Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-02-12

boWden was returning home from lecture
at the Unitarian church, she slipped on tn,
ice, badly spraining her ankle.
The Kings Daughters of this cty Wi
have regular meeting on Thursday eyenin.
OF this week. Every member of the organize
ton is requested to be present.
Work on the new shoe factory Is being
pushed rapidly forward, The foundation of
the building has been laid and the lower psr
of the structure is well under way.
All interested in temperance for the chill
| dren W i'll meet in room No. 4. Masonic block
SATURDAY. Feb. a. at two O'Clock p. NJ. to take
measures to revive Pleasant Place Temple
Parties from Bar Harbor will appear be.
! fore The railroad committee to-day in oppos
lion To an electric road in that town. f. II
Greely. Esq liza, gone to Augusta for that
purpose.
Two funeral professions passed up Main
street, Tuesday afternoon, the whole forming
an unbroktn line OF convey ances. The oldest
inhabitant. We are informed, never SAW like
occurrence.
The splnt> and baudases were removed
from Mr.. \. g. Blssdelf> leg last Thursday
having been on thirteen weeks. DR.. Manning
thinks that the bone, are well knit together
and sees no reason why he will not have good
leg.
ON Monday last Mr.. Charles II. Bailey OF
Trenton. Bay>ide. brought to this office 1--we
butterfly which he captured in his house that
morning. 1t was pretty little creature and
s> lively as il il had been June instead of Feb
ruary.
John W. pr s>er OF ssiine. shipped on
the steamer Emmelinc -iNt. bales OF cod lines
10 Halifax. Large shipments VIII be made
the first OF March. The steamer Emmeline is
doing 4 good business this winter aud proves
to he good boat.
The masquerade 10 be given by the -chol-
AL of Geo. A. joy dancing school. will take
place on Friday evening. Feb. 18th, and bids
fair 10 be one OF the most pleasant occasions
of the season. II will be strictly private
party for scholars and their friends holding
Invitations.
Rene mber the lecture AT the Cougrega-
tionA N,>try. Tuesday e>tning. Feb. Il. by
Or. Msuning. undt the auspices of the Y. z.
:. {. E subject. Truth. Refreshments
served after the lecture. Ticket, II cents
1t j. cxprcted that the II, Xt lecture in thi-
course viii Ice given soon by Mr.. John A.
Gross upon Electrical Phenomena.
The steamer ta>tine will 20 on the route
between Rockland. Bluehll and Ellsworth.
SATURDAY.. Feb Il. il the weather will permit.
She will be commanded by Captain oscar A.
Crockett ani will run until the Henry Morr-
son comes on the route in the early spring
The people along the coast arr now tNtr,mrl
anXiou, ID nave steamboat vice revived.
The assemblies held at Odd Fellows lower
hall every Thursday and SATURDAY evening.
are well attended. Music is furnished BY
Mona.han'> orchestra which i said to be good
The watz,s and quadriIles are the latest. 1t
i suggested that those Interested in such e.
senhlie> 20 Thursday evening. bear the music
AID >ee for themselves.
a. r. DeyereuX. E-q. has been nominal
Cd by President Harrison 10 be postmaster in
this city and the nomination was confirmed
by the senafe on the day that it was INSIDE.
The appointment, everything considered. is al
excellent one. Mr.. Devereux. we have no
doubt, will prove a capable and obliging Of
fetal. He was soldier with sn eminent war
record and his appointment is especially graft
fling 10 the Grand Army men Of Ellsworth.
Prof. Frederick r. Reed who died st
Bucksport. the 2jgh ult. aud notice OF whose
death sppears in another column. was 4 man
Of marked worth. and h- death will be greatly
mourned At one time he was the Buckeport
correspondent Of the AMERICAN snd his com
municatiOns were most acceptable They
were sent for considerable length Of time. un-
III the pressing duties ola teacher's vocation
obliged him 10 discontinue them
The increasing interest in the first Wo-
mans Club OF Ellsworth wa. evidenced last
saturday afternoon by the large number OF
ladies assembled at the beautiful parlors Of
Mr.. John VI. Hale The sweet singer, Mis-
Lizzie Mullan. opened the exercises by song
~ admirably adapted 10 her cultured voice a.
ii wac pressing and gratifying 10 her audience.
recitation by Miss Maud Drake gave the
club au unrX expected delight Rarely does a
Young SUDDEN; Of eloeution grasp the -enti-
tGeni> ~ an author 80 closely. and voice them
49, naturally Il. did Ms, Drake. Our homes"
No The subject discussed by Mrs. Abbie Wig
-in. her paper read by Miss CampbelD Mr..
all aud Mr. Sarah >tochbridge. The useful
with the practical combining a touch of the
sentimental made Mr.. Wiggin the mistress Of
her theme. presenting many originsl ideas
worthy of Trial and adoption in the home life.
Mrs Calls touching aIlu>on to the relations Of
the family. and Mrs. Stockbridge's selection.
from q review received close attention. The
from out OF town, among " bom were Mrs
Maria Cover Sargent and Mrs. Georgia Pul.i-
fer Porter. Mrs. Sargent in her own eloquent
and fitting language grandly supplemented the
discussion "a did Mrs. Porter in her humorous
and always charming manner. The topic for
discussion AT the next session. Feb. 2Ist, is
DRESS Reform"
AT Il. Joseph'> church in this city, on this
W ednesdal) evening al =. - o'clock MIR. Thos.
II. Cummings, formerly OF the Boston Public
Library, viii give an illustrated lecture, Art
and Religion or the Passion Play of 1890. with
ds-oiVi in views and appropriate music. The
Passion Play, ii j. said, j. altogether without
it, parallel in the world. About 700 men. wo-
men and children, or more than half the inhab-
itants of the little Bavarian village of Obersnl-
mergau take part in it. production. They are
d simple, religious people. but possessed 81 the
most perfect ideas on art. and they combne
the highest dramatic skill with the most rev.
ereutial treatment Of the subject. The scenery
and properties are prepared in the best posi-
| bic manner. the costumes alone, for the season
! costing upwards OF $4,000 In the tableauX
they copy DOre's illustrations Of the Bible
while the principal scenes Of the Play are re,
/ produced from well-known pictures by the Ole
masters. The last supper is copied from Ds
+ Vinci'> fre>co in Milan. The Procession OF
! the Gross is after celebrated Paul Neronese il
/ bens celebrated picture in Antwerp. The
! Eutombment is after Raphael, dc. The lectur
er is fluent aud graceful speaker and the sub
! jet is one that cannot be otherwise than inter
esting. The price of admission is fixed at IF
4 teen cents. No seats reserved. The follow ins
are some of the press comments:
The Times correspondent writes ~ hay,
I never seen so affecting "A spectacle, or one NOR,
calculated to draw out the best and pures
| feelings OF the earth. There is nothing from
| beginning TO end that need shock the most sen
| sitve religious instinct"
| London Grdphic.-Oyer 5000 persons at
tend each OF the twenty-five representation
| of this most solemn spectacle.
Ii is undertaken in spirit of such profoupt