Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-01-04
COUNTY NEWS.

| SouIhw--t Harbor.
Mrs. Ada Parker has returned to Dan
versport, Mass.
George K. Fuller was in Ellsworth Sat
urdsy on business.
Capt Roland Lunt, OF the schooner
.Jonat han Cone, OF Boothbay, arrived
home for the winter Saturday.
Miss Grace Lswteu, Thomas Lawton
and Mrs Elizabeth L4wton are passing
part OF the winter in Boston.
Dudley Mayo has moved with his
family from Norwood's cove into the
house OF DIR, Phillips, recently vacated by
Mel. He Norwood
The pos poHed meeting OF the literary
circle i'll be held Tuesday evening. with
Miss X. B. Freeman. Subject, The De-
serted Village by Goldsmith.
Rev. f. NJ. Cousins, well known in this
place, has recently been installed pas
tor OF the Second Congregational church
at Biddeford, large and important
church.
Andrew Brown, another OF Southwest
Harbor's bright young men who aspires
to some usefulness and place in life, leaves
| this week to enter the medical depart
ment OF Bowdoin college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron p Carter wish to
thank those kind neig h bors and
friends who in any way mani
tested their sympathy and help during
the illness and deaf of Moses Carter.
Asa Herrick, familiar figure in this
village for many years, died last Friday.
| The funeral WAS held Monday. Mr..
! Herrick was quiet and unsssuming
man, " no paid his debts and minded his
business and held his tongue.
| The schools in the village close this
week Friday. All have been under good
teach The school at Norwood's cove
has had larger attendance than usual,
its teac her, Andrew Brown, proving poI-
i ular both with scholars and parents.
Fred Robbins has been enjoying two
weeks furlough from he Mt Desert Rock
/ light. MIR. Robbins thinks that Mt. Des-
ert Rock is Il gusty and secluded corner OF
the world these days, and n most fit place
i for man to smoke his pipe, read news
papers two weeks old and to mediate up
on mis- sins.
T annual installation ceremonies of
the local lodge of Free Masons viii take
place Thursday at 80 p. n. As these
ceremonies are open TO invited friends of
the members there will no doubt be
large attendance. The ladies OF the aux
ilary lodge Eastern Star will serve sup
per at =. III. 10 Masons and invited
guests.
At "a meeting Of Pemetic lodge. No 1876
|. o. o. F., Monday, Dec. rs, the following
officers were elected for The ensuing year:
Pedrlck ID. Giley, y. G.; samuel 5.
King v. G.; George Il. Fuller, secretary;
Joseph d. Phillips, treasurer; Edwin l..
Higgins, Arson /. Holmes, Everett G..
Stanley, trustees. The officers viii tie
! Installed Monday evening, January 9, by
Charles +. Alien, district deputy.
Prof. Pratt OF the Hartford theological
seminary, summer visitor OF this place,
sent TO the public library as a Christmas
present glass photograph of the suspen-
sion bridge at Niagara Falls. But Uncle
Sans postal clerks played foot ball with
/ it, or let a truck run over it, or sonnet hing
OF that sort IN its passage TO this place.
| Any how, on its arrival it was a jumbled-
up mess OF broken glass which at first no
one could make anything OF. But three
women put their heads together and the
broken pieces OF glass assumed tangible
work OF art. Whereat we rise to remark
that it takes a puzzier to solve puzzle.
The high school session for the benefit
Of this end OF he town begins next Mon
day, Clarence Dow teacher. 1t will occupy
the upper room OF Freemason's hall, in-
stead of the school building at Manset
! There are more pupils attending from this
side OF tue harbor, and less fear of the
building tumbllng down in some strong
wind and more hopes of heating it with
out having to melt the SHOWS within an
acre of it. Some of the school buildings
of this town might do to store old Junk
in, in case OF necessity, but AS for being
ft places for young people to gather to
think and study they most certainly are
not.
Jan. 2. CD.
BROOKLYN.
There is much illness in town. Many