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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-12
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COGGINS-NORWOOD Lamoine, Dec. 4,
by Rev. L. NJ. Bosworth, Miss Emma j. Cog.
gins, of Lamoine to Robbie NJ. Norwood, Of
fremont.
HASLAM-DUNHAM- Amherst, Nov. 80,
by }. +. Grover, esq. Mrs. Matte Haslam, of
Waltham, to Frank Durham, of Amherst.
LEIGHTON-SMITH-At Steuben. Dec 4, by
Il. w. Stevens esq, Miss Dora Leighton to
David C. Smith, both of Steuben.
LORD-SWEETSER = At West Brooksville,
Dec. 3, by Rev. +. W. Smell. Miss Deborah P.
Lord of West Brooksville, to James 3.
Sweetscr, OF Sear-port.
TREADWELL - CROCKETT = At Amherst,
Dee. :, by j. =. Grover esq, Miss Hattie
Arvilla Treadwell to Albert Lorng Crockett,
Doth of An,!.,T.
--GRlNDLE-At Penobscot, Dec. 4,
by Rev. W. l.. stone Miss Augusta Wescott
to SULLIVAN \tsh Grinde, both of Penobscot.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS.
HOLIDAY DISPLAY BY ELLIS
WORTH MERCHANTS.
THE HOLIDAY SHOPPERS WILL SOON BE
ABROAD AND ELLSWORTH STORES
ARE READY FOR THEM.
Merru Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Early. did you say. for Christmas greet
;ngsq True, it is little early, but just
think: only two weeks more to Christ
mag, Do you realize it? Perhaps you
do and realize, too, that Santa Claus re-
ouires pocket money, and this year per-
haps finds him with very slim purse.
Rut. pshaw! Christmas comes but once
wear: let us make the most OF it. A
large amount of Christmas cheer springs
from the pleasure afforded by cheerful
giving. So let us not plead poverty. A
little economy or a little personal sacri-
flee here or there will give us the means to
make some one happy on Christmas day,
and in so doing add to our own Christmas
cheer.
Some OF our merchants tell us there
will be very poor Christmas trade;
"hard times" We don't believe it, and
when we look at the display OF holiday
goods in the windows and in the stores,
we come to the conclusion that even
while they say it, they don't believe it
themselves. They said the same thing
last year, don't you remember, and after
the holidays were over not only one but
several of the tradesmen acknowledged
that they had had the best holiday lItrade
they ever had. May they be able to say
the same thing this year. II they are not
it will be through no fault Of their own,
as trip through the stores will show.
We cannot urge too earnestly upon
holiday shoppers the Importance OF stay
ing at home to do their buying. 1t is a
duty they owe to the community to keep
as much money possible from going
out Of it, and when they can do this, and
at the same time buy to equal il not bet
ter advantage than in the larger city, we
say they are traitors to the interests of
their own city when they fail TO do So
Take walk with US through the stores
OF our city, and see the display the shop
keepers have placed before you. What
more could you ask to variety? He
who cannot be suited here is indeed hard
to please.
f. G. SMITH
1t may not be a good policy to visit a
confectionery store before partaking OF
the less toot hSome articles which VIII be
set before u, but as candies perform a
very important part in the holiday festi-
val, it may not be entirely out OF place to
accord them place OF honor here. Mr..
Smith carries his usual assortment Of
candies of excellent quality. His candies
are always fresh, and before it is time to
buy your Christmas candies he will have
a fresh assortment for the holiday trade.
AUSTIN II. JOYS
grocery store is the next place visited.
Here we go to find the "tiXin's" for
Christine dinner. Some one says-we
don't much care who he was, but he
had "A pretty good knowledge of human
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-12

