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Ellsworth Falls.
The fall term OF our schools opens next
Monday.

The fall term OF our schools opens next
Monday.
The drought has become very severe.
The water in many of the wells has gwen
out and many of the people have to bring
their water long distances.
A large number of our people attended
the New England Fair at Bangor.
station.
Our Sunday school went for picnic to
Phillips Pond, Wednesday, Sept. /. The
place is charming. The weather was de-
lightful, the refreshments bountiful and
all both old and young seemed to enjoy the
occasion very much. About 1875 were in at
tendance.
Misses Charlotte and Hattie Morrison, of
Boston have been visiting friends here.
On September 1st, they returned to
Boston.
Mr.. +. +. Hartshorn had very severe at
tack of dyspepsia last week which con-
fined him to his house for several
days. His many friends are glad to see him
out again.
Mrs. Margaret Mcdonald, who has been
visiting her parents in Washington county,
returned home this week.
Mr.. Geo Hotchkiss continues in very
feeble health Mr.. Hotchkiss has been a
man Of great energy and activity and in
his residence here, although at an advanced
| age has been seen almost daily upon our
streets. Now that he is confined to the
hnusp he ia muph r,isssd
Tho subject of Rev. Mr. Towne's sermon
last Sunday was "Some lessons from the life
OF Judas The subject of his sermon next
Sunday will be 1.-The Bible ID.
Sept :.
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Discreet and Indisoreet Workers in Society,

In every church, institution. society and
communt, in the land two classes Of people
may always Be found. There is a large class,
who having a sacred regard for the rights
Of Others ate ever willing to do their utmost
for the general welfare, whenever their labor
il called for and sanctioned by their peers.
There is another class, self-constituted die
tators, who attempt to rule and direct every
thing, without any regard for the wish
es Of others as deeply interested "a them
selves. Whenever this latter class is allow
ed to control in affairs, in whatever direct
ion they move. the result of their
work is like th at Of Alarc, the Nisigolh ;
NO blade Of grass again was seen
Whore Alaric and his hosts had been. b"
The cause however good and noble, which
they essay to upbuid,is sure to languish and
die their outgoings and incomings are the
precursors Of blight and decay; but it '
those Of the other class who with "a long
pull, strong pull, and pull altogether -
promote the general welfare, build up and
sustain our literary and eleemosynary n-
stitutions, and do all the good and noble
work, the tendency of which is to make them
selves and the world better.
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A Powerful Temperance Sermon



Il hear tina, Smith has SOLD out his
saloon" sad one of couple Of mddle-aged
men who sat slipping their beer and eotng
a b,t of cheese IN Smthheld- d-street saloon
last Friday night
''Yes." responded the other, rather slowly.
What vas TIE reason | thought he was
just coming money there.
The other nlbb!ed cracker abs,racledly
for moment, and then said "ll's rather a
funny story. Smith. you know, lives on Mt.
Washington. right near me, where he has an
excellent wife, a nee home and three as
pretty children as ever played outdoors.
All boys. YOU know, the Oldest not over nine,
Aul all about the same size Smith IS a
prctt, respectable sort Of citizen never
drinks or .amb!e,, and thinks the world Of
his family.
"Weu. be went home one afternoon .ast
week and found bis wife out shopping or
something Of that sort. He went on through
the house into the back yard and there un-
der an apple tree were the little fellows
piav.ng They had u bench and some
bottles and tumb!trs, and were playing
keep saloon He noticed that they were
drinking something out of pail and that
they acted tipsy. The Youngest, who was
behind the bar, had a towel tied around his
waist, and was setting the drinks up pretty
free. Smith walked over and looked in the
pail. 1t was heer, and two Of the boys
were SO drunk that they staggered. \
neighbor's boy, couple Of years Older, lay
asleep behind the tree.
My God, BOYS. YOU must not drink
that he said as he lifted the six-year-old
from behind the bench.
" IVES playin' sloon, papa an was q
selln' il just ike you,' said the little fellow.
Smith poured out the beer, carried the
drunken boy home and then took his own
boys in and pu, them to bed. When his
wife came back she found him crying like a
child. He came down town that night and
sold out his business, and says he will never
sell or drink another drop of.liquor. His
wife told mine about it, and she broke down
CRYING while she told it,
This is a true story, but the name was
not Smith.
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The lesson of the busy bee
Exploded now has been;
His daily hours of work are three,
And full he gets as sin,

