Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-07-04
Elenrn PAPER.


\. close. TRUST you will bear with me
!. mi. last, as you have borne with me in
,hs several papers preceding this one.
tramped about considerably that !
..,,oht sec friends, visiting them In their
a homes. On several occasions went
.n,,ss away from my birthplace. To see a
.;s,sr living ON the Penobscot river, took
,rain from Hancock to Bangor, where I
connected with a Bangor and Boston
s,sop,er, and had the very great pleasure
!, sailing down that winding. beautiful
,i,er aforementioned, stopping of at Bel
~, and the next day returning up the
-, again. by the same means OF travel.
A great many years had passed since l
had been on this river, and of course /
s.w many charges in business enterprises
.,opg rs banks, some for better, some for
,,c-se. mavbe. saw many wharves, once
a vreat use, now rapidly going into ruin,
some quite gone out OF service altogether.
feeling of sadness always comes over
ma when see things going TO decay. j
think il is sort OF funeral feeling. lex
,erienced this feeling in the Immediate
vicinity Of my old home. thought to
mv4elf. az saw this wear OF Times doing,
,hst there had either been a change In
haze for the business once done, or that
that particular kind OF business was no
longer carried on, or those moving spirits
Of the enterprise or enterprises had moved
on and there wsre none to take their
ulaees -'sstep into their Shoes as the old
saving has IL. At any rate thought
saw marks OF decadence along tine banks
az the river-not so much shipping, or
shspbuiiding as thought oagh, 90 see.
/ do not know that this Is, in fact, the
cass. for / realize, somewhat, that ! am
seeing to-day with different eyes than
those Of my youth. and my mind does not
get the same kind Of impressions. Noun
,ains are not so high nor rivers as wide.
Ii Is not more than half SO iar.to the old
well at hons as il used TO be, and the
shore has been pulled halt mile nearer
10 the house. 1, was long way OFF when
/ puIlcd on the handcart. As l remember,
there was great numbering industry ON the
penobseot Il Il as much nowf | know
that the forests OF Maine have been cut
away. o. the pines Of Maine, how they
have gone. and are going, IL makes me
feel sad at times thinking OF ii.
But / greatly enjoyed sitting on deck of
the steamer, taking In the pleasing, beau
tiful river scenery.
In Bangor, Ia midday, on August i2,
found the weather very warm and iatigu-
ing to me, and the same on my way back
from Belfast. As walked about the city
my big feet seemed to weigh ton each,
and my limbs were very lazy. had to
urge them considerably TO get them to do
duty at all.
On my way home on the train, along
toward night, the heated atmosphere had
cooled SO II was very comfortable. and /
enjoyed the ride and changing views az
looked ont Of car window upon the
rough country between Bangor and Els
worth. ] noticed that there were many
rocks beside the railroad track in many
places, and as could think of no good
reason why they should be removed,
have no doubts but they will remain
where they rest now, undistnrbed, for
sges, thought that II sheep undertook
10 feed among them, their noses. would
have to be sharpened, and saw that
spears OF grass had to grow very slender
in order to have sufficient space in the
little handful of soil they occupied. The
ride was a charming one across fen,
through glen and dingle and by lakeside.
Ii was treat to me OF bits OF New Eng
land which enjoyed immensely.
Although the noon OF the day in Ban
gor was too hot to suit me, ii Is now, in
this evening, as we near place which
knew in my boyhood as Kilkenny, too
cool and chill for my sensitive, Cali
fornian-adjusted nerves. Cold, wet fog
came sweeping in from seward and
struck chill TO the very marrow of my
bones, so that when ! arrived at the
Corner" ! felt that | would soon be as
stir as frozen frostfish IL l did not get
on somebody's oyercoat, for had none OF
my own with me-
Riding from the ..Corner" to Ozias,
thought would get my death dart, and
believe would have II had not gotten
down from the buggy and thrown my
long arms about me in a sufficiently
vigorous manner to start blood racing
throughout my length and breadth.
ozias, seeing this, took the hint 1t fur
nished. He went into the house and
brought out his thick overcoat which he
didn't have to coax me to put on. This
was good deed done to brother man In
distress. / have been very thankful ever
since. Who knows but what Ozias saved
me from pneumonia
One OF my nieces owned horse and
buggy, and so invited her to take me on
ride down on "waukeag Neck" l
wished much to go there once more and
visit the birthplace OF my mother and
grandmother. My niece had never been
there, and / thought / could tell her
things interesting about the old place.
Many Of my friends and relatives live
IN that section, and I remember the happy
hours spent with them SO long ago.