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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
Grand Reunion Of Kelley Graduates.

The graduates of the North Conway. n.
II kreley Institute living in St. Johns
bury, Vt, and vicinity held their first re-
union at the st. Johnsbury House on the
cess in every way. There were present
twenty six Of the graduates Of the North
Conway, n. H. Institute with their lady
friends. The clergy men and many prom
inent citizens were present as invited
guests. Among those present were four
husbands and wives who for years had
been separated on account of rum, but now
reunited and happier tina Il words can tell
VIM. + Gould, the gentlemanly and large
hearted manager of the North Conway
Institute was present. TO say that al
his face and take his hand is putting it
very mildly. After delightful hour of
reunion, happy "reminiscences and hearty
handshaking in the spacious parlors of the
hotel, the entire company sat down to an
elegant banquet in the dining hall The
tables were loaded with all the market
could afford except liquors. These found
no place. Ample justice having been done
to the banquet Hon. Sam'l b. Page raped
the company to order. Mr.. Page is
graduate OF the Conway Institute and
member of the n H. Legislature now in
session Mr.. Page was III the midst of
making an important speech at Concord
when the hour came for HIM to leave for
St. Johnsbury. But he left it getting per-
mission to resume it at the next session,
MIR. Page and many Others made eloquent
speeches and all went away voting Jan. 10,
"red letter day" for the North Conway
Kelley graduates.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
Master of bark MonrOyia
SniithvilIe


Miss Sadie Cleaves has arrived home
from Bucksport.
Messrs. Fred and Harry Smith have pur-
chased Thomas Smiths farm, formerly
owned by Mr.. Fred Neal.
Miss Margaret Tracy of No. 7, was Wis
iting friends in this place last week
The men in this vicinity are improving
the little flirt Of snow.
There was social dance at Smiths hall
last Thursday, and whispers are on the
breeze of another one soon.
Mr.. Stillman Smith is still on the sick
list.
Mrs. Silas Cushman of the village has
been very sick, but is gaining slowly.
hope the New Year that we have en-
tered upon, will bring to the editor and
readers of the AMERICAN, health, wealth
and prosperity.
Jan. l6.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
An Ancient Work on Angling.

The greatest work of antiquity on
angling is said to be the Halieutica of
Orphan, a Greek poet. who flourished in
the time of Severus, A. D., 1893, from
which we learn that many artifces in
fishing thought to be modern were known
to the ancients. We also learn from
Atheneus that several other writers had
written treatises or poems on fishing
some centuries before the Christian era.
American Angler.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26

BHToN, Jan. l6.-Dr. Charles j. East
man was arraigned in the municipal court
on the charge of performing criminal
operation upon Annie SWEET. He was
held in $4,000 for hearing Jan. 20.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26

BosToN, Jan. l6-Anne Allen cut her
throat with her husbands razor and is on
the dangerous list at the city hospital.
Loss of blood is the cause of her present
condition. The cut was not severe enough
in itself to be considered DANGEROUS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26

The steamer Vinalhaven, of the Vil-
alhaven and Rockland line, burned to tie
waters edge Friday morning as she lay u
her Island wharf. The steamer was built
last summer and was worth 5000; no
insurance.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
Charged with Murder.

NEW HAVEN, Jan. 13-The case of An
drew keefe, who killed his business part
ner, James Winn, at Ssvin Rock, Aug. IL
last. came up for trial before the superior
court yesterday. Keefe is charged with
murder in the first degree
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26

Mrs. Horace Woodman of Saco has
offered the York County Hospital Associa-
ton free use of house In Saco for two
years for hospital and training school.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26

Advocating greater simplicity Of life
ausong the wealthier classes of society
Dean LEROY remarked recently that
fl27 900 a year is spent in England upon
berfumed spirits from abroad
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
To Nr. and Mrs. u. g.. Lord.