-Messrs d. Lothrop & Co. are now prepar-
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volumes of Vide Atcdke, the Pansy, Our Little
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Mayor Hodges states that he refused,
while in Bar Harbor, to be introduced to
Mr.. James G. Blaine. This reminds US OF a
story of an ex-Confederate general now
resident of Baltimore. The story has been
told before, but seems peculiarly apt in con-
nection with the supreme disdain with which
Mayor Hodges treated tine Maine statesman;
This Confederate general had been captured
BY Major General Hancock. Under guard
he was led up to Hancock's tent. With the
instincts of true gentleman, General Han
cock came from his tent and extended his
right hand to the Confederate prisoner.
NO. SIR" said the Confederate, 'under
these circumstances decline to shake hands
with you." Hancock, who lowered about
three feet above his prisoner, looked at him
a moment, then quietly said, "Under any
other circumstances should not offer
YOU nv hand" No doubt, if Mr..
Blaine should ever hear that he had been
treated with scorn by the Mayor of Balti-
more he would feel over il about as Major
General Hancock felt over the refusal of his
Confederate prisoner to shake hands with
him. m..-Baltimore american.
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FROM MIRIAM"

BY JOHN G. WHITTIER.
Truth Is one;
And In all lands beneath the sun,
Whose hath eyes TO see may see
The tokens OF its unity.
No scroll of creed its fullness warps,
We trace II not by schooiboy maps,
Free as the SUI and all II Is
OF laiiiudes and boundaries.
In Verde verse, In dull Koran,
Are messages OF good TO man;
The angels 10 our Aryan sires
Talked by the earliest household fires.
Nor doth II lessen what He taught,
or make the gospel Jesus brought
Less precious, that his lips retold
some portion of that truth OF old;
Denying not the proven seers,
The tested wisdom of the years;
Confirming with his own impress
The common law of Righteousness.
We search the world for truth we Gull
The good, the pure. the beautiful
From craven stone and written scroll.
From all old flower fields OF the soul;
And weary seekers of the best,
We come back laden from our quest.
To find that all the sages said
l. in the book our mother read
And all our treasure OF old thought
In His harmonious fullness wrought,
Nho gathers in one sheaf complete
The shattered blades OF Gods own wheat
The common growth that maketh good
His all-embracing Fatherhood.
Wherever through the ages rise
The altar of self-sacritce,
Where love lis arms has opened wide.
or man for man has calmly died.
sec the same white wings ontsprcad
That bovered DER the Masters head,
! trace his presence In the blind
Pathetic groupings Of my kind
In prayers for sin and sorrow wrung,
In cradle hymns OF life they sung.
Each. in it, measure. but y part
OF the unmcasured Oyer-Heart:
And. with "A stronger faith confess
The greater that il owns the less.
Nor fear aught that science brings
From searching through material things:
Content to let its glasses prove,
Nor hy the letters oldness move
The myriad worlds on worlds that course
The spaces OF the universe:
Since everywhere the Spirit walks
The garden Of the heart. and talks
With man. as under Eden's trees.
In all it, varied languages.
Why mourn above some hopeless flaw
In the stone tables of the law,
When scripture every day afresh
l. traced on tables of the flesh:
Ry inward sense, by outward signs,
Gods presence still the heart diYines
Through deepest JOY OF Him we learn,
In sorcst grief TO Him We turn,
Aud reason stoops in pride 10 share
The childlikc instinct of PRAYER.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16
A Slop Goat,
MADE BY MISS POLICY OF MAINE, AND
THE ROMANCE THAT GREW OUT OF IT.
HOW A WEST BowDoIN MAIDEN
SECURED A SPOUSE.
TPittsburg Dispatch. /

