Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-21
OUR GARDEN COUNT.
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on in iss vicinity. Midway Of the town
from pcrsh to &C nth, VILLAGE Its we're laid
ont, ard 10 course OF shozs time church
vas huls. also parsonage. and near oy
rracs Of lxnd vas set spsft for college
farm. The erection ct eui'dinzs for the
,ep,sed college vss commenced. and one
large college bulldog Vas nearly completed,
when This part Of the projsct vas shtn-
done6, Tsis baking renamed Iaoccspied
70. s number Of years, and was finally
taken dosn. The Brshep also built mill
or The Molunk1s stream. near the east line
Of toe town This niil contained sn up
ard dawn ssv aud shirgie machine 5as vas
Afterwards abs n Toned and allowed 10 dscsy
Tie arst settlers came &c the tovn 10 1884
bus tie rasd xss 10; epeusd through the
town Until 1888 The bishop charged the
settlers So 90 per acre 70, lard opo, the
lise OF the main rc.d and 81 80 p4r sefe
fer land father back, giving them ali necss-
sayy time 20 mske payment for their farms.
The ffrst Settlers
uoan the town are said to have been D&si!
ani Joseph Leavilt. but whether these men
were pgt Of the bishops colory OF fq1st-
te 5 Who had come previous 9 his purchase
We hsge Eo. yet been able to deiermine.
Amons the frst of the Catholic eclany to
aelais G5oa the torn were Nicholas br'd-
Elk, Tinp'hv Dorsey, Marin z isl .,
Phihp Fiauessn sid John Miilmorr who
came in 1884 Patrick Brady. Chris. Kse-
gsa, J0hl Bsrne. Frsi S min ard John
PeTry were sarly settlers As also were Heniy
Rivers ard Martin I.svlof- These settlers
wers all irish emigrs'ss who had Hotsed
for soms time in the cities OF Msssacbusetis.
Nichoiss Bro3s.iek ore of the earliest
s4stiers. selsisd i1 the south psrt OF the
;ewn On the lot whore fiction McAvoy
now Ives, ard died thare some hf-
teea year. ago. Timothy Djrsey settle d
a uils and half north Of the church and
cleared The farm on which Daniel Melon
aid now iives. Ia 1885 ard 1910 quite a
numbe. of settlers came in. John d. Rush
came in 1888 aid settled opposite where
the church now stands, that ed dee not hav
ing been erected until ls43. Upon emery
il z from the woods 50 we enter the town
from the south, we first come to the farm
of Mr.. John Smith whose father was among
the early colonists. Next 10 The John Byrne
farm now occupied By Mr.. Edward Grove.
We then 90 through bit Of woods and
come to lhs farm of Mr.. Edward Woodlock
on the west side Of the rosd This is q
good farm, containing l25 sores nearly all
cleared, With goIJ buildings. MIR. John
Woodloek, grandfather Of the present pro
p,iettr, was one of The early settlers. We
next Come to the Edward Sveeny farm
Mr.. Sweeny came from ireland more THAI
forty years ago and settled on this farm and
lived upon il until two years ago When
he moved to Minnesota. Mr.. Joseph
Gantnler now lives on the farm
Mex. on the west Is the Michsel Murphy
farm, another Of the pioneers OF the town
The house is one of the fret frame house:
built in the town. Mr.. Murphy died three
yesrs ago and his widow and sons still live
on the farm. Ga the opposite side Of the
rosd is the farm Of Mr.. Finton McAvoy
cou;sing 100 acres wi rs acres cleared
A very good farm with good buildings
We then come to Mr. Joseph Rusk with
fifty acres on the road and a back lot OF ont
hundred acres and beyond him is Mr. Johr
Byron who has 100 acres with 20 acrei
cleared. This is a good farm with good
set of farm bulldogs Opposite Mr. Byrns
is the old Patrick Brady farm, one of tht
frs, farms cleared in the town Mr.. BrsdS
dis d here many years sgo and the farm !!
Tow DNUSu ny huItA ho"AVit ci'
Go cd Farms in Bene dieta.
Passing some vacsnt lots owaed by Mr.
John Byrne, we come 10 the farm Of Mr.
