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THB STORY

HOULTON

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Public Records, and from the Experiences of

ITS Founders, their Descendants, and

Associates to the Present Time

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ANNOrXCEMEXTS OF ALL THE PROMINENT MER-
CHANTS AND MANUFACrURINO IXTEHESTS.

HOULTON, MAINE
WWA. fl. SMFTH, PirnLISIIKIJ AND PKINTKK.

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HOUI.TON.

CIIAPTEJ<- i. — Irs LcicATioN anh GixxiiiAiMiv

DEED OF NEW SALEM ACADEMY LANDS.

To all People to zv/iom t/i esc presents shall corue^ Greeting:

WiiKHKAs, the Lejrislatiiic of the Conunonwcaltli ol" Massachu-
setts (hil, on tlie 2.'>(1 (ia\- of June, in the \ ear of our Lord, one
thousaiul seven huiuhxMl and ninety-nine, l)v their resolve of that
date, <;raMt to tlie Trustees of ?\e\v vSaleni Academy a half Town-
ship of land in the words folio winjjj, that is to sa\ : 'T-^esoKed
that, in ))ursuai'.ce of a Report of a Joint Conunittee, which has
been accepted l)\' both houses of the Leii^islature, tiiere be and is
herebv <;ranted to the Trustees of the Academy of New Salem in
the C(Hmt^• of Hampshire, and tlieir successors, forexer, one hall"
of a tow nship of land ol" six miles square, f )r and to, the use of said
Academy, to be hiid out and assi<^ned bv the Committee for the
sale of Eastern lands in some of the una^pj^ropriated lands in the
District of Alaine beloni^injj^ to this Commonwealth, e\cej)tinL( all
Lands within six miles of the Penobscot Rixer, * * * \vhich
said tract of land, the said Trustees are hereb\ empowx'red and
authorised to use, impnne, sell or dispose of as they may think
most ibr the adxanta^e of the said institution, and whereas the
Lej^islature aibresaid did, on the nineteenth dav of June, ei<4'hteen
hundred and one, i)y their resolve (^i that date, authorise and em-
power the a*ijents therein named to fullil and perform all the bar-
gains made by the aforesaid Committee, * * * and whereas
the said John Bead and Pele^^' Coilin, (said a<i^ents) did, on the
twenty-lirst day of February, in the year of our Lord ei<(htcen hun-
dred and five, in pursuance of the fore<(oin<j^ resolve, convey and
conlirm unto the said Trustees and their successors, to be bv them
holden, in their corporate caj)acit\', for the use of said Academy,
half a Township of Land lyinu; in Conntv- of Washin<(ton, con-
taininii^ eleven thousand, h\e huntlred and twentv acres, equal to
half a Township of tlie contents of six miles square, as the same

was siir\t'\c(l 1)\' Paik Holland, I*Ls(|iiirc, "m the \car ci;j;htc-.-n hiin-
drcd and onr, hounded as rollf)svs, vi/.. : Hei^iiniinj^' at rlij Northeast
corner of (jioten Acadeniv l;'.;id>, and nnininiz" Iron; thence Xoi-th

and wiiereas tne sau

three miles to a stake and stones, * ■* *
'J'nistees did on the sixteenth dav of October, in the vcar oi' our
Lord eighteen hundred and four, at their Annual Meetiuij ai:)])oint
Ehene/er Mattoon, Samuel C. .Allen, and Samuel F. Dickinson,
whose names are hereto subscribed and seals afHxed, a Committee

to receive the Deed.

* Now know \e that Ebenezer

iVlattcx^Ti, Samuel C .Vllen, and Samuel \\ Dickinson, the Com-
mittee abo\e-named, in pursuance of the authorit\ aforesaid b\ tlie
said Trustees in us vested, for a \aluable consideration paid said

rustees,

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* do herel)\' i^'rant, barj.>'ain, sell, con\'e\ and
confirm unto them, the said j^iantees in this deed, their heirs and
assiij^ns, the res])ective shares, in common and undi\ided, in the said
half Township ji^ranted to said Trustees and conveyed as aforesaid,
that is to sa\-, to tlie said Aaron Putnam, one eiii^hth part thereof;
to the said Varney Peirce, one eighth part thereof; to the said Jo-
seph Iloidton, one fifth part thereof; to the said John Putnam, one
tenth i^art thereof; to the said Joshua Putnam, one tenth part
thereof; to the saitl Rufus Cowles, one tenth ))art thereof; to the
said John Cl'/amberlain, one tenth part thereof; to the said Willam
Bowman, one twentieth ])art thereof ; to the said Consitler liast-
ini^s, one twentieth part thereof; and to the said Thomas Powers,
one twentieth part thereof, with the appurtenances, * * * *
we d( herel)y convey to them all the rights in, and title to the prem-
ises which the said Trustees ever had therein.

In testimonv whereof we have hereunto set our hands, and af-
fixed our seals, this lirst da\' oi' June, in the year of our Lord,
ei<^hteen hundrcii and ten.

Signed, sealetl, antl deli\ered by the Comm., in presenc' of
three witnesses.

Recorded. Mass., LLimpshire, .s\v. — February 11th. LSU."

So runs the reading of the first recorded document which names
the territorv, sj^eciticallv, upon the face of the earth, of what now
constitutes the Southern half of our beautiful town.

This Deed is recorded, in our Registry of Deeds, in Vol. One
of Records of Washington County, in the District of Maine ; and
this record begins at the titne when this sec^liion was made a re<i-Is-
tration district for the North part of that County.

The Deed is found on Page 7.'), and, thougli now the ink is fad-
ed, and the leaves yellowed, it claims careful attention, for it sug-
gests in many ways the interesting story of tlie founding of our

cotimiuiiitN'. The docunicnt is too \()luiniiu)iis to be rcpiMiitcd in
full, hut cnou<i^h is reproduced to show ckaih' th.e n;iture of the
tiausactiou and the parties concerned.

H\ the terms of the Lej^isjative act a portion ol' land was to he
donated to tiie 'rrustees of the Academy in New vSalem, Ilamj)-
shire County, Mass., and unlimited choice of location was allowed,
after passin*^- a six mile l)elt alonL( the Pen;)l)scot river. No docu-
ments are within reach to show what ;j^uidj:l the aut'iorities in se-
lecting!^ this particular half town, and tradition is dumb on the same
point. A careful siftinjjj and research amonsj^ the archi\es of the
State libraries niij^ht reveal matoi-ial testimony upon that subjt'5t,
but for the ])resent we are lefc t-) conje^iure. To the thouj^httul
mind the interest around this point djepciv-; when we reHect ui)on
the exact situation oi' this section of the State of Massachusetts, at
the openin<^ of the present centurv.

No An<.;lo Saxon settlement, of anv conseciuence, existed anv-
where within its b(;rders, away from th.e coast line. It was all a
wild, imknown ret^ion, still in the possession of the Indians, except
the Acadian refugee stttlcment of Ahtdawaska. And not merely
was it physically unknown and remote, but, all alouL;; its Eastern
parts hung the clouds of doubt an«.l discjine'. ilexelopcvl in the con-
flict of jurisdiction about the National Boundary. The Empire of
Great Britain and the infant Unitetl States did not know where the
line of dixision between them, at the Northeast la\-. In addition
to this the political situati(jn was obscure and depressing. General
Washin<j^ton had just died. \Vc were upon the point of a war with
the French, our old allies ; and the British j^ower had not a particle
of respect for the new nation, much less fear of anythin**' we could
do.

In the midst of this gatherini^ oloom we fmd the Le<jjislature of
Massachusetts alive to the needs of hi^^her education, and also the
names of ten men upon record who were willing to take the
chances of the :.ituation, and turn the ])ounty of the State land in-
to the means to uplift the school.

Some adyancemcnt had been made in the adjustment of the
Boundary dispute, but, lor the most part, only in surrender of the
claims of tlie United States. Untler the interpretation of the treaty
of IT'S,') the St. Croix river was hxed upon as the Eastern bound,
but there at once came :ip the question, which is the St. Croix. -

The French explorers had left the name ap})lied both to the
present stream oi' that name, antl to what is now known as the
Maguaguadavic. Had this latter stream retained the name, the
District of Maine would have included all the adjacent territory of
the Province of New Brunswick for a width of some fifteen miles.

V''

After tliis iiiatUr was settled, ninl the true St. Croix river was lo-
cated, then the I>ritisli chnni \vas asserted tliat from the iJeNil's
Head point, below what is now the eit\ ol" Calais, a line sliould be
drawn, Sonthwesterh , across that c;)rner (»(' the lanil and over the
Atlantic ocean till its straiL?ht course should reacli the Northwestern
limit of Florida. 'I'his claim cut oil' ail of the present Washing-
ton Count' iVom Machais, Eastward.

This assnmjition was abandoned after a i^ood deal of bickerin;^,
and then the liiitlsh claim was from an unknown point at the head
of the vSt. Croix stream, Noi'thward, to about Mars llill, where
their line would tiu"n to the West, and follow the di\ide between
the Penobscot antl St. John rivers. 'JMie United States claim was
from the same undefined point, Northward, far above Mars Hill,
and over the St. John ri\er. up into the hi^h lands between that
riser and the St. Lawrence.

'Idius matters stoovl w hen the ten signers of the compact atj^reed
to buN' this land. .\])'pa;"entl\ , without their knowledije or consent,
the location was made wiiere there was no a;j^reetl HasteiMi Bi)und
of the Nation. Thex could take the land if the\- chose, and await
the chance to be in tlie UnitCvl States or the IJritish territory as the
lot of arms a di])lomacv slKudd eventuate for them.

Leavin<^, for tiie present, the personalit\ of the lirst proprietors,
attention ma\- well be <>"iven to the particular <reoLrrai)h\ and "■e;)lo-
<rv of the land. It is a most uKirked feature of this locating: of tlie
<i^rant that it should ha\ e been made on t'le t;rst half of that one of
these later six mile towns which la\' w'lolh' within the \alley of
the St John river, as the (lis' 'Mce is measured from the coast in-
land. In one sense of the wo. J the New vSalem ^Vcademv i^rant
was, politically, nowhere as to settled jurisdiction, but geo<j^raphic-
ally, upon the water of the St. John, and j^eolojj^ically, upon the
commencement of the calcareous slate formation of the middle
section of that <j^reat stream. As known to-dav the town of 1 loul-
ton is the first six mile town wholh' upon the slate lands of this
section. It is doubtful if the persons locatinj^^ the <j^rant knew of
the fact, but the result of their work was to put the beu^inninij^ of
the settlement of this part of the State on to the ed^e of these fer-
tile limestone lands, whereon could become possible the onward
march of thrift and prosperitv which so Ibreiblv mark the charac-
teristics of this St. John river portion of the County.

The records do not show anv reference to a fixed point of start-
ins^ in definition of l)ounds of these half towns. No allusion oc-
curs to either National or State lines. Each jjrant besfins at a cor-
ner of a grant lower down, and the lines run around the portion
in question, according to the compass of the accidental surveyor,

for tlie time l)eiii''. Tlic New vSjilcm <xnnit l)cu'ms its lim; at the
Northeast conuT of (jroten Acadeiiu Ljrant, accoi(hiijjj to tlie sur-
vey ol' l*ark Ilollaiul, l'2s(j., and this point was ahoiit ten and a
liah' miles aho\e t!ie head of the vSt. Ci"oi\.

The Xoith hah' of the present IlonUon was in a tract i^ranted to
W illiams Colk"^.-, in Williamstown, Mass. 'I'his j^rant and con-
veyance occurred a i'ew \ears later. The name of Nathaniel In-
ij^ersoil of \ew (ilf.'ucester, in this vState, is earl\ found in connec-
tion with that j)oilion oi' tlie land, also t!ie name of Josej)h 1'^.
Foxcroft of same town. There is a record of considerahle con-
veyancing^ hack and forth with relerence to that jijrant. It miLCht
he inferred tliat l'\)xcr()ft was an a^^ent of the Committee, and that
the sale was entrusted t > his care. He fu'st dj^-ds tlu twenty-three
thousan:! acres t ) l<.icliard Tohie, Jr., of New Gloucester, on the
2(')th of Septem])jr, l-Sl.",. April 2d, 1X2(1, he takes the deed hack
ajjfain of the w'l )le Ljrant, settles up a munher of tax sales tliat have
occurrv'd, and, of same date, transfers a omplete title to President
and Trustees of Williams ColleiLi"e. The name of this former own-
er of t!ie tract is still lound in the desii;-nation of the settlement in
the 1^2astern part as "'• Foxcrolt."

The •jfeo;^raph\ of the t(nvn is well sludied in tlie bird s-eye-view
which is obtained Irom the top of the Iii-j^h rid<i^e of <.^ronud where
the first cleariu'j^ was made. This hii^rli land extends from the
vSouth line of tlie town, and within ai) out one and a half miles of
the Eastern line, up some two miles and a half, where it drops oti'
abruptly to admit of the passa'j;e of the brook, known in the old
deeds as "Mr. Iloulton's Mill Stream." To-dav it is called Cook's
Brook. From the hill top in t!ie summer season the observer can
look upon as fair a prospect is any town in the county can show.
The Aleduxnekeafj^ rivei' ciiters the town at the Southwest corner,
and iiows Northeasterlv throuiij!i it. dividin^jj the territory into two
nearly equ:d sections. A branch euLeriu'j^ at the Northwest corner
joins the main stream near the centre of the town, at the head of
the mill pond. Across the whole knjj^th, in the Western part, ex-
tentls the i^-reat horse!)ack, throuf^h which the streams forced their
way centuries a<4(), and in which the buildinijf of the hiij^h ways has
made deep excavations. In every direction the broad smooth fields
extend, antl the woods still stands as a frin_<ije about the clearing's.
The soil is the bri<Jfht yellow loam which overlies all this calcareous
formation and, for the most part, the <jjround is free from surface stone.
Competent persons have pronounced the town, both in its orii^inal
condition, and now, in later years, in its a<^ricultural capabilities,
the equal of any similar extent of land in this river valley.

GRANDMOTHER'S STORY.

CHAPTER I[.

Cj|{A\'[)M()'i'!iKFrs life work (tniws near its close. i'lu' xcars of
greatest acti\it\ arc alrcacK' far ])ast. Tiic cliildrcii whom she
nursed and cared for are now oUl men and women, 'i'he number
of her \ears is hut little less than that of this centur\ . She can
busy herself with her knitting and trilling matters around her, but
her mind dwells u])on the vanished youth and motherhootl.

From her home on the hill she has watched the whole transfor-
mation of this section, out of an untrodden wilderness into its pres-
ent condition as the home of thousands. Herself and one or two
others are the onh remainiuij^ links to comiect us with the events
and actors in the foundint;' of our tow n.

As she sits in the rockiuii^ chair with her white aj^ron on, tlie
white kerchief about her neck, and the sihered hair smoothly
pressed back imder the cap, she tells her story to curious j^'rand
children and li^real q;rand children, who come in to see her. and beg
for the tale of the buried })ast.

''I was born in Alfred, York County, March •i.')th, 1X04. My
Father had learned the trade of a cabinet maker in Saco, aiul als;)
was used to carjicnter work. My Mother was born and brought
up in vSaco. She was a good singer, and was one of the choir who
sang at the funeral services whi h took place after the death of
General Wasliington.

Father left home to work at the carpenters' trade when I was
seven years old. He came as far as Bangor where he heard of
the new settlement on the border, one hundred and ten miles olf
through the trackless forrest. While making inquires about the
way to this point he found an Oldtown Indian who said he knew

tlic track tlinm^li the wotxls. The iiuliap. did not Uikav much
Ijil^li.^h, and allcr t!icv Kft the ri\er at Matt;'.\vaiuke:i«^, latlier
thdiiu'lit tlie t'elhj'.v diil not know much a])out the way.

At a carp, in'j^ place tliere was a kind of a path wliich father ini-
(lerstootl the j^ai'Kk' to trv to sa\ led to lloniton, and it was 1)ul a
mile or s;) thron«^h. W'itii this idea in his mind, he sent the Indian
i)ack and started alone. lie soon found out his mistake; the j)at!i
tlisaj^peared ; he lost the rij^ht course, and wandered about for
ei<>'ht days. I lis provisions had ^iven out wb.ic'i lie had carried
in his saddle-haj^s ove'" his shoulders, and at this tinvj he became
so weak lie had to l'ja\e them on a knoll in the woods. He con-
tinued to dvii^j^ hims.'lf aloni^, another da», lh;)ir^h his stren-^lh was
fast failin<if him ; \s lien, at last, he came into a small cleariiiLj near
the lo<( house of Dr. Kice, which stood on the c:)rner of the scjuare
whereMrs. Mansur now li\es. Dr. Kice was out when father first
<^()t there, and Mrs. Rice, seein<:^ how famished he was, j^ave liim
a little hearts' ibod. It was too much for his weak stomach and
made him very sick.

'Ilie Dr. then came in, and watched over him all the rest of t!ie
daw A swallow or two ol' coiiee, at a time, was all tlie nourisli-
nient he could bear. After his strenj^th was rest nvd he t(;ok a
man with him and went out into what is now llodj^don and found
the saddle -ba^s. Father must have d'mc his first work over in
the Pr<;vince for thi'ie was bul; one tVame building- in I loultoii wb.en
I tirst got here. It was a year and a half after he left home before
he sent for his family. Mr. i'amuel Cook, with a young felb^w
named Jo. (loodenough, were going down to the western part of
Maine and lather iiiacL' a l)argain with him to bring us up. Mr.
Cook lelt Jo at Oldtown, and hired a horse and wagon to carry him
to .Vlfred. It was the first day of September, 1<S1;}, that we started
on the lont^ journey. It was now the war time and the enemy's
vessels were olf the coast so that no one could g(j by vessel to the
vSt. John river, as the first people who went to Iloulton did.
This was the reason why Mr. Cook came awav across the country
with th-, h'jr.s'j an I wagon. Motlur had a little girl, three years
old, named Salh , and myself at this time. She had buried two
children in Alfred before this. Mr. Cook carried us down to Saco
where we saw mother's people, and Uncle John Pattirson went with
us to ]^)rtland. We staid one day, at the Elm tlouse, and I stood
on the steps and saw the funeral of the Captains who were killed
the day before. I can never forget that procession with its mufHed
drums, its reversed arms, and the strange lookin<r uniforms of the

British soldiers. Mr. Cook went flown on board of the two ships
in the afernoon.

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LLavin<^ Portland vSeptfinhcr Ttli, \vc drove as far as Wintlirop,
vvlierc we rested one da v. Tlieii out to the Kennebec river, and,
alter passing throuci^h Albion, tlie turnpike came to an end. The
rest of the wav to Okltown was simply a rou^h road, <^rubbea out
in the woods. ^Vs mother was walkinyf at one time we met a car-
riage with two women. Thev said they had seen enouj^h and did
not want to ":<> anv farther Jvist. We staNcd in Oldtown one niijht
and half a da\', at the tavern kept by Jackson Daxis, who was a
(Quaker. A bov was sent for the cows, anil came in soon to say
he could not find them. '•^Thee go again "said Mrs. Davis, '"and
pluck thine eyes open."

In the morning two c:moes were ready, and mother and us chil-
dren went in one with a man bv the name of \\"m. vSpencer, and
Mr. Cook and Jo in the other. The last house was at Sunkhaze
stream, where we thought of spending the night, but the family
seemed so poor \\ Ith so man\' dirt\ , iialf-naked children that mother
told Mr. Cook she would rather cam]) on the shore. A tent of
quilts and rugs was mane for us, and we passed eleven nights in
that way. When we came to a carr\ ing place Mr. Cook would
take Sallv in his arms, and 1 walked with mother. At one of these
places, on a frostv morning, i was so tired i sat down and refused
to go on. 1 said we should die anv wa\', for we sliould never get
out of the dreadful woods.

When we got up the river to what is now Danforth everything
had to be carried over to the Grantl Lake; then we went through
the Thoroughfare, and across to the East side of North Lake. On
the Thoroughfare we over took a parts- of six mjn w ho had start-
ed sooner than we did to cross North Lake. When we got across
we found their camp and some fish already cooked, with a note at-
tached, stating thev were left for "■Mothtn- and the little ones."

From the North Lake a carry was made to the nearest Eel River
Lake, and then down throutdi that stream to the vSt. John river,
twelve miles below Woodstock. After we had gone up that ri\er
six miles, father met us with horses, for the men, whom we had
seen, had got out two days l)ef()re we did and brought him word. A
Mr. Wolverton was wMth him, and be took us to his home where
we spent the night. The next morning, October lOth, we came
with the same horses, through the woods, l)y the spotted line, to
the long looked for end of the journey. The first clearing we
came to was that of Mr. Cook, at just about the spot where the
Cook house still stands. A log house was in the centre of the
opening. On the other side of the track was the log house and
clearing of Joshua Putnam. We spent one night with the Cook
family, and once again set out for our own house. We went up

tlirou'^li ii piece of maple woods to Joseph Iloiilton's lojj^ house.
Next, down the hill, near where the extract works are, was the log
house of James lloulton, oldest son of Joseph. Across the track
his brother vSamuel had a house hut did not live in it. There was
nothin^:; more in the wa\ of a clearin<]f, or house, till we tifot to the
lo<^ house ol' Dr. Rice, where father was cared for after his hard
journey. Then we crossed the stream and went up to Aaron Put-
nam's new frame house which father had just built, and in which
he had secured rooms for our family. Mr. Putnam had, besides
his house, a log barn and a saw mill on the East side of the stream,
about where the "'rist mill is to-da\'.

I'^ather bought thirty acres of land of Mr. Putnam and it was
what is now called the Washburn place. Here he built a house,
making the second frame house in the settlement. \\c moved into
this as soon as it was ready.

riie people wlv li\ed here when we came were Mr. Cook, wife,
and four children ; ]Mr. Joshua Putnam, wlfj, and five chiklren ;
Joseph lloulton, wife, ami three children; James lloulton, wife,
and child; Ebenezer Warner, who 'lad marrie.l Polly lloulton,
and one child, and they lived in vSam Houlton';; log house ; Dr.

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Aaron Pntn;in*y wile.

othc) , and four chi1'h-"'i. With him also lived Josepii VjooiI-
enoui;ii, whom he took Lo hrlng up, bcf)re he left NIassachusetts,

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uul nis own motlier w nose maulen n

ume was L\ dia Trask ; Put-
I nam Shaw, an.l li!s sister Ilanna'i Sliaw lived at Dr. Rice's, for
j thc\ were cousins to Mrs. Rice ami Joshua l^utnam ; (ireenleaf
\\ Kenchdl with his brother wSamu-'l, and sister Sally were living: hore.

were nep.i.'ws

and neici" of Mrs. Rict.

In this sum iKM" they told us t'lat the ofHccr in command of the
British troops atT^redericton sent a sergeant and squad of men to
disarm the settlers and so kc?ep the peace on the border. There
were no tire-arms in the settlement except a fowling piece belong-
ing to Tames lloulton. The serji^eant stated his (trders and Mr.
lloulton said in his peculiar way, 'Yes, yes, by jolly, vou can't

a\e

that

He did not £rct it.

FRANK L. COOK,

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have it on the same conditions as our Silver Leaf Flour.

Eqglfsti Breakfast Ui 25c. per Hm Five Pounns Fcr $1.00.
See tiie pioiasses we are selling at 40c. per Gallon.

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Come in and see us, and if we can't prove to you that we are
We will pay you for your trouble.

Jours rcspcctjiillv>,

GILLIN BROTHERS.

The subsckibp:r takes i)Ioa8iire in filling a page in
th\6 or.r Town's History.

Having been here sinee 1875, and the fii*st jjioneer ■
to establish an exeliisively Kkady-Made C. )T1IIX(^
House (the first in the Connty), he has, through tcMl
and ealenlation done his l)est to satisfy his fellow eiti-
zens, and the publie, in contimially watching the
progress of the trade, to keep pace with the times,
and by it has received their liberal patronage.

I hope to continue in this line of duty, and thank
my patrons and the public.

Respectfully,

M. SCHMUCKLER,

->. THE imSEST STOCK IH THE CflBHTT. f

No. 66 Brick Block, Houlton, Maine.

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THE PROPRIETORS ANB FIRST
SETTLERS.

CHAPTER 111.

There is a distinction to be noted here, in that, while the first
settlers were all proprietors, the proprietors of the New wSaleni (jrant
were not all settlers on tiie lands. Some who ])()n<^ht in, at the first,
soon sold ont, while others who continned to own the lands dnrinjj^
their lifetime never came to the Grant, and one or two merely
made brief visits.

To set this matter in order it will be well to reprint a<2^ain from
the County Records. In Volume 2, Pa<j^c 7, of the old Records
is found the copy of the tran^ac^tions of the purchasers of the New
Salem Grant. These transac:'ons cover c[uitj a space of time and
include various endcayors to ^^et a surve}' of the lands, and also the
accounts connected with assessments on the owners. The import-
ant entries arc the followin<>-:

New Salem, Mass., May 14th, 177i).
The Purchasers of the New Salem Grant, Joel Foster, Abraham
Pearce, Renjamin Ilascall, John Chamberlin, vSamuel Kendall,
Sanuiel Pearce, 3d, Varncv Pearce, Joseph Houlton, John Put-
nam, Aaron Putnam, Consider Hastings met and chose Samuel
Kendall, Moderator, Joel Foster, Clerk. Votetl to choose two men
ajj^ents to locate the lands. Choice was male of Varnev Pearce
and Joseph Houlton.

January 1st, IfSOO. Purchasers m.'t and voted $80.00 to each

man, m

full f

or services.

April 17, IHOO. Again voted to choose two agents to go and
locate the half township of land. Joseph Houlton and John
Putnam were selec^ted, and voted to raise $;U)0 to meet the ex-
pense. - . ^ . . - — ,

June 1st, 1801. Voted to raise $200 for the purpose Of survey-
ing the half township. Voted that Joseph Houlton be agent to

siir\c\' said townshij), and to L(ivo him v$l.()0 per (la\' for his ser-
vices while employed in tiic business. \'ote(l that tiie aji^ent mav lav
out the half township into scjuare lotsol' Km) acres each, and divide
it, hy lo's and half lots, into 20 equal shares accordhiii^ to the qual-
ity of the land, at his discretion, reserviiiLi^ two lots from the whole
for public uses.

Xovemhe.- l<Sth, l.^^Ol. Voted to accent thj division of tiie half
township ma !e bv Joseph Houlton, a;;jnt, an I t(* draw tor the
rii^hts or sl^.ares as he has report ul, viz. : two lots and three half
lois to each shnie. \'ote(l to choose an a<j^ent to prepare a petition
in behair ( f the proprietors, and in conjunction with anv otliers,
to the le_!j^islatin"e for aid iVom tlie j^overnment to make a roail from i|
the Penobscot river to the St. Jo!ni. Rev. Joel Foster was chosen I'
a<^ent.

The record of tlie orij^inal drawiufj^ then occurs, and resulted as
below. The numbers represent the resj^ective shares. ".Vbrahai

earce, 1 1, '1

en)amin IIasc;!il, A, .">

arnev Pearce

H, 1.

to A;

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Putn;

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John (^liambjrlain, 20, 1(5; (ieo. .Shephard, 10; Samuel Pearce,
.'Ul, 4 ; Thomas Powers, 1) ; John Putnam, 1, 1;) ; Joel Foster, l.'J ; k
Consider Hastini^s, (1; Jos.'ph Iloulton, 14, 12; Joshua Putnam, ';
17, l^J; Aaron Putnam, 7." (jeo. Sliephard, in same meetin<^,
transferred his share to Aaron Putnam ; Joel Fost-jr his to \'arnev
Peai^ce and ^Varon Putnam, and .\l)raha:n Pearce his sliares, also.

The number of shareholders at the close of tliat meeting was \
ten, but l)efore the j^iving of tlie deed already reproduced in Chap-
ter I, the names of Ilascall and Pearce, 8d, have disappeared, and
those of Wm. Bowman and Rufus Cowles ha\e taken their places.
The ten men who undertook the settlement of the Grant, and thus
became the founders of our town were, as described in the formal
and stateh language of the olden time :

"Aaron Putnam on the premises. Yeoman.

Varnev Pearce of New Salem, Esquire.

Joseph Iloulton on the premises, Esquire.

John Putnam of New vSalem, Gentleman.

Joshua i*utnam of New vSalem, Yeoman.

Rufus Cowles of aVmherst, Ph\sician.

John Chamberlain of New Salem, Yef)man.

Wm. Bowman of I ladle v, Yeoman.

Consider Hastings of New Salem, (ientleman.

Thomas Powers of Greenwich, Esquire."

Of these proprietors two had already become settlers and a thinl,
Joshua Putnam, moved on to the (irant just after the deed was
drawn. None ol" the others became settlers. Varney Pearce vis-

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itcd the Grant in the summer of IS 10, for his name, \vi;h that of
Josepli Iloulton, are the witnesses on one of the oldest deeds.
John I'utnam niav ])ossil)lv ha\e made a \isit to the (irant. After
his deatli three of iiis children mo\ed to the IlouUon Plantation.
Dr. Cowles deeded all of his land except two lialf lots to Amherst
Acaileniy as a part oi the orij^inal endovvnuMit of $,'>(>, (!()(;. 00. Of
tix' two half lots, th.e North half of o4 was deeded to Amos Pearce,
An^iist Mth, 1<S20. This is the 'ot still known as the Pearce home-
stead. Joshua P nam houi^ht the other half lot a few years later, —
the Jno. Green fa m.

