Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-04-18
COUNTY GOSSIP.
News and Notes of Interest of Han
cock County Towns.


South Brooksville has purchased site
and will begin the construction of its
new school house soon.
The Bucks Karbor sardine factory has
been sold to Dodge x Bangs, who will
repair and operate it the coming season.
Benjamin Steward, of Lamoine, tapped
between 1,4O0 and 1, 800 trees this year.
Two days recently he gathered six hogs
heads of sap each day.
There are lots of s'swelled heads" in
West Brooksville. Beg pardon; no harm
meant It's mumps, that's all. Our cor
respondent from that place reports
twenty cases this week.
While the fishermen Of the shore towns
are busy getting their weirs ready for the
early spring run Of fish, the tradesmen
and cottage owners Of Bar Harbor are
preparing for the first rush OF summer
visitors.
Bucksport seems to be well satisfied
with her partial separation from the
Western Hancock municipal court, rs she
has recorder appointed by the governor
that she can claim as her own, under the
new law-which is the next thing to the
distinct court that she NATURALIZATION
Journal.
Capt. Hank Half, who is to sail the
American cup defender, has engaged
crew of twenty-five Maine sailors. - If
Names cup defenders shall be half as in
trepid as her flag defenders, the cup will
be held with a determination that should
strike terror to the British heart.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The Record says that the winter just
passed has been one OF the most profitable
ever experienced in Bar Harbor, while
before it is the prospect OF the best sea-
son in its history. Bar Hsrbor may well
congratulate itself.
From all the Hancock county shore
towns which are sought by summer resi-
| dents comes the report that the demand
| for cottages is greater than last year, and
more are taken. This is about what is
reported every spring, and it shows how
the summer resort business of Maine and
/ Hancock county towns is increasing.
At the opening of the baseball season
any new engagement of player is a
matter OF interest and discussion. The
lowest figure of the season was offered
and accepted on pitcher from Gram
berry Isle the other day, for news item
informs US that Mrs. Jane Rosebrook re-
Gently sold an old blue earthen pitcher,
which once belonged to her father, for
/ twenty-five dollars. And that wasn't a
very bad price for that kind of a pitcher.
-Bdngor Commercial.
A Hancock county wag's humor is
stimulated by the mumps, says the
Lewiston Journal. He reports that hav
ing incautiously looked out OF the
window, he couldn't pull his head in
again, so fast had his cheeks swollen, and
the neig hbors had to feed him from a
step ladder. This story has won recog-
milton in he outside world. 1t was pub
lished recently in one of the New York
dailies, under the head Liars Club, y
thus placing it on record.
Where do the spools come from, is an
easier one than where do the pins go, and
Hancock county can answer it. Names
birch plantations furnish most of the
spool stock, and township No. in this
county has the reputation of having
wound more thread than any piece OF
ground six miles square ia the world.
A bright Hancock county girl, when
he read in THE AMERICAN the report OF
Ens proposed bill to tax bachelors, re-
marked: What a chance lost! If the
bill had only passed | could have hung
eat q single: Offers refused for S1(
apiece. ami puzzled my brains no Longer
over the problem of what this moderI
age expects of II woman
A short time ego We published the
record of Josish Crosby, q Dexter. Wht
has served as moderator for the past
thirty four years, and asked to hear fren
some of Hancock county Indicators
George II. Witherla. OF Na-tjnc send,
along his record ''to break the ice anl
incidentally to break the record OF tn,
man from Dexter. which we believe il
does by reason of the special meetings
Mr.. Wltherle has served as moderator o
the annual town meeting of Castin,
thirty-three successive years 1868 to lo9'
inclusiye-and also of fifteen specia
meetings. Next!
Our Salisbury Cove CORES pondenr
sends the following story. The little
fiye-year- son of Bar Harbor family
is very punctilious in the performance OF
his duties. Eve"y night after his accas.
toned "Now l lay me" he closes his
prayer by voluntarily blessing the several
members of his family and any others in
in whom he feels an interest. One
night recently, after asking God to bless
his grandparents at Bangor and ''all the
folks up to Salisbury Cove he added
land, o, God, please take care of the men
on the Pulitzer job and, and everybody
but tramps."
Bucksport is discussing he water sup
+ ply. A correspondent from that place
writes: THE Silver Lake water, at its
best hardly fit to use, is worse than it
ever was before. The odor and taste are
daily becoming more offensive and its