Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-02-07
COUNTY NEWS.

| Southwes, Harbor.
Andrew Brown has returned to Bruins
wick for his second year in the Bowdoin
medical school.
left Monday to spend the month OF Feb
ruary in Boston.
The literary circle will meet this week
| Tuesday evening. Subject: Dickens
'Tsle OF Two Cities".
Rev. w. r. Campbell, OF Boston, has
pu blished a cstechism for children, which
critics are speaking well of.
| Rev. +. w. Brooks went away last week
Tuesday to be gone over Sunday, and re-
turn the middle of this week.
Mrs. J. T. Il. Freeman and daughter
Katherine left Sunday afternoon for
| Portland to spend several weeks.
! Rev. q. II. Hetlion, pastor of the Con-
gregational church. is away on vacation.
| He will be absent until the first Sunday
in March.
| Jesse l.. Parker, one OF our summer
| young people, Is member of the fresh
man class OF Wesleyan university, OF Mid
dletown, Conn, taking the scientific
course.
Daniel Handy, former editor Of the
Island Breeze, who graduated last June
from Boston university, is ON the edi-
toriaI staff Of the Sun, daily published
| In itchburg, Mass.
Mrs. Augustus Clark and Mrs. &. W.
Cousins left Tuesday afternoon for Bidde-
ford, to attend the funeral OF John, eldest
son OF Rev. and Mrs. Edgar Cousins.
| They returned Sunday.
Schuyler Clark is at Seawall tearing
down the Seawall house. He expects to
have the building down and ready for
transportation up this way to the Dirigo
| about the middle Of March.
| The W. G. r. u. meets at Mrs. Emily
Freeman's Friday OF this week to make
some preparation for union temperance
service to be held in the Congregational
church Sunday evening, Feb. IS.
Henry Tracy and son Merle are clean
ing and repairing the machinery OF the
Duck brook mill, OF Bar Harbor, recently
! purchased by them. The machinery will
| be sold, and no mill built here as has been
rumored.
| The local union OF c. f.. and T.. l.. OF
Mt. Desert island meeting at Bar Harbor
next Saturday will attract some of our
young people. &. E. or f. l.. young people
are those whose hearts are young IL not
so considered in years.
! Capt Jesse II. Pease left Tuesday
morning for Portland to be under treat
ment OF a specialist for kidney troub BILE
with which he has been i'll for some time.
His many friends heartily hope that he
may find help and renewed health.
| Miss Hattie Benson, formerly teacher OF
the grammar school here, invited her old
! pupils to spend the evening with her at
! her home in Bass Harbor last Saturday
evening. A team from Holmes with
Frank Gilley driver, took them over.
! The southeast gale OF last Monday
caused an unusual sea. None OF the Mon
day morning steamers pa In an APP
pearance till Tuesday. The -(A at Seawall
was terrific, sweeping over the road and
! filling one end OF 1t in with stones and
sand. A black spar buoy, mo g." was
cast ashore.
The literary circle has offered two
prizes to he high school students for ex-
celience in defamation. The contest will
take place the last week OF the term,
probably in the Methodist church, which
is most centrally located. One prize is
offered for he best defamation by boy,
and one for the best defamation by girl.
In less han mont from now comes the
annual town meeting. 1t is quite gener-
ally the opinion that there will be some
changes in town offices, and it is hoped
II there will be any change, that party
lines may not be considered. What has a
mans political persuasion got to do with
his integrity or his brains and ability?
Nothing. In town affairs the best men
are needed, irrespective OF their party af-
citations.
The local lodge OF Good Templars was
expecting a delegation from Town Hill
last Tuesday evening, and had plenty of
good cake (for which the Norwood's Cove
housewives are unequaled, though they
can't make "the kind our mother used to
make'') and redhot coffee ready, but had
to sit down and eat and drink by them
selves. The Town Hillites can rise and
explain themselves, or take some cold
consequences.
There is need and occasion for a nation
al bank in this place, or somewhere in the
town. Take the canning and the fish bust
ness OF the town, and the stores, hotels,
private interests, etc, and large sums OF
money are kept on hand or are sent to
Ellsworth and Bar Harbor banks. Then,
too, the fremont savings bank could use