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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26
Daniel Webster's Messenger Boy.
BY A WASHINGTON WOMAN.

bi a NoMhN.
While Daniel Webster was secretary of
state under President Fillmore young
boy named Stephen Wise was employed by
him as messenger.
Mr.. Webster grew very fond of the thin,
delicate, dark-eyed lad, and finding him
honest and reliable intrusted him with
papers and personal effects in most care
less and wholesale manner.
But Stephens sharp eyes saw everything
his attentive ears heard all that was pass
ing, and he gathered up information about
everything that came into his hands, and
could have supplied any facts Mr.. Webster
had forgotten.
Mr. Webster said one day: You read
too much. My law books are too dry and
old for chaps of IA. While you wait for
me run up and down under the trees"
Stephen shook his head. He said eager.
ly:
No, Mr.. Webster, can't lose such op,
portunities as have with you, sir"
"Going to be lawyer or a PRESIDENT 2
"a lawyer, sir"
"a great lawyer, of course, Stephen,
Mr.. Webster said with smile.
Yes. sir! not great like Mr.. Daniel
Webster-but as great as l can become"
When Stephen Wise was 25 he was prac-
ticing law in Virginia, his native State
The residents of Washington remember
his magnetic arguments in the law courts
| Of those early days; remember we'll the
dark, wiry. thin Virginian, who, with his
court papers under his arm, was always
dropping into the Senate chamber at the
| hour of great debate, or into the libra
ries for fresh knowledge to bear on his
| own arguments and opinions.
| He argued with the first jursts of the
time, and was retained in the same cause.
with the most eminent men of his profes
| sion.
| Fathers were wont to point out Stepher
| Wise, the celebrated lawyer, and tell theil
sons the story of the little fellow, hungry
for knowledge, who was picked up by Dan
iel Webster and got the larger part of hi
learning while acting as the great man.
o1lce boy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26
Address Of Welcome
Annual County Meeting of the W. c. r. L
at Southwest Harbor, May 10, 1892.
BY MISS MARY A. CARROLL.

Madam President; members Of the Won,-
ans Christian temperance Union dno
friends:
see in :his assembly a rainbow promise
that food of evil shall not deluge ouI
county. our state and our nation. We re.
joice TO join hands with you in your noble
work for the good Of our people And So
in behalf of the Frances Z. Willard Union
Of fremont, most gladly extend to you
iraternal greeting and bid you cordial
welcome to our island and our homes
Welcome, our State President and the
other dear and noble women who, last
autumn. came at our call to help organize
our union. Welcome to you, our sisters
and brothers, whose faces are new to us,
but to whom we are united by a common
bond-love of humanity. Welcome the
presence Of all who come with noble
enthusiasm Of loyalty to Christ, and a
trm purpose 10 work in His name and for
His cause. The faces of friends able and
willing to help are always welcome when
there is work to be done
The work before US is very great, for
cruel giant demon threatens to invade
the peace Of the homes OF the people. We
will work together, and the giant shall he
cast out not by might nor by potcer but
by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts
Now this giant seems very strong, en-
trenched with his army as he is in the
wealth and power Of the nations. But the
Lord said that one of His true servants
shall chase Il thousand of His foes And
few united Christians shall put an
army Of evil TO flight May the Lord open
our eyes that we may see as did the ser
want of Elisha that they that are with u
are more than they that be with them"
Even now, though invisible to US, "the
mountain is fun Of horses and chsriot> Of
hre." The light from heaven is coming
nearer to Us.
Our mountain tops reflect II calm and clear
me plain Is Yet IN shade, but day l. near,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26
Country Newspapers,
(BY THE AUTHOR OF "A COUNTRY TOWN,
IN THE SEPTEMBER CENTURY,

