The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-28

Saco has ITS D1rCa- As the
mountain riIl gathers strength
it takes
Through Bartett's vaies it's tunefpl way.
Or hides in Conway's fragrant brakes
Retreats ting. from the glare ofAday.
Now it leaves thesmountains and flows
through green FryeburGs woods and
farms" In the course OF rs frequent
turns and twists and bends It meets
with many another stream and sends 1t.
fuller and stronger, along its rejoicing
way. When it has journeyed more
than 100 miles and is nearing the ocean
1t greets the Great ossipee river and
accepts its cry Stall tribute. Then In it's
turn the Little ossipee- joins forces
and the river, now a splendid stream.
flows onward to Banny Eagle, to Mod
Grafton and to Salmon falls, where it
dashes over the dam Ike young
Niagara and hurtles in foamy torrent
through the ragged defle cut between
lofty banks OF solid rock.
Widening out placidly for a moments
rest in the sunny reaches near Pleas
ant point it gathers Itself for a new
plunge at Union falls after which it
speedily merges itself in the bay and is
fresh water no more.
At OuG VI l4G 4aAAAS Va liz @--ASS 49,
two little hamlets of Edgewood and
Riyerboro nestle together at the bridge
and make one village. The stream is q
wonder of beauty just here, mirror
of placid loneliness above the dam, a
tawny, roaring wonder at the fall and
a mad, white fiecked torrent as it
dashes on it's way to the ocean.
The river has seen strange sights in
IL hteNr Faf FhnHn
two tiny villages is quite unknown to
the great world outside They have
been born. waxed strong and fallen
almost to decay while saco water has
tumbIed over the rocks and spent itself
in it's impetuous Journey to the sea.
1t rememb ers the yellow moccasined
sokokis as they issued from the Indian
Cellar and carried their blrchen canoes
along the wooded shore. 1t was In
those years that the silver skinned sal
mon Ieaped in its crystal depths. the
otter and the beaver crept with sleek
wet skins upon its shore and the
brown deer came down to quench his
thirst at its brink, while at twilight
the stealthy forms of bear and panther
and wolf were mirrored in its CLASSY
surface.
Time SIleu- NJ en- GhdlueQ NAS iva y
turbulent forces aud ordered it to
grind at the mill. Then houses and
barns appeared along its banks.
bridges were built. orchards planted.
forests. changed Into farms. white
painted meeting houses CLEANED
through the trees. and distant bells
rang from their steep1es on quiet Sun
day mornings.
All at once myriads of great hewn
logs vexed its downward course. slen-
der logs linked together in long RATS
and huge logs drifting down singly or
In pairs. Men appeared, running hlth-
er and thither Ike ants and going
through mysterious operations the rea-
son for which the river could never
guess. But the mill wheels turned,
the great saws buxzed. the smoke from
tavern ehimneys rose in the air, and
the rattle and CHATTER of sta gecoaches
resounded along the road.
Now children padded with bare feet
IN the rivers sandy coves ana shall
lows, and lovers sat on It's alder shaded
banks and exchanged their vows Just
where the stunning bear wqs sgont r
come down and drink.