Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-07-06
Excursion to the Island.

The steamer Argo made an excursion
: 70 Bass Harbor the Fourth. having beer
chartered for the trip by E-oieric Lodsr 81
Masou> She len her wharf At Ia O'Clock
4. VI. and arrived on her return at ~
/ o'clock l.. NJ. The tide and wind were
both ahcad going down. but the trim va.
made Ia good time for dinner. and a. cuius
fine fi,h-chowdcr which had been PR
pared for the occasion hy some person :
who know how To get up TIL, di.h iu good
sisle. Il -cem-d Ia n however. that the
two or three hundred pei sous when landed.
were the most rapaciou> crowd Ne ever
saw; and had it not been that au ample
supply OF edible, had been prepared ;or
an army ~ thousand, 4 famine would
have been the result of the visit But a.
there l. alwAv. an end Ia All .uhlunary
thing 80 tins long-,lrawn out meal ia a
beautiful grove. under the most favorable
circumstances ot agreeable COMPANY and
pleasant surrounding came TO an end.
And then. there being some three hour ~
spare before r"-cmbarking for the homr
ward passage. the meeting VA, called ID
onier. and Rev. ". II. >ayary made A
happy speech OF half an hour. length.
The Editor of the .A,asricIH wa, then
called for. and responded 10 A few remark d,
D. uiIrn paVi'U>cu gong To large
school building near by, with Hall ia the
second story. where the dancing uuc-
might enjoy them-elve, for IA hour -
the crowd went thiihcr. and bu-ine-- com
menced at once. the Ellsworth Bra Band
which had kept IL all in good humor for
the day 10y it, fine MUSIC. started the
dancing onc>. up and down the middle d"
Sc. by starting up lively tune. \ rail-
road meeting Wa organized IN the school I
room below under the auspices Of Me-sr,
Brimm-r and Hopkins The ,u-..h c> Al
this meeting were both grave and gay
A Heather ,hinee " >ell- Yankee notions
in close proximity TO thi. ,,ai OF learning
aud mos, of the party Visited hi premise,
TO see " hi baby aud 10 get 4 drink 81
lemonade.
John chinaman has an American wife
marrying her AT Eden; and the fruit OF
this union of the Mongoliam with the eau
ca,ian i, a boy baby, which i, ii, months
old; aud thi, young -ter excited the curl
| Gus crowd.
The only occurrence during the day t.
mar the pleasure of all. both visitor,
! and the citizens. was the premature dis
| charge OF a swivel just as our party land
| ed. injuring Mr.. David Nice and four boys
| The boys were not badly Injured. but Mr.
! Nice wa. it is thought severely. Dr.
! Greelv Of our party wa, called immediate
I ly. and he thought he would Ia a short
/ time recover. A collection was taken on
the spot. and quite a little sum obtained
for him.
Al seven O'Clock the steamer started on
her return trip. landing all her passenger,
safely at the wharf a. early a. the tide
would permit.
The Argo. with her gentlemanly captain
careful and experienced pilot. and atten.
tive officers and crew, won golden opin-
ions OF all on board. The Band did much
| W uiaAc tuc III ut'iIsutlul one
Bass Harbor i thriving village. ;
4. Holden. A. c. Holden. Lewis Freeman
Capt. Benson, Capt. Abraham Richardson
&c. are the business men of the place
Two fine vessels are on the stocks. and
will be launched this fall.
We were all under obligations TO Mr.
Freeman and the Messrs Holden. for theil
exertiOus to make our visit pleasant.