Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-05-26


other to wear "A hat in his presence.
He hai some reverence. and always
took his hat OFF when he passed the
statue Of Napoleon. one of his collcc
ton. Ga columns in the garden were
figures of Indian chiefs. Statesmen.
military characters. phiiosophers-ani
mythology suggested others-to his
ariists-who doubtless made good
thing out of it. He. adopted sys-
TEN of changing the names, OCCASION
a'ls. for his statutes. in order 10 give
greater vnriety-thus .lie Il Ham pi..
OF on" day became the Albert Gallatin
OF the next. 4 little paint made all
the needed change.
An account ~ the fate Of these
images il given in Samuel l.. knapp's
life Of Dexter Published some Years
since: These images were all in good
repair when Dexter died The first
that time or accident threw down was
the gigantic Cornplantcr, the mighty
progeniior of race of i,iustrious
schems. The rest Of the columns
stood the sunshine AMI storms u3til
the great September gale which hap
pcn.d IN 1918, when most Of them
were thrown down in that tornado.
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storm. The executor of tie estate
sold the images al auction The God
dess of Fame sold for the most money
she hrought Eve dollars. The iinar,
Of the treat premier nf England.
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a drunken urnH,,ate and his daugbt.r
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curtains TIM, riyaled those Of the Ham
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and will not enter each others pulpi,s,
or hardly nod at each other in the
streets" He liked old Parson Milton
because he was not afraid TO roast
sinners all to a crisp" but he had too
much Of the .Alphin and Omegin" for
him. II wish" said he TO his clock
maker. regarding these ministers, that
YOU and had the winding Of them up
if we had they would not tick SO loud,
and would 20 better than tncy do now
His idea Of the abstract man, as ex-
pressed 10 the same gentleman, il
worthy of the genius Of Billings Il
have come to the conclusion, Mr.. B..
that man is a wonderful toad Some.
,iues ,h;pl. h. IL n woodchuck and
digs a hole To keep out of sight. until
he gets a fair chance at the clover
now he looks like a weasel that can
creep into a small place to catch rat
sometimes he is cunning as a fox. then
as stupid as a jackass. and pretty
generally do not know what the devil
TO make of him"
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