Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-02-05
I T E M s., & C.

The day did not sweep the house,
there came to it one | did not expect.
An iron theatre 10 cost 500, 900
is to be erected in Havana.
-In st. Paul. Mimi, there are from
1000 to 5000 Catholics, and 1915 Pro-
testants.
VA western paper tells Of a hall that
was lighted with the smiles of fair women
and kerosene lamps.
How did Noah preserve honey.
bees during the flood In the archives
Of the old world, of course.
--Foster the composer Of Old
Folks at Home," who died recently;
made $4,000 out Of that song alone:
There was living in this State on the
fourth of March, 1863, one Revolutionary
penslUucr.
WHAT is tho difference between a
summer dress in winter and an extracted
tooth ? One is too thin, the other tooth
out.
DIR. Theodore II. Jewett, Surgeon
of the Portland Enrolling Board, has
resigned. DR.. Thomas Of Portland is
his successor.
-Arteuas Ward thinks it is bad
thing not to have wife-no gentle
heart to get up Of cold winters morn:
ing and build fire.
Mr.. Lincoln, when asked if the
emanci patton proclamation was finality,
replied" ain slow walker, but l
never walk back"
UAn Irishman compaiHcd to his
physician that he stuffed him so much
with drugs, that he was sick long time
after he got we'll.
The New York Herald estimates
that 100000 are expended each night in
places Of amusements in that city, or
$1,000 more than in Paris
live new cOmpdnies ofcavafry are to
he raised in Maine, for Col. Bakers Dis
trict of Columbia cavalry, for the purpose
of making it a Manic regiment.
EWe learn that the Grand Jury of
Suffolk County, Mass, lravc found a bill of
indictment against Hon. +. o. j. Smith who
hast Saturday went before the Court and
gave bail for his future Appearance. Press.
The Loyal Sunrise says d church
was organized on Sunday eflast week at
Mars Hill by the Rev. Mr.. knights,
consisting Of fourteen members, five by
profession, and called the " Union Evan
gelical Church,
Tho net a9ails of the letec at
North Vassalboro' ON Monday and Tues.
day evening amounted to about one
thousand dollars which goes to the
Sanitary Commission.
a despatch to the Boston Jour-
nal says that Gen. CAN'T, OF Arkansas,
has been invited by the citiz,us OF Au
susta, Me-. to address them on war top
les, and that he has accepted the in-
vitaton.
1t is stated that ten cent SUBJ
scription is being taken up for the benefit
of Vallandisham and his family The
idea must have originated with all /" old
public functionary."
Two levees in Augusta last week
for the Ladies' Soldiers Aid Society.
yielded the noble sum of Sll00 net
the entire receipts being SIS 20. The
soldiers themselves were libe raj pat
rons.
~ JOSH Billings is a new star In The lite
rary frinament that Is cutting up queer
shines with the President English, but he
wondrous wise. lie says 'Aul ov US kom-
plane ov tho shortness os life, yet We all
waste more tune than we uze."
CI'Somc tasteful individual very cor
rectly remarks that the best lip salve in
creation is kiss the remedy should be
used with great care. however, as it is
apt to bring or an affection OF the heart.
----sOn an average, our army has cap.
tured or destroyed thfee blockade run
ncrs or rebel craft every day since the
war fairly commenccd. The aggregate
number was over HOO on the 3lst Of
October last, the date Of the naval re-
port.
OIf few civil words will make
man happy ho must be a wretch indeed,
who will not give them to him. Let an.
other maa light his candle ny your own,
and yours lcses noao Of its brillianoy by
what he gains.
HEAVY MoUSrEp.--An enthusiastic
admircr of Henry Ward Beecher, gives
the following description Of his belliger-
ent propcnsities:-
:" He is an intcllectu | rhinoceros,
whose terrible horn and snout make the
common cattle stand around an IRON
clad Doctor of Divinity, with a ram at
both ends and guns pointing every way,
charged with Greek FIRE !"
THE BOARD OF AGRIcULrURE-The
State Board Of Agriculture which COM
menced its session in this city on Wed.
uesday of last week. was organised by
the choice Of John +. Anderson, of Cum.
herland az presidept. Calvin Chamher-