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[Γ^γ the ΟχΓυιΊ Dtmoril ]
West Oxford Ajrleutturml Fair
and Cattle Show.
The West Oxford Vgricultural Society,
assembled on their grounds in Fry* >urg,
on the l*th, 13th, un i ltth inst., for their
nineteenth exhibition. The following
otfi ers were chosen f»>r theensuingvear :
President—blames Walker. Fryeburg.
Viw President—John L. kiiuball, lit
—. ,
Secretary—1). !.. Lamson, Fryeburg.
TreA^urei—T. C. Waul. Fryeburg.
Trustee*—Aialrvw Buy/ell, Fryeburg;
Lewi,* Howe, tlo. ; Isaac A. Walker, Stow ;
Aaron JtmefflNrWtrt! : Josfah W. P xvîs,
Denmark; Samuel Stickney, Brownlield;
Thomas Maburv, Hiram : Jameetîarland.
Porter; Jame* E. llutchins, Lorell.
Bv reason of the almost unprecedented
ravage* of the fYeshrt on the Saco, the
previous week, damaging many of the
public highways, nnd iujuring private
farm*.many zealous turaieis were obliged
to remain at h*mr repairing fences, con
structing lirMges, &c.
The euuies torH ·· st«»ck. were ! 's>
nnmcrous than they ο herwUe would I tve
been. The cl'>u«!s airain overshadowed
and ponred torrentaof rain at the opening
of the second day o: the exhibition. <»r
dinarfh the mo>t n:- ut mt >t the three,
and the rivor again e flowed its batiks,
toiuftdnting the road? through he louei
U:ui>, leading ta Fr ebuig, to the C'>n
tfaued »!i^i]>pointnie.it of many Hilling i
exhi itoi^ I'hursda\ dawned auspicio as
ly.aa wa> suggested by an attendant on
the g-oiinds. who by tin· way i* very,
much of a wng. and l>y noon th«
enclosure w,i< filled to nearly its usua ,
second day's capacity, so that what at
fir>t was presunvd to prove almost an
utter failure. was really quite a sucvess —
thereccip* a? the gate nearly mi staining
the amount ol last \ ear, when they were
considerably above the average.
it.<· di-p..iV o! fni : in the If.i Is, ws· »
* ·
excellent, linln ■* \\«·Ιϊ th · J ι at.·' «»i: ι
ι
id the "s i i\. in 1 i d< p;t: ti n :.! Ν >t
•nit standing the gérerai failure of h«
apple crop in thi> pait of the foui ;y, h»
tables vert* ne' *-r loaded with 1:1 >:« !
varief ν or ίπ-Τί. ,ua <1 t: - j >ju I. .
fruit. Fain» ρηπίαι in gen rnl w »r« ,
nearly np to tho av ;re. whi!»· in - ι
kinds there o"currf ι opérai uu«'a; ·
M..n\ \ ir t.· s ο' ρ o< - ν* ι or e' ! i
I iti η. * hie » \1.;' it. >!i»j la\ nj !w *· ;
different v:.rieti» s. u'te a inm ο »! !
the farmers in tlii* r< i n. took ;h* Η
fev. 1 ln-t ι ng ... I t ; / · ' ..t t!;i
e.\Ui. iti»»n.
I'he department « h.-iuctu > a u
factures ^a> well re. > 'ntvd, th< j a>t
tjuiie «.o fully a> « nv e: r ag ».
Tkl»Suc»elJ la one o( the mo-t p· w·
pero'»H IV. the e untv. T .· \ - v. u t«-ve ,
tmni it: .m· :;ir· · a «au ! iteen acr>-s «»!
laud, not all of which i> rented or .k« u
1 leii lot tίJ« !'·_ .. · j i. t - V> 1. I
exhiSiti η.
The Γ rti.in t ar «1 »jr \ uvi .:r^ Κ Κ.
kavinjj ΐ«·ν.!ΐ»·«1 and adxertisc·! for th.
building of tlx ir nia»! through tlx· *i»»th
e rfy portion (»t" their ppounds. au»! r*
quhiugatew acres herval·© :Mor s*at: >'\i.
Ac . thi XV !ftv h;» « · £t| *M .illv \<Ί*·1 to
tendu t<> *ai 1 railroad company. the ri»!♦·
t» » laruN tmoct-upx d y tlx· Mxietv, an.in
portion of their end* irr.it ne«*d In*, to
help on th·· enterprise. and etnp»> were î a
comni'ttee t«> carry κι: tlx· pro* i»u»n> of
tlx· ». *o! e There *· as in (he tt>a*;ir\
at the opening ?" t!i< pr« *ent e.\hii-Ui n,
not far fr<»n; tuolr.;n· »*d :*nd t'fty U«»1L »;
it i> presumed ti. · i* tipt- tlx* run· nt
voir will a»! ? a> ti . lu-dv t! eteto.
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Sir.- vlurr A EVao~, d<» . um'.Kfr j»ioklc«>, 13
Xr· N lûsdalt, <k>.t U»o» rr> j»u*, ii |
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currant )elly, 20
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do ^teveejrved rose leave». M
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il.» J»weet «tan.ii* pàokle».