(BY THE AUTHOR OF "A COUNTRY TOWN"
IN THE SEPTEMBER CENTURY,
Although country editors are nearly al
ways poor, there are plenty of persons
who believe that half the paragraphs in
country newspaper are paid for with enor-
nous bribes. There are always two sides
TO every question, and whichever side an
editor falls on. the partiZans of the other
accuse him of being "bought." 1t is little
wonder, therefore, that the editor is sell
dom a popular man; | never knew one
who was, and never knew one who was
not often accused unjustly. Probably the
people believe in bribes to editors because
it is very rare editor who does not ac-
cuse his opponent of being a bribe-taker,
creating prejudice against themselves
and their calling. Lazy and incompetent
editors nearly always explain the success
of their more vigorous opponents by de
claring that they carry on system Of black
mail. | once visited in large city the
newspapers Of which | had long admired
almost with reverence, and was surprised
to hear a citizen say that what the city
really needed was better papers; they
would bring eastern capital" Every cit
iZen of country town wants his locality
"boomed." to the end that he may sell his
fifty dollar lot for five hundred; he can ap
preciate how really good paper might
aid him In this, and because his lot does
not advance in value as he thinks it should,
he has grievance against the editor. He
longs for an editor with some "snap" in
him. don't know what 'snap" means,
but know this is the quality usually
thought to be lacking. There are more
great men in every country town than
really exist in the entire nation, and If
they are not recognized, the local papers
are of no account. l was once bothered a
good deal by certain man who said he
could clean more chickens in an hour than
aIy other chicken cleaner in the world,
and he wanted the fact mentioned. Men
who are never suspected of greatness by
other people accuse themselves of it to the
editors, and when they refuse to mention
| this greatness, they are told that their col
umns contain great deal of stuff not half
so interesting. 1t has occurred to me that
when citizen of country town becomes
drunk, the first thing he does is to hunt up
the editor to tell him what 10 the matter
with the community.
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l767, Octt 2ld
We have examined We above account &
think Il ought to be allowed.
NArnAS'I JONES Comee.
Accepted, Octt. 2l l76-.
NATHANIEL MnLIKES. 6 D"
From the fact that the proprietors Of
No township required the notices of
their meetings to be posted in the towns
Of Falmouth, Scarborough and Beverly It
is Inferred that most. II not ALL of them re-
sided in those towns, or vicinity. at that
time.
In the office Of the Secretary OF State,
Boston. Mass, there Is an original plan Of
the first division of lots" made by the
proprietors of township No. /. on what
was then and Is now wn as Oak Point.
lying between Union and Jordan's Rivers.
The plan shows sixty-six lots in number
which were run out in l764 of which sixty
were taken up by the pruprietors, some of
whom became settlers. The names Of
their respective owners are written upon
each lot. Lot No. on the plan lies about
two aud one-half miles from the end OF
Oak Point" on the east side of Union
River measuring from the extreme Point
in direct line TO said lot No. l. there be-
ing twenty-four lots from lot No. One,
running southerly on the Union River side
10 the end Of the Point which on that side
River. Lot % lies on the southeast end
OF Oak Point and the lots on that side run
up Jordans River until lot 81 Is reached
making thirty-three lots bounded on the
east by Jordans River. The other nine
lots were land out in the centre of Oak
Point commencing about 300 rods north
erly and easterly from the end Of the Point.
ANY one curious to know who the owners
OF these lots were in l.64 can easily learn
by examining the list Of the proprietor-,
who drew them as heretofore given and
explained and whose names are written up-
on the lots chosen by them and numbered
upon the plan. The plan is further identi-
ied as being the first dirision of lots made
by the proprietors BY the following ex-
planaton written upon the same bv the
proprietor's clerk, viz ''At a meeting Of
We ProprietOrs Of ye Township granted to
Ebenr Thorndike & others +. of Mt Des-
ert on Y. River 4 held by adjournment at
the house Of Capt Jun'n Loyitt. Ipuholder
in said Falmouth ye IA June 1854, voted
that the plan of the l-t Division of lots
made oy ye Clerk by direction of Mr.. Ma
than Jordan one of the Committee appoint
ed to lay out said lots be accepted by said
Proprietors & then the following persons
drawd the lots which are fixed against
| th..ir iaI vi
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commencement at East Maine Conference
Seminary.
PROGRAM.

