Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-12

also on low land and not much improved q
vet After coming 70 The mouth o. TIE
State road ve turn - the south on the Old
Aroosscok road which rans for . dtstsnce
OF nearly ave miles ac'css the nssshvese
cor ser Of the tow Of He,sy. Fee resrly
tkrse niiss the rad runs through . hand
soes fcrsss growth she Isrse trees growing
close Up to the roadside ard making very
pI.ss.es ride in s<tunny sufumo day
Enersi1s from the woods sc come {, the
fam OF Mr. Joh1 Mor:sish. With some
thirty sores Of ciesr.i lard, asd good.
comfortable farm buiiiiass- The next
place rcu,h is the Hust,r place, one OF the
Oldest farms in the town. Thefe /, sn
extensive clesriss on this fern with isrse,
smooth 4 slds sod good huldnss Oppo-
site the Hu.t1n farm Mr.. Wendell 3. Morse
hiss . good farm With go1d Sc. Of build
ings. Mr. Z. Z. Morse has very mat
residence upon hAntssms sievsfion- Mr..
Morse has
"a Little Farm Well TILED"
ard is the postmaster OF Hsrey- Mr..
Waliscs Tczler has ten aeYss Of land and
coed ga. ct buildings II H.sssy end the
remaifdsy Of bis farm !. in The sdj lining
town Of Mont Cba.e N,xs i. the arm
Of Mr. Seth Al el sd south Of Mr.. Aliens
10 thu farm Of Mr.. Wi icy. Mr.. Jssoa K.
Crummeit has viry good farm. with
sood house and barn and beyond him and
next 70 the Mount Cease line Is Mr. Will
lsu Bragg. the larger par. Of his farm
b eng in Mount Ch,se, 10 whica town he
also has 8 .s1re.
Firm the Brsdf ad p'acs in Crystal .
road run. north~ard into Hsrssy s-d l.
turnriksd for 1me two mil, in the lsster
tom. Tbs road 10 cat out entirely across
he town OF HeYsev srd ranri'g north
wste, iater.ects the S'sie road on rms line
be,x esn the farm. of hr. WIN Il. Bate.
and Mr.. Cyrus Carver. This road iuas
for ns ariy its entire length through good
settling lard and crosses some beautiful
swells of hardwood land. la the sou hefn
part CT HeYsey, where this road is turn
pikei, are . number OF fac farm, all OF
~hich have been msie from the forest
~ithia . few yesrs. Next TO the Crystal
line on th. rosd Mr.. Jeha McCue has 8
good farm With soma thirty acres cleared.
Mr. William Gamhn has N excellent
farm with clearing Of about atty aces.
smooth and level. M Gamhn has 3 foe
txo-sto,y house, q large bTn and con
yenien, sheds and outbuildi1ss Mr..
Joseph Downing has good farm
with some forty acres cleared. The
land 10 level and is free from stones aud
easy Of cultivation. MI. Downing has 8
pew barn forty feet square and app ears to
be prospecting. Mr.. Charles Jone, has
very level farm with something over ffty
acres cleared lie also has large rev
barn we'll Allied with this years harvest
Mr. James McKeen and MIR. Henry j.
Small also have good farms on this road. MIR.
john Brewster's farm is somewhat broken,
but is gooj, fertile land and produces COED
crops On cross road inning . short dis
tsncs west from the turnpike, Mr. Coolidge
White has q very A oe farm on . smooth and
level tract of land. Mr.. White has sixsy
acres cleared and will in time have q valus-
bic farm. IL this were State town every
lot on this road would soon be taken and
good farms would in q short time be made
for the entire distance across this portion OF
he town.
characteristics of the Township.
The township WAS originally orgsniz I'd IS
Dayton plantation and ~asiucorporateda as
town January 25th. 1873. and named for
General Samuel F. Hersey of Bangor, the
priucipsl owner Of the township. The lard
throurhou the town il comparatively level,
having no sbrup. elevations, but containing
a number of swells of very 6ue land. The
West Branch Of the Msttawsmkesg runs
for something over three miles across the
northeast corner Of the tswn and Alder
brook, tributary of the West Branch,
runs disgons!ly in southeast course across
the entire township. 10 the southwest por-
ton of the town IS Crystal lake. pretty
little sheet Of wster, from which Crystal
stream flows southwark aud empties into
Fish stream in the town Of Crystal. Hus-
ton brock also runs across the southwest
quarter of the town aud empties into Crys-
tai stresm short distance below the lake.
There are numerous other brooks in differ
emf portions Of the. town which afford
plentiful water supply. The land in this
town can be purchased of the proprie,crs at
q very reasonable rate ard its excellent
quslity offers exceptional Inducements for
settlers desiring cheap and fertile lands in
good town.