Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-02

Calais road in the south part Of the .own,
where he has ,inca lived Mr.. Marcus
Peters came from New Brunswick about
1887 and settled on the lot south of
The "HOrs back"
near where the road turns from the Calais
road towards The head OF the lake. Mr.
Samuel Newman Of Amity bad made g
small Gearing on the lo.. Mr.. Peters
cleared the farm AMI liysd On il uatil 1919
when he moved TO Amity. 'here he re-
msined but tso years and tn returned to
his old home in Orient whsra he 'ninusd
to live uatil his desih in 1873 Mr.. Peters
was man OF eriing character AID vas
we'll and f.vorably k 40 an Throughout s;uth-
ern Aroosiook He served IS deputy col
lector Of customs for six years AID was
Leading citizen 1t his town Hi, widow
and son, IsAsc Peters. stiIl 1--we on the old
no uestead. Patrick II idnet csms from
Mschiss in 1910 and settled On the Caisis
road north Of Abram Lougley. He Gle red
a large fam hare and lIv. On it until soma
ten years $50 when he moved (, Dinfor b
and died there. Mr.. A. A. Robo,ns now
lives On this farm. MIR. ISRAEL Miller cam :
from Nova Scotia alb tut 1910 snd settled on
the lot next south Of Patrick HODGE: He
cleared a farm and lived on it It'll b
death in 1885. Mr.. John Byers then
bought the farm AMI died on it last year.
His widow still lives on the farm. Charles
Lougfellow came frcm machiss about 184o
and settled on the farm where M. Edwin
Deerir now lives. William Hsuksos lived
on the place q short sima before Mt. Long
fellow came. After living CD the farm
some eight or ten years Nj. Lopgfeliow re-
moved to Kansas.
John Coly sr came from Mi iDichi about
1910 and SETTLE on the lot near the thorough
fare upo which MIR G L. Packard no~ lives
He sitter wards sold the farm u Msssrs'
Gates and Wentworth Of Cslsis and re-
moved to New Brunswick where he died.
John Colyer, J;., settled On tae lot on The
Calais road, now occupied b. Mr.. Victor
Peters and Mr.. Fred Smsrs He made 8
clearing on the lot and lived OF it short
time ard sold TO William d ering and
moved to the lot mex. north Of iwin Deer
inR's where he lived many years. He then
sold the farm to Abrsm Loasley and moved
TO Hsypesvile where he now lives. Jere-
mish Spraque came from Houlton to 0 i5u;
ia Is45 and bought part of the Trask farm
at the head Of the lake He lived on this
farm ten years and then removed to HoGl
ton, He afterwards returned to Orient and
died At the home of hi. con, William
Spcsgue, on the Calais rad. Wiilism
Soragus fret came to Orient with bis father
in ls45. About 1850 he bought the l., m
the Calais road, opposite Mr. Fred Smarl's
Mr. Sprsgue cleared this fam and lived or
i. twenty-five yes,s. Ha tea bough
eighteen acres of Martin Longley near the
turn of the Lake road where he built neat
set of build pgs aud where h now resides,
bu: still owns the old Homestead. Mr..
Sprasue hiss been prominent msn in the
town duridg his residence there and
held the Office Of ro,tmsster for
eighteen years. Aswe enter
yhe Town Of Orient
in coming down the Calais road, after psss-
ing through Ami.y we very sooa come to
to the ''horsebackn upon which the roid
,uas for number of rniles. This is a
peculiar formation and seems to have been
placed here by nature for the especial Dur-
pose f providing road -sy. l, is a natural
enbsnkm ans of gravel, with 'osd stretches
of low swsmpy ground OF either side for
much Of the xsy and for number OF miles
forms the OF IL route upou which carrisge
road cJuld be built The road over the
horseback is q very good one and for some
distance sitter entering the tom it ruae
through forest gros,h which covers the
sides OF the natural emhxnkment and ex.
tends to tn. road on eithe' side forming 3
very pleasant riie in sunny day So1e-
thing over three miles fs IN the north liue
Of the tom we COM 10 tie hotel Of Mr..
Lavi S. Elliott Mr.. f lott formerly Kept
= hotel at North Laxe, Oh the Nav Buns
wick side near the tboroughfsre. He csne
to Orien, in 1880 and bought this lot which
ex.ends westward fem the horseback.
Here he built . set Of building, and
has KEEP. no el cvsr since. The stage
s.oos here for di lnsr Ard the house ,esns
20 be doing . good busiee's NJ. Elliot
has ITO acres + Ian | with 80 acres cleared
Much Of the farm Is v,rg cool lad and
1r1duees 20 ID crops sl5ts disia e, be-
low Mr. ELECTS is the Orient post eff,
row kept b; Mrs. Matilda Gates vho has q
store vi h q stock of general merchandise
Of the lighter variety. The Calais road
here Leaves the hGrsebsck which at thi.
poiot sxipss some = hat to the esstward and
eo.ers the Grard Lake Oh the jacob Peters
farm A short distArca below the post
ofics On the vesi aide Of the road Is tie
reid. nesof Mr.. William Sprsgue Who has
a nea. set Ct buildings Opposite Mr..
Sprssue's is the r-.ia ncs of Mrs. Abb
gail Arnold da tghtsr OF Mr.. Abrsm
L,neey. Ridins fa'!hef we come to Mr..
Victor Peters who hs. . small farm, Knd
beyond il Mr. Fred Sm,.t who has some
thing ever sixty acres Of very good land
and . very ness set Of farm bu lungs. O2-
posise Mr. Sna,t's il the william SprAsus
homestead, the h,use being nov unoccu.
pied. Below Mt. Smart's the Calais
road ruus for some Sauce through q
for growth .f.er which we coma
to The farm Of Mr.. A. A. Robbins phoIe
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