Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-29


- Mil SIS basnsd ia 1854 and vas n
| mss isssiy rebuilt Nr. Durrsu died n ise,
And NJ. ysvess bJughs the eetiEe pfors:iy
fn sad:isn to hs mi business n Jevss
sss csiss excessively engaged IN fse0ies
Iyeyy .eoa sftsf ermins to the snsn D
ec1shS N. fam formerly ovaed ~ n
| st,sspsn Pollard. IN Old resi4ent Of ~ 10 sr
tsrd sp.k msca interest," in ito mscsseDen
.nt.apros~u@a He .As alec engaged u
| .asscanals lsasess ios SINE sesss, h4sicl
y:are L ea, the mill Mf. Jevett died II
tDxeuhes, 1890 aad his 500, MI. Gitmsl
II. Jesets. nsw occupies this ane property
NY Chrissophsr G. Hrstbmy came 10 aods
4o1 fycm Nss Limerick in 1886 and oouHh
tie r. p. Packard farm near the mills d
sas fer mann yesfs sresgsd IN me msh.s'
usos of sh~ mills and when they we're sd
~ Mr.. Rsbinson in 1854, DeAeoa bsAdsef
.snsov.d to the farm in snr south part OF IN
toxr. nos osntd By Mr.. Edsir baoaasoo
He hvsd on this farm . number otteas
I'd then ee-evs d to West Virginia. vBeI'
y, Afterwards died. Deacon Bradbury "a
ere Of the sterling CITIZENS Of the t1va 81
-is memcfy 10 ssiii cherished - enc OF IN
strong men Of The early days sho beipat
g. mouid the character Of the new sosn
Mr.. John c. Iegrsham came frt III Nes
/ Brunswick in 1883 and bought los on tbs
'.hcfseback, . short nile from the mills
Mr. Robert Benn had cieaIei few acre
ard built . email house on the let. Nr
I.g,sbsm "a. gsd up = One fam and viii
| tbs 81, Mr. Henry Ipsrshap, butit hand
| .ome Sc, Of farm tuildirgs. NJ. | gra
| h.m bAs rem . prominent MAJ IA the to -
far psa1y years. He has been
Town Cierk siItssn Yssrs.
| treasurer hfseen y~srs sad trial justice TO,
ls.nt hse years For the past tvs nty
yeats be hs- Des IN he employ OF Mr.. Gil
N % Jsweu ss clerk snd booE keeper. Mr
Isgrxbsm 10 now eishty -four yeArs o age,
bat 10 ttiti smart aed sctive. Mf. isaic Il
Adam. came from New Brunswick in 1883
ard .-ttlpd IN 4 LIST near the mills ard " res
for mary years III the grist mil. Mr. Adams
ldie6 Id 1860 and his sons are worthy cit zens
Of Hodgdon and sdjoioiae towns. Mr.
Joha Ho5adon, the proprietor OF the iowa-
.hip, moved to tbe town which bears his
name about III. gear 1913 He made large
fai II consisting Of the Asa Bfosn, Lesi
Merrill, Harr son Howes and other adj Jin
lng farms which made an extensive block
II most excellent lard He ests b 'isbea his
residence 90 this farm rear the HouitoD
line and built the buildings Dos
owned and occupied by Mr.. John r, Sipp.
Mr. Hodgdon took an active part in the
af.iss of the town and ia 1874 vas chosen
char man Of The board Of selectme aud also
town treasurer. He lived in the town four
" Ave years snd Afterwards removed 10
Hsulton, where he formed a nsr.r ership
with Hon. J c. MsdieAn 10 the Inv bust
II ,,,t har vrh. nd snta nf mi sy
lands. Mr. H odadon afterwards removed
70 Dubuque, Iowa, where he died q number
OF wears ago Deacon Putnam shaw moved
from Houlton shout 1874 and bought OF
Joseph Gerow tie Aaron Ptrley lot on the
Ca.si, road. Dea. Shaw lived Oh this farm
until his death in 1867 He wss good
man and worthy eit'z n, sl~sys working
for the best moral interest Of the town.
Mr.. Edwin A Low was one Of the pro
minent citizens Of the town for many res-s
And vas for much OF the time during his
residence town officer His home was in
the east part Of the town. He is now re,id-
lng 10 Houlton.
An Eminent Family.
MIR. b. G. Smith came from Washing on
county to Hodgdon about 1850 AID bought
a farm in the suu.h part Of the town. Mr..
Smith was a blacksmith by trade aud
worksd at that business tor com tim sitter
coming to Hodgdon. He vas sf.er~ards
for a number Of years e1te ,sively engaged
10 numbering. He WAS an sctive, energetic
business man ard was much Ye.pec'ed by
his fellow townsmeD, He spent ire last
years of his life ct the home of his son-in-
law, Mr. r, c. Nickerson of Lin, eus
HIS oldest son, Col Zemro A Smltp of ,be
lst Me. Heavy Art. was for number Of
! ears on the staff Of the Boston } lutnal
aud Is now eI ,ged in j.urnslisnc votk in
the West Hon. J. 0. Smith the next son,
is the present Insurance Commissioner of
Msine 81 editor Of the Some So; r. porter
Mr.. N D. Smith, youngest surviving son.
is prosperous merchant in Portland.
Another son, George A. Smith, was killed
in the service Of hts country.
Having thus traced the early Sc Element
Of the toAn and spoken Of the mel who
aided III its development socially and
morslly, as we'll % in it. agricultural and
industrial interests, We will now look over
the town ss i. il today and speak of thu
present sppesrarce of is fam and other
Industries The town wss ire Irporated
February II. 1899, 1t lies i'm nedistely
south of Houitoh and Is bounded on
the east by the New Brunswick
line, on the south by Township No. II r l.
now Cary. and on the west by the town Of
Linneus. Tho Medt xnebesg stream runs
in nearly due north course entirely across
the town At distance OF something over a
mile and half from its west sfn lire. The
peculiar natural formation known As the
horseback" extends across the town paral-
lei with the sfresm and but short distance
west of it, A short Distance south Of the
middle line of the town, Westford Hill, .
beautiful elevation Of LAID extends for
some two miles from east to west across
this portion Of the town With the excsp
ton of these elevations the town is very
level, the surface being no where broken b.
abrupt elevations. In the extreme south
eastern portion Of the town isa compsrs-
lively small tract OF low lying land hardly
suitable for easy cultivation and east Of tbs
Calais road, on the rear Of the road lots in
the north part Of the town, are few
the town is a most excellent one for sgri
cultural purposes and every lot in to~nex
C .pt tho.e spoken OF is capable of making
q good farm, and ind, INST Of Them are
slresdy mad.
Two Thriving Villages
The are TAO thFising villages in the
town. one At The mills aud the other at ths
corner un the Calais ROAD, . short distance
south Of tie middle line Of the town. A
Hodg6on Mi |, in ad il ion To the Jeweti
Nil,s already described il the large eteam