Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-08
East Lamoine and It's Surroundings.

IL this era Of general labor strikes Il ap-
pears a. II our operatives are 10 be left out !;
however they hud plenty Of work to be
done At their own homes.
Steamer Munehaha Capt S T. Cous-
ms, ha> left her winter quarters and looks
a bright a. a new silver dollar. Not hav-
ing seen her timetable route We shall have
- wall her advertisement. The other day
She towed up To Berry. Cove a large raft
Of piling 10 be used in building wharf
for the ice companies.
Ferry steamer Chaplin" will be put on
route early in the coming mouth tile ex-
act date VIII be advertised ia due time
There : no doubt but that she will do
considerable business, as apparently there
viii be but very few small steamers plying
in the bay.
About noon Of the ebay Of rest" we no.
ticed two young men-strangers to US
wend their way up the street with guns on
their shoulders all bedraggled and moist
They had spent half the Sabbath day wan
derng on the beach in search Of game and
carried one small sea bird a. a compensa-
ton for their labor and exposure.
School in the East Lamoine district com
menced on Monday. the 5th. under the
her first term of teaching, but we have no
fear but that she will make it success,
a she is striving hard to qualify herself.
The society of the Kings Daughters
closed their work for the season on Satur-
day evening, when they met at the school
house, had some music and talk, then dis
posed of what articles that were left from
the result Of their needles and tongues and
b,a sfa ny In hot in
little over four months they had realized
nearly $500, which has been spent
in thoroughly reLovating the interior of
the church. Mr.. Stevens, of your city,
has done the work in a satisfactory man
ner, in kalsoming, painting and papering,
and the ladies will see to the laying down
Of the carpets. The bills will be all paid
and small balance left over The "old
Westinghouse" as it is Familiarity called
looks better now than ever it has done
since it was first built, more than half
century ago. The master builder was the
late Seth Tisdale, of Ellsworth, and among
the local mechanics was the celebrated
American Traveller, Daniel Pratt" then
young house carpenter living with Mr.
Harding at Jordan's River.
The ladies' aid society have advertised a
meeting for Arbor Day, May 8, calling up
on all lot-holders, and others interested,
to meet with them for the purpose of
planting shrubbery and other necessary
work, to come prepared with team-those
who can and necessary tools and be on
the place of meeting not later than 9
O'Clock. 1t is their intention to have the
work of building fence round the Gene
terv commenced Immediately, and we un-
derstand that it is proposed to do the work
by contract in time before the visiting sea-
son opens. Early this spring the select
men laid out road from the town road to
the cemetery, which we think ought to be
attended to at the same time, as the one
now used is unsafe.
Quite a number of our people have
taken time by the forelock" and have
planted trees on the wayside and around
their dwellings. Perhaps they were like
our nearest neighbor who thought Arbor
Day came on the I'd day of May, although
a proclamation had been published in all
our newspapers. Well, they can do lit
tie more work on the appointed day, or
go up to the cemetery. }. {. W.
Nav g.