Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

The inhabitants Of district No 4 in Han
cock. have erected a two-stow school
house. 20 by 40 feet. on a half acre lot pur-
chased of :. Stratton. near Crabtrce's
corner. There is nice cellar under the
the house: the walls are laid iuu-ment and
underpinned with split granite. The lower
room is 81 by - feet. II feet high. lighted
by 4 double windows of l2x20 glass. and
furnished with sttings for sixt, scholars.
The room is celed up to the'wiI,lows with
narrow upright boa D., paintct a alter
nate ash aud oak. by NJ &. Within of West
Gouldsboro. This room is supplied with
yen,lators, leading 10 the chimney near
the roof: aud thu builder claims that il il
a. near perfect a. the circumstances will
allow. The lower floor il not YET finished.
The cellar and foundation were done bv T..
\. Foss for Slg6. The house was built on
contract by L. Moore for 81 .i65. The work
was done by Il. II. Is. Moon. wh, furnished
the plan. The mason work hy... H. Aus
tim of Lamoinc. The furniture was pro-
cured in Boston and cos; s2G0. ihe whole
cost thus tar Is about 81 $50. lhe house
stands back from the highway -ix rods.
and the lot i To bc graded and fenced ext
year. The winter school j. Ia L, taught
by I. J. ilodgkins OF Ianco.k. This
house occupie. central position for four
large school districts. and when n. upper
room j. finished. there viii be good op-
porunty furnished 10 establish school Of
higher grade within reach Of a large prp-
portion of the youth Of this town. The
town al it, last annual meeting. had the
good sense To consolidate two small dis
trict-. thu, forming district large enough
tn afford a suitable house. and II The -aaie
time. furnish scholars 70 fin It. TAc di~-
trict have repaired the tuiou ,chon.-hou.".
SO called and g.. Il. Springer 4, teaching
the school. The school AZ Crlblnrr'- point
i being taught by {. 7. Npriu.crot Frank
lin; the one "a Noou'- corner {, ID be-
taught hy Z. Wooster; aud the "4r n Nc
FatlIud', hill by Mis-, :. IT, kue at La
moline: Il Hui-hias ncsA by T.. Hpl-aia,.
Ihoina- GooGiu, 81 Hancock. ha, .ulI
hi IA rm to John iorh OF Ellsworth. aud
with hl- wife ha- removed 20 fr,Luaia.
Kansas, whore hi son r., ID, Their first
experience on the railroad Will N, long
and rather severe one for person oi iu~.r
years.
Ephraim Crahtree OF IIaucock >!auEh-
tered hog II IL month. Old. weighing
so lbs.
REM. shutc Of North Hancock. has sold
produce from hi, farm the present year 70
the amount of $50 and ha. more on fani
a; the present time. than he will nced 6ir
hi, own use. NJ stock i, included n the
above figures. Among the the item, which
make up the sum are eggs 81 Onions
raised from the seed. sl0i. lie has raI
for labor during The year $3.50, "t.ly 50
Of ~ hirh were for labor connected with the
crow of the present year Ill farm j, a
sandy loan wiih a westward slope aui
suffered much from the drnuht
NJ David IIal.kin- harvested 10 hbl..
of craubcrfic- ~ about 40 bushels III
estimate, that hc los, ouc-hAlf 81 hi, drop
hy the frost those grown at llamof, point.
Eden. on high land Suffering tho worst.
lie sold them ou an ayer.s = tor $3.50 pr
bu,hcl. lie intends - Il, more a, ,r4,.-
berry culture mex. Year than usual. he
propo>r- to sow about >ix barrels Of cram
bcruc- on land prepared for them mex,
spring. oih"r parties ID that vicinity arr
doing something a the business. T. =
Hods ins raised % bu-hcl, ~ nice 4u-
berric.