lPiusburg Dispatchl
Several weeks ago gentleman, known in
this transaction as Eugene Reading, bought
a dark gray Norfolk summer coat while
making flying visit to Boston. On the
inside of the collar Of the coat was fastened
the manufacturer tab bearing the insignifi-
cant characters, slot 81, l,733, B. 3S.'
When Reading tore the tab off, his eye
caught some writing on the side which had
been next the coat. He read Melissa
Policy, West Bowdoin, Maine" He put
the tab in his pocket, transacted his busi-
ness, and couple of weeks after his return
to Pittsburg decided to make test of this
gentle hint TO mankind in general. He
wrote letter to Miss Policy, in which he
told her that he had discovered her name up
on the tab, and congratulated her upon her
excellent workmanship, saying that one who
could sew so neatly must, indeed be Young
lady of other commendable and lovable
qualities. He emphasized his sincerity by
calling her pretty tailoress," and pro-
fessed the strange awakening within his
heart of something akin TO general regard,
if not affection for the lady who had made
the garment.
The letter was carried safely, and in due
time came the following frank, yet modest
reply:
WEST BowDoIN, ME., Aug. l3, Sc.
Dear Friend-l received your letter Of
congratulation. and thought | would thank
you for it and hope the coat is made
nice. But should like to know what kind
of coat 1t s--If it is Norfolk. As to the
"pretty talosess," there is no such word in
| the book but | do not know what the male
sex would do if it were not for the old maids
to do their tailoring. SO | viii close with
many thanks and lot, of good wishes.
louys truly,
/ MELISSA s. POLLEY.
/ r. S.-lou said you purchased your coat
/ some time ago Have you been th.uking it
over all this time Excuse me for being
so saucy, but hope you have got it settled.
MELISSA.
Mr.. Reading had evidently got it settled"
| and if any doubt remained in his mind. the
| gentle hint IN the postscript had wiped II
/ away, for the returning mai! carried a letter
! full of burning words and such other non
/ sense as a lover, or one ambitious for that
! position, Is apt to use. \ correspondence
| followed, and letters passed each other,
| gong and coming between them, at an aver
age Of twice, and then, three times week.
| The conclusion faa.l reached by the
young Plltsburghrr who hat. received ample
encouragement IN hi, ,ulr, was that lie
would be burieu>ome Nuhout this pretty
tnilorr>,." for she Has really pEo,eu TYP hr
such from her picture, which Ge got one DAY
last week aud after all, the term ''p.d m4id'
which she had applied TO herself wa, a ru.r
TO test the interest other Pittsburgh aImlrtr.
. nI.+ ff... a.
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A Pension Office Romance,

1t frequentl, happens, says an exchange, that
the pension office furnishes a romance which
reads more like the flights of fiction than
the stern reality Of truth. Congressman
Cassidy Of Nevada relates an incident which
happened under his personal observation
only a short time ago. which shows this TO a
marked degree. He received a letter from
man singing himself as Eli Johnson, Of
one of the small towns of that state, saying
that months and months ago he made an
application for a pension, and as his papers
were complete and without flaw, he wish
ed to ascertain where the hitch was and
how much longer he would have to wait.
He furthermore stated that he served during
the war in company +, First California cav
airy, and that the records Of the war depart
ment would show such to be the fact Mr..
Cassidy went to Commissioner Dudley and
looked up the papers in the case, when,
judge Of his surprise, he found that the re-
cords showed that Johnson was killed in
battle, and that his widow has received back
pay. some time previous to 1879, Of a sum
amounting TO over $4,000. She, however,
believing that Johnson was dead, had mar
ried Mr.. Sill and was residing in Florida.
Mr.. Cassidy communicated these facts TO
Mr.. Johnson, and the latter answered, say
ing that he had heard tnat his wife had died
while he was away TO the war. He came
east and went down south and claimed his
wife, and the couple started for his home in
Nevada. The only party who is not entirely
satisfied with the denouement is Mr.. Sill,who
finds himself minus a wife.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

