Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1868-12-03
A. II. Buzzell,
j os hua Watson,

DEAR MISUNDERSTANDING week
beams benignantly upon us, and the gol-
den days of the delicious Indian Summer
have dawned at last so we may all thank
God and take courage. latter long and
weary waiting. Oh rare, sweet days. Oh
dreamy, delicious hours There is life
and inspiration in their balmy breath !!
What heart so cold as to be insensihle to
their inspiring influence
"Lovliest of all the days,
Summer in November. "
Old Winter had stolen a march upon us
the oldest inhabtant scratches his head in
vain for remembrance of so cold and stor-
my, and altogether "blue " a season.
Snow and slosh. rain and mud, and SO on
nd inlinitum, with an occasional hail-storm
by way of variety; the most hopeful
among us grew weary of prophesying q
pleasant change of atmosphere. and we
! had begun to fear we should be cheated
out OF our Indian Sdmmer this year, OF
should have it in instalments one day at
a time. But Nature always redeems her
promises sooner or later. There has
been considerable good sleighing, skating
etc., and it was reported last week. 1.-The
river is full of Ice, I" but the grim mon
arch was soon forced to succumb, and navi-
igation remains unimpeded.
The good Yankee housewives are busy
preparing for Thanksgiving, our own pc
culiar holiday, Heaven bless it. Let us
have Il jovial time, and much good eheer;''
especially as we are to do double duty, Gel :
ebrating two ThankSglyings in one. Sc
riously, We all have cause to give thanks
to the bcneiicient Giyer of all good so let
us endeayof to make the day, truly one o.
Thanksgiving and Praise!
Another 'headless Rooster has been at
tracing the attention of the curious, among
the Bangoreans. Chanteleer was .kilt
intrcly, a short time since, in company
with some twenty-five feathered bipeds oi
the masculine persuasion, intended for the
tender manipulations of tho culinary pro
fcssors, and was beheaded with he rest
but happening as his would-have. been as.
sassn says, Ito be hit in just the right
place" he made good his escape. " conclud-
ing to try the effect of living without a
head. So any one haylnga a taste for mon
strosities, s,which your humble correspondent
has not, by paying paltry dime or its
cquiyalcnt-co could enjoy the del ctable
pleasure Of looking at a real, live (some
say cr0lptag) rooster without any head, or
anything on the place whero the head ought
to grow. What there is particularly at
tractiyc in the sight, we can't say for our
own part We would prefer seeing a roos-
ter with a head-wllich We can do any day,
fo: nothing. How Chanticlccr likes it we
cau't say, or whether he IS duly thankful
that he did not ''go to pot with his com
panions- but he will have d chance to see
something of the world, as we learn that a
career has been marked out for him in the
great city Of Notions. Don't ask us how
he can see without any eyes, for cur ideas
on the subject are getting rather mixed.
There ara more things IN lleayoa and Earth,
HorJllo,
| Than c1or were dreamed of in your Philosophy, :,
Well, we guess SO too. ''Nhata piece
oi work is man, who goes around ey
hibiting AeadlesS roosters fox ten cents a
show, well, We have forgotten the rest of
the quotation. but no matter Wonder il
this rooster is one of the lot which used to
do the ciowing for the Belfast Jouraqt!
Well, Mr Editor, what shall We talk
about now Election is over! Temperance
is the neXt subject in importance, but the
theme is iaeXlauslabIe, and We will not
enlarge upon it Tonight. Glad to see You
talking up to the Ellsworth people try
ing to rouse them TO realizing sense of
thcir duty in regard to the giant evil in
their midst, which stalks abroad at noon
day the demon Intemperance Perhaps
it will moi do for us To say that according
to all accounts, there is need enough of
Temperance efforts IN your village; for
Ellsworta is q smart place we all know,
and is bound 20 be q. city some day if they
do say there is a set of pretty hard Gus
toners there, aud it is a rough place ca
temperance enterprises = why, people
will talk YOU huow, else they all might
as well have had their 8peafers left out Of
them.
We hear great deai about Inteaper
mee in bangor, since the repeal Of tho
ConstabaaF5ry iaw, aHd there is great
complaint ia regard to Tia enforcement
OF the laRs--that be. WeWill venture 10
suggest that before any .aw case be made
very eliectual, We must havea good, strong,
healthy public sentiment, bchindit, to back
il IN.
More anon,
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