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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-12-25
The Cracker-BoX Philosopher.
Written for the American. |


Thare IL no rite way tn du rong thing.
The past kan never return tn as upon the
old terms.
Two things always tri tn mete cheer
fullee-mi friends and mi debts.
This kussed wurld IL full tn the rufe ov
peopul W no pray one way and liv anuther.
Ell some men kan onlee find enuff tn
drink tina don't bother about ennything
tn eat; tina leve that tn THAR wives.
1t liz better tn hav Iittul talent and CRATE
purposs, than mulch talent and no pur-
poss.
The devil haz no better helper than a
harmless luking H.
When a man wants tn max phool ov
himself, he ginerallee gifts some womun tn
help him.
The wages ov sin IL deth, no matter how
menny old klothes yu Civ tn the pore.
Historee says that eff a man wuld be a
leader he must be ready tn start long be-
fore the processhun haz formed.
1t IL the birthrite ov every child in this
town tn hav a sober father. These kussed
saloons air robbin' the childrun.
1t IL safe tn believe that God IL agin the
devil, no matter how things Lux.
Adversitee or the kourts tri us al before
we air thru.
The cuss who keeps on grinding will, eff
he lives long enuff, max hiz point.
Whether lif IL wurth livin' or not de-
ponds very mutchlee upon whom yu air
Twin wuth.
Don't tri tn exkuse yurself few mulch,
mi son, for the NOR excuses we max the
NOR peopul suspeckt us.
For one lover ov truth thare air hun
dred klean gone on THAR own idees ov
truth.
The real test ov suckses il al the end.
The man who will du mean deed for yu
purposs.
No, mi son, It IL not necessary for man
tn sew emmy wild otes; yu viii find enuff
ov 'em along the rode.
Crate SORROWS max tender hearts.
Lots ov peopul air abowt half way be-
tween " hat yu think tina air and what tina
pretend tn be.
millunaire don't weigh emmy NOR on
Gods skales than man in a pare ov
overalls.
The wurld has stoned its CRATE men 50
long az they lived, and after tina were ded,
picked up the 81 ones tn max fine monu-
ment over them.
fust marriage IL made in heavun, but that
the seckond one she manages herself.
hav kome tn the konclusion that it
takes NOR kourage tn liv than tn di.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-12-25
ELLSWORTH MARKETS.


ZANE law aEahxnfss wsiasrs AND xxssuxs,
A bashe OF Liverpool sali shall weigh "a
pounss. and bashcl Of Turks Island salt shaI
weigh 20 pounds.
The standard weight Of bushei OF potatoes
IN xoosi order and g for shipping, IA 30 pon ia
81 apples, ~ pounds
TIE standard weight OF bushet of Deans In
GOOD cftcr and &c for shipping, Is 81 pounds
on wheat, bccts. ruta-baga turnips aud peas IA
mounds, OF corn. ~ pounds; OF onions =
pounds; Of carrots. kngiisn Iurntps, rye ana
indian meal. 80 pounds, Of parsnips IS poup,is
az barley ana buekwheat, az pounds; Of oats'
81 pounds. or even measure as by agreement.
The prices quotei below are the r,,tail pr,ca.
al ellsworth Farmers can easily reckon from
these what they are likely TO receive ia trade
or cash for their products,
Country Produce.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-12-25
MERRY XMAS WAYS.
HOW ANCIENTS CELEBR aTED
THE COMING OF YULETIDE.
THE MIsTLEToE AND THE YULE LOG
WE'RE IN EVIDENCE FESTIVITIES
BEGAN WEEK BEFORE CHRIST
MAS DAY.

RT is said that the American Gus
toms of celebrating the greatest
III of all festival days. Christmas,
are descended from or are sur
vfsals of the old world customs which
existed in England a couple of cen
turtles ago. Yet when these latter are
examined into it requires wide stretch
of an unusually elastic imagination to
link the ways Of the present day with
those of the seventeenth or even the
eighteenth century.
1t seems probable that the folks Of
nalf dozen generations ago crowded
more merriment into the Christmas
season than we of this age do. and they
went about it with the same prear-
ranged systematic care that CONNER
cial prince now devotes to some great
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-12-25

OF all the Christmas greens the tree
IS the aristocratic monarch. Used not
so much as an actual decoration itsef
as background for decoration, II
figures as the central ornament in the
Christmas festivities. Its trimming Is
matter of mystery, its burden OF
lights. tinsel and finery the rarest
spectacle that juvenile eyes ever look
upon. and it's brief but triumphant
career an epoch In home life TO be long
re- membered. = Philadelphia Times
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-12-25

