Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-06-11
Special Correspondence.

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"Eureka" exclaimed Archlmedes, the
f4mou, philosopher Of Syracuse, when he
discovered valuable principle of natural
phrIosoph! and Eureka. exclaimed !, as
| stood on an ,mjnencr at this place and
viewed TIE landscape Der"
la former year, | had seen something Of
TIE shores Of Frenchman', Bay. and recent
Is | found myself cheri>hng a strong desire
to make further explorations. The result
Of 1t alt va, that Thursday found me at the
trr.u.uu> Fl the Mt Desert Branch of the
VI c. X Il, looking IN various directions
and contemplating What particular localit,
| should make M, objective point. was
accompanied by friend who was also de-
srous Of making new explorations.
When a decision had teen reached. We
ft.cured r1s boat. my friend aud |, and
i...rd win night ohlique movement across
.nt bay. landing 10y the side of whaff, near
tie end Of the point on the eastern shore Of
Sullivan Bay. which We aftervard learned
- be Waukeag Point. Following the well
Ne shorty come out TO a barn and other
bindings situated in field which borders
on the shore and commands most charm
in. yie~ Of the waters Of Frenchman's Bay
and il, beautiful islands, including Mt.
Desert. Here also is an old cellar which
looks as if ii had been recently covered by
dwelling house.
Ey a road which appears TO have been
used a. private carriage road We travel
east~arIiy for several rods and thence
by unfrequenleI highway We reach
after tea minutes walk. what seems TO be
a deserted farmhouse and out buildings, sit
ua,ed on elevated land in most Lowell,
spot. We are attracted TO the highest point
10 the vicinity, just back and little 10 the
westward, Of The farm house and there, look
i1s na,lh, sju.h, cas-, AID west, We exclaim
Eureka" as | have already intimaied at
tie beginning Of thi, letter. In all drec-
tioa>. >cener, the most diversified and charm
i'll. meets Our wondering gaze. For diver
s.'y and piciuresqueness We agree that we
have never seen ANYTHING that quite equals
il
4 tins writing W. have studied the geo
srap1y. history aud traditions of the neigh
oorn55l. and are thus enabled to give more
int. gent description. The place on which
W. landed and on which we found the old
cellar was formerly residence of John
and M-iaiiah J. Bean, both of whom have
been dead several years. The place has re-
cent, been sold to Bangor parties who erect
81 iast year on the shore where We landed.
a wharf which. am informed was designed
for steamboat landing Unfortunately,
however. tie ice Of last winter carried away
large parI Of this wharf. aud 1t has not
since been rebuilt The adjoining place on
the east. on which We made our exclsma-
tiols, VA, the estate of the late Benjamin
Prebe. Il is nov unoccupied.
The next farm was formerly owned by
whose memory is still highly respected. Here
i, the same old domicile. low, brown, one
story house, which stands little back from
ths road. Tie nei2hborhood is an isolated
one. where travel is SO infrequent that the
grass grows green in the highway. The
schools kept in the little brown school-house
i. ~ fsLx
district but few weeks instruction in year.
! am curious to know what kind of family
of children can be raised in place like this.
In answer to my inquiries am told that Mr..
Bragdon was the father of four children, all
sons. Capt. Eben W, the oldest, was for
many wears most successful and enterprise
ing master mariner. He settled in Lamoine,
where he -died.a few years ago well ad-
vaneed in years. Another son was Henry,
who hecame a successful merchant and
wealthy citizen of Canajoharie, n. Y. where
he now resides. johann Jr, was many
years mate of ocear. passenger steamers run
ming between New York and Liverpool, and
might have been master, but ALWAYS declined
the frequently offered position. When a
Young man be wa. mate Of the i'll fated sail
ing ship ocean Monarch which was de
stroycd by fire at sea- For his bravery and
efficiency in saving the lives of the many
passengers on board, he was lauded by them
and the newspapers all over the country as
hero, and the illustrated journals gave Z
very excellent picture Of the young sailor
He died at Brooklyn, n. T., a few years
ago. The name of the Youngest son, Oliver
p, has become familiar all over the State, by
reason of the liberties taken with the initial
"P." IN the historic days Of the attempted