Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-02-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

OF uSciul ana entertaining matter, IN
tcrspcrsed with amusing anecdotes and
striking illustrations: among the lead.
ing papers, are the following: Business
in Ellsworth. controversial pungcn,
essay. Modern Spiritualism, as dis
closed in Ellsworth. Woman Com
parativc Qualities. The Fate Of Ge
Mus. Advice to poor Debtors
Make the best of Everything. To-
gether with a most eloquent ana thrill
inI Poem on the Sad effects Of Intern
pcrancc. BY Charles lowell Esq. of
the Hancock Bar. Ellsworth, Maine:
February. 1858.
The above is the somewhat pretcn-
tious title to Magazine CT useful and
entertaining knowledge by our friend
c. Lowell, Esq. This title page, unctu-
Gus and luminous as it is, is but a suit
able and necessary porch to a splendid
and magnificent Temple-thc bill OF
fare to sumptuous repast-thc appe-
titivc light food which prccedes the
more solid dishes, and prepares one to do
them justice. When this portion is
fully comprchended, one feels to say:
Nov good dirsstan wait oil appetite"
The Introductory Summary" is the
uncovering OF the savory dishes and a
farther invitation to the feast. 1t is a
succinct statement of the principal pa
pcrs in the ma gazine, and the design of
the Author and publisher in giving them
to the world. As our friend indirectly
asks his old Editorial brethren to kind
ly remember him, and as we hope they
will as chccrfully rcspcn nd, there does not
seem any necessity for further comment
on this point. We therefore pass to the
principal and leading article, aud the one
which was 50 good that it had to be re-
cited to the public before committing j;
to the printer. tina, entitled, business
of Eiisnorth."
In this controversial, pungcnt
essay we have u touch of the quality
of our friends mental powers. In this
article, on which the author has expcnd
cd So much thought. and in which he has
compress &C.. so much Of the fire and yi.or
Of true genius, and to which he seems
to have approached with all the formali-
ty, the precision, the method, and the
honest enthusiasm of Uncle Toby in
carrying on his tanciiul campaigns on
the Bowling Green" back OF his Kitchen
gayden--we have",' Ellsworth Business. ''
aud the Ellsworth American" done up
brown. The honest earnestncss OF tu!s
old veteran soldier, eatircly disarms the
inclination that our goose quill feels to
pitch into this laborcd effort.
Suppos!ng that "a ca; might look u,
king, we inquired Of j. ?. Langdon
Esq, an old and experienced lumbocsr
as to tn, amount Of preparation being
made !og ! winters business in lumber
ing On Union RIVER He published :h,s
statement Substantially. /, did not
agree with cur friend l. Wc are scr.
r. Tor the discrep aney. but console our
self with the admitted f-ct that AL
men have theis fittings. llo now al
m.', IN view oftas truly horrible pic
ture drawn by our aleaa-partiy in.
imaginary Of coatss, rs al sUca works Of
art rIust be-.ha; Ellsworth wou.l be
very tilc place. ifit were rot for TIA.
sacx'ricabie labyrinth o. debts, cares,
woes, gre!<. d'seoate8ts, melancholy,
large jom'urcs and old executions 70
Which 50 much a:l.et tie world general
y, and our beautiful village in par,icu.
LAT, IN MS estimation. Therefore We
promise, i! We DO not forget it, tina, here
alter IN what we have to say of the bu-
s.ness Character OF Ellsworth, or o. its
capacity, or of It's prospects, p4s, glory
and future an'ieipauons, th..t this pro-
siso snail be inserted. viz; tia; it is so.
IT friend l.. thinks so, otherwise not
Ibis vii! prevent any future elashing be-
tween The CliEcher, = anu ,Ae Amen.
can"
This settled, We proceed to illustrate
the point we made, viz: that the add.
lion Of more traders to merely sell goods,
without their entering into any business
to use the surplus labor and skill of tn,
place, did not beaef. it," This seems
such truism, that nothing can make i,
plainer. We said nothin, of the charac-
ter OF traders; it was the tgeei of their
business we were speaking of. Illus,ra.
ton of the point. There are, .'pe trust"
eight lawyers In Ellsworth; two thirds Of
that number can and are willing to do all
the law business to be done here. Two
more, equally we'll read in their business.
having perfect right to do so, move in,
and do one tenth of the business: now
what advantage to the public is this
But, says The "Clinchcr," retail traders