Faces OF the loved and lost
Throng the courts where We assemble;
Ruhicons Of years are crossed
As Ia Yule's sweet walks we ramole'
Oh. the dear, the ever mourned!
Ye, In more than clden beauty,
Are like angel guards returned
sharers in this holy duty
Children with their banners, see,
In the chapel alcoves gather;
Happy they with him to be
Children Of a common Father
Hear the organs prelude ring
with the weicope 10 the morning,
While the festal tensers swing
And the altar lights are burning.
Lovely Yule, though shadows steal
Uuawares Ger all thy brightness,
Though yop naked boushs reveal
Marble mounds Of snowy whiteness,
Yet the wreath Of Christmas day
Green and fragrant ever liyeth'
For the Hand thai took away
Is ;he Hand that once more giveth.
William B. Chisholm
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CHRISTMAS GREEN.

- HRISTMAs green in hearts we keep,
Needless Of the scowling weather,
Needless Of the gusts that sweep
~ Der the woodlands and the beathe
Masses In the night we sing
by the side Of horal manger.
While the wiekets widely swing
For the pilgrim and the stranger.
Cedars with the roses Irvine
Round the chlncel's inner railing,
While the winds and waves combine
Coronachs and dirges wailing;
While the crown Of drifted snow
Clusters DER the marbles whiteness,
Then, mesccms, the arctic toe
Glimmers with a summer brightness.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
Sugar Rsets an d Weeds

The subject Of cleaning n beet
field and keeping it free from weeds
is very important one, and mater
ALLY affects the yield of the crop and
the cost of producing it. From five
to eight dollars per acre has been
added to the cost of "laying by"
here this season by the excessive
growth of weeds over last year.
Could this have been avoided? is a
question which may be safely an
swered in the affirmative, bnt to
prove the correctness of the answer
makes it imperative that the ground
be very carefully treated during pre-
vions years. The one thing to do is
to keep the weeds from producing
seeds, and it can be done.
To clean ground which by care.
lessness has become. full of weed
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21

which heretofore, has passed through
the hands of the retiners trust.
Each succeeding year more and
more bee. sugar will be produced,
and every pound of it will be con
sumed at home. But the beet sugar
product will have to be greatly and
rapidly increased to lessen the pres
ent demand for foreign sugar.
The average increase of consump-
ton Of sugar in the United States is
at the rate of about 100000 tons a
year The seven or eight new fac
tories built this year, will not manu-
facturo nearly enough sugar to cover
a quarter of this increase.
Last year the beet sugar output
was only little over $4,000 tons.
Willett & Gray's estimate for 1901
is 1872, 400 tons.
Our estimate made in June was
for more than 100000 tons. We
see no reason a month later to ma
terially modify this estimate.
Taking 100000 tons as the crop
for 1901, we find that it will 'only
cut into the sugar trusts market of
last year to the extent of about 20.
600 tons or less than one per cont Of
their output. If Willett q Grsy's
figures prove more accurate than ours
even this trihing difference will dis
appear
Real competition OF serious
character between the rival interests
is still long way of. Why hunt
for worries?-Sugar Beets
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
sam Jones on Polite. .

While in the city Rev. Sam Jones
gave an interview on politics, in the
course of which he said:
'I feel sorry for the democrats.
The republicans have let them down
in well and pulled UP the ladder.
As long as the democrat party has
LEADERS, like Tillman and Altgeld
they will have to take deck passage
on the ship Of state. There amt a
Stkteroom in any decent ship that
would, give them quarters. They
have got to put the brains in front
and couple the brains to the mouth
Of the party or the republicans have
cinch ON this government for q
hundred years"
Mr.. Jones declared that the peo
pls would take hand in Georgia
and bring forth new leaders there.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
"NIsnt in Pueblo I"

II will he "day all night" in Pn-
,sblo during the State Fair, Septem
brr 23 27 One could travel over
the country for mouths and not
learn ~ much ~ would be gained in
tho brief period OF few short day.
properly spent at this seeat exposi
tion. It. matters Int little if you
eek instruction or pleasure You
will receive both by attending the
most magnificent Fair over held in
Colorado. Not only the States de
vel.,psn-,it will be shown, bnt the
worl.'s progress in many lines. and
thor. cannot he any vain regrets
excepting in the event yon do not at
tend.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
A Hot Time.

