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her sister Susan. Every body called Mrs. Ira Wadleigh, " Aunt Dosia." On one occasion, Gen. Veazie and No. 6 Smith, got into a dispute in the bar-room of the Wadleigh House, and were apparently about coming to blows. Aunt Dosia, from the other part of the house, hearing the row, came into the bar-room, and without flinching, stepped in between the angry belligerents, and with a significant de- termined wave of the hand, said with a calm voice, and man- ner, that carried conviction 'with them, " You can have no fighting here." That quarrel was adjourned for the time being. Many a poor person missed her charities when she resigned her place as landlady.
EPHRAIM R. LAMOS.
Was landlord of the Wadleigh House several years; set a good table; was a jolly landlord, and was in his glory when he could get a crowd around him, listening to some of his story recitals, and thought it no hardship if he was allowed to talk more than half of the time. He was very sick one time, and his attending physician told him there was not more than one chance in a hundred for him to recover: said Lamos, "I will take that chance." He did take it, and got well. He stated to the doctor on one of his visits, that he had a curious dream the night before, and that he went to hell, and in describing the result of his experience, said "it was a little worse than Old Town, but not so bad as Sunk- haze." His story of Bradbury's surgical operation will be found in another place.
JOHN ROLLINS.
Lumberman ; did business with Daniel Libbey ; was a smart active man, and was especially fond of playing off practical jokes upon somebody, no matter who. One of the profes-
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sional men in the town, had a field of potatoes on a strip of land opposite the Temple place, and some of the neighbors seemed disposed to make free with the growing crop; of course this raised the owner's ire, who called upon John, and said, " Want you to watch to-night." " Oh !" says John, "who is sick, doctor? " The reply was " no one-steal my potatoes." So John agreed to watch, and during the day made the nec- essary arrangements to have a successful one. Towards night the doctor went down to John's house to make prepa- ration for the night's duty. John brought out his old queens arm, and proceeded to charge it. Says the doctor, " load her up well-four fingers of powder and four fingers of salt, and be sure you ram her home." Having prepared themselves with what was necessary for safety and comfort, they started for the potato field; arrived within its precincts, they en- sconced themselves in some nook, out of sight, and in pa- tience waited for the expected game. The doctor carried the armament, well charged as we have seen ; after waiting un- til they began to think their vigil for that night would come to naught, they were aroused from their despondency by the sound of approaching footsteps, and the rattle of fence rails as the intruders scaled the palisade surrounding the potato field. The intruders seemed to be in force, sufficient when deployed to extend across the whole field ; the force, as was apparent, was composed of various nationalities ; on the one flank might be heard the rich Irish brogue, on the other, the Acadian dialect was in the ascendant, and from the centre, rang out the sweet German accent. The marauders advanced along the field in search of plunder, and soon came into the vicinity of the hidden sentinels, when suddenly up rose the stalwart form of the doctor, and in thunder tones rang out upon the night air, the startling command, " Stand, or I will
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shoot you !" snapping his fusee, but it missed fire. Then commenced a fusilade of musketry from the robber band- from right to centre, and from centre to left-one continuous rattle of firearms. The doctor, on finding himself in a sort unarmed, and the enemy outnumbering him and better pro- vided, adopted the cautionary tactics of beating a hasty re- treat, which was successfully accomplished by crossing a sort of Chickahominy swamp in the rear, wading in mud knee deep, and the loss of one pair of unmentionables, torn to tat- ters by the brambles encountered, and which could not be avoided in the darkness and haste of the flight. It was no. ticed by some of the good citizens, the next day, that John and Capt. Burgess held frequent confabs, and seemed to be particularly pleased about something.
WILLIAM S. PRITCHARD.
Was a pedagogue several terms in the "Old Cradle of Liberty." Was fond of singing, and led in the Orthodox choir some years, and was sexton for a while. Kept shoe- maker's shop, and had several apprentices, amongst them Jere A. Swan. One day, while he was out of the shop, the boys set his watch ahead an hour, and when eleven o'clock came, by the watch, he started for "Mount Carmel," and rung out a jolly dinner peal ; everybody was startled, think- ing it was a fire alarm, knowing it to be but twelve o'clock. When he came down from the mount, every person he met, pulling out their watches, would enquire what he rung the bell that time of day for. After being confronted by so ma- ny, he became satisfied that his watch was wrong, but he turned the joke upon his assailants, by remarking that when he came around for his pay they could not say they did not hear the bell ring.
