Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-22
Leaves Washington Co.
For Westward Trip.
Immense Crowd Greeis Party
At the coTiana Station.
Much Interest Shown.-.TTain Stopped Last
Might at Dexter.

Dexter Me, June 21.-(SpeciaD.-
The farming special has come out
Of Washington county, where it has
met with wonderful success and has
started on its long trip westward.
The train left Calais early Thursday
morning on its journey and took din
ner in Bangor, where new train crew
was put on. They are Conductor W. $.
Peabody, Brakemen H. L. Merrithew,
A. NJ. Madsen; engineer. Harry Dane;
fireman. E. M9an, all of Portland.
The trains 4eft Bangor at 12.45 and
arrived in Corinna where the first stop
of the day was made long jump from
Calais where the special showed last.
On the way over west there was con-
siderable discussion among the mem
bers of the party concerning the re-
ceptions that the train would receive
In the west. Some said that the people
in the western part of the State had
seen too much of this sort of thing
and the farmers institutes had done
about the same work that the special
il doing. But an agreeable surprise
awaited the members of the party for
the platform at COrinna WAS fairly
black with people. 1t was just as good
if not better than the receptions in the
eastern parts of the State. There was
a crowd of about 400 people attthc
station. They had heard about fthe
train and wanted to see what they
could learn.
People came from all parts of the
country some driving 8 and 169milcs.
Some of the well known Corinna men
who were ut the station We're -Silas
Eriggs, Charles Jones, who has fine
stock farm of Holstcin cattle; Lorenzo
Hatch, Louis Gould, G. II. Young,
Adclbcrt Gray. |. NJ. Bates. I'd select
man; II. w. Knowles. LIST sclectman.
Corinna is "a miles from Bangor on
the Dexter branch of the NJ. G. +. Il.
and is very prcttily located on Il branch
Of the Scbasticooh river. There are
plenty Of good farms and the land is
just as good as any that can be found
in AroOstook county. Take for eX-
ample the case of Boardman Spra que,
who came from Pressure Isle this
spring. Mr.. Spraguc sold his 300 acr, )
farm and moved to Curinna, where he
purchased two farms on" Of 200 acres
and one of 49,. and this year has &c
acres Of potatoes planted. Mr.. Spragu
made this statement to theSneWs cor
respondent on the train:
II believe that potatoes juscas good
as are raised in Aroostook county can
he raised right in this part of. the
STATE. 1t is my experience at.cvery-
thn;; grows wcIl' here and one acre on
land is worth as much il not more
right here in Corinna as it is in any
of the b. e "A. regions. People 1uake
= mistake when to go away % VIC
Arnostook to buy farms &c.,,
The school childfp furyisalsapskts ip
cool shape at Corinr's.A fs0e 64s-tD eii
hca, led by their teachers sneed ,ig az
train. The teachers were. Mrs mn.
combcr. principal Of The EEaNe1ear
school, Mrs. Tebbctts-s6Lfk{
school and Miss WflHafnss2 d. =
Vale school
Hon. {. L. Jones, tr,ls,rr Hs@53H
L. of NJ. was at The train ana cx-
pressed himself as being we'll pleased
with the train and the work that it
WAS doing J. II. Winchester, librarian
Of the Stewart Free Library, WAS am
interested listener to all of the
speeches
The talks ut Corinna were given by
Il. \. Gilbert. who talked on Farm
Improvement" ANA Prof. W. ID. Hurd.
VII" gave his regular tallIs"n Potato
Culture This reception at Cornna
showed how the farmers train will be
received in the western part of the
State. People in the west are just as
anxious to learn about good farming
rs those IN the eastern part ana tlAV
realize what The farming special can
do for them.
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