Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-01-09
So. Hapcook.


So Hanco,k
II ii il not too late very Happy New
Year to our kind editor. also corre.pon-
dents and readers Of the AMERICAN.
Miss Emma Mcfarland, who has been
employed in your city during the past few
weeks Is al home fur while.
Mrs. Elmer kingman is quite III. DR.,
A G. llagerthy OF Your city. i attending
her.
Mr. G. II Norris, Of Bar Harbor, was
recently in town for fey days
A singing school was organized on the
evening Of the +th inst, with Mr. Quimby
Of Bar Harbor teacher.
Miss Gertie Joy is quite i'll.
Mr. Howard Jordan Of waltham, is
visiting at Mr. + kingmans.
Mr., Renick Of Trenton, has been visit
ing her sister Mrs. Jesse Brown.
The prospect for lumhermen at present
IS rather gloomy.
Jan . SUMAC
No. L1moine.
Christmas and New Years have both
passed rs, and although Christmas trees,
were in most cases a failure. some few
bore Hue and costly fruit one We learn
at our eS-mail carriers. for seven families
Yielded $3.50 worth
Captain William Gray. Who left in the
latter part Of the season to go bay fishing.
is at his mothers. sick threatened with
fever, and was no better at last account.
on New Years evening, Capt A G.
Holt aud wife arrived home from New
York, bringing with them lfe-size picture
Of the captain,in an elegant frame. it Ueing
a present u them from lady artist in
Baltimore. aud formerly of Ellsworth.
Maine 1t i a fine pie ture-
Mr.. Geo. Graves and wife have returned
home from Bar Harbor where they have
spent the summer, both employed at that
place.
our district has made some improve
ment in building the past year Mr. Iabez
Trip. new wood shed. Capt J. H.
Bragdon, addition to porch d-shed
and pantry. A c. Holt, a large hennery
costing some $500. Mr.. Fred Austin,
barn. Mr.. Albert Sargent, a barn. Drag
don Bros, addition to porch and wood
room to the cottage occupied by their
mother, Mrs. f. d. BragdoD. Mr.. Almond
Gray, nice new barn, and last but not
least, Mr.. Edward Fitzpatrick who has been
home through the summer. has built
large hennery and intends keeping 1000
hens. Mr., Fitzpatrick returned to his bust
ness at New York. Dec. 3.
This Monday morning the very first
sleigh-bells are heard for the season. Dur
ing the night some inches Of snow fell.
Jan. 6. D'NETT.
Gouidsb0ro.
Your correspondent has completed his
wanderings for the season and returned to
his family and freside. His last engage
ment was with the Electric Cable Go. in
Boston.
This is 1890 and a Republican admins
tration. With Mr. Blaine next to the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Reed, Speaker of the House
and two chairmen of important commit
tees. think we have good reason to feel
comfortable and there is no doubt but we
| do.
| Business here is only waiting for win
ter. Parties here are getting ready to get
| a frame for a small cOasting vessel to be
built next summer L. S. Dunifer expects
| to put in the usual amount of stave logs.
The funeral of Mrs. Brewer Squirting
| was ATTENDED, yesterday. he MctnOulSt
minister from Sullivan officiated. Good
master. what shall do to inherit eternal
| life?" This" he said, "is the great Ques-
ton of life and one that we all ask at
some time" The services were very i'm
pressive and large concourse of friends
| followed to the grave. Does the grave
end all? We do not think so. Although
the gulf is wide and deep and we can catch
| no sound from the other shore, still we all
believe in future. But what that future
| will be is the question. Can we fit our
! selves for 1t so that our reception will be
| joyous? Can we lay up treasures over
| there! Can we, in brief, do anything to
secure an inheritance on the other side?
If SO, what? Will good works do it? Can
we accomplish it by denying ourselves
every pleasure, by making every sacrifice,
by suffering? Who will answer? The
preacher said that heaven "begins here"
with each of US, if it begins at all, and that
by being born again, by receiving the
Holy Ghost. But some do not like TO do
| that. They say that it is well enough for
some, for the wicked and depraved to re-
pent and ask forgiveness and pray every
day, but for every one to be obliged to
submit to these conditions is not reason
able. And so it goes. Why can't there
be one religion upon which we could all
agree and sll feel safe? 1t looks bad,
think, to see so many kinds of doctrine
without any one really kno wing whether
they are true.
happy New Year to you all.
Jan. 4. NosREME