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MOUNTAINS.

Ye are mighty, mountains mate gods Of ths k1at
Is eternal aud awful, with lone peaks upliftett-
Ys do cleave the deep usta In the siicce 10 Eraud1
Az we stand as III homage, Q enigtn2s unx1stsd,
And do gaze, and do yearn,-yet DO not understand.
70 cloud-d1el,ers, listen: 1peak Ont, hearts q
stone!
O speak clearly and slow, Of the secret4 Of zgess-
OF the myriad wonders Of 4ous back-hown:
0 - gods Of the silence and princes Of sages.
What Of the grand depths OF tha toundle<a uosass&1
0 thrice-myst1cal souls OF IN infinite spaeel
There IS awe In your presence. and 1'4adoT q a~
ne2a:
We do hold up our hands, IL ; tuttf III race;
We do ioye and adore in our marvellous nl2anes1.
And vet what il it ali vhsu ths ages SnoEaes7
All N cold and as drear Is the fce-freted 11cs@,
Is your gaze aud your wel*otos, monxzcns 9" 7on~
Ann W. t,,r half IN dread from deserts Of death.
10 repoee In the werlnesa of sutgss and thutadsxk-
70 ths mpttriugs mysterious OF old Aotkef Earth
Thus re xenre us soug Of Ehe blossoms Of hrains
A. to zone the t.leeubEow Of tie maiden uf ualRg:
Then again TO tho 1nountalns, from tAr@l-hud "a
faEes, ..-. ....
To blot out in marvel the faecene<s Of choosing
And the &psctsts Of Losses stt for our pains.
DUBUQUE, L. WAL1xz SvESGE fALaSa-
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way: The buyer having to purchase ten ticksts
in order to get them at the reduced pzlcea. will.
because be las them IN his pocket. so more fre-
quently to p1aca Of amusement than II be had
to go each tims he thought shout attending. and
PURCHASE his tickets, 30 that the total attendance
will be enough Increased to more than make up
the difference. Every one "ho has bought a
package Of soda-water tickets will appreciate the
force Of this argument.
R.-But will not BUYERS object to being CON-
PEELED to change their option tickets " for re-
served seata for tbs entertainment they wish to
attcnd7
Mr. S.-No; for the usual and preferable way
Of selecting reserved seats is to wait until four
or five days before the entertaiuueut when tho
buyer knows whether his eugasemeuts will al
low him to attend, and to determine how many
persoue Will be in his party.
R.-Then you are convinced that the new sra
TEN will be popular with the public and profit
able TO the managers.
Mr.. C.-We are certain that its extrems cheap
ness and adaptabllity to the tasts and con-
veniencs Of the individual purchaser will insure
its popularity with tho public, aud We believe
that Tho increased popularity thus attached to
the Star Course will result in our benefit. At
least. re have shown our confidence in the sys-
TEN BY adopting 1t after study for two years OF
the old difficulty.
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in the forenoon than in tho afternoon, when h9
il fa.ixued. Mr. King s.ya il his own child wero
Obliged togo to tho High School in the afternoon,
or not so at al. he would prefer to patronlza
many oshe1s OF tue sama opinion. Be
sdes. where are the majority OF the youth going
to study. particularly in cold weather? !? Mcss
OF them have no rooms to retire to, sera~ate
from the rest Of the family; but must study as
best they can, surrounded BY all sorts Of distrao-
tion- and dis.urtin: thiags. Mr. King admits
thst he looks upon the proposition to put double
divisions into the High School ns Al outrage,
and he thinks great majority OF the nat, ous ct
the school are Of tho same opinion Very ssnsi-
bly he says, lot us eseVats tho standard Of tie
High School. and not depress it.
Nn. Z. T. RUSYAa
an ex-Preaident Of the Board OF Ed1cation, con-
ours substantially with the abore-named II even
respect. He was ever opposed to all double d.
visions; aud only yielded to the necessity in the
very lowest primary divisions, where they would
be ie.st hurlful. Nr. Runyan had particularly
noticed that number of donble-div1slon teach
ers have been obliged TO leave the schools al
ready, in order to recover their health, broken
down by ovar1ork In his opinion 1t vas mir
rious to pnp.ls also to place them under the
guidance of teachers who wa1a jsded by over-
work
HR. GEORGE 6. CLARKE.
3 member OF the present Board OF Education,
aud Preeidsut OF the Board III former years,
rnent on this question this: that he was, a few
years ago, oue OF the most successful teachers
in our High School. He is se7y decidedly ot
the opinion that the proposed change would bo
exceedingly injurious.
An examination Of the opinions OF tho pres
ont School Board, as far as they eau bo ascer-
tained, shows that. with perhaps one exception,
all the bcat informed members either oppose ilse
adoption of the report, or are in doubt about it's
effects And the opinion seems to be quite prev
-. a.
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LESSONS OF LOVE