Mr» Il ï Stiiι)4, tir. . ·)„ «i tomato ptokte», ^
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H Mumlm. s««ik·, boat w iuter apple·, I (W
«lu , be»t «eedlmjf apple», 1 UO
do . b«»t I'iiIJ apple·, 1 00
do . beat ami (create*! varie»ν of appi«»,* Ου
H atàw. > rvclwnr, b«Mrt jinp—, I «4»
H Saunderv Sweden. Jd do 75
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.la· ob H S* au. Brôu ni'd.fraluttT Tor ?rap«M.l «·
H SaiuMlm. *»wn'en, be«d pear», " I 00
" Mti'knn. Brownihdd, he»t beeta. 50
t.«*» H Barrow», beM carrot*. 3u
9 «tfrkv+r RromtO^M. be»t par«nlp·, 50
t»oo Β B*ri<u », I nebur*. ί<»ι ne* rarietr of
pir»nip»,
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t liai le» l'haudlér. do.. l«e»r rwl.t ba*a«. 30
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J W Fnier\. Mow, lie»! onloo», 50
!> Mwknev, lirv-wuilcid beat cabbafex, .'9
do . be«t «^im-dtes. 50
de . b«wX pumpkin·, :o
(«eo Β Β*ιρ»λ?, livvuuif, 1>e»t toniatoe·, 3*·
Mr* Κvmm »1o . iat do . a jrratuHe, 25
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Jam·-· Walkw. d«» . ^amples of potatoe·, 23
J v.. diV«*iL d«· « lor «aine, 25
s *t?eine\. lirownfieM. for »ame. 2?
u Minlire, è'rjeburg, >ame. iî5
.'ohii XV Souther, «lo., >aiue. 25
l«na<- Frve <1<> , *an>*-, 25
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<io . pjppiU». gratuit?, 25
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M'*»J «»·· Fnf M .rt wfr·. " 3o
\ed H.x»tiuf ».d . > at' apple-», " 5o
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Amount iie<ir<W, #130 !
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d«>.. bi'-l bro«b axe. 5m
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Ηκ» u> \m> Ι'λιιμ Peoia'CTS
A>n uut s* / i>~- Avuunt avarilrft $M 50
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Μη lUr i' f·· ι· 1' do lu/'
M - ~ >t.· i . \ Γ. «. v* it fi » | !»»■«{ Juur butter. ^ w
Mr- J un Ιλ m.» uo. t m
)fr^ Jm* Gkriwri l*urt«r, wd F«n batter, I '*· ι
M»Ciuu ι id do gimiud} , 1 .*«.·
Mr.* "» "»t.rk - f n l.t* ι v> béni ùrirad. 1 «A· I
Mr» .lohti 1 »* kt·. l'rjiuu jr. i«l d«· V·
Mr- i. li .»ikc: K> , 1 »«--t i.j.-ia.. l<r«ad, 1 uu t
Mr» s» Sltclufv, Bi^wnKrld. ï<l d· Ου
Mr* M:.r\ .-* Κ*' », l u»»a>. chi>aj. cake, 5υ
lt'tiry frottuct*.
Ti.<· H'.Httfiiu'iit of Mrs. 11. l\ IlHinmoiul,
l'.ui-, w iio jr·»t the th>t [trrniium f> r
w i» ti.i-: "Mj îmnlenfmanufitc
t : · i- * f !: ·«<: I ituiuj» a curd every
tia\ ;»:al J ' » ν.·* ι·ΜΊΛ «dher UmV ; prrM
about twetitv-four hmir*». :«n«f turn an«l
,♦ <·»< th.-< ··-«· everv uiiti! piettv
wel! nui'K'."
Mr>. 1 i it im Mniel. Norway, seo«mtl
preuiitui»—«Λ\<: y! :ιί|η«· one t.nhl»·
-t oui.fui < î rui;n«'t t·; t* n «juarts r>f milk,
ami «».ι»: -*} ·>οί»ΐαί ol >«*>l tu quarts
ot milk. I rli^ourd U fore *·nllin^r.
m", an cm ft|l not t<> |>ut ii t«> prête when
i: ι* λ\ ir:u I ,ι;!ι>» λ «la) lor pieo-Mii^.'
Mr>. i.. .1 Bartu-tt. N«dw*y, lii>t j>re
uiiuin l'»r JiiMe Iditter. -ays: "Set th«·
riuln. in a c«>« ., rîean place—till J>ai)ë tlie
b«'-t. -kiiii i- little milk a> j> «»>il;le witii
tiic· » :»·.»ιη; k»H·]» lh·* cieain iu >t«»ne or
t:u . a«M a iittl·' -ait. in u a) tu w eatber,
e» t·r\ time u»u -siin ; stir the cicatu with
n har»l u..«»«| >j. >»«n every tiuie you make
an> adoitioti to the eream pot. The of
tenei Jou churn in warm weatiier, the
sweeter ami better the butler. We u.>e ;
the crank churu."
