Ellsworth American., 1903-08-26
COUNTY NEWS.
BLUEH1LL
Address OF WELCOME.

Following - the s'Addres- OF Weicom e.
deli issrea at the centennial celebration,
of Biaehill academy Aug l., " 9Danle
i. Gross.
Friends y home and all others whe are here
with interest in these exercises: thans You
for the welcome you have given me. | bell We
1t is the expression Of friendship ard g0od-Wi !
which are lmperishable. Ii IS an houor aud a
privilege for ne as a member of the first clss
publicly graduated from the ola ac4demy. aud,
as a repre-. eniative of the alumna and alumEi
of it TO welcome you to the commemorative OF
things as imperishabIe as friendship aud gOod-
win, that is, the spirit OF our forefaahers asd
knowledge which English singer In one Oi
the greatest drges of any age, interminges
with the deep, reverential part of our own
being when he sings:
"Let knowledge live from more to more
And more of reverence In us dwell"
This is, indeed. memorable occasion for
this community, filed with many tender per.
sonal associations and with associations of his
tory.
Nearly 800 years ago the Pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock. They were men who could
overcome limitations. They left an old England
to build up a new England. They could choose
and enter a new environment. and notwith-
standing its difficulties and dangers, could
mould it to their will. They left land where
their civil and religious freedom was re-
stricted, and planted colonies where they might
govern and worship without arbitrary re
straint.
They did not come as the early eolonists
came to the southern states for the acquisition
of gold, nor were they like those who settled
the Middle states tor commercial purposes; they
tual idea, and made that commonwealth the
seed-bed of much of the best subsequent moral
and intellectual growth of the nation.
From such sock and among rugged and in
spring influences sprang the men and women
who settled this township and founded the old
academy, humble, but useful temple of
learning. We come here to-day to Incorporate
their spirit, their character and their courage
into ourselves; to make the past live again In
our present.
We come not to remember visible, fading
material things, but those invisible, realities
which endure. The old walls may erumble;
they are already venerable, and through our
neglect are fast approaching a pathetic decay;
nature may cover the ruins with her ivy In
changing beauty from season TO season, but we
will not C mmemorate a thing that Il dead. We
commemorate those sweet influences which have
gone forth from the academy, permeating and
uplifting this community for century.
We remember thoseimovements and impulses
of the intellect aud heart which renew and per.
petuate their Immortality in the lives of the
graduates, and in the new Institution which we
have lately dedicated.
We commemorate that portion which has al
ready taken its place with things eternal. and to
this commemoration. filled with strong, hope
full present, and past abundant in beautiful
and ennobling memories now welcome you.
Miss Louise Boyden has returned from
her visit to Boston.
Amos g. Stover, OF Boston, is visiting
his parents, Z. ?. Stover and wife.
Miss Alice Bean, of Conway, n. b., is
visiting her uncle, RevIE. Bean.
Mrs. Augusta Mirick and Mrs. Helen
Mcintyre have taken trip to Rocklsnd.
The fall term of the Bluehin- George
Stevens academy begins Monday, Sept. Il
Mrs, A. F. Townsend and daughter
Ethel have kone to Southwest Harbor for
few weeks.
Miss Eel Daley, OF New York, is |
spending the summer with her sister,
Mrs. ]. W. Ksue.
Miss Adelaide Pearsoh was called home
to Brookline, Mass, last week on account
of the Illness of her mother.
Nahum Hinckley has been appointed
delegate to the eleventh national irri-
cation congress to be held In Ogden,
Utah, Sept. Is IS.
DR.. Mckay, of New York, preached to
large audience Sunday morning in the
Congregational church. Rev. MIR. Not
man is expected to occupy the pulpit next
Sunday.
Capt. John Douglass has sold the Cam
dage place where he has lived for a year
and a half to Tyler Hinckley, and has
bought the Israel Johnson place, to which
he will move this week.