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10 Mr. ana hrs. T. =. L"rd.
No task is thi, I'm asked to do
Kind wi,he, to extend 10 YOU.
To voice congratulations true,
From friends afsr and near.
For It's pleasure TO express
The hope that YOU NAV both possess
United, heartfelt happiness
While silver bells ring clear.
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Your lives were joined for good or III,
Your mission then was to fulfil
Your par, in life with right good will
And fsithfune.s each day;
And looking back you can but trace
The guiding Hand, the "present" grace,
Which helped you in each time and place,
Ana Kept you on your way
sorrow i,s missio, b.s IN ar
"Ip,, each life some rain mus, f,u-
Ana ,hou,b vo,r io.s.- ,o,, -a,,au
Hone brighton. ,rom shova
Ana shows ,b., an w.. ,or -, h.s,
While faith noints inward to the rest
Which those have oainad wbo now are Ma,
Secure in heavenly love.
Amony vo,r ha..i,gs pot ,ba las,
7. ,;f, ~ so,o ,b., h,s ;noraa.o3
yo,- b.n,;nass aoa h.s No, ooa
Toho an,ova,,rau
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van nini.,ries - o,har-, naaa.
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~, 50 e'r'onp 80
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On this vour anniversary NIGHT
And bring to you. with much delight.
Our heartiest words Of cheer:
Prosperity be yours for aye,
Blessings 20 with you on your way.
And hope forever De your stay
uooo "isnes' most s'lsere'
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Pm sure that you will pardon me
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
A Speakers Right.

A gentleman while making speech
inadvertently stepping forward fell off
the platform. In response to the peals
of laughter that greeted his unlucky tall
he claimed that any speaker had "a right
to come down to the level of his audi
ence. ce."-Exchange
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-01-26
Wedding Anniversary,
BLANCHE VI. DUNK

oue Of the peassntest social events Of
the season, was the silver wedding Of Mr.
and Mrs Roscoe G. Lord, which was cele-
brated Thursday evening, Jan 18th. Mr..
and Mrs. J. II Morse. with their daughter
Fosse. assisted in receiving and enter
tanning the guests. Mrs. Morse is Mr..
Lords only sister living, and his mother,
though eighty two years of age, we trust
younger ones, ~ much as they enjoyed
meeting her on that happy occasion. 1t
was much regretted that Mrs. Lords rela-
tiveS and friends could not be present
from Ellsworth and vicinity. Her cousin,
Mrs. Nahum Iinckley, alone represented
Mrs. Lords family 1t was real pleas
ure to the many friends Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lord in the community, to have
an opportunity TO express TO them by
word and gift, the esteem and regard In
which they are held, for they have ever
to lend the helping hand, to speak the
sympathetic word, TO make sacrifices II
need be. TO reuder assistance to Others /;
while in the Congregational society, to
which they belong. they have been most
efficient helpers Mr.. Lord having been
leader of the choir for some years, and Mrs.
Lord active in every department Of church
work. The presents were all Of silver
and consisted Of cak, basket, sugar bowl
six dessert spoons four large spoons a half
dozen teaspoons, two sugar spoons, but
ter knife, mustard spoon, syrup pitcher,
also some money. Brides cake, wedding
cake, coffee and apples were served. Mrs.
MAYO read the following:
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Picture of Lincoln.

From Prof. Goldwin Smiths new
history of the United States: Abraham
Lincoln is aSSuredly one of the marvels
of history. No land but America has
produced his like. This destined chief
of a nation in its most perilOuS hour
was the son of a thriftleSs and wan
dering settler, bred in the most sordid
poverty. He had received only the
rudiments Of education, and, though
he afterwards read eagerly such works
as were within his reach, it is Won
derful that he should have attained
as a speaker and writer a mastery of
language and pure as well as effec-
tive style. He could look back smil-
ing on the day when his long shanks
appeared bare below the shrunken
leather breeches which were his only
neither garment. His frame was gaunt
and grotesque, but mighty. He stood
six feet four, and was said to have
lifted cask full of beer and to have
drunk out of the bunghole. This made
him hero with the Clary Grove boys.
He had a strong and eminently fair
understanding, with great powers Of
patient thought, which he cultivated
by the study of Euclid. In all his
views there was simplicity which
had its source in the simplicity of his
character His local popularity was
due largely to his humor and the stock
of good stories, always pointed though
not always delicate, which through life
it was his delight to collect and re-
peat. At the same time he was mel
ancholy, touched with the pathos of
human life, fond of mournful poetry,
religious though not orthodox, with
strong sense of an overruling provi-
dence, which, when he was out of
spirits, sometimes took the shape of
fatalism. His melancholy was proba-
bly, deepened by his gloomy surround
ings and by misadventures in love.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Bacteria and COIds.

