Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-09-07
Misrellaurous.
A Reply Prom Deer Isle.

Allow us, .lr, through the columns OF
your paper to correct few OF the mis-
take made in the letter quoted by YOU
from the New York sun.
Deer Isle j. twelve miles long and il.
nov here in brt adth. exceeds seven miles.
Southeast HArbor is hot the landing for
steamer. nor has il ever seen one save
the Pioneer a small boat built a, Car
scrs liarbur. There j, no connection
by steam with the Penobscot River. and
II the correspondent had taken the trou-
bic to inform himself. he would have
found the Penobscoi Bay, between the
mouth OF the River and Deer Island.
The village oi Southeast llarbor, may
contain three hundred inhabitants, sure
ly not over that number. and has only
three stores. However well it might
| speak for the enterprise of the village,
we do not wish TO deceive persons who
may come, attracted, perhaps, by the
Tribune Theory
Green's Landing was settled by men
who grew old and died long before Mr..
Green erected "the small house which
| has stood for half a century, There is
| a passage for vessels between this Island
and several others which lie between this
and Isle au Haut, but no Harbor. and
whatever of prosperity the place may
| have, is owing TO the energy and perse-
| .,.I, Of bn ,.nAtla thaf live
there. Instead of "three mercantile
houses" there are two variety stores and
we think Russ and Clark orP. 7. Eaton.
| either of whom produce as good va
riety as any store in seaport town.
The inhabitants OF Deer Isle have fail
ell, as yet, TO recognize any part OF the
Island known az "Clam City" On the
outskirts of the town there are few
poor people who during part of the
| wear dig clans. The number OF houses,
and small ones too, does not exceed six
and the inhabitants, fifty. We do not
see why the class of poor, honest work
ing and illiterate clamdiggers is SO essen
tial 10 the history of the place. Mr..
| Ames moved TO the place above desig-
mated ten years ago. Certainly time
within the memory of any man, unless
ne unfortunately, like Van Wrinkle Of
old, had wandered upon the kaatekills
10 avoid the tongue of Gretchen.
We can't imagine what use coasters
make of picked clans, and the corre-
spondent might ascertained, upon in
quiry. who the yankee spectators
were, and what use they put their CLANS
TO. We also think he must have been
imposed upon, if any old gentleman
"sixty-fve years of age with hair as
white as nature can fade il" was point
ed out to him as the founder OF relig-
ion, which may be better known to him
self than to the writer OF this. Mr..
Ames is a man but fifty-two years old,
hale and hearty with black hair. So he
must have mistaken the man.
OF the nest Of "Free Lovers" he fell
into, we know nothing, but from his
lengthy conversation with them we
Judge him 10 have felt perfectly at home.
We do not see why the children should
be so very Ignorant q there is good
school house within half q mile Of the
above Clam City, aud which is one Of
the twenty-three school houses in town.
We also have Ave churches. 80 Norman
ism and ignorance does not wholly pre-
tdominate IN 0,rs Isle Of the sea. We
know nothing Of the ''Tribune Theory"
and stoutly deny that women from that
place or any other 60 on board Of Ash'
] ermen, With Q few exceptions, the peo-