Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-24
,c.rr..ponasncs OF Bo.toa Journal


fal AFFAIR There were TO persons In ih'
party, AMI from The time TIE party lel
Bangor an t. return 10 wAs accompanied
oy several Orlcials % the y. n Il. X WIZ
gave their personal aitsutlOn to the CON
forts OF the sxcursioulsts, and Throughout
tae TIP iherc was no delay of the train
and no failure OF any person u ootAlr
good accommodations aud a. fall Informs
tion A. wa, dssircd regarding The rrgiou
% couatry trsvsrsed by The party.
The weather during me ifip was show
sry. tui. peculiarly enough. the comfort ol
the party was little iuiericrct with. AMI. u
anyihlng. The shoSers Contributed % The
efioymsut of The excursion by preventing
s'i dusi aud causing The foliage Of ihs
tres A1f tte deli. % hay ani grAln 10 as'
-umr their natural caiofs. whereby bet
tsr lira lf thr luxafiAnt growth of thc
& cluutry 49, obtained thau would Other
xise have hecu The case IL l. =, frequent
that thc rai.foh passes through Aooui ne
most uuiuVltiug portion ~ q country that
thr ouly SURPRISE msuiirsifd by any of ihe
excursion party pfvsilas - th,ir arrival
A. W sod.tCck. y q was t1st tac stat
"a. 80 lsscI Mang 90 the srntlrmvn ap.
4. .arti fo htvr Abe Impression that ktstcFn
Nsiur wss a succession 10 hills aui for
.sts That dli uot allow % cultivation. and
tlr sppsr,ui plateau. dotted hsf~ Ard thtrc
sith goni. ali lske.. taAt N VI Ccuifsl
trsvsrses httwto ca Lincoln and Narcenorp,
Wa nes 81 sgrcca''c revelation. Ini'
Irvtl characief OF The land is undoubtedly
m injury. Tor with the large rnmntr oi
pouf. That are scattered Throughout t1r
section. ne ground remains too moist iof
cultivation.
Prom VArcsb boro % WOODSTOCK The
couutry Is ligher and more rocky and BOT
very good for cultivation. hut A. The rail-
roti tryw near suoagh % The s. John
River 90 slloN view ~ the farms scat.
tered alOrg iis hsnts. there was q general
lrsuur 90 surprise ant admiration Al the
prospect Aui tsc thriny couditoa of iac
people.
Prom woodstock q Aroosiook junc-
ton. a distance % S. miles. The y. u X X.
runs alorg thr bank Of The s. john klFef.
,Flriirg saccsssion 20 piciur,sqlc NirNs
as enatlIug lie passenger - OBTAIN a
good general iics 90 the progress neing
made 1y the farmers % NsN BrousNick
Throughout this eniire distance there i
c.uiluuo1s farm settlement TIE calti.
waited frlis extending back from each
nAuk of thc uver, viz intersections oi
fif,st sni p.ctlrrsquc farm olililnss'
present au impressive pictnrv 70 wnoe'tr
vl~ss 10 flr the fr-t ume Ntny oi thr
houses ar gsnfrslly devoid ui iresn paint
nat thss insk comfortable AMI homrlke.
Occasions ". a fwrvrr. one m1re pf,t-o-
uuu. ttau tle Others j. roucel "lin -
ronf palutcf r,d aui iis entire appearance
nrtoksulng tafin ani prosperity. TIE
rarns az. ~ iarE.f than The houses, and
thslr capAcions sit- cprfooora,'s TIE In
nr.s.luu uthersise obtained that The lAnds
Weld crop- MORE shuuiani than ar gcner-
Aiiy uhtA.uei iu the interior OF estate ~
Aroo.to1k Junction the railroad leaves the
NJ John River and follows along ne leit
n.rk ofthe Aroostook River uniil fr,sqlc
IL, l. reached. = distance % 20 miles.
