The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
rorna r1rnoUr Fosr orr1ors.
Some rra,ne settlements That Are -Four Days
by Mail rroun the Capital.

nv Mail rroun the Capital.
Me-, Nov. A-The expenditures OF
the United States Post Office exceed the receipts
by more than $40, 900, 900 q year, and everybody
is Dragging about the splendid mail service
which Uncle Sam gives his people. Meanwhile
there are Post ofices in Maine that are q four
days tourney from the capital. and thirteen
organized and incorporated towns in tho state
which have no Post oflco at all. These towns
are: Otis and Verona in Hancock county, Mason
in Oxford county, Edinburg, Matamiscon-
It's and Mount Chose In Penobscot coun-
ty, williamsburg In Piscataquis county,
West Bath, in Sayadahoo county. Moscow In
Somerset county, and Centrevillo, MarshHeld,
Talmape. and PRESCOTT In Washington county.
These towns contain n population Of 1857 souls,
and havo an assessed valuation Of $779, 900.
They contain eight mills. ten churches. six resi-
dent physicians, three practicing attorneys, and
four hotels. Moscow ia one Of the oldest towns
in tho State. having boen settled In 1878
and Incorporated In 1916. four years be-
fore Maine became q State. Tho Mos
COW Baptist Church was built and dedi-
Gated in 1912. and is q woll.preserved edi-
fec to-day. The first minister who settled in
Moscow had his letters addressed to Portland,
Since then there have been eight other minis
tors in charge of tho congregation, and, though
Moscow now has a population Ndn s 81 Pa Sa,n with n Mills ns.
ham, as it did seyenty.ave years ago, and tho
town has no Post Office.
Another town without a Post Office which has
passed through many vicissitudes is Verona, q
large island below Bucksport, near the mouth
Of the Penooseot River. In lsaO, when The he
at Bucksviile. S. c., and Richard =: Buck was o
millionaire ship owner of New. York city, 1T was
sort OF Long Island for Bucksport, and the upper
end of the town was surveyed and run out as q
s seiiiin wi as h ssIse as 800 %1S f S@S sn s Rsfhsfs; Oh hU aus s lGts
tho slaves were set free the South,
from ST, 5o6,o 600 to about $4,000. The chief
ssiHSn' and a G5 1--WE i IN p@eir sand and raising ali ns's stocEE
on their farms. All through tho war Verona
cast q solid Democratic vote. Then a few Re.
publicans moved in, and now tho vote is about
equally divided. There was never a cemetery
or a church in the town. Neither doctor, law.
getting their theology. law, and medicine where
they get their letters, at, Bucksport. going, and
s1mi Ing over ,yer.S 2 d LONG z a shaS Ky, bridge ndngSt from rom w yesr
Frenchville, in Aroostook county. got a Post
Office, together with richos and large gains in
When the town was Incorporated in 1863 4 wa:
named Dickyville. in honor Of Major William
hR has rsp res Tteetf his district in the Maine HOUSE
French residents of ~Dickyville wanted Major
for ST, 500 to build a bridge over Dicky Brook
When he failed TO got the money the resi-
dents held indignation meetings. repudiatet
their representative and asked for a change O
name. The town was formally. named French
vile at the next session of the Legislature
since which time the Dicky and anti-Dicky fac
tons have been in constant q~uarrels. Eacl
side began colonizing the town to carry it
point. There were not more than 200 person
a population OF nearly 5000, with three Pos
Offices and plenty. Of wealth. and tho name o
Frenchville still holds. Major Dicky Is no
old last June. he is planning to go back to tn
next Legislature and make another trial +
have the place renamed ickyville.