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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
prospectus OF the Ellsworth
American for the y ar 1869.

ENLARGED and IMPROVED, PRINTED
on a new CYLINDER PRESS. with new tyne
and with new attractions that will make
aiavoritc with the ,itzens of the county
More attention vii be given to its Ed.
'torlal management, than in the past, and
ITS more ample columns will be filled with
choicer reading matter than has been the
case heretofore.
The best selections of stories and of mis-.
ccllaheous articles will be made. while "
shall be favored with a large amount Of
original contributions from persons in our
own county.
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT..
we are firm believer that FARMING
WILL PAY" in Maine. and IN Hancock
county, especially in this era of high prices
for farm produce. Stock raising of all
kinds should have the especial attention Of
our farmers. We shall secure a compc.
tent gentleman to have the especial care
OF Department. of the paper devoted to
the Agricultural interests Of this locality.
A gentleman has kindly consented to
Write occasional articles ON the Flower
Garden, and Horticulture.
One feature will be to keen all our
rcaae:s who are Interested in nayi
CATION, well supplied with all the ship
ping news,-ofmarine disasters, of launch.
lnSs' OF all the items so especially Interest,"
ing to the most Of our people.
! We believe in building up local indus.
Tries to Keep at home our young men and
women. These aIe needed in Maine to
assist in Developing is vast resources, and
in making it the most prosperous, and the
best of the New England states.
III the american can have half the influ-
cnce with the ''wc!l to-do " citizens of the
county, that class that have already accu.
mulated ''snng fortunes" that it desires
to have. It will be exertad in the attempt to
/ get ali such to use their capital II, building
up all kinds Of small manufacturing enter
prises. 1t will ask sEch to lend their mon
cy. their influence. their experience, and
their time in aid of all young men who
would stay at home if encouraged to 10
SO. by starting such industries as will give
remunerating employment to them at
! hone. This county, and all of Eastern
Maine, is on the downward grade. and II
Is IN great measure owing to .spenny
wise and pound foolish, habit that its
aiding nell have fallen into. Assist all
yoUng men anu women too.to stay in their
native state, by furnishing them with remu-
neratioe enaploymcat and thereby help all
classes to thrive.
TO such as want monthly publication,
ora weekly ore, of the popular class, we
make this offer
CLUBBING.
For one copy Of the american sna ore COPY
ot either !Iarpers Monthly Magazine.
or llarper's Weekly. or Iarper's Ba-
gar, $525.
The subscription price of each of
lIarpers' publications is 500.
The Atlantic Monthly and the
-'smeTican, S5.25.
petersons Magazine and the Amer
lean, $50.
Lady's Friend, and American, $50.
TERMS OF THE AMERICAN.
One copy, one year. strictly in ad-
vance, 400.
II paid within six months, 2.25.
" : at the end of the year. $50.
t55" These terms strictly adhered to.
n. X. SAWYER, Proprietor.
Ellsworth, Oct. 20. 1865.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

THE CHINESE AHEAD AgAIN.-'.Plane
chc!:e," it sceiNs ia M exception to the
rule, tAAt there is nothing new under the
sun. The Chinese used it ages ago as toy.
Hewitt says: They obtained writing BY
:nakiug cluu'y sort Of Plan, tie Of .
basket, turned down. and reed or
style thrust through it. SO as t. write
when the Planchettc moved. in ran, llst
or -four sprnkled on table. They then
invoke the spirit. and generally not in vain,
the basket Often moving rapidly, asit res {,
on the tips ot the fingers OF two little buys
and writing psrfrctly ntelligiblo comuni.
cations. DR.. Macgowan says it was in
great practc, when he arrived at Nnspo
in Is Is. ana WAS the revival of an old Gus
iom. A club of literary GRADUATES were
in the Pantch kwan, Taeuist temple.
near the Te,uhle of Conlncius. f,r practis-
the Ki. as the csyen0ny was called. ana
many and marvellous were the revelations
said 10 be obtained
Among the premiums offered by
the -Straaord (N, H,) Agricultural
Society, is one Of 800 for the best
child under seven years old.
John II. Suratt lately took part
in a Tournaments in Virginia. A
week or two before his sister Anna
Suratt, was crowned "Queen of Love
md beauty" at annother tournament.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
g 2oetrg { t y.
Our Pattern.

