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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
ON THE. FOURTH.


Married
Jack sat on the piazza smoking cigar
l Joined him A parcel Of mothers were
gathered together In the front yard watch.
ing their respective kids. five Of whom
belonged to Jack. They were making n
perfect racket. Pinwhccls swished against
the blackencd gatcposts, powder crackers
spit and snapped, skyrockcts banged
through the mir, and the youngsters
squcalcd with delight Now and then a
frightened oh" from one OF the mothers
could he heard above tho din.
What are you laughing at, Petef' said
jack as | threw my head back and gave
vent To the most uproarious laughter
We'll, to tell tho truth, " said Ia MY
innocent companion, II was thinking u a
Fourth OF July experience l once had with
an auburn haired girl and l again
laughed.
Fire away" said Jack very apprepFI-
ately
Well, yoa see, answered /, "a ncw
girl came to visit my cousin Jane. WAS
completely gone In half an hour after the
Introduction. | invited her to go sailing
on the night OF the glorious Fourth \
fine lunch l slowed away in the bow II the
boat Roman candles and skyrockets lag
crackers hy the package were there That
evening arrived. Opposite me in The
stanch ClarisSa sat the witChinR girl Hgr
eyes We're bright. her checks pink. and her
intoxicating auburn bang would laIe
knocked an artist dead on the spot After
an hour or so Of small talk vcrging awful
" near the will you hc mine period
thought l would Brighten her just a i5Ft,e
bit, that l might console and pet hsr
atterward SO set OF ilr,crnrkrr u.tla-
the scat on which she was sitting e.
ann Johnson With "a noise l.Ne r. 81
yell she shot up two feet in the air
like, and dropped into the water with
thud that dcuatiuua,izcd my ,ot.. =.
arose to the surface | made "A div FIR g.r
and just reached her hair cl4t.aa8 II.
and the struggling owner dropped 1E1tu
to the bottom, leaving the wig ia NV
hand. | soon again observed ga - .,st
shining In tho moonlight. and Er,.h h,d
her just In time. | hauled h,- }nt. H.
boat and gave her my hAIaae-,Alrf with
which To iHup her face. So ,-li .al ,ton
her head In jiGy and ti,7l 1t uudr- her
chin. then Tipped the W.; toward hcr.
Ii landed on the ovcrturL,e! AaslHaN
Such mess, Divorced slices II broad HGl
ham lay strr'vn In the buttn'a ~ i=9 .EA
betlrat; s!t-d ClariSsa. CoukleS N-a.-r.t l.
twice their normal size decorated the sides
OF the sarsapnrilIa bottles. III" ,siain
cheese that pridcd myself on rolled i4ltser
and thithcr among tho other stuf Ike
something dcmontcd. Not u word Wa
spoken between Us. Mutually shocked. We
sat like mummics. l landed her a. the
boathouse, and she stepped upon The
boards she turned and said, For heaven :
sake, Mr. Waterman, II you have any eha7-
ity in your heart, any honor In yuar >'ai.
swear that you will never diyuiEc What
has happened this evening. She licked
SO drizzly, faded out and wochr-.'." !
promised faithfully never to speak u II e
ahuman soul, and OF course | newer A..Ar
Jack looked nt me CAUTIOUSLY for a i'l'-
meut, then he said
My, my. that : the reason, then, !ea q
never get married"
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f-HL fON III II VI il
hess the display Of fireworks, for 1t had
been reported that Elisha's boys were go-
ing to make regular spread Every one
about, excepting the Bunkcrs, had been
invited in a general way, and, while await
ing darkness, confectionery, fruit, ice
cream and lemonade were served In gener-
Gus quantities.
Elisha was everywhere, and he had never
before seemed 50 jolly and sociable He
appeared To bc enjoying everything like a
boy, and the peopl" who had known him
us "A rather quiet, reserved and stern man
Were astonishcd nj his manner
AT length the time for the display Of
fireworks arrived, and the visitors assem-
BLEED AT the back Of the house, where they
could sit on grassy slope and enjoy the
spectacle. The boys had carried the box Of
fireworks down near the hpodoo We'll.
where everything had been prepared for
sending them of.
The first rocket sailed into the air with
graceful curve, cheer breaking from
the lips Of the spectators as 1t burst and
sent forth many eolored balls that iioatcd
lightly away and finally faded Then
Elisha, who had slipped away few mo-
ments before, came back and sat down
just In time to be ON hand when the an
wills, which he had loaded with an extra
heavy charge, gave u roar that shook the
ground and broke dozen panes OF glass In
the windows of the house
'Hurrah!" cried the old farmer. in
genuine delight, rs he heard the Jingle Of
the glass as it ratified from his windows.
accompanied by little screams OF terror
from the women and girls in the party
'hurrah for the Fourth Of July"
Up into the sky Missed another rocket,
and yet another, and then No one could
tell how 1t came about, but freshly light
ed pinwhcel flew from its pivot and went
Sizing and spluttering right into the we'll
The next instant "a column Of fire shot up-
ward from the mouth OF the well with a
rushing sound, and the invited spectators
clapped their hands with delight, for they
fancicd Elisha had prepared an amazing
and novel surprise for them.
The farmer himself however sat staring
st this unexpected display in utter bewil-
iernent, and he did not arouse himself
until one of his boys, who came running up
from the field shook him by the shoulder,
frying;
Father, father, the wells afire!"
We'll, what makes her burn" he asked
amazedly. The old thing smelled bad
enough to burn, but
stone" broke in neighbor, that
looks to me like a burning jet of natural
gas. If so, your fortune is made Your
celebration has proved fortunate one,
and your hoodoo well is good as a gold
mine"
In tie midst of the excitement Jeduthin
Bunker ppeared and presented himself be-
fore Eliza, saying:
Mr.. 'tonc, | have the pleasure of in
forming you that Noah Jackson has been
arrested md is on his way here in custody
OF detc,ti If you do not recover your
money, you will see him properly pun
ished."
"Jackson-arrested? BY "a detective.
Who sent detective after himft
II did, sir. l was determined to clear
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A FOURTH on 4 FARM
Copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa,
ton.

