Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-02-17
LOCAL. AFFAIRS.
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Bar harO r. Inc cunhhhtee hHN"s i"o
matter In charge Is John r. Knowlion,
8. l.. Lord and wife, Mrs. A. w Curtis.
b. T. sowle and Mrs. Fred Il. BlaisdeIi II
will be time OF general rejoicing for the
society which has worked so hard to clear
the church from debt. All members of
the society and all contributors are cor
daily invited.
The annual banquet rendered the choir
OF st. Joseph's Catholic church by the
pastor, Rev. James ID. O'Brien, was held
last esening at the Hancock house, Those
who attended were Rev. J. ID 0'Brien and
Rev. p. A. Hayes, Mrs g II Dr1mmey,
Edmund J. Walsh and wife, Charles P.
HaIpin and wife, Misses Dutton, Hurley,
Monaghan, Doyle, Mary Drummey, Nan
4. Drummey, and Messrs. Hurley and
Scott. After the banquet an enjoyable
hour was spent In the parlor OF the hote'.
The exeroises postponed at the high
school last Friday will take place Friday
OF this week. The programme is as fol-
lows: Music, Evelyn Bonsey, Ksthie
Hurley, Muriei Davis, Howard W. Dunn
and Ida Higgins. A school paper will be
read by Margaret Dresser and Sidney
Bonsey; current events read by Bernice
Giles, also Q debate discussed In the sf-
firmative by Coleman Bridges and Sadie
Hart, and 10 the negative by Martin Gar
declarations by the remainder OF the frst
division.
Mrs. F. ID. Howard gave an afternoon
tea at her home, 357 Broadway, Chicopee
Fails, Mass, from to s last Saturday In
honor OF the seventy eighth birthday Of
merIy OF this city. Mrs. T. G. Page
assisted in receiving, and pleasant remem-
brsnces were sent by the other daug hters
and the son who could not be present.
Mrs. Culver poured, and Mrs. Flint and
Mrs. Eaton assisted In serving. Mrs.
Davis was the recipient OF many flowers
and gifts aud the good wishes of many
and there are hosts OF them--join In
wishing her many returns Of the day.
As pretty q string OF trout ss has been
seen In Ellsworth this season was
brought IN Saturday by a party OF local
sportsmen who had been spending the
pond. The mum Der OF fish In the string,
according to the reports Of several Of the
party, varied from twenty-five to
sixty. Imsginatious will stretch q string
of fish immensely, and the members Of
this party certainly had vivid imagina-
lions. In the party were Curtis r. Foster,
one Of the owners OF the camp, John H..
Brimmer, A. W. King, A. W. Greedy,
George E. Greeley, +. Carroll Burriil,
John f. Kuowlton e. K. Hopkins, E. F..
Robinson, s. K. Whiting, of Ellsworth,
and Frank l.. Foster, OF Bar Harbor. p.
S.-A man whose ability to count is
vouched for by responsible parties has
counted that string of trout. and declares
on his honor that 1t mum bered just forty
one.
The body OF Edgar C. Urann, Who died
at Cambridge Springs, Pa, last Wednes-
day, were broug TT here Saturday for burial
In the family lot at Woodbine cemetery.
Mir. Ursnn was a native OF Ellsworth b,
having been born and bred here, but he
moved out OF the State at an early age,
and had since made his home In several
places. He was he son OF Eibridge g.
Urann and wife, and will he romem bered
by many of the Older residents OF the
city. Mr.. Ursnn was about sixty years old
and unmarried. He leaves a sister, Mrs.
mary Z Oases, of st. Joseph, Mo. An
other sister, who led some years ago, was
the wife OF Henry A. Walker, formerly OF
this city, now OF st, Joseph. The remains
were accompanied to Ellsworth by E. s.
McGsrry, OF Cam bridge Springs, as rep
resenta,ive of the lodge OF Foresters to
which Mr.. Ursnn belonged. The body
was placed 10 the receiving tomb.
The joke Ia certainly on the Main
street shoe-d dealer who spent last week
fishing at one OF the ponds In the i'm
mediate vicinity OF Ellsworth, On aris-
ing In the morning said dealer put on q
pair OF shoes and proceeded to get break
fast. The other members Of the party
arose and dressed, excepting one man
another shoe oealer--who could not fipo
his shoes. He began asking for them
Nobody had seen them, SO general hunt
began. They looked in hunks, under the
stove ana table, In the china closet and
out in the howell. The search was given
up, and all concluded that 1t was the WORK
OF the camp cat. Along in the middle OF
the forenoon the man who had been
elected to keep the fire going complained
that his shoes were hurting his pet corns
He took the shoe of, examined II, put II
on and took III off and then made he
startling discovery that he had on his
competitors shoes. Imagination will dc
for what followed.
A public instsllst lon OF the officers Of
Blanquefort commandery, X. t., was held
at its asylum In the Manning block Mon
day evening. Eminent Sir Arno w. Kipe
acted as installing officer, assisted by Sin
knight John F. Whiscomb as marshal
and Sir Knight j. p. Simonton as grand