Oxford Democrat., 1915-07-13
Publishers In the "North Country.
NOTES OF AN OUTING WITH THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE sCRIBEs.

NOTES OF AN OUTING WITH THE NE'
HAMPSHIRE sCRIBEs.
| Concluded from last week.)
The entertainment of the New Hamp
shire Weekly Publishers Association
during it's stay at Lancaster was 10 tn
hands of the Lancaster Board OF TRADE
which took hold of the matter In
whole.souled and energetic way, ant
certainly gave the visitors good time
In the evening of Friday representa-
tive of the board formally welcomed th'
association in brief talk In the hote
parlor, and presented the president With
the kew to Lancaster-an implement
about seven feet long, which was late
suspended above the hotel entrance. al
also took occasion to correct any wrong
Impressions that the members nigh
have regarding the "north country" II
seems from his talk that the northern
part of New Hampshire suffers In the es
timation of the southern part OF the
state from the same trouble which af
fects Maine In the estimation OF the
country at large-that 1t is "too far Off
to be up to date and progressive. This
idea as applied to the "north country" oi
New Hampshire he vigorously combat
ted, and gave US statistics as we'll as
rhetoric to prove that the north coun-
try, in the matters of good roads, educa.
tional progress, and everything that is
worth while, is fully up with the times.
In the early part Of the evening band
concert was given on the hotel piazza by
the Lancaster Academy Band, and later
most of the press party by invitation at
tended the moving pictures at the Opera
House.
Just word as to the general aspect of
Lancaster. 1t is a town OF between
three and four thousand inhabitants,
with good stores, banks, and all the 9TH
or commercial features, though the in
dustries to which we naturally look to
support considerable population are
not conspicuously in evidence. The
homes and their surroundings indicate
comfort and refinement, and the thing
which specially attracts attention Is that
1t is such "well kept" town. AS to Its
civic spirit, the manner in which the
people took hold to entertain the visit.
ing publishers was sufficient evidence OF
the disposition to do good turn for the
visitors and incidentally for the town.
Saturday forenoon, after visiting the
two newspaper Offices of the town, the
Democrat and the Gazette, and taking
such other view of it as we wished, we
we're taken in automobiles for ride
across the Connecticut River into Yer
mont, through portions of Lunenburg
and Guildhall, and up over a hill from
which there is a magnificent view, as
there is from 80 many points in that
country.
Returning to Lancaster, most of the
line of a dozen or more automobiles
started for Jefferson, whence they re.
turned to the summer home OF United
States Senator John W. Weeks OF Massa-
a little south of Lancaster. A
portion of us, being deferred by show
er which just then came up, stayed un-
der cover so long that we did not make
the Jefferson trip, but when the rain
permitted went directly to Senator
Weeks place.
Senator Weeks was born In the
"porth country" and made good In Bos.
ton, is a member of the banking firm of
& Weeks, United States
Senator from Massachusetts,, and
prominent candidate for the Republican
for president in 1915. To
provide summer home for himself he
has gone back to Lancaster, and on top
of Prospect Mountain, q wooded hill
- ~.;Jo. ond n bolf frop, tho uilloOe
and some fourteen hundred feet above
it, has built house which has about all
the comforts which money can provide.
1t may also be mentioned that in three
years he has himself succeeded in spend
ing a total of four weeks time there.
He was not there at the time OF the pub
lishers' visit, but arrangements were
made for their reception.
A road a mile and seven-eighths In
length winds from the highway about
the mountain, at a grade not impracti-
cable for automobiles. to the garage q
little below the house. A short distance
from the house Is tower of stone and
cement, some forty feet high, to which
the public are admitted. From the top
Of this tower, which is above the trees,
there is a view not excelled at any point
in this part of the United States which
can be reached by team or automobile,
unless 1t is the summit of Mount Wash
ington. I tore myself away from this
with some exertion.
A portion of the house was opened by
special arragement for our inspection.
The upper floor of the house is one large
room, with steam heat supplemented by
two huge stone fireplaces, one at each
end. Four large plate glass windows
give views In different directions, and all
the appointments of the house are de-
signed for the highest degree Of comfort
and enjoyment.