Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-27
SURVEY OF HANCOCK COUNTY.


lel. DEuHAN. The Lake Hau,c.- or
STAGE Hou,c, J. II miles from Ellsworth aud /
miles iom Bangor. only = graphically. j.
Dciaam par; Of The county. II. wa r-r,cwer
. = sec nj. in "AraI, Or ,uqlly. 10 u4l lew. in
iAe safe. Besides fun qnYia q lumber mi :.
u has a .arce iaunerp. which crind- some ~
cord, Of hemiock bark. ami turns oui yearly.
ab IA, lpJ tons Of sole leather
The ~ hole town J. an aggregation Of -brup,
IN tamorphic granite h.ll-. Between il. al
pine" peaks are some cxceileu. farms and our
be,, orchards. Fitz'- Pond. having an area Of
square miles. ha, been stosAed with black
ba,,.
Nestled down among the hills. i. miniature
village. known a. the Colony having i NOR
a. and An intellectual fora, aud f1u41 ofhish
order, with deal Of bu-ines, activity.
Standing IN font Of "Mlnn'- tavern and
facnI Hat Case Pond. one La magnificent
view OF 4 crop OF boulders. which have broken
from the parent rock. and started on tour q
dispersion.
The sol Of d dham needs great deal u
stirring. 10 dissolve IL iu> lluJ.e potash. u
make ii available a, ant food Her. are all
OF tue prerequisite, for corn canning e,,ab-
Iishmeni- 1t would take bu few year. for
such an enterprise 10 make the Old farms
shine
l02 DEER ISLE. This mari, line. and is
land municipality, i, 81 miles :. :. W. Of Els
worth. The early settlers Who obtained a
title 10 their lands before the township was
surveyed. were termed propretors." aud those
Who did not secure titles until AFTER the sur
Wy were known a. young settlers"
Formerly. Grand Bank and Bay fishing wa.
the chief business. since the repeal Of the
fishing bounty" its feet Of long legged
bounty catchers," have gone 70 "DAyy Jones
locker" and c.As. Of coa>ting. and coast-wi.e
vessels taken their places.
Nearly ons-haif Of the township is salt water
covered. II the people are not amphiJious.
nearly every citizen can "hand, reef and steer
with clever sxpertness.
At Green's Landing i granite quarry
which affords yearly crop Of 900 tons OF
rough. and cut stone, while on the Reach
shore j, marble quarry. Roofing slate. OF
good quality has been found on Little Deer
Lie. Here. arc conclusive evidences of an ex-
tinct volcano, which in some Of the by-gone
years ''hurled aIoft' a shower of ashes, and
sealding lava. Perhaps nowhere 10 the county
i the Transition series" Of rocks better char
AcLeTlZed, tl.ali here.
}. Ii. Parker has invented a machine which
By = new process, tempers and straightens
steel, which Is commanding the attention OF
saw, aud knife blade manufacturer
Limestone is undoubtedly. the parent rock Of
Deer Isle; but having. been erystallized. to-
gether with the mica which it contains, rem
ders it unit for building purposes. as quick
lime. and gives II a Conscience which is best
adapted for sculpture and architecture.
l03. EAsTBRooK, is Is miles " E. Of Els
worth. Ii has no lawyer doctor, psuper, or
grog shop. Its mills are grist. lathe. single,
calpboard, one each. and saw mills The
farmers are improving their stock by the in-
PRODUCTION Of Short Horn. and Jersey crosses
The sheep are mostly Leicester, and Cotswold
grades. There are some finely grated orchards
Among the bearing varieties are the Golden
Sweet, Early Harvest, August Sweet. Sweet
Bough, High Top Sweet, Red Astraehan. Port
er, Gravenstein, Northern Spy, Duchess of
Odenburg, etc.
Here, as in all of the up-riyer towns, lum-
boring is the bane of farming.
Thi, town is noted for its Peat deposits-the
coal beds of some future geological period.
Mr.. II. " Butler. an observing farmer,
writes me THAT in plowiog some OF the high
est hills, the pillow frequently turns up Kind
of stone, which seems to be composed Of small
marine shells firmly imbedded in sand, or in q
kind of clay sta,e.-
This is the only instance in which fossilifer-
Gus rocks have been reported. These shells
must have existed when the sedimentary
rocks were in process of formation under tcd.
ter; if the shells are marine, it was the waters
Of the sea; if fresh water, lake or river; if |
an estuary. This is as conclusive
Is if We hsd lived In that ancient time, and had
this entombment in the sand.
104. EDEN, part of the Island of Mt. Des-
,rt, is IL miles s. S. E. OF Ellis worth. Here,
me must look through other than fsrmers
yes to view the wonders Of the puzzle box,