Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-09-30
TRIP ACROSS TIE COUNTRY AND
GRANGE MEETING AT NANovfR

of kumfori .rsnse. Ne started for a
trip across the western portion 81 Oxford
County, a. tax. part In n grange enter
tainmeut. unslcr the an.plces of Rum
fori. Bear River aud Alder River
sangcs.
ihe day was fine, although q little
csol Tor the season. The country, ~
fteshs,i by the r~ccut rain., was dressed
In IL bet, even the highc-t aud dric-i
enolls snd rhlgr. showing as green AZ In
June. The Open harm. everywhere ga,,
j prcoi ~ the abundant harvest that h..
hs-n gathered In. aud the heavy growth
20 Aftermath shows the producilscnes.
of the oil. nc apple crop Il not large.
hui there seem To D. fe~ Ia nearly
csvry oiChs~i. farmer. were siill cut
ting mc,doN hay and grain. rbe heavy
rslns have hindered very much the dry
ing ~ ms'sdos hay. AMI la many eases
grain has hc.n somewhat injured, but
therc l. an Abundance and farmer. arv
iooking happy. stock Ia pasture I.
growing finely and will comc o. the
barn In fnc condition. Would that u
nigh, ~ kcep1 thdying a. well all
through tho winter.
rassing throagh Lowell. s,oneham,
and Alhany, Ne come to the tosn of
Gr,sn~ood. ~hsrr thu valley wiiens.
aud strips et iutcfval- hsgln to shos
Themselves. stopping foT supper AZ Mr..
/ IA barilstt's. ~ fnd family working
| together Zoe the Advancement ot their
inisfc.ts. a. ~ l~ok-,i out uIon the
hills and rocks which eVeryshcr.
ahoani, we won,lcr,,i what any one
could wrvsi from .o barren = spot to
support . family. bat after talking With
M. n. for q sliori time, NJ could readily
49, " hs.v an income !. gain~i. Tso
colts. fairly well br,,i and fine looking,
~vrv awaiting q puryhsser. ~hilc one
hal rcceatly h-orn sold for gcoi price.
Tl,s Young mah ha. studied the manage
m.'nt 20 l--cs. ani obtains tine income
fr,m th~m. The last season he started
With seven hive. and -.-curri and .old
siN hubdrr,i aud forty I-sunds of honey,
saVing Ave nsW ssarms. Then a sugar
orchard giScs an Income each year that
help. io swell the sum total quite a 1T
tie Thus u will - sern that hy study
lng their rssourcc. sBi bocomlng well
skill-i In handling their .p-Cialiics, they
ar accomplishing good rc.ults.
Pas.ing on from this place, ~ soon
ry.,cls,i III. home "a Ilro. II. D. Ahboii,
and werv made ~rlcomc. In. morning
ef Aagusi s.th. the day cboscn Tor the
plrnic, dawnci fair AMI bright, aud we
starts,l oat IA h--come acquainted With
ths. placr. The village of kumiori
I'olnt l. situated on the left bank 81 the
Au,lroscoggin. ne.tling among the hills.
II contain. some old rcslieng~. that
shs~ u a. D. ons of the eldest settled
Villages In the cuunty. The Intervals as
ID strrtrhs- aNsV b-lss the village,
icoks fuli 20 promiss a. the farmer, The
waving grain and ts-.sls-i corn, AZ they
glisieu Ia the morning sun. give csldsnc.
- ~ the preluctiVrn-ss ~ the .ou ami
~. priieui carv of the farmer, Will"
ths. velvet srccn 20 the neSly mowh
gr,.. hslis hr.poke a fall groSih ~ f"i-
der far those who choose to icsyi them.
Tho corn factory situated here l. very
usli .uppll..i ~ih tools and machlnsry
foF ,laln. the huslnrss. \ crrs 81 men
vas husily AZ work making cans t"f thr
cutnlnr crop. which u rrI'oHei go..d'
W. learn that farmer. sr. MT vel salts
hs,i Nth th- managvmeut of the factory
hrrr. aud unlrs. soms nsN arrangements
arr made bsfor- another year, very many
viii plaut yellow corn. :.
We Nerv startled from our studies "'
IN. .oli and people ~ the place hy ih.
