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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

SUGAR. Julius Gradwohl hereafter
will sell Magnolia sugar instead OF Extra
g. Magnolia 10 said to be better grade
than Extra @. Call and try 1t.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10
A b MeiLwAls

A b MefLwAis
Makes the following reductions in sugar
or cash
10 lbs diy erannla,ej Tor Sl.oo,
is lbs extra c white for $I.oo
30 lbs extra c golden for 81 90.
by the loo ID sack he viii sell sugar as
follo&s: Dry grannla,e1. g cents per lbi
Extra c, 5itl cents; Golden c, ~ Gents.
He viii also selI''a Eve gallon keg Of pickles
for So cents.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10
+. READ ( CO,
Clearance -:-Sale.

fze at the outset for taking so much space,
3g to make an extra effort We have a verv
we ale anxious to reduce it before Fall
trade, and TO get it we are going to make it
lou to trade with us, Everything ia the
I'd price for the next sixty days. Come and
viii do. We do not take maps during the
b awake all the time for business. We have
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

LOOK Haas s MoMEsT.-I have some
of the choicest residence lots In Albany
fer sale, terms SO reasonable that anybody
can buy and own a home of his own by
paying a small payuieat down and small
montnly payments thereafter until all ID
paid for. For further Information cal al
the Office. corner and and Broadalbin SITS.
opposite DEMOCRAT Office.
DR. g w MAsroN.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

GIVEN Ur--G L Creed, recently editor
of the New Whatcom Peoples Party
Journal, will commence the publication of
the Peoples Press in ALBANY, weekly
peoples party organ.--Ex. No. He has
given up the idea, having & often little en-
courae ement In the matterf
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

sHor IN THE ARM.--Wm Elkins of this
city was accidently shot in the forearm last
Monday. lie and Phil Ritter were out
hunting with a target gun, when the
weapon was accideutly discharged, the ball
entering the forearm just above the wrist,
| passing around the bones and lodging just
under the skin on the opposite side of that
member. DIR Foley extracted the bal! and
dressed the wound. advance.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

Coon PRosPEcTs.-There is general
confidence in big harvest A good evii
dence is the liye business oil Stewart 3
Sox, in threshers and engines. Algeeiy
they have SOLD five Massillon threshers,
sew IN engines and horse power. Among
the engines is big mill engine for John
Leedy's cav mill, Mr. 4eedy's big bust
negs demanding new engine.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

Real estate agent,
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1892-06-10

FARM SoLp.-W c Westlake has sold
his farm this side of Lebanon, consisting
of 100 acres to DR. Williams of Portland
for $4,000. DIR Williams, who Is In the
city today will move to 1t In the fall after
harvest. Mr Westlake Is now residing al
San Jose.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
National N eW s.

The e. A. r Encampment in Wash
ington Was opened by the dedication OF
Grand Army Place, and parade of United
States troops
Alexander Berkman, the a>sailant of
II. c. Frick, was convicted aud sentenced
to twenty-five years imprisonment
The court In Indiana declared the
State gerrymanders Of lss6 and 1891 un-
constitutional.
Thirteen persons were killed and sew
eral injured in collision between passen-
ger and freight trains on the Ft- Wayne
road in Ohio.
Robbers wrecked train on the Atch-
ison road 10 Kansas In an effort to secure
81 600, 900 which was on board; four per
sons were killed and twenty five injured in
the wreck
The Grand Jury Of Albany County, Y,
found an indictment against Labor Com
missioner Peck.
The session of the u A. Il. Encamp-
ment began In Washington; indianapolis
was selected for next years meeting.
Mike" Mcdonald, the Democra tic
boss of Chicago, was arrested, charged
with attempting to bribe a police justice.
The General Term at Saratoga handed
down 4 decision in the Oueida County case
declaring constitutional the recent legiS-
latlve apportionment.
The Grand Army EnCampment closed
in Washington A. G. Wessert, Of Nil
waukee, was elected commsnder-in-ch chief
1t was Governors Day at the Rhode
Island State Fair; in the racing Hal Point
er repeated his record of . .05 1.
johnson, of Minneapolis, lowered the
mile bicycle record to so 80 on the kite
track at Independence, Iowa.
Officials of the Carnegie Steel Com
pany We're arrested and gave bail at Pitts
burg on charges growing out Of the Home
stead riot.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
A Smart Old Lady.

