Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-08-04

The waterfall and ringet fashion
has compelled the ladies, bless 'em, to
take on great many unbecoming airs.
Secretary Stanton having abandon
ed the theatre Of war, has taken Ford's
Theatre on six months lease,
The Hudson River Railroad is
complimented for their c'eaverness in re
Gently killing whole family-father
mother and child-all at once, SO tina
sherc was nobody left to bring an actor
for damages.
MIR. Charles Downing of N ewburg
N. Y, is said to have the best fruit gar
den in this country, if not in the world
It is only seven acres in extent, and con
tains over 1000 varieties Of APPLES ant
pears. He has currants from half I,
three-fourths of an inch in diameter.
He KNEW HIM-Thc following stor,
is told of Mr.. Chase while at Key West
To an old negro known as "Sandic " h
promised carte de-visite, and handle,
him dollar BILL "Ah! says Sandie
now know you, massa; you are oil
greenbacks.'
An elderly gentleman, travelin:
in a stage-coaeh, was amused by the con
slant fire of words kept up by two ladies
One of them at last kindly inquired i
their conversation did not make his heat
ache, when he answered with a great dea
Of nairetc, d" No ma'am l have been mar
ried tweuty-eight years"
I'm Vermont is the frozen well o
at Brandon, in which ice is frozen thu
year round. In Maine We have curios
lily equally remarkable. Says CORES
pondeut Of the Boston Journal, " In til,
town of Greenwood. Oxford county, is &
mountain cave in which ice exists through
GU, the year. The cave is wrapped it
darkness, subjecting visitors to the neces
sity of carrying dambeaux to behold its
interior.
~ Marselles paper states that siS
thousand "young men between twenty
and forty years old, have met on some
waste ground outside the city, and pledg'
cd themselves not to marry until young
ladies abjure crinoline, expensive dresses,
and in short, turn over new leaf and
prepare to become good and prudent house
wives" This anii.matrimon:al strike wa.
proposed by Edmund About.
The United States post Office de-
partmcnt, not having been encountered
with the Southern mail routes recently
has become paying institution. For the
last six months of 1864 its net profit.
over all expenses were s73S,250 60, or
at the rate of a million and half year
But the profits Of the first six months Of
1865 will be yet larger. The postal re
oeipts from the States in the Union il
1864 exceed those Of all the States il
1861 by s2,972,00O.
Sidney Smith was once lookin!
through the hot house Of a young lad.
who was proud Of her flowers, and used
not very accurate y, profusion Of botan
ical names.
Madame, said be-. have you the Sep
tennis psoriasis -
NO" said she g 1 had it last winter
and I gave it to the archbishop of Can
,erbury; it came out beautiful in tn
spring"
Septennis psoriasis is the medical nam
for the seven years itch.
" As an instance of the scale O.
which Mr.. Knox grows Strawberries
we MAY cite that this Spring he pante
out a new patch of twenty-five acres
twelve Of which are occupied by tn
"Seven Hundreds Recently his me
in one morning gathered one hundred anc
nine quarts of Seven Hundreds" whic
were sold for 500, and over one hundre,
and fifty persons have been seen at on
time gathering Strawberries in Mr.. Knox
grounds. THIS will give our distan
readers some idea of strawberry CROWN
as it is carried on in this ncighborhood
-[Patsburg Banner.
An AFFncrroNArE HEN.-A lady i
Vermont relates the following curious il
eident concerning the affection Of her
Last year the hen selected one from he
brood of chickens. attached herself clost
~ to it; appeared to be happy only wit
the object Of her love; unhappy when
was out Of her sight; roasted Away
with it, and has continued this manifesto
tion Of affection until the present hour
This year the chicken that was, produce
in her turn, a brood, and the grandmothc
hen, still faithful to her first love, en-
ploys herself with the greatest solicitud
IN helping the daughter to provide for tn
wants of the little family Of grandchick
ems.
CRoQUEr.-This new and fascinatin
field game is becoming quite popular i
our city. We frequently notice on tn
beautiful lawns that front many Of on
private residences, parties Of ladies an
gentlemen in the practice Of this grace
fal and healtful exercise. The game
very simple, and locker on may lear
the cardinal points in single game. l
is played by both ladies and gentlemen
The players are eight in number, and tn
articles used are eight balls, ten inches i
circumference, eight long-handied mallets
ten arches twelve inches high, and abou
ten in width, and two stakes. The objec
of the game is to drive the balkthroug
the arches by blows administercdlWith tn
,sallets 10 the hands Of the players, an
the tro sides help and hinder all the