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Jackman  and  the  Moose  River  Region 55 

Jackman's  Live  Business  Men 73 

The  Catholic  Church  and  Its  Schools 74 

Abram    Newton    75 

Correspondence    17 

Maine  Local  Histories  So 


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Lumber  Mills  of  the  Jackman  Lumber  Co. 
Jackman,  Maine. 


Sprague's  Journal  of  Maine    History 

Vol.  Ill  JULY,  1915  No.  2 

Jackman  and  the  Moose  River 
Region 

By  the  Editor. 

On  the  northwesterly  side  of  the  State  of  Maine,  in  a  north- 
easterly direction  from  the  Rangeley  Lakes,  up  in  a  vast  wilder- 
ness among  the  mountains  of  Canada  and  back  of  the  boundary 
range  of  mountains,  (')  may  be  found  the  sources  of  Moose  River 
which  flows  in  an  easterly  direction  and  empties  into  Moosehead 
Lake.  Near  its  mouth  at  this  lake  is  the  pretty  village  of  Rock- 
wood,  at  the  terminus  of  the  iMaine  Central  Railroad. 

The  valley  up  and  down  this  river,  its  streams,  ponds,  lakes, 
hills,  meadows,  sporting  camps,  farms  and  villages,  with  the  moun- 
tainous grandeur  in  the  distance,  altogether  constitute  one  of  the 
real  beauty  spots  in  the  wilderness  country  of  Maine  It  possesses 
a  charm  peculiar  to  itself,  incomparable  with  any  other ;  a  unique- 
ness that  is  pronounced  and  instantly  impresses  the  stranger  wlio 
visits  that  region.  He  knows  it,  feels  it,  and  at  once  becomes  a 
part  of  it,  and  is  obsessed  with  a  spirit  of  its  varied  beauty.  Its 
nearness    to    forests    and    wild    life,    its    culture,    its    churches,    its 


C)  The  boundary  range  of  mountains  are  about  fifteen  miles^  westerly 
from  Jackman  and  Moose  River  plantations,  and  are  a  section  of  the  boun- 
dary line  between  Maine  and  Canada,  and  divide  the  waters  which  on  the 
westerly  side  flow  into  the  St.  Lawrence,  from  those  on  the  easterly  side 
which  flow  into  the  State  of  Maine.  They  are  a  part  of  the  "highlands" 
mentioned  in  the  Treaty  of  1783  and  this  word  highlands  was  the  storm 
center  of  the  North  Eastern  Boundary  Controversy  between  the  English 
and  American  Governments  for  more  than  a  half  century  and  which  was 
so  serious  at  one  time  that  a  war  between  the  two  governments  was  barely 
averted. 

The  Americans  construed  the  word  highlands  as  meaning  any  ridge  of 
land  that  divided  the  waters  whether  actually  high  hills  and  mountains  or 
otherwise.  The  English  contention  was  that  its  proper  definition  was  a 
high  and  mountainous  region  like  the  "highlands"  of  Scotland.  The  dispute 
raged  and  was  acute  until  it  was  finally  settled  by  the  Webster-Ashburton 
Treaty  in   1842. 

(See  Collections  of  the  Piscataquis  Historical  Society,  Vol.  i,  pp.  216-441.) 


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schools  and  its  industrial  activities  so  strongly  blended  with  and 
unseparated    from   the    primeval,    enraptures    him. 

The  river  is  about  60  miles  long  and  is  notable  for  one  rather 
curious  feature,  which  is,  that  it  is  a  continuation  of  ponds  and 
lakes  hut  which  are  really  only  enlargements  of  the  one  river. 

The  early  settlers,  the  explorers,  the  lumbermen,  guides,  hunters 
and  map  makers,  have  all  given  these  enlargements  of  Moose  River 
district  names  and  seemed  to  treat  them  as  separate  sheets  of  water. 

You  have  Attean  Pond'  and  the  Wood  ponds.  Long  Pond  and 
Brassua  Lake,  but  after  all  they  are  only  enlarged  parts  of  this 
unique  river. 

When  the  first  voyagers  arrived  on  the  coast  of  Maine  in  the 
early  days  of  the  seventeenth  century,  they  explored  routes  for 
a  highway  from  this  coast  to  Quebec  in  Canada.  For  more  than 
two  centuries  it  was  a  dream  of  the  Colonists  of  New  England 
which  was  never  realized  until  the  present  road  from  the  Kenne- 
bec to  Quebec  was  opened  to  the  public.  This  road  was  first  sur- 
veyed and  laid  out  by  virtue  of  a  resolve  passed  by  the  Legislature 
of  Massachusetts,  June  12,  1817.  The  Legislature  of  Maine  did 
not  act  upon  this  matter  until  the  session  of  1826  when  it  passed 
a  resolve  authorizing  the  Governor  and  Council  to  appoint  an 
agent  for  "the  purpose  of  opening  or  causing  to  be  cleared  and 
made  passable,  the  road  called  the  Kennebec  road,  north  of  the 
million  acre,^  in  the  county  of  Somerset." 

The  session  of  1827  passed  a  "Resolve  relative  to  the  State 
Road  north  of  the  Bingham  Purchase."  This  resolve  authorized 
the  Governor  and  Council  to  appoint  one  or  more  agents  "to 
examine  the  road  from  the  north  line  of  the  Bingham  Purchase, 
in  the  county  of  Somerset  to  the  line  of  this  State."  It  also  pro- 
vided that  these  agents  should  cause  to  be  made  so  much  of  said 
road,  as  passes  over  land  belonging  to  this  State,  and  one-half  of 
so  much  of  said  road  as  passes  over  land  belonging  to  this  State 
and  Massachusetts  jointly,  safe  and  convenient  for  travellers,  with 
their  horses,  carts,  sleighs  and  carriages.  It  also  provided  for  the 
sale  of  a  township  six  miles  square  of  the  state  lands  the  proceeds 
of  which  should  be  used  for  this  purpose. 

C)     Also  known  as  Lake  Attean. 

C)  The  Kennebec  Bingham  Purchase  was  formerly  known  locally  as 
the  "Million   Acres." 


JACKMAN   AND    THE    MOOSE   RIVER   REGION      57 

On  January  25,  1827,  George  Evans*  made  a  report  to  the  Legis- 
lature relative  to  this  road  in  which  it  is  stated  that  the  object 
to  which  the  favorable  attention  of  the  Legislature  is  solicited,  has 
for  a  long  period  been  regarded  worthy  of  public  patronage  by 
the  government  of  Massachusetts  and  this  State.  The  following 
are  excerpts  from  same : 

By  virtue  of  a  resolve  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts,  in  June, 
1817,  the  commissioners,  for  the  sale  and  settlement  of  the  public  lands, 
caused  a  road  to  be  surveyed  during  the  same  year,  from  the  north  line  of 
the  Bingham  Purchase,  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  to  the  boundary  line 
between  this  state,  and  Canada,  in  a  direction  toward  the  city  of  Quebec. 
The  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  appropriated  by  the  same  resolve,  was  soon 
after  expended  under  the  direction  of  the  commissioners,  in  opening  the 
road  which  had  been  thus  surveyed.  Little  more,  however,  was  accomplished 
at  that  time,  than  cutting  down  the  trees  and  smaller  growth  and  the  erec- 
tion of  a  substantial  bridge  at  Moose  River 

the   road   yet   remaining  unfinished,   and   although   it    has 

been  occasionally  used  by  drovers,  who  have  found  a  favorable  market  in 
the  British  Provinces  for  horses  and  cattle,  it  is  wholly  impassable  for 
carriages ;  and  the  benefits  anticipated  from  its  establishment,  have  been 
but  in   small   degree   realized. 

In  1828  a  resolve  was  passed  authorizing  further  exploration  of 
unfinished  parts  of  the  road. 

In  1830  the  Legislature  passed  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  the  sum  of  four  thousand  and  one  hundred  dollars,  in 
addition  to  the  unexpended  balance  of  last  year,  be,  and  hereby  is  appro- 
priated for  the  purpose  of  making  and  completing,  in  a  manner,  convenient 
for  carriages  to  pass  thereon,  that  part  of  the  Canada  road  so  called,  which 
is  now  unfinished,  the  same  being  about  nine  miles  on  the  route  examined 
and  reported  by  Messrs.  Redington,  Sewall  and  Smith,  situated  in  this 
State  between  the  Canada  line  and  the  north  line  of  the  Bingham  Purchase. 
The  same  resolve  also  appointed  Charles  Miller,  of  Waldoborough,  and  John 
C.  Glidden,  of  Freedom,  agents  to  perform  this  work. 

February  25,  1831,  Francis  O.  J.  Smith,^  chairman  of  a  special 
legislative  committee  to  wdiom  was  referred  the  resolve  in  favor 
of  Miller  and  Glidden  made  an  exhaustive  report  reciting  a  history 
of  the  road,  of  the  alterations  that  had  been  made  in  it  and  of  the 
relations  and  obligations   of  Massachusetts  relative  to  it. 

C)  Honorable  George  Evans  of  Gardiner,  Maine,  afterwards  (1841- 
1847)  U.  S.  Senator  from  the  State  of  Maine. 

0  Honorable  Francis.  O.  J.  Smith  of  Portland,  Maine,  a  prominent 
public  man  of  that  time.  He  was  a  lawyer,  politician  and  journalist  and 
Member  of  Congress  three  terms   (1833-1839.) 


58        SPRAGUE'S  JOURNAL  OF  MAINE   HISTORY 

In  1832  Jarius  S.  Keith,  chairman  of  a  special  committee  made 
a  report  to  the  Senate  regarding  matters  in  dispute  about  the  road, 
a  considerable  portion  of  which  was  in  reference  to  changing  its 
course  so  that  it  would  run  west  of  Bald  Mountain.  In  this  report 
it  was  stated  that  Quebec  had  already  become  an  important  market 

for  the  sale  of  Maine  cattle,  horses  and  sheep that  1,394 

beef  cattle,  249  horses,  956  sheep,  and  14  tons  of  fresh  fish,  passed 
over  that  road  for  the  Quebec  market,  between  the  first  day  of 
January  and  the  31st  day  of  December,  183 1.  This  information 
was  obtained  from  the  Custom  House  officer  stationed  on  this  road. 
The  following  is  one  of  the  reports  of  the  agents  appointed  to 
open  this  road  made  to  the  Governor  and  Council  in  1830,  and  ex- 
plains the  situation  at  that  time  so  clearly  and  concisely  that  we 
copy  it  in  full : 

REPORT. 