1t may not be known that We have in
our State an aged lady Of unwonted
brightness and intelligence for one of her
years. So much has been said of late in
the press regarding those who have nearly
or quite reached the "four-score line, =
that we feel that honorable mention should
be made of one more of the old time
pioneer women Of the Pine Tree State,
who can say she has never entered steam
car or a steamboat, or been tempted away
from the home circle
tion) is q native Of Mt. Desert, born in the
year 1905, but was resident Of different
sections of Hancock county. She is now
permanently located in the town of E .st-
brook, and is yet far beyond the average
woman of her years. Married young, to q
kind and loving companion, (who long
since passed away she has reared seven
children, two of whom she sent to swell
the ranks of the stalwart sons of Maine.
who so nobly responded to the call for
volunteers in defence of the old flag.
Always favored with the greatest of
earth's blessings. health, she still retains
her faculties to wonderful degree, and
her memory of old-time events is simply
phenomenal. The past year she dried q
barrel of apples unaided and spun over l0C
skeins of yarn, besides knitting q goodly
number of pairs Of hose. As Of old, she
evinces great tondness for outdoor ex-
ercise, and insists upon joining in berry
ing excursions, always returning home
with well-filled pail When quite young
she embraced the religion of Christ. and
through life has endeavored to live by the
golden rule. ANXIOUS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
Necessity Of Spelling Reform.

In France the Academy was constituted
chiefly to be a guardian of the language 4;
and the Academy, properly conservative as
1t needs most be, is engaged in slow re-
form OF French orthography, yielding to
the popular demand decorously and judi
ciously. By official action, also, the or
typography of German has been simplified
and made more logical and brought into
closer relation with modern pronunciation
Even more thorough reforms have been
carried through in Italy, in Spain. and In
Holland. Yet neither French nor German,
nor Italian, Spanish or Dutch, stood half
as much in need of the broom Of reform
as English, for In no one of these Ian
guages were there so many dark corners
which needed cleaning out; In no one Of
them the difference between orthography
and pronunciation as wide and in no one
of them was the accepted spelling debased
by numberless false etymologies Some
times 1t seems as though our orthography
is altogether vile; that it is most intoler-
able and not TO be endured; that it calls
not for the broom of reform, but rather
for the besom Of destruction.
For any elaborate and far-reaching
scheme Of spelling reform, seemingly, the
time has not yet come, although, for all
we know, we may be approaching it all un-
Willingly, as few Of US in 1860 foresaw the
Emancipation Proclamation of 1868 In
the meanwhile, what is needed on both
sides of the Atlantic. in the United States
as well as in Great Britain, Is a conviction
that the existing orthography of English
is not sacred, and that 10 tamper with 1t is
not high treason. What Is needed is the
consciousness that neither Samuel John
son nor Noah Webster compiled his die
tionary under direct inspiration.
What is needed is an awakening to the
fact that our spelling, so far from being
immaculate at ifs best, Is. at its best, hard
ly less absurd than the hap-hazard rule-of
thumb, funnlly phonetic spelling of Arte-
mus Ward and Josh Billings. What is
needed is anything which Will break up the
lethargy of satisfaction with the accepted
orthography, and help to open the eyes Of
readers and writers to the stupidity Of the
present system and tend 10 make them
discontented with II.
SO the few aud slight divergences be
tween the orthography obtaining In Great
Britain and the orthography obtaining in
the United States are not to be dcplored
The cyder on the door of the London bar.
room and the cndlog in the pages of the
New York Librdry journal both subserve
the useful purpose Of making people alive
to the possibilities Of an amended or.hog-
raphy. Thus the so-called American
spelling" helps along good cause-and
so, also, do the British assaults upon It -
From As to American Spelling" by
BEANpEK MATTHEWS. In Hlrper's MIga-
zine for July.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
Caught in His Own Trap.