Although this rsgi1u hAs not btcn 80 long
settled AZ ths one bordering The - John
River. person looking ~ The nrids oi
Grain. bay. poiaiOes. The DARK sol devoid
~ stones. the luxur.ant character Of every.
thirg. need DOT te io'i that prosp,ron
p-op.e d1d there hom- ani euJ y ~
mauy comforts A. Any people I'm ihr iAfm'
lug rsgiors OF NV Eagiani. II anyihlng'
thr fifm taiiirg. average better than
those noticed along The 81 John RIVER,
hrtoksulng Yankee eutvrqrisc ani sgcn-
-ral care fof tae creature comforts ot ihis
lie.
TIE ar,, .,op maize BY The eHeur'ioai'is
was a.
cARmoU.
81 miles from Pofisui Ani .ti niles
nom Bangur. where Tuesday uight wAs
spsut. The entire party having their stop.
rius place. assigned 10 advance OfarrlvAl,
All thslr host. being fOuni in waiting
when the tralu reached The station. The
Interest manifested in this excursion BY
the people ~ ArOnstpok Co1niy causci =
delegation OF the clt|Eens, ron each town
q, he visited . meet The train AZ Vance
horo aud WOODSTOCK, ~ which acton any
needs found 20 exist were =, once provided
gr. TIE town of Carbon IA, bal very
rapid growth. and presents very pictur-
e.qge appearance that A. once cOnvrYs 10
th- visitors mlui an Impression OF thrin
and enterprise. Taerc II Opportunity Tor
much Improvement Ia the surroundings oi
The houses. Auf this will undoubtedly
come with the adyent OF more leisure from
the cultivation ~ tie Land Every hone.
however. looktd comfortable aud pleasant.
The town wss Incorporated In l,js, with
population Of go persons. In $50 THIS
population had increased 10 ltlo. Ani Ia
l,.0 % 1886 A. The present time the POO
ulstlon L. estimated AZ over 300 persons,
ant if 10 shall continne q more than dol'
Die during each decade, u l. easy % see
that II vii not be long ere there will be
village of no mean proportions a. this polnt
on the Aro0stook River The valGAtlon OF
the town has incfeas-i even more rapidly
than the population. When Incorporated
the value of the estates was $4,000. Ia
$50 the Estates had increased 10 value
OF si55. .sOg. AMI Ia lssO they were esiimai-
efat slIs SIS A. the p:eseui time the
village contains couple hundred homes,
churches. hotels, Que newspaper, and =
number of well stocked stores.
That the farms are productive mlt oe
acknowiedged when one learns that during
the past year there were shipped from the
railroad station 81 SIS busaels-0r 10, car
loaf.-of poiAiOes. 500 bushels OF oats. ~
ear.loads % hay. = cir-lOafs OF hops, 2l2j
essks-or CO car.losds-of starch. and .
c.r.loai- % cattle and sheep. In addition
- fIN - ~uIIMfNA-f A"FtN 49,
wsrt.d 20 ga 60 or so carloads OF shin.
glss. and 3,3Tt or ia carloads oi railro.i
.l~~p~r-, together with about 30 eAr-loAds
OF general merchandise, making In AL
train of cars about miles iu length. Az
the present time 10 il estimated that There
are 100 carloads OF shingles In town ready
f5r shipment a. soon ~ the market I'm.
proves. and - carloads OF stafch. WI
course no. All these Agricultural products
were raised In CArib0u, bat the railrOa'
station AZ that place forms the ship
ping point OF several other small slliAsss
In The cOanty not otherwise provided Win
railroad facilities.
Zach village AZ which the excursionists
stopped wAs = surprise, and 50 when they
went from Caribou 20
FKxsQUE IsLK,
few were prepared 10 exchange so qaiekly
the rugged country about The former place
f,r the smooth anf gently sloplng regions
about Presqas Isle. Though only ie"
mile. distant IRON each Other, the places ars
very unlike, the latter village having syn
rnetricAl. frssh appearance, In consequence
81 having but recently recovered IRON
de.iructive nre OF two and a half years age
when IN. business part OF the village was
.lmos, entirely destroyed. In popaiatlon
and wealth there il little Differences between
Caribou and Presqae Isle. the former nss'
leg q little The lead In point OF popais'lon
and The latter a little In the matter OF val
ua,lOn. Both were incorporated the same
year. In isSO Presqae Isle had popa,s.