History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 117

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100

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The Sketches of Oldtown, by David Norton, Esq., were published at Bangor in a neat octavo volume.

CIVIL LIST.

Selectmen-1840-41, Samuel Cony, Samuel Pratt, Joshua Wood; 1842-43, Samuel D. Hasty, Joseph H. Reed, Luther Stone; 1844, J. H. Hilliard, Samuel Mc- Lellan, N. Godfrey ; 1845, Samuel Cony, John Rigby, Nathan Oakes; 1846, Rigby, Oakes, Rufus D. Folsom; 1847, Rigby, Lore Alford, John McDonald; 1848, Newell Blake, R. D. Folsom, Robert Averill; 1849-50, David Norton, R. Averill, R. M. Woodman; 1851, Asa Smith, Jr., Averill, Norton; 1852, Norton, Smith, Ave- rill; 1853, Albert G. Burton, R. Averill, Alden B. Weed; 1854, Burton, W. A. Ellis, W. N. Soper; 1855, Charles Blanchard, Samuel Pratt, Luther H. Averill ; 1856, Pratt, Blanchard, Albert Plummer; 1857-58-59, Pratt, Wiloby Smith, Samuel W. Hoskins; 1860, Nahum Godfrey, Moses Buck, Joseph L. Smith; 1861, Godfrey, Daniel Lunt, Alden B. Weed; 1862, Godfrey, Lunt, N. M. Hart- well; 1863-64, Hartwell, R. Averill, D. G. Sawyer; 1865, J. H. Hilliard, Robert Ellis, Sawyer; 1866, Sawyer, Lunt, Hartwell; 1867, Sawyer, Hartwell, C. H. Miller; 1868, Joseph L. Smith, Orimel Rogers, D. N. Esta- brook; 1869, Sawyer, Rogers, Miller; 1870, Henry Brawn, Rogers, Charles A. Bailey; 1871-72, Brawn, James Andrews, J. A. Blanchard; 1873-74, Albert O. Brown, Eli Rigby, Blanchard; 1875-76, Brown, Otis Reed, Blanchard ; 1877, George T. Sewall, James W. Dutton, Blanchard; 1878, Sewall, Dutton, George W. Garland ; 1879-80-81, Sewall, Frank Hamblen, D. G. Sawyer.

Treasurers-1840, Asa Smith; 1841, Benjamin Cush- man; 1842-44, John Rigby; 1845-46, Silas Stowe; 1847- 48, W. R. Young ; 1849-51, Hiram Smith; 1852, Samuel W. Hoskins; 1853, Ephraim B. Pierce; 1854, J. A. Purinton; 1855-58, Pierce; 1859-75, George F. Dilling- ham; 1876, C. E. Rogers; 1877-78, Dillingham ; 1879-81, James W. Waldron.

Collectors-1840, John B. Smith; 1841-43, Lore Al- ford; 1844, Samuel Pratt; 1845, Henry Morgan ; 1846-48, James Y. Bakeman; 1849-50, Nahum Godfrey; 1851, David Norton; 1852-53, Bakeman; 1854-56, Godfrey; 1857, Alford; 1858-61, Norton; 1862, Hiram Smith; 1864, Godfrey; 1865, Alford; 1866-67, H. Lancaster; 1868-69, Norton; 1870, Benjamin F. Poor; 1871, Norton; 1872, James H. Gould; 1873-77, Norton; 1878, Pratt; 1879-81, E. R. Alford.

. Clerks-1840, John H. Hilliard; 1841-46, Charles Blan-

chard; 1847-48, David Norton; 1849-52, Rufus D. Fol- som; 1852, Samuel W. Hoskins; 1853-56, James A. Purinton; 1857-61, John A. Blanchard; 1862, Samuel J. Oakes; 1863, Edwin R. Alford; 1864-65, Blanchard; 1866, Richard V. Moore ; 1867, Albert H. Norris; 1868- 72, Edward A. Pond; 1873-74, Charles H. Gray; 1875, George T. Sewall; 1877-79, Pond; 1880-81, James W. Waldron.

The Postmasters at present are: Charles W. Bos- worth, Oldtown village; Albert Plummer, Upper Still- water; Charles G. McPhetres, West Great Works; John D. Bowley, Pea Cove.