The heirs o'' John Chamherlain deeded all their riti^hts and titles
to Nathan llolden of New Salem, on Januar\- liith, 1.S07. Eleazar
Packard of New vSalem married Iwucinda llolden. (!;uic!,hter of Na-
than, as his second wife, and mo\ed onto the I Io!(l(.'n lanils in the
year \H\i). Out of one of the llolden lots was sold the land for
the Hancock I^arracks, and another became the (ireen Kendall
homestead, now the property of A. \V. Inii^ersol.

Varnev Pearce deeded some of his lots to di "erent parties, and
after his death, about 1822, his executor, vSamucl Pearce, conveyed
the balance to Abraham Pearce, who became a settler on them.

Wm. Bowman had bouii^ht the share of Samuel Pearce, 8d,
thoui^h the ilccd is not on record, and the fact can be known bv the
allusions in the Bov>'man conveyances. These were to >Samue l
R ice of New Saj ,i:j33.r-bAi: ^eed of June 21st , 1H07, witnessed before
Varnev Pearce, Esq., which conveyed i^ot 4«, and the South half
of ;)2, or the Tcnney farm so-called ; and to Varnev Pearce the
remainder of the share, February 2<Sth, 1821. Consider Hastini's
conveyed to Samuel Pearec, 2i\, but the records do not show de-
tails. Samuel Kendall eventually bouij^ht the sli.are. Thomas
Powers deeded the North half of Lot ^^o to Amos Putnam, Febru-
ary 11th, 182(i. This is the farm of Mr. David Hana<^an. The
record of his other conveyances is not at hand. The shares of
Benjamin Ilascall were sold to Rufus Cowles of Amherst, thon<rh
here aga.in there is no record of the transac^lion.

This array of detail is needed to set forth carefully the beij^inninf^^
of this settlement, and to show who and what manner of people
had put themselves to the task of causin<:f "the wilderness to blos-
som as the rose." To rijj^htly estimate these men and women
whom Grandmother found here, in the woods, we must revert a<2:ain
to the conditions of the country at largfe, and of the leij^islative
grant.

It was the gloomy uncertain period before the war of 1812,
when commercial enterprise and speculation were at the lowest
ebb. The ad: of the Legislature required that six families should

be settled on the lands w itliln ii\c \ears or t!ie con\i'\ance would
bo void. This CJrant had no \alue as timber land, for it had not
beeonio i^ossiblc to operate so lar inland. The nie»' who at tirst
came t'or\ ard ai' I d.evv the shares no doubt expected soon to sell
them at an adsance, but the buyers did n')t come. 'I'he rumors ot'
war, t!ie lon^ distance t'lrou^h tlie drearv wilderness, and tiie al-
ready westward movement to (Jhio checked any attemj)t at specu-
laLiNe use of the land. It beLf-m to seem as thoui/h the le'^'islative
aid to the Xew v^alcm Acade'.m would Ix.' bootless from lack of
an\ possibility of complyinjj^ witli the rec[uirements. The records
show some steps taken toward developement oi' tlie land ; and the
one step out of which all the future course became possible was
the appointment of Joseph Houlton as surveyor of the Grant.

The Xew vSalem ^Vcademy and the purchasers of the Grant had
common reason to tliink well of t'.ieir townsman and associate, and
the people of the 'i'ovvn of Houlton, to-da\', can re\ere the mem-
ory of their large viewe-', lari^e hearted founder. When his name
first appears in these transactions Mr. Houlton was in the prime of
his life, in tlie possession of a good farm in X'ew vSalem, ai^d ot
other property besides. He held the office of Justice of the Peace
and his judgment was reliecl upon by his neighbors. He had a
knowledge of surveying, was skilful in the use of tools, and ol" the
versatile ability to adaj)t himself to the needs of his situation
wherever he might be placed. A fine and true specimen of that
New En.gland stock wiiicli has made the L'nited States. In all
those early transavilions he ligures, now nn ith one associate, then
with another, to locate the Grant, and finally, when there was ap-
parentlv but little hoj^e apart from him, he was selected, single aad
alone, to survey and lot the Grant, with the additional duty of as-
signing the shares according to the cjualitv of the land, '^it his
discretion." When thus pr.'; to the point of this work l-.e had not
thought of emigrating to this section, for he had bought a farm on
the Susquehanna River and was looking in that diret^tion for the
new 'M)me of his growing family.

Record is silent on all the points Involved in the location of this
Grant, but it is evident that in the summer of ISOl Mr. Houlton
must have visited this region, for in the fall of that vear his allot-
ment of the land was accepted, the shares were drawn, and the
hrst edort made towards getting a road from the Penobscot river.
After this date the strait of tlie Academv and of its friends became
the greatest. No money had been realized on a'osokite sales. The
purchasers were friends of the school w ho wished to save the vState
aid if they could, but the settlers were not forthcoming. One year
after another passed and the crisis was at hand, for the grant would

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soon l;ij)se if something" was not done. In \\ liosc mind the snjj^-
j>"cstion llrst arose wliich soUcd tlic situation, sa\(.'(l tiic (irant to
the x\cadcnn , antl made tlie I'ou n of Iloulton we now do not
know, hnt it is more tlian lii<ely that it came, almost as an intnition,
to that heroic woman, and "Alotiier in Israel," Lvdia Trar-k Put-/
nam, w ho with her horse and saddlel)a<;s became sucli a chi\alric
fijijnre on the staj^e of e\ents in the, now, shaclowx \ears of the in-/
fant settlement. Siie was the fittiii':;- dauj^hter of a hero, i'ny heii
father (hed with Wolfe in llie Old I'"rench War, and her f.rst \h>vn
son, whom she was nursing- on her lap when the tidings of h.ei'
father's <leath came home, ind)il)e(l the spirit of his orandsire to
the de<rree that, when the rally was made around i^oston after the
battle of Lexington, thoup,h a mere striplinj^, lie lushed toward t!ie
pray onlv to fall and die by the way thronj^h imprudent exposure.

At the time ol' the ^Vcademy (irant she was a widow with l.\e
children li\in<''. Aaron, her \oun -jest son, w itli win an she li\j.(l,
was one of the ]:)urcliase"rfr. ' Tlannidi, her oldest dauj^hter, was the
wife of Varnev Pearce, another owner; and vSarah, her seconil
dauj^hter, was the wife of Joseph Iloulton. We can well conceive
the mother as sayin<i^ to her sons and (huij^hters : ^'This jjlan must
not fail. If the sneri connecHed w itii you are faint hearted, l)uv
them out, or <^et some other friends of the school to lake their places,
who can provide meiins to pay for those shares. Then let us turn
over these farms, her.', to the Academ\', and oin'selves i^o and ful-
fil the terms of the Grant. The Academ\' can sell these lands and
we can live on those. I have seen that done. 1 ha\e alread\ made
one home out of the forrest and can do it a<^ain." Such suii^j^estions
of such a mother to her children were not unheeded. Joseph
Houlton and Aaron Putnam said, '•'It shall be done." Mr. Iloul-
ton had admired the forest when here, and had concluded that the
soil underneath nuist be strong" and fertile. He even preferred this
location to the Pennsylvania \"alley, and drew l)ack from that \ en-
ture to trv his career at the eastward. ]Mr. John Putnam was an
imcle to /Varon and Mrs. lloidton, and brother of Joshua Putnam.
These two Putnam households furnished the necessary families to
hold the (irant, and they and their associates named in the deed,
made up the sum of $"),0()().00 which was passed to the credit of
the Institution.

Lydia Trask Putnam, her son Aaron, her two sons-in-law, Jo-
seph Iloulton and Varnev Pearce, her nephews John and Josluia
Putnam, and their sister Betsey with her husband Dr. Samuel Rice,
were the familv group from which came the name and characJfter
of our town.

Of Mr. Houlton's familv connections the materials in hand jj^ive

very little infonnation except that when a ])()y lu' did chores at the
home of his Grandtatlier who was away in the army of the Revol-
ution. He needs no ancestry to iiold him np. His career thron<jfh
life slioweil him to be a well balanced sa;4aci')us man, a natnral
leader. The Putnam tamilv to which he was allied b\ marriasfe
wa.s of tile Old vSalenj stock whicii counted illustrious names in the
early annals of tlie ountrv. i)l' tlie immediate family under con-
sideration, three brot'.iers, L)z/iel, Amos and Joshua, were the pio-
neers (Uit of (^kl v^'alcm into \ew Salem, Massaciuisetts. Uz/iel
wa.s th'j oldest and was Deacon o{ the Conjjjrejj^ational Church in
tiiat jjlace. His i^randson, Putnam Shaw, was the onlv member
of his family wiio came to Houlton to liNe. NJr. Shaw himself be-
came Deacon T>f the Con^ref^ational Church in 1 loulton, and spent
the later years of his life on his farm in Ilod^don.

Amos l*utnam was the husband of Lydia Trask, and died before
the year 1«(M). His oldest son and namesake. Amos, fell in the
War as stated. His second son, Jacob, remained in New vSalem,
and the youn<^est son, Aaron, with wife and mother came to the
new settlement. Aaron had married Miss Isa Patrick of Weston,
a lady of t^ood family, wh.o had tau<;ht school.

Joshua Putnam had two sons, John and Josluia, Jr., and two
dau<4hters, Betsey who married Samuel Rice, and Eunice who
married vSamuel Kendall.

Mr. John Putnam had two .sons, Joshua and John Varnum, who
came to Houlton some ten years after the settlement, and two
dauij^hters, lumice who married James Ballard and can j with her
brothers to Houlton, and ^>all\ who married a ^'lr. Sawinof Cam-
brid«^e, Mass.

Mr. Joshua Putnam, brother of John, with his family joined in
the mijj^ration to Houlton. His wife was Aliss Betsey ]5aker of
Bakersfield, Mass., and she had .seen the whole pioneer life of that
settlement before cominj^ this way. vShe too, doubtless, helped in
the solution of the settlement c[uestion, for she said to all, '^ I am
n(jt afraid to <j^o into the woods, I know^ all about it." In this fam-
ily there were six sons and two dau<^hters. I'he oldest dauirhter,
Fanny, died at the age of twenty-two, and at the time was engaged to
be married to Amos Pearcc. Harriet was the name of the other
daughter, who never married, and died in Hoidton. Of the boys,
John died when at school at Limerick ; Joseph died in Houlton,
and is l)uried by the side of his father ; Franklin married Mary
Rice, and 'moved to the We.st ; James married Clymena Stanley of
Monticello, and nM)ved away; Sterne married Hannah Townsend
of New Salem, whose acquaintance he formed while at .school
there. Romaine, the oldest son, never married. He entered Bovv-

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(loin C'olK'j^c in tlic cUiss of 1H2'.*, hut did not join his class. Ik-
Kul)sc(jin.'ntlv went to Australia where he died. Sterne I'ntnani
made the clearinjjf on Lot 47, on tiie Milita;v Road in I lonlton, bnt
nu)re than forty years aj^n moved hack with his laniilv and his mother
to ^lassacluisetts, and then aj^'ain to Miimesota, where he died.

Dr. Sanujcl Rice iiad married Miss I'd i/ahetli I'litnatn. I le was
a piiysician in ^ood |)ractice in New Salem when be hotii^Iit into
tiie Bowman share in 1X07, Their children were four. Mary who
married her cousin Franklin ; Hli/aheth who married in Eastport ;
Charles who l)ecame a pin sician in the l*ro\ ince ; and Sanuiel who
entered the ministry and went to Canada. Dr. Rice moved with
his familv to Woodstock in \X'2'.\.

Januar\ 2lst, 1^<I)1>, John rutnam convex ed to Phin' 'has Stevens
of New Salem, the North half of Lot l\'). 'IMiis Ste\ens was a
younj;^ man who was l>rou<;ht up in Mr. Putnam's family and came
to Houlton with his aunt Mrs. Rice. April H>th, 1«I4, Joshua
Putnam deeded to him the South half of the same lot. .\fter a
few years he married Charit\' (ira\ , a \<)un<^ uoman iVom Wake-
field, N. IJ., who came over and worked in the family of Dr. Rice.
April 17th, 1.S18, Stevens sold the South half of ."):>" to L. Pack-
ard, and shortK afterwards mo\'ed o\er to the Pro\ince. This lot
was bou<^ht of Packard the same year by Green Kendall, and now
forms a part of the Ingersol property.

THE FIRST MOVES.

CHAPTER IV.

The way is now clear to put in order the move.nents of the first
comers to the Grant. To appreciate these removals in their full
significance it must be born in mind that the end <if the journey
was one hundred miles beyond Oldtown, with not a mile of road
above that point, or even a spotted line. From the Passamaquod-
dy Bay it was more than eighty miles, through equalh trackless
wilds, and the only feasible access was via the St. John river. Sea-
going crafts could reach Frederii^ton, and thence to Woodstock re-
course could be had to canoes, or boats towed by horses. This
was a journey of sixt}' miles, and from Woodstock, due West, the

distance (»r twelve miles intervened l>elore tlie East line of the
(irant was toinid.

h\ \(>le nt'tiic j^urehasiMM ot tile ( irant, Mi". Iloniton was directed
to survev and lot tlie lands, hi**^ it appeals, in all the records, that
the work in this (irant, as wen a.^ others near by, was done by
l*ark Holland, Ivsip Of the suhsecpient career of lCsi|nire Ilol-
land nothin'' comes into the historv of the town, hut it is uorthv
oi" note that he died in lianLTor in 1^11, at the a<re of ninetv-two.
On his moiunneiit in Mount Hope Cemetery, is this inscription:

" lie siT'cil in thi' W;ir of tin- Itcvoliitioii :i I.icuti tiant in Ibr I-'iltli !{«■;; i-nciil of Massii-
chiist'tts; and in yrati-fiil memory of that scrvii-i- llic Massaclui.- clis Society of tlic Cincin-
nati has caused this stone to he crci*tfd, A. D. livSS."

T^ientenant Ibilland was one of the ori<^i:Kd members of that
' 'ch of the Cincinnati.

h< the sunnner of ISO,") Mr. ^Varon Putnam made his plans to
move out and fmd tlie new !iome. The land was not vet deeded
to the proprietors, for it is uncertain whether the ten fhiai buvers,
at this time, had made their com[)aot. I^ut tlie Grant was made,
the Committje of the Trustees to conve\' to t!i«* proprietors had
been appcjinted the October precedin*^, and the Committee of the
LcLjislature had conveyed the lantls to the Trustees' Connnittee on
February 21 st, ISd,'), The Le<^islative Acl;t was passed June IDth,
I'SOl, and but one year remained in which to make valid the pos-
session.

Whv Mr. I'utnam and his family went first does nolapp^^ar, but
such was the fact. From Boston thev sailed to the mouth of the
vSt. John, and then up to Fredericton. Here the\ embar'ced in a
small craft, and alter a tedious passa«j[e landeil at Woodstock. This
]:)oint of the landing; was some few miles below the jjresent town.
At this })lace the *^oods and ei1e(^ts were housed, and the familv re-
maineil while thj voimsr men of the com')an\ went on throuj^h the
woods and took possession ol' certain lots bv fellin<^ trees. Mr.
Putnam now varied from his first plan, and instead of be<.^innin<^
life in the woods, as soon as the camps could be built, he began
storekeeping on the bank of the river. .Vt this time his oldest son,
Amos, was nine sears of age, and the second, Jay Stillman, three.
The trading operation continuec' four ye.'»'s, and tradition hands
down the report that it was not a success. There was other and
better work for Aaron l*utnam than the petty life of a small trader.
A third son, Lvsander, was born in their house ,Septembei 21st,
IHOf).

It may not be amiss in passing from the Putnam family to the
next pioneer group, to recall the experience of both the leading
men in the summer of 1804, whon they made a trip to the Acade-

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Wormwood's, a few years later, and is a second ilius^»-'tion of
the hardships surroundin*^ the elforts to locate and peo}n. the new
rej^ion. Messrs. I'utnam and llonlton, \\ ith a third man in com-
pany, iiired an Indian with his canoe to take them throu*4h the \\ il-
derness t(i tlie St. John riyer. It would almost appear that it was
the same doiil)tful guide who misled Mr. \\'ormwood so hadh', for
at the head of the Barkahegan stream he wanled to lea\e them af-
ter telliny: them the way. The men were incautious enough to let
him go and trust to their own skill, but it \yas almt)st a fatal mis-
take. After making the carry to the Schoodic Lake, and striking
mto the \yoods on the East side, they vyere soon lost. Tiiey wan-
dered about for a number of (la\ s and soon got out of food. In
this extremity, at the crossing of a brook, thev made a dip net of a
shirt and managed to scoop up a few tish wliicli sayed them from
starvation. For miles and miles they wandered!, but managed, by
some good chance, to work in an Easterly direction, and when
very much exhausted they at last came into the settlement on the
St. John, thirt\-tiye miles below Woodstock. I'liey came to the
house of the parents of Mrs. Stephen PuUen who was a little girl
at the time. She said the men looked so badly tliat she was terri-
bly frightened by them, — clothes torn, faces and hands scratched
and bruised, and eyes suidvcn. The good woman fed them spar-
ingly on some fresh salmon, and they began ti» rally at once.

There was good reason wbiV, in the next year, the family re-
moval was by sea and river.

In April, 1<S()7, occurred the migration of the Houlton family.
As this was the leading family in numbers and intiuence, it deserves
particular mention in detail. The peculiar traits of Mr. Houlton
have been alluded to, and it is already seen how fitted in personal
characteristics he was for the position of leader in the new colony.
His wife, as stated, was Sarah, sister of Aaron Putnam, and they
had a family of eight children at the time of the departure. The
oldest child, also named Sarah, had married .Samuel Cook who
lived for a time in Monmouth, Maine. Thcv and their two chil-
dren, Polly and William, went to I^oston to join the rest of the
family. James Houlton, the second child, was married on the
day of their leaving New Salem, to Sarah Haskell. The other
children were Polly, Lydia, Louisa, vSamuel, Joseph Jr., and
Henry. Mr. Houlton was a man of property, and the arrange-
ments for the new life were very complete. They brouglit not only
the ordinary outfit of common housekeeping, but china and silver-
ware ; wheat to sow in the field, tiower seeds, peony bulbs, and all
sorts of medicinal herbs were also packed up and brought along.

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At Boston they emliarkcd upon a scliooner, chartered for the pur-
pose-, and after battlinjj^ witli adverse elements for six weeks, they
reached Fretlericton in the mi(klle of May. When they arrivetl at
Woodstock Air. Iloulton left his wife and younger chikhen there,
and with one or two of the okler boys pushed right on to put in a
crop for that season. The chosen spot was on Lot 14, just across
tlie Cook Brook, and near the present highway. With his ac-
customed energy and directness of e.iort he got in quite a piece of
wheat and planted a patch of potatoes, the forerunners of the im-
mense yield of to-day.

In the latter part of August Mrs. Iloulton told her dauglitjr
Lydia, tlien fourteen years okl, that slie was tired of staving there
in Woodstock alone, and they too would go to the clcarin<if and
see her husband and the boys. Mrs. Iiouiton rode horseback
carrying a basket on lier arm which contained the china tea set,
and had a feather pillow strapped to t!ie saddle. Her nephew,
Amos Putnam, came with them to act as guide through the devious
bridle path, for about ten miles. Then thev were obliged to leave the
horse and go the rest of the way on foot. The father and his boys
knew n. 'Ising of this visit and while busy cutting the wiieat sud-
denly heard the sound of voices. In the little clearing in the midst
of the dense forest, the unexpected sound was at first startling, but
after a moment's listening Mr. Iloulton said, "That is JSarah'g
voice ; your mother has come," and they all rushed into the woods
to meet them.

Tradition, which may not be fidly verified, says that they in-
duced *'mother" to push on up the hill, quite a little distance, where
there was a fine spring, and after yielding to their solicitations as
long as she could, at last she said she could go no farther and sat
down. A camp of shelter was made, and eventually, on that spot
the log house was built. Upon the completion of this the family
all came over, and it is probable that James built his own house
the same se-^on. Mrs. Houlton was a notable house keeper, her
husband was a good mechanic, and the house, though of rough
logs without, was finishe('i and furnished in excellent method in-
side. The Iloulton house, with the log structure and later, the
frame house wliich still stands, became famed for good cheer and
inviting hospitality. This house stood on Lot 21, and Mr. Cook
settled upon 14, ^vhere the first wheat was grown. That lot still
is the home of the family. Mr. William Cook, whose life ante-
dotes the settlement, still lives at his home in the corner of 20. Of
this family the daughter Fanny was born while they tarried at
Woodstock, and seven more children were born in Houlton.

Mr. James Houlton's first house undoubtedly stood just about

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where now- is the house of Supt. Martin of the Extract Wo'-Vs.
In th''t hoiiseholil their eldest danj^hter, CaroHno, was the ni .l
child born in the settlement. »She died at the ajj^e of sixteen.
1 ere 'vere eijifht children in all in this fair Pollv Iloulton

married Ehenezer Warner and li\ed at th'st in . .^ loii^ honse of her
brother vSamuel. This house was on the site of the X. H. W\ vSta-
tion. Lydia, who was her motlier's attendant on that lirst trip to
the new home, mani.d Isaac Smith of WOodstock. For some
years their abode was In the Parisii of Richmond, but, as Mrs.
Smith had a stronji^ wis'.i to li\e near her parents, Mr. Smith sold
that farm to Charles VV'oihaupter, and Ixnif^it the farm wiiere he
subse(|uentlv died, i^ouisa married a New Salem man by the
name of Thom[)son and removetl to tliat town. Samuel Houlton
married vSallv Kendall, and tlieir family numbered five or six.
This whole houseiiold moved avva\' from t'.ie town seven years ai^o.
Joseph Jr. married .Vlmira Ray. She died here, but the rest of
the family moved to the West. Henry Houlton, the youn<j^est
child, was engaged to Miss Ellen White, l)ut slie died ])efore they
were married. Henry became a successful and enterprising busi-
ness man and soon accumulated cjuite a projjerty. He was stricken
with -paralysis at the early n'^c of thirt\-five and remained an in-
\alid to the time of his death in bS.")().

In the second year of the settlement Mr. Houlton built a rude
sort of a grist mill where anyone could grind that chose to. Aside
from this their dependence was upon hanil mills, or by tedious
journey to Fredericton. . ■ -

In the same year, or 1808, Mr. Houlton was appointed Register
of Deeds for the Northern District of Washington County, by Gov-
ernor Sidlivan. I'his position he held till the time of his death.

September -Ith, 1801), a petition was drawn up and signed ask-
ing the Legislature of Massachusetts to incorporate the signers into
a town, to be called Houlton. There is a sort of grim humor that
runs tlirough the prayer. At one place it reads, "AVe are sen-
sible that we have the priviledge of going to the next Incorporated
Town, but when your honors turn your attention for a moment to
our local situation, being one himdred and ten miles from any In-
corporated Town, and that through a wilderness without a road,
our advantage dwindles into nothing." Again, '•AVe are scnsiiile
that it is the usual custom to require an ' Order of Notice ' before an
Act of Incorporation is passed, but when our situation is taken into
view, that our being Incorporated or not being Incorporated con-
cerns none but ourselves, we hope the usual custom of notifycation
will be dispensed with, and the Act of Incorporation granted."

Seven signers joined in the petition and a postscript at the bot

toni of tlie slic'ct recorded the fact, " Four families, Aaron Putnam
moved since the Petition was (h'avvn." Notwithstandinjjf tlie, Pe-
titioners' seemed to have so stronjj^ a case, the Committee, next Feb-
runrv reported that the i*etitioners' iia\e lea\e to wilhch'avv. , '

It was in this vear that Mr. Jolm Putnam, as well as Aaron,
moved to noult;)n. The location of this family at the first was on
the Lot 15, just across from the Cook clearinjjj. They afterwards
lived, for a time, on 40, or the Trueworthy farm. Aaron Putnam
pusjied on through all tliese clearin^^s, down the hill, across the thick
cedar swamp \\ here is now the square, and o\er the stream, before
he located. His Ibst lo<r house was built about hall" waN' from the
present bridf^e up to the site of his larj^e frame hou^ .' now the prop-
erty of B. II. Putnam.

In the summer of I-SIO he built tlie first mill dam, and it was
washed awa\' and rebuilt a number of times before it became fixed
permanentlv.

In Julv tlve house cauL^ht fire from a choppinji^ of fiftv acres near
bv, and witli all its contents was soon consumed. It was a hard
blow and a f^vcat loss, but the settlement rallied the next day and
out of the green trees of the morning, Mrs. Putnam had a furnish-
ed house at night.

Dr. Rice came with his familv in i'Sll and settled on the South-
west corner of o2. or near that corner of the Brick Block. Three
of the children of Dea. JSanuiel Kendall came with Mrs. Rice, for
she was their aunt.

In the autumn of 1-SI2 Mr. Wormwood reached the settlement,
after his perilous wanderings. He began at once to buikl good
houses for the settlers, and in the next year his owii family reached
the place, as Grandmother has told.

September 7th, 1S14, Dea. Kendall and the rest of his fainily
left New vSalem for Houlton. Mr. Edwin Townsend was in com-
pany with them. Their first log house was on 3!l, just across the
street iVoni the Foundrv. This soon after gave ]:)lace to a better
frame house. In this familv were three sons, Joshua G., com-
monly spoken of as (Jreen Kendell, Samuel Jr., and Joseph; and
three daughters, vSarah who married Samuel Houlton, Eliza who
married Leonard Pierce, Esq., and Nancy who married Samuel
Bennett.

Into Aaron Putnam's household now^ came the fourth and last
child. The oldest son, Amos, married Miss Christiana Worm-
wood. The si'cond. Jay, married Miss Betsev Broad. Lvsander
married Mrs. Ruth L. Fall, and Aaron R. married Maria Bur-
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PDLTOH, PIRINE.

Carriage Trimming of all kinds done in a workmanlike man-
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E. MERRITT & SONS,

fiiocers, millers aqd Wliolesale Dealers

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Pol^al^oes, Hag, Grain ^^"^ Shorl^ Lumber,

PROPRIETORS HOULTON FLOUR AND PLASTER MILLS

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HOULTON INCANDESCENT LIGHT.

Ira G. Hersey,

Notary Public.

Ransford W. Shaw,

HKRSBY & SMAW,

Attorneys * and * Counsellors ^^ at ->i^- I^aw,

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HeaLTGN, NAINE,

Has a LARr.E Stock of-

DRY* GOODS*

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^bai)Hy ei)cIeavorii)^ bo njeeb bl)eir approval by kee}>-

ix)i^ bi)e besb ^oodo; po^^ihle ir> bl;>e class wai;bed.

The Large Trade in

Boots, Shoes and Rubber Foot Wear

Which he has succeeded in establishing, attests in
the strongest manner

To the Rxcclleiit S^uaUty of his Goods^

To the Extetisive \ arictv of hi's Stocky

And to his Reasonable Prices,

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Hal^s, Caps M^i Genius' Furnishing Goods

Are in Various Qjialities, and at

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Also, Sleigh Robes, Fur Coats, Horse Blankets,
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To THE Lady Artists of Houlton and
Surrounding Towns.

I wish to inform you that I have now in stock, from Manufac^turcrs in Chicago and Boston,

THtC KICHKST OKSIONS

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Ever offered for inspei'tion in Aroostook County. In COMBINATIONS I can prodnceover
lOO dilVercnt styles of Frames for Portraits or Cromos. J nsr onlif thr livxt (Jiialitff
of iierimni iStatts, To make frames promptly I have the BEST MITKE CUT-
TKHS IN USE; a PATENT VICE to make perfeiH corners. With my im-
proved cutters 1 can furnisli a frame complete, ready for delivery, in ten min-
utes, if necessary. Havint;- had thirty years experience, I claim that I
know how to use all waste pieces, while other dealers char^-e yojfor
pieces considered useless. Will cjuote you the cost of Ma*.erial,
glass, itc. 1 give to all leaving pirtures a receipt for same,
affix price, and deliver on presentation of the check.

FOD THE PL1D0Y TRRDE

I have Oil Paintings, in Rich Gilt Frames, Cromos, Pier
and Mantle Mirrors, Brackets, Wall Pocket", Foot Rests,

Velvet Cabinet l'"rames, Easels, Carpet Sweepers, and a large variety of Second-hand F'ur-

niture and Stoves, Bedding, &c.

P9QH Pflin ^""^ every kind of Old F'urniture, Carpets, Stoves, Tin or Glass Ware, Lamps,
UIIUII I |11U j^^ jjj fg^jtj. J ^yj;j purt-hase everything of any value

worth of such things are laying around the house or barn.

Hundreds of Dollars
Bring them in and get your money.

J^MKS ARCHIBALD,

Ittomei] # and # Counsellor # at # L(aw.

NOTARY PUBLIC.

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The f()Uiulin<4' of the town is now accoinplislicd ; tlie lea(lin<>^
laniilics are in tlieir phices, and the work of clevelo[)ment <^<)es on.
Even at these earliest years, tlie emij^ration from the Provinces l)e-
gan. The first family from that direction which is usnallv sp»)ken
of is that of Mr. W^m. Williams, who settled on Lot 20, Xnrth of
wiiat became the Garrison land. The movement of settlers from
the Maritime Provinces and from the Old Conntries throujj^h the
Pro\ inces has ])een kept up constantly to the present time. Many
of the best and most successful men and families in Iloulton, to-
day, are descendants of that emi_<i^ration, and it is possible that the
larger part of the present population are of that origin rather than
of the American stock.

