Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-24

Atong the enoee - Ne axe ma e80n8 W.
pinss Of this delightful rssest A Sunday
School picnic Us In peoGfess in The grove,
the hosts we're filed vifh hsppy yepns
people, the swings were going up and down,
the sandwiches vsfe disappearing down
the mosfhs Of hungry chi!dfsn. and every
body appeared jolly. Some of the cottages
we're occupied BY summer fsaidenss; others
undergoing repairs; And there vas life and
enjoy meet on every hand In dne time our
lunch was resdy and ve can commend Mr..
wannofsky's cafe to I'll Who propose TAX
ing "a "outing" Of day or Of weeks q
Hammord's. BE has several cottages to
let, boats ct reasonable rates BY the hour
or day, sad table board BY the day or week.
The cafe is . great convenience to those
Who px1onizs this popular summer resort.
After dinner. our drive vas up the Quaker
Ridge road On the east side Of Cobbossee-
contee lake or Great Pond" - the local
maps have il. At the height Of this ridge
is the farm and orchard Of John B. Brown.
The farm consists Of about sixty acres,
and the orchard il the third best in town.
being ousYanked in extent and profitable
ness only by those Of the Messrs. Pope And
Mr.. Virgil Seribuer. Three years ago Mr..
Brown sold seven hundred barrels Of spples
from hi. orchard. This year the blossom
ing has been light. 1t is largely Baldwin
orchard, and Baldwin trees are not giving
promise of much bearing this yesr. Beycni
Mr.. Browns, on the right. Is the farm Of
the late Winslow Hawkes., now occupied
by Mrs. Mary C, HAWKES. substsn-
tial, old fashiorei, comfortable looking
house. The late Mr.. Winslow Hawkes.
was formerly largely engaged in
business IS contractor granite work.
and in the years immedist y following the
war msde large shipments Of granite to the
south and west. Next below this place is
the farm Of Mr.. |. Warrsn Hawkes., Of lao
acres, upon which are four young orcahrds
having total Of sbou. four hundred trees
The farm cats twenty-five tons Of hay, aud
is one Of the best managed farms in town.
Mr.. Hawkes. has been prominent in town
a fairs aud is one Of the leading residents
Of Manchester. Below Mr.. Hawkes.
place are the farms Of Loring Farr.
ESQ.,, Otis Foster. Proctor Sampson--a
good farmland Willis K. Wing, Esq.
The road from 1.-THE Forks" to this point, 8
Of about three miles over this good
ridge Of land is sbundantly picturesque.
The Cobbosseecontee lake lies along the
whole distance at the foot Of the ridge to
the right, and beyond, smiling under the
which the Bailey oilcloth works
at Bsileyville has spread all over the
hillside farms and homes OF East Win
throp, il one Of the finest and most
sunny Landscapes I'm Maine.
The pretty islands which dot the lake,
are losing their beauty Of foliage
in consequence Of the fowage of the land
by raising the dam at the Outlet which is
killing the trees upon these islands, and in
q few weeks time the wealth Of foliage
they contain will be brown and red in con-
sequence Of the submerged trees. A call
was made at the neat farm Of Willis E. Wing,
Esq., but Mr.. Wing and family, with friends
from New Jersey, were enjoying an outing
on one of the islands off the lake and we did
not see him. Below Mr.. Wings is the
small fruit farm Of Edwin R. Mayo, where
q brief halt WAS made. Mr.. Mayo makes
8 specially Of poultry and small fruits, and
his place gave evidence Of neatness and
thrift. At this point we take the road over
i" Meadow Hill to the city Of Hallowell-
in some parts 9 country road Of unkempt
picturesqueness, but coming out into the
broad turnpike going to the "Outlet' and
Lewiston from the river cities. A call is
made at Mr.. G. Wadsworth's at Meadow Hill
of which some notes will be given
in 9 separate article-and then we proceed
Iast the old Benjamin Vaughan place,
more recently the farm Of the late S. Cur
rier; and by the Lord and Lowell places,
the farm of A. G.. Dodge, with the Hal
lowell Town Farm to the extreme left.
This valley is fertile one, the fields rich
with heavy yield of grassland crops look
ing finely. The S. G. Otis farm is passed.
and the old Charles Vaughan place, later
owned by Capt. Henry Cooper, and now by
Mr.. Stephen A. French. Hare are beauti-
full trees about the buildings, elms,
naples, and some Of the lsrges acssiss
we have ever seen in Maine. This farm
comprises fifty acres and is one Of the most
attractive country seats in the Kennebec
valley. Our next call was made at the
Pine Grove Stock Farm
Of Messrs. Currier & Nelson, s. Currier Jr.,
being the manager. This is the we'll known
Gov. Bodwell farm in Hallowell, and the
large barns instead Of being full Of Here
ford and Sussex cattle now contain some OF
the finest bred horses in the country. For
tunately Mr.. H. G. Nelson himself arrived at
the farm q few moments before US, and
with Mr.. Currier was out in one Of the
pAddocks looking at new arrival, . horse
colt five days old, by Red Hawk, out of a
splendid Drew mare, finely made up colt,
and named "Our Nelson" by Horace,
while we were all there together on the
spot. In the next paddock WAS Knox and
Morgan mare, Kate, in foal to Jedwood,
5l66, and Mr.. Currier informs Us by letter,
since our call at his place, that she dropped
. nice colt Monday morning, and will
be again bred to Red Hawk. There are
now at the stables At Pine Grove
thirty-five horses and colts, among
them Lucy" 4 three-yesr-old colt of great
beauty, by Nelson, out of Maud P, by
Cunard, by Won Moltke, 2.l5 1-2, second
dam by Arthur, 2 20 Ia; Nv. H. Nelson. .
three esrs-old. by Nelson, out Of . mare by
Emperor William great trotter or
PAGER; Dazzle" . standard bred horse
by Dictator Chief. 1905, dam by Ham,
Chief, second dam by Gen.
Knox; "Red Hawk" sos. by Bed
Wilkes, dam by Plato by Long Island
Black Hawk, and "Esglswood," by
Empire. by Mambrino Pstchsn, dam Mon
ica BY sentinel, Empire out Of Favorite
by Alexander's AbdaIlah. The other
inviduAls in the Pine Grove stud
were out to pasture. Mr.. Nelson
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