To  the  Governor  and  Council  of  the  State  of  Maine: 

The  undersigned,  Agents  appointed  on  the  first  day  of  March,  A.  D.  1828, 
under  the  Resolve  passed  the  24th  of  January,  of  the  same  year,  entitled, 
"Resolve  relating  to  the  State  road  north  of  the  Bingham  purchase ;"  other- 
wise called  the  Canada  road,  to  make  or  cause  to  be  made  under  their 
personal  superintendence  the  road  aforesaid,  now  submit  their  accounts 
for  settlement,  W\t\\  the  following  report  of  their  doings  and  the  present 
situation  of  the  road. 

Under  the  authority  of  the  Resolve  aforesaid,  the  Agents  selected  the 
Township  No.  i,  2d  Range  North  of  the  Bingham  purchase,  containing 
18,284  acres,  and  the  same  was  sold  on  the  day  of  July,  1828,  by  the 

Land  Agent,  on  credit,  at  thirty  cents  per  acre,  amounting  to  $5,485.20,  of 
which  sum  $5,coo  was  appropriated  by  the  Resolve,  for  making  the  road, 
together  with  $4,187.60,  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  township  granted  by 
Massachusetts,  total  amount  of  the  appropriation  $9,187.60,  exclusive  of 
interest,  which  has  amounted  to  $291.11  on  the  sale  of  the  land  appropri- 
ated by  Maine,  and  $318.65  on  that  granted  by  Massachusetts. 

The  reasons  which  influenced  the  agents  to  advise  to  sell  on  credit 
were,  that  the  land  would  probably  bring  a  higher  price,  and  the  season 
was  too  far  advanced  to  comknience  work  that  summer.  The  road  through 
the  north  part  of  the  Bingham  purchase,  about  forty  miles,  was  extremely 
bad,  and  supplies  for  the  workmen  could  not  be  transported  at  that  season 
without  great  expense.  Moose  river  Bridge  only,  was  repaired  in  the 
autumn  of  1828,  and  the  following  winter  was  agreed  upon  for  transporting 
tools  and  provisions  on  to  the  ground,  to  be  in  readiness  to  commence 
work  the  last  spring. 

The  Agents  decided  in  favor  of  making  a  good  carriage  road,  and  the 
Agent  of  the  Bingham  heirs  pledged  himself  to  us,  that  he  would  make 
the  roati  over  the  Bingham  land,  as  good  as  that  made  by  the  State,  let 
us  make  it  as  well   as  we  would.     It   is  obviously   for  the  interest  of   the 


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State  to  make  a  good  road  over  the  public  land,  if  by  so  doing  a  like  good 
road  for  the  additional  distance  of  forty  miles,  can  be  obtained.  During 
the  two  last  years  the  Agent  for  the  Bingham  heirs  has  done  much  to 
improve  the  road  over  their  lands,  and  the  undersigned  have  full  confidence 
that  he  v^^ill  redeem  his  pledge.  Travellers  report  that  the  inhabitants  on 
the  Canada  side  of  the  line  are  anxious  for  the  completion  of  the  road,  and 
that  from  sixty  to  seventy  men  were  employed  to  make  the  same,  in  that 
Province   the   last   summer. 

The  tools  and  part  of  the  provisions  necessary  for  the  work  were  pur- 
chased ;  principally  in  Hallowell  and  Augusta  early  last  winter ;  corn  and 
grain  was  procured  in  Xorridgewock;  and  the  whole  transported  to  the 
vicinity  of  the  road  by  sleding  last  winter.  The  unusual  deep  snows  in- 
creased the  expense  of  transportation  and  rendered  it  extremely  difficult 
to   forward   the  articles  to  their  place  of  destination. 

A  few  hands  were  employed  in  the  month  of  May  to  build  camps  and 
make  the  necessary  preparation,  and  from  the  beginning  of  June  until  the 
last  of  September  the  average  number  of  men  who  laboured  on  the  road 
was  about  sixty,  with  eight  pairs  of  oxen. 

The  Agents  had  to  encounter  many  difficulties  and  suffer  many  incon- 
veniences. The  most  part  of  the  provisions  and  tools  were  transported  over 
one  hundred  miles  by  land.  Hay  and  provender  from  ten  to  one  hundred 
miles.  Iron  and  iron  work  for  repairing  tools  and  shoes  for  oxen  was 
an  expensive  bill.  Fifteen  miles  of  the  road  is  made  of  sufficient  width 
for  one  carriage  to  pass  another,  and  well  turnpiked,  except  about  half  a 
mile,  which  was  postponed  on  account  of  the  rains ;  and  the  trees  cut  and 
cleared  away  so  that  the  path  may  not  be  hereafter  obstructed  by  windfalls. 
The  ledges  were  removed  or  lowered  by  burning  wood  upon  them  instead 
of  blasting  with  powder :  in  places  where  the  rocks  could  not  be  moved, 
they  were  burnt  and  levelled  with  sledges  and  then  covered  with  earth. 

Nine  miles  remain  to  be  opened,  and  when  made,  the  whole  distance  of 
twenty-four  miles  from  the  north  line  of  the  Bingham  purchase  to  the 
Canada  line,  will  be  more  level  than  the  present  post  road  from  Augusta 
to  Bangor.  Part  of  the  land  over  which  the  road  passes  is  suitable  for 
cultivation,  and   part  is   very  rocky  and  barren. 

The  Agents  are  fully  satisfied  of  the  importance  of  the  road  to  this 
State,  by  the  number  of  travellers  who  pass  through  it,  even  before  it  is 
opened,  and  they  have  information  in  which  full  confidence  may  be  placed, 
that  numerous  travellers  from  the  South  in  the  summer  season  are  desirous 
of  passing  through  Maine,  on  their  way  to  or  from  Quebec. 

When  the  work  was  suspended,  the  oxen  purchased  in  the  spring  were 
sold,  and  notes  for  the  same,  payable  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  with 
interest,  are  now  in  the  hands  of  the  agents.  The  average  expense  to 
the  State  for  the  use  of  a  pair  of  oxen  nearly  four  months,  has  been  about 
$20,  and  would  have  been  less  had  not  the  price  of  stock  been  unusually  low 
in  autumn,  compared  with  prices  in  spring,  when  the  oxen  were  purchased. 

The  provisions  and  tools  remaining  on  hand  are  well  secured  for  use 
next  spring.  An  inventory  thereof  is  herewith  submitted.  All  bills  are 
paid,  and  to  effect  this  the  Agents  were  obliged  to  hire  money,  while  that 
appropriated  to  make  the  road  was  lying  in  the  Treasury  of  the  State. 

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The  whole  amount  expended  on  the  road  is  $9,373.81  including  interest  on 
money   borrowed    of    the    Vassalborough    Bank. 

There  is  nine  miles  of  road  to  make,  and  there  remains  of  the  appro- 
priation  unexpended, 

including   interest,    $437  36 

Articles  sold  belonging  to  the  State  81  00 

Proceeds  of  the  sale  of  Oxen    429  IQ 

Supplies  and  tools  on  hand   383  49 

Total    $1,331  04 

The  State  of  Maine  is  obliged  by  the  terms  of  agreement  with  Massa- 
chusetts to  complete  the  road  by  the  first  day  of  November  next,  or  forfeir 
the  amount  of  the  sale  of  the  land  granted  by  that  Commonwealth,  and  the 
undersigned  are  of  opinion  that  a  further  appropriation  of  $4,500  will  be 
necessary  to  meet  the  expense,  and  they  are  further  of  opinion,  that  the 
expense  of  making  the  road  has  been  increasd  by  the  appointment  of  three 
agents  instead  of  one. 

Which  is  respectfully  submitted, 

JOFX  WHITNEY, 
SAMUEL   REDINGTON,  Agents. 

JOSEPH   JOHNSON, 
February   17,   1830. 

It  is  difficult  to  fix  the  precise  date  when  the  entire  length  of 
this  road  was  opened  or  made  passable  to  the  public  for  the  use 
of  teams,  carriages  and  vehicles  of  all  kinds.  It  must  have  been 
somewhere  from  1837  to  1840.  From  the  time  ]Massachusetts 
made  the  first  beginning  towards  it  (1817)  as  we  have  seen,  it 
must  have  been  about  twenty  years  in  developing  into  a  passable 
and  travelled  road.  It  is  not  strange  that  the  building  of  such  a 
highway  passing  through  fertile  lands  suitable  for  settlers  even 
though  it  was  situated  far  into  the  most  northern  portion  of  Maine, 
should  attract  the  hardy  pioneer  and  adventurer  seeking  a  new 
region  for  home  building.  In  about  two  years  from  the  time  when 
the  Massachusetts  Legislature  passed  the  resolve  above  referred 
to  the  first  settler  made  his  appearance  on  the  line  of  the  Canada 
road,  in  what  is  now  known  as  Moose  River  plantation  and  had 
become  quite  a  substantial  farmer  some  years  before  the  road  itself 
was  a  reality.  This  plantation  is  situated  76  miles  north  of  Skow- 
hegan  and  15  miles  south  of  the  Canada  line. 