Dr. Rice was the Hrst man to get out of the log house into the new
frame residence, for he employed ]Mr. Wormwood as soon as he
got here, to do the work. This first frame building is remembered
as the Tenney mansion, which stood where Mrs. West's house now
is, and was burned in the tire of 1^71). The next house built by
Mr. Wormwood was the Aaron Putnam mansion, which still stands
in its renewed shape, across the bridge ; Capt. J. V". Putnam bought
it, many years ago, and rebuilt it a short time before his death.
^Ir. W^ormwood built but one other house before he removed to
Woodstock, and that stood upon the site of the house now owned
by E. S. F. Nickerson, the Washburn place.

W^oodstock began to build up rather faster than Iloulton, and
Mr. W ormwood deemed it better for his interests to go out there.
He left the town in the fall of 1814, and settled at Upper Wood-
stock. Here his wife died in April, 181 7, and two of the children,
Christiana and Priscilla, came back to Iloulton and lived with Aaron
Putnam's family.

The first regular minister to visit the place was Rev. Edmund East-

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man of Limerick, who ()r<ijatiizc(l the Fiist Coii<jjre<2^atIoiial Clnircli
in the Phmtation, October l.'Jth, IHI 1. Tliis man made one or two
visits to the phice, and on his way Iionij was taken sick and died
in Portland. Visits were made occasionally hy peddlers and trad-
ers from Banj^or, who broui^ht tiieir goods upon their i)acks.
Prices necessarily were hijjh in the settlement, and the settlers in the
Provinces, also, were ready to buy all that could be l)rought to
them.

In IHK) bejjan the first of those '' cold vears" which are still
referred to as so severe and disastrous to all tiiis LCastern country.
Xothinj^' planted coultl grow and ri))en, for t!ie fiosts were constant
and severe. In the Madawaska region snow fell in June to the
depth of nine inches, antl at Iloultonthe ground was covered white
with it. The little birds which came up from the South with the
advent of the summer months, were chilled and died in large num-
bers. After tiie harvest time, and no grain had ripened, the price
of dour went up to an alarming height. It became impossible for
the common people to get an\ bread at all. 'I'he Government of
New lirimswick had to come to the relief of the people, for rye
Hour was iield at Fredericton at $17.00 per barrel. The (Govern-
ment supply was mostly the Southern corn brought by vessel to St.
John.

In the second cold year the straits were severe. The family of
Mr. Joshua Putnam were six weeks without a mouthful of bread
of any kind in their hous'i. The cows were able to live and gave
their milk ; the maple trees gave the syrup and sugar ; and the
stream was alive with the salmon. Had it not been for these most
excellent fish, in such profusion, the settlers might have starved,
in some cases. Mr. Iloulton had some ready money about him all
the time, and was able to provide for his household. The eldest
son of Aaron Putnam was clerk in the Hotel at Fredericton and
thus was able to get hold of and forward supplies to his father and
family. It was the exceeding good fortune of this settlement that
the two leading households were such as they proved to be.

Thev alwa^•s had a sympathv for the needy ; and sliared heart
and hand for their relief. They were generous, unselfish men and
women who lived not to themselves alone. Had they come here
merely wrapped up in themselves and their own plans the settle-
ment undoubtedly vvoidd have come to naught in those drear} . fro-
zen seasons.

But, "-We are here together, for common purposes of life, and
we will share the lot together. Do all you can to help yourselves,
and we will see that the wives and children do not sutler." This
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reached here, and nothiti*^- to help theiusel\es with, the\ loiind
work, help and encouragement iVom I'lstpiire Iloulton and Mr.
Putnam.

VV'iien Mrs. Aaron Putnam died, old men and women from the
outer settlements, whom the most of the persons present at the
funeral hardly knew at all, came and looked upon her i'eatures and
stood there cjuite a time with the tears runniuLj down their furrowed
•cheeks. 'I'heN were those whom she had helViended in lonor years
ago, in their hours of e\tremit\'.

It was throu<^h all these years of experiment, uncertalnlx , frost
and weakness that Mrs. Lydia Putnam did her work of charity and
benedicton. She had unusual skill in the compounding of medi-
cines from the roots and herbs, nnil lent herself to eyer\' call for
assistance. She had a natural facult\' for nursing, and of steady
hand, and discriminating skdl in the occasion of childbirth and
dangerous crises of disease she vyas sought for from far and wide.

vShe alwa\s rode on horseback with the saddlebags Idled with
remedies and ap))liances for the case of need. She vyas a vyoman
of slight frame and slighter build, and her children \yould take her
in their arms to place on the horse as she went, or carr\ into the
house on her return.

She kept to this work till past SO years of age, and, on the
first of April, 1H20, in resjjonse to a summons trom the house of
Isaac Smith in Woodstock, she mounted her horse and went oyer.
She was present at the birth of our tovynsman, Mr. J. II. Smith,
and on the way back to her home was too weary to go further than
her daughter's home on the hill. She was taken dow n with fatal
disease that night, and in seven days passed away. She died at >S7
years of age, after a life of exceeding usefulness. Eyeryone who
could get out to the funeral was present, and after the close of the
services at the graye her son, Mr. Aaron Putnam, with muchifcel-
ing in his voice thanked all the people for their great kindness to
the dead and the Hying.

In the height of the hardships of the cold years, Mr. Iloulton
determined to build his new house. The house is still standing
though somewhat modernized in the main part. It is an historic
building on more accounts than one, and it is to ]^e hoped that tire
or improvements will let it alone for many years to come. It would
seem that Mr. Iloulton was his own carpenter and took quite a
time to complete the building. Eyen in its unfinished condition it
became the scene of notable events. Most prominent of these in
the minds of the oldest people was the "Linemen's Ball," on the
fourth of July 1817. The opportunity for such an unwonted scene

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nffostivitv i^row out of the presence of the liip^e party of Com-
missioners, Sm\e\()rs and Workmen, who at this lime were at
work upon the HoniukiiN Line between tiie United States and New
Uiunswick. Sir Arehihald Camphcll and Mr. IJouchette — the
latter a French Canadian — represented the Hritisli (Government,
and C (lonel Turner of N'ermont, and Mr. fohnson of Massacliu-
setts. a))peared for the States. The part\- numhered some sixty
in all. and made Iloulton their head(|uarters. On the adjoininj^
hei^^IiL of Park's lllil was tiieir princij)al oi)servatorv, and, as it is
now understood, their Line ran near tiie foot of tiiat hill, in the
main, identical w ith the local I'^astei'n hounds of these land j^'rants
as laid out hv Esc^uire Holland sixteen years before.

An old chronicler thus enmnerated the suj)erior aclvantaj^es of
Iloulton for the rendezvous of such a distinguished party : '^ There
was an excellent violinist in the place, and the choicest of liipiors,
vviiich at that time seemed indispensable to festive occasions, and
the strangers, now and then, met the citizens of Iloulton in friendly,
social pastime." The sai^e historian here shows that "One touch
of nature which makes the world akin."

As the Tulv (lavs drew near tlie Commissioners of the survev and
the Eni^ineerino sta'.V <jjave notice of their purpose to c dehrate the
anniversarv of Independence, and issued invitations to the residents
of Iloulton to meet them in Escpiire II.oulton's new house. The
house at that date was tinisheJ outside, hut within the whole lower
floor was available for the festivities. Such a prospect set the
hearts of the Iloulton damesand damsels in a flutter, and as elabor-
ate toilets were prepared as were possible. The younj^ ladies
dressed in wliite, and younjrest of t!ie young was "Grandmother"
then hardly fourteen years old.

The observance of the day be<jjan with the dinner in the new
house, in preparation of which the cooks of the Commissioners did
themselves credit and jjjave satisfaction to all. It is spoken of as
"a most excellent dinner," but, unfortunatelv, the Bill of Fare has
perished. Finally the evening drew on, and the house was ablaze
with clbout all the available liji^htinLj apparatus of the town. The hi<^h
officers shone in their uniforms, and the civilians were in full dress.
Mr. Sam. Kendall rosined up his bow and thrummed his violin to
make thinp^s ri<j^ht, and for the special occasion had imported "Old
Billy I'pham," as the <j^irls styled him, from Woodstock to lend
his aid in keeping u]) the music. It had been rather tjuietlv arranged
that ^liss Louisa Iloultc^i shoidd have the honor of leading in the
first dance with vSir Archi})akl, but as the dance was called he
stepped quickly across the floor to where "Grandma" was sitting,
and to her intense delight said, " I will dance first with the little

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jjirl." Tlio next tiiiK' ho <^allantl\ cstorlcd Miss Iloiilton to the
Hoor, l)ut soon sprained liis loot vvhicli compelled his retirinjjj tVoin
the f*esti\ ities.

Tlie work on the survey did not continue nnich Ioniser lor thev
were vvorkin*^ under too \a<;ue instructions. 'I'hat (juesllon of the
*'hij^hlands" was to them a cause of dis])ute and destined to remain
so a (juarter of a century I<Mi^er. Mi'. IJouchette was (juick tem-
pered and easih Hew into a passion. At length in the end of one
(Hspute lie challeui^ed Col. Turnei" to a duel, and this appeal to mor-
tal combat broke up the party. The cedar j^ost marked with the
names of these Comiuissioners, and dates, still stands, cr at least
was standing- a few years a<^o, at the head of the Monument Stream,
close by the side of which was placet! the iron pillar of the treaty of
lHi'2.

In the next \ear a petition was drawn up and sij^ned by sixteen
persons askinj^ the Legislature that they miy;ht be incorporated in-
to a Town by the name of Iloulton, and that the(iroton Academy
Grant be included within the bountls of the new to\yn. This ( irant
was the North half of the present town of IIod<;(lon. This petition
like the similar one of ei<;ht years before, pioNed inetlectual.

Durin<jf the Fall of IHIS the Iloulton house vyas used a<j:ain for
public purposes. Rev. wSeth E. W'inslow had come to I h niton
from Harre, Mass., to laV)or in the Plantation for a time, and the
new house was the most suitable place for the meetings. He
called tojj^ether the tew meml)ers of the church instituted b\ Rev.
Mr. Eastman, and caused the addition of quite a number more. At
a general meetin*^ of the inhabitants of the place, October '. Oth, it
was voted to invite Air. Winslow to remain with them, and to
raise and pav to him $400.00 annually, as his salary.

At the close of Divine service on vSundav, November tst, in the
presence of the conjj^regation, Mr. Amos Putnam and Miss Chris-
tiana !• Wormwood were married. Mr. Winslow did not deem
it his duty to remain longer in the settlement and declined the
call. Grandmother and her husband began housekeeping in the
log house V cated by Dr. Rice, and after a short stay moved over
into her father's house above Aaron Putnam's. The house and
place Amos bought of Mr. Wormw^ood, and they lived there till
after their first child was born. Then he began a clearing on the
South half of ;35 which had been given to him by his Grandmother,
and the farm remained the home of the family for sixtv-six years.
The Wormwood place was eventually sold to Jonah Dumi, Esq.,
who moved with his family into the town from Cornish, in 1826.

The story of the infant settlement fittingly closes with the account
of the coming of the Morrison family, for that household had bought

in the Limerick Academv lands, and then settliiijif upon tlicni <jfave
the I loultoii company neighbors of another toNsn. From one point
ot* \ ievv the close of the infant days mi;^ht well he put on the hurial
of !^\(iia I'rask Putnam. She had been, iit the use of a strong
ti;4ure, **the nursing m )ther" of the whole c )nnnnnit\ , and was
taken from them like a shock of corn full\ ri|)e, wiien tliev no
lonijer was so closeh dependent ujxm lier untiring' watch caiv.

Mr. Samuel Morrison it is presumed was horn in Wells, York
Comity, Maine, and when hut a stripling enlisted in the Kevolu-
lionarv Arm\ . It was his fortune to serve through the campaiiLjn
aj^ainst liurifoyne, and he told with much pride, in after life, how
he stood in the ranks on the eventful mornin<jf of the surrender at
Sarato<;a. "We kiu'w he mnsf li^jht or surrender; and we would
ha\e whipj)evi him if he had not sunendered." After he was dis-
char^jfed tVom the service he settled in I^imerick, remainin*^ there
for many years. In the vear JMlO as the recorils show he bouj^ht,
some land in what is now New Limerick.

There is a story aHoat in regard to this transaction that he re-
ceived somethinjx iu the wav of bountv from the (jovenuuent with
which he bouL;ht the land. It was part of a (jiant to tlu' Trustees
of l*hilij)s Limerick Acadenn , and the old deed is a (|uaiiu piece
of composition. It furnishes a curious illustration of mt'lhods of
lotting land before there was an Lastern Houndar\' of the vState,
and there were no cal)alistic letters *'\V. E. L. S." which could
be used. 'The two half towns West of Houlton were laid out in
ranj^es runnin<i^ from East to West and lettered in Limerick, A, H,
C, 1), E, F, be<i^innin«f at the Northeast corner of t'le Grant, and
vSouth on the East line. The IJelfast (jrant was laid out in seven
ran<j^es and mmibered on the East line from the Limerick coriier,
North, The lots in each ranjj^e were mmibered :md incr^-ased from
East to West. The important portions of the Morrison Deed are
here <jfiven :

"Know all men bv these presents, that I, William Swasey, of
Limerick, Countv of York and Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Physician, in the capacitv of vSecretarv for and hi behalf of the
Trustees in the leijfislation of this State i^rantiui^ libert\' to said
'Trustees to deed and convev bv their Secretarv certain lands "frant-
e(i them for the use of an Academv, in consideration of four hun-
i dred and eijj^hty dollars to said Trustees paid bv Morrison of Lim-
erick, in the County and State aforesaid, husbandman * * * *
do hereby sell and convey unto the said Samuel three lots of land
situated in the Countv of Washino^ton, between the vSchoodock wat-
ers and the River St. Johns, being lot No. 1, in F Ranj^^e, No. 2,
in A Range, and No. 7, in E. Range, containing 4H0 acres more

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or less, as laid down on the Plan of Sale : this being the same
which was panted by the general court to the Trustees of Philips
Limerick Academy and located by Maj. James Irish."

It is most lii<ely that it was in the fall of LSI? when the Morri-
sons reached lloulton. There were nine cliildren in all, ♦:he older
sons married, Init two of them did not come with the rest. Thev
came witii their own teams through the rougli roads, tlien just part-
ly grubbed out. They were quite forehanded, for they carried a
supply of meats and provisions to last them till crops could grow
again. The family stopped in lloulton for a time, and the older
girls worked in the lloulton and Putnam families. While thus
tarrying in town, Joseph Goodenough, adopted son of Aaron Put-
nam, to whom illusion has bee, made, became smitten with the
charms of Miss DoUv Morrison, and thev were soon after married.
''Jo," as the Putnam family alwavs called him, followed the Mor-
risons to New Limerick and subsequentlv died there.

Grandmother's memory failed her in trying to recall the exact
time when the Morrisons came, but she was able to approximate
pretty well to the date, to use her own language, "Jo Goodenough
and Dolly Morrison were married before my husband and I were ;
and we know he never set eyes upon Dolly till after tiiev came to
Houlton, aad that must have been some time before the first day of
November, 1«18."

At the close of this period of infancy in the settlement, Mr. lloul-
ton hail his flour mill on the Cook Brook ; Aaron Putnam had a
saw and grist mill at the bridge, and Ebenezer W^arner had a saw
mill at the West Houlton Falls.

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CAPrEIIR VI.

Ix the opening ol'the new career of the town, after 1^<2(), it will
be well to alhule to two more families from New vSalem. And
first, the Pearce heirs for, at about this time, Varney Pearce, Esq.,
the Proprietor, died and his children, Amos, Abraham, Sallv and
Hannah came here. Amos was killed by a fall from his house.
^Vbraham married Polly Cook who died shortlv after. He t^lien
married her sister Fanny, \n'1h) outli\'ed him formaiu' years. ''Aunt
Sally" remained single, and Hannah married John Ten ney from
Belfast.

The second family which came at this time, really had come at
the first, in the person of Mrs. James Houlton who, as vSarah Has-
kell, was married to James on the very morning the Houlton mi-
gration began. A bi'other, Jacob Haskell, had come down in Alay
1810, from New Salem, in company with a number of others, and
among them was E. Warner of .Springfield, Mass., who soon mar-
ried Polly Houlton. Jacob Haskell worked on Mr. Hoidton's flour
mill at the Brook, then went to hunting and trapping, and, two
years later, started back with two other men to sell the furs they
had collected. His Grandfather Haskell fought in the Continental
ranks at Bimker Hill. Mrs. Houlton's onh sister, Catherine, mar-
ried W^m. H. Cary of New Salem, and in lH-J-2 the Carvs came to
H(nilton. They had three sons, Haskell, S'v ihard, Wm. Holman,
Jr., and one daughter, Kate. Mr. Holman Cary, as he was al-
ways spoken of, was the fifth generation in descent from John Cary
of Bristol, England, who joined the Plymouth Colony in 1034, and
made final settlement in Bridgewater in 1<)44.

Soon after Mr. Cary reached Houlton he bought a portion of Lot
21 and built the Cary Mansion upon it. The building still stands

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above the Dc'[)<)t, althoiiji^li it lias been sold out of the family.
While the work on the house went on tiie Carv family li.ed in the
tavern kept bv James Iloulton. Of this famiU' the second s(,ii,
Shephard, is the only member who calls for particular notice, and
this is on accoinit both of the marked characteristics of the man,
and the very important part betook in the development of the town
and the county, at larj^e.

lie was born July Jkl, IHO"), in the tow n of New vSalem, and was,
therefore, seventeen years old when he arrived in Iloulton. His
first occupation was as a carpenter, with his father, in the familv
home. The voim^; man showed to e\er\()ne a])out him a maiked
ori<j^inality of purpose and stron^j^ will to execute plans oi' surmount
obstacles. He soon left the "'pent up L tica " of iloulton, as it then
was, and went into the Province for work. It would seem that he
proceeded as far as Fredericton, workinjjj with his tools and sav-
ing wages. It was not many years before he came back to Iloul-
ton witii some means, considerable experience, and a determina-
tion to do more than had been done bv anv one, hitherto, in this
section. In 1^2(1 he ojjened his lirst store, in one of the rooms of
the house, and soon associatetl with himself, in the business of tratle
and lumbering, Mr. Collins Whitaker, also of New Salem, whose
sister, vSusannah, Shephard had married. The firm of S. Carv &
Co. continued in business for twentv-five years, and conducted op-
erations on a scale colossal for those days. The luml)ering which
was done by the first settlers, up to this time, had l)een the small
kind of work invohed in the making of shingles and the sawin"" of
some l)oar(lsand dimension, to be rafted tlown the stream and sold
at Woodstock. A curious incident occiued in connection with
this rafting, in November, which was most notable of its kind. It
was a necessity to break up these rafts at the Jackson Falls and haul
the lumber round them, to be rafted again for Woodstock.

In the month alluded to Amos Putnam had taken a young dark
brown mare down on a raft of shingles to haul them by the Falls.
After this was done he allowed a friend to retain the mare to do
the same work for him. One nigiit, when turned out to water,
she suddenly ilisappeared, and though search was made that night,

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12th of the next February some men went down on the ice with a
team to recover some lost millstones, when they discovered the
track of a horse upon the shore and, following it up a little distance,
soon found the poor brute ali\e but reduced to a mere skeleton.
She was hauled up to the village on the sled, and by careful nurs-

nig restored to good condition.

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that of cuttin<j^, hewing;, aiul (Jrivin;^ to Frcdericton the pine timber
of the forests above iloiilton. At about the same time Zebidon
ln_<>er.soll became interested in the lumber business, both as an
operator and as local a^ent for the State. Henry Iloulton, also,
enjjfa<>jed in the work and soon accumulated a <»()()il ])roperty.

Tlie scene of the larii^est of Mr. Cary's operations was in the
Northwest part of the Countv on the Allegash river. At that time
he owned two townships of land, and on the Seven Islands there
was an innnense depot farm and headtpiarters for the operations.
The crews remainetl there throu<rh the whole year. The men wlio
were not needetl on the timber in the summer were kept at work
on the i'ai'ms. At tliese Islands and other farms all the hay and
oats which were required for his own operations were raised, and
there was <^enerally a surplus to sell to the other operators of that
sect' ju. It is said that in some seasons, 10,000 bushels of oats
were grown on these farms, and the amount of hay was corres-
pondingly large. It is most likelv that in these years as many as
300 men and 200 horses were in tlie employ ot the farm. llolmcUi
Cary, Jr. was the local manager in the vyoods, and Mr. Silas T.
Plimimer tended the Iloulton st(^re. The supplies were taken in
boats up the St. John river, during the open season, and across the
countr\-, by way of Ashland, in the winter. At times a pcjrtion of
the supplies would come through Canada from the .St. Lawrence
river.

The usual style of teams was eight horses together, in the sum-
mer, and six in the winter. With such a team about thirty men
were constantly needed. Mr. A. G. Putnam drove one of those
teams in l^(4!). He began with them in Jidv and hauled constant-
ly till the driving time of the next spring. In his camp were 120
men and 32 horses. The pine trees were roughly squared up with
the narrow axe, and sometimes the stick of timber was largeenor.gh
to test the full strength of the eight iiorses to get it to the landing.
When these timbers reached St. John they were again dressed all
over with the broad axe before being shipped to England.

Mr. Whitnker spent most of tlie time after 1«4H on the lower river
and in St. John to lo(^k after the shipments of all this great amoimt
of timber. It is difficult to make much estimate of the amount
hauled in any given year, but one statement has' been made that tlie
eight horse team could possibly haul 1000 tons of tlie lumber in that
time.

Mr. W^m. H. Cunliflb of Fort Kent, now^ an extensive operator
in spruce in that same section, began his career by working for this
firm. He hired by the month to drive a pair of horses between
Ht)ulton and Woodstock, and then l)ecame the foreman of the hew-

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ing crews on the Allc<i^ash. Mr. Ciirv's amliition and l)usiness
capacity both could not rest with tiiat which would have sufficed
for a common man, but he busied himseUall throujjjh iiis life with
many other kinds of work. While thus occupied in trade and
kindred matters, he was prominent in the Plantation and Town
atlairs, and became representative to the Le*j[islature, lirst in l^{.'i2.

He served thirteen terms both in House and .Senate at Au<^usta,
and the last was in the Legislature of 1^^<)2, where he was known as
a Union member, and acti\eh' interested in the earlv work of the
war. He, in particular, took up the case of the volunteers in the
inadequately furnished c^mp at Augusta, and secured for them
more clothing and comfort.

In 1H40, in company with Henry Houlton, he built the large
Grist Alill, on the excellent water power two miles above the vil-
lage, and thus founded the thrifty settlement of Cary's Mills, as it
was known for thirty years. This mill was built in the most
thorough manner and htted up witli four runs of stone, to do the
best of work. Mr. Houlton contributed $'"),()0().()0 as his share of
the enterprise. When completed it was, and remained for years,
the one good mill in a very large section ol'country. Mr. Houlton
soon sold out and Mr. Cary remained the only proprietor for quite
a time. Twelve years later he determined to builtl a foundry and
machine shop, and with him, to will was to do. The water was
taken in a lofty flume for many rods down across the road, to the
wheel house of the machine shop. The wheel was similar to the
mammoth one at the Grist Mill. They were immense over-shot
wheels, more than thirty feet in diameter. The machine shop
was filled up with the best of tools, and the foundry was prepared
with equal care. A large charcoal fiu'nace was made, and most
creditable work was done in all the departments. I'his foundry re-
mained the property of the Cary family till 1^^7r», when it was
bought by the tirm of J. vS. Getchell Si JSon, who came t(> Houlton
from Machias. They removed the tools and appliances to the vil-
lage, the next year, and the old foundry buildings are falling to
pieces. The Grist Mill was finally sold by Mr. Cary to Henry
Sincock, an Englishman, and was liurned down in December 1872.
Besides these two industries Mr. Cary set others in operation on
the same dam. An estal)lishment was fitted up for the making of
furniture, and for the ]:>laning and seasoning oi' lumber. Into this
shop was put the first board planer brought into the County. The
large tools and heavy supplies of coal and iron were brought by
water to VV^oodstock, and hauled over by his own teams.

At about the time of thebuildiny: of these shops he boucfht Lots

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bt'low tlie iouiidrv lie built another (hiiii aiul saw mill ujioii it, for
the piirj^ose, maiiiK', of saw iu^' his own Imiiber. This mill was
well built and equij^ped tor all kinds of work. Into this was put
the first claph) ird machine ever used in this section, and in his
machine shop was built the fu'st planer for clapl)oards.

The saw mill was supplied with lo^j^s from the lar<^e tracts of land
ho had boiiL(ht upon both liranches of the stream.

A marked illustration of the fertility of his resources was shown
soon after the building" of the Cirrist Alill. The croj) of wheat on
these new lands had been jj^ood for years, and furnished the princi-
pal work for the mills. When the weeyil struck this section it dis-
troyed the wheat crop for son j years, and it was thou<^!it it could
never be ag^ain ^rown successfully. To furnisli somethin_<^ for the
mill to do he caused a lar<.(e oat kiln to be built for the j^urpose of
drying; oats in order that they miij^ht be iLf round into meal. i^v the
time this was finished the wheat bejj^an to be better, and the ^j^ro vy-
ing- of l)uckwheat set in on a larjife scale, so that the mill had all it
could do without oats, and the kiln never was used. Aaron Put-
nam had one at the village, where the drying of the oats was carried
on for a long time.

Prominent features of Mr. Carv's career will be brought out in
other chapters, for, while he lived, he was a great part of all that
went to make the material prosperity of the place. In iJS-i^ he was
elected to Congress and served one term. In 1H.')4 he became the
candidate for Governor on the ticket of the Li])ertv Party, and took
the stumi:>, that season, in the interests of the partw He spoke in
the old City Hall, in Portland, and the impression carried away
from that meeting was of a man of great native force of character.

The first four wheeled, covered carriage, ever owned and driven
in the town, was one he brought here. The first mowing machine
was used on the sand hill farm, in IHoT.

In lHr)U he began the erection of the large store on Court St. and
when completed, in the next season, it was as well fitted up and
arran<j:ed for the easy conduct of a j^reat l)usiness as could well be
conceived of. When questioned as to cost he said he did not know
what it cost : his single purpose was to construct what he wanted
regardless of the investment.

When Mr. Carv's business career began Houlton was an un-
organized plantation with a mere struggling settlement from the
hill down to the stream, in the Northern part of the County of
Washington, and without roads in any direction. At the close of
that career, which terminated with his life, August Dth, 18G0, the
change had l)een wonderous. The country was settled thickly in
all directions; the roads had pushed out toward all points; and the

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railway station was but live miles away. The Town of Iloulton
was the County seat for Aroostook County, already iiad a popula-
tion of 20U0 in!ial)itants, and was l)e*^iiniin<( to feel tiie impulse of
the new life inspired b} the railway traffic.

The settlement became or^^ani/ed as a Plantation Aj;)ril 21st,
1826. 'IMie vohnne of these oldest records bears the marks of much
wear, and the first few leaves are loose and fra\ed on th,e cd<jfes to
such an extent that the whole rea(lin<4- cannot be made out. It
would appear that Elias Thomas of Portland, Treasurer of the
State of Maine, empowered Samuel Cook, Es(j., to take the neces-
sary steps toward the orj^anization. He thereupon issued a man-
date to E. Packard, "a principal inhabitant of the plantation called
lloidton" directing him to post a warrant summoning the jjeople
to their Hrst meeting. This instrument is dated April I4th, 1(S2().

The powers and privile^-es of the Plantation did not lonjj^ suffice,
and in 18."il, by virtue of authority of an Act of the Le<i^islature,
Samuel Cook, Esq., issued a warrant to [as. Lander, Constable,
directintr him to notify and warn a meetin*; of the inhabitants to
accept the Act of Incorpcnation and make an election of officers.
This document is dated April 4th, 18;U . In one week the meetinj^
was called together by Esq. Cook, and James Lander was chosen
Moderator; S. Cook, Clerk; »S. Cook, E. Packard and L. Pierce,
Selectmen; Joseph Iloulton, Jr., Treasurer; S. Cook, L. Pierce,
Joshua Putnam, Superintending School Committee.

The Registry of the Deeds shows that Mr. Iloulton remained
Register until August 8th, 1832, and then was succeeded by Timothy
Frisbie, Esq. The last Washington County Deed was recorded
June 7th, 183U, and the first Aroostook County Deed June lath,
1839.

The first conveyance of the Town of Houlton was of date of
April 11th, 183G, by Shepard Cary, Treasurer.

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CHAPTER VII.

Before g()iii<ij further with the story ofthe Town a proper notice
should he made of the means of communication with the rest of
the State. It has been shown how the explorers, pioneers, and their
families came to the Academy (irant hv means of the water way
of sea and river to Woodstock, and also l)y road t-) l5an<)^oi, tlunce
to pursue a devious wav of river, ■porta<i^e. lake, povta^^e, an<l ri\er
a^^aiu, t(j the same j)oint. It has been noted t!iat about \S>'A a
chauLje was made in this latter route, in that the stream was left at
the Baskahecifan carrv to the Schoodic Lake, and a tlirect Northerly
trail up throu<^h the woods to tlie Grant was followed. Tiie tramp
ofthirtv-six miles throutjh the forest shortened the milea<_ce fullv one-
half.