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ton he had planned To bc carried out by
his two boys. From his little blacksmith
shop he brought two anyils, and with
plenty Of powder and fuse he made them
boom forth like n cannon. and all day long
he thus Numbered defiance from the slope
10 his ncighhor and enemy who lived In
the finer house down the road The stars
and stripes iuttcrd from n flagstaff he
had erected In the yard, and passing peo.
Pile imagined the hearts Of the farmer and
his family We're filled 10 OVERLOOKING with
patriotism
When night came, a considerable mum.
Der Of young people, with not a few older
ones assembled at the Stone farm To wit
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LIZZIE STEPPED OUT BY THE PACK DOOR.
set He has forbidden me ever Speaking
to you again, and if he We're to know l
met you here there would be serious trou-
BILE ;"
still, my only way is to go TO him like
a man and ask for YOU. Then, if he re-
fuses, l must find some way TO overcome
his opposition. Say you love me, Lizzie
say you will marry me-give me liberty to
ask him for you!"
lit would be worse than folly, for You
are Dick Bunker, the son of the man IA
Their considers his worst enemy"
Ny father is not your fathers enemy.
In truth, father is very sorry Mr.. Stone
was swindled by jackson, and he SAYS he
would willingly spend money and time 10
bring the rascal to justice.
All, but you could not convince father
this is true If you tried a year. He believes
your father and Jackson were leagued to-
gether to swindle hint is on that
ground he is trying to bring the case into
court again. He feels certain of obtaining
new trial and winning. Why, he feeS SO
good over it that he is going to celebrate
the Fourth with fireworks tomorrow
night. He sent to town for them, and
they came in a big box this afternoon"
Dick Bunker shook his head He Is
celebrating too soon, il he is spending his
enthusiasm because he feels sure of victory
and not from patriotic motive Fathers
title is clear, and new trial will simply
mean further expense for Mr.. Stone with
certain defeat in the end. -
He will fight as long as he can, and
the result must make him more set against
you. Oh, Dick, what can we dor"
Trust to me and keep brave heart,
my girl 1t must come out right at last.
Give me liberty to ask him for you. will
do so tomorrow. What II / am refused! 1t
is the right and proper way for me to do"
And thus he urged her till she finally con-
sented, although she did SO with the ut
most reluctance
What is that odd smell in the air?' he
asked, with uplifted head II have no.
ticed it every time there was the slightest
breeze"
''It must the old well father spent so
much none on. 1t gives out singular
smell -
at seemed more like rank pipe, but
1t may have come from the we'll"
81 must go now, declared Lizzie in
sudden alar'. Il have staid too long al
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.rAos M. , >, " '"''' "a W. nv "po
"Irp l,',ss' '',- -,
nc eu''o'n w" az. '''>' a.,'' his9',u
-e- o. w ''''' W..
:" y, 'le ae' IN u 'i'' ''''''ii''i.
'""' t"'! "4' i'p' '''9', p" S"tit'>
