Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-10-26

spring.
Mrs John Giley and daughter Theo.
/ left Monday for three weeks visit in
Boston.
! Miss Alice Carroll has gone to Rock
land o learn dressmaking, Mrs. Carroll
accompanying her for short stay.
Rev. c. F. Dole, of Boston, one OF our
best known summer cottagers, has just
pu blished book entitled Luxury and
Sacrifice.
Lewis Wilson and family have moved
into the house vacated by Fred Robbins.
Henry GiIley will move into the house
they have left.
Two former ministers of the Methodist
church in the place have been stopping in
the community the past week-Rev.
Charles Rogers and Rev. d. H. Piper.
Mrs. Roland Lunt and children re-
turned home last week. Mrs. Lunt has
been ON a voyage from Bangor to New
York in the schooner commanded by her
husband.
Mrs. Munson, of the State grand lodge
of Good Templars, met the children of
this community at the Freeman school,
house, room No. 2, last Monday, and Or
ganized juvenile temple.
Rev. ID. II. Piper, of Winterport,
preached in the Methodist church, and
Rev. j. L. Timing, OF West fremont,
preached in the Congregational church
last Sunday, exchanging with the local
pastors.
Mrs. Jennie Seamans, of Houlton, gave
lecture on temperance in fremont hail
last Friday evening, under the auspices
of the local w. C. T. U. There was quite
an audience, and all were pleased wit h
the speaker. Refreshments were served
at close of the lecture.
Chicago paper states that Rev. F. w.
Gunsauius, ID. D., has returned to the
pulpit OF the Plymouth Congregational
church OF that city, which he left year
ago on account of i'll health. The
church will now be under the joint pas
torate of DR.. Gunsauius and Rev. A. j.
Haynes. Mr.. Haynes is well known
in this place as former pastor OF the
mer visitor.
Mrs. Ada Parker has had a lawn made
| eastward from her house to the shore,
| much improving the appearance of the
place and the outlook from it. Now il
some one would come along and blow to
the moon the old wharves, the rot
ting hulks of vessels and divers OF her un-
slightly structures lying around loose in
that neighborhood, some hunter after
fresh air and the sight of the sea might
invest in real estate profitable to all con-
cerned.
A party of eleven from this town at
tended he school teachers convention at
Bar Harbor Monday and Tuesday OF last
week, going over on Randall's buck board.
The way party Of school marms will
throw dignity and sedateness to the
winds when they are oil ca picnic is
revelation to the unsophisticated. They
strewed the highways with banana
skins and made the hills echo with their
shouts and merriment and they must have
given one more touch OF movement and
breath of life TO that place so alive in
summer, SO melancholy, forlorn and dead
the rest of the year, y convention of half
a hundred bright wideawake school
teachers al Bar iiarbor this time OF the
year must be somew hat suggestive of
wake at an Irish funeral.
Oct. "a. STYLUS.
Atlantic.
" iS in
A. c. Smith is building an addition TO
his store.
Harry Newman, who has been quite
seriously i'll, is much improved.
DR.. H. w. Small was called to Outer
Long Island Wednesday night.
Mrs. Nathan Bunker is visiting her
husband, who is at work at Goose Cove.
Coleman Crabtree and family have
closed their summer house here and left
for their home in Hancock.
Merton Staples left for Portland this
there last summer.
Ira Torrey, one Of our volunteer sailors,
who has been stationed at San Francisco,
has been discharged, and arrived home
Wednesday.
Steamer ''Vinalhaven" will soon go on
the route every other day, which will cut
down our mail privileges from the west
accordingly.
Mrs. Nancy Babbidge, of Seattle,
Wash.,. who has been living with her
sister, Mrs. Amanda Joyce, the last year,
will leave for her home this week.
Oct. u. s.
sullivan.
DEATH OF RALPH STEPHENS.
Ralph, only son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton
w. Stephens, was born in East Sullivan,
Dec. 10, 1882, and there, ON Oct. 10, 1898,
he passed from this life. On the ninth