Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-09-09
Our George Goes to Aroostook.


around the world. there has been moth
ing IKE 'Atwooi's Exploration Party
t. the Af0ostook for >tyle. enthusiasm
aud RICH. down enjoyment. and to At
wood, first. last, aad every time. be-
longs the credit for iJS inception. man
agemeit and the perfect carving out OF
the excursion 10 il mluutesi detail
~ one has the least idea of the magn-
iude % arranging snch an excursion.
Ae issuing Of The invitations, ; the de-
lay iu receiving replies the numerous
wants If some recipients Of invitations
the letters that came il. asking invita-
tions for iricuds. and their sisters and
their cousins and their aunts : the ar
ranging with the several railroads
the forming 81 committees in the diff
ierelt towns in which the party would
stop the details Of hotel and other ac-
commoIajiou~. and hundreds Of matters
are nHAuoHa 10 any one hut the pro
iec-ay Probably no one but Atwood
would have attempted it. but he j. an
Aroo>taek crank, and has believed in
he could oaly induce others to 20 there.
that IL every visitor he would find a
convert. and new convert is several
8cgrc hotter than an old one. Al,
WOOD : persistent and has a BULLDOG
grip Once be ia.teus to Al idea. you
may throw rcd pepper and cold water,
but I'D never lets uo II he were "A
y0uu- unmarried man. should hate to
be SID gir. taa, he cot mashed on il /
didat happen "a take a fancy 10 him.
H. would marry me ia~t a sure a. the
fact ta4; You c.,a't rua on foul ball.
A praise u Atwood proprietor If the
Greatest Excursion o. Earth, T. him
belongs al credit. and on, and all the
excur-iau5~se cheer.ully accord it.
The PARTY me. At Bangor from differ
eut parts Of the State aud New Eug-
land We bad delegate, from New
Hampshire. Massachusetts,. Rhode Is
land. Connecticut. and Georgia. am
not much acquainted in Bangor and |
made Il little mistake III sccuri nv
lodging place intended 10 pu; IN al
hotel hut hy soute means or other |
struggled into a luuatic ASYLUM. | did
ao; have "a chance g. 20 about the city
any bat disco; cred there are several
town clock, which strike the different
hours OF tile aisht. IL, least from ten in
tie evening until SIX in the morning.
| learned this bylving awake all night.
Jill MT hear whether there were any
labor difficulties III Bangor. but | knew
Chose clocks were on strike Of a GER
taia,y. There did not seem 10 be but
ouc violent patient in the asylum.
and he was in the ward in which nv
room was. IN the same corridor. aud
oal, one door from me. | feel that |
rightly diagnose his case. when | as
syrJ thar be was laboring under an I'M
,ui-takable fit OF Jim Jams" There
were some twenty conyalesceni patients
beside, myself that will concur with me
ii this statement They also laid
awake all night. Nothing could sleep
within ten rooms If him. not even a
hard pine railroad sleeper. DgrinC
the entire MINT thi, maniac howled and
raved and talked. | learned in tic
morning that lie was a Rhode Island
man. That state Is 50 small. that one
cannot get on a very extended drunk
there. but it Is a mean trick 10 Get fan
in one State, and then 90 into another
and have the jim Jams. shall here
after be sure when ! book my name for
room that it is a hotel | am register
ing at.
Arri> ing at the depot in the morn
ing, WE found special train of FIVE
bran new cars. belonging TO the New
Brunswick f. L. under the personal SUI
pervi,ion OF General Manager f. W.
Cram, who took charge Of the excur-
sion, and through the entire trip did
everything possible for the comfort and
enjoyment Of the party Cram is a rail
road man from tie word 20. He j
cram fun oft. 4 Bangor bow. he has
been a train bov. has handled freight.
run an engine. punched tickets and
worked himself mp to his present posi-
ton by his own exertious and through
pure merit. He can click telegraph
transnitter. fire up an engine. and run
it 60 miles az hour. take ii apart and
put il together again. make up a sched-
ulc, or manage successfully X. r.
line, as he has done the New Bruins
wick. He is quiet unassuming gen
tleman. polite and afiable. and possesse.
that rare quality 50 seldom possessed
by man. OF beng able TO give polite
answer to question, and yet tell you
nothing Tins happy faculty saves him
the trouble OF very often telling his
qnesiioner that tis none OF his business
winch men OF ordinary eahbre are obliged
70 40. manager cram took the Ne"
bruhs"lck' Wheh It's Shoes were run
uomn ~ 'le h .4 rs 'rowsefs pafchec
anu IaSseu' its na' silochlhsly Dad ant
he nov h'ls II an dressed up ~ ne"