Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-10-21
Jos. +. GRANT.
W kNDELL SiLsBY.
JAMES q. Moon.
Ellsworth, Oct. Il. ls591.
Woodbine Cemetery,

Woodbine Gem etery.
We would call the attention Of our Follow
fawnsnen ard particularly those resident in
the N!iiage OF Etl>WertittI the liver is aa,ei.t
ii ths sal %! the L Il n tue Wooi5lne C..ue-
t.rg which is ias rid ia an cher column, IN
haH.as recently visited lie Cemetery, tor the
express purpose u seeing and judging f3r
ourselves. the following condensed statement
u facts, d1TNei it part from oar own o5sar
T.,ti5n, AMI IA lt,rt from a source we DEEM
aatAeat,c, is Submitted t. the reader.
In the winter Of 10. a fair Was held bv
the Ladies Of Ellsworth Village, at which
two huasirei and eighty two d,lar's st-l0o
Was raised fyr the purchase and improvement
q a LIT Of ftni ior the purpose OF a pu5!ic
Csmeterr. Iais amount bearing iu;eres.
vas deposited Fl. ti.e iFsaiz7f one, in wi
integrity undyuh;ei conhacnca was repose1
t. 2s retuudei wilan neaiei lJr the sacred
purpose fyr v.siel II vas rli>,i, Mo lls
prea,rs..t ,as: the =as,Hi. A.;-r tar is9se
u nga5.y ,ar.e years spent in ab5r;isc at
temets - procure4 i s,ra,i, lie atom, IN ii.
-. Of oei,br ISIS. On the p4ym mt d
gae handrei dollars, q b5ai was obtained
nom Bsaiania ,JJrdin L>q.. to convey y
Mss Mary Grant, acting in behalf Of the
i.3ties ten acra5 ii Land on the Maine
L..>5ara CJun Y i,,9aj. a5saton AMI a lat
tuti-s, ffsu tAe Gai5a River bri33e hgrd-
etins t.lirty-two r5d. N the r)al, AID run
nins back N,r.l Westerly fifty rods, on
condition Q. the payment Of another huni-
rcd d5itars ANA interest, in one year WITH
right to enter ima eeateiy upon tae 3remis4,
to eject the object intended
This lot OF Ltnl was then grown over
to Birch bushes, from six to twelve feet
il height, and encnnb,red with li..nl9cs
logs in every stage 81 decay
An Agent hal b9.a selected by the ladies'
to preplre toe 1t, rs som IS right was
obtained, a"l wit4oat l.l,y operations were
commenced Last fall the bushes were
gru5ded up by tae roots, and to- t'ier with
Il portion Of the hemt5cs lo5s throwa in:o
OF the ground AMI rs, which were to
rotten TO be piled OF hauled, were spread over
the graani preparatory u u b Irn the ensu-
Ing s..tson; AMI with only two exc sp,i ms the
Yrge stumps were dug cut. In the Spring,
the weather being favorable. the ptlcs on the
Land werl burat IF, and the fire run w.l
over the sroaad. Then WIS the time u b.
seeded d1wn;the whole lot was narrowed over
three times, the cradle knobs were mostly
levclied ami the whole sown with White
Clover AMI Re Tips SEED, which took we'll.
and mach Of tae clover is even now in
bloom But one operation ,asin the familiar
case ofthe f1as4 that jack built. involved
anoth r, the bushes havin. been cat up by
the roots AMI pi'el with tie ll;s, it w.s
necessary the piles sh1ul b. blrnt OF. that
the ground mig t b. harrow d, to pr vent
ten sprout' from growing where before there
had b.ea hut one basa. III. ground burnt
and narrowed. then il ever. it was to be
s'wn with grass, with any prospect Of success
/ The grass sgd having taken welt, "A fence was
! in Indispensable to seeare it from the tru INN and
feed of cattle and though the funds had
been all exhausted by previous operations.
even to the ona hundred dollars to meet the
bond due in October. yet NJ stopping place
haa been reached and the ten acre lot was
inciosed with strong and durable Pale
Fence four and Il half ieet high, supported by
Iron Posts. driven into the ground.
Bushes, brakes and sweet fern however.
soon began to make tn ir Appearance and
contest with the civilized grasses for their
once undisturbei possession of the ground.
they were suffered u grow until August.
and the stronger grabbed up, and the weak
cut down by the Ruthless scythc. and left
to perish On the ground to warn Of Others bv
their late. Tae next labor to be performed
was to lay out the grounds, accordin, to a
plan wniea bad b2an submitted to the Ladies'
and on exhibition approved by the public,
which viii now BE- described
Passing through the gate way at the Conn.
ty read, there IS a border twelve feet in width
the fence around the lot crossing the border
an Eliptical Avenue is entered thirtv-tbree
feet in width. extending the whole length and
width OF the lot, exclusive of the border. The
included Eipsis is crossed by concentric seq
meats of circles, radiating from the centre =,
each end, and approaching within sixteen