Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-12
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The people Of the town interested In the
thanks to the editor of the ELLSWORTH
AMERICAN aud to all other editors and
managers of papers who have encouraged
Us In the work by sending their papers TO
our room free. Our room. pleasantly sit
uated over j. t. Hinckey's Sons store
facing Main street, and run in connection
with the ladies' social library, WAS opened
to the public on New Years eve aud has
been opened regularly each week day night
since. 1t is very neatly and conveniently
fitted up with table chairs, newspaper
racks and the best Atwater files The
room is well supplied with daily weekly
and illustrated papers; beside these. the
managers of the college papers of the
State have kindly put MS on the free list,
so We have now The CoUy Echo, The Bates
Student, The Cadet and are to have The
Botcdoin Orient. These papers will give
our young men and young ladies chance
to keep posted on college affairs in the
state and to some extent out Of the state
We have the state representatives of the
Congregational and Baptist denominations,
also papers representing the principles Of
the Prohibition, Republican and Demo-
cratic paIt ties. The rooms are well attend.
ed averaging about twenty persons per
evening. Many of the boys who would
otherwise be loafing around the stores or
streets spend part Of their evenings in
the reading room. thus bringing themselves
into good company and posting themselves
on the questions of the day. Let Young
person read from good authority that the
United States expends $50 600 600 annual
ly for public education and $500, 900 900 for
tobacco, S303 900 900 for bread and $780,.
DOC, 900 for liquor, and it will not require
very much reasoning on his part to under
stand that the cause of poverty and
wretchedness in this country is not the
amount of money expended for public ed
ucation and bread. but that tobscco-smok-
ing and liquor drinking enter largely into
the poverty question. The writer firmly
believes that If parents cannot make their
homes so attractive that the young will
want to spend, at least, a part of their
evenings at home, one of the next best
steps for them is to help support an attrac-
tive, well regulated reading room whose
avOwed purpose Is not necessarily relig-
ious or political, but whose chief aim is
the betterment of humanity, an aim worthy
any mans aspiration. The supporters Of
our reading rooms, hoping to make them
an efficient channel through which a quiet
but strong current of knowledge shall
flow, extend to all, old and young, male
and female. q cordial invitation to visit the
rooms often and to give all the encourage
ment to the work that it deserves The
rooms are open from 6 to P. NJ. each
evening liz the week, except Sunday Our
affable matron, Mrs. Helen Mcintyre, will
be glad to attend TO the literary wants Of
our friends. All are welcome.
Nearly all of the secret organizations of
our place have had an installation of off,
GERS during the past week, namely, the Ma
sons, the Odd Fellows. the G. A. R., the
Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans.
The week of prayer was observed by the
churches with good degree of interest.
The meetings were conducted by Rev. G.
Mayo and Prof. Z. H. Slower.
Among the arrivals by boat last week
were Mr.. VIM. Bissett who has been In
New York on business for a short time,
and Mr.. Herbert Harding who for several
months has been at work in BostoL.
Miss Fannie Slower has returned home
from Rowland where she has been visiting
her father. o. NJ. Slower, who is at work
there.
We are informed that Mrs. L. NJ. N.
Stevens, State President of the W. C. t.
u, will be at Brooklin, Jan 20. for the
purpose of organizing a Union there, and
will also be in Bluehill, Jan. 10.
Mrs Dr. Bunker has gone to Searsmont
to visit her sister, Mrs. Fowler, who is
very low.
Jan. 9.