton Pond Is
pretty sheet % water wilton Academy
l. nrst-cll.s school. In charge OF Mr.. ].
c. Philips. In the Record once We fou nj
the genial proprietor, our friend q. W.
Staples
Taking cars 10 West farmlngton, We
stop 1t an unele's AMI also visit the Ear
Protector" factory. run BY Chester Green
WOOD, paien,ee and manufacturer. Mr.
Greenwood Is young nan OF some me-
ehanleal genius. and he no, only conceived
the idea Of this unique and useful little ar
,iele. bot also lnventei al the machinery
some Of u quite oompllesied-for its
manufacture. lie has seen the sale OF
these ear protectors grow from the half
dozen per year he used 10 make for his
uelghbors, 70 the immense number now
sent al over the country.
IRON here the Maine Central taxes
halfmOon or ssml-elrculn course. upon
the trestle-work. across tue Sandy River
valley 10 Harrington. about mile away.
Fsrmington Is q farming town. IL IL also
large, thriving village. the center OF
trade extending many miles around.
Among the merchants We found our friend,
. former pastor AZ West Paris, Rev. Y.
Gary. now doing Q good grocery and en-
press business here. Harrington has
many natural advantages OF sltas,ion, soil.
etc. Il has long been noted for ln fertile
soil. Upon the rich meadows through
which glide. the Sandy River. the corn
aelds Of the C.nabas Indians once waved
In the breeze.
Farmlngton IL the shire town and sea, Of
L Justice Of Franklin County. Here IL the
court house and other county buildings.
No, Ear nom here Is the Little Blue Slate
Quarry, producing q nne quality OF slate.
There are some manufactures In town.
Harrington has long been celebrated for
the excellence OF Its many Institutions OF
/ learning. The Academy, incorporated In
1907, enjoyed q high reputation for nearly
halfa century. and was then merged In
what ls now Known A. the Western State
Normal School. one OF the three similar
- A. Il
"I.l,,le Blue" sometimes called the Alb
bo,t Family School, for boys. IL IL pleas
| antly situated on pretty grounds through
which wanders q winding brook, with .
pond, etc. Within the enclosure IL . SIN
| gular natural mound rising rs feet high,
known As Little Mount Blue, whence the
| name OF the school. II was In one OF the
/ buildings, known Is the Mansion" that
Rev. Jacob Abbott wrote the celebrated
"Rollo- books. Al the "willows" there
is an excellent family school for Rirls.
wendall Institute for girls, founded BY
the Misses May, was once located here,
bu, they now have . similar Institution at
Strong. There Is also good high school
here.
From Warrington We rode In one OF the
nat,y little cars OF the Sandy River X. r..
10 Phillips The NJ. c. r. X. Is soon TO
assimIlats the baby Railroad" and ex-
tend IL "sts ndard guage" over the route.
The Franklin and Megantie Railroad, Just
begun Of Strong. win be OF immense bene-
a, TO the people and towns along its route;
and when the proposed track IL laid. from
| Plscataquis across Somerset county 70
Megantic Lake. In Canada, Eastern and
Central Maine win be In Q direct line with
| Montreal and the West
| stubbs' Grove at Strong. was the recent
scene Of the Birthday Party" Of which
your readers are already informed. Strong
claims that the Republican Party sprang
from under the shadow Of Mount Blue,
thirty PEARS ago. The Oxford Bears claim
that they were the first 10 AWAKE from
their long hibernatisn In the Democratic
parsy-st any rate they gave the nrss srowl
Of the new party. Authentic history, how
ever says the Republicsn party had no
particular birthplace. Il sprsng up spon-
tansously eli through the country. ~