THE INDUSTRIES OF OLDTOWN

are numerous and valuable. It had, at last return of statistics, six allopathic physicians, one homœopathic, one electric, and one clairvoyant ; three civil engineers, two dentists, four lawyers, one notary, twelve justices, thirty-three merchants at the village, five at Upper Still- water, one firm at West Great Works, and one merchant at Pea Cove. At Oldtown were thirty-seven manufactu- rers and artisans, and at Upper Stillwater nine. Three persons were engaged in insurance; four kept livery stables, and three were barbers. One hotel, the Cod- man House, is kept by Ephraim Cousins.

THE MINING COMPANIES

here are the Oldtown Mining Company, with D. N. Estabrook, President; J. W. Waldron, Secretary; C. A. Bailey, Treasurer; and the Exeter Mining Com- pany, with the same President, and Mr. J. A. Blan- chard for Secretary and Treasurer.

The societies of Oldtown, besides the religious, com- prise the Star in the East Lodge F. & A. M .; the Tarra- tine Lodge I. O. O. F., with an Encampment at the vil- lage; the Good Samaritan Lodge I. O. G. T., at Old- town, and the Revival Lodge at Upper Stillwater ; the Rechab Social Temple, and the Alpha of O. A. C.

OLDTOWN BIOGRAPHIES.

One of the leading Iumbermen in Oldtown is Moses P. Wadleigh, who was born in this town and has always lived here. His father, Jesse R. Wadleigh, married Susan M. Grant. He came here from New Hampshire before he was married. They had six children, three sons and three daughters-Andrew, now in San Francis- co, California; Caroline, now Mrs. Jacob Bacon, of San Francisco also; Rufus D., of this town; Sarah F., de- ceased; Rufus, died in infancy. Jesse Wadleigh died in 1874, and Mrs. Wadleigh in 1876. He was widely known as a lumberman. Moses P. Wadleigh was brought up in the same business, at which he still con- tinues. Jesse Wadleigh, his father, was for many years in the hotel business here with his brother Ira. They built the first extensive mills in town. These were burned, and they again built them up. They lost by this fire one hundred thousand dollars. They took an active part in building the Episcopal church here. Moses Wadleigh married, for his first wife, Climena Moore, of this town. She died June 10, 1846, and Mr. Wadleigh married, for his second wife, Miss Emma T. Nesbett, daughter of John and Elizabeth Nesbett, of

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Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Wadleigh has three chil- dren by his second wife now living-Moses W., Leith V., and Alfred R. Mr. Wadleigh not only cuts but manu- factures lumber. He is widely known all over the lumber region of the Penobscot.

The former firm of Godfrey Brothers, of Oldtown, was composed of Fred N. and George L. Godfrey, sons of Nahum Godfrey, who came from Massachusetts to Old- town. Nahum Godfrey married Julia Welch, of Bath, Maine. They had seven children, five sons and two daughters, viz: Arthur B., George L., Mattie A., Laura E., Fred M., Edward, and Willie. Laura, Edward, and Willie are deceased. Nahum Godfrey died October 7, 1879, and Mrs. Godfrey died in May, 1879. Fred M., who now carries on the grocery and provision business at the old stand, was born December 23, 1859. He mar- ried Angie Brown, daughter of George W. Brown, of Old- town. George L. Godfrey married Jessie Foss, daugh- ter of Aaron Foss, of Oldtown. They have one son, Harley by name. George L. is a surveyor of lumber at the present time.

Thomas H. Wiggin was born in Wellington, Somerset county, Maine, in 1823. He learned the trade of edge- tool-maker, and came to Penobscot county in 1844, where he settled on a farm. He now lives in the village of Levant, where, in company with his father, he en- gaged in the mercantile and lumbering business. The partnership continued until the death of his father, when he took charge of the business and continued in trade until 1878, when he sold out to Alonzo Haskell and turned his attention to farming. He married Axie R. Campbell, a native of Brighton, and is the father of four children-Emma R., Hiram D., Frank W. C., and Nellie J. Rev. Frank W. C. Wiggin was born in Levant in 1856, where he received a common school education. He attended the Maine Central Institute, at Pittsfield, and was graduated in 1876. From Pittsfield he went to Bates College, at Lewiston, where he studied two years, and in 1878 took charge of the Charleston Academy as Principal, which position he filled for two years, and also served as pastor of the church at that point. In 1879 he was ordained a minister at Charleston, and went from Charleston to Milo, where he took charge of the Baptist church; also the church at Guilford Centre, where he re- mained about fifteen months, when he resigned and moved to Oldtown, and there took charge of the Baptist church as its pastor, which position he now occupies. In 1879 he married Georgia A. Wiggin, a native of Stetson, and is the father of one child, Gracie P.

