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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14

Colonel Dast, of Georgia. who VAS gai-
liant officer in the Confederate Army during
the War Of the Rebellion, tells the follow
ing amusing stor, which has not heretofore
appeared in print. Il have always had"
said he. "a great respect for the valor of
the Massachusetts troops, and there was
one regiment, particularly, the Ninth,
which fought us like tigers 1t so happen
ed that during several engagements we were
pitted against each ether, and there uas
much desperate work. can assure YOU.
During one Of cur encounters, we we're for
tunate enough 10 surround one Of their com
panes, and as We were shooting away.
they, seeing that unless they surrendered
they were certain Of annihlation, showed
the white flag. Unfortunately this was not
seen by my entire command. and several
shots we're fred after had given the order
10 cease. In the midst Of this desultory
firing there came strong Hibernian voice
from out Of the bushes, How'd up. yez
scoundrels. We have surrindered, and yer
KILN Dimmocrats.'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14

U III NphtAau1tr up ltdSl vi tbAhflN ever
| gave more pleasure to its most honored
guest than the hot biscuit Mary made and
| baked for their supper, the stewed dried
apple, the rich old cheese and the fragrant
I tea. gave Amasa on this happy evening
Next day they took their wedding trip 10
Pee,'s Mills in the new and sensible farm
wagon Amasa had just bought. With a strong
I spirited horse to draw IT,
81 want you to look around MARY" he
had said the night before. "and see what is
needful here. expect almost everything
| is wanting. and We can, lay out for fner,
but first Of all get what will make your work
easy. Your wedding present will come
/, along tomorrow to-day veil buy neces-
Sites
I Mr.. Peet Had not sent hcr only girl
empty handed 10 the new home a good
mattress. two pairs Of blankets, fresh ligh,
cumfortables. and some cheap. neat wniie
\ spreads, set Of gay crockery, clock and
ron oi bright ingram caTpeiing had oil come
TO the farm house soon after the brides ar
7 rya!. Her ample supply Of sheets and pill
low cases, strong towels and few table
cloths, had been sent the day before. so this
sort OF thing was not needed but there was
a new chutn bought, and altogether new
furnishings for the dairy. several modern
inventions 70 make the work easier. set Of
chairs, table and an easy lounge for the
paT!urt some cretonne covered with apple
blossoms ami white thorn clusters, aud pals,
hrooms ard tlnwagc that would have made
Wealthy happy woman. crowded the over
full rvron before they turned homea ard
TIE old house began 10 smile and bios,
>ain under this new Gispcnsa,ion. and the
mistress smiled too. Amasa MIXED the
cous For her, and lifted tie heavy pals Of
mix 70 strain into the bright neu pans hc
a..td tAe Woadhax by the sioye twice A day.
pat patent pump into the old well, and a.
I; ~'nod above The house, ran pipe down
tuin 4 slnk ,ef IN the wnol~hrd. and N bit
an rnd n the drawing and carving of
water
lhe fat, rounl, placid pigs that now en-
jnNrd themselves IN the new pen. he took
care NJ himself 1T isn't work for WON
en-foks." he slil "You'ye gat enough Ii
~. Mary there's TIE garden ,ou'l! ha,r
an eve on. and thr chickens. YOU'RE a mind
'n; I'm Foing 10 build ten house and
Yard to K right Of. thatil BE- good enough
Mn you AZ we'll as ,hr chickens and want
tuG w promise II any time lhr wnrk get.
mite heavy and sorric. ,oI. ,aull speak
,it Hgt. ! rin afford t1 h4tr everything
norr out rather that NIL vifr."
Really. !, pail II docv pa,. n, ma.cu-
l..e 'r.rra. n eiye Nm woman kin4iy
0orl rnw and thcu II lo4 had Zone /,
uttrnrr-ur ynut fathers haA-in the pasi.
iac Rights Of Women never would hayr Au-
sered n. bored you a. thu, dp now IN Ur-
srNel ana made stridcn, aud c.amorou> tAat
hAii ni crra'ion whirh J. aHi a.Na1s va, un-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14
Poetry.
The Poor Voter on Eleotion-Day.
~ Ionx 6. WHITTIER.

