Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-01-11
COUNTY NEWS.
FOR additional County Ne,cs see other pnoes.
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sullivan.
The Village improvement society will
give an sold fashioned party" in the hall
on thursday, Jan. IL. 1t is hoped there
VIII De a large attendance.
The school here, taught by Miss Cog
gins, closed its term Friday afternoon
AFTER very satisfactory term. Miss Cog
gins has labored faithfully for the good
OF her pupils, exceeding in many things
the laws demands of her. During the
term she gave, aided by her pupils, an en-
tertafnment, the proceeds OF which went
towards charging the school library, and
resulted in the addition of seventeen new.
well-chosen books. Last Saturday even
irg the school gave most successful en-
tertainment, in aid of the purchase of
| CLOCK Tor the schoolroom. The parts were
well chosen and well rendered Little
M ISIS Elsie Simpson W IS very charming in
ROCK OF Ages" while an invisible choir
chanted the hymn. Miss Margaret Dun
bar played fine selection on the piano
me larger class OF pupils gave the "Peak
Sisters in an admra BILE manner. Miss
Josie Bridgham, in a faultless manner,
presented the sisters to the public, taking
her part rs one to "the manner born".
Misses Hawkins, Farnsworth and Simp-
son could not have been excelIed in their
own parts.
Rev. and Mrs. j. T. Moore have been
giving to the public some very fine SER
mons OF late, which deserve much more
than passing notice. Mrs. Moore spoke
on Christmas afternoon from the words
| peace on earth and good will to men,.
She made some very fine points as she ex-
pressed the true meaning of peace, to her
large and very attentive audience, and
later on as she came to "good will" her
remarks were full Of love and good will in
all their largeness OF thought and spirit.
Her manner was modest and dgnfied
and her handling Of the subject perfectly
free from cant or stereotyped phrases
On New Years Day Mr.. Moore gave a
very me discourse, applicable to the oc
casion and the time. He dwelt long on
the Importance of the work OF the last
year, and while he deplored the carnage
and bloodshed necessary to bring it
about, he presented the better condition
OF the oppressed and downtrodden in
habitants of the "isles OF the sea-, az a
compensation for the former strife and
struggle to bring light to those who have
hitherto "sat in darknessl. He also
dwelt on the more personal relat ions of
ourselves to the past year, those wi bose
voices had become still during the last
year, not to be heard again till each rec
oRuiLeti them III the new song OF the
great choir above. 1t is very much to be
regretted that there was not larger con-
gregat1o to have heard it, as it well paid
for the effort of going out the coe1 day
Jan. 8. r..
Northeast Uarbor
Rev. j. r. Norwood is in Rockland this
week on business.
J. II. Fault is visiting his parents at
Antigonish, n. s.
Lyman Haskell and wife are spending
this week in Surry.
A. F. Allen has moved his family to his
new house on Corson avenue.
Sylvester Brown has been confined to
the house the past week with a severe
cold.
The evenings now are all taken up.
There are the I. o. of o. FLO ofG. T..
X. Of P, evening school, singing school,
dancing school, aud church meetings.
Any one can be satisfied.
This place is quite busy this winter.
Everyone seems to be busy and quite
number from Southwest Harbor are at
work here. The past week two vessels
with coal and one with lumber arrived
here. This week the harvesting OF ice
will commence. Ice is about fifteen
inches thick.
Northeast Harbor loses one man by the
November gale-F. Nelson, mate OF the
schooner civilian c. Snow, bound from
Newport News for Salem, Mass. He was
about forty years old, and leaves a wife |
and two children-a boy of nine years and
a girl OF six. lie Was d native of Sweden, I
His wife belongs here. She was in hopes
they were taken off by some foreign YES
sci, but as nothing has been heard from
them, she has now given up hopes. Mr..
Nelson had purchased land on Sta street,
and intended to build this year. He /
joined the masonic lodge at Somesviile /
last year.
Jan. y. j. A. p.