Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-12-24
County News.


as steamboat men have often said. "unable
to connect" have made il a rule that
when news becomes stale to commit it to the
flames; there went nv last weeks copy when
l found it would not reach the office on
Tuesday.
Capt. 5. Y Dessle ha, placed the steam
Ct Acadia in winter quarters at Winter
Harhor. Engineer Porter Smith has over
hauled her machinery and little fishes may
roam about without fear OF being transform
cd INTO .srdines
S'eamboating to and from our bay since
lat wrote, has been anything but sine
cure position, consequently trip- have been
irregular and gropi7s on shore have had
something to occupy themselves with
Storm after storm" has been in order
since December came IN. As one Of our ol4
men remarked, Whichever way the wind
changes it brings u' gale"
Oar town is small in area, and the repeated
''N'''' y %''FN H'li H'gH lbts. We ho'lct, NJ 9
mANing SAD havoc along that part. al la
moine Font exposed 10 the open waters
O Frenchman's bay, taking away land and
Ei'tRg g" water ~ II place.
Sch. G. W Collins has landed freight at
Jordan', Iiver and tn. point; on saturday
she left for Sullivan, We presume. to load
With granite
Nearly all the workmen who have been
engaged at tn. sardine factory. are gone TO
their homes in various parts or our state. and
the Rockland vii take the lss, shipment Of
.prine. for the season on her next trip
west
TIL. crazs now /. u.c.Ilo,." " III. ~
weather ID. been j. boi.,eraps WI, Jill
fishermen have not been able 10 give dredg
ing fair trial enough has been done to
prove that these shellfi,h are IN the bsy.
During N. na.t wesk :. bad .,o,
storm which I'D fair Ia change ,raysi f,o,,
wheel, to runners, bu, chasing f,., ,f,er the
snow came a veri,abI.. hIix,ard wb,rI,,.
and DRIVING u. 5r;ns l;ta .o,,s .,,r.,
demon. the atmosphere even becoming d,rk
with the white flakes. until los, j, tive bl,ck
waters Of the hay save only inns. nb;,L
lodged III huge impassibI, beans a. tba
roads. In day or Two came II. r.vrI.;o,
and The southwestern winds with sunshine
and rain soon carried off the snow.
C,Ili,s ,,por ,s,,bhor 49,, WI .,.-n
"a, oyer rhe vife remarked "\yb., s,r,r,.
weather We do have Tho o,b., d,y ~,
husband b,d IN take mn, bis ,..,, ,,,d hr..t
ro.d. .n4 ,o-a,yhe d,, -. a...
that we're missed III the garden and We Are
having them FOR dinner. not froze at a.l and
better than those dug some tim. ago"
co,r..,orasn, !, w.s,,or, o..
wr;..s M \ " 23 u b,a ,,.s, of ,ra.,
peas the other day, second crop, and a
plate Of nice strawberries; don't think
you can beat that in Mai ne and Yesterday
while ou, walking saw quite a large number
Of ripe ra,pberIies" But the writer says :
Il would like to come home. TO Lamoine, II
nothing more than to stop month or two,
put val have % wait a little longer Maine
boys never forget their native State to
them II ever remains "home,' 90 where they
may and whate er their lot may be.
Lorenzo c. SWEET son Of David Sweet,
came on Saturday bv steamer Rockland
from Minneapolis to make short visit to
his two motherless boys. lie has been a
number Of years out west, IN the woods and
farming, and has made quite start IN the
world
Steamer Rock land on Monday took aw ay
considerable freight and quite large num-
Der OF passengers. Frank Ray and James
lhomas' from the sardlne works, were pas
sengefs bound 70 Portland.
Sunday night and Monday we had quite
muddy as if il was sprng-time. The storm
brought into the bay unusually large focks
? = '>"- N''N Sf'0't'N' wa "o'c mug
times for day or two,
| Our mail carrier, Mr.. W. Springer, finds
that it is anything but an easy matter to
make his trips on time with such weather
and roads as he has had to contend against
Tor the past TWO weeks oomplalners are
numerous out they are such as are snugly
boused IN storm.
The steamer Rockiand after making her
landing at South Gouldsboro, this morning
/ (Monday,) went TO Bar Harbor and
with great difficulty landed her passengers.
The sea was so heavy that il was impossible
to make fast to the wharf and she returned
to this place till the storm subsidized
Mr.. George Raw saws that work at the
sardipe factory is about over for this season.
He saws that 1t has not been very prosper-