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STOVER RINES.
Was a laboring man, and rather deficient in education. A man of splendid physique, weighing two hundred and forty pounds, or more ; engaged in lumbering, and afterwards went into land speculation, from which he reaped a large fortune. In his flush days, he caused to be erected on Mount Carmel, the six tenement block which always bore his name until it was destroyed in the great fire, April 19, 1865; the fire orig- inated in this block. He manufactured lumber for market quite extensively. The practice in those times obtained very generally for night sawyers to work up the handiest logs they could find, more especially if they were good ones. As an inducement to his workmen to be on the alert, he offered them so much per thousand feet, for all the good logs they should chance to work up from stray logs, and each morn- ing would find a good stock or more piled up in the mill, for which they were paid the stipulated price, which went as spending money during the day. But the joke of the thing was in the fact that the largest portion of the boards, so piled out, were from the best of his own logs. He married for a second wife, a Portland young lady, a very queen of beauty, tall and graceful, but made partially insane by her sudden rise from a state of almost abject poverty, to great wealth - her extravagant notions, stimulated and fostered by her husband, who assured her that she could not expend his income, and that he was as proud of her dashing extrava- gance, as she was of exhibiting her brilliant and varied cos- tume. In a short time her vapid ignorance and stupidity palled upon his matured judgment, and he became disgusted with her frivolity ; but what the real cause was will remain a secret-and to get rid of her, he entered into a conspiracy
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with two or three reckless fellows, to concoct a plan to black- en her character, and give him sufficient evidence to obtain a divorce. This led to litigation, and after several years of law suits, he succeeded in effecting a separation by bribing her to silence. He has married two wives since-one of which survives him. He died during the rebellion, at Wash- ington, where he was employed in the commissary department. The militia company in this place chose him Captain, sup- posing that he would be liberal in providing refreshments, and they were not disappointed in their expectations. The company went upon the muster field, more than one hun- dred strong, dressed in a red shirt uniform. They adopted the name of " Racaribos," from a specimen of animated na- ture, discovered by Sewall, Lamos, and others, in the upper part of the state, in some spot, the nearer to which you ap- proach, the farther it was from you. A naturalist describes the specimen, as a cross between the serpent and kangaroo, having the upright appearance of the latter, with the gilding locomotive movement of the former, making use of its tail as a rudder to guide its course. The company in its red shirt uniform and its unique name, attracted a good deal of atten- tion.
RICHARD WINSLOW.
Was the pioneer settler of Old Town village, and built the first double saw mill at the Ounegan (carry.) The town was incorporated in 1806, under the name of Orono, and he was the first one of the board of Selectmen, elected when the town was organized. That year he sold out his interest here to Jackson Davis, and went away, and his name ap- pears after 1808, no more upon the records of the town.
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CHARLES H. DE WOLF.
Merchant tailor. A very pious young man, very fond of preaching, but quite averse to practicing what he taught. He attempted to seduce a young female, but did not succeed, and when called to an account, by the church of which he was a member, did not deny the charge, but gave as an ex- planation, that the attempt was only for proving the strength of her virtue, and when he found she was chaste, he gave her the best advice he was capable of. He was apt to carry his animosities to extremes, and getting put out with Ezra C. Brett, published an outrageous libel against him. Brett sued him, and recovered a judgment for $1,200, and costs. He paid attention to Elizabeth Green for a long time, and succeeded at length in overcoming her virtue, as she said, upon the most solemn promise of matrimony, but when the consequences of her indiscretion became apparent, he abandoned her, and she resorted to a suit for breach of promise, and employed a young attorney who had suffered some injustice at the hands of De Wolf, and felt interest enough in the matter to follow up the suit until she recovered a judgment for $1,600. The execution would not have been worth much, but luckily the attorney discovered the fact that the deed conveying the lot and store now owned by Jaman Perry, was acknowledged on Sunday, and the execution was levied upon it, and the Court sustained the set off, on the ground that the deed being executed on the Sabbath, was not a notice to third parties.