The  following  relating  to  the  early  history  of  Moose  River 
Plantation,  which  Plantation  formerly  embraced  what  is  now  Jack- 
man  and  Denny stown  plantations,  was  furnished  the  Journal  by 
Mrs.  Grace  N.  Sterling: 


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6i 


"The  first  settlers  of  Moose  River,  Maine,  were  Captain  Samuel 
Holden  and  his  wife.  Jane  Famsworth  Holden  of  Groton,  Massa- 
chusetts.    Captain  Holden  started  from  Anson.  Maine,  for  Moose 

River,  Maine,  on 
March  4th,  1819. 
They  made  the 
journey  from 
the  forks  of  the 
Kennebec  River 
(now  known  as 
The  Forks)  to 
Moose  River  on 
snow  -  shoes,  as 
the  snow  was 
deep  in  the 
woods     at     this 

Log  Hauling  in  the  Maine  Woods  in  1815  ^mie      of      year. 

Captain    Holden 
built  a  log  cabin,  covered  it  with  bark  and  here  they  made  their 
home  in  the  midst  of  the  wilderness.     There  was  not  an  inhabitant 
for  miles  around  and  had  it  not  been  for  the  abundance  of  fish  in 
the  river  and  the  game  in  the  surrounding  forests,  they  could  not 
have   lived ;   but 
this      together 
with    the    small 
amounts    re- 
ceived      from 
travelers        that 
were     passing 
back   and    forth 
from  Canada,  as 
shown  by  the  ac- 
count   books    of 
Mr.  Holden,  en- 
abled   them     to 
obtain    a    living 
the     first,      sec- 
ond   and    third    years.      After    this    time    they    were    enabled    to 
raise  small  crops  and  before  long  (1822)  the  Captain  had  a  plenty. 
Before  his  death  there  was  quite  a  settlement  formed  around  him. 
Captain  Samuel  Holden  was  the  fourth  child  of  Jahei  and  Rachel 


Log   Hauling    in   the    Maine   Woods,    1915 


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Farnsworth  Holden  of  Groton,  Massachusetts.  Jahez  Holden  was 
born  May  12th,  1735,  and  married  Rachel  Farnsworth  who  was 
born  Jan.  29th,  1738.  They  were  married  on  the  nth  day  of  June, 
when  she  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  To  this  union  six  chil- 
dren were  born,  and  when  the  youngest,  who  were  twins,  were 
born  Jahez  Holden  enlisted  and  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
The  following  story  was  told  to  the  writer  by  Mr.  Jonas  Colby  as 
he  heard  it  from  his  grandfather:  'At  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
an  entrenchment  was  dug  breast  high  to  protect  them  from  the 
British.  The  British  came  in  at  the  end  and  the  Yankees  ran  be- 
cause they  were  out  of  ammunition.  Jahez  Holden  had  his  musket 
loaded  with  nine  buck  shots,  he  was  looking  at  the  British  instead 
of  his  own  men,  he  fired  and  this  is  what  he  said  'if  powder  and 
ball  ever  killed  human  beings  it  must  have  killed  some  there ' 
Mr.  Holden  was  wounded  in  the  side,  the  ball  grazed  the  skin,  and 
he  had  his  arm  broken,  but  still  carried  the  gun.  This  is  the 
record  found  in  Groton  during  the  Revolution,  'Massachusetts 
Soldiers  and  Sailors  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution',  Vol.  8,  pp. 
33-100:  'Jahez  Holden,  Groton,  Captain  ist  Company  6th  Mid- 
dlesex County  Regiment  of  Massachusetts  Alilitia,  list  of  officers 
commissioned  April  24.  1776,  also  Captain  6th  Company.  Return 
dated  Groton,  Dec.  5,  1776,  made  by  Brigadier  General  Oliver 
Precot,  of  officers  appointed  to  command  men  drafted  from  Mid- 
dlesex County  Militia  into  a  regiment  to  be  commanded  by  Colonel 
Samuel  Thatcher  and  ordered  to  march  to  Fairfield.  Connecticut, 
on  or  before  Dec.  16,  1776.  Company  drafted  from  the  6th  Mid- 
dlesex County  regiment  and  made  up  of  men  from  Groton,  Pep- 
perell,  Townsend  and  Ashley,  Massachusetts.'  Captain  Jahez 
Holden  died  June  2nd,  1807  and  his  wife  Rachel  Holden  moved  to 
Moose  River  with  her  son.  Captain  Samuel  Holden,  where  she 
died  Jan.  26th,  1829,  at  the  advanced  age  of  91  years.  She  is 
buried  in  the  Holden  cemetery  at  Moose  River,  Maine.  Captain 
Samuel  Holden's  family  consisted  of  eleven  children  all  of  these 
being  born  at  Anson,  Maine,  with  the  exception  of  two  daughters 
and  one  son  who  were  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts." 

Mrs.  Lucinda  Holden  Campbell  of  Jackman  has  in  her  posses- 
sion the   following  letter : 

'Moose  River,  Maine,  June  5th,  1820. 
Dear  Sister  &  Brother  : 

I  take  this  opportunity  to  write  to  you  and  to  let  you  know  of 
our  health,  which  is  very  good  at  present,  through  Almighty  good- 


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ness,  and  while  He  is  lifting  up  with  one  hand  Pie  is  pulling  down 
with  the  other.  We  moved  to  Moose  River  last  March  Fifty- 
three  miles  from  any  inhabitant  and  lived  very  comfortably  till 
the  1st  day  of  May,  when  our  house  took  fire  and  was  consumed 
with  all  its  contents  and  left  us  destitute  of  provisions  or  anything 
else.  I  lost  all  my  bedding  and  am  obliged  to  lie  on  the  ground 
in  a  very  poor  camp.  Now  if  you  have  any  feeling  of  charity  for  a 
distressed  sister  I  wish  you  to  send  me  something,  you  and  the 
rest  of  my  aunts  and  cousins,  if  they  feel  sympathy.  Please  to 
send  me  some  salt  if  nothing  else,  send  it  to  John  Eveleth  of  Au- 
gusta, and  send  me  a  letter  directed  to  Moose  River  to  be  left  at 
Anson  P.  O.  Tlie  fire  burnt  up  ten  acres  of  winter  rye.  Our 
loss  is  about  $1,000.  I  have  worked  out  doors  thirty-six  days,  not 
having    anything    to    do.      This    from    your    distressed    sister    and 

brother. 

JANE  HOLDEN." 

Address  on  letter 

To  Amos  Otis, 

Barnstable 

Postage  18  1-2.' 

"This  house  which  is  referred  to  in  this  letter  was  built  on  the 
farm  now  owned  by  Richard  Holden.  The  old  cellar  can  yet  be 
seen.  After  this  was  burned  the  second  camp  was  built,  where 
Willie  Pierce  lives  today.  After  this  camp  had  served  its  purpose 
and  Captain  Samuel  prospered  he  built  a  frame  house  which  is 
still  standing  and  is  occupied  by  W.  J.  Murtha.  After  Captain 
Samuel  Holden  opened  the  way  several  other  families  moved  in 
and  settled  around,  one  of  them  being  Asa  Churchill,  who  built 
a  house  on  the  farm  now  owned  in  Jackman  village  by  A.  Guay. 
Some  parts  of  the  ,old  house  still  exist,  in  different  places  in  town. 
The  second  house  in  Jackman  plantation  was  built  by  Milmtus 
Holden  on  what  is  now  known  as  the  Colby  farm. 

'The  town  of  Jackman  derived  its  name  from  Jim  Jackman  of 
Solon,  Maine,  who  cleared  and  settled  on  what  is  known  as  the 
'Old  Jackman  Field'  10  miles  south  of  Moose  River  bridge.  The 
date  is  unknown.. 

"Captain  Samuel  Holden  was  a  very  religious  man.  as  he  was 
always  ready  to  entertain  any  preacher  that  might  come  into  the 
town,  and  early  records  show  that  different  preachers  of  several 
different    denominations    came    occasionally    to    hold    services    and 


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from  an  early  date  a  Sunday  School  was  conducted  in  the  homes 
and  schoolhouse,  dating  back  to  1847." 

"The  Free  Will  Baptist  Church  was  organized  in  1875  in  the 
Union  Church  at  Moose  River,  fourteen  members  formed  the 
organization.  In  1855  Captain  Holden  in  the  absence  of  a  minister 
officiated  at  the  funerals.  In  i8go  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Church 
united  with  the  Congregationalists  and  the  IMoose  River  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  Jackman  was  organized.  In  1912  a  very  com- 
fortable little  parsonage  was  built.  The  present  Pastor  is  the 
Rev.  R.  E.  Jones." 

On  Tuesday,  May  24,  1892,  this  new  and  attractive  church  edi- 
fice   (Congregational)    was    dedicated    to   the    service   of    religious 

work  in  accord- 
'S^..  'iHnHHHH     ance     with     the 

ritual  of  that  de- 
nomination. The 
invocation  was 
by  the  Reverend 
Andrew  L. 
Chase  of  Fox- 
:roft,  Mai  n  e, 
and  Prayer  by 
Reverend  Salem 
D.  Towne.  The 
dedicatory  ser- 
mon was  deliv- 
ered by  the  Rev- 
erend Charles  Davison  of  Greenville.  Then  followed  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  House  of  Worship  as  above  mentioned;  the  prayer  of 
Dedication  was  by  Reverend  J.  E.  Adams  D.  D.,  and  the  benedic- 
tion by  Reverend  Charles  Davison. 

This  church  has  ever  since  then  been  in  a  very  prosperous  con- 
dition and  has  done  good  work  along  the  lines  for  which  it  was 
established. 


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The  Moose  River  Bridge 


NOTES  FROM  THE  FIRST  RECORD  BOOK 
OF  THE  PLANTATION  OF  MOOSE  RIVER. 
FROM   1852  TO  1859. 
TO  CHRISTOPHER  THOMPSON,  ESQ. 
Pursuant  to  a  written  application  signed  by  you  and  four  other 
inhabitants  of  townships  No.  four  Range  one  and  No.  four  Range 


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two  and  Sandy  Bay  Township  (so  called)  north  of  the  Bingham 
Kennebec  purchase  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  Demon- 
strated Moose  River  Plantation. 