The rrou,ie~t now is hut my peer.
The highest not more high:
To-day. OF all the weary year.
4 King Of men am |.
To-day. alike are great and small.
The nameless and the known:
NV palace i the peoples hall,
The balloi-hoN my throne
Who serves TODAY upon the ii~t
Beside the scrl c,l shall stand:
Alike the brown and wrinkcd list.
The gloved and dainty hand,
The rich j. level with the poor.
The weak j. strong To-day:
And -leckc>i broadcloih count. no more
Than home-pun frock Of gray.
To-,a, 1T pomp and vain prctcn~c
Ny stubborn right abide:
| >t'i 3 plain mans common ~.u>c
Against the pe,lani's pride.
To-day shall simple manhood TRY
The strength Of gold and land;
The wide world has not wealth 10 buy
The power in my right hand
While there's grief 10 -rrA r.lrr>,.
or balance "a adjust.
Where weighs our living manhood ir>>
Than Mammon'> sile>i dust.
While there's a right 70 need my Vote.
\ wrong To sweep away.
m cloud,l knee and ragged coai'
y man'~ . man to-day
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14
Young Simpson ITO the lovely r.l

iouns Simpson Ito the lovely Felicia
as lheS stand on the piazza in the moon
iisht) Miss Felicia, this world looks 50
dreary and lonely to me. | feel as though
no one loved me-" Felicia lin svn,
pathetic tone); "Oh. Mr.. Simpson, God
loves you" simpson, after thoughtful
pause, suggests they go in, as i, i growing
chilly
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14

-Chalty Old Bachelor: "Most rmark-
able likeness between those two children,
nurse" Nurse: "Yes, sir. Twins. sir.
Old Bachelor: What. both Of 'em,"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14

say nothing of the little chickens on which
crows end cats worked their will If they
, dared % stray beyond the runous old coops
7 conir,ed for them hy Amasa's inventive
genius out cf s.lcks and stones.
Add 10 this the cooking. washing. baking
and sewing the insufficient supply Of pork,
potatoes and tough pies the ''biled dinners
whose strength lay in the vegetables. rather
than the small square Of fat pork cooked
with them, Of which Amnsa invariably took
the lions share these accumulating and
never ceasing lahors all wore day BY day On
the vitality Of Mrs. Tucker. and when 70
these were added an annual baby, lifc WI
cane terror and burden to the ponr
woman
But what did Amasl care? iIc. tie,
worked from '.sun to sun" He flrmtd 1T
the hard old fashion with rude implements
and no knowledge. but
My father done II atore me. 50 I'm go.n'
TO do it nov no usc talkin."
One hy one the waiing. pun, children
were laid away in the little ward On top of
a sand hill. where the old fuckers and
their hali-dozen infants IA, already a rough
inclosure. fun Of muleins hurdock> anil
thlst,es. otcrrun With blackberry vines. and
surrounded q, rail fyncr. II had been
much handler f,r the fuckers ID hayc 4
graveyard c,a>r by itan 10 travel f,r mil,s
10 the Mil, with every funeral and thtv
we're not driven by bubble oninian III rr.-afi
10 monuments. ihey ali ,ay there Ikc t!t,-
beasts ,fa, r.r,sh. Nth hut nue .l,nr cr,,
,,onc 4. tr!i uner. Ne tirs, occuD,t, Iea W.T..
,ifrd b.r..
Two chiIIren NJ WesIth,'> survived.
Anlasa Ind lursna. fbe Oldest ain ,ov1--
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-02-14
C. C. BURRILL
an er,
STATE STREET,
ELLSWORTH, MAINE,
Does a General Banking Busi-
ness same as an Incorpora-
ted Bank.

III ter nets ii.
ract-y 'ippn The muscles
and fle nerves Of the
haes, The seat of al
paiE Np medicine to
throw your - stem out
Gf rider.
tura3l Lung Troubfe-
whether heal or deeply
Gated. this plaster viii
he found II give stans
relief.
Fer Kidney Trouble.
rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Pain in the side aud
, EccL fchc. they are a
cortain and -prtfiy cure.
4 sold bY Druggists, for
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Mail = on D csiut #
price by
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
ME- gLIDgrovE's Characteristics.

