Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-07-01
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a nan has been arrested in Bangor for
ehamefLlly beating Lis hefse.
Chang aud Eng. the >i,nrsr twins. lso in
North Tar, lIna. anu are tuti Irb l..
---Wha, i. the diTor. tee betaera church
deacon aud ragamuiitu7 uGe passes t.c .tssrf
and the othrr asst, the P4zsef.
1t Is good to repeat oli ,hea h,, in the
neuc,t buols, fot the o,d WORKS ia isA Ley
,tsnd are not rUs l.
---in go d society arc required T. do oil!s-
ing tn ng' to one another; In geatsol 5, e:y W
arc only required to say them.
a Boston conunidum: II tho government
can buy coal in Boston Market a. SiI for 2,glU
pounds, why must private ctIA us pay S!4 Tor
1000 pounds,
The Aro'stook Sunrise will no. DC publish
Cd next week The oGly compositnr. lady. i t.
be absent onc week, ani singulaFly eu0ush the
Editor is to be abSent about the sane tIle.
- Four hundred thousand s,llicrs letters were
cent north from tho Washington post otiee hi.
day. They were principally from the Amy Of the
Potomac, and weigh upwards of six t. ms
a correspondent st the 7fiaue says. that
200 bushels Of sweet potatoes, hard tack ami roast
beef we're found in a rebel garden. at Cgld llar-
Dor, whom the family pretended to be destitute
and were receiving rations
At recent wedding in Arizona, tho brd,
groom in his shirt.leeyes, aud the bride in
her morning dress. The census t,ker performed
tho cercmony, and big bucket Of rye whiskey
furnished the staple Of the wedding feast.
Last year about s2i ,OOl worth Of clam
halt was prepared at Blue Point, aiboro. The
bait Was then worth from s. to sc per barrel. 1t
10 now worth S0,5 aud it is estimated that at
least $40 600 worth will be sold this year.
Capt. Batcs, OF Major General Meade's
personal staff, arrived at Washington On Friday
June 10th, having in charge twenty-scren battle
dag trophies. captured from Gen. Lees army in
the recent battles in Virginia.
-Betwccu Limerick and Waterborough
near the Little 0sipee, is an elm tree 30 feet in
sircumierencc, coRtatning cavity, in which ii
men have stood at timc, The BiddefoTd
Jssrrat says it is the lar gest in York county
a minister travelling through the West
some years ago, asked oil. lady whom he
called, what she thought Of the doctrine Of total
dspravity. "oh," she replied. " think it is II
good doctrine il the people will only live NJ to
One e Johnson's men, taken prisoner, hav
ing been asked what be thought Of our forces aud
General Sherman. replied in the following inele-
CANT terms " She gifts on hill, Aops his
creation. By kingdoms right wheel. marea!'
Aad then We git J"
Tho schooner United States which arrived
* this port from New Orleans. Is the old schooner
Advance, in which DR.. Kane made bis ex petition
il search of Sir ohm franklin. She is in good
order and, as We understand, is bound on a fish
tag eruise.-t Press.
TEscEeA-E SotDlERs Said one well conver-
I'D 'coid water men always stood wounds and
operations better than those wko drank liquor
diseases of the camp wounds and amputauons
were but death warrants for drunkards-"
Gen. Havelock also re,aarks, " The medical Of
Acsrs have distinctly attributed the rapid recove-
ry Of our wounded at Ghuze to their former alb
slinsnce from strong drink
-Perhaps our readers not aware that in
wasting old newspapers they arc wasting com
nodit, Of considerable conime rcial value. An old
Newspaper the sire Of the " eehV JVtraat is worth
nearly ono cent for manufacturing over again
Old papers now sell for eight cents per pound =
People edo use newspapers for kindling wood
would do we'll to consider that they get a
cheaper commodity. Save your old newspapers
--LsMistoN 50sr0at.
Army teams,ers arc proverbial for the sci
entifc volubility with which they swear. A
teamster with the Cumberland army got stuck in
tho mud, and he let ny stream OF pFoiahe
epithets that would have astonishel "a our army
in Flanders" even. A chaplain, passing at the
timo was greatly shocked. q My friend said be
TO tho .eamster. +" do you know who died tor
sinper" " D-n your conuudrums Don't you
SEQ I'm stuck in the mud %
An individual advertised in ono of the
morning papers for " wife" the other day, nd
requested each applicant for the situation to en-
close her carte de vsites One Of his correspond
ents closed her reply in these terms; Z" Il do not
enclose my carte, for, though there is some au-
thority tor putting cart before horse, know
Of mono for putting ope before an ass. ~
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