Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-07-29
so are We,


""si"S' robe SOY tues nave Sot as muSu
as they did last year and others have not
Fish are quite scarce, so say the fisher
men.
Mrs. Huldah Crabtree of Hancock Point,
has been spending few weeks in this place
with her descendants who are quite numer-
Gus here. She has five daughters, twelve
grandchildren, twenty-five great grand
children and one great great grandchild.
She is ninety years of age, can sew and
read without glasses, was rowed from Han
cock in dory and carried back in a sail
boat. She says no steamboats, for her.
She can walk quite distance and as spryly
IS many not more than half as old
SELDOM.
Es>i tsmo,ne.
We are having splendid weather, but the
parched and thirsty ground needs rain, the
springs are low and the wells nearly dry.
As passed up the district to church
Yesterday, noticed that our farmers have
got pretty well through hayins. The crop
will be rather a shor, one, Judging from re-
ports.
Mrs. John Harrington and Mrs. Alanson
Gooings are both very sick persons Mrs.
Googins has been very active and healthy
woman and it is quite task for her to re-
fran from work. but she has 10 bend to the
labor Of three score years and ten.
Mr.. Walter Crosby, Arlington. Mass, has
been spending few days at the LETTERS
cottage. He returned home in company
with his wife on SATURDAYS boat.
Capt, Nathan King and wife are home 10
spend couple Of months and the bark
Auburndale has gone trip 10 Barbados
with ice and general cargo in charge Of
Capt. Isaiah Bowden.
Mrs. Frank Gilman and her two little
boys from Quincy. Mass, and Miss Esther
Deslsies, Bridgeport, Conn, are spending
the season with their father, Cap. S Y.
Dessles
Jesse Rumery, Of the firm Of Rumery
Bros, PASSPORT, is making short vlsi, TO
his friends here, and since last saw him he
has developed into fine type Of real
American man Of business. May his DAYS
be many, for N. is jolly, good fellow"
Mr. Gardner Of Gloucester, Mass, has
spent .hor, time with us and will shortly
return 10 test some new kind Of Fishing
trap" for catching herring and mackerel.
Speaking Of maCkerri We have had one small
mess 50 far this season and in answer 10 The
question where are the mackerel gone ?"
We would say, gone 10 help settle the vexa-
tiou- fishery question.
The ii.t!e steamer E.cota, Capt, True, IS
doing a splendid business both ia freight
and passengers. She Genes 10 the wharf
and taxes -ardIne cases b, the hundred be-
sides large amount Of supple, for Bar
Harbor marks,; returning she has 10 leave
freight over as She has sometimes more than
they can carry.
On Saturday schooner Toronto, Capt.
Roscoe Dorty, from Boston, arrived with
coke and other supplies for the sard.nc
works and 1863 bis Of chur for the pho,-
phate works Same day schooner Union,
Capt J. ". Rice, Boston, arrhr.. a.;h pro
vision, and general merchandise for Henry
5. Bayn,on and Joseph Wood, Sal.bury's
Cove.
Lamone Packing company have already
shipped over 5000 cases having part of
freight On hand They &c, herring regular
Is and Keep over seventy hand, steadily at
work. Friday last. they packed in five
hours rs caSr, !, With the same number Il
packers TIN, would be hard to beat al any
other place The company have almost I'm
i.hrd new dry house Of lj6 cases capacity
in ten hour; master /. l.. ionnc i, builder
and IS pushing work along IN good shape.
Report states that one or more fac,orie.
will be built and ready for work before
another season One j. said 10 be eon,rm-
plated up IN JordAn'- r!ver, right where the
herring have been caught regularly this
season. Anorher good location j. spoken
about q, Capt. Stephen Higgins old hsh
stand \ gentleman well posted talI Your
correspondent the other day, that The eastern
packers are talking strongly about moving
west along our shores.
overheard one Of your citizen. say TO
another YESTERDAY. well Do declare
,hink tina, Ellsworth j. well represented At
the Point about til, time" Mr.. Charles
Whi,comb's cottage i full oil the time,
Hon. j. y. Hopkins Is enjoying himself al
his cosy retirement. and Mr.. Saunders knows
how to take in stock of health breezes al
his good summer home each and all can,
through the telephone, communicate with
office or store when required. Luther Has
tiuss, Geofge Brown and Augustus kincad,
how many more do not know-are
busy haymakers again this year; the words
spoken in our hearing are true, Ellsworth
is well represented would not forget
the words Of Mr. Reed the other day As he
passed me with the lead of three heavily
loaded teams Of lumber from Halls mills
bound to the factory, There's six as good
horses as ever hauled loads over Lamoine
roads Verify, We are in the suburbs Of
your city, mutually benefit each to the
other, as it should be.
Rev. ID. Wilson OF Quincy, Mass, is
down here again this season, making the
sixteenth vacation believe he has spent
with u.s. He has charge Of three young
gentlemen-or boys rather who are rusti-
eating under his guidance during school
vacation was much disappointed to learn
that he failed in getting accommodation
among US as every place was full, but he
'.neyer says die :" with his Yacht and boat
he tried the other side of the river and has
| pitched his tent on the shores Of Eden.
| Rev. H. II. Brown commenced services in
the East Lamone church on Sunday and
will continue to preach every Sunday morn
! ing at quarter to eleven O'Clock for two
months. He would like to do some mission
airy work in the afternoon or evening, in
some place where the people would wish to
hear liberal christianity preached. 1 think
Somesvile might be good and convenient
| place for him to reach from here in time for
service. He delivered we'll digested SER
mon on "Man in Gods Image" 1t was a
discourse calculated to induce his hearers TO
think. heard number on the way from
church say-mentioning some particular
point-"I never thought of that before, did