Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-08
Dor the DExoCRAr.
NOTES OF A NEW ENGLAND
TRIP.


"cAps, but u Is written from The eap''A
city Of the Dirigo State ,our State leads
in more than one respec, this year, and
the home Of that capital man Blaine Of
Maine Who Is a, the head ef DE colamn
this time and iciN b. after the "Ides ol
November"
Politics ran too high - pay me 20 stay
out Of Maine jus, now, 20 ! made an en-.
gagemen, on the Life Of Blaine and
returned. having decided - "fotcclose
on those New EnglAnd Note" for the
present Bu, thought few "No,es"
from ",ravels" in the "Pine Tree State
might be- Of iniercs, 20 some of yoaT
rcaderA TO those who have qairzed me
would say This j. no, journey under
taken Ia style "u q Don Quiro',, nor OF
a "Slm Nlci H search n 70 vie" bat
a purely business enterprise.
Leaving the lovely aad rural scenery
Of Paris. and passing through several
thriving and beautiful io~n. along The
Little Andro.eoggin. ~e reach Lewiston
the ,ecoad city of Maine Ia trade and
manufacture. AZ this place the Aniro-
scossin has natural fall of 40 feet ia
POO and the dam increases !, - SO feet.
This fall is used by machinery Of various
kinds 10 the extent % some 6.000 horse
power The dam cost 81 ,o00, 1000. and
the water poser, including the canal On
feet vide. j. owned by the Ffanklin COM
pAny. There ATE some fifteen of more
manufacturing companies. with a capital
of eigh, o. nine million dollars These
comaanie. employ abou, 800 hands with
nearly 500 200 ,piadlc. some iO,0oo,-
900 yard. of cotton aud wooIen goods.
amounting TO about sii.OoO,0OO arc
produced annually
The Reaching and Dye works employ
nearly 800 hands. aad there ate als5
many other industries.
Lssis,on is god and popular mar
ket 70, farmers. AMI large quantities
country produce Are handled he'e.
Lewiston !. the sea, of Bates College,
which hA, a curriculum or course of study
a, strong and thorough, and a literary
e1cs Hence a, high a. almost any similar
institution ia the c1aairy. Here also Is
the nesly established Maine Ecleeiric
medical school.
Iesi.,oa has PoPuls,ioa u some
10000. l, has apublic library of 5000
volume, and thirteen churches, We be-.
leve.
Auburn hAs aboa, 10000 inhabitants
and !. the sea, of justice iof the County
Il has a fne Court House Nc.. Ia front
Of which is beautiful monument. There
Is also a soldiers monumen, IN Lewiston
park. The large namber Of shoe shops
in Auburn gives it the name Of the
Lynn Of Maine" Aubura AID Lew
i.,oa have many good schools, Including
the State Seminary. Nichols Latin, aal
the Eiwarl Little high School. Several
tine ehur,he. Alorn these cities These
"i~in cities" have may busy Industries
while the beauty Of their s,easy aad
environ. and their tasteful priv le and
public buildings il well known
We have been ia thi. city. Augusta
a few days. and ,hink IL one Of the
wealthie,,. mos; Intellectual and bsau'i'
fal cities ia the State. |, i the shire
town Of Ksnnebee CO., and the capital
Of Maine. The County baildiag' are
large and substantial grani,e structures
while the State House is foe ballding'
occupying a commanding po'i,ioa on q
plateau on the western bank, surrounded
by beautiful grounds and trees The
State Library !. large and important
Among other public buildings i' the t.
$. Arsenal. finely situated oa the eastern
bank. and the insane asylum. The lA,-
ter ha. some pretty pleasure grounds
about 10 acres in extent. A. has been
well said "ihe insane hospital i' an hon
or TO the State and Humanity" A sad
calamity occurred in 1850, when the
building and some thirty persons were
burned Elegan, mansions are found On
both sides Of the river, and there are
some fine churches etc.
Here are two large and busy publish
ing houses owned by Viekery and Hil'
and by T.. c Allen n Co.. respectively
The latter does probably the larges, bus
iness Of any publisher in America. Tic
/. the bottom Of several large houses
in other cities. tie owns and occupies
three large brick and stone buildings five
and six stories high, on Water Street
He has twenty presses, fifteen being larg'
double presses and all run by ''eAm' and
they are run day and night mos, OF ,h'
year. They have nearly 500 employees
and the cash receipts sometimes run al
to $500, 900 a mon,h. They pay ou'
over 100000 per year for postage
Just now they are sending out over so,
900 circulars a day on Col. Connelrl
"Iife Of Blaine and Logan" Immens'
mail bag. are going to the Po',-ofhee b!
the wagon load and the wagon goes Pret
ty often too. And yet twenty years ag'
T.. c. Allen was poor boy. Peddlin'
pencils, and perhaps even blaeking boot
on the streets Of Augusta while 7. o
vickery. who. like the distinguished
Eayl;.hman who MAS thrice Lord. Mayo