Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-13
AR0OCTOOK- no 81.
An 0ciebf Picture in Northern
Aro0stoek.
i Laabsf Euplfs. ssa.tsmsa's Paradise
s.a galM-fs' Prids.
1hs stery d erasH ald is sstism'rt.
BY aso Edw.sa wigsia-

$50 ~s~'s % esSSN s~<~ 50 S%s-as ~ f-ts
By asp Eawssa wIgsia.
Ia 81 tss fssr nss;A, laa'f 20 fairsr river
sezss iff ~atsrs The SEA tan fas besefi-
fal Arlax4ok, aea - FsEsr Of 2ii sas .snl
isws thsszxa srsssisF or s8ors beaasifal
s6attey 8igng tbs backs OF ia aSpsr
sat r. are ass 0iiy inFa Hse tracts ofvsla-
she Hlb laas, bsI ttr8ugh All lt, Eoriz-
sas esasse sF1ga s1tTgs l, ninE1a i toss
far8agss a session Is sfr9 Es ami Ir2le1riws
AZ asy New Eng and. Broad, snseta'
iatsrgais, Easy Ct esslase ant rich 10 all he
sae als ais Of 2Ianf lie are sl5ag it, backs,
na =. - Hing back irsn f5ese, are sKaasi
ridges Of fertile apitas5 wif.a.l, xhea cleared
81 gie.r fsfsw zF3wih are easily eosssitsa
into ssir sf8 Pr s8ueiiEs farms upon Witch
sre fse homes Of peaceful, hayPF aaa
Frssger0gs geogie. Many ftsaog hoaing
sfrsasas, draining in asase tiaibfr settfons
add tbs II waters . is larger yolrnIe AMI
uFSn 81 ,hes- arc s4iasb3e water powers.
capable o suF ing pa7y basy Wheels ard
4 "a ny to tlis iniasuiai Fes3usess Of this
gseA, eeHay. Ia tbs
Valley Of the Lesssr Asoostook
she f. rsst sas given place to the fertile
farm, wh0le iowasaip- have been broaghs
IN 'ercubiya;isa, handsome villages haTs
been 9u.ii I'D. sd from this tcetioa i'm
ncase qaasti les Of food produces are sent
gu, d, feed the tAcasaad, Of hungry tniler.
10 other portions Of the Land. Fort Fair
II IL, Caibou, Pre.qne Isle. Wasaourn,
MafletOn and Casti Bill, all lyisg IN the
LowgT ssoosMok, arr towns whose erpsrss
arc manly ealiiyatsd and manufactured
Brodugrs, ~bile stil tAitser up, Ashland
4s5 NaseFdis are veil maintaining their
ciAin 70 b- Chased as agricultural and
maaufsctur t0wns.
A 3 xe asceni he riy = eth further We
hegta 10 fad ourselves ia the midst OF tine
FOREST ogimeyaF aad to leays beAind us
tha larger set ssmeats. ard penetrate into
Naturs 4 !lveliesf retreats. Now standing
upon some slightly immense, ve look away
towards The roth aad west, and as far as
ghs eye eaa reach behold an unbroksn
forest, with Is mountain, AMI valleys, it,
rivers srd streams, AID in these mild Oc-
ta5 days, It's dslEirg Tichusss Of color,
rspgjgg from she dsrxfss greea OF the
lhs spruce snl tle 10 the mast gorgeous
aiimso' of ths maege, a Sc. Of heaven
tiaiea bsausy, al OCEAN of enchanting
lovl ness.
such was the beautiful picture spread
before ~ s. we stard upoa the grand
swell of cultivated Iaud il the little settle
mens Of
okbow IInntafion,
Tie fsrthsst inhabited towgstip upon the
81 h \ Ina,
Masarls we ride southwark o. The old
arooaso1k road soma four miles or more,
half ghe 4 stance being in township No. 8,
Range whoa we come to the mouth of
die lxbow road. Hre We toro to the west
and con'iDue or for nearly five miles
through the untfokFn wilderness of No. Q
The soil Ia this Inv nship is qpise stony and
ia ihst portion through which the road
passgs hardly suitable for cultivation.
tn Ugh ia Other parts of lha town there are
.rmA tracts Of good farming lands. Cross
ing Honls5n brook and front brook farther
IN, ~ come to the town lire AID all at
once emerge from thu wilderness, AMI fad
aarsfIrss uann handsome ridge of cnlti
vSt.A land " ith beautiful prospect before
Us # sams hing over four miles of field and
uiaatow II ing along thu Aroostook river
Broad farms aad fertile fields stretch away
On -ither side { the road, the cleaIings
terminating AZ the river on the north and at
ibe grsni 5l4 iores on the south. Stand
ivg upon this fCitile SLOPE and looking over
ire smooth fsla- AID comfortable resi- len
ces before Va We can hardly realize that we
sre is the hearl of vast ail,lernefs ard
that as far as euitiVa ed Improvement is
concerned ee are a. the end Of the road
wh1n we psss the last farm 10 sight The
fO'es. is oleue1 a~ay to such breath on
ei her side the road, the tisld' and pastures
arc SO well fanc "a, the houses and barns SO
comfortable sgd sii HE eTi iences of pros
rerous agriculture so apparent that 1t does
nor At frst occur 10 one that after leaving
tbis So tlgmans be could strike out into the
edge OF y0nies woods and travel through
urbrokca forest for days without coming
upan a human hlbitat.on until he reached
HE Canadian settie msnis upoa the far Ell
81. Laerenoe. Looking westward along
he r1ad Re SCI a. the faot OF the eultiva-
{ d slip. the lTmcoleus Stream which ris i
In meoleus lake d0wa in tie southwest
Conner az No. 8, Range s, and flowing
nor hwesterly across the corner of t'enob
scot county e-ters Oxbow plantation
through It's south iiHc ana ilows uorshwsrd
irto tbe ArloStook \ half mile to cur
isbt is the tsnos COX river wiadipg among
beautiful Intervals nnd making here the
OK ~" lfoia "hlea uie 'ora ithe'
it, came. Af'sr crossing the Cmcolens
tie roal asceuds the slope on She
cttcr iile tlr nah = cuItivaied section for
SOM t~o miles when IT enters the forest
a. Il u io't IN the WH1fs 81 we gran" oio
~ooaS' 10 ny o'Yph to' i'he seit e.
nths we ft' .p' - w 'iShs q us, io'est 10
,eii "i rs "a Nie''s' '"'sFH''AaD'e 'o'es.
- ca fr n- ACT l"S 'et ipnS s'relch OF
Gorgeous amman W 'Hfy' dlose y N cur
iroa' r % 'At Feo ia ieaSt Of t'e moose
leuk m.ap's'la eS'rAh.nS to9 eoule ol'tsues
iron n'ita 10 SCUM s=ft'lfF 20 tn h9tih
Ve tHe rugged htiShis me Nsehi IS
m "a t.iH7 ucs' D 'hs more distant and
las ci afls d-'nei .N-ay TO the southwest
higa above 81 sad gFaAjer thaa az lovers
gFaad 7'd hatahun eu1iug nov IKE AZ
cd fam i'nr frlsna' we Fave 'apked epr9
his rugged iestaIes 80 oiiea OF late. AT"
rem 30 may "lhRfee' slahupoihts- Lesser
mus sppear % every haHH' All Tood-coveFfu
ant sn nm l.ihted. ara eYefywnere forest
had Forest gtefiutd ny Nature ms'eh ess
Inning. aaa al Illuminated % me spie"aor
of tae mlli psioo=f snhisht' !" are on
whe Upper srsostook
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