Sunday, June 5, at 7.3U P. NJ, Baccalaureate
sermon.
Monday, at 30 P NJ, Exhibition of the de-
partment of elocution. limited number Of
reserved seats will be sold.
Tuesday, at 800 P. NJ. Annual address by
Rev. VIM. North Rice, Ill. d., of Wesleyan
University
classes.
Tuesday, at I.30. p. NJ. Commencement con-
cert in Emery Hail. Tickets and reserved
seats for sale by Emery & Co.
Wednesday, at $50, A. NJ. Commencement.
Thursday, Meeting OF board of trustees.
Address and commencement exercises will
be held in Emery Hall. Free tickets can be
obtained on application to any member OF the
faculty.
Bucksport, 1892.
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Class Appointments. A

The following are the officers and class ap-
pointments Of the senior class at the East
Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport:
President. Ethel u. Porter, West Old Town.
Vice-President, Raymond Mcfarland, North
Lsmone.
Secretary, Adele F. Heath Seal Cove.
Treasurer, Roland j. Wasgatt. East Ded-
ham.
Orator, Paris E. Miller, Burlington.
VeledictOrian, Mary Mckay, Camden.
Historian, Archie Hartman, Orland.
Poet. Blanche NJ. Mansfield, Orono,
Prophet, Lewis W. Hart, Holden.
The graduating exercises of the class of '92
will occur June Sth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26
From our regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.

ne Ifesiutul sara member OF the
Republican national committee, .'Is to nv
certain knowledge much more concerned
about the success Of the ticket to be nom
mated at Minneapolis than about who shall
head 1t. He wishes the convention to be
harmonious, and would like 10 see the nom
ination made by acclamation, whoever nav
be selected to head the ticket. Whatever
his friends are doing, and some of them
are doing harm. both to him and the party,
l know that he is doing nothing to bring
about his own nomination, and further that
he has fully made up his mind that he will
not enter struggle to obtain the nomina-
ton, because of his belief that the il-wll
lett by such struggle would have a ten
dency to endanger the success of the par
ty The President is now on the Chesa-
peake Bay with his invalid wife He will
return to Washington the middle of the
week.
Another sudden death; another funeral
In the Senate chamber, and another Sena.
tors seat shrOuded in black The sudden
death of Senator Barbour of Virginia.
who went to bed Friday night in excellent
spirits and in apparently good health, and
died of heart disease at an early hour Sat
urday morning, has fallen like a pail upon
his colleagues in Congress, among whom
ne was deservedly popular by reason Of
his many eudearing personal qualities
His funeral took place this afternoon. and
the remains, accompanied bv committee
from the House and Senate and numerous
friends, were taken to Poplar Grove, Mary
land, for interment Already the Virginia
Democrats in Congress have begun wire
pulling to name his successor
This week will probably close the pen
sion office Investigation which has been
from the first nothing but a bitter attemp,
TO break down the personal character Of
General Raum, an attempt which has most
miseraby failed, A. all such attempts ought
to fail The witnesses yet to be heard are
those named by Gen. Kaum.
Senator Gorman'- defense Of the expend-
itures authorized by the Flfty-hrs Con
gress, while perhaps entirely unintended
was practical ackuuw ltdgmcut that the
,t.a .
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tion>, obtained control Of the present
House Of Represer tAtives, was false He
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For the Ellsworth American.
Trenton-l762 to 1900.
No. H..