gpring-time Of lows.
H.lmy and bright
Vide opens HeaFen'a
Bls,e sunny height:
Ri,ssful, our dsya
Filling with hight:
Weaving sweet dseama
Golden through night.
GUNNER Of Iova+
Br,lliant in glow,
Doth ali tt5 wealth
Freely uestow;
Rosea OF bliss,
With thorns Of wssy
Fragrant around
Protuseiy grow.
Autumn Of iove.
Mild and serene,
Quenches all Aopca
Aud wishes keen;
Blossoms did fade,
But fruits are ss&n,
Purple and gold
Through sombro green.
Winter of low
Comes with chill
Prrsaurs Of hands:
Silence s-God's VIII
Time our measure
" Speedy doth Ill:
, kove, immortal
Looh heayenxzrd still.
- =. WuLAk o4To Gouz1ox.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

E,arr G. G. NuI1tns will preach N the Central
ftr3stian Church corner Of nobey street and Warren
srnnre Morniug subject: Choose You This Day
The ner, D. Il Grshsm D. D., late Prssidcut Of
Husdaie College, will preach in the morning 1t ne
5u-ch r1raer ct Indiana ayenue aud Tweuty-fHh
sreet TIE pasto, ths Re7. 1asac Errett viii preach
in h. sYpztne anhject: The First Gospel Sernou
iu the Blh0."
rt. Esy. ], L. Dudley. Of Mn~ankee, will preach
r=oraing md esening IN the Church Of s Messiah
-1ne Hsy. Robert Coilser will preach In the morn
,a ~ t{oy Church, corner Of Dea<bozn snd Whitney
NThe R.x J. n. pxrtes Win preach 1t O'Clock IN
the sfternoon st tho residence of c. B. Dupee corner
OF Furt-sixth atreet and Toodl7Wn avsnna, henNood
T1heeal dh,;sstau Church IN HJas Park aze AaFassd
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F5'on: the -f44 York HETa<d. .
His number iu The Paris list Of drivers MAJ
IS 0::2- He had seen better days, but now Ee
drove cab. He sent, with oshers, TO carry
= wedding party from tbs church to .sd5in:
breakfast. In hin cab we're placed tho bride
groom and the BRIDE He recognized i, the
bridegroom man who had once put him IN
prison for debt. Once fairly on the way. no
aud landed tia bride md bridegroom. bady
damaged. sitter an hours hard drive, IN Desc
late rural district On the wrong road They Sos
home at midnight It vas N epas vsnGe2E@A
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EPlscoPA14
Noy 1-Twenty-seeond Sunday after Trinity; All
Saints.
noNAN CATHOLIC -
Nor. 1-Twenty-thitd Sunday after Feotecost; AL
Saints.
Nop ALI Souls.
Nnr 3-Of the OctAvn OF All S1na.
Nov. l-st. Charles Borromso, b. o.; aa Vltaos md
Agricola, MN
Nor 6-of the Octave
Nor. cor the OctaTe.
Nor TOT the Octave
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Among 4 sarags elan
III cannibalish people,
4 missionary mai!
Set up his modest steeple.
And there each day he would
Pursue his noble labors;
He told them to he good,
And babe them love their neighbors.
The canntbals, with grins,
