Ellsworth American., 1876-05-04
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.
BY RURAL.

los. HANCOCK. This shaped town sd- 4
joins Ellsworth. on the East. This town has
larger proportion Of arabic land. than any 9TH /
er town in the county. II boast. Of but one /
lumber mill. The farm stock thorncd ctttlc) /
are jersey. Short Horn. and Ayrshire crosses.
The field, building. and surroundings. tell Of 4
material prosperity. 4 very noticeable feature.
/, ihe absence OF that ciEtterdti3R which dis
figures 90 many farm door-yari..
Within a decade, the people upon the Neck.
have engaged in Grand Bank fishing. and not
wiihstandins some heavy losses. thi, enterprise I
i paving. In no other town tn the county. /
(Orand not excepted does such business RI
r1'ry exist. as here. and out Of which 20 much .
ciern money has been coined.
To the seeker, OF pleasure. or 10 those who
would spend season imbibiRg the exhilars,-
iug air Of our ocean. we know Of no more in
Niting locality. than Crsbtree's Neck.
Geologicsl'y speaking, thi. is a much younger /
town than SULLIVAN. II wss evidently formtd I
by the early drainage ofthe country during the /
last great geological changes Of thi, region. /
The course ofthe glacier markings. here. range I
from y. - W to y. I5o +. The ''cvei" q I
Nouh Hancock. suggests the probability Of an I
ancient lake-hoitom
iV'' LANoi>f. sea-wa,hed to"n' mile
:. +. Of Ellsworth. has nothing FreHchy len. .
except %. name. II. appointments al indicate
people "woll to live" Tie soil j. good. aud
with it, facilities for obtaining marine manurc.
can easily and chcapy be nale to produce biz .
crops OF hay ont' >aA- e'uf'n' me P'"pr !
h,h h'tr' and coast ii''.t ana pnt inc 'hHl-
e., q # and outlay 10 f,rmng
lhe chi'i Industry j. h'h'nS- hon warren (
Ming '"- the yearly ca 'eh OF " and Bans
h'h' AT 5000 qu'n'al'' Hnd OF MA2ia''ne her-
ring. st iooe' boN''' with a combined marhci
value ot 50 ga" tAi tAi' da''. ARM l''"l
Iamoi q ha- several vessels on 'h''r way -
"'he Magazine
y nAiura. -'guon"", where fishing l. ioT'-
most. oaite hu'bA.d.y j h.ndzr-mo,'. Here.
We notice a ny ,'Sir Of "b'ddy, ." ~c'oiii'an
Aer,. Whaiif- crot.i'g claim may be-. o'h'r
tAau - pick aai r.'" wc know not.
kunt' Pond . one "i NAiarc'' o"ri'u'
mug. u @''''u u'' A'''' >'A-''''' = 80 '''''
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BAitho.omy l'e 6Fes'ric
haTla Ihercse De Gresors NEE dc law the cad
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Acknowledged hy
Nicholas Hon "+sias ptd''
We are told by Mr. Hiram bATheit' that
TO A-wetd - i"i'-lrcs'Ing i"r grass should
D. ,pTtAd A. lat A. Il i pulled liis h"'d'
seocnd' hi siai'ment'- Hi' theory - that
Il soon A. F'eA-"e'd IN heAi = b's'n' 10 heat
AAd dcepmp'-e' ammonia i i'fAed' and
thrown on anu ''''- " }" s'A-s1oFe farmers
7 tAl''imeh nj:
l'0' AAklAFILLE i one oi the mp HNeF
towns a' aII me country On mon H'eF.
-o'Ne t'-s""fh j. Called Inc outlines oi this
10" n aFe LeitheT straight AS-E1g' nor crooA-
e1' IL shAIt i = 'A0on' "Ieh' - AL 'heA!
. eYuii visa. lAe occupied p2rtou - lAe an
Ih4l4n mle all !on2' anu no Vide Ipon
me Quiet oil ! 4"od iohd' are several AilI-'
anu d -9se 'Anh-Fy' mere ar some sood iAFiA''
WIN '-'u's arranged la'm ouiiiinS'' ~ one
Wonld expect on the "henneb bee IN no part
/ OF ancient Acadia can 1eifr orchard s"i be
f io1hl. lhe most 'eFlous drawback i the
/ to't oi Tie EJA47 and bridges RIVER! highway
. survey Of musi u bridge 1uhdeF. VA! not
ask AID Of The County Commissioner:
III. MOUNT DESERT. ms = oas'e HHle
Town. chAnp.4ins " l. ne Ges No"is-!eserts,'
hA' MUS sFl''' and . lumber tao Of which
are run =! s'eAH' me AAhHA' lee crop i e.
HmA'ed Ai l--J tons. granite quarry en-
II'l' some - men. Ire shipment Of cut stone
! l. D. bAosoA es'lihsies ~ .oJ'v ton. st"1A
mostly native. None i've exclusively BY iAFu-
ing Dr. Inndle says mot levei-held IN
I town Hay usually -cIl, a = higher rate. than
U e.svw here says Or. Grnde. there are 4
4 T." facts relative 10 NJ. Desert which are
.quaily true ol many parts Of Maine. The
/ climate = not suited 10 hlyh farming. Thl, i
not - much owing TO our high latitude. to
our nearHes- 10 the Atlantic oar mean annual
temperature ! NJ lower than other localities
in the same latitude. which are good farming lo-
calities' but the difference i hi. the change
hom winter to summer j. very sudden. and
The period Of uncertain weather i very short.
while our nearness 10 the ocean makes the
change from winter 10 summer very gradual,
and give US months ofweather which are .X-