BY PHGBE CARY.
A weaver sat one day at his loom,
Among the colors bright,
With the pattern for his copying
Hung fair and plain in sight.
But the weaver's thoughts were wandering
Away on a distant track,
As he threw the shuttle in his hand
Weariiy forward and back.
And he turned his dim eyes to the ground.
And tears fell on the wool,
For his thous hts, alas ! were not with his
home,
Nor the vile beneath its roof;
When her voice recalled him suddenly
To himself as she sadly said
"Ahi woe is me for your work is sp0ned,
And what will you do for bread ~
And then the weaver looked, and saw,
That his work must be undone;
For the threads were wrong aad the colors
dimmed.
Where the bitter tears had run.
"Alack. alack !" said the weaver
And this had all been right
II had not looked at my work, but kept
The pattern in my sightW
All sad it was for the weaver,
And sad for his luckless wife:
And sad will it be for us, If we say,
At the end of our task of life:
1.-THE colors that we had to weave
Were bright in our early years;
But we wove the tissue wrong, and stained
The woof with bitter tcals
ave wove web of doubt and fear
Not faith and hope and love-
Eecau sc we looked at our work, and not
AT our Pattern up aboyeW
-Independcat.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
6l7.3O grains.


all which are desirable for plants, and are
their food in concentrated form. This
speaks for itself. 1t shows rlls OF wealth
gushing frem the farmers most necessary
deposits, and running to waste.
The practice of most farmers would
seem to fayer an idea, that plants like AMI
mails, had mouths capable of devoarlng
solid substances hy the cart load, instead
of sucking up their food dissolved in wa
ter.
The waste ofvegetable nutriment by this
teaching process; and by permitting the
escape of ammonia, must be enormous
This manner of keeping manure IN an
economical vi ", is much like making soap
from ashes already leached. Women
know better than to leave their ashes ex-
posed to the rains; and are sure to prac-
t;cs accordingly. The best arrangements
for saving manure are expensive, but 1t Is
within the means of any one to erect sheds
that will protect it from the rain. Tie
labor of applying weak manure to the iana
i, as great as that of strong but the results
arc far different. So with the labor OF the
after cultivation but in the one case there
NAV perhaps be five bushels OF potatoes
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
aAistellaneous.
How our National Taxes com
pare with Our Rum Tax.

The Democratic party delight to e1pa
tiate upon the load of taxation under
which the ''people are groaning BY rea.
son ofthe National Debt. They cannot
magnify it enough. nor paint its horrsrs in
too vivid colors. Yet this party are ev-
everywhere the champions Of Free
Rum which taxes the country every
year to an amount exceeding the
whole principal of the National Debt
Let US look at the figures. Commissioner
Wells reports to Congress, from the off,
cial and sworn returns Of the retail liquor
dealers of the United States, that the val.
ne of the liquors retailed by them over
their COUNTERS and drunk when sold is as
follows -
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
Ayrieultural
Muck
No. ?.

1t was observed in the first paper, that
there appeared to be special Providence
in the formation of muck, by its being IN
soluble in water, as otherwise, each year 8
accumulation would have heen washed
away by the rains. Modern chemists have
discovered that the muck swamps, that
have been only eyesores to the farmer,
are really savings banks. provided by a
kind Providence, from which he can lit
terallv draw unlimited wealth; that the
addition of certain salts, (the product of
chemical action.) is all that is required to
make it as valuable for agricultural pur
noses as COW mani re. This is done by
the chemical change they produce, by
which its geine is dissolved in water.
These salts are articles of commerce,
and NAV he used IN their PURE state a.
louud in the shops But it is not proposed
10 20 mo a dlscu ION Of the method OF
their app 'ication hele, as tlc farmer has
q much cheaper and less troublesome
means in his own hands Of accomplishing
the same thing.
The dung of all animals has more OF
these salts than sufficient to make its own
gcne soluble and fit for the use of vege-
tatnn. and is constantly throwing off its
ammonia in a gaseous form, which Is
readily absorbed by muck, when exposed
to it.
1t has been found by experiment, that 1t
one load oi IS COW dung be intimately
mixed with two loads of muck. the whole
mass in few weeks will become rs valua-
bic for the nourishment of plants, as the
load of dung would have been of itself
alone, This change is the result of cheml-
cal action Each 100 lbs. of cow dung
will throw off , lbs. Of ammonia in its
raseous iorm, and convert 200 lbs of muck
into q substance just like the COW dung
itself, and as powerful promoter OF veg
etable growth. In tho former paper 1t
was shown how little the two substances
differed. To produce this change the ma
nure must be fresh, and unleached by the
rains, or exposed to the action of tho at
mosphere for months, as commonly per-
mittcd even by careful farmers.
Let us stop a moment here and see
about this.-Nearly all the barns in the
county have dung windows, and the heaps
exposed to the weather outside OF the barn
half of them at least are right under the
caves. so that not only the natural fall OF
rain. but the accumulation OF half OF the
barn, is poured directly on them. Their
salts are thus washed out, or the natural
liauids mixed with them drain away. Ex-
anime them during rain-a dark turbld
liquid is running from them, This is
positive money loss, for Chemists tell us
that gallon of this liquid is composed of
Ammonia, 23'3o grams
Solid organic matter, "oo
Ashes, oio'oo
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
TESTIMONIALS,
NOTICE of FORECLOSURE

