The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-12-01
CENTRE MONTyIlLE.

CENTRE MONTyILLE.
November 23d George L. Frye, one of
orr prominent farmers, noted an unexpect-
ed and decided drop in beef when the Sleep
ers under his tie-up broke and landed his
stock in the cellar. Luckily none of them
were hurt. Mrs. Kate Hannum is at home
from Massachusetts,. Mrs. Clara Palmer
is in poor health -. Mr.. and Mrs. John My
rick of Belfast visited friends in Knox and
this town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Written were at r. p. Downers recently...
Milton Wentworth finished the piping last
week which supplies his house with running
water. =. ChaS. Thompson and wife spent
Thanksgiving with his brother in East Knox
and Allen Goodwin and wife with Hattie
Clough in Liberty. -. George Edmunds lost
dollars. Allen Goodwin visited Palermo,
his native town, and old friends, Sunday
and Monday.
CLARK'S CORNER (Prospect).
Miss Ada Clark left Nov 18th to spend
the winter with her aunt, Mrs. Meta Emer-
son, in Colorado. Miss Clark's many
friends wish her pleasant trip and an
enjoyable visit. Miss Clark has been one
of the teachers in the Clark Sunday school,
and her class and the other members Of the
Sf;lOOl W III lulSS LEI very HULL 1883
Edith Rogers of Frankfort closed success
full term OF school here recently. Miss
Rogers is a popular and efficient teacher.
The last day exercises were interesting.
One novel idea was the concert recitation
of Tennyson's "SunSet and Evening STAR"
followed by singing the same selection.
Another class gave concert recitation OF
the "Bugle Song" and there were several
recitations by pupils of the school. Miss
Agnes Ward OF this town has commenced
the winter term in this school. Miss Ward
taught this fail in Orand with her usual
good success and her friends and former
pupils are glad to welcome her home. Miss
Ward graduated last June from the East
ern State Normal School, Castine. Mi.
Charles Lindsey called on friends in Bel
fast recently. The railroad surveyors are
at work in this town noW.... Messrs. Will
Shute and Edwin Curtis returned recently
from Lone Island, where they have had
employment in the granite quarries.. Mr..
and Mrs. Murch Clark are at Spruce Head,
where Mr.. Clark has secured employment
for the winter. The Clark Sunday school
had good attendance last Sunday. Mrs.
Everett Littlefeld is the Superintendent.
....Mr. Wilbur Staples of Stockton Springs
visited friends here recently. 80. Mrs. Mel
vim Clark is recovering from her serious
illness.
PROSPECT.
The most interesting talk here just now
is about the railroad and what the result
will be. Some expect great things to happen,
that business will boom and everybody get
a lift when the railroad is built to the shore.
The history of the past with our commerce
and vessel property is now almost gone
from the younger people. Right here, three
miles from salt water, our near neighhor
owned thirteen pieces of vessels and saw
mill, and loaded the schooner Toronto
with lumber for San Francisco in the SOS.
MIR. Eben Seavy shipped lumber, bark, spars,
cord wood and potatoes, and as many as ID
vessels have been known to be in the creek
at one time. A large amount Of vessel prop
erty was owned in Prospect and Stockton,
including ships, banks, brigs and small
schooners. But times changed and they
have about all disappeared and the carry
and none of the little dividends come this
way, and our manufacturing business is
hardly anything. What is wanted is to get
back some OF the palmy days of old. But
it will be better than nothing to see some
thing in great enterprise coming our way.
The people to be the most benefited along
the bay and river will be the farmers in the
long run. While am about it will get in
a little review of things in general. Now
about the scheme of building roads with
part VI the State money. Our town built a
short piece on the stage road through the
town and on that stage road there are IS
people less than there were 40 years ago.
What would be better in the long run for
Prospect is for the State to buy out some of
the residents where there are long roads to
their places and shorten up the roads. The
towns generally have been satisfied with
their roads, and if need be there are plenty
of teams and men to gravel roads in the
xuipfor at ohaa than in
without making State debt to pay. And
another thing will have to be done after
there is trouble enough, and that is the
automobiles will have to be kept off of the
roads. In the rural towns more than
half of the driving is done by girls, boys
ed horses but the old steady plugs
that tear around the worst sometimes.
There are many things the State can do that
will help the farming community more than
a short piece Of good road, perhaps in the
farther end of the town. Good roads are
all right, but if the State has money to spare
cold storage house and cheaper transport
tatiOn for every town would make more use
for good roads. The farming business has
greatly improved. Years ago it was store
pay, in part at least, for farm products; now
it is cash at the door for eggs at Sc cents per
dozen lambs are taken at $4 apiece, wool,
and cattle for beef, cord wood and lumber,
all are cash down. Years ago, before the
days of coal, we have hauled cord wood all
winter and given time, sometimes three
months, for wood, delivered at different
places in the village. Another reason why
good farming pays better along the bay and
river is that there are many farms where
the fences are down and the COW is tethered
out and the bushes have grown up and the
owner works away. Besides the milk cart
comes along and no stock is kept and there
is nothing to make good garden in some
nlacaS Yet farmers are hammered in MANY
ways. A report gets around that crops are
great and last year potatoes were 80 cents
bushel in Bangor and many were sold at
that price here, when later on they were
sold for twice so cents This year they start
are reported. About the largest piece of
potatoes in this section was 10 acres on
what was formerly the Doe farm, owned by
MI Perkins of Standpoint. The sound
potatoes were 400 bushels all the rest were