Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-16


b d. Jsseph 3. Shssey farm nov eva.d
and occupied By llr. Albert 6slisfs- Ihis
fsFn consaiss 100 acres Win SO ecres
CLEARED II 10 good farm, bat Mr.. Sellers
il nsv souss has advarc=d Ia years ard
does net farm very excessively.
Pasirg the farm Of Mr.. William Ames,
. very fair fsrnr, We ears 10 MI Qalmhs
vho hss is9 acres OF had. With 100 acres
claafed He has good house and sso
gosd harms This il 8 ,od farm and pro-
ducss we'll. Mr.. Qaimby 10 also engaged in
numbering. Tbs rexs farm 10 that Of NJ.
Israel Lee Who has $50 seses Of land. With
100 sc.es cleared Mr.. Lee has hardsome
new tvc.ssosy house veil daished and tvo
large barns. Hs farms quite extensively
and raisss large cropa He alsa keeps q
large numb ~ OF horses which he ases in
his lumber operations In the vio'er- South
ef Mr.. Les Is thu farm Of Mr. George c
Pomroy. brother Of Cap. John Penney
He has 100 acres OF good ixad and . good
set Of bull tspgs hui on sccoucs Of old sse
does nos do . large Anssani OF farming. Tie
BaskAhegsn read, 50 called, enters Bancroft
from Weston something ovsr two mi 60
norsh Of The southeast corner OF the tom.
The road runs in
Nsrth Westsrley Direction
scfcss the town and continuing on irtersecss
the Military road ct Happy Corner in Reed
p,asssfion. Goies westward "a this road
We fret come 10 the farm of Mr. L i~in Z
Smart ~ho has 100 se,es Of very good lanj,
with 50 acres cleared and . good set OF
farm baiIdi gs Mr. smart 10 tosn eisr !
ana e3nsssoIe aud like msst OF his neigh
-. a -, L. =, ha = ;
season. Near Mr. Snsr.'s is lsfg. school
house which Is ais, u.sd for
religious meetings. P,ssiag Mr., Ricr-
ard 5 nat Who has = very goco
farm 18th comfcrishia burdIg'. ~s cane
to the farm Of Mr. Gso-se A Sm,rs vnie
10 . vsrs good farm. = part OF 1t oeirg II
The towa of Weston Ms. Snvt hs, a
large, nev house and two good b,rn.. lie
il postm sster, the ttcs bsipg called Leg an,
II 10 slso the first selecsman Of the iowa
aod fuu be,s every wieter.- We nsxs cJm:
to Mr.. Ffsemsa Bfo~n on tina old HonsS-
ton farm. = very good farm with q aoaj
houss. Beyo' d hts, aat rear the m"uth
Of the Keies road Is toe farm of Mr.. J 'hn
Warmsp, formerly ,he Qaimsy farm,
He hiss 100 acres OF lsnd. sih sc
acres c,esrd 1t Is good productive
iapd bu. somesaAs vet and story Mr.
WMman has Q comfortable Sc. Of farm
buildings. Fer mile ard a hat ives. o'
the Kelley ro,d the land is unsettled and Is
hard ard stony and not suitable for fannie q
purposes. This section has BEEN burned
over and 10 now covered with 9 scruhey
growth of trees. Passing ever this unset
tied track We come 10 the farm of Mr.,
J.mas B. Dlngee and beyond him that OF
Mr. Barney Fitzpatrick. This Is . good
farm with good buildings. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
| is postmaster at Sinh Bar croft and is a
substaut.sl farmer. From hi, p ,int it is but
| 3 short defiance to tina Mat.Awsmxaag rive
which the road crosses on cover, br' dgs
and continues westward through the town
West of the river the land is for the mos
part unsettled. Near Mr.. Fitzpatrick
| road turns northwsrd and Iuls in ths
direction for abeut q mile and half sut
upon this road, Eloug the Mattswamkess
| river. are some Of the beet farms in tbs
town Near ihs mouth Of the road is thu
distric: schoolhouse. and passing this vi
come to the farm Of Nj. Douglass Lee
A Good Farm with Good BaildinKs.
Next north of Mr.. Lee 10 the r ebert Hinci
| homestead now owned by Mr.. John W
Hinch Ct d inforth. This is an excsllen
farm with q good houfe ald three l,rg,
barns. On The vest side OF toe river Mr.
Hinch hiss another farm, kno~n IS the Bat
lie brook farm. whiC h produces large crop
| Of hay. Mr. Hinch is = member Of the arn
| Of Hinch & Kelley ard is a msn Of muel
business sbiliy. NIX: is the fam of Mr.
Stewart Lee, good farm free from stone
snd essy of cultivation Mr. Lees building
| were bu' ned a few years ago snd he hs
since rebuilt in neat and substantial man
ner. Beyond Mr. Lees in the john W. c
| Moore farm row owned by Mr.. Edsil
Smart. This Is = large aud productive
faro, with fiae stretches Of interval alnri
the AattKwa Dsezg river. Mr.. Smart hs
good house and stable and three lsrg
batns The Maine Central Railroad crosse
the southern part of the iowa aud the sta
ton is on the vest site of the Mattavam
kesg river near the west line OF the town
From the covered bridge road run
southwark slong the west bank of tn
! Mat,sv amkesg river to Bancroft station
| Dir. John Hamilton, Mr.. Arthur Lee ant
Me- JJha Thompson have farms along Thu
| road From Bancroft ststi the export
are principally hemlock bark. slee2ers
poles, posis, ship timber and hard WOO
| logs. Mr.. Lyman lri,h has store at tn
station aud lie also postmaster, the nSme o.
the office bfing Msloy. Tie southern
p,rion Of The town OF Bancroft, through
rbich the railroad runs, is principally tim
Der land AID there are no ferns in ih
| portion Of the town.
| The cultivated p9r'ioa Of the town is thu
noriheaat quarter, beiog that portion noril
of the B.-kshegsa rost and east OF th'
! Mstssamkeag river. In this section thi
land as general thing is very good an
veil adapted 30 fam NJ purposes Ban
croft was frat organized ssa plantation il
| 1910, and was Incorporated as a town j,
| 1889 1t hiss good class Of citizens an,
may be regarded as prosperous Aroos.ooi
Town.