NO. IL.
SURVEY OF THE FIRST DIVISION or LOTS.
"At a meeting Of We Prop'rs of We
Townships granted to Eben'r Thorudike &
Others laid out to We Eastward of Mount
Desert or Union River legally warn'd &
held at We House of Capt. Sam'l Skilins
Innholder in sd Falmouth, the lst Day of
August, 1894.
Edward Milliken. Esq. was CHOSEN
Moderator-Then
Voted.-That the method the Propre-
tors shall go into, that each Proprietor
may have an equal chance of having a
good Lott in We first Division in said
Township shall be by Empowering We fol
low'g Committee viz: Mess'rs Nathaniel
Jordan, Benjamin Miliken & Nathaniel
Harmon to make up equivalent lands to
any Proprietor who has, or may draw a
bad Lott, in the first Division already laid
out on a Plan of said Township. and that
the sd equivalent Lands to each Lott Law
adjoining in such part of sd Township
as the sd Committee may think best
and that the laying out and drawing the
other Lofts in sd first Division be con.
Armed
Voted, that Mess'rs Nathaniel ,Jor-
dan, BENIN Mllliken 4 Nsthl Harmon be
Committee to run out & mark the first
Division of Lofts in said Township.
Voted. that Mr.. BENIN Millken may
have grant of any one Mill Privilege In
said Township clear Of y'e first Division.
viz. for one single Saw Mill & also 1
acres of Land adjon'g provided he build
said mill Il 1T her for service within G
months from this Time, and that the afore-
said Committee run out said NH Privilege
when they run out & mark We first Division
of Lofts aforesd
Voted To pay Mr.. Samuel Freeman
one-fith part OF his expenses &c. in going
to Boston to settle ye acct Of y'e charges
OF surveying y'e six Eastern Townships
Noted-rhat Mr.. Jonathan Milliken,
John Bradbury, and Lemuel Smith be
committee to settle accounts relating to
sd Township & that no accounts be re-
ceived. allow'd & voted at this meeting
Noted-that two Dollars on each
Right be raised TO defray the Charges Of
bring'g forward the settlement of sd
Township ( the meeting was dissolvd
SAML FREEMAN, Prnp'r- Clerk
i7"4 The rroprirtor- ~ the Township No
granted 10 Ehenckcr Th0rudikc X other living
Eastward of tuion River, Dr
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26

ahJl ihNI JENkEAL OFFICE,
ALBANY \. y, April 23, 1892
GENFEAL ORDERS
No. ..
The memory Of those trying times of
long ago grows more vivid As each rcCnr-
ring ~prln. dec0Iatc~ the landscape with
nature choicest Colurs. A our thoughts
journey back ward through memory. 4. halls
how lovingly We recall those who stood
shoulder to shoulder with u in defense
Of thr Nations life, and who have since
crossed deaths dark valley To the unknown
my ~ttrics Of eternity hope that it :
well with them, fills every comrades heart
and 81 desire to again touch elbows" wh hen
the final muster out shall come, auimate-
and thrills our every pulse
rlu~ T. are embematic OF the resurreC-
ton and life To come, therefore how fit
ting the custom of our organization e.
tabli-hed by our late comradc and Com
mander- 10 'uirf John A. Logan, to n
semble Within the numerous Gods acres
that dot our country DER wherein lie all
that j. mortal If our absent comrades, aud
garland their graves while paving tribute
to their valor and worth. Every mound
which covers the remains Of a Union sol
d'rr or sailor should receive its crown 50
emhlematjc, on our day of blessed memo
ry, Memorial day, Monday, Nav 30. and
each and every Postof the q. A. X should
hold solemn memorial and patriotic ser
vice On the Sunday preceding With great
regret l. noticed a growing inclination on
the part Of many 10 observe this day in a
manner frivolous and entirely at variance
with it, inttnt- and design Every com
radr should use his he-t effort, to have it
celebrated win the -o!rmuity bctittiug its
character anc purpose.
Department Commanders Will forward
this order with whatever Instructions they
may deem requisite in their Departments
u secure a proper observance of the day
and insure that the exercises will be such
A. "ill tend To instlll in the breasts of all
observers a deep and lasting love of and
patriotic devotion To country.
JNO PALMER,
Comm lnltr in CAicf
By the Communicative Chief
FRED. pliSrERER
Adjutant General.
ID u. QUICK,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26

