Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-07-14
OLD FRIENDS. OLD SCENES
u,oH D.


bad very plsasan, call from your
old corre.poaden, from Albany. Deacon
J n Lovsjoy And his wife I, WAs a
pefise, ssfPrise party 70 me. A very
many years my senior. 30 far from home,
With hs own team and himself the div
er. On = bot July day. and found me ~ho
was 10y when be as young man. on
nv bach in The shade The Deacon and
bis ~ife have pAssed The allotted three
score years and ten. and are fas, resf.ns
four score. Thoagh they physically ,how
The marks o. time and care. their minds
are a. clear and strong a. IN other days
They wear the oro~n q year. mos' grace
fal.y and are genily moving. hand 10
hand. dosn hfs's dechviiy towards D.
setting san. scattering blessings Alons
their pathway Mr.. Lovsjoy md myself
formed q mutual admiration society, .ong
before the days q the "Admirabls
Chrichions" an4 Il remains in ell q i's
early vigor 10 this day. Ne too holdins
inisrchangeably the Offices Of Presiden,
And secretary BY a life tenure Mr.
I.ov,joy . quite lame and physically
feeble. bat great lover for fosers. and
her Artor Coz re-eafch ia the science o.,
botany j. -, unAbA,ed The Ia, time
~ss a. Der house, several years ago.
Der sitiing-room was . miniature h1wer
garden. She ~as guarding With tender
care nightbloomins cervus. Coz a long
time and shs VS. rewarded on the even
ing q the third lbs, By seeing q bud
Bursting into full bloom. and % the even
az Of the fifth another The former
measured nins and one-folfih inches Ia
diameter. and the latter eleven niche.
Tier rooms wsrs flled BY hei friends and
neighbor- % ~itnrss the rArr snd beau
tifal SIGHT
Ga ths tih q Jaly had The pleas
ure u meeting Elijah Wheeler. the last
Surviving member u thosc hardy men
Who ffs, bad the courage and hardihood
10 eater The Fore, and make themselves
bones Ia North Albany He i nos IN
biz s.ghiieth year and occapies the same
farm ~here be made the tfsi opening IN
The virgin tores, hf,y ~ years ago. al
The other first settlers have gone beyond
The nvef. and With the exception Of Jon.
sih.n G Bro~n. ~ho hives on the farm
~here his father. samuel Brown. first
commenced. there i 40, descendant, q
these old pioneers Who occupies the old
homestead those who are living have
gone out into other places and other fam.
lies occupy their homes. Mr.. Wheeler
VS. = son o. that hardy bad Of pioneers.
~ho long years ago settled in Sudbury
Canada. no~ Bethel. and by their manly.
answering industry, undAun;ed courage.
and unhinehAble integrity, helped TO
make that gOodly town What IL Is. and
enabled 1, 10 send out into other towns
and other states. 20 large = number Of
noble men and women. whose subsequent
career IN lie. hAs reflected honor upoa
the town Of their birth Mr.. Wheelers
sands Of life are nearly run, he i lettering
on the brink Of the grave. and soon the
last Ink ia the chain that connects q
pas, generation with the present, and
n0tking vii b. lef, bu, the mos covered
stone. in the grave yard 10 tel the names
Of those men and women who converted
the virgin forest q, North Albany into
fruitful farms. Mr.. Wheeler was the
neAres, nsighbor Of my fathers. and the
third in poin, Of time. thA, made his
home there, my father being the first.
Ny excuse for penning these lines may
BE- found in the fac, tia, | was the fs,
child born in this little neishborhood,
and al my childhood. youth ard early
were spent here. and an old
man turns back the pages Of Memory's
book to gaze on the nucleus painted
there. G.HR.