Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-28
sTATE OF MAINE.


YENHE twelfth section of "an act additional 10
FL promote the sale and settlement ofthe public
lands, passed March "a. a. d. 1885 making it the
duty of the Land Agent "to advertise the settling
lands in market, once year, for two months, in
one paper in the city of Boston, one in Concord
N II. and in one paper in each county in the State,
describing the quality and situation ofsaid land and
the terms of saIc," the Land Agent Loreby gives
public notice that Township number q, in the filth
range Of Township west from the last line OF the
State has been otted for settlers, and is now in
the market for sale and settlement under tile provis-
ions of the following law passed the last session
OF the Legislature. The price will be liom Fifty to
seventy five cents per acre, according to the qua
ty and situation of the lots The lots average 1G0
acres each. The soil in this township is good.
being remarkably free from stones, and the land
lying in moderate swelIs. The location of this
township is favorable for settlement, tho ARGOS.
took road passes within one mile oftIie western
line of tho township. There between do and 80
settlers in the adjoining township No IN the 9Th
Range and good saw mill and grist mill have
recently been built there by Ira Fish, Esq. only one
mile distant from this township. F
Townships No. 3 in the 4ih Range, No. z IN the
9th Range, and No in the 18th Range have been
surveyed and lotlcd into mile sections. Lots ofl60
acres will be out from any of these sections 10
actual settlers, where the land is suitable ier
farming than for timber. Townships Most (, 10
and IL in the 9Th Range have been ordered 10 be
surveyed by tho Surveyor General, fortll~ ith and
will be open for settlers the lots can be
run out. The .4roostook road passes directly
through these townships and the soil is represented
to be excellent for farming. The Hroostook road Is
laid out and cut out from the military road lead
ing from Bangor to Houlton, near Mattawamkeng
point, to the .4roostook river, distance Of about
| rs miles
About $l7 900 will be expended. this year. upon
this road by the Land Agents of Maine and Mas
sachusets, and with the part already finished the
road will be completed about one Lalf OF the dis
lance. The whole distance will probably be com
bleted next year. AL the land or this road has
been sold for about two-thlrds of the distance, and
in several townships all the lots upon the road have
been taken up by actual settlers. The renanIn.
part ofthc land upon this road owned by this State
is now offered for sale TO settlers. The price ofots
in these townships under The conditions OF the new
land law will be from fifty cents to one dollar pei
acre, according to their situation and quality Should
any company Of settlers select any unsurveyct
township in this part Of the State, on which they
should wish To erect mills under the provisions o
the now land law, the Surve, General would pro
coed as soon practicable in the survey OF such
Township.
Il The settling duties required by law, are. "tha
I the purchaser of each lot shall clear in a prope
manner fifteen acres thereof, ten or more of which
shall he well laid down to grass, and build hous
thereon, within four years from the time OF the pur
: chase"
The board of Internal Improvement for thi
State have just ordered an exploration and. surve
ofall the lands situated in the Aroostook country
in reference 10 their settlement and agriculture
capabilities. his survey will be commenced forth
with under the charge ofDr. Ezekiel Holmes, o
i Winthrop. His report ofthe situation, quality ant
J., value ofthe public land in this part of the State
be expected in the course of the season, and will
g give all needful information, TO those persons win
: may feel DESTROYS of making settlement upol
If them. cs $50. s..rat
IS The following extracts from the second repor
If of Dr. Jackson on the Geology of the public lands
made to the Legislature, and now in tile hands o
the printer for publication, show the value of thes
l.. lands for cultivation. Speaking of the 4roostoo
country the Doctor says, "the average width ofth
alluvial region on the Aroostook river cannot b.
less than six or eight miles, and in some places it il
much wider 1t is well wooded region and is tn
best settling land in the State, egualling in fertilit
the famed regions OF the Western States, and capa
g BILE even under less genial cline, Of producing
Is crops of wheat and other grain fully equal in abun
a dance with any soils of which we have any re
. cords. -s *. ii.,.sls5 81
ave here found yellow loan of fine kind de
rived from the limestone rocks and uxurant in it
produce, and In some placos covered to the dept
lof4 or 5 inches by black vegetable mould. =
u This yellow loan is remarkable for the tall ranl
d grass called blue joint, which skirts the margin
V the river and from to s feet high and extrenF ell
n uxuriant. The forest trees are ofa mixed growth
a gigantic size. Elms, white birch, black and whit
Il ash slso abound The soft wood grows mostly OF
! the low lands, while the uplands in the rear ar
densely crowded with hard wood trees, anon