Mr. Benjamin Tucker, Nor.ray, says:
"For the June butter we set the milk
aoout twenty-four hours, when it is skim- '
md, anil the tuiik given to the calves.
We chum ain.»ut three times in two weeks,
in the old J as h churn. The butter is tu- j
ken and salted, and put in the cellar, and
next morning worked over and put iu the
jar. For September butter we usually
set the milk until it is sour.
—The Adv «rti»er »avs that Mr. G. W.
KrereU w ho hold* the position of Trial
Ju»tice, and reside* in Kort Kairtield, has
>oiemii y decided that greenbacks are not
a legal tender. An appeal ha* been made
to Uiu Supieiuo Court.
êxhù Çmflirat.
TABIS, ΜΛΙΧΕ. OCT. 22, 1869.
Γ# Our Subscriber*.
It should be homo in mind that our
terms of subftcription aj^4e^«frt1lare a
year, from which a discount oftllty cts. is
made, tor adcaucc payment. To lire up
to oi:r terms ho'wraMy, as we desire to
do, and give advance jwyiug subscriber*
the Uuetit of th«*îr ca^h advance, we must
strictly tulhirt to our terms. Since our
paper has 1>een enlarged, it is the size of
the two dollar papers, but we will still
send it tor $1,Λ0 per year, in advance.
The raw material of paper costs us one
cent a copy, uud all the expenses of
printing1 are cash.
We canuot afford to send the paper to any
one who canuot pay tor it. We have
stricken froiu our list several hundred
who were deficient over two years—tak
inir it for granted that aftei such a lapse
of time, without payment, they had either
not the inclination or ability to pay. We
have a hundred more or so, in the same
category, and we would thank them lo
either pav up, or refuse to take the paper
from the office that we may lose no more
by them.
Responsibility of the lit·publican
Party,
The recent elections in the great States
ol Pennsylvania and Ohio, which were
very close, show that the republican par
ti have a heavy load to carry in the re
sponsibility naturally attaching to them as
the dominant party, in relation to the
financial management ofthc country Not
is this to be wondered at. The nerves
which centre in the pocket* of the people,
are peculiarly s< n>itive. While the mas
se» are sound on the question of paying, to
the last copper, the national indebtedness,
they will demand ofthc republican party a
rigid economy in public affaira, and as
speedy a réduction of taxation as is con
sistent with tin· !>e>t interests ol the coun
try. While we believe in liquidating,
fully, the national debt, we question the
propriety of doing it within a year or two,
< r t urdening th -s« who h ive carried the
lie ivy lo;nl of sustaining the war, with
ρ lying the debt. Taxation which raises
a large surplus, i< equalh objectionable.
V«'i instance, our present taxes realize
not Irs·» than $Γ.ίΛ,οοΟ,(Μ> and iu i} ieai h
$ΐΛΛ.ί*v">tnoo aboirthc expenses ol the
government. It is a serions question —
whether this is a benefit to all the inter
ests of our country. A largi surplus is a
great temptation to extravagance in the
administration of public affairs. The e\
j»enses of collecting the revenu·· mm: large
enough, and are greatly enhanced bv th··
collecting of sU large a sui plu-. Besides,
industry and business i»f all kinds is un
necessarily hampered and burdened l»y
taxation. The poor. with large families
are unequally affected, becau.se taxation
enters into every article of industry eon
aom···!. u hat ι·» needed, i- t·· bring our
finance: into λ ϋ*·11î«»»! condition, » · that
they shall tu»! I>e at th«· tncrcx «»t -pvcu!:i
t«»r*. and tike the tax off of every article
of manufacture possible. We hope Con
gres* wi 1 do thi*, the coming winter.
The great question which has entered
into every State canvass and elicited a
va«t deal of discussion, a«> to whether the
bonds should In* paid in gold or jjreeii
ba' k>«,>o«»in5 to l»e practically fettled tv·
erv day, by the ct»nr<e of government, in
selling its go d at a premium, and ouy
ing up bond*, at the market rates, with
the proceed* m pret'nb<ici'f. Thi> course
dm ■* not -eetn ο}κ·η to objection. (ίον
etntM«-tit ceitainly has a ri«;ht to buy up
it> own obligations. n« well as prix ate in
div i luals. 1 he nnh objection to it, is in
r;t!*iti£ funds by taxation, instead ol loans.
It is s*id that < Government can negotiate
C*
«loan at t per cent, to pay the whole délit.
Il m», M it be done, l»y all means, and a
sinking fund Ιμ· raised each year, t«.» par
off the debt within the next twenty years.
This would Im· toon enough, and the
amount required to he raised each year bo
ho much smaller than the present utm
raised, as to afford great relief to the
country.
When any abuses creep into a party, as
i* often the ea^e where power has been
enjoyed for a considerable period, unless
there is virtue enough left to purge the
wrong, the party is in danger. The cre
ation of political places to ι eward partizan
friends, and the retention of unerures, for
the same purpose, should be particularly
frowned upon. Let the civil service be
purged of all iwonipetent. unusclul men,
and comjietitive examinations be intro
duced into all the departments at Wash
ington, and we shotdd .-ce a great reform.
