Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-02-01

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ME EDITOR Having spent !, few DAYS
at th" state Capital. a, "mcmbcr Of tie
third branch short letter a, thi> time.
may n"t ~ wholly void II interest "a vnnr
readers,
Inc Senate !. composed ~ men or a.
ciied ability. and an partlc. have a fair
hearing before that body.
~ ihr House. are alI sorts of uirn Hero
are mrn N education. aud ~ large I.r-i--
iailyc experience such mau a. Perry.
Holden Pix. Porter. and many others. -
Here arc uli -.ouulI % be " flr nom
home Aul no grAaI chjld u tAAc rasc y.
them. IN the House afc j few ycry Young
men. Lord Of Biuchiu i. the Youngest
member, think. H. Il decidedly smart.
~nd 'v"Ain- righi rilrr hi- business.
NhHcomb %: Ellsworth. i. d Young m4u.
ani just a. energetic, anal wiie-aNAAc a.,
ever. he N always iu hi, seat" dsr,Eg,
business hour, anI though d jp,l4l fellow.
hc giyc> sober thought aud c4ocln 4.trn-
ion t. business.
Carlton Xxi NhtrAe.l. am ..rry 10 .Ay
d Republican lIr X au In, ctcrata talk
"A pcrtcc, "bprr' " TIL lInu.r. Judge.
Aroo>'"oA Co, la, the large incmbcr. His
weight :, ~ Ib-. How d. thIt f1r high ar
lhe attempt to remove THE Ca.,lae Normal
school. AMI ai,o thc shire of Somerset u.
I viii prove a failure
The "thIrt bran i' contain, some noble
mru--men ot talent, experience and e,ll-
. cation. Ihe mos, II I-u, ID tht. branch
are cN-,'oY. Morrill,. c1-Juds~ RICE. WaIk-
er ~ Nachia-, Hume Of Ch,rrydr,d. Hop
Ain> anu sawyer ~ Ellsworth Glars ann
Heath ~ fremont. IIll " sullivan. Hon
Atu- - Ni.br.igr. Cram Of Btpu-Sick, ana
Others tpo uumefou. 70 mcn,!ou
Thursday evening. Ee,. Il. r. Alicia.
Pr~,iirut " State College. gave Ill addry- T.,
OF great worth. Il Vas a line production.
and made an excellent Impression. Pr~.f-
dent Allen T. a u,aa n fIn- culture. aut!
( undpuhtrd picts. ana in.t the man ID rr,-
side over our state College. H. need, bu,
TO be known 10 - respected and loved
lie Is one Of the finest christian gentlnmen
IN the state and our sons viii b. safe an
der his supervision. At the close Of the
address. David Barker, Esq, member OF
the House from Dexter read an hour from
h. poem entitled My First Courtshlp."
some passages ID the poem were very
iiuo, but as n whole. 1t sas rather smutty
for such an audience. Many Of the ladle,
dropped their head and ,igniiied their di,-
approval ~ a portion Of the poem IL
read such . production, 10 such an audi
cncc A. assembled at the state House on
Thursday evening. required brass d.
well q, voice.
The Board OF Education has been In ,e..
sion the entire week. rnc meeting, of the
Board wcre Very interesting and in.truc-
tive, And Il not interrupted b. radical
change. We shah soon reap the fruit oil 1.
labor-. For many year, our legislator,
has been tickle, anu the friend, OF cIucA-
ton have had much 10 discourage them. 4
large majority Of our people are discussing
the question Of education and now i, the
time p give hight mould to public ,enti'
meGi.
The hotel, and boarding louses al Au-
gusta are thoroughly hlled. Cot bed- are
Ia great demand At the Augusta hou-e.
The session viii not be i lon. one. such
mel a. Pike, Perry, Holden, MlliAen. and
several others cannot afford 10 be away
from their private business a great length
of time. Financially. Legislature service
Don't pay. Many members have 10 draw
on their private funds 10 balance their no.
tel accounts. But oh, the honor. who
wouldn't be member OF the State Lcgis-
lature ipr the hohorf
Yours &c. MCNsoN
Norridgewock. Jan. 18th. 1872.