aS''''i"h o'! o''a ',i' ~ ~ o'isi''H ''''t 'aii
uowh ny ,he lane renee,
"n'i, 'ile i",ers ii''i '''i''F''S' anu u,1''P-
pcnrei III 'ie uat Aii'ses. u ii'.sa aF'ss iF9i"
oehltu 'loso pl'siies-
:" my etri meets 'ha' S'hhs rascal
Hhe inns an ne makes love 10 hcr shaficd
N'''c tit' Pt''lii, ~ .i''ii.,'s1 - r. '>'a
I'oho ne sliie,l'S' 'iA,s ott l21o lilt,, .. a .,
,'!A' mar i'' en- h'i.iN VIZ ,.sFt W., ~,
ic' mn" come az s.ss NE '9r ii@11 -, Il
son pun an elln |" s'ie t's'lisi''i',.9
nc si'IslA ms ciihe5iesi III t.Hs III Il us
NaN' He", 'iia' M hil'," e..l'1H nun M
VINO" oi inc bahh tf iiaee ana thsh
hi",'u away "l"aFi MS ~ II Gaa@,'. s''N
S's enc" NIX '.ie Stem "a MS ''t' GU " 'th
ms ''eth'
having passed a,'ea' nan 'he alsf ai1ef 10
''le ne '3F amman ''""F h'''
A's"Ii'' ms i''''Fii
nav a"FH'Ti "ta WI. ne er""tea
"rh'"'uilE' Jus' IKE 10 hllo" "hAf
makes II smell 50
ne changed ms course ana apprpac he'd
'he sp'' where ne mao cfiueaFor'd 10 strike
water ny boring oetp into the earth but
haa sucfetsieo only IN spending consider
ape sum OF money, AS ne came nearer
the ouor became stronger, ana when he
was quite close 10 'he wei he could scarce
y endure ii ne also noticed something
ne haa never noted before, strange
WINS" ing SOUND csl-ic from inc wei.
well ina. 'hiAs beats All mater ii
reg ler hooupoi ii h9iNc IL plugged up
=, y" Oil We - "es't "i' IL iieA' -hoii-
nc '.ie i.osis' ne i''uiia his
VIZ S's'-Hs ~ nm HE'I' III 'ir u'i','g
-0o.ii' iei A'''''i's ".,ii,' III heF zap IN
a i,o.,'tne nc s'ai1l'u ~ her attitude tat
~, vas ''ots"t1itH 'lcF'
Wv. nav Is H. niV'he'I ne asked
"''I'ou' WORN sue LOON ioie eh'eiope
.'i ',,,a''' NJ A'l eio,'" aii'i h'.'iat4 IL
~ e'l' eti'" ~, ''1''' '''o 'aiii44iar
o''-u Va ms "a 'oFh'S al Tue upper iei' mana
'o! ..r, VI u, .i,o eiNeioi'o.
now uiu VI get 'hisF he asked. rath,
CT husAli[' a' ne ripped open one END ana
wv ioIti' 'lie uoTul'eiit contained within
4he .,eU'llAl i''' II as ne passed on lis
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myself OF any suspicion In this matter
Here is the dispatch received from NV de,
teetise notifying Inc he has secured NV
man, ." And the message was placed in
ElishA's unsteady z .,vrs when he had
read it by the liz. IL the burning Will be
muttcrrd RI; her d. DIV:
well, this has e., ain been the grc,tn,.
Fourth Of July | over saw IN all IN, 1oen
days."
The "hoodoo wei" did prove A rall
mine. 1t was "plu I'd" to cxtineu>i tho
fire, and then syndicate came airfy and
bought the Stone farm form tahulu,s ..l,,
after which they proceeded tu re ntbr,
wells and conduct the gas To- tulvn
Noah Jackson WAS tried and convicted
which removed the last vcsti.c Of ,us.
pieion against Bunker from TIE mind NJ
Elisha, who acknowledged his mistake
and gave the consent asked for To the mar.
riagc of Dick and Lizzie
To this day nothing gives Elisha greater
deligh, than to sit with well filled IfIe
and relate the story Of that wonGe-lp!
Fourth. He has told it u thousand time,
but he is just as ready to repeat 1t today rs
he was on the second occasion
GILBERT PATtES
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
Invite the Church Members.

