Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-16

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Bluehill Academy and Free High School
closed Feb. 10. The last two days were
devoted to written examinations on the
whole terms work. The examinations In
most cases show that good work has been
done. The whole number of scholars In
attendance this term was So Average
number Al g. Measles and scarlet fever in
several families have cut down the average
Thirteen students have not been absent
one half day. Eight have not been absent
or tardy for the entire term. Their names
are as follows Julia and Henry Saunders,
Josiah Horton, Frank Farnham, Burke
Grindle, Louisa and Lizzie Mcintyre and
Lora Eaton. There have been % visits by
citizens and two by supervisor In the
archives of the Academy several interest
ing documents are still preserved written
on parchment in almost perfect hand. The
following is given with the hope that it
may help to inspire in US the zeal and love
for our institutions of learning that our
fathers mad Lines addressed to the Board
Of Trust of Bluehil Academy:
All hail! We. who support fair Science here;
Who check our passions in their wild career;
Permit my simple Muse to raise her song,
And lisp your praises to the lstDing throng.
IL she had wings TO soar. or voice to sing,
The groves, and woodlands, with YOUR worth
should ring.
You ope the door where Science first is taught.
Where solid learning raise, growing thought;
" here kind instructors teach our tripping feet
To walk securely up the rugged steep.
Here you. to come the careless youth invite,
And learn to spend their following years
Alright;
To learn sound Science never to dispise,
And know their ignorance ere they can be
wise.
May Heaven reward you for your kindness
shown;
Nor forget your wOrthiness to own.
Great thanks to you owe. o might raise
Some better tribute, sung in sweeter lays!
JOSIAH FISHER, Bluehi, March 18th, 1922.
There was a supper at the Congregation
al vestry. Thursday evening, Feb. 9. A
good attendance considering the number
| of entertainments We are having this win
ter Valentines furnished considerable
amusement.
The Virginia Veteran" a drama in
| four acts, was given at Town hall Wed
nesday, Feb. s. The parts were well taken
and the hall was crowded.
The attendance at the reading-rooms is
! large for place of this size. The num-
Der Of visits for the week beginning Mon
| day Jan. %, and ending Saturday, Jan. %,
was one hundred and forty-fve 145)
making an average of twenty -four and
one-sixth daily. In recent article in the
Peoples Column" Of the Enterprise were
found these words concerning the Ellis
worth reading-rOo This reading-room
is a necessity, If we would save our young
people from the demoralizing influence Of
| low resorts" And another quotation from
the same article: THE dictates Of human
| ity, the welfare Of our community, and the
good name of our city demand that the
reading room shall be sustained" Such
words as these lead US to believe more
| firmly that a readIng-room in Bluehill is
| not an anomaly, but that it is simply sup
PLYING an economic need and as such
| should be sustained by all who desire to
see the young men and women of our town
grow up to be intelligent and industrious.
These suggestions are offered as to how 1t
shou be sustained:
/. By visiting it often yourself
2. BY inviting your friends to visit it.
g. BY allowing yourself and your friends
all the benefits possible to be derived from
it while there.
In order to accomplish this the regula-
tions must be observed strictly, at least,
until better ones can be furnished. A read
ing room or public library is no place for
gossip. 1t is no place for mere losfers.
| The regulations are for the best good of
the greatest number. Ladies and gentle
| men will comply with them. We are for