Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-03

and left spA resr he taN green frses Of tie
original forest srow thick and gfand SIG ~
fseaf III niffer-hks suyfacs Of The CLASSY
lake. In locking upsn this beautiful snees
Of vsser ne eosld NOT help tninkins OK
Whiffief's lines,
.sThe hssvess ars gio<sed 10 1efnn,es
VIVA. more can JosdAu's sire An give bAeA
Mr.. Lane came from Ffeepors In 1893 70
f,d home in Asoosscok- He had N nis
mind he IDEAL Of the locstion he vfsh "a 70
fisd and vhsn shosn this lot be desired 70
10 no farther Although IN the msdsNoS
dsnse foresr he saw vhas miehs % mas CT
il and purchased il 81 once and vent
70 work to make his home. be 1aa
els AIRED about twelve acres and DUH
small house, when his countrys c,h
sounded ard he vent to the var IN the
ranks Of the "a Marie Cavalry He VS.
not mustered out Of the seYsi q untii
December, 1866, vh u he refuresd 10 ms
woodland nnme. He has nov l.5 Acres OF
lsna With IS acses cleared. BE has butt
handsome sso story hosse and having been
. ship and house carpfnier BY trade oefsre
comieg 70 Arocssook be has done = large
ps,t Of The work himself, fnishisg his
house in a msss tasty and subssan a ms1-
ner ard even making much OF the furnitnse
With his orn hsDds. His felds sc smoo'h
xsd hsadsome snd produce large crops ii
pasture 10 on the higher sfsuad at the foot OF
The mouaisin and al ards ~ abundance Of
the richest feed. He has one Of the finest
fiocks of sheep in his section, q coed herd
of cows ard some very handsome coils
From the high land st the upper edge OF
hi. pasture oae can Look over he high
ridge on tbs opposite side of Pleasant pord
and see the long reach Of Msttavamxesg
Lake with its woo led SHORES and deep coves
Pat,en village ESQ also be plainly seen and
the ever present Karhdia towers grsndly
in the background.
Beyond Mr.. Lanes there Is GO opening In
the forest until We reach the cieafld2s a.
Oskfeld. All the eastern portion OF Dyer
Brook 10 .til virtually al unbroksn wilder
ness invaded only by the hardy iumoefnan,
the adventurous hunter and periodically
recurring incursions of the surveying party
locating the still mythical Aroostook Kali
road. IL Ia fl re timber tract, but there u
also much good land suitable for fatms and
were il the properly Of the State and opene d
for ,eitlsment on the same terms that other
towns have been would soon be occupied by
thrifty settlers Der Brook. aswift run
mig stream, enters the township from Mefrii
plantation come two mile. west from the
northeast corner Of the town and flowing IN
southerly and sou,hwesterly course leaves
the town aoou. two miles cas-, Of the south
west corner Bear brook, tributary also
OF the west branch Of the MattawamkeAg,
flows across the northwest qlsr,er OF the
town and unites with the west brSneh
short distance from the vest line Inc
vest branch enters the town fSom Htrs'y
about mid way Of the west liae and w
ing southvesteyiy Leaves III, town through
IFS sou,h line tkoIt distance fr, m
the southwest corner. There are no lakes
in Der Brook plantation pleasant lake
being Jus. scros, the line in Island Falls)
bu. The town 10 well watered by s..eams and
brooks and has abundant spriogs OF Che
onYest water. The township was first organ
ICED as a piantstion in 1868, but afterwArc
los. its organic stion ard was agsin organ
lied OH July l4,h, 1880, at which time
til. re were Al voters. IL was Incorporated
a. g town by act Of the list Legislature,
but has not yet held mee''og rs provided
by that act. There are fys schools in town
wi.h good com Portable schoolhouses.
The war record Of Dyer Brook is an excsp-
tionslly good one. Al the bresking out Of
the var there were tsenr, Ave men living
in the plantation. seventeen Of whom were
subjec, to military duty. Every man OF
the seventeen went to the army and five Of
them never returned. Az an agricultural
town Dyer Brook will take high rank when
an impulse 10 given to its development by
the opening Of the Bangor snd Aroostook
railroad