According to the Berlin correspon-
dent of the Lancet, Prof Schenk has
found that micro organisms move to-
wards warm points. This movement
he terms thermotaxis, and he con-
cludes as, the result of experiments
with specially constructed apparatus
that warmth acts as a stimulant on
micro-organisms, which move towards
a warm body in their neighborhood,
and that this themotaXis is a vital
property of bacteria. The professor
further considers that in certain cases
Of catching cold' an infection is con-
veyed by bacteria. Thus a person en-
tering a cold room would attract the
bacteria present by his warm body,
and these, finding admission through
the skin or otherwise( produce, after
certain time of incubation, the re-
suits ordinarily attributed to catch
ing cold" The hair bulb sheaths.
sweat glands, and mucous membranes
are all said to offer possible points of
entry to bacteria.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
The Oldest XIaterWorks

A recent work on sanitary engineer
ing says that Damascus possesses in
all probability the oldest water works
in the world. The city itself is the
most ancient of existing cities, having
seen the rise and fall of the Greek and
Roman Empires, of Babylon, Nineveh,
Palmyra and Jerusalem. When taken
by the SaracenS from the Romans the
water-works already existed, and it is
probable that the latter constructed
the works which still exist and supply
the town. Damascus lies in a valley
on the River Abana, which flows from
the Lebanon hills and is lost in the
desert to the east of the town In
spite of a copious supply of excellent
water Damascus has had no immunity
from epidemics, owing to the fact that
the double canalization for water sup
ply and drainage, being more or less
leaky, saturated the soil and raised
the spring level nearly to the surface,
and the sewers are rarely if ever
cleaned, are not Systematically venti-
lated, and they pass under many of
the houses. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, that Damascus is and always was
an inSalubriouS town
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Governor Flower on Good Roads.

In his speech to the farmers at the
Orleans County Fair grounds, Cover
nor Flower confined his remarks main
ly to discussion of public highways
The farmer, the Governor thought, was
the chief beneficiary of good roads,
and yet it was a fact that he was cas-
lily scared when the question of taxing
him for road purposes was broached
New York State spends $3,O00,O00 a
year in money and labor for road i'm
provement and yet results are very
unsatisfactory. This is an average of
$4,000 for each county. That amount
of money scientifically expended each
year would build over seven miles of
good macadLm road. Or, if the coun-
ty preferred to build roads faster, that
amount-less than that amount ex-
pended in interest on bonds-would
provide money to build 40 miles of
maca'l lam.
Every farmer knows" said the Gov
ernor. that bad roads sometimes keep
him from town when prices of grain
are high. Every farmer knows how
much larger a load his team would
pun II the roads were hard and
smooth. Every farmer knows what
a SoisfueldDIe IteIu Ill his annual eX-
penses is the repair of wagons and
harness. Every farmer knows how
much more it costs to keep three or
four horses instead of one or two, as
he might with equal service with a
system of good roads. Every farmer
knows that his farm would increase in
value if by good highways it could be
brought into speedy communication
with village or city. All these things
our farmers know, and they know that
the sum of these pecuniary advantages
In favor of good roads would vastly
outweigh the cost of procuring them"
The Governor predicted that the time
would come when automatic vehicles
would be used for transporting pro-
duce. Then good roads would be alb
solutely essential. Why not issue
bonds now and let the coming gener
ations. who will enjoy the good roads.
help to pay the principal and interest?
The Governor demonstrated by sta
tshcs that it would pay Orleans
County to issue S420.0OO in bonds for
road Improvement purposes.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
A FALL OF 5000 FEET.
Remarkable Accident to Two Young
Englishmen i'm the Alps.