You  are  hereby  required  in  the  name  of  the  State  of  Maine  to 
notify  and  warn  the  Electors  of  the  said  Moose  River  plantation 
comprising  the  aforesaid  Townships  qualified  according  to  the 
Constitution  of  this  state  or  of  the  United  States,  to  assemble  at 
the  dwelling  house  of  Christopher  Thomas  in  said  Plantation  on 
Saturday  the  sixteenth  day  of  October  inst.  at  one  of  Clock  in  the 
afternoon  for  the  purpose  of  transacting  the  following  business  to 
wit: 

First  to  Choose  a  plantation  Clerk  and  three  assessors  Given 
under  my  hand  this  first  day  of  October  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty  two. 

SULLIVAN  LOUTHROP 

One  of  the  County 

Commissioners   for 

Somerset   County. 
Pursuant    to    the    within    warrant,    I    have    notified    the    within 
named  inhabitants  to  meete  at  the  within  place  and  time  by  post- 
ing up  notices  in  two  different  places  in  said  plantation  as  by  Law 
required. 

CHRISTOPHER  THOMPSON. 
Moose  River,  Oct.   16,   1852. 
Pursuant    to   the    foregoing   warrant   the    inhabitants    assembled 
at  the   foregoing  place  and  organized  by   Choosing  Samuel  Wey- 
mouth Moderator,  Otis  Holden  Clerk  and  Otis  Holden,  Molentus 
Holden  and  Josiah  F.  Whitney  assessors. 
Copy  attest 

OTIS  HOLDEN, 

Plantation  Clerk. 
Art.  first,  chose  Samuel  Weymouth  Moderator. 
Art  2d,  chose  Otis  Holden  Clerk. 

Art.  3,  chose  Otis  Holden,  Malintus  Holden,  Josiah  Whitney 
Assessors  sd  Plantation. 

4th,  voted  to  hold  the  next  meeting  at  Christopher  Thompson's. 

OTIS  HOLDEN. 

Plantation  Clerk. 
Personally  appeared  before  me  Samuel  Weymouth  and  took  the 
oath  as  moderator  within  and  for  the  Plantation  of  IMoose  River 
this  sixteenth  day  of  October,  1852. 

CHRISTOPHER  THOMPSON,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 


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Personally  appeared  Otis  Holden  before  me  and  took  the  oath 
as  Clerk  of  the  Moose  'River  Plantation  this  sixteenth  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1852. 

CHRISTOPHER  THOMPSON,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
Personally  appeared  Otis  Holden,  Malintus  Holden   and  Josiah 
F.  Whitney  and  took  the  oath  as  assessors  with  and  for  the  Plan- 
tation of  Moose  River  this  sixteenth  day  of  October,  1852. 

CHRISTOPHER  THOMPSON,  Justice  of  the  Peace. 
Copy  Attest 

OTIS  HOLDEN, 

Plantation  Clerk. 

The  next  plantation  meeting  was  held  April  2,  1853,  when  the 
same   officers   were   again  elected. 

It  was  voted  "that  Moose  River  plantation  shall  compose  one 
school  district"  and  'Christopher  Thompson  was  elected  School 
Agent.     No  money  was  raised  for  any  purpose. 

At  the  September  election  in  1852  the  whole  number  of  votes 
cast  was  twenty-two. 

The  annual  plantation  meeting  in  1854  was  held  at  the  dwelling 
house  of  Otis  Holden  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  April.  Otis  Holden, 
Melintus  Holden  and  Benjamin  Holden  were  elected  assessors  at 
this  meeting. 

In  1855  Otis  Holden,  Philander  M.  Colby  and  Melintus  Holden 
were  elected  assessors,  and  Philander  M.  Colby  was  elected  school 
agent. 

At  the  same  meeting  held  on  the  twelfth  day  of  March  an 
agreement  by  certain  of  the  inhabitants  was  entered  into  to  erect 
a  schoolhouse  by  su'bscriptioii  "to  remain  the  property  of  such  in- 
habitants as  shall  pay  a  part  of  the  cost  of  said  house  if  said  house 
should  be  sold  or  disposed  of  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  bigger 
one  or  any  other  purpose  the  sum  sold  for  to  be  invested  in  another 
schoolhouse  or  paid  back  to  such  persons  as  paid  in  a  part  for 
building  said  house." 

The  subscribers  were : 

Otis   Holden    $25.00 

P.    M.    Colby    15.00 

Z.   Bumpus    10.00 

Samuel    Holden,    Jr I5-0O 

Galon    Newton    25.00 

Benjamin   Holden    12.00 


JACKMAN   AND    THE   MOOSE   RIVER   REGION      67 

M.   Holden    20.00 

Josiah   F.  Whitney    1500 

F.   G.   Pressey    10.00 

Patrick   McKenna    10.00 

Richard    Harris    5.50 

In  1856  William  H,  Durgin  was  elected  Clerk.    The  meeting  was 
held  that  year  at  the  "tavern  House"  of  Otis  Holden. 
The  list  of  voters  recorded  in  1859  is  as  follows: 

Austin  Holden  Elisha  Hilton 

Philander  M.  Colby  Jason  Hilton 

Zeppenian  Bumpus  Jonah  Hilton 

Roibert  J.  Campbell  Sherwin  Hilton 

Caleb  ]\Iorton  Jacob  F.  Newton 

Peter  Kinney  H.  H.  Colby 

Seth  Moore  Alexander  Sands 

Elisha  C.  Moore  Edward  Sands 

Llewellyn  Moore  Spencer  Colby 

Ephraim  Aloore  Franklin  G.  Pressey 

Galon  Newton  Otis  Holden 

Horatio  Newton  William  Ray,  Jr. 

Otis  Newton  .  Jonas  Colby 

John  Keliher  Melintus  Holden,  Jr. 

The  building  of  the  Canada  road  soon  begun  to  attract  the 
pioneer  always  in  search  of  a  new  country  to  subdue  and  in  a  few 
years  after  Captain  Holden  had  invaded  this  wilderness,  others 
settled  along  the  line  of  the  road,  and  about  the  year  1830,  settlers 
were  clearing  lands  and  opening  farms  in  that  part  of  Moose 
River  plantation  that  is  now  the  thriving  village  of  Jackman. 
Among  these  were  Seth  Moore,  Patrick  McKennay  who  emigrated 
from  the  north  of  Ireland  when  about  17  years  of  age,  to  the  city 
of  Quebec  and  in  1830  or  1831  settled  here;  Cyrus  Whitney, 
Michiel  Redmund,  David  Roache,  and  James  Jackman  for  whom 
the  settlement  was  named. 

Both  Moose  River  and  Jackman  although  each  have  more  in- 
habitants than  many  Maine  towns,  are  yet  legally  plantations, 
having  since  their  first  organization  by  the  County  Commissioners 
each   been    reorganized   under    the    statutes    of   Maine    relating   to 


68        SPRAGUE'S  JOURNAL  OF  MAINE  HISTORY 

plantations  "having  not  less  than  two  hundred  inhabitants.'"  In 
these  plantations  are  villages  originally  located  along  the  Canada 
road  and  so  closely  connected  that  a  stranger  does  not  perceive 
the  line  of  division.  The  Canada  road  is  now  and  probably  always 
will  remain  the  main  street  of  these  twin  villages,  although  now 
one  sees  pretty  little  cross  streets  being  laid  out  and  some  fine 
dwellings   being  erected. 

Prior  to  the  opening  of  the  railroad,  which  is  a  part  of  the  main 
line  running  from  Halifax  to  the  Pacific  coast,  Jackman  was  an 
isolated  place  which  in  those  days,  until  the  opening  of  the  rail- 
road, seemed  destined  to  remain  so  for  a  long  period  of  time. 

And  right  here  we  quote  an  interesting  letter  recently  received 
from  Honorable  Sylvester  J.  Walton  an  emiment  Maine  lawyer  and 
public  man  of  note  having  represented  Somerset  County  in  both 
branches  of  the  Legislature  and  the  Executive  Council  of  Maine. 
For  a  quarter  of  a  century  and  more  Mr.  Walton  has  annually, 
and  often  semi-annually,  visited  this  charming  region  while  on 
fishing  and  hunting  trips,  for  he  is  a  true  lover  of  the  woods  and 
woods  and  lake  sports. 

"Skowhegan,  Me.,  June  i6,  1915. 
"Editor  of  S Prague's  Journal  of  Maine  History- 

"I  understand  you  have  in  view  the  writing  a  short  history  of 
Jackman,  Moose  River  and  Dennystown.  The  same  will  certainly 
be  interesting,  not  only  to  the  people  who  were  buried  in  the  vast 
wilderness  in  the  western  part  of  Somerset  county  until  the  advent 
of  the  Canadian  Pacific  Railway  some  twenty-five  years  ago.  Be- 
fore that  time  the  nearest  settlement  of  any  size  was  at  Bingham 
fifty  miles  away.  No  physicians  nearer  than  55  miles  although 
often  needed.  No  lawyers  nearer  than  55  miles,  not  needed,  for  the 
inhabitants  for  lack  of  attorneys  and  courts  resorted  to  self  de- 
fense, the  first  great  law  of  nature. 

*T  remember  the  first  time  I  was  at  Jackman  I  attended  the 
first  morning  of  my  arrival  a  wedding,  a  wedding  supper  and  four 
fights   and   when   I   attempted  to    separate  the   combatants   in  the 

(*)  Revised  Statutes  of  INIaine  1903,  Sec.  114,  p.  89.  Township  4,  Range 
I,  was  first  iccorporated  as  Jackmantown  plantation,  July  9th,  1859,  and 
reorganized  February  17,  1894,  under  the  name  of  Jackman.  It  was  the 
design  of  the  writer  to  make  record  herein  of  the  organization  of  Jackman 
similar  to  that  which  appears  on  these  pages  regarding  Moose  River 
plantation.  Mr.  Melvin  E.  Holden,  the  clerk  of  the  latter  plantation  is  a 
careful  custodian  of  the  early  records  and  is  preserving  them  properly. 
The  Jackman  clerk  however  was  unable  to  produce  his  records  and  they 
were  presumably  lost. 


