Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-01-06
TIE SOUTH PARIS SLEDS
IUa rur I.is AND GIEts.
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I have flea wo1lerci where al The
s'els cone from wiih Which our boys and
s.rl. are o, sci Supplied ~hen have
sren CHRISTMAS tr,es ioatcd town Nil
.lels. have wondered who're Ola santa
Claus found b many.-ros have de-.
covered AL about u. AID hereafter ! shal
never be- surprised a. anything ~hich b,
nay Dad on O. % VARIOUS Christina
trcss. Dor norc than ten years the tovr
OF Plfs. Ne. has been noted fof th'
manufactufc u had sleds. Unil dur
ing ihe present year. the factory has beer
situated q; Par.s Hil. bat now the fac.
tory j. locaicd a. South psrs. close Q,
the Grad Truak L. X. A large build.
.as has been erected i4lly equipped viii
ite bet OF machinery. aud With a lAigci
force 10 woikmsn than the company Ia,
ever before employed. the work q LED
taiilins is carried on IN an ex,cnsiv,
manner. To The basement q the largy
buli.ng j. the engine and boiler; The
seconl ioof i devoted % The work Of con.
s,flc,loa here the saws Aad plAner,
aad bof,rs snd edgefs and other machine.
are found. which take The raw mater.
a. and work it up iato the desired
shape. fof the VARIOUS styles % s;ed,
which Az made. Jaw sleds Ia al con-
d.,.oas. from The rude and separated
skeletons. 70 the flashed work. which
~as "a ih.ag q beauty and thing Of
JOY. Oae hundred aad twenty-five men
sere q; work IN the VARIOUS departments.
The numbef made Per day varies from
500 % goo. I could scarcely believe
this true. until assembled % the second
floor. when faith was 90 longer needed
I could see Coz myself. Ga this floor the
painting was done here they were s;or-
el and from this place packed and sent
away oa,y ihink Of il. two carloads ev-
cry other Cay. Oh. VIA, a Sigh, lied.
% right q me. s,eds 70 lef, q me. sleis
In froni q me. sleds towering above my
head !, made me feel like sliiing down
hil. ard almost wished was boy
again. thought /. this i where Santa
Claus has biz sled head quarters; whA,
q delight 10 would De for our boys and
girls % feas, their eyes On these sleds
There was enough Cor ell. BIZ sleds and
little ones. long and short. high and low,
so..t and open work sleds for the tig
boy and little fellows; some for city boy.
aad some for coun,ry boys and for The
girls sleds for the rich and fof the poor,
aad some made on purpose for the baby,
tishly polished, nelly upholstered, ard
~ lsn enoagh 70 suit a prince. Then
the double sleds, ten Zee, long and splen.
didiy made Il almost took my breath
away 10 think bow fAs, they would shoot
down High Street bill. Was told thA,
some Of these sleds were sold Cor three
dollars a dozen; saw some beauties for
tea and hf,een dollars per dozen. | saw
one sled that Vas being packed for some
ones baby. that Vas worth eight dollars
A. Santa Claus has no use for sled'
after Christmas. this factory works on
various articles Of furniture after thai
time. and generally dsvOtes bat a fe~
months 10 lied making While Mains
i noted Tor q great many things Of which
we are all Justly proud. | am sure thai
our boys and girls will hurrah long and
load Cor her beautiful sleds in the man,
uiae,ure Of these she can no, be beaten
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