Evening journal., 1908-09-12

and which we believe 10 be correct:
Samuel Colen moved on the farm in
1928. and stayed four years; James
Gary In 1912. and STAYED eight years;
John Lyman. in 1910. steying four
years. and James Gary moved bac
in 1874. staying four years. r. JoneI .
for Charles T. Polk. EARNED it from
1SiS 10 1850. when Samuel Armstrong
took il till 1853. and then James Vail
for three years; then George Vande-
grlft for one year, til 1857; then a Mr..
Grouse one year. tin 1888; Daniel r
johnson till 1859: john Former FOR
David Cummins. till 1862: William
Watts till 1864; Elias Otnerson till 1874;
George w. Warren tln 1883: Robert
Warren till 1887; William Rawley tin
las9; Benjamin +. David. Jr.. till $780,:
Thomas Lynch till 1892 John Shaker
TIL 1894: Fred. Thomas till 1896; Jesse
K Nickerson TIL 1897: b. Frank David
till 1904: Frank David. Jr., till 10og,
VIXEN the present tennant William c.
Stats, took possession under the land
ladyship Of Miss Agnes Cummins, one
Of the owners and heirs.
This farm is a fine piece Of highland,
slooping off to the march lands ana
surrounded by marsh. might be con-
sidered an island except It is the road
field which is known as the Butler
Field. for which I have a fond recol-
lection But my first recollection Of
the Liston farm was when my father
sent me with his head hand on the
farm with two yoke of oxen and a hay
wagon TO Chaul salt hay from the ad-
Joining marsh to my fathers farm up
in Bumbush when was only 12 years
old. We had 10 go right by the old
Liston tree, which was a sight to every
one who had not seen it. It was n
yellow poplar. and from 10 to 70 feet
in diameter. and Il is raid that John
Lyman, one Of the tenants. took the
plough lines from his plough team AMI
II took the whole line to 60 around it.
The length of the lines was from 30 10
s5 feet long.
But 1 recollect the old Butler field bet
ter. Samuel Armstrong left Liston in
1858, moving to Shading Point, having
bought that farm and leaving a crop Of
wheat in the ground at Listons. My
father had moved on his Gumbush farm
the same spring and had no wheat har-
vest because the tenant who left the
farm owned the wheat. Mr. Armstrong
and my father being life long friends
and Mr. Armstrong knowing that my
father had no wheat to cut came over
to get our head hand to cradle wheat
for him and / was sent along to bind
after him but for some reason L was set
to bind after James L. David, a son-in-
law Of Mr. Armstrong, and a fine Grader
who was TO lead the field Of four or five
or six Graders, noa always the same
number, for good Graders were in de-
mand and everybody could not get them
anytime The wheat was in the old
Butler field, and I being a new hand al
binding I could not always keep up, and
Mr.. David would talk nice to me and
to get through and Mr. Armstrong gave
me a five-dollar gold piece, the first five
dollars I ever had.
Old Liston, old Liston, the base for the
tree
That stood through the centuries that
pilots might see.
over the pillows through bluster and
foam,
To place of safety. to dear ones ant
oh, what a pity just of from shore.
She could not have stood there for cen
turtles more.
Why should he have fallen, we wonder
o why.
William Andrew Hukill