Over this foot-path came a number of men, at diflerent times,
with tiieir packs on their backs. The name of a Mr. Hradburvis
one ofthe first that occurs on that route. The inducement to such
enterprise was not alone to peddle nick-nacks in t'.ie (irant, but also
to take the venturesome chances of tratiic over the disputed border.
When once this track was spotted out it soon became the rej^ular
line of Communication, and the old round about portage, via Lake
and the Eel River, was given up.

It is difficult to fix the exact time when the improvement of this
road began. The first step was to cut out sufficient ofthe forest to
let the sleds pass in the winter. The foot trail had been worked
upon enough to admit of the passage of horses as well as men at
the time Zebulon Ingersoll and Moses White first came up. Inger-
soll as a lumber operator, and the latter as a general trailer and
speculator. The opening of the winter road over the horseback in

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ations of Carv ^ Co. From tlu* scttli'mcnt a roiit^Ii road liad hccn
constructed, Soiitluvard, to tlic (iroton (iraiit, now I lod^idoii, and
was substantially the same as the present Calais road in Iloulton.
In the (iroton (irant and throu<(h Nos. II and 10, this old pioneer
road did not coincide at all with the existinij Countv road of those
towns, but was cut out farther to the Eastward. In act it kept iji
a due SoutherU coiuse and passed over the hi<;hest par. of the West-
ford Hill. In Xo. 10, now iVniity, the road was some sixt\' or
eighty roads liack in the woods and bushes from the highway w here
it passes the Meelin<^ House. This road was better than uo roail of
course, but did not reach the South line of No. 10.

An octotjenarian friend relates some characteristic experiences of
life on that road and nei<i^iiborhoods during those years. *■" When
I was about twenty years old I hired with old Abner and Stejjhen
Hill, of St. Stephen, to work for them in the fust lumi)erin<;- ever
done on the North Lake. We came up and camped on the l*2ast
side of the Lake, and our ])usiness was the fellin*^ of the pine trees
on the slK)re, and hewinji^ them into square timber. The trees were
bo plenty and near the shore that we merelv felled them toward the
water, some times into it, and then after hewing them turneil them
over into the Lake.

The man in charj^e of us was Geo. Hill, a son of old Abner.
He was a tirst-class man in the woods and excellent as a ibierr.an
of a crew, but his love for drink was verv stron<i^, and vvheii out of
the woods he was the slave of his apj^etite. vSo long as he staved
in the woods there was no better man than Geo. Hill. I worked
for the firm two years steadily. In the summer time the crew was
small, sometir ' nly three or four men besides George.

In the 1' .c of June George made the proposition to us that

we all g .oulton to spend the Fourth of Julv. Fhat idea suit-

ed the m^ exactly, though not all of us cared to go for the reason
which was spurring on George. A couj^le of davs befoi'e the
anniversary we broke camp and went through the thick woods to the
old road in No. 10, and then followed that on foot down to Iloul-
ton, to Lander's tavern. I had eleven dollars with me, and it was
about all the money there was in the whole company.

On the next day George came to me and wanted to borrow my
money. Of course I let him have it and we kept right on having
a good time. After we had been in Houlton a week, George con-
cluded we had better go back. So the next morning he hired a dog
cart to take us and our traps out as far as the road ran, added to the
load three gallons o^ N. E. rum, gave Lander a draft on St. Stephen
for $100.00, and then set out for the woods again. The firm al-

ways honored (Jcorji^c's drafts, and kcj)! Iiim at work as lonj^; uk
possihle. That was my first visit to Iloidtoii. I did not see t lie
place a«;ain lor more than fortv years."

In iM21 Am(ts l*ntnam had settled on the .Sonth half of Lot .'?.'),
which lies next I'ast of this Calais Road. I lis oldest son remem-
bered that hih lather, somewhere ahout l>i27, went hite in the fall
of the \ear down the road with a two horse sleil loaded with oats.
It is ([Mite likely that, at that time, the road was passable to the
Baskaliej^an.

The road from Ilonlton to Woodstock had, in these same years,
gone thron^h a similar chanj^Injj^of condition. The pioneer came
in on tlie spotted line. Mrs. lloulton came in lS()7,on horseback
within two miles of the clearinj^s, and the rest of the way on foot.
Some few years after Mr. ICdnnmJ Cone came down from New
Salem, and as he was an expert with cattle he went on to the ronte
between Ilonlton and Woodstock with a pair of oxen and a two
wheeled cart, the Express team for the settlers. By his own ac-
count, when he be«(an there was really no road, and his cattle clam-
bered oyer lo^i^s, stones, and brush as best they C()ul(l. These ob-
structions were j^radually renioyed and a fair route was made. h\
the IMantation, this road was vSonth of the present one, and crossed
the Cook brook some tvvent\ rods hij^her up. The traces of that
construction are still seen in (Iiat localit\ . Mr. Cone was a success-
ful and popular teamster, and not only did jjjood service to the
settlers, but found tavor in the e\es of .\liss Barbara vShephard of
the Parish of Richmond. The favorable opinion was reciprocat-
ed, i.nd after a few yeai^ the express business was abandoned.
Mr. Cone with his \yife went out onto a new farm in No. 10,
where they spent a lenjifthy, honored, and useful life.

It follows as a matter of course that with such roads the oppor-
tunities for mail service weie few, and of the most primitive meth-
ods. The first letters went to and fro in the sailin^f vessels by way
of St. John. After the war broke out the only way was by chance
passers through the woods, \\ ho would take from the settlement
whatever letters were ready at the time of their departure. So, in
the return, if a peddler was leaving Bangor for the settlement he
would look about to find whatever might be waiting for a chance
to open. It will be remembered that the route above Bangor was
by canoe for the one or two men with light packs, or by heavy l)oats
with weighty goods, which were laboriously poled up the streams.
It was not possible therefore to reckon w ith any degree of certainty
as to the possible time of an answer to a letter started on its w^ay by
this kind of post route.

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Hannah Shaw, and kept the tavern, was tlie fh'st man to make a
business of takin*^ the mail throuj^h. When he l)e<(an on the mute
he went a jjjood part of tlie way on foot, then, after a time, could i^o
some of the distance on horseback, and, as the track was made
passable for wheels, he rode all the \\a\. His route seems to have
been limited to the Haskahegan stream and back a<»-ain.

By picking up and puttin<i^ toj^^ether the threads of the narrative,
thus far, it will be seen that after twentx \ears of settlement there
was a rou^ji'h corduroy road from Woodstock out twelve miles to
Houlton ; then the same sort of a track continued oil Soutlieilv
about sixteen miles. The settlers were literalU' in the woods, and
far removed from their own countrymen. Not (;nh so, Imt thev
were livinj^ in a kind of '' No Man's Land," for the disputed Bound-
ary (juestion was ri<(ht upon them all the time. The i^ritish Military
power hardly reco^ni/ed the existence of a Boundarx . In the \yar
of 1<S12 thev imposed an armed neutrality, with Uncle finuny
Houlton jijrimh' refusin^if to piwt with his fowlinji^ piece, ami the
Garrison at Fredericton watchinii; all that was going on.

Qiiite a number of retiretl, half-pa}- officers of the British army,
\\h(.) had ser\ed in the \var of the J<l\ olution. had taken up laud
grants along tlie vSt. J<^hn riser, and in thetr declining yeai s had a
contemptuous and bitter feeling forthe "• \'ankees," as the\ thought
of Dorchester Heights, Saratoga, and Vorklo\yn. This leelii]g was
shared by the vounger army men and under strap})ers. and it plea.^ed
them to annoy the settlers over on the contested border. Occasions
for friction were constanth' arising ; at op.e time, h\ the sudden ap-
pearance oi a deserter from Fredericton coming to their houses and
l)egging for food and shelter, and again by the successlul enticing
away of American citizens and ol)liging them to enter the ranks of
the garrison. The settlers ne\er refused to aid the deserters, but
would secrete them in one place, and another, where the pursuing
squads could not find them. These corporals' guards, which were
sent after deserters, never paid any attention to such a thing as a
Boimdarv Line, but pounced right in upon the settlement, at any
moment, to catch the runaways. These poor fellows were kept
out of sight until some one was ready to go through the woods to
Bangor, and then they were sent otV. It is a matter of tradition
that no one who asked the settlers' succor was ever recaptured.
The standing reward for the arrest of deserters kept some of the
Woodstock men on the look out, and a few were retaken between
the river and Houlton. It is to the credit of the Commander at
Fredericton, during tnese years, that he never was glad to see a
deserter brought back, for the army punishment was a very severe
flogging. A weakly man could not endure the shock, antl when

an over zealous man of Woodstock l)r()ught in a deserter who died
under tlie punisliment lie was told that it" ever he came again with
a man they would give him the Hogging. His zeal for the honor
of tlie ci'oun soon ahateti to tiie zero point.

The usual method to entrap men was to invite them to Wood-
stock, antl after getting them to diinking to give them another
glass of spirits '•' in tlie King's name," as they would say. x\t the
sauie time, a piece of money was slipped into their hand, also " in
the King's name." This was claimed to be a \alid enlistment in
the King's armv, and the next morning the poor fellow would
awake in the guard house. Such higii handed work incensed all
the people. One case in particular occured in IfSlo. ^V man hv
the name of James Lvon came to Iloulton from \\ inthrop. He
would drink with others, and one da\' found himself in Woodstock
in the designing crowd. They got him to drinking, and went
through the jugglerv of "the King's name." Lyon was carried to
I'^redericton, and soon found opportunity to desert. He came to
Houlton to the house of Aaron Putnam. His pursuers followed
right on and rapped insolenth at the door. L\'on was rocking the
cradle where Mrs. Isa Putnam's youngest child was sleeping. She
answered the nois\ pounding in peison, and asked their wants.

They said they wanted Lyon to come out tliat they might speak
with him. She knew their mission, and(juietly but firmh said he
was rocking the cradle for her, and she coidd not spare him. Thev
saw by the look of her eye and the tone of her voice that she would
make trouble for them if they undertook extreme measures with
her, and beat a retreat. After tliat, Lyon was secreted for some
days near a spring in the pasture, and when Airs. Putnam went
over to milk the cows she carried him food. IJefore long some
one started for l^an^^or and Lyon went on with him.

The personal relation of the settlers on both sides reiuained pleas-
ant, in many cases, through the whole of this unsatisfactory period.
Our people still went and came, via the river, persons moved over
to Houlton from the Province, and L\(lia Houltoii married intf)
one of the British half-pay families. But asiegarded the sections,
or settlements, one was that of a l)eaten adversary, who was strong
and felt his power, and the other was the victorious party, but, in
itself, this little settlement was weak, isolated, and almost un-
known to the Federal Government. The settlers carried the doc-
trine of passive resistance to the last degree. They sheltered the
deserters, sped them on their way, answered jeer or taunt with a
reminder of Yorktovvn, and whistled Yankee Doodle. They be-
lieved right would yet be might, but the way to bring it about was
shut up from them.

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"Wi^h t]ie hour comes the man," ami when the time was ripe to
end tliis state (^f thin<^s it was throiiii;!i a new man, of Qiiaker faitli ;
the non-resistin<jj adherent, tliat the settlement was freed from the
dominant hand of foreign soldierv- In 1><2II, Jonah Dunn, Es(j.,
of Cornish, York Counts, Me., moved with his family to Iloulton,
and bou^':ht, as has been stated, the place over the river where Amos
Putnam had In^en living. Esc[uire Dunn was a man of good edu-
cation, with a clear head, and keen power of d'scernment. lie
always spoke in the 'erms of "Thou" and" thee," and like his
successor in the person of Phinehas Fletcher, of Uncle Tom's Cabin,
he could see where non-resistance gave place to self-respect and
self-defence. In the spirit in which Phinehas addressed Tom
Loker and said: "Friend, thee isn't wanted here," coupling his
words with the energetic pushing of thebullv down the precipice,
so Jonah Dunn looked on at this defenceless "No Man's Land,"
and saw the drifts of things until the flagrant Baker case in the
upper part of the Comity brought him to the frf)iit. "-This state
of things must not and shall not continue. Tie Federal Power we
will invoke, and it shall be known that the United States of Amer-
ica can protect its subjects and territory."

Mr. Dunn wrote several communications to the State papers re-
hearsing the situation, and calling upon thf^ people to give ex-
pression to the feeling upon the subject. In the settlement he first
mentioned the subject to John Ilodgdon, in his ofHce and wished a
petition drawn up to Congress asking that Houlton be constituted
a Tvlilitary Post, and an appropriation be made for the support of
the same. Col. Ilodgdon drew up the petition, and it was niuner-
ously signed. In the absence of the actual papers it ma\ be safelv
assumed that the petition was drawn up in 1827, and presented to
Congress that next winter.

Public sentiment had so advanced the matter, that the prayer was
heard. A Military Post was created in the Plantation of Iloulton,
the appropriation for its support was made, and thus, it mav be
said, the curtain falls upon these days of weakness caused by small-
ness of population, remoteness of location and inditference on the
part of the Nation at large to the condition of the Northeastein
Frontier.

A careful distinction must be made, here, between the act of the
General Government in constituting this Military Post, and that
frantic excitement through the State of ten years later.

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CHAPTER VIII.

TiiK faded records, in their quaint hand\vritin<^, show on cer-
tain pages the following transactions:

^'Know all men by these presents that I, Joseph Iloulton, Jr., of
Houlton Plantation, Countv of \\ ashington, and vState of Alaine,
yeoman, for and in consideration of $()()'.). 27 paid tome, this day,
by Lieutenant Joseph S. Gallagher, x\cting Assistant Commissary
and Acting Assistant Qiiartermaster in the service of the United
States of America, for and in behalf of the said United States of
America, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey to the
said United States a portion of land situated in the S. W. half of
the South half of Lot No. 20 in said Plantation, bounded as follows
* * * antl containing 2;") acres more or less. * * * j ^vill
warrant and defend the same to the said United States and their
assigns forever."

For olnions reasons the usual word "heirs" is conspicuously
absent in this last sentence. This most important document bears
date of July 2r)th, 1-S28. Two more transcriptions mayas well be
made here, although in the interval between the dates of the In-
struments much was done.

Again, Joseph Houlton, Jr., of Iloulton, etc., convevsto "James
Thomas, of State and City of New York,, Gentleman," a certain
portion of Lot 21, and bounded as follows: " Beginning 8 rods
West, of the centre of the North line of said Lot No. 21, at a stake
and stones; thence South 14"^ West, H rods more or less to the
North side of the road leading to the River St. John ; thence East-
erly on said road to the South line of Lot No. 20 ; thence Westerly
on said South line, to the first mentioned bounds."

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This (lectl is dated October .'Ust, 1X2S, and conveyed a three sided
piece of hind vvliereon now stand the huihlinijjs of Mr. Ilackett.

Once more Joseph Hoidton, Jr., sells, and conveys, warrants
and defends'* to Lieutenant J. R, Smith, Assistant Commissarv
and Assistant Qiiartermasterot the United States Armv, in behalf
of said United States of Asnerica a certain j^ortion of I^ot 21."

BrieH}' stated, this con\ e\ance was of the narrow strip of land
which l)ecame the street into the Garrison grounds from " the road
leading to the River ISt. John."

These documents show the presence of the Federal Government
in Iloulton, and the opening of tlie new dav for the settlers. It'
would be of great interest could the exact tii.u of the first arrival
of the bearer of the National power be fixed, but the minute ilata
are wanting. The best informed of the oldest people say that in
the month of June, l'S2H, Company C. of the 2d J<egiment of In-
fantry of the armv of tiie United States, under the immediate com-
mand of First Lieutenant Joseph S. (Tallagher, and accompanied bv
Surgeon R()i)ert Kerr of the U. S. Army, marched up over the
Baskahegan trail, dt)wn over the rough road of the Groton (jrant,
then, through the street of the struggling \illage, to the music of
the fife and drum on up to the height of the land behind Joseph
Houlton's house, there grounded arms, pitched their tents, and
the next morning, at sunrise, threw out the Stars and Stripes to the
breeze.

This signifiicant act of the militarv power plainly said to all con-
cerned : "The disputed territory is altogether bevond this point.
Venture behind our line only at your peril." All of the reckless
marauding ceased. The settlers wxM*e never again harrassed with
the visits and mandates of the corporal guards. They rested, at
last, under the protection of the Flag, and could pursue their avo-
cations in peace.

Three other Companies of the 2d Infantry, — E. under command
of Lieutenant Bloodgood ; F. under command of Captain T. Stan-
iford ; K. commanded by Lieutenant A. B. Eaton, had left Ban-
gor with Company C. but were instructed to accompany the mili-
tary stores and supplies which a firm of contractors had agreed to
forward to the Post at Houlton. The purpose of this assignment
of troops was to aid in repairing a road which was said to extend
from a point on the East Branch v f the Mattawamkeag river.

This whole detachment was under the command of Major N. S.
Clarke. Brev. Brig. Gen. Brady was Colonel of the Regiment.
Lieut. Col. Cumming's was in command at the Headquarters in
Madison Barracks, Sacketts Harbor, New^ York, and Lieutenant
John Clitz was the Adjutant. Major Clarke had appointed Lieut.

Gallagher Assistant (Quartermaster, and sent him forward, as lias
lieen stated, \\ itii his Company t > select ani purchase the site tor
the Post. I^ienl. lOaton was appointed Adjutant of the I'osL

From the Letter Book of Alajor Clarke tlie hest account can he
iiad of the doinii's of the I'nited Stales Forces in that summer of
1H2<S. These letters are all dated, ''Headquarters, Hancock Bar-
racks." and are those of Majoi' Clarke himself unless the name is
<ifi\en. To avoid needless rej)et.iti()n t!ie place w ill not he named
unless it is elsewhere tlian at ihj Barracks.

Tlie first let;;er at hand is dated August 2.'>th, and is addressed to
(jen. vieo. (jibson, Connnissarv General of Subsistence, at W'ash-
in;4ton. The lirst para;^raj:)li states that in obedience to orders he
has relieved Lieut. (lalla^he) of dutv at t!ii-> l*ost, and ordered
him to repair t > Ban j^or. Lieut. (jalla<j^!ier became the .Vctin*^
Comm. ot' Sul)sistence at the Depot and Kecruitini^ Station in Ban-
ffor. lie does not appear a<^ain at the Post, but in the short time
he remained here he made a reputation for himself, not onlv as a
soldier, but as a pi'eacher, antl persons living" in the town remem-
ber him on Sundav in the desk of the scliool-honse preachinjjj to
the assembU of jjeople. Lieut. J. R. Smith took his place as
Qiiartermaster and CommissarN, and held the position for some
time.

The second para<2^rapli unfolds to the superior officer the diffi-
culties of Maj. Clarke's position, and <)ji\es a sni^iijestion for relief.

"The idea has suiifirested itself that the resiilue of the
annual supph- of subsistence stores now on its wa\ to Ban-
gor from New \'ork, intended for this command, mi<i"ht
be delivered at once at the post In contract, if the contrac-
tors should ship them inniiediateh' at BanLjor to St.
John, in the Province of New l^runswick, provided the
Revenue Laws of that Province did not interpose too threat
ohstacles. I verv much fear, so dilatorv and enefficient
have been the arrangement of the contractors for transpor-
tation upon the ALittawamkeag, tliat a partial failure in
the deliverv of tlie stores, alreadv on the wav to Houlton.
may take place. Besides the\ have been so badh' handled,
and so much exposed to the unusual rains ol' the [)resent
season that I also feiir that much of the flour will he found
to be damaged. Under these circumstances, in order to
meet any unfortunate contingencv, I respectfullv suggest
to you the proprictv of furnishing Lt. Smith with authori-
ty and funds to make purchases incase of need."

Under date of next day Adjt. Eaton writes Capt. Staniford,

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I :im directed by Maj. Clarke to inl. )nu now that lie
will muster and inspect the tr(>()j)s under soui command
at r> o'clock, 1'. M. of the .'{1st inst, if no circumstances
occur to prevent it. in which case \ ou are directed to pre-
form that (hits ."

It would appear tliat this first oilicial \isitto the troops of the com-
mandin<j^ ollicei' since he kit them on the month of June, came
ahout as appointed, for there follow sexeral letters e\ identlv in-
spiretl )>v the c )ndition of thini^'s he f )und existiiiLj- at that inspec-
tion.

On tlie same clav oi the letter of Major Clarke to (leneral (iih-
son, Lieut. J. B. Russell, i\ssi^t. (Quartermaster at Hauj^or, wrote
to the Major, making; incjuiries about supplies and stores, as thouLch
all had ''one forward easil\ anil exi')editiousl\ . After wailinir a
week to tr\ and learn of the actual situation of thin<i[s about those
luckless stores the answei" is as follows:

''It would seem by the statement contained in Nour let-
ter of the 2.')th ult. that \ -u are misinformed on the subject
ol" the subsistence stores and clothing f )r this command.
The\' are not all at 'rhomj)son's Camp. A ])ortion of the
former is now at SluL(uwa\ , and of the latter the <»'reater
part is still at l*iscatatjuis. I hope howe\erthat you ma\
}et arouse the contractors to a sense of the importance of

increasijig their means of transpc^rtation antl of
these sunniies.

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seems to ha\e become no small task to pole up andcarrx aiound
two successive falls in the ri\ers, all the outfit and supplies of a new
Post and four Com])anies of Infantry. Before takinj^- up the stoiy
of the work of those three Companies it will l)e well to state that
the task (yf biiildin<j^ the Barracks and ap})urtenances tor a Military
Post had been acti\eh' carried on, all the summer, b\ the men of
Co. C, and many hired men and mechanics of llouUon. There
was a pressin<j^ need upon the commander to have winter quarters
in readiness and also his supplies on hand for the cold weather.

It seems to have been decided In the military authorities that a
new and better route than the Baskahej^i'n trail could l)e opened up
from a point on the Mattawamkea<2^, and duriui^ the w hole season
these three otiier comj^anies were busied with that work. The road
they thus built was always known as the vSoldier Road. It betj^an
at the Soldier Landin<2;', two miles below the mouth of lieaver
Brook, and followed up tlie Brook, thence took an Easterly course

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over the risln<jf iirDiind svluri' 1. I). (ioNe lives and after tliat, tol-
lowed somewhere near the hue oC the present MihtaiN Koad. l)iit
was very cronUeil, and liastily hiiilt on the liard hiiid. It crossed
the line of thi' present road near I*. I\ Hnrleii^irs house and skirt-
ed roimd to ihf iCastward of his clearing', ;iud attain crossed the
present road n^-ar Mr. Ilersey's place. Traces of tins old road are
still seen in diileient paits of IJnnens, also on the farm of Mr. John
Stewart, and a^ain on the McCiiidey fai"m in llonlton. iU-re is
([niti.' a j)ieco ot" the old lordnroN' work, in the run, lOast (»f the
house. On the In^ersoll place it cur\ed round the swale, now
crossed directh 1)\ the road, and ke])t well uj) toward the house.
That swak' was a had niirL-holc and many of the horses were extri-
cated with (litllcultN asthe\, at lirst, attempted to \s^n straj^ht across
it. VUl' idea of j^etlinjjf su|)plies 1)\ wa\ oftlie vSt. John ri\er ne\'er
appears a ii^a in, and the next letter olvScptemher JSth, to Lt. (ialla-
jifher, at Hanijjor, sliows the new pui^ijose ol' Major Clarke to meet
the necessitii's of his situation :

••Should the Connn'\ (jen. of Subsistence he of the
opinion that tlie public interest recjuires tiie vSubsistence
Stores now at i^anj^oi* to be transported to this Post upon
the Mattawamkea*;- w henever transportation by sleds be-
comes piacticable, it will be projier in oider to provide
a^j^ainst every jjossible continoencv that one month's [)()rtion
of those supplies be sent up to Thompson's camp in all
the UL'Nt month. 1 therefore recpiest, in the event of his
so deciding, that nou consider this letter as a recpiisition
upon von Ibr that month's sup[)l\' of Subsistence for this
Command."

'Thompson's Camji appears to have been a lar«^e Imnbeicamp
about foiu" miles abo\ e the mouth of Heaxer liiook. The revela-
tion of this letter is that the ex|)ectation of the early summer is al-
together frustrated, and a lar<jfepart ol' the work must ^o over till
the winter sets in.

Of same date is a letter to the Act. Assist. Adjt. Gen'l, Head-
quarters, \i. Depart, 21<S Fulton St., New York:

''I hoped to ha\e the satisfaction before this to announce
Dept. Meadcjuarters the arrival at this Post of the three
Jompanies of the 'Id Infantrv destined for it w hich are yet
)ehind. The prot^ress of these Companies in the ascent
of the Rixers behind us was slower than 1 anticipated
when I made my last report to Headquarters of the Dept.
Having arrived on the 22d of last month at Thompson's

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li;i(l rcCL'i\c'(l tVoin iik'. put fiRiii Ml \$nU upon tlir mjd,
in ici)airin^ w hicli thos >till ci»nliniio to l^t-t-iuploN cd. On
a \ isit to tlicm I (lircctcd tlic Capt. to hiiild a Store I Iousl',
and place in it tof shelter fVoni the lains the ()rdnaiu'e
Stoii's with wliich he has l)..'en hnitliened, and whicli
niav remain thiMe without djtiimeni to the jjuhlie until
transportation $\ sleds heconies praeticahle. This woik
toifcthei w ith a storm of rain of nearK one w eeU'scontinu-

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ance has retarded t!ie Captain's progress u'pon the road.
I ha\e the satisfaction of heinji^ able now to slate that
the contractor lias increased his means of transportation
to an extent that in all prohahilitv mas- enable him to
hrinij;" in all the subsistence and (|r. masters' stoies before.
winter."

Ajj^ain of same date to Capt. Stanlford :

''The public interest essentially re(juires that the re-
pairsof the road upon which the detachment is now em-
l^lovcd should be eHected in the least possible time. You
w ill therefore report t<) nie, as an opportunity ma\ present
itself, N'our pro<i^ress and the kind o'" repaiis sou ma\' ha\e
etlected, and in the remo\al of yom* camj) from place to
place \()U will enciunber \ourself with as little baiL;"<2;aj4e as

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Septeml)er 1.') to Staniford a<^ain :

" 1 am sorrv your report presents so crreat a sick list,
in as much as it was my intention to draw from vour de-
tachment most if not all of your carpenters. We are e\-
peiuhnt;- here from Hfteen to ei<;hteen hundred dollars per
month for hire of citi/en mechanics. 1 am, on this ac-
count, jyhid that the period of your arrival so nearly ap-
proaches."

September 20 there is occasion to write of a circumstance which
is aside from this tedious one of supplies, but nevertheless interest-
ing to all as the first appearance of the other party in this North-
eastern question. This letter ts to Department Headquarters :

'' Sir Howard Douglass, the Governor of the adjacent
Province, presented hin^self at the Line on the evening of
the la inst., having looked at us through a glass on the
same evening, and having entered his carriage on the
morning of the l<)th in order to retrace his steps he caused
Mr. Parks, with whom he tarried overnight, to repair to

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Iloultoii witli ii Nt'ihal iiiw";:'.;re statin}^ tliat he re«ifu'ttc(l
very imicli that his late arrival on the eveiiin<; heiore at
Parks, ha\in}^ undei stood that the road tVoin thence to II.
to he ver\ had, and the nioinin}^ too then heinj^ iain\ did
not allow him the ' pleasnre' otcallin^to see nie ; and i)e-
sides that lie was nndei the necessitN ot' retwrniiiii to
Woodstock in order to prolon<( his journey to Madauasca.
The niessaife hv Parks i)ein<' tlie tirst intelliijence I had
of Sir Howard l)einjif in the vicinity I deemed it a compli-
ment due to his civil messa«4e ami to the occasion to dis-
patcli a note intendin*^ tiie contents lor the ear of the
(jovernoi', to an accjuaintance in \\ Oodstock, a pensioner
of the British (io\ einment, exj)ressin*^ mv le^ret that
earlier inlormation had not reached me, in order that I
nii^ht have been ahleto pay my respects to hinj. I have
thoni^iit it m\ (lnt\ to make this occurience known at Dept.
I I'd (Quarters, leavinjy it to jnd^e whether the \isit had
for ol)iect a mere civility or other views."

To Capt. Staniford, Comd'ji;^ W. \\. Road, Septemi)er 2.") :

"Tlie services of all the carpenters in your detachment
are absolutely necessary on the public buildin;^s here and
can no lon<j^er be dispensed with. \'ou will therefore on
the receipt of this letter order every one of that description
of mechanic in the companies, includin<^ Hanson of the
Hand, to re[)air to I loulton without delay and report to
the Act. Assist, (^r. Mastei .

1 understand that the four (> pdrs. have been removed
■from Thompson's Camp : if so, you have misconceived
my views. Vou will, after havinj^ raised them up, if
necessary, on skids, leave them where they now are until
further orders."

It would seem that Capt. Staniford attempted some excuse for
the unauthorized mo\ injj ot the j^uns, for, under date <if Septem-
ber 25th, the following epistle was sent to him, whicli clearly shows
the spirit of both a soldier and cominander :

"In as much as the four G pdrs. have been brought on
so far, (your present camp) you will, so soon as the road
shall have been completed to Neal's, order them to that
place and leave them there. Such instructions, relative
to a proper care of them as you may think it proper to
give, I request you to give to Mr. Ncal or such person as
may be in charge of the property there.