NXyHEREAs Lemuel Kelliher of Amherst, in
w the County of Hancock, and State of Maine
by his deed dated Nav 24th, 1856, and recorded
an liza Icock Registry, Book 1876. Page sell convey.
ed 70 me In Mortgage the following descl ibed
Real Estate situated in said Amherst VIZ Com.
aneneing a stake and stones at the Sonthesst
Awenty.oDe aad a halt rods to stake; thence
Easterly twenty -lye rods to the road leading from
Amherst Corner to Ellsworth, thence Southerly
said road twontyone rods TO stake, thence west
TO the place OF beginning. The conditions OF
= aid mortgage having been broken by reason
W hereof hereby claim to loreelose the same.
JOHN MILLER,
by j. A. Deane his Atty.
Ellsworth, Oct 30t his6s. 3wf2
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For Sale.
Claim Agency,
ELLSWORTH, ME-

JVAvING peen engaged for several years IN tne nc
Claim Agency, in prosecuting claims al
Washington, ID. c., in the various departments,
and having become familiar with the most cxpini. +
tious method of establishing claims nov soilJi. II
The patronage Of all who may need my services IN
presenting claims upon the Government
J. sInyali1 soldiers made such by wounds or DIS
ease oafracfed IN the u g. ser'ce'
=. sVIIatcs during Wid ,.o.hood -,
...nenendent Mothers, whose husbands having
deserted them, and abandoned their support, OF
who are physically inca2aeitated TO support
than, having no other source of income.
snanendent Fathers where the Mother died be-
tore the soldier. - s...
-.sOrphan Children, Orphan Brothers and Sisters
unirr ixteen wears, are entitled to pensions.
.oris NAL and additional bounties, back pay
mileage, ration money, while prisoners OF war or
,hair heirs collected in the shortest possible
manner, and charge for services rendered I'M
less successful. p,.pNuAu
Ellsworth, JuS goth, ies. ~"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
Freedom Notice

VNow all men by these presents, that that nave ann
N this day relinquished 70 my ,ninnrityN mari
shall claim none OF his wages nor pay any aeo's
of his contracting after this date.
VI '''S HENRY A. CLOW,
Witness, f. u. Woodward.
Waltham, Oct, 10th, 1865 5wi@
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

taxes ;Ie entire population of tho United
states less tlian one cent per hend per day
while they unanimously support Free Rum,
swhieh taxes the same pcople 81 IS per
head per day. Tribune. "
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

~ 1t only takes turn o I the weather r.
cock to bring abou the millennium. Only
lot those gusts Of virtue, that every man
blows upon his ncighbor, be turned upon
himself and the thing is dous. It's easier
than sinning.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

y rne hsrLess thing to hold in this
HE. is an unrsly tongue. 1t boats .
hot smoothing iron and a kicking horse
considerably.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
Calais .Adcertiser saws -

2ftFUCVtFStT
lad aged III yeaars, son of Capt. Joseph q.
Clarke of West Pembroke. Me-, subject to fits
and unable to talk plain. straycd from hil f.-
ther in this city on Wednesday last. Oclobsr
%, and has not been heard Of since. Any H.
ormation relative to him will be gratefully re-.
ceived by his distressed parents.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