ME- GLiDSTONE'S CHAR1CTERLSTyCS.
The career Of Mr.. Gladstone is n record Of
continuous and orderly progress in political
convictions. The Prime Minister of to-day,
who has carried the Reform bill through the
Commons and is now the recognized leader Of u
nopular movement against the House OF Lords.
il the oxford graduate who IN the iush ol his
youth was unmoycd by the storm OF agitation
sweeping over England IN favor of the great
Reform bin. Ills maiden speech IN Parliament
VIVA made in 1888, n year after the Lords had
surrendered 10 the Commons IN consequence OF
The acquicbccnce Of the King IN the proposal to
crcntc n sufficient number of new Peers 10 ont
vote the Tories. The English people had been
profoundly moved by n political triumph which
had armed them with the ballot and created
CONSERVATION among the privileged classes.
But the young member for Newark cylnccd no
sympathy for the cause of reform. He did not
hesitate to ally himself with the enemies OF that
cause His first public utterance was a warn
ing against that uninquirlng and undi5crml-
"nating desire for change among US, which
" threatens to produce, along with partial good,
az melancholy prcpOnderancc Ofmischief, which
% am persuaded would aggravate beyond com
"putation the dcep-seated evils Of our social
estate" These words have strange sound
after the lapse of fifty years. No other English
man of this generation has done s0nuch to pro-
mote a desire for change i'll political and social
order and to arouse the hostility of privileged
classes. He who defended the Lords in the
first Reform Parliament is now the leader of a
Liberalism that needs only slight provOcation
to demand the abolition of the Upper House.
Wide as is the gulf separating the Prime
Minister of to-day from the youthful Member
for Newark, there has been logical develop
ment of political convictions. There has been
no lack of continuity in Mr.. Gladstone's career
Th,political ideas of the English people have
changed from decade to decade, and he has
been swayed by them. Beginning with mar
row. if conscientious, TOryism, he has ended
with an enlightened and progressive Liberal
ISM If there have been changes OF front on
public questions they have never been abrupt !;
and if there have been departures from former
positions he has not acted suddenly or i'm
pulsivcly. The final divergence in his political
views would have been almost as startling if he
had begun by being a Wing instead Of the
rising hope of the stern, unbending Tories
The Wings and Tories Of 1882 have little in
common with the Liberals and Conservatives
of o-day. The Wings Of that day would make
very slow, old fashioned Conservatives to-day,
and as for Lord Randolph Churchill, he would
have been pronounced Radical Iiotspur fifty
wears AGO. II is not, therefore, so remarkable
that Mr.. Gladstone. the leader Of English Radi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28

calism to-day should have been the hope ol the
Tories in his youth. The dominant ideas OF
tbe time have mastered him. Asa High Tory ana
n High Church Member of Parliament he began
to take broader views Of politics. religion and
dinlomocy. If he remained Tory for twenty
wears. he argued every question IN llprr'l
shirt. The movement OF his mind was ~ the
direction of Liberalism. In the perspective
which iifty-one years of continuous service al
for,ls the observer forgcts that Mr. Gladstone
has been Tory. Peclite, Wing aud LIB
eral aud IL now essentially n Radical. The
lines of divergence merge, and his career Is one
of orderly and logical DEVELOPMENT.
Mr.. Gladstone's career reveals in retrospect a
continuous growth of pc itical convictions. lie
has never offered any resistance to thos" con-
vicfinns but has allowed them to carry MN
whittier they would. At the same time ne mas
retained AS one of his strongest characteristics
that very conservatism which was 80 con
spicuoua m his first election address. The son
of n Scotch merchant of Liverpool has never
outgrown The instincts that were III the pioou
of the Gladsioncs At every stage oi ms career
he has been sobcrcd by solemn sense OF re
aponsibllty. In every political Crisis ms
courage ia tempered with prudence, anu th'r' -
never any lack Of sicldincss In his conduct as .
responsible Minister oi Tho Crown aud The CON
s,itulionnl representative of minority 81
tho English constituencies. Tho Reform bill'
which the Lords have rejected. Il u curious
illnaimlinn Of the conservative clements ol hlH
chntncicr II treats the lnnchiac not 40 night
but ~ n privilege, retains property rather man
manhood. IA the basis of huilnge, ana WINE u
empowers men 10 have several votes by virtue
Of propaly, does not allow anybody To vote
dsimctiycly by virtue of citizenship. The
Reform bill although large in It's results Il
markedly conservative in It's spirit. The
| scheme of redistribution which Mr.. Gladstone
outlined when he introduced the Reform bill
has the same characteristic. Every step when
the Prime Minister has taken in the conflict
between the Houses has been cautious aud
wary. He realizes how momcntous Is the crsl'
which i, impending, and the consciousness OF
bis responsibility to the country renders nm
deliberate and prudent. The contrasting lines
of his character were never revealed to better
advantage. If as Tory he could show signs OF
future Liberalism, as the Liberal Prime Minis
ter he reflects the early habits OF thought OF the
| young Conservative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Dudley Buck has gone to Germany for rev
weeks merely for recreation and to Old friends again
Governor McIane Of Maryland, Is taking his vacation
nt Narragansett Pier.
Dr. Koch in boyhool fond OF observing ANIMAL
life in its various FORMS and instead Of indngins in
game. and other sports would spend hours watching
nest OF ants or the habits OF a worm
Alphonse Kari living at Nice pretty chateau sur
rounded with gardens Of great extent AID wonderful
beauty. seldom his pen now BUT ne Is roma OF re-
calling scenes and incidents OF his brilliant and eccen-
t career and on one New Years day two three years
ao sent to all his friends gorgeously designed cas
with the inscription: \ phOnse kdrr Norlst gdldtQef,
sea cIptain, novelist, e1 professor and poet
Ex-Governor Curtin OF Pennsylvania, boasts that he
sn remembers the names OF every family OttWo or
more brothers who enlisted in that state during the war
Of the Rebellion.
Verdi who is one OF the most modest and retiring OF
great men. went recently in strict incognito-as he
thoughtto Turin Exposition and made his way to
the gallery I'm which the musical in-trlm nts are eX-
bibtcd An amateur who happened % be trying a new
ORGAN recognized the visitor however and Immediately
be.an an IMPROVISATION on theme from Aida Verdi
rose I'm a rage from the seat which he hal taken at the
frrthe-t end the gallery and put on his hat Intending
fn heat ba,tv retreat But IL too LATE: the news
Of bis presence read; every piano and harnOhlh
I'm the section up air OF NeriiS, no Two pay IN
he anne one: and even the piano themselves
had ~ run the gauntlet of hlS own lhelVIeoi uut o
comic element I'm the situation prDung TOO hlich lor
his gravity, be threw himself into chair ~ nave Il
hearty laugh lie Interrupted In the mist ol II ny
au attendant, who thrust into his manu- c"ru' IIou I.
g,ancc which the astoniShed composer Garner 'na
bis correct weight was Just l4Z pounds nc uit
taken his seat in the chair or NcghlhA uacnlue5
Thinking he had had surprises enough Tor one day Nerl
hastily eft the building ami be has not been seen there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
POLLTlCAL NOTE.