After he went away from here, he wandered into the State of Oregon, and there indulged in the precept and practice of free love, and entered into a written contract with a woman to become man and wife, without the usual legal formalities-
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the contract specifying that either party might annul it at pleasure. He was prosecuted for the crime of adultery, and on the trial, he maintained his right of contracting marriage as he had done. It was a difficult case to dispose of, but the Justice was equal to the emergency. The paramour was present, and the Court, to carry out the idea of the contract of marriage, asked him if he acknowledged that woman to be his wife. "I do," was the response. The Court then asked the woman if she acknowledged him to be her husband. " Yes, sir," she replied. The Justice then remarked, " By authority vested in me by the Governor, I hereby, in accord- ance with your acknowledgment, pronounce you man and wife-married according to the law of the State of Oregon -and as a man cannot be tried for adultery with his wife, the case is dismissed."
FRANCIS MILTON.
Born in Bristol, England, about 1789, and went to sea at a very early age, and when about fourteen, made a voyage to America, and landed at St. Andrews, from an unseaworthy old hulk, was transferred to a new vessel, from which he run away, and came to Calais, where he remained a short time- then went to Eastport. There he shipped on board of a small coaster of twenty tons, whose voyages extended as far as the Kennebec river; the captain and himself making the whole crew. In the year 1812, a boat's crew of fourteen, from a British war vessel, were sent up the Machias river; they captured a number of prisoners, young Milton among them ; but upon reflection, instead of returning to their ship, desert- ed in a body with their prisoners, and landed at Machias ; be- ing good gunners, they were a valuable acquisition to the garrison, helping to fix up and man the guns of the fort. He
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here enlisted in the United States service, in Captain Nash's company of volunteers, and served fourteen months, when the company was relieved by regular troops. While doing sentry duty at Eastport, he had the grit and good fortune to capture a smuggler's boat and crew, who did not yield until he had fired two shots at them, the last going through the upper streak of the boat near the boatswain's seat. Besides the boat, the cargo was valued at three thousand dollars, by the custom house officers. He now draws a pension of nine- ty-six dollars a year, as one of the few veterans yet remaining of the 1812 war.
RUFUS DWINEL.
Came here from Lisbon, in 1837, but did not reside here long, and yet did so much business in town, as to entitle him to recognition in these sketches. He had the faculty of do- ing more business successfully with a given amonnt of capi- tal, than almost any other man of his time. As has been be- fore stated, he purchased the franchise of the Argyle boom, in 1827, procured a new charter and erected the present Pea Cove boom, in 1832, which he sold to General Veazie in 1833, after which time, he turned his attention to lumbering and manufacturing the same. In 1833-4, he, in connection with other parties, he being the only one known to the public, built the mills at West Great Works, containing twelve saws, in six separate buildings. These mills was burned in 1856, and he rebuilt them under one roof, and they were again burned in 1864; after this he sold the privilege to other par- ties, who rebuilt the mills. The whole property ultimately went into the hands of William T. Pearson, Esq., who is now the sole owner. The agents employed by Dwinel from time to time, to manage and superintend his property in town,
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where Jefferson St. Clair, Isaac Smith, Samuel G. Oakes, David N. Estabrook, David Gatchel, Thomas McDonald, and perhaps some others.
SAMUEL VEAZIE.
