Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-06-29

sides, reared family ani built good buildings
on hi, place
oN 10 GREAT FOND.
Having refreshed our-elye. and rested our
horse, We Start for Great Pond. We fnd men
at work on the road, all along the route. GIL
man Jordan has invented a road machiue
which !, very simple and inexpensive, and
does very good work. We pass over a portion
OF No. III, and find the road Ia q most excellent
condition after recent repairs by our agent,
Nahum Jordan.
We reach No. % about s O'Clock, and halt
for the night at Mr. Emrry's The county
road terminate, 10 this direction about half a
mile from here, and beyond, over a section Of
torty-dYe degrees, stretches vast forest for
miles toward Aroostook county and the
Canada line. The people here are intelligent
anu thrifty, aud have little OF the rustic way
OF the backw oodsman.
From this point one gets an extensive view
Of forest, mountains, ponds and tributarie, Of
the Union river. We learn that large drive
Of some 5000, 600 feet Is on IT. way to the mills
at Ellsworth. 1t cost sl.2j per thousand to
drive these logs
DIMIN 1--WE CORRESPONDENT.
We stop at the home Of "Fiossie," the we'll
known httle correspondent OF THE AMERI-
CAN. She Is but twenty-eixht inches high and
Is twenty-three years old. She commenced to
write when but ten years OF age, ana has
since that time furnished local items and some
well-written ard interesting stories for The
AMERICAN. She learns very readily, and play :
well on the organ when assisted by her mother.
She writes when the spirit moves" and al
most intuitivey.
The people here are wide awake religiously.
We dropped into one Of their meetings Tues
day evening. 1t was lea BY Miss Garland,
who has otficiated As pastor amoua his people
for year. 1t was an old-fashioned wide
awake meeting. Everybody took part, and
everybody seemed to enjoy it.
MILLING A BEAR.
Meeting Nahum Jordan, who was returning
from the woods, he informed US that he had
just killed bear at the head Of Alligator Lake
lie found the bear in a trap which had been
set. With axe in hand, be approached the en-
trapped animal, which showed more blood
than Jordan at first cared TO encounter. He
confesses TO feeling Of fright at the ugly
manguvres OF Bruin, and declares be
wants no more hand-to-hand contests with
his honor. The bear was finally despatched
and the person whose game he was, was duly
notified.
Great Pond Is the gateway to the hunter )
and anglers paradise, and here they come from
different sections Of the State, and from differ
ent States, and from this point proceed in
many directions for game.
From this point we turn, retrace our steps
TO Aurora. thence over the famous Horse
back" through 2l and Is, through East Bed
dington to Deblois, where we camp for the
night.
Shuman in SO, and Silbsy in 81 and IS, have
been putting In some good work on the roads,
but more remains yet TO be done. The fire
tiend has visited the western part Of 2S, and
run over considerable territory, though little
valuable timber, so far as we could see, was
destroyed.
At Deblois We divided forces for the night
owing to lack OF hotel accommodations, but
we found comfortable quarters. Here the
Winslow Brothers are doing a good business