| Remarkable Accident to Two Young
| Englishmen in the Alps.
| The Rev c. T. Porter, English chap
lain ut Zermatt, has sent some par
| ticularS, gathered from an eyewitness,
of the distressing accident that took
| place on the MatterhOrn the other day.
l believe Che says this expedition to
climb the Lion of Zermatt' originated
with Herr Andreas Seller, a young
man of eighteen years, who invited a
friend, Mr.. Oscar GySi, of Manchester,
| to accompany him, and engaged three
| guideS-JOhann Biner, aged twenty
three; Josef Taugwalder and Leo
| MOser. The ascent was made from
| the Italian side, the most difficult and
| dangerous The mOuntaineerS started
together, but after while young
| Seller determined to push on in adj
vance of the rest Of the party, with
Biner for his companion.
All went well till towards o'clock
in the afternoon, by which time the
travellers had nearly reached the now
Cabine de la Tour, erected by the
italian Alpine Club at a height of 12,-
760 feet up the mountains side. Sud
denly the guides TaugWalder and
MOser were startled with what they
thought to be the sound of falling
stones 70 avoid this danger they
dressed themselves with Mr.. Gysi,
close to the rock. Their horror can be
better imagined than expressed when
they saw the bodies of Seller and
Biner shoot past them and within two
or three yards Of the spot where they
were clinging to the mountain. The
catastrophe might easily have involved
the whole party.
How it happened no one will ever
know, as the two victims had climbed
out of sight of their companions. Who
first slipped we cannot tell. Biner
and Seller were roped together. The
rope held throughout that terrible fall
of something like 5000 feet.
The accident recalls that of July IA,
1865. when young Douglas Hadow,
aged nineteen; Mr.. Hudson, Lord +.
Douglas and Michael Croz fell 1000
feet on the other side of the same
mountain. Thirteen lives have now
been lost on the Matterhorn. Mr.
Gysi, with the two remaining guides.
hastened, of course, to descend with
their dreadful tidings.
The descend under such circum-
stances was at once trying and dan
gerous, but they succeeded in getting
intelligence of the disaster to Zermatt
on Tuesday morning, when sixteen
guides at once proceeded to search for
the bodies. These they found fearfully
mangled, the body of young Seller
resting upon that of Johann Biner. In
the Roman Catholic churchyard where
lie the bodies of Hudson, Hadow and
Michael Cree, poor Biner's shattered
frame was also laid to rest, in the
presence of a crowd of sympathizing
visitors, as we'll as guides and villagers
He leaves a mother and three sisters
to bewail his early death.-London
Times.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
PRICE Of LOTS ONLY s10g

4ERMs OF PURCHASE: Five do .
lars cash and two dollars NO,
month, with no Interest. Hal
Cash, 10 per cent discount; all Gao,
2O per cent disc. unit.
MONEY Will be advanced to ps,
ties desiring to build.
Ii a husband purchaser dies
before his purchase is c,mplefed
deed III tee will be gwen to bIa
widow, if the property has been
improved. or If not. tile amonn,
already paid will be returned ba,
The above presents aD opportn.
nifty never before offered the CoI-
oTed people of the cjry OF WASH
lngton to secure valuable Iot
eltheT as an Investm, 81 for a
home On mopthly paym~tl.. =, &,
at the ssDle tine, Ell ,:.e,! TEN
TO vote and a voice In the l,ov.
ernme't OF the country.
Those who apply hrst, will hsye
the hrst Choice OF lots.
Already many have made their
homes IN the "CIty Ot Boais.
and lots purchased on the above
TERMS should double In Value viii.
I'm tho JtpYj -IY Tu1,ufbL
For further information aupJy L
VI "a MPbELL CAkRINGuh
Owner, sos ID ST., u. w.,
" ashlrg ton, ID
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Rules for the Nankin.

There is a good deal of uncertainty
as to whether it is or is not the thing
to fold a napkin after a formal meal.
If one is staying in the house and
knows that napkin rings are in use
there it seems reflection upon that
custom to fling the napkin down in an
untidy heap. An elegantly appointed
table deserves better treatment, even
at the end of the meal, than those dis
heyeled piles of napery. Therefore, it
always seems tittest to simply half-fold
the napkin and not attract attention
to it either by one obtrlIsiye habit or
the Other.-Phiiadelphia Press.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Superiority of the Cutlery Grinder.

The German cutlery grinder is a
very superior workman, and in razors
he has not peer. The English work
man will not spare the time to do the
work as well. consequently the blanks
are sent to him from Sheffield to grind.
The English stand over the work, the
stone being set low On the other
hand, the German has his stone right
before his face, and can see his work
very closely. His touch is very deli
cate, and he can grind a blade as thin
as sheet of paper, and make the best
razor in the world
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Correct Parsinp

What part of speech is kiss?" asked
a teacher at Vassar College.
conjunction" replied one of the
smart girls.
Wrong" said the teacher severely;
next girl
noun.' put in a demure maiden.
What kind OF a noun?" continued
the preceptreSs.
"Well-er-it is both common and
proper, answered the shy girl, and
she was promoted to the head of her
class.-Vogue.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
The Spanish Game of Ouoffs.

