Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-08-26
CORRESPONDENCE.
BLUEHILL, AUG. % 1859.

Mr.. EDITOR
Asan early hour on Saturday morning
last we discovered flung to the breeze from a
pole on our Town Hail. our nations flag,
and were at loss to understand its meaning,
until We were ted that it was the day
appointed for Democratic Convention,
SO our curiosity was excited and we with
others made bee line for the scene Of action,
and on entering the Hall judge of our sur
prise on beholding still another of our
nations Emblems hung in rich festoons across
the Hall back of the Speakers desk, and we
were ready to exclaim in the language of the
| Poet.
I've seen the moon climb tho mountain brow =;
I've seen the mists Ger waters stealing;
| But never in my life did sec till now,
This Hall present such tremendous trimming.
But while we were thus mcditating and
admiring, the sexton ofthe Baptist Church
struck his bell and Ding, Dong, Ding, for
one full hour it went trying to call together
and to wheel into line the terrified Democ-
racy of Hancock County; it was a hard task
but still the Republican sexton stuck to his
post like the boy to the burning ship. now
a ring and now a toll, tho sweat dropping
from his proboscis and painting like tiger
still on he rings feeling heavenly calm
within him and thinking without doubt he
is doing God service. While the worthy
Pastor of the Church sitting in his study
hearing the bell, thinks he must have lost
day, hurries up and wends his way thither
and is surprised to learn that the bell instead
of calling him, is calling Parson Smith the
Democratic candidate for Gov, for flaming
posters had announced to us for days pre-
vious that Hon. Mr. Smith and Hon. Moses
Mcdonald would address the Convention,
but they did not come, and it is supposed by
some that Smith had gone to eternity where
he expected to find more congenal COM
pany of Democrats. and the sexton hints
that he was ringing the bell, to ring him
through.
But the noise of the bell was not sufficient,
50 a cannon must be had and a good Repub-
lican is found that has one and he tells them
they may have it, and that it is in the shop
Of a Straight Wing, (now what I mean by
Straight Wing is, the man that only votes
when be has nind to, but when he does
vote is sure to vote the Democratic ticket,
that doesn't exactly want to be seen in the
rank and file Of them old locos but still
kinder likes to whistle round them hoping
the old Wing Party will come back that
way-we've got one or two of them fellows
here vet, Mr.. Ell, real euriosities they are
,raiting for the old ,chig party TO come boch
what an endless amount of patience they
need won't they but wait on old friend:
1860 you will see some Of your old wing
friends in clorer while you in small boat
in tow of that old craft manned by 81. B. :
and crew will be taking trip up Salt River
for your healthy but to the gun, he would
not let it 20 without a written order-and
the good Democrat formerly whis by The
way wouldn't take that trouble no hoW
SO that was no go, but the bell still runs
and the Convention met and organized ane
nominated their candidates, (the bell still
r,nsing) good ones presume, although onf
of their delegates is said to have remarked
that if they should be so unlucky as to elect
some Of them, it would be a disgrace tn
party would never wipe of-while another
remarked that they did not expect to cleo
them if they had they should have nominated
somebody else--oh how consoing to tn
poor fellows but on the whole Mr.. Editor
if they are satisfied we ought to be.
Yours, OBSERVER.