Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-10-25

the Ellsworth horseman. Here it is ::
"Col. F.. II. Greely, OF Ellsworth who is
one Of the prominent horsemen Of Maine,
does not pass as wit, but not few of
his friends know him to be one of the
sharpest and quickest twitted gentlemen
on the New England turf. He recently
| ofhclated as starter on well-known
Maine track and one of his decisions
greatly displeased a driver who waited
until the starter had left the stand when
| he began to berate him. The Colonel
stood 1t all until the man had had his say,
and then he turned on him and quietly
| remarked: Young man, / never in my
| life had any trouble with a bright man +,
and never had any use for a id fool
| Then he walked on. and as the diplomats
| say, the incident was ended"
Early last spring, when the papers were
| discussing the stallion championship OF
| 1899, the Journal said that Bingin would
return to winter quarters in the lead, ard
advanced arguments In support OF that
theory. The championship has been de-
cided, and not only has Bingen raced to
| the championship of the season, but he
has gone two faster heats in one race
than any OF her trotting stallion the world
has ever seen. AS a matter Of fact, he
went faster race than any stallion has
ever trotted, although he is technically
bChlhu lIlictluul, dIlu WIS HCt hDle 10
beat the Abbott three heats at Lexington.
Bingen is the fastest stallion, and Henry
litter, who drove both, says he can beat
Peter the Great at any kind of game
either knows. He can go faster, farther,
and is sound. Another thing liter says
that is worthy of thought. He believes
Bingen will be the greatest sire the world
has ever seen. He sires colts that are all
clever, and everything after him can step
2.30 gait when 1t is broken. That is the
kind OF horses that are wanted, and Bin
gen is the king.-Boston Journal.
The Hall property on Water street
changed hands last week, being sold by
the E. P. Reed estate. The steam saw
mill and grist mill were purchased by E.
H. Greedy and Michael Brady. This piece
has frontage of about 125 feet on Water
street, and runs back to the river. The
purchase includes buildings and machin-
cry, and Messrs Greedy and Brady intend
to operate the mills. In addition to this,
Mr.. Brady has purchased the Hall store
building and the buildings in the rear.
A piece fronting 112 feet on Water street.
and running back to the river, and includ-
ing the Murch and Bonsey buildings, and
two thirds of storehouse 72x25, in the
rear, has been purchased by Nj. f, Ma
loney. The buildings will receive neces-
sary repairs. Stone foundations will be
DulIl tdCu, anu DhStHtill nblsneu
off, with cement floor, under the Murch
building. About January Mr.. Maloney
will move his carriage business from
South street to Water street, and viii ae-
cupy, probably, the lower part of Tie
Bonsey building. Mr.. Bonsey viii re-
| main In the building.
The art exhibition given by the Park
street ladies' Improvement society at
Manning h three days last week vas
not as largely attended as the character
and quality of the exhibition deserved
The display of Copley prints was excel
lent, and an education in itself, while the
| loan exhibition of old china was very in
! terestlng. II Is almost remarkable that
| 50 large a collection of rare old china
could be gathered together in Ellsworth.
| The stage at the hall was filled with
| china, closely arranged, while other
larger pieces were hung on the walls or
displayed on tables beside the stage The
| collection represented hundreds of dol
lars in intrinsic value, to say nothing of
| the greater value attached to the pieces
| as heirlooms. One piece i'll the collec-
| tion, Washington plate, from set made
| to order for George Washington, is
| valued in china catalogues at 1900. There
were many pieces of local interest. Be-
| side the old china, there were some very
| handsome pieces of lockwood from the
pottery at Cincinnati, o., loaned by J.
Milton Alley, Of Bar Harbor. Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons Miss NJ. A.
Clark gave very interesting talks on old
colonial china and modern American
ceramics. Friday afternoon Miss Sally
Crosby read a paper on "The Romantic
School of French Painting. The talks
and the paper were instructive, as we'll as
highly entertaining.
And then Miss Monaghan! So much
has already been said in Maine papers OF
this fair young singer that everyone
revelation to Lewiston people. In sim
pie white muslin gown, with half-low
neck, and wide pink ribbon, she came