Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-04-27

mighty hand IL is = land ofcuriosities. where
| naught but "forcc divine could have created
it, wild beauty. and sublime. natural scenery.
the Gorge" the Ovens" Schooner Head"
Pulpit Rock the "Caverus." are some Of is
'medals Of creation
The chief employmeut Of the people Of Eden
is. and is 20 BE-. TO cater 10 the wants OF sum
mer tourists. Each season adds 10 the number
of its visitors. especially Of that class, desiring
to get out Of the sufocating cities, into fresh,
mental, and moral air. It's only question OF
time. when Eden will have place in the front
rank Of fashionable watering places" and
Will have qusdruped her per capita wealth.
l05. ELLSWORTH. This is the ''lone" city
of the county but while the city itself is small
Ellsworth. in the aggregate, is the territorial
London Of Down East" The business por-
ton of the town is situated on Union river,
around the Fails. The Falls which cover a
distance Of two miles. or from the "Bridze'' TO
the Fails Village, have within that two miles
total fall Of ~ feet. or 100 feet in "a miles
The holding capacity Of the lake and por d
FEEDER. i estimate ut $500 200 600 cubic I, e.,
ard the cubic feet OF water annually delivered
at. and discharged over the Falls. at 100
900 600. The height OF the head Of the river.
above il mouth, - little more thru PCS feet
Above Falls Village the mean rate Of discount
i, iriiiRg. that the term slack" water is ar-
/ propriaieiy applied.
For the manufacturing establishments re-
ported. am indie bted t. l.. ID. Jordan. There
are II saw-mils- with gangs" single saw
: single, box, clapboard. and gri,i mill
/ propelled by water. Number OF up and
1 down" saws III. Driven by steam. box
mills. -four, : plainers, / stsve. pail. 5
moulding, ! barrel. grist, Kit, 9 door, sash
/ and blind. and pump and block. The other
/ establishments are carriage shops; I harness.
sai.-loi, iron foundery, tin plate, and .
| cabinet makers. When the raw material for
/ wooJen ware is exhausted. and the sswda.t
/ and 'wrap-stuf-' have disappeared, a narrow
eusge railroad will be added 10 il. enterprises.
+ till then,
we have but faith
Ellsworth has large territorial area which /.
+ % hui little agricultural value. other than a.
/ ,hc,p-ranges. and ofli,tle value for this pur-
( pose. while the Cog, arr uppermost in the
,irife. Travellers. following the s,a.e-road. see
/ the fsce Of the county, in 1t. worst aspect, ..
the main thoroughfare Of travel, passes through
section Of meiAmorphic hedges kept steady
( by Contemplating erratic blocks, which have
+ been brought hither by some terrific earth
/ storm. We know OF no other spot in the coun-
+ y. with bouders Of grandeur. equal TO those
( deposited between Walls Village and The
"Crsis,.' Each boulder declare. its nationalt
y. each a frugu.,s AZ Of word, in chapter Of
the word. history.
The imeTIodR. the only newspaper enter.
prise in the county. with ihi. ISSUE. will have
made HOS weekly visits to It. patrons. Itwa.
started in l>i5. and from weekly beginning
ha> Sr"VH i-io s. III 'ay.r.
Whether on. or ID the battle ground o.
sparriug politicians" NAV 1t ever Keep "ac
tive il scissors. brain and pen
In the Tyler, or McGown district. /, hour
I.hins Farmer Club Mr.. Tyler ha. pAienis
i prooe.s TO preserve eggs. cut OF which b,
expects 10 make his ''Tile.' Here i. 4 piec,
! Of road. where one having fancy for mud
: can indulge ''knec-decp,' when the ..fros; 1,
I coming out
lei- FEANALIN Is II miles I. Of .sworth
aud !. miles ". Of Cherry field. Il ha, um
F t-r mills, and grist mills, a tannery. and
granite quarre.. W. ". BraS don says. mo-
one IN town is living exclusively by farming
Ihi' i another Of our shecp-range towns. Tn,
soii i coarse and rocky. but under good cult
Walton, ! very productive The true policy for
her farmers isio plow less, and Craze more
Cranberry culture has received some attention
and thus far is successful
The material wealth OF thl, town is in II,
water power. aud in its granite. The grant.
! prnphyri;ic, but splits well, and is handsom,
when hammered.
l. i among the possibilities that George,
Pond. may break it. barrier and in utter di,re
gard Of Ill pref. r..nea fa- ..-r,i4AIa. .s..s-.,
all IN IL pathway 10 the Bay. franklin ha.
snlpped more sPars. railroad tie, and shir
TIMBER than any other town Of equal size. il
tAis. or IN Washington county.
Nearly Is Of the hay is cut on salt marshes
The rafting" or booming" it 10. Aner 1t /,
mown that Is. the raking it by water, III,
tide flows. Is fun for ine boys, but death" K
n, uma'ic old men.
TO- GoULDsBoRoUGH is 81 miles s. T.. o.
Ellsworth, on tn shore stage line. II Is the
Southeastern town ofthe county. Ii has 5'saw
aud > Grisi mills, and one lobster canning fac
tory zone has been burned recently The
mills OF that mechanical genius. W. l.. Cup
till, tdliyen by pin, OF waIer") show whsl
al almost incredible amount Of shipping mate
nal can b. made out Of a given measure o.
raw material.
: Here We hnd An infusion oil Devon and Mer
tho blood. Il must have been deprdUed dp
petite which called for Merino mutton in thai
section. The sOil is clay Loan. with bluffs o.
bold granite. with vein. OF galena, zinc, and
copper.
Here. amid the shell-heaps covering acres
and which contains antiquities, such as arrow
I heads, stone hatchets, and chisels, pieces Of
rude pottery, bones of the moose, the deer, the
bear. snd those Of birds. is a rich field for the
antiquarian. Among the bones OF birds which
have been unearthed. are those OF the Gred.
Aux now extinct, which tend 10 show that an
| arctic climate once prevailed here. IclandiC
( chronicle. demonstrate, that the Skraellings, q
people Of Esquimaux habits, were. at an early
/ period scattered along these shores. But W he
slowly shaped with axe OF stone,
The arrowhead from flint and bone