.hrtll to-, of steamboat whistle, and
usrr told n was the river boai, the
.North star which had t-cn chafier'Ni
- carry t-.spl. fr,pm all along the shorrs
4, a.. nlsr. II IA. m~-ting Ia Hanover.
me star Z. tris little boat, Vel
,d,pts.l for ths purpo.e Tor which u Nas
d..irns,l. ani capable ot Carrying ab"at
.,,r-,ty ,...pls. She wss Kept busy All
a., ncrnins. Ne hosrisSl her on h"f
.,r,ul trim. fouai hef we'll tlllci. All -
n. .t.rts,l from the shofr, the hllls
River ban.l played a lively air. assAsn-
ing the echoes among the hlll' ani ~
lnr a. attuns our hearts "a the bcaul'r.
~ u,turr a. displayed la mountains,
hjli.. valleys. ani ~iniing .trram. NJ
Ter I. pl~,.tnt rid. of two nile, ~"
r,.,.h.,i the grove. aud found many 10.
al. thsrr bsfOrr "a, awaiting the sfriNaI
~ car boat snd the band. By ten
o',lo.k there we're nearly hVe hundrNi
,.-,,,l,. pr,...nt. aud the seats that hal
i--.n prepared Ncre trie,l !" ,hr'f ul'n'''
caparitv. Amer the band hah sN,n
..,~ral selections, the l.cCiurrr "i hs"'-
fnrl Gransv announced that TIE .l'eAAs'
~ th. d.y wa. prrsent. aud called upon
him for remarks 20 hll the morning
hoar. IN. lecture, "~ccrvt ~"c's''r-'
w.. then given aud wss vel rrenrI
Al ,h.. clo.s of the lecture, the baskets
u.r,. hyousht out anil grace was pro.
noanrrd by Rev. Mr.. iisnnaford ot
gamiori Grange.
Then All pfr.eut fell 10 and enjoyed a
.rnuln@ granscr's feast AhhouEh
every ON. prcssnt seemed Ia eat Win an
.pr.tits horn 20 contact Win thr ~"
| al, aud bslmy brr~re. ~ the oxiofi NUS
th.r. was an abundance ani l",s D
.n,r,. After the dinner hour, the banh
.,,I, ave som~ of their hne selections
.eI an. remainder of the programme
=. s.y,is.i out. The reciistion- ~eI"
| IN ,.ry we'll given. especial praise y.
| "a. Misses Powers aud Je~ett. As the
| rio,,,. hooked like rain, the eNrrvi-s-
u,,. .hortsnei, aud all turned thelr
,,,,. hamewarl, feeling well repaid Tor
,,,rIy labor In getting to the meeting,
.nI voting this a ~, letter day Ia the'r
.r,n,. year. Much good come. froti
| ,h,... .imple grsngv entertainments, anu
- .t.h th.y could ~ more general.
II HN elrng-l iutittAtf' N.
,h.. nlsht with Bro. Arthur Holt oi Han
over The rsie from Iumfori Point to
mn. placr was full Of Interest, being
m,ds In the afternoon Of an almost per
,.,t daV. IN. landscape was every
~hsr, r.plete with beauty, hill. and 'al-
I.v. wing With each other in their g"t-
,,s,a. .ffect., while the sparkling n'rr,
,ldInr on IL. placid course ,owsrd
,hs or.an. afforded stlll another p'ea.ins
sh,nrr. We passed a mill To whleh
t.,msrs we're bringing their grain irou,
a.. a,ld. 90 b. threshed. They repo,,
a.. a,, crop extra. the grain very iall
al pump. just after passing the l,ne
into IN. to~n % Hanover, our attention
-. attracted towsrds very hne inter
-. Ala very near the rcad and build
Ins... seeing two men Ia the do"sna!
s,lle,i. and learned from them ua'
an. a.li belonged to q Mrs. bsrtirt
IN, n consisted of forty aere-, of ~hlch
.lx wer, In grain aud boei eroP-' ula'
f,.m the remaining thirty.four aere'
,h..y hal drawn any tons OF nrt qu.,,,
hay IN. present season. 'omlsl, ,n'
sasng man. With even the most fabulous
s,orI.. 81 the prciactlseness OF the wes'.
r,. ,,,lnsIu.l sfock fed upon this farm
III H.aH E~4Y