Mrs. B. F. Kelliher, hest rug, ..
Herman JOY. I'd do, "a
w. n. Young, best balmoral
clotb | OO
Eliza Smith, best cOunterpane, w
| :. :. :. q" WOODEN dress, SO
| wool cloth, O0
Rufus Clements, broadcloth, ! 81
Mrs. ID. F. Maddocks, best button =.
rug, oo
E. " fringcd
mittens, 20
Hannah Jordan, second, all wool
cloth, j! OO
Mrs. A. McCasi1, best % - 5O
Miss Betsy Wilbur, best worsted
wreath, 81
Mrs. II. n. Butler, - yarn, w
flannel, %
IF. Hamilton, knit draw
ere, ~
:. :. I" socks. so
I" worsted
stocLincs. 60
Mrs. Barlow Hall. best carpeting. 90
Miss Anna K. Hall, Tidy, So
Mrs. S. Swan, shell box. 20
Augustus Jarvis, wreath, so
Laura Hapworth tidy, %
Sarah Macomber, collar, 20
Miss Nancy Jordan, wax flowers 20
Mrs. Rice, Ellsworth, feather flowers, so
Hattie E, Chipman. skirt, 81
=. handkerchief. 25
Mrs j. s. Rice painting, 20
Pettngill, shell cross, IS
:. :. wax 25
Carrie |. Lord, baby waist, %
Miss Jennie Bush, tidies, -
/" seed work bag. %
The above are all the awards--fcld
erops excepted-which have come into the
possessisn of the Secretary. The field
orop report will be published next wee K.
S. WATSON. Sec. II. A. s.
Ellsworth. Nov. l3, 1863.
AT school at Wallsend near New
castle England the master asked
class of boys the meaning of the word
appetite, when after short pause,
one little boy said; II know sir.
When I'm eatin' I'm arpy, and when
I'm done I'm tight.
II wish l had your head" said
a lady one day to gentleman who
had solved for her a knotty point.
"And | wish I had your heart" was
his reply. well, since your head
and my heart can agree, don't see
why they should not go into partner
ship And they did.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19
Harcock County Agricultural
Society Premiums, 1868.

David In gals, Waltham, best nerd
Of 10, sl5 90
Anson Flood, Surrv, best herd of 5. Z 90
Thomas Sluith, Surry, I'd do, 90
Anson Flood, Surry. best grade
COW, III w
Isaac Partridge. Orland, do. 90
James D. Patten, Ellsworth, best 3
vr steers, D w
VIM. Maddocks, s.
yr do. 4 90
Albert Smith, Bucksport, 2d do. 3 90
Vim. Bennett, do, best yearlng
steers, 3CO
David ingalls,, Waltham, Sd on .
grade cows. w
H. N. JOY Ellsworth, best yr heif- -
er, w
Charles Bonsey, do, hest heifer calt 3 90
Isaac Partridge, Orland, gratuity on
bull calf. w
John Hasam, Waltham, do. ou
Albert Smith, Bucksport. best disci-
plue of oxen. ~ w
II. Partride, Orland. best oxen, W
Isaac Partridge, 2a do, w
WM. X WARpwELL, Gam
HENRY PARTRIDGE,
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Ivory Grant, Bucksport, best stock :.
horse, 10 w
Zach We yer. Ellsworth, ID do, 5 00
Humphrey Saunders. Ellsworth.
best breeding mare. on
We. Fljr;,rye. Bueksnort 2l do, 5 90
yYm Yoyny, ,rrcntnn, 81 do, > ~
calf : %
:. 81 do. 5 90
Humphrey Saunders. Ellsworth,
best 2 yr dc. . oo
Ivory Grant, Duckspnrt, 2d do, 0o
Anlnry Otis, } Co,,
Lewis Sil.by, VIM
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-11-19

" y V,I oid won The race purse. 10 co
Ivory Grants "Gen Howard" 3yr
old won the race parse, y %
G. +. Dunn.
a, NJ. Hopkins, Com.
A. I. Jeiiison,
VIM, Bennett, Bncispoyt, beat OK ~
yoke, w
ID, Noyes, Ellsworth best calf ~
skins. W.
j. L. Msore, Com.
r. o. Mason's Rosa Bonheur
won the county purse, oo W
Geo. F. Dunn, Cam
A. NJ. Hopkins. ~
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-11
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL II, 1868.

yious study, pursued with special reference
TO fitting for West Point, but he got through
the examination and was admitted. never
saw him while ut West Point, except on
the occasion of one visit, which he made to
his home during the furlough at the end of
his second year. II was said of him that
while there he was not one who took pains
TO make himself popular, but that all the
boys liked him, believe he went by the
name of "Uncle SAM" on account of his ini.
tials, "U. g." A superstitious person might
almost think there was something Provi.
dental about these significant initials being
stuck on to him, for they were not given
him at his christening. When the question
arose after his birth what he should be cal
led, his mother and one of his aunts propos-
ed Albert, for Albert Gallatin another aunt
proposed Theodore, and his grandfather
Hiram, because he thought that was a hand
some name. His grand. .mothcr-grand-
mother by courtesy-that is his mothers
step mother--was a great student of history
and had an enthusiastic admiration Tor
the ancient commander, Ulysses +; and she
urged that the babe should be named Ulysses.
| seconded that, and he was christened Hi
ram Ulysses; but he was always called by
the latter name, which he himself preferred,
when he got old enough to know about it.
But Mr.. Hamer, knowing Mrs Grants name
was Simpson, and that we had son named
Simpson, somehow got the matter a little
mixed in making the nomination, and sent
the name in, Ulysses s. Grant, instead of
Hiram Ulysses Grant. My son tried in vain,
afterwards, to get it set right by the autho.
rites; and suppose ne is now content
with his name as it stands.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-11

