Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-05-08
Best Compliments to c. D.

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statements so strange that some thoughtful
people would conclude he was joking were
men accustomed to joke in their wrath.
could safely leave the temper to account for
the extravagance OF the statements; but
somebody, In ignorance Of the facts. NAV
think there Il authority for the statements
made. For this reason | now write. and
another reason is to suggest to my Kind
friend to hold up bit when his furry Is
on. lest under pressure so high his memory
should not serve him, and his temper should
betray him into saying what his AFTER
thought will not approve. Now to the de-
tail. He says first, II do not propose to go
into dispute with any one about the term
mus CT the Shore Line Railroad" OF
course not. for he ment in long ago. among
the first; or perhaps, when he speaks he
assumes that there should be no dissent
and leave no dispute. But shall keep
the truth on my side at all events" Good.
sound, theory; but some people will be odd
enough to think consistency Jewell"
that practice is better than theory. and that
he should have stated his theory first aud
then practised. Again he says "when any
man undertakes to say that the Penobscot
Bay ever was frozen over so a steamer
couldn't 60 either from Rockland to Cas-
tine or Castine to Rockland. he tells that
which is not true" So c. ID. is the only
I =lsN ell IL.
sumner. And have no doub, he thought
so when the overloaded gun was of and he
felt the recoil. You must have misprinted
him. He certainly would not have made
so loose statement. That is the extent
OF my charity for the present. Again, II
defy any man to come forward and testify
TO any such fact This can be nothing
but blind, nnmeaning defiance, for every
man who has any knowledge can accept
the challenge and sustain himself TO c. DIS.
utter confusion, and if c. DIS. frenzy would
have allowed he never would have said il.
The witnesses are innumerable. SO many
and SO ready that | should know neither
where to begin or end. | have not taken
one step to get testimony. Ii comes with
rush. One gentleman said to me yester-
day that he had known loaded teams to 90
anywhere between Fox Islands and Cas-
tine and Rockland; and that when Castine
was the headquarters OF the English Army
the only way the Britishers could restrain
desertion was 10 tell their soldiers that there
holes IN hn To-.
tramp. Plenty Of witnesses will affirm
that not only has the Bay been frozen. but
Ice has made as far out as Mt. Desert Rock.
One says he has looked out from Castine
should know, that but a few years ago men
skated and run ice-boats mot through but
over the ice between Castine and Belfast
and Brooksville. Another says he has
known teams to go between Castine and
lslesboro'. Another says The has known
Eastern Bay frozen several times.
1t is notorious that the entire bay has
been frozen, and it is only then that Bucks
| port, and OF course Castine at the same
time, is obstructed. But of what use is it
TO mock the memory, waste the time and
abuse the good sense of the entire COM
munity, who know that c. Us. statements
have no support by facts. Again c. ID.
says 'Castine harbor is deep, the current
OF tide, both ebb and food. is very strong
which keeps it clear of Ice" Who dis
putes IT when the ice can get Out: Aud the
same is "a true of Buckspori harbor. lie
says The Eastern Bay is deep true, land
never freezes over" equally true, as in
Vulnerable witnesses of veracity can testi-
/ fy. Again, II know as much about Bucks
port harbor as any man. Thank C. D. for
his highest appreciation and commenda-
ton when. few years agoDe, bound across
the Bay 70 Castine, he came some twenty
miles directly off his route to find a snug
harbor at Bucksport. But really, appre-
c!ate as he may, knew more about Bucks
port harbor before he was born than he
ever knew. No doubt he knows more than
about certain snug winter harbor at the
head OF navigation; but eighteen miles up
or down the river makes a big difference.
! ~~-~N' ASN Soy 4 Iilb >tli
or anything without tearing down others
| will hold my peace, Right-you have
credit for saying il; but TO do it would be
better. 1t was just the not doing It and
making invidious comparisons agalns,
Bucksport is just what, and nothing else
disposed me to speak of Castine. And now
l say for Bucksport that we have no occa.
sion or inclination to put 4 single obstacle
in the way of road to Castinc.
Two statements and am done. have
known ice covering the entire Bay so firm
that don't believe c. d. would attempt
to put his steamer through unless his own
ers were fully insured. An obstructed
Western channel would be fatal to naviga
ton across the Bay to or from Castine.
Bucksport, May 8. P. Ii. W.