Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-10-16
MOUNT keARsARoG M CARROLL
COUNTY, N. n.
IT'S CLAIM To HAVING GIVEN Irs MANI
To rim FAMOUS GJNBoAr
kEARsARGE.

New Hampshire has two mountain. ~ the
name of kesr-arse, one % them tsint In herri
mach toanty AMI the othsr In tsrrnl .ouhty
ihs taIoa, fans,.', ns.f'a 49,. shh 49,.
"a. name.i for ose Of thee two New iiampshiIe
mountains, bot whether vas fOr The one ~
Merrimssk County 90 Tor the one In Carroll
Coahty I. not sstil~i ~ universal sccsptancs
some contsniing that the honor helonE. 70 The
former mountain AMI oibsrs b. The mountain In
Carroll County. Op O,tolsr >. ls-s. the Demo
Graf pubn.Ls-f an Artisls 90 this subject BY v. %
Chamberlain % AHbgrnials, Mas. which tooA
moa ntain In MERMAID Coanty, AMI lelos Ne
rsprViuce frOm q late issae Of the Whit Mount
ain Erho an artiels from the pen ~ klsn "
Mason % North Conway. y, ~, which oonsni.
entitlssi 20 the honor Ot having furni.b.'i the
name fur the fsmou. yunboat The latter mount
ain Il visible from large Portions OF ostori
Coanty, obe % the sraniest yieu.ot " sni whsf,
" he hai Icing from summit iilii 10 Harrison
Once upon time there lived man Ia
the state Of New Hampshire, but In what
town II IL not necessary To state, who nj
all social functions Was accustomed Ia
display extraordinary devotion 10 other
ladies, but never the least to his wife.
On one occasion, however, she remon'
strated with, III have nothing TO say
against your persistent attentions 10 other
women, but do object to my being Ut
terly ignored. for you see ] really de-
exist" "But, my good Abigail" said
her man, "surely you would not appeal
to force your claim upon me, that would
be 90 low bred, you know" Eyes, but
Il IL To your disadvantage not tn appear
aware VI my existence" replied thu
woman, who was no less sensible than
meek.
Once upon another time there came Il
North Conway young gentleman With
q camera aud all the paraphernalia fol
making photographs. IL Was In the day
before kodaks and bulls-eyes and hawk
eyes, and all the other sorts OF camerai
were not the familiar implements OF arI
aud travel that they have since become
lie Was Bit what people addicted :,
slang call "fresh," and, though his worl
was only that Of the average amateur
he made great pafade With 10, ant
labelled his productions a those o.
.'The white Mountain View Company
One day on the occasion Of the opening
OF the PiimAn road up Humphrey
Ledge, the young man With the Gamer.
was one of the large company OF real
dents and tourists present at the celebra
tion Of the Interesting event. AmonI
them were q number Of artists-Mr
BENJAMIN Champney, the Landscape
| painter; Mr.. and Mrs. T. y. N. White
whose landscape photographs have
national reputation; and Mr.. y. w
Pease, whose White Mountain Views ar
nearly 40 well known ~ the Whit
Mountains themselves. Mr.. Pease IL
bit Of q wsg, and, coming up to wher
Mr.. Champney WAS sketchiug ard tn
whites were debating the best point
from which to make their views, he ask
ed them n they lad seen "The Whit
Mountain View Company" and, whel
they looked puzzled, he pointed to tn
Young gentleman adjusting the Gamer
at . little distance, and said "rhere b
stands"
Now, II the mountain picture In lat
Issue OF the Manchester Union had bee
marked "view Of Mount Kearsarge
Merrimack County" then Carroll Couu
~ readers Of the paper could have born
Il; but, when paper seems TO ignor
the existence Of the Carroll Count
Mount Kearsarge, one II reminded Q
Nelghbors Pease's satire on "Ths Whit
Mountain View Company" and Of IN
neglected wife who nevertheless existet
The Carroll County Kearsareo u 90
Of the white Mountain group, and
situate on the dividing line betwee
bartlett and Chatham, With its SUNNI
IN Chatham. Il Il 3,3'0 feet high, On
: . spur to the westward called Bartle
Mountain 10 1850 feet high; otherwi,
, the mountain h Of pyramidal form On
quito regular. From its fortunate poo
, ton With respect to other mountain
, there being no peaks In lts neighborhot
70 the eastward Of SUFFICIENT height
cut Oh the prospect, II commands . vel
extended view, BY many considered evs