The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-05-01

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To the Seuat.- And house Of Represent
at!yes n genera Ceuri assembled.
Il The memorial u Canaan plantation
Reasons My Canaan Plantation has,
been and stiI. are 8uab.e " pay puJ!IeI
j taxes VIZ That i i BOT fifteen year
since the tr.t SETTLERS Degau 70 IMPROVE
here. That all TIE settlers came her,
poor, and the most u them without cast
Or even necesssrie- for house keeping 0i
farming
That they lived several years at tne
distance VI l. miles from neighDOrs.
That their nearest market and nayiga-
ton ies 80 miles distant
That the river Is 70 barred with falls
a. " render transport by water for Jun
Der or any thing else. 20 hazardous d, 10
be Of little or no adyantagt they being
Obliged " transport al that passes up Or
down, five miles BY land through very
bad roads
That the road have been and stl.l are
impossible for transport and dapgerou.
even for horse
That for many years the Inhabitants
were obliged " 90 Is miles - mil aud
70 pay ID d. per bushel for tran porting
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sometimes were forced " 70 A. miles u
mill
That the land is heavy - clear aud Il
dearly purchased by only cutting aud
turning the ifuJer and brush.
That they are Still without proper fen
ces - secure their improvements from
waste.
That they have but little land cleared
through the weakness Of The settlers.
That all the gram they can raise VIII
not procure salt and other uecessafies for
support Of their families. and leave bread
for the Inhabitants
That there Is not single house or
barn in the place 80 nuished a. 70 oe com
Portable and very few houses equal 70
stables in the western towns, the most Of
the people living II little log hut-.
That the winter. are much longer and
colder here than al the west, and the eX
pense Of STOCK proportionaoiy greater,
and their profit prop0rtiouaoiy less.
That there are fe~ sheep among them,
notmor than 3 20 family the Consequence
Is that many 20 almost naked, anG many
are Obliged to wear nothing but coarse
tow cloth even in our severe winters, and
they have no way Or means TO purchase
Clothing. and what is procured By stary-
ing their families, is the refuse Of the
shops at al enormous price and not worth
the making up in ordinary, and what
few sheep are among them pay heavy
tax to the wolves and bears.
Ihattuere are great numbers Of children
the women being very fruitful VINO
are unable 10 earn their bread, ana many
who might earn their living, are prevent
ed all the winter season from work for
want Of clothes, many of them living q.
naked as they came into the world ex-
cept some old rag tied round their waist.
to cover their nakedness, and on mod
crate computation there are not more
than one fourth of their number that can
support themselves in the poor manner
They suOslet.
That number of inhabitants who were
burden ~ the places where they came
from, have wandered into this remote
corner, and there being no Incorporation
they could not be warned out, aud have
been aud viii continue to be heavy bur
den 10 the rest Of the inhabitants.
That during the war, this place was
frontier and were Obliged TO keep out
scouts at their own expense, without any
help from the Government. though ear
nestiy solicited al the eNpruse of a L1eS-
enger sent on purpose 10 procure ammu-
nltlun.
That our roads are impossible for car
riases Of any kind, aud that to render
them passable there must be 500 feet OF
bridges on both sides the river, anu not
less than ! or miles of cau>ey.
That in l1>0 a tax bill Wa, sent
Us Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ti1.iu
That IN l1s2 another Of ..... 1900
And within the same Year three
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ing To Observation-Disclosures, l@5.Jl
Afterwards another Of.......,Ul IL
oluce the above another has been
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