Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-12-16
Rail ROAD and Other Matters.

Rail ROAD and Other Matters.
Bucksport has been cxhnrting Ellis
worth TO meet her al hnme aud "a on a
picnic by rail 10 Bingor; but a brighter
idea crops out.--We are really beginning
to think seriously that II may be n well
10 leave Bangor to fake care Of itself and
look eastward IN the direction Of coming
light. with yaurCtty for the first. though
not nnal objective point
This j, not new OF novel idea. tor a.
Won know this il ABOUT the way we talk
cd long ago
We now think. il Won will push the
Bucksport. thar We will br r'ady to strike
hands with Won. Thcn with l.. and Is.
at the end. and Orland AMI Surry be-
tween ready 10 Dis their part the work
will he done. aud ia process OF time
though by gradual step. The road will
extend itself toward suari>c through a
line If villages growing aor though
/ not one Of them has any mode ot winter
travel except b. horse power but TO
grow more rapiiiy thca to Calais. and
II need h. ~, "a stop there but % move
toward coming light. anil somewhere
tap the grca, EASTERN rpal. and thereby
Five the 1rcnf crst arcc>. Nv shorter
route ~ aharbur always safe and ever 80
cessihe. Then tpr passengers going cet.
we can cru-, the Pen rbscot river aud
tap the shore road. or we can BY line
OF steamers give theu q charming rxcur-
sion ,o Belti,, pr Portland and put them
on ID. Rail again furnishing pleasant
trip along the entire coast ~ Portland.
aud bs shorter and easier than any
other route
Speaking nf oar harbnr wa. struck
more fprribly than ever By it, entire
safety compared with all the harbors on
our bay and All along the constituting
our last Of the terrible gale that have
prevailed; fer while destruction rcigucd
bv wind aud wa'er in Pnrtl,ui. Rock
land. Belfast and along tho entire COST.
A. We gISr pruicctiou 10 the Lewiston
80 we could have lnnr 10 any am ,uni ~
vessels awaiting ,hrmsrlvc- 81 nur fine
harhor. furnishing ju-i such acrrs- II
All season. ~ The >ra a. v0u aud all the
oa., want, ana which Ia winter rspe-
cially you cAu'tvcrt well find At Bangor:
and even il .urr IT il a; Wintcrport vou
hardly want to wv o. iniIc- when YOU
can ind an incalrulAbi, better harbor bv
half the travel.
Although other c,ndilinn~ arr essen
tial IN the Development 81 the r,-purcc-
o any country vet A. the world now wag.
dcvelope,nent without rail road faciii-
ties L. hauil, 10 he looked fpr: whereas
with the rail some good come ,u' III thr
n ut sterile and unpromi- Ing iirli These
other conditions certainly exit All along
our eastern coast; bu, are held ia ab.v-
ancc except when they ar, - vital that
they siU act until the rail road -hali
put life into them. II l. shame to al
low such resources 10 lie like the thing
of life in the block Of marble for want of
the -culI.tor- kill aud tool The cx-
i-,ing resources ~ Al the villages along
the line Of coast ~ f,lai- or EtStport
have In themSr've- - much vitality that
bu ,iness rW - "u ani villages -iV
grow in spite ~ e.dcci: then what NAV
not be expected with q road, When
complete We shall the most -anguiuc Of
a. look with wonder upon the growth
II the entire region. AMI I'll. increase Of
travel LET IT. then gn - work aud
solve the problem. aud lrt II. ID with
all our might wha; our hani- find to 40
think Bucksport l. ready 10 10 her
part.
The b,v. ~ pur Pps, treated a. We'd
eve ~ tile rirst lecture 81 their course. bY
Justin Mccarthy former Elitor-in Thief
IL the London Morning Star-Johr
Brights or-r,u.-Jph n Bright and Eng
li,h Dcmpcra wa- ~ subject.
lie gave a. some account of English
tory ism and whigi-in. and 81 the origin
and growthot English Democracy. He
is in iove with John Bright, and OF
course find, ia hi,n all the traits that
enobie nrnaniiv.-ltw was good lecture
aud well uttered
Our sheriff lew day. since found aud
will take good care of about ~ gallons
of variety OF liquors 10 three casks well