Two ministers were once conversins on
extemporaneous preaching.
well. /" said the elder of the two, wax
ing warm. you are running Yourself by
writing your sermons and reading them
OF. Your congregation cannot become in
terested in your preaching, and II you were
called upon to preach Unexpectedly, unless
you could get hold of an old sermon, you
would become completely confused
The young divine used all hi. eloqueuCe,
but In vain, 10 convince his brother that
the written sermon expressed his own
thoughts and feelings, and, II called upon,
he could preach eXtempOraueously.
. "As we are of the same faith" said he
suppose you try me next Sunday morning
On ascending the pulpit you can hand me
text from any part OF the Bible, and |
will convince you that can preach with
out hayi ing looked at the text before stood
up, Likewise. must be- allowed the same
privilege with You, and we will then see
who VIII make the best of It."
This Idea seemed to delight the elder
preacher, and it was Immediately agreed
upon. The following Sabbath. on mount
Ing the pulpit. the senior brother handed
the younger minister slip on which was
written And the ass opened his mouth
and spoke from which the young divine
preached a gIoriously good sermon, chain
ing the attention of his delighted hearers,
and charming his old friend with his
eloquence.
For the afternoon the younger minister
handed slip to the elder After rising
and opening the Bible the old man glanced
al the slip. and then in a doleful voice he
read aloud, Am | not thine ass2" Pausing 9
few moments he ran his tingers through
his hair, Strengthened his collar. blew his
nose in jerking way, and read again,
Am not thine ass?' Another pause,
during which deadly silence reigned, and
again the old divine read in solemn tones
"Am not thine ass?" Then, glancing at
hi- friend, who sat directly behind him. he
said in sad voice, II think l am, broth
er,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
State News 8.

At the Supreme Judicial Court at AL.
fred, Justices Virgin and Libbey, referees,
10 the action Of Emma J. Andrews vs. Bos-
ton & Maine railroad in the Pine Point
accident on January -, 1891 made report
awarding the plaintiff four thousand dol
lars.
The Supreme judicial Court of York
county convened at Alfred, the 10th,
Charles w. Walton presiding justice. Full
attendance at the bar Continued docket
numbers 800 actions; new entries, 1875.
Indications are q short term.
Steam tug Taurus with steamer Car
roll left Boothhay Harbor at A. NJ, the
20th. fer Boston.
The Biddeford assessors figures Just
completed show total number of polls,
3,2O9; total valuation, ST, 800 ,040; total
assessment. Sl62 9e1; tax rate "a mills.
The money for the new high school build
ing having all been raised there is no
special school tax this year. Biddeford 5
dogs are assessed 1868.
Governor Burlelgh has appointed hu-
gene +. Smith OF Norway, attorney Tor
oxford county, vice Edward G. Walker,
resigned,
A new house at Damariscotta, owned
by George Sidelinger, burnsd Friday. Loss,
$500 no insurance.
-Rev. A. II. Curtis and wife left Fair
held Friday, for Boston, from which
place they sailed Saturday for India,
where they 90 a. missionaries under the
auspices Of the Missionary Union.
Sampson II. Harrman's steam stave
mill al Lowell burned the night of the 2l,t.
IL caught from the boiler. Insurance,
81, 800.
Frank Weston, aged %. of Minot, was
killed instantly Thursday by the rebound
OF a broken chain. His neck was broken
by the blow
The Lewiston Board Of Trade has
chosen the following delega to the meet
ing Of the State Board of Trade at Angus
Ia 81. Baker, T. F. Callahan, A. b,
Nealey' Joseph II. Day, DR.. Alonzo Gar
celon, George ID. Babbtt. Alternates, +.
w. Dana, 4. II. O-good, &. T, Walker, K.
Provost, NJ. j. Googn, II. w Maxwell.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06

The September .Scrtbner contains the un-
usual number Of seven elaborately illustrated
articles. 1t is well known thai the late Sam
uel j. Tilden bequeathed his great fortune to
trustees, with the intention OF founding in
New York great library -con6dng all details
to the discretion OF the three trustees whom he
selected, Messrs. John Bigelow, Andrew H..
Green, and George w. Smith. The Court of
Appeals held that the discretion was too gem
eral and the will void. Ex-Minister John Big
Glow, one of the trustees, has now decided to
publish in this number Of the Magazine, under
the title, srhe Tiden Trust Library; What
Shall 1t beI'' the facts concerning Mr.. Tilden's
wishes as to the details of the plan, and also a
most important proposal for still carrying out
a large part of it by the erection of a great IL
brary building in the very centre of New
York. The scheme, with its elaborate illustrs-
tions, is one of the most interesting ever laid
before the public.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06