A Cambridge mother sent her small
boy into the country and after week of
anxiety has received this letter 81 got here
all right and forgot TO write before it is a
very nice place to have fun. A fsller and |
went out in boat. and the boat tipped over,
and man got me out, and was so full of
water didn't know nothin' for good long
while. The other boy has got to be buried
after they find him. His mother come from
Chelsea, and she cries all the time. A hoss
kicked me over, and l have got to have
some money to pay doctor for fixin' my
head. lost my watch, and l am very sorry.
shall bring home some mud d-turtles, and l
shall bring home tame woodehuck, if can
get 'em IN my trunk"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

An English firm proposes to build a
railroad from Lima to Ayacucho, Peu, a
distance Of 250 miles, passing through the
great mining district of Huaneaveliea. The
enterprise called for S30,0O0,00O. There i.
to be worlds fair at Shanghai, China, in
1888. The address in reply to the speech
from the throne mas been agreed to by the
English Parliament without division
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A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. The fol-
lowing problem was given at an examination
of teachers, in a town in this county, dur
ing the current year. We hope some Of
the teachers who read the AMERICAN will
favor US with answers to it, and also their
opinions of it, as question to be used for
the above stated purpose.
Reduce l-9 Q7-ls plus 1910, % . ro,,o,,;r,,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

To thoroughly cure scrofula, it is neces-
sary to strike directly at the root of the evil
This is exactly what Hoods SarsapariIla does,
by acting upon the blood, thoroughly cleansing
it Of all impurities, and leaving not even u
taint Of scrofula in the vital fluid.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16
SCOTS Emulsion Of Pure

In General Debility. Emacidtton, Consunap-
tion and Wasting in Children,
Is most valuable food and medicine. 1t
creates an appetite for food, strengthens the
nervous system and builds up the body. It is
prepared in palatable form and prescribed
universally by Physicians. Take no other.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

Lord Randolph Churchill will allow
Mr.. Parnell to introduce a new land bill,
September l6. This is victory for Ire
land. Samuel Morley, VI. p, liberal, is
dead, aged - years. There was a a severe
riot in a suburb of Belfast, Ireland, Sunday.
1t is rumored that Alexander has abdicated
the Bulgarian throne. \ proclamation is
circulating in the Penjaub calling for re
volt Of the nations One hundred thousand
pounds in bullion were withdrawn from the
Bank Of England. Saturday, for shipment
for America. Heavy discounts on fiscal
bills have occasioned suffering in Peru.
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If the ocean steamship war is continued
the traveller by the lazy Scheldt or wandering
Pc or upen the banks Of the blue Bos-
phorus may be saluted with the request for a
penny to enable the beggar TO pay his pas
sage TO America.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

How PARENTS HELP MAKE ORDERLY
SCHooLs.-A boy in school was punished
for serious misdemeanor. and Was ordered
by the teacher 10 tel. his mother when he
got home what he had done and what he
got for il. The next morning the school
mistress called Johnny to her desk and the
following dialogue ensued :-"Well, Master
Johsny, did you tell your mother what you
did Yesterday, and the punishment you re-
ceiyed ?" 'Yes'm," was the sententious re-
py.-"Wel, and what did your mother
say 9"-"She said she'd like to wiring your
neck for YOU No more discipline reports
were sent to that mother = Scho0l Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

The publication Of the correspondence
between the Gar and Alexander has created
sensation in political circles in Europe.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16
Uncle Sim" Higgins.