It is the only salvation of the republican
party, and the soouer it is commenced,
the better for it.
In this connection we are glad tr> see it
stated that arrangements have be.-n made
bv the Collector of New York, with the
co ojk*ration of Secretary Boutwell, for
the reduction ol the salan. list of the Cus
tom House ol that city alw»ut i£?5,OUO a
year by the discharge of employees whose
services can be very well disjiensed w ith,
not only without detriment to the public
interest, but verv much to its advantage.
Let the reiorm be carried out all over
the country.
How is η ? School District No. 30,
Heihel, in which the County Superintend
ent of schools résilies, was sued at the
la»t term of the î>. J. Court, in this Coun
ty, for one hundred and fifty-seven pound*
of tobacco, furnished it by adealer in that
tow n. The inquiry is whether it was used
for ehewing, smoking, or a wash? Let us
have a True answer of this interesting
question.
—The Oxford semi-annual Conference
of the Congregational Churches met in
I)i\tie!d on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week. Owing to the condition of the
roads, the attendance was small. The
meetings were deeply interesting, how
over. The place appointed for the June
in· eting, is Andovcr. We must defer
particular* till next week.
Further Particularβ of the Great
Storm.
Mexico, Oct. 18, ISCO.
A little time having Intervened, the
smoke of the battle passed away, details
come to haad which are reliable. We ran
now give a more definite idea of the dam
age done on Swift river by the freshet.
In Rmuford,on the west side of Swift riv
er, Ebeneser Virgin loses very little ex
cept liis crop of potatoes, planted for
starch and family use. A small |>ortion of
his intervalle was washed aw»y. * A large
amount of drift-wood, logs, trie*, stump**,
bridge timbers, plank, etc., is piled up in
places over his farm. Osgood Virgin
and llazen (». Virgin lost nearly all «►!
their this year crop of corn—land not very
badly damaged.
Jeremiah Richardson was not in III· cel
lar drawing eider, but was outside his
house and was washed into and across
his cellar, and came ont substantially, as
staled in your last week's issue. This
farm is badly damaged ; he has lust his
corn—had a number of apple-trees up
rooted and swept away, and buildings
damaged considerably. William W.
Blanchard has suffered loss of land, fenc
es, apple·trees, aud must expend much
labor in mov ing the debris from his low
land. From his house to the Mexico
town line a new location for County road
must be made aud eu< Ii location continued
through Mexico to oolite point ahofu the |
old site of Kimball's mills. The Η. (ΐ. ι
Putnam farm now owned and occupied by
Ze/i Durgin is badly damaged. Wui. \V. ι
Foss' intervale l· nearly »>|>ciled. The
farms above his until that oi Mr. Ed
munds is reached are improved in v alue,
Mr. Edmuud's farm, .(as all reading till·
will be much interested in this, perhaps
too dcliuite history ol the a ·« ful Monday 's
work will know) that this is the last farm
in Mexico, on the Kumiord side of tin
river. This farm is very badljr injured—
washed and gullied, and covered in ma
ny places with great depths of sand. Mr.
Edmunds loft between four of five acres
of as good corn as was mised on Swift
river this year. The farms on that side
of the river in Roxbury, were considera
bly damaged.
Thu nice farm formerly owned by Mer
rill Thomas and now occupied by F. M.
Thoin is, l· one of the most complete
wrecks on the river; it being ruined for
farming pui|>oscs. The bed of the river
haseonipb tely changed it- course through
this farm. Recti's mill was not carried
avvav, as previously rej»orted, but now
Elands as a monument »f the past. At
the old Austin mill a stone weighing ful
ly one bundled tons, used in the past to
hold the end of α boom, was -wept sev
enty rods over the roughest of river bct
tom. At thi» jM»int fiustavus Holman hail
a mill for sawing ln>ard« and shingles,
and for ;i gii«t mill, nearly ready for the
machinery. This mill stood a* eveiy one
supposed, a!)ove danger from flood, l>ui
nt ι hi- |x»int (at CWs Bridge), the wa
tei iom· liftv feet from Sunday moiniusr
till Monday evening. It «a·; quite low
Sunday morning »nd ronsidfral·!* hi·;h
• Ο ο
Monday arte rnoon. From tin· plunking of
Coos l^ritl<»*· to llu· water, generally, the
distance is lort\ leet. Mondav thewatei
rose to a depth of mimic say fifteen
above llii^ planking; I judge that ten feel
is About the proper fi^un—filty feet i- n<»t
an inerestimate ot the um· at this bridge.
Two miles below Coos bridge i- Hop
cit\, in IKrou, :i> prett) a I.timing neigh
Ι,ογΙμημΙ, before this tlood, as eonhl be
IouimI in Maine. One broad Jiiecc ol in
tervale, one mile in length, divided into
lots οΓ the proper size for large farms.
