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A Life's Borderlands.

A little child at play. happy little thing.
Close by the borders of fowerbed fair;
His merry laugh makes all the garden ring;
The sunbeams nestle In his curling hair;
The mother watches near to guard her boy;
In him are centered all her hope and joy.
laughing boy, with step and heart so light,
Stands by the borders Of the schoolgrounds
there;
He handles bat and ball with skiIlful sleight,
And vet his books will use with studious care.
He Grects his schoolmates with gentle smile,
And lists the words his teacher speaks the
while.
youth siI, idly rocking on the tide,
Just on the borders OF lake afioat,
A smiling maiden leaning by his side,
A summer breeze WATTS on the tiny boat.
Each in the other feels life complete,
And words are few and low. and love is sweet.
Now by the borders OF the sea there stands.
His head upliffed with a manly pride.
stawart man, parting upon the sands
From one he loves, his own. his weeping bride.
mourn,
Think only OF the time whcn | return"
And now upon the stormy sea he rides;
The shiI sails on to strange and foreign lands
His word. his will, the speeding vessel guides,
And soon he walks upon the golden sands.
And stores his ship with treasures OF the East.
And beauicous things his dear ones eyes TO
feast.
And turning homeward. fast the vessel eies
But faster still his throbbing heart will beat.
His native land full soon before him lies.
He JOYS again his loving ones 10 greet;
And gathered there within the dear home fold,
None heed the storm or yet the chilling cold.
And, IL upon the borders OF the grave.
He pauses to count DER hi, blessings past.
He sees around him gentle ones snd brave,
And honest friends who ever hold him fast
And more than all his fond and faithful wife,
ii will not >ay. There is no JOY in life"
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Hlrper's Nag1-jne for Apri! !, di-tnc-
lively national number.
\ great manufacturing industry which ranks
fourth in Importance in the United States, a
department Of literature in which Yankee pro-
tcency has became rroyerbiaI. colossal mil
itary enterprise in the West. and commercial
Institution Illustrating in it, dcveIol ment tAe
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ject, OF notable articles in Uarper's HDga-ins
Tor April The ,eri., " comprehensive artl-
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Acr, which presents the complete history Of +
piece Of wool from the time of j. growth ou a
sheep To that of it, Transformation into th'
manufactured product. The poetry i excel
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One would say that Shakespeare, at
least, must be the one exceptional prophet
to be honored in his own country, but
widely spread as we know his fame to be,
at least one EngIishman had no very clear
idea of its cause.
Some years ago, while passing through
Stratford-on-Avon,M Mr. Toole, the English
comedian, saw a rustic sitting on fence.
That is Shakespeare's house, isn't it?'
he asked, pointing to building.
Yes"
Ever been there?"
No"
Brought up here!'
Yes"
''Did he write anythlng?"
"Oh yes, he writ"
What was it?"
"Well," said the rustic. Il think he writ
for the Bible
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

| West Trenton.
The Baptist Sunday school, under the
management of Mrs. Lyman S. Hopkins,
! gave avery interesting temperance concert
on Sunday evening last. About thirty-five
| scholars took part. Every piece was well
| arranged and beautifully rendered by every
one taking part. We noticed bright little
| girl, an orphan, aged about six years, who
| spoke piece closing by humbly kneelng,
! and with closed eyes aud clasped hands,
| repeating the Lords prayer. This child
| came not long since from the great me-
| tropolis, and is at present being reared by
christian family of this town under good
influences, and it struck us forcibly of the
| contrast in her condition now and of what
! it might have been, had she been reared
under city influences without proper guard
ians.
The ladies of Christian Endeavor' sew
| Ing circle gave an antiquarian supper of
baked beans, brown bread. etc, on Friday
night of last week. Receipts clear of ex-
| pense, S7.65.
Capt. Horace Burns left for Portsmouth
, on Monday of this week to take command
| of his vessel. He is and has been en-
| ployed for several seasons carrying brick
! from Damariscotta, Me-, and Dover, n.
H. TO boston, making about twenty-five
| trips per season.
| Mr.. Alonzo H. Grinde and Others who
purchased sloop last fall to run in the
| stone business for the breakwater at Bar
Harbor, are having her put in thorough or
| der for seasons business. She will he
I commanded b. Capt. Fred Murch.
| Di.,ric, M oat POW, ho. ooo,
| tbrough the nronsr nreIiminarias he thc
NOV ef ar,,a,,i,i,, tat,anli,, hnyy,tt,i,.
| committee, etc, to bnild scnool-house to
cost about $1,000, for schools and meetings
| combined. This is step in the right dI-
tcotloh f a. lnese people Hve thtee illIieS
~ .'V"' 'l'V tii no"i o'' V""to j." "u" my ne'"
nIuSe lo' IelISI"uS worship ana H"hu"y
Miss Elsie NJ. Leland has returned home
lio'i %. Huen sl't mas occ'' a'tenu.hE
= ,'''l VI ii'Sn s'hooi d. tnnl P'd'e' nne
- = =, " AZ '.' '''
VI 'e"""A III u'st'iot NJ - TINS V""n
Mr- Charles Young Is at present very
SICK. Roy.
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| Mr. {. Ii. Norris and master Shcrley of
Bar Harbor, are visiting his mother, Mrs
| Sarah Norris.
vr. t.a, crr,t. a,.o,,,a.,, t,,n
,i[, 'o'n tt,.I nui ~, ~ au HEeI 'sut ltI. re-
,t ~: n - ua, ne' ann N'e a. "'''i'''-
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h ~ -. az" "a 80 oH' LAS mas mas
49,, '''"'' ''9'' W 'e'A'''e' !"
| Mr. Watson JOY who has been very sick
during the past winter, is slowly improv-
| ing.
UaIrs mill ot kilLerpv will co,r,r,,c,
WORK nnxt yaek nn'Ier ~. .a,r.. ,rar,s,,,.r
MFR Elmer Kinvman
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

