Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-08


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ny our correspondent q.
BKrmEL, Aus -.
These hot days OF waning summer wl'a
,hs,, wealth OF growing life, -asges'
,e,n,h,. az the pleasure season OF uasei
u.,,I,na.. have len the cities. and tarneo
,es,, Eve. ,osard beckoning places OF 70
sort Mountains ani seaside VIII NV
hIsh their tempting display OF nsn |"
,,se,lons. for each has IL special induce
nen,. one OF the gres tsst attractions
:, 49,. a,..~ut time i the Cherry Noun.
tain slide, At jefferson, y IL, aoou. ss
miles vest OF Bethel, and u miles Ion
Gorham. Last Thursday morning . Psy
Of seven from Alpine cottage. smpes
whom were NJ. G. Marin OF MADRID Spslu'
Mi.. N. &. Cole OF Chelses, Mass, vs.
Marion Colbarn Of Boston, yoaf Noa,nl
Glleai correspondent, and his sister h.ss
Lillian Blake. and The writer ana hls
.lfe. started on q trip In mountain "ss
on. for mi. great land slide. CROSSING the
long bridge AZ Bethel. the party went ~
on The west side OF the Aniroscoezin.
reaching the Shsl0urus Mine Bridge aooat
noon. where we took dinner. close ~ thh
famous stone house now being erected ~
/. wealthy Western merchant Tbs house
l. buiu on the east side OF The riFer on
the main road leading from ohelpufue "
Gorham also near the crOss-road icAiins
% The bridge The house Ani bsln' WI,
when completed. cost over 5000 The
walls Of The house AMI barn Are made
wholly Of round stones, The sire OF q peek
measure, cemsnisd together, 80 a. " %
perfectly tight; the walls of the house are
shout two feet thick. and The roof i iorm'
81 and pot on In Queen Anne style. TIE
interior Is dashed In hard wool the
whole sll be, when completed. oue OF ne
mo-t costly houses In The y. J. ntAtcs'
We noticed that the whole baru Door u
aid In cement. hard a. rock.
Altsr refreshing the inner msu, VIII hot
coffee. roast chicken, green corn, etc, the
party were soon on the road % 0orhsm,
arriving a. this bsAutifui village about
% m. We found the place fall of llie AMI
business all the hotels aud boarding hoasss
being fan OF city company. We called 90
our old friend auf sch0olmAie, v, '.
Tsltchsll, now the Editor aud Proprietor
of the n0uafliassr. Mr. 7. ia live man
and bis paper has large cifcdlatlon' up
ani down The Andfoscoggln river, - TO-
faenee being fclt through widely oatiing
districts.
Leaving Gofham about p m, TIE party
proceeded by the fea1ody NIL. nking ne
route over Gorhsm I'LL. which remind.
the writer % Paris ilill, me distance from
Gofham % the top being shout I've miles
w.. Hp. up. al the way TIE liil j. on
The road a. jefferson ani Lancaster the
highest point l. eight hundred feet higher
than the Alpine Hotel G1rham, an ne
roai IL In excellent condition. tbs route
take. oue directly b the northeflF base
Of Madison and Adams, AMI the whole
val OF The Mt Washington range, nav
b., seen from crcs. b valley. There u 90
other point. whsre. standing so rear o.,
white Mouutalns they look 80 lony an
- grand Here too. L. peculiarly ist thai
harmony aui symmctry Of al mountain
outlines when mAssod together those of
The smaller hills being reproduced hy ths
higher SUBMITS All polntlng % one con-
moo centre of towering prominence.
A. about O'Clock TIE party arrived A.
the Bowman Place. eight miles from Cor
ham, where the party went Into camp in 4
beautiful spruce grove. near the house oi
Mr. GumNn Chapman Bradbary, formerly
Of Bethel Mr. h. va. named f1r The late
Gilman Chapman OF Bethel TIE tent
vas pot up and urangrmenis made fof
tie hight Don ant jui pat up tbs tent
while the writer carfici thr baggage from
the wagon 90 the place of camp, shout ~
rods from main ROAD The ladies went
abou, cooking supper over . Kerosene
stove. ant. Abont O'Clock. ~ AT down
% a good supper composed ~ Potatoes,
sweet corn, cold lamb bread srd butter.
doughuuis ant cofeo. TIE youug ladies'
from Boston we're not accustomed 81
country NE, and especially o. camping ln
the woods, ant were especially DESTROYS
that every nook and cfeyicc ~ The teu'
should b. tightly closed. lest thc wild
beasts should crawl in and devour some
of The party. In fr0nt N the camp a large
bonfire "a kinilsd which threw a bright
ught Tor RODS around Aholt miinight,
three of the ladies. being unable d sleep.
sailed forth. ami. seating themselves ln
the drslght. Ike the three witches in
Macbeth. talked AMI told stories unili ne
cocks crew
Morning come and bfcakfAst eaten, ths
party about pine O'Clock len The camping
ground Tor the slide, about eight miles
away. Passing up The valley ROAD ~
nnally arrive Al Cherry Nj, where M
slide occurred about six O'Clock In th'
morning of July 10Th. 90 The north Side
OF Cherry NJ lived several families. one
man, by The name OF stanley bad, about
thirty years ago cleared farm. ca the
morning OF July 10. The women 20 bis
family we're away IRON home, thu. escar-
Ing. Ia al probability, q terrible tragedy
Mr.. stanley was, AZ the time The slide
started. In The house with two other men.
suddenly they heard noise Ike thandcr,
and. on looking from the window saw the
slide rushing down upon them H. ap-
pearAnce was. a. Mr. stanley tells The
writer. awful n behold the earth shook,
huge rocks tremblef In their beds. AZ tines
large tres and rocks were throNn In TIE
air from twenty % forty fcst The reader
will better iaige wheu h. 1nfs This slide
yss two miles long. from I'D o a. rods
Vide, ani on an average, thirty feet deep.
Everything swept cot of the whole chan
mel. clean a. barn floor. nothing len but
the yAwniug gap. AMI a snail stream n
water flowing down the centre. AZ the
foot Of the sllie IL the town road icaiiug
from Jefferson 90 Conway ani. on the vest
81 The road lies q field % seventeen acres +
the barn stood 10 This heli near the roti,
the house, on the other side " the road
The huge mas. swept down, belng mostly
confined % the rAyine until Il crossed the
road into the Held. where u spread ont,
covering the whole seventeen acres from
four % ten feet deep with soil, rocks,
.,umps, uprooted trees, etc. One rock
came down nom the top OF the mountain,
ans was thrown up high ani dry 10 an oat
held-ihls the writer measured and iOuud
70 be IS feet long, ~ feet Wide, and 7 feet
thick As the slide passed over The road.
IL seemed TO cut 10 the len, Just euOagh 20
take In the house AMI barn, aud - carry
them some distance, making q complete
wreck not a iolst or timber being left
whole IN the barn were -four cows. two
horses. two hogs, sheep add chickens, al
OF which were swept away sud bufici.
one COW. however was dug out from The
ruins with both horns aud one 10 broken,
snd later one horse was recovered, com
parstlvely uulnjared.
Mr.. stanley ani the men who were Ia
the house saved themselves by running 10
the right direction. A young man by the
name OF Don walker, was milking In the
ham On the moruino OF the Aide. When