Came here from Topsham, in 1826, and bought the Jack- son Davis land and mill property-but did not live long here -and subsequently moved to Bangor. He was in trade some years at Topsham. When he first opened a store there, he had to transport his goods from Bath, and across the river at Brunswick. He hired a saddle horse, to go and see about getting his goods along ; the bridge across the Androscoggin was then being built, and in order to get his teams across, had to lay down some loose planks. He hitched the horse to a fence, and went to the assistance of the teamsters; they had some difficulty in getting over, and actually dumped part of a load of salt into the river. Finally he succeeded in get- ting his stock into the store, and in two or three days got regulated and felt like breathing freely-but almost lost his breath when a man came into the shop and asked where his horse was. After thinking profoundly for a few moments, he roused up and said, "I left your horse hitched to a fence, on the other side of the river; if you will go and find him, I will pay the bills." The owner, after a short search, found the horse quietly grazing on the side of the road, with the saddle on, having managed to get his liberty by slipping the bridle. The owner was rewarded to his entire satisfaction.
His ownership of property in town, has been heretofore stated. It soon became apparent that the Pea Cove boom was not of sufficient capacity to properly take care of the vast and increasing lumber business upon the river, and in the winter of 1836-'7, he erected the Argyle boom, where it now
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exists. In the summer of 1837, a large quantity of pine logs belonging to Lincoln & Foster, were rafted there, and the water remained so low that they could not be run over Sunk- haze rips, and as a consequence, the next spring many of them went down river with the ice.
The question of the right of the Corporation to raft logs at Argyle, came before the Court, and it was decided that the logs, by the requirements of the charter, must be delivered below the main boom. Taking advantage of this ruling of the Court, Lincoln & Foster sued Veazie, or what was the same thing, the Corporation, for the value of their logs lost. They not being able to furnish the necessary funds to carry on the suit, sold their interest to Waldo T. Pierce and others, who took into their partnership every lumberman they could find, who was enemy enough of Veazie's to induce them to help fight the battle. The action came on for trial at Bangor, Judge Tenney holding the court; the case had been going on for several days, with a good deal of crimination between the parties, who had their feelings wrought up to a high pitch of excitement. Just in this state of affairs, the court was adjourned at the close of the day, and the persons in the court room rose up preparatory to departure from the place , there were so many of the interested parties and their attor- nies, as to completely pack the space within the area, and in passing through the crowd to procure their hats and over- coats, Veazie and Pierce came in contact-and Veazie, in a scornful manner brushed past him, and, as Pierce thought, elbowed him rather roughly, when, turning round, he struck the General in the back of the neck. Veazie, turning to confront him says, "Do you strike me ?" Just at this instant, John W. Veazie, who had stepped up on the desks which
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surround the area, jumped over the heads of two or three persons, alighting directly upon Pierce, and both of them came in a heap upon the floor. Thereupon ensued a scene of confusion, such as that old court house never saw before or since, and is easier to be conceived than described-the friends of both parties, rushing to the aid of their respective friends, or to help still the commotion. In the rush, the General's hat was knocked off, having in its capacious recess, several valuable papers, and he made a dive to recover them. Judge Kent, seeing the movement, supposed he was pitching into the fight, and exclaiming, " What! what !" seized hold of Veazie behind, for the purpose of hauling him back. Just as Kent was exerting his strength, Veazie, having recovered his papers, rose up, leaving nothing for Kent to support him- self by, and as a matter of course, over he went backwards, dragging the General on top of him. In their descent they pounced upon one of the court house chairs, which, not be- ing made strong enough to support five hundred pounds dumped upon it in that rough manner, yielded to the pres- sure, and was crushed to the floor. By this time, the friends of order had succeeded in a measure in quieting the excite- ment. Perhaps the most striking feature in the picture, was the appearance of Judge Tenney, who had not at that time, risen from his seat, as he sat there, with astonish- ment, disgust, anger, and shame depicted upon his expressive countenance. That action never came into court again. Af- ter the adjournment, Jones P. Veazie settled the matter with the plaintiffs, by the payment of seven hundred dol- lars-a sum just about large enough to pay the accrued costs-at which performance the General was very much grieved, declaring, as the tears rolled down his cheeks, that
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he should have licked them, an opinion that was confirmed by Judge Tenney when speaking of the incident, many years later.
COL. EBEN WEBSTER.