A minister in Pittsburg met the col
ored sexton Of his church at the camp
ground one day and inquired: "Will you
be at your post in the city next Sundayf"
Sexton: "NO, sab have appointed my
cousin to affiliate for me on that day."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10
EddingtOn. .

Business has been quite lively in town
the past winter or, al least, since the snow
came. Operations have been carried on
largely under the supervision of +. w.
Lincoln of Bangor. Over four thousand
cords of birch, hemlock, oak and maple
have been yarded. He has had a large
crew Of men in his employ, also quite a
number of horses. The land is owned by
Gilman & Davis of Bangor
Mr.. Calvin Morris lost quite valuable
horse the past week. The horse received
injuries while at work on the ice which
caused her death. 1t is quite loss as he
has only one left to do his spring work,
Mr. Molbry Kingman of Mariaville was
in town for few days last week.
Mr.. G. NJ. Wood is very low with heart
trouble and at the present time no hopes
are entertained of his recovery.
Messrs. A. +. Merrill & Co. of East Ed
dington, have been doing quite an exten-
sive business In their mill the past winter.
They have received large supply of birch
logs for their spool-wood.
Mrs. Samuel Davis is very low again.
The doctor thinks she may be in consump-
tion.
Mr.. Jere Boynton came very near los
ing his buildings recently. A match was
carelessiy thrown down which caught Oh
some clothing, burning nearly everything
in the room, but was found in time to save
quite serious fire.
March 26.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

William b. Fisher has been appointed
shipping commissioner at Bath, Me. Dana
B. Grant has been appointed postmaster at
East Bethel, vice Eugene Bean. A. NJ.
Bowman has been appointed postmaster at
| Manchester, vice Jesse L. Wood.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

-Congressman Dingley has nominated
Carlton F. Snow of Rockland for the
cadetship at the naval academy for the
second district of Maine in accordance
with the result of the competitive exami-
nation recently held.
The Maine Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union have q petition under way
praying that "canteen" (where beer and
wine are sold) may not be allowed At Fort
Preble, Portland Harbor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

No. fenob>cot.
on Tuesday last the neighbors had
choppng bee at Rodney lianey's; about
thirty men were present, and more active
crowd YOU will seldom see. About seven
cords Of wood were chopped into Sled
lengths and started out Of the woods and
some fifteen cords prepared for the stove.
The sewing circle at North Penob,cot
with a membership Of a dozen ladies, and
an average attendance at their weekly
gatherings of six or seven, has for the
last ten months. furnished materials for
painting the parsonage, bought range for
same and paid the minister between thirty
and forty dollars.
There will be an Easter concert at the
Methodist church at North Pysobscot,
and one at the Bay church Sunday, and
temperance meeting in the evening at the
former church, III which several have been
invited TO take part. It is high time that
the people all over the State were waking
up on the subject When We recall the
rousing, thrilling, stirring temperance
lectures and addresses that everywhere IN
this State and elsewhere constituted a
prominent feature of the temperance move
ment, and the vigorous onslaught of the
crusaders, upon the thousands of rum
hells that cursed our fair country, and
contrast il with the remarkable stiffness in
regard TO this question that has pervaded
our own State for the past few years, a
State that has become famous the world
over for its early and brilliant lead on this
great moral, social and economic question,
the inquiry naturally arises, has the age of
temperance agitation and discussion
passed. Is there no Hawkins or Goh or
Beecher with eloquent speech to stir the
heart and quicken the conscience, and con
yiLce the reason of the people of this ma
terialistic, money-crusted age of this evil
! of evils, this crime against society, that is
tolerated right under the shadow of the
| boasted civilization of America? Have
we relegated this question SO vital to all
that l. precious in human life and human
society to the official guardians of the law,
only To see their sacred oaths violated
with contempt. their high trust compro-
missed with pertidy and dishonor? No, law
to be vital must pulsate with the heart
throbs of the people. The voice of the
people must be in it and the back k-bone of
the people behind 1t. Like the law of God
it should be proclaimed from the pulpit,
Numbered from the rostrum and taught
in the home, impregnating the very atmos-
phere of the social life of the people.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