Care car to themes he treated;
They crossed their tawuy shtns.
And on their hams were seated.
And yet they were not lost,
That missionary labors:
He taught them to his Cost
Tia way TO lore their neiGhbora.
For one day wncn Tor prayers
Thoke eauniaa1s they met him,
They caught him unaw3rea-
They killed him snd they ate him
They said ther found him good.
He'd practired what be taught them
And now they ulderstood
Ths goodness he had brought them.
And wien they filled esch m2w,
They n2id, while they deplorcd him,
ATneyd loved him alive and raw,
Est roasted they adored him !"
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Ivy -" xa,,o.- 49,. .,;aa
oe ca1I'ea III tue poches' a'a !. 47'4o" "a" o''1'
out end so hunting oonoay ana NO one Aao" IT,
uaaven according to tho idea Of Vermont
ceiEsman' - n4Ase 49,.
and Blonos stopped nelng gooo 20 oclocA 'nuS
morning. He says it's too far on
..uhv ia advertising 1to the reIieion of q
concentrating - asks tue Paper Trade Jou,1sal.
'sBecause it is good to al iatents; aud purposes
to make you known 70 AL men.
r,o no+r,roon;a1 market has p;cked m 40 fast
e;,aa sartanbar that ona Naw Homnshire clergy
49,, ,,oa ls;11 in thre. hsr,es Of beaas barrel
- a;da~ ~ t1,roa dr;c1 calEsEins.
" ~1' H.. T.,
Vhe oeAe1 Is nec2nlnG Stronger eFefs aay u
the East tiat Jcnn nta nto1faseet nsa epoa ea,S
aa1 '1to ~ 800 - aaor,,nt ~r;t1 lin
IWo cacresmeo were nusf S.E ulH.a = e;a HA' s'.a
problem III theoiogF. oeneYe' ~ sa'u ~ 9ne, -.
IN the doctrine OF up ~ent MS ies.t sna . ~
be bored hole IN tns l3e. ne nn.soeu tne ss
tence-" dannna.on o1u n.y. o. aouud p.s''
bus then nc oidn anteno TO say It " tna' way"
That Was an unseemly exhibition at prayer
ueetiu1 in Springfield on SUNDAY, when dea-
cor, had lady nnd cripple put out OF church
because her bonnet happened to bo in the way Of
his seeing the minister. II deacons are aHo *ed ,
md wives bonncts, and our own uberties2 An
other point for Mur1ay.-Boston Globe
| min;stcrial wit in the West, who has not re-
| cajyed his u. D., kept body Of teachera con-
! yulsel with laughter during q convention with
| his humorous sayings. Que day, he happened
| to mention the fact that ho belonged to \ sacred
profession Ono fellow from the country. gasp
Ing with SURPRISE at this confession, Was heard
| to eycaim, *'A minister Na'at, DO declar!
II / was out shcottn' ministers, he's the last man
I'd snap at"
cyn1c snle"ule ien1aihe eua' "o11su5 80
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= lbe table from which this Is taken II h1ents t
snpgestiye throughout and shows bow mnch oet-
Ter 10 cents worth Of orthodoxy Il than $40
worth Of Charity
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
Vol. XX. Whole No. 1000. No. l3.