We all know that any tired muscle can
be restored by rest Your ston ach is a
muscle. Dyspepsia is its manner of say
ing 81 am tired. Give me rest" To rest
the stomach you must do its work out
side of the body.
This is the Shakers method of curing
Indigestion, and its success is best at
tested by the fact that these people are
practically free from what is without
doubt the most prevalent of all diseases.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial not only
contains digested food which is promptly
absorbed without taxing the tired diges
tive organs, but it is likewise an aid to
the digestion of other foods in the stom-
ach. A 10 cent trial bottle will convince
you of its merit, and these you can OBJ
tain through all druggists.
LAXOL is the best medicine for chill
dren. Doctors recommend it in place of
Castor Oil.
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cities is shown. Credit for these win
dows must he given Morris Franklin.
E. F. ROBINSON.
The display of bric-a- brac and silver
ware in E. f. Robinson's window catches
the eye of everyone. 1t is one of the
prettiest windows in the city. Excellent
taste has been shown in the selection of
the bric-a- brac and silver novelties, and
no better display Of the kind was ever
made in Ellsworth.
c. L. MoRANG.
AS usual, c. l.. Morang makes an at
and holiday purchasers will flock to this
popular store. First of all you must look
at his e-o'clock- tea sets, which might
be called his speciality this year. Mr..
Morang also shows fine line of ladies'
and gentlemen's handkerchiefs, gentle
mems neckwear, ladies' kid gloves, UNI
brellas, table linens, silk handkerchiefs
games, children's books, gentlemen's
slippers, furs, gloves and worn baskets,
knit goods, silk draperies.
GEORGE A. PARCHER.
Parcher's drug store poet offers this
beautiful little Christmas poem:
If after Christmas dinner
Your frame is wrung with pain.
Just visit Parcher' drug store
And quick relief you'll gain.
That's very good, but Parcher's drug
store is a good place to visit before
Christmas, too. Beside articles to relieve
pain, you may find there sonnet hing to
relieve your perplexity as to what to buy
as Christmas present for some one. He
shows celluloid goods, perfumery in bot
ties and jars OF odd and pretty design,
etc. He also keeps a fine lot OF Christ
mas cigars.
A. w. GREEDY,
the jeweler, offers many attractive ar
ticles to Christmas shoppers. He has a
large assortment Of silver and plated
ware, and novelties. In plated ware he
has spoons of all kinds in push-lined
cases. Then there are match safes, ink
stands, hat and coat marks, china and
glass ware, japanese ware, scarf-pins,
cuff buttons, besides the many elegant
presents to be found in his stock of
jewelry, watches and clocks. Mr.. Greedy
carries very large line Of fine watches.
E. F. REDMAN,
at his furniture store on Water street,
near Main, has number Of handsome
lounges, couches and easy chairs which
you should see, besides the pictures,
easels, fire-screens, piano lamps, willow
rockers, tables, sideboards and other
articles of furniture which will prove
very acceptable presents.
OWEN BYRN,
the cothier, wants Santa Claus to look at
his overcoats and listers, and feece-lined
underwear. Once inside the store your
eyes will be caught by the brilliancy of
the electrical diamond studs which Mr..
Bryn sells, and which VIII fool all but an
expert. You will also see neckWear,
gloves, caps, silk muffiers, etc.
j. T. CRIPPEN,
at his new store, will be pleased to re-
ceive visitors. At his old store Mr.. Grip
pen was much cramped for room, and the
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goods he carries were shown to disad.
vantage. In his new quarters he shows
fine lot of pianos, organs and sewing
machines. Here may also be found musi-
cal instruments of all kinds.
NJ. J. DRUMMEY.
Christmas also finds another of Els
worth's business men in new quarters.
M. j. Drummey is now esta blished in the
corner store in the new Odd Fellows
block. Here he has room to carry a
larger stock of holiday goods than ever
before. He includes in his stock celluloid
goods, necktie cases, collar and cuff boxes,
stationery, china ware. fancy cups and
saucers, toys and games Mr.. Drummey
keeps everything in the grocery line.
F. B. AIKEN's
store is literally lined, walls and ceiling,
with goods, among which are holiday
goods defying enumeration. Here may
be seen fine cut-glass ware and handsome
silver plated ware-butter dishes, pickle
casters, fruit and cake baskets, bon bon
dishes, soup ladies, napkin rings, nut
plCkS, eIC. ne CTOCkeTy ulSpldy lS OHe
of the largest in the city-dinner and tea
sets in late designs, individual cups and
saucers, after-dinner coffee sets, chill
dren's dishes, etc. Articles in plush and
celuloid include smokers sets, photo
graph cases, toilet sets, etc. The store is
paradise for the children-with the
sleds and skates, the doll carriages, the
mechanical banks, the dolls, toys, books
and games without number. Mr.. Aiken
also carries a fine line of lamps, willow
work baskets, pocket books and novelties
in silver and glass ware.
This ends our tour of inspection. THE
AMERICAN hopes all its readers will take
the advice given at the head of this story
and patronize the home dealers. 1t is to
their own interest to do so.
THE AMERICAN extends to all it's readers
and to all it's advertisers, to those whose
business, like that of the carpenter, the
lawyer and the insurance men, calls for
no special holiday display, as we'll as
those whose names appear here, very
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
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nature-some one says "the way to a
mans heart is through his stomach"
That is why when we wish to make merry
