Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-07-28

for buekw heat and feed Ar. Baird also con
linae.i business in the store until 1876. rhen
be sold tfe mills AMI store 10 Mr.. John 3
Pryor. Mr.. Pryor pat in 4 rotary ami an
other .hingie machine AMI ssoe after saht
10 Hon George " Collins the present pro-
priesor. Mr. Collins has maxi extensive
repairs ansi ash3irion. TO the mill and lam
and hz. PAT il ! plAnrr, yroossr anil other
naehn<fy-
A1~eessssai Dssa.sss lnA..
In $50 M. C. r. A. johnson came to
DrSigewsfer md eonsnenrsd trading and
bas ing shinete- il pArs Of Joseph keteh-
4na-s hoass. He sooa afterwards built the
store in ~ilieh the posr-ofice Is nos located.
This store was built near the Corner ami
has siree been moved farther down the
road foS ard ihs boan.iar, line. Mr., Char
hes Kidier was sInpIoyesi As a clerk for Mr..
Johnson during the u h.le time OF his stay
al Bridges ier Mr.. Johnson tia large
business hsrs ami was extensively engaged
IN numbering In i.5s, Mr. Johnson re-
moved te Presqae Isle WHARF for Hians
years he lid a very extensive mercantile
anil manufacturing business. forming
at first with L. 5. judd. ESD.
ant afterwards with Hon T. II Phsir.
Ths- hrn of Johnson & Phair were al one
time the largest manufacturers of potato
starch in the United State. A year or Two
since Mr. johnson removed To Salt Lake
City WHERE h. resided for time and l. now
very pleasantly located AT Riverside. Cal,
al which place he has purchased
large orange grove with view of making
alpermansIit home
Mr. johnson SOLD his store Al Bridge
y alter 10 Charlie. Kaider and Jacob Jewell
~ no continued in business for four wears
v hen the store passed into the hands Of Mr..
Rufus Mansur Of Hoalton who sooa after
sold it 10 Hon. Geo. ". Collins. Mr.. Col
iin- moved the store 10 its present site and
in 1861 built the large store on the corner
afterwa ards occupied by Mr.. Bedford Hume.
Mr.. Hume commenced business in Bridge
water u clerk for John ID. Baird about
l.53 He remained with Mr.. Baird some
seven years and then purchased the kileou,
farm opposite Mr. Cyrus Chambers. Here
he commenced the business of farming and
trading being extensively engaged in buying
and shipping shingles. In ls65 Mr. Hume
remoy ed to Blaine AMI built at the corner
the store now occupied by Mr. John Bubar
Here lie continued in trade for year or
two when he returned To Bridgewater and
purchased the Collins store in which he con-
tinued To trade until his death something
over wear ago. He was largely engaged
in the lumber business, and also owned
starch factories in company with Hon. Geo.
W. Collins in Mars Hill and at Clark Brook
in South Pressure Isle.
In speaking of the early settlers of Bridge
water we omitted to mention Mr.. Nathaniel
Ri,ieout Who came from New Brunswick in
ls4j, and purchased the lot opposite Cyrus
Chandler's. He reared family OF eighteen
children his son John remaining upon the
old farm until 1860 when he sold il to Mr.
Bedford Hume Members of this family still
reside in Bridgewatcr, and the annual re-
always looked forward 10 with much interest
by the citizens of the town.
A Typical AreostOok Bushes. Man.
One of the most stirring and energetic
business men of Bridgewater is Hon SEQ.
W. Collins who is well known not only
throug hout Aroostook county but also in
other sections of the State Mr. Collins
came from the town of Ripley in Somerset
county, in the fall Of 1850 and settled AT
Bridgewatcr Corner where he leased the
Johnson store and commenced trading, lie
soon afterwards purchased the store and IA
large tract of land adjoining. Here he
built the new store and afterwa ards sold To
Mr.. Hume. After selling the store Mr..
Collins continued 10 do an extensive bust
ness of various kinds, being largely en-
gagged in buying cattle and carrying on the
large farm now owned by Mr. Fred Whited
He also had farms in Mlrs Hill In is.
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