Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-07
ouR GARDEN COUNTY.


sless. Thi. 10 good farm With good build
ises. South Of Mr. Basterfeies, and on
the est side Of the road, 10 the farm OF
M. Feazk Z. Libeey, who has LOO acres OF
exec lent land, With some 40 acres cleared,
su3 . very rsss AID handsome ses OF build
irxs. Mr.. Lisbey has formerly been en-
gagged in numbering, asd 10 nov clerk q the
Moiaakrs Hsass sf the moEta OF the
Aroos.cox road, which position he nils s,
the entire sktisfse.iao Of the msny patrons
Of shat excellent hotel Next eelos Is the
housssssi ss Mr.. James B. Liesey, who
has . good farm on ths wes. aide OF toe
Ao;uakus m tie bead OF the stream. Nj.
Libhsy eos has chsrsr Of the tsnneries 81
JACKSON Brook and Forest City, ard rents
his farm. Opposite Mr.. +. E. Liooey's 10
ths establishment Of Mr- E. W. Robinson.
consist.c2 Of 8 large house, stable and
store. Mr.. Robinson has
Two Large F.r1s,
one near his residence and another en- the
Silver Ridge road mile swsy. He came
from Hertoo1 10 Mse- ahoe ten years ago and
bull: thee baiieings AID is extsrnTely
engaged in numbering, trading and farming,
Near the N outh Of the kinguAn rcsi 10 the
store Of Mr.. Melville Johnson, who baiit
The store seven years sss sod does large
bu, mess IN general merchandise Mr..
Johnson was formerly in businsss st Mo'ua-
kus. Crossing thu MolunEus stream on the
covered bridge we come 10 the residence Of
Mr.. Levi Weston who settled here In 1850
and cleared this farm. He has 1tsy acres
Of good land with I've nsy acres ciesred and
q good set Of buildings. MIR. Weston has
worked in the lumber woods for many
years. Ga the opposite side Is the farm OF
his son, Mr.. 0sfin Weston. Containing fifty
acrss, about half ciesred, snd good house
ard bsrn. Ntxs bsyo1d Mr.. Lewis Wes-
tons 10 the old Ptstt Homestead. Mr..
Arthur Pratt Was an early settler and con-'
menoed clearing this farm many yesrs
ago. Mr. Pratt was also engaged in lam
bering aud lived on ,his farm u1ul hi.
death uine yexrs ago His son, Mr..
4 V. Pratt, now lives on the farm. Be-
yoat Mr.. Prsn's is ,he farm Of Mr.. o.
NJ. Randall. MIR. Humphrey Chadhourne
cleared this fsim many years ago. Mr.,
Joseph Libby bought the farm twelve yssr.
sso and lived on it until his death in 1886,
Il is . very good farm and has very fac
set of farm buildings. Beyond here there
are only
Small Ope nings.
until we come to the line of Molunhus
Near Mr.. Johnson's store is the
mouth Of the Kingmln road which, running
south, crosses the Mscwahoc stream and
continues on the cas-: side of the Molun
hus across the tow and further Oh to King
man Station. Ga this road the land IL
somewhat better than that on the military
road and there are some very good farms II
this portion of the town. The first farm
after lesving the corner is Mr.. Berj ami
Weston's, . son of Mr.. Johu Weston who
was one of the earliest settlers Of the iown
Mr.. Weston has eighty acres OF exceilen
land, nearly all cleared, aud has goof
set OF buildings. Mr. NJ. Z. Bowie,
has farm Of $50 acres with 10 acres cleare!
and good buildings. Mr.. F. p Kimbal
has $50 acres Of land, with IS acres cleared
ard good set of buildings. Both tbes'
farms have good stretches Of inter vai'
slor the Molunkus stream. Farther soul
is the fine farm of Messrs. Thomas snt
John O'Roak which runs TO the town line
This farm contains 200 acres Of land, will
100 acres cleared, with large intervale
They hsve fine new house and good bsra
Near here 10 The steam mill built by Mr.
Jerome Butter fisld Of kingmsn seveI
years ago. Two years ago The mill wa
bought by Bradbury Bros. Of New Liner
| lex who nov operate it. The mill contain
| two shingle machines sna he shingles ar
hauled to KiDgman, five and half mile
| distant, where they are shipped BY rail
Farther east on the town line is the farm
of Mr.. Florence Mahoney which ma.
perhaps be called
Ths Rest Farm I'm the Town.
1. is large aud productive farm ard has
large tso-story house, large barn and stabl
all handsomely iiaished. Near Mr.. A.
Bu,terfsld's road starts northwssd from
the military road and runs on the east sid
| of the MolunkGs across the corner of Nortl
Yarmouth and also across the norihsas
corner of township No. r 5 througl
Silver Ridge to Sherman. This road is th
mail route from Sherman to KinRmsn. o.
| this road, short mile from the village. j
| the farm of Mr.. + W. Robinson. 1hi
farm was cleared by MIR. George Steven
come twenty five years ago and is vef
good farm. For the remaining distanc
across the town the country 10 unsettled.
Mncwahoc Plantation
| lies on the line OF Peoobscot caunty sn,
has Reed plantation on the east ant
Moluukus on the west. The Molunku
stream runs disgonally across the corner
of Townships No. Z 5 and No. r
| North YARMOUTH and continues on in
| general sou,herly direction across Mscra
| hoe plantation. A portion OF the love
part of Molunkus lske is in Mscwahcc, tbs
| cutie, being by 3 s,feaM less man a mile il
length which empties into the Molunku
stream near where that stream makes al
abrupt bend TO the east. The Mscwahot
stream, loving down from North yarmouth
Grant, continues in sogthwe Sterly diree
ton soross the plsntatioI TO which it give,
the name and emuties into The Molunku'
| stream d short distance below the military
road. There are numerous ether brook
and streams in different portions of ihF
town which give il q plentiful water sup
Iply.
MacwaLoe was orgsnizsd ss . plantation
in 1851. Tbs y.l|sgs, near The Junction Of
the Macwahoc stream with the Molunku'
is but SIX and & half miles distance from
KingmsG Slstioa ,snd il a cat and evidently
growing village. a great part Of she to~r
is still unsettled, but there sfe some very
good farms and handsome res.d ences in
the settled portions of the town,