The firm of D. G. Sawyer & Co. was formed in 1861. It consists of the brothers D. G. and Allen J. Saw- yer, sons of Daniel and Mary Sawyer, of Monroe, Waldo county. They came formerly from Limington to Waldo county. They had six children that grew to maturity- John, Nathaniel, Mary, Daniel G., Ephraim, and Allen J., all of whom are still living except John, who died about five years ago. Daniel G. Sawyer was born in 1826, and Allen J. in 1816. Daniel G. married Hannah W. Farnham, daughter of Charles Farnham, of New- burg, Maine. They have no children. Allen J. married

for his first wife Miss Emily Baston in 1837, who died about 1873. Mr. Sawyer married for his second wife Mrs. Susan Hopkins, of Milford. Mr. Allen Sawyer has served many years as one of the Selectmen of his town, in which office he is still serving. Their present place of business is on the corner of Brown street and the County Road.

Wellman Bosworth, of Oldtown, was born in Hartford, Oxford county, October 8, 1810. His father's name was Jonathan Bosworth. Jonathan and Mary Bosworth (nee Wellman) had six children-Cyrus, now of Litch- field, Maine; Lydia, deceased; Jonathan, now of Hous- ton county, Minnesota; Mary, deceased; Noah, deceased; and Wellman. Jonathan Bosworth died in 1811, and Mrs. Bosworth married Stephen Carr for her second hus- band, who died, and Mrs. Carr married for her third husband John Berry, by whom she had three children. Wellman Bosworth married Mary Steele, daughter of Andrew and Mary Steele, of Castine, Maine. He set- tled in Oldtown as a house carpenter, which business he has always followed. He has four children now living, having lost six, most of whom died in infancy. The names of the living are Amanda A .; Charles W., of Old- town; Sarah C., now Mrs. Hinkley, of Oldtown; and Aroline M. Mr. Bosworth is now seventy-one years old and is still able to conduct his present business of un- dertaker.

Cornelius Murphy, of Oldtown, is a son of William Murphy, of New Brunswick. William Murphy married Catharine Henry. They had eleven children, eight of whom grew to maturity-Cornelius; William, now of Saginaw, Michigan; Henry, of California; James, in Port- land, Maine; Alice, now Mrs. S. P. Lovelace, of Port- land, Maine; Ellen, now in Portland; Annie, wife of M. D. McGinnis, of Bangor; Lizzie, of Portland. Cornelius Murphy was born March 21, 1840, and married Mrs. Mary A. Murphy, of Bangor, (nee Mary Mellen). They have had three children, two of whom are living-Wil- liam H. and Alice C. Mr. Murphy has always been en- gaged in the lumber business.

A. T. Wing, of Oldtown, is the son of Silas B. and Sarah Wing, of Mount Vernon, Maine. They had six children, one son and five daughters, viz: Parmtha A., deceased; Francis M., also deceased; Amanda M., now Mrs. Moses M. Morse, of Auburn, Maine; Lucy J., de- ceased; Helen C., now Mrs. Donald McKay, of Stewiack, Nova Scotia; and Asa T., the youngest of the family. Asa T., or A. Thellow, as he usually writes it, was born May 16, 1838. He is by trade a carpenter and builder. He married Mary E. Sylvester, daughter of Jonathan Sylvester, of Levant, and has four children: Adelbert T., Roscoe H., Alonzo, and Effie, all of whom are still living at home. Mr. Wing enlisted in 1862 in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, in which he served about three years; was wounded at Petersburg, receiving a grape-shot wound which confined him to the hospital over six months, and from the effects of which he receives a pen- sion.