Richard MeAvoy on the east eide Of this
road. This farm coutsios 100 acres with 81
acres cleared And comfortable set Of
buildings NIX. to Mr.. MeAvoy is III
farm Of Mr. Edward Qlsley conraitiog l0t
acres nearly 81 cleared. Mr.. QJaley als'
owns the lot opposite sod has neat sut
comfortable set of buildings. The EEK
farm on the east is the John Qlsley farm
now owned by MIR. John Byrne. A verI
COED little farm, but at present the hous
is unoccupisd. On the opposite side Of sh
road is the Larkin farm, now owned b!
Mrs. ]. Donovan. Mr.. John Cain has ,~t
acres Of land with a small house and M
John Doyle has very good farm OF lO'
acres with so acres cleared. This bring
US to the hotel and also to the village lot
originally laid out midway Of the town. Tbs
hotel is situsted on the east side OF the rost
and is kept by Mrs. j. Donovan. II is
comfortable way side Jun, with large stsbl'
and apparently good accommodations 70
| man and beast. Opposite the hotel is the
store Of Mr.. John Cu.ran. Mr.. Currsi
ksmB lIDEi L JEtihuu nhN YUM WIS olSit -
1873 He carries general stock snd i
DON good business North of The hote
Nj, Richard Boytou has q neat house sd
| small store ard ten acres Of good land. ar
| beyond bin Mr. John Rusk has email fsrr
! aud good set Of buildings. Mr.. Rusk
a carpen err by trade 81 d works at that bus
| mess a portion Of the time. Next north o
Mr.. Rusk is the handsome new house 0
Mr.. John boy lie whose farm lies fsrthe
south and hey ond Mr. Doyle Mrs Patricl
Lean has smsll store neat little hpus
| and "a acre Of isUd. On the west sids o
the road, NIX norrh of Mr. Cnrtn'd s;ore
! Mr.. john Rusk and Mr.. Andrew Macke.
are ruilGiug large store. Beyond tht
store aud bordering upon the road is tn
! Cahlllc cemetery, neatly enclosed az
| carefully Kept, and near by is The CAtholi
church, 8 comfortable and comuodious sdi
| lee Of 81 fficieut size for the needs of III
| parish. Nesr by is the par onage, neat
tvo.story residence now occupied by Fsthe
! Kesfney who tss recently taken charge o
the parish The College farm, so called
is not nov cul ivsted. but is devoted I.
, D. s;nfiag snd il part of the churcl
property. A short distance north o
The parsonage is the store of NJ,
! Patrick Oren and near by is the new Tow
| house, a ne teo story building not yet fn
ished within. The church aud psssonage to
gether with the hotel, tom house, store
! and neat residences. mske a very
Pleasant Little village,
situated on handsome elevation aud Civ
! Jog evidence Of thrift snd prosperity
Northwsrd from the viilase the frat farm
| on the esst eide OF the road is Mr.
Charles Farmers. This 10 good farm
with broad smooth fields and comfort
able bui dngs. Mex: Is the Michae
= -oderick lot of ten acres wishou
buildings, now opened By Mr.. John Sve enl
| who bss . neat residence and we'll finished
outpHiIdines on the west eide of the road
| north of the town hail. Nj. Swesny has
| coed farm and his surroundings indicst'
prosperity. Mr.. John Rush has . farm
near here which is at present unoccupisd
Mex. north of Mr.. Sveeney's on III YES
side Of the road is the farm Of Mr. John Law
Ior. This lisa good farm with q good set Of
| buildings On the opposite aide OF 'hs
road Mr. William Eines has excellent farm
Of 100 acres, With 20 acres cleared, and
good buildings. From here TO thu north
lire Of the town. the land is settled for tho
entire distance, ard there are msny good
farms and rest ard comfortable residences
Mr. John F. Brsnnan, Mr.. Patrick Brown,
M. Daniel Med maid and others have ex'
ceiept farms in this plri>n Of the town
There sre several reads running from the
main road to the eastern portion OF the
town, and on oil these roads sre good farms
TheTownship Of Today.
Benedicts may not perhaps be classed
among the best half townships in Arooetook
county for agricultural purposes, but ii ha.
a good soil, the land lying in = succession
of easy swells and cannot be called very
stony. The many good farms and neat and