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I'he present occasion ma\ not he an inappropriate one
to sav tiia*^ in a matter clearl\ of tlut\ and responsibility
I amnotin tlieiiahit of allow in<»- the 'opinions and reports
of others' to influence in\ pul)lic conduct, neitheiin a mat-
ter of 'jud'j^ement" am I disposed to lose si^ht entireU' of
my own."

Mr. Daniel Xeal was the first settler on the tou nshij:) of Linncus,
and his farm is now the north part of that of I'. V. I5urlei<j^h. 'i'he
old barn stood on the East side of the road, and was pulled down
some fifteen yerns a<j^o.

'J'he same dav«i letter was sent to Mr. Towle of the firmof Towle,
Paisons <.*v: Co., the contractors to mo\e the supplies :

*'l have instructed Capt. vSianiford to lea\e the cannon
at Neals. As soon as all the public property dej)ositc;l
at Neal's shall have been hrou*>^ht in I r'j([uest you to for-
ward on those cannon, and uot before. I resj)ectfullv
recpiest that \(ni will hasten on the public clothinj;- \\ ith
all possible industr\ and dispatch as the j:)eri()d is fast ap-
proaching;' when the comfort and health of the men re-
quire the issue of winter clothin<i^."

On September 21) the lon^- looked for Comj)anies arrixed at the
Post and according to the Armv J^e<^ulations three notifications of
this event were made. One to Col. R. Jones, Adjt. (ien. I . S.
Arnu at Washinj^ton. The second to re^i^imental Headquarters, at
Sacketts Harbor, and the third to Dept. Headquarters, 21<S Ful-
ton St., New York.

The last letter <i;i\en is the most iniDortant of tlvi

'I have the honor to report that the Companies e

ployed on the Beaver Brook Road in repairini"^ it arrived,
this day, at this Post. Althout^h more time has been em-
ployed in diis dut\ than I estimated in a former report
to the Head Qiiarters of the Department, the amount of
labor l)e!;towed \\\\\ not be lost to the public, and the roail
in consequence thereof will probabh' be foimd in a better
conilition for use another year than if less labor had now
been put upon it.
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Companies to aid in the erection of the (Quarters here :
the masons on their arrival at Beaver Brook, and the car
penters subsecpientlv as the sick list, at one time contain-
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state tliat A]ilitai\ Supplies of cvcr\ description intended
tor this l*ost should al\\a\ s lea\e i^auLj'or earh in Ma\ of -
ever\ \ eai" in older to )each the head of naN'ijjfation before
the fall of water. Luckih the present season has been
unusualls rainv ; otherwise the conunand must lia\e been
obli^•ed to fall back \\\)im its supplies and \\ inter perhaps
at HasUahe<;an. l^\en now a portion of the supplies antl
most of the public clothinjj^, owin»; to a want of water,
aie at this moment deposited upon the bank of the Mat-
tavvand<ea<^, six miles bel(»w 'rhomj)son's Camj:). A fall
of rain, which at this moment we have a prospect of soon
ha\in<4', will enable the Conti'actors to brin^' it up. Should
the present state of the water, howe\er, continue an\ con- .
siderable len!:^th of time 1 shall be oblii^ed to send the Com-
panies in succession to the j)lace of ileposit in order to
clothe them for the winter."

These letters clearlv show the <i^eneral outline of the course of
things in that eventful summer for lioulton. The Company which
reached the place in June were set to work, with all dispatch, to
make a Military Post with its parade ii^round, (juarters for soldiers
and officers, hospital, magazine, and stockade around all. The
privates were quartered in tents and rude huts. 'I'he Command-
\\\{y Olficer, Sur^j^eon, and vStafl' boarded in the house of Joseph
Hoidton. It would appear lliat the movement to lioulton was lai-
dertaken with most inadequate conceptions, on the part of all the
authorities, as to the nature of the connnunications between l^an-
gor and lioulton, and the facilities for doing the work of con-
structing a Post.

Major Clarke found himself surrounded with (litliculties from
the time he left Capt. vStaniford at the Mattawamkeag River. Hut
with a soldier's resolution he faced the situation and did all he
could. The well-known site selected b\ Lieut. Gallagher for the
Barracks could not have been l)etter chosen, and alter it was made
into the complete Post, alwavs excited the admiratif)n of all the f)f-
ficers of the .\rmv who caiiie here. When work began upon the
ground, in the latter part of June, it was a very rough piece of
ground. A large projection ot ledge occupied the central part of
that portion assigned for the parade ground. This was removed
after a lengthv and laborious job of ])lasting ; the refuse was used
to lill the hollows, and much more material hauled up to make the
surface of the parade ground up to the standard of smoothness.
The soldiers with their own labor and horses, cut, hauled, shaped,
and set up the picket fence or stockade. ^V few of these still stand

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where put by the Inlantiy, and many more have been taken down
and piled into the fences.

To hasten on the construction of the buil(hn<i;s, Alaj. Chirke em-
])love(l everyone he could ;4^et to work for him. Mr. W. II. ^Jary
servetl him as mastei" carpenter. Mr. Warner as framer, and Mr.
Isaac Smith burned lime, and furnished teams all simimcr lonj^j.
Even with this help the work could not projj^ress as needed, and
besides this pav roll of nearly two thousand dollars a month to cit-
izens, the Commander was c^bli^ed to draw from Capt. Staniford's
detachment every skilled laborer he had, and leave the work on
the road to the men who could furnish their two hands and nothiuij^
more. The scheme of the buildin<4' was to surroimd the parade
tj^round with structures on the West, North and East, with the tia<jj-
stafl' near the entrance way at the South end. The majjja/ine was
located some distance oiV, beyond the N. W. an^le, and Hospital
back from the line of the other buildin<4s, in the S. E. seci-tioii of
the enclosure. The quarters for the privates extended round two
sides of the quadran<2^1e, and lar^^er and more cormnodious houses
for the f)tficers were built alou'j;' the East side.

In spite of all the endeavor of Commander and men, so great
were the difhculties of the situlition, the Barracks were not com-
pleted enough to shelter all the troops, and some of them wintered
in their tents. The officers remained at Mr. Iloulton's, and, in-
deed, did not get moved into their own quarters till the close of
the second season.

Words fail to express the change in the situation, and in the
feelings oi' the settlers which the domialing of this large body of
troops among them made. Our older people can merely oay, ''It
made such a change. The marauders from the Province not only
kept away, but the calls for work of every description fairly waked
up every person in the Plantation. There was something for
every one to do, even down to the boys of seven to eight years of
age, and pay was promj^t in the gold coins of the Nation."

Like the bounty of Joseph Iloidton and Aaron Putnam to the
starving people, in the cold years of the infant settlement, this
bounty of the National Power came at a time of need, and gave
full expansion to the best endeavors of the entire community.

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THE MILITARY ROADS.

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The plan to make a deinon-stration in force on the dispute;! Fron-
tier of the Northeast, as has been stated, was entered upon b\ the
W^ir Department w ith most limited and e\en erroneous kn()\vled<>e
as to the possibilities of reaehin^j^ anv j^articuhu' point, or the in-
evitable hardships of the route, vvlien entered upon. it would ap-
pear from the letters of Majoi* Clari<e that he was led to believe
there was an easilv navip^able waterwax to within a tew miles of
the .selected spot for the l*ost, and that a road alread\ was made
fiom the landing' at the head of navi<xation to the villai»e of lioul-
ton, which merelv needed a little rei)airini»- to make it passable for
the troops with their heavv train ol' jjjuns, ammunition, and sup-
plies. With this preconceived idea of quite excellent opportunity
for communication, he came uj3, in the earh' part of June, on the
swollen streams, saw one or too rapids tiiat mi<^ht make some little
trouble, and actuallv pushed up Iknner 15rook, lour miles, before
he th()u<>ht he had reached the end of easv navigation.

Then, without makinjj^ a personal survev of the route over that
road which he had been informed of, he set Capt. .Staniford, with
the three companies, to the task of repairin<jj the wav, and of brinj^-
iivjf the lon<2^ train to Iloulton. lie himself turned about, retraced
his steps to the mouth of the Baskahe^au, and came up over that
trail, whither Lieut, (jalhi^her and Companv C has just passed.
How he was disapj^ointed at the dela\ s on the Beaver l^rook road,
became anxious about his supplies, lost his tenijier a little when
the vSubordinate tried to sav he had done the best he could under
the circumstances, all these thin<rs have been stated in the interest-

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inj^ letters. The full extent of the Nexatioiis delays is more fiilK
made known by a later letter, wherein is set forth the consecjuenees
of so much tlela\ and exposure to the weatlier as was the lot ol" the
ordnance stores.

The letter is addressed to Captain Ripley, Ord. Corps, Kenne-
bec Arsenal, Au^^nsta, Me., and is dated October 27th, i.S.'M :

'•'' I enclose herewith an extrac^t from the remarks made
upon my Inxentory of Ordnance Stores, aliordin<>; xou all
the information in my power to j^ive in answer to \ our
in(iuii\ in Nour letter of the 4th inst. ; except at (jeneral
Wool's inspection, made on the 7th of JuK, l«S."n, it was
statetl to him that the lixed ammunition was damatj^ed on
its wa\ to this Post in 1^<2'S, by reason of ha\ inL£ been ex-
posed, during the wet season of that Near by transporta-
tion in lig^ht boats on the Penobscot and Mattawamkea<>^
Rivers, at which period there was no road from Ban*(or
to this Post, excej:)t \yhat \yas then made by the troops in
their pro^j^ress, which \yas exceedin<i^ly slow ; the stores
bein<j^ in conse(juence thereof exposed to the weather for
seyeral weeks."

A further eyidence of incompleteness of knowledj^je of the actual
situation on tlie part of the War Department is sho\yn by the re\ -
elation of the plan, throui;h additional letters, not merely to '•• re-
pair the Bea\er lirook Road," but also, in the same season, to
construct a prolon<2^ation of the Militarx' Road up to Mars Hill, or
to the Southern-most point of the British claim.

On September 2d. I.S2'S, before Maj. Clarke had receiyed any of
his supplies, and the three companies were apparently lost in the
vyoods below, he w rites to Lieut J. B. Russell, ^V. (^. M., at Ban-
gor :

"I am in receipt of your two letters of the 24th and
2r)th ult., and also the requisition and C()p\- ol' instructions
to Sanuiel Cook, Esq. iVs soon as Mr. Cook shall set
out upon the duty assi<)^ned him, I shall turnish him with
men agreeably to your requisition. He states to me that
he cannot possibly leave here before Tuesday next.

Taking into consideration the period of sour tleparture
from Bangor, on your exploring expedition, and the fact
that no one here so suitable as Mr. Cook can be jiiocured
in his stead, I have concluded to assure him that his ser-

vices will be accepted on the day specitied In hi

The actual nature of the instrucHions to Mr. Cook are plainly in-
ferred in a later letter to Lieut. Russell, who had himself mean-

time come to J loultoii to invcstitiatc the sitiuition. OiH()])er '2-U\.
i^^l'H, the ComiiKuider aiUhe.ssed liim at the Hanacks :

"• I do not sec, under the circumstances of the case, as
you have stated them to me. l)ut that you are compelled
to postpone the surve\ of the route for a MiHtar\ Koatl
from Ilouhon l*hmtation to Mars Hill, unless Mr. Cook's
health, \\ hich is improhahle, should he so far restored as
to enahle him to act under \()ur instructions to him in all
this month, or earh' in the next. In this event vou could
make a sup|)lemental Report to the Qj\ Master (General.

I would mention to nou, however, as an additional rea-
son for the j)ostj:)onement oi' the surve\' that the services
of the numher ol" men \()U would re([nire of this com-
mand to aid Mr. Cook are essentually necessary here in
the preparations for the winter. Your own personal oh-
serxations of what is jj^oinjjf on at the Post, and what must
necessarily he tlone hefore winter, will enahle \ou to ex-
])lain this sui)ject satisiactoiiU to (ien. Jessup."

It is now time to ^^^iNe heed to the third extract made from the
Re^^istr\ of Deeds, which was reprinted at the head of the last
chapter. ilie pmchaser was "James Thomas, of the Citv and
State of New "\'ork, Gentleman." lie was the most important
and influential person, outside oi' the Arm\ Officers, w ho came to
lioidton in the Garrison \ears. He is descrihed by oiu" older
people as hein*^, at that time, ahout sixty years of age, stout built,
of a light sandy complexion, and of a verv gentlemanly deport-
ment. He complimented Grandmother upon her personal appear-
ance when he first saw her, and in his last call at the house before
he left the town, some years later, he said. '' I hope when I see
yon again vou will be looking as well as you do now." He died
shorth after he went a\\a\'.

He came to Houlton in the summer <jf 1H2H, l)earing the com-
mission of Sutler to the Garrison. His first store was opened in
a room of the house of Isaac vSmith. The Sutler's store was after-
wards built within the enclosure of the Barracks, and stood at
the right of the entrance. In addition to this duty he had the mail
contract lietween Bangor and the Post, over the Soldier Road. He
hired a man by the name of James Nowland to carry the mail on
horseback over the R<jad to the Landing ; then he WH)uld take a
boat and fioat down to Bangor. On the return, he would pole up
to the Landitig where the horse was awaiting him, and thence to
Houlton on horseback. J. H. Smith, though hardly nine years
old, would go down to meet him taking two horses. Col. Thomas,

i'MM

ill

as every one culled hlni. was pleasant to each one he canie in con-
t." with, and would joke with tiie hov ahont heinif (Vi'>htened in
t..at lonesome ride in the woods to the t\\el\e mile tree. lie paid
Smith <jfenerallv about half a dollar a tiip.

The matter ol' <^ettin^- the militaiy sui)plies to the l*ost <^a\ e con-
stant occupation to the energetic men amon^- the SLtllers. Mr.
James Ta\lor is alwa\ s spoken of \\ lu-n aiu work of that nature
was called for. I lis skill with an o\ team \\ as moi'e than oi"dinar\ ,
and he soon took up the task of haulin<^ the stores from the Land-
ing, llntjjh Allexandcr of Liimeus was another of thearm\ tca/n-
sters, and told man\ anecdotes of life on the road and ri\er ol'those
days. I'herixer antl i5ea\er Brook loute i)ecame tiie line of travel
for all who turned their steps this way. It uas not much of an
imjjroxement oxer the former ways except that there were fewer
chanji'es from water to land and land to water auain. There could
be no association of pleasure connected with the joiu"ne\'. All
men, women and children, enbarked at Oldtow n in the Hat bot-
tomed boats, which also canied all the frei<;ht the\ would hold ;
and then be^^an a tedious polinj^" ol" the ])oat up to the lirst falls at
Piscatac[uis. Here the carry was made, afterwards (Acrcome in
steamboat days, b\' the canal and lock. When this was passed and
evervthin*^ put back on to the boat the slow poling" was resumed.
Four miles abo\e the ^^attawamkeag ocean the rapids of S1u_l;u-
way, as Major Claik st\ led them, commonh st\led, Slu^undv.
Here and at Piscataquis it will be remembered the luckless stores
of the (iarrison la\' a lon^i^ time, and the dela\ i^axe cause to so
much trouble. When this latter rouij^h water was passed the boat
route C(Mitinued uninterruptedh' till the Soldier Landinj^ w as reached
if there was water enou<^h. ^Vt this place the passeno'ers must take
what convexance there might be oxer the rough cortluroy and un-
tmnpiked miles of the Soldier Road. The women and little ones
perha[)s could ride, but for the rest it was merel\- a fair chance to
walk through the woods.

It was inevitable that on such a route there should arise occasion
of great discomfort, when accident or ilelax' overtook the ]5art\-.
It was but a protracted ex]:)osure to storm and wind, with the
chances of freshet added. The story runs that a small party were
working their way up, at one time, and two of the men had their
wives with them. Delays were met with, and the progress was
exceedingly slow. While yet a good ways below the Landing,
one of the women found herself ox'ertaken b\- the pangs of traxail
and a halt of the whole. comj)an\' was made. The boat was un-
loaded, drawn on shore, turned u[)side down, and coxered xx ith
the canvass \yhich was usually spread over the freight. This seem-

ed as a shelter tor the women, and the men l)uilt a rouj>h camp a
short distance oil. In these cjuarters the com panN remained lor a \
inimher of (hivs, tiJI the Jittle straM^ei- and the motiier conld take

p the tiresome jonrneN

lose ol lis w

iio 1

ia\e come, in

hiter

years, \\ iiether o\er the fhiished staij^e road \\ itli its liospitahle
ta\ern.s, or \et more recenth , in tlie last runniniL; cars, can lorm
hnt slight opinion of those cheerless days and hours in that first
])eri()d of direct travel to Han^or.

Tlie exjx'iience which Major Clarke had w itli the dillicnlties of
this ua\ , in the summer and fall ol' 1<S2<S, showed plainh to him
that no matter whose interest it ma\' haveserxed togi\e to tlie War
Dej^artment the idea that the water wa\ up to Beaver Brook was
to the advantaj^e of the (jovernment, it was of no use to continue
to he tied up to so round ahout a course. i'lie letter hook ai^ain he-
comes of interest, and the plan of extrication is developed, though
no clue is allorded as to whether he iiad explicit orders for the step
or took the resj)onsihilit\ himself. Jf it was the latter he was most
clearlv justified in his course.

Decemlier 7, 1<S2H, he writes to Mr. Ellis, A<^ent for Towle,
Parsons t^v: Co., Tiiompson's Camp :

^''^'ou are requested to deliver to Ser^t. Pike, for the
use f)f his part\ , as much pro\isions as will suhsist his
partv for twentv davs ; that is to say, twentv complete
rations for fourteen men, and twenty rations of extra
vvhiskev for the same period and same numher of men, for
which the Serjeant is directed toji^ive you a receipt."

Next to Mr. Cook, who seems to have won the confidence and
esteem of the Commanding (^tiicer from the \erv fh"st, and to ha\e
been of very "freat service to him all the time, lie writes on the
same dav :

*'To Sami'EL Cook, Esc^.,

Sir: — You are requested to accompany the partv of
men commanded bv Ser<reant Pike, and aid him \\ itli \()ur
counsel and ad\ ice in the prosecution of the service in
which he is sent. The Ser«)^eant is directed to follow your
opinions implicith , as to the mode of opening and com-
pleting the road from the Crotch of the Mattawamkeag to
the point where vour line, run with a view to tiiis road,
touches the route from Iloulton to Thompson's Camp.

Should Nou, on further examination, tind that the route
laid down by you can be improved, or rather straightened,
you are authorized to run and mark It accordingly. You
are requested also to instruct the Sergeant in the mode of

in;il<inj.{ winter roads in this section of couiitrv, i{n(.\ ^ixf
him such advice comu'ctcd witli the project ot com])letiii;^
this road, ^eii«Mall\ . aiul such bridges and othei ituprove-
meiits as nia\ he iieceshar\ .

1 shall immediatelv coainiuiiicate with tlie Assistant
(Quarter Master at Hant;(»r ielati\c to \oiu" eiuj)lo\ nient
in this business, and the compensation \ou ought to re-
ceive tor \(>ur seivices."

This \ er\' coniplimentar\ letter of insti'uctions plainl\- implies
the fact that Mr. Cook had alreads' been sent oxer the route to run
the lines of a road which would take the strai<i:!it course froin tliat
camj) to rhe Folks. It nnist lia\ebeen, in its course, identical
w ith the permanent road of four \ears later, tor a lar^^e ])art of the
way.

Ha\in<^ instructed Mr. Cook as to the nature of his work the
next step was to provide his food, and the letter to the contrac-
tors follow s :

"You will be ''■(Kxl enou''"h to dellxer to Mr. Cook such
amount of vSubsistence vStorcs as he ma\ need while em-
ploN ed VN ith Scr<^eant Pike's parts , and take his receipt
for the same, specif\ injjf each article as well as the num-
ber of pounds. I will make similar arran*;ement with
respect to this quantity of Subsistence to that res])ectin«;-
the rations delixered to Serj^eant Pike and /^/s j^artx ."

The Orders to Seri^eant Pike follow, and the main directions,
after tellin<)^ him to j)resent the letter to the c:)ntractors and receive
his supplies, go on to sa\' :

''One Corporal and twehe private's are placed under
the Sergeant's command, \\ ith whom he will proceed, after
establishing a comfortable and convenient camp for the
use of his partx, to open a road from the Crotch of the
Mattawamkeag, on a line run bv Mr. Cook, to the roatl
recenth made by the Troops from Thompson's Camp to
Houlton. As Mr. Cook will accompanv Sergt. l*ike,
the Sergeant will receive advice from him as to the mode
of opening the road and completing it for immediate use
and will follow such ad\ ice implicitlv-

vShould Mr. Cook, alter due insj^ection, be of the opinion
that the road can be straightened with benelit to the Unit-
ed States, the Sergeant will ]:)ut the necessarv labor upon
the new^ line which Mr. Cook mav mark out. * * *

P. S. — The Sergeant will report, as an opportunity

may occur, liis pjoj^rcss in tins service, ;ni(l apply for any
assistance lie max need."

in a letter to 1 iea(l(|uarters, \i. department, New 'h'ork, under
date (»r januarv I4tli, 1H2'.*, Major Clarke writes of the completion
of Sei<4"eant I'iUe's work, and also of the woik of another detach-
ment which had been put to the task of c»ittin«^out the w inti'r road

to Mars llill, which, at llrst, was to be done in the summer

then jjfoes on to ^i\e his settlers conclusions about buildin*; these
lonij roads throu<'"h a heavih wooded countr\ with onK soldier la-

)or

''The labor of makinjj^ roads in this country, owinii^
to the nature of the soil and the *ifr()wth upon it, will be
founil to be ver\ ^reat if it is intended to work it after the
manner of a tmnpike. I therefore \erv much doubt
whether the troo[)s can possibU , durin*;" the ensuint^- sea-
son, make more than that portion of it leadin*^ tVom this
Point to the Mattawamkea<4'. .Vs the Post is inconijilete
it will be necessary to retain, durin<if that season, all the
mechanics of eyer) description, and a considerable num-
ber of men for laborers, and also a sufficient numbei' fit
for duty to perform the tours of a small ^uard for security
of prisoners in conhnement.

In this vie\y of the probable operationsat this l*ost i re-
spectfidh' su<;<i^est, if it])e deemed of importance to hasten
the completion of the Military Road, that hired laborers
mi|Ljht be put upon that part of it leadin<j^ from the West
bank of the Mattawiunkeaijf to its confluence with the Pen-
obscot, and thus, ))robabl\-, complete in one season the
whole line of road froin this latter point to Houlton, leay-
inotjie residue of the line from hence to Mais Hill for op-
eration in future years."

The elVect of this letter upon the minds of the authorities seems
to haye been to brin<^ about an entire chan<i^e of plan, and no more
work was done by soldier labor VV^est of the I^arracks, and, after,
about a year and a half, the plans were matured to build, under con-
tract, a first-class, turnpiked way from the North of the Mattawam-
keag straiii^ht throuG^h to the l^arracks, and have no reference, nec-
essarily, to any of this hall' complete work which the soldiers had
been able to do.

After this lapse of time, a full sixty years, there are not many of
our townspeople remainin<i^ who were personally familiar with this
work of buildin_<>^ that lioad. Air. John II. Clou<jfh was born in
the town of Phillips, then in Somerset Co., February 14th, IHll.

T ii r i », i,i [ | « ,im M

A I

111 the winter of !■ "80 lie wnkcd in tlic woods on t'.ie Molunkiis
stream tor tlic firm of Joiies iS: Dwinal of Stillwator. He was ex-
pert as an ox teamster, and lor three weeks, while the men wi'tit
fmther up to make the camp, ne tarried w ith the oxen at the stream
where now the bridge of the Milltaiv Road crosses it. lie saw
then, on tiie trees about liim, the three lines to maik out tlie Koad
which had been run the summer before. (Jne line foi the centre
of the hijifliway and the others, three rods distant, on each side.
His concern made their winter's work, then went out. and, at
driv in<r time, came back to tiieir landin^^s walkinj^ up through the
winter road \\ hich had been cut out since he took care of his oxin
;it the bridge. Col. El)en Webster of Orono and his brother Ivlijah
had taken a contract to cut out that road, and had done so. 'The
supplies for the Post had been hauled throu'^h that new channel
durin*^ the j^reater part of the season.

In the course (A' the next summer, l*aiker P. lUulei*rii made iiis
first trip into this counts'. He walked fro/n six miles below Mat-
tavvand<ea*^ i*oint throu«:jh this \\ intei load to Linneus.

Mr. Clouu^h did not return to this section of the State until the
month of June, IH;{2. lie had been down to the Province for a
time anionjj^ friends and at that date started on foot for Bant^or,
over the Military Road. The whole Road then was under con-
tract, but work was most active on the lower portion, just at that
time. The contractors were, Col. Charles Jarvis of Ellsworth for
the lower portion, and Col. Thomas of Houlton for the portion
above the Forks. The crew of Col. larvis were ])us\' on the
Carib('Libo<i^ in Glenwood, and places nearby. Just as Mr. CIoul^Ii
reached them their larj^e camp cauj^ht fire and he helped with the
rest, to put out the flames. In three weeks time he returned on
horseback, and found the work prog'ressin<>;, but faster below than
at this end. The force of Col. Thomas did not work above Carv's
Mills. Joseph Iloulton, Jr., took a sub-contract of one mile from
the Post, and Jonah Dunn built the two miles betw een his con-
tract and the Mills.

The greater part of the work was finished in that season so
that, as winter came on,, it. was thou^^ht to be a fine road. On the
16thof December a party of people left Freeman, Somerset County,
and drove throu<jfh in four days to Iloulton. In that company was
Mrs. Susan Iliscock who is still livin<2^ with her sons on their farm.
She was unmarried then, and was accompanied by her brother
Freeman Gilkev. The onlv hardship experienced bv these trav-
ellers was the utter lack of decent hotel accommodations this side
of Bangor.

The Road as first turnpiked did not prove to be wide enough to

y ^% ji^i »frT i i «i f iip wi#<iiiawiy<f n»w»it *t ^ ii a ii «^

y ^

suit tlu' (ioveriimcnt. ixud tlic whole load bod \\;is widciu'd out
lour led, prisuiuijhK 1»\ thv contractors on their sc\cral porli<»ns.

our vcar.s later the work ol l)uildni<»; Iron) the liana

:ks t

owan

the l'i()\ ince was undeitaken 1)\ soldie!" lalxn", except in the case of
teams and teamsters. Mr. James '!'a\ lor came into note heie with
a six ox team, and duiinjj^ part of the work two yoke of oxen he-
lonL,MnL;- to Mr. Smith were added for plowing ami scrapin<i[.

'I'he \\ hole load hed was made to conform to the recjuirements
of the ( i(t\ tMumi-nt lOiiL^iueers, and the work of ic-paiiin*;-, in each
sprin<(. was ilont in the most systematic lUanuer. For some time
tliis rej)airinL;' wa* in the hands of another ICllsworth man.

^V.s soon a.s the wa\ was passable in tlie summer season. Col.
Thomas transferred t!ie mail carr\in_i^ onto it, and had a stai^e drawn
1)\ two hoises at liist. Soon after he put on four horse stages.

.Since this Road was surrendered by the I'nited .States to the
State and towns it has steadils deterioiated in condition. None of
the towns had ambition to keep it up to the hi*;h standard and in
the l*lan*:cti(»n it has been alloi^ether neglected. The buildin<^ of
the railwaNs took oti" the traxcl. and it is now for the most part a
back loute l)ut little used.

m.r,T "n .

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SMITH BROS.,

DEAI.RKK IN-

Stoves -i-mi- Ranges

TINWARE, &c.

Plumbing and Pipe Fitting a Specialty.

First Door East of Snell House,

HOULTON,

MAINE.

we: SKLl

Sheet Liead, bead Pipe, Zinc,

Pressed and Japanned Ware,

Agate Ware, Enameled Kettles,

-AGENTS FOR THE-

ATLANTIC WOOD FURNACE.

t^ Castings furnished at short notice for all Stoves made
in the New England States.,,^

ail JOBBIHe DOHE WITH HEIITIIES5 BHD DISPHTCH.

Soft Woolen Rags taken in exchange for Tinware.

^;^^»^.4^3JttM«-i^>^^^

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I »

IfllfiiVlifiin:^ ''6i);'

JOHN WATSON

Has Just Opened for the HOLIDAY TRADE a
Larger and Finer Line of

"F^cjgeps 2^ Bi o.V Fine Plained UJare,

Than Ever Bekoke, Consistino ok

I ^sTabcr Seb^, Ice PiK'lK>r>^, T^n Sehf^, TahU' Cantors, Cake
Ba^kcl"^, Herrv I)isl)c's, Friiil' Shii>c{;^, P)ubl*er ( oolers,
Varcl Receivers, Hoiujucb V^a^cs, Napkii) Jiii^ys,
oc, wl)icl) u'ill I)o ;^ol({ ab v^ry low ])ricc^.

J..

GUTLERll

.^-

Off*' assoifiinnt of FISE r.tlihK VI TLICRY, in Casi'H,
is large, ('onnistinff of

HitKAKiAST, Beef, Game and Fish Carvers, in I\'ory,
CKi.i.ri.oin, Peart., Walius and Sta(j Handles.