The Spanish game of quoits-rayeula
is played with unpierced disks of
iron about three inches in diameter
tejo. The hubs consist of two curved
pieces of wrought iron of an oval
shape, terminating in a point, which
is stuck in the ground The larger Of
these pieces, the pala, is placed in
front of the other, the paietin. To
strike the pala with the quot counts
one, while to strike the paletin, which
is more difficult, counts two.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
A Cap for the Obelisk.

Cleopatra's Needle, or the Central
Park obelisk, is to have gilded cap.
1t has been found that obelisks were
originally provided with a top cover
ing. The Park Commissioners have
empowered the purchase of an alumni
mum cap, which will be gilded. The
obelisk Is now being treated again, so
that it will stand the rigor of our eli
mate.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
A krupD Fair at Essen.

War material has developed to such
a marvellous extent of recent years that
a special interest attaches to an exhi-
bition which Herr Krupp will shortly
open in his famous works at Essen
The great gun maker intends to illus
trate the progress in the manufacture
Of artillery within the last thirty years,
showing monster cannon as the lat
est triumph among murderous weap-
OnS.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
Tie Popes Will.

The Pope has just made his will.
Years ago he settled the disposition of
his private property; but the present
will is his official political testament,
besides containing directions for his
funeral and tomb, and the division of
bis Jubilee presents.
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09
30 Cas-. PEA WEEK
1000 LOTS FOR iIf

IL the city of Bcwrr, State
Wary land Only 20 minutes r,do
rom Washington. Double rr.ct
Y trains stop daily. Fare % and
rom Washington, only Six cen,
oy commuiation t'cket. The iunc
ton OF the Baltimore apd Por".
mae and P"pe Creek RaiIrnsa
Telegraph aud Express offic.s
The best depot ON The Bait mnrs
and Pot &c ra lroad. r.a
churches 81, am hOols already built.
The most beaItbtul spot in (Fe
State OF Maryland. Title TO pro,.
erfy perfect. No Taxes, and puT.
ehasers of lots will receive fre,,
deeds, with certificate OF rifIe
"Free " zoe
The Washington bee., 1893-12-09

ouy you A home in n.
CITY OF BOWIE.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-11
Enect of Lightning on the nody.


 In describing the recent death of a boy by lightning dispatch stated that an accurate picture of trees and foliage in the vicinity of the accident was made on the boys body, which phenomenon was supposed to have been produced by the lightning in Q manner similar to that of making pictures or photography. This, however, is not correct. While such marks arc observable occasionally on the bodies of persons killed they bear no relation whatever to foliage of sur rounding trees, although they bear a cer- tain resemblance to those objects. There is really no photographing of the image of the trees on the body. That the ac- tual cause is quite different can be proved by experiment in the laboratory. When electricity is discharged at high tension. as lightning is, on the surface of body having poor conducting power, a lu- minous arboreScent image is formed, showing the path of one or more of the sparks resulting from the discharge.
 This was most beautifully shown in the experiments carried out with high tension currents in London by Swim burne. The current would exhibit scat tered lines of light that would develop into most exquisite tracery and take the form of plants or trees. The theory of this phenomenon is that the irregular courses taken by the spark may be due to the compression Of air ill the path of the discharge. or to superior conduCtiv- ity of some parts of the surface of the body.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-11
ArcruEian >upcrsti;ion.

The girls of tine Prruyiah highlands believe as firmly as any heroine "t The OcrituS that person possessing a l,'ck of another persons hair can will lstin, disease and even death Iu line owner of the hair. and thus when luaidcu> give their betrothed lovers tEe customary plaited trcsS II is virtually their lii, and all their power If suffering that they give into those trusted hands.
 If the man should prove mfaiyhful and disease descend uIun lhc unhappy woman. she k not however. utterly lost. . the experienced matruuS of her villa-r have means tn trans fer tEc complaint Ia a tree. to All animal or L" r:l>r II into running water. Tine patient must rise in the early dawn. touch a certain plant in q certain manner. saying. May thou wither and flourish again. or liu,l her complaint tu q tree i'll a gwen fashion. taking care never tu pass again ;vf"r,' that tree lest the disease. r,c,'gu,zjuss iiS former possession, return Io her again. London AthenPum.