Γροη these lots had been built nice farm
houses, barns and out-buildings. These
had been built by men engaged in raiding
hops when they commanded great prices,
and were nice, beyond the general con
ceptlou of the te.-iu. Only one building
was swept away from this "elt\"—that
Alonzo Brown's barn, but the intervales
are very badly damaged— almost ruined;
divided into islands ol every and all nam·
a!)le shapes. Γροη what remains of the-e
once beautiful farms, there is now piled
such an amount of "drift· «tuff*,*'that they
claim that the amount of labor re<|tiiretl
to remove it is more than it took to clear
it when it wits first felled, burnt, piled
and cleared. The main channel of the
river is now through this place. NTo safe
ty exists for the building», in future fresh
ets, even those ol common occurence.
The owners of these farms for one quar
ter their value belore the rain-storm of
Monday. Below this point, you had par
ticulars from, in your last.
A part ofO. A. Reed's house, an ell,
was torn from the main building, ami
sailed to a point opposite his father's, a
distance ot eight miles, without any visi·
ble disturbance to its contents. Young
Reed's mother saw It as it passed, with
stove in place, lire burning and the kettle
on. Much damage was done to hay in
barns which were partially inundated
and a great amount of hay is spoiled.
As soon as the farmers could, after the
rain, they got help and moved their hav
out ol their barns ami spread it around to
dry. Monday, the Uth, it rained and
it has rained every da)* since, more or less,
spoiling tons and tons of hav that might
in fair weather have been saved in a «light
ly dam iged condition.
To add to the troubles of Byron, on the
line of the river, nearly every family is
out of Hour and meal, anil they hemmed
in by impassable roads, impassable even
to ox teams, except through to Weld
from Bucktield Hill.
Mr. Editor:—1 was induced to subscribe
for the Oxford Register, as a County pa
per—but I ti nc! that it is made up of new s
pertaining to a nother county. I take three
papers, but none of them give home news
like the Oxford Democrat, sj I must have
that. The full account of the freshet, in
last week's paper, from all parts of the
County, was worth the price of the paper
for a year. Please send it to me, and
find enclosed the pay in advance, X.
—Attention is directed to the new ad
vertisement of the Boston Medical Insti
tute, as it contains information of import
ance to the pubth?.
Hiram,
Th# Inhabitants of Hiram interested in
agriottltuml pursuit», organized them
selves into an Agricultural Society, ami
came together, with the products ol their
industry, for an exhibition, on the twenty·
sixth day ofOct. 186.1). This gathering
ut once convinced us that one day annu
ally, might he spent in this way, to the
advantage of all concerned; .««till enter
taining this belief, the arrangement has
been carried out to the ρ resont time al
though not altogether maintaining our
well eari.ed reputation, for order and so
briny. Humiliating as ft may be, we con
fers that "king alcohol" slyly gained ad
mission to our Show of 1H68, and there
found many friends to welcome him with
all his fiery Kings.
The results of this Show may be better
linaginwd than described. Instead of Agri
cultural products, rum ruled the day, and
a di«*grat»elul drunken row was the result
of the first day of the exhibition. Quiet
was restored and the second day passed
off verj pleasantly and profitably.
To digress from this subject of Shows,
I will here recount a few facts connected
with the municipal election in oar town
last March. Some men. more fond ol
money than of order, claiming the bless
ed privilege of selling cider (three years |
old) because they had themselves manu-1
lectured it. caused another drunken row,
making work for lawyers, sheriffs ami j
jurors, to the financial ruination of some
of our townsmen. This same three-year
old eider man tauntingly made hi* appear- j
ance at the September election, was a*k
e<l bv the Selectmen, not to sell; replie», j
"well, I think I will." Not to be prevail
ed U|K>n to desist, one of the selectmen
with a constable, took the keg bv force,
and threw it Into the river, amid the cheers
of the entire assembly.
About the time of the September elec
tion, the trustee» of the Agiicult'.iral So
ciety met, and made arrangements lor
their fifth Show and Fair, ridingonf elder
old. and new, ale and beer of all sorts
The day at length arrived, Oct. Cth,
with our road» ho badly washed that no
one was expected to eome out, an·! no
I
notiec (»f adjournment was thonght nec
essary. At an early hour the 1 nig row of
tents were in readme»·*, to supply the in
ner man, all save one bearing in mind the
tailing of the Trustees, and he willing to
comply.
Thef'orni-h Hand wa» al»o on hand,
and discoursed some of its stirring music.
As no ntoek ecnild be got there, the
Show was adjourned to the next day.
A goodly number of persons were pres
ent from adjoining towns, ami the day
passed pleasantly.
