Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-22
East Lamoine and its Surroundings.

! One of our elderly matrons remarked in
| our hearing the other day, "this is what
/ we used to call regular old fashioned
| sheep storm; we always expected three
or four days rain storm after we had done
our sheep shearing"
Sunday was a day of compensation
! The large number of vehicles containing
! happy people passing along our streets at
tested this pleasant day as day of rest
and enjoyment after the days of natures
gloom.
As we stood on our yeranda as the sun
was nearing the western horizon, the
; words OF one OF our poets came yividly TO
our mind, entitled Those Evening Bells !"
The bell at Salisbury Cove. the one at La
moline and one at Lamoine Beach, and one
at South Hancock, answered by one which
was put in place on Saturday at Marlboro,
Hancock, took part in the yesper peal call
Ing the people in the several localities to
worship and our soul responded Ring
out, sweet bells, your hallowed tones on
this glad day of rest,
During the past week we walked through
our district to notice what our people are
doing on their places The buildings are
well painted and many additions have been
made while they have tastefully finished
their gardens and walks and very many
have planted shade trees around their
buildings which give an air of neatness
and taste
We dropped into the store of II. L. Smith
4 Co., and remarked what a compact, neat
and complete country store they had. well
stocked with all kinds of goods required by
their local trade They are doing a fair
business and deliver goods to their Gus
toners by their delivery team The basis
Of their trade is cash and barter in country
produce.
Another OF the subscribers to the AMER
ioAN, Wm. r. King. has gone to Boston to
purchase full line Of goods for the sea
son. He has extended his route to South
Hancock and on his return he will visit
customers there. The rest Of our business
men are laying in their regular spring
stocks, and all seem to be doing a living
business.
The steam pile driver is driving the foun-
dation for large wharf a considerable dis
tauce from the shore, where vessels can
lie and receive their Cargoes of ice A
large crew of men are employed and push
along the WORK as fast a possible and an
other large crew Of men are building the
sluice-way from the ice houses at Blunts
Pond, whence the ice will be sluced down
to vessels lying at the wharf. where 1t viii
be loaded into the holds of the vessels with
out any loss of time Both of the ice com
panies are interested In the building of the
wharf and >uicc-way.
Arhor Day was pretty generally observed
in this district. Your spondent plant
ed hi> one tree by the way~idc The day
was observed, as we noticed last week. by
the gathering Of a large number of men
and women who met to devote the day to
the improvement of the cemetery grounds
meeting was held In the church after
dinner and rnmmittee appointed 10 carry
out the building the fence around the Gem
ctery grounds Work was begun his
week IN grading and preparing for the SCI
ting Of the posts, etc.
The quarterly concert Of the Fast La
moine Sabbath school IN consequence OF
the work in the church not being finished
was held in the district school-houSe on
Sunday evening. A large audience was pres
ent aud very enjoyable time had. Mr., +
Hodgkins conducted the musical part many
hne recitations were rendered intcrepersed !
with appropriate vocal music.
our esteemed citizen, Alansou Googins.
has been suffering severely from rheuma- |
tism for some days past which has render |
ed him entirely helpless for time |
mtu.. With careful nm sing, "hich ne i !
sure to have, he VII again rally and be |
about We were glad TO see our post-ma.- |
ter. Charles + Walker, able 10 be out tax
Ing u sun bath on Sunday after his long /
ana tedious Illness. These are about the /
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