Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-08-07

money in the treasurer's hands as will
procure a stock of ammunition, and Capt.
Solomon Jordan and Lieut. Jacob Foster
take charge of same when procured"
Il 1875 the town raised G120 for roads
and $50 for schools. In 179S- an applica-
ton was made by township No. Z, or New
Bowdoin, for an act of incorporation.
The petition not only asked for the incor-
poration of the township, but large slice
from the town of Trenton was included
within the bounds.
The town in meetings held at different
times strenuously opposed this measure,
and appointed committee to make
known the feelings at headquarters, but
they were not able to defeat the project,
| for when the new town of Ellsworth was
| incorporated in 1900, it took ell OF the
Union river settlement as far down as the
residence of the late Samuel Alley, and
included many citizens who had been
prominently identified with the interests
of the town of Trenton.
| At meeting held this year, 1900, Will
liam Blunt was elected town clerk in place
of John Green, who, then belonged in
| Ellsworth. MIR. Blunt served the town in
This capacity until 1910. Judging from his
work, it was faithfully performed. 1t has
been my pleasure to examine many records
of towns, and j have not found single
| instance of that early date where the PEN
manship, spelling, or manner OF keeping
the books was better. His son, John
Blunt, years after was quite prominent
resident of East Trenton, moving from
there in the SOS to the far West.
In 1903 William Hopkins and Peter
Haynes were appointed committee for
building a schoolhouse at Oak Point.
This is the first of which any record is
made, and it may be inferred that the
schools previous to this were in private
dwellings. Whether the one built was the
traditional red one of which our friend
in California spoke some time ago, is un-
certain, but it certainly deserved all the
good words that would apply to any Of
this class.
There were living in this district at one
time several years later five men, who no
doubt received most OF their schooling
here, all capable navigators, captains of
square-riggers engaged in foreign COM
merce, besides several enterprising cap
tains with good vessels engaged in the
coastwise trade.
Nothing occurred for several years in the
town that seems OF special interest until
1916, when the town was called upon to
vote on the separation OF the district of
Maine from the state of Massachusetts,
Sixty seven votes were cast against sepa-
ration, and the vote in Maine at that time
was against it, In 1918 the district voted
in favor, and ON the second Monday OF
October, 1919, the convention met at Port
land to form constitution for the sepa-
rate State of Maine.
Peter Haynes was unanimously elected
delegate to that convention by the voters
of Trenton. All towns including the
townships adjoining over which they held
some jurisdiction were entitled to be rep
resented The next year, 1920 Maine be-
came a separate State.
In 1919 it was "voted that the selectmen
be committee with those from Mt.
Desert and Eden to petition the general
government for a mail from Ellsworth to
Mt. Desert at the general governments
expense" 1t appears that some person
before this had been hired and paid by
citizens to carry the mail Git may be pre-
sumed not very often) to Ellsworth, but as
this request was soon after granted, it was
the first of the kind in that town and Mt.
Desert and Eden.