we feast ourselves, and it is the reason,
too, that the dinner forms so important a
part of a Merry Christmas. Mr. Joy sells
pop corn on the ear, raisns, nuts, jellies
and jams.
LEWIS FRIEND & co.
In this store are many articles suitable
for gifts. Besides the clothing, overcoats,
etc, always sensible gifts, there are many
other handsome articles which will find a
place on some Christmas tree. silk
um brella is always an acceptab BILE present.
Flen there are silk handkerchiefs and
mutfiers, gloves, silk-embroidered sus-
penders in handsome boxes, and neckties.
But don't buy your husband or brother a
necktie unless you are sure you know his
tastes. Friend & Co. lave the most at :
tractive window in the city. 1t repre-
sents a winter wood scene. The ground
is covered with snow, the spruce trees
sparkle with frost. A handsome buck,
with head raised, stands listening. He
scents danger, but does not see it. Be-
hind him, on bare limb OF tree, a VIC
ious looking wild cat is crouching, for a
spring upon its prey. The animals are
lifelike, and the setting is appropriate.
This window was dressed by 1. l.. Hal
man.
A. w. CUsHMAN & son,
the furniture dealers, show some hand
some lounges and couches, chamber sets,
ladies' writing desks in oak and curly
birch, willow chairs in white and gold,
easels, pictures, and many other articles
OF furniture and ornament to please some
fortunate recipient.
W. r. PARKER CLOTHING co.
The store OF the w. r. Parker clothing
company has for the past few weeks had a
unique window display, the firm name be-
ing formed in neckties on white scroll
reaching across the large windows. We
hear it limited that w. A. Alexander,
clerk at this store, who is gifted in the
art of window dressing, is now at work on
the design for the Christmas window.
Watch for their Christmas greeting.
In he store may be found a handsome line
OF neckties, gloves, silk handkerchiefs,
etc.
F. A. COOMBS.
Here We are surrounded on all hands by
holiday goods. In his handsome line of
leather goods there are portemonnaies,
writing desks, etc, in various styles
In eeluloid goods there are pretty ar
ticIes OF so many kinds as make enumer-
ating impossible. The doll window
attracts the eyes of the little ones. Mr.
Coombs says he has the largest line of
books ever carried in Hancock county,
and after q glance about the store it is
easy to believe him. He also carries
Christmas cards and booklets, children 8
books and games.
WOODWARD BROS.
make a speciality for the holidays of
cellulold goods. The u,e of ceiluloid in
manufacture is becoming more and more
popular, and there seems to be no end of
the articles of delicate beauty as well as
usefulness which are now made of it..
Woodward Bros. show hand painted
celluloid handkerchief boxes, celluloid
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jewelry boxes, celluloid brushes and
coombs on celluloid trays, celluloid baby
sets, celluoid toilet sets, etc. They also
have fine line of imported toilet soaps
and perfumery. Tenney's and Lowney's
candies are sold here.
WHITING BROS.
grocery and dry goods store offers large
variety Of staple goods for Christmas
shoppers. There are many handsome
and useful articles suitable for gifts to be
found in their regular stock of dry goods
They carry an excellent line of blankets.
In the grocery department, Of course, ma
be found the many necessary articles for
the Christmas dinner, with jellies and
jams, nuts and raisins, etc
JOHN A. HALE.
At John A. Hale's store there is the
usual large assortment OF holiday goods.
He shows handsome line OF gift books.
Then there are gold pens, collar and cuff
boxes, glove boxes, necktie boxes, fancy
cups and saucers, vases, photograph
frames, dolls, toys and games, including
the new game "cherychase," children s
books, and hundreds of other things for
young and old. Many pretty little novel
ties OF white metal are shown.
C. r. FOSTER.
The handsome chairs in c. R. Fosters
window invite rest. Think how your
wife would enjoy one Of them. Go in
and talk with Foster about it, and see if
he wouldn't for certain remuneration
agree to send one up to the house early
Christmas morning to surprise your
wife. Inside the store look around and
see il you do not find something that you
daughter wish for.
Hollis VARIETY STORE.
At Hollis variety store Santa Claus is
having closing out sale. Not that. the
jolly old saint is going out of business.
Oh, no. That would never do. But
Mr.. Holt, who has been one of his most
energetic agents, has got "sea sick" and
sailed away leaving his store in the hands
Of Santa Claus. and the old fellow is max
ing a bargain sale of it.
NJ. GALLERT's
dry goods store is an attractive place for
the women shoppers. Here they find,
beside the many articles suta bic for gifts
in the large stock of goods regularly car
ried, special spread for the holidays.
Some one may obtain hint from the fol-
lowing very brief list of a few of the
articles seen at this store: Fancy goods,
toilet sets, glove cases, table covers, lace
curtains, perfumery, umbrellas, furs,
handkerchiefs, rugs, baskets, pocket
books, purses, fans, aprons, fancy hoods,
dolls, stamped linens, chldren's books,
hand mirrors, boys school companions,
writing portfolios, collar and cuff boxes,
jewelry cases, pin cushions and pillows.
We advise the men also to visit this store
a handsome rug will be most acceptable
present for your wife. Mr.. Gallert has
the handsomest window displays in the
city. A description Of them is impossi-
ble-taey must be seen. In one is dis
played table linens, blankets, etc, and in
the her figured silks, and fancy goods
In dressing the windows an artistic abil-
ity rarely displayed outside the large
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BORN

