Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-11-11
Blaine's Boyhood.
HIS VISIT TO HIS PENNSYLVANIA BIRTH
PLACE.


PLACE.
STANDING BY THE GRAVES OF HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER.
IBrownville (Pa.) Des ,atch.l
mo, this is not the room. Still, i, was a
corner room. | remember just how it
looked, even to the wall paper, and these
walls are bare. No, this is not it,
Mr.. Blaine, with his sons, Emmons and
James and Stephen b. Elkins, had driven
over the bridge, Friday morning. from the
main town, to visit the house on the west
bank Of the Monongahela, where he was
born. \ quaint old structure it is, of two
stories, with gable roof Of weather -blackened
shingles and wall Scared by time. IL is in
reality made of two houses. the southern
half, of stone, having been built before the
Revolution the other half, Of brick, being
a later addition. The stone part has at
some time been covered with stucco. which
has fallen off in pieces, giving the walls a
dilapida,ed appearance. On the front. fac
ing the river, portico is lei into the house,
supported by round pillars of brick, and the
frosts of many winters have loosened the
bricks so that the columns look rickety.
uninhabited its brick walls are uneven and
bullying its window panes are smashed and
cobwebs have taken the place Of glass.
Once house that bravely overlooked the
river in a wide open space, with lawn and
garden sloping down to the water where the
ferry landed, "hen Ephraim Blaine brought
Maria Gillespie home TO be his wife in 1922
it is now crazy, neglected, half deserted
tenement; pig pen where once was the
garden the lawn a mass of weeds the view
up the bank to the bridge, once free and
open, now obs,ructed by shabby houses. \
short distance down the bank is brick
house, built by Ephram Blaine. which is in
better condition. When Mr.. Blaine drove
over the bridge up the narrow road that lies
between the house and the railroad track
and had turned into the open yard. he leaped
to the ground and helped Emmons lie the
horses to the chicken house. Then lie stood
pointing out the scars on the old stone walls
where the plaster stucco had fallen off
How well remember playing in this
ward" he said at was pretty lawn. then.
No, don't remember much about the ferry.
for ,ha; was done away with before was
four wears old"
John Hall, the tenant of the stone half Of
the house. stood leaning against the door,
pipe IN mouth and hands in pockets. Can
| ccme in ?" asked Mr.. Blaine. II want TO
look at a room upstairs" Hall, VINO IS a
Democrat, exctediy made dive for his Wis
itor's hand and shook il hard. Then he led
the way in. The door opened directly into
the kitchen, where Mrs. Hall was putting
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