Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-02-09
A. n. NORRIS.


Cape Ko.ier
January Is past and no one can be more
thankful TO say we have don. with that
cold month than am. Our cove- have y
little skim ice In them this morning ss 1t
Was cold >tili night last night. but yc-
ierday little girl about ten years ru"ed
across Weir Cove alone Ia very small
boat simply ont of The Kindness Of her
heart to carry present To friend whom
she thought WAS rather lonely 1t should
| tell you what the present was you would
/ say she was indeed smart child. A little
more than e week ago three ooys were ont
several hours sailing play boats about
/ Blske's Cove. so you We have hardly
/ had our share of Ice, IL We have Of cold
/ There is no ice about our wharf at BIakc'-
Point. and 1t seems rather hard that We
must be kept from having the use OF The
Y steamboats, because other places are frozen
4 over or full of drift Ice.
The sleighng and sliding have been
very good most of the winter although the
| ground has been very lightly covered.
/ Very little Ia the way Of entertainments
has been going on because Of the scarlet
I fever. which Is at last entirely over. We
4 believe.
Mrs. Anne. wife Of the late J W
! Coomhs. died yesterday. Jan 3i-t, at her
( daughter. Mrs. Valariu- Blacks home
| Mrs. Ncnner from Bluehill and Mrs Y Is.
/ Black Cher daughters were with her. She
4 had stroke OF paralysis from which She
never r .Ilied II Is great comfort 10 her
/ friends 10 know that she died compsrs-
lively psinles> death. having beeu well and
happy up To the time OF her last sudden
Illness. She vas r good mother and a
Kind neighbor and always seemed young
and happy though she was about ninety
years OF age.
V. Is. Black i better H.. has been III
several weeks. but is out at last.
Mr. VI NJ Crockett Is AZ home He has
bad cold but In other respects j. look
ing well A. ever. How lad We all are 10
see the boys when they ctmr. What
greses me i the thought that they are
growing 10 men, and cannot he called
boys much longer
Miss Matte Sawyer has been at home
since her school ut BROOKLYN flushed
Miss Minnie Black il teaching her sc
ond term at Eagle Isle.
Miss Carrie Blake was at home from
Belfast last Friday but returned Monday,
1t seems ilttle strange 10 read letters
from he West Indie. telling ~ the WAY
| they spend Nmas In those places. Mrs.
/ w. +. Blake received beautiful little
present from East Harbor, Grand Caicos.
last night. With the present came "A letter
! saving friends there had spent their Xnas
picRickiHg. The writer also says there
has been more rain than usual there
melting away the heap, Of salt a good
deal, and very few vessels there during the
past year to take salt.
letter from Dominica, from Joseph
St Orde tells OF his Nmss among his
friends there. He says Fruits in abund-
ance. All the people here we're singing
and marching through the street It
Rosean). There was rel pctng In all ,llrrc-
tiOns The days are pretty hot but the
nights arr cool and fresh" He expects to
return To the States in the spring.
We are very glad to hear that Mr.. A. +.
Gilbert, formerly Of Maiden, " no has spent
two summers boarding with his wife and
mother aIso( at Under CHI has removed
to Newton, with an increase OF salary Of
several hundred dollars. We all hope to
see him here again next year with his
family.
The funeral services Of Mrs. Coombs
will be held At the school house near the
towr-house. that being near the graveyard
where she will be laid.
Feb. |.