Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1896-10-29

/ The next conference of Congregat ioral
churches will be held at Ellsworth Falls
/ in June, when the new church will be
/ Dedicated.
| Joseph c. Doane, the man'w no built the
! first Bar liarbor cottage, celebrated his
eightieth birthday anniversary in Brock
/ ton, Mass, recently.
West Goud5boro is looking for a bigger
clam business than ever. The fame OF
the West Gouldshoro bivalve has gone
abroad. Oceanville must look to her
! laureis.
| The doom of The wheel is sealed At a
school debate in North Bluehil, the ques
ton "Reaolved, That it is more profit
able to keep horse than bicycle" was
decided in the affirmative.
/ The body of John Gilley, drowned two
! weeks ago near Sutton's Island has not
yet been found, and a reward of 300 is
offered for its recovery. Mr.. Gilley
leaves considerable property.
/ This "sixteen to one weather." as
"FIosse' calls it-sixteeu rainy days to
one clear one-proved too much for a
dam at Gouldshoro, which broke away
| But little damage was done.
| The governor and council last week
/ received the resignation OF Henry Boyn-
| ton, of West Sullivan, as trial Justice,
/ Mr.. Boynton having been elected to the
legislature and the law not permitting
/ him to hold both offices.
Bar Harbor has decided upon unique
soldiers monument. A huge bowlder,
weighing about one hundred tons, will
be placed in Woodbury. park. On it will
be q bronze plate hearing the names OF
/ Union.
Bar IIarbor saloon keepers feel much
relieved they will have no special liquor
policemen to dodge. Before the gov
ernor and council last week the petition
! for appointment OF special constables for
enforcement of the liquor law at Bar Har
| Dor, which was argued before the council
in the summer came up for final action.
| The committee reported that they had
| thoroughly inves igated the matter, and
| decided that no action is necessary.
"This is the simple tale OF a maker OF
quilts, those old-fashioned connections
OF patchwork almost every one OF whom
could tell a complicated story OF veal and
VICE." says the Lewiston Journal, com
menting on the work of Mrs. Tryphena
| Bowden, OF South Penobscot, mentioned
in THE AMERICAN last week, and adds:
BLESSINGS on Aunt Tryphena-and may
we not survive to chronicle the extinction
Of the disappearing race Of quilting
grandmothers
And now we hear that work on the
''shore line is not to stop, Injunction or
no Injunction. This good news comes
from tie Machias Union, which says with
the assurance of one who knows:
| Meanwhile work Will go on; no one seems at
all frightened; the contractor is in no wise dis
| turbed. And why should he be, with 10000 pco-
pie in Washington county to sustain him, with
| the board of county commissioners approving
his course and encouraging him, with the State
board of railroad commissioners unanimous for
| him and his desire to build the road, with the
needed capital safely secured Mark this, the
| road will be built and completed according to
the contract, and within the contract time.
A good story, and a true one, OF how
Molasses pond, in the town OF East brook,
came by its name, is told by THE AMERI-
CANS West Franklin correspondent,
"Ch'e'er. Shortly after the French and
Indian war, when the first white
settlers came to this town, they found
here an Indian by the name of ''Tug-
wassah." He was friendly to the whites
and they in return respected his rights,
never molesting his clam bed, fishing,
hunting or trapping ground. His trapping
ground in Eastbro is still known as the
"Indian Meadow" and "Butler's Ridge"
WAS until recently known as "lndian
Meadow Neck" One time with one of
the settlers, Tugwassah was going to his
hunting ground late in the fall, and as
they We're crossing a large pond in the
southern part of Eastbrook, he slipped
fell and brought down with terrific force
a gallon Jug full of molasses that he was
carrying in his hand. The jug was smashed
into atoms and the moasses covered quite
a large space of CLASSY surface. He arose,
viewed he scene of misfortune a moment
and said: 'this is all one 'lassa pond. :"
From that time until the present day the
name of that sheet of water has been
Molasses pond. AS long es he was able to
get about Tugwassah lived in his wigwam,
but when he got to be infrm he was taken
care of by the white settlers. When he
died he was buried by the whites, and his
grave can be seen at the present time at
Buffers point.
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