Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-08-29
FOR GoNENoR.
SIDNEY PERHAM.
: a Cam paign Of SANDER.

a Can paign OF SANDER.
some one Of the speakers before
Ellsworth audience characterized the pc
liJical contest now raging "a campaign II
SANDER. l. was not far from right: and
an honest old farmer. just IN our office.
gives this reason for IL: II j. because. >aAs
he. there are 40 issues at stake before
the country II % then. there must hc
something to fire the hearts Of pariHans
and TO stir them to heated political action,
aul If there are no issues to go 10 the
people with, then misrepresentation. d.
traction and SANDER must be the alimcut
ted out to the voters. 1t l. a sorry spccta-
Gle to witness. and ils effects on the morals
and manners Of the people will tell for
mont Is - come. But who j, TO blame
Every man of either party or Of 80 party.
who lends himself 10 such poor uses.
Let a. explain; Mr.. Pike and Mr.. Hale
are the TWO candidates for Congre>, in this
district. They aye both men Of ability,
aud 80 far A. their political principle, are
Concerned. do rot differ materially. a,
"a men they differ. Mr.. Pike j. All Old
personal friend, one that has won our r.
spec; and high personal regard, and We do
Lot feel inclined 10 abuse him. aud ,hai.
not. Mr.. Hale i not our enemy To- cur
knowledge. and we do not wish TO dc him
any harm. politically OF otherwise. and
BEEN. thus situated We have said 10 these
TWO gentlemen, that we shall not adso,
The people of this county know the men
aul DO nut want aus instruction from al.
They would NOT thank H. to alternp, q
Ii they would wc shall l"t uudcrlAh, F.
f5r We have 3 reason WHY we should not
break oar neck to rc-cictt oar present
Representative Ia Congress. which We do
so; care TO parade before tie public. But
$40 feel compelled to -at something hy
way or explanation and correction. '1'-
cause = lying report has been sent out from
this village giving reason for our present
position which j. false ia all pariicuar-.--
Il started ia a certain Store in TIM Village.
hui hy whom we know not. W only
know that the man Nho reiAil- ID retail,
lies.
The story i that Mr. Pike lent u, 1000
when we were in great want of money.
and when we could no, get il from bank,
aud therefore we object 10 supporting Mr..
Hale sc. Now. gentlemen. tale-bearers
Mr.. Pike never lent u dollar in the world
we never asked him to DO so.we never asked
for an accommodation from bank that We
did not get we never had but few accom-
modations and those in small sums. com
mencing when we purchased our new press
which cost sI400, and We obtained. per
haps. a third OF this sum from the Bucks
port Bank. We have frequently had small
sums Of this Bank and have Away, been
treated handsomely by il. but We DO not
owe it a dollar to-day.
While our hand i in We might a, We'll
give these busy bodies full personal hi--
tory % our>elt. money matter, and all
Ii j. not big story. A. near a. We know.
ANA we know more about it than Ihc man
who invented the story which caused ihi,
statement. We have more money owing
u than We owe. Of every description
This ha> been the case for 4 number OF
years, and We have property that j. worth
At least $1,000 Il is a small sum to have
gathered up in 20 many long years OF hard
work bat We are not "a very smart man 10
gather up money. if we were. our coffer-
would be fuller. and we should never want
TO borrow money oil any one. Then the
government owes Us thirteen hundred dol
lars. nine hundred of which il acknowl-
edged last year but it has never been paid.
II is great in saving at the spiggot, while
the Dung holes are wide open. We in-
yoked the aid Of our Representative to get
our pay. bat it diJ not come.
Further, we keep our property insured,
our life insured we black our own boots
We 20 10 bed usually at 10 10 IL o'clock.
get up.-prctty slow at this. say from TX
to seven. work all the time until we 20 TO
bed again. and expect TO do so while We
live. We are quite liberal in our views in
religion and in political matters. think all
others. except tale bearers and inventor,
OF ''roorbacks' TO injure the standing and
credit OF their neighbors, fun a good "A,
we are. but no better. and often think two
or three places, not thousand miles from
this city. should adopt the scotch BARRIERS
sign. shaving done here for a sixpence
and drink OF beer for nothing" for while
all sorts OF goods are sold. and no doubt
At low prices. the drink of beer. or the
stories, that injure their neighbor-. are re-
tailed for nothing.
If we have to rise again to explain We
shall publish some correspondence in our
possession with comments
sS@We keep large Watchdog about
our premises for the benefit of those who
are disposed to break the eighth as well a
the ninth commandment