Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-04-14

out door to see man killed unless he wa.
| a particular friend Of mine and | believ,
great many Americans are just As indo
lent about such things a | am | wonder
why We are so different from some otheI
peoples? don't know whether il is from
teachings from ancestral blood or from
the effects Of the climate If 1t i- the lat
ter We may soon become more ambitious
! or less 50, because our climate seems To BE-
giving out very fast Since the change Ii
Maine'- elections we only have biennia
winters, but SO long as We continue tc
/ have Congressional and other election.
every two years We may well hope for on,
winter where We once had two because al
election must bring a cold day for some
/ one. suppose the Republican Congress
/ ional Convention will. for some one. bring
around the coolest day of the season in our
! district.
/ Though cut Of from society and polite.
/ feel interested in sll that is going on
amongst you at home Have noticed
I something In your columns. not long since,
about the Kings Daughters and dancing
| suppose they may dance, II they know
how and wish 10 do so. unless they have
no ear for music. But | would advise
them TO lend their energies to something
more profitable. A. for promiscuous and
public dancing | am down on 1t with both
feet Ii Is good enough for men but who
ever saw two men dancing together /
would rather be hugsed hy bear, and
never thought much of woman's taste
for not feeling the same a. do, but could
/ never discover that they agree with me on
this point. | don't know what this soClc-
ty Of X. D's stands for. but presume 1t is
for some great good. Probably the mem
bers are to be gentle, kind and brave, with
many other admirable ways. Most all
bands upheld by American people stand
for purity and good deeds. | have train
ed with but a few am an S. T., 5. NJ. A,
+ A. NJ, X. A. G. NJ and A. q. L. W.
and 1t would take s. dozen Of the very best
men | ever knew to pool goodness enough
to MI the bill of requirements in these or
ders
1 | wa, talking with man the other DAY
whose wife had written him that a girl Of
1 theirs had become Kings Daughter. He
/ didn't pretend 10 understand il much bet
/ ter than and his feelings were mixed, He
/ thought it more than likely that the girl
I had made good swap in her paternsl par
/ entage and. with my usual lack of tact, |
| SO promptly agreed with him tina; cool
ness has sprung up between Us and he now
( seems somewhat inclined not to linger
much in its chilling draft. He hoped she
would do we'll and become more amiable.
| He had in the past sometimes wished She
/ had been male boy Instead of male girl,
! bu. if il had been so she, or he could never
have become anything more than the son
1 Of a veteran and hardly that.
Z Women, | think, have a chance to DO
/ more good than men and they certain '
make better use of their opportunities.
4 The editor Of the AMERICAN seems to ad-
vocate giving them fair chance and
promptly notices the best endeavors they
make. And, by the way, he has my thanks
for his Christmas greeting which was re-
ceiyed here. The picture would look well
among the whiskered presidents.
| notice the AMERICAN and other papers
give my borough the credit of being the
banner town of temperance societies.
am glad they are able TO do this. Have
never been able to see that temperance so
cieties or prohibition laws do any great
harm. l have no doubt the town is worthy
of the banner, and believe, among the ma
tive people, it comes as near to perfec
temperance town as any on the face of the
earth. 1t may be from lack of acquaint
ance on my part but | never yet knew
where one could go In the whole town anC
get a drink of anything spirituous.
never tasted Of anything of that kind il
the town unless it was as medicine ano
within the doors of my home. And witt
but one or two exceptions cannot remem
Der of ever seeing a man drunk in the
town.
People sometimes mourn over the dan
when launched out on the heaving tides OF
large and somewhat wicked world. Non
sense! My experience with the rough
corners of wide world has been as grea
can hardly remember of ever being helc
by any large and muscular villain while
third party mixed up something strong anC
run it down my pipes. Whenever l have
been loaded it was by freely issuing the
permit myself for the cargo to be taker
on board. Any man or boy that can
walk out around a danger of that kline
without leaning up against it must be con
foundedly weak in his joints especially il
the joints Of his maintOp
There are several things more that
would like to mention, but so far as know
your readers never did me any harm, ant
in kindness to their feelings / ought tt
close.
l wish your Milbridge reporter woult
come on deck more regularly, but suppos,
his good work keeps him busy. Havin:
once sojourned for many moons in tina
pretty village of good cooks and doubl'
parlors, 1 shall always feel kindly inter
est in the welfare of it's people. l saw
many and many things there to admire ant
but very little to condemn. The inclina
tion of the people. it is true, does not rul
strongly to lofty church spires, sewing cir
cles or other bands; but even with a scar
city of these good things the people ar
most admirable and not only democratic
in politics but also in their habits. The.
speak well of each other and that is tn
best brand that any community can b