Mrs. Kate Conway (nee Landers), of Oldtown, is a daughter of James and Mary Landers, who came to

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Bangor before the city was incorporated. They came from the city of Cork, Ireland. They had seven chil- dren, four sons and three daughters, viz : Margaret, deceased wife of James McCarron, of Bangor; James, now in Bangor; Kate; Michael C., also of Bangor, on the old homestead; Henry, also in Bangor; John, of Bangor; and Fannie M., wife of John Curran, of Jeffer- son, New Hampshire. Mr. Landers died in 1873 at the age of seventy-one, and Mrs. Landers is still living. Mr. Landers was run over by a runaway team while striving to stop them and save the ladies in the carriage. Mrs. Landers is one of the oldest survivors of the first Cath- olic society ever formed in Bangor. Mrs. Conway, now living in Oldtown, was born September 29, 1843. She married Patrick H. Conway, of Oldtown, formerly of Fredericton, who was the son of Edward and Fannie Conway. They have one son now living, Harry by name, who was born March 3, 1876. Mr. Conway had one son by a former wife, Edward by name. Mrs. Conway came to Oldtown in 1870, and opened a millinery and fancy goods store, in which business she has ever since continued.

Nathaniel Reed, of Oldtown, is the son of Alfred and Martha Reed, of Bradley, Maine. They had eight children, seven sons and one daughter, viz: Henry; Josiah, of Holyoke, Massachusetts; Willard R., of Brad- ley; Sewall, of Holyoke; George, in Bradley; Nathaniel; and Lydia, now Mrs. S. Mansill, of Bradley. Nathaniel, the youngest of this family, was born January 14, 1839. Mr. Reed has always been engaged in the lumber bus- iness on the river here. He married Charlotte S. How- ard, of Brewer. They have had one child, now deceased, Maud by name. Mr. Reed enlisted in 1861, and spent three years in the army in the First Maine Cavalry, Com- pany D, being in all the battles and engagements of that regiment, except while at Belle Isle and Libby prison, where he was a prisoner for over a month. He received injuries from the falling of his horse, and was sent to the Howard Hospital, Washington, under Dr. Andersoll. He was with Colonel Dahlgren when he was killed.

Isaac Haynes, of Oldtown, is the son of Isaac P. and Mary Haynes, of Passadumkeag, in this county. Isaac P. Haynes had twelve children, of whom only four are now living-Isaac; Hannah L., now Mrs. Charles E. Chap- man, of Orrington ; Ellen H., now Mrs. Jesse Gould, of South Weare, New Hampshire; Mary E., married A. P. Chapman, of Oldtown. Isaac Haynes was born July 10, 1838. On becoming of age he went to steamboating on the St. John River, where he spent four years, when he came to the Penobscot and followed the same business until 1866, when he bought out the watch and jewelry stand of Israel Miller, in which business he has ever since been engaged. He married Mary E. Babcock, daughter of John and Rachel D. Babcock, of Howland. They have one son, John E., now with his father in the store.

H. M. Burnham, the druggist in Oldtown, is a son of Richard and Thankful Burnham, formerly of this town, though now Mr. Burnham is in Oregon. Richard Burn- ham came here from Franklin, Maine. Richard and

Thankful Burnham had six children, four of whom lived to maturity-Josephine, now Mrs. F. Crosby, of Boston, Massachusetts; Darius, now in Washington Territory; Fannie, now Mrs. E. F. Tukey, of Boston, Massachu- setts; and Horace M. The latter was born in Orono, October 16, 1849. After completing his common school education he attended the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1874, after which he returned to Oldtown, and bought the drug store where he is now on Brown street. In 1877 he married Miss Rowena Williams, daughter of Hezekiah Williams, of Skowhegan, Maine. They have three daughters-Agnes, Edna, and a baby not named.

E. W. Conant, of Oldtown, is a son of Isaac Conant, of Winterport, Maine. He was born June 24, 1837, and went into lumber and stock business in Milford in 1858, and lived there eleven years. While here he married Carrie E. Bailey, of Milford, daughter of William Bailey. She died December 24, 1874. She left one child, Eddie A., now fourteen years old. Mr. Conant moved here in 1869, and engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued till April, 1880, when he began the manu- facture of shingles in Oldtown, in which business he has since continued. He, with Mr. White and others, built their present mill in 1879. This mill has a capacity of about twelve million shingles a year.

