Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1888-01-26
Thirty four Years Old,

duty in the great worlds field Of labor.
Well. YOU may rest assured that the writer
feels more than common interest in the
,lad because in its earliest days. during
the time Of its infantile collie, cutting its
teeth and subject 10 the measles, the rash.
Z and whooping cough It was our ''bant-
ling" The many weary days and nights
{ spent over the ''wcc bit" Of thing no
one no" III it, lusty days can We'll tell or
understand. Yet it lives and j. a success
As a liyc newspaper.
You. Mr. Editor, are pleased TO say in
Your editorial announcing The close of the
thlrty-th.rd and the beginning of the
thirty fourth volume. the following words
. uf tribute to your Successors, and the car
I y status Of the AMERICAN
Great changes have taken place in this
county Since Tile ANTRIcA< Hr,i started
I cut in life. For Years IL had The whole
Geld to itself and knew scarcely rival or
competitor To-day there are published il
The county Of Hancock seven wcll-condu,t-
rd weekly paper, all thr year round anJ
during the summer season at least one
either paper more frequently than weekly
Notwithstanding all thi. competition. the
AuErrc,s was never - prosperous 4, IL /,
today Among all the c~~paper~ in
Maine cas. of thc rcnoh~co, wc najt.r
onr>sif ,hat we have the largest anil best
subscription I~t"
4 hit af newspaper history may not b.
atul~> aud K Il ,hail appear to YOU and
,nur Young r,ad,r> q little cgotisfjcai
,Ira,c PARTON the weakness The first
rtv ~rapar published ID Hanco,A county
va, published at Casino I'll 1899 Nfty-gly e
trar~ bcfurr TIN appearance II The Ella
worth A,ltEIcs>. iu Noy. .o5i auj y,t nr
paper ,,yr continued in existence fpr tui>
more titan half a century. tar more than
-~,ru vea4~ Ih- Wa i ~ad record vi
mortality and d.-coura2iug outlook fog Il
uas undertaking iu t5.- Hci ~ enterprise.
Yet Wtn II CLANCY. ESD. took -.gur Of
tu. ulI materials III t}lr ,lrfuu,t Ellsworth
N rf,d aud cnm,acucrI Ia N.l,mbyr l-i4
TIE Ellsworth sUEEtC,x Iu December
ieii ii wAs purchased hy n, writer hy
whom II vas continued um'i nct. l~12.
,iAt, .u NJ N, ,cut,cn r,cu,fui years
I, true ;hat fprycar- It had tie 81 hole
ay.,i ta Il-rsg aui scare N AucH III, .a"
ht.t jt heI tn struggle for existence aul ii
aaA plenty ,f r.4al~ II uni organized au,4
lisr. active auJ abb, opponents u aaE na
r.h ~,ud.rat. f.r owners aud ,rasly
~a.Ist tp Keep t-- cdto. from thr t.ar-
hnI~, /, MI. ~. r,-..!lc,-ci th,t th, E.-
raa.lc..u .ariv at '..a, time wa. in .f- .,r.-.
tf.-., W. als .u,...sl.r ~fats br. ,l.r,. WAL
.u the rouu.y r. Native Aacr.,an part, d,
A..-' , III ,hg larturt .ur aud promotion ~
.ar new ptriy a- thc RrpuulIraui, na,g
l th. nl.., par.. se.na.r.ns, or..al.. III
,i.n Saa great iAany uf thc !ca..a.. E,-
putl., an~ ,.f lu.,lay i.i Ellsworth au,l ....
.f th.,,. Mil, hA,r nor, tElu 4 p..r~.i,,.I
lutar,.~, NJ ~, i,.rr,f.. ,,.r,. A. Hr,t IL
a.stt.. Is....efAt3,- partt a, ,,s.il strnf,>..l
s.,.y.. ,r,.. active ,actnE, ,ar, f.-,Iay.
mage s'' i.,Gek county in ls--
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,aar,.. a.ut." ha' about as a,,p a. the
VA. &,t In n ;a.r..f trousers p4..!.4...I N
r..f, .,... .,,.,,I.-r., store.
yr ...r,..t,.. p,..,-gsi.r- --trt,f .t
.ef.,.. ,..ott, vi,ft,. .ve had ,-asr., of lla
luruG,.<. sLr Eastern itre,r. /. !,fY hs
Nr--r, Wa-,un q Nourr.v about