Ellsworth American., 1870-01-27
LOCAL AND OrHEH lrEMS.

Library LECTtHE--ih ne iour,h Lecture W
Hancock Hall will BE- delivered next Monday
I've. Jan. 3l-t bv Prof. VIM NJ. Barbour Of the
Raucor Theological Seminary. Proi. Barbour
hs- been engaged to take part IN the funera
Ceremonies of George Peabody xt Sasem. H'
will deliver the discourse on that pubic oc
ca-ion. Those best informed say that froi
Rarbour's productions are highly finished
and rich in thought. We wish our citizens
might more generally attend these lectures.
The following .'unannounced' Lecture Of the
course will be given b, Mr.. David A. Wasson
OF Boston tho well known Lssayist writer and
reiorlner. >uhject-"An Emigrant ship al
sa-a personal narrative
-Dr. z. II. Harding and wife sailed
for Europe the 18Th, in the City of Paris.
a >now->torm on Tuesday, but as
usual it ended in a rain->torm.
The weather Wednesday is unusu'
ally pleasant and warm.
-Railroad petitions from Ellsworth
Surry. Orland. Bucksport Sc for charter
for road from Bangor to Ellsworth rid
Ellsworth. have been presented 10 the
Legislature in large numbers the past
week.
we have not the knack of getting
fycpeck> Of matter into a bushel measure,
50 therefore wc cannot. after the paper Is
all up. and on the day of publication. get
into it. matter enough for another issue,
although requested 10 do 50.
Mr. +. II. Stockbridge. who died so
suddenly on SUNDAY last, had policy Of
insurance for Sloo0 in the Continental
Company Of Hartford Mr.. Burrill. the
agent. took the risk the llth ofNovember.
The Baptist meetinghousc was pack
cd full on Sunday evening last week 10 lis
ten 10 the sermon on the Fast Young Man
hy Rev. Mr. Holman. 1t was faithful and
able expose OF the tendencies of the young
to break away from all parental and moral
restraint We hope it will do good.
Senator Lot NJ. Morrill, was elected
10 thcC. 5 Senate to I'LL the unexpired term
of senator Fe>>enden. He received all the
republican votes of the Legislature; in the
Senate - to 5. in the House 100 to 20.
The steam saw mills of W. 4. Durfee
~ Mi. Desert. which were burnt the lith.
were insured a follows insured al John
Il. Dow s Sons agency. $1,000 in the Mer-
chants 5000 in the Commercial. s,eo in
the Lumbermen's Of Chicago and $1,000 in
the independent, of Boston.
The Peabody feet was spoken of
Montauk Point Sunday morning.
The Machias Republican says that F..
Lpngielow a Son of that place, L. Sullivan
"f Whitneyville and parties in Boston,
have recently concluded n bargain with
Daniel Hammond OF Boston. for his inter
c>t. which comprises about one half. in the
Whitneyville Mil and Railroad Company
Price slooe0.
-lhe Maine Deaocrdt makes quota
ilon> from some ten different paper. on
ihe Governors message some of entirely
opposite views from Others and then adds
tile following SO We see great minds
differ
IL 4t4 Az slaANf aGutAL kllIt lHOSL bl AHOSt
papers who now attack the message, op-
posed the Governors nomination. and some
of them his election AFTER the nomination
How many OF them had 4 secret longing TO
join the Hichborn exploration party but
lacked the necessary courage is matter for
Inference.
- N -. ftanES 10 tha al
members of the Hancock delegation for
Legislative documents.
MIR. A. Hooper OF W. Ellsworth has
COW eight years old, grade short horn
from hormless cow which has given milk
since She was two years old and never bee n
drt up TO this time. She does not give a
large quantity of milk but it is very rich
Yielding large proportion of butter. She
had her first calf at three years old. Tn
like many farmers, who sell the best. and
keep the poorest for themselves, he has
several times refused hundred dollars for
her. and her progeny with one exception
are retained in the family.
In passing from Ellsworth to Orland,
you see at almost every turn, on the granite
boulders, painted "Flaggs Instant Relief. 1"
"Fiagg's Cough Killer" &C, These adver-
tisements should have beneath them, cor
o>tahtip. (every other rock outside) till an
other humbug takes its place.
Mrs. Joseph Stanley ofw Ellsworth
has woven four hundred yards of cloth per
year for the last ten years
Mr.. Peltiah White has pair Of i've
year olds of deep red color, grade Dew on
and Durham whose girth is 7ft, Ain, weigh,
300 lbs. fatter pair of beeves would be
hard to find in the county. Mr.. White full.
ly believes in the doctrine, that what is ex.
pended for shelter is saved in fodder.
Mr.. Albert Blaisdeil of Orland hos
Chester boar from the Nourse farm in Or
rington IA months old. He is what Pad.
dy would call, a jewel Of pig.
ANY observant traveller will notice
that along the road from "Mason's Mills
10 Orland village the .'boulders" are con.
tinually crumbling to pieces, so that where
few years ago, was large rock, now
cart loads Of gravel can be easily obtained.
In many instances, a soil has been formed
from the rotten rock, over the original
boulder, and is now covered with a thick
sward. The farmers say that when sum.
ciently reduced, it becomes q strong and
productive soil.
In digging wells in this vicinity lodges
OF this granite ''churn" are encountered
which can easily be dug with . common
pick One man the present season, has
dug into one Of these lodges, about eight
feet, without finding the other side. win
some one acbo En0,es toll m. A.