Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-09-28

lted merry Meeting park where lunch
was served from the stage OF the new
theatre. In the evening there was re-
| ception and banquet.
The first regular meeting Of the Kings
Daughters for the season of 1S9S-99 will
be held on Monday evening, Oct. 3, at
7.30, and large attendance Is desired.
The thanks Of the Kings Daughters are
due the friends, who by contributions OF
food and by patronage contributed to the
success OF the supper, which was given
at Manning hall on Thursday evening,
Sept. 10. The society realized about $15
from the supper.
Hon. Thomas B. Reed and Clarence
Hale, OF Portland, were the guests of
Senator Hale over Sunday. There was a
diDner at "The Pines Saturday evening
i'll honor OF Mr.. Reed. Among the guests
were Pres. Wilson, OF the Maine Central ,
Chandler Hale and wife. John A. Peters,
jr., and wife, Henry w. Cushman and
wife, DR.. J F. Manning and wife, Mrs.
George p. Dutton, John B. Redman and
Henry Whiting.
Miss Nenia M. White, OF Colum bia,
who had been engaged to teach the in
termediate department Of the Pine street
school, has been unable to fill the en-
gagement owing to illness. Miss Mary
j. Dunbar will be transferred from the
Hillside school to Pine street, and Miss
Mary 5. Deslsles, OF Lamoine, will teach
at Hillside. The intermediate depart
ment OF the Pine street school opened
Monday, its opening having been delayed
two weeks.
An entertainment is being arranged by
the social committee of the Congregations
al church to be given in Hancock hall on
Wednesday evening, Oct. II. 1t is called
"The Crown OF Fame. The parts are
taken mainly by members of the congre-
CATION. The costumes worn will char
acterize the period in which the dis
tinguished persons impersonated lived.
instruction in the various parts has been
given by h. /. Bowles, of Cherryfield, who
has been for the week past the guest of
Mrs. G. r. Cunningham, of the American
house. The event promises to be highly
entertaining.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, who has de-
voted her life to the woman suffrage cause,
in her characteristic address before Port
land audience last Monday evening, re-
lated the following incident of her earliest
visits to Maine, 1t was in 1S47, and she
was to speak ill Ellsworth. A young
woman named Charlotte Hughes then
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worth 10 p',.3 The violin The women OF
Fltaworth told Miss Hughes that IL she
went to Mss Anthony's lecture and
played tuc acr, they Would not send their
children to her any more to take music
lessons. 81 hail play for Miss Anthony"
pi.uu tine piucky woman, land then |
eha.! - back 10 tie seacoast and dig
clans for living. | have done it once,
and | can do it again" 1t is said that she
did play, and that she Gidn't lose any pu-
pills by reas on Of it.
The foot ball season will soon be in full
elevens in the field this year-the Dirigo
athletic club, and the high school, The
Dirigo club should be able to put strong
team in the field There are twenty
candidates. for positions on the eleven.
This not only gives assurance of a strong
eleven, but will allow the formation OF
second eleven for practice and as a re-
serve team A. X. Cushman has been
chosen captain of the Dirigo eleven. The
high school team will of necessity be
much lighter than the DrigOs, bat the
school will have a sharp gritty team un-
less all signs fail. The team is already
getting in practice. r. E. Mason is Civ
ing the team some preliminary coaching.
The team is already in communication
with some other high school teams, and
Will have no trouble to arrange good
schedule OF games.
The Pttstield correspondent Of the
Lew istOn Journal writes "EXtensiye i'm
provements are being made at the Hathorn
farm owned by E. II. Greedy and Judge
Peters, of Ellsworth. William Coughlin,
of Ellsworth, is acting as superintendent
OF the stock farm. Two large barns are
being made into one, which will make a
building 1873 feet in length. This struc-
ture will be fitted with all the modern ap
plances for farming, and will be one of
the best equipped in all this section. The
building will be lighted by electricity.
a cream separator, run by electricity, has
just been put i'll operation, and in less
than half an hour after milking-time the
cream has been separated from the milk,
and is ready for shipment to Ellswo orth.
The separator, which is the only one Of
the kind in town, attracts no end Of at
tention, and the milk-room is thronged
each night by people who gather to watch
the machine in operation. Peters and
Greedy already have herd OF twenty
five Jersey cows at the farm, and these
will be augmented by twenty more, soon.
The skim milk is fed to a large number