The May Century Is remarkable for the
beginning Of new volume and Of three new
serials. namely, y,-the life OF Columbus, BY the
distinguished Spanish orator and statesman
Emilio CASTELAR,, who, in his first paper. con-
siders the age in which Columbus lived; The
Chosen Valley" novel Of Western life in the
irrigation-6eds. by Mary Hallock Foote, illus
trated BY the author; and the architect Van
Brunt's semi-of1cial and fully illustrated pa
pers on Architecture at the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition" from which the reader will
obtain fresh idea of the housing OF the Ex-
hibition at Chicago. The table of contents OF
this number Is quite remar kable In its list of
prominent names.
-Scribner's Magazine for May opens with
the second article in the series on "The Poor
in Great Cities" in which Jacob A. Riis, the
author Of "How the Other Half Lives,' re-
peats bis first success which has gained him
such wide recognition. This time be finds q
most congenial subject In 1.-The Children of the
Poor" in New York-a phase Of life 10 which
his sympathies strongly attract him. Mr. Ris
knows the gamin at first hand, through his
many years Of newspaper work at police head
quarters. The result is that this article Is
filled with incidents and stories illustrating the
life of the chldren-its humor and pathos.
the element Of good that is always manifested
In them, and the methods which have SO far
proved most efficient in developing it.
-Peterson's Magazine for June is model
number in beauty and excellence. The full
page engrsvings, IAN Egyptian Toilet" and
"a Post Station In Thuringia." are the hand
soonest we have found In any of the months
magazines. There Is portrait of the present
Duchess Of Marlborough, one of the most
beautiful among American women. The
stories are by favorite authors and all so good
that it would seem invidious to single out any
for special mention. The miscellaneous arti-
cIes are also Of special interest. The fashion
and household departments are complete as
ever. Terms, $500 a year; s10O for six
months. Now is a good time to subscribe. as
new volume begins with July number. Ad.
dress, Psterson's Magazine, PhiIsdelpbia, Pa.
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The Arsenal at Springfield.
HENRY W. IONGFFIIOw.

| HENRY W. LoNGFELLOw.
This Is the Arsenal From floor to ceiling,
Like huge organ rise the FURNISHED arms
but from their silent pipes no anthem pealing
starties the villages with strange alarms.
Ah! what sound will rise. how wild and
| dreary,
When the death-angel touches those swif,
| keys!
What loud lament and dismal Miserere
VIII mingie with their awful symphonies!
l near even now the infinite fierce chorus,
lhe cries Of agony, the endless groan.
Which. through the ages that have gone be-
fore u.s.
10 long reverbera,ion. reach our own.
On helm and harness rings the Saxon hammer,
Through Cimbric forest roars the Morse
mans song,
And loud. amid the universal clamor.
Ger distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong
| hear the Florentine who from his palace
heels out his battlefield with dreadful din,
And Aztec priests upon their teocalis
Beat the wild war-drums made Of serpent's
skim
The tumult of each sacked and burning village :;
The shout that every prayer for mercy
The soldiers revels in the midst OF pilage;
The wall OF famine in belesguered towns;
The bursting shell. the gateway wrenched
asunder.
he rattling musketry. the cla.hing blade
And ever and anon. in tones OF thunder,
The dspason OF the cannonade.
j. II, q man, with such dlscordant noises
With such sccursed Instruments a. these,
Thou drpwne.t Natures sweet and kindly
voices
And jarrest the celestial harmonies:
Were half the power, that fll. the world with
terror,
Were hsf the westh. bestowed on camps
and courts
Given 10 redeem the human mind from error,
There were no need OF ar>ensls or forts:
The warrior name would be name sbhorred,
And every nation. that should lift aysn
It. band against brother. on iis forehead
Would foreNermore wear the curse OF Cain
Down the dark future. through long genera
tious.
The cchoins sounds grow fainter and then
ces-.
And Ike bell. with solemn. sweet vibrations.
hear once more the voice OF Christ say,
Peace
Peace and no longer from its hrazcn portals
The bias OF War. great organ shake. the
skies,
But beautiful >. songs OF the immorta..
he holy melodies ot love arise.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26

Mr.. E. W. Tufts has purchased the
Steuben House of Bradbury Smith and
takes possession to-day. Mr. Smith has
been . popular and obliging landlord, and
we are sorry to have him leave.
May II.