Prevod
Mirno mestece Orrington v Mainu je leta 1778 ustanovil Jesse Atwood iz Wellfleeta na Cape Codu in odtlej slovi kot kraj, kjer je bilo vedno mogoče najti spretne kmetovalce in pogumne mornarje. Poleg tega je Maine dolga leta oskrbovalo z najstarejšimi prebivalci. Pravijo, da je ime dobilo po naključju zaradi slabe pismenosti in da je edini kraj na svetu, ki svoje ime dolguje napačnemu črkovanju. Naseljencev, ki so tja prišli za Atwoodom, je bilo po desetih letih dovolj, da so ustanovili občino, in za svojo skupnost so izbrali ime Orangetown, po vasi v Marylandu, s katero so bili nekateri med njimi povezani. Toda zapisnikar občinskega zbora ni bil šolan mož in je besedo Orange zapisal kot Orring, besedo town pa kot ton. Njegov osnutek sklepov je romal pred zakonodajno skupščino in prebivalci so se kmalu zatem znašli v Orringtonu.
Izvirnik
The quiet town of Orrington, in Maine, was founded by Jesse Atwood, of Wellfleet, Cape Cod, in 1778, and has become known, since then, as a place where skilful farmers and brave sailors could always be found. It also kept Maine supplied for years with oldest inhabitants. It is said that the name was an accident of illiteracy, and that it is the only place in the world that owes its title to bad spelling. The settlers who followed Atwood there were numerous enough to form a township after ten years, and the name they decided on for their commonwealth was Orangetown, so called for a village in Maryland where some of the people had associations, but the clerk of the town meeting was not a college graduate and his spelling of Orange was Orring, and of town, ton. His draft of the resolutions went before the legislature, and the people directly afterward found themselves living in Orrington.