JACKMAN   AND    THE    MOOSE   RIVER   REGION      69 

first  fight,  I  was  taken  by  the  arm  and  led  away  with  the  admoni- 
tion that  I  had  better  keep  away  and  let  them  fight  it  out,  for  if  I 
did  not,  I  might  get  a  knock  out  myself.  There  were  no  stores  in 
those  days  nearer  than  Bingham,  except  one  at  Moose  River  and 
no  mills  except  one  saw  mill. 

"For  thirty  years  I  have  never  failed  to  visit  that  remote  settle- 
ment from  my  home  in  Skowhegan  once  or  more  each  year,  and  I 
have  never  found  a  more  kind,  whole  souled  people  than  there. 
Times  of  course  have  changed  now,  with  them  lawyers,  a  dozen 
stores  of  all  kinds  and  two  or  three  physicians  and  a  great  influx 
of  people  from  without,  Jackman  and  Moose  River  have  become 
hustling  places,  yet  I  doubt  if  the  people  live  now  nearer  to  nature 
than  they  did  in  the  old  days. 

"Truly  yours, 

"S.  J.  WALTON." 
In  1910  the  population  of  Jackman  was  667  and  Moose  River  251. 
Each  has  increased  since  then  and  it  is  estimated  that  Jackman  now 
has  about   1,200  ihabitants.     Dennystown  is  an  adjoining  planta- 
tion   and    Long 
Pond   plantation 
is  eight  miles  be- 
low,    where     is 
located  the  Kel- 
logg  Lumber 
Company,     that 
employs      about 
75    men    in    its 
mills  and  200  or 
more       laborers 
in  the  woods. 
The  Canadian 
,    ,,  .       c  ,,  Pacific   Railway 

r  u  n  s     througn 
Jackman  where  it  maintains  a  depot,  freight  houses    etc. 

Jackman  must  always  be  the  trading  and  business  center  for 
plantations  and  settlements  contiguous  to  it  and  along  the  line  of 
the  railroad  and  the  Canada  road  as  follows :  Dennystown,  Long 
Pond,  Somerset  Junction,  Attean,  Holeb,  Franklin,  Skinners  Mills, 
Lowelltown,  Parlin  Pond,  where  Henry  McKenney  has  a  commo- 
dious summer  resort  and  near  which  is  the  magnificent  summer 
home  of  Michiel  Piel  of  New  York;  and  on  the  Canada  side  are 
Marlow,  St.  Come  and  St.  George  in  near  proximity. 


70        SPRAGUE'S  JOURNAL  OF  MAINE  HISTORY 


The  vast  forestry  of  spruce  and  other  valuable  timber  surround- 
ing it  makes  it  a  lumber  center  of  importance.  Much  of  this  lum- 
ber territory  is  not  accessible  to  river  driving  without  great  expense, 
but  the  problem  of  getting  it  to  market  more  profitably  was  solved 
by  Mr.  Abram  Newton,  through  whose  energetic  efforts  capitalists 
were  induced  to  make  large  investments  in  these  lands  the  result 
of  which  was  the  establishment  of  the  Jackman  Lumber  Company, 
although  its  mills  are  situated  on  the  Moose  River  side  of  the 
boundary  line  that  divides  it  from  Jackman.  This  corporation 
was  organized  in  March,  19 14.  Its  president  is  Honorable  George 
H.  Prouty'  of  Newport,  Vermont,  who  has  been  Governor  of  that 
State  (1908-1910)  and  well  known  as  a  business  man  of  ability 
throughout  New  England;  its  treasurer  is  F.  L.  Perry  of  Boston 
and  a  member  of  the  Perry  and  Whitney  Company'  lumber  con- 
cern, and  Chester  C.  Whitney  of  Boston  is  its  secretary  and  assis- 
tant treasurer,  Abram  Newton  of  Jackman  is  the  General  Manager 
of  its  lumbering  property  and  forestry  interests.  It  has  erected 
mills  which  have  a  capacity  of  sawing  125  thousand  feet  of  long 
lumber  per  day,  and  from  25  to  30  million  feet  of  lumber  annually, 
and  will  manufacture  all  kinds  of  wood  and  lumber  products.  It 
is  estimated  that  this  corporation  owns  200  million  feet  of  standing 
timber  besides  being  a  large  purchaser  of  stumpage.  A  logging 
railroad  has  been  built  from  the  C.  P.  Railway  station  in  Jackman 
to  its  mill  two  miles  distant  and  has  already  been  extended  into 
the  woods  five  miles  beyond  and  at  the  present  time  has  a  force  of 
laborers  extending  it  eight  miles  further  and  ultimately  this  lum- 
ber railroad  will  be  not  less  than  twenty  miles  in  length.  At  the 
mills  it  has  a  large  boarding  house  and  cottages  are  being  built  for 
its  laborers.  It  employs  about  100  men  in  the  manufacture  of 
lumber  and  when  in  full  swing  will  furnish  employment  to  from 
five  to  six  hundred  men  in  the  woods. 

The  New  Castle  Lumber  Company  is  another  Jackman  lumber 
concern  that  begun  operations  in  1914.  It  saws  seven  milion  feet 
or  more  of  long  lumber  annually  and  has  a  capacity  for  sawing 
thirty  thousand  feet  per  day  and  when  in  operation  employs  from 
50  to  75  men  in  the  mills.     George  D.  Pastorius  of  New  Castle, 

C)  Prouty  and  Miller  of  Newport,  Vermont,  are  extensive  dealers  in, 
and  manufacturers'  of    lumber. 

C)  The  Perry  &  Whitney  Company  of  Boston  are  among  the  largest 
wholesale  dealers  in  lumber  in  New  England,  and  are  extensive  manufac- 
turers of  long  lumber,   spruce  dimensions,  building  frames,   etc. 


JACKMAN   AND    THE    MOOSE   RIVER   REGION      71 

Maine,  is  its  General  Manager  and  Joseph  E,  Shaw  is  the  superin- 
tendent. 

There  is  one  Post  Office  at  Moose  River  and  two  in  Jackman, 
one  at  the  village  and  one  at  Jackman  Station. 

Jackman  has  four  general  stores ;  two  clothing  stores ;  one  fur- 
niture store  and  undertaker;  one  millinery  establishment;  one  jew- 
eler ;  two  drug  stores ;  one  hardware  store ;  one  dealer  in  harnesses, 
etc. ;  two  or  three  markets  and  the  Dennystown  Company  have  two 
large  grocery  and  provision  stores,  one  in  each  village.  There  are 
also  blacksmiths,  barbers,  photographers,  a  taxidermist,  a  plumber, 
a  harness  maker ;  restaurants ;  a  cant  dog  manufacturer ;  two  hay 
and  grain  dealers ;  garages ;  a  sporting  goods  store ;  shoemakers, 
and  several  engaged  in  the  lumbering  business. 

It  differs  from  the  times  that  Mr.  Walton  speaks  of  for  it  now 
supports  three  lawyers ;  two  deputy  sheriffs ;  two  clergymen  and 
two  doctors.  There  are  twelve  registered  guides  and  five  or  six 
sporting  camps  all  well  filled  during  the  summer  season  and  two 
hotels.  Besides  the  church  organizations  it  has  among  its  fraternal 
orders  the  Foresters,  the  ]Macabees,  the  Modern  Woodmen  and 
Moose  River  Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
The  latter  lodge  was  instituted  June  9,  1915,  by  Harry  Reid,  G.  M.; 
John  E.  Bunker,  D.  G.  M. ;  Willis  E.  Parsons,  G.  W. ;  and  Wm.  W. 
Cutter,  G.  Sec.  Among  other  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge  who 
were  present  were  Walter  H.  Blethen  and  John  F.  Sprague  of 
Dover  and  S.  L.  Berry  of  Waterville.  On  the  evening  of  June  10, 
a  large  nuntber  of  applicants  were  received  into  the  new  lodge,  the 
ritualistic  work  having  been  most  excellently  performed  by  the 
members  of  New  England  Lodge  of  Greenville." 

This  lodge  started  under  the  most  favorable  auspices  having  Mr. 
O.  S.  Patterson,  the  Customs  Officer  at  Jackman,  for  its  first 
Noble  Grand  supported  by  an  efficient  board  of  officers. 

The  Moose  River  Hotel  at  Jackman  Station,  Nelson  W.  Bartley, 
proprietor,  is  a  commodious  and  attractive  hostelry  with  all  up-to- 
date  facilities  for  the  entertainment  of  guests  and  is  receiving  a 
liberal  patronage  from  the  traveling  public.  These  villages  have 
electric  light  and  water  systems.  Their  public  schools  are  excellent 
and  efficient  and  they  are  also  supporting  a  public  library  and  Jack- 
man  has  a  good  public  hall. 


C)The  ladies   of   Jackman   and   Aloose   River  are  entitled   to   great  credit 
for  the  superb  banquet  provided  by  them  on  this  occasion. 


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Another  enterprise  that  will  in  the  future  prove  to  be  of  inestima- 
ble value  to  the  Moose  River  region  is  the  new  State  highway 
from  Jackman  to  Rockwood  and  the  Kineo  Station  on  the  Maine 
Central  railroad  on  the  westerly  shore  of  Moose  Head  Lake  a  dis- 
tance of  30  miles,  and  now  under  construction  by  the  State  High- 
way Commission. 

By  the  united  efforts  of  many  of  the  citizens,  these  plantations, 
the  M.  C.  railroad,  the  Ricker  Hotel  Company,  Somerset  County, 
and  the  State  of  Maine,  this  great  work  has  been  assured. 