Farmers in general have harvested their
crops and in most cases find a most no.
tceable shortage Of what they were last
year. Those who eat the products of the
farm this winter will find 1t expensive
compared with last winter
Rev. A. J. Haynes preached an interest
ing sermon to a large and attentive audi
ence at the Union church on Sunday last.
Mr. Haynes was born and reared in this
place, being the eldest son of Mark II.
HAYNES, Esq. He graduated from the Z.
NJ c. Seminary about one year ago. His
first ministerial charge was at Pembroke,
Me-, where he acceptably filled the pas
torate of the Methodist church during the
past winter. He is a young man of much
promise, a talented speaker, and bids fair
in the near future to be one of the ablest
sermonizers in Eastern Maine. He left on
Monday last for Boston to take a course of
study at the University at that place.
Mrs. John H. Galley is somew hat i'm
proved In health.
Miss Elsie NJ Leland has been for sever
al weeks the guest of her sister, Mrs. Z. ).
Hamor, at West Eden. Her health which
has been failing for several months past is
Mrs. Dellie Cook of Wrentham, Mass.
arrived in town this week on a visit to her
aged mother, Mrs. Roxalana Haynes.
Mrs. S, ]. Gilpatrick of South Surry, is
visiting relatives in this place.
The Misses Agnes and Dora Smallidge
of Seal IIarbor, left for their home on Sat
urday Of this week having been here sew
eral days visiting their aunt, Mrs. Daniel
Ladd.
Capt William Cox. wife and daughter
and their nephew. Warren Smalldge of
Seal Harbor. and their niece, Miss Sadie
Cox of Castine. were In town on Saturday
of this week on blackboard ride and while
here were the guests of Mrs. Cox's aunt,
Mrs. Daniel Ladd.
Mrs. Leander B. Dyer has returned home
from Bangor, where she has been to visit
relatives.
Mr.. w. II. Walls, our reliable merchant
| Is doing line business in his line.
Mr.. Alonzo H. Grindle. who has been
| employed on a stone quarry at Black Is
| land near Bass Harbor for some time past,
| has built house there and will move his
| family in the near future.
| Capt. Edgar MuTch has taken command
of schooner Agnes Mabel of Sullivan and
is in the general freighting business.
| Capt David Marshall has been making
extensive repairs on the exterior and inte.
rior Of his dwelling house.
Most of the parties in this place who have
been employed at the different seaside no.
tells during the season have arrived home
Miss Fannie Haynes has gone to Massa
chusetts to spend the winter with relatives
! Sept. 90. Roy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
The Old Deaoon's Lament.

Yes. I've been deacon Of our church
Nigh on to fifty year.
Walked in the way of dooty, too,
And KEEP my conscience clear.
I've watched the children growin' up.
Seen brown locks turniT gray.
But never saw sech doin's yet
As those I've seen to-day.
This church was built by godly MEN,
To gIorify the Lord.
In seventeen hundred eighty EIGHT.
Folks couldn't then afford
Carpets and cushions and eech like;
The seats were jest plain wood.
To-narrer for the sleepy ones
In prayer we allus stood.
And when the hymns were given out,
tell YOU it was grand
To hear our leader start the tunes.
With tunin'-fork in hand.
Then good old China" Near" and all
Were heard on Sabbath days.
And men and women. boys and girls
Jined in the song of praise.
But that old pulpit was my PRIDE
jest eight feet from the ground
They reared It up: on either side
A narrer stairs went down:
The front and ends were fitly carved
" itH 'NtIlltcI slpFIts All
Fiudin' of Moses, Jacobs dream,
And sinful Adams fall.
jest room inside 10 put a cheer,
The Bible on the ledge.
I'll own did get nervous when
lie showed II to the edge,
There week by week. the par>ou stood.
The Scriptcr to expound;
There. man and boy. I've sol below,
And not a fault was found.
or course I've seen great changes made.
And fought sgainst EN-. too;
But iirst a choir was interdooctd.
Then cushion, in each pew;
Next boughten carpet for the floor;
And then, that very wear,
We got our new melodeon
And the big shandl lcer.
Well, well, ItFicd to keep things straight.
went to et'ry me,tlu',
And voted No" to al they said.
But found my influ'nce ileeiiu'.
Al last the worst misfortune fell
must blame Deacon Brown:
lie helped the young folks when they said
The pulpit should come down.
They lau shcd st si those pou, scenes
Id found 80 edifyin';
said. w hen the par-on rose 10 preach
He locked a'mo>i LIKE dyin";
Said thst "Ellsh'> chariot
Jest halfway up bad tsrried";
And pcscon Brown soi by aud laughed,
And g the pint was carried.
Thi, WAS lAst week. The carpenters
Have nearly made an end
ENcoose my feclins. Seems 10 me
A. II Id lost friend.
"lt MAKE. their neck- ache lookin' up"
Was v hat The folk did say;
More lookln' up would help u all
In this degin'rate day.
I be church won't never seem the same
I'm half afearedj to nae.
Under tile prcachn' Of the truth
I've ben so used 10 he.
And now to see our par>ou stand,
Like any common man.
With jest 4 railin' round bis desk.
don't believe can.
= Mr.. f. T. toEBKTT, In ! r,,er's Ndgd
.ue.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
ANXIOUS.

