Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-29
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In our little village Of West Bay" Ne
do no, seem TO feel much Of the depression
tina, is prevalent in the mining districts gee
erallv \, the Gogld.boro and West la,
Min.s work has continued without inter
rup,ion. and the ore shown is Of such
character iha; we have but little fear for our
future prosperity. The Gouldsboro Com
pany have nov completed their new build
ing and have their machinery in place, max
.ng it one % the fines, and beet equipped
establishments in the State.
The Concentrating Work, are making
rapid progress toward completion. and /, IS
hoped that the mil Will be running by Sept.
LIST The machiner, to be used is that Of the
Bradford process. the same A. the Douglas.
a; Bluehill, which is now one Of the great
sources Of attraction. in our County, and
where the visitors NAV sec nearly a hundred
tons Of ore raised daily. from the mine. and
By this process, put into marketable shape
ready for shipment TO the SmeIier. y.
The Home. Globe. Victor and West &
SoWle silver mining companies have sus-
pended work for a while The Gouldsboro
and West Bay are in operation. The CON
cenirating mill and lower dam are nearly
completed, and the machinery for the mill
j. on the way here in vessel from Phila-
delphia. There sill be seventeen feet head
OF water at the mill. The foundation for
the upper dam has been laid and the spiling
placed. Steam hosting and pumping ma
ohinery has been placed in the Gouldsboro
shat, house, and now Nc may expect 10 see
the ore lifted d, a rapid rate.
The three Good Templar lodges in
town are well patronized. Nearly all ap-
pear ready to fall into line by force of habit,
for, YOU know that when We have prac,iced
good actions a while, they become easy;
and when they are easy We begin TO take
pleasure in them. and when they please US
We do them frequently, and by frequency of
scts they grow into habit
1t appears that the powers tina, be-
the most potent Of which is the educating
agency" have been sufficient to drive in
temperance from the country towns in the
State, and what is there to prove that the
same agencies are not equal TO the task Of
purging the cities as we'll. The time NAV
come when the people will see the necessity
of rery extreme measures being taken TO
drive the Modoes from the lava beds; of
sinking all other questions in the one ques.-
ton Of temperance. but they must first be
convinced that the agencies nov at work
will not eventually "leayen the whole lump
There are over Jealous temperance men who
are really acting as drag upon the temper
ance cause. They declare all existing meas
ures and means impotent, and the eonserya-
tive man is the temperance Prometheus
whose breast these radical vultures tear.
They give us to understand that the tenn
persnce Gauss is Eey q stand still, and
will remain there until they have been
placed where they can grasp the lever that
moves the world, and then won't this slug
gish clod Of earth just buzz again.
Now, understand that the acknowledged
leaders of the temperance cause in the state,
do not advise the formation of prohibition
party. With all its necessary fyLiPpings in
We should not permit our zeai to get the
better Of discretion, though We may never
so wildly realize that ''Our natures do pur-
sue, Ike rats, that raven down their proper
bane thirsty evil and when we drink we
die" GALENA.