Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-20

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Amos BARKER lived sifh his father nam y
becsns Of ~ vhes be bought 'hs 70
upon which be saw Iyss viii hn 500
Kelsey A. Barker. Is Wss . new los III
no eiessiDe vbsa NJ. Barker took IL d.
cleared up Iasg. farm and built comfort
able buildipgs Mr.. Kelsey A. Bafsef
the present chairman Of the board o.
,sIecsnsn. Isaac Barker also came IRON
Nofr;dssuock and eiesrd up the fAss
I here John McCosmick nov lives. h
.ftsrssrds cold 70 VIM. Chase and went Il
California vh<re be remained some tint
and returned to Hcuiscn. He hiss been To-
many yssfs one Of the principal farmers o.
flouison sni vss for three years msmoei
Of the State Board Of Agriculture. Henri
G.. Alisn came to the town shout 1855 srt
bought the Jesse Gilman fam which h'
sftervard cold TO Meizsr Drake. MI
Drsk lived upon the farm u1til bis dealh
coma ten sears ago. He vas engaged iafgal,
Ia the ION Ser business and accumulated .
con. idersole properly. Israel Dodge VA
Also an early settler Who came from Strons
and made farm north Of the main road
He Afterwards moved to Essson and died
there. His brother, Daniel Dodge, lived on
q part Of the came lot. Mr.. Joseph Good.
enough, an early settler of New Limerick,
e.ms from there to 'he Belfast grant pre-
vsous TO 1913 ard lived on the farm oppo-
site the Thompson farm in the east part Of
the town. His son. Elias Goodenough, Of.
serwa-ds moved to Dyer Brook, from which
plsce be enlisted and died in the service
Nr. Geofse II we lived on the farm north
Of the oae on which Mr.. J. B. Rideou,
nov lives. He sold his farm to Mr.. Ride
~, and moved TO Monticello where he died
Siias Hilton lived on . lot north OF Dir
DAFlu ON al A8ru. lc puis shiesi
girls. mill on Mill Brook near bls home
many years ago 1t has long since de-
cayed and fallen down. Mr.. John Tabor
vas . blacksmith in the town in 1913. He
enlisted in the army, and after the war,
worked At his trade in Houlton. He has
been dead number Of years. Mr. Rpyai
B. Coibroth cleared up the farm where
Mr.. Henry Lamb nov lives, in the west
part of the tosn. His con Matthew Col
broth lived on the farm opposite. Mr.. VIM.
v.FArweli, who was plantation clerk in 1910
bad no farm, but worked in the lumber
woo1s in winter and for farmers during the
GUNNER. He aft.rward removed to PAtteo
and died there. The Belfast grant was
organized together with New Limerick ~ .
plantation in 1881
Plantation and Town History.
In 1887, New Limerick vas incorporated
a. Q to- and the Belfast grant seems to
have had no organization until 1910. The
warrsn. for the meeting TO organize the new
plantation was issued bv Hugh Alexander,
c ,un,y comm ssioner, Oct 18th, i840. The
meeting Va. held on the &c OF Oct. john
Cummings Vas chosen moderator, VIM. V
FsYwall, clerk and Bradford Cumming
George Hove and Silas Hilton, assessors
There were 81 voters upon the list in 1888
most of whom we have noticed above. The
vain road, running through the town on thu
lac between the frst and second raoges,
was cut out soon after the first ten settlers
came to the town, but was not made psssa
BILE FOR carriages until long afterwards. II
10 now . we'll built turnpike aud runs through
q very good farming section. Coming up
from Houlton village we turn to the wesi
from the Preeque Isle road either at Col
Black Hawk Putaams, or near the Gilman
homestead, the two roads coming together
a mile and half further west, and cross
ing the western portion Of the town OF
HouIton. in which are many fine farms and
handsome farm buildings. Entering the
town of Ludlow, the fret farm, lying next to
the Houlton line. is thst of Mr.. Robert Fl
Thompson, Who moved from Nova SCOTS
twenty-six yesrs ago and took up this 10,
which was :hen a wild lot. He has here
made good fam and has = convenient
stand Of buildings. He has sixty acres Of
fertile land cleared ard under cultivation,
and raises large crops. The soil in this
PORTION Of the town is free from stones and
easy Of cultivation. There are q number
VI kvuu III HAA5 poAs VA WV eoWD'
with neat and tasty residences. On the
north side OF the rosd, 4 short distance
beyond Mr.. Thompson's, Mr.. c. W. Dsven.
p,rt has q good farm on which is fine
thrifty orchard. One mile from the Houl
ton line on the south side of the road IL the
large farm Of Mr.. Cyrus X. Bradbury, for.
merly Of New Limerick, with 3 large two
story house and ample barns. Mr.. Brad
bury settled on this lot twenty-five year,
ago and now has about eighty-fve acfel
Of cleared land and cuts one hun
dred tons Of hay. He keeps = large
stock and raises abundant crops. Opposite
Mr.. Brsdbury's 10 the farm formerly owned
by Mr.. Lyman Stevens, now resident Of
Caribou. This is
An Excellent Farm
and is now occupied by Mr.. VIM. Mccain
The next farm west 10 the old Stevenl
homestead. now occupied by Mr.. Judsor
II. Stevens. Near Mr.. Stevens house il
the handsome church building Of the Bsp
fist Society and neat parsonage is now
being erected close by. Continuing fsrthei
to the west we soon come to the old Cum
mines homestead. now occupied by Mr..
William Hand. 1t is one of the fioes
farms in the town and shows that the g en-
hsd good judgment in bis selection of lot
The buildings are on commanding eleva
ton and the ground slopes gradually to
ward the New Limerick lice, From Mr.
Hands dooryard beautiful landscape
view is presented Of mountain xnd lake,
forest and field. green woods, cultivated
farms and clustering villsses. LookiDi
southe ss,wsrd the towns and villages o.
Houlton aud Hodgdon are seen, while t.
the south and southwest are the farms snt
forests Of New Limerick and Linneus, ant
farther to the vest the bold wooded
ridges Of Oskfeld and Smyrna. Tn,
old Cummings house stood on littlt
kaoll short distance west of Mr.. Hand
barn. II 10 still standing, having beer
moved psar to the barn to serve As al out
building. Mr. Hand hiss large two-story
house nearly finished, and has four barn,
OIL the farm With numerous other outbuild
irgs The farm cuts about one hundrt
tous Of hay and produces large crops Of
grain. Asw we proceed westward through
the town the lSud grows somewhat mort
stony, but j. splendid grass land and pro
duces abur dainty A short distance beyond
MIR, Hand's on the south side Of the road !.
the q re farm Of Mr.. Peter M. Mooers viii
neat and convenient residence. Mr.
Mooers il one of the selectmen OF tn
town and 10 substantial farmer.
la Beautiful Grove
OF the north side Of the road j,st beyond
Mr.. MoOers' is the Templars Hal, = neat