Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01
"reminiscences of Gouldsboro.
lCor. Eastern Farmer.I
GOULDsBORo, June 2Jth, Isl


GoULDsBoRo, June 25th, 1860
A subscriber at Gouldsboro, has request
cd the publication of the following:
Gouldsboro, the most Eastern town in
Hancock County was incorporated Feb
10, 1889. Originally granted, by Mass, to
Nathan Jones, Francis Shaw and Robert
Gould OF Boston. The first settlers were
from Portland, Saco and vicinity, and
were LIBBY, Fernold. Willy and Ash. Ro-
bert Ash was the first male white child
born in this town. and Mary Libby the
first female. The first L. .. was establish
ed in 1892. MIR. Shaw was the first Repre-
sentative to the General Court 1914. This
town Is large, containing $4,000 acres.
IL is somewhat noted rs being the resi-
dence of the late Gen. David Cobb whose
residence was on Gouldsboro Point. His
house is now standing, ard | am told
by the present owner and occupant, that
1t is one hundred and ten years old 1t is
one story house, built of hewn timber
and dovetailed together ut the Corners
90" cobb came FROM 'r---------, ra---ss', -
agent for what Is known as the Bingham
purchase. Mr.. Bingham died in England
in 1903 leavn. three children one son and
two daughters, One daughter married Al
exander Barring of London, the other,
German, attached to the Austrian govern
ment Gen. Cobb was one OF Gen. Wash
ington's aids In the Revolution-twice
Maj. General of the militia, Chief Justice
of the Common Pleas for the County of
Hancock, Lieut.. Governor OF Mass, and
many years in the Council. He subse-
quently returned to Taunton. The inhab-
itants like those similarly located, derive
most OF their support from fishing and
coasting, the southern part of the town
being well situated for these purposes.
There are however somelgood farms and
farmers in this town, among the latter
may be mentioned, Messrs Hill, Jones Taft.
Mr. Jones is the most extensive tan mer. The
Messrs Hill have some fine Deron Stock
second 10 none We have seen. They are
for this locality, no doubt, the most proii-
table grade for dairy purposes, giving more
milk from the same keeping than any new
herds, but for heavy draft oren, give us the
short horn Durham-although we never
knew single OK OF this grade but what
was tender footed, and naturally breechy.
MI Jones cuts fity-tive tons of hay, and
keeps some twenty-five head Of stock Be
sides this hay, his stock consumes several
hundred bushels ofmeal year-There are
several mills here, among which we no.
ticed the spool boiling mill of William l..
Guptill Esq. This mill, constructed by him
self, cuts with one circular saw five hun
dred dollars worth of spool stuff per week
he uses the best of white birch wood.
the common price for spool wood is 50 .25
per cord-for spool stuff from 20, to 25 dol
lars per m.-the market is X. |. The oth-
er mills are doing but very little. There
are some eight or ten stores and another
building. We called on Ii. NJ, Lowle
Esq. to examine his hourishing Nursery
Of fruit-trees numbering about fifty thous-
and, among which are Apple, Pear, Cher
ry, Ounce and Plum trees. He has about
fifty varieties Of the apple, the most hardy
and best adapted to the soil and climate of
Maine. We noticed also several varieties
OF the Gooseberry, among which are cele-
brated Houghton also the block English,
and white and red Dutch currant and
variety from the Rocky Mountains with a
bright yellow blossom. We also saw the
Queen of the Prairie Rose, which We
should judge to be rightly named, as we
saw one trained upon the side of his
house, with about one dozen branches ris-
ing from the ground to the height of about
twenty feet. Mr.. Sowle also showed us
some very hardy Grape vines, OF which he
has several varieties in full bearing. He
considers the Clinton the most valuable as
it is perfectly hardy, a great bearer, and
always ripens its first part. We think
than those who wish to succeed in fruit
raising cannot do better than to call on
Mr.. Sowle another year. as these are un-
doubtedly much better than those brought
from the West.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-
SETS.
In the year Of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nines
An Act for Incorporating the Plantation of
Number three, GOuldsboro SO called, in
the County Of Lincoln, into Town BY
the name Of GouldsbOrough. ae..l
( Be 1t enacted BY the Senate, and House
Of Representatives in General Court as
sembled and by the authority Of the same,
that, the Plantation Of Gouldsboro, includ-
ed within the boundaries hereafter des-
cribed, beginning At Frenchmans Bay at
the bound mark between Gouldsborough