Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-04-04

An unsophisticated youth of Rockville.
Ind. presented his girl on her birthday
with IA pair of those new tangled metallic
garters thinking them to be the latest style
bracelets. and requested her to try them
on He was next seen flying from the
house with broom stick In close prox-
Unity to his coat tail indianapolis SeRfi
nsl.
An artless newspaper man, who lately
bought few sausages. thus relates his
troubles: ! got Thorn sausages home with
out getting BIT; and cut them apart and
LEFT them. In the morning visited them.
Three of 'em had cuddlsd up together. aud
were sleeping sweetly. Two " en- had
crawled 10 my milk pail and wcre tapping
the milk and one. black and white one.
was on the back fence trying to catch AN
English sparrow. | drowned the whole
lot.
Hon. \. Il. Farwell, who las 80 tar re-
covered a. o. he a, his home. wrote stir
riug letter Ia the Eelorm Cigb ia Augusta.
az IT. meeting one evening last week. Bv
the way, This movement in favor az tenn
pcrauce /, spreading All over the STATE. II
j. an old-fashioned WashingtonIan move
ment and Il l. taking a strong hold % The
public mlud. II Is time one was started
in Ellsworth
rS~Wo hear " instance. OF stock starry
ing 10 death. IL seems Ia us that no ne
cc>~itv exists far such terrible r.Snlt of
Short crops aud long winter. A. we
mentioned a week or two since. those
lccimcn Of towns who knowingly permit
such 4 result To take place. without doing
all they can TO avert il, are sadly wanting
ia the necessary qualifications far the place
e hope 40 such eases A. starvation have
occurred There l. no necessity for il. for
WIKI the means. and little energy hay III
grain could be procured ~ some price. and
al some place. Il j. just the time now for
the town authorities 10 look 90 thi~ matter.
The suit &c ". H. simpson. OF Belfast.
saiu>t the Pacific VI unl Insurance Co.
"f New Bedford for sjObD Insurance upon
M" sixteenth Of ship Live DAk. vas i,r-
minated in the t :. Circuit Cont NJ Boz
ton. on Friday. hy decision in favor Of
the plaintiff. The Live Oak attf, "a ont y. b.
the har otNslcncia III Spain iu December.
l-6'. with cargo at glisn" II yju- dis
ch1rZed portion OF hrt cU4n into iisR'-
err the pilots. aided III !. -trau ia. w.
dre'urcd ~ gel Her into ID, itati 4pr. To atril
threatening gale. She tppN ground uu
th" hIr aud was wrecked. rs the terms
nj thr policy, Sine was insured '-fp Valencia.
aui Huil anchored - hours III safety ."-
judge ~hcplcy decided that the anchorage
tnr ;he purpose of ijghtcrirg 4" enable The
>ttp ta -r; over ihc bar. lid me constitute
Ah arrival a. contemplated by the policy
and that the Insurers are t5ahlc ThtS
Judgment virtually decides claims amount
inE r. al ~ about sin 0p the Other poll
r'r> being hell by thc estate 1T \. W John
sou. H. II johnson and Mrs. Joseph f.
Han
-> t.r" breakfast tahlr J. NV. taxing
phra-e u-rl rs those who yutr aui ..lvo-
,at" ttra coffee aul TIA. Hu' NJ. frcc-trad-
w. dpaf ~" Il ia thar Hight Iftakc- some
thing NOR" for \ -nbstautiAl breakfast than
tea AIM coffee ana those tn,nIiug , rctlpc-
t"u ~ dnti"., Naut Tie reduction 90 other
article, h"..Ir~ tlle~". Such Or COAX ALI,
ir"n. voolrn-. cnttun.. -s-rl lsad copper,
&c, &C. "" import abogt -iNtv million
r''inds ~ tea. on which Their, s., paid nine
million. ~ dollars ~ ,Iutir-. anI uy-rthrce
hundred million. Of pounds nf coffee. on
which Is paid nearly ten millions ii dollars
dates. YEARLY We import twelve millions
% ,alt. On which We pas ouly about A
million dollars iuty, BIZ, W. consume forty
million. ~ bushels 10 said, ou which l. pail
% saIl mouopoli.t- The enhanced price due
TO tn protective duty, estimated at four
millions ~ dollar. m" argument M The
free traders =. that the dutlr- should BE-
kept on -uch articles A. ten aud coffee. aud
that Snch articles A. -Alt -hnuld ~ fyr".
one 4er, directly into ;hc treasury. willie
thc other guc. TO the bvurti. ui the manu-
fActurcy, Ia ihi, country.
TINS FAruTE 40 ms IItr4uAlrf ''--
pi>pa;chc- from New lotA. saturday. an
upunccl that Prni Morse thr Inventor ot
the telegraph. was dying an hope Of re-
soycrlu. being abandoned Prof samuel
FINLEY Erc..-s Morse was born la tharic--
tu~r Mas. tn 1921, AMI i therefore over
- years VI age. Arcr graduating at \ ale
in $50, he wcntto Europe a. an artist. aud
on his second return thence in lisa lac first
conceived the idea which after years OF
study and many rcvsrsc~, was practically
demonstrated on y liuc OF wire between
Washington and Baltimore IN lsii, Con
gress having afforded reluctant aud
tar,ly assistance. The hrst message
What hath God wrought" was scut over
this wire. and within sixteen years 10000
miles Of wire were IN working order.