Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-21

stood the old yellow tavern, halfway house be-
tween Augusta and Waterville. The old mast
and swing sign came down since the iron horse
made its appearance. The farm contains 1870 acres
and cuts about one hundred tons OF hay, and is
one of the many farms in Sidney which is hard
to beat. Mr.. Hamlin has put on new trimmings,
and shngled the roof of his large barn, built a
new stable Of ample dimensions, and a build
ing y by 30, two stories, the lower one for work
shop the upper one for granary. He is IN sking
preparations for a new house, quarrying stone for
the cellar to be laid IN cement. The main house
10 be 20 by 40 feet, ell Is ~ by 49, two stories,
slated roof and all modern improve nts, in all re-
spects TO be one notch ahead of apy thing in town.
There are two dwellIng-houses GU the farm, in
one of which the Changers have neat and con-
venlent hall. As an outsider should judge they
were prosperous and harmonious. They keep a
stock OF goods and dispense them to members at
cost and TO the uninltiated for q small profit.
The time was when an order called Good Tenn
plars met in the hall, but as there is no ardent to
be obtained in Augusta. and the apple crop is a
failure the sound of the cider mill will be no more
heard in Sidney, therefore the mission of the
order has been accomplished and the record ends
sine die.
The Baptist meeting house has had a coat of
shingles on the roof The house is occupied most
OF the time. Services are performed in part by
students of Colby, now and then by the mel ghbor-
ing laymen Mr.. Ambrose Sawtelle owns the
parsonage and stable. He has shingled clap
boarded and painted the stable His dwelling is
on the opposite corner, which has been raised
from one to q two story house, re-shngled clap.
boarded, new four-Hght windows, blinded and
painted built new wing, making two fine ten
ements. He has shingled, clapboarded and paint
ed his home stable, his farm extends to the
miles end and lies both sides OF the road leading to
Center Sidney.
came near Forgetting to say that Messrs. Saw
telle. Guild, lismhn and Clark have build new line
fences of cedar rails, iron posts and stone feet,
which add very much to the value and looks OF
these farms.
Samuel and William Clark and Charles IIamlin
have had large quantities OF eached ashes calted
from lIsllowell.
School in district No. is giving general salts.
faction. This is Miss Keiths second term in this
district, and she is quite fsvorite up aud down
the road.
Having received a copy Of the Fairfield Chron-
icle from friend at kendals Mills, | should
Judge, by the reading, shat they exchange with
the Journal
Your Leeds correspondent, LOCKER On, in CIV
ing an account of the cost of q crop of corn
charges the crop with no part of the cost of As
loads of manure, ing for spreading the same,
nothing for husking $50 bushels of ears. nothing
Tor shellng l75 bushels of corn, nothing for har-
vesting, thIesh ing and cleaning up i've bushels of
beans. If his corn fodder is equal in vane with
the manure required to grow his CROP hope he
will put his seed corn into the market and advise
US where it can be had, ana please look again.