Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-08-02
GOOD STORIES.
Told In Eastern Maine and Worth
Telling Again.
From the Lewiston Journal.I

'NH Ft9th " HhN Z IOliS lfOII Tue COHl Oh
some French officer OF high rank two CEN
turtles ago or more, at the time when Ad-
miral Bois Bubert, of the French navy
and his people were exploring about the
mouth of the Narraguagus river. The
button is about the size of an old fash
Toned cent, is made of gold and in the
centre is the arms of France. 1t was
ploughed out of the ground several years
ago by George Chapman at Long Point
near the steamboat wharf in Milbridge.
Bots Bubert island was named in honor
OF that famous French admiral who was
its discoverer some time IN the seven
tenth century. At Current island also
some OF the French people were buried
about that time who had died from dis
ease or were killed by the Indians. 1t
was on his same island that brave Capt
John Allen buried the British soldiers
whom he and his men killed in the fight
OF Pigeon Hill bay in the summer of 1914.
The French once had settlement on
| Fiekett's Point in the Narraguagus, and
a number OF relics have been picked up
there IN recent years, which are still pre-
served by some OF the oldest families in
| hilbridge. Capt. Brown, a sea- faring
man who has sailed all over the world,
greatly prizes the gold button, as there
are many reasons to cause him and others
to believe that the trophy might have
fallen from the military coat OF Admiral
Bots Bubert himself.
But speaking OF relics" said Nick
Curran, of Bar Harbor, reminds me OF a
county man last summer. The man has
been relic hunter for a number OF years,
and he likes nothing better than to find
some old moss-covered article, that is, IL
IL happens to have a bit OF interest ing his
tory connected with II, so that when peo-
pie call at his house he can show them his
museum OF antiquities, and in brief
speech introduce them to the sword OF
George Washington, Henry Clay's duel
ling pistols, Andrew Jackson's snuff box
any old thing, in fact, that happens to
have an historical interest
II generally have old truck enough
around my camp at Eagle lake to load a
give them the desired charm to such peo-
pie, am never lost for good story
Ihis Washington county man called at
my camp and there happened to be a
little china milk pitcher on the table that
looked, in it, uacieanIiness, as thoegh it
might have been dug out OF the ruins OF
r1mrcti.
Aa.fty little mix pitcher is about the
last titug HAT would attract the curios-
us - the average man, bat this searcher
Tor antiquities from Washington county
liked h. EYES upon { hat pitcher and kept
them there. - at last told him that no
wonder IN" pitcher amused him, because
it ws- the same that ] n Davis used forty
year ago downHt Humpugck mountain.
! msde uPa Hict little story rs to how
had tlun4 70 tiiar stttn stump lille ca a
hunting tT5P there, and presented it very
reluctantly, thuasn Tor iriend-h IL, to the
Ma-ntn-tan couaft mtn, who, | am told,
is yefy proud o.tHe relic, aud Is having
the story pan't-l Do al the newspap ers
ia Ma5tf. don Hav whether he has
vt turubIea o. ut !ske or not, but the
trnta =, hsusfe Tat pitcher OF Rich
Kiitrsdvc here tn Ear lIarhor, when
Wa, rinuins ti.s.utt A,tmont house.
".I1sias Away -u# % Things calling them
h.-ieuasi raae-. L. a method nave
rubbish a'olt nay camp. NON, whenever
/ 4ste sHy old ilrc Of furniture or alsa
th7, / want 70 -. out OF the way, | just
ou1rrrt tbeW NTEnzssns historical event
or some great 'tsa tuat has lived, tell
somebody the ,ler, aHd am always sure
10 dad rsads isker. These people
Insanity save Hethe tsaubie 81 throwing
them into tla laSe ar carrying them "a
the dumt.
i. Is ssiI & aa 4aite trick with SOME
/ tsa.fueu Bla4l he coast t. pull their
own treI~ aa. then ro sac Is hat they can
aua goo fIa.= 4.Hh uaI- Tao pcu-
sil. h.-. ,=r-z -.z4 uHs=u. sllU hui tt is
Wy H=lH ..4sea. ...,As. ueeez.rY evil
deace sometimes Ia Order 20 convict such
persons, though caught iu the Eery act
The way that George ColewcA recently
brought certain fisherman before the
| ea.I aud made him pay his fac Was alitti,
| cut u the ordinary course, It bat worked
all right. Colewoli found the man n TIE
act oi pulling one OF his Holsters traps
aud ordered him 10 bring he trap ashore
The fellow refused aud Colewell sent a
rifle hail across the bow Of the mans
boat. The man became frightened and
brought the trap ashore, and then lac
took the intruder to place " here severs
men were at work that they might wit
ness what the man had been up TO. Ia
court the man pleaded guilty and wac
fined 500 and costs
Apropos OF hustiing women, MiIbridgt
has a few OF whom she eau well boast
that Is, II the work Of members of tn,
Union sewing society Is a fair sample oil
their enterprise and industry. The men
are not In II for a moment with these
hustling women. Way within three
years or less time, they have built 8
church vestry that cost them $1,000 OF