Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-18
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1875.
Editorial Correspondence.
AUGUSTA. Feb. Is. ls.5'

To hr american
When | read the Editorial Correspond
cnre in the last issue OF the American. |
rojoiced that capital punishment had not
vet been abolished. When saw how the
compo>itors hal mixed up Mr.. Holman and
d. q limby. fell vc-y much A. oil DR..
BIrnham OF OdAnI il sail to hay. ex-
pressed himself once upon a time. Again.
grieve that maligRity could 20 30 far a.
t. make an Editor lay "uumpprtani" in
writing OF the Constitutional Commission.
when ''imrortant'' is the only word that
could give any point 10 the paragraph. |
IN bound TO forgive the culprits however.
FOR they knew not what they did.
1 hasten t. correct ami say that DR..
II ,man does not weigh 200 lbs but Dr.
Q lnby dpcs-and further that the more
naport ant the questions considered the
more likely men are to get stirred up about
them"
went for comfort to"Toby Candor. who
conSoled the by recountins the outrayes
parpetratel upon him BY the malicious
finds Of the comPo,n. room. Toby"
or Mr.. Candor' as he i often called.
character. HIS real name i, W f. \
Whimaa, but he i 80 often named bv his
nm lie plume. that his bapii,mal name Is
almost fors often. As the Maine cores
ponlent OF the Boston journal. he i uni
vcrsa'ly known through all New England
H. i ahou: five feet ten. la height. Of
rather slender person. but very erect. and
very alert in his movements, His com
pleNion i lislt, and his eyes are a very
noticeable feature. They are quite dark.
and very bright. They fairly glow with
intensity. His power of work is marvel
ouS. He makes full report Of the Senate
dD.ngS for the heunebec Journal. report
ing debates and all. Thus he furnishes
daily column for one paper aud more
than column FOR an2iheE o. Le All; a.,
patches to the Boston Journal. or N. ) -
as he calls it for short, not having time to
pronounce the full name. Besides all This
work. he write, hi> regular letter. a. cor
respondent. How he does it all is more
than can tell. He is perhaps the best
correspondent in New England TO
get the news, with faculty of putting it
in very readable shape He seems TO soak
in information through the pores, for he
knows everything. lie is very pleasant
gentlemen in society. and q good fellow TO
meet
The Lobster question is settled for one
more year. We Eastern men don't like it.
bat not knowing our real strength we
were cajoled into a compromise. fearing
We might not do 80 well on a iight,
think however we could have won on q
square fight. However. we have got two
weeks of the close time. aud confined tn.
restriction only 10 packing. Our delega-
ton had meeting and referred the matter
to Grndle, Allen, anu Tolman, a, the 4
of the fishing towns. and |
agreed to stand by anything they might
think for the best, and we did SO. Their !
action was wise.
Another year. other notifications can be
made If necessary. The Judiciary Com
nittee have had frequent discussions over
lie proposition TO abolish Imprisonment
or debt. They nearly all agree that it
ought to be abolished, but the diff Guilty is
o devise in its stead, an efiectual means OF
disclosure. Several schemes
lave been proposed by difereu members,
mt they all seem to have some objection
Ible features. Mr. Emery's scheme as
resented early in the session was so radi-
al departure from the present mode that
he majority did not dare accept It. lie
: confident the principle Is right but it
would BE- folly to attempt to force il all at
nee The difficulty Of agreeing upon a
ew method of obtaining disclosures i. So
reat. that the Committee have decided 10
merely modify the present system. making
less expensive they propose one Com
Missioner to hear the dis closure. whose fee |
hall be three dollars per day. aud pre- .
crioe form of notice so that debtors
eed not be harrassed by technical objec-
ons. IL Is also proposed to restrict the
Sht OF arrest upon writs. by requiring
re Plaintiff 10 state the grounds OF his be-
ef when he makes oath that DEPENDENT is
bout 10 leave the State. II is believed
lat this will be a check upon loose swear
x. The right to arrest In actions Of tort 4
also restricted to cases where the Plain
will make affidavit that the tort was I
iliul. The fate of the bill is problem
zeal. The opposition will not come
ON the lawyers who generally favor it. :
1t from the members who have q large c
lmber OF small debts due them. No one
Is any personal interest to carry il
rough, while many have personal inter. :,
IS to oppose it. The matter has been a
'od deal discussed however, and the at. Ii
ntion Of the people has been called to it. a
time no doubt Maine will get rid of this +,
Il relic of barbarism which she and iu
alone cherish out Of the
States of the Union.
Bangor has been obliged to let 90 OF O,
1t Case Pond. and drink of Penobscot NJ
tiers. The Hancock delegation stoutly te
sisted the scheme to continue the prlvi-
,e, and prevailed. There was . very ca
lmated hearing before the Committee on
.erior Waters. Mayor Grants memo
was read to the Committee. and was
y influential in obtaining q favorable
'ort. IN
The news of the temperance revival in -
sworth has been received here with -,
CHI qualification. I have been con-