COUSINS-At Bluebill, Dec 5, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George b. Cousins, SON. George WI
GORDON-At Sullivan, Nov. 49, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Gordon daughter
HAMOR-At Cranberry Isles, Dec. 6, to Mr..
and Mrs. George q. Hamor, son.
JOY-At Winter Harbor, Dec. 5, to Mr.. and
Mrs Fred V. JOY, daughter.
LEACH-At Bluehill, Dec. 5, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin 7. Leach, a daughter.
TRACY-At Sullivan. Nov. Is, to Mr.. and Mrs.
+. w. Tracy, ii son.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-12

Hoods Pills are the best family cathartic and
liver medicine. Harmless. reliable, sure.-Adut.
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FRANKLIN STREET
MARBLE SHOP.
Ellsworth. Maine.

4 fine line on hand from which to select.
MONUMENTS,
TABLETS,
MARKERS,
and, in fact, anything in the Marble Line.
Having recently been appointed superintend-
ent of Woodbine cemetery am prepared to put
in order and look carefully after all lots en-
trusted to my care.
y. II. HIGGINS.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-12-12

That tired feeling should be overcome at once
or it may end most seriously. Take Hoods
Sarsaparilla and prevent sickness and
suffering later in the season.
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and a

PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-01-13
By the Drum Major Of All the
Brownies.
a "Hair Breadth Escape" That
Discounts Anything I'm That
Line, of the Late I.amented
NIr. "OthellO."
sPEcTACI.Es vs.. sPEcTAcL.Es

Ordinarily am not betting man, but
want to bet that, within year, the
Kentucky River will catch fire and burn
up, from Carrollton to the Three Forks,
or from Three Forks to Carrollton ac-
cording as how it burns up or burns
down.
want to bet on this because it is al
ways the unexpected that happens" in
Kentucky.
Now if some big fellow had whipped
me, it would only have been what every
body was looking for, and would not at
all have surprised me, but with my
broad experience III witnessing the ma
terialization of the improbable in this
State, and especially around this town,
i must own | was surprised when
found myself whipped the first round,
and before could get myself together
sufficiently to take in the status quo, by
man but little bigger than a boss
Brownie, who had with him a kind of at
tendant squire of the Sancho Panzo
stripe-a kind of man Friday, as it
Blue-grass blade., 1895-01-13

To make the gold strings"
when, according to my poetic namesake
the Syren of old was transformed into a
harp. -
But am growing pro,ix and running
into poetry, and will help out Dr. Waltz,
in little piece of pious and parting adj
vice to Colonel Shelby, thusly: -.
Little children never let =.
Your angry passions rise, ~ e
Your little hands were never made
To punch each others eyes.
Go forth in lamb like innocence,
Those happy sportive friskers
But do not let your little paws
Pull out each others whiskers.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-05

Capt. McStocker said: l thank
you for this. There ara a mum
Der of us who indulge (pointing
to an array Of bottled beer on
table,, and some who do not in.
dulge will hardly want to stay
here. / hope before you go you
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-05

will givo throo cheors for the Ro.
public Of Hawaii and annexation.
Three ronsing cheers we're
given and the meeting disp erssd,
those who were disposed that way
partaking OF the ex-Marshal's
beer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03