At  the  last  session  of  the  Maine  Legislature  the  state  appropriated 
the  sum  of  $22,500.00  and  the  other  interests  added  to  it  $23,500.00, 
so  that  the  road  will  probably  be  opened  to  the  public  within  the 
next  year.  In  addition  to  this  the  Hollingsiworth  and  Whitney  Com- 
pany dedicated  to  the  state  three  miles  of  good  road  that  they  had 
already  constructed  and  which  is  made  a  part  of  this  road,  and 
the  Great  Northern  Paper  Company  also  dedicated  two  miles  of 
road  in  equally  as  good  condition.  These  corporations  and  all  of 
the^  owners  of  lands  over  which  it  passes,  donated  to  the  state  all 
of  the  land  damages  which  they  might  have  been  legally  entitled  to. 
Along  its  line  is  much  excellent  land  now  only  lying  in  waste  and 
better  adapted  to  farming  than  timber  growing;  and  undoubtedly 
settlers  will  locate  there  in  the  near  future.  This  is  one  of  the 
most  commendable  things  that  the  State  of  Maine  has  done  during' 
the  last  half  century,  and  we  hope  that  it  is  but  the  beginning  of  a 
wiser  and  broader  state  policy;  one  that  will  continually  aid  in  the 
development  of  Maine ;  utilize  her  many  latent  resources,  and  do 
something  towards  inducing  her  young  men  and  young  women  to- 
remain  at  home. 


JACKMAN'S   LIVE   BUSINESS   MEN 


Jackman's  Live  Business  Men 

When  an  opportunity  presents  itself  to  give  worthy  publicity 
to  a  town  by  printer's  ink  its  most  enterprising  and  public  spirited 
business  men  are  always  alert  to  aid  it  and  their  own  individual 
enterprises  at  the  same  time  by  their  advertisements.  This  was  the 
case  at  Jackman  when  this  special  issue  of  the  Journal  was  sug- 
gested to  them.  Following  is  a  list  of  those  who  have  been  benefited 
by  availing  themselves  of  this  and  we  can  avouch  for  their  integ- 
rity and  square  business  dealings,  and  certify  that  they  are  THE 
hustling,  enterprising,  and  REAL  LIVE  WIRES  in  the  business 
affairs  of  Jackman : 


Nelson  W.  Bartley, 
Dennystown  Company, 

E.  A.  Piper, 

F.  A.  Dion, 

O.  S.  Patterson, 
D.  Hancox, 
Fred  Pierce, 
W.  S.  ^loore, 
A.  G.  Crawford, 
Albert  Loubier, 
Joseph  J.  Nichols, 
Medie  Rancout, 

D.  C.  Pierce, 
Arthur  Rodrique, 
W.  L.  Anderson, 
C.  H.  Mills. 

W.  F.  Jude, 
Arthur  Cathcart, 
Harr>'  Stillwell, 
J.  A.  Buhner, 
Thomas  \"intinner, 
Edlord  Fournier, 
J.  S.  Williams, 
L.  R.  Moore, 
James  Sands, 
T.  A.  Murtha. 
George  Blais. 
Fred  Henderson, 
Harry  A.  Young, 

E.  A.  Henderson, 
Henry  P.  McKenney, 


Hotel. 

Groceries,  etc. 
Real  Estate. 

Druggist  and  Sporting  Goods. 
Insurance. 

Clothing  and  Dry  Goods. 
Jeweler. 

Furniture  and  Undertaker. 
Day  and  Night  Restaurant. 
Restaurant. 
Jeweler. 
Barber  Shop. 
Deputy  Sheriff. 
Photographer. 
Lawyer. 
Lawyer. 
Lawyer. 
Autos. 

Harnesses  and  Picture  House. 
Garage. 
General  Store. 

Fruit  Stand  and  Picture  House. 
Blacksmith  and  Cant  Dogs. 
Restaurant. 

Restaurant  and  Dealer  in  Furs. 
Hotel. 

Barber  Shop. 
Heald  Pond  Camps. 
Carpenter  and  Contractor. 
Wood  Pond  Camps. 
Lake  Parlin  Hotel  and  Camps. 


7A 


SPRAGUE'S  JOURNAL  OF  MAINE  HISTORY 


The  Catholic  Church  and  Its 
Schools 

At  the  Jackman  Station  Village  are  St.  Anthony's  church,  the 
Sacred  Heart  Convent  and  the  St.  Anthony  Parochial  School,  the 
result  of  the  zealous  and  indefatigable  labors  of  its  pastor  the  Rev. 
Joseph  F.  Forest,  P.  P.,  who  came  here  in  1892.     Father  Forest  is 

a  native  of  Can- 
ada and  was 
educated  in  the 
As  s  u  m  p  t  i  o  n 
College  at  Mon- 
treal. Prior  to 
his  coming  here 
the  Catholics 
had  only  re- 
ceived occasion- 
al visits  from 
Canadian 
priests.  In  the 
first  years  his 
pastorate  duties 
extended  over  a  very  large  territory  embracing  all  of  northern 
Somerset,  Greenville  and  the  entire  region  to  the  Canada  line. 
The  church  was  built  in  1893.  The  convent,  which  is  a  magni- 
ficent granite  building  of  four  stories  65  feet  on  the  street  and  55 
feet  back,  was  built  in   1907. 

The  parochial  school  building  of  three  stories,  sixty  feet  in  width 
and  seventy-eight  feet  in  length,  was  completed  in  1912  and  an 
annex  for  boys  to  it  in  1914. 

Two  hundred  and  fifty  scholars  are  in  regular  attendance,  some 
of  them  from  many  parts  of  Maine,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  of  them  board  at  the  Convent. 

At  the  Convent  are  sixteen  sisters  presided  over  by  Mother 
Superior  Mary  Phillippine  from  the  St.  Joseph  Sisters  of  Lyons, 
France,  who  are  the  teachers  in  the  school. 

In  the  parish  comprising  Jackman  and  the  surrounding  planta- 
tions and  settlements  about  175  families  are  communicants  of  the 
St.  Anthony  church. 


Sacred    Heart    Convent,    Jackman,    Maine 


ABRAM    NEWTON 


75 


Abram  Newton 


Abram  Newton  was  born  October  lo,  1863,  at  Dennystown  Plan- 
tation, and  was  the  eldest  son  of  Horatio  and  Luretta  Newton.  His 
early  life  was  passed  on  the  farm,  with  school  privilege  of  only  a 
very  few  weeks  each  year,  the  nearest  schoolhonse  being  about  five 
miles  away. 

At  fourteen  years  of  age  he  secured  his  first  employment  as  a 
"swamper"  in  the  lumber  woods  and  for  several  succeeding  win- 
ters followed  the  different  occu- 
pations incident  to  the  logging 
operations,  and  in  the  Spring 
and  Summer  was  engaged  in 
driving  the  logs  down  the  dif- 
ferent streams  and  rivers  in 
northern  Maine. 

When  nineteen  years  old  he 
became  foreman  in  the  woods 
and  also  on  the  drive.  For  a 
period  of  nine  years  he  was  a 
foreman,  being  employed  by  the 
late  Omer  Clark  and  Ed.  P. 
Page  in  that  capacity. 

He  shortly  afterward  entered 
into  a  contract  to  cut  and  haul 
logs  for  Brown  &  Allen  of 
Greenville,  Maine,  having  asso- 
ciated himself  as  a  partner, 
with  Henry  L.  Colby  of  Jack- 
man,  Me. 

For  the  succeeding  period  of 


ABRAM   XEWTON 

Prominent    in    the    Business    Affairs 
of  Jackman 


eleven  years  the  ^firm  engaged  in  lumber  operating  for  Lawrence 
Brothers  of  South  Gardiner;  the  South  Gardiner  Lumber  Co., 
the  Hollingsworth  &  Whitney  Co.  and  others. 

In  1897  Mr.  Newton  was  appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs 
under  President  McKinley  and  held  the  position  until  his  resignation 
in  1914. 

In  addition  to  his  duties  as  Customs  Collector,  he  was  actively 
engaged  as  a  lumber  operator,  having  several  important  contracts 
with  the  Great  Northern  Paper  Company,  covering  a  period  of 
several  years. 


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Mr.  Newton's  marked  ability 
as  a  timber  estimator  has  been 
recognized  by  many  important 
timberland  owners  for  several 
years  and  he  has  been  a  member 
of  commissions  at  different 
times  whose  duty  it  was  to  de- 
termine the  value  and  quantities 
of  available  timber  on  many 
large  tracts,  not  only  in  Maine 
but  in  several  of  the  Southern 
and  Middle  western  states.  He 
is  now  the  owner  of  large  inter- 
ests and  holdings  in  both  Maine 
and  Canadian  timber  lands. 

He  has  always  had  the  best 
interests    of    Jackman    at    heart 


WEBSTER    S.    MOORE 

Chairman    of    the    Board    of    Asses- 
sors of  Jackman 

and  has  been  honored  many 
times  by  its  citizens  who  recog- 
nize his  ability  and  sound  busi- 
ness judgment. 

In  politics  he  has  always  been 
a  Republican  and  would  doubt- 
les9  have  been  elected  a  member 
of  the  last  Legislature  from  this 
class,  but  business  matters  pre* 
vented  him  from  becoming  a 
candidate. 

]\Ir.  Newton  is  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Guilford  Trust  Company  and  has 
been  such  ever  since  the  Green- 
ville branch  was  established. 

In  September  of  last  year  he 
entered  upon  his  duties  as  Gen- 
eral Manager  of  the  woods  department  for  the  Jackman  Lumber 
Company  and  occupies  that  position  at  the  present  time. 


DANIEL    HANCOX 

Prominent    Business    Man    of    Jack- 
man. 


CORRESPONDENCE  n 


On  September  i,  1897,  he  was  married  to  Jennie  M.  Colby  of 
Jackman.  Their  daughter,  Velzora  A.  Newton,  is  a  member  of  the 
senior  class  of  the  Maine  Central  Institute  at  Pittsfield,  Maine. 


Correspondence 

From  Honorable  William  R.  Pattangall. 

Honorable  William  R.  Pattangall,  Attorney  General  of  the  State 
of  Maine,  heartily  endorsers  the  Journal  and  contributes  valuable 
information  regarding  the  Longfelloiv  family: 

Waterville,  Maine,  June  i6th,  191 5. 
Mr.  John  F.   Sprague, 

Dover,  Maine. 
Dear  Brother  Sprague: 

I  have  been  especially  interested  in  your  Journal  of  Maine  His- 
tory. I  remember  saying  to  you  one  time  when  we  were  talking 
about  our  own  state  that  the  great  trouble  with  Maine  was  that 
nobody  knew  anything  about  the  state  either  from  an  historical 
or  an  industrial  standpoint.  You  are  certainly  doing  a  great  work 
in  interesting  the  people  of  Maine  in  its  early  history. 

