Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06
"DOWN EAST"
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Some men in a down town Office in New
York ,ba o,her dav were talking shou, the
Rorden trfsI 70 T,;1,,ps man when one
of them took ,xcention tn the use of th.
phrase Down East" a. applied to New Bed.
l ford or its people. | came from Mas>a
/ chusetts he said lard know the term
relates only to the State of Maine" Ard
know" rrtorted long legged pioneer
from the north woods, who proves tie
value Of his esrly training hv The ri fui
and tirolc>- ma, nrr ~ his pursuit II h,
rolling csrt-whe..I and tn. hf,, .t,o5i...
greelhHck-''l knew tina 'Dowt -
means ever, itiuL the other -iis 81 snr
CouiecticuI Here WIS an i--u.. mad.
and the Massachusetts mau started out st
ing to fall back on the books frr support.
II necessary The otiict VA iarg- one.
and there proved 10 he nu difficulty m
securing New Euglandtr- presumably
/
men could agree in dthuug The met,>
and bounds OF "Down East"
One Rhode Islander said the district
WAS co-exten>ive witn the Pine Tree State;
another Insisted tbs, 1t was we'll known
that Down casters" were ali The Yankees
that dwelt beyond the rushing Mood Of
Pawcstuck. Ncrmouter from the ,hofes
OF Lake hamplain denied lhst Etbsn Alien
wss Down Easter" but substantially
agreed with his FREUD from the Adro d.c<s
that, while 10 people in Boston the term
nigh; mean on.y Maine, ever, sAere out
side Of New England it stood for all the
SIX Eastern States. aud the sane optui9n
was held ~ native OF the Grarltr State
4 Another man Who happened l., h-
available a. witness was listened I,
( with much interest and hi. tr.tir,,r,
was weighty for the reason maj
/ he had been born and raieed in the far cat
of the United State When lived
near Portland" he said. Down E,>t' a.
used fl nv neichborhood. referred 10 IA.
( Kennebec region. Around The keup.h,.,
we were told the words d,po..t H..
1 Penobscot country and the penot,,c,,,rr,
thought the Maritime Provinces w,r.
/ Down Fast After all fr,,u In. min, -
view Of the rest of the country MI New
Epglanders are Down Es.ter.'"
LAS a matter az fact" said another
Maine man. chasing Down Fast. l. IN.
running after YOUR own shadow. When
| was at school IN New Hamp.hir. all
Maine or the eastern part Of il. WA.
Down East. Afterward when | got on to
Harvard, NV Hampshire ws- Down East
Coming here to New York ! ALWAYS spoke
Of all New England as Down East You can
never get Down East In Portland, Me.
the people call Rockaud Down East. But
If you 90 to Rockland there's no Down
East there.
Bar Harbor is slwa ys SPOKE L OF a. Down
East But when You hasten there
to get look at Down East YOU
find that you must go on TO PASSPORT.
/ Now, as every body knows, Ei.tport
( IS a; the end Of New Englsud Its
4 the Jumping of place. If there j. any
I Down East in this country 1t certainly
ought 10 be there, where you can stand
/ with one foot in Maine and one in Canada.
+ 50 to speak. But in PASSPORT they say
/ that Down East is lust across the way in
/ New Brunswick. 10 St John, n b.
however, they speak Of the still more r.
mote provinces a, Down East Tn
amount Of the thing j. that YOU can get
away from Down East by going .outb
or west, bot YOU can never pc, Down
East b. going north or cas-,
Iae. $50. 1, -
- HS'eeu " Heat
'he cam voice OF reason. u course always
( taken as last resort, when it is taken at
! all. The calm vojce ~ rass,, ,,s. .x,,.,,-
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\ would De Russia, but he would be governed
4 BY the evidence A. were willing to hear
4 his dacis;or hr, ro,. ,,o,,;s. ;, -.
/ J.
~ iHN "eHiu az Tie ais uilehts
/ ne SAID that Down East seemed TO mean
1 primarily all that portion of the continent
/ ~ Nor,b America ax,an3in, .,t d,
line ~ point some hity miles !" the east
/ Of the spesker, but thst since each Ameri
! can learned TO use the term In hi. early
vn,.b I, seemed i, mas, N .,,.. .,r,. -
uaCl tHue sllu4tsu Win ltI-ioh 70 ne
/ place Of his birth and education.
The Judge slso said in summing up that
H.. li,igs,7., r.c,II.a u. - H.,
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out "rst versus Gut west which
was one Of the first of his Judicial expert
I cree. in America He had been told in
N VIZ ,ba, C,io.o ~ ..o.,.
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men he got 10 Chicaeo ne learned mat
'he te' III N''el" MY poss!oy W SppH"u 10
~ c,,,,-, scs,o.,Iv hl haId
nr,n,i.,v IN sny,b,og ,.sr.r ,hsn C'.iara
do In C,,,orsdo he va. ,oId s,si,, ill.,,
something in the region Of California must
be meant, and ia California be va. in
formed that the term was a nau>ensical
one which really had no meaning at sll
Hrrcupon there Game IN New Jersey
man. VICE LAYING hesfd ne cause OF dis
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