Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-10-05

and caused great wave to come In and
wash the monster high and dry, and
! scattered the terrified people far and
wide. The conclusion was so great that
1t broke the flute In two, and some fellows
over in Orland who heard the noise ran in
to see what the trouble was.
'Others followed from Ellsworth. and
Maximus. who had still remained wen.
forward and taking the ship up in his hand
carried 1t down the bank and put 1t into
the water again. Then the busy Orlanders
and Ellsworthies turned to. took one half
OF the broken flute and made another ship
mich larger than Abercromie's. They
took the other half aud split it up into
pieces which they rounded into spars and
when all this was done they took Old Aber-
cromie's craft on board and used it for a
long boat. They took up the business
where the Bucksporters left 1t of, sailed
from port, were gone seven years and
when they returned they brought the north
pole with them.
This undeniable evidence of Ellsworth's
unreasonable superiority over her broke
Bucksports courage all to smithereens and
an air of ipnocuous desuetnde began to
creep over the place. The town fell into
decay. 1t became noted as a place which
had given promise for great future, but
failed to keep its promise. Funny play
writers took it for the location OF their
caricatures, on quaint aud homely charac-
tiers, and relic hunters and old world
trampers came there to look into the fos-
sil remains of past that had no return
ing Spiritualistic and supernaturally-in-
clined people and associations of people
began to love It for its suggestive air of
eternal rest and unearthly quiet, and only
the unpoetic tomcod fisherman saw in 1t a
profitable place of abode.
''ln the goodness of its heart the East
Maine Methodist Conference established a
school at Bucksport years ago. hoping
that with the advent of education and
christianity the tomcod fishing. canoe
building, drft-wood picking natives would
awake and grow enlightened and civilized;
but though many good teachers and clergy
men have labored there, Bucksport has
never yet sent a representative to Con-
gress, has never had United States Sem
ator and has never placed a man upon the
Supreme Bench of the State courts.
The rum and molasses sent over by
Abercrome to Ellsworth was part of the
regular food of the Bucksports Their
meat was molasses and their drink rum.
Ahercromie's men started for Ellsworth. it
is presumed, on full stomachs. The effect
OF a diet of rum and moIasses. only those
who have lived long enough in Buck sport
TO try 1t, know. Its effect Is to expand the
vision.
To Abercromie's men, when they began
the journey. small trees looked like sky
piercing spars, and as the way grew long
and the rum got low, things began 10
reduce in size to their vision. So that
when Ellsworth was reached, with rum all
gone and big heads and bloodshot eyes,
the mammoth trees growing In the fertile
Union river valley looked to them Ike
splinters. History further goes on to say
that being bereft of their regular rations
Of rum, and not accustomed TO the plain
and simple diet of good Ellsworth,
Abercomie's men suffered much from
visions Of snakes and bats aud ballyhoo
birds which their discordcd nervous
systems coujured up.
This, in short, Is the unquestioncd story
OF Msximus and 1t can he verified when
the spiritualists meet at Verona next year
by calling M Maxmus and letting him
speak for himself. But Bucksport know
ing the truth and fearing II, will not
trouble Mr. Maximus for further particu-
lars