Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-29
Two Thriving Villages

Two IbftSing NhhSes
The are TAO thFisipR villages in the
town. one At the mills aud the other at the
corner un the Calais ROAD, . short distance
south Of tie middle line Of the town. A
Hodg6ou Mi in ad ii ion To the Jewet;
Mills already described, is the large steam
saw mill no. he onging IN Majo, r.
Ke'chun This mill vas or aineiy butt
by Hutchinson and Berry, Who sfterwsrd,
sold it to Powers and Besthsm. That Am
sold to Shsrp ard Kecthurn six years ago
and last year N, j. Kstchum purchased toe
entire interest Aid Is now sole proprietor.
This mill contains rotary, gang sdzer,
plaDer O. hatcher, lath machine and ebin-
gle machine A clspboard machine i.
now being added. The m II manufactures
three N lion feet Ct long lumber, two
million lsths ar ore and quavtee million
shingles yearly The entire product IL
hauled by teams to Houlton and shipped
BY rail t. outside markets. This mill fur
ni.hes employment for forty men. Mr..
John Vincent has been foreman / the mill
for the past ave years and is Q faithful and
eff eisnt workman Mai. ketchum has =
store near the mill in which he carries .
full stock Of grains and provisions. lie
is . tIus e, hones', bueiuets man and this
il dustry adds much to the business Of the
village. Mr.. Il. Fl. Q int has a store nesr
the steam mill, and has stock Of general
merehsld:se, ard also deals in meats. Vail
4 Green have q large store At Hodadon
Mills This store vas fIrmerly owned BY
Mr.. Abishs Wsshburn. who died recently
in Sacramento, Cal Mr. Wssb1urn sold
the business to Vail Bros. three years ago,
and lss. year Mr.. Franklin Green bought
an interest, and the firm j. now Vail 4
Green. Thav have \ large stock OF gen
eral merchandise and .l'o keep fresh
meats Of AIi kirds. They are an entafpris-
ing a m and are having good trade. G.
A. Med maid & Son in 1884 built large
tso-story building at he mills. the seeord
story being ftted NJ for = skating rink,
and the lower story being used for black
smith shop, and carnage factory. The
skating rink il nov occupied - paint and
varnisb rooms. and Storage looms. The
Arm ma u'scfu,es cafrisS,s ard p'rg'.
and do all kinds Of blacks m'thino They
sre doing Q large business. Mr.. II. n
Bonn, has = csr,isgs painting shop st the
Mill.. ard tnte5ds soon to eaabilsa a Car.
,isge fsetorss He is = young man who las
lately moved here from New Brunswick,
and Gill no doubt est, bIi.h prosperous
business Mrs. Mary E Fos,ett is the
pre- se Mt rostma. At Hodsdon Mills Mr..
Elvia Will ms has
a Fiss Farm
neAr the Mills, and has recently built .
handsome tvo-story reeider &c rs tsrm
consists Of leo acres aad 10 nearly all
cleared Ard in Geld and peanr.. Mr.. Viii
Iisms cuts some thing over forty tons Of bay
ard rsises lvTe crop, Of srsin and ro 1atoes.
He also has . wood lot = SHIRT ei.tsr &c
asay. Mr.. Isrsel NJ. Gsro-, vho hes bseu
the faithful and competent miller 10 the
Jevest girls: mill for twenty three years.
hu neat residence near the mill There
are two eting houses ss tie Mills, be-
longing 70 the Methodist and Free Baptist
depomInAt o = Also town house vh ch
is at present used for = village schoolhau,s
Dr.. J. s White and DIR. ]. V Tsh-- sYe
the resident physicians, and Rev. J. r
GasIire Of the Free Bsp;iss church, now re-
sides At the mills. The viiisRs has grova
considerably ~lthin the ps.t f. ~ ear. ard
i4~ ress, th'iviF sod -ns.rsri.isg vbI-ss
II "a o - b. psiacip u -c's -
re = g B-otass, u, =, b.
basin, :. lasrc ~ iet ia