Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-11-12

One Weeks Winnowings of News,
Novelty and Nonsense.

r. Novelty and Nonsense.
A patent has recently been issued to c.
Young. of York, for a saw-settiDg
machine.
A North Arson man shot calf tor
deer, the other day, and the Joke OF II
was that he owned the calf.
The Bible society Of Maine In its last
canvass found 5000 Protestant families
without bible In their homes.
What do you think OF a man ninety
eight years old saving and piiing up two
cords OF wood? That is what David
Young, of North Paris, has done.
An Oxford county man, seventy eight
years old, Hall Day, OF stowe, travelled
twenty six miles afoot, the other day,
driving an OK team loaded with apples to
Fryeburg.
Not the least among the many booms
which prosperous Waterville is enjoying
s one In Sunday school interest. One
church there reports membership OF
over 300 In its Sunday. school.
The masonic fraternity is considering
plans for monument to be erected over
the grave of the late Josiah II. Drum
mond, for more than fifty years an hon
ored member OF the organization.
The month OF October closed with
total of 2,244 present at the national home
at Togus, and 535 absent, an aggregate
mem bership of 2,77e. Temporary quar-
tiers are occupied by fitty-nine men.
c. V. Minott, OF Phippsburg, has the
keel laid for an 1,soo-ton five masted
schooner. She will be 240 feet keel, "a
feet beam, aud 20 feet depth. She is du-
plicate OF the tive-msster under construc-
tion at G.. g. behring's yard In Bath.
Collectors In the York county towns
are paying from twenty Ave to thirty
made barrels so scarce this year Is a
mystery, although it is probable that
many people have been using Them for
fire wood this fall.
The Thomaston Herald celebrated Its
twenty hfth birthday last week. By
some mistake in past years this volume
has figured as volume XVII Ia the head
ing, but 1t will take step backward to
rectiiy matters, and the coming volume
will be volume XVI.
The Maine college boys don't carry off
all the honors ia at hleties. The Wellesley
college girls held their first annual field
day last week, and the young lady at the
head OF the committee in charge OF the
sports and contests was Miss Elizabeth
Bass, '03, bright and charming Maine
girl hose home is in Wilton.
At an sat home" given at the home of
Mrs II. L. Pratt at Lewiston, last Wednes-
day afternoon, the announcement OF the
engagement OF her daughter, Miss Anna
l.. Pratt, to Wallace Fl. White, was made.
Mr.. White Is the grandson of United
States Senator William P. Frye, and is bis
private secretary. He was graduated from
Bowdoin college and Columbian law
school, Washington.
"This actually happened" writes a
Parkhurst correspondent: last Satur-
day morning the ground WAS frozen too
hard to dig potatoes, and a Green Ridge
farmer pat his crew at work moving a
field of oats. The men had to use hot
water TO thaw the grindstone when they
ground their seythes, and moved all the
morning with mittens on. The oats were
hauled in as soon as cut"
The Oxford Advertiser reports a double
elopement in South Harrison, the respec-
tive ages of the "young" ladies being
twelve and sixteen years, and of the young
men twenty-five and nineteen years.
1.-THE elopement occurred during the night
of Oct. %" continues the Advertiser,
presumably before midnight, and the
girls escaped from a chamber window by
means OF a ladder. Nothing is known as
to their destination, as no one took the
trouble to follow them"
1t Is estimated that about IS per cent
of Maine's corporation business Of the
year has now been done. According tc
this estimate, therefore, 1t is safe to as
sumo that the entire receipts for the year
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