Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-12-05
Don't fail to remember
The 18th Of December.
For. let 1t be known.
That then. will he shown
Something never seen before,
On this Union River shore.

Mrs. Royals hulled corn is wonder
fully tender aud sweet We know whereof
we speak, having tried it.
Mr.. {. d. Treworgy slaughtered one
Of his hogs on Monday. which was Il
months old and weighed 47G lbs.
Look at the advertisement of the Uni
tartan Social and Benevolent Society. and
by and by, look at the Posters
Monroe Young. Esq. has just received
one OF Mosler, Bahmann Cos burglar
and tire proof safes. 10 be placed in his OF.
flee
Rev. Mir. Ropes OF the Congregational
Church will preach on the subject of Tn
conscious Religion" next sunday morn
iug.
A subscriber writes asking US to pub.
lish two poems, one by Alice, and the 9TH
or by Phete Cary. They will appear In
our next issue.
The annual Meeting for the election OF
officers of Esoieric Lodge, f. and \. Ma
sons. will be held at Masonic Hall Thurs
day evening at O'Clock
We may have reached hard pan so far
a. the times are concerned, but The hard
pan Of the streets and roads must be sew
eral feet below the surface.
Mr.. K. A. Heath who recently pur-
chased the J. IL. Chamberlain place. has
taken down the stable and is about to build
another ofthe dimensions of > II. by 81 n.
One Of the most severe rain and wind
storms OF the season visited this city on
Monday night. The wind was terrific aud
the fan OF rain sufficient 10 raise the river
considerably.
Mr.. +. II. Long. the well known Pr
ano tuner VII! visit Ellsworth this week
aud all orders left with [. {. Young or at
the store OF Mrs. \. +. Greedy vii. be al
tended TO.
Mr.. Lewis Friend. the merchant tailor,
says il pays 10 advertise lie has large
assortment of winter overcoats which he
i selling very cheap to make room for
other goods. See his advertisement in
another column.
We notice in the Wig 4 puff on the
music furnished by the Joy Bros of Els
worth. al the Turkish Bazaar held in Ban
gor Thanksgiving evening. Mr.. Geo. A.
Joy Is musician OF marked ability and we
are glad TO learn that he and his orchestra
are receiving the pI aise they so well merit.
Some Of our subscribers will find an
item Of considerable interest TO themselves
if they will carefully read the slip on which
their name is printed and then try TO i'm
agine our feelings il they should 10 as
ZAccheus did. II will be remembered he
came dozen.
The sawmills Of Benjamin franklin &
sons. situated at the cutie: OF Reeds Pond.
about six miles from Ellsworth, also the
Boynton Mill. on the opposite side of the
stream, were totally destroyed by fire on
the morning Of Wednesday. Nov -. E.
timated loss from s. 90 TO $4,000: no ill.,
surauce
The bark launched last week has
been taken down to Steamboat wharf
where the work IS being pushed forward
as rapidly a. possible. She has received
the name of Shetland" aud will probably
be taken to Boston early next week where
she will be coppcred and rugged.
-Alanson Googings, Esq, OF Lamoine.
brought To the Register OF Deeds, for rec
ord. deed that was made 80 years ago.
Mr.. Goo2ins thinks the value of the prop.
erty has increased during the time, but the
area has diminished. and for fear it may
shrink still more concluded to have the
deed recorded
Through the courtesy Of Geo. Z.
Bracket. Esq. of Belfast. G. W. Secre-
tary. We have received a copy of the pro-
ceedings Of the twenty-first semi-annual
session Of the Grand Lodge of Maine. |.
o. g. I. The report shows the order to
be in very fourishing condition In the
State with a membership OF over Is 900.
The Hancock Co. Savings Bank have
just declared their eleventh semi-annual
dividend. The Bank has been in business
five and one half years, and has never suf-
fered loss. Its securities are all first-class,
and it has surplus over ali liabilities, OF
nearly nine per cent. Money deposited on
or before the 10Th day of December, will
draw interest from the first.
Mr.. Washington Gray. at the Falls,
while using a draw shave accidently
brought the blade against his knee when
the knee was bent and with such force as
dons in front of the joint and opening the
joint TO the extent of two or three inches,
thus partially unjointing the leg. DR.
Haines. who attended, reports him comfort
able. though fearing that a stiff joint will
result.
The usual Union Thanksgiving service
was held this year In the NJ. Z. Church
After Prayer reviewing the mercies OF the
year by Rev. Mr.. Ropes. and the reading
of Psalm CHI. by Rev. Mr.. White, Rev.
Mr.. Moores preached the sermon. He
sketched the progress of Christianity 10 this
century with bold and rapid hand. show
ing a mastery of the statistics in every d.
rection. aud then brought the mass OF facts
thus accumulated to bear on the individual
soul by urging all TO live up to the progress
OF the age. Only about sixty people were
present at the service, owing to the To-
clemency OF the weather.
The Firemen's ball given by Dirigo
Hose Co. No. 3, on Thanksgiving Eve. waf
a grand success, the only bad feature
about 1t being the unavoidable detention OF
Dinsmore's Orchestrs by being run aground
on the bar. They had taken passage from
Bangor on the Steamer Sea Flower which
had the misfortune to ground on the bar IL