Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward, which as a character, an illiterate rube with "Yankee common sense", Browne also played in public performances. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. His birth name was Brown but he added the "e" after he became famous.
"Artemus Ward"
Artemus Ward, [ca. 1859–1867]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.
Waterford is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Waterford is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 1,570 at the 2020 census. It is a recreation area noted for historic architecture and scenery.
View from Blackguard Road
Waterford from Table Rock in 1905
Home of Thomas Hovey Gage c. 1915, town historian