Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-11-19

VERY often OF late. feel IN IN. mood 80
sp,y described BY the poe, Cowper. when
b., said 20 friend MY thoughts are ike
loose end DR., sand, which tie closer il j.
gra>ped sAps the sooner away When
locsi items are scunt and incidents impof-
tant are few aud far between" 'tis then
fee a. if It would be pleasant to re I,oi,ticai.
but then, would ANYTHING could wflje be OF
any use? And there the matter rests {; the
political world joys on, one generation Of
office holders goeth aud smother cometh,
and universal satisfaction IS not reached, be-
cause the demand i. greater than the sup
ply. neither can it be otherwise.
Thanksgiving draws near, and vet as We
look on the fields. many are the green
spots. both in meadow and pasture. The
le.fess trees tell Of coming winter. the
brooks bahble as though II we're spring, but
We can say ''we know not what day may
bring forth" and ere this may have place
in your columns, the snow kings reign may
have commenced.
4 portion Of our small town is being car.
/ red down to Bar Harbor, to make lawns
around rich mems cottages, 10 cover up un-
slightly lodges, or sand to be mixed with the
4 mortar to be used in foundations or walls of
/ new dwellings. A number of tlat-boats and
scsw., propelled by wind or steam, are con-
stantly employed in this business. MOTTO
! ed three, Yesterday, on their way up. bound
| to Berry's Cove for more loads, before
! freezing time shall come.
The staunch little steamer Rockland,
through the rough weather Of the past week
| has made her regular trips on one trip she
| hill n,
since she came on the route. From the diff
ferent landing. she had nearly thousand
! cases of canned goods, Holsters, mackere
and sardinss. | was unable 10 get the
number Of barrels of live Holsters, but it as
unusual. This was all through freight. On
Monday largely increased number of work
men for Bar Harbor, went on her, beside .
number of workmen from the sardne
factory. who have quit work for the
| season.
After a number Of days without fish, the
workmen began TO think that the season
was about over and the managers we're talking
about packing CLANS" but the Acadia
came to her wharf with seventy bushels of
herring late Monday afternoon and the
lamps were trimmed, cutters and takers
were soon on hand and perhaps a num-
Der of good hauls will be made in the weirs
round about the islands. | shall send YOU
through the kindness Of the proprietor., a
specimen of the sardines put up BY the
Lamone Packing Company and if you are
not an expert. Mr.. Editor. why get some
one to Join with you and | think YOU will
pronounce them "the nearest like French
sardines," to be Frenchman's Bay sar-
dimes.
A few more fine days and the entire catch
of fish made by the bank fleet will be on the
way to market. The last of this week,
schooner Irving Leslie, Capt. d. Hagerthy,
will have her freight of FISH on board, bound
to New York. She will return with a cargo
of corn for the Lamoine Grange store.
Schooner Lewis King. Capt James Bunker,
will soon take her fish on board for New
York after discharging. she will charter for
some port in the West Indies.
| understand that Newell B. Coolidge
purchasing agent for the Grange store, will
kill two birds with one stone, as the saving
ha. it after attending the sessions of the
National Grange, in Boston. taking the sixth
degree and thus becoming "full granger, "
he will proceed to New York and after the
sale Of fish will purchase corn, ETC., for the
store. Well. our neighbor Coolidge never
does things by the halves and we rank him
among the best citizens of our town.
can remember when the entire postal
district between Jordans and Skillings' riv.
ers, was one Office, located at the Point close
beside the old meeting house. We had one