Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-10-24
Oct. 16.

I Southwest Harbor.
Maud Holmes, Gladys and Jessie Mayo
returned from a visit to Boston Saturday.
Mrs. Nathan Clark and Mrs. A. j.
| Robinson have gone to Boston for a
weeks visit.
J. T. K. Freeman left on the Frank
Jones" last Wednesday for Mschiss,
thence by steamer and rail to Nova Scotia
for brief soiourn.
| Rev. Mr.. Adams, of Bangor theological
| school, preached at the Congregational
church last Sunday morning, and in the
afternoon and evening at Bass Hsrbor.
Mrs. Ada Parker has recently painted
her place at Clark's Point. A more at
| trsctive combination of color in outside
painting cannot be found in this village.
A gang of men, under superintendency
| of Arthur Richardson, have been digging
a drainage way from the Farnham cot
tage across the Freeman field to the
harbor.
| Capt. William Gilley is at work on some
skiffs for summer parties. The captain
can build as neat and substantial a boat
as any builder in the good old Maine
State OF boat builders and men.
Mrs. Rebecca Carroll has had the Long
place, recently purchased by herself and
girls, thoroughly repaired and painted
outside and inside and has taken up her
residence there. 1t is good to have this
family of bright young people located in
the village.
The ladies' sewing circle OF the Con-
gregational church met with Mrs.
Thomas Holmes Tuesday afternoon. The
ladies are getting ready fair for the last
Of November, the entertainment for
which is going to be sonnet hing abso-
luteiy original.
Fred J. Higgins. who is at Pittsfeld
attending the academy, preparatory to a
course in college, is playing on the school
foot ball eleven. Fred, with his six foot
two inches of length and IT'S pounds of
young blood aud muscle, is making a
hustling football player. In recent
game he won the honors OF the field.
The literary circle met last Tuesday
evening and discussed Chamisso's strange
story of "Peter Schl-mihl the Shadow
less Man. How many people in Han
cock county ever heard OF 1t? No, it is
not dime novel nor one OF Old Sleuths
1t is a classic, and one OF the most orig
inal things ever written.
Miss Mary Snow, OF Bangor, and Miss
Florence Greer, OF Chicago, a graduate OF
Vsssar college, 1899, who have been stop
ping at the Dickey cottage since last
July, have gone TO Bangor for the winter
Miss Snow is so much pleased with this
place that she intends returning the frs,
pleasant day next spring after the
thermometer has got one point above
| freezing.
Capt. Keene, of Msnset, has hauled up
his steam launch Bismarck, which
accounts for some Endcavorers from
Southwest Harbor and Manset not get
ting over to Northeast Harbor to the
County c. <. convention. The rough
windy weather made it too risky for anna
teurs to row over with a boat load OF
ladies. A little strip OF deep water hall
mile wide will separate communities
more than ten miles OF cry land.
A buck hoard load OF ladies' from the
Eastern Star lodge went to Bar HarhoI
last Tuesday evening to visit the sister
lodge there. They said they got back al
. II O'Clock, but whether that meant l.
O'Clock that night or IL O'Clock the nexi
, day is not stated Ii Is evidently fas,
coming to the condil ion Of things tina,
/. men Will have to get up in the morning
end not only make fires but get brea fast
dress the children and nurse the baby
! while the wife OF their hearts is off on
lodge racket.
Oct. p. A. 3. c.
5 ,uth Deer Isle.