The Republican journal., 1874-01-15
ANNALS 81 BELFAST FOa HALF A GENTRY

building on the northerlv side of the street
so far IS the eye could reach in the dlroc-
ton of the Upper Bridge, except the nat
tiers shop and the building adjoining here
inbclore mentioned. and barn standing
on the same premises. On the southerlY
side, the building next to the Hopkins
house, on IIoWes' corner was the office Of
William Crosby, E-q, ON the site noW oc-
cupied ny tie brick store OF Mr.. Arnold
Harris This office was built in ls02, and
it was necessary to remove the fallen trees
to nahcIoom for it it Wus burned in 1906
Next beyond it was the dwelling house If
John Angler Esq the same house occupied
by his widow At the time Of her recent
dccra,e. \ short distance beyond this
house the travelled portion of the road
diverged little to the south leaving on
the lett Il ONE story dwelling owned and
occupied ~ Dnctor Osborn, standing Oh
the site OF the Court House, and thence
wound it, WAY up the Hill, passing the
next buildng which was the house OF
Thomas Whittier ESQ, on, ~ he was
called in those days squire Whitchcr the
same house occupied hy the late Alfred
w johnson, Esq, 1t the time or his de
cease While Squire W. lived there it
was kept rs Il tavern and was regarded a~
| in every sense the model tavern of eastern
| Maine He removed to SearsmOnt some
ten years later, entered extensively into
| the manufacture of lumber built the large
house still standing subsequently occupied
| w Harry Iazeltine, Esl, and continued
ID reside there until his deccase. While
| ne lived here, the land now occupied by
| the buildings of EX-ttov Anderson was
his garden plot, filled every summer with
| 4 luXuriant growth Of flowers and vrgr-
tables, over which Madam w. was the
presiding genius She was the Lady
Bountilul" fthe day; when She left, many,
old ANA young, who had been the re-
cipients OF her charities and kindly f;lyors,
! always protusely bestowed, felt that they
had sustained a personal loss; a feeling
with which tue community at large sym
pathized.
Next beyond the Whittier house, on the
premises now occupied BY Mr. Charles b
| llazeltine, stood 4 two story dwelling
| owned by another Thomas Whittier who
WAS called red headed Tommy to dis
| rf;1 IL,
same name He sold the premises in the
fall of ISO5 to Captain Robert Patterson,
| then the fourth of the name, who was lost
at sea on his passage To Cuba where he
was in business, in December 1880. aged
| iiity-iour. lie was the son Of james Pat
| terSon, one of the original settlers who
came here in loo, the husband OF Mrs
| Margaret Patterson who died in Scptcm-
Der 1872 aged nearly nintty-fve. and thr
grandfather Of Capt Edward r. Williams,
who WAS in command of the Oneida
when She was SINK by collision with 4
British steamer net fan from Yokohama in
| $50, and sank with hen The house re-
| icTed to remained on the premises until
| 1859, when it was taken down hy Mr.
llazeltinc, who had then become its Owner.
From the spot where this house stood
there was no building within light beyond
il on tine road to the Upper Bridge. Some
| dea OF the estimated value of real estate in
tina, section OF the town iii 500 MAY be
gathered from tie fact that the price then
paid tor the house lot, with the house and
barn ON it, finished ANA in good condition,
and twenty acres of land in the rear of it.
the lot next mortherly from Grove Gene
terry portion of which is now within the
Cemetery was one thousand dollars; the
same property was sold in 1850, lust half
4 century later, tor twenty four hundred.
ON that portion of High street lying
southern Of Main street the neNi building
10 the Nesnth store, on the same Side Of
the street, was 4 one story dwelling owned
and occupied by John Durham who GIpd
in lS23 aged seyenty-tour 1t stood un
the site now occupied by cCintoch
Block Of brick DWELLINGS,; when they
were built it was removed To the rear.
and was burned in the great fire Of 1860.
Next to this, on the spot where AIr. l.. r..
Palmer's house stands, was the black
smiths shop of Mr.. Jonathan Qumby 4:
his dwelling house was on The opposite
side Of the street; il is ROW occupied by
MIR. Arson Z. Durham The Shop was re-
moved, some years later, TO the opposite
side Of the street to ground now covered
by the buildings occupied by the Belfast
Livery Company.
Mr. Quimby came here to reside in 1904
from Lebanon, NJ IL the residue Of his
days We're passed here he died in 1897,
aged sixty-two. lie was a skiltul work
man and therefore Il valuable acquisition
to the community, 4 man Of large muscular
development and great physical power
The writer well remembers him and the
many times he Has fingered at tile shop
door on his way to and from school, woa-
dering at the might Of the arm that Wield
ed that heavy sledge, and watching the
-"burning sparks that ny
Like chat from threshing floor
He never to this day reads LongtelioW'
Village Blacksmith from which the
above quotation ismade. without thinking
of Jonathan Qumby and the old shoI.
~ rn.i,.r :, spreudin.f chestnut tree
The Nillage -mithy stands;
The smith, Il mighty man is he
With large and sineWy hands;
And the MUSCLES of his brlWnY arms
Are strong A. iron bands
The next building to the blackNmith's I
shop was the Miller house, known lately
rs the rockingham hoHse. II was built |
by Mr. James Miller in l79l it was the
first house Of two stories built in the town.
and at the time OF ITS destruction in the !