"A POET IN THE PIGsTY Whittierg gave
early indications OF poetic powers. Sew
eral oi his Juvenile peems found their
way into the newspapers and magazines
OF the day, attracted the attention Of
some literary gentlemen, who apprecla-
ted the merit of the productions, and
resolved to make their author visit, to
offer their assistance in introducing the
Quaker poet to literary notoriety. Ac-
cordingly they took conveyance that
soon set them down in the picturesque
town Of Wcare. IN. H.) the residence
OF the young poet. With some diff
Guilty they found the dwelling of Whit
tier, and We're ushersd into the best
room of the house by the mother, to
whom they made known their desire
see her son.
All this time, young Whittier was
working away at the certainly rather
unpoetical business of cleaning ont the
hogsty. He piled his shovel with right
good will, totally unconscious of the
honor that awaited him. Judge oil his
astonishment when Lizzy, his sister,
came running from the house, ard in
formed him that it was full of very great
people who were waiting to see him.
What shall / dor cried the young
poet in agony. Run, Lizzy, and get
my boots, while | wash me in the
brook
The boots were brought, but the bare
wet feet of Whittier refused to enter. AT
length, alter deal of tugging, one was
drawn on, but oh. horrors. the other
would not sc on, neither would the first
come off.
"A pretty looking spectacle l shall
present for their Inspection murmured
Whittier as with one boot in his hand
and the other on his foot, he entered the
house. But in short time, the fatter-
ing words of his visitors made him quite
forget the awkwardness of his attire
Madison Family Viator.
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from her room alone, busted herself
over her unconscious mistress.
| The captives in the oratory fought
Ike cats, and one of them gave George
FERGUSON bite in the arm, the mark
of which he will carry as long as he
llves-that was "Rough Dick" "Gen.
tleman Jim" turned sullen, and sub.
mltted to the force of numbers at the
last with a better grace.
When on their trial two months later.
'Gentleman jim paid Mrs. Ferguson
several compliments, and politely assur.
ed the Judge before whom they were
tried that he esteemed it no disgrace TO
nave been trapped by such brick of a
woman!'
The gang to which the two thieves be.
ionged had received all their informa.
uon from Sarah's brother, who wa, a
sort OF hanger.on to their brotherhood
ana to whom had been intrusted The
sending of the lying telegram which had
50 comfortably disposed of the master.
'AlPs WELL they say, that ends we'll
and our tale is no exception to the pro.
verb. 1t was rather long getting well.
though, in the case of Mrs Ferp1sson Z:
stu she was her own braye-h hearted self
again by Christmas-time; and-take
note OF this, all wives-never did she
show her husband the letter she had
found; never did she tell him, or any
one else, that his one bit of carelessness
had probably supplied the correct time
to the intruders.
And, for piece OF happiness to end
with, though Mr.. Ferguson the elder
oid not have fit and die, he did have a
ht OF another kind-of repentance for
ms prejudice against his daughter-in-
law; so he made reparation by a very
handsome Increase to their income. And
as Tor the rector, after the wild jov of
having his wife safe again, he declares
his counting days have all returned.
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Reclaimed.
RY HOWARD GLYNDoS.

Our feetare Sc, among the soft. rich MOSES,
Broidered with lichened twigs aud last year $
leaves.
How beautiful these tokens of he .osses.
How tenderly the pityin. mother weaves.
Fresh garlands of the psrtridge-berry's creep
ing
And emerald sprays shove each mystic mound
These make YOU think Of lost men, locked in
sleeping,
Mute witness of past aons Each gray giant.
Lies a. he fell, his draperv round him drawn,
Like some stark Caesar, even in clay defiant.
Whose shrouded outlines hint of glories gone. .
So close together stands his tall successors.
You scarce can glimpse the su.try August
skies;
Meath the light. ceyptic, 10. we tread as
guessers
And spell the awe in one another. eyes.
Like to the shirt of Nessus. quaint and deadly,
The prisOned armOr of the ivy cllngs
To those strong trunks, with ominous leaves
yeined redly,
The air is full OF sleep and no bird sings.
But 'twixt the fallen bouges, interlaced and
messed
A silyery. steadfast glistening doth break;
Not even these withered trees, aslant and
bossed,
Can hide the secret of the forest lake.
Stirless ss Lethe With the wood coeval,
And what its depths held, no man living
knows;
Haply, the secrets of world primeyal
Lie far beneath its passionless repose.
! Give thanks. o lonely heart since, at thy Sc
cret
This forest. in the bosom Of the hill.
Th, still lake in the bosom Of the forest,
Have walked in thee comprehensive thrill.
What matters il that these are world neglected,
fSucb sweet re,risal doth dear Nature make)
That for long years no face hath one reflected,
Nor voice hath made the others echoes wake
II thou art like TO those lone heart, forget no,
How safely they lie on Natures wholesome
breast;
If thou art like to these, thou wilt regret not
Her hand stretched out TO draw thee TO thy
rest Independent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
Empty Cisterns.