Ephraim Cousins, who keeps the Codman House in Oldtown, is the only son of Ephraim and Abigail Cousins, of Trenton, Hancock county, Maine, where he was born May 27, 1830. He was formerly engaged in trade in Ellsworth, Maine, until 1869, when he came to Oldtown and engaged in the hotel and livery business, where he has since remained. He married Henrietta Pettingill, daughter of Eliphalet and Harriet Pettingill, of Sullivan. They have three children, viz: Agnes; George, now keeping the hotel in Milford, Maine; and Frank, who is at home. The Codman House is now kept by him. It is on Front street, and the only hotel in town. It is a well-kept house.

George W. Weston, of Oldtown, is a son of George and Rebecca Weston. George Weston has long lived in Oldtown and Milford. He has four children living, hav- ing lost two in early life. The names of the living are John Oscar, of Oldtown; Charles A., of Minnesota; George W., and Mary A., at home. George W. was born December 1, 1859. He is engaged in the mill at Upper Stillwater at the present time, running a shingle machine. He has always worked in the mills here and at Oldtown.

Mr. Orimil Rogers, who has long been one of the prominent men of Upper Stillwater, was born in the town of Knox, Waldo county, Maine, June 13, 1810. His father, Robert Rogers, was a native of New Hampshire, and his mother, Mary Lyman, a native of Connecticut. They had three children, two sons and one daughter, viz: Lyman, Orimil, and Catharine. Lyman lives in Upper Stillwater, and Catharine, now Mrs. John Knight, lives in Williamsburg, Ohio. Orimil Rogers first engaged in trade in this town in 1832, and has always until very re- cently been in trade here. Of late years he has also been engaged in farming. Mr. Rogers has not been engaged

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much in public life. He married, for his first wife, Miss Elizabeth Michael, of this town, by whom he has one child, Rachel E., deceased, wife of Professor J. A. Howe, of Bates College. Mrs. Rogers died January 21, 1837, and Mr. Rogers married Miss Eliza E. Woodman, daugh- ter of Deacon Benjamin and Mary Woodman, of Burling- ton, Maine. They have three children living, viz: Charles E., of Oldtown; Isa, and Luther W., of Water- ville, Maine. They lost three children in early life.

Charles E. Rogers was born November 29, 1838, in Upper Stillwater, Maine. He is the oldest son of Orimil and Eliza Rogers. After finishing his common school course he attended the Oldtown Academy, as then styled. His father being a merchant, he was brought up as it were in the store. He has always been engaged in mer- chandizing in this town. He married Miss Caroline Smith, daughter of J. L. Smith, of Oldtown. They have three children, viz .: Lizzie A., Mabel, Albert O., called Ormie. Mr. Rogers has filled the office of Town Treas- urer in this town.

Albert Plummer, postmaster at Upper Stillwater, was born January 8, 1814. He is a son of Nathaniel and Agnes Plummer, of Topsham, Maine. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters, viz .: John, in New York; Albert; Pennel, now living in Lisbon, Maine; Andrew, now on the old homestead in Topsham ; Isaac, in Brunswick, Maine; Sarah, deceased; Mary, deceased; Lovina, now in Topsham. Mr. Albert Plummer married for his first wife Jane Hall, of Bowdoin. She died many years ago, and Mr. Plummer married for his second wife Almira Clark, of Holden, Maine. By his first wife Mr. Plummer has one daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Johnson, of

Brewer, Maine. By his second wife he has one daughter, Ellen, now at home. He was employed as a station- agent on the Veazie Railroad until the road was sold and abandoned. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster at Upper Stillwater, which office he now holds. He runs an express from here to the railroad at Orono. He has held the town office of Selectman.

Perhaps nowhere in our country can be found a more intelligent and prosperous Indian settlement than that of Indian Island, in Oldtown. One of the leading men of that prosperous settlement is Joseph Nicola. He is a descendant of the Norridgewock tribe, his grandfather being one of the few who escaped the massacre of that tribe, so noted in history. His father's name was Tomer Nicola. Joseph was born February 15, 1827. He at- tended school at Rockland, Warren, and Brewer, as well as in Oldtown. He married Elizabeth Joseph, daughter of Sebattis Joseph, of Olamon, Maine, in 1866 .. They have two children-Clara E., and Lucy. This people have a separate government from the town in many re- spects (for an account of which see another part of this work), in which Mr. Nicola is a prominent man and officer. He has been on the Governor's Council (Gov- ernor Stanislaus, of Indian Island) for over twenty years. He is now Private Secretary to the Governor. He has represented his tribe in the Legislature six terms, being now their Representative, and is engaged in farming. Mr. Nicola is an earnest supporter of their church (Roman Catholic), and one of its most prominent mem- bers, being one of the Building Committee when their convent was built. He is at present serving as Town Treasurer of the tribe.

