Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-05-28


the lucky fishermen met them and said:
'Say, l forgot to tell you fellows that
| though we went above the five-saw mill
on the river, we kept on until we got to
Reeds brook"
Andrew l.. Stafford, one of the livery
firm of Stafford Bros, and Miss Ada Hig-
gins, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel N.
| Higgins, of Bar Harb Dor, were married
last Wednesday. After the ceremony the
bride and groom, with party Of fifteen
| near relatives and friends, drove in tally
no to this city, where supper was served
at the American house. After supper the
dining room was cleared for dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford left Thursday for
Moosehead Lake, where they will spend a
few days. The groom has many friends
in this city who extend congratulations.
A. P. WiswelI, J. B. Redman, A. w.
King and A. Nj. Hopkins made trip up
river last week, on business, with which
some pleasure WAS combined. The party
tried their hands at fishing. Judge Red
man was "high line" with two handsome
trout. few smaller trout were caught.
ever, and the bites were not all on the
ends of the lines. 1t was discovered that
by some stroke of good fortune, one of
the party had a number of lemons, the
juice of which, rubbed on the hands and
face, made an excellent preventive for
fly bites
There has been a general shake-up in
the star route postal service in Hancock
county. Changes in fourteen different
| routes are announced this week The
most important of these is an additional
night mail from Ellsworth to Southwest
Harbor. The mail leaves Ellsworth on
the arrival of the 6.15 p. m. train, and is
due at Southwest Harbor in four hours.
The return mail leaves Southwest Harbor
at a. M reaching Ellsworth in time to
connect with the noon train up. The
mail was put on for the accommodation
of sojourners. The boat service on the
Bluehil route " i'll be resumed this sum-
mer ~
The weather vane on the Congregational
church spre was hoisted into position
Friday, and now shines resplendent in its
new coat of gold. In the interesting
operation of setting the points by the
compass, a small gathering of business
and professional men lent kindly assist
ance t?). 1t was during discussion as o
the difference between the ''true north
and the "m8gnetic north" that prom-
neut county official propounded the ques-
tion wv here is the north star, anyway?
I, w
response: due north. The county Of
fetal retired gracefully. He has a box of
cigars open nov. Call and see him.
Reports from up-river say the large
drives are we'll along. j. T. Giles has
about half the Great Pond drive across the
pond and sluiced into he bog. There are
about eight million feet in this drive.
There IS good water aud he drive will be
in by the middle of June. The middle
branch drive in charge of Henry Rowe,
Is coming hard. There is scarcity OF
water, owing to the breaking away OF the
old Bog dam, but the water has been
stopped to some extent. On the east
branch there are two drive, one in charge
of Fred Jordan the other in charge of
ArYili Jordan. These drives viii have
hard wo ork to get through owing to scar
city OF water.
Hancock hall was crowded Sunday
evening at TIM memorial services The
grand army attended in body. The
meeting Was opened with music by a
mixed choir from the different churches,
followed by scripture reading by Rev.
Edward \. Mason, and prayer by Rev. y.
! l.. Naie. The memorial sermon was by
Mrs. ;. w. Treworgy. Her text was from
Pau's episte to the Romans, T. l: II
/ beseech YOU, brethren, by the mercies of
/ God that ye present your bodies living
/ sacrifice. About this text she WeAved
an excellent discourse. At the close of
| the sermon he audience ioined III sing
ing "America," and was ul- i1sed with
the benediction by Rev. !. H. W Wharf
Rev. D. L. Yale and F. A. Coombs were
delegates from the Congrega ational church
| to the ordination of Rev. George 5. Hetfon
at Southwest Harbor Tuesday. The
! ordination sermon was delivered by Mr..
! Yale From Southwest Harbor Mr. Yale
| goes to Green's Landing to attend the
annual meeting of the Hancock County
| Conference of Congregational churches.
| The other delegates from Ellsworth
church are Miss Maude Z. Phillips and
Miss NJ A. Clark. Mrs. F. A. Coombs
will also attend. At the missionary
meeting Wednesday afternoon Miss
Clark Will lead the department "Our
Work at Home" On Thursday evening
Mr. Yale Will deliver the sermon at the
ordination of Rev. $. A. Apraham
Greens Landing.
1t viii be rem embered that last fall
F. L. Gray's cottage at the Bayside was
broken into and bedding, dishes and 9TH
er articles We're stolen. There was sus-
picion at the time that the goods had