I  read  with  especial  interest  in  your  May  number  a  sketch  of 
Stephen  Longfellow  written  by  William  Willis,  I  do  not  know  that 
you  are  aware  of  the  very  close  relationship  between  the  Longfellow 
family  of  Portland  and  the  Longfellow  family  of  Machias.  Some 
few  facts  in  that  connection  may  be  of  interest  to  you. 

The  first  of  the  Longfellow  name  to  come  to  this  country  was 
William  Longfellow,  born  in  England  in  1651,  who  came  to  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  in  1674.  He  had  two  sons,  Stephen  and  Na- 
than. Stephen  in  turn  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom  bore  his  name, 
and  the  other  was  named  for  his  grandfather,  William.  William 
lived  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  his  son,  Nathan,  was  born 
there  in  1764,  moving  to  Machias  in  1767.  Nathan  served  in  the 
Revolutionary  War  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  He  also  had  a 
second  cousin  Nathan,  a  great  grandson  of  the  original  William 
Longfellow,  some  three  years  older  than  he,  who  was  born  in  Con- 
wallis,  Massachusetts,  and  who  moved  to  Machias  about  the  time 
of  the  outbreak  of  the  Revolutionary  War.  This  Nathan  had  a 
son,  Jacob,  who  married  Taphenus,  a  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Na- 


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than.     My  maternal  grandfather,   Daniel  Longfellow,   was   a  son 
of  Taphenus  and  Jacob. 

I  have  been  especially  interested  in  looking  up  these  matters,  not 
only  from  the  standpoint  of  my  maternal  ancestors,  but  because  I 
also  find  that  Abraham  Adams,  who  was  the  grandson  of  Richard 
Pattangall,  the  first  of  the  name  to  come  to  this  country  and  who 
settled  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1640,  married  Ann  Longfellow, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  the  original  William  Longfellow  and  Ann 
Sewall,  So  that  I  find  myself  a  descendant  of  William  Longfellow 
on  both  sides  of  the  family. 

Yours  very  truly, 

W.  R.  PATTANGALL. 


Honorable  Augustine  Simmons  of  North  Anson,  Maine,  writes : 

In  my  recent  article"  on  Franklin  Simmons  the  word  "the"  before 
Franklin  should  read  though.  In  the  last  paragraph  the  word 
"free"  should  read  face. 


Sebec  Lake,  Maine,  June  14,   1915. 
To  the  Editor  of  S Prague's  Journal  of  Maine  History: 

In  looking  over  the  May  issue  of  the  Journal,  I  was  very  much 
interested  in  the  article  on  workers  with  the  divining  rod. 

Royal  Day  was  my  grandfather,  and  I  have  a  very  good  remem- 
brance of  him,  and  I  know  he  was  perfectly  sincere  in  his  work  of 
discovering  water  veins  below  the  surface  of  the  ground.  I  do 
not  know  his  theory  or  the  scientific  principle  on  which  he  based 
his  figures,  but  I  do  know  that  he  did  not  claim  any  occult  power 
when  he  gave  the  depth  at  which  water  would  be  found.  He  used 
an  instrument  based  on  scientific  principles,  from  which  he  made 
his  figures.  This  instrument,  I  think,  was  made  by  my  grandfather, 
Royal  Day,  and  as  near  as  I  can  describe  the  instrument,  it  is  a 
quarter  circle  made  from  a  hard  wood  board  mounted  on  a  trypod, 
and  has  a  plumb  bob  attached  to  tell  when  it  is  level.  This  quarter 
circle  is  sub-divided  by  lines  into  lesser  quarter  circles  with  a  scale 
of  figures  along  each  line.  This  instrument  is  now  in  my  possession, 
and  I  value  it  very  highly  as  a  relic,  and  the  article  in  your  Journal 
makes  this  doubly  valuable  to  me,  as  it  puts  it  in  the  class  of 
historical  relics. 

Very  truly, 
MRS.   B.  M.  PACKARD. 

C)     See  Journal  No.  i,  Vol.  3,  pp.  27-28-29. 


CORRESPONDENCE  79 

Chicago,  June  9,  191 5. 
To  the  Editor  of  S Prague's  Journal  of  Maine  History: 

I  note  in  May  No.  that  you  refer  to  Whig  doggerel  of  1840-1, 

and  purport  to  give  the  "first  Hne".     Is  not  this  a  little  in  error? 

Some  years  ago  in  Western  Kansas  I  met  an  old  pioneer  and 

was  introduced  to  him  as  being  from  Maine.     Oh  yes  he  knew  all 

about  me  and  he  launched  forth : 

"Oh  have  you  heard  the  news   from  Maine. 
From  Maine  all  honest  and  true 
She's  gone  hell  bent  for  Governor  Kent 
For  Tippacanoe  and  Tyler  too." 
A  little  further  inquiry  proved  that  it  was  about  all  he  did  know 
of  Maine,  but  he  had  sung  the  song  during  the  Campaign. 

Yours  truly, 

T.  H.  SMITH. 


Old  Town,  Me.,  July  2,  191 5. 
Editor  of  Sprague's  Journal  of  Maine  History: 

Upon  reading  Vol.  2  of  your  valuable  publication,  "Sprague's 
Journal  of  Maine  History",  I  find  mentioned  on  page  88,  the 
names  of  Moses  Pearson  &  John  East.  I  have  a  deed  which  has  been 
handed  down  (among  other  papers),  conveying  land  in  Falmouth, 
to  Edward  &  John  Tyng  in  1832.  It  is  signed  by  Moses  Pearson, 
James  Winslow  &  John  East,  "Proprietors  Committee  for  laying  out 
the  common  land  in  Falmouth."  The  certificate  on  the  back  is  as 
follows :  "The  within  Bounds  of  land  or  flats.  Recorded  in  the 
proprietors  Book  of  Records  for  Falmouth,  November  20,  1732,  pr. 
Moses  Pearson,  Proprietor  Clerk." 

The  above  is,  probably,  of  not  any  direct  importance  to  you,  but 
in  a  general  way  I  thought  it  might  be  of  interest  to  learn  a  little 
more  of  the  persons  named  in  the  Journal. 

Yours  very  truly, 

H.  HILLIARD. 


As  we  have  already  remarked  in  these  columns  it  is  the  most  en- 
terprising business  men  in  a  town  that  does  the  most  advertising. 
This  is  well  illustrated  in  this  issue  of  the  Journal. 


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Maine  Local  Histories 

Mr.  A.  J.  Huston,  92  Exchange  Street,  Portland,  Maine,  the 
well  known  dealer  in  new  and  old  books,  and  who  makes  a  specialty 
of  all  books,  pamphlets,  etc.,  relating  to  the  State  of  Maine,  has 
recently  issued  a  valuable  little  booklet  entitled  "A  Check  List  of 
Maine  Local  Histories".  26  pages  are  devoted  to  town  histories, 
lists  of  regimental  and  county  histories,  general  histories  of  the 
state,  county  atlases,  historical  society  collections,  historical  and 
genealogical  magazines,  ecclesiastical  histories,  legislative  session 
laws,  etc.    Price  50  cts. 


In  Skowhegan,  Madison,  Dover-Foxcroft,  Greenville,  Guilford, 
etc.,  it  has  been  the  live  wire  business  men  whose  names  appear 
herein.  Take  the  town  of  Guilford  as  an  example.  There  is 
probably  not  a  town  in  Maine  of  its  size  that  has  more  country 
trade  come  to  its  merchants ;  that  has  more  business  center  in  it 
from  miles  beyond  its  borders  than  that  town  and  they  have  always 
been  among  the  most  liberal  advertisers. 


New  Mount  Kineo  House  and  Annex 

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Shadow  of  Mount  Kineo 

On  the  east  side  of  the  most  beautiful  lake  in  New  England,  forty 
miles  long  and  twenty  miles  wide,  dotted  with  islands,  and  with  hundreds 
of  smaller  lakes  and  streams  in  easy  proximity,  in  the  midst  of  some  of  the 
grandest  scenery  in  America,  is  the 

NEW  MOUNT  KINEO  HOUSE  and  ANNEX 

recently  remodeled  and  with  many  improvements  added;  making  it  second  to  none  for 
comfort,  convenience  and  recreation. 

It  is  a  Palace  in  the  Maine  woods  and  in  the  heart  of  the  great  game  region. 

This  region  leads  all  others  for  trout  and  salmon.  Spring  and  Summer  fishing. 

^  The   NEW   MOUNT    KINEO    HOUSE    opens    June   27,    remaining 
open    to  September  28th.     New  Annex  opens  May    16,    closes    Sept.  28 


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Do  you  want  a  Cottage  on  Harford's  Point 
on  the  westerly  shore  of  Moose  Head  Lake,  the 
grandest  and  most  lovely  sheet  of  inland  water 
in  all  of  New  England,  and  one  of  the  grandest 
in  the  world  ? 

The  above  illustration  is  a  view  of  Harford's 
Point  facing  Moose  Island  in  a  northerly  direc- 
tion.    For  information,  address, 

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Dover,   Maine. 


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On  the  southerly  side  of  the  Point  is  a  charm- 
ing little  bay  or  cove  and  the  above  represents 
the  most  southerly  portion  of  its  west  shore. 

This  is  known  as  Deep  Cove. 
.    Write  us  for  information. 

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Dover,   Maine. 


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The  above  shows  the  continuation  of  this  west 
shore  of  the  same  cove  in  a  northerly  direction, 
the  two  pictures  giving  you  a  very  good  idea  of 
some  of  the  beauties  of  Deep  Cove. 

