Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-19

present esesged in completing the aAno
soH- Bapsi 1 Church 1t rfesque Isle shieA
be comu~nesd last fall HE'S nAkine |
the doors and pevs for this church st De |
shop II Washburn where be has steaD |
poser VIZ. wiisor bails the Perry Opera |
House at Pre,que Isle and mLy oshsf
build nss in this section. He al.o rans |
feed mill With one run OF stones III.
wii4on 10 uov waisins confidently for
the coming Of toe Dlae.ies Liza. shsn |
he iassn,i, 70 sn'Ngs his eas.nsss
Near mis- factory 10 he ncxt and proT,s,on |
store Of Rogers & Bro - sho are 5ann-
ualiy enlargiag taeif business and exte iding |
lh~is Trade. Or this aide Of the Bro. y |
located the Carnage Factory u liz G. c.
Shaw, whose principal business 10 manufae
turic z team wagons and doing all kinds Of
carriage re pairing. He has . blacksmith
shop and paint shop In connection With she
factory.
There are many nest and handsome rssi-
de aces on this side Of the Brook and the
village has extended considerably in this
direction during the past few year,. Near
/, opposite Farnhsm Bros.' store on the
main street Of the village 10 the neat church
building of the Baptist Society With it,
spire Of graceful proportions and il con
Portable sheds for the horace Of the v0rship
pefs. A short distance below 10 the village
school house, credit 70 the village, and on
the opposite aide of the street is the fine
large tvo story town building With . com
moaious Town Hall in the upper story and
rooms for the High School on the ground
flor.
At East WASN'T burn 10 . new church building
and comfortable and neat looking school
house. Every districs in town 10 nov fufnish-
ed With good seh 5ol house and the schools,
q the ova plan, are under the efficient
supervision Of DR.. Z. J. Conroy one of the
village phi. siciAns. DR.. +. II. Gardner 10
also resident Of Wsshbarn and has high
stan3isg in his profession. The village
has one Of the best working Lodges Of
Free aed Accepted MAsons in the county
and q nourishing Lodge Of Odd Fellows
and . Grand Army Post composed of
sturdy veterans. The village has an air
of nestness aud order. the residences are
handsome, tasty and we'll kept and every
thing about the place gives evidence Of
. commendSble local pride.
The business men Of Wash5urn are
mea Of energy and capacity and of sterliog
honesty and business Integrity. The
citizens have the true Aroostook trait of
generous Hospitality and Of kind attention
To all strangers or sojourners. The Wild
er House and Stcdiard House are both
good, pleasant, conn ortable homes where
the traveller may be assured Of kindl,
welcome and all needed attention. The
town is nov well supplied with good roads,
10 plentifuliy watsFed by streams, brooks
and springs and 10 . spieudid farming town
Nearly every lot in the town 10 taken up
and there are fine fsrms on all the rosis.
From the village smooth turnpike ru .
in an easterly direction through the cen
trail portion of the town to Caribou. Into
this road numerous cross roads run Mt right
angles on either side. Another main
rosd runs south from the village
parallel with Salmon Brook until il
strikes the AroostoOk river and fOIlovs
down the bank Of that river to PresQus
Isle. This 10 beautiful drive and the
landscape views all along this road are love-
~ ard picturesque. Besides these there
are numerous other roads for the accom-
mediation of settlers. The town Of WASH
burn was incorporated in 1861 and was
named for Gov. Israel Washburu. BY the
census of 1880 the population Of the town
was 800 and to-day i. 10 probably between
1900 ~ d 1870 The valuation Of the town
in 1889 VA SIG 326.
Adjoining Washburn on the west 10 Town
ship ID, X 4, organic d rs Wade Plantation,
hut generally known - Dunntown. The
Aroostook river flows across the southeast
corner of this township, and there are
| numerous settlers along the river on either
bank. rhe road from Washburn to Per-
ham crosses the northeast corner of the
township Farnham Bros purchased
10 900 acres in the northern part of this
township some years ago and have tract
four miles long BY one mile vile. along the
Perham line already lotted for settlement
and a road running through the middle OF
the tract on the line between the there OF
lots. These are al! first clsss settling lots,
and there are fifteen lots on the tract still
uusold. They will soon run out an0th. l
tact into 48 lots more excellent .. ttliDa
land. They sell these lots for t3 90 pei
acre to settlers and make no reservation OF
timber. Settlers are required to pay go
down and are allow ed all needed time on
the balance il interest 10 paid. We know
of no more promising location for settlers
Wishing wild land within convenient dis
lance of mills and market. The southern
part of this town 10 owned by the Dunno.
The Aroostook river runs for distance Of
about five miles through the soutIessi
portion Of the township and on each
side of the river are roads leading to Wash
burn village. The lots along the river are
al taken and there are already some excel.
lent farms There are two school houses
| in this part Of the plantation and one has 81.
ready been established among the settlers
on the F 4rnham block. With the exception
Of the lots along the river and the Farnham
lots the township 10 still in its wilderness
state and 10 for the most part excellent SET
Ting land. In the southeast portion of the
township on lots number 20 and - lying
south of tn. Aroosto0k river il the deposit
of iron described in the report Of the scien
ti1c survey of the State Of Maine. Shout
. railroad ever run in the vicinity these
lands would probably be valuable for the
iron ore, which could then be probably
worked.