Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-08-05

AA' tethi'A =" W. Ntef' hH' f'et INV
ever is no, very prOpi,iOus for this pro.
duct. and only abou, ,wo-thiris Of the
usual crop will be gathered. Ba, this.
perhaps. !. as il should be for mos, farm
ers have quite Asurplus Of hay in their
barns. lefl over from las, years abundan,
harvest.
A, Oxford and welehyille. two smAr,
little villages, are prosperous woolen mills
which add much 10 the industries ofthese
places Below Lewiston. a, Lisbon "FA,-
tory" and Lisbon Falls. are several large
and aourishing mills employing goodly
number Of hands. The Falls At Lisbon
are no, only striking in appearance, bu,
they are capable, II developed. ofiurnish.
ing nearly a. good a wA,erPower as those
a, lewiston. Abou, ten miles below
here and nearly same distance from Bath
j. brunswick. situated Al the head of
navigation on the Androscoggin, a, Pc
jepsco, Falls. Jus, across the river i
TopshAm, a thriving place a. l. al'o
Brunswick There are quite a numher
Of mills and manufacture of dlHcfeni
kinds here. brunswick ha. population
of about 5000 o. G.oOo Il j. The seai
Of Bo~doin College and ihe Maine Medi.
cal school. the two leading institutions of
their kind in the State.
The college ground. and building' ATE
very fne Several basine,. blocks have
been built IN Brunswick in the past few
ycars; among them j. the new br.ck
Town Hall. jus, completed. costing So
OOo. In g, is the Posi-ofiicc etc. The
Oh Office was just going OF. on wheels.
A. we passed along Main Street
Ga the road 10 Hsrpswen. near 'hc
Academy. is the home Of Rev Elijah
Kellogg. ,he celebrated author preach
CT lie is sono~hA, eeoentuo genius,
bat is po~erfal and pleasing writer and
a popular preacher lis "Elm Island
and other .cre. of stories are very enter
tanning, for young people particularly.
some Of his pieces, Ike "SPariacas.
have been much admired. ahd rsfd for
declamai lon BY students Another ,ol-
ume J.. 10 preparation from hi' polite
pen. and on The whole be deserves ,he
little be ha. received cf"a sefiiab'e Sir
Walter Scott"
A ,Aor, distance below ihe HsrP'well
Academy j. l.7okoa, Point. iAyoriie re-.
sor, IN summer 1, commands foe
view Of bay. i.lAnd. and shore, and
was much used a. post q observation
in Oh Indian times Harpswel j. a
popular summer resort. aud attracts many
people particularly from lewiston and
Auburn. The Auburn "Coloay" have
long line Of cottages all alike, tu, vArie.
gated in color. presehting pretty appear
ance. a. newly painted The Meuiconic
House on "the Point" !. well paironiled.
The Harp.well was House barnei awhile
ago. Two miles east of Harpsseil j. Ou's
Island. which has ever been since vas
a dozen year. old 10 ne the mes, aiirae-
tive part u the town. A beautiful cove
j. between li and the main land Tie
.land ~as the supposed scene of HairIei
Beecher Stove. story. "Ths PcIi ~
Orr's bland" No one on thc island
knows Of such incident, A. afc related 10
the book. except Ia few particulars.
The story had some foundation here. how
ever. as the old house i shown where the
supposed "PearI" and her mothers family
lived. The story probably was made uP
from many diferen, incidents obtained
from ell quarter, aud ,killially WOVEN in-
10 one narrative.
At Basin Poin,-"Bibbef,own.' | call
il. 4. large tide mill which grinds
schooner full ofeorn. from Portland, every
day. Nearly 1000 bushels can be
ground in ,weniy-foar hours. There is
good fishing here. and mackerel, and "eun-
ners' usually are plenty.
In a field, opposite the Wee, HArPswell
Poet office. Is an immense rock. smooth
and nearly square, standing all alone in
a county where nothing similar Is found
for miles. "How came j, ,hsre'' has
been many times asked BY the curious,
with no satisfactory explanation.
Harpswell is connected from the lower
par, Of the peninsulAr, a, Potts Point.
by steamer to Portland fifteen miles dis
,Ant. The steamer is the "Gordon, and
now seems a frs, class boat IL was once
known as the "sea Flower" "-''Sun
Flower" some called it-uniil !, acquired
bad record by being ou, late nights,
etc. We "Bunksd" in !, one nigh, once,
on the way from Portland. In the NOM
ing the captain started. in the fog ran
down an island. los, bis rudder, drifted
around "Goose Neck and finally returned
to Grea, ChebeAgue Island, where we
found dOry to take US to HsrPswell.
The steamer has behaved better since !,
changed its name and captain.
EUHOJU.