Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-03
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vsssaIbe,o il ore 81 the largest tovrs in
MAine. Spread cut . map of Kennebec
couusy before you, sEd glance st the large
sx,ent Of surface which this town csntains.
With iss lakes, Ionds . streams, and dot
ted ali ever ''ihick ~ spsstef' - il 10 viii
villages. post cfaces, manufactures. school
houses AID farm houses-And one ices q Z
giancs a. outline Of what maker . town
strong, prosperous and wealthy. Study
tie Location Of il villages. not single VII
laxe a. oee corner" or ''cers,e" bu. sever.
al Of them, located in tia fsnr corners Of
the town; take ia the whole or
parts Of the three lakes within its
borders, viih the streams and creeks by
which they are connected; see the lovely
Ksnnsbsc making the whole Of is western
boundary lire, an A,fsry Of business and .
source Of perpetual beauty; count up the
twenty or mere sch,oihouses. many OF
shieh Il 10, the stars and stripes from their
charming hillside retreats the SIX post
ofices; the large mills at the North" vii
isgs, with hundreds Of farm houses, and We
&c. closer idea Of the elements Of thrift
and prosperity Of this grand old Kennebee
county town. But there 10 An idea Of tang
ible reality to this map picture obtained
from driving over i.s beautifu! hills and
among its productive fafms which can be
abssiEed in 10 other way; and il Was
place Of this reality which the JOURNAL
man took in day or two ago, -, in COM
psny Win Mr.. J. NJ Cross, the genial bust
nsss representative Of the psper, he made
little journey over to Wetber lake ihsDce to
the Outlet" at Ess, Vassalboro, and 50
seross the China Inc into Winslow, to
make few calls among JOURNAL sub
scribers and enjoy day's outing at this
vsrnsl season.
Entering the town a. it's extreme south
western corner and descending little val
ley road We obtain good i6es Of what
thrifty and prosperous farming means.
Here is the Robbins neishborhood"-
where reside Joshua, James, G. A., Ira and
o. p. Robbins, all splendid farmers. Look
st the big fields. the early crops, the good
farm houses, the big barns, some Of the
farms having two Of them in addition to
stables and other outbuildings. Pictures
Of thrift these farms are. some Of them
worth, II is said, from six to seven thousand
dollars each. What is the use to cry hard
times" surround ed by such conditions as one
sees here. But then the Robbinses don't
do this for they are not that kind Of men
They believe 10 farming and their faith is
shown by their works. Just here at the
left IS we go down this little hill and cross
Seven Mile Brook, 10 the remains Of the
old Cox paper mill. one Of the first paper
mills in New England, built IS early as
1928, Afterwards operated by S.ahwood
G. Tower. Seven Mile Brook Is the outlet
Of Weber lake, and Of the Spectacle
ponds which are situated partly in Augusta.
and the land up this valley is rich and fertile
What fine new barn James Clark il build
ing Just over on the other road east Of the
brook, cspboarded, with handsome cupo-
Is "orto it" and to be painted, undoubted-
Iy. But then look at the beautiful
green fields he has from which to
fill it-lsying along the brooks
nsrtow yalley-level. with no fences
to interrupt their boundary, and thick with
a rank, stout stand of grass that gises
promise of more than . ton and BALI of
saw mill, located at little arm of Webber
lake where the Sswteile road intersects
with the valley road we come in full view
Of this