Everybody knows well enough that
unless water runs into our cisterns, we
can by no device pump it out. There
fore we are careful to see that all the
rainfall on our roofs is conducted thither,
and that the pipes are kept unobstruct-
ed. Even our wells will 60 dry in
times of drouth, the springs by which
they are fed falling for want of the early
or the later rains.
The parallel holds perfectly between
our minds aud our cisterns. Unless
they are continually fed with the pure
streams of knowledge, they will inevita-
blv become empty and dry. How many
mental cisterns we find, capacious
enough, and with all the appliance for
getting water from them, that only
Weld to our movement OF the pump
handle warm, stale, turbid stream oi
gossip, or complaint, or garruious rattle
"a stream how different IRON the cool,
sparkling, refreshing flow from mind
continually replenished by the perusai OF
books constantly falling from the press.
or by the well-springs of ancient lore.
We may pick up knowledge everywhere.
A good newspaper will give us many
valuable thoughts which we may reflect
upon while engaged in our ordinary
duties. 1t is rejection that makes truth
our own. One should have always on
hand some valuable book quite outsid
his ordinary pursuits, and read little
in it attentively every day.
| The life whichis totally taken up with
supplying physical wants is not worth
the living. Our minds not Jess than OUT
bodies need TO be clothed in fair robes o
knowledge aud wisdom, that their max
eduess do not appear; need to be adorn
ed with the ornaments oil literature, thai
they be attractive and pleasing to thsil
companions. 1t is right and our duty t.
care for the body, but tine lite is mor'
than meat and the body than raiment
five must choose between fine dres
and fine thought, shall we not take tn
latter? Elegant furniture does no
make the home; elegant dress an
surroundings do not make the man Q
the woman. To close as we begun
better the old-fashoned wellsweep an,
the moss-covered bucket, with the we
! of unfailing and ice-cold water below
than all the modern perfectiOns OF col
trivance for raising water placed aDov
u An empty cistern or foul and faliin
J, well. llfe -s1tf- iaaia
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

AN IMPORTANT ART.-The art of con-
versation is the finest of fine arts; il is
not the art OF saying much, but ofsaying
it well. There are preaching men who
talk, but listen not, or who speechify in
private, or gossiping men, who think
little and are never still, and yet are not
conversable men. The real art of con-
versation consists not only expressing
your own thoughts freely, but in draw
ing out by encouragement thoughts of
others. You never will be liked for long
talking BY anybody; but you are surely
to be liked, if, by your talking, YOU en-
courage and stimulate others to think
and talk in response to your thoughts.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

TAXING OPPOSITION PLEASANTLY.-'I
was good deal amused few day-
since, at a remark of our brethren, who
suffered very severe persecution for
wears. His street door has been so de-
faced by stones thrown against it, as if
hacked by an axe. Quite a heap of
stones had collected before the door,
and when, month ago, stones We're
wanted for use in the erection of room
adjoining his residence, there they were
at hand. Said he, There We're just
stones enough not one TOO many. How
little did those BOYS and girls think that, i,
as the devil stirred them up to collect all
those stones, God meant them to help
me build that needed room. But for
this help, | should have had to pay a
man 10 go and gather the stones" Had
he not The right of it! And did he not
show the right spirit?-Herald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
l9ottrp.
The Deacon's Conversion.