ORRINGTON.

DESCRIPTION.

Orrington is another of the fine old towns of the county. It was, indeed, the pioneer town of Penobscot in date of organization. It is the only one, except Ban- gor and Eddington, mentioned in the census of 1790, the first one taken by the Federal Government. It lies in an important position, only three-quarters of a mile from Bangor, by the neighborhood of their corners, with the longest side upon the river, the Bucksport & Bangor Narrow Guage Railroad traversing that entire side, and another of its sides, with part of another, abutting upon Hancock county. It is one of the populous, wealthy, and otherwise prominent towns of the Penobscot Valley. Orrington is bounded on the northeast by Brewer and

a bit of Holden ; on the southeast by the "gore" of Holden and by Bucksport; on the southwest by Bucks- port; and on the west by a narrow breadth of Winterport, Waldo county, beyond the Penobscot; and on the north- west by the same stream, beyond which is the ancient town of Hampden. No one of its borders is a single straight line, although all except that in the river are composed of right lines. The northeast boundary is broken less than a mile from the river by the right-angled jog of perhaps fifty rods to the southwestward. It runs on two and a half miles further, when another sudden dip occurs, this one on the line of Holden. It is about twice as long as the other, when it angles again to the southeast, and again to the southwest nearly a mile,

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when, mainly in Brewer's Pond, the line now forms part of the northeast boundary, and makes an obtuse angle in the Pond, running on over a mile and a half south to the Bucksport line, near the south end of the Pond, where it makes another obtuse angle to the southwest, in a short distance still another more to the southward, and so on two miles more to the southernmost corner of the town and of the county. This is one corner of a small quadrilateral, containing scarcely more than a square mile, being a projection southward or sort of " annex " to Orrington. The southwest line of this, making a little less than a right angle with the southeast boundary at the extreme corner, is only about one and one-third miles. It then breaks sharply to the northeast, and by a line con- verging slightly toward the opposite boundary on the southeast, runs only five-sixths of a mile northeast before breaking again to the northwest, then a few rods to the southwest, then north of west again to the curving line of the town on the west, in the waters of the Penobscot. Orrington is a very singularly shaped and bounded town. The total of its northeast line is only four and one-third miles; of its southeast line five and two-thirds; its south- west boundary, including the lines about the "annex," five and one-third; and its line to the Penobscot, a little more than six and a half miles.

Brewer Pond, as already indicated, lies on the south- east and east boundary of Orrington, perhaps half its surface being in this town. Its northern extremity lies wholly in this town; the lower extreme just without it, in Bucksport. The lake is two and a quarter miles long, by one mile broad in its widest parts. One quarter of a mile north of it, connected by an outlet, is Field's Pond, a sheet of irregular shape and perhaps half a square mile of total area, which reaches very nearly to the eastern- most corner of the town. From its southern part, not far from the outlet of Brewer, its own outlet runs out in a broad stream to the westward, which narrows at East Orrington, and runs northward as the Segeunkedunk Stream to the Beaver line, expanded into two valuable mill-ponds as it goes, near the west corner of Brewer flowing into the Penobscot and furnishing an exceedingly useful power at Brewer Village, where it moves a large amount of machinery.

Midway between Brewer Pond and the river is Sweet's Pond, lying from southeast to northwest, a mile long, but withan average width of but one-quarter the length. Two small affluents enter at or near its head, and its outlet at the northwest flows in a great curve of three and three- quarter miles' length to the river at South Orrington, re- ceiving in that place a small tributary from the east. These are about all the waters of Orrington, except the grand river on its west, which needs no further description here.

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History of Penobscot County, Maine; with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 117

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio) Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co. Number of Pages: 1100

Author: Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland (Ohio)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Cleveland, Williams, Chase & Co.
Number of Pages: 1100