Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-05


THEM.
rThur3m
The town. He has geo acres Of land, with
IS ac,es cleared ami has . comfortable set
# bulldogs. The farm is come VIA, ssosy
in plxces, but il good, strong, productive
land and raises good crops of hay sad grain.
Mr.. josiah Bates came from Pain IRA 10
1915 aud frs. settled in the town Of Her
sey. where he lived two years and in lS47
moved to Moro and settled oa the lot ne It
north CT Elisha Browns. Hare he cleared
iai N upon VIII eh be lived until his death
scm- tSanty two yeSfs ago bis SOD, Mr..
Altert II Bates, now lives on the farm.
Mr. Bates has g very good farm with .
good st Of bu lii q. Mrs. A. Ii. Bates
is the present po.tmi,.ress Of Moro
Mr.. Eor.rt Kennedy, Who now lives OF
VIA, i, X ,o.n as tle Elisha Brown place.
has 800 acres of land. wnh sons rs acres
cl, ared Mr. KsnI ely had fac two story
house which was burned few years sgo
He has "A g0oi barn and the farm 10 good
on-. tn Jugh somewhat stony.
Mr.. Chsries Chase has good farm far
lher nUrlh o. Ills road. He has slo .
clap board and .biJgle mill on the West
Bs.lc1 Of the M.ttssamsesg, which stream
the Aroostook road crosses near Mr.. Chase's
farm. Ia this mill Is o 10 single machine.
q Cupboard IN lchiue and paner. On the
south side of toe
West Branch
10 ihs farm known as the Jeh1 Darling
place MIR. JOHN C. Adams came from
Oab I'D the resent year AID bought this
farm. Ii contains 100 acres, with 40 acres
cleared, comfJftaple no Ise aud good barn
and will make very good farm. Mr.
Adams iatends putting shing'e machine
into the mill bulk by ktIgore and Syphefs
some nine years ago on the West Branch,
some three-fourths Of mile west of the
Aroos.o, k road. After crossing the West
Branch the road ssceDds steep hill,
nesr the top Of which is the farm
of Mr.. Ber jamin Brown. Mr.. Brown
was soldier in the 3lst Me. Reg't
and settled on tits lot in 1870, and
has msde n so ID farm. He has l60 acres
of land with 60 acres cleared and good set
OF ulilDgs. The State road, so called.
III from Smyrna Mills in q due east
coufs9 oc the town lines until it inter
sects the old Aroosloox road. This road
runs along the .outh ilae OF Moro plsnts-
ton and is settled for the greater portion of
the distance across the town. Mr.. Solomon
Bate. wss tie first settler 10 Moro upon the
State road. Mr.. Ba:es came from the town
of Fairfield in 1851 and settled Oh lot NJ.
80, which was one of th5 pubic lots re
sew ID for sch jol purposes. The State
road I'D thea btel cut through but was
not pssssb,e Tor carriages. ltisDow good
turnpike road for its entire distance from
Smy rns MIL, to the Aroostook road. Mr.
Bates cleared farm " ninety acres Il
god laud and lived GA it ten years. when
he moved across III road into the town of
Hersey where he stiil rtsi!es.
MIR G ,erg. l. Bates came from Fair
field in 1851 and made . clearing on the lot
sdjoiaIng Solomon Bates. He remained
soue three years and removed to Hersey.
M. Robert 5 urtevxnl came from Water
vile tie same year and made clearing
n ST where ,hs State road crosses the West
Branch He remained some six or seven
years and re u.ned to WAterville. MIR.