Deacon Hodge must walk tonight;
He has no time to wait or daily;
lie is expected, esrly and bright,
BY the widow across the valley.
Old enough. say people. is he,
Long ago to have left such folly;
But a. wise a sage Is she,
Aud a maiiea bright and jolly.
Cav and beaming, good and kind,
Laden with forty winters only.
She i a light 10 his gloomy mind.
Making his downward steps less lonely.
Each in the same opinions clsd.
Each the same good future seeing.
They in the main have seldom bad
Even the sport OF disa2reeing.
But as the Deacon wends his way.
Under the sky's fast darkening azure,
He is ponderiug OF the day
When he incurred her first displeasure.
Talking concerning life and death.
And the importance of conversion,
She was telling of her great faith
In the ordinance Of immersion.
And. a. men in an evil hour
on will do. he feebly doubted;
But her argumentatiye power
soon beheld him complete routed.
Til he asserted if folks desired
such baptism. they might receive il;
But for IL. ever being required,
He wasn't fool enough 10 believe II.
Then the widow had bI idled, and said,
Till he had known such saving lcsyen.
She wouldn't take ii upon her haed
To marry the best man out OF heaven.
So the Deacon. A. he walks on,
Gfieyes that such ideas have got her
For he has IN the long years gone,
Kept hi> head above The water;
And he feels that the rich reward
Oi thi, widow and her caresssing.
For a sacrifice 10 the Lord.
Hardly would merit heavenly blessing.
But. most stubborn Of all. his will
Mans most troublesome attendant
Bids him cling 10 his old creed still.
Lest the widow gets the ascendant.
So he sums hi> conclusion of it,
Amer the whole affair rebearsing:
Wv Widow or not. I'll ne'er submit
To her doctrines nor her immer>ing.
Now from a br idge, where lazily flows
wsier full six feet below him.
Gone is a plsnk. and down he goes.
And for a moment the waves o'erilow him
But 10 the widow upon the shore,
Reaches 4 good stout stick unto him.
And he. in a minutes timQer more,
Lands, with the chills creeping through him
Quick she led him unto her house.
Dres him 10y every good eSertion,
And then remarked 10 him. sly mouse,
That be was a convert 10 immersion.
Vain his objectiOns-vain each doubt;
Nainly he argued, mixed and changed il:
No odds how il came about,
She insisted, the Lord arranged It.
And full many marital d-aught.
Bitter ani sweet, the Deacon drank mp.
Ere he discovered that creature of craft,
She wa, the one who pulled the plank up.
Will. NJ. CARLETON.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

ANU UsEMENTs.-The habit of dissipat-
ing every serious thought by success
sion OF agreeable sensations is as fatal of
happiness as virtue; for when amuse-
ment is uniformly substituted for
objects OF moral aud mental interest,
we lose all that elevates our enjoyments
above the scale oil childish pleasures.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

A Western paper says that the way to
XIII OH the poets who offer to write
pieces .ratuitously is to accept their ef-
forts, hand them to the worst compost
tor and let the proot-reader correct them
according to his own ideas of prosody.
This is warranted to destroy the strong
est poetical fever in three weeks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
Packet Notice .


rpHE subscriber lakes this opportunity to inform
/ the citizens of Ellsworth and vicinity, that
she is prepared TO do all kinds of
Hair work In the Latest and Best Styles.
HISpecial attention given to Making Over
and Enlargtng cid switches.
AECombings made into switches or weft.
Rooms at the house OF Z. Rand Elm ST. (next
street south of, and running parallel with Pine
street.
MISS FRANCES MILLIKEN
Ellsworth Oct ber I'D, 1873. ltf
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

That was Il practical woman who
wrote to Evangelist Hammond, at St.
Louis, asking prayers to lift the mort.
gage on her farm. that she and her little
ones may not be thrown out of home
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26
HOW TO GET RICH

How any man, woman, CIR, OF boy may get rich
FROM FIVE CENTS CAPITAL,
sent for TEN CENTS, and stamp for return
postage. Address, A. g. 0R1NDLE,
In South Penobeeot Maine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

An Indiana editor mildly remarks:
"f you can't bring US wood, remember
us i'll Your prayers. 1t is something to
know, as we sit and shivsr, that we are
not forgotten it the stove is cold"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-26

When our ancestors wanteda hot rum
punch, they said 30 without evasion;
they did not call it "kettled-rum."