is "Euglish, you know" but is rapidly becom-
ing Americanized. House-bOating Is sort Of
aquatic camping-ou:; and to pass vacation on
an American house-boat is an experience to
anticipate with pleasure and remember with
satisfaction. ''Our Summer in House boa" }"
published in Demoresrs Family Magazine
for September, Is most delightful description
Of life on one Of these floating summer homes.
abounding with charming descriptions Of
scenery. and humorous incidents TO which the
numerous illustrations give additional zest.
The September number is generous twenty
cents worth; and the subscription price Il
only - year. Published BY ~ Jennings
Densorest, Is G. 14th St., New York City.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
Resolutions of Respect by Lamoinc
Grange.

Whereas. Death has removed from our or
der our beloved brother, A. Cummings Mill
ken, and while we fully realize that our
Grange has lost member whom we were
proud to call brother, the community genial
and respected citizen, still we feel thankful Tor
the bright example OF an honest man.
ReS0lced That we tender our warme~t
sympathies to our bereaved sister who has
been left to finish alone the Journey 20 long
and happily travelled with him who now sleeps
the sleep that knows no waking" May Kind
hands smooth for her the pathway that leads
to rest eternal.
ResOtued, That these resolutions be 7 laced
upon the records of the Grange, a copy sent to
our bereaved sister, and one to the ELLIS.
WORTH AMERICAN for publication.
JOHN +. LEAR, Com. on
PHOSIE +. HIGGINS, ResO.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
Re solutions

Drawn by the Y. +. ;. c. l.. ou the death %.
Joseph l. L. Mt, Desert Ferry, Aug. /, l>92.
Where's The death angel has again visited
our commu.ity and taken from our ranks an
other beloved and respected brother, tner,-
fore
ReSoiced, That we Shall n a society, reca--
nZe this warning to stand firm in our Iur-
pose OF following and serving our Lord aHi
Master, that we may be also ready when We
are summoned to the great unknown.
ResoIred, That we extend our drtrr-r
sympathy to the bereaNed family and that W.
will pray earnestly that their hearts ma> poe
filed with His love enabling them to say Thy
will be done and that at last they may bee united
never again TO part, in that beaujitUi city whose
builder and maker Is God.
ResOlred, That copy OF the resolutions b.
sent TO the bereayed family ami published B.
the ELLSWORTH AMERICAN, and also plac,
upon our records.
FLAViLLE MOON, Com.
CARRIE MARTIN. on
FRANK l.. tOLBY. Re.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
B. P. Snow, State Secretary

Most readers of the September number Of
the atlantic Monthly will be first attracted
by the beautiful verses addressed to Oliver
Wendell Holmes, on his eighty-third birthday,
by John Greenleaf Whittier 1t is fitting that
this poem should appear in the magazine Of
which these two writers were the Oldest and
most distinguished contributors. Mrs. De-
lands new serial. "The Story Of Child" opens
the number. 10 the opinion of critics who have
read the entire manuscript. 1t is in spite Of the
authors modest opinion Of her work, one Of
the best things to which she has ever put her
hand. Houghton, Miffiin 4 Co., Boston.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06
The Following Circular has been Issued
to School Officers by the State Supt.
Of Schools.
STATE OF MAINE,

STATE OF MAINE,
Augusta, Sept. 20, 1892.
All preliminary arrangements are per-
fected for the public schools of this coun-
try to observe by fitting exercises, the
four hundredth anniversary of the dis
covery Of America. 1t Is hoped and ex-
pected that every such school in Maine, in
session on the 2lst day Of October, will
take part in such observance. Let me
earnestly urge upon you to see to 1t that
the schools under your jurisdiction shall
not fail to participat in this national
observance. To this end will you immedi-
ately on receipt of this circular notify me
how many of your schools will be In ses-
sion on that date that may at once send
you the necessary programs Of exercises?
Very truly yours,
n. A. LUCE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-10-06

IL hear that Montgomery Montgom-
cry has taken his son out of college
"Is that so? Was the youth getting
rapid?"
"Oh, no but his teacher asked him to
work out a problem in mathematics and he
objected; said none Of bis folks had ever
worked out, and the father sustained the
objection Detroit Free Press.