TABLE KNIVES and FORKS. MEDIUM and DESSERT SIZES, in PEARL

IVORY, Celluloid and Plated Handles.

LAFqPS

We have a large assortment.

Gtiaqdeliers, Piaiio, Library, Bapet, BracKel aqd Table Lamps,

Which we are bound to close at some price, regardless of cost.
GPP. SNELL HOUSE,

Market Square, - - Houlton, Maine.

(:.

1-i

J. H. SINCLAIR

-Manufa(5turer and Dealer in ail l<iiids of-

H^R\lESS^S, CO\i\i^RS, ETC.

TWO DOORS NORTH OF CLARK'S HOTEL,

EVERYTHING TO BE FOUND IN A
ALWAYS ON HAND.

Repairing Neatly and Promptly Executed

All khids of Carriao-c 7rlni))UHg done to order.

WHEN YOa ARE IN WANT OF

^ INSURANCE ^

-CALL ON-

V^riVl. O. X>OJVIVI3>IvXv,

Next Door West or First |l8<!oi|al EaiiK,

HOULTON, PIRINE.

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FBQ

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"^^

How ncai" has a Suit of Clothes <>*()t to tit bcloir vou

05111 uiaki' it <>;oy I say; in tliis County, you have

got to have a Perfect FiTTiX(i Suit in order

to make the Custom l^iih>rinir a sueeess.

Now I have got a Cutter that every Man can
Safely reley upon, and if he does not <2^ive you a
Perfect Fit, in every way, it will not cost you a
cent. 1 also have the only JERR TAILOR in the
County. lie has served several years in the Old
Country, making Coats, and

When He Makes a Coal il is Put up to Stay !

-Now THE Man who Heads this, if he Wears-

Would do well to call and prove for himself that what I say is true.
\

I ALWAYS HAVE ON HAND

FOt^EIGfl PJSID DOMESTIC OlOOLiEflS

In different jfrades. Also a large line of SA]VIPUES to seleL*l fron).

C. F. ROSS,

Ooe'-a House Block,

Houlton, Maine.

REMEMBER I WARRANT A FIT EVERY TIME.
IS THAT ANY OBECT TO THE BUYER?

tmB 1

■-f».t.-Tjcju.^.t:_iu:.i -' ;, w a» f < fa «., - i.vi-fc^> ' «u;.<

^d^umnt-eajjn^^

IN THZ GARRISON YEARS.

im^'

ciiaptL":r \.

The c'stahlishineFit (A' t!ic Ciarrison ami the construction of tlie
MilitaiN Road are worthy of the sj)ace l)est()\ve(l upon their stor\ ,
tor the results arising* there from were to be of ji^reatest moment to
the town.

The })resence of the Alilitar\ force in the Hancock Harracks was
an innnediate cause of streni^th, but rather more in its ell'ect u):)(>n
the mindsoi'the inhabitants thanfrom the fact of the strength which
a Ibrtitied Post might be assumed to give to a place. The Post at
lloulton was not tortitied in an\ sense of the term. The grounds
were enclosed bv a st:)ckade or picket fence, but noeaithworks
wei'e thrown up or guns for defensive purjjoses put in position.

After the C()mj)letion of the Harracks the oilicers brought their
i'amilies here and as the\ all were men of educition, experience,
and tact, their intercourse with tlie settlers was most benelicial,
and nuitualh agreeeble. Alajor Clarke brought his wife and two
children, a son, Frank, and daughter, Louisa. Capt. H. A. Bo\ n-
Uni of Co. I'^ \\ as unmarried, but had a sister who li\'ed with him
for a time. Capt. G. Dearborn of Co. K, afterwards promoted
to the rank ol' Major, did not come to the Post until into the follow-
ing winter after his compan\ had helped m.'.ke the vSoldier Ro.id -
From pri\ ate letters of his it would appear that he came with part
of the company, or with as(|uad ol" recruits, and came up o\ er Ser-
geant Pike's new road whicii was very rough, 'i'he thermometer vas
at 22^' below zero, and the soldiers suHered verv nuicli on the
route. Greenlief Dearborn was born in ilallowell, Me., and en-
tered the arnn July '2{\, \M'2, he was married in the City of Bos-
ton, to Miss Pamela A. S. Gilman, daughter of Allen (lilman,
Esq., of Bangor, who was the first Mayor of that citv. Another
daughter of Mr. Allen married Joseph Carr, Jr., and li\ed soaie
years in lloulton. A thirtl daughter was the mother of Mrs. J.

HiPffiPWxiiM^ap

' ''

Deatlis bad already occurred in the ranks of tlie seftlers, for Mr.
Josluia Piitiiaiii had died before the advent of tlie sc^ltlJers, as also
Caroline, the fnst born child of James and Sarah (Ilaskoll) Ilonl-
ton, who had died Sei)lenil)er 2Uh, i>^2.'), at the a<j^e of se\enteen.
On Sunday afternoon of Au<j^ust 12th, IS.'Vi, Mr. Josepii lluulton
satin the chair by the window of his house and saw the sohbers
tile down by, on their wa\- to tlie afternoon nieetinj^' ; then in a few
monients, without an\ apparent inter\al of sutVerinjjj, drew his last
breath. lie was sevent\-six years oj' a^e, and has been a resident
in the place tvvent\-ti\e \ears, both as its founder and leader. Ills
sudden death startled the conununit\ . Ileiu'v Smith distinctly re-
nieniljers that Miss Hoynton ran in and told his mother of the fact.
At the hour of the funeral. Major Clarke ])araded the troops and
i>a\e the dead leader of the town a Military funeral, tlie soldiers
firinj^ the final salute as thou<j^h an oHicer had been carried to the
tomb

For the first two years of the Garrison the troops could not pa-
rade and drill in their own ji^rounds as the vyork of makin<i^ the pa-
rade ground was so difficult, and proceeded so slowlw For the
purposes of drill they used the flat piece of ground at the corner of
the White Settlement road, near the graveyard, where now the
Gillin building stands.

By the letter book, Major Clarke had a fnrhnigh in the summer
of 1829, and Capt. Dearborn first appears as com/nander. In a
letter of July 21)th, of that summer, he writes to R. Lowndes, Escp,
Assist. Adj't. General E. Mil. Dept. :

"To graduate the parade ground at this Post a ton of
Gunpowder, with what has already been used for this
purpose, will probably be recpured. A Re(iuisition on
the Qj Master for this powder has hccn ]:)artially complied
with, and nuich of it expended : but he has just informed
me that his account for this expenditure has not been al-
lowed at the Treasury Department. Of course he can
issue no more.

As this powder is absolutely necessary to prepare the
parade (which is a ledge of rocks) in any reasonable time,
and until it is levelled, we have no grourd w here we can
drill a battallion, or even a full company. I beg leave to
call the Conunanding General's attention to the subject and
ask him to make a representation of the matter to the pro-
per authority at Washington, that we may receive the pow-
der to enable us to prosecute the work commenced."

It would appear that this most unreasonable interference with the

the

progress of preparing the parade ground was speedily done away
with, and, in (hie time, the work was Hnislied. vSo well was that
work done tiiat the ground has defied the etlects of time since, and
but little work would he needed to restore it to its former perfec-
tion. It was noted, during all the vears of the occupation, as he-
ing the finest parade ground in the service.

Decemher 2d, 1H2<S, the commander writes to his Headcjuartcrs
of the enticement away of two of the sokliers and forwards aflida\ its
to prove bv whom the work was done. In the closing paragrajjh
he continues :

"I am endeavoring to bring to light the testimony which
may serve to convict the individual who had the insol-
ence to entice, and the autlacity to ellect, the abduction of
the two men above mentioned. Should I be so fortimate
as to obtain the requisite information to enable me to go
upon sure grounds, I shall bring him to justice, through •
the action of our civil authorities whenever he shall be so
bold as to come within our jurisdiction."

The result of his endeavors appears in the letter of December
5th:

'''•To Joshua Putiiat)!^ Ksq.^ Iloulton Plantation^ J/i?.,

Sir : — I deem it my duty to make known to you that
one, Thomas G. CunliHe, calling himself a Captain of
Militia, in the Province of New J3runs\vick, did attempt
on the "iTth of November, 1^<2<S, at Iloulton Plantation, to
procure the desertion of Pri v. John Rompcjte, a soldier in
the 2d Reg. U. S. Inft'y, bv recommending him to desert
that same day, and promising to transport him immedi-
ately to Wc>odstock in that Province, and that, at the same
time and place, did endeavor to entice Priv. Norman Rob-
inson, a soldier in the same Regiment, to desert bv say-
ing that if the said Robinson was taken short and disliked
the service, to come to him and he would assist him.
With the reference to this statement and the enclosed
copy of affidavits, I make formal complaint to you as a
Magistrate, and request that you proceed against the said
Cunliffe according to law."

The result of this appeal to the civil arm of the law is alluded
to in another lengthy letter of date of March '.>th, 1825), to the
Headquarters, in which the Major states :

''In referring to the letter of the i!d December, last, I

have the satisfaction lo state thattlie civil authorities here
at mv solicitation, issued a warrant for the apprehension
of the individual alluded to in tiiat letter, w ho, taUinj^;
counsel of his ^uilt, has not dared to repeat his visit to
lioulton."

The Ma<;isti"ate l*utnain was the oldest son of l*roprietor John
Putnam, and made his first visit to the Grant with Edmund Cone
and lulwin Townsend m I'Si.'). lie did nc.t t.irrv \o\v>: then in
the settlement, hut returned to \c\v Salem, and in about ei*;"ht
years thereaiter married Miss Lucia Clark, a niece of Mrs. Aaron
Putnam. With a wife and three cliildren he returned to lioulton,
bv wa\ of St. John river, at about the time of the cominir of the
soldiers. lie settled upon the South half of Lot ."UI, where now
A. K. iilradford li\ es. A year or tw(j later, the father l:>ein<^ dead,
the second son, John Varnum, came to lL)idt()n, and brought his
mother and sister Eunice. The two brothers alvvavs remained in
this section after that date, althoiiij^h at the time of the death of
their mother they were livin<jj in the Plantation of No. 11. R. 1.
Three of Joshua Putnam's b()\s mairied dauii^hters of I'dmuiid
Cone. His wit'e died in Mav, l-STO. and he died in hme. 1<S7.").
His sister Eunice married James Ballard of Amherst, Mass., and
they lived a few years in No. II), where she died. John \'arnum
was not married till after quite a numlier of vears residence in
Houlton. His wife was Elizabeth Tenkins, who was born in the
town of York, York Co., and she had two boys. Black Hawk and
Oscola. The latter died at two \ears of ajj^e, the older bov has
become our res])ecte(l townsman and ex-sheritf, as his father be-
ibre him. The mother dietl not lon<i: after the \ ounuer box , and
Capt. Varnum in May, 1871).

One of the most profitable opportunities connected with the
Garrison supplies was that of the beef contract for the vear. J. V.
Putnam had this contract for some years, and would make periodi-
cal trips to the Western part of the State to buy up a sufKcient
number of cattle to answer his purpose, and drive them throui^h
the woods to Hoidton. The necessity to ilo this lasted for nearlv
ten vears alter the arrival of the troops, and onlv disappearetl with
the fuller settlement ol the Comity and the raising of beef near by.

The contract for wood was another profitable openinj^^ for the
Inhabitants of the Plantation. A great deal of wood was used in
the year, and as the i)ay was in the shining gold it was worth striv-
ing after. The greater part of the smooth hardwood was cut oli'
the Houlton farms and hauled to the Garrison. Before the second
winter of the occupation, taught sufficiently hy one winters ex-

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pcricncf. tin- Commaiuk-r wrote Uy Headquarter^ tor an a(le([iiate
sii[)j)h nl" ("iiel to meet their wants:

'•'I'lie allowance of wood in this climate, the dejj^iei' of
latitude hein^" 1('» tley;. l.'l min. is not ecjual to the (juantitv
necessar\ to a due comfort dminij^ the se\ erit\' ol" the win-
ter. I deem it a (lnt\ therefore to recommend an in-
crease of allowance in l'a\ or of this l*ost of one half at
least (luiin«i^ the months of December, |aiuiar\, Februarx'
and March. When the fact that the l*ost, with a siui^le
exception, is the most Xorthern of all the Military I*osts
in tlie I'nited Slates, and that it is not situated like the ex-
cepted one and others ne;'(rlv as hij^h in latitude, in tiie
midsl of' a public domain to which resort mi*^ht be had
for an adecjuate supj)l\ of fuel, is taken into consideration
it will not. I believe, be deemed a presumption on mv part
to recommend the increase in fa\or of this Post.

'V\\c fuel here is l\nnished on a contract : the Com-
manilers of Companies, therefore, in order to keep u]) a
i\\\c decree ol comfort for the men during the winter
months, which in this climate ma\ be said to include
No\embcr, have no other resource, in the absence of a
wo(m1 lot belon<^in}^ to the (rovernment than to ])urchase
on behalf of the men, or consume during the winter the
alloxsance for the summer months."

Tn the depth of the winter oflM.'W; orders were received from
lleaiUjuarters of the Arnn to detach Comj:)anies F and R, imder
the command of Major Dearborn, from the Post, and that they
should i^roceed forthwith to Boston. Under date of February <'>th,
1 «:>(!, Major Clarke directs Lieut. J. M. Hill the Act. Assistant
Qiiartermaster of the Barracks to prepaie the transportation f(jr the
battalion, in these terms :

"■B\" reference to the (ien'l Order, NO. I), \ou will per-
_ cei\ e that \ou are re(|uired to furnish the necessary trans-
portation to F and K Companies under the command
of Major Dearborn, to enable them to prosecute the march
to Boston Harbor. In this case I consider an amount of
transportation ecjual to the transportation of the whole
command, includinij^ the authorized number of women,
is necessary in consideration of the season at which it is
required to move it. It is now mid winter, the snow is
deep, the roads are unbeaten and will continue to grow
worse by every new fall of snow. The degree of cold is
great, the thermometer having been for several days a

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number of dejjrees hclovv zero. A marcli of Maj. Dear-
honi's (Ictachinent, with barely an allowance oi'transpor-
tation sutHcient totransjxjrt its provisions and stores, would
not only be a tedious one, but by the hardships and ex-
posures to which it would subject the whole i)ody, its
health and etHciencv would be <:ijreatly iinpairetl. In tiiis
view I ejitertain (jf the matter nou will peicei\elhat I am
of the opinion that a suliicient number of sleds to trans-
port every meuiber of the detachment is j^roper and nec-
essary."

Such an undertakin^j^ in the dullness of the winter season was a
helj^ a<^ain to the settlers, for it was by their teams and sleds that
the movement could be made. Just who of the townspeoj)le took
liold of this work the record does not show but Maj. Clarke an-
nounced to Headquarters, three da\ s later, that the arran<j;ements
ft)r the maich havin<4"been completed, the detachment was to have
moved that day but was detained bv a severe snow storm, and
would doul)tless move away the day after. This removal termin-
ated Maj. Dearborn's connection with lloidton.

Lieut. Patten of Co. F was also detached from service at the
Post, at the same time, and removed with his familv to JJartford,
Conn. In the winter of IH.'JT he had occasion to return to the
Post, for a time, and then went away a<^ain, early in February.

Lieut. Patten was a native of Rhode Island and a Graduate of
Brown University, lie had a fine literary taste, and unusual skill
in versification. His comrades always declared that if he had
devoted himself to literary persuits lie would have taken high
ranks among' our scholars. His natural aptness for song and
poem found expression in all the fields of his professional career.
A collection of these pieces was made in 18(57, and published by
Ilurd ^ Houghton of New York. The volume is entitled
"Voices of the Border." Among them are some most familiar
pieces, which are usually published as anonymus.

The " Seminole's Reply " has been on the tongue of every school
boy for nearly a generation. To Col. Patten belongs the author-
ship of that beautifully pathetic song, "The Return."

"Joys that were tasted
May sometimes return ;
But the torch when once wasted,
Ah ! how may it burn I"

The Merry Sleigh is another of the nameless songs which has
kept its hold r.pon the hearts of the yoimger readers :

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**Jinj:cle! Jiuj^le ! clear the way,
'Tis the inenv, inerrv sleiirh I "

Perliaps no l)etter siiiijle ilhistration of his j^ouer as a composer
can better he <;iven than '' The SoUher's Dir»]fe."

**()h ! toll no hell

When I am ifune
Let not a huj^^le swell
The mourn fnl tale to tell ;

Hut let the (hum '

With hollow roll

Tell when the aiiijels come
To take mv soul :

And let the hanner horne before me,
Wave in azure <j^Iorv o'er me,
When I am none.

Oh I .slied no tear

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Sobs at a soldier's Dier ,

But let the peal
Solemn and slow,

From minute jj^un reveal.
That I am low :

And with no costly pf)mp deride me,
But lean on arms reversed beside me,
When 1 am <]fone."

He went from IToulton to the vSeminole war in Florida, after-
wards served throu<i^h the Campai<i^n in Mexico, and also in the
late War. He rosethrou<yh successive <i;rades until he reached the
rank of Lieutenant Cc.lonel of his Reji^iment, and wais at last placed
on the retired list of the armv. When this had taken place he
chose to come back to the earlv home of his wife and of his first
experience as an Officer.

He bou<rht the farm which had alwavs been the home of the
Smith familv, and liad all preparations made to erect a fine man-
sion when he suddenlvdied in April, 18<S:{. He was buried in our
Cemeterv and in chree and a half years, or in October 18«(;, the
mortal remains of his wife were placed by his side. On Memorial
Dav the flag floats above his honored grave.

In the year 1H:U> the attention of the people of the town was
turned to the matter of building a Meeting H<Hise, and in the course
of hree vears two Houses were built, The division which had

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taken place in tlie COnj^re^ational 1)<»iIn in New lCn<;laiul made it-
selt lelt in Ilonllon at this time. The first movement was made
towards huildinj^- the I nitarian Meetinj^" Ilonse. To aid in this
pui"))()se .Aaron I'ntnam donated the land, and his sons, to^ethei w ilii
the l*eaice famih and a i)ortion of the I ionUon connection, con-
tributed the necessary timds.

This Ilonse was hnilt in IH.'IT and is still standinj^ in a ruined
condition on Noith St, It wasmuch damaj^edhv lire in January
\HHS and the Society ilecided to abandon it and build anew on the
other side of the stream. The buildin*^- was iead\ tor dedication
in ^larch IS.'JM, and Ke\ . Alpheus Ilardin^iol' New Salem, who
was a boy at school in the Acadenu' there before Aaron Putnam
mo\ed awa\ and had boaided at his house, came to \ isit his old
friends and \\ hile here aided in the Dedication Ser\ ices.

The movemcjit which culminated in the buildin*; of this iirst
Meetin<j^ House seems to have been a withdrawal out of the fold ol'
the old church which was orj^anized in the Plantation, twenty-five
\ears before, and shorth after that took place, steps were taken to
build a House for the Con^re<j^ational Church.

Rev. Chas. C. Beaman from Ipsw ich, Mass., came to labor with
that Church on Dec. 17th, 1H;?7. He had no famih at that time,
and brou<^ht his mother with him. The Kendall I'amih was the
foremost in this l)od\ , and with them were associated some of the
Iloultons and newer families. Besides this companv the ofticers
of the Garrison were reads to aid them in their undertakinijs.
Accordin<ijlv, on March 27th, l.s.'5-S, a meetin<^ was called to devise
measin'es to luiild a House of Worship. Success crowned their
etibrts, snfKcient funds were promised to warrant a forward step
and, on Tulv 20th ol" that season, the fra»ne was raised. The
building was near tlie Eastern line of Lot .'}.'{, which was in the
possession of the Kendalls. The spot was a si<i^htl\' one, on the
hi^i^h point of ledge where the Main street unites with the Militarv
Road. The dedication services for the House was held June l!(th,
IH.'iJ). Mr. Beaman remained in Houlton until October, 1H4<),
when he returned to Massachusetts. He was a man who was suc-
cessful in the best sense of the term, and enjo\ed the distinction
of beinjjj appointed Chaplain to the Garrison. The correspondence
in the case is most creditable to all the parties. The first letter is
dated October 20th, 1H3« :

'^To the Rev. Ciias. C. Beaman,

Sir: — The followinjj^ resolve of the Council of Admin-
istration, convened at this Post, this day by my order, has
been adopted by the Council and approved by me, viz. :

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GREAT BARGAINS!

OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS.

JAMES K. OSGOOD,

Dealet^ in WATCHES, CliOC^S 6t JEWElil^V.

It would be very hard to find a jewelry store in Maine in which
more j^renuine advantat);es are offered to the purchaser than in the
case is tliat carried on bv J. K. Osgood, 51) Main street. Iloulton,
Maine. His stock in every department is a good one, chosen with
great care, and his prices are very low indeed. Here ma\ 1/e
found watches, clocks, jewelry, eyeglasses, spectacles and other ar-
ticles generallv to be found in a tirst-class establishment of this
description. Although he carries a large and varied assortment of
all goods, Mr. Osgood makes a decided specialty of watches of
all kinds and grades in which he oH'ers every inducement, either
for cash or on the instalment plan ; also in clocks you can Wud here
any style and at any price, in fact such a stock is carried, compris-
ing all the latest no^ cities as well as a full as'^ortment of staple arti-
cles, that it is easy for the most fastidious purcluiser to find some-
thing just suited to his or her tastes. IVIr. Osgood ofibrs every in-
ducement to those whose eyes trouble them, he has one of the finest
set of lenses in the city, and eyes are tested free. Appointments
can be made and he will call at your residence if desired, without
extra charge. If convenient the earh' part c)f the day is more de-
sirable as the light is stronger then. Spectacles and eyeglasses are
made to order. In the repairing of watches, jewelry and clocks,
particularlv French clocks, every pains and attention is given and
all work warranted. By sending him a postal he will call for, re-
nair and return it, in first-class order. Mr. Osgood keeps assist-
ults in his establishment to attend to the large trade he has built
up among a large portion of the finest families in the countv. He
is a native of Maine, young, enterprising and full of Yankee vim
and pluck, and is destined to extend the operations of his business
to a still more eminent degree. He will also be found a most lii)-
eral man to trade with, and those of our readers desiring anything
in this line will be pecuniarily benefitted by patronizing him.

Remember the Placs — 59 Main Street, Houlton, Maine.

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we can satisfy all who tavor ns with their natronaoc

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THE HOl'LTO REPAIR 101

Isahvays j)ifj):ireil todoiill kiiulsof RKPAIH WOKK,

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I GUNS Md REVOLVERS [^'^^"^'^^"d Repaired.

5 Saws (uinnuod Mild FiU.,1; S.iss..is. Knives, and all
|! Edo-od Tools (ironiid and Slinr|H.iiod with , -arc;
jl -•■'•"•k** oC all kinds ri|)aiivd, and Kcvs fitted; '

I 'JVunks ivpaiml; I'mldvllas mended.

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THE AROOSTOOK WAR,

CHAPTER XI.

The lI(nilton view of the Aroostook War will be found to vnrv
somewhat in detail and idea from that whicli has quite <jjeneially
been entertained, for this view is seen through the medium, very
largely, of the trained soldier's vision of the able men at the (Har-
rison, and the contact of our citizens with the militia forces did not
inspire them with over much respect for their powers as against
the regulars of the Hritish Armv.

On the .'kl of August l)S.'{>i, Aiajor Clarke forwarded his last re-
turn of the Detachment of the 2d Infantrv at this Post ; for the
purpose had been formed to remove the Infantry and replace them
with the 1st Artillerv Regiment which had lonsf been on dutv in
Florida. On the 12th of August he was relieved of tiie command
and allowed a furlough.

The connnand of Hancock Barracks devolved on Capt. I. I.
Kingsbury, who made his last return October 4th, 1<S;}8.

Under date of October 14th is recorded the arrival of the new
force in the report of the fact to Brig. Gen. R. Jones, Adjt. (Jen.
Washington City.

" (jEnkkal :

1 have the honor to report that Companies C, E and F
of the 1st Rejjt. Art'y arrived at this Post, on the 11th
inst., from Plattsburg, New York, and relieved two Com-
panies of the 2d Regt. of Infantry.

By the orders of Brig. Gen. Eustis I was assigned to
the command of this Detachment.

I am with much respec^l,

Your most obedient servant,

R. M. KiRBV,
Brevt Major, 1st Art'y, Comd'g.

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Major Rc\ nold M. Kirhy, like his predecessor was liorn in Con-
netl-ticut, Init appointed from Massachusetts. He, too, joined tlie
armv in 1MI2, as 8d Lieut, .'id Art'\ , and, passin<^ tlnor.^h the var-
ious grades, readied that of Brevet Major in Ist Artillerv, Sep-
tember, 1H21. Oiu" people retneinber him as an older man than
Maj. Clarke, p<)ssii)l\- ten \ears or more. Hi; letters will appear
in the stor\ of the war without comment, and, at the conclusion,
a few infeiences will be drawn.

October 21>th he wrote to the Ordnance Department, in answer
to inquiries from there, drawn out bv a letter of Maj. Clarke, in
which he liad asked for more si.(pi)lies :

'•'On taking cf)mman<l of this Post and District, the of-
ficer whom I relieved turned over a letter from the Ord-
nance Otlice, dated the f)th of July, requesting to be in-
formecl what Ordnance supplies might pi'obabh' be re-
qu.ired within the limits ol' this command during the en-
suing winter. In replv I have the honor to state that
there exists, at this time, no ground to suppose that there
will be an\ attempt on this frontier to disturb the public
tranc)uilit\'."

The next letter from which an extract is pertinent is of date,
February 1st, IH.'V.), to Lt. J. H. Prentiss. A. A. G., N. Dept. :

''I ha\"e the honor to acknoNN ledge your letter of the
IDtli ult., leturr.ing m\ lequisitions for Ordnance stores
lor the current year, for ' further explanations.' * * *
In conclusion 1 think it proper that at least ten l>arrels of
cannon powder should be constantlv in magazine, subject
to such exigency as may occur, on this P^rontier, at this
isolated station."

And but few davs after this letter, the exigencies on the Fron-
tier claimed Major Kirln's closest attention, and his letters are of
the deepest interest. February 6th he hastily pens the following
to Adg't Gen. Jones:

'" f have just received information upon which it is be-
lieved that full dej:)endence may be placed, that three
bodies of militia have been organized since the 2ndinst.,
one at I^angor, one at Oldtovvn, 14 miles this sifle of
Bangor, and one at Lincoln, 8') miles this side of Ban-
gor, all under the authority of the Government of the
State of Maine and their ilestination is the Ri\ er Aroos-
took, within the limits of the disputed territory ; and
there to make prisoners of all British Subjects who may

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he foiMul einpl()\c(l in cuttiiij^ jmd canviiiij :i\\;i\ timl)cr
l«) ihc adjoining I'los iiici- of W'W Brunswick * * *
The force asseinhk-d, I iiiidei stniui, amounts to '2, (MM)
men. llii' lirst dixision was to mo\ e on \esterda\ nioin-
in<j^ tVom Lincoln \ ia vSel)ois, and will he upon the iij)-
jjer waters of the Aroostook this eveniuL;. llie other
di\ isions w eie also to toilow , coinmencin<;' the ronte al
the '.ame time. h'rom the state ol teelin*'" exist ini" in
the l*rovince of \ew Hrnnsw ick ujjon the l)!)undar\ (pies-
tion there can he no douht that this demonstiation on 'he
part ol' Maine \sill he viewed as an oxert act ol l;ostilit\,
and I am apprehensi\c' will lead to letaliators measures
of a like nature * * * 'Inhere are at this moment no
reiL^ular troops in the Pro\ ince of Xew i^iimsw ick. and if
force should 1)C employed in any retaliator\ measures it
w ill he comj)osed of the militia, who from their excited
feelinjj^s, w ill he liable to comiuit excesses not contem-
plated hv the British Authorities."

l']i<;ht da\ s thereaftei aj)})ears this communication :

'' To /lis lixcellcncw Jo/i)i Pairjicld, (lov. of Maine,

Siii : — An l^xpress is about to he sent h\ the inhahiumts
of this ])lace, and I avail myself of it to inform vour exc\
of the fact thai the Land Aj^ent of Maine, Mi\ Mclnt\re.
(iustavus (i. Cushman, and Thomas Bartletl, Lscjuires,
]\Ia<ristrates of Penobscot Counts, were on vesterdav,
made prisoners In a part\ of armed men within the
cltiimed limits of the .State of Maine, under the Treaty
of ITH.'L

I liave further to slate for \()ur information that the ai^-
ofressions in tin's act of violation of the .S()\ eri<»ntv of the
United States, and of the State of Maine, weie perpe-
trated upon the prcntlemen al>ove named hv a partv ol
armed men, actin<y as I have reason to believe, w ithout
authoritv, civil or military, from the Province of New
Brunswick, and 1 am inclined to think a<>ainstthe wishes

of either

was m

vself, accidentalh , to-dav in Woodstock

twelve miles from this i*ost, within the limits of tin

ovmce, an

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ere saw

th(

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)ns()ners un

der an armed <3fuard, and witnessed their \^r-
nominlous removal to Fredericton, the seat of the Gov-
ernment of the Province. Mv object in makin<^ ibis

communication is

that

vou

niav be earh apprised of these

events, and espcciallv tliat your Excellency may believe,
upon such assurance as is in my power to give, that the
acts of outrajjje upon the persons named, as well as those
committed upon tlie persons of Ebene/.er Webster and
John H. Pilsbury, Esquires, citizens of jVlaine, made pris-
oners by the same armed party, are, in m\ opinion, to-
tally without any lejjal authoritv from the Provincial (Jov-
einment.

