The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-04
"reminiscences of Old Prospect.

To THE EDITOR OF THE JoURNAL: 1t
is stormy to-day and | will write of some
of the changes that have taken place
among the residents of the old centre
school district in Prospect. The original
record book we have, and the boundary
limit was established by the lumber lots
in ls3Z, as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
lot No. - east of the turnpike; thence
east to VIM. Smith S. W. corner, includ-
ing his lot thence east to the n. W. cor
ner of Samuel Grants lot; thence south
erly to the y. w. corner of VIM. Staples
lot thence eastelly to the \. +. corner of
said lot; thence south TO the y. L. corner
of the Clifford and Clewly lot: thence west
to tie \. E. corner of the Crawford Sta
pies lot; thence south to the centre of
said lot; thence west through that and
the next lot, dividing them in the centre,
to the east line of Stanton Ellis; thence
south to his S. E. corner; thence west to
the S. W. corner of lot No. west of the
turnpike line; thence north to the n. w.
corner of lots Ne. s and 10 of the turn
pike thence east to the turnpike; thence
n. w. to the bound first mentioned.
N'" III 1907 lheie WERE Two llels VI
more OF lots across the southern part that
We're solid growth and the same was true
OF a portion of the western part. Besides
there were three proprietor lots and several
other hundred-acre lots belonging to par
ties IN Waldo county. The district reach
ed It's limits without touching the Dor
def OF other districts, part OF the way
around any way; ana the district was
life' ny lNo ana nan miles IN the very
centre ol prospect oelore SeaiSpoft OF
9'"VNl"H were SCI OH ~" we Will tell
"ho some OF me people were VINO settled
III ''e "'" N9iSl"dI teiIltoIE ana lelt the
mark "l telf oiu cellars IL VIII snow
no" lnF IulH popuiatloh is slowly put
surrey changing. we VIII start IN with
Nu4am NoodeIl old cellar Joseph
oaho"'h ana aho'hef 'oooeli cellar
were on WHAT IS no" the L. M. GRANT
p'aee' "hH :" was carter celiar near the
ho1e1tS Schoolhouse. John hickey Ben
nett on CMlln cellars, William Bassick,
George Bassick, Henry Sparrow, Dennis
harrington, William Blake, Isaac Ellis,
Ji., John larrabee, Levi Ellis, John Ian
pher, A5rdm Lawabee, William Blake,
0u the :. 5 Heagan farm Sewall Grant,
Joseph Ntlhsoh, Iharle> cunningham,
John SeareyY William Ntnson, Graham
St'nson. (once the Chase housel, Ierrlll
house, owned once by Eben Seavey, Ste
flAll ffpDVQp 11aNpN
Godfrey overlook Oliver Lanpher, Daniel
Blake, Ezekiel Emerson, making 30. The
houses with barns or sheds attached that
have been lost by fire are Paul Crockett S,
Lew Walkers, John Blacks buildings,
the ;. |. Roberts buildings on the turn
pike road, occupied at the time by other
parties, lothian Staples buildings, for
neily Amos Lanes, formerly Eben Sea-
vey's house, with sheds, etc, c. II. Part
idge' S, formerly Benz. Partridge's house,
Preston Stinson' house, nearly new, VIM.
kilman's buildings, Rufus Iittlefield S
buildings, rented at the time, (the Ste
phen George buildings formerly making
in all II lost by fire. Whole number 40
buildings, both great and small, that were
lost by fire or taken down.
When tie scho"lhouSe was first erected
HeTe was no highway road leading west,
and all came to school across lots or in
the bride road through the woods lead
ing to Dlckey's mills. But a vote is re-
corded in 1886 that no scholars out of this
INIT Oh II,
The George settlement had no school
house but sent some scholars who were
refused abundance, so the Georges united
with the residents 10y Dickey' mills and
huilt sthoolhouse between the two Sec
tlons on Hedgehog hill Then the residents
att ckey' mills were set off in 1897. John
SeaVey and the residents by his mill were