"The weather has been so hot in
this country" walls "A Southern Mis-
souri, paper, that liverymen have
had to stand their horses in water an
hour day to keep their shoes from
coming off, and wagons are going
around with their tongues out. The
catfish kick up such dust in the
bed of the Gasconade riyer that the
river has to be sprinkled before you
can go fishing. A spark from an
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
J.T. Benton In jail.

The Enterprise last week gave a
short abatement Of MI attempt of j
L Benton to shoot }. ID. Wolfe OF
the Steam Laundry. Benton had
been discharged for drunkenness So
and when wildly drink went to the
laundry with a gun AID took shot
mt Mr.. Wolfe, missing his hend by
only few inches. His gnn being
taken away he made a laid through
the laundry with a knife, bnt at that
time Mr., Wolfe WAS up town after
the marshal After an examination
befor4 Squire Harri-, Benton was
sent to jaiIst La Jnnta in default OF
:. x2,OW bond Benton is of a
1. l.yhting tnrn Ms shown soon after
niI arrival in town when he made All
unproyok.d assault on and hndly in
jured the agent of Pueblo laundry.
His enforced stay in La Jnntu is for
the good af the Rocky
Ford Enterprise.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
County Notes.
From the Holly chieftain.I ] Z

From the Holly Chieftain.
The Presbyterian church of Holly
will be dedicated Ang. Is, at ! l a
IN. Rev. 4. G. Kirkwot,d, of Colora
do Springs, will conduct the services
Hiram, the 13.year old son Of Mr.
and Mis-. II. A, Pettee, was thrown
from II horse yesterday, sustaining a
fractured collar bone and several
other bruises.
The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet
and Irrigated Land Company is dis
posing of its lands very rapidly
When the buyers begin to come here
to settle upon their farms, which
will be this fall and next spring,
then will this county have the sp
psarance OF Il boom equal to that OF
Oklahoma or any other country.
The entertainment to be given al
Assembly hall to morrow night undei
the direction of Mr.. aud Mrs. F. W.
Lambert promi es to he one OF the
best ever produced in Holly. Mr.
Lambert has completed the scenery
and its beautiful appearance proves
that he il II true artist in his line
The proceeds of the entertainment
will go toward paying for the pair t
ing of the scenery. We predict a
crowded hofIs, for this event
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21

seeds every effort should be made to
place the seed in position where
they will germinate-there is no
other way of getting rid of them. A
great deal may be accomplished in a
single season, especially if a moist
one, by oft repeated string of the
ground. Easy stirring brings a
fresh lot of seeds into position
where they will sprout. After
sprouting they are eaisily killed and
the operation of killing one lot
brings about the termination of a
new lot. The dirtier the field the
oftener this operation vii. have to be
repeated, but there is not the slight
est doubt of the ultimate success of
such treatment. When once clean
it may be easily kept clean by tax
ing care not to allow weeds which
may be accidently brought into the
field to prodnce seed. One seed if
allowed to ripen will produce many
thousands. The farmer who says
clean fields cannot be maintained
simply does not know his business.
We would strongly advise farmers
to begin as soon as possible to pre-
pare their next years beet ground.
If the ground is beariug small
grain of other early crop gang plow
it as soon as the crop is harvested,
and harrow 1t every time u crop Of
weeds begins to grow. By using a
broad, light harrow the cost of this
treatment need not be. much, and is
really nothing compared with the
cost of getting rid Of weeds after
there is beet crop upon the field.
In considering the cost it must be
remembered that aside from freeing
the land of weeds, great deal of
valuable plant food is being laid up
by inducing oxidation and nitrifica-
ton as result of the repeated stir
ring. Late in the fall this land
should be deep plowed and, if neces-
sary subsoiled. This is not idle
theory, but good souhd practice, and
4
will insure good beet crop next
year, and one easily taken care Of
"A. L. Wiancko, Experimentalist at
Leavett, Neb, July l3.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
AS Govern ,r Francis Saw the Pres
ident.

to0nt.
We fnlked with the President
about many things in connection
with the exposition which 1 cannot
1--WE tv ,hr public at present, but
which will develope in du. time. ]
ca, not refrain from again express,
ing now what felt yesterday That
il my admiration for man who,
welding the power of cheif magis-
tlate of this great nation. lives in an
unpretentious way in q small cottage
in an/interior town, wholly without
guards, driving abont the country,
stopping to talk to the farmers, and
living as SIMPLE as private citizen,
As we left his home the President
insisted thal he should drive us to
the station, and on the way he was
saluted respectfully by every person
we met. It is remarkable, anl al
admirable trait of the President. y
Former Governor Francisco Mi sour
in an interview after his visit to
President Mckinley at Canton, Ohio
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
MCLEAN BROS. DRUG STORE

engine set the big railroad pond on
fire, and burned up wagon load Of
bull frogs. The ground is 80 hard
and dry that the crawfsh holes in
the low places are being pulled up
and shipped off for gas pipes. ."-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
Real Estate Transfers.