Whatever may be the result of the operations of the
paity sent to the disputed territory under the au-
thority of the State of Maine, 1 take the liberty
to represent to yinxx Excellency, with all deference to
you, and a full sense of my own humble position in re-
gard to the itiiportant question of Sovereignty, that any
hast\ measure of retaliation foi the outraji^e committed
would compromise tiie interests of the State, and com-
plicate those matters which are now subjei!!ts of negotia-
tion between the two (ieneral Governments.

riie haste in which I make this commimication is my
apology for these crude suggestions, ohered onh with a
view to prevent premature hostilities."

Next is a communication to tlie Adj't Gen., Washington, Feb-
ruary loth :

^'•On the ()th inst. I had the honor to report to you
that an armetl force <ji' two hundred men under the au-
thority of the State of Maine had proceeded to the dis-
puted territory, on the Northern boundary of tliis State.
* * * This party was not, as at first supposed, an
organized body of militia, but was led by the Land Agent
of the State and the SherilV of Penobscot County, and
was directed to proceed by civil process against the in-
truders. On the approach of the party the intruders re-
tired to the Province y^i New Brunswick, where they
armed themselves by plundering some hundred stand of
arms iVom the Government arsenal at Woodstock, and
then returned to the disputed territory on the Aroostook,
where on the l.'kh inst., they seized and made prison-
gj.j. * * 4(f This outra<re was made without the color
of either civil or military authoritv. The same force by
which this outrage was perpetrated, when last heard
from, was advancing against the party under the com-
mand oi' the vSheriff with the avowed intent and purpose
of attacking it; and from the inferior number of the lat-

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ter, it is to be iipprt'lR-ndcd that il has \)vv\\ (Icfeated,
jjrohahh with bloodshed.

A Rc\L;iin<'iit iVom the V\ est Indies hiudt'd alvoiit (he 7th
iiist., at llahl'ax and ina\ he niometitaiih expected at
Kredericloii. * * * [ prosuine it will be moved to
the Aroofstook, and peihaps within tlie bounds ot' the
disputed teniloi\ . This I understand would be a vio-
lation of the arran<ifenient which has heretofore existed
between the two (iovernnients. * * * [n tl^^. mean-
time I leel it ni\ dut\', in no wa\' to comj)i"oinise the
(jeneral (ioxernment either 1)V lurnishin*^ supplies to the
militia, oi" making; an\ movement in concert with them,
. i)ut the command will be helil in readiness to meet any
\'iolation on the ))art (A' our nei^j^hbors of the ackiioivl-
cci<^c\i tenitoiN of the State of AJaine."

Fe])ruarv l^^th, to His Excellency lolin Faiiiiekl Gov. of
Maine : . . i

* * * In iepl\ to that portion (;f \ our ivvcellencv's
letter in which nou do me the faxor to state that \ow have
ordered out a Milltar\' force of one thousand \^olunteers
and dratted militia to j:)rocee(l to siistain the Land .Vj^ent's
jjartv, and tiust that I shall deem it \\\\ dutN-, with the
troo);s un<ler \\\\ conmiand to co-oj)erate with the iorces
oi' the State in re|:)ellin^' the in\asion of our soil, I ha\e
to sa\ , that the three Companies const itutin<^- this Garri-
son bareU suiiice to protect this position, and L^uard the
Government vSupplies. 1 am tulK' impressed with the
oblii^ation imposed upon me to aid the ci\il and military
authorities of the State in repellin<^' an\ in\asion of our
Territor\ . + + + These limited means at m\ dis-
posal must necessi.ri]\' confine mv operations to this im-
mediate neif^hborhood. The movements + + + \vith-
in the limits of the disputed territor\ over which, ior the
past \ear, British troops ha\ebeenconstanth and habitual-
h ])assin<y without objection from the State of Alaine, are
such as must tend to produce a collision with the forces
of the British (xovernment, ];)rovided the Lt. Go\'. of
New Brunsw icl: executes the determination expressed in
iiis proclamation.

It will not be \\\\ duty to compromise the (ren'l (tov-
ernment in the question of Jurisdiction ^ + + until
I am ordered to do so b\' my Superiors of that Govern-
ment. + + + The .'Jdth Reir- from the West India

Stations has ani\"0(l in the I'ion iiicc. On thi' l(!th, one
CoinpauN of that Rt'.u. passed Woodstock destined to the
Xoitii of the Aroostook. This n>ornin<;- another Coni-
pan\ follow ed. the whole iindei" the connnand of Lf . Col.
Maxwell. 1 will add, as a rnmor. that one of the Kc'<;i-
nients which recentK' passed thronv^h to Canada, is or-
dered hack, and that two more Kei^inients are dail\ ex-
pected from the W'l-st Indies.

it is nnderstood that Land AL;'ent ?\Iclntiie and the
ii^cntlemen arrested w ith him were placed in prison on
their arrival at Fredericton, hnt that the\' have since been
lodj^L'd in ]i'i\ate tjiiarters, and will ha\e ari exam-
ination this (lax .

Of same date, to Col. Chas. Jarvis, Land Agent of NLiine, on
the Aroostook :

Sir : — I ha\e the honor to acknow le(l<j;e xonr letter of
this (lav ])y NL. I'ollard. 1 have jnst received a com-
mnnication from the (jovcrnor of Maine on the subject
of the })resent contro\ers\ . to which I hax'e replied that
it was m\ dnt\ not to compromise the (leneral (Joxern-
ments on the cpiestion oi Jm'isiliction of that portion (jf
•\Lnne, now in dispute between the two Countries, by
an\- Militarx act of occupation b\ trooj)s of the L nited
.States, until otherw ise ordered b\ m\ Superi(jrs of that
Go^■ernment.

In re))l\ to xour recpiest for a Ha<4", 1 think it mv dutv
to sa\ that I shall \ iolate the principals aboxe laid
down In furnishing one to the }3art\ , acting under \oui"
authoritx."

Again to lleadcjuarters of the Arn'n', Feb'"uarv 2()th :

•'.Since my lettei" of the L'ith inst., I ha\e received a
letter frf>m the Governor of Maine requesting me, v\ ith
the troops under m\ command, to co-oj)erate w ith the
forces of the State -f + + I declined compromising
the (jovernment of the L'uited States bv anv act which
would lie in furtherance of the measures adopted h\ the
(jo\ ernment of' this .Stnte. + + +

Mr. McL.itire + + + ani\ed here last evening.
It is their oj^inion that the militia which have been or-
dered into service by the Governor will nf)t be marched
to the disputed territor\ , as it i^s believed that the Gov-
ernor of New Brunswick w ill not follow up the intima-

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tion pfivcn in liis proclamation by crossik.f^ the line with a
regular force."

One more letter to Col. VV. J. Worth, Hth Infantry, Com'd'g
Northern Department, reviews the event-, since the start of the
Land Agent's aid, and closes with the following paragraph :

"I have reason to l.-'lieve that the (iovernor will coim-
termand his order for the march of the militia, as it is
now understootl that the iiav. of New Biunswick will
not march a military force to the Disputed i'erritorv, as
intimated in his proclamation, a copy of which 1 have
the honor also to enclose herewith."

It seems that no attention was paid to Major Kirhv's suggestion,
for soon after this date the companies of the militia began to ar-
rive in Iloulton. One of the first to put in their appearance was
the Dexter RiHes, quarters were assigned them at the house of
Aaron Putnam, and they remained in the village two weeks he-
lore going North.

Other Companies continued to arrive, till twelve in all had come
up the Military Road. One of them was quartered at Shepliard
Cary's. Another in an empty house on the Bradford farm. A
third at the Ingersoll place, and a I'ourth at the Washburn place.
Major Clarke's soldier vschoolmaster appeared m town again, in
command of the Bangor Company. Mr. James Drew had tlie
contract for supplies for these troops and employed «nany men and
teams to transport the n.

Notification ir received of the appointment of Leonard Pierce,
Esq., as the conhu^ntial agent of the State Government, at Iloul-
ton, and under date of the 2;)th an answer was sent to Augusta :

''I have had an interview with Leonard Pierce, Esq.,
+ + + and we shall act in concert in putting you in
possession of such information as mav be important.

The regular force now in the Province consists of
four companies of the 36th Regt., and a detachment of
Royal Artilerv, with seven fully equipped field pieces.
Two of the former and all of the Artilery arc at W^ood-
stock, under command of Lt. Col. A. M. Maxwell.

Two Companies of fort, and three Companies of Mil-
itia, say two hundred and fifty men in all, are at Tobique,
a few miles below^ the mouth of the Aroostook. It is
certain that the 42nd and 52nd Regt's, and the remain-
ing Companies of the 36th, recently known to be at Hal-
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Hniiiswick, aiul I liavc ii > iloiiht will he pushed forward
to this frontier without delays."

The heninniii^ of the end of this wailike parade appears in the
following-, of March rJth, |S.")i>:

-7^> Col. A. M. .]/axwi'//,j6 A\'o/. Com\i\ii //. />'. M,
'J^roopSy in ( o. of Carletou^ W ooii stock :

I enclose von a letter for Sir [ohn IlarvcN which 1
ha\e just received 1)\ the I*2xpress rideis from Major (ien-
eial vScott, c<»mmandin;j; the i'^astein Dixision of the I.'.
S. Arm\, and which (lesj)atch I am directed to forwaiil
1>\ I^xpress. I deem it suthcient to put xou in possession
of it w ith the ahove advice.

Lieut. McDowell, Adjutant of this Battallion will have
the honor of handing' xou this."

The next letter was written to (ieneral Scott at Auj^usta, under
date of March 12th, and <ji\es the militaiy \ iew of the situation
at the cricis (;f the '"War."

"'Your letter of the 10th and the despatch for vSii- John
IIar\e\ were delixered to me this morning' at 10 o'clock.
As 1 am on courteous terms of conunuuication with Lt.
Col. Maxwell of the o^lth Ren't., conunandiuL;' the Mili-
tary District aci'oss the Frontier, I forwarded to him w ith-
out dela\' vour despatch, which the ofhcer wliohore it re-
]3orts to me was instantlv sent forward w ithout dela\ to
Fredericton, 1)\' a line of Dra<»"oon messen<i^ers, anti vn ill
undouhtedh reach its destination to-ni<iht. 1 ha\e the
honor to repoi't that nothing has occurred here that \()u
are not fullv possessed of at .Vujj^usta.

The (iDth l^ejj^t. has arri\ed at \\\')odstock and is now
cjuartered in that \ illage (whicii is 1 1 miles from the
Line) and In the houses hetvveen that j)lace and the Line.
A Detachment of the .Sf)th Regt. is also at Woodstock,
and a partv of RonuI and Militia Artillerv with seven
])ieces. It is ])rohal)lv a fact that the 11th Regt. from
Canada is on its route to ^Ltdawaska, and that the leading
division is taking position there.

I have to represent the indefensihle condition of this
Post hy the present command which consists of three
skeleton Companies onlv. There are no works, and the
Enclosure of Pickets is only calculared to dethie the lim-
its of the Garrison. There are ahout twenty davs ra-
tions for five thousand men, and four (5 pdrs., partially

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There is a IJrilish I'icket one mile iVom this, and tlieir
wliole force niii^ht he advanced to it in tour hours with-
out discovery. I enclose tor Nour inlorniatiou a return
of this Garrison for the month of February."

To General vScott, Augusta, Marcii 21 1 h :

^'I have tile honor to enclose herewith an answer from
Sir John Ilarvev to your despatch, which I forwarded
on yesterday mornin<4. . I am desired to sav that vour re-
ply will reach him at Woodstock, where he j^roposes to
he on AIonda\ evenin*;.

I am <^ratifie(l that the course I ha\e pursued, in this
conunand durin*;- the excitement which has pre\ailed on
this frontier, meets your approbation. We all much ic-
j^ret that we shall not ha\e the pleasure of receivinj^ nou
here befort your return from New \'oik. I had arranj^ed
quariers within the Garrison lor Nourself and Stati', and
in that score you would not have been j)ut to the iiicon-
venience of lukin^i^ them up in the \illa<^e."

To the Act. Assist. Adj't (ien'l Northern Department, Oo(lens-
buro^, Nevv York, March .'Ust:

ii* * * Since that period the armed demonstra-
tions of Maine and New Brunswick, and the concentra-
tion in this imu'iediate nei<j^hborhood of lar<ye bodi<'s of
troops on either side of the frontier and, in hostile atti-
tude toward each other has jeopardized the peaceable
relations of the two countries. * * *

Sir John Harvey, upon the conclusion of the arrange-
ment negotiated by Gen. Scott, promptly ordered all the
British troops out of the disputed territory. On yester-
day, there had been no corresponding movement by the
Maine troops on the Aroostook, where there are up-
wards of 2,000 men under command of Gen. Hodsdon."

To Major Brooks, G9th Reg't Com'd'g at Woodstock, N. B.,
April 21st:

"I have received a despatch from Major General Scott
for His Excellt cy Sir T. Harvey with directions to for-
ward it to him, or to the nearest Post. I commit it to
your care."

April 21st to Major Gen. Sir J. Harvey, Fredericton :

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came to my hand accompanied by a note directinj^ me to
forward it l)\ a sate conveyance. Should \(>n wish to
communicate with (ieneial Scott it will he a pleasme
and a {hit\ lor me to send on \(>nr desj)afches which will
he a speedier mode than h\ mail, as his I leadipiarters on
the Canada frontier will he daily chanj^ing."

April 21th to Major (ieneral Scott:

"I had the honor to receive your note of the 12lh from
Philadelphia enclosino- a letter from Sii" John llarvev,
\N hich 1 forwarded 1)\ the line oi I'2xpiesses on tlie other
side of the fiontier. 1 ha\e this moment received the
enclosed re|)l\ from Sir J. llar\e\ with a line rec| nest injjf
/ne to send it forward. + + + I oiler the most sin-
cere congratulations uj)on the present aspect of our Brit-
ish relations, and more especialU u|)oii the happ\ in-
fluence your presence at Augusta and negotiations has
had in this momentous national alVairs."

From this story of these eight weeks excitement, as seen from
the Garrison in Iloulton, it becomes evident that the whole affair,
so far as Maine was concerned, was contrarv to the w ishes and
plans of the Feileral (iovernment, and in direct contravention
A'ith its distinct agreement with the British Government, in other
words, it was incipient rebellion.

Major Kirbv's iirst letter to (iov. r'airlield, of February 14th,
showed plaiidy the mere lawlessness of the mob who arrested
^Iclntire. This assurance of the U. S. ofHcer, near the ground,
takes away the excuse for the hastv steps.

When the Land Agent and others reached Houlton, on their
return from Fredericton, thev believed that all occasion to call
out the Maine Militia had disappearetl, as is seen in the letter to
Gen. Jones of Februarv 'iOth.

It is also evident that the Governor and his advisers were alto-
gether disappointed on the refusal of Major Kirby to rush to their
assistance, and commit the United States to the scheme of inva-
sion.

Major Kirby's course met the unqualified approval of his su-
periors, and Gen. Scott's presence and authority at Augusta,
brought the opposition to the purposes of the Federal Power to
a speedy collapse.

There was a "method in the madness" of that raid of saitl
Agent Mclntire, and the corresponding retaliation of the mob,
and the most interesting question, to-day, about the whole aflair

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ment made to serve?

An unwritten Chapter remains for some one to set in order,
which should show the xnIioIc transaction in its proper lii^ht.

Alajor Kirhy was relieved of the command at ti.e Hancock Bar-
racks on Au^i^ust 2<Sth, 18;)1), and allowed a furlough of l\ months.
He then took command of the Posts at i*laltNl)ui<;' and Rouses
Point, N. Y., successively, until May 1^40, when he returned to
Jrloulton to command his own compan\ lor lour months ; and then
received the ajjpointment of Post Commander at Fort vSullivan in
Eastport, where he remained until his death which occurred Octo-
ber 7th, l.S4().

Captain L. B. Webster of Companv C took connnand of the
Post atter the departure of Major Kirhy, and retained the j^osition
till the April Ibllowinj^, when Lt. Col. B. K. Pierce himself came
to the Barracks. Col. Piece was apjiointed from New Hamp-
shire, and was a brother of President Franklin Pierce.

El>en WOodbury, who was born in the town of Durham, then
in Cumberland Countv, was also in I^anjifor on the wav to Houl-
ton, at the same time with Col. Pierce. He had hired with Reu-
ben Ordway of tint city to come to Houlton antl drive the mail
stage.

Lieut's ITooker, jMagruder, and Ricketts came to the Post at
this time, and Capt. Van Ness, jjrobably. The largest number <>f
troops that were ever here were in the l^arracks, for the next vear
or two. The armament of the Garrison now was new <> pdrs.,
and one 12 lb. Howitzer. The presence of so large a ("orce, with
the residence of the Lt. Colonel in the Post, made an exceedingly
liveh' state of things, both lor business and diversion.

After the final tlisposal of the Boundary question the breaking
up of the Garrison began. The outbreak of the Mexican War
brought the existence of the Barracks to a close. Capt. Van Ness
was in command then. On the hour of the departure the citizens
all turned out to see the troops march away. f ii<-'y filed down
through the village and hauled the guns with them. The march
was kept up to Bangor, where thev took ship for Boston Harbor,
and thence to Pensacola.

The departure of the troops cast a gloom over the community,
and their absence was long regretted bv all classes. The with-
drawal of so much readv money out of the place produced very
hard times. Money was scarce to the degree that many could not
get enough together to meet their taxes.

Mr. Woodbury has been one of the most successful of our
merchants and business men in all these intervening years.

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After two years service vvitli Ordvvav, he clerked with E. & T.
^loulton tour years, tiien traded on his own account one year. In
1^<47 he formed the well known j^artnership w ith Ira Hailes of
Woodhurv ^ BaileN , and took tiie Mail contract on the Military
Road. This line thev run uninterruptedly for nineteen years, and
made it one of the hest ecjuipped and best mana^^ed lines in 'die
State. The Eastern Express Co., under manaj^ement of Mr.
Woodbury took the contract in 1M»,1), and ran it till tiie railway
superceded such service in 1^72.

Mr. Woodbury has served ei^j^ht terms as Representative at Au-
g^usta, one term as Senator, one also as Councillor, and was on
the Valuation Committee of 1^<H(). Diuiui; the War he was
Dei)uty Prov. Marshal for 4th District ol" Maine. He lias been
recenth aj^pointed 1)\ the President to his fouith term as Post-
master. In all these years, the grocery business has been carried
alonj^, latterly under the immediate supervision of his son-in-law
Air. J. C Mclntyre.

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CHAPTER XII.

In the face of the difficulties and uncertainties of the situation
jdiout the town, after the removal of the troojjs in 184."), there was
a slow growth ol" the settlement, but the valuation of all property
was low. A general description of the \ illage at the outbreak of
the war of tiie rebellion would be of interest, if space allowed,
for it would show by contrast with to-day the wonderful chansfe
from that date to this.

The Boundary Line was the first cause of the jirosperitv of
Houlton. Some point, necessarily, would be the metropolis of the
frontier. The Garrison and the Military Road made Houlton
that trade centre. The second cause of the town of to-day is the
railway connection. By this connection, coming from over the
Border, the commercial supremacy of Houlton has been incon-
testable. This line was built by f^ritish capital, and when opened
from St. Andrews to Canterbury in 18")8, it first competed with
the Military Road as an outlet for this section. The Company

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was Unovvn as the New Bninswick & Canada, and finul.^ furnish-
ed bv Bop.dliolders sufficed to complete the line to the Woodstock
Road,.') nii!es iVoni Iloulton, \n Aujj;-. l^<()2. In the next ten
years xarious plans were w rought out, throu<^h the means of cap-
ital held in St. Stej)iien, Calais and Ban<jjor. 'i'hc old St. An-
drews line was tap])etl by the St. Stephen Branch in l.S(!(). The
Woodstock Branch was built in 1^<()<S, and that to Iloulton in l>i7().
The ?^uropean & North American Railway was be^^un in 1S()H,
opened to Mattawamkeaj^^ in iHdl), und tinalK to Vanceboro in
November 1<S71. Six miles east of that point, at McAdam Junc-
tion, the connection was made for Iloulton and \\\)()dstock.

The completed line from lloidton to Bangoi' at once took all the
traffic of this section, and <i;n\c a wonderful imjjnlse to the busi-
ness of Iloidton. The joint line was mana<j^ed and run as well as
circumstances would admit of. but l)oth Companies were ham-
pered for want of means. In June IH7."), the E. i*t N. A. Al.
Co. failed and the line was t iken possession of by the Bond-
hc^lders. ^

The road beds were rouj^li and the rollin<>- stock scant\ and in-
efficient, beciiuse the means were so limited. There were good
executive officers in each management, but they were hanipered
b\ insminountable difficulties. Extrication was possi!)le only
through new combinations \\hich began to be devclopetl in the
summer of 18<S(), and culminated two \ears later.

During this formative period of the new interests, Houlton was
not called upon to take an\ active part in them, but merely looked
on, and daily reaped their benefit of increasing facilities of trans-
portation.

The first New Brunswick Railwa\ Compan\ was organized to
construct a narrow gauge line from St. Alarvs ()pj)()site Frederic-
ton, up the valley of the St. John toward the Grand Falls and the
St. Lawrence. Isaac and E. R. Burpee of St. John were the
first actively interested in carrying out the plan, and very soon as-
sociated with themselves Mr. Alexander Gibson. Bv the united

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month of December 1^^7.'} the rails were laid on a branch to Traf-
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pleted to the village of Fort Fairfield, and in October \>^1H the
rails were laid to Edmunston, 40 miles above the Grand Falls.
A charter was obtained for a line to be known as the Aroostook
River Railroad and under authority conferred by that Act the line
was shortly carried up the river to Caribou. The large bridge for
both railway and carriages at W^oodstock was opened for use in
1876, and then began a passible railway connection between Ban-

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Mr. Gihson having si<;niHed his intention to \\ ith(ha\\ tVoin th^'
Conipaiu , his associates proceede^l tct make new eomhinations and
enlist capitalists from other (lirectif)ns to take holi! with tiiem.
As tlie result of nnicli deliheiatioii and uei^otiation a new or<^an-
ization was Ibrmed to enter upon all the rii^hts and pri\ ilej^^es of
the narrow line. This companx retained the name of the former,
and held its Hrst aniuial meetin*4- at (jihson, \. B., in the month
of Octoher l.S-Sl Sanniel Thorne, Esq., of New York was el-
ected President, Hon. Isaac i5urj)ee. Vice President. Amonj^ the
Directors were Sir Geo. Stephen and Sir Donald A. Smith of
Montreal, also lar<^el\ interested in the Canadian Pacific Railway,
and E. R. Hurpee, who also became the Manaij^in^- Director. At
this time it was deteiniined to widen the <rau<'e to the standard
width and contract a new line from Woodstock In' wav of I'pper
\V Oodstock to Ilartland. Xear the close of the next sunnner the
rebuilding was C()m):)leted and the operation o\' a new line was
entered upon.

In the Fall of 1M<S2 the Xew Brimswick Compain leased the
New Brunswick and Canada Con^pany's line from Woodstock and
Iloulton toX^anceboro, St. Stej:)hen and St. Andrews. By tiieseacts
of consolidation, great imj)ro\ cments were manifest in all depart-
ments of the ser\ice. In this same season the Me. Central R. R.
Co. leased the line from liangor to Vanceboro and in that portion
of the route like improvements became possible.

After two \ears of experiment in running the new Road, a
change was made in the Managing StafI of the Company, and the
result of that step was of the highest benefit to the RailwaN' and
its patrons. F. \V. Cram of i^angor was chosen (General Man-
ager.

The New Brunsw ick Rail\\a\ has now become b\" ownership
and management closely allied to the great system of the Canadian
Pacific Railway. As the result of this management, Iloulton has
direct daily communication with Montreal and the far West, and
three trains, daily, except in the depth of winter, for all New
England and Southern points.

By these successive combinations of circumstances lb)ulton has
been placed within four hours ride ol" tide water which is al-
ways open through the year, within the same time, of all the up-
per part of the County, within F hours ride of Boston, and 17
hours of Montreal.

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Keepu onb. of the Lakoest Assortments of
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WILL H, SMITH,

No. 68 Main Street, Brick Block, HOULTON, MAINE.

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prescriptions, without claim for them as absolute specifies, but use-
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Red Rose Wash, for external use, and Sandlewood Emul-
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Charm of Beauty, an elegant Cosmetic for the complexion,
unsurpassed by any other article of its kind. Only 50c. pfr bottle.

Jackson's Cough Syrup, unequalled for Coughs, Colds, etc.

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|3P^All orders should be sent by mail, and will be promptly filled.

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THE BIRD^S EYE VIEW.

CHAPTER XIII.

A description of Houlton in 1H81) can most readily be undertaken
in connection with the engraving on tlie cover, and can thereby be
made more inteUigible than otherwise. The point of view is per-
haps the first thing to be considered. Tlie current of the Methixne-
keag river Hows from right to left. The street extending from the
bridge toward the left is North street, and the cross street reaching
toward the ])oint of view is named on the View, Putnam street.
The building in the right hand corner, at the intersection of these
streets and surrounded with trees, is the Aaron Putnam mansion.
The point of view then may be very fairly said to be from his
house, and the look is to the Southeast, in the direction of the
stand pipe of the Houlton Water Co., the short, tower like structure.,
with tlie dark shadow at one side. Directly across the stream is
the West end of the vScjuare as it is termed, but actually a rectangu-
lar space. At this East erid Alain street begins and continues on
in a curving coiu'se till it passes ofl' the side of the picture. The
street intersecting this junction of Main and the Square is called
Water street, from the bank of ti.e stream up to that intersection,
and from thence toward Court street, or coll()C|uiallv Calais street.
That tends in the direction of the old Baskahegan trail, and over
that way came the Infantry under Lieut. Gallagher. Court and
Water streets extend in the due North and South direction, and
are on a range line. The Square and a portion of main street are
on a similar tier line of the Lots. Presumably in the central spot
of those intersecting ways lies buried a bellows pipe which is the
starting point of all deeds of village property. It is singular that
so important a point has no permanent monument, and it is the
occasion of many a smile when the local surveyors more often fail
to find it, in the first attempt, than otherwise.

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all this field of \ ision over the stream, except a small one made
by Dr. Rice, in the Southeast corner of ."tlJ, where the Merritt store
now is. IMie level and hnver parts of the picture were a dense
cedar swamp. On this side the stream Mr. Tntnam had cpiite a
pouion of the river hunk all cleared and seeded down. The dam
where he l)ui!t his Hrst saw and <j^rist mill is denoted by a dotted
line, a little way below the bridge.

The one straiti^ht street which crosses from left to riij^ht is the
jVIilitarN- i<oad, anJ Main street joins it just at the mart^in of the
picture. This portion ol' the Road was built In Josej)li iloult(M,
Jr. At about the joininj^ oi' Main street and Militarv Road comes
the ranj^e line of Lots 20 and 27, on which James and Samuel
Iloulton settled. Crossin<^ them a hall" a mile, the ran.^e line of
Lots 20 and 21 is reached. In as much as the Road, all the wav,
is thickly settled and the historic j^round of the Iloulton mansion,
the Barracks and the Carv store is all in these two last lots, it will
at once be evic'ent that a larji^e part of the villa<^e is shut out of the
field of view.

13v this jreneral outliniujif of the situation it will be easv t) follow
a somewhat detailed accumt of tiie streets, buildiufi^s, and life ol*
our beautiful villa<je. The trees are none too thickh marked on
the view, anil the claim of a oeautiful place is conceded to Iloulton
by all strano^ers who come here. The white space above the bridj^e
represents the mill pond, and alonj^ its edge is Hangor street. Along
this wa\', at this end ol" the bridge, around the Scjuare and in con-
tigous^parts of Water, Main, and Court Streets, are foimd the lead-
ing business establishments of the town. On Hangor street are
Titcomb's powerful steam saw mill, the Grieves ^ Shea foundry
and machine shop, Sleeper's Tavern, Brown's Star>:h Factory, and
IMonson's large and well appointed meat market anl grocery. At
the Southwest co"ner of the Square in the fine lofty building of
Putnam and Alansur. Stores are in two stories, and the Masonic
Order lease the two upper floors. Xext to this is seen the extensixe
Frisbie block, containing Music Ilall, and numerous stores. A
row of stores continues from that to the corner of Court street, and
thence down that street to the new Opera House, which is the
great Cary store of 1H(»0 rebuilt, with stores below, and the neat
and commodious Hall above. The other site on that side devoted
to business is the T'/mcs building, erected a few years ago, and
rented to various parties, except the printing office. Across the
street is the three story Pioneer building, also largely rented to
many occujiants. Next stands the spacious Exchange Hotel which
is a favorite resort for the travelling public. Back to the corner of

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tlie Scjiiaic shows llit- l;ir^c' I iiioii HlocU. 1 liicc stoics liclow and
olMccs with Odd Fellows' Hall ahovc. (loinj^ up Main sticit liic
ISickcison and lUiriihani tiircc stors building comes next. Sloics
and tenements Idl this. DiiectU acioss tVom this j)oint. Mechanic
street inns Xoitherlv, down to the river. This short street is a
busy hive <>t" industrx , tor the I£x])ress office, a livery stahle, and
many blacksmiths shops are the occasion of nuich stir and traffic.
Above Mechanic street on Main street, is first, the iilock of I''oo<r
& Co., containing the stoie and warehouses of tiie liiin, also apart-
ments for the Custom i louse, P<»st Ollice, and Telejjjraph. Next
a<^°ain, comes the l)uildin<4' of (jillin and Slii:)p, wholU devoted to
business purposes and beyond that the loflv Fki^'j^ block contain-
in<r lour stoies and numerous tenements.

