Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-02-13
Sayings of Our NeiEhbors.
BOTHER THIN LINE HORNETS.

W. Judge from reports that We see in the
Bangor papers that the committee uf ~..,cp
5hn arr prosecuting rum sellers in Bangor,
hayr thrir war paint -iiI % and are search
Ing every place where llquIr l. supposed to
be- ~pll If they keep up thi- work with
ont rest or favor. they " III make tile itquor
dealers very, very tired. TIE same remark
sppllr~ ~ the police and constable. ~
Lewiston, We say To al Do not Weary
in Well doing raid THE liquor Shops every
day; glsr them nnt an hnar'~ peace. bother
them Ike hornets. haunt Them Ike rr,-
press bic ghosts, That is the way ID drive
the liquor sellers 10 the ~ali
rnE Bitter BIZ
Biidcfori t,az,ttr.f
If il hr true that .'Old Hutch" has been
relieved Of a few thousand >hrktl> by rhtry-
ng clerks hr viii serve A. an excellent
Illustration of lhr bitter being bit.
1HK erEAkfH, IDEA
Bii,iefori Journal
People who read the Democratic news
papers auh don't know. would -nrmi~t. that
Speaker Reed must bv a second Oliver
Cromwell. or some Other terrible person
Gar and 'u-urprr' aud ''pottutatc.
are n frw anon. the many savage rpithrts
hurled at him Ihr simple truth j.. the
speaker ha> imbibcd the hica that The actual
majority aud not a minority of one man
should shape the legislation ~ the country
That's all there i about 1t.
AHYpE A>p JKkYLL MONTH
Bangor Comfnerciai
January, true tD it> ancient name, has
been Janus faced this year-a SORT of HYDE
and Jckyll vl-a.e On land 1t has been
smooth bland and pau >ible. AT ..a 1t has
been relentless ravenou> and almost with
out precedent in it> rapacity,
A veteran CORE, pondcnt of the -Mtrhui.
RtpuJitcdH recalls some Of The quaint and
merry scenes That accompanied the launch
ing> Of Capt sam. Stevens, "a Maine pioneer,
who commenced huidIu. vessels at Struben
III l,2O 1t usually tonk DAY Or more ID
~ the vessels atluat, aud the undertaking
attended With considerable expense to
the builder New England rum wa an NJ
di- ptn>ahle luhricator in the Maine ship
yard OF those days and to launch a vessel
on tallOw alone was an experiment that no
builder wa willing to azarl. When
the schooner 'Enttrpri>e 100 tons. wa,
launched, she WAS considered very heavy
craft. and how to get her to the water was
Il matter of great concern To Capt Stevens.
The whole county was secured for men
and teams and on launching day, tifty yoke
of oxen were in line and Il motley crowd Of
tcamster- and spectators were grouped to-
gether in squads auXiou>ly waiting for
Master Builder Dyer to start the process
siun Everything being in readiness the
order was given to rull out puncheun of
grease" that had been stored in the cap
tain, cellar, and for every one To lubricate
before starting. After this had been well
looked after the power was attached To
the >kid- and amid flourish Of gnad~
and simultaneous whoa hish d-n ye'"
the Enterprise" began her ''march to the
sea With the exception of brief intervals
required u replenish the grease" the
craft continued to move on its way till
noon, when Capt. Stevens provided the
multitude with dinner of biown bread,
baked beans, pie and twisted doughnuIs.
The launching continued without mi>hap
until the next afternoon, hen the master
carpenter announced that the means for
luhriCating were running short To avoid
friction it was necessary 10 have ten gal
Ions more grease" and accordingly the
captains boy wa- placed upon horse, and
with two h,e gallon Kegs lashrd To the
saddle he rode u Gouldsburo, where he
procured the grease" returning Ia time
To get the vessel ailoat that night.
The Voice and some other papers cir
cnlated the report that Mrs. President Hsr-
ri>on furnished punch at the White House
reception given To the Pan American dele
gates. OF course thoughtful citizens knew
better. They knew that 4 christian wo-
man. Who had kept house over thirty years,
and run the White House with all it, re-
ceptions at State dinners for nine months
without Introducing an intoxical of any
kind would not do it on the occasion nam
ed But the conductors of the TOiedO
Blade, n thorough temperance paper. in
structed it, Washington correspondent TO
interview Mrs. Harrison on the subject,
and he did with the following results a.
the Blade reports In late issue: The
Blade Washington correspondent In an
interview with Mrs. Harrison. published
to day, refuses the charge that the Pres
dents wife furnished intoxicants to the
Pan American commission. Mrs. Harr
son Is naturally indignant at those cores
pondents who assert that she has been
guilty of moral lapses of which she is in
capable Friends of temperance and to-
tai abstinence will be especially gratified
at these words from the first lady in the
land: 'You can say most positively that
there was no punch served on that occa
sion (tbe visit of the Pan Americans) nor
on any other occasion since we came into
the White House and it will be equally
safe for you to predict that there never
will be any while we remain here. -
Franklin Mass Sentinel.