The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-03-05

Al what date my ieth-r C1mmcGeea Ii
trade L now unknown, bpt from his &C
count with john Ware, the cooper, il
would seem he had need of barrels FOL
| potash a early As 1872, and | suppos {
had small stock OF goods to eXchangf
for ashes. TIL "-tore" vas q room no,
over IA feet square in one corner of an
out building, the rest OF il being an open
shed where the hogsheadS Of Aus8r and
lnola"ses Were Kept. guess the barrels
of rum and brandy We're Inside under lock
ami key. iIsns)nis mistake that he was
in partnership with Mr. Ware arose from
the fact that when their business luereas-
ed 80 that they bought their goods in
Boston, he sometimes made purchases
for Mr, Ware, and Mr.. Ware for him.
John Eveleth of Augusta sometiues did
the same.
For making potash he had large
building the upper story of which wauld
hold 1000 bushels Of ashes, and in the IN
der story were the leach tubs aud two
kettles for boiling the lye, each holding
over two barrels. Que Of the kettles th4t
had hole melted in the bottom w
placed bottom side ~, on fire box Of erich
Il stove pipe fitted an t. the hclt. ana uil.
lied as a stove in the old Academy for
many years.
As mott ell by i,.q Allen IN his history
of the formation of the two new counties
almost all business was done on credit
In looking over my fathers account book
saw hat he sell quite an amount of
farm produce, Il suppose the farm sup
ported his large family) but no charges
for store goods. found an explanation
In the Inventory of his estate. Will
giving credit TO all that asked it, his
practice was to take notes, generally on
interest, for every sale BY actual court
in the Inventory there were 247 notes.
some for very .nfil suns, one Tor only
forty cents. The nones of these debtors
were almost all familiar 10 me in nv
young DAYS, and am sure tha. many of
the notes could never lie collected II my
father had lived perhaus he could have got
his paw in ashes or work or some kind Of
trade. Few of the men lived in Eorrjd..e.
wock, Mr.. Ware having that trade, but al
most all the early settlers in Cnluville ana
on east as far st. Alhans and PALMYRA
were among ilese debtors. | think Mr..
Ware followed the same plan for among
his numerous suits on INV fathers docket
all were on Totes, scire II whica payable
on demand, were sued Within three months
Va WV "N'N
Twelve tracts CT land are specified in
the Inventory, besides the home fam
Whlch was aplfalted at S3,Oou' aahaaSh
a lofiicn q saad was assigned 70 e@eh ni
tne IL ciliateh III lhe setl meht OF The
estate ty the Probate Court, three CT
lhese lracfs never came lhl" lhe posse,-
SION or any oil them. one OF lhese contain
lns Ioo acres WAS Vaiu' d at ohly eoo.
a lew words ABOUT some OF THESE
tracts. "A part OF lot 10 on tile plan, ccn
talhlnS luo acres, ca lea lhe EWeiy
trac. was assigned TO the OLDEST caueh-
Ter, Mary MIS-. Coourn and IS 1t adJoln-
ca the Iahd when Esq Cohurn previously
owned II became part OF the Cobufn
iarm. ahothef lot OF 700 acres was given
III equal shares To Two OF the chlldfen;one-
nail u 'he secoua aaught.r hetsey' MIS-
paA,'' auu was sou py ner many YEAR
H. p,ana ao'no" , i;,. uA'"i Th, " ~,
ho,s NO ~ &c. i',,s,l,.'n
C,n,I,t,, Mr. 80. ny -,I ~,
i;cro hv Ar IRA ph ~" ',it',I,r on ~
forrn sro IN Ia,,,, hor,,I,+ w. ra,7s p,sI5r
from a Mr. Rnrrol1 >
me oiiS'lal propf'e,oFS u' nateu VI
lot iof VIC support VI the ministry, wa
ano!her rs Tree ellt TO the nrst setiiti
munster, MY iatueF pouaht thls iast' l y
Whittalar vyas III. ernt ndiini:,sr ~ -,
wbv Mr. Caleb shonIJ own il Tbe Fa.t
end of m. lot il across Tho road from The
Isaac Weston nlsca
tu =. 1T,
,i az. 10 II, oio'iie. 9t i'''n Nii5 '''
we M tn ~ ~ '.i ne 3.o%iie oi
Sa ~. CIV - 'si e,'e "%oN i ,a
II nhrotn, pi,,ail,,,,, 49,, 'a4 W. a.
brother John Weston. who made song
clearing and built the barn before he
bought the mill property on the Island
My mothers thirds was some over hsn
Of the farm with the bn.l lines. except thu
old house and one large she'd or outbuIll-
ing which stood on the 60 acres allotted
to me. To give me II fair chance for
water, the dividing line run through tn
centre of the well. MY Youngest sister
had about 30 scres of the farm, the resi-
of her share beitg elsewhere.
A few words more about the Inventory
which covered IA pages of foolscap. Two
psws in the meeting house and q share
5000 in the Augusta bridge were count.
ed as Real Estate. think the appraisa
was made in the Spring after nv fsthri',
death as ouly Is tons Of hav were found.
and there was large stock Of cattle
The hay was yslued at four dollars A ton.