Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-20

Reporters are not supposed to take a
vacation. bat Illness laid me by for time
forcing me to skip the customary locals
last week Since the heat wave rolled by.
the weather with its frequent refreshing
showers has been delightful here, and
everybody seems TO be enjoying this play
time season. The hotels and cottages are
all filed with busy happy pleasure-seeker>
The Ocean House, though full to over
flowing, vet felt obliged to take In a late
arrival, who promises to prove more ex-
acting in his demands than any other
guest, evidently exp citing board, clothing
and unlimited care free of charge, but Mr..
Allen. the proprietor, says he is such fine
boy he shall put up with his whms, con
tent to see him adding daily to his -
pounds weight.
Our Congregational pastor. Rev. F. S.
Ireland, is, with his wife aAd daughter
EN- wing his vacation with friends at
JoAesport. Sunday. August 10. his place in
the pulpit al the Union church was filed
by young minister from New Jersey, MIR.
Goodwin, guest at the Island House, one
whose excellent sermons have be- gladly
listened to IN past seasons by ouI people,
as he seems ever ready to do his Masters
work. The discourse on the text of the
swept and garnished soul, Matthew 1913
46. illustrated with convincing power the
absolute need of filling the newly cleansed
soul with Christ-ike influences lest the
banished evil return with eight fold power,
and the last state of that soul shall be
worse than the first.
Considerable excited discussion has
taken place here during the past week
over a case tried before Z. Webster French
on Monday, August 10, which plainly
shows how justice, through perjured testi-
mony and perverted counsel, may be de-
fested. Liquor was seized, and the vender
of the same arrsigned for violation of the
prohibitory law, but through the failure of
the prosecution to produce sufficient evil
dence to convict. which, if the proper steps
had been taken might have been abundant
ly furnished, this dealer in ardent spirits,
for thus he has been considered by public
opinion for more than ten years, was ac-
quilted and his liquor, which his certificate
said was Eureka beer. no test being taken
to disprove it, was hauled back by the Of
ticers of the law to his bar to help make a
druDkard of somebody's boy. Let US hope
justice will not always sleep.
Large schools of mackerel have been
sporting in the Sound waters for several
weeks, and fishing operations have been ex-
ceedingly lively, and | should judge from
the results that there will be no lack of
mackerel food during the coming winter
Prof Starr with his wonderful mind
reading wife and glass and fire-edting as
sistant recently exhibited at fremont Hall,
every night for q week, astonishing his
audience with his dextrous tricks of leger-
demain. Yet much more marvellous
seemed Mrs. Stars power to read the
mind of any one present, she being Sc
curely blindfolded; several exhibitions of
slate writing seemed equally Incompetent
sible. The strange and varied progam was
acknowledged to be well worth the small
price of admission. The Professor adver-
tised to explain much of the phenomena
on the last night but with the exception
Of his materalistic presentations, which
could be readily solved by any one, the
principal parts were suffered to remain q
mystery. SPRAY.
Aug. II.