Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-23
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,hx Keon<eec nves vii De shosn from ihs
folio sing extracts. The spelling Of pisees
10 eiven here - fonr In the volume
"rhs county Of ksnnebec incnles the
,vo fertile regions OF sandy River ard tn
Ssbsssiquoke. Ga Ssaay River the sovu
Of Yasslngtsn 10 particularly peaisess- The
Ssbassia aoke which 10 - the south os sandy
River has il sources near those Of the
pscsaaqucke, Q river that falls into the
Psnobscox, and all The Countries sf these
two rivers are composed Of valuable farm
ing-lands."
The Pscs.iquohe which has 10 stream
far 70 the north Of the settled ceaEty OF
Kenne DEC, but ssusn VI Moosehesd Lake.
A. h..e II .RxAs ria q
has made considerable afvsocss
There isa ANAL village .. Fort Hail.
fsx. q the mouth Vt the Sebassiqaoke, op-
posiie Taconnss Falls. The county VI
Kennebec from Augusta 70 the falls Of Nor
idgevoc. and perhaps 70 The fails OF Carlo
tunk 10 veil adapted 70 agriculture.
The Lands in Maine viii slsays be en-
oloyed moss pso6tably when turned 20
yrs.ins and dairy farms. In Noridsevoc.
ou the farm Of my boat, nve hundred
weight Of cheese vas made In eleven
seeks from the milk Of four cows The
vine Of . species Of pompion called winter
squash yielded last year hundred AID
Afty pounds Of fruit. Apples thrive veil
and promise 10 make Name cider coun
try. At Tsconnet FALL when l passed.
tn lumber trade vas much depressed BY
the prospect Of var with Great Britain"
They talked Of building frigsss here
and presenting IL 70 the Unis-d States Great
Britsi has but few friends in Maine, her
friends being for the most part among H.
wealthy classes of society The extent OF
what may be called saU Eovks, 10 estimated
by the number Of ss~s. and there are i've
saws at Waierville. There are twelve mer-
chants here, and all these advances in pros
perity are within the last fifteen years. The
lrsr vessel built on the Kennebec above
Augusta was built In Winslow. A bridge
has been built over the Sebastiqu0ke above
the fort, but the hoods have LETT only the
ruins. This river il navigAbie for five miles
above its mouth. for Dat built vessels Of
fifteen tons burden. The stream 10 border
ed BY large tracts of interval land on vhich
the settlers are numerous. In favorable in
stspces, forty bushels of wheat are obtained
per acre; and forty bushels Of maize IL said
TO be frequent CT p. Winslow has ninety
two voters. The inhAbitan's are almost
exclu.iveiy Of the COnsre gational religion
and the, maintain the only settled clergy
man nortl, ~ard Of Augusta The inn where
l lodge IL much frequented in the spring Of
the year. Az saw il. IL vas quiet ~ .
private house, and this remark l may ap
ply generally to the inns 10 all paris Of the
country. Their seas0n of business Is that
in which the snow il on the ground"
six miles below Sebastiquoke 10 the
village Of Vassalborough, At which there
10 an appearance Of growing trade. As l
passed along, saw thu inhabitant. very
generally leaving their houses on some
journey; and soon after reached school
house y here I found them assembled to
hear Methodist preacher. The day wac
Saturday, bat the preacher is always travel
ing from place to place, and the people as
neighborhood. At twelve miles below this
village, 10 Fort Western which the road ap
pro 4ches on this side through some agree
able woodland scenery. The road &C.
casionally loses sight Of the river and
ascends high and woody hills. On my jour
uey saw three Of the black ducks that
cover the waters of Maine. At proper
hours, might certainly have seen more.
but I did not hear that any persons' cond-
ton in life vas materially improved by
their numberaw
The stream 10 slightly affected by the
tide ~ far o. three miles above the bridge
at Augusta. Augusta contains \ county
court hous-, gxol, . church. . good inn and
several arehouses OF brick 10 this town
there 10 also . printing Office at which is
printed the county paper There is CONNER
ciai rivalry between Ausnsta and Hallowell,
the effects of which will probably be Vt al
vantage to both. 10 the gs0l 81 Augusta
il confined . religious maniac who after
embracing methodism. fansticxlly set fire
tn church and fsnxlicaiiy committed muir
der
"Hallowell has . bank and Q marine in.
surance Office. and 10 fast enriching il,
self by the lumber trade; it has also
grammar school. Il lies on the
side of an elevated country which
declines uniformly to the water iu
winter when the inhabitants can travel on
the snow, the lower street 10 thronged with
traffickers ard their sleighs. ca local name
for sledge learned from the Ouch c 10
nists) Hsliowell 10 the natural emporium
Of q very extensive tract Of country.
found il asserted here that from the confg
urstion If the country. the commerce Of the
upper Connecticut belongs 10 this place.
HAIloweil even no zee to dispute with Mon
treai aud z iebec, 10 the commerce Of the
new settlements in lower Canals, On the
heads Of the Connecticut and to the north
wari Of New Hampshire and Vermont
Portland. which Hs!lowell hopes wholly to
rival, enjovs some portion of the Cara liar
commerce. but this is owing probably. only
the want of roads betw, en- the new SET
rments in the province, = ID the banks of
tue Saint Laurence But Hallowell has
still better prospects, in the immediate con-
Equity Of a Zoe grazing country"
Courageous to the upper street. 10
the .esaut residence of Mr. Beniami n
vsush4h. an English gentleman and late
a Il, NIB Of the House Of Commons Tn
.isua ion of the nouse 10 remarkably we'll
Oh sen. commanding q foe view of the
river and its banks ~ they open to the
n'hcsst. and in the whole reside nee. there
is happily united, the simplicity Of these
rsn.- ,t'aptic cou tries, with the style Of
Eur 'p-s M gert,li,y. Aij,cep, is the farm
Of hi hr, DER, Mr. Charles Vaughan. on
~h'cb i. a q iantit, Of live stock o. large
h'.ed and IN the m d thriving condition
f. IN come high iand on the premises of
NJ. Vaughan, l had nv 6-st view At the
dis xnca in direct lin. Of ifN miles, Of
the Viii. Mountains to viii h was shortly
20 bend nv way"
Separated from the K.nnebee only by
Halioweil, hes the town Of Winthr . in
which 10 large number II thriving farms
Here is part Of lake sx miles in length
called till lately Lske Cobbesecnnte,
but now Winthrop Pond From the
lake = ANAL ctr am fups s,u hast
ward into the Kern-hec. kuorn among
tn. Z slish a. Cobbtseconfe hut called B.,
the Indians CabbsseeoHfedy A trifing
number Of the Iadians Of this r-eion belong
to the village of saint Frsnrais here they
bear the name OF CabbsssAsuntiac, that 10,
people Of Cabbsssas" ntiQuake. The pro-
annexation Cahhnsaa more elsaant [ THINK