Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-16
ELLSWORTH. DEC. 1869.


first time. SIN III corner Of your paper?
Almost from childhood. I have been a
reader Of the Ellsworth (Her,ld) Ameri-
can, until ! have come to regard it with
feeling akin to the affection due to An
old, well-tried. constant friend. As il
IS, it il about "a indispensable a. NV
bread and butter, for. as well NAV the
bodf starve, rs the intellect. II il true.
there are very many sources Of iufornn
ton concerning the physics moral. and
Intellectual aspect Of the great outside
world. ca lily accessible to most of the
readers of the American: but oar ,corld
ia circumscribed within the limits Of
Hsasce"h County and we. the people
Of said world. are much more interested
in the good name and fair fame of our
particula, locality, than in that OF New
York, Boston, Portland, or anv other
city. with its suburbs" outside of
oIrs.
In local paper local items chiefly in
tercsi u: III re is particular charm in
them, simply because thev are local.
They seem 10 be something relating TO
ourseires. For instance: the late torna-
do blows Gillmpre's Coliseum into
smifhereens. ami smashes the big organ
who cares? Smith. OF Bogyv Brook.
Seal Cove. Egypt. or Sugar Hill. has
his barn hurled from its foundation.
killing his oxen. cows. and horse-uot
only i our interest awakened. but feel
ing is aroused and sympathy enlisted
II the Niagara Suspension Bridge were
to fall bv it, own weight. do not be-
licvc it would make - much talk. or
create 80 great IA sensation, in our
'rorid. a. did the breaking down Of the
unfinished bridge. at sullivan Ferry. a
/ few wears ago, Or the damage done 10
the Nj. Desert Narrows bridge. during
| one Or the late gales. And didn't our
earthquake make more noise. in our
world. than all the throes aud con-
WILSON'S of old earth in South America
/ the West Indies aud California combin.
\ ed1 Didn't the American correspond
euce between those two Franklin cham
I pions of the quill. MeS-rs. g. and G.
create a fever of excitement among u,
nneqnalled, even by the Lord Byr, n
/ NJ. Stow hn'iy briy?G. was thought
to be one saaIp. but the KEY ofC. was
/ the most natural,
4 But II T. not necessary to multiply
/ iilustration>-'hcy are "a plentiful a.
snow flakes on winters dav, and NAV
! b. found. bv lorking over the file of the
4 American, that faithful chronicler, and
axn'"a"' 1s far ~ ~ goo. -of the
| 'ugh,-, feelings, and ic ions, p pitical,
1 religious. and literary OF Hancock Coun-
I Is.
| SAY. ''a~ far a. it goes = for. in re
| pcct To the last adjective. It'll nv hon It
G conviction Gin which. believe am not
ainneD that the American does not et
| quite far enough. OF course. home
literature Is meant. There l. an abun-
dance OF well selected torejgn articles
/ every week; but thrv con. t. u "-cc-
olil han lrl." and to some OF Us. vcrv
likely. are familiar; if not. there i 81
. endless variety Of the same -,rt. in the
thousand anl one paper, aai periodicals
ot the day.
What we ask for, i something new.
fresh. original; that savorI of home :;
productions OF our world; creations of
our own intellect.
NJ mater il we have not a Dickens.
u Mrs. Stow, Il T. ). Author, or any
other literary celebrity: we can do some
thing.
IL cannot be that the men and women
OF Hancock County were all 50 unfortu-
nate as TO be born without brains.
kno " there i, som, literary talent
in this county. which proper encourage
mcnt would develope.
| have read articles in manu- script,
and in print too. written BY men and
women Of this county, which .Y0tssd
adorn the pages OF a2.S.sf Sar1ifst class
publications, 49,
| IiLIeeAfn this vicinity NAV he found
contributors to our best magazines.
/ Can YOU. Mr.. Elliior. remember SC
long ago A. the tine, when. the Ameri'
I can printed an original story!
/ think the last was a nice, little mar
/ rative, by "A young school'na>ter. Civ
| ing IA funny account Of his trials in
! obtaining his first school; but that
/ teacher. if now living, must be quite
old. r So
WHY this lack Of literary effort: Doe,
the Editor, taking Tor granted. tha
nothing good can come out o. Nazareth
commit oar efforts to the ''botfomles'
box" without reading?
! d, n,t believe that: for know bin
| to be- top kini-hcarted. as well as TOO
watchful for. the best Interests OF te'
| Am erican. anl the enjoyment OF III
| patrons. to do 80.
Ii is. prob ,blv, MT the Z iitor's fault
which obli,cs hi n to ill the first page
Of his paper wi 1 500 hand rssain!
! matter.
If orisinL stories, els, or othe
papers, off,ir litegar. merit, were placeo
upon his d ,ss, ln.~u'e sh,v w,ui
not be slish;e |, orhu,t ed in q, 'box
unless they deserve to be consigned
oblivion.
see Il am spinning out to- long
| complaint. but would appeal to a
lovers OF a good home literature. withli
\ the county. to lend band, also, pen
until, at least a trial is made to brin
out some OF our latent talent.
| The renutation of our city aud coni