when they do not invite the older church
members to attend their special annual
meetings, One minor result Of such at
tendance is that the collections takei at
such meetings will be largely increased,
as the older people, seeing what good
work the society is doing, will be NOV
ed to make liberal contributions to their
undertakings Golden Rule.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
CHRISTIAN ENDEANoR.

Topic for the Week Beginning July
T-CommeDt by Rev. =. II. Doyle.
TOPIC. - The Ten Commandments in our
hves.-Mark XII, 2SC3.
In answer tn the scribe s question
Jesus declares love to God to be the first
and greatest commandment, and the
second like unto it-love to man Thus
He takes two commandments, separated
widely in the Scriptures, and so unltes
sum not only of the Ten Command
ments, but of all commandments. If we
love God with all our heart, soul. mind
and strength and our neighbor as our
selves, all commands referring IN de-
tail to our duty TO God and man are
made unnecessary. 1t is upon this prln-
ciple of love that we should put the Ten
Commandments into effect III our daily
lives.
l. Love to God Thou shalt love the
Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul. and with all thy
mind, and with all thy strength, This
is the first commandment This com
mandment is found in Deut. Vi, 5.
It is the sum of the first four Of
the Ten Commandments which relate
to our duty to God To love God III
the way here described means to love
Him Supremacy, with the entire be
ing. God is deserving Of such love.
He Himself is love, and He loved us
before we could love Him We should
love Him above every person and every
thing for these and other reasons, and
if We love God in this way our love will
express itself in our lives. We will he
grateful to Him. We Will admire Him
and desire to be like Him We will de-
sire to have His name known and hon
ored the world over. But specially will
it be manifested in keeping the com
mandments referring to Him With
such love in our hearts we cannot have
any other God before US, We can wor-
ship nothing but Him. We would not
think of taking His name in vain, and
the keeping Of His day would be our
JOY and delight,
2. Love to our neighbor. The second
commandment is like unto the first IN
that love is the basis of it. Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thysef. > 1t is sec
ond to the first, and to keep it we must
obey the first, for we cannot truly love
man unless we first love God This com
mandment is found III Lev. xix. Is, and
is the sum Of the last six of the Ten
Commandments. We are to love our fell
low men as we love ourselves, A prac-
teal exempiication Of this love is ex-
pressed in the Golden Rule. If we love
our neighbors as ourselves. we must
keep the commandments on the second
table Of stone. Love should thus be the
ruling principle Of our lives. 1t Will
make Us true to God, true to our fellow
men and true to ourselves. Have we such
love to Grod and to man:
Bible Readings, FIX xx, LII; Lev.
xix, IS; Deut. Vi, I, ); Nv, !, S. Josh.
xxi, 5; Ps. XXI, %; Isa lvill, 10. "A
Math, V, 81, %; Vi, "a; xxi, 1888;
John xiii, "a, 3d. XIV, l2-14 Rom. XII,
8, 10; Cor. Vi, TO; Xiii, 4 Gal Vi,
/, 2; Thess. ", 8; l Pet. i, 90; II Pet.
i, :; John ii, 9-ll; iii, l4-17; ", 7-l2
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.implecute and Wiukclbaum

~ o. HO! said Johnnie 1impic-
cute and lau-hc, In childish
Tho glorious Fourth is bound
to bc a lr'.y Day for me,
For Unc. 81 d given me
this. and Ger the sun GOES
II aave the biggest cracker in the whole Of
Gotham town.
And the wind souehcd low
And the sun shone bright
a rare brave sight to see,
Bet Drawer sight was the daring boy as he
laughed in childish glee.
Il :. ha'" said Johnnie Jimplecute as home he
proudly bore
Thu very biggest cracker he had ever seen be-
fore.
That cracker WAS . monster. the wonder OF its
kind
And warranted TO make fash would strike
army blind.
And ;hr sun shone bright.
And the wind Soughcd low.
And John sang merrly
As home h. trudgcd IN the glad sunshine and
laughed in childish glee.
he. he" said Willie winkelbaum and slyly
wacCcd his head
A. he and several other bows crept up with
stealthy tread
And lit the whit" gunpowdered fuse that Il 1t
tered in the AR,
Then stood aloof and watched II burn without
thought or care.
And the wind suuehed low
And the sun ,houe bright,
An thr fuse burned steadily,
While on and on marched sturdy John and
laughed in childish glee,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04

Ii. III. Yelled Willie Winkelbaum and laugh
ed with fiendi~h cIre
As the tiny spark cref; softly up, a grew some
sight 70 Sc.
1t sizzIed here, II spptterea tA'rr and then tc
run WIS s'zsu
Its devastating course into the powder maya
zlne.
And the sun shonc hrlSht,
And the wind suuchcd low,
And the world was far - see
And JOHNNIE unsusprcting trudcol-a simple
lad Was lie
And now upon the happy world there falls a
bitter blight,
And even Willie WInke!haum l. >addened with
the sight,
For now that spark has d!sappeared--an in
stant-and a fash
And little Johnnie Jimplecute's converted into
hash.
And the wind sourhcd low.
And the sun shonc bright
And white robed boy is he,
For Johnnie and his frecracker are but a
memoree.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
Pinwheels and Chasers.

