Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-10-10
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been nominated by Governor Cleaves to
succeed William f. Reed, deceased as
sheriff of Penobscot county.
The new Catholic church at South
Brewer will be dedicated Sunday, Oct 10,
with impressive ceremonies in which
Bishop Healy will participate.
A Maine boarding house keeper seized
delinquent boarder's false teeth, and
now, it is said uses them to make fancy
trimmings around he edge of pies.
Cherryfelds postmaster, c. d. Small,
has among his fine collection of souvenirs
silver spoon that belonged to his great
grandfather, Col. Asa Whiteomb who
served as paymaster in General Washing
tons army.
A Somerset farmer who means Well, but
doesn't know, terms his new silo, "one of
them cyclones to put mucilage in" and
atiirms that the old one was destroyed by
"spontoonious compulsion.o But his cat
tie are always fat, just the same!
H. NJ. Bean Of Camden, ship builder,
has closed a contract with Capt j. q.
Crowley, of Taunton Mass, for the con-
struction of | 800 ton vessel, the largest
built on this coast for many years. The
new vessel will be used in he coal trade.
1t has long been contended that eggs
ought to be sold by weight, but now
somebody suggests that they should be
sold according to their age, as fresh eggs
are worth more than old ones. That plan
might work all right il the hens could be
fixed up with a stamp that would date
each egg.-MiUtopn Homestead.
A controversy is now being conducted
in one Of the sporting journals as to the
distance a fish will jump out OF water.
Frank Keen, a Canadian Frenchman, now
living at Strong, says that he has seen
trout in attempting to "scale' water
fall, jump clear from the water thirty
feet. He says it is very common to see
them jump from six to eight.
The schooner polly" eighty-four tons,
built in 1905, and schooner "Hiram' built
in 1919, the two Oldest vessels in The mer-
chant service of the [ nited States, bot h
arrived at Calais on the same day recent
w. 1t was the crew of the 'tPolly' that
captured he British brig at Machias in
tention in whatever port they go.
z Camden young lady dreamed that she
was riding new bicycle, and was getting
along splendidly until she struck rock
and then the Jar awakened her. W hat
was her establishment when she dlscov-
cred herself in the kitchen with the dish
pan beside her on the floor. Her only re-
greet is hat she did not awaken in time
to see herself riding that dish-pan about
the room.
F,Two old side-wheel steamboats,, the
"katahdin" and the Forest City were
burned Tuesday night at Boston bay, to
secure the old metal which entered into
their construction. The boats have had
an eventful career. They We're pioneers
in Maine steamboat history, the "katah-
din running for more than thirty years
on the Bangor route, and the Forest
City" running on the Portland route for
rore than forty years.
In Augusta they are for new deal re-
I curing applicants for registration as
voters to present o t he registration board
receipt indicating the payment OF their
/ poi, taxes. The city treasurer complains
that the poll tax comes hard and Is the
last Obligation that some men think OF
paving Hence This movement to quick
en- consciences and pocket books by re-
sort to State law. There does not appear
to be any good reason why a man who does
not even pay POLL tax IN the community
4 t,-i in