Ellsworth American., 1876-05-11
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.


BY Rural.
II3. o1I~ j. up river Is milc, Y Of Eli
worth. soil, a, whole, i, productive. when
cultivated. A. present, the good citizen. .-c
bow Of ofpromi<y' ia lumb,rins Instead Of in
farming.
Entering the town from Marilhill- one can
no, lil 70 notice PECULIARLY IN the uudrIlay-
ius ro,k. Tho strata are placrI pyrpendicu.
Larry, and are composed Of alternate layrr,. a
iew ineLc, thick. Of a hard ,laic .'c,>el ani
4 Kind Of and stone. The pre-, a!ling rock J.
mica sshi-; iutcr-traihed wt;h impure lime
stone.
Beech Hill settl, mcni. heretofore known 4,
New Trenton can boa; Of morr Cousins
tbsu all the rr-t ol thc "roam."
Ia tho noriherly part OF the town, about the
outlets Of Flood, and spring Pond. the sur
face i, level which requires muscle and t-iH
only, 10 make the sol t.em with wealth.
Mr.. tha.. oi, says There i, Cave on
"oak Hi.l." on the West side Of Beech HI
Pond. which = L feet under ground. with
rooms fcct BY 10 feet. Ice aud snow having
been found in it on the lth Of july. gave it the
name Of The "t old Cellar" The western hAli
Of OTIS +, unsettled. and many good acre. arc in
want Il good hands.
ia. rE>oB-coT. W. are Indebted 10 jos.
VI. liu,chip, Tor elaborate paper: but the
printer ,ay- ''condrnse," 80 We cxpunsc suc-
ge-ton,. aud pack the facts"
Lumber mIll- >: gri,t mill. >: bricAyard- (:
Miiien Manufacture / ihi, employ, 3ln &.if-
ter, aud yieId' yearly proIuct Of 81. 900.
With the cngrAi.ing OF new industries. this
old towl ha, renewed it. ag". The larger num-
bsr Of the nAule- of the citizens, sugge,t
scottish ancestry, while very large number
Of he men have 4 w.lc celebrity for their
physical strength.
The Fall Dandrlion Leonioion autnmnate
which now ha, diHdeliyHei the whole COIN
ty. We first Jaw. in l<37, at the H.rl,crsbble
end Of the "Doshcn shore"
We hni ,.m- ">-.',.H' -'t., here. par,icu-
larls noticeable. are. some uisa-srAIc short
liOrn- of MIR. Nor;ou.. For some uneNpI4in-
ed cause. the apple tree, are many Of Them
n1n-5earer-. and short-li,ci. H,n-hawk. are
uuwrlcomc summer visitors,
Dir Hu chm, adds, Il b,yc ledge on my
farm, which la, excited the curio,it, Of spec
ulaii,,s. and given ri,e 10 great diversity Of
opinions among persons not well yer,ei in
minerAlogy.
1t exist. in layers, i, OF 4 .la;e color, when
mixed with liEseed oil or white lead. make.
durable paint which deiics the act,n OF the ele-
Iueut>.
II has been used in patent roofing in lieu OF
slate and We are told it works well As cement
II seems 10 combine 10 some extent the Proper
ties Of lead and slate. and in fact. appear, 10
e one Of natures anomilies which on account
OF il singular combination Of properties,
places il IN neutral position among her yalua-
bic productions.
llJ. >EDGwlCk ~ IHiic. Westerly Of Els
worth, i anothcrotoIr nii,-,uaIrn towns The
''ponil.r" Winch dlrk,As IT. agriculture. i,
it. mari inn facility. \ large proportion Of
this town i nou-arible. or grain. land. the
bu,hy acres of which, should be IN 4de to turn
oui ANNA ly, ton, Of superior mutton From
>Is-rnt~' ille" 10 = -dgwick." 10 lowing the
shore Of Esgemogsin Reach. the soil i, easy of
cultivation and i quite productive Like most
OF our sea-board towns. the sea an not the
soil, furnishes the bread. The industrial es-
/ Establishments, mainly those which are re-
lated TO the fishing industry.
At Sar-entyille, Hon. W. G.. Sargent and
Son are doing iourishing business At the
village are some very pretty "red Durhams"
introduced by Joshua Watson. When the
| shore-line becomes summer resort as il
must, the growing Of garden truck" will be-
of sedgwick is of bat little agricultural value.
A .fa. ha,rn
stay, TO see others live.
cheese factory, and cucumber growing for
| pickles, are the more lpressing needs OF Sedg-
wick's farmers. This town, has taken heed to
its future, in building upon rock" being
underlaid with granite.
1l6. sURRY, on the west bank of Union
| River Bay, has large comparative area of
good tillage land The most of the surface soil.
| is SO intermixed with comminuted quartz or
slicious sand, that cranberries grow in the
grass fields. The cultivation Of this staple crop
is attracting more and more attention. The
town in 1872, CONSTRUCTED fish ways to Paten's
Ponds, and this season, will stock the ponds
with alewiyes and salmon. Here, are two
| nourshing Farmers Clubs. The ..hard times.
| have driven the farmers to the mu.cle.bed.
Bless the '.hard tines for that.
A recent discovery ofQuartz, which if in
| quantity, and as pure the specimens, is
valuable for glsss-making, or porcelain ware
! On the .'Toddy'' Pond road occurs, what
Prof, Cunning calls strange behavior Of
granite" similar to, but not on so grand scale
as in Orland.
"Over miles of surface there lay, few years
ago, bleak profusion Of granite boulders. To-
day these boulders are seen in every stage of
ruin. Here and there is mound of gravel.
all that remains Of once great boulder. while
here and there is boulder jut slnitten with
decay. We have found the decay not ehemi-
cal riot, but mechanical disintegration. The
granite was badly made, and the fate " hich
awaits all dishonesty, has at last oyertaken
these ,boulders.
But the mystery is that these rocks should
have stood there % many thousand years-per-