Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-08-25

WIN II = WHITEHEAD nf Nurtu fAhi-
Coon Faru AID unCliAEn-NrW STATS
OrArnN - pEouisiNu OrERAripNs ~
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ng olr ,o1il PARIS Corlssp1n icnt
A short time slucc your correspondent
had thr pleasure 90 Interviewing / j.
Whii.h.ai. csq A. bis home ilst north of
me village. Mr.. WhltChcad- farm u Vcry
pr,,fNy located on thc high ridge about
4 milo unfth. Invest of thc village, an1 about
"a. same distance from Norway village,
On What used % hc years agonc thc Cpln-
~ Road. over which was All the travel o.
Nv Gloucester AMI rofiltnd from Che
t,wus tl thc north 10 us. ani ail.nlng
a.. farm where biz father. John white
head. VS. licensed ln lsiG ~ " inuh Ter,
Retailer Ani Common Nlcilalcr.' ffom
bid. farm one can overlook tac Two thfiF'
log village. of South Paris and Norway,
Nil. away % the west there l. q Gee view
on the whole white Nountaln range and
Mt. Kearsafgc ani Pleasant. and 90 The
cast Is Ola Sifcakci ani iis outlying but
irc..rs 10 bills that marx ihe holn AIRY
between Paris ni Blckhcii
NJ whitthcaf. who Is 90 erthusIsstlc
plmllns.st. rtmarklng that De- htd I1si
fsiufati ff0m az tkisniei hnsiaoss uip
To- tlc eastern pafi of OBJ. state, pll Ahl
raNhfrr seen anything NAT p.Cts.i hlm
better Than hls Own tine aud ng tree,
Invited "a. o. take a stroll through Us
orchard which. all eNtggcraiion aside. ],
by fr iae Quest Young apple orchard "
ever saw. aui We yeutarc tie assefu 'u
Itha, lts superior 10 Indeed iis equal could
hardly be- found To- the State, a. bat con-
parat.yc.y lev OF his trees can be seen
| nom TIE house and one Is completely tax
"a by surprise on g0lug over The ridge 10
The east of the house % see The numb,r, Size
and thrlf.lness OF the trees on every hand
one eau hardly credit bis assertion that
there are onig 100 % them. and nearly All
set slree lssg-2OO In ISL, 800 10 ls,2 and
tn0ln issl. Mr. w. believes Ia good cnl'
tore. and We observed that al The trees
were heavily mulched aud kept entirely
free from supcrflous limbs, sprouts aud
suckers; consequently, al are growing
thr.nlly aud ln good form many Of those
set ln ISL ami lss2 are already iron ar
teen % twenty feet Ia height and commcnc'
lng - bear. Mr. W. says there are many
varieties OF apples that can be muea more
probably grown than the Baldwin, ant he
has set principally the following varieties
W.qitg -M,Iaf0sA Ri -MIAn -Hl1s-
Waibriigs - f1msuse-Ref CIH1ta-iiHrl
Iuri-RorlHry RHssei-G0ldfn hassfi AMI
Rhode Island GrccHing.
Beside. his apple orchard, he Ia, over
100 trees OF choice varieties Of pears,
plums, cherries. aui a few peach AMI
ounce. Among all bis trees We Oh not
notice a single vacant space or dead
tree. lie also has 10 his garden any qlln.
tliy OF raspberry, blackberry, eurrant ind
gooseberry bushes. and several yarie,le.
OF grapes. The larger part OF his trees aud
small fruits were selecie from the nurse
rics Of stephen HoyI Sons, New Cantan'
Conn.
Upon returning - the house. Nc were
shown some handsome specimens OF II ,te'
from the newly Opcnei quarres OF The
Gullford Slate Company, la Guilfori, Me f,
OF which Mr. whitehead l. oue-slxih owe
er and Director In the Company. A b.
sldes Mr. Whitehead, several Others OF the
owners and officers OF the Company are
or were Oxford County people. few par
ticnlars a, u this "mlne.' ~ We learned
them from Mr. W, may not be unintercsi-
log d TIE readers OF the DKuocRAri
This rcmarka1!e vein Of slate, which
promises 70 be a bonauki % is osntrs'
was ars, discovered late last year by klmer
&. Bennett, one OF the most skilliul experts
ia the working AMI developing OF sl,te
quarries, aud \ kn0gleige % " coming 10
Whitehead and several 9th re-, they Asso.
clated themselves with Bennett and bonded
the property, since which time they have
maie A most thOrO ugh Investigation OF The
extent aud quality OF the veio; ani be.
coming satisfied that they have discovered
what promises 10 be one OF the most vAlu'
able slate qulrries Ia this country, they, a
few weeks since, completed their orstoiz.
alton a. stock company, with capital
stock OF $500. 900, and now own and have
a perfect title 10 the property The ON
GERS OF the Company are
Edward Hamilton, OF boston, President and
Director.
Dr, AZ. Cross. formerly Of Bethel TREASURED
T j. whitehead, south Paris; \. n. croe keti
formerly Of Norway; frank y. brown, Nhlte
held, n, Elmer 1. Bennett, the diseoverer
Directors
The extent OF the slate vein Il $50 fee
wide by 30 rods long, and Is situated With
10 rs rods OF the Bangor q Plscaiaquls X
n. II Il claimed for this quarry that II
shows the best slate on the surface or any
mine ever discovered Ia the state, and al
A depth OF only twelve feet they are get
ting an excellent quality OF slate. aud this
considering that In many qlirrics here
and in England they have TO throw on Al
least twenty-five feet OF rock before com