Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-27

Mills where he kept hotel for nsnesf
II years. He was also . 1sstce o. ne
tesre snd vas pfominen ut man in the town
Nj. Plpsry sfteYvasd moved 70 Island
Fails vhsYe be died number Of yeass so
LAM Berry moved from Wilton, ffsnkhn
10, in Is4I, and took the lot upan vnacn
Mr.. d. D. Hemcfe nou lives Sanuei
Duan had made . small clearing and
abandoned Is Mr.. Berry cleared this fatm
and built the buildings nov standing. In
1850 he bought Of VIM. Brisgs the fsfm
up,r which Wellington Yerxa nov lives Ard
,emaiaed upon this farm until his DEAN In
1873. Mr.. Berry vas for many years .
prominent man in the town and vss isfseiy
engaged in lumberiog and trading He
hull, the mills q the foot Of Cochrsn lake
ROW Owned by +. W. Titcomb Of Ho0i-
r,n. His son, Andrew ]. Berry, va
small boy when he CANE with his father 70
SMYRNA where he has ,esided ever sincs,
When be became Of age he bought the
fam upon WHICH Mr.. Cnss. E. Lilly nov
lives. There vas then bat small clearing
on the LOT. Mr.. Berry cleared large farm
saa built . suhstantial Get OF buildings'
lie soll the farm ak years ago. rssersins I.
tuiIdi12 .at upon which he built neat and
convenient residence. lie - nov post
master and does conveYxreing and pension
ba.lness. Mr.. Peleg Berry son
Of Levi Berry, wss for some yeais
merchant in Houlson AID has nos
retired frNm business on account OF
iii health. DR.. T. c. 8. Berry,
ansit e. 500 Vas for some years physician
in HonIson, And is now living in the West
SIR Frankiin Ham came to Smyrna about
1856 He first traded for . time q
smyrps Mills and a:terward built the
Eat Branch House on the vest side oil
the river -here he KEEP. = hotel uatl his
ee.ih. Mr. Ham was genisl. kind heart
a mXn and hsd many friends in ARGOS
took county He Vas for some years .
member OF IN. board Of county commis-
.isners. and died in 1871. from thu effects
1t snpcsure while in performance OF the
"a lie. Of that office, The stage road
tarnush Smyrna runs through billy
eoulry, aud the scenery from the road Is
sary neautifni. Soon after entering the
town feom New Limerick. we come to the
h 1tel formerly kept by Moses Drew, but
row o~ned By Mr.. Wellington Yerx2. Mr..
Yerxa came from Fredericton in 1866,
AID bough. tine hotel and farm. The farm
consists Of $50 acres with about 100 acres
cleared. l, produces coed crops of hay
and grain. The hotel 10 pleasantly lc-
Gated and from the front yard
the vie~ extends away to Westfofd
Hill in Hodgdon and Parks Hill beyond
Houlson. A high wooded ridge rises in
front OF the house and 10 called Granite
Moantsiu from the rock of which it 10
composed. The hotel is + plessant and
comfortable home for travellers and 10 do
ing a good business. The mex. farm is the
old Palmer and Johnson farm and was
used by that firm for years for the produc-
ton of hay and grain for the lumber woods.
Il aftsrward became the property OF Mi
Richard Sinclair Of Houlton. Mr.. ID. ID
Hemore came from Ludlow eight years ago
and bought the farm Of Mr.. Sinclair aud
has since kept 3 hotel here. The farm
consists Of $50 acres and is one Of the best
farms in the town. Mr.. Hemore keeps .
good house and his guests are sure Of pleas
snt entertainment Mr.. Benz. T. Marley
who lives opposite the Hemore place has q
good farm of 100 acres about half Of which
Is cleared. The land hereabouts is some
what stony but is good, strong, productive
soil. Mr.. Marley is building fine, large
two-story house and making improve
ments upon his farm. A short dis
lance beyond we come to the farm Of Mr..
Lemuel Adams. Mr.. Adam, moved from
Hodgdon in 1857, and first took the Levi
Berry farm on which he lived seven years.