TIE NATIONAL DEBT WEIGHED AND
MEAsUREp.-Mr. John Fair, calculating
machine of New York city, thus measures
and weighs four thousand millions of dol
lars, Which he assumes is or is to be the
National Debt, which Democratic rcbel-
lion has entailcd upon the country:
1t is said that this debt is 30 great that it
is too vast for comprehension. Now as q
practical man ] propose to weigh it and
measure it, that We may thereby obtain a
more definite idea of its immensity.
A silver dollar is II inches in diameter
$S placed edge to edge, will make one foot
in length; $24 so placed will make one
yard in length, and sac ,240 so placed will
make one mile in length. The earth is "a, :
500 miles in circumference, it would, there
fore, require S9l2, 1884 ,000 to go once
around it. This sum must be multiplied
by four and four.tenths to make it equal the
amount of our National debt, which would
make the silver dollar 60 around the carth's
circumference four times and cover 8,640
miles besides. Allowing q silver dollar to
weigh an ounce, l6 to pound, 1000
pounds to the ton, our debt would weigh
1875, 900 tons, and would require 1875 ships
of 1000 tons barthen each to carry it.
1t would make SO, 500 truck loads of two
tons each and calculating that each truck
will cover a space OF thirty feet, they would
stretch a distance of 355 miles, and make q
chain of trucks which would encompass the
great cities of New York, Albany and Troy
In an elliptical line 1t would take q man
365 years and 40 days to count the amount
Of this vast debt, estimating that he would
count $50 per minute, working ten hours q
day and six days week.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-04-11
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

Canaaian clergyman, not long since,
was called upo by an Irish girl who in.
quired how much he asked, for .,marrviny
anybody" lie replied, "a dollar and half7
anG Biddy departed. A few evenings later.
on being summoned to the door, be was ac
costed by the same person, with the remark
that she had come to be married. "Very
WE'LL" said the minister; but, perceiying
with astonishnlent that she was alone, he
continued, "where is the man ~ An expires.
sion of disappointment aud chagrin, too
ludicrous to be described, passed over Bid.
dy's features as she calculated, "and don't
you find the man for dollar and a half2"
Three vessels have arrived at Gloucester,
Mass, from the Georgias, within the past
week. One brough. 100000 pounds of fish,
another $4,000 pounds, and the third $500
Goldfish. Those were probably the largest
loads ever landed at that famous fishing port
The cultivation ofrape seed is inaugureted
with fattering prospects. The cultivation
of this seed does not require as much labor
as the same amount of wheat. 1t yields as
well, and brings oet.er price.
According to Mr.. ]. Ross Browne, the
harvest of gold from the Pacific slope, ia
1867, was $75,000,000 From January /,
l84S, to Jan. /, 1868, the gathering of gol
den dust and ore amounted to about 81 1885,
100000. The report says that the placers
are less productive than formerly, while the
veins and quartz workings are operated on
instead.
Bankok, the capital of the empire of Siam,
is said to be one of the most wonderful cit.
les in the world. 1t stands on a broad river,
on either side of which, moored in regular
streets and alloys, extending as far Us tho
eye can reach, are upward of 10000 neat
little houses, each house floating on a COM
pact raft of bamboos, and the whole inter.
mediate space of the river is one dense mass
of ships. junks. and boats, of every con.
ceivabe shape, color and size. ....
AN INDIAN JusrIcE.--"Pale face, what
be you Z" Justice of the peace, john
"You pale.facc iustice-me 1njuu Justice
Me 60 home t'other day, and the tribe make
me big man, too" "Ah," answered Colonel
k, who enjoyed joke as we'll as most
men, "ah, John, am glad to hear it. Have
you had any cases yet I" Yes, me had one
bad case, berry bad" "Tell me about it,
find Ipjun with a big jug of fire. water."--
"That was bad, indeed. What did you do9"
"Me take him jug away and drink him my
self" And he strutted out sclf.satisfed
while those in the Office agreed, as we'll as
they could for laughter, that his idea of
justice was fully as legal as many of the dc.
cisions of some who had whittier skins.
A Providence boy, five years ofage, having
stolen q can of milk, his mother took him
to task, with moral suasion, and wound up
ber discourse by exelaiming: what in tho
world was you going to do with the milk
anyhow 2" ""I was going TO steal a little dog
! to drink it," was the crushing reply.
A pentleman in Illinois owns an estate So
| large that he has three hundred and twenty
miles of hedge upon 1t. He is to SOW new
field of ten acres for the first time this year.