Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-10-21

her sAuIi was crushed through and he laid
her harmless on the ground he gave her a
few more blows to make sure be had killed
her, then returned to the house; told Joy
that he had killed a bad animal, he guessed
1t was wolfe a moose, and that it had two
pups that we're sucking when he came upon
them. Joy and several others went to the
battle ground with him. where they found
he had killed a large she bear. Her head
was so badly crushed that her brains were
oozing OUT she had two cubs supposed to
be about one week old, which were caugh,
without any trouble.
| will now continue my narrative Of
| Reeds Pond. In former article (pub-
lished in the AMERICAN gave a short his
tory of W. S. Scott, who was the frs, per-
| son that made settlement on Reeds Pond.
where he lived some eigh, or ten years. on
what is now called Scotch Neck This neck
and the land adjoining is of superior
/ quality for tillage. In 1910 man from
Massachusetts,, Ashel Gilbert undertook to
neck and adjoining lands; he bull, house
and barn and kept a crew of men cutting
cord wood, and clearing the land for farm
/ ing. The wood cost him NOR. for cutting
and floating across the pond. and hauling to
/ the wharfs, where ii could be shipped for
/ Boston, than i, would sell for IN Boston
After several years he go, badly in debt. and
made complete failure and returned to
/ Massachusetts. Several other persons haze
I lived or the place he left at different times
but the place was SO neglected it soon grew
up 10 weeds and bushes. This neck and ad-
joining land for a gres, distance. in wears
I long past, were covered with a very heavy
growth Of hard wood, with large mixture Of
ash and bass. have seen bass brought to
( the mill at the outlet Of the pond, cut on
this neck Of land, three feet a, the stump.
and ash equally a. large. About half mile
along and around the eastern point of the
neck is the mos; besutiful and attractive
sand beach that can be found anywhere IN
the state. Sand i. found on ,hi. beach Of
every quality and Of ever, shade and color
and s; for any use whatever. securing or
polishing. When ". ;. Scot; lived on thu.
z neck. Black Jo would OCCASIONALLY visit him.
and remain With hlm for weeks. IN hi. al
forest home. Scott had small boat in the
pond. which be used for fishing and hunt
ing One dAy II 60, Adrft. there vas
hight breeze. and It foAtsd toward the
ISLAND, where Il grounded % the ..land
shore. Scott said to Jo. We have lost our
boat" ''Oh. no. Nss.a Scott. Jo exclaimed
we ~iii have him back IN a ~lnking" In
few moments Jo had stripped of hi. cloth
ing aud vas IN the water .~imming for the
island. Scott called him 10 come back. but
j. would not hear; Scott watched With great
anniety al. he landed on tie islsut. Jo 40.
soon n the boat on hi. ~ay hAos Aner
this Jo, for bis own amusement. would ffr.
Guehtly swim to the island and back. tthe
island Is about half NILE from the neck
lie Was much at home ia the water as
seal. could swim and dive equA! To loon.
Capt Smith. Who brought him TO the
country. said be had seen him often IN the
hsrbor Of Demerara jump from boat into
the water and attack shark and xii him.
He would carry a long, double-edged knife
IN hIs teeth while in the water TO tgh, th-
shark with.
/ This beautiful and interesting neck Of
land was named for Scott. and the proper
name is Scott's Neck, although il i. now
generally called Scotch Neck. In my boy
hood days this island vas called Black JOS
/ Island, bu, in late years the Jo is left off
There is a very pleasant island in the
northwest cove formerly known as Worm
woods Island ; also brook OF very pure
water. that empties into the pond near The
island. and bearing the same name. The,
both derived their names from man whose
name was Whyart Wormwood Thi. man
was dumb, could onl, talk BY signs He
was perfectly harmless, and obtained liy-
/ ing by making baskets, and hunting offers,
minks, muskrats, and other small animals.
He had camp on the island, where be
stopped part Of the wear, when hunting In
the spring Of the year, boat loads Of small
/ smets could be taken from this brook i:
/ would be crowded with them for seven
( or eight rods and men could stand in the
brook and dip out bushels of them with
common basket Uncle Whyart, as every
body called him, used 10 corn and dry
! them, and pack them in small nea, baskets,
J Of bis own make, and go around and pedde
them out. Young people and old would fire.
( quen,ly visit him at his island house and
( carry him provisions Of all kinds. He was an
excellent cook; especially for cooking venison
and his visitors would always take dinner
with Uncle Whyart. His principal dishes
and those he most prded himself upon, were
ste~ed muskrats, turtle soup and roast tur-
tie. Muskrats at that time were as plenti-
full in the ponds as frogs, aud were as COM
mon food as chickens, in many families, and
turtles could be caught most any time on
SCOTS Neck that would weigh from thirty
to forty pounds, and were considered great
delicacy, especially when dressed and cooked
by Uncle Whyart. The sand beach at
Scot,'s Neck was great haunt for the large
pond turtles. Most any morning in pass
ing along the shore you would see "a large
number of them making their way for the
water. l will notice two more small islands
in the main pond, situated about three
| fourths of mile northwest of Cow island,
which were formerly called Perch Islands.
They are so near together stone can be
tossed from one to the other. About ten or
twelve rods south Of these islands in former
years was excellent ground for fishing white
perch. In the fall Of the year you could
stand on either Of these islands with rod
and line and catch any quantity of those
nice little fish. There is another beautiful
island on the south side of the upper pond
about one mile from the narrows, called
Moose island. 1t was given this name by
two old hunters, Nathaniel Jellson and
John Joy. They were hunting on the pond
and they drove large moose into the north