The following is list of the real
estate transfers filed at the county
clerks office during the past week,
as taken from the records:
Aug. 13 d Il Gibson to Geo
w Burke OF al; quit claim
deed TO part OF lots l5 and Ia
block 18. Lamar; considera-
tion 5000
Aug. IA The Amity Land co
TO james Baird; warranty
deed to lot 81 block Holly;
consideration on............ 76 90
Aug. IA The Amity Land Go
to james Baird; warranty
deed to lot % block Holly;
consideration n.............. 80 20
Aug. 10 James Baird to is
McMurtry; warranty deed to
part of lot 81 block Holly;
consideration n........... 81 80
Aug. Ia. f f Butler to Mich
ael Eastman; quit claim
deed to lot IL block Is, La
mar; consideration ....... 100 90
Aug. 10. Emma Tibbetts and
husband To L + Adams;
warranty deed to lot IL
block Al, mmar; considera-
tlon .................. 2OOO w
Aug 16. w A Merrill to Dora
T. Darrough; warranty deed
to block Al Granada; con
SlderatIO n n................. lOOO w
The Lamar register., 1901-08-21
Imaginary Dangers.

Every pound or beet sngar grown
in the United States, displaces a
pound of foreign grown sugar
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Aunt Indy" Matinee Saturday.
Seats now on sale. Regular prices.
Charles H. Hoyt incorporated into his
last farcical creation "A Day and a
Night" a large amount of the clever
ness and sparkle and bright scintilat-
ing wit that made his former prOduc-
tions so successful There is music in
the piece, introduced together with
novel specialties at appropriate inter-
walls throughout the three acts. There
are several lively and pleasing choruses
in which the feminine members Of the
company appear to good advantage. a
coterie of dancers create much enthu-
siasm and applause. The company is
large one, and thoroughly good one.
"a Day and Night comes to the
Grand opera house Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday next week. Matinee
Wednesday. Seats now on sale. Reg
ular prices.
"Tennessee's Pardner" will be the of
fering at the Grand opera house Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, March %,
30 and 80.
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THE BENEFIT WHIST.
Donated Music Hall for the Occasion
other Contributors.

! Donated Music Hall for the Occasion
Other Contributors.
Tt was through the kindness of Colo
mel John G. Haaly and Harry w Asher
that Music hall was donated for the
benefit whist that was held there We'd
nesday These public-spirited gentle
men We're among the first Of those to
offer assistance, and the gift of the hall
was one of the most appreciated Of the
very large number.
The prizes and the donors are printed
from a list submitted by S. Goodman,
through whose courtesy they were dis
played in the window of his Chapel
street store for several days. The list
follows:
Sofa pillow, Mrs. r M. Adler; iardi-
Mere, Mrs. j. N. Champion: stein, S.
Goodman; cane, Friend e. Brooks; cut
glass bowl, A, FOote & Co.; whist set,
Mrs. f. Fl. Lewis; china pitcher Mrs.
Burr S. Peck; cigar case, c. M. Hall;
bust, Mrs. B. Fresenius; cracker jar,
Mrs. Henry Fresenius; silver bread
tray, Mrs George White; point lace
handkerchief, Mrs. j. H Shaw; cut
glass bonbon dish, Mrs. lie Roy Kirk
man, set bread and butter platesr Mrs.
w. IT. Garde; pewter stein, Mrs l. M.
Ullman; si1ver-handled whisk broom,
Mrs. w S. CrOfut; Russian lace collar,
Mrs. Henry Herr; tobacco jar, Mrs. S.
s. Adams; house Jacket, j. Johnson;
silk umbrella, Mrs. Frank BRACES; box
of cigars, George White; bonbonniere
and spoon Mrs e. NJ. Clark; book, Mrs.
Pickett; bonbonniere, Mrs. T. l. Kin
ney; plates, Mrs. c. M. Bright; center
niece Mrs j G. GladMin.
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CAUGHT IN THE sHAFTING.