Below Mechanic street is the l^rick Block, coverinjjf the whole
space to W'atei street. This contains eij>ht \ery fine stores, and in
the second stor\' are offices .md one tenement. This* block is a
cause of peculiar and |)roper pride on the part of all the j)Ci)ple of
lloulton. It has taken the jjlace oi" the frail buildings snept o.iin
the great conliaj^ration of DecembcT- l>i«l, and is now so well and
and carefully built as to be called tire proof. The whole structure
is heated bv steam tVom the basement of one of the stores These
stores are devoted to all departments of trade, are large, loftv,
highh Hnished, with plate glass windows ol'single panes, and when
gleaming v ith the electric light are a most attractive spectacle.

On the ^Orth side of the Scpiare is the Rufus ^lansur house, the
First Naticjual l^ank, a number of stores, and the okl-time, \et ever
up to the time, vSnell House. The new piazza and fresh paint have
made the building very attractive. At the West end is the brick
building of Mr. Jc^hn Bratlford, where is the office of the Savings
Bank. Two wooden stores occupv the rest of the space to Bridge
street. On the bank, behind these last named buildings, is a large
grist mill, plaster mill ami one of the electric light })()wers. This
propertN was used as a saw mill in all the early years under dilVerent
owners, till about twelve years ago, when it was put to its present
use. On thivs side the bridge the first buildings, at the right are the
Houlton Steam Dye House and Laundry, and the Woolen Mill ;
then comes a sash and door factory, next the okl Putnam Grist
Mill, refitted and modernized to do the best of work, and vet fur-
ther on a very large starch factory belonging to Mr. John Watson.
Back to the other side the first cross street above Bangor street is
Kendall street, where is Clark's large Flotel, and a number of black-
smith shops, stores, and boarding houses. The first jail for this
County, an old log block house, stood for many years on the site of
this Hotel.

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This (Inscription t(> this point inchiilcs :iil thi* linsliu'ss stiiictures
in till' view, but mention nuistl)e made ol' the other centie of activi-
ty, three fourths ol" a mill' al)o\e, toward the (iaiiison ground.
This activity elustersahout the Station of the New lirunswicK' Kail-
wa\'. The esisfini^ station IjuildiuLf is the old one of the New
Jirunswick and Can. Co., and is alto<,a'ther inade<|uate l<>the needs
of the ])lace. As soon as tiie N. \\. Co. can pi-ifect theii" plans it is
the intention to put uj) a line, commodious building. About this
station yard are the numerous, and well arranged, frost proof pota-
to houses containing- every facility for tl.i- (|uicU and sale handliuLC
of the foremost potaio in the country. Across the road and some
rods awav, set connected b\ conxcnient sidinus are two \erv iiii-
portant industries of the town. IMie bark extract works, and the
slauj;hter house of the Fresh Meat Co. Jjoth of these estabbsh-
ments do a «j[ood business in their respective lines, and add much
to the prosperity of the place. rhe\' a'c on the James Iloulton
farm, the South half of Lot 2r,.

between the station and the junction of Main street and Military
Road is Hrst, the old Catholic chapel, and, just a little be\(;nd, the
fine, new, costly church built two years ai^o. Its loftv slated roof
and spiie make it a most conspicious landmark. A ride about
the streets of the central part of the town will give the observer a
view of the numerous and costiv i:)rivate residences, and the many
public buildiu'j^s which ha\e been huilt tVom time to time. It will
be well to state, before viewing the buildinj^s in detail, that, in
18(50, when the S(juare and Main street had tl j few buildintj^s up-
on them as stated in the former chapter. Main street and Court
streets, with the Militarv Road, were all that were laid out. On
neither oi' these were there am' houses as thicklv placed as now,
and the whole len<;th contained but two or three structures. On
Court street thev did not extend but little bevond the first riyfht
hand street, now laid down, and all the rest of the territory was
fields and pastures. ; ■

It may be supposed that the observer is now rcadv to start down
Main street from its junction with the Military Road. On the
left hand side, just on the to}) of the knoll the Con<j relational Meet-
ine^ House was built in the year 1S.')S. This site was a kind of
compromise between the first settlement, half a mile al)Ove, and
the growing settlement half a mile below. The lower settlement
finally had the controling influence, and in 1878 the Meeting
House was moved down onto Court street. The lot on which
the House stood is now included in the spacious and elegant grounds
of the Madigan Estate. The fine house fronts both streets as it
might be said for no buildings intervene between it and Main street.

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It is easily scon in the view surmimded 1)\ many trees, Tliis man-
sion was hnilt hy James C. Madij^an, ICs(j., in \Hi\H. \\v moved
t(j tiiis town abont forty years ajifo, and aas partner in the law hns-
iness witli John Ilodj^don nntil the hitter's removal tt> the West.
J^y this connection with lIod<i[don, Mr. Mach^an l)ecame interested
in timber lands, and at the time of Ids deatii, in 1)S71>, was in pos-
session ofa lai>;e proj)erty. jnst below this ])lace and between the
two streets is the new C^Jieen Anne honse of Mr. C II. I'ierce,
on a portion of the Lot deeded bN his maternal <^reat nncle, John
Pntnam, to his v.wn uncle, Samnel Kendall, Jr. Mr. I'ierce has
built up a most attracti\e home. Over to the ri<iht across tlie open
field is seen, on Pleasant street, the lar<;e '.vhite house ol A. A.
Murlei<^h, Collector of Customs for the .Vroostook District. In
the proj^ress down Main street, the home of Mrs. l'2liza Don le
Powers is I'eached. This houst- was Iniilt twenty \ears a»;<), and
is one of the best finished and most pleasin<^ houses to look upon
in the town. Next to this is the residence of Theo. Cary, I'^scj.,
Editor and i'ublisher of the Aroostook Times. Inst across the
way is the house of Mr. A. H. Pa*?e, another of the nice houses of
the street. All alonj^ this part of Main street the shade trees are
in vi<jforous i^rowth and add mucii to the desiiableness ol'the location
for residences. Throuij^h T^lm street, onto Pleasant street a<j^ain,
we <^et a <j;limpse of the new houses of Geo. II. (jilman, of the
Aroostook Pioneer., and of Maj. R. B. Ketchum, of the larj^e lum-
bering]^ firm of Sharp <S: Ketchum. Helow this, on Main street on
the right, is the new Episcopal Church and Parsonage, recently
built. The interior of this Church is finished in the natural
woods, and gives a most pleasing impression to all who enter the
buililing. Opposite this are the fine groun, Is and new houses of
Messrs. G. B. Page, Powers, Fogg, and Woodburv- On the
other side again, near the business part of the street, are the attrac-
tive places owned by the Perks Bros, and Mrs. West.

The stores between here and Water street have already been al-
luded to, but at the bellows pipe a good view may be had of the
large and thoroughly built residence of Walter Mansur, Esq.,
President of the First National Bank.

This triangular piece of ground between Water street, the Square
and the stream, is a corner part of Lot 88, and was deeded by
Aaron Putnam to his son Amos, in payment of supplies furnished
him and his family in the cold years. If that portion of the vil-
lage real estate were now to be sold for such a purpose the proceeds
would certainly support one family a good while. From here a
turn may be made onto Court street, and after passing the business
strudlnres on the right, the new location of the Congregational

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and ic'litted iii'o a liisl-elass modern place of w tushii). Tin.' addi-
tion of a \esti\ huildinLJ has jnst hi'en made. (J|)|)<).sile t(» this, al-
though it fnjnts 01 '.Ik- MililaiN Road, is the County Court House.
This hiiek structure witii l"'rencii roof, towncloeU, cupola and hell,
was erected thirty years a_<ijo, at a cost of ah )ul $ l.'j.OOlJ.OJ. The
clock, how e\er, is of recent addition, the <;ift of <^eneroiis indix iduals
to the Town. ( )n the oj>positc corner of the Uoad and Court
sti'eet is the residence of 11. T. I'^rishie, l^'.stj., and it is the first of
the ele;;anl mansions which haw hev-n ei'ected in the place. The
grounds ahout the house are laid out in a tast\ manner, and ki-pL
in perfect Older. On Court street after j)assin^ two residences,
the Meetinin" House and \estr\ ol the I'irst Raplist Church come to
view. The house was built in IXdiJ, ani l!ie vestry in \X7\.

To resume at the Military Road the o1)s.'ivei' will note above
the Court House the new Counts Tail, neatU linislud, at a cost
of $27,000.0(1. This is a building' for use and not ornament, still
it is due to the Connnissioners and Desij^iier to admit that it is a
line lookiiifj^ structure and an addition to the looks of the place.
()\er the wa\- stands the loni^ wooden buildiuij^ know n as the (iram-
mer School-house. 'IMiis was the successor of the old Central Dis-
trict house of hfty years aii^o, and now, !iavin*>- ser\ed its time, will
soon be demolished to rex eal the line ):)'oporiions ai\(l lolt\ stories
of the new brick (jrammar School-hoi/se, vxhich, excn now, over-
tops the old one w ith its loftv roof. The new stiucture fronts on
School street, but will have entrance as well from the J<oad. 'I'hc
town was in the most urjj^ent need of more and l)etter school facil-
ities, and voted $!.'», 000. 00 for this buildinjj^. When completed it
will be like Wordinj^ Ibdl, the equal of anythincij in its class in the
State. Next beyond the J.ul is the new Unitarian Meetinjj^ House.
The old structure, across the brid<^e, and above the Putnam man-
sion, was damaj.'^ed b\' tire two vears a<j^o, and the Societx have be-
gun the new house on this spot. The exterior and vestrv are fin-
ished but the audience room is not vet in shape for occupancy.
The Methodist House is across the Road, just al)o\e. This modest
house was built in the fall of 1<S()2, and now, after servin<j^ well
the needs of its owners, is soon to <^ive place for a new and modern
church buildin<^\

Still above this, on the corner of the cross street which spans the
whole view, is the cottai^e house uf Mr. A. Lovejov. The fine
grounds of this place join those of Mr. Fogg on Main street, and
without dividing fence the smooth lawns are most attractive in the
growini; season.

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on the Road beyond Mr. LovejoN . The j^i^joup''^ are adorned with
a fountain and kept in a most excellent order.

The Free Will I5aj)tisst Meetinjjj House with its tall, light colored
spire is tlie next in the view. This house was huilt in IKOT and is
a commodious and co/niortahle place of worship lor the large
church and congregation which gather here.

Next come the gioimds of the Institute, somewhat narrow on
the Road, but extendin<; along High street for quite a distance.
A large part olthe Institute land is behind the Meeting House lot
and the Johnson place. The new dormitory fronts upon High
street. Upon this and Wording Hall there have been sjjent, in
the last two \ ears, something over $.Sr),00().00.

Across High street in the corner stands the Presbvterian vestry,
and next above is the new Manse built bv the church and the Pas-
tor jointly. The vacant space in the exact corner of the lot is in-
tended for the Meeting House to be built at some future day. Two
more residences are on the Road just West of the Madigan pro-
perty and facing each other, that of Mr. (ieo. Diinn, who came
to Houlton from x\shland, and the other belonging to Mrs. Bed-
ford Hume. Mr. Dunn is extensiveh engaged in lumbering on
the Aroostook river. On all these streets are the comfortable homes
of our busy people, and space would fail to enumerate them singly.

Bv its coiniection of population, vve;:lth and business, Houlton
has become one of the most desirable places for residence in all
this Eastern p(M"tion of Maine. (Constant accessions to the popula-
tion are made bv emigration from the Lower l^rovinces. Houlton
stands as the gateway to the »States in the e\ es of the emigrants,
and they tarry with us, to settle in some cases, and in others only
to start again for a longer journe\- into "the promised land."

The roiuicl tower of the Stand Pipe, fift\ feet high, gives sugges-
tion of a word about the Water Companx. The pumping station
is at the head ofthe mill pond and at the end of Putnam street. It is
a two story brick structure, thoroughly fitted up for the purpose,
with large boilers and powerful pum| . . The dynamo for the arc
light system is owned by the Water Co., and has a circuit equal to
its full capacity. The pipe service reaches all the thickly settled
parts of the village and gives abundant satisf iction.

"It costs as much to get the water out ofthe town as to bring it
in," and a Sewerage Company is at work upon that problem. So
far they have succeeded in taking the waste away to the extent
they have laid their mains^ but it is ver\ incomplete as yet.

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It is (Icsitecl, in a few paj^es in tliis work, to call particnlar at-
tention to the Advertisers in the S()i'\ emk : and, while tliese per-
sons and lirnis who ha\"e thus ad\c'itised arc not all who trade in
Houlton, yet in them are included nian\ and l)\ far the larger pro-
portion of the \\ ide awake, intellij^ent and successful business men
of Houlton. Our t(nvn has arrogated to herself the appellation
of ^letropolis of this section, and the number of peisons who do
the business and the wicU'h- dillL'rent nationalities represented
anion*;' them, show plainh' the centeriiif^ of business interests in this
"Mother Settlement" of all this County.

A few words with reference to our Advertisers and their places
of business will more fulh' introduce them to all our readers. As
<ro()d a place to start from as an\ is, undoubtedlv, the First National
Bank Buildiiiij^, so consj:)icu()Us on the North side of the .Square.
Mr. Win. C. Donnell is the Cashier, the oldest son of our respect-
ed townsman. Dr. }. IJonnell, so recentlv deceased. Mefore the
banking business arose, Mr. Domiell had been in the Insurance
vvoiK, and for a time partner with L. Pierce, Esq. He still con-
tinues the same woik in an adjacent office, under the care of VVm.
F. Biaden. Good insurance in sound companies will always be
written here.

Next door is the Book and Art Store of Frank L. Cook, recent-
ly opened. Mr. Cook was l)orn in Viemia, Kennebec Co., and
has had a lar<^e experience in mercantile life. In addition to his
lines of books and stationerv suj)plies, he has lard in a lariL^e stock
of mouldinii^s for pit"ture framing, and w ill do as good work in this
line as can be done anywhere. He carries one of the largest and
finest stocks of curtains, room papers and borders to be found in
this conntv. A special feature ol" his work is the filling of individ-
ual orders for anything in his line which may not be in stock. Iii-

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ten(liii<^ purchasers may rely upon the utmost piomjjtness in this
matter, and jjrices as low as if the articles were on the shelves.

The successl'ul firm ol Smith ' ., both lloulton boys, is found
in the next store. J'hey be^^an i.. . . stove and tinv\are business,
for themselves, five }ears a<>'o, after a faithl'ul service as apprentices
and jou: neymen. The\' now have a spaci(»us, well lij^hted store,
and a fine stock of materials and manufactured articles.

I. M. Hill tS: Co., successors to J. M. Kice, ha\eall the spacious
warerooms of the store at the West end of the vScpiare filled with
the best and niost modern st\ les of furniture, at prices suited to
the wants of the purchasers. Mr. II. A. \\'el)ber is with them,
and has special char^i^e of the undertaking department.

From here we cross the Square to the Jeweh} Store of E. B.
White, who came to Houlton from Rockland, his native place,
about ten \ears a<y(j. Mr. White has unusual skill as a watch re-
pairer, and will warrant his work. With a sportsman's tastes he
carries a choice line of goods suited to the hunter and fisherman.

Next East of him is the Dry Goods House of Lane t^: '* "Mce.
Mr. Samuel Lane, the senior partner, was born in San<. die,
Piscataqius Co., and first came to this tou n as a high school Lcach-
er. JSlr. Varney Pearce, is the youngest son <jf Abraham and
Fanny (Cook) Pearce. Grandson of the old Proprietor whose
namesake he is. This firm do a large lousiness in staple and fancy
drv goods, and also boots and shoes. They are very popular with
their friends.

In the next door C. II. Wilson, who came t(^ lloulton from
Haynesville many years ago, greets all customers who seek shelf and
heavy groceries. He has had a long exj>erience in this kind of
trade, and will sell satisfactory goods at proper prices.

F. F. Frisbie, Houlton born and bred, has a boot and shoe store
in the large Frisbie Block, which was built by his brother, H, T.
Frisbie, some eighteen years ago. Fred's stock is alwavs of ^he
best.

Mr. H. T. Frisbie, the head of the family in our town, carries
on his remarkablv successful Dry Goods and Ladies' and Gents'
Furnishing Goods business in the other large store in this block.
Mr. Frisbie began his career, in a humble manner, before the late
War, at Lewev's Island, but, on the death of his father, returned
to his Houlton home and made the foimdation of his fortune in the
store of the old Dr. French building, next to his present store,
•which is the oldest building now standing on the S({uare. The
stock of goods carried is very large, and fill all the spacious store
below, and large rooms of the second storv.

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Mr. Watson in the exeicise of <j;reat business saj^^acitN lias built up
a very larj^e and prosperous business, and thouj^h this store, with
cellars and outbuiidin^^s is full of all nameable articles in his line,
yet the survey of these <>ives but a small idea of the full extent of
his operations. Two large starch factories and the most complete
carriage maiving^ and wood working shop in this section are parts
of his work. He handles fertilizers on a most extensive scale. In
the store is always found a tine line rf choice shelf hardware in
large amount. Silverware, of all sorts of stvles and prices, always
on hand. Sportsmens' outtits are found always complete and desir-
able.

Along Main street a few steps we come to tiie Blue Store of Mr.
J. H. Wingate, who came to us from Ilallowell ten years ago. He
oHers good bargains in Finnishing Goods and (ients' Small Wares,
and Ladies' Shoes. He is bound to satisfx liis customers, and
tliose who seek his lines can be assured of fair prices, and 'Mio
trouble to show goods."

Around the corner, upon Court street we find the fasiiionable,
v.ell sui:)plied Barber vSiiop of Mr. J. R. \'arne\, who came from
Calais a year ago. Vha s\} )p is in )st conxeniently located, and
patrons can depend upon skilled workmen and most prompt at-
tention.

Two doors below we meet T. A. Millai' in his well filled, finelv
arranged, and most attractive grocerv, fruit, and confectionery store.
John was born inGagetown, York Co., X. B., and after attempt-
ing one or two other ventures became satisHet! w ith the opening
Hoiiiton alVorded for a tirst-class grocery store. Experience has
taught him to lead rather than follow, and to him belongs the credit
of putting the tine fruits and confectionery of the large markets be-
fore our own people. His success has been most gratifying to his
friends and himself too. All the lines which make first-class grocery
stock are in his store ; antl in flour, in particular, whether it is
quality or price, the customer seeks, John can satisfy him in
either.

C. F. Ross, who was born in Littleton, and learned the ways of
trade with Mr. Frisbie, has the large tailor shop imder the Opera
House. Mr. Ross employes a large number of experienced hands
and gives good satisfaction to his customers. He makes quite a
successful part of his work by traveling through the uj)per part of
the County.

In the Times Block we find the repair shop of D. F. Champeon,
who is foreman of the electric light circuit of the Water Co. Forrest

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who need such appliances.

On Main street, as one passes np the sidewalk, in the Nickerson
Block, we find J. K. Osgood with clocks, watches, and silverware.
Bargains in all his oilers present themselves to every one.

\V. A. Nickerson, a Ilodgdon l)o\ , has ]>e\ ond the Osgood store,
one oi" the best stockeil and most complete dr\ goods stoies of the
town. In fur coats lb ]• men, and cloaks and\\raps lor women,
Mr. Nickerson carries a large stock, and makes ver\' large sales,
in their season. i'he stock is all bought on the best possible terms,
and can therefore be sold at correspondingly gcxjd prices. The
amount of sales in j^ood davs shows tiie satisfaction of the bu\ i ig
comnumity with Mr. Nickerson and his wares.

A little above is the Meat Market of \V. (jr. Somerville, whc was
born in W'ickham, Qjieen'sCo., N. B., and since he began in trade
for himself has de\ eloj^ed good business capacitw

Some doors bcNond is the custom made boot and shoe stoie of
T. W. F.bbett, whose earh home was Wicklow, Caileton Co., N.
15. Mr. Ebbett has had long experience at the trade and does the
best of vN'ork. His fine French kip driving l)oots are unexcelled.
Some of them have been in constant use through two season's work.
Ladies fine wear also is a specialtN* with Mr. Ebbeft. Sucii makes
wear to satisfaction and more than pa\ the cost.

Across the street is the store of S. II. Powers. Sam has tried
many things in his business career, since he left his native town of
Bluehill, in Hancock Co., but has lived for the most part in Moul-
ton, since the War. lie now is dealing largeh- in second-hand
household furnishings, as well as in the making of picture frames.
He has a good word for all who call and if no trade is made it is
no fault of his. He has helped us in the storv of the town in a
large degree. , ^

The first store in the next block is the millinery establishment of
Slipp & Sincock. These ladies have had remarkable success in
the few years they have been in the business, in supplying the wants
of the gentler sex, in all those arrangements of ribbon and color
which go to heighten their charms.

()j)ening the next door we meet the Gillin Boys, whose home
lias always been w ith us. They do an excellent business in jjro-
ceries and meats, whf)lesale and retail. They have hosts of friends
and keep them too. Their investments in cheese are heavy, each
season, and they doubtless handle more than any other firm in die
County. Their front store is attractively arranged, and the goods
are fresh and of the best. Next to their meat lines they would call

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especial attention to the brantls of Hour, teas, cotVees and tobacco,
all of which the\' keep lar<4e stocks.

A. II. Foojr ^ (Jit, always j^ive a cordial <>reeting to every one
who conies to see them. The firm is, .\hiioii II. Foi^ij:, horn and
trained in HaiiLjor, and Clarence II. l*ierce, whose mother was
niece of I'roprietor John Putnam, and his father L. i*ierce, Esq.,
so lon<j and honorahh know n, in the middle Nears of the town's
history. Tiie Hrni was established in trade befoie the War, and
has kept on the e\en term of its wa\ as a general hardware, iron
and steel, paints and oils, aj^ricultural machinerv, and wholesale
groceries to the trade. At this time of the \ear tlie\ are exceeti-
in*;l\ busied with the work of furnishiniL;' supplies for the lumber-
men. l'lie\ !ia\'e had iVom the the first the a<j;-ene\ of the Huckeye
Mower, the one nnri\alled mower of the conntr\ .

Down on Mechanic street is found the lar<^e two storx building
of the Taber industries. Below, A. P. M. Taber <^ives his whole
attention to iiorse shoeinjj^, and has, as. his customers, om best and
most critical horse owners. That he satisfies them is the pioof of
his work. L p-stairs, (.jco. M. Taber has devoted himself to the
special work of carria<^e trimming-, bein<j^ the Hist establishment of
the kind ever set u}) in this town, and has be<j^nn to develope a
^(H)i\ trade. Geo. will show to all who fa\'or liim that in making
and tiimminij^ ol" tops, seats and thills he can do better than others
who do not ha\'e the sj^ecial facilities and handicraft.

On the letnrn to Main street, of the stores in the Hrick Block,
notice is called to the first at the EasterU end, occupied b\' the ex-
tensi\e clothing- Hrm of W'm. I"'o\ «S: Sons. The senior member
has been in the same b-isiness in Hncksport for more than thirty
\ears and still carries on the store there. Two sons, Theodore J.
and Cabin L., who were born there, conduct the business in this
town and have take" to themselves a good share of patronage.
Their store is large, and well lighted b\- the windows on Mechanic
street. Their sliehes, counters and drawers are full of all the best
kinds of goods for men's wear. Their single wish is to .sell the
best in their lines to all whom they can j^ossibly reach.

Up-stairs just over this store is the tast\ and well arranged office
of Dr. II. M. Cochran, Dental Surgeon. Dr. Cochran has had
remarkable success, an(| wins many friends. Along the hall a few
steps is the printing office of W. H. Smith. As it would not
sound well to " puti" one's own business, we invite all to call and
see Ibr themselves.

The second store of the Block is occuj^ied by Mr. Maurice
Schmuckler, w ho was born in Breslaw, Prussia, and who came to
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aiul opened tlie first exclusively ready made clothinji- st()re in
Aroostook County. With his lonj? experience, and first estahlish-
ment in the trade, Mr. SchnuicUler has had jj^ood success in build-
'in\r up a trade in his line. His stock is well selected, well n;ade
and put at the best possible prices. It is worth one's while to
visit his store, and learn the opportunities for profitable use of the
money.

H. J. Hatheway, a native of Eastport, with his larj^e and well
selected stock of dru»^s, chemicals and fancv j^oods, occupies a ver}'
handsome store about the centre of the row. J'he second story
is finished and furnished as his residence. Besides takin^: irieat
pains with all plnsicians prescriptions, Mr. llathewav })uts up
and sells most carefully compounded standard ]^rescrij)tions.
Amon<>- these is the now widely known Standard Liniment, which
is firmly established amon<)^ our peo{)le.

Next door is the dry goods store of Chas. P. Tennev, another
<^randson of Proprietor Varney Pearce of New Salem. Mr. Ten-
ney occupies both stories of the store, and the arran<>ement is such
for light, and for convenient showing of goods, that the store is a
most popular ladies' resort. Mr. Tennev's goods are the very
l)est and most fashionable in the market. In ladies' boots and
shoes, gents' hats and caps, and in robes and skin coats his stock
is very large, well selectetl, and sold at living prices. The store
is worth a visit, merely to look at.

Next to the Tenney stores is the extra fine, well lighted, taste-
ful and well stocked hardware store of Waldo G. Brown. His
stock of shelf goods is unusually large, filling l)oth sides of the
lofty front store. In the cellar he has the boiler which heats the
whole block, and in the line ol' steam fitting does a large busi-
ness. At the present time Mr. Brown is just receiving and open-
ing the finest line of silver plated ware ever brought to this town.
This includes all the common and uncommon articles of such ser-
vice, and for Christmas presents will present to purchasers uncom-
monly fine chances for selection. Also at the same time he is in
receipt of specialties in brass goods for fireplace service. These
are unusual in style and quality and well deserve careful examina-
tion.

The Westerly corner store is filled with tht large and ample
stock of groceries, meats and crockery of the firm of E. Merritt
& Sons. The active partners, C. D. and L. F. Merritt, were
born in Mansfield, Mass., and began business on this spot about
twenty years ago.

By reference to the view it will be seen that below the Square
towards the bridge there is another open space formed by the meet-

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iiig of three or lour sheets. Around this :ire now placed some of
our enterprising;- tirnis wlio add nuich to the sum of the iiuhislry
of the town.

In the l^asement of the vSpoondr huihHn<jj, just at the corner of
the Scjuare and Bridj^e street, is the meat and <i^i()cer\ stoie of J.
C. Harridan, who came from Littleton, and has built up a <;oo(l
reputation for himself. (Jn the tiist of March he will open a new-
store and stock in his own buildin<(, on Court street, next North
of tiie E.\chan<i;e.

The next buildinjjj to the <;reat Putnam buildin<j^ is just newlv
finished b\- the lirm ol" lliram Smith &. Co. 'I'he\ do a lar^e and
increasin<4 business in Flour, Grain and Mill Feeds, and in job-
bino; and retailin<i^ of Groceries. Their new store is well anan*j^-
ed and ver\ coinenientb located. They have taken the a<;encv
for the Bowker Fertilizers, and will be prepared to sell these
choice makes to all who want quick returns on well developed
crops. .' .

The Bowker Fertilizer Co. ha\e made to tliemselves a well de-
served reputation foi" the manufactuie of the best of fertilizers.
The\ ha\e been in the w (>rk some fifteen yeais and the output now
is about 40,000 tons annually. The\ have two lar<;e factories, one
in Massachusetts and the other in New Jersey. Headquarters are
in J^oston, and the Mana<)^er and Head is Mr. W'm. LI. Bowker,
a gentleman of j^reat business sagacity, and clear comprehension
of the elements which make success in a given line. He first
to )k u]) the making of the Stockbiidge Special Complete Ma-
nures, and in them our farmers find the best returns for their in-
N estments.

Next door South of the Smith liuilding is the Harness vShop of
Jas. H. Sinclair. He has succeetletl to the work of one of our
oldest and widelv known harness makers, the late J. C. Spooner.
]VIr. Sinclair carries a large stock of material, and keeps a good
assortment of made up goods and shelf saddlery hardvvare.

In the point of the Heater of the two streets, is the large gro-
cer v and meat shop of L. Monson & Son, both natives of this
town. Here is cut up the best of meat, and the ofierings of poul-
try, fish, and general supplies are of the best. In connection with
this store they carry on the Bakery, and supply a very large cir-
cuit of customers with beans, brown and white bread. Also cakes
and pastry are constantly on hand fresh from the oven.

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Ladies', Gents' and Children's Underwear of

all kinds. Also, Kid Gloves Corsets,

Hosiery; Silk, Linen and Cambric

Hankerchiefs and Mufflers.

White and Colored Table

Damask and Napkins.

BOOTS, SHOES AND OVSESHOES.

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Fine Dress Goods and Trimmings,

Ladies', Gents' and Children's

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