Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-14

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Fairfield line This 10 aiso fertile y :
noe ard ID thickiy settled
We nos come to the ner-h=ru portion Il
the to~n Of Carbon which wss originally
ssv a.h 1. Rage .. tn. old rad fire. \
Presqse Isle - the 81 Jsha river, which
was Gu. fhrouga in ls43, runs the entire /
length Of this tnwaship in N alm,st due 1
. ,rshe-iy direction This township vN
formerly organised ~ the pisnsssion u
Fofessville and held this organ Z stion un'il
1859, when il vas, t,se her sisn Il. incor-
porased into the tova Of Caribou. Ave
leave the village and journey toward, the
Sc. J5hn river upon this road, re first climb |
the wooded hill which forms 90 b-autifal . |
b.cksro 70 the village and. passing ON
b. nne residences With handsome, vell he Z |
grounds. up BY the grim, tSueflike sfani- |
pipe until se come ont upon the open |
country and zee before " grand streseh |
Of dne farming land exfepding on either |
side Of the smooth highway. Large. hand |
come farm houses With immense barns are
here the rule for nearly three miles from
the village until re com. 70 the residence
Of Mr.. Salmon Jones, who has one Of the
best fafms in the toxn. We shall have
something to say Of this farm in future
article which We intend to devote to . de-
scription of come Of the hns farms in this
and adjoining tosns. After leaving Mr..
Jones' the settlers on this road % the north
line Of the town are nearly all French.
Many of them have hne faIms and good
comfortable houses, bat there are in this
section the unmistakable signs Of the French
ka5itass and re can easily imagine our
selves in . foreign country. These French
citizens are all Catholics. and in the north
ern part Of the settlement. some six miles
from Caribou village, 10 . neat Catholic
Chapel at which these settlers
worship. One Of the most prom
inent Of these French citizens 10
Mr.. Ezekiel LavasseuP, Who has . Ane
farm about i've miles from the village.
Mr.. LavAsseur has been for Year, largely
engsged in the lumber business. and 10 Q
man Of considerable business ability. He
has for number Of years been one Of the
selectmen Of the town aud discharges the
duties Of his office acceptably.
Outer Brook, whose head waters are in
the northwest corner Of this township, dows
in = southe asterly direction across this por.
ton Of the town and empties into the Aroos-
took river about mile and half below
tire village.
In the southwest corner Of this township,
|. are some fine farms, but most Of the
land west of the mail route after passing
Mr.. Jones' is still unsettled except along
the main road.
The Little Madawaska river enters the
northern part Of this town about two miles
from the northeast corner, ard flowing in .
| direction . little east Of south. empties into
the Aroostook river some four or Eve miles
below the village. This 10 . strong flowing
stream and has quite number Of 6ne mill
privileges along its course through the town
| of Caribou.
A large part of the northern portion of
this town 10 still 4 wilderness, bat there 10
much fine farming land which will probably
coon be taken up In the northeast part
of the town il the "school block" of 100
acres, lying along the Little Madawasks
river. Some ten years ago Mr.. John Nc I
| Brown purchased this whole block and
commenced to make large farm. He
cleared about 500 acres of very fine hard
wood lasd, and built . comfort able farm
house, three large bafns and other buildings.
costing in all some $4,000. Mr. Brown
carried on this farm for number OF years
and raissd some very fine crops. We un-
stand this estate has recently been pufchas-
ed by F. N. York, Eeq of Caribou.
Another pleasant road on which some
| fine farms may be seen runs from the vii
iage down on the west bank Of the Areos-
took river, and, crossing the mouth Of Otter
Brook, where the WOODEN mill 10 located
and where 10 also the fne farm Of Mr..
David Collins, one of the old settlers, then
branches and one road leads away to Lime
stone, while another t1fns to the north and
leads down to the farm Of Mr.. Corydon
Powers. Another road also continues on
away round the bend Of the river, crosses
the Little Msdawaska near it, mouth, and
follows on to Fort Fairfield. On all these
roads fiue farming land may be seen The
farm of Mr.. Corydon Powers 10 one Of the
iaest in this section. and We shall 10 ,lude
it in a future description Of some Of the
representative farms and farmers Aside
from the agricultural value Of the lands
along all the roads We have named, the
iandscaoe scenery from all the heights 10
extremely beautiful. No finer rides can
he found in the State than on the smooth,
veil kept roads Of the towps in the valley
of the Aroostook. The character of the
country in al this region 10 just sufficiently
broken to give beauty and diversity to the
landscape, and ~ one rises to the top Of
almost any one of the gently sloping hills
on any Of the roads in the Aroostook Val
ley. he sees before him beauty Of tcenery,
including forest and field. river and stream,
pleasant homestesis and neat, thrifty vii
lagos, while away in the distance. rising
from the horizoI, come range Of hills loom
up give . background to the picture
which il transferred to canvas would not
fail to claim admiration in any land.
Aroostook is not only . fertile country, but
it is q beautiful land ~ we'll.
In closing for the present our description
of the town Of Caribou we may say by way
Of statistics that the town was incorporated
April 9Th, 1859 In 1860 it had popula-
ton of 297. which in 1870 had increased to
l4lO, and in 1880 to 1856 The number of
polls in 1880 we're 527, and in 1889 the polls
numbered 1856. Estimating the increase in
population In proportion to the increase Of
the polls and the population Of the town
to day cannot be less than 1900. Again
reckoning the population at five times the
| number Of polls which has been very nearly
the proportion in the town at each census,
and we find BY this method that the present
| population is not far from 1000. We pre-
dict the census of 1890 will raise rather
than diminish the figures. The valuation
of the town in 1860, the year following its
Incorporation, was 926 ,264. In 1870 it vas
el55, 702 and in 1880, 1887 1888. The val
ustion in 1889, ~ returned by the assessors
| to the Valuation Commission, was o493, 745
These figures are Of course not 90 start
ling a. those of some Of the mushroom
towns of the West, which claim to double
their population and valuation every few
weeks, and often at the end Of . few
months, when the bubble bursts, are aban-
bonded and forsaken. They are, however,
figures which show . good healthy sub
stantial growth. aud one which rests upon
the cold foundation Of grand agricultural
basis. They are figures also that in this
and nearly every town in the county denote
the commencement Of much greater pros
perity and increase in the future, - the
grand resources Of this county come 10 to
better known and more fully developed,
Engiishmsn Deeply Shocked.
The Englishman will condone every
dereliction except an infringement Of
custom and tradition. Talking together
in the smoking room Of the Hotel Me.
tropole one evening not long ago. party
of gentlemen discussed the pecuIiarities
Of appetite. One Of the party said h,
had seen. few days previous. friend