Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-22
Vol. XVI. Whole Ne. 1880. No. 30.
The Maine Islanders.

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deriny of MOODY and Santev,s hvr,r. hy
the Women around c,b;ne, org,r .h;Is
the men stood in ,b,, doorv,,' a. ssoc,.,ars
and Middleton observed The r,,ggsd mon
seated nm the harreIs of the s,,r. of nm az
ming discns.;,,, tn, conditions nc sr,c. AND
the higher life with the same ANIMATION "a
if il had been nolitics or the sc,nd,lo,,
chronicles of n neiebborhood
And vet ,her, took nlace nm Deer Island
an incident Of quite an opposite bearing
which Middleton set down 70 n DISCOURAGED
lis,lessness ch,ractar;s,;c os . Mac. !, ,b,
very unAmeriran condition of M, look ;py
forward immediately To h.;np tho greatest
or only something or other of II, kind
Deer Isle is ono Of tho Main. towns which
instead of increasing annually declines LIS
population is some hundred, les. even than
In 1860. II formerly owned as many as
three hundred sail of vessels. now |, il
much if il owns score Nobody bubhled
with this story as thougb !, were n s,a,a Of
wh;le frnm soma s,ore Laen.r w;,h ,,l.,,,,
Of leisure on his hands leaning in his door.
way whi.tlinp a s,ick or some veteran in
the shadow Of his deserted wharf and 6,h-
houses, falling tc pieces of their own weight
the story came on,
The nro6ts of yesseI fishing had dscl;,sd
wear bv wear. The goyernmen, s-s, en-,
down the nominal ro,inc of tonnap. N Fng-
lish measure and then ,ook of ,b. ho,p,v
Of fopr dollars ton !, had h,..r, ,.,,,,.,o,,oj
10 nay in N. way nf e,co,,,,,,.,,,..,, IN.
old folks had got tbyouyb and the vorn,
folks did no, want 70 % :, b.ca,,. d'Ecnf,
to get crews and so ,b, 1e.seIs vern old omt
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ris, of Inhstcr;p, al beld a., ,,o-,. sa,or,
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pression oyer,ook tb.s, n,,,s,;,s of ~. r.,
,lso tn. ..no,,,, h,,.;,,i.ss 80 ,ho -,
of porgies and menhaden for their oil -
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A,t,,creJ he ,bo rras,g - ~ - %
steamers were 6,,rd on, h., phaJ, isiand
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has No, s,id ,b;s ,,,as ,,,,ral,. I.,.f n.
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and M more
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beard nre,cb;ng - b;r,saIe Ys,s :, -, :S
the Lonesome sooJs he va cn,,;n''ali,.
comm, dow, 10 vosb h. ~, ,,-a,. -
,b,, &c, bo-. ,-,c.s ,f .ohal.rl,. ,l.
the edge of the water. and then bs fenc;ed
that he must bu;ld a yrea, b6teI -, Tb"rIou's
Hill with all tho nor,gae,ad r,rar;,,, ,rd :,
wa, hurry bnrry cr,,eIiy an d. Io,,,, .;,h
ou, a moments intermission, from the IN.
Iahu To the shore-
vi sunday night he was gwen Green's
Eureka Hall to hold service IN. His au-
dlence was made up oil young fishermen, and
hands from the lobster factory, and quarry
men, or rex-quarrlmen, and giris IN KIND OF
UNIFORM "t saIlor-hats and plaid shawis fold
ed close around their shoulders, with some
young children who took the ceremonies
seriously and really their conduct was re-
markabIy good. Their disturbance was con-
hned to unnecessary stalking in and out
completely from one end of the room to the
other. The demented preacher affected in
at this, but he was in reality
we'll pleased with an audience, and an OPP
portunity given him to initiate, with hun
dred Nagaries lnterspersed, the ceremonies
with which ne had been so familiar. Out
side stood lsaacson-a travelling cheap
John who had opened stock of second
hand garments for ladies and gentlemen in
dlsused tish-house on the sharf-and
travelling doctor, who made the round of
INC iNia'us tNtee u year III HIs cat-Doat 10
cure the complaints stored up for him since
MS last Gaming eychanvino aDacdn,.. and
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GENERAL ARTHUR AND THE DEsrEGADo.
When Billy Wilson was raising his notori-
'us zouave regiment Of roushs during the
var, the members composing ii were acting
'ery badly IN New York, and Coy. Morgan
ordered Gen, Arthur, ~ho was quartermaster-
to stop their misconduct. Arthur
ummoned billy to his office. The desperate
espon.irely staggered in wearing his uni
orm as colonel, and listened contemptu-
'usly 10 ths warning that Arthur gave him.
1t length he insolently retorted: Neither
'ou nor the governor has anything to do
With me for I'm colonel in the United
't.tes service, am, and you've no right to
rider me Arthur informed HIM he was
lot colonel yet, because his regiment vas
lot full, and no commission had been issued.
Well I've got my shoulder straps on said
'iily, "and as long as wear them, don't
axe no orders from YOU fellows Arthur
las just a. huriy then as now, and far more
ctiVe. wen make short work of your
fender. tore off his straps. threw him into
chair and ordered him under arrest
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