Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-08-22
kITrERY TO CARIBOU.
One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

-NpNtiA9 anu ENouSthsts
The annual Maine State campmeeting
OF Seventh Day Advcntists will be held at
Augusta, August % to September 2.
The Providcnt Aid Society OF Maine, an
insurance organization on the mutual
assessment Pian. has suspended business.
Abel II. JeIleson, for twelve years
judge of the Btddeford municipal court,
al eN-NIdermHH, es.-asSessor, eX-legisIa
tive representative, and for forty years
engaged in the grocery BUSINESS in that
cily died Aug. 10, aged seventy-tiye
years.
The survivors Of the ninth mime
Will hold their annual reunion, August
~, at Portland. AZ the New England
Fair is held during the week, it is expected
that larger number than usual Will be
present at the the reunion, owing 10 he
reduced rates on The railroads.
Patents! have been granted Maine in
ventors As follows. Frank r.. W htney,
Lewiston, telephone switch; Paul II.
Stevens,s Portland, pen guard for ruling
purposes kStephen J.. Thompson, King
field, folding table; Elkah II. Walker,
Augusta, coin delivering apparatus;
Iheo. II. Nyman, Seboc, sectional boiler.
The law court has granted new trial
to James Lewis, who was convicted OF
murder of Farmer Byron g. Coburn, at
Gorham. The court says that he charge
of the judge to the jury on he trial of
his case was not adequate on some of the
questions arising upon the evidence,
and was prejudieial to the respondent.
On this ground.alone the verdict is set
aside and new trial granted.
1t was in Portland. q Everything was
ready at the appointed hour, but the
bridegroom came not. After Il protracted
period of mingled patience, suspense,
anxiety and reproach, the nuptials were
declared off, The follow ing day the
bridegroom appeared at the house of
his betrothed with the explanation that
his courage had failed him in the elev
enth hour, and that if he was given sutfi-
Gent time to recuperate he would perform
well hiss part in the post oned event.
But the father is firm in the declaration
that " hen his daughters wedding takes
place. John Donohue will not be The for
tunate bridegroom.
A Bangor girl found a package of love
letters that had been written to her
mother by her father before they were
married. The girl saw that she could
have a little sport, and read them to her
mother, substituting her own name for
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for that OF her father. The mother
jumped up and down in her chair, shifted
her feet seemed terribly Disguised, and
forbade her daughter having anything
to do with young man who would write
such sickening and nonsensical stuff to a
girl. When the young lady handed the
letter to her mother to read, the house be-
came so still that one could hear the
grass growing in the back yard.
With the first week of September will
come the Maine State fair, with all its
varied attractions Surely no one can
well remain at home this year with such
round of attractions. Monday will
witness the childrens games OF all kinds
and the races in the afternoon; Tuesday
the fifty or mere grange wagons, all
decorated With farm products; Wednes-
day the beautiful floral parade; Thurs
day the unique and most interesting
coaching parade in all fancy styles and
bitches .Friday the grand cavalcade. All
this in addition q he best series of races
ever arranged, with the Target show of
Maine. herds ever seen, the first exhibit Of