Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1863-12-18
LOCAL AND OTHER ITEMS

line They received claim for pension.
the other day that had been left at tbei, oc.
hce only one month before tho recent Of IN.
Bounty. Mr.. Waterhouse gives this br.nc,,
his special attention, and has the forms 70,
all the different applications for war claim.
and they are very numerous. SEQ their I'd.
vertiscmcnt in our card list.
The following gentlemen were iu,..lL
ed as officers OF - Ledge F. A. Ma
sons in orland, on Wednesday evening IN.
9th inst, by P. NJ. William S,merbv ~
Ellsworth
B. Morrill,, W. NJ.
Il. &. Saunders. S. w.
o. Sargent, j. W.
l. ii. Hartman, Treasurer.
Charles IL Saunders, Secretary.
y. X. Wardwcll, S. d.
George II. Ehrd ;c,J J. d.
Horace Cotton, T.
After the installation the members with
visiting brethren, their ladies and ipyitee,
guests, sat down to an oyster supper, and n
very pleasant and social season was passea
Speeches were made by members and Others.
Everything passed of pleasantly and salts.
factory to all concerned.
Tho potato crop in Maine last year.
amounted to nearly 81, 900 ,O0O. 900. New
York and Pennsylvania are the only States
that produced larger quantity than Maine.
-Caicago received l22 900 hogs in one
week reccnily-in continuous line thew
would form hog telegraph $50 miles long,
or sausage line $500 miles in length
enough to reach from San Francisco to New
York.
Mr.. Whitney. the builder Of the iron
clad keokuk. has gone to Charleston, to as
sst in the operations for raising that unior-
tnnate craft. 1t is thought she will be got
aaoat in about three weeks
\ LARGE Flock The Pennington Chron-
ic3e says that 400 sheep were driven through
that ice one day last week by Mcssrs. Ad-
ans ( Miller Of WIl,on-purchasod in Som
crset and Piscataquis.
a NICE IIoLIpy GIrr-One Of those
Groves 4 Baker Sewing Machines, at Sawyer
4 Burrs. Cali and see them
The Aniroscossn Il ,ad is open again
to Pennington.
- Black squirrels are plenty this fall 10
the Canadian forests.
The quota Of Lewiston is about Gil
eat a city bounty Of 5000
New York export. Cor the las. week
foot up three and half millions.
Ora PRAY, AND EGc Business We learn
from Capt. Parker, our Il.rbor NJ .s,er, that
the quantity Of potatoes slipped from this
part this Fail acclrlin, TO his rcc'rl, is
800. 900 bushels bought a, an ACREAGE of So
cents per bushei, smountin, to about Sl6p,
600
ot eggs, he reports as having be N shippcl
by Messr.. Woodbury. Il Grover, los Jag
d1zan, bought At AN average OF ID cents .
d1zen amounting to SiG,USS IS Wig.
y farmer took a single wagon load u
ms produce 70 Syracuse, and sold it for
sl.5SS 50 Il was the WOOL produced BY
his $50 sheep. Farming and wool growing
will always pay IN tins country. II can
hardly be overd5ne. \ youu: man proper
" educrted into the business can be nbout
sure OF t'rtnns-while in other pursuits.
not one in twenty ever gets beyond cim-
Portable living. and a large proportion fail
even OF that. Sill our boys and young
men nearly al rush into mercantile, mcchan-
zeal or professional life to meet the incvita.
bic and sharp competition which they are
sure to hnd there. la agriculture, the com.
petition IL light, A farmer is sure OF q
good price Tor all he can produce - Wig.
Ora PENSIONERS According to the rerort
OF the Secretary Of the Interior. the number
OF Revolutionary soldiers borne upon the
pension rolls are DIV indlel down to Is on
the 2lth Of June lar,, Of whom only ten
had made applications FOR their .,ipends on
the / b Of March. The number Of widovs
Of Revolutionary solder. on the rolls a, the
same period, was ia. The whole mum.
Der "t army invalid Pensi1n. on the rolls in
June was .2iS, most OF whom wcre rem.
stoned on nccpuntOf ,nilfies received or die.
eases contracted m shs service during tho
present war. lhe widows. orphans, aud
depen lent mothers OF , .G73 deceased soiliers
OF the present war w"re inscribed upon tho
rolls during the last fiscal year. making the
whole number OF this class On the rolls at
the Gloss OF the year, 1920. The number
OF navy invsli!s on the rolls at the close Of
the year was ga. and the number Of wid.
o~s, orphans, and Dependent. mothers Of
deceased officers and scamen Of the navy,
ST.. The whole number OF army pensions
added to ii, rolls during the last fiscal year
was So and the navy SIC. The nun.
Der oil army pensions, OF all classes, on the
rolls. on the Both OF June last. was 49,
O59, and the navy 1872. The payment Of
the former requires the sum of 81 .057 Gal.