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


fCea.irued from ID psze
s1sme three niles vese Of the CoFuss: Here
he uade fnxs upcs which b. hved unni
NJ, dea.h IN 1855 His ron jobs Tayief
lived On the homestead until be vas OF age
and il 1858 b,uxh. the farm some two miles
CT los north Of the Corner where be nov
ypsiAsa. He v& oae Of the selscsmen -
L;npeus for eleven years and COLLECTOR OF
saxss fer thirteen years. OPPOSITE
M. TsyIos's lives Caps- Nathaniel
Ycurr. Capt Yong moved from
Dover in ig4a snd hfss settled on
Ios shou. Z mile vest Of the Corns1. We
sftsrwsrd nsde farms In different pof-
tons of the .ovn and some t<enty Year,
sgo bought the LOT opposite Mr.. Taylors
Ard bulls . great se: Of buildings where BE-
aov Iiyss Win hi. .sn- The venerable
Csot. 10 Gov 10 bis sch year but 10 hale
and strong ard still. walks about among
his reixhbofs. He 10 Q psnsioner OF the
Wa, Of 1919 Nez,, Capt Yousa's il the
comfortable home Of Mr.. WIN. D. Bitter
ons Of the oldest living residenfs OF tie
town. Mr.. Bsshsr had four sons in the
Uoioa army sna IL Q patriotic citizen HIS
son. Mr.. Charts o. Bithef has handsome
residsnee nearby He IL one Of the &C.
tive ciuzsrs Of The town and two years ago
rs presented bis cIass ia The State Legisls-
,ure. Nj. John II. Clough was for many
wears a re sidens Of LinneuE He was en-
gagged in the construction Of the
Military Boad
And Afterwards settled in Linneus in
The west part Of the town. He 10 now an
Old man and lives with = son IN The village
Of UouIton. Lirreus contains many good
farms though the sell IL much more stony
than in the northern part Of the county
AID granite boulders are net uncommon on
many portions Of the town. Mr. d..
Cove has foe farm 'nexs south Of the
Howard farm and has 3 substantial stand
Of farm buildings. The farm is very level
And productive. II 10 on the height Of
land dividing the wstsrs OF tie Penobscot
and The ST. j be- aud brooks from this farm
fad their ~sy into each Of these rivers
Mr.. Cove hiss sstmed extensively for many
years aud has ben engaged in Carrying TO
some ex'ent. He vss member OF the
State Board Of Agriculture for three yesrs
ard xas much Interested in progressive
farming He ia new out of health and hss
given up the Management mt OF the farm 10
lis sons. This farm and the Howard farm
sfj5ibing sra the finest in this section OF
tn town Souih OF the height Of land on
which The Cove and Howard farms are
| situated is a trsc; OF lower land extending
to the south line Of the farm. This pof.
ton OF the town is hardly so well adapted
to farming III ugh there are some good
farms along The road. From Lihneus
Conner northward, or rather nor!heasterly,
the Military road, which was opened by the
| troops in 1882, runs through very good
farming section though the surface is some
what broken by. protruding lodges and in
some places large granite boulders abound.
Mr.. James F. Bither has one Of the bes.
farms in this part Of the town and has
very fine stand OF farm bulldogs. Mr..
Bither has added to the old home farm on
which his father. Benz. Bither, settled in
1892 until be hiss now 200 acres Of fertile
land, with 800 acres cleared. Mr.. Bither
hiss engaged largely in dsirying and keeps
a fne herd of cows. lie is one Of the solid
farmers OF Linneus.
Farm OF Hon. Parker r. Eurleigh.
Hon. Parker P. Burleigh has since his
retirement from the land office devot-
ed much of his time to the I'M
provement Of his fac farm in the
northeastern portion Of the town
He has now about 100 acres of cleared land
and prides himself upon his substantial
fences. He has three oDd one half miles
of he avy log fence upon the farm besides
many partition fences most thoroughly
built though Of Lighter m material. His farm
is divided into twelve fields, in each ote OF
which he has beautiful supply of living
water. At present tie farm is devoted
Principally to pasiuiing. Mr.. BurleiRh has
paid much stiention to orcharding ard nov
has al orchard Of over 500 trees, large
proportion Of which are bearing. A row
of apple trees is SGT outside the road fence
nearly the entire length Of the farm. Mr.
Burleieh's buildings were burned in 1861.
| He afterwards rebuilt ard two years sgo
built handsome and substantial barn at an
expense of $1,000. The barn is 52 fl. x6j
1T with mansard roof and is handsomely
A ished and psioted The basement ex-
tends under the whole and the wsil is Of
hewn granite five feet thick At the bottom.
and built ia the mos. thorough manner.
One half the basement IL srrsrgsd for the
storage Of potatoes, roots and apples aud is
conn letely frost proof Though nearly
eighty years Of sge, Mr.. Burieigh con-
tinues bis improvements upon bis farm and
buildings as though he expects to occupy
them for the next fifty years He says he
is working for pos.erity and surely his work
will survive him and he will long be "Ie-
membered for What he has done
The Great Dairy Farm of MIR. A. =.
Bennett.
Some two and nall miles west of Lin
neus Corner is the extensive dairy farm of
Mr.. A. p Bennett. who has for many ears
made butter masking Il specially. His
father, Mr.. George A Bennett, came
from Augusta in 1913, aud settled
on this farm. IL 1861, both father and sou
vent into the army, the father TO die in
hospital at Carrollton, La in 1862, tie eoD,
Mr A. 2. Bennett, being discharged after
a service of two years, returned to The
farm. Fifteen years sgo Mr.. Bennett de-
termined to make dsiryiDg specially and
has carried on the business extensively ever
| since. His farm consists of 575 acres With
500 acres cleared. Though qnite rough
| and rocky the land is very productive and
is under very high state eff cultivation.
His large barn is 48 IT by 10 # aud hiss a
basement und,r all wish q heavy granite
| wall laid in cement A vide floor runs
through the entire length Of the barn with
stables for the cows on each side. A cast
iron wster trough is in every manger into
which pure water Is forced from q pump
worked by a steam engine in the dairy
house. He uses rotary churn Of 100 gal
| lon capacity turned by steam and sets mis-
milk in large Reid creamery. He is now
milking forty cows, all grade Jerseys and
-. ihs % h,,tf "
Bennett is nov somewhat out of health ard
wishes To di'pJse of his business and there
10 an opp ,rtunity for some man Of energy
| to obtain this splendid plant upon very
| reasonable terms. At Linneus Corner is q
| nes, little village with hotel. stores and
blacksmth and carriage shops. B. F.
French and B. D Byron are the princi.
! pal merchants and the hotel is kept by Mr..
+. A. Lowering. Mr. S. G. Ward was for
merry resident Of Linneus and carried on
. large business. having farm ard store &
mile north of the Corner. He built the
large house in which Mr.. r B. Young now
| lives and traded here extensively for many
years. He afterssrd removed to Houlton.
Mr.. +. A. Stinson traded for q long time
| 81 the Corner and Was succs ssful business
man. He now resides in Houlton and 10
engaged in the lumber business. From
Linneus Corner e road runs west to the
town line and continues on through OAK
isli to Island Falls. About q mile and .
hale from the Corner another rosd runs
| due north on the lot lines and enters New
Limerick at Dress Mills. Several cross
roads connect this with the Military road
There are many good farms in the western
portion Of the to sD, the land on the whole
appearing to be less stony than that along
the Military road. Linaeus has good sch o
| and good society and is one of the best
! farming towns in southern Aroostook.
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