The kicks and punches that are ex-
changed in the Zine up" in the ex-
Citement Of a hot game are almost as
deadly as the sword thrusts and spear
punches that used to rattle on the
brass breastplates of the warriors Of
old. So the football player, needing an
armor, went to work and devised one.
1t isn't brass; it isn't steel; but it serves
its purpose as well as if it were made
Of either Of those materials, and with
the approach of the "rah, rah, rah"
season of the year when football Is the
fashion the dealers who deal in football
materials are getting their armor to
the front.
The most striking feature of the foot
ball equipment is the head harness."
1t is the result of an evolution. First
came the rubber mouthpiece, which
gave the excitable player something to
bite and clinch his teeth upon to save
his tongue and the breaking Of his
molars by the shock of being suddenly
"downed." Then the nose mask was
designed to protect nasal bone al
ready fractured from further injury.
Now 1t is to come into general use as
a preventive Of first injury.
Then came the padded guards for the
ears, which seemed to suffer a good
deal in the rushes. But previous to this
shin protectors made Of canvas and
Ehalebone had been added to the
quilted canvas knickerbockers NOW
adopted by baseball tossers) and the
tightly laced canvas jacket.
For the protection of the abdomen
an ingenious arrangement of wire, cot
ton and chamois skin was produced to
fill long-felt want, and ready sale
was found for elastic caps and support
ers for shoulders, elbows, forearms,
knee-caps, ankles and wrists. An as
piring athlete clad in all of these ex-
traneous adjuncts to the football play
er's outfit would be safe from injury by
anything short Of railroad collision.
The nOse-masks have been worn more
numerously each season. The elabOr-
ate headgear will be greatly in evil
dence during this season. 1t is made Of
light watch-spring steel, leather straps
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head. A center strap, similarly con.
structed, passes back over the head.
From the encircllng band are wide
padded straps, which encompass the
ears in horseshoe shape and extend
ell forward to the cheeks.
The rubber nose-mask, stiff affaII
extending over the mouth and to the
chin line, is attached to the forehead
strap and the cheek pieces. Four little
slots In its widest part permit breath
ing. The whole harness is held secure
ly in place by elastic bands under the
chin and at the back Of the head and
neck by elastic bands and buckles.
A team equipped with these unbe-
coming arrangements might easily be
mistaken for crew Of submarine
divers or for band of gnomes escaped
from a Christmas pantomime. The
eyes peer solemnly through the lambs
wool goggles and a mere patch of the
cheeks is presented to view.
Yet 1t is questionable whether this
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
THE STAGE.

Maud Harrison's husband, Edward ].
Bell, who was a member of A. M. Pal
mers stock company for many years,
is hopelessly insane.
Elita Proctor Otis and Annie Suth-
erland have a thrilling knife duel in
"The City Of Pleasure" produced re-
Gently in New York.
Mazda Craigen will be the leading
woman in Walker Whiteside's COM
pany this season. The season will be-
gin Sept. 30. at the Herald Square
theater, with Hamlet"
1.-THE Princess Bonnie" which was
all the rage in Philadelphia last sum-
mer, was the opening attraction at
the Broadway theater, New York last
week.
L. A. Waldron, Minnie Madden
Fishes press agent, is writing more adj
vance matter Of an interesting nature
than any three other press agents In
the country who are booming the stars.
From present indications this talented
actresses return to the stage will be
advertised in way to practically in
sure her success from the start In the
play Queen Of LIARS" by Alphons
Daudet.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-10-03
MISSING LINKS.


A copperhead snake, seven feet long.
was killed in a cigar store in Franklin,
N. j., Monday.
Microbes killed bank clerk lately
who, in counting pile of bank notes,
moistened his fingers with his lips.
A Maine physician prescribes for ner-
vous exhaustion tomcod chowder, and
the patient must catch his own cod.
Atlanta, Ca, Is the only city in the
United States that has a house con-
structed wholly Of paper from founda-
ton to chimney
A child born In the northern suburbs
OF Omaha last week has finger nails
an inch long and thick growth Of
hair over his body.
A petrified frog found in an Elmira.
N. T., stone quarry in 1886 was two
feet and eight inches in length and
weighed over 100 pounds.
Tin Is said to have been discovered
in Huerfano county, Colorado, in better
paying quantities than any other place
in the United States.
b. H. Freeman of Toomsboro, Ca,
once kept moccasin snake, tightly
sealed up in a bottle, for two years
without food or water, yet is lived
and grew fat"
In 1892 the cost Of the election In
England was es5S. 522, an average Of a
little over shlllings a vote. In 1874
each vote cost IA to Is shillings, and
in 1859 over Ell.
The amount of New England rum
sent from Boston to Africa has de-
creased in the last two years from L.
O25,226 gallons to 561,265. The cause
Of this decrease is not given.
The very latest "standpipe" in the
United States is at the corner of Seven
tenth and Croker streets, Des MolneS,
Iowa. 1t is 1856 feet high and twenty
odd feet in diameter, and holds $50
gallons.