civil service reform ha- champion IN
Mr.. Oliver 7, Morton, who, in paper called
">oue Popular Objections to Civil service Re-
form" which appear, in the lulRtic for April,
is not afraid 10 say that the -roI> system is
at war with equality, freedom. justice ana
wise economy, and is already doomed thing
lighting extinction"
Mr.. James's Tragic Muse" J., drawing to
conclusion.
DR.. Holmes, in "Oyer the Teacups," talks
about modern realism. Mr.. Aldrch has
poem on 1.-THE Poets Corner" and Mrs. De-
lands serial leaves the hero face to face with
another problem. There are many other good
things in the pumber
Houghton. Mitflin & Co, Boston.
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Houghton, Mitilln & Co., Boston.

Peterson for April offers special attrac-
tions for ladies. The colored fashion plate and
other engravings show the newest and most
effective spring styles. Mrs. Lucy IL. Hoop
ers Paris letter gives full information in rc-
gard to the latest French fashions. BY the aid
of Peterson any lady can prepare her own and
her children's wardrobe at far less expense
than by any other means. The other depart
ments of the magazine are at their very best
Terms S2.00 year. Address, PETERsON's
MAGAZINE, 306 Chestnut ST., Philadelphia.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-04-10

Vide Ardke for April opens with burst
! OF Easter beauty and hope; the frontispece,
by W. L. Tay lor, Easter Offerings, embodies
the spirit of youth and bloom and gladne>s,
while Mr.. Butterworth's beautiful story,
The Pilgrims Easter Lily" ought to 90 far
to settle the question OF Americas national
flower. Work and Play" by Mrs. Fremont,
is Il true story of this number, showing del
icate woman's business energy and success.
WIDE AWAKE is - 40 year. ID. LothrOp
Company, Publishers, Boston, Mass.
The Volunteer, 81 College Place, New
York, an illustrated monthly magazine of Ga
pages, with cover in the three emblematic col
ors-red, white and blue-is before US. The
wonder is how the publishers can get up so
large book with so many illustrations and
choice original reading matter at the low price
of one dollar year or ten cents each.
The magazine contains well written arti-
Gle entitled Jefferson Davis Reviewed." by
Major A. K. Calhoun, in which some Of the
faacies of Mr.. Davis in his apology for An
dersonville are cleverly shown.
BANGOR HISTORICAL MAGAzINE.-Weh have
received the latest number Of the Bangor His
tOrical Mdgdziae from Colonel J. w. Porter.
editor and publisher, and find 1t as usual full
of valuable historical matter which is also in
teresting reading. The magazine has many
readers. The following are the contents: Col.
| Thomas Westbrook's Expedition to Penobscot
River; Rev. Paul Rugges of Carmel and fami-
| ly; Bingham's Kennebec Purchase; History Of
Ellsworth; John Gilkey, Of Islesborough and
| family; Marsh Island, Orono and Oldtown;
Expedition by Col. John Allan, at Machias,
! I7T7; .Iaiis of Penobscot county; Capt. Noah
Emery; Papers relating to Eastern Maine;
! General David Cobb's Diary Continued.
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The price of the FORUM alone is $5a year. 1t is
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leading writers of the world 1t gives authorita-
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oft, "lthas done more to bring the thinking men
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The daily critic., 1890-05-31
COLLEGE STUDENTS BRUTALITY.
The Freshmen OF Lafayette College
act ~ Unpunished Rufians.

