Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-29
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Thy do large business in
| general merchandise and have good cash
| trade. Mr.. W A G 'row has blacksmith
| shop at the =, amer ard has bee n in business
there for tselve yeats. He Is an expert
workman ard is we'll pstfopi1ed. Mr.. G
| A Fs Joy hes been IN he business OF car.
risse making at thiss village for the past
three y.as ard tnds h 8 business constantly
| increasing Mr. Frank II. Nj kersop hae
oper.t-d The cneese factory hire for the
, past thr.a years He receives something
over 5000 pounds Of milk per day in the
| sunmex month"; and makes che. sc for his
patrons for 81 IS pr hundred pounds. He
| pas SIS eents per ne hund led POUNDS
| for milk I, those who prefer to
sell H. will make about tw live to - Of
Oh this year.
| = Baptss meeting ouse is located near
| The Corner and the ps.tor, Rev. Drew,
bssa hsu i~ome re.idenca near b.. Mr.. Drew
| served thrrunout he war and /. very pupu-
lar lin The @. A x boys. He also
mu, I, r-spe, ted by titjzens of all den. min
at, us The Calais road runs through the
tow n from Houlton In general southefly
direc loo sud short distance west Of the
mil /. 81 The town This toad is thickly
set led for it's tire disttnce seross
the town IN, all along the rosd
are handsome farms. neat and substantial
res iences and capacious barns and stables.
Mr. George Sipn hs. good farm near the
Houi,on lire AID q cottage Of a peculiar and
very noticeable der Of srchite cture. At
the ton Of the bin two mites from H0ulton
is he fns fsrm Of MIR Willard II. Jones,
formerly IN George White Homestead.
Thu, is pge If The a'gest and best farms IN
this 70 tion OF he town end hiss a fine stand
Of farm buildings Mrs. L A, Wiggin has
a good farm on the Opposite side OF the
road The old James u. Taylor farm, one
Of the first farms cleared in the town, is
nov divided into several foe farms occu.
pied By descendsn OF the original pioneer.
Alorg ths road We come TO the Clubhouse
farm, occupied by the widow Of Mr.. W. II,
Clubhouse, the Moore farm now owned BY
Mr.. Berry beth Of winch are excellent
farm. it'll e oil holdings Mr.. Henry
jones' has
ALsrg. aud Productive Farm
ard opposite him hves MIR. William wilson
who has very fine fam and neat set OF
farm bulldogs Passing the farms Of
Mr. Matthew Wilson and those of bis SOM
We find Mr.. Geo-ge Coille on the old
Jos>th farm This farm contains loo
acr... aoous half being cleared He hst
q large tsu-story house, two good barns
and umerous ou-tbuildings. On the op
posiie eide of the road Is the large and
beautiful farm of Mr.. c + Skofeld, con
si.tiDg Of ths joseph Kendall farm and
portion ct the Dea. Putnam Shs~ farm.
Tn ia tn contains l75 acres with back
lot OF 100 acrs OF ~i'd land. There are
1876 acres of elea-d land in handsom
fields AMI pastures. The farm cuts 100
tons of hay and has this year IL acres in
potatoes ami 10 scrrs IN grain Mr- Sko
field has usually ke,t rye stock OF
Gates AID hvis H. har I.ox an inbred
Aim N, colt, four ysa's old, untrsined. He
10 A ne bred animal of purass blood ~ d
royal pedigree. He has also & four year
old grade Clyde, weighing 1850 lbs,
fine bay. also = matched par of mares and
a number OF other fine horses The large
new bara, built Ia 1898, is sOx43 feet, with
pas sment under all. IL is handsomely
Galshed and painted and i, fine building
This is one Of the bsst an most productive
farms il town and is very handsomely loca-
ted Mr.. Skofeld was sctise in raising the
Old sixth Maine battery
in 1861 and went with the battery TO Vh-
g,nnia, where he va, discharged for disa
blits Mr.. William Jones, Cyru, 3
Wiggin, JJha Jscsiua and Samuel z
Jsckins all have very handsome farms 10
tots vicinity. Continuing south We pass
the good farms and Hne residences Of Mr..
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