The Republican journal., 1886-01-28
W Wayfarings.

current to be picked up and doomed some
where below and run through with its fellows
the modern mills whose improved machinery
make quick wor ( and whose sharp rotary saws
send the manufactured product one way while
the saw dust spins another and falling into
great shoots is blown out of the mills and
forms great mounds to be cartcd away for bed
inc, used in ice houses, or burned in the refuse
and waste piles In some places Sawtust is
stepped III great watts and the liquor distilled
| INTO commercial vinegar. Have another pick
lie: In others, as at Fairfield it is together with
the edgings run through the pulp mills and
made into paper for blockhca,ls to write upop
| or read from. On the Penobscot as vet we
have not learned of dust being utilized in
this way but doubtless it soon will be- and
even put to uses now little dreamed of. These
stray logs, the lvance or rear Guard of some
| large drive stra sgler>, early or late getting
into camp, may have been cut on the slopes of
old katahdin on the shores of CheSuncook
| Lake or have cone down the Mattawamkcao
But here they are and it is doubtful if any
| part of their div i,lcd substance ever sees the
| hills and wales of nativity again. They are far
|
village house, Or on some negro> cabin in
tropical West Indies. Eddmgton Bend is a
| country four corners With one of the corner,
left out and a sort of >tratcgic;u point for the
section. one store that has fair trade in
| Goldfish and mola>>e> and other corresponding
groceries such us salt, soda, and tobacco
sugar, shoes and tea. The day was one of
| ,-;+l,
| in. The ride was delightful, the crops promiS-
in@ along the way. and the indication, of easy
| circumstances plainly evident in the buildings
and appurtcnanc4> Of the dwcllers along the
way. The roads were good and well made for
| wear and tear If there is one thing more
| than another nce'ling attention, Us IL whole in
Maine, it is our roads and bridges. But we
| think the era of b tier ways has come with the
advent Of the read machine and the rapid.
virtual, or in fact aboIi>hng of the old district
| system, whereby one man this year wastes
| more money, if possible, than his predecessor
as surveyor did last year. We have seen seven
| men with hoes. strong, ablc-bodird hoes, >truy-
| cling to level off the dirt drawn LONG distance
and dumped III the road by one old horse. an
old man and 4 small boy, and trying to keep up
at all hazards.
| We had a pleasant meeting at EdJin-ton
Bend with our friends, and toward sunset rode
back to the city and again committed ourselves
to the tender mcl ci,> Of mine host of the En-
change. Sweet sleep. the reward of clear
conscience, came kc a brooding dove, and if it
hadn't been for thtt last piece of mincc pie for
simmer ;i1l yyuuII / .,1r. hu.u ,yrI1
Again We drea ned. 1hi, time We were in
the White House at Washington and President
Cleveland was urging 4 fourth class Post office
upon u. III vain we urged that Wr was not lu
| oliicc->eckcr, that We didn't vote for him. that
it would hc next to impossible for IL, 10 gct
bonds, and that the people didn't want us. IT
was of no avail. That pure. patriotic. and per-
>i>tent President Would hear no refusal. II
must till these offices some how, and the men
| that are dtfdtnt ld retiring are the ones |
| am after. Moreover YOU are the homcir>t man
have seen from Il at section and that settles
it," He turned and ordered the clerk to make
my commission, | took it, bowed myself out
and came home. As | ncarrd INV native town
heard the hcll~ ringing and general hurruI.
Said to my friend What mean, all this COM
motion:" He east On me pitying look and
said They are ccleI rating your appoint
ing its morning song.
Another smiling cay. The weather had it,
best clothes ON and was ON lis good behavior.
We cleaned off mine hosts table. settled our
little bill, took our .lip->;tck by it, one humd
and >auntercd down to th, Station with an aI
Of millions. ''AlI At oarl for BucN>port," and
we roll over the bri l@r that spans the Pruoh-
scot to Brewer station and thence along the Is
mile ride, stopping every now and then at a
way station or ut Il cross road to let ON or take
OIL somebody. Cedar Grove, Il noted camp
ground. j. pointed "ut a> we pass and w, -rt
splendid views of the west shore Of the river
| every now and them one Of thc finest Of these
views is that Of the smart village of Winter
port whose presiding g,niIl> j. or old friend,
Meadow kin@ Atwood, called Fred for short.
His giant warehouse j. a conspicuous figure
among the VIa4, buildings Frcd'> chief oc-
cupation is selling ir>t class agricultural inn
plenicnt> to farmers at prices that can't hr
matched elsewhere.
Buck~port, the scat of the Eastern Maine
Conference seminary. whose stately buildings
crown an cmnrncr in tho northeast part of the
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TO be Just righteer miles from everywhere.