David b Bates came from Hersey to Moro
in 1851 and made 3 clearing on the west
half Of h, lot adjoining Solomon Bates
la 1864, he sold his improvements to Solo
mon Bates ard took the lot mex! north of
Solomon's ON which there was good mill
privilege. In 1867, David B. Bates and
Sa it, Gilman bull, mill on Mill brook,
which runs across the last mentioned lot
and empties into the West Branch . short
distance below. This mill contains al up
ard down saw and q single machine.
| Messrs. Bates and Gilman operated the mill
until January, 1891, when they sold 1t to
VIM. II Bates and John + Mitchell who
no j. rua it. Mr. William Jameson came
from the town of Lee in 1860 and made =
clearing on the lot next west Of Robert
Surtevant He staid year ard then went
into the army and never returned to Moro.
| Mr.. John Doe came from Kenduskeag in
| 1860 and took the lot west Of Mr.. Solomon
Bates. Mr.. Doe made large clearing and
lived upon the farm until 1886, when he sold
i. to Mr.. Charles U. Brewer, and moved
to Hoigion, and afterrards to New LINER
| lex. MIR. Brewer still lives upon the farm
Mr. Granville Cary came from Lincola 10
| 1868 and settled Gil The lot next west of
John Dee. He remained some i've or six
years and sold to Mr. Cyrus Wsde and re-
turned to Lincoln Mr.. Robert Palmer
now lives on this farm Mr.. Geo. Cole
| came from Ps,ten in 1874, and settled on
the lot Mt H west OF Robert SturtevA4t. He
remained four years, ard sold TO Mr. Fl.
| Palmer and moved to the West. MIR. Pal
| mer still lives upon the farm
On the Smyrna Road.
In going to Moro from Smyrna Mills by
the State road. after passing the Stephens
settlement in Dyer Brook, the road descends
| Q steep hill and then runs for some distance
| through q piece Of woods on low land
| Coming out Of the woods we find q few
small clearings, with log houses and few
improvements, until we came to the West
branch of the Msttawsnkesg, which the
State road crosses. . short distance from
the town line. After crossit & the west
branch We come to the farm Of Mr.. jerry
| Bell, known ~ the old Sturtevsut place.
| This is . very good farm and hs, fne in
terval on the west side Of the stream. Mr..
Bell has also good new barn. 81 ort
distance farther vest is the farm Of Mr. II.
J. Palmer, . very good farm with Z neat
new set of buildings. Next i, the farm of
Mr.. Charles +. Bates, containing 80 acres
| With 20 aeres cleared aDd q good house aud
barn. Mr.. Frank o. Bates has the ne1t
farm Of so acyes, with 60 acres cleared and
| under good cultivation, The farm is on
high land and is not stony. Mr. Bates has
q good Sc. of farm buildings. A shor! die
lance west Of MIR. Bates IL Il nent and well
finished schoolhouse. ADD nest By
10 the MetnCUlst pAfsOuANe, NOT ~
present occupied. The next farm 10
owned by Mr.. s. r Chase and Mr.. 3. T.
Bates, who are partners in their farming
operations. They have l60 4cf.s Of good
land, with leo acres cleared, . baadsome
30. story house, e OF barn stable and sh,
Mr. Charles U. Brewer comes next, with
a farm Of 100 acres, with rs acres cleared.
Mr.. Brewer has . good set Of buildings
and large sod thrifty orchsri.
Mr.. Robert Palmer has q good farm Of
100 acres, with rs acres cleared and good
buildings. Near Mr.. Brewers I road AUS
itom
| The State Road =
in . northefly direction for about two miles
and insefsects the Aroostook road ct Moro
Corner. The Bates and Mitchell mill 10
located upon this road. The present pro-
priesors have put in run Of stones fos
grinding feed and also . bolt for buck
wheat -four. There are some very good
farms upon this road and the land 10 nos
stony until near the Aroostook road.
Mr.. Melzer Bates has . good farm on
this road. Beyond the mill Mr.. Leonard
Rockwell has large farm with good build
ings. Mr.. Elbridge Rockwell has also .
very good farm, a. has also Mr.. H.H. Dsf-
ing just beyond. At the corner 10 the farm
Of Mr.. Patrick Darling and on the opposite
side OF the Afoostook road 10 Mr.. L. W.
Kilgcfe. who has long been prominent man
in the town - . trader and business man.
Moro 10 sbundantly supplied with vnssf. tbs