Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-19
A TRIP TO HANOVER AND AN.
DOVER.

BErHGL. Oct l0'h.
Ia company With Mr.. Aisn'. her
.srv.n, giil and her .oa snd daughter.
49, lsh our beautiful village too
weeks ago for Andover passing do~n
through the centre Of the ,osn by ~ay
Of the w.lsr,poai Mjan;ain Hoi'e.
C.llins . fs~ moments 10 ob,'ia drias
OF milk .ni furnishing oar b..kfis with
nice apple. ~e proceeded oa do-n ,ts
ns~ road to the nvsr rO.d near B'sn'
Corner. Passing up the n'et sons iso
mile, We Gro. Bean. Ferry just belos
Hemlock Bddss 80 called ia,o the beau.
ufal io~a of Hanover.
L., u. tell the readers Of the DEaocRir
that Bean. Ferry 1, quite al la'nsaiIOn
a. ~,ll I. grea, novelty. VI. B'an ..
the inventor. His farm house 10 lo;s,ei
too hundred yard. from the river A
~irs i. stretched from Hanover shore
aero. the river to hi. house TO serve 80 a
telegraph arrangement. -hile from shore
10 shore another ~ir. !. stretch Il 10 sup.
por, the lons wire by mean. OF small
sire. connected With both ~lfe,. On
H.aoyer side thsr, !, long lever az
r.ns,ment; the person ~ho wishes 70
eros. over % Bethel side ~hlle Mf. Ban
!, no, pr--en, pushes the loser eai OF
the lever and the bell i' runs at ,h-
house notifying hin . passenger wishes
20 cross.
Hanover though small tom va.
oaee . part Of Bethel bat some tfiy years
ago va. .st of .ni nos the nvef IL the
boundary line. H,nover IL one OF the
.n.f,es, tosn. 10 Oxiofd County. The
farmer, are all veil - do here are 'pn-
Of the be., farm. 10 the county. aud .om,
u the be., stock !. raised here. The
to~n /. Oh, Of debt aud bN moaey IN
the treasury. Hanover l' full Of life. has
,annery. {. gri.t.mill. q wool-eardins
mill. mill f1f m.kiax cloth. s'h sni
blindmill. q a~.mill. q nice hall. bull,
by the ladies' connected With the Ss~ins
Circle one store. aud one boarding
house. conducted by Mt Silver Who will
say Hanover though . small ,o~n stands
tr, IN Oxford County.
Leaving Hanover We pa. up Ellis
river on the west side. From Hanover
10 Andover Corner /, ten miles on oas
Of the be., OF roads. Ga either side for
the whole di,,anes are nice farms With
we'll painted houses. Arrived at french''
Hotel, Andovsr Corner. about o r. ".
This hotel /, three stories high bull.
sigh, years ago 10 French s,sle. and s
Que Of the bes, KEEP, hotels In th' eodn-
". Mr.. and Mrs. Freneh came from
Boston and the house has been veil pat
ronizsi by B,s,oa aud Phil.delphiA peo-
pie. Ths lsnilady !, . very pleasant
woman and knows how to entertain COM
pany. The Andover House and the
Cushmsn boarding house are well patron.
i1ed.
Jus, above the hotel !, the residence OF
Mrs. n. s. Bstton,s Philadelphia lady-
q very fne residence built some five years
ago. Through the kindne. OF MI.
Akers, . gentleman who takes charge,
your correspondent, VAS shown through
her garden and howsr patch containing
about ! Of al acre. Just think. two men
are KEEP, at work on this small lot from
spring till fall. Il Is one OF the best
flower gardens the writer ever saw. la
the uI per par, OF the village in the pine
grove, high up overlooking the valley be.
low, We visited the residence Of Hon. j.
r. Cabot from New York. he Il
Jus, finishing q beautiful residence. Mr.
Cabot is very peculiar in his taste ol
building. Mr.. c. very kindly showed
me through his house. All his rooms
are furnished with IN open fire place.
Just belo~ his residence is the beautiful
residence Of Me-. Thomas, the veteran
bost-maker. At our State Fair Mr
Thomas took the iist premium on boats
In the evening l attended . meeting
st tbs NJ. F. Church the gathering va
quite small though the Chris,iaas present
we're vide awake. One man 10 his tes.
timoay said ws IS Cnristisns want to be
a. rsaloas 10 this good cause ~ We vsrs
the other day at the hall voting for Gov.
erner lIodvel (Tco good TO leave out.
The good pastor seemed TO be full OF life
and mean, just What he said.
We visited the next morning the stool
farm Of Mr.. Jones who keeps some mic
Jerseya Mr.. Jon-s means business
Al i0A n ws left for ho me crosses
the river st Rumford Point, and pssses
up through Beans Corner. Az yo'
pass up oa the east side Of the river 'h
view is grand ~ the eye beholds strstcl
Of three miles Of beautiful interval lant
from east to west while from north Il
south Il h two milss vide. c.