The Republican journal., 1886-05-13
The Sweet Town Of Liberty.

The season is fast approaching when the pco-
| pie of the great cities begin to think about To-
! eating i'll the country or Oh the sea coast during
| the hot summer months. The more wealthy
| Will of course go to the celebrated watering
places; but others who need change of air and
scene are not able financially to 90 to the fash
| lonabc resorts, while large class although
abundantly able prefer some quiet country VII
| laSe LOT their rest and recreation. In such Il
| place, having good communication with the
| outer world, they enjoy the pure air and SaIll-
brious breeZes and recruit their failing STRENGTH
ana energies. 10 all i'll quest of such locality
would say that there is no more pleasant or
| hcalthful place in the State of Maine than Lib
erty village i'll the western part of Waldo coun-
! ". 1t Is. situated on the head-waters of the
Georges river, stream now historic, for after
many years of contention the Maine Historical
Society has become convinced that it was the
st. Georges River Sir George WEYMOUTH cX-
pored i'll 1903, and that upon its banks stood
the first white man that entered New Eng
land river
The village lies between two hills-IIavstack
Mountain on the one side and Mount knowlton
Oh the 0thcr-Wlth the st. Georges river flow
| ing rapidly between them. A constant current
| OF air coming through the notch in the noun
ltlns makes the atmosphere even on Il hot sum-
mer's day refreshing indeed. BY reason of the
surface upon which Liberty is built. being set
up edgeWays, with the rapid flow of the water
as it courses over the rocks on its winding way
| to the sea, having Il fall of $50 feet in three
quarters of a mile, nature has supplied lis with
an unsurpassed system of drainage.
About half a mile above the village is the foot
OF Lake George, where Georges river takes its
rise. This is considered a remarkable sheet of
water inasmuch as it has no visible inIets cy-
ccpt few little creeks that conduct the melt
ing snow to it in the spring Otherwise the
lake is wholly fed from springs within its lin
It's, and people who swim in it say they can feel
cold Streaks of water. 1t is about seven miles
around this beautiful lake, and nowhere is
there a sWampv or mar>hy spot. II is dotted
with islands and its waters abound in pickercI,
perch and black bass.
With this beautiful sheet of water above us
with the pure water from it flowing swiftly
past our doors, and the almost constant current
OF ar that accompanies it in the hot summer
months, Liberty village is one of the most
healthful places on earth. Fevcrs are almost
unknown here. have lived in this village siN-
teen years and within that time there has been
but one death from fever. In this instance the
patient was taken sick cSeW here and brought
here to be cared for by her daughter. have
never known OF Il severe ease Of cholera NOR
bls or even OF summer complaint. DIR. J. X.
Dean. of Newton, Mass, who was at one time
located here said that his practice in this vii
lage amounted to nothing, and DR.. p. 4. Crook
CT, of Sear>mont, who practiccd here some
years ago, told me his practice in the village
proper amounted to about ttrelcc dOHurs Il
year.
III regard 10 our scenery | would SAY that
having been wandcrer for sixteen wears and
visited many parts of the inhabited globe it is
my opinion-and give it bodly-that from the
mountain tops to the shady brook~,cS it is nm
surpassed anywhere.
We have three mails Il day and telegraph
line, so that our communications with the out
site world are as good as they can be Withouta
railroad. Those wishing to come to Liberty
from Boston can leave that city by Il morning
train, and by taking the stage at either Waldo
boro or Augusta arrive here the same evening
Persons leaving Boston by the Bangor boats
would arrive here the next night by stage from
Belfast and by private CONVEYANCE could short
en- the time considerably.
There is but one drawback. and if il this
our hotel is small. But for those the hotel
could not accommodate board could be obtain
ed in some of the best of our private families
(and they are al good) to the number of about
thirty, for from - to $ per week. ANY per
son or persons who desire to come here by
writing to me will be forwarded all the informs
alton can give them and will procure board
ing places for them free of charge.
In conclusion | would say that the people Of
this village are of fair intelligence and read the
Boston daily papers and the Belfast Republican
journal. Their manners and their morals are
at least up to the average, and it will not be
their fault if those who come to spend the sum
m'r> here do not carry away pleasant rccoIIcr-
tlon> of the place and its people.
j. 9. JOHNSON.
Liberty. Maine.