Came here about the time or soon after Jackson Davis, and bought the Dall mill at Lower Old Town. He built a house that stood where Jos. R. Sawyer's cooper shop now stands, and when married, brought his wife there, and commenced keeping house in it. He was quite largely engaged in lum- bering, which he manufactured himself. In 1817, he rebuilt the dam, which for years went by the name of "Webster dam," and built a double mill outside of the shore mill, and carried on these mills until 1823, when he removed to Still- water, where his father had previously settled. In 1815, there was no school in this part of the town; it was voted that Jackson Davis and Eben Webster draw their share of the school money and expend it themselves. He was a man of considerable military taste and genius, and was elevated to the rank of Captain of militia, before the war of 1812, af- terwards elected Colonel, and was in command of a portion of the forces under General Blake, at the battle of Hamp- den. After a slight resistance, the Americans abandoned the field, and fled in all directions, that promised personal safety. Captain Valentine, who was in command of a com- pany at the time, told this story, of which he was an eye witness in part. "A bullet from the British, struck the hook of the drum of one of the musicians, causing it to fall to the ground. The owner had hardly got it secured again in place, when another bullet struck the hoop of the drum, cutting it in two, and causing the drum again to fall to pieces upon the ground. The man began to think the position
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rather dangerous, and not stopping for the fragments, started in full retreat, fright giving him great agility. The first ob- stacle he encounted was a six rail fence, which he scaled, touching nothing but his hands; the next seen of him was at Sunkhaze, a safe distance from British bullets." The Cap- tain, being mounted, was obliged to retreat by the highway, which he did in bull-dog style, keeping just out of harm's way. The British followed up the river, with their fleet, and one barge, with a four pound carronade aboard, came up as far as Treat's falls. As the Captain came wending his way along, "solitary and alone," chewing the cud of bitter regret at the cowardice of his countrymen, in fleeing before the enemy, and the want of patriotism in others, who refused to turn out and assist in the work of protecting their homes, just in this frame of mind, he came opposite a house a short distance north of Treat's falls, the occupant of which was one of the stay at homes. At that instant, a happy thought struck him, and seeing the barge approaching, he rode back and forth in front of the house, for the purpose of drawing the fire from the barge upon it. The owner, seeing the pre- dicament, hastily gathered a pillow case of provisions and fled for the woods. The captain continued his picket duty, until a ball came so near as to make him dodge, throwing off. his military hat, which he dismounted to recover, and then prudently left on his way homeward. The owner of the farm within a few years, dug up a four pound ball, which he presented to Colonel Webster's son, Eben, who still keeps it, in the belief that it is the very one that came so near his father's head.
DAVID C. MERRICK.
Came here about 1849, and for a time engaged in the man-
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ufacture of ladies' shoes. Married the widow of Thomas G. Clark; afterwards lived for several years upon the Indian farm, upon Orson Island. There being no bridge, his meth- od of getting to the main land, was by ferrying in a batteau, and he kept one for that purpose. For convenience as well as pleasure, he fitted up a sail to his boat, and passed many a pleasant hour in company with his helpmeet, in sailing over the pellucid waters of the Penobscot. On one occasion Mrs. Merrick desired to visit the main land ; Merrick, good obedi- ent husband, at once took the proper measures to ferry her over. Having got her safely on board-no easy task, her usual weight being something over two hundred pounds, he loosed from the shore, hoisted the sail, and with the aid of a gentle breeze, commenced the fateful voyage. The wind not being in the' proper direction, in order to make his landing, he was obliged to beat to windward, and in doing so it was necessary to go about, and as the sail jibed over, to avoid be- ing hit, Mrs. Merrick dodged her head down to let the sail pass over it, the boat careening at the same time, she lost her balance and plunged head foremost into the water. She soon rose to the surface, and in thrilling, frightened tones, called out, " Save me, Merrick ! save me, Merrick !" to which ap- peal the reply in encouraging tones promptly came, " By the Gods, I will, wife, or perish in the attempt !" She being so heavy, it was impracticable to get her into the boat, and so encouraging her to hold on to the side of the batteau, he towed her safely ashore-and for that day the trip to the main land had to be given up. In April, 1861, Merrick enlisted in the famous sixth regiment of Maine volunteers, and was one of the platoon that elicited so much notice on account of the height and size of the men ; his age was such that he was
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unable to endure the fatigue of campaigning, and after serv- ing about two years, he was honorably discharged-and the last known of him, he was making a home somewhere down south-I think, in Virginia.