The Freshmen OF lafayette College
act ~ Unpunished RuHians.
Forty Of the freshmen Of Lafayette
College, says dispatch from
Easton, Pa, with 144 bottles
Of beer and basket Of sand
wiches, wentup the Lehigh River to a
point above Glendon Tuesday night in
hacks drawn by six horses. Unload
ing on lawn along the river, the
freshmen began to initiate five students
into the mysteries of one Of their orders
by blindfolding them, tying them with
ropes and then emptying bottles Of beer
on their heads, and also pouring the
beverage down their backs, holding the
mouth of each bottle inside the stu.
dents high choker collar.
After this deluge and a war dance all
hands unched on the beer aud sand
wiohes. The five students were again
blindfolded, marched 70 the waters
edge and thrown overheard While
they were scrambling toward shore the
freshmen leaped into the hacks and re-
turned to the college, leaving the water
and beer soaked candidates TO walk
home, a distance Of over two miles.
They reached the college at 2 o'clock
this morning Several Waterbury
watches and pieces Of collars, neckties
and cuffs were Yesterday found AZ the
scene Of the initiation.
The daily critic., 1890-05-31
EMuSEMENIS
ALBAUon's GRAND OPERA UoUsE.

ALBAUeH' GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
To prove that music has charms, ETC.,
all lovers Of music should visit Al
baughs Theatre and hear Helen La
mont Nellie McCartee), Washing
ington's favorite prima donna, and her
comic opera company in "Erminie,
Miss Lamont and her company have
Just finished the banner week Of the
season, and the demand for seats TO see
"Erminie" has been so great that the
managem ent have decided 10 continue
the opera for the coming week, for a
more enjoyable performance has never
been given. The company are all good.
Costumes, scenery and effects all being
beautiful To drive away the blues see
"Erminie" At Albaugh's every even
ing at sis; Saturday matinee at 3
Week commencing June 9, "Nadiy.' y
Sale Of seats beginning June ).
Kernan's Theatre.
The Pialras Grand Combination Of
Specialties will be the attraction At Ker-
mans next week. The combination is
a strong one, and comprises some we'll
known performers on the vaudeville
stage The Pialras, the famous
European athletes, will make their first
appearance here. Professor Livingston
and Miss Fairchild, the Australian fire
workers, do an entirely new and original
act. Among the others are Fannie
Beane- Gilday, the clever song and dance
artist; Ward and Vokes, the Devans.
Roger and Belle Dolan in a pleasing
sketch; John Burns, the great New
Burns, in a musical act, and Leonzo, in
his famous juggling specially.
Manager Herman also has introduced
the sliding roof into his theatre, and in
consequence one can enjoy a pleasant
variety entertainment without suffering
any discomfort on account Of the heat.
The daily critic., 1890-05-31
SOME OLD STORIES.
Tales Of Happening In the Year OF
"Once Upon a Time

"Once Upon a Time"
From Berralde ds TsyJtYs.
Not so long ago there was a new rood
made for the loft ola certain country
church and the old rood was stored
away in the loft of the parsonage. The
parson, feeling a desire toward a goose,
had a fine one fattened killed, stuffed
and spittcd and finally put down to
roast. lie was frugal man and TO
save fire wood lurged out the old cruel.
fix and put Il on the fire as Il was, his
conscience forbidding him to break it
up. This done, he went of TO church,
leaving his little nephew TO roast the
goose-id est, TO turn the spit. In
course of time the crossbeam Of the
roof was burned through and the figure
fell down, face foremost, on the goose
The little boy fled away In terror and
ran into the church calling out.
Uncle, uncle, that man you put on
the fire Is eating our goosep'
A poor old countryman was lying on
his death bed and the priest was telling
him Of the life to come, that he might
not sorrow after the life hey leaving.
after the Judgment day" quoth the
good priest, every mountain and hill
shall be brought low, and every valley
shall be exalted. " "Well, we'll" said
the countryman, chat will be a famous
land for us poor wagoners."
A certain learned doctor had been
preaching In a country church, and
was on his way back again. As he
rode along he fell into a theological
meditation, tackling several stiff dog
matical questions, and consequently he
utterly lost his way. At last he met a
Countryman, Of whom he asked the
way to Savonnieres. But the country.
man knew him and said. why, mas
ter, you're an honest man, indeed.
heard you preach in our church, and
never heard n better sermon In my life.
/ should like 10 hear a dozen such ser,
mons. Well. well, my friend, hope
10 say few words more in season some
other time; but tell me the way TO Sa,
vonnieres. Nay. nay" said the
countryman, may God keep me from
such presumptuousness to teach a man
who knows everything; you are laugh
ing at me, master Why, the little
children know the way 10 Sayonnieres
and are you. who know all things, ig
norant of such little natter Nav
IFS not likely, master God keep you.
And so he left MIN.
The daily critic., 1890-05-31
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