Ellsworth American., 1864-12-09

'fh, Bangor H.,is has The following IN
tcresiine history Of otf Hancock County
II may he interesting to knox what kind
of Il business place Bangor WAS SIXTY two
wears ago. We havea drcuhant. ionnd
in the archives Of the Bangor Historical
society. Cu>t presented bl Cnny Foster,
r.1=, Of Oyono,) which shows the State
valuation Of Bangor III lsol. Ii Is Il
bound manuscript volume, copied by Mar
Tin kjusley. a nirmbcr of the Massachu-
satts LEGISLATURE, from the Comfy oi
/ JIancock, District of Maine. Hancock
I then. included what is now Penobscot and
/ Waldo The yolunn contains a tuli copy
of fhr State valuation oi the Massa-
,iiuscttS towns for 1893, and of the towns
IN the County of Hancock, for Iool, oI
the former valuation tE93) we only give
the following items in relation to BoStoR
II appaars that there We're then 800 poll,
taxed in that CITY. tabout the number now
in Bangor) that there were l-ol dwelling
houses. ..4O "shops," 20 distillcrles, u sus-
ar houses, 25I warehouses, :fbI barns, ~
acres "pasturing," lOJ acres "anInprov-
ed. d."5ll horses, IL oxen, III COWS, Ne,
&c.
NAfrATIoX or 1901. Bangor, Taxable
poll. 10, Dwelling houses ~, shops l.
taunrry /, barns ., sranaries d, tillage i0sJ
acres, moving III acres, Woodland Ia
acres, pasturasc 33 acres. "uneillilNable
l-G acres horses 3, oxen J3, COWS %, SWiic
f.. tons Of vessels II /, ounces OF plate
10.
IIampden was then much larger place.
II WAS faxed as follows Polls 2UO, dwell
Eiur houses III, grist mills =, saw mill l.
shons :. tannerv /, barns -. tons OF yes
sells 80. tlIagc POI acres moving eoo do
pasturarc 81 do, horses 6!, Oxen ll3'
cows PA, swine Isl.
"Frankfort." Gncludlng Prospect
Polls 23S. dwellings, E5, shops ., barns
lI9. tillagc 272 acres. moving ii9, ihinsll
OH. meadow lsO, pasturage SOB, horses IT,
oxen IA. cows 30, tons of vessels 2Zo.
Belfast-Polls -, dwellings H. barns
10, taunery /, tillage 6o acres moving
43!, pasturage l2O, horses " oxen 80 COW
1876 tons vessels l50. -,
"Bnrkstown-polls 1873, dwellings, 81
shons I3, tanncrv |, grist mills II, sa"
mill /. barns 81, tllage l79 acres, moving
61S. pasturagc 227. horses IS, oxen lo|'
COWS PSI, tons vessels 271.
Castine-Polls 205, dwellings 81 shops
l6. tannery /, saw mills, Srirt m'iis :
harms l3, tiIlage 80 acres, moving IL
pasturage 95l. tons vessels I?lo ti''oIt
| Than ali the ether towns Oh the fNeiJ
ounce, plate 1916. u, >,
I~nobscot-Polls 23o, dwellings, 81
shon, /, barns 81, tillagc 207 acres mow- now.
ing 055, pasturage : Is, horses ~ oxen ''o
rnys Az, tons vessels go.
Sorrinrton-Pols 100, dwellings, Al
sbops ), barns 81, tllage 2ll acres NOV
ing 339, pasturage 299, horses u oxen ~
cows III. M, 10 .hon,
Ell.worth-Polls IL. dwellings l9'HoP'
. saw mills 4, barns -, tillage eo acres
moving 2225, pasturase 10 horses lo' oAoi
70, COWS 81. oo .o,,,ory
l. barns :g3, tillasc I'll acres, moving 'ot
pastursge 600, horses ., oxen CO. 'o"'
2l3. NJ. On 60
Snrthport-Polls l30, dwellings "a, tons
vessels sos, tillage "a acres, moving 20
Sedgwick-Polls l43,dweliings 81 shoP'
O. tons vessels lO4. ,o
Islesboro'-Polls 81, dwellings, 3o' 'oii'
''sst sHlIiyan-Polls LOG. dwellings 67, tons
Deer Isle-polls 179, dwellings, loo
s,ans q tannery |, tons vessels llo' :.
Nit. Desert-POlis 2o|' a"eiii"s' ~
shops ., tons vessels 3ol'