WILLIAM SMITH.
Brother of Asa; came here about the same time. He had a good deal of martial spirit, and rose to the rank of Colonel in the militia .. He built the lower tavern in 1830, near the bridge to Milford, now known as the "Codman House," and kept it as a public house some twenty years. One day Capt. Stover Rines, being in the tavern, boasted that he had the most competent and best qualified book keeper there was in town, and offered to bet a treat for the company, that upon examination he could prove it. The Colonel, willing to hu- mor his propensity for betting, and moreover, willing to risk losing the treat, rather than be brow-beaten, said he would take that bet, relying upon the shrewdness and wit of his own clerk, a long, gawky, slab-sided, green specimen yan- kee, to get him out of the dilemma. The terms . were ar- ranged, and a committee agreed upon to act as referees, to examine any candidates presented, and upon examination to report who was the successful competitor. Rines' clerk,
Charles H. Ellis, first presented himself, explained his meth- od of book keeping, and exhibited his books, which were in- deed kept in most excellent style and order, and showed some splendid samples of penmanship. William S. Marshall, Smith's clerk, then brought out his books; he had just pur- chased a nice new set, upon which no entries had yet been made, and said that his system of book keeping "was to keep them clean.' This method was so apposite to the times, when to charge an item upon one's books was about equivalent to
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giving it away, that it struck Rines with so much force that he at once exclaimed, "I give it up, and will not ask the com- mittee to make any report," and ordered drinks for the com- pany. In later years, Col. Smith moved to Newport.
MOSES AVERILL.
Came to Upper Stillwater, with his father in 1817, and took up a lot under the betterment act, and made improve- ments and built a house. The soil then belonged to General Joseph Treat. When the land was run out, it turned out to be settler's lot number twenty-six. He built a single saw mill on the outside of the dry way, on the head of the island, and the mud sills remain there still ; it went out of use before 1825. He brought up a large family of children to mature age, consisting of five sons and four daughters. He was town Clerk of Orono ten years, and on the board of Selectmen sixteen years ; being one of the first board after the town was incorporated. In later years, he purchased the soil of the lot upon which he first settled. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in the town.
ASA SMITH.
Came here from Palmyra, in 1828; was a carpenter and joiner, and erected the buildings now owned by Daniel Mc- Culloch, and occupied them until his death. He was the master builder of the first Congregationalist house, on Mount Carmel, as the site is called. He served for many years as Constable of the town-and his spectacles, which he was obliged to wear constantly, in time came to be a terror to evil doers. His sons, Stephen, William H., Thomas, Asa, Jr., and Joseph L., were all successful business men, and some of them became wealthy.
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MOSES BROWN.
Was one of the pioneers of the town, and at one time was possessed of considerable property, but unlucky lumber op- erations took the most of it from him. He once owned orig- inal lot No. 15, the centre line of which, run by mistake of the surveyor, has made so much trouble to subsequent own- ers. He built the house on Brunswick street, next north of the Folsom house ; his heirs, now resident in California, still own it. One of the prominent features of remembrance of him was his annual custom of fitting out for a haying voyage to Sunkhaze meadow. In those times, Old Town village was largely dependent on the meadow for fodder for their stock in the winter. About haying time, the owners used to stake it off into lots, give public notice, and sell the stumpage at auction. This was for years a noted epoch. The purchaser could cut the grass at his leisure-and some people made their time late in the season. In connection therewith, one Spencer gave an exhibition of submission to circumstances worthy of imitation, putting to shame many Christian pro- fessions. He was there in September, camping out, with no tent to cover his head ; one night there came six inches of snow, and when the old gent awoke in the morning, and shook the snow from his unkempt locks, looking around upon the whitened landscape, he very quietly remarked that it was not as though he was not prepared for it-and the state of preparation was that he had neither stockings or shoes to his feet, and had down four acres of grass in the swath which he had mown the day before. Brown, at the battle of Hampden, was the last man to leave the field, and fired one shot at the enemy after they had begun to cross the bridge in Hampden village, on their route to Bangor, which they occupied soon after
INDEX.
