Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-03-19
East Lamoine and its Surroundings.


The great rain and wind storm Of last
week visited our place taking away un>r
of our large snow drifts. and wa followed
by a Keen northwe-ter. ; me Of our oldest
people made the remark that such a storm
had not passed over here IN their remrm
branCe of more than three--core years, and
others thought it would have u stand for
"a genuine line gale.
Quite q number OF our people after hav-
ng finished chnpping and piling away
their supply of wood. have turned their
attention 10 the 'claln bank. and ATE max
IN extensive runs on il. INT apparently
there are no signs Of IL refusing to yie.d
il. regular dividend.
oar merchants must Of a necessity be
running their stock rather low ; they are
looking anXiou>ly for some Of our coast
my vessels To arrive, now long overdue;
hut only one small craft has put In appear
made its weekly call on hi, customers n
fully equipped n ever
Inquiries are being made about the steam
ferry boat. when it will commence running
ect but We are not prep ired To publish
any Of Madame Rrmpr's savings. we can
only say no doubt she will be On the route
when duly advertised in our local papers
This we can say, that there has not been a
dav when She could not have N ide her
landings with safety. during the winter
now passing away. and We hope that 1t
Will not be Il long time before the route
will be open all the year through.
We learn that applications have been
received by some of our people for cottage
accommodation, for the season comm-nc-
ing early the first Of May. These
calls are from small families who iuten
making the asin long one. We would
venture to predict lively times at all places
of resort, scattered around our bay during
the summer of 81.
Nearly every one we meet with is com
planning of what colds he j. having IL
might be mild type Of the grip" or in
fiuenZa, not such "a the Chicagocaus are
having according to reports in our late
news papers. a. we'll corre-p ,ndence
from other parts of the far west. hut
bad enough to call for liberal supply Of
handkerchitfs. In great measure we are
free from malignant disease. Oar neigh
Dor, George Eddy, is suffering from Sc
we're accident to his right baud which is
not only very painful, but seems to resist
the skill and application of his medical at
ttndant. He has the sympathy of all for
he is "a jolly good fellow. a hard worker,
head of family aud needs the untram-
meled L-e of his right hand.
We hear from our friend, Deacon ID. V
DcLaittre of Stetson, Me. that. to use his
own word,-'.on Dec. G. met my seth
birthday, do all my reading without glass
e. both by daylight and lamplight;" aud
We know that his numerous old friends
| who read the AMERICAN. will be glad to
hear of MIN and that he fully enj Tvs the
life he now lives with full hope Of a
blessed future
Or neighbor Edwin & Des-es, who
took trip south last fall to see if a change
of climate would not relieve him from Sc
we're rheumatic trouble after visiting Fort
Payne, Birmingham and Tallapoosa, is tx
pected home in short time, not very
much improved from his journey.
The Beach district of East Lamone may
be Justly considered prolific in candidates
for our common school-as well as our
High school-and as the interval between
the early fall term. of the former, and the
spring term was very much extended, it
became evident to the mind of Mrs. Nellie
Cline that here was an opening for cot
tage or infant school. and as she had
strong desires to fit herself for teaching
she opened class in the large parlOr of
her house. which eventually became large
enough to call out her devoted attention.
On Saturday evening the session of eight
weeks closed which was considered an ex
hibition, which we attended and which as
an old teacher we considered perfect sue
cess. The pupils numbered 81, from
years to Is years of age, but most of them
between and years, who were divided
into five classes. At the exhibition, or
more properly speaking examination, the
pupils commenced the session by singing
accompanied by the teacher on the piano,
followed by individual recitation of the mul-
tiplcation table; class in the geography
of our state, its capital. larger cities.
counties. rivers. etc. New England states
and capitals; enumeration of numbers,
fractions and various arithmetical ques-
tiOns; readings, dialogues, vocal songs,
duets and choruses, closing with a three
part farce and good night chorus. All,
from the little one of less than four years
of age, up to the oldest acquitted them
selves with great credit to their teacher
Mrs. Cline with her quiet manner of dis
cipline had the best of order. and although
the room was crowded, there being more
than fifty persons, scholars, parents,
friends and High school pupils present.
yet there was no necessity to ask for or
der. We may rank Mrs. Cline among the
promising class of teachers in our county;
and this initiation into the arduous work of
bending the very youngest mind into the
act of study shows to my mind that "teach-
ers are born. not made" She Is credit
to the schools of the city Of Ellsworth;
one no doubt of large number who will
follow In the path on which she has SO
worthily entered J. c. w.