Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-24

1855. Cspe. 1asksf had eoonoee -
henh q Nesvsy Island in 4aeasva1ksa9
laks foe the ~ Of pleasure parties sd =
Il sill . mast beautiful summer Heeoft.
Cspk B1xkW VS. . man Of much ppeA ana
eusrgy, had' sRens ffiends and seRucG enc
! mics = such msn gsnsfally do, but "
yemsnbef him - . genial, whole souieo
man, kind husband and father and good
fsieed. He disd q bis hooa ssne fye
years ago and his worthy widow nd nd
| long survive him. Tbs Barker sstAas, ons
Of the Hasss IN Asoostook. il nov owned By
Geo. 3. Csstsr. Esq Of 6suah HraDing.
ham. MaAs. Mr.. Addison Barker. vho
lived on he farm adjoining, sas killed By
. falling sese 0 year or two a2eef coming "a
the town. Up 70 The year 1854 Ialand Fall
vss the property IT the 6tase Of Massachn-
| sesss In that yss4 IL came into the owner
chip Of the State Of Maine and the same
yess Vas lotted BY Mr.. Danjsl Cummings
ssd opened By the Stsss fef ssttlemens.
Settlers nov began Ia come IN and
Take Up Lets,
but the 6tAte Afterwards most unvillingiy
sold the town 70 proprietor, by which action
lie settlement has been very much retarded.
Capt. Daniel Randall. . man well
known shroushout Afoostook county and
indeed Throughout the State. came
from Portland 70 leland Falls in 1859. He
vas retired sss captain and vas for some
time city marshal of Portland. Capt. Ran
dali bought farm on Fish stream, on the
road from Island Falls to Pstten. one mile
from the Falls. Here be cleared up large
farm and built handsome two-story house
and good barn. He ct once took An active
part in the business and also In the politics
Of the county. He engaged in numbering
quite extensively and also paid good stten-
ton to his farm, which he made productive
and profitable. He served two terms %
member Of the State Legislature and slse
served as sheriff Of Aroostook county. he
sfterwsrd returned to Portland where be
died some years ago. He was
Man of Massive Build,
weighing 325 pounds, but active and full Of
energy. He wss Q genial. good natuRed
man and had many friends.
Dr. Isaac DOMAIN came from Resdheld
to Patten in 1858. and in 1S6O moved to
Island FalIs and took the lot next to Capt.
Rsndalrs. He was druggist and physician
in Readfield and also pIacticed medicine in
Pstten and Island Falls. 10 1862, he entered
the service in the LIST Me. Heavy Art, and
Afterwards re-enlisted in the 3Ist Inf.
and died in the hospital at City Point, Va,
in 1864. His son, Mr.. George II. Donham,
now owns the farm which consists Of l60
scres of land, With fifty acres cleared and
good set Of buildings. Mr.. DOMAIN was
formerly engaged in trade at Island Falls.
but three years ago sold his business to
Emerson Bros. and went into the printing
business. He has two presses and does all
l.. - lab IL "a alanp hal
Of the board Of selectmen, town clerk,
may be called . fairly busy man.
In 1861. Mr.. Levi Fl. May moved from
Lowell, Mass, and took . wild lot in the
good farm, upon which he lived until his
death. six years ago. His son Levi Fl. May,
now lives on the farm. He hiss 800 acres
of land on an easterly slope running down
to the shore of Msttawsmkesg lake. Mr..
large business in the sale of horses, Carriages.
wagons, sewing machines. etc. The stage
road from Houlton to Patten enters the town
Of Island Falls from Dyer Brook plantation
about midway Of the north line. The
country in this vicinity is quite
HiIIy and Broken
but there are . number OF good farms in
this northern portion Of the town. Passing
Mr.. Mays where the view Of Mattswam-
keag lake 10 very beautiful, We come to
Mr.. John B. Hathorn, who came from Do
YER two years ago and bought the old
Thorn farm, which he is improving, and %
he is man of pluck and energy, be will
soon have Q fine productive farm. From
Mr.. Hathorn's we have one Of the finest
views of Mount Katahdin to be found any
where. Continuing on down the hill We
soon come to the old Craig place, near Dy-
er Brook stream which the road here
crosses. Mr.. Alpheus Craig, son Of the
original settler, now lives upon this farm
which contains 157 acres Of land with so
acres cleared. He has good house, two
large barns. and spacious outbuildinss. In
addition to bis farming operations Mr..
Craig il now engaged in trade, having .
store in building adjoining his house. He
also deals in farm machinery and ID doing =
good business. Mr.. Craig 10 . prominent man
in his grange and also in the general A.
fairs Of the town. From Mr.. Craig's We
ride for . short distance over q fine level
road, passing the large two-story school
building. and soon come to the little village
Of Island Falls. II ID pretty little village,
though there are but about dozen houses,
. mill, store, blacksmith shop and some
other mechanical shops and hotel. The
mill was built in 1862 by David A. Sewsll,
Oliver 8. Dow and Simeon Curtis. They
put in an up and down saw, single machine
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