Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-01
NORTH MONMOUTH.

on the sick list of late, among them be-
ing Nahum Spear. our carriage maker.
Z. A. Richardson, carpenter, Geo. Rob-
insor, dairyman. and C. L. Hammond.
dairyman. Jarius Maxwell and wife
are also quite i'll.
Mrs. Mary Bates. mother of III. S. and
Bert Bates is very sick with pneu-
monia.
Charles s. Moody fell from a sled re-
Gently striking on his elbow which has
incapacitated him from labor, and Civ
en- him much discomfort.
H. G. Fairbanks. is in feeble health
He is able to get cut but very little.
1t is said there is a wild cat around
here. His tracks have been seen on
back street and his yellS have been
heard. The other night d. E. Elliott
heard a noise about his buildings. and
on getting up saw the creature in his
dooryard. He was probably there at
ter Mr.. Elliott's hens.
The lumber and ice business is at a
standstill for want of snow. w. A..
Richardson is doing the cutting and
loading Of ice with his gasoline engine
as usual.
Next Saturday evening the teachers
of North Monmouth schools will give
an entertainment in the chapel. one
very interesting part in the program
will be the flag drill by 16 young la
dies. A full house is expected.
1t has often been asked of late who
built the upper dam or reservoir dam
at North Monmouth. There are five
dams on the stream within about one
half mile. First the reservoir dam,
then the old grist and sawmill dam.
then Mc1lroy's blanket mill dam. then
the shovel and axe factory dam, now
used for electric power and lighting of
the mill, and the last one is Gordon &
Writings grist mill; but the old upper
dam is the one in question. 1t was
built for Thomas Stockin and Samuel
King by ZadacK Bishop in 1893. Samuel
King, Thomas Stockin and Zadack
Bishop were among the first settlers in
and around North Monmouth. Mr..
King built log house near the spot
where Fred Soper lives in West Win
throp, about one mile from the upper
dam. Mr.. Stockin built a log house
near the dam, and Mr.. Bishop built one
little below Gordon & Writings grist
mill. The old cellars of Stockin and
Bishop can be seen to this day. Where
Mr.. Bishop took up his farm it was on
two streams, the land was mostly low
and leve! with a large tract of meadow
land. When the Gardiner folks built
a dam at East Monmouth it flowed q
large part of Mr.. Bishops farm. He
sold it for what he could get, and said
he would go where neither floods nor
fiOwage could trouble him. He went
on to Bishops Hill so called. in Leeds.
There he lived and raised a large fam
lily, and only lacked a few days of be-
ing 100 years old at his death. He was
the great grandfather of Geo. Turner
Bishop now living on Bishop Hill. and
the great grandfather of J. Perley
Bishop of Winthrop. the noted apple
buyer. The old part of ]. H. Nell
roy's mill was built by Levi Fairbanks
i'm 1929; the timberS were all planned
with fore plane and every board nail
wds pointed on n grindstone. That
was characteristic of the Fairbanks. A
few years ago Mr.. McIlroy doubled the
capacity Of the mill which is a fine
structure. The brick factory was built
in 1S45 by Samuel King. I'd, and his son,
William II. 1t was built for a starch
factory. The potato rot of that year
ruined the business. 1t was after
wards used for a webbing mill by J. r.
EAST PiTTSTON.
Mrs. II. X. MacFadden of Dresden,
is spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs A. J. Carter.
There will be a meeting of the La
dies Aid Society on Wednesday, Jan.
81, at the home of Mrs. w. S. Cleaves.
Arthur L. Harris who has been teach
ing in WindsOrville, closed his school,
Friday, and returned Saturday to his
studies at Bates College.
The friends of Mrs. Julia Reid will
regret to learn that she is very i'll at
the home of her daughter Mrs. +. w.
Mansir.
Special services will be held at the
Methodist church beginning on Sum
day, Feb. 4, and continuing through
out the week. Several neighboring
ministers are expected to be present
and aid the pastor in these services.
Miss Mary Cary is passing a few
| weeks with friends i'll BowdOinham.
Rev. T. +. Jones of ThomastOn held
the last quarterly conference of the
year at the church on Friday evening,
when large congregation was present,
as 4 general invitation had been given
| to the public. Resolutions commend
| ing the work of DR.. Jones, who is clos
ing his sixth and last year as presiding
| elder of this district We're adopted.
| There was also a very earnest desire
| expressed by both church and congre-
gaticn that they might continue to en-
| joy the services of Rev. l.. l.. Harris.
who is also serving his sixth year as
pastor of this church. After the meet
| ing was closed light refreshments were
| served by the Ladies' Aid Society, and
social hour WAS passed most pleas
antly.
| BELGRADE.
Leslie Bickford had the misfortune
to step on nail and is now nursing a
painful foot. His many friends hope
it may not prove to be serious.
The pupils of the Mckinley schoo
will give an entertainment and Box
social Mt tho Sphoolhouca L,r;Jou aya,