Harford's  Point  is  about  three  miles  above 
Greenville  Junction  and  is  a  beautiful  promon- 
tory of  land  of  high  eminence  above  the  lake 
level.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  splendid  trout  and 
salmon  fishing  and  is  in  the  heart  of  Maine's 
best  hunting  grounds  where  big  game  and  game 
birds  abound.  It  would  be  an  attractive  and 
desirable  location  for  a  sportsman's  club. 

If  it  occurs  to  you  that  you  would  like  to  own 
a  summer  home  on  this  delightful  spot,  write 
for  further  particulars  to 

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Dover,  Maine. 


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Albany,  N.  Y.,  April  loth,  1915. 
The  Buxton  Rheumatic  Cure  Co., 

Abbot  Village,  Maine 
Gentlemen : — 

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highway.  We  have  just  completed  a  nice  Automobile  road  to 
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when  on  their  way  to  and  from  Canada,  or  a  good  place  to  make 
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—at— 

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RESTAURANT 

Opposite  the  Station  Post  Office. 
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The  popular  Theatrical  man  can 
be  found  at  his 

Up-To-Date  Harness 
Shop 

except  on 
Monday,  Wednesday  &  Saturday 
Evenings,  his  Moving  Picture 
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—at— 

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Hall 


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3  lbs.,  white  perch,  i  1-2  lb.,  are  not  uncommon.  Pure  spring 
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E.    A.    HENDERSON 

WOOD 

POND 

CAMPS 

One  of  the  most  attractive  places 
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JACKMAN.  MAINE 


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A  Complete  Set  of  the  Agriculture 
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It  is  only  a  few  steps  from 
the  C.  P.  Ry.  Station  and  on 
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the  city  of  Quebec  in  Canada. 
It  is  in  the  midst  of  the  charm- 
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™VdTor.he"    Moose  River  House 

at  Jackman  Station,  Maine. 
It  is  only  ?  few  steps  from  the  C.  P.  Ry.  Station  and  on  the  line  of  the 
old  hiehwav  leading  from  the  Kennebec  country  m  the  State  of  Mame  to 
S  e  citf  of  Quebec  \n  Canada.  It  is  in  the  midst  of  the  charmmg  and  p>ctur- 
;^mip  Moos^  River  Valley.  15  miles  from  the  boundary  Ime,  and  is  m  the 
St  oY  the  gaie  trout  and  salmon  region  of  the  Maine  Woods.  Comfort- 
abk  rooms  with  hot  and  cold  water,  baths  and  toilets  and  all  modern  equip- 
,.ents.     Autoists   should  keep   this   place   m   mind. 


MOVING  PICTURES 
at  The  Station  Hal 

DANCING   AFTER 
THE  SHOW 

Watch  the  Sign 


Fruit  and  Confectionery 
Stand 


EDLORD  FOURNIER,  Prop. 

Jackman  Station,  Maine 


Murtha  House 

T.  A.  Murtha.  Prop. 


Employnient  Agency  and 
Boarding  House 

Jackman  Station,  Me. 


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YOUR 
PRINTING 

If  it  is  worth  doing  at  all,  its  worth  doing 
well.  First  class  work  at  all  times  is  our 
motto,  and  your  job,  however  small,  will 
receive  the  same  careful  attention  that  we 
give  the  state  printing.  Let  us  figure 
with  you  on  your  next  job. 

Waterville  Sentinel  Pub.  Co. 

Printers  to  the  State 
Job  and  Catalogue  Printing  a  Specialty 


The  Value 

of  well  printed,  neat 
appearing  Business  Sta- 
tionery as  a  means  of 
getting  and  holding  the 
respect  of  desirable 
business  men  has  been 
amply  demonstrated. 

Our  prices    are    rea- 
sonable. 


Holman  Day's  New   Book 

The  X.  Y.  Times  in  reviewing  The 
Landloper,  says : 

"Holman  Day  has  been  known 
chiefly  a's  a  writer  of  galloping  ro- 
mance, stories  of  intricate  plot  and 
swift  action  sweetened  with  plenty  of 
sentiment,  and  all  served  up  with  the 
sauce  of  a  gallant,  rose-hued  style. 
But  those  who  have  read  and  liked 
his  previous  novels  must  be  prepared 
for  something  very  different  in  this 
new  book.  It  is  the  tale  of  a  modern 
knight-errant  who,  though  not  look- 
ing for  adventure  or  for  any  chance 


to  put  hi's  lance  in  rest,  presently 
finds  himself  drawn  into  the  biggest 
kind  of  a  fight.  The  interest  of  the 
story  is  almost  as  much  in  ho-w  he 
is  led  to  throw  down  the  gage  of 
battle  as  in  the  way  in  which  he  after- 
ward proves  himself  equal  to  the 
situation.  And  it  is  all,  in  motive, 
theme,  and  style,  quite  different  from 
the  author's  previous  novels." 

The  Landloper  is  just  from  the 
press  of  Harper  &  Brothers,  and  is 
]\Ir.  Day's  first  long  novel  since  The 
Red  Lane  which  appeared  a  number 
of  years  ago. 


Farm-Smiles  out  of  Bangor 

BEAUTIFUL  VIEW— A  few  miles 
from  several  lakes :  will  take  party 
of  five;  private  parlor  with  fireplace 
and  piano ;  private  liath ;  modern 
house;  $15  per  week.  For  further 
particulars  address  A.  C.  K.A.VA- 
\.\GH.  Ohio  St.,  Bangor,  Maine,  R. 
F.  D.  4- 


Persons  having  business  in  the 
Kennebec  region,  or  at  the  capital  of 
the  State  at  Au'justa,  or  traveling  by 
auto,  will  be  well  pleased  if  they  tarry 
for  awhile  with  the  genial  Frank  and 
Fred  Wors'er,  who  have  recently 
taken  the  Hallowell  House,  Hallow- 
ell.  Maine.  These  gentlemen  are  too 
well  known  as  first  class  hotel  mana- 
gers to  require  any  introduction  to 
die  public.  They  are  making  a  suc- 
cess of 

THE  HALLOWELL  HOTEL 


WM.  W.  ROBERTS  CO. 

stationers  ancJ  BlanR  Book.  yVlanufaoture>rs 

Office  Supplies,  Filing  Cabinets  and  Card  Indexes 
233  Middle  Street,  PORTLAND,  MAINE 


The  Established    Leader 

All  kinds  of  Typewriters  bought,  sold, 

exchanged  and  repaired. 

LESLIE  E.  JONES 

130  Main  St.,  BANGOR,  MAINE 


PUBLIC  AUTO 

Tire  Repairing  and  Vulcanizing 
Satisfaction  Guaranteed 

FRED  W.  PALMER 

DOVER,  MAINE 


Send  Your  Linen  by  Parcel  Post  to 

Iford  &t<saLm  Laundry 

V.  H.  ELLIS,  Prop.,  GUILFORD,  MAINE 
We  Pay  Return  Postage 


IT    l^AY^    TO    ^^  A  y  F       Lay  your  plans  to  start  your  savings  account 
■  I     I     Ha  if     I  U    <i^  n  W  L       with  this  bank  on  your  very  next  pay-day. 
Set  aside  One  Dollar — more  ii  you  can  spare  it — come  to  the  bank  and 
make  your  urst  deposit.     Small  sums  are  welcomed. 

Put  system   into   your  savings.        Save  a  little    every   week   and  save   that 
little  regularly.     Make  it  an  obligation  to  yourself  just  as  you  are  duty  bound  to 
pay  the  grocer  or  the  coal  man.     SAVE  FAITHFULLY.      The  dollars  you  save 
now  will  serve  you  later  on  when  you  will  have  greater  need  for  them. 
PISCATAQUIS  SAVINGS  BANK,  Dover,  Maine. 
F.  E.  GUERNSEY.Pres.  W.  C.  WOODBURY,  Treas. 


Money  Back  If  Not  Satisfied 
Is  Your  Protection 

JOHN  T.  CLARK  &  Co. 

CLOTHIERS 

BANGOR,  -  MAINE 


SMITH  &  SALE 

PRINTERS  OF 

De  Luxe  Editions 

45  Exchange  Street 

PORTLAND,         MAINE 


Bangor  &  Aroostook 

DIRECT  ROUTE  to  Greenville,  Fort 
Kent,  Houlton,  Presque  Isle,  Cari- 
bou, Fort  Fairfield,  Van  Buren  and 
Northern  Maine. 

Excellent  Roadbed,  Splendid  Service,  First 
Class  Equipment,  Solid  Vestibule  Trains. 

Any  ticket  agent  will  be  pleased  to  furnish 
all  information  or  literature  desired  or  same 
can  be  obtained  by  writing  to  the  Passenger 
Traffic  Manager. 

Geo.  M.  Houghton 

Passenger  Traffic  Manager 

Bangor,  Maine 


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Henry  Hudson 


Leslie  E.  Hudson 


H.  Hudson  &  Son, 


.Dealers  in. 


Horses  and  Cattie 


Guilford, 


Maine 


KINEO  TRUST  CO., 

DOVER,  MAINE 

Organized  in  1905  to  meet  the  bank- 
ing needs  of  tliis  community.  Kineo 
Trust  Company  has  steadily  grown  in 
strength  and  public  favor,  until  today 
it  is  universally  recognized  as  one  of 
the  large  and  strong  financial  institu- 
tions of  Eastern  Maine. 

Liberal  Interest  Paid  on 

Savings  Deposits 

J.  F.  HUGHES,  Pres.,       C.  C.  HALL.  V.Pres 
G.  L.  ARNOLD,  Treas. 


FOREST 


CO 


Masonic  Building 

PORTLAND,        ME. 

We  want  your  business  and  promise 
our  best  efforts  to  give  you  good  ser- 
vice. 


Portland-Monson 
Slate  Co. 

Quarriers  and  Manufacturers 


SLATE  GOODS 

of  Every  Description 
Monson,    Me. 

SLAXE 

For  Plumbing,    Struc- 
tural and  Electrical 
Uses  a  Specialty 
Monson  Roofing 
Slate 


Office  and  Factory 

25    Central  Wharf 

PORTLAND,      -       MAINE 


Quarries  and  Mill 
MONSON,         -         MAINE 


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