Among the arrivals, from out of town
was noticed a firm from Brownfield—
Mesne» Jnek Wood A* dim Ilodgdon, ao
rompanied l»v a ladv hou*ekee|w«r of the
former; this firm very *oon made them
Aelve* conspicuous, as l>r«'ediii<î mis«*hicf,
nnd in good time, η quantity of eider and
whiskey was taken from tlietn, and de
posited tor safe keeping, until aft^r the
Kail A linn uIm> Iront Selmgo, Mevsrs
Γ. Jewell vV Sonspncam|w«d in tin» woods,
insisting upon Milling « 1<1 rider, was τ
Cii l»y I he* mdntnien and retjncfrtrd not t·^
.«•11. will· not flirt. Said oftirfrs, tun· to
the 01 dur of th«> day, went for an axo *nd
stove in tlie bend of ihc barrel; thn· end
cth the cider Another firm fn»m Bro*n·
lield. MeKirû Hatch A; Cook was found
selling bot ties ot whiskey ; thev humbly
caved in. and piomi*<d to sin no morn
Thursday morning, the Cornish Hand
returned. a goodly number of η in· cattle
and horses presented tor exhibition, the
drawing mulch a perfect success, show
ing M l ength ami training. About this
time. Messrs Hatch Λ Cook were again
detected in their chosen traffic. Cook
uas arret tt-d I»y constable J. ii. Spring,
who thinking that he was this time
l'Ut» Iy cooknl, let him oil again. under
protnifc ot good liehavior.
The committee in their reports, notice
many animals; besides particularising the
nice Devon bull, belouging to T. 1$. Sca
vey, the uice Hereford bull, U longing to
Mr. E. Kink ins. The I*ake horse, a no
ble stallion oh ued by .Mr. Lib by, uud rode
by him during the day, iu discharging his
duties as marshal.
The horse trot, as usual, formed no
small part of the attractions of the day.
The track, a third of a mile, was soft, yet
good time was made, Irom the absence
of the report of the committee, full par
ticulars cannot be given. Youug Morrell,
owned by M. I>. Davis of Cornish, made
three turns in two minutes forty two sec
onds. A young mare owned b> George
Huntley, without any training, turned the
track iu one minute; others did equally
as well. The foot race, one-third of a
mile for a book, and a dollar prize also,
added lo the sports of the day.
The severity of the stonn% preventing
the erection of the contemplated edifice,
for the display of agricultural products,
and household manufacturée, no attempt
was made to comply with our advertise
ment.
Our thanks are due to the Hand for the
prompt response to our call. Also, to
Secretary Goodale, for a box of Agricul
tural H' poi ts, w hich we had the pleasure
of distributing as premiums. The reports
were forwarded through the kindness of
G. G. Stacy ol Augusta.
Under the above arrangement?, every
thing passed off well, and all feel that if
the farmers can conic together to exhibit
their products peacefully and harmonious
ly, that it is good to be there.
The choice of officers for the ensuing
year, will be held attheTown House OcL
16th. in the afternoon. Dkan.
Handsome Calves. Mr. John P. Pet ley
of South Bridgton, passed through town
last Friday, with two handsome Hereford
stock Bull Cilves, raised by G. and G.
Underwood, Fayette, Kennebec County.
They were very handsome- one named
Col. George just 8 months old and weigh
ing 661 pounds- ihe other Gen. Scott, 8
month» old the 3d of Nov. and weighing
610. They are to be kept lor use in the
improvement of stock in Bridgton. Mr.
Perley has just returned from Canada
with ν ooupleof Heifers of Hereford stock.
Norway,
The great rain of October third and
fourth did this town considerable dam
age, in the way of washing roads, carry
ing away l>ridgc«, etc. The rain com
menced to fall shortly afler day-light on
Sunday morning and did not al>ate until
Monday evening, about dark, raining
thirty-six hours almost incessantly. Pike's
Hill road from the village up fifty rodais
nearl » all gone, completely gullied out I
from three to nix feet d< ep; a go<wl ««hare
of dirt and rocks lodging in Wm. Frost's
door-yard, at the foot of the hill, which
he has been carting away. Tt will fake'
a large sum to repair the road, probably
an cut ii ο now ono coti !t| be built cheaper,
and would be better every way. Mr.!
Seth Pike exchanged ϋ fly-eight bushels
of his wheal and oats lor vix barrel* of
flour. and Ιιο was lucky enough to get his
Hour home before the roads were washed
away, so In; is all "huukey dory," roads
or no roads, and lives high and eats hot
biscuit this winter.
At a meeting on Saturday, was ,
raised to repair roads and bridges, to
make them passable for this fall ami win- !
ter.
The potato crop as far as has been har
vested, is much better in quantity and
quality than was expected. Those not
dug before the great rains, of course,|
must be damaged and will quite likely
rot. Most of the corn was shocked up!
and stands in the fields now ; the fodder}
will be about useless. Considering the J
season there is a good crop raised. It
ripened off well and is {dump and sweet. ^
The Pen η esse wassee pond stands some
lour or five inches higher than was ever f
known before. The water has been two
feet deep in the roads at Front's ('orner. |
Mr. Jeremiah 11 obi», an old resident of
this town, aged years, is lying very ill,
and it not expected to live. 1>ykk.