The old fashioned "chasers, " the kind
that used to make the girls giggle and
scream and scold their little brothers 90
years ago, are still in the ring and are as
cratic in their movements as ever. Next
to pinwhecl the chaser Is close to the
heart of the American small boy. When
he outgrows the pinwheel and chaser, the
tail feathers will drop from the proud bird
of freedom, and Uncle Sam will wear a
derby hat
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
Puts the Principle to the Test.

Perhaps the most difficult and trying
duties to which the Eudeavorer stands
pledged are those Of reading the Scrip
lures and prayer, 1t is not difficult to
discharge this obligation once or twice,
but TO do it regularly and faithfully, to
be conscientious i'll suffering no day to
pass without it, puts the Christian prin-
ciple of the youthful believer to the test.
Selected
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Agert-I want TO put your name down
for my little book, What Can Be Done
With Fireworks, " for the Fourth.
Householder-It won't tell me what /
don't already know You see that pile OF
envelopes?
Agent-Yes.
Householder-Wellt those envelopes are
bills for damages. They tell what can he
done with fireworks.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-07-04
Three Fourth of July Thoughts

The only security for all is n free press
We owe gratitude to France, justice to
England, good will to all, subservience to
none.
The execution Of the laws is more i'm
pSrtant than the making Of them. Thorn
Is jefferson.
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In my hearing. Some day you will realize
you are in the wrong, Good day, sir 4"
The unfortunate lover rode away with dig
nifty, watched out of sight by the trem-
bling object of his affections who was hid
den behind the curtain of an upper win
dow.
Elisha Stone sought to relieve his feel
tngs by entering heartily into the celebra-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-12-29

Las notioias de Cuba que circular hoy
son las siguientes: El gobernador de Ma,
tanzas public6 un bando pfohibiendo los
veoinos salir la Noche buena las GALES
despu6s de las diez de la noche, la vez
que dispuso que varias rondas recorrieran
trama que SO habfa denunciado. El gene.
ral Cahellas y Ell coronel Baquero han lle-
gado Guantanamo, donde7 fueron reci-
bidos CON entusiasmo por las victorias al
canzadas contra las partidas insurrectas
de Jose Maceo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-12-29

A nuestro estimado colega EI Cent?,
meza de Ponce le han dieho que al director
de LA CORRESPONDENCE le han impuesto
cuatro meses y I'm dia de prision, por Ia
causa que SO le sigue por delito de impren-
ia. Pero no hay tai. Lo que Sc dice es
pena contra nuestro Director, por haber
reproducido nosotros de La Laga Agrar6G
de Madrid I'm suelto refiri6ndose al Sr Ro-
nero Robledo cuyo suelto hab1a circulado
libremente en- la Peninsula y en- las Anti
las.
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Recortamos de un colega europeo:


ID epues de habarse empleado en- los
Estados Unidoe, contra Ell negro, todo &C.
nero dc suplicios, ej cutandolo por medic
de la cuerda, Ell hierro ell plomo, Sc ha
adoptado ahora contra 81, y casi Official
mente, le hoguera del salvaje FL mulato
Henry billiard, atropell6 asesin6 des-
pu6s en Tyler, Texas, Ia sehora Leonard
Bell. Capturado los pocos momsntos de
cometer el crimen, doscientos hombres sc
10 arrebataron los policias que 10 guar
daban. Reuni6ronse unos dos mil ciuda-
danos y celebraron I'm meeting al aire IL
bre, en- Ell que SO decide nombrar una co.
mission que juzgara al prisionero. Este
confes6 su crimen un taquigrafo consign6
las declaraciones de los testigos marcia
de los procedimientos, que terminaron
condenando al mulato & ser quemado vivo
y el cual fu6 llevado & Ia plaza publica en-
donde SO habfa levantado una plataforma,
para que en- ella vi sen claramenta al REQ
las doce mil personas que acudieron
aquel sitio. Atado Hilliard & un poste de
hero, Ell esposo de la asesinada le peg6
fuego al combustible amontonado. co
mo 81 esa tortura no fuese suficiente, aho-
g&ronse varias veces las Ilamas, int 9ncio
nalmente, para que Henry Sc quemara &
fuego lento".