Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-10-07
I'VE And the following in the last Maine

we nhu INC ioaAOW ~ III dhc i"Se ""'"'
Farmers;
Srocx PROM THE Fam. Hastings Strick-
land. ESQ.,. of Bangor, who has recently
purchased one Of the best farms in Piscata-
quis county, and who exhibited some tine
horses at the New England Fair. made
quite extensive purchases Of stock and ar
ticles. 70 place upon his newly purchased
| farm. Err Strickland bought of $. ID. Bruce
Esp Of the New York Turf. Field and Farm
! pair OF Kentucky mules. aged respective
| ~ three aud four years and weighing 2,6oo
pounds. The price paid was 500. In adj
dition he also purchacc thoroughbred
Jersey bull. "a thoroughbred Short Horn
bull, and a thoroughbred Hereford bull for
the purpose of improving the neat stock
Of Piscatiquis county. lie also purchased
| a cider mill, stump extractor. n hay cut
ter and a churn. Exhibitors at fairs do
not always run across such customers a.
Major Strickland.
Ono OF the most readable documents
Of the Bangor Centennial celebration. was
the letter of Hon. Peleg W. Chandler. and
yet writer 10 the Why takes exceptions
81 II. No one unless unduly sensitive could
ind fault with this playful letter.
died suddenly last week was a large heart
Ell liberal man His win Is published In the
Wig OF Tuesday Among his requests
are $4,000. 10 Hon. John \. Peters 81 $50
u Mrs. Peters. and So 90 to each OF two
children Also 81 900 10 Robert Long now
Of Illinois, formerly Of surry.
I'LL health u Mr.. Bigctow'S cxpiana-
ton for resigning the editorial manage
ment Of the TYmes.
sS>Wc learn that the Ladies' of the Bap-
list Soricty will give = series OF entertain
m rnts during the week Of the Court The
evenings and particulars hereafter
-t,cor=c ". Curtis receives $40 .Obo
a wear from IIarpcr's three periodicals N d
several thousand more for lectures
rHE PRIME prRT STATEMENT Of the month
~ September l. published. 1t develops
The gratifying fact iha, the decrease Of tn"
national debt during the month ~ Srptem-
hey was s7.tG-. TO ~ and that the de-
crease since March ist, lsGg L nearly
INV ser,n mifion do1fars (5G.oGs, Is %.
lng IT. credit, or rather raising the money
Up build bridge across the 81 Croix 10
Calais fpr the railroad
key BENJAMIN sawyer. ur Salsburv.
Mas. J. the oldest orthodox minister In
,ha section. III j. eighty seven years Of
nsr. was graduated Al Dartmouth >ixty-orc
wears ago, and has been settled .ixtvvcar-.
lie has preached in ,mcshurv and Saltshr-
r. my i've YEAR. and sim confines 20 20
-.
In Arou~tnok, Ne. according 10 ih,,
Pioneer. there = marked Improvement in
TIE morals ~ the French people 81 MAZDA
wa>ka. owing TO the bold stand taken hy
the q trcyncn II that district. bu, ,narr
especially ~ the efforts OF Father Hntrt. 4
Young Catholic priest. late from canada.
who IL stationed M Van Bnrrn
- correspondent ~ the Lewiston
journal writes that MIR r Il Chase. f,r.
merly ofMt Desert. erected one hundrr,
ana sixty houses in Philadelphia during the
last year. IL obtains much 81 his lumber
In Maine. and has The finishing WORK dom.
mostly In Augusta.
The Ba;h Times saws the only rs,i
result from The liehhorn movement In
Lincoln. T. ia" clrctirn Or two Democrats
for Representatives, who are aufl.Prohihi-
Zionist. when hut fpr decomposition. two
undouhtc'i Temperance men could have
been chosen
The public debt statement shows a
decrease Or debt during the past month of
- ,Ic7 TO.
-. union -ef tbs anti rslnmany cle-