The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-06
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lrrnln lhc womnnls Journal.l

From the womans Journal.l
The publie are invited TO come and see
the homestead set off to widow IN
Washington County, Maine, by a Board
of Commissioners consisting OF three
men: to wit: James a Coburn, of East
Willard Martin, of Plain
field, and Ezekiel D. Nye, of North
Montpelier, a village included within
East Montpelier; after three days OF
deliberatiOn and consultation.
The following is copied from assign
ment:
"Commencing with the house on the
first floor. The front door and doorsteps,
the front hall and stairway, the parlOr
and parlor bedroom and closet adjoining
in the west end of the house. The large
sleeping-rOom known as Mrs. Lilley's
sleeping-rOom,' and the pantry between
the said sleeping-roOm ana 'front.' nan.
On the second floor the large chamber on
the west end of the house, also the closet
on the north side of the house adjoining
the large chamber as now divided, the
said Mrs. Lilley shall have half attic IN
the main house off the west end, with
privilege To 90 to and from, also the
west end of cellar as petitioned OIL, also
q space six feet eight inches wide under
the front hall back thirteen feet slX
inches to the north side of door leading
to cellar partition set of. Mrs. Lllley
shall build door and cellar stairs from
front hall to cellar in q good, workman
like manner, and at her expense. Mrs.
Iilley shall have the present privilege oil
going to and from the cellar until Jan. !,
1878. We also give Mrs. I.illey the land
her part of the house stands on as
divided by division of cellar, also piece
ten feet wide from east side of front door
casing running parallel with the house
to highway, said land shall not be
inclOsed so as to Obstruct the driveway
as II now is, also the land between the
end Of the house and highway, also q
piece of land on the north side OF the
I house commencing sixteen feet one men
east from the northwest corner OF the
[ house, twenty feet wide running parallel
with the house to highway, also the
: privilege to use the water from the vel
| in common, and the right to go TO ano
/ from the well in the most convenient
way from the front door, and to have
I the right to lay lead pipe from the wei
/ to any part of the house. May put ;
pump into the cistern and may have tbs
roof of the west end of the house to the
east side of front hall. We also Civ,
Mrs. Lilley the garden piece, so-called
measuring seven by six rods and TIVE
feet six inches inclusive of highway
and the right in common to said hous'
from the highway. The foregoing, al
of which we appraise at the sum of $500
which shall constitute the homestead o
the aforesaid Celinda y. B. Lilley."
WHAT THEY DID NOT GIVE.
They gave no kitchen, no buttery, n
sink-roOm nor sink, no water withOu
going more than eight rods from from
door TO the brow of a descent of seven
eights of q yard in ten feet to get to til
well. They gave no barn nor shed G
any kind, no wOOd-house, nor place 70
clOthes-yard, no privy; nor place to bull
any OF these indispensable aceOmmOda
tiOns are here but are withheld from tn
widow.
The public are invited to verify thes
facts, and see for themselves what tn
Washington County Court has cOntirme
rs homestead for n widow. Said home
stead is situated about three miles mort
of the village of North Montpelier, o
the hill road leading to Cabot, where tn
aforesaid widow will be glad to exhib
her endowment
CELINDA \. B. LILLEY.