Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-26

seean mili. Ths business vas very pro- !
Sable one bat in the summer Of 1881. soon |
a1sef seeam vas insrodseed, The mill sas
Destroyed BY ire Il rs sf eaee rebsile. |
Stow and Shaw sncceeding morse nd Pia4s /
in 1886, and Goodwin and Barton obtaining
Dosssssios Of the property in 1887 Thi'
I'm ID nov doing . large bssineae 10 IL
nansfAcsuse Of shingl ., stAves and laahs
and also av considerable long lum-
Der for the Ioeal market. They also
have Q large store near the mill and
keep fun s,ock Of al goods found in .
general variety sore. The shingles from
this mill are hauled 70 Caribou and shipped
70 Boston They msnufsctufe about seven
million shingles yearly. Ia ies5 . starch
factory rs built near the mill BY the Per
ham Starch Company and vas under the
management of Mr.. Anderson Miller of
Lnieton, n II. This factory vas great
convenience 70 The farmers Of the sovn -
is gave them Q home market for heir poea-
toes and ms ie il possible for them 70 en-
large the acreage Of this profitable crop
and To receive . cash return ct good psices
j hC AAN3ty ~ SofhEo AZ Tx vPttS8 VI
1883. bat vss rebuilt the sams year In time
TO receive the potato crop This 10 6rss-
class factory in every respect, having two
large dry houses and 10 one Of the best
equipped and most fnvenient factories in
the county Ii has recently become the
property Of Hon. T. H. Phair Of Presque
Isle. The saw mill and starch factory sre
about four miles from the village Of wash
burn
The Arst frame house in Perham vas
built by Mr.. Hartson Blackstone in 1862, the
lumber having been hauled from the mill ct
wsshburn. Mr.. Blackstoae lived until
1879 and continued to enlarge and improve
his farm each year The property is nov
owned and occupied BY his son Mr. b r
Blackstone one of the principal citizens Of
the town. The farm 10 situated on Q beau
tiful swell Of land nePth Of Salmon Brook
and little more than mile from the mill
1t consists of 40 acres, about 100 acres Of
which are cleared. and contain some Of the
finest fslds to be found in Aroostook
county. The remainder Of the estate 10
covered with . magnificent growth Of rock
maple. Mr. Blackstone makes large guam
titles Of maple sugar and syrup. some years
having a. many - 1900 trees tapped The
farm produces large crops Of hay aud grain.
the greater part Of which 10 fed to 6ne
herd Of grade Jer.ey cows. Mr.. Black,
stone also devotes some eight or ten acres
each year to potatoes and has email Or
chard which 10 we'll cared for and 10 thf fly
and productive. The plantation vas organ
ICED in 1867 and was named for Gov. Sid
ney Perham Toe first school in town wss
a private sch ,ol established in 1865 in Q log
house belonging to Elder Morse and was
kept by Mics Viola Nutting. There are
now six schools in town, four Of which ase
provided with good houses. Thirteen
years ago the town adopted the system of
providing free text books for sll pupils and
have so continued ever since. The citizens
take much interest in their schools and
have brought them up to high standard Of
excellence. In 1880 Herbert Miller built
. steam single mill in the northern part of
the town. This mill was operated for two
years when it was destroyed by fire and was
not rebuilt.
An int. resting incident connected with
the early settlement Of the town was wha,
10 known 70 the citizens ~ the Goddard
War" Years ago, when the town was the
property OF Massachusetts. John Goddard
purchased the standing timber upon the en-.
tire township. There was . condition in
the deed that whenever the land should be
needed for settlement. notice should be
served upon Goddard and be should have
one year thereafter for the removal of the
lumber. After the town had been surveyed
for settlement by the St.te of Maine and
many lots had been taken up AMI occupied
Goddard claimed the right to cut the timber
on the settlers lots. In other State town,
settlers we're granted certificates and were
not given deeds until all settling duties has
been performed. In Perham, however, Il
guard against Goddard's claim, the settler
were given conditional deeds when they err
tered upon their lots. When Goddard madt
known his intention OF cutting timber OF
their lots the settlers ct once reselled ant
twenty-five Of them signed solemn com
pact to act together and resist all attempt
to trespass upon their lots. They also pub
lished . notice In the AroostOOk Ponce
warning oil operators against any attemp
70 cut lumber on lots already occupied. Il
1865. an agent of Goddard commenced n
operation upon the unoccupied lands in tn,
town and gave notes to the settlers that b,
should cut any lumber he chose upon an,
lot. This raised the excitement to I'll,
| uiBhcos pitNh hHu tuC oCbtiCIo uctCLmtDcu u
protect themselves at all hazards. The,
sent committee Of three of their numbe
to the operator and Informed him that if h,
commenced work upon any occupied lot the,
would proceed at once to fence in his teams
No attempt at any such trespass was mad
that year and Goddard's interest was after
wards sold to Arnold and Damn. The CLAIM
was then renewed and to quiet these pro
prietors the State gave them deed of SOM
800 acres of land in the town.
One of the finest orchards in the count,
of Aroostook is that Of Mr.. James Nuttint
whose farm is in the southeast corner O
the town. The farm consists of l6O acres
about 80 Of which are cleared and under
good state of cultivation. From q height O.
land near Mr.. Nutting's house 10 one Of tn,
arsndest views to be found anywhere il
Maine. As far Is the eye can reach in
sweep Of fully 800 degrees of the horizon
lies magnificent landscape of forest snt
farm. bounded in the distance BY the hill
upon Tobique river. Mars Hill, Qussg,
Joe, and farther to the north the nights O
land upon Fish river and the St John
while away to the west looms up the SNOW
clad peak Of Mt. Katahdin, the grand ole
monarch Of the mountains of Maine. II
q bright October day when the forests hav,
put on the gorgeous hues of Autumn thi
Landscape must present . picture worth
going many miles to look upon Mr. Nut
ting's orchard contains some 700 bearint
trees. About 100 Of these were set clever
years ago and the rest sre just coming int
bearing. The leading var .eties are Ouch Q,
ard Wealthy and the trees all look health,
and vigorous and give evidence of the hes
of care. Mr.. Euiting has also some l6O(
year old trees among hich are the Duchess
Weslthy, Yellow Transparent, Peach
Dudiey's Winter and few other varieties
that have been proved to be perfectly hardy
IN this latitude. Mr.. Nutting intends t.
make The nursery bus ness = speciality
There are many oth.r smaller orchard.
throughout the town, all in a thrifty con.
di.inn Perhsm seems to be a town par.
ticulary adapted to orcharding and trees OF
the varieties named have proved a success
Near Mr. Nuuing's is the fine farm Of Mr..
C. b Lovsjoy who stands Fix feet e,gh,
inches in his stockings and 10 the TALES,
man IN Aroostook county. Mr.. Lovsjoy
is also one Of the best farmers Of the
county ard his crops are always away above
the average. Last year he raised on nine
acres 300 bushels of potatoes. the best
acre yielding 40 bushels. This acre was
entered for the American Ayr cuiturist
prize and hs not the rust struck il quite
early it would have been we'll up 20 the
head Of the list. There are many other flne
farmers in this new town which we are I'm
able to menti IN At this time.
The surface of the town of Perham con-
sists of grand swells Of land, slopins down