Frank Dewlzett, of West Cornwall, at
the Hospital With Severe Injuries
Frank Dewkett, who is employed by
the j. Madison Shear company, of West
Cornwall, Conn, yesterday morning got
entangled in a piece Of shafting while
at work in the factory. and before he
could be rescued sustained severe in
juries, being wound once around the
shafting. His right arm between the
elbow and shoulder was badly broken
up, and he received other internal in
juries ON the right side. Last night he
was brought to the New Haven hospital
by DR.. Ives, of West Cornwall, who
graduated last year at the Yale Medi-
cal school.
At the hospital last night the patient
was reported as doing as we'll as could
be expected, and no fatal result is APP
pretended.
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THE GOLD LEGION
Will Hold an Important Meeting in the
Tontine Tonight,

Will Hold an Important Meeting in the
Tontine To- Night
The Gold Legion will hold a meeting
tonight at the Tontine hotel. The
meeting is called for the purpose OF
electing officers, drafting a set of by
laws and receiving reports of the pres
ent officers and committees. The meet
ing is called for o'clock.
The Gold Legion is now a permanent
organization, and all the former mem
bers are expected to continue their af-
filiations with the organization. New
members are coming in at every meet
ing, and what appeared to have been a
successful campaign company has now
developed into a marching escort club
that has social features as well and
that is always rady to participate in
campaigns without the usual hurry and
hustle to recruit its ranks.
Among the matters to come before
the Legion tonight will be the election
of officers of the permanent orRaniza-
ton. At present Edward [. Atwater,
the president who was elected for the
past campaign, is officiating in that ca
pacity, and w. H. French, the secre-
tary is still the incumbent Of that Of
flee, with F. G. r. Barnes as treasurer.
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ZANZIBAR.

| In writing of Zanzibar l am embar-
raised by the knowledge that I am not
| an unprecedented witness. I fell in love
with Zanzibar at first sight, and the
more 1 saw Of it the more L wanted to
take my luggage out of the ships hold
and cable to my friends to try and have
me made vice consul to Zanzibar
through all succeeding administrations
Zanzibar runs back abruptly from a
white beach in a succession of high
white walls. It slistens and glareS and
dazZles you; the sand at your feet is
white, the city itself is white, the robes
of the people are white. It has no pub
lie landing-p pier. Your roWboat Is run
ashore on a white shelving beach, and
you face an impenetrable mass of white
walls. The blue waters are behind you,
the lofty fortress-like facade before
you, and a strip of white sand is at
your feet.
And while you are wondering where
this hidden city may be- kind friend
takes you by the hand and pilots you
through narrow crack In the rampant,
along a twisting assure between white
washed walls where the sun can not
reach, past great black doorways of
carved oak, and out suddenly into the
light, and laughter and roar of Zanzi-
bar.
In the narrow streets are all the col
ors of the Orient, gorgeous, unshaded
and violent; cobalt blue, greens and
reds on framework, windows and door
ways; red and yellow in the awnings
and curtains of the bazars, and orange
and black, red and white, yellow, dark
blue, and purple, in the long shawls of
the women. 1t is the busiest and the
brightest and richest in color of all the
ports along the East African coast.
Were it not for It's narrow streets and
its towering walls it would be a place
of perpetual sunshine Everybody is
either actively busy or contentedly idle.
1t is all movement, noise and glitter
everyone is telling everyone else
to make way before him; the
Indian merchants beseech you from
the open bazars; their children, ewathed
in gorgeous silks and hung with jewels
and bangles, stumble under your feet,
the Sultans troops assaii you with fife |
and drum, and the black women,
wrapped below their bare shoulders in |
the colors of the butterfly, and with |
teeth and brows dyed purple, crowd you |
Wall.-Richard Harding Davis in Scrib- |
ner'S
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Polls Wonderland Theater.

Powell, the magician, although a new
conner to Polls. is establishing a firm
hold in the fancy of the big audiences
by his excellent work. He has diff
cult position following as he does the
recent appearance Of Goldin and the
Great Lafayette, but he suffers nothing
in comparison. His experiments are
on a different order and he has an in
dividuality in the presentation that is
strong charm. The crystal ladder
and Hindoo box tricks are as good as
any ever shown in the city.
Reinforcing this star are capital
vaudeville specialists, including John
ME Carroll, the singer and monologist;
Welch, Frances and company, in the
farce THE Flip Mr. Flop" Raymond
and Kurpamp, in musical act; Mile
Cristma's specially well trained band Of
dogs and monkeys, John and Maude
Allison in Zones and the Swede;" Bell
Davis and two cute pickanninny actors;
Swift and DeVeauX in singing and
dancing sketch, and the vitagraph with
Chinese views. Prices: Matinee, 10c,
20; evening, 10c, zoe, 30c; ladies at mat
inee 10c.