Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-10-03
Correspondence,


particularly 50, to the denomination with
whom the author is connected
BosToN. Mass. Sept. -. 1872
My DEAR INoUIRER.-Nou will tear.
think have forgotten the half promise
which under the stimulus OF our president.
hospitality, ra.hly gave you one February
afternoon at Maple Bank, to write Tor vou
some American letters | have kept il
however. have written YOU lots of l.t-
tiers but haven't posted them. don't
want 10 make either rash promises or rash
statements again: 80 fearing lest the
nearly welcome extended nv ON Aaeri-
can brothers aud sister, to all who come ia
them Ia good faith. especially n they hear
message from the II & mi,,ht
lead me to regard lite across the pond
through too rose c0lorrd medium. have
kept back my letters. until such time AZ
the Sca->ickue>s Of the return voyage shall
have restored me 10 i sufficiently critical
state of mind io tone down the >uperlatiVc-
Besides aS uur Amcficanized Yorkshire
man and poet preacher told ~ IN the
Crystal Palace two years ago. We unita-
fians ~ vicr the cooler rooms oi cod.
mansions, and my summer work has Kent
/ me Ia the hottest cities Of America. whcr,
onr nitarian ehurche, were one ana all
closed for the summer Only last SUNDAY
did Professor Young discourse In Or.
Bellows church at New York. ami A no
/ tice in the papers that the u churcho. of
Maine. the most northern aud coolest >tafc
oI The Union. would meet Ia conference.
this week at Ellsworth held up Ia mr the
! pleasant prospect Of 4 return to thu. cool
room. after long suffering IN the .uda,n-
rium Of ashington, where INV brains were.
as wilied a. my collar and the state of nv
body: linen led Tue To appreciate in the
words most profound significance. Marx
Twain's appellaiion Of billed rags 20
the same Sunday my dry linen was book Ell
for BANGOR. my body put into the little
bed OF railway sleeping car. aud away
Long Island sound. up by Hartford
through the picturesque Connecticut val Icy
10 Springfield. hence pat the charming
New England Villages At east 50 IN,
gtidc-hook says, slept to holy Boston
When | awoke our car had been shunicd
{ ont of the dapo; on To The side track and
for the fret time passed through Boston
I without Welding 20 the temptation To liu-er
awhile amid the -weeincs. and light If
7 the Hub. bat went or along one W III,
s h.r - IL
along the route. Lynn. Salem. Chelsea.
Beverly, Gloucester. Salisbury. Ports
mouth. Carmel. llcrmou, were strangely
( suggestive, some ~ pleasant Ilrmori,. j..
4 Old England, Others Of event. in the HIS
tory OF Now England's liberty. other,
again of the Hebrew origin Of oar conn
mon faith, TIL the strange name II krun,-
bunk reminded mo that i va, anon. a
people whom in culture a. Ia their uomcn-
ciaturc differ from a. somewhat a, Two
sons OF the same father. bred unicr thr
same roof. but separated hy ihrif work iu
the wor!d, differ from each uthrs. .tiil
heirs 81 the -Amc -pirit, but mAnitc,tiug
that -p.rit under widely differing c,n-
dfiou- The keunebunhcrs w,r, the rr-f
delegates 10 the Conference who entered
our train. although We were still - miles
from he appointed meeting place | did
not however recognize them till We reached
Portland, where | could no longer t.c Ia
doubt as Ia the common destination al mv
fellow travellers and myself. Everybody
/ was asking everybody else whether they
were going via Bangor or Belfas, and
I there being a state Agricultural Fair at
/ Bangor, they Were discussing the chances
I OF obtaining sleeping accommodations
Z there.
One Of the most characteristic physical
features Of the New England States |.
Their immense wealth in water-power II
+ Lewiston where our track crossed The.
Andro,coggin we passed a waterfall n
exceeding beauty, whose power was
utilized for several cotton mills; the
hennebec, the Penobscot. aud the Union
River furnish tremendous power for th,.
factories and especially Tor the lumber
1 mills with which the State OF Main.
AboundS. However much the lover OF the.
/ picturesque may regret the fac, that NJ
say" the water power. the river. must b..
damned thus spelling the appearance OF
4 the iails, the contrast between the h.autj-
/ fnl and healthy manufacturing village.
I aud the huge unhealthy elite, where bad
! air aud coal smoke and want of .p,r.
contribute to the physical degeneration of
our English work people, i, painful to one
[ whose heart Is full OF sympathy with the
+ latter, and makes one wish the inhabitants
! Of our courts aud alleys and wynd, In
! Spitalfield, Manchester or Glasgow. could
/ De transferred to the river banks OF Maine.
Massachusetts and Connecticut III.
| Bellows tells u We are not TO Judge of our
| cause by counting noses, but by the
/ weight behind them, aud the fact that our
! train arrived at Bangor - minute, later
than usual may be due 10 the unusually
! Important freight it carried. While dis
! cussing In vain with the baggage master,
! al the Bangor station the question OF their
responsibility for the dilapidated condition
OF my trunk, l met the Rev. f. f.. Hale
OF Boston looking for his: and while NV
I companions uispeIstu III etafCn of night
quarters in Bangor, went on by the stage
coach. Our moonlight ride of six hours
passed through beautiful country over
hills or round them. here clothed with the
henlock tree. with spruce and fr, maple
and birch, there with their rocky tons
denuded OF earth and vegetation, and
every now and then the moonlight was
reflected from pretty island studded
mountain tarn, (why will the Yankees
drop our most expressive words. calling
their beautiful lakes by the derogatory
term pondO The scene reminded me of
many ride in the Westphalian sanerland
or still more OF some parts along the ride
from Fort William to the station on the
| Highland Railway. and the mist which