CARRIER of oRLAND'S VETERAN BRAR-
HI NTEE.
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roxeEka -rreachlur Al 10 80 A n. sabbath
sehoo. AZ Il g A NJ. Evening" Service A. ~ T.
EArrisT--uuaAs >rhtrol - ll--' /. Services ~
gaAnG a. 90 Iraysr Moetlug ru.>ta, even ~ at
FAEk BAFggsI-l-rtsrl-u at lea \. NJ sabbath
school mWestisf is following morning sHr1te's
CsITAKIAN.-Church service al les 4 and sunday
school At II s5 a n.
CATHoLicTrcAchlnC At 10 % A. sabbath schoo. at
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MErHopisr Preaching af 2 pcr " PRAYER Meeting
80 SGuday >chooi T. -
CsIoS TKxrERASCE MKErIvo-Evcry sunday ats. 80
n Peiers Hal
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ACADIA 4 4 CHAFTEE- SO aI.iiTHt Tuesday OF every
month excerpt judy ani August.
LrGuNiA LopGE. So - flTsf Ncdnt sday of every
month except Jul, and Augusi-
E-orERlc LaI.f NJ. II. -Fr.t THURSDAY of every
1nonta. except u'g and August.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-16

90 IS EWN n il IiIcE Posi- y. 35-Flr,; and rhird
iAV ~ each muilth- cSccp; June July and August
Hi-.ts atiiS on f.rsI MandaN-
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MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS N THE WOODS
WITH cts AND SHEATH KNIFE.

TRAPPING A>p SHOOTING OLD BRuIN ALONG
UNION RIVER.
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r>rrsp oEp.E or warknr> second and Fonrth tn,
Saws
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DIR. IzsKgCri'S
Favorite Presentation

Is INC result Of this Vnt e3pffINnog.
Il is q powerful Hc-INr.sttlr Toutc
epd NcrNiuc, lus.tt 4-..r ur1 .frt'-.-'n
To- the ssStrn, and r.Ift-. tF .u4r.t x..u-
corrhea, or "vnises." excessive
flowing, painful iucH~truation, uu-
natural suPprcssiou~, rroiapsus or
falling of the utcru-, weak back,
auteyersion. reiro.cFSIou. bcariuE-
down sensations. chronic coitccs-
hon. inffam nation aud liberation
of the womb. iufIaTIuIati pain
and tenderness II. oN aries internal
heat. and "femaic Wrukness-r
II promptly relieves md cuns Nausea
and Weakness OF stomach. EuG ZeE-
tion. Bloating. Ners ous PrOstraIi On,
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The following which We copy from the
Boston Giobe Is interesting reading and ii
may be all true, bu, if it is. we feel like sa,
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DIRECTORY.
ELLSWORTH Po>r' oFFICE.

uFFICE uorEs oN AND krTLE NAY To- iSS5.
1.eu - - SUNDAY $40 A n TO 1000 N
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Business Cards.
L. A. WYMAN,
Attorney 4 Counselor at Law.
L. A. Wyman, B. G. E..

4 rrattcr- IA land surveying promptly attend
,l q, The taking q Levels and all work Of
genera. Ci,A Engineer character done with neat
n,s- and dispatch. Titles looked up in thorough
manner oroe over Brady's storc, state stTeet'
Ellsworth. Maine. eInos25
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TEACHER

TO a repeating
decimal.
The Osceola times., 1886-11-06

as very few have had the temerity
or rather frankness to acknowledge
the influence welded by the TINES
in organizing the democratic party
and leading it to victory, but on the
contrary, many have racked their
brains to find more potent and di-
rect causes for the glorious results,
we shall not be disappointed if the
verdict is-taffy!
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3Ist., 1885.
LEON RoUssAN; Editor Times -
Dear Sir; Al this late day, | send
congratulations to you, for your sue
cess in redeeming Mississippi coun-
ty to the democratic party. To yoa
more than any one belongs the cred
it Of this good work; and you have
my heartfelt thanks for your noble
stand. May you live long to enjoy
the peace of your victory, and hoI e
the men that stood by you and t e
party during the heat of contest may
live to enjoy the victory they helped
achieve for many long years to come
With the best wi, he's for your future
| remain, Yours truly,
HENRY ATKINS.