He then bought the farm upon which be
now lives and which was formerly owned
BIZ DR.. T. c. s Berry. The farm contains
l75 acres OF good land with more than 100
acres cleared. II has since been divided
and Mr.. Cbas. Is. Adams, brother OF
Lemuel has the east half. This is q good
productive farm. The land on the front is
some what stony, but farther back is very
ii xht easy soil and free from stones. Mr.
Lemuel Adams was soldier in the I'D
Name Regiment Beyond Mr.. Adams is
the residence OF Mr.. Andrew j. Berry at
hich is the Smyrna post office, and next
west is the farm Of Mr.. Chas. +. Lilly.
On the south side of the road 10
The starch Factory
belonging TO Mr.. John Watson Of Houlton.
Mr.. Watson built this factory seven years
ago on small stream known IS Limestone
brook which runs into Cochran lake. On
the hill beyond ia the nest church building
Of the Baptist Society. Continuing toward
the vest we come t. the fine farm OF Mr..
Fzekiel Bonn On high ridge Of land which
divides the waters Of the ST John from those
II the Penobscot. This was formerly known
as the Colbroth farm and afterward be-
rsme the property OF Mr.. Nelson Herrin Of
Houl.on Ezekiel BeDn is the son Of Mr..
Abram Benn. one Of the early settlers Of
Hodgdop, and moved to Smyrna in 1870,
and bought this farm Of Mr.. Herrin. The
.r,rt
cleared. 1t is very finely located on the
high land and is quite level and free from
stones The large fields stretch away to
the north from the buildings and are
smooth and well cultivated. Mr.. Bonn has
been quite largely engaged in potato rails
ing and has fifteen acres in potatoes this
year. He also has large and productive
orchard. Mr.. Bean was soldier in the
10Th Maine Regiment and is now somewhat
out Of health from troubles contracted in
the service. Next beyond Mr.. Ezekiel
Benns is the large farm Of his brother. Mr..
Augustus Benn. lie came from Hodgdon
in 1872, and bought this farm Of Rufus
Mansur Of Houltou. 1t is situated upon
thu same high ridge and is very level and
smooth. The farm contains $50 acres
with l40 acres cleared and under
good cultivation. There are some sur.
face stones. but no large boulderi
snd the land 10 easy to work and very pro
ductive. Mr.. Benn cuts about 10 tons Of
nay and raises large crops Of potatoes. Hi.
new barn is 40 feet by 100 feet with shed
on the south side 20 feet by 100 feet. with
basement under all. He has fine orchard
ef thrifty apple trees snd had also = large
nk,o 81 htts tha hal
destroyed most of the trees. Mr.. Benn il
a strong. energetic man, and is making a
success Of farming. Next to Mr.. Benn''
on the west slope of the ridge is .he farm
of Mr.. I. f. Estabrook. who came from
Linneus in 1874 and bought this farm OF
Mr.. John Estes He hiss l40 acres wi b
about 100 scres cleared. He cuts GO ton.
Of hay and raises good grain crops but has
not engaged in potato raising to very
great extent. He also has good, thrifty
orchard and good home. His son. Prof.
II. M. Es,abrook, who was reared upon the
Iinneus farm and went to school to the
writer Of ,hi. some 80 years ago, has beer
for some time successful teacher in the
Gorham Normal School and has recently
accepted a professorship in the Maine
State College at Orono, where he
will DO good, honest work. Mr.. A.
s Estabrook, sou OF Lemuel, hat
the ne xt farm. Ii contains 100 Acres with
80 scres cleared sni 10 a good farm. From
here the land slopes toward the East Branch
snd we soon come to lower ground. A
short drive brings US to the village Of
Smyrna Mills upon the East Branch Of the
Mat awamkeag. Much of the land where
the village is built was covered with treeI
but few years ago. but now it Is the centre
Of a considerable trade and 10 only waitinf
the coming Of the railroad to make it busy
and en.erprising place. Mr.. Moses Drew
keeps the hotel on the west side of thu
stream, and across the bridge is the Eas
Branch House, the proprietor Of which
l. "a