Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-02-20
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS.
Celebration OF Washington's
Birthday.


ing at Lords Hall. Admission, Is cents.
Tickets can be obtained at Peck's Apotheca-
ry Store and at Moses Hale's Bookstore. -
Doors open at IL o'clock.
lst Singing by the Sabbath School will
begin at o'clock and continue thirty five
minutes. It is especially required that alb
WHIP may purpose to attend be in the Hal at
the hour specified, as i. is desirable that tho
singing be conducted without interruption.
ID After the singing, the Sabbath School
will be dismissed from the platform, that
the remaining two hours Of the evening may
be spent in general social intercourse.
Sd. A table of useful and fancy articles
will be open to all who may choose to pur-
chase.
4th After the sale, q table Of the sim
pier kind of refreshment will be open, gra.
tutously, to the members Of the school,
up the the delivery, at the table. Of the
tickets that had admitted them to the Hall.
5;h A table of ampier refreshment will
be open to all, where they can 30 served to
whatever they may choOs, to buy.
9th Members of the School who may
not have received their tickets before, will
call for them at Captain Griffin S on Monday
,eittow taii, as no gratuitous tickets can b
given them at the door.
PER ORDER OF Con-. OF IA.
DEDICATION The Baptist Meeting House
in Surry, will he dedicated Tuesday next,
the 9th inst. Service tocowmence at IL
clock 7. VI.
Ma. EplT5R 1t viii crafty portion Of
your readers to learn that the financial AZ
fairs Of the Congregational Society Of this
place, tDr, Tenney's) are in a sound condi-
ton. y, the annual meeting last year the
Society found Themselves somewhat in debt,
siill they voted unanimously to increase tho
salary Of DR.. Tenney one huadred dollars and
als) to repair the PArs,nagc NJ tho annu-
al meeting this year theid lass Tuesday c.en-
insl the Treasurer report show. the Socie-
u Tree f.am debt, with a balance in his
hands of slme 50 90, after expanding some
thing over ono hundred dollars in repairs on
the Parsonage.
/; was prop sed in consequence OF the in-
creased cost II tie nccessaries OF life, that
we should aud stil another hundred dollan
t. Or. fsaney's stiAsy, walsh proposition
vas cafr,ei unanimously. 1t WAS also voted
to have 4 social gathering Of the Society q,
the Nestry on Tuesday evening Of next week.
Tho meeting this year was more fully at
tended than ever tcfjre aud grca, unanimi.y
tteyuI=d. J.
Ellsworth. Feb. -, l,G3
DIVISION Of ;. Of T.-Ins,itn'el at Els.
worth Marie, Jan. l2th i>G3. g. d. }.
: rh4mr~oao' Sbeepe5,l, Maine, dictated
IN II. er- nikltiun. IN accordance To instruct.
ion, gwen by the O. d Of the State Of
Maine. The following officers wcr. elected
aud duly installed
Rev Wm j Wilson, ". Z.
Charles I kiiler. ". \.
I II EHtlet,. L 5.
! i foliett. J. r. $.
Eiwia Wood, F. $
Gotg' Perkins, T.
oris3n Call. {.
/ George \. Beckett, \ c.
]. \. Fos., is.
T.. K. Jordln, o. )
Tie name Of this Division is Oasis. No.
-, and holds its weekly session. o, It's
dies Hall, on saturday evening, a, L.
o'clock
This DYSON - recently instituted prom
iscs to be useln, and VIC trus, is founded on
the main pillars Of the order VIZ LOVE-,
PrRIrY anu FiprLIIY. We look to this, -
green SPOT ia this dcser, Of in,emperanoe.
ohc rs anil members, are united to stand
shoulder to shoulder in this good work, and
hope to succeed in pulling dova the strong
hold Of Bachus 81 firmly and broadly es,ab-
lishsd in this place. God speed the right.
The schools in dis,ric: No. IS closed
on Friday the l3.h inst. We are glad to
state that the term in each Of the depart-
ment-has been both pleasant and profitable
and that thes. schools sustain the high char
acter which they have heretofore enjoyed -
+ II the examination in the afternoon, ,heex-
ereises wcre crcditahle 10 the teacher and
scholars. This is Miss lIenry's fifth term in
connection with the school and we hope il
will not be her last
! MAsoNtc LEyEr,--TheF T. \. Mason. Of H.r-
wood Lode", Machias, are making prepor.-
tons Tor a LYee and Oyster supper, a. Their
Had, on Monday evening. 93l, ins. Tie
Lodges from East Maehi4s, Cherry field and
Addison are invited participate. The
Secretary has cur thanks Cor an invitation L,
be present.
I'VE learn tint the steamer "lsrye,t
Mon, wiil be placed on the route between
Portland and Bangor, about the 10Th os
March, She Is to take the place of the Daniel
Webster, hut will leave Bangor a, la,sr
hour than was customary for the Webster
and will connect with the Boston boats f,,,,
Portland.
-oar thanks due to Hons. II Ham.
lin, w, Z, Fes.endsn and A. p. Euer.,o
for Pab, Does.
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