The Somerset reporter., 1885-05-13

Il
Tonomee pond Is situated In the very
centre of the town Of York, Maine. The
! nomenclature is not known, neither Is the
photography Of it understood. When
asked To explain II the most scholarly peo-
ple as well as the "oidest inhabitant,' can
only say they do not know any thing about
it, but they suppose il TO be the Indian
uanic. Il /. laid down on the map OF York
county as Folly pond. This last Dame is
supposed 10 come from the fact that it is
mostly surrounded, by quaGing bog,
grown up With alders, etc. At the north
west bank Of IT There Is a small bluf, and
at times Of ireshets brook at the south
side runs from 1t, seaSarD, The sharp Of
il Approaches toward an oval, aud the sur
face san ~ cover about three ac Ia. IL
Is one Of those bodies Of fresh water which
are said 10 DC ''bOttOIness )" that is to say,
II i7 very deep, You'd The ordinary meals
Of sounding possessed by residents in the
rc.I4ly. By water SNAKES and turtles are
reported - ABOUND Ii IL, ana the principal
nsh there are plCkere!, which deyour, as Is
vel. known, almost ali other nsbi SO that
there Is hot much other fishing there. At
times HIId iOwl visit l. Ia considerable
hunters, aud are occasionally captured by
the reptiles. Tue water = very good last
winter some people cLt ice there, but II
"~eesiis The spot Is remote from tour
lists, aud not much known IL tBAL extensive
tJ~ uship.
About three-qlartets 81 century Az
mau named Parsons Mas engaged Ia tue
manufacture Of counterfeit silver coin on
the shores oil IOhOmee pond, ana wne
suspected ana hunted ~as supposed 10
have thrown the mass " II lLtO the deep
water; out he was tried aud convicted OF
.
tertiary. Upon tnTcateulhz, however, TO
"peacns against many prominent mer-
chants, he was speedily released. In or
der TO conceal his apparent atiiuence OF
money he pretended 10 have found treas
ure troye Duned about b. ht1d's pirates
In spots throughout the town, where he
had already deposited genuine coins, which
Of course were quickly discovered BY the
searcners. Apropos TO this, party ITO
South Berwick came down to YORK some
years ago il search Of money, said 10 have
Deen buried under al old oak there, and
excayated ABOUT fifteen fact Without any
success Not long since the Old OAK fell,
in conseq uence Of their excavations.
Years ago, d everybody knows, the
West India business was carried on extern
sively from the Plscataquis IS well as from
rivers SUCH as York, from wnca there
We're large explorations II LUMBER, horses,
LuuItc aDl IdLtit DuL was idOhluEj
and 1t was necessarily obtained from sucn
sources a. Parsons Of fonolnee pond.
prominent merchant OF Portsmouth, who
went TO Jereme, San Domipgo, a long time
ago, told the writer that the Island WAS
flooded with spurious silver money, and the
penalty for Introducing II Was death.
When hi. vessel arrived in the offing a
boat with native officers Was seen putting
OF from the shore, and the mute rushed
oOwn iuto the cain, and reapp, airing iui-
medlately, threw overheard package.
When the black custom-nouse officer In
spected the yesaei ne said Il see nothing
contraoand here; out within three-quarters
OF an hour there are tue prints Of a mans
fingers upon this box, denoting the mates
Chest.
The duties on foreign importations here
were high, and there Were 81! reasons, pc
cuniaIiIy, why they should be avoided
day may ue seen places where goods
were surre ptitiously landed, aud evidently
planned and arranged Tor the pur, use; and
in al leas. vnt store along the water front
of Ports mouth is cunnIDgly devised and
almost uudlscoyeraoie >uoaqueous passage
unapproachable save At low tide, through
which no doubt many valuable packages
were formerly passed without the fJrmality
Of paying Guiy.-P9rtsm0Hh Chronicle.