The Republican journal., 1901-10-24


hills but Left the two hills at the Shaw
stream 1t was known as the 'tele-
grapa road'' as the first telegraph line
through the town, built in 1854, was
located upon it. In 1875 another road
was laid out which saved the hills at
the Shaw stream. 1t turns westward
from the telegraph road near the
Cottrell farm lind joins the road from
the Cove to Beech Hill near the Cove
cemetery.
1t is said that in 1904 Daniel Webster
and his brother Ezekiel went to Bangor,
passing over the old road. As they had
but one horse they rode anu tied"
that is, one rode the horse awhile and
then tied him, the other walked until he
reached the tied horse, when he mount
ed and rode in turn. On one Of the
steep hills Ezekiel remarked: 81 don't
know how we can get down here,
Daniel unless you take the horse by the
bride and | will follow behind and hold
on to his tail when he is in danger of
tripping over
There were four roads leading from
the shore road and one from the "tele-
graph road to the interior of the town.
The most northerly one began on the
/ top of Little River hill and extended
west to Lincolnville at Jason Hills
place, now known as Grange. Another
| begins at the telegraph road short dis
lance southwest of Browns Corner
and makes nearly half circle to the
! Herrick bog, from whence it extends
northward to the first-named road at
/ NJ. A. Wadlin's, and branch leads
from near the Herrick bog south to
i Beech Hill. A few rods south of the
Herrick bog junction, on the Beech
Hill branch, road leads eastward, by
/ the Priest mineral spring to the Bluff
road on the Frye hill. From Beech
Hill roads lead in four directions. That
mentioned above leads directly north;
one starts few rods south OF the Wad-
! lin farm, passes Beech Hill in a south
easterly direction to the Cove; and an
! other leads south by Knights Pond to
! the shore road near the Lincolnville
! line. The easterly end of the road
from the shore road to Herrick's bog is
known as "the rocky road" Many
years ago a road was built from the
rocky road, crossing the northerly road
at what is now Waterman's corner,
and extending to the Perkins mill on
Little River in Belfast. That part of
/ the north road from Waterman's COT
ner to the Browns Corner cemetery
was discontinued. 1t is related that
when the road to the Perkins mill was
built one man whose house was within
/ about 40 rods Of the new road, moved
his buildings back so as to be away
from the confusion and noise of the
highway. Four roads join the north
road from the north: the Perkins road;
one from Belfast via Lincolnville ave
nue., joining at w. J. Greenlaw's; one
from the Belfast and Belmont road at
the Hayford school house, passing by
the Pitcher school house in Belfast and
Joining at the Brainard school house;
and one near the Lincolnville line,
from Halls Corner in Belmont.
Much speculation and guess work
have been INDUCED in regarding what
was supposed to be an ancient road
leading from Kelley's Cove to the Jesse
Priest mineral spring. 1t was discover
ed by the first settlers, who supposed it
to be a road built and used by some
parties who had landed there pre-
viously, to bring. water from the
springs. Recently, however, men
versed in geology have shown that the
supposed ancient road is merely mar
row vein of ledge bearing different
minerals in small amounts, and on
which there had been no growth OF
trees on account of the small amount
of soil over the rock. The Priest and
Flanders springs are on this vein. Dex
ter Farrow wrote description of this
road and explained it by the theory
of former occupation of the country
Had it been such it would have grown
up to trees in few years, but it car
now be traced as readily as when thu
, early settlers first saw it. The opening
| of Temple Heights made road alonl
, the shore necessary and one was lai'
/ out by the County Commissioners OF
, petition of E. B. Elwell and 25S other
} and was built in 1888. It extends iron
r the corner just south of the south gat
, of the Camp Ground to the old road a
> the foot of the Frye hill near the Cove
A petition is now (Oct. l 1901 before tn
t County Commissioners to make