Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-01-07
More Geography and Other 'Graphies
EAST SUMNER, Jan. /, 1908.

EAST Ooh' AOVO'
Not long ago | gave sort OF geo
gra phical description lin my feeble way
of East Sumner and the surrounding
towns. 1t is my purpose to give in thi
letter some few things which ESCAPED
my notice in my last.
The first thing l will say know tn
people of East Sumner well. They ar
as a class honest, hard working, upright
men and women, and downright goot
citizens. 1t is the home and birthplace
of the Democrats noted correspondent
who signs himself Slocum mot Slowgo
One of the most thrifty farmers o
Hartford, Mr.. Frank Warren, has
grist mill located on the west side of thu
bog, where he keeps large assortmen
of all kinds of feed, and sells at goot
profit.
One more concession Hartford ha
made to Sumner is away up among the
mountains, a place called Farrar's Mills
formerly called Sygotch. 1t has beer
said there is no law north of Farrar'
Mills. The truth of this statement
will not vouch for. If there is no law
there l suppose none is needed;
Hasn't our correspondents think ma
chine slipped cog? Farrar's Mills, once
so called, formerly Sygotch but nov
Redding, is away in the northwest cor
ner of Sumner, more than two Sabbath
days. journeys from any part of Hart
ford. He claims enough for Hartford
as it is.-ED.
I'D in the mountains of Greenwood
lives a man formerly from Hartford
who is one of the best of the Democrat
able correspondents. He keeps TIT
people posted as to the weather ant
other items.
Next we come to the Hon. George d
Bisbee of Rumford Falls, man borl
and brought up in Hartford. He wen
forth at his country's call in the Civil
War as gallant soldier. A few of on
Hartford men, not quite so gallant, emf
grated to Canada for short season, bu
after the crewel war was over they quietl
came back and brought their household
goods with them.
There is one more concession HARTFORD
has made to the Flat within a year. VI
or before the 4th of July a small hous
was confiscated from a well known farm
| or in Hartford and landed on Sumne
soil. Probably those who moved it ha'
strong desire to improve the place
| Later on the hand car house belonging
to the section men was moved to tn
Flat for some purpose, know not what
Then | came to the south part OF Tur
ner. There you will find a HARTFORD
man who is an honor to any town, MI
Walter Purkis, man of sterling quail
ties and sound judgment, man VIII
has served as a town officer most of tn
time he has lived in town.
Southeast of Bear Mountain lies tn
village of North Turner, noted for lie
among horse jockeys. Major Farrar,
worthy citizen of Hartford, moved t
North Turner. He had two boys, Levi
and Leander. Lewis went into trad
and Leander owned saw mill. BE
tween them both they pretty nearly ra
the whole village for years.
Now we come to Buckfield. Thi
town doesn't want any of Hartford
real estate. Probably it has got enoug)
of that calamity, such as it is. Blu
Hartford has furnished Buckfield wit
some of its best men-the Parsonses, tn
Irishes, the Coles-that cannot be beat
en- as business men in Oxford County
and last but not least, Mr.. Burton
Hutchinson, the genial r. F. d. driver
who always has good word for every
body. One thing I will say. If any on
wants to joke with him, they had bette
understand the business.
| VIM. CUsHMAN.