Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-10-12
Newspapers in Hancock Co.

Newspapers in Hancock Go.
The following account of the newspa-
per history in The County Of Hancock was
prepared for the Convention Of Publishers
held in Augusta last week, and by lequest
Of the Convention last year. As it contains
some facts of general interest. and ~ it
may not be preserved i'll any other way
we print it:
a copy of the "Castin. Journal and Ad-
rertiser" of the year 1900, now on NY desk.
is a reminder of the assigned duty imposed
by the last Convention. of preparing for yon
some account of newspaper publishing &c.
in the County Of Hancock. This duty FROM
necessity more than inclination has been
postponed until this late day, the last week
in Sept. Occasionally have made such
inquiries as were necessary to obtain just
the Information needed; but almost always
the result of these inquiries has been t0 show
how few persons there are living that can
give much information on the point on
which light is wanted. There are few
bound volumes of the first paper printed in
the County, but none of any that followed
the "Castine Joarnai' until that If the
"EHSmorM Hefatd' of 1853 that l can
learn Of. Snch being the fact, the labor Of
gathering up correct data Of the score of
short-livcd papers which have been pub
lishcd in the County for the last sixty six
years, is very grcat-sreat for 50 small =
matter, certainly. have bestowed all the
time and labor at my command in further
ancc of the object aimed at, but with such
Indifferent success that an sOmeWh hat vt
u stand whether to submit it or uot:
The bound volume before me. is Vol. IL
of the date of $500 The number first Op-
cnel to, is the sd of Vol. II. The date is
Dec. Goth 1900. The article that arrests
attention is one with the alarming heading
of "A .>ertous Cail' 1t reads 80 much
like similar .'Call.' of Publisher. of 1866
that re, that is, those of us who have the
high honor OF paying the current expenses
of local journals. have not made much i'm
provemcnt in the business in the way VI
making it pay, or III writing dunning calls
on subscribers, s,-duns, not unlike the Squat
ter Sovereignty speech Of the lamentcd
Douglas, as characterized by the ca ally
lamcntcd and equally emphatic and posi-.
tive Senator Bemton...-a dun with lie iu
its mouth and Il stump speech in its belly"
The lie is that all bills will be put in suit.
and the stump speech is that the paper
will be stopped unless this appeal is heed
ed st." But to the quotation at is real
" impossible to continue the publication Of
this paper (sals the pullishcr)uncss its pat.
rons are more pulctual; and unless the &C.
counts dnc the Office are paid by the 3Oth
of Januery they will he put in suit. The
utn,ost necessity ohlgcs him to make this
serious call and without attention is paid to
the discharge of bills which are to be made
out the Journai will be discontinued alter
the expiration of the next quarter.
CAsrINE Dec. 10Th 1900
The Castinc .Journai was published by
David james Waters and continued to be
published in Castinc for IL little more than
two wears. when the establishment was re-
moved to lIampdcn. Mr.. Waters was the
SON Of William Waicis, Boston, and learned
his trade of Mcssrs Adams ssRltodes of
that city. When he commenced busi;,sss
in Castinc, the JousaW sustained what wAs
called the Federal side in politics but
gradually it changed its politics and became
II supporter of jefferson. This was much
agains. the prevailing sentiment Of the pco-
pie. and it may account for its early renIov-
al to lIampden. Mr. Waters connection
with the Journat ceased in about u year aft.
| erits removal. He thcu wept tu Richmond
Va. where he died in a few months. at sn
carry age. He was a member uf the Ma
sonic Fraternity. The journal is a sheet
about lsx:s2 inches. printed on English
paper. 4 large p"r'inn of its columns were
deyoIed TO foreign news. Bat little atten-
ton appears tn have been given tp local
affairs.
a correspondent at Castian wrote j fsy
years siiilee as fpfqws;-
"'Fhe second aewspapcr published In
Castine. was the '!Castiuc Eaaie." publish,
ed by Samuel iiRtl Mt & s.0O.-the first
number dated Nav. i4th ls'D do not
know hoy i4ng the R4per lived, hut have
never seen number except of Vol. l. The
next paper was "IHe American" sftss-
afterwards called the .'Ea.tern Ame.icos"
the 6rst number Of which was issued J~a.
Goth 1877, Term. : 200 per year. A. H