Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-05-09
MAIHE GOSSIP.

Ta A interyisw wiEh the editor Of ths
Fairfield Journal Hen. Moses French Of
Scion, ore Of the most successful farmers
and stock raissfs In Maine, takes q very
bopeful view Of The outlook for farmers Ia
Maine. He expressed the belief that the
Maire farmers are about entering upor
3 career Of unusual good fortune.
lie said that il would last at least
Ten years and la that time weald heir
mary q poor fellow to his fee. vho
hss been valloving in the mire Of
desp,nd and set him upon the solid fouds.
ton Of real prosperity. When asked wha,
the signs were that indicated such good
timss, he replied; First the rise in tbs
value Of farmers products. The advance
To the price Of beef and grain
will make IL an object for far
msys Ia New Enslaod to raise b5th. For
several Yeas i. has been impossible for a
Msins farmer TO &c. whola on Kissing bee 1
fer market. hu, If even the present prices
are obtained farmers can raise stock
81 profit and the indications sre
that ghey will not only bs main
tained but will 90 higher. The market
that has been opened up TO rs in South
America assures this While the farmer.
beef and wheat are higher his sugar and Other
commodities are lower so that the advantage
comes liz both directions and cannot fail To be
Of great benefit" Mr. French has shown BIZ
wisdom In the past snd let Us sll hope tina,
he is true prophet Of the future. He
bred fancy stock IS long a. there vas
money in il and proved his clea, Insight by
retiring when Prices dropped eff.
Mr.. French was an influential member
Of the Maine Senate from Somerset county
In 1871. Al the present tine he and his
son. Charles French, one Of the seIec1men
of Soion, own and carry on one of the best
farms In the county.
The following is the form of blank sub
seription papers now being circulated Ia
Bangor in aid Of the Bangor & Aroostook
Railroad: We. the undersigned, DO hereby
subscribe for the amount set opposite our
names Of preferred stock Of the Bangor
Aroostook Railroad Company, to be made
and issued la accordance with the terms Of
an act Of the Legislature. entitled San act
to authorize the Bangor & Aroostook Rail
road Company to issue preferred stock, y
approved March 20, 1891; aud we do
severally agree with and promise said COM
psny. that we will take and pay for the
amount of shares Of said stock. (Sl00 for
each shsfe) by US severally subscribed; 10
per cent. to be in cash, 20 per cent. TO be
paid when actual construction Of the K. r,
is commenced, 10 per cent. to be paid
when the railway is graded to Aroostook
boundary line, and the remaining 80 pei
cent. to be paid when the rails are laid to
Aroostook boundary line.
Before the war OF 1919, says The Lincoln
County News, two of the citizens of Wis
casset owned thirteen squsre-rigged vessels
engaged in the West India trade. One of
the citizens lived in q large house which ID
said was paid for with one hundred punch.
cons of rum on She whsrf, and his children
played with silver dollars. When the en-
barge was raised one of the parties sold Out
and the oihsr bought large house on tn.
hill. Each one thought he had done the
best thing. War was soon declared and
the vessels Of one begsn to rot at the docks
The ether had all his wealth in the banh
and saved il.