The conviction OF the Augusta correspondent of the
anti Blaine BOSTON HerGid that the people Of maiae are
pre oarng 10 give their Cret felow-czsn tremendous
majority Is confirmed by daily reports from that state
Captain =. r. Washburn. brother OF ex-MRiser wash
burnc writing from Portland to friend Ia tins city snys
"Thc Demo- rats have about concluded to make Baines
election unanimous"
Having declared I'm Ls letter Of July %. accepting the
nomination for Governor OF lsos that OIL" when unanl-
ncu1ly called upon by clt party 10 be its standard
good citizon "a at liberty to decline the Hon
Carter Harrison proceeded the same day 10 Springfield
and without doubt tine most ridiculous speech Of h'
life which saying great deal Governor e. Jshn and
hs Prohibition party viii be charmed 10 read this para
graph: When the hign-licen5e law was enacted at-
tempted staye II oil as long could did this to
save 1900 honest people frsn the effects Of tax
which was then exceedingly oppressive TO them. did
it to keep hard times from their door And the saloon
keepers appanded me for II; didn't they Frank ~ zap
ppaing 10 Alderman Lawcr, who sat on the PLATFORM
Franks reply not part Of tho record bit II he ne
elected to respond lot slip brilliant opportunity to be
Of use In his day and generation.
Tho Hon Theodore Lyman, " Massachusetts, ~ re-
narhaby backward In cnmag forward with proofs OF bis
charge that Mr. lJincs reputation In hia swh state ~
that ~ m m accustomed the ~ nnwarfaniabe
political methods And yet Mr. Lyman must be more
aslotous than any clsc 10 fen'ye tho growing I'M
prpsaop that he IA vulgar sas crsf Can II be that the
independent uas-tew Conference OF la-t Iussas,
warned tho Massachusetts Congressman That no must
nni on any descend 10 tho level ~ common h"hof
and drcrpcY Of william NJ fyafis sherman = l"ssfs'
usvenof ahe Senators fswley and iioar and tho fsat
VI the " 10 faf surrounding af, hlalnei
Mr Hendricks recently made fuss over the dsfilea
tons Of Democrat Ia thn Navy department under a
Republican Administration The bhiuI0 idef-he"
now gives MIN list ~ Democratic defacations III mat
department between 1854 and 1850, when bis own party
vas in power They amount TO Sl7s'l@0 ~ III SIX
years During the twenyhree years Of Republican al
n!nistrallon, they amount to $4,000.
The peaceful arbitrament OF International quarres,
winch is The fundamental principle Of Mr. Balnes south
American policy has good historical sanction the
London Peace society publishes list or instances III
which has successiuy resOTted 10. In twenty oil
the thrty-sevcn the United States was party to
the dispute.
The tariff question the main topic OF the speeches
with which Senator Malone. John = Wise ana two ether
orators opened the Republican campaign in Virginia last
week They thought protection the thing for the Old
Dominion Evidently Blanes letter has been carefully
read down there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
Wei, VIC don't know, but this looks ike n damn a.,
cccdiDg.-lThc Merchant Traveller. @P i"ei pfp

