Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-07
oua oARpHr COUNTY.



fslise I'VE .csss Of sse up,n H. ana "a
1861 zen. istc ihe army ard disa IN M
service. Mr., II gyms served through u.
var and ia 1861 came 70 o'kn Id ara
m.,,;sa ,hs riiyx of Mr.. 5 ger snd settled
upon The ne~ ist He hs- 1871 scres OF
vcod lard nsuel. If " setrg q re i~Vsi Ant,
not very steny; has 80 setes esareo
"a r~oa .st of be.sdlags, The
farm cuts 30 tors OF hsy ara
nroas4es good nys Of grain and r,'stoes.
he has an orchard Of 200 sprie trees AND
a. eh IT, ue.s- T3s trees are thirty and
we'll c4ssd for ard are ueAing seii. MI.
Higsins vss deputy land agent fe- some
k,n,s md has teea 4 ptomIaen. msa Ia h''
towl. He, win others, tr't min num-
Der OF years age on toe sisssu ~hseo moss
across bis isl, tu. rot pro- < peeHspie ~
has ess, asandensd- Mr., N'ss.ns Is now
advanced IA yeS,s AID has gwen up ice
management of The farm TO bis son, Phil
Sheridan H,sg.As, Who lives W ia him.
Another sou, u. GsNat higgins, Is ses-
tied pplo farm near oy.
Mr. J ID. b Clark came from Smyrna
in 1856; and took 4 let in the northwest part
Of the .o~n, ru sniDs back TO Log lake.
! He has 1873 acres OF god isnd, qaie free
from s,ones, With so aG.es cleared. He has
a handsome NO stIry house and good bar n
and oa.builoi g. Mr.. Clark Is a hlscf-
smith BY trade and works Al Sms fns Mil,
q port D # tue tine.
Mr. Avon ID. Weeks came to Oaitisld in
1872 ard bought the Old Spau'itng fern
IN the north pars Of the town. lex to
the bmyrna iipe. Mr. W.eSsis the son
| of Mr. Aaner Weeks, formally one OF the
business men Of Houlton. The fNm now
contains 40 acres Ct isud viii $50 acres
clear d liIs ute level AID we'll located
and is good ill ge land. Most OF the farm
| 10 comparaiiv. /, tree ire m stone AID pro
duces good csols. Mr. Weeks has built .
large and convenient house. y barn 40 fl by
so Il, horse s.sble and other outbuIidings
The farm cuts 50 tots Of hey AID usually
produces some eight hundred bushels OF
grsin and fifteen hundred bushels OF poss-
tees. Mr.. Weeks has mill on the
tho-oughfsre between Spaulding lake and
| .ong lake. MIR. Joseph Grand AL built the
orr ginal mill some twenty years aga. II
len had but An up ard down saw. Mr..
Weeks re built and enlarged the mill in 1885
and 1t now contains rotary, single ma
chr e, Hath machine and PLACER. The mill
is run by water. Mr.. Charles l.. Weeks
The youpgest son of Abner Weeks has u
farm so journing bis brothers and has built
Ia very handsome residence. Last
| inter the Weeks Bros. built q
single mill on Township No. 4, Range 3
which lies directly north of Smyrna. la
the mill they have two single machine s
run by steam. MIR. Charles l.. Weeks is in
charge Of the business st this mill. Mr..
W. II. Gerrish has recently built
Steam Grist Mill
near the road which crosses the thorough
| fare between the lakes. He has two run OF
stone ard grinds feed and also bolts buck
| wheat flour. He also has store near the
mill and is doing q good business. Mr.
Robert McElmsn has a blacksmith shop
| near the mill.
Mr.. Harry Fisher has q handsome resi-
dence on his farm on the south side OF
| Spsulding lake. He 10 largely engaged in
numbering The road from Lipneus Corner
to Island Falls runs through the southern
part Of Oak field and the land on this road
for much of the distance on the eastern
portion Of the town is extremely rough and
stony. As we near the East Branch the
for agriculture.
town a road turns TO the north at what Is
called Motions Corner and runs northwsrd
across the town, Mr.. Geo. F. Morton came
from Silver Ridge eight years ago and
bought the Henry c. Taylor farm a. what
wss then called Taylor's Corner. Mr.
Morton has very good farm here and
also keeps public house. Mr.. Albert
Smart has farm short distar ce
west Of Mr.. Mortons and also hiss store.
Mr.. Eli W. 1ibbstts, Mr.. Charles Libbey
and Mr.. John r GerIish also have farms
on this road. Mr.. George Burpee has a
farm two miles north of Morton's Corner,
and beyond him are VIM. L. Higgins and
his SOD, Andrew J. Higgins.
Mr.. Franklin S. higgins has a small farm
ard neat residence short distance fsrtb-
er north. Mr.. Higgins is q carpenter by
| trade and has been clerk of the plantation
since 1873.
Mr.. John M. Brown and MIR. Geo. W.
Brown, have farms sill further mol n. Mr..
Willard Brsnnan and Mr.. Allen Walton,
have good farms in rhe western part Of he
town. Oal field is well supplied with reads
and has good schools. The population
in 1890, was 720. Though possessed of q
rough and rugged surface in many portions
of The town, yet there is much good farm
| ing land in the town, and the time may yet
| come when all the hills, now covered with
lofty forest growth, vill be converted into
fertile farms, and occupied by prosperou.
| farming community