Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-08-07
The Greasy Ridge.

upon which are many fine farms. The pc
culiarity of the soil in this part of the
town ia that the ledge is red sands .one and
is of much value for bull ling purposes. In
1860 Mr.. Benz. ID. Greasy came from Mt,
Vernon and settled upon thi. ridge. The
same year came Mr. Francis Win.low from
Westbrock. sad sso Eben. Robert and
James NJ. Grendell and settled IN the SAM
vicinity. There was them no clearing in
that part of the town bu: it is now a very
fine farming section, Mr.. Charles +.
Greasy now lives upon the farm com
menced by his father and has very habd
some farm with good stand of buildings
Mr.. Winslor HIS also a fine farm On the
opposite side of the road. II fields are
broad. smooth AMI level. though the land
was originally thicsly covered with stone
and with frequent out cropping lelges OF
red sandstone. These lodges we're easily
qusrried, however. and the stone was read
lily sold for building purposes and Mr.
Wiuslow has found the business of clear
ing his farm of stones very prof table in
two ways. finding really market for the
stones and leaving him sm 10Th and fertile
fields. Mr.. Winslow has now about 700
acres cleared and has a very handsome Sc
VI tdEUi ne WIS tUkdltl lis
hop rsising for number Of yeas aaa
found it profitable business until the
price went down SO low that the crop wa.
no longer a paving one. He has now
thrifty, productive orchard and fine herd
Of dairy cows.
Mr. Alexander Ross came to MaIlston
in the spring of 1864 and bouy Oh. lot op
the Greasy ridge about two and one half
miles from Pr5sque Isle village. When be
bought the lot there wss but ten acres
cleared upon it and no direct road leading
to Prosque Isle. He has now good road
to the village and has one of the fnes
farms in this section. His farm consists of
2l5 acres, beautifully lcca.ei and with 1926
acres of land cleared and in field and pas
ture. His buildings consist of large
two story house, two large barns and nu
merous sheds aud eutbuiijinss. He has II
acres planted TO potatoes this year all Civ
ing promise of 4 boun.iful crop. The
farm is situated upon q slightly elevation
aud from the pasture in rear of the build
ings some magnificent landscape views can
be seer. Indeed all over Aroostook eoun
ty can be founi points from which views
can be taken which if Transferred to can
vas would equal anything
Ever Portrayed by the Artists SKIN.
Mr.. Ross is good farmer AZ vel a.
good citizen. He has serve en- the Board
of Trustees of the Nerth Aroostook Agri
cultural Society AMI il ore of the Geld re
tables" in Grange work. There are many
other tine farms in this cool town which
we might speak of wo1li space permit 4
short distance east of the mill road runs
in a northerly direction acr,ss 70 the old
State road through a very fine farming sec
ton, Mf. s. II. Wal3ron, = veteran OF
the war h4s large farm upon this road
with an attractive set of farm buildings
There are numerous other good farms
on this road and also on the other
cross roads throughout the town. Though
there is considerable waste land 10 the town,
yet the high land which constitutes large
portion of the t5wn 10 as fertile and pro
duetivs as can be found anywhere. and the
farmers here are everywhere improving
their farms and adding TO the area of arabic
land. Maple.on was first organized as a
plantation in 1863. aud George l.. Emerson.
4 III. Thompson AMI Shepard Packard
we're chosen ssxeasors, AID Charles ~
Spocnar. clerk The town vas ineor-
porased in Msrch. is50. a. which tine it
had population Of sa5 and valuation Of
35l- G42- The valuation last year was
q 1891. having more than doubled in ten
years. Ard the population is now not far
from 800 hundred The rate of taxation IL !