Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-11-21
East Lamoine and its Surroundings

The post-oflce department in Washing
ton. now writes Il .Lsmoinc Beach sui
Charles + Walker. postmaster. The o.
dee j. in he same building with the tr!e-
phone
oar people are much pleased with the
prompt action of assistant postmaster
Clark-pn in relieving from anxiety care
and expense a majority nf our citizens
who have been 80 long looking for :
change - that they can get their mail
matter without travelling distance ~
four miles
William + Dr~islcs : doing a good
work around the Aleucon cottage in grad
ing the grounds tran>plauiiu. trees
building roads and sidewalks Fronting
on La Val avenue he has given the avenuc
the required width over ffly feet. which
when the town shall give this the main
avenue. it, full width will make it one If
the finest drives In the State.
Capt George Pierce and Fred Cline,
have arrived home from an extended mack
erel trip Of SIX months lacking five DAYS
They are well aud have done a. well a.
most Of the vessels sailing from the SANE
port. Gloucester. Mass. but they call u
"a dcuced long mackerel Trip
The presence OF manager Shoeuhar
among Us has been yerg much missed. but
nothing hut severe and continuous Illness
has been the cause; We are glad. however,
TO learn more favorable reports from him
and that he is now able TO spend a short
time each day in the office and we hope
that with care he will regain his usual
health and activity. Things around the
Pavilion cafe are looking bright; the ave
nues constructed this season past are in
hrst-rate condition and are used nv driving
parties who think them iine. The wharf
landing is finished and two or three sec
tions OF the boulevard are completed; Wis
itors who drive over the boulevard pro
nounce ii ine-a lit pattern for all those
who are seeking to do fine and permanent
work 10 short, venture In prophesy that
another season sill give Lamoine Beach
an onward start as a frst-cass place Of re-
sort.
Quite number Of building lots. outside
of the Larnoine and Mount Desert Land
Co. have been sold and will be built upon
during the coming season and inquiries are
being made for more which undoubtedly
will be sold during the winter Putting
this and that together we are expecting
good times during the winter and spring
and when the rusticators come they will
saw. as a gentleman said the other day
What transformation.
What with concerts, lvceums. lecture
and various exhibitions. not emitting two
evenings a week devoted to a singing
school taught by Prof. Quimby, our people
have facilities for spending their evenings
with profit as well a. entertainment
Mr. Edgar Bunker of Trenton has been
the teacher of the district school her, and
closed the fall term last Friday with an
exhibition in the evening. Mr.. Bunker is
considered a successful teacher and a
thorough disciplinarisn.
Steamer Silver Star makes three trips
per week between this place and Bar Har-
Dor Capt. S. P Cousins has placed the
steamer Minnehaha in winter quarters at
Winter Harbor The steamer. think has
done quite a good business during the
season as an independent boat not con-
fined To sny advertised route.
The feet of fishermen from Jordan's
river are all out by the time you publish.
Sunday night the steam-tug from Sullivan
towed out the remaining loaded schooners.
The schooner Lizzie Lee, Capt Frank L.
Winterbotham. loaded with fish is bound
for New York
A number of the fishermen are freight
ing paving from Sullivan to western ports.
our people must grutnDie you know;
the causes of grumbing this season are
money and potatoes, too little Of both ar
ticles, they say. Well. we cannot sell our
farm produce to Bar Harbor and get mon
ey for it and still have it to put in the eel
lar. As for money. they say there never
was 80 little in circulation since they can
remember, and all know it is scarce. but
predict there will not be one person suffer
starvation.
John Gilpatrick kindly presented me
this fall with A specimen of a variety of
apples raised on his place which / will
venture to say, for size and quality, will he
hard to beat by any Of your apple CORE
spondents. Mr.. G. is living proof that
farmer is an independent man; potatoes,
apples, cranberries, eggs. butter, etc, he
raises for the market besides what he con-
sumes. and oesides all this he is "a jolly
good fellow" and / believe he subscribes
for the AMERICAN. If he does not, he
ought to, for he is a great reader. near
neighbor of his, Henry Hodgkins, raises
grapes and other small fruits, but for sea
sons past he has turned his attention to
cultivating strawberries and he says that
his cranberry bed paid him better than