Dix field
This town waa not materially «kunaged '
by the late freshet except in roads and'
bridges. Nearly every bridge of any
size, ami nearly every culvert, was «wept
awav, which left the town in a rery had ^
condition. They have been rebuilt.how
ever, s<» that it is now Comfortable getting
along. Τ hi re was a very largo wash-]
out at Brown's ferry. The whole ferry
road was taken out from four to ten feet,
which is costing quite a sura of money to
rebuild. Wu undet stand they are building
a new road al^ug .side of the other, think
ing it cheaper lhau ajrepair. The saw j
mill which was re|»ortcd by mhwj to hare
gone, withstood the Ιΐ«*κ1, although con* (
siderablo damaged. The doom gave !
away, and most of the stone work was ι
washed out ; the damage is nearly five
hundred dollars. The mill belong·* to
I iioM«::% Austin and \V. 8. Cba»e. The
j water was toiur feet higher then ever seen
before by the oldest citizens.
Henry O. Stanley has hoM hi* interest
in the store to Stephen K. (iirttkh, and
has bought Ira lle\uold s stand. Mr. He y ~
uulih intend# to buy » laim somewhere,
it he cau tiud one to suit. The mails
ι have been very irregular since the great
stouu. The North Jay stage, «bow
I ever, make* iU regular trips everyday.
Mr. < .'liar le* Τ. l tu*· lion gathered from
I his craiil»eiry l*>g at this village about
! nue hundred and tilty bush. of cranberries,
, and got tlieui all withoutany fro>t.
The school, umler the institution ol J. j
F. lloliuan, is progressing tiuely. The,
temperance meetings are in » flourishing
condition ;the meeting* are held weekly
:ts usual, aud a* the evening* grow loiger,
the attendance increases ; time will tell
the effect.
Upton Items·
Summer travel has gone up and a very
profitable summer it ha* been ta all con
cerned—gime has lieen plenty, aud trout
abundant, and sporting parties necessari
ly, well satisfied.
Crops oj all kinds are full au average
yield,making the farmer's heart glad and
together with the warm Indian summer
I
days and beautiful colors ol the fall loii
ag«\ in the broad expanse of forest, in
1 view front the tup of our hill—a gor
geous appear in jo is wituossed.
There have been many changée of real
! e.»tate lat* ly. II. R. ( i « m I \\ i 11 has taught
:ιII the interest of his brother, Wiu. H., i
in the Lake House and Angler's lie treat. 1
and now owns it alone—he ought to be
married.
Marshall Whitney bas bought the .Io
' seph West place on the hill.
Generous Auie* has bought tJie lilodget
lot.
The storm wcich was so rough on our
neighbors below, did us very lightly, j
The Hood started from here, and this is one i
thin" we can crow over—but .still we are
Π
not devoid of feeling, and we sincerely
pity you.
Come up here friends and get above
the floods, and help us cat wild oats and
Ox lord bears. K.
—Mr. E. It. Humphrey, at West Paris,
though a house carpenter by trade, has
great taste for fanning and gardening.
He is very successful in the cultivation of
ιtrawberries, currants, etc., having pro-1
dueed by cultivation, the celebrated cher
ry currant from the native. He presents
us with a curiosity in the way of a straw
berry plant, which he took up from his
garden a day or two since, having rii»e
Urawberriefl of a mammouth species, and
likely to l>ear all winter. It is the " agri
culturist" variety, or "Orange Jndd," as
tie names it. He intends to set out a half'
acre in the Spring, anil cultivate the rich
i'ruit extensively. He on'ν keeps three
ijows of the uative grade, out his wife's
Hitler commands fifty cents a pound to
regular customers in Massachusetts, with
out regurd to going rates.
Ho gives each of his cows a pint of In-1
dian meal the year round, and milks reg
ularly every twelve hours—-at six in the
morning and at six at night; his idea is
that cows are injured by neglect, or irreg
•»lar habits, in this respect.
—Waterford seems to be a healthy
place, at least for the physicians—it only
taking three of them to weigh six hun
Ired and seventy,
( F«»r Clio Oxford DomoornC ] |
The Late Freshet hi Xeivry. I
Mr. Editor:— Permit the little town of I
Ne wry to ndd a note to the general chorus 1
of distress arising front every quarter 1
since the storm of Monday last. u,.ar 4ΙΙ(| M
Sunday rivers were swollen to an unpr*. I
cedcnted bight, and swept over (he H,j. I
joining intervals with fearful \ioU-iuy. !
fieldsι of eorn and pumpkins went
out to sea, fence· and hop poles followed
suit ; |K»tatoes were washed out and *urrad
browldilt over the adjoining lands and in
many plaees even the soil w as washed and
gullied to a ruinous extent, individu»!
farm» suffering from the latter cmum·,-.
damages estimated from three to five
hundred dollars each.
The damage to ouv highways canted
yet !>e estimated. Our los> in bridge* i,
very severe. Uenr river bridge at Wwi ν
Corner was swept awav, also Sunday
river bridge near Jfcel Foster's; tin.·,»
bridges on the east branch of Hear riv*r,
and many other small bridges and ml.
verts. The bridge over Big brook near
ftufus Steam's wa* undermined and tpj. |
into the stream, forming a complete dam,
and forcing the brook to cut itself another
channel through the adjoining field and
across the road. It will take a consfdt i
ble sum to repair daoaage at this pnini.
