Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-06-23

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LIFE.
Post Onics, War Cont i'm ncGl.
There seems to be a desire that this
should be published. | am sorry for il.
Tor these neighborhood troubles grow
bv being published To the world. | d.
not know what is the right OF this trouble
but do know that all that has been
written ha, not lncnded the matter
Mr.. SAwrER:-
notice ia YOUR late issues certain
correspondence about the Pos, Office at
Y y T.. Ilarbor. and being an interested
party. must say something. J. Hamor
PIE do not want 10 appropriate all the
mail privileges. "regarilcss OF all their
districts" Their actions plainly SAY
thcy do. From the first they wanted the
office in their meighborhood, but they
did not get il and have been mad about
il ever since, and have sought all kind
Of means to make quarrel. aud one
person belonging in that (>and poinD
District went To- the Post off = last win
i-r and quarrclcd with Mrs. Wa-.att
because the mail did not get in at the
hour he thought j, ought. The mail
has been carried for the last three ar
four Ncal- a. follow :-Jona. Carson
:. Il. L.
when he was discharged because he
would not carry the mail within one
mile OF the office. but throw il out by
Mr.. llamor To- saw that the "Wa,gatt
dynasty" have carried the mail for the
last three or four wears. Tor we all know
It il not 80. and think that if Mr.. Iia-
NOR would look twice before he leap,
it would be more to his credit.
Mr.. Roberts scorns the idea that he
aud hi, friends have imposed upon the
people ihi- way. but We do feel imposed
upon aud that most outrageou>lv, Mr..
Wa>gatt has stated the true cause, only
he has not stated enough. Those dis
,rici, that feel 80 aggrievcd do not have
children Now | have made it nv prac-
tice TO 90 10 the Office once and twice a
week ever since the Office was establish
ed,besides have got no wife or children
and if had should not want them 10
| 20 a mile farther after the mail over
/ such roads rs we generally have. The
people this side of the new Z. o. will
hereafter have their mail come 10 the
Mt. Desert, Z. .. and go and get it our
selves or hire some one TO 20 and get il T.,
the reason why we do not have our
mail come 10 the new Office we don I
like the location nor vet the Z. NJ.
When the mail bag used to be left by
the road side il was because Mrs.
Roberts would not have il brought into
her house. | notice letter signed J. C..
which says the writer will throw some
light on the subject. | don't think Mr.
Wasgatt's mind is greatly disturbed, he
seems TO keep on the even tenor o f his
ways. As the people on the west of the
harbor think they have been imposed
upon. should like to know what they
call imposition, they did know when to
90 after the mail for most of them used
TO 90 TO the Mt. Desert p. o. and ge,
their letters and likewise stamps, and SO
did not help support the, 7. o. at all OF
but very little, and now they have got
up a petition and stolen the office from
those that did support it, and now they
will have to run ''the machine them.
selves for we will not find any oil to
grease the gear" The reason why the
mail bag has been known to hang on
the fence all night is this when Mr..
Carson carried the mail Mr.. Wasgatt
! engaged MIR. Roberts boy and A. C..
Savage's son to bring. the mail from the
turn of the road to the office, they taking
turns. until one night Mrs. Roberts got
mad about something and would not let
her son carry the mail TO the Office and
they (WasgatD did not know what was
the trouble, and it was this same j. C..
that hung the bag on the fence. The
new p. NJ. is just prompt enough to
keep back part OF the mail, Tor can
tell OF one instance already, there were
three letters written at the same time
at Elizabethport directed to n E. Har-
Dor and mailed at the same time, and
when the regular mail came one did not
come from the Office for they sent it the
Monday following. In regard to the
communication signed Gilbert II. Man
chester l will just tell him that Mr..
Wasgatt did not say that he could prove
that there were but seventeen names on
their petition, think am right when
l say that the petition originated with
this said q. II. Manchester and he car
ried il round himself and there are some
people in his own neighborhood who
say that it is the meanest piece of bust.
ness they ever heard OF.
CHARLES H. CLEMENTS.
N. E. Harbor, june 9, 1870.