Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-09
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Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bradley anu 0auRu-
ter have returned to their home after
spending the winter away.
Miss Harriet Pike is at home from
Waltham for the Easter vacation.
The Congregational sewing circle met
with Mrs. Joseph johnson Thursday
afternoon.
Mr.. Lester A1es recently spent few
DAYS with friends In town.
There was one session at the academy
Thursday, on account of the bad walking
and the heavy rains.
The Misses Grace Marston and Evelyn
Thompson have rooms this term In Miss
Lena Howe's house.
Miss Virginia Evans Is at home from
Lewiston, where she Is teaching.
Miss Mary Weston has gone to Au-
burndale to care for her sister Susan,
who Is sick.
Miss Alice Glines has returned to her
school In Wolfboro.
The snow is fast disappearing.
Mr.. John Keer has returned from the
Maine General Hospital, where he has
been for surgical treatment.
Miss Beatrice Abbott has returned to
Boston, where she will meet her father
and mother for trip south.
There WAS an Easter party for the chill
dren at the vestry Monday afternoon.
This has been very rainy week.
Miss Florence Elkins visited friends In
town on her way home.
Miss Fannie Tibbetts has returned
home, after spending the winter with
Miss Abbie Page.
Mr.. John Osgood and family have
moved into the house recently occupied
BY Mr.. Graffum.
Miss Woart of Portland sent Easter
lilies for the floral decorations at the
Congregational church.
Miss Olive Swan has been quite SICK
with the grippe.
Mrs. John Eastman has returned from
her visit to Portland.
The opening scenes of the late Eli II
Kellogg's novel entitled "a Strong Arm
|, and a Mothers Blessing" are laid In this
, town. The novels very first sentence
contains this tribute to the towns natur'
al charms: "The checkered history OF
the life we are about to record began ir
, the year 1919 at Fryeburgh, the ancient
Piggwackett, one Of the most beautiful
of the many lovely spots scattered along
the frowning coast, or concealed amons
the hills and mountains, of Maine" Ir
! the second chapter, an ancient ranger
, "Uncle Ned" by name, who Is one OF th'
, characters that figure 10 the novel, tells
''the story of Lovewell's Fight on tn
. very spot where it took place." In thi
J telling of the story of the famous battle
3 which was fought here with the Indian
in May, 1925, the novelist keeps his i'm
agination we'll in check, "Uncle Ned's'
} narration of the particulars of the battle
adhering pretty closely to the facts
, What the novel says in description o
the natural features of the scene Of tn
4 battle Is very realistic, having beel
drawn from knowledge derived from
I personal inspection of the battlefield
: By the way, the description which Jere
my Belknap, In his History, OF New
/ Hampshire, gives OF the natural feature
of the scene of Lovewell's Fight was ais
drawn from knowledge derived from
personal inspection Of the battlefield. L
July, 1884, when Belknap, (then resid
e ing at Dover, N. H. was writing hi
history, which, it may be mentioned i
: passing, contains one Of the best &C
counts OF Lovewell's Fight ever written
I he and several companions made horse
back tour to the White Mountains, goin
). via Rochester, Wakefield, Eaton an
q North Conway, at which latter plac
Capt. John Evans of this town too
8 charge of the tourists as pilot. Whe
the party reached North Conway o
their return from the mountains, Belkna
D and Rev. Daniel Little Of Kennebun
(then a portion of Wells) left their fel
2 low tourists and made the rest Of thei
trip home via this town, Brownfield
Hiram, Cornish, Limerick and Water
o boro. In the afternoon Of July 20, tn
day on which they reached here, Be
=, KNAPP visited the spot where Lovewell'
= Fight took place, and by personal In
;, spection acquainted himself with tn
topography Of the battlefield. In LEI
q ter to his friend Ebenezer Hazard, date
= August 10, 1888, Belknap, in speaking Q
the Battle of Bunker Hill, makes the TO
+. lowing incidental mention of this visit @
- his to Fryeburg's famous battlefield /
1884: 81 think it essentially necessary
o historian that he should visit the spo
o where any such transaction passed, an
infinitely examine every circumstance
q This did in 1884 with respect to tn
q battle of Pigwacket, where Capt. Love
y we'll was killed, and by means Of it
. conceived a more perfect idea Of that al
= fair than it was possible to collect fror
: books"