Tbe sawmill and tool shop of Satr.u 1
Katue* and ί»**»rge Emery «ere swept
away with all their contents. The gn»t
mill near Poplar tavern shared the sain·;
fate. Λ-aw mill at the same point u is
badly damaged. At Newry Comer tl··
shoemaker's shop and po-t offlc·» occupied
by l>. G. York was removed without ti ■
permission of the po>tal department, it
Icastlh»· bnilding itself went sailing down
to hea. The new and costly store and
dwelling house of Charles Harris at tie
same place, came near a like late; lucki
ly il escaped without material diunajr»·.
Old selliers are unanimous in dee! ui(i_'
this to Ik· the mn«t s<*verp fre^hc» tl ·
e\ei ocenrred in thi* region. U\· « π.\
hope it may never again be our lot to re
cord its equal.
Ν . s. {'.«κι ι:
N'en r\. < M . Hl·.
.%>#/·<·!/ ftern*
fûrtce fhc Kreshet Ûo«rled <>»ir iv.it.li! .1
town »f NVwry. there bas Ι*ττ r>» m»»
ou the paît ol the people in any «»/ th«· li
naueial affairs or bu-in :s-, matters at all
Nor has then» be™ any effort mad·· t '
aronse the people to ;t «.en^e of their «faity
in Imilding the breaches, nude kn th·· re
cent overflow of water. It remains the
same to da\ as it did when first done ; ami
I would ask candidly, wliat are we men
ufXcwn thiukiug alniut? iltidgu* gone ;
Culverts Wiuluid away, and holes in ine
roiul so bad that it i.·» not safe for team-·
to travel after «bilk, i aiu *<>ir\ to -ay i:
show* a slackness on the part of the peopi··
to let these little Jobs remain, when a hw
hour s w»**k would ceplaco them an {Μι
sable as ever. Wo Wuow it is a busy tim«
with you in gcttinj your crops 1 κ*fore
the ίι*«»*»C <>Γ winter nips them, l»nt ««till ν >u
mu.-t not l*· so taken up in matters j**r
taining to J«ur own interest as to leave
undone tlung* of more importsnce tovour
neighbor. Nov iheu, after considering
these few remark», let u* awake out of
sleep. and put on armor sufficient fir our
capacity for l.*iH>r, an·! the» work man
fully the work f«>r U" to |*»rtorm. Then
we shall have Instead ot olfl bridges, some
thai will stand a few buckets of water,
culverts that will bold up a yearling calf,
ami the holes filled up to the .satisfaction
of the selectmen of the town—and then
and n- f until then ran towns go on their
way rejoicing.
The More and Dwelling of C. li. Hams.
»h alunit (iniipl«*t«l. We had the pleasure
to examine his stand last week, and was
pleat·.*1 u» ή·λ to tint· λ building* en«*sd ,
and al.so to leuru the lower atory was to
be reserved for a store to Accommodate
the public at large. We wish he may
succeed in future much letter than iu the
past. lie must have felt ihe heavy 1<»>■>
ho .«Qstsined by lire a year ago; but vo
are glad to see his courage so go«*d ; «ο
loug as that keeps up we will risk him.
The Corner looks very lonely, now- the
Post ' Mlieo and sh·** shop which s'.ood in
the most central part of the village, and
where men of all grades (and I inav say
color, for fanner· have about as many
colors as a rainbow) nsesf to mi'··! tocb.it
upon »ubjcct* ot 'J»·.· most interest, »\ ;i->
swept away 14*011 the *wift waters of tin*
Amîto>coggin River; since tln-ii w. have
been obliged to stand upon tie* comer of
the streets, but we hope soon to have a
plaee to luof these long evenings.
CtaftK.
Λριόινί μην r or SacKuraJcror War.—
General Sherman il id known accepted
the ortlce of Secretary of War only tempo,
rarily, or until the President could mako
a permanent appointment. Th*> Pre»i
dent has uûw appointed Major Win. M.
Belknap» of Keokuk, Iowa. Mai. Gey
Belknap is a graduate of Princeton < ol
lege, New Jersey. He »er\ ed in the ir
ηιτ from tla· first to the last oi the wur;
he commauded one of the divisions of the
iiflecnth army corps, in Gen. Sherman's
Last two campaigns, with great credit to
himself ami to the entire satisfaction of
his superior officer. He is about thirty -
eight years of age, and is u lawyer by pro·
legion.
—Mr. Dinglcy, of the Le wis to η Jour
nal, returned from his trip across the
Coulinent, a week ago last Thursday.
His lettets were racy and lull of interest.
His journey was marred some by the sick
ness ol his wile in his absence. He found
h« r prostrated by fever, on his return,
and we understand he is somewhat used
up himself, now that the excitement Is
over. Ile was absent thirty-six days, and
in that lime traveled 73ύΟ miles by rail,
2iK) by stage and other conveyances—In
all 7.800 miles. He left home Septem
ber 1st.
—The Valuatiou Committee met in the
Senate chamber at Augusta, Friday fore
noon, nod orjjfttuuixl by the choice of lion.
Setli Scammon as President. Enoch
Knight of Portland, was elected Secreta
ry.

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