A.
Autobiography .
3
Agassiz's theory 11
Argyle Road
22
Averill, Moses.
149
B.
Bennoch Road.
21
Bradbury Block.
22
Boom.
23
Births-first in town.
26
Baptists.
82
Blanchard, Charles
102
Brett, Ezra C.
109
Barnard, Timothy.
113
Bradbury, James C.
120
Bates, Niran
121
Brastow, George O
123
Bartlett, Richard H.
124
Bartlett, Thomas
128
Brown, Aaron
129
Brown, Moses
150
c.
Castine-the younger.
13
Chapman Block.
22
Cooper's Mills.
37
Cradle of Liberty.
28
Chapman Steam Mill.
39
Catholics
79
Congregationalists.
81
Coney, Samuel
108
D.
Davis, Jackson.
18-127
Davis, Daniel .
18-124
DeWolf, Charles H
139
Dwinel, Rufus
141
E.
East Side Mill, Up. Stillwater .. 33 Episcopalians. SỐ
F.
French Jesuits
13
Folsom Block ..
22
French, Leonard P
10.5
French, Joseph C.
105
Fairbanks, D. H
119
Fortier, Charles
122
G.
Great Works Mill.
35
Godfrey Block
37
Gullifer, Thomas
114
H.
Haynes, Nathaniel.
106
Hilliard, William T
10S
Hilliard, John H.
108
Hoskins, Eli.
115
I.
Indian population, 1625
12
Indian hatred.
14
Indian treaties.
15
Ingersoll, George W.
100
J.
Jameson, William
131
Jameson, Charles D.
.132
K.
Kirkland Road.
L.
Livingston, Major
13
Lincoln fire, 1865
26
Lower Old Town Mill.
34
Lamos, Ephraim R.
134
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M.
Mohawks, 1669. 12
Marsh, John 17
Milford Bridge 21
Methodists.
83
Military.
92
Masons and Odd Fellows
95
Merrill, Samuel H
101
McDonald, William .
103
Mansfield, D. H.
104
Morgan, John B.
109
Milton, Francis.
140
Merrick, David C.
146
N.
Neptune, John.
19
o.
Old Town-situated 7
Old Town-wealth 8
Old Town-early history
10
Old Town-incorporated.
57
Orono, Chief, 1781
15
Orono incorporated. 45
Ounegan Block
22
Orne, David.
112
P.
Pushaw Bridge.
22
Porter's Mill
38
Perley, Daniel J.
120
Perley, Jere.
106
Purinton, James.
19-126
Pritchard, William S
136
R.
Road to Orono .
21
Rines Block
22
Richardson & Kennedy Block ..
22
River Steamers
41
Rail Roads
88
Roberts, Amos M
122
Richardson, Henry
122
Rollins, John
134
Rines, Stover
137
S.
Schools ..
32
Shore Mill, Upper Stillwater 33
Shad Rips Mill.
38
Steam Mill, Old Town . 38 Steam Mill, Upper Stillwater. 39
St. Clair, Jefferson
110
Smith, William H.
111
Smith, Edward (No. 6)
111
Sterling, Samuel.
117
Smith, Isaac
125
Smith, William
148
Smith, Asa.
149
T.
Tradition
12
Tarratines.
12
Treat & Webster Island Mills.
35
Tannery
43
Temperance.
96
Temple, James
121
Temple, John
121
U.
Upper Stillwater Bridge.
22
Union Academy
43
Universalists .
84
Union Church
87
V.
Veazie Block.
22
Veazie, Samuel.
18-142
W.
Westbrook, Col.
13
Winslow, Richard
18-138
Williams, N. L. & S.
18
Washburn's Block.
36
Wadleigh, I. & J.
19-132
Wadleigh, Samuel.
119
Wyman, Robert.
112
Webster, Col. Eben.
145
Y.
Young, Levi
124
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