Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-03
A BEAUTIFUL HANCOCK TOWN
BrooksvtIle and Its Summer AtsIac.
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Brooksviile il opposite the historic tavn Of
Castine. II il a town Of fifteen hundred in
habitAnts, - beautifully situated and ha.
many natural attractions Ii u almost an
isiaod in shape. The tosn is divided into
North Brookssiile South Brooasyiile,
Brooxsvilie, Cape Roster and West Brooks
Vile. North Brooksville is very enter
prsing HttI. village IL has two halls, a
pest Office, several stores, blacksmith shop,
and house Of entertainment Tor travellers
The Patrons of iiQ.bandry have lone n Il
york here. Tley have a very important
Grange and one Of the largest Grange stores
IN the STATE. IL IL stated on good authority
that the State I'D l30.OO1J forty thousand
dollars worth Of business Las. year ami /. Is
believe. the business j. very much Increased
this year South Brooksv,iIe - noted for It's
gnequalled beautiful -csGery. There j. a
harbor here called BUCK. tIarbor Fhich &. a.
beautiful As any If Is .ize IN the N0rli
The harbor IS safe and not subject to
squalls There are several small Islands ia
the haroor which render il quite picturesque
10 short Backs Hsrbor Ia IT place for any
tourist OF number Of tourists at which to
come ana spend the summer months.
The only thing nscss.ary TO induce the
pleasure seeking public 10 come 10 South
entsrpri-ing mind u come here and tuiA a
hotel There are number. of hotel. ali along
the enact Of Maine At places that 10 not al
all compare with South Brook,yilie for
health. beauty Of scenery. and spleen III
opportunities for enjoyment The mora!
and educational .elfsre II the people
are veil cared for. There are three
terms Of school annually. The teacher.
are persons who intend to excel ia their call
ing The toxin Is proven to be entirely out
Of debt. f. c. Chattn son TO business
here on gnite ~Ettnave scale. They
manufacture a superior quality Of work at
ther granite works. They oNn 80 acre. II !
granite land which produces very exce ilent
quality Of stone all Of which IS within Easy |
means Of conveyance Mr.sr- Chatto & /
Son own some $40 acre. Ot land 10 town
This firm also Oxn- over one half Of thu
water front Of the harbor Capt. A. VI
Webster Is bgilIing a schooner Of 100 tons.
He has one now that he nawxstes himself.
His father is doing the work on the new
schooner Capt Webster ,sa very excellent
and ent-rprising gentleman.
Brooksviilu has II post Office aud store
The store is kept by j. Billings Il is
filled with good stock Of goods all the
time Mr. and Mrs Billings arr very ac-
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willing 10 render asslstaAoe To all Messrs
IL f. IIerrick & Go are building a hotel for
summer boarlers, which they intend to open
about the Fourth Il has not received its
name yet There il Il very excellent milling
privilege IN this part Of the tooa. Mrs
Billings ba. great practical enterprise in her
nature. She manufactures annually from
5000 10 1000 pounds Of WOODEN the accommoda
tiOn of ~hich gives employment To many fami-
lies All this is worked by hand. Recently
there have been IL 900 small salmon put INTO
Walker Pond in this place by Mr.. A. +.
Curier Of Sedgwick This Will soon make
the place abundant of salmon. During
the winter months the smelling bust
ness il, carried on here very extern
svrly By different partie. During the last
two three years the deer have
taken start up again and have been quite
prosperous In repairing cart-tongue re
Gently Mr. sylvester Gray Of this part Of
the town found lock of hair embedded in the
wood about eight inches. The hair was
coarse and black and probably belonged to
an Indian. 1t in good state Of preser-
yatIon. Mr. Job Black of Selg.ick took
~ .hingle from his great granIfathers
house that was put on oy Mr. John Black in
l7-l 1t is to be seen at ID +. Billings
store. Brooksvllle.
This town is very moral community. 1t
has good school IN every district There
are five post offices for the pronunciation of
the people The store, are numerous and
we'll filled There are four place of wor
ship in town and at least three clergymen
The Methodist and Congregational societies
are the leading bodies of Christians The
town IS good farming town and the crops
look very excellent 80 far. There j.