Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-22
f,r the 0sfori democrat
GREENWOOD " CELEBRATION"

10 have some klni OF time on The Fourth
we aaAily conclaisd 10 visit the Ice cav
ems. nearly three miles distant, On the
cas-, side OF hlu. AMI less than hilf q mile
from y y. wcntsSrth's rcsilsncs. So
Clinton Cole axsd uP his emi'b)i5, by
placing seats on each siis, aad across the
ends, In the form o. hollow sqasre; and
when the words AL aboari,- were given,
TWENTY-FIVE persons took their seats In that
romantic earrlsge-a good losd fSr one
pair Of oxen. Ooly ooe nation was repre-
seuted. but both sexes Ani al sges-fcom
eighteen months 10 sixty years. Under
the seats were placed three OF four we'll
aiied baskets, covered with table linen,
prepared hy the ladies, who DO not forget
that man i mortal. and of IN gets hungry.
AMI what q good-looking company There
were farmers AMI their wives. sons and
daughters. a school teacher. young man
who had Travelled In foreign countries, a
play actor, newspaper correspondent, etc.
The hoar on the road vas pleasantly oe-
eupled by slnglng telling stories, and pk'
ing the teacher Abolt a certain young man
who ala not happen 70 be 10 the company.
Our bachelor friend, Mr.. W. received Us
very cordially. and being informed a. 10
the object Of our visit, andy offered 20
guide q. 70 the plscc. IN this We were
very f,rtnn .te. ~ Ne Q. psff,c,iy fsm.ilar
with The whole groani. AMI realty b plIut
DOT every object % la,erss,
on arriving a. the cascfus 10 0, evident
that nature tii not 20 10 Or great variety.
NOT attempt 10 90 thing ou very large
scale there 4 90 Ntsuvius here. smoking
birthstone a1d drcollng melted Laws no
natural brIdg, on which oae eau stand and
grow dizzy while lookiag on she depths
below, no Mammoth Cave. Conialulng
huge marble lgicls.. and P,irinsd ghosts ,
No river Siyx. nor jordan. in Which are
eyeless fsh. -uo;hirg ~ The Kind Nor
has nature produced herc any OF her ane
arts bat rather the opposite. Ia short 70
looks. a. ouc oppressed u, a. " The earth,
At some remote perlQi. tried 10 iuru inside
out
The caycrrs here are dark aui deep, 20
that ~ passed through them with The
ligh, ola torch some OF them couiain ice
and snow tariug The whole summer. l
broke OF an cight-poand lump. which an
hour later vas used Tor good purpose. !
Wa reminded. while In these cold, dark
rooms. % what Daniel WEBSTER sail years
40. while v'slilng The white Mountains
" washington. aid b.. " have Travelled
long Wy D. vlsli you. tollsd hard %
reach your summit ard nov 500 give me
a coo, iecep;ou The rock here j. a
coarse kini ~ granite, composed of The
common Observation-Disclosures. mica tni
quart he latter often prciom.natlug AMI
some 90 she hoaiisr. are comp sci pr.nci.
pally OF that mineral 4 fcw specimens
OF white quartz we're seco containing crys-
iAls o. black toafmaiine. producing very
pretty eject by The contrast OF co'ors. No
other crystals were seen
The largest cave. of dssurr, Is called
"the mcctIng house 10 Is Open A. The
top. ani 10. walls bs.ng nearly perpendlcu-
Jar ani quite smooth. q good many persons
have cAfyed their names 90 Initials here
some % long ago ihs, The nchen begins 90
hide them from View ilcrc "O,d Morta.
10 might labor few hoors b good al
vantage some Of the party placed their
initial. with the rcsi. afsr which Nc r.
paired % a favorable place Tor dinner.
rustic table Wa soon erected. ON which
VA spread a dinner that any cp.curc
might vel envy consisting Ia part of
plum puddlng mAfblsd cake. douglnais,
three 90 four Kinds of pie. confectionery.
etc. cur drink consisted of uice coffee.
Ice water. aui cold lemontic. An there
l. where that ice vent oar shelter Nas
a grva; sprcaiiug trcci AMI ii wss 'usi
cool enough Cor comfort, o degree
Dinner over. ant there being yei a. p.cn.
y % time. it wss proposed to have somc
sing az. AMI a spcoca or two, so Georg.e
Cole soon appeared on thr groaoi. a.
"Pompey squash. black A. a Young Hot.
tentot. who sang Kitty Wells. ani gave
u a Negro sermon receiving a. The close
three rouslng cheer. Mr. Prank W. farr
then came O. the front. and gave us brief
bus Interesting .ketch OF bis ave year.
ne 10 south Africa-how the diamond
mines are worked. the peculiariiie- % The
ostrich. snd other Will an.mals of that
country. a. also told ~ something about
what h. saw ard learned while In Texas
last spring NJ Farr l. nne young man
twcuiy-seycn years Old be travels with
h.s eyes open. and kuows how 20 impart
information % Others.
These exercises ociog ended, ant oar
shadows begiauing 10 grow tall, remind
log us that night was approaching We
thanked Mr. Wentworth tor bis Kindness
he thanked Us In return Tor the entertain.
meut which We had given him after
which We al returned home, well salts
aed with our little home made "celebra-
ton