Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1881-11-24

| Orthodox faith a was amply attested By
/ the books which stood so rgIdly upright
| upon his table He is the town clerk and
I an old resident of the place lie kindly
/ furnished me with data aud got out the
I town records for INV perusal, They 9ere
/ decidedly interesting and would have en-
/ loved a minute examination which time did
/ not allow. They well illustrated the orthog
[ raphv of l16O and the dictlon and mode Of
expression among the people. One book
was entitled Records OF meatings from
| time TO time in this town New Portl by ye
I inhabitancc." On its pages are written
many curious orders passed at the town
meetings. couched in language, that would
| sound somev hat rude and trihc too man
/ datory at the present day hut the 'iphabl-
/ tance" nevertheless thrl,ed, enjoyed life and
lived to good round ages. What is ciSiliEa-
/ ton Il It generates sickl, nation from
T hardy ancestors
Z Blue lIill was first named New Port Or
i Plantation No ) aud vas settled in 1862 by
Joseph Wood and John Rnundy. who with
/ their families. sailed from Beverly. Mass.
| and landed on a little sland between Blue
/ Hill Neck and the Falls, and shortly after
/ wards remoN ed to the man land where houses
we're built. the two families culii,ating the
soil and fishing. \ tcw Years aftrrward q
+ daughter Of Capt. Wood vas married 10
I Col Parker, a Young officer Who had served
a. the siege of Louisburg. this making the
! third family The fourth and fifth famlic,
: soon after settled At New Port and ~ i6j
the frsi child Wa horn. Jonathan Daring
T th, descendants Of whom stall rcsldc 10 the
village Other settlers arrived YEAR after
wear and in 1869 the first steps werc taken
10 hire "a person 10 preach the gospel "a u>.
/ One hundred and ticy dollars vas raI.cd and
I thu seems ia have bern the subscription for
a number of Years. Ia 100 Snrk va.
begun on the burNIng ground. now called
F the Old Burning Ground. Road, Wcre laid
out and the seat Of government "a. made
At the Fails. the town ball beng the resi-
f demo, OF Joseph Wood. Who was m reality a
King without the regal title The first store
va, erected aud ,tock ed about tins time and
Affairs vent along very smoothly. la lI'-
the first meeting house vas built and The
. >elc,imcn ordered that barrel uf rum and
large quantity ui mula~~cs be- purchased
with which 10 pas the wurkmcn. durng tho
/ da, Of raising. \c.paslan Ellis. an old rr,
I ldrnl of Buc HiI. to hum | am grcatl,
! indebted for much information concerning
! the village saws that the Wurkmcu wcr,
pretty wcll intoxicated by nighttime. After
tn, erection of the meeting house. the town
meeting, ~cTr held IN that building and u,
preaching oi the Snspv! Wls listened To viii
more regularity. larger sums having hvci
subscribed for The maintenance Of preach
cr TIN, same wear great effort, srrr mad,
10 suppress trapping and ,trirt laws With
heavy lcna.tics ~crr made. designating O
clos. season. Beaver we're 20 be- hAI 40
rr-a, abundance, and game of ell Kind, "a.
plentiful.
In I77i the church gocr, experienced
much truubi, from some of the Younger
people that vent tn church. more Ia -,
each other than To- ll>,ru ,o the Word. and .
committee appointed, Al a ,n~ meeting
To appoint some good person fog o. see that
there = good order at the Mratng HOUSE 90
the Lnrd', Da," The next wear came
truub.ou, time. throughout the whole IN
haL.'ed region from the Province Of Nam,
tu the Culonir of Georgia England con
duct toward, the colonies had created much
Dissatisfaction Thr, had placed restriction.
on commerce.; prohibited manufacture, {; i'm
posed unjust taxes transported Americans
10 England for trial and laid the Stamp
Act before the duors of the colon,sts. New
Port sent her delegation into the army. one
Z OF her earliest settlers was present a. the
Battle Of Buukcr's lIlli and another. \ehc-
4 n,,ah HIukiey, served through the war and
vas honorahil discharged at West Point, Al
+ the cr>sltlon Of hustilitIrs. Ia li19 Ca,tInt
then Bagaducel was assaulted By Gen. Fran
( cIs Mclean. with 700 men and fleet ni
seven vessels. The people Of New Port
+ heard the firing and expected the British
over to burn the town and for the purpose
/ of saving all IN their power. a party Of meu
were seut out on the road with a tlag OF
truce To intrIcele for the village. but h,
English did no, come. Here | found an
entry IN the record, that ''B, reason Of the
var. there we're no town meatiug> from l71g
10 l7Si.
The village, by an unanimous vote At a
town meeting IN l1NG, was named Blue Hal
from the rise of land at the center of the
: town. which Was once covered with heavy
growth of timber, principally eyrrgreens
presenting deep blue lint at a distance
/ In lI9j the post-othce was established and IL
I 1896 Jonathan Fisher was engaged as the
T first settled minister Of the gospel. lie va,
I pastor until 1887 serving torty-one Year.
/ Blue Hl Academy VAS incorporated ~
I 1908, and in lSO6 second church, the Bap-
tst, was built. During the war of ISL
I Castine was attacked by the British. ca
\ the lst of September. 1914, Nrspasian Elli,
mention of whom has been made and then a
l lad of twelve wears, Vas in his fathers yard
sailing a toy boat in the brook when the fir.
/ ing was first heard He. in company v II
two mates, ascended Blue Hill and looked
over towards Castine. 1t was clear au.
tumnal day and they could see the frlgate'
at anchor in the harbor. Blue Hill vas moi
visited at that time, but three months attel
the Battle of New Orleans, Jan. !, 1915.
the victory had just been reported to til,
people of the village and in honor of the
event. all the flags were raised. a party %
British paid visit to the town. They wer,
CALLED TO see the flags telling them OF defeat
and ordered the good people to take then
down. but the Blue Hilltes were a hard,
people TO deal with and the flags toated ou
| upon the breeze more defiantly than ever
There was an inn kept in the village at tha
time, on the site of the residence of Her
bert ). Smith, and this place Was the resor
of large number of the male population
1t was a place for hilarity and conNivialit,
and many are the men that have left it tol
their homes at night with muddled brains
sickly and pitiable eountenances and rum
pied clothing.
During JacksOn's administration, abou
the year 1886, the first geological survey o
the state was made by Ezekiel Holmes anc
Dr. Charles /. Jackson. and in their repor
il was said that there us a good showing fo
mines at Blue Hill" In 1857 two miner
from the west, named Eben VI. Garland ant
Mark Stetson made prospecting tour abou
the village in search Of gold. On the pres
ent site of the Granger Mine they founC
some fine specimens of ore aud it was sen
to Portland to be assayed. Ii proved to b.
copper, hut the prospectors were in searcl
of gold and would not mine for such wal
ueless stuff" The Civil war broke out. Blu,
Hill furnished one-hundred and ninety-si
soldiers and most gallantly did they fgh
for the perpetuation of the Union. At th'
close of the war, the village relapsed int
quiet and the people into a comatose state
from which they have never fully recovered
and to-day the village streets are but tn
scenes of a quiet New England town, a Fl
place to dream life away, to the low, monot
onous sound of the waves on the beach o
: the bubbling water as it falls over the dan
at the side of the main street. But Blu
Hill has grown and become active. to a Ger
tain extent, since 1878. Then the Blue Hill