Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-03

promise of more than 9 ton and BALI of
hay to the acre. Just above the Foster
saw mill, located at little arm of Webber
lake where the Sawteile road intersects
with the valley road we come in full view
Of this
Beautiful Sheet Of Water,
snd as we lock up the road along side the
lake with its two islands, fringed with
handsome elms and thickly dotted with
good farm houses, with the high hills east
of the lake, where Charley Perley's thrifty
young orchards come down to meet the
beautiful foliage Of the western slope OF
the hill, we obtain one Of the most charm
ing Of the many inland views of water and
land scenes in Maine. Here is small
door OF which is ar old weather beaten sign ::
country store-now such no moreover the
"Euglsh and W. [ Goods" once stand
ard sign in Maine villages of leng ago. This
is the old Oliver Weber place from which
the lake takes it's Dsme. Here is the Strong
plaza, belonging to Mr.. w. f. Strong
"Will'' Strong as Mel calls him-a grand
good farm with good buildings. With crops
all in, Mr.. Strong was cleaning GU. an old
stump fence alongside the road-evidence
Of the old pioe fores. which once covered
the now fertile acres. How pretty the
fields look when the fence has been burned
of or hauled away with the land cultivated
snd smoothed off as neat as front yard
right up to the travelled edge of
the highway. A good farmer Mr..
Strong is and terrible worker" Is the
boys say, always at it, digging away for
dear life. A good section this is for grow
ing sweet corn for the packing factory at
Getchsll's Corner, and the crop is quite a
speciality with farmers in this neighbor-
hood. Just along here between Mr..
Strong's and the Wiggin corner, twenty
acres Of sweet corn were grown last year,
and Mr.. Strong tells US that he received
sl53 from three acres of corn, although the
average cash receipts per scre is about
$40, and then there is the forage be
sides. -Four years ago over $500
came to few fsrms on this road for sweet
corn alore. There are good grass farms
too, and the fields give evidence Of a larR.
crop this summer. The road rises upward.
gradually towards the head Of the lake and
all he IL.
neighbors here are Charles Z. Croweu, who
has . large farm with good buildings;
Charles Cole man, where the fields give evil
dence of good mana cement; on the left il
the farm owned by the late j c. CbaI-
bourne. one Of the bes. member.
Cushnoc Grange ever had, who was
enthusiastic in its work and whom
it was a pleasure always to meet
At Pomona gatherings; next is the farm o.
Mr.. +. c. Barrows (ths old VIM. Merrill
farml, who is first sele c.man Of the town {;
and the james Wigein place, where Mr.
FeTgreson nowlives, pretty location over
looking the whole extent Of the lake and
It's delightful ., Ivan surroundings. At this
point we make . sharp detour
"Dus East
down 8 long stretch Of descending road
Here on top Of the hill 10 the old Edmund
G. D1le plsce; and just below at the
left on 3 sheitering halfway place arr
farm building. Of Mr.. o. }. Ha..ey, now
being newly rebuilt, (inciudiag large
stabie). and thoroughly rspairei-oue Of
the best stands Of farm buildings 10 Ksnne-
bee county. Mr.. Hus3y has a large farm.
cuts 70 tons Of hsy and keeps q lrg,
stock Of cattle. At the foo. of the hill /.
located the vss,Aibora Town Farm, and
near is the farm OF Mr.. Geo. A. Robbins.
Here We turn again and 60 "ase north, -
on . steady up grade through a section
Of good farms there fields and cu.buildings
betoken thrift and independence.
The I. ". Appleton farm. s valuable one,
bulldogs we'll psinted. fac fields, worth
probably six or sewn thousasd dollars. On
the left, large t~o-.tory house and large
barn, is the farm Of tie late Albion Jones
where our Charley vas brought up; anil
o1 the right are the h2uses Of Charlie. April.
ton and Ed Wyman. also gsod farm. with
! thrifty young orchards. All alorg here
mach attention 10 paid u smA! f. is culture
and there 10 hardly : fArm-gsrlen that doe $
not have good breadth Of lasd {, rssp-
berries and biackbefsies, al looking rank