Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-08-05
PRACTICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP
The Stockton Dictionary What Con-
stitutes Practical Man Geographi-
cal and Chronological Elements Of the
Definition Our Merchant Marine a
Public Discussion Suggested.
oCT NsioN NJ CORRESPONDENT.
DowS EAST, july -. i-5p.

bows East. july -. i-i9
la the stockton dictionary. or in the
dictionary used nv the stockton poll
tician-. the word practical l. most
important one. In the Bangor Con
vcntion Mr.. Roberts made hi way NJ
through the platform Oh which was
seated the good natured President of
the Convention and it, other officers,
vocitcrating with the full power Of hi-
lungs. that he found "a practical diff
Guilty troubling the convention" Mr..
Robert appearance was a. sudden and
a. hard 60 he accounted for ON any sci
cniihc theory vet known. A. j. the Tab-
bit trick which >ignor Blitz performs
before wondering audiences. But Mr..
Rnbcrt> saw no way ont Of the 'prac-
iica. difficulty" hut by his method.
while most everybody else either
saw no such difficulty or else said. n
many did, we came here Ia settle our
difficulty, if We have one. bv voting"
But there are a brace Of stockton or
aior~ and they both bear har,i on the
word practical" Mr.. " a. Hich-
born has nj late been writing for yuur
city ianrJsI- ani be gives ihi, wur,i
another airing. In his letter on Our
Merchant Marine. notable specimen
OF fine writing for practical mans
he call- Vour representative in Con
grr~s. Fan earnest, practical man. aud
no doubt he i all that; but little far
ther on in this eminenily practical
letter. the stockton writer -av-:
Thi. reminds me q q l-,ier 81 Mr. r. A.
Pike. now In Eurpp-. r-c~ntiy Published IN
YOUR paper. That leitrr 1. doubtless well
meant. i'ui 10 NV mind illustrate. the differ
anc" between Theoretical and practical men.
tine day. examination Of one spot on the
ginb-. or OF one Kind Of ycs~el-. vii harIls
sufhc- fos the data which TO found a sroat
anil comprehensive plan for restoring am. per
prinatin: American Commrr,,~. Nor j. the
dsis. we think. quit. competent for founding
prophecy for th- future To- the Of str. IN
or -ali-. Practical men have long that
the Demands Of the hour are and Will bc re-
curing -omc ehansr-thai under certain cir
cum.iAncrs and for specific Kind. Of business.
steam wiii b. Substituted for sAil and iron for
wooden ships.
In lust 80 MANY words the public is
invited in this communication. If not in
this paragraph. Ia witness the difference
between the theoretical or NEARLY snccu-
latiyc mind of Mr.. /. a. Pike now in
Europe" and the practical y. Il. Hich-
born Of iamou. Stockton tawn, have
supposed clear up tn latc year-. until
tiif iiihiv bIatuldT utttTIlltF pI the 'llr-t
bushes, men of the Penobscot Bay 10
the contrary had staggered ihi. belief.
that in some degree the east Of mind
born in u. qualified by contact with a
proverbially practical world. settled the
fact whether we are practical or -pecu-
latiye men. Recently however. have
observed that this sort OF legislative or
administrative virtue. runs in veins or
waves. or l. circumscribed or qualified
by geographical position. or the ambi-
tion- of men. II there was no State of
Maine in need of IA Governor. nor NTH
Congressional District every few wear.
needing IA practical -hip-builder 10 rep
resent II III Congress. we might have
fewer quotations from the Stockton die
tionarv.
\ few Years since a. | was riding
through the street, of Calais. Maine.
with Mr.. r. A. Pike now in Europe.,
with very ordinary and practical sort
OF team, Mr. Pike was addressed by n
mechanic in this STYLE. You are lust
the man | want to see. Fred. l want YOU
10 take quarter of vessel that I am
TO get the frame for: YOU will make up
just the number of owners wanted.'- |
Then and there the trade was made, Mr..
Pike making the most minute inquiries |
concerning the kind of materials TO be |
used. and the cost &c. I was struck AZ
the time with hi practical knowledge Of |
and said 50. aud Mr.. Pike
replied that he had been interested as an
owner and builder of vessels ever since
he was twenty one years old and before
Now a. Mr.. Hichborn thinks him a
theorist, without practical knowledge,
hope the two men may be induced at
some time not far in the future to dis
cuss the question of "our merchant
marine" orally before the people of
Maine. so that those whose previous
opinions have led them into the error of
believing that Mr.. Pike among our pub
ic men, is noted example of a practical
business man. may be disabused oftheir
,rror.
! do not care to discuss whether Mr..
likes ideas of the decay of the ..thing
II beauty are correct or the reverse: he
10 doubt can take care Of all that but |
ave An earnest desire to see Mr.. HIGH
'Orn and Mr.. Pike pifted against each b
Their in a public discussion. SO that the a
ublic may judge which is the practical '
nan. What is the use of so much prac- i,
cai ability as resides in stockton with
ut 1t can be put 10 use in beating to
cath the mischieyous theories of the
ian now in Europe. write this. hop .
" your merchants will move at the :,
roper time for a public meeting for a o
Iscussion of ''Our merchants marine. ,, "a
lpecting as result that DIR. Hichborn c.
ill be there and see If the patient is q
ck, and of schaf disease, and that DIR. :,
Ike will indicate the proper remedies. r.