Vel, VIC don't know, but this looks like damn ,,.,
ceoding-lIhc Merchant Traveller. ''' pfp
clergyman named HOyle was 80 indiscreet NJ to-.
ter his name at one Of the Baltimore hotels With, ~.
an hour afterward fewer than forty-nins an .,on
quirers sent up their cards to Ms room hog giDg
formed II flush royal couldn't away with fou, -
The Ven FORT HerGld prints 2 pun on "cbjF M
Inc efOrt las completely exhausted Mr. BeBne s,ss
VIII be unable 20 play game ~ polo for naarts . ~
weeks II the pun had not been s-c0nd-hansy we
would certainly have killed him. NonstOwn Ts,,ssH
Germany is the largest sugar-proinclng eoon,,.
Of Europe. II produces annually 10000 Ton, ~.
has 3J7 refneries
The campaign rOOrback that Jim Blaine worried Il, -
Sunday when boy 10 earn quarter 10 into ms
VIII not do him any HARM Little Steve Clevel.nd 10y
have crawled In under the canYas and N neeessa,
be shown TO have done So, New York star ''"
An Indiana man was Kicked to death the other IA. 4,
horse Isn't II time for the mules Of that ststs a 80
meeting and determine whether the mule has y,,h,
prerogatiycs not which horse Il bound 10 resp,,
An expedition 10 the poe--Lookng for a bsrber sA,.
Worcester bsZette.
Under the lead Of Mrs r. IT. Lambert the chay,,.,
disposed Of San Francisco. will found ee,,..,
tered the harbor Of san Francisco 600 saloo. IA
died and been buried within the city limits The y,,,
ofonly $50 can now be traced.
The announcement that Julius Mitchell voyrs ,..,
hss the vacant West ruint cadets fr,ao ~
VIM congressional District gi south Carolina srs,
figid examination In which four white fuuih. vsrs n.
competitors. IN enough ~ make the rbiYart ~ a..
Ftnla don thpr red shirts and take 10 Tho road ss, -
and bull whip In hand. Pittsbutg Commercial u.Hts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
parry RECONSTRUCTION

II is the opinion of Henry Cabot Lodge the
effective Republican leader IN Massachusetts
who tried 50 hard to defeat Mr.. Blaincs nomi-
nation. that the Republican ticket viii gam
four or five Democratic votes in Massachusetts,
for every former Republican who rejects IT..
Nr. Lode has means of knowing, and no
fayorns preiuiices have warped his estimate
of Mr.. Blane's strength.
This is a remarkable state of things. One
cannot know If the estimate is erroneous, but
there is nobody in position 10 make one entitled
TO greater confidence. If there is to be any I'M
pnltant secession Of former Republicans, a.
some men suppose it must be inferred that
there will be real stampede Of Democratic
voters in Massachusetts to the Republican lines.
This change, if it should prove a. great as
some expect. would amount to a re0rganlza-
ton of parties. Way not ! Is il not desirable
The Republicans would lose, in that case, a
set of voters Of the gentle hermit " variety
whose sole function for twenty years has been
10 find fault with the Republican party because
il was not for free trade, and because IT. was
not a. holy as the absolutely holy critics
Wen, that would be gain, at any rate. Ii does
not help any party to feel that it must consult
the vhms of a set of men who are not III real
sympathy with its convictions. But it would
gain. on the other hand, many thousand voters
who thoroughly believe in the protection oI
home i'm lu,try, and who insist upon the prOtcc-
ton of American citizens.
There might be worse things. The sturdy
men who would come in would not require to
BIZ sent to the voting places in carriages They
would not try to stamp oui all tine life and zeal