Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1886-12-16

not knew ledge. Faith IL the method Of the
mlnd'- working in the realm OF spiritual truth.
or as the apostle says, Faith 1. the substance
of thing. hoped for thu evidence Of things not
| seen"
! Rev. John johnson of Charleston. died in
Bradford, sunday the 9th Instant at the advan-
ced aye of scveufy-six years. Mr. John
son was q graduate of Colby University. Il
man of marked ability aud was highly Is.
teemcd by every one who knew him. He has
/ been in poor health for several years. not be-
Ing able 10 attend to business. lie was much
respected member u Olive Branch Lodge. +.
l! A. NJ. aud the Lodge attended his funeral in
body and paid the last rites 10 their beloved
brother. He leaves wife and adopted son 10
mourn hi, loss. Mr.. johnson was a native OF
Sullivan. in this county, aud q brother 10
Capt. J. II. johnson. the well known veteran
school teacher.
A plan for systematically numbering NIL
the houses and place, of business in our cits Is
about being carried out BY W H. Smith Of
Rocklsnd. gentleman thoroughly experienced
and competent 10 20 the work iulelligently and I
thoroughly 4 place OF the size OF Ellsworth
certainly should have thorough system Of |
numbering. It is the intention ia this case to /
do the work in the most thorough manner by /.
introducing inch nirkel plated figure. the /
largest used for the purpose. By this system /
II gives more Of a city appearance. and H. the
cost 10 each one i but irifing. we hope everv- |
body will for the credit of the city. ~ well ~ |
the conN enience II will afford IL and also TO
stranger, visiting among ~. assist him in car
rNing out hi plan. ! certainly approve OF
the system. H. B. Mason.
A fremont correspondent writes to the
Burk~port clipper a, follows:
Myrtle \. Got a lad of thirteen. ha. a net
bull eighteen months old which j. very much
attached TO him. lie j. perfectly gentle and
Will suffer himself to be- p~iied and r.T,.>~e, A.
II he enjoy ed it greatly. The boy ha- trained
the animal from a calf and may now be seen
almost every day riding him har, back about
the Island sith nothing to guide him cNcapi a
line which j. atiarhe,i Ia hi horns. He often
tak"> child tour or i've wears old behind him
and sutntilmrN. di-mounIing. viii head the buii
and let tn, child ride Rlanc. iir obcv- III.
Young master p"rfretls and although no, ear
rSing hi head quite : high. will troi as grace
fully hnrsr.
r. Al The la>t meeting Of the Marguerite Cir
Gle &C.. l. : CD Mr.. II. VI. Hall. .Jr. gave hi,
promised parlor lecture on geology 4, Mr.
Smith had taken ny the department Of rock
formation ~ thoroughly In tn, three talk he
had given 10 the circle. NJ. Hall confined hi,
r'mark- 10 the ,ariabilit, Of the carti'- crust
and the elm rric chang. tlat have passed
upon IT, Hi- clear aud graceful prc-ruraiIon
OF the -uhjcc, was h,lenrd 10 with undivided
attention. and 81 ~ clo>c. rhc circle tendcrod
10 him q vote Of thanks. and the chautauqua
salute viii not me other Young men in
town. graduates - Row ,lcin. tolhy. or VIE .
iam>, help our eir.ls in similar way who
will bc the next volunteer
- The editor II III. Ruck-pori f7iareJ i, 80
,1l' that h" cill> the judge 81 70 court = commu-
dor, and 'he JUrv tin --iaFh"ard" watch. II.
= r' ulN 'u an"i"ut mariner. huWr,rT. for
iarb'7rd is word ihs' hs- lon. since ftiru m
10 inhocu"u> d,,-u'tudr. Port tou iuhh,r
port i40HSfTlai .faRFltdi.
Port and l,rbo4r,i are :, uonymons terms and
u" latter term !, BY no mrau. obsolete. Ma
rncr- USUALLY ~. "rort thr whcrl = or hard
port. or ''jhe port side bat il j. seldom one
hear q the port watch It aimo., in,aria-
bly, de'i-nstsd "'hr Arb,lrl watch a., Tor
in-ianc, ''L1rboard watch ahoy.-
4 'cr'lan' Young mau approachc, Con-
ductpr Putnam At BluSor. Fl few day> Az and
asked him Il he managed the ear. 10 Buck
port. The Colonel -ai1 that b" did. whcrru1-
ON De- was g-krd IL BE- would please cali Al ,hr
ENrhan-r street house III A passenger in the
evening. The Young mau WA toli 20 rcmAin
r-hl thcrr aud BE- would D. called for. H.
s,id thai be belonged in Deer III. ana it wa
h. nr>i Visit 10 :hc riis ami d, lid not know
whether the ear would can for ham hen he
wanted them to, or not.
Mr. E.C. Lur,c, 81 south We, Uar-
b"r. made recent "trip 10 BANGOR to
purcha>" the material. TO- q new sum
mer Residence which j, - be- erected there.
ouc night IS hile there il terribly blindin.
>uoW storm Mr. Lur,ey attempted To board
the schooner Am, kui-h; living NJ Gould &
Ila-tiny>' mill aud went overheard. H. called
fur hrlu and was thrown line but Il would
not hold him Then another one was thrown
which, although II wa Vtr, dIrA. Ne was able
Ia lind aud pas under hi. arms and he wa.
hauled out.
VIII Eiutchn., hoy shou' fifteen wears Of
s1c. >on Of pcun. IIutrhin- who live in
Verona, the end of the Buck.port
hrdS", while pIatinS IN ,he bridge with a
gun Saturday lnaled it with charge Of eight
uti-'4N al HtF~tll POW -ft''filtt lpH ~. I-l-
81 the butt Of thr gun on tile sruund and d.
charged it. The barrel burst whore he hcld it.
biowin-. OF twn Of hi, fingers sud .haitrrin.
h. hand % badly lha anpu,aiion wa, ne,r--
'ary. II MAS taken otf ai III wrist,
conner. Brother. of Bar iIarlpr. are To-
have ,tralurr built for them in New YORK
during The winter. Thr craft viii be eighty
tive feet Ion, by sixteen and ouc-halt wide. be
warranted to run twelve mile, An hour and
have capacity for two hundred pa>,engcr>
I Every morning during The summer The .iram-
I cr IS III make trips from Bar Ilarbur To Winter
iIarbor, South Gould>born seal IIarbor.
Northeast Harbor prd >ouihue>t Harbor. and
afternoons viii b. utilized for excursion par
lies.
The new Congregational church at Deer
/ Isle, dedicated on THURSDAY. Dee. = Il
i beautiful church. II i one OF the bet If
not Il Z best in The county. \ very excellent
paper wa, submitted hy the builder ) &.
/ Haskell. E>q., and read by Rev. j. +. Albums
OF Bangor. Thr sermon WA preached by Rev
7 +. \. Harlow, and the drIiratury PRAYER was
offered bs Rev. J. +. Adams. Rev :. u.
\ Towne Of Fail, Village was present and par
7 ticipated in the service. leading the congrega-
tion in dcdcatory responsive reading.
The Ellsworth lecture course will begin
+ on Monday. Jan. 3. when James X. Applebee.
who gave such universal satisfaction when
/ here last winter will lecture upon one OF his
/ most popular themes. The same speaker will !
/ also lecture on the following Tuesday or We'd
ne>day evening. Arrangement, are under
consideration which,if successful will bring 10