Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-19

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Me- janice DsRy e4Is fssm Ireland ard
s~alsd ia No. IL In 1916. en- 70 :
Etwari Drity fafn When Mr. DaKJ
10 X the fsrm there vAs q ca .srisg Of ssne
isvsrty ase sze s and small h1sse NJ
Duff built good set o. oziliiags ssd Nv
upo1 tbs farm uasi 1888. WHEN be sold 70
Mr. George Alexander q sd moved - Hou :
too here he has ns- pfsp~rty. M.
Duff VS. one Of tina prosperous tanners
II M IL And vAs good eitzsn OF the
Town. Asss OF the SGT isrs N nasned sso 70
| essxoiisnsd their honss uear the Enr Of ne
| Calais foAt ADD nov hsvs comfortable res.-
der cas- slgpg his rasi. Ia c m Nc 70 tie
tewn from cdyisa the rssd rams for >
| sbors q ssancs snfsush II SCI Of los land
| il the zcr,h part Of tne tosa- This section
| is stiii unsettled IN. IL hs,tlg saifa7 fo'
| farming pyrposTs. About = bali mills from
the north line Of the town We COM 10 the
store AID nil OF Messrs. S,rton & Brad
bary. Manu- B zoe. Of Hocltca built the
mill on the Me1uxaeksag stream . snnf
| dissaocs ssss Of tbs Calais r1ac, IN 1854.
This mill centssned Gee shiasie machine, .
rotary fof saving long lumber and msehln
cry for the m4nafsciufe OF potato s.afeh
| Messrs. N0rton & Brsdburs Of Haaio a
bought the properly in 1880 They e1
tended the main buildirg, making Il 100 r.
| long By so fl. vide. This boildins nov
Contains ro'ary, = planef and the sssfch
| mschi1rry. The dry house near BY IL 50
II. by SO fl. Tbs machinery 10 ran BY
| steam, using . IS horse power engine
| This fac sory sill make about l5u tons OF
| starch the present season. The firm also
have store ia which they carry sack OF
groceries and general merchandise. Ran
som Norton Eiq, toe senior member OF
the I'm, cam. from Livsfmofe to Houlson
| 10 ls6i and was employed as phi lcipai in
The Houlton Academy for two yeats He
was admitted 70 The bar in 1866 acd vas
clerk Of courts for Aroostook county from
1868 to 1850 ard fem 1883 to 1887 making
| sixteen years Of service in this caeacliy.
Mr.. Norton now resides in CARY AMI gives
his persansl attention to the business. Mrs..
Ransom Norton j. the prssenf postmistress
u Cary Mr.. Henry G Bradbury 10 the
oangest son Of Mr.. True Bfadbars. one
Of the earliest settlers Of the town Of New
Limerick. Mr.. Bradbury has been 10 mer-
camille business in Houlton for many years
and held the office Of couaty treasurer for
a number Of years. He still has store in
Houlioa near the railroad station. A short
distance beyond the store Of Norton &
Bradbury in Cary is the residence Of Mr.
George c. Alexander, VII, came here from
South Richmond, N. b., in 1888 and bought
the James Duffy farm. He has 80 acres Of
good land, with 80 acres cleared, 8 part Of
is lying up,n the horseback aud being
vary mellow land and easy OF cultivation.
Mr.. Ale K ,nder has 6 good set Of buildings
Near here The road turns from tn, Calais
rnRd and runs down the horseback" to
HGdgion Mills.
A Bridge Across the Msdux ueksag.
Anew bridge is abou. to be built scross the
Meduxnekeag stream, near Norton & Brad
oury's mill. which will necessitate a change
in this road, very much for the public con-
venience. Mr.. j /. 0 liver has . good
farm on the horseback, = short distance bs-
yond the mill. Thi. farm contains 100
ceres with 90 acres cleared and a goo3 set
Of farm buildings. The lSnd is free from
stones and easy of cultivation. Passing
Mr.. Alexandsr's on the CslAis road We mex
come to the farm Of Mr.. Joshua C. Pollard,
formerly the Otis Putnam farm. Mr.. Pol.
lard came from Hodgdon In Cary in 1873
and trst settled on . lot in the east part Of
the town, where he cleared . farm and
built set Of farm buildings and lived upon
this farm until 1887, when he bought the
Putnam farm. This farm contains 100
acres of good land. with go sores cleared
a I'd good convenient set of farm buildings.
Mr.. Pollard was soldier in the 22d Maine
Regiment. The next farm south il the
Vsrney Putnam farm. now owned by Mr.
B. H. Putnam. This is also good farm
AID produces good crops. Mex. comes the
80 NJ Cal wi nas
hous, the road turns 4 to the west part of
the town. Near Mr.. Seanans is a hand
some schoolhouse. and also the Baptist
Hodgdon officiates at this church. Beyond
the church We come to the handsome resi-
dence of Mr. William Smith. He has Q
farm Of ITO acres vita 10 acres cleared and
under good cultivation. This farm is quite
stony on the trout, but short distaoce
back from the road the stores disappear
and the laud is rich and mellow. Mr.
Smith has neat two-story house aud good
barns. On the ives. side OF the I'D, ba-
yond Mr.. Smiths, is the farm of M Tru
man Williams, consisting Of 70 acres with
30 acres cleared. This farm is quite stony
but Is good, strong productive soil. Nj
Williams has very neat new house and
good barns. On the opposite side OF the
rosd is the Ebenezer Williams homestead,
now occupied by James and Cyrus Williams.
They have also built 8 neat, new house and
have good farm though somewhat stony
A short distance south of the Williams
farms is the farm Of Mr.. Alexander Reed,
who has so acres Of lard, with 60 acres
cleared and good comfortable buildings. A
short distance beyond is Mr.. William Reed.
who has 100 acres Of good land, with 10
acres cleared. This land vas naturally
quite stony, but Mr.. Reed has cleared the
fields snd built the stone into walls and
made his farm much more easy of cutiva-
ton. He hiss built handsome two-story
house on the opposite side of the road from
the old homestead and has good barns and
outbuildings. Mr.. Reed is prominent
citizen and has held numerous Offices in his
town. He was also q representative to the
Legislature in 1871 and 1872, Beyond Mr..
Reeds on the east side of the road, 10 Mr..
James Moore, who has a farm OF 1870 acres
with 60 scres cleared, and on the opposite
side is Mr.. David Moore, on the old home
stead, with l40 acres Of land. 10 acres
cleared. very good farm A short d's
lance beg ond Mr.. Moore's is the Catholic
church, anished and dedicated in 1889.
This is very neat little church and is very
handsomely finished and furnished within.
Near the church 10 8 handsome grove in
which the society hold picnics Mr.. Mat
thew Cassidy has the last farm in the town
on the Cslsis rosd. Mr.. Cassidy came
from Woodstock in lS47 and fret settled
on lot of 200 acres some distance east of
the road. Here he cleared 3 farm which
he still owns, but lives upon what was
formerly the Russell lot on the Calais road.
In the western part of the town 10 some
very good land, but the settlement was net
made here until some time after that upon
the Calais road. Near the meeting house
a road turns to the west and after continu-
ing in that direction for about mile and .
half, branches rnd one road runs south
ward into Amity, while the other continues
TCoptinued on fourth paQe.1