Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-02-09

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| range of hills tinged with blue and ex-
/ hibiting a picturcsqucness that a closer
I view failed to present. Beyond Vie en-
! tremltics of the points mentioned the bay
= hroatlcns out into Frcnchmans Bay prop
/ err and becomes a spacious. but land
/ locked body of water Of several miles IN
extent. stretching from Mount Desert,
| eastward is range of beautiful islands.
; including the Porcupines and Ironhound.
= MIR Dclavan'S was not nature 81 rude
| and coarse that the magnificent View be-
! fore him at that time. could produce no
| impression upon il neither was II >nscrg'-
| tibie of a fun enjoyment of the scene and
the occasion On the whole hc felt happy
! and .ood-natured, maniiesting predi.ec-
: ton for storytelling. Fair aud reliable
, in all his dealings. ami truthful IN every
serious statement. ycf Mr.. Drlaran had
! the bad habit Of coIoriug hi> anecdotes
! with such hnc~ aud shas}c~ a. hc might
, deem necessary for effect
Two wears ago. huy> said he a. they
; sailed along while Eu"eh Fitz was help
in. me NOW in my back field. one morn
ing | noticed a squirrel on the fence near
i hy Directing Enoch to take . position
beyond the squirrel, ! stationed riy>clf OF
the fence in front OF him. Enocn started
/ the little fellow toward Ilc, aud placed
! the point Of my scylhe ON the top of the
( uppermo>t pole. holding ihe blade perpeu-
! ,jruiar and a. true a. yea live that >quir-
rel. coming at The very TIP If his speed,
ran his nose against the edge Of my
>cyihc and split himself clean in two. 10
the very cud Of hi> tail. one half ot him
5 falling on ouc >,i, Of The fence. and
tuthcr t'othrr'"
/ Capital Mfr Dclasau exclaimed Tom
! lugraham. can't yuu tell n aunthcrt'
/ Wen, yc~. a>>cntctl Mr ne!aEan, con-
{ dc>ccndHgiy. III i'riietc have one or Two
I NOR, Ia reserve lnu remember. Tom.
/ that old whiie-headcd dog, >prs. that
used Ia have: Wei nuc day ! hraFl him
I barking furinu>iy out IN the spruce bushes
back uf n} housc. and t0 going out 1"
>ce what wa> The ,4at,er ji>, nsvrctl that
Npry vas barking ~ Squirrel pcrchcd "n
tie limit uf spruce >lS Or eight frot
from the ground The squirrel - islynt-
z ls with ihr Intention NJ jumping M THE
ground aud running to H. hole uta,Ir
>prin. from ti. huu.h hlt hyfur. BIZ
struck the ground Spry she wa~ nn The
alert. ~prang under him aud, boys jn~t A.
4 tfti, a. II = tilc cnh~ lud Hra>. that ~yuir-
rel lrap,,t into the dogs apru mouth l,i~
tfr!ucB,ou. momentum carving hinl rj.Af
i down Spr,'~ lhfpst | thought | >hpgld
4 SPLIT Fuy ~'lc> "i'h !a"-l'tf' "a'' 'hih- ihAI
. dog He h"tr 1'd '"i. move M" ~''. move
AMI >"i auj - aud hN ~ cinlr the
Squirrel head foremost nfd away he went.
a. II the nld Harry "aN artrr hm 'lh
>Try never attempted Z" i"uRN n"i
su.ake,t 80 thoroughly ASHAMED "i ann
self
! hts ~tur3 excited 'tr rl~'bl.lil "t tae
boy e. ~u,G Hn 'N'+'G lia' n N"~ t"i-
lowed b} tly most tA.~t'0'u~ lahZtii'g
and cNcr->!so mcrr urni i'r fnl.4 hAh aa
hour
MI Dc.aNau GHf hs~ marks 'l-ht amt
came 1" anclnr ru q ia'urilf H~iih+
ground, about t""-tAl'a> ~ the Nf-#h'e
from the extremity Hf ave- ElHTHili I"
Bald Rock a spot. q" H~' lsi~ n"n tNpFe~>-
Ion. "n "hiei. hr u~nalit drHppri hl> Hi'-
chur right ou the heads ni yu5
] he sail WAS neatly and 'Nps'hiieT~'N
fur|cd. the nar> "iih aa4cr iA"~' -raf
were suuglt slowed ANA! ihc iu'.h~ bait
ctl tisc line -1t aut aEI everything VA
pui IA roa4inc,. i"r h~hia- Presently %
dispatch came up "Ntr tle shippers lnr.
ndicatin. fhAt thr denizer~ dn"h ~ .hc
further terminus meant tii~inr~> brla,bu
lauicd away with alaCrIy, aNd tn yrry
short tmc took iH palr OF nice .lak".
long and plump
From this auspiCspuS beginning ihr
work went successfully OH thc h.A- en-
t,.rt,. fI.fD Il n f:h euriI ytst ti4t Tide X tn-