Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-01-01

4 down to join in the meeting here. The
| principal speakers OF the evening were
Revs. e. ID. Kizer, p. A. A. Kiilam ard Q.
J. Guptill. Refreshments we're served
during the evening.
Miss Carolyn l. Smith, formerly Of Ellis
worth, now with the Home Trust q Saw
| ings Co., OF Salt Lake City, Utah, sends
THE AMERICAN copy OF the Christma
edition OF the Deseret Esenins Nescs, oi
that city. Il is q mammoth edition, OF ia
| pages, with colored cover.
| At the request of the library trustees
and others, George Nixon Black has pre-
| sented to the Ellsworth city rbrary fine
portrait OF himself and bearing his sigma
ture. It will be remembered that Mr..
| Black is the generous donor Of the besuti-
| full library building and its beautiful fur
nishings.
Lejok lodge, 1. o. o. r., elected oficers
last Friday evening as follows: John A.
Moore, N. g.; Eugene Moore, v. G.; Fred
P. Haynes, secretary; w. A. Alexander,
treasurer; H. q. Jordan, F. L. Mason, J..
P. Eldridge, trustees. Offers will be in
stalled next Friday evening. A banquet
will follow installation.
The annual meeting Of Lygonia lodge,
r. and A. NJ, will be held to- morrow
evening. There will be work in the third
degree, beginning at 5 o'clock. A BAN
quet will be served at $50, with venison
from the buck presented to the lodge by
j. Sherman Douglass on the menu. Sup
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ing, and the completion Of degree work.
The union services for the week of
| prayer will begin Sunday evening, Jan. 8,
in the Congregational church, with SER
mon by the pastor. Meetings will be held
on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings in
the Baptist vestry, and on Thursday and
Friday evenings in the Methodist church.
Details concerning the services will be
announced later. A special effort will be
made to make the music attractive at the
Sunday evening services.
| Two Ellsworth boys figured in a thin
ice accident in New Hampshire recently,
one as the near-victim and the other as
the rescuer. William Raymond, of
Rochester, formerly OF Ellsworth, was
skating on the Cocheco river, near that
| city, when he broke through. By a
| strange coincidence, the first man to reach
him, and pull him out Of the water, was
also an Ellsworth boy - Edward Austin,
now employed at Dover, N. III.
Coroner L. W. Jordan was called to
| West Surry on Christmas day, to investi-
gate the death OF Josiah w. Coulter, who
was found dead in the home where he
lived alone. Death was due to natural
causes. There were evidences that he had
arisen as usual in the morning, and built
a fire. Coroner Jordan thinks he must
have died coon after that. The body was
found the middle of the afternoon by
Mrs. Eugene Blaisdell, neighbor.
The Wayback ball at Hancock hall Mon
day evening proved an enjoyable affair
. though the severe storm and slippery
walking prevented many from attending
Nevertheless about fifty couples in cos
! tune, and good many spectators
? braved the weather. Many of the cos
, TUNES we're good, and some Of them wer
. OF historical interest. The stage wa
decorated to represent barn scene, will
, borse and cow in their stalls. The mem
, bers of the orchestra were also in cos
, tune.
Allen X. Joy, jr., and his sister Judith
students at Cornell university, were il
Ellsworth last Friday calling on ole
, friends. They are the children OF Allen
r. Joy, of Portland, Oregon, formerly Of
Ellsworth, and will be remembered as the
youngsters who about twelve years age
spent three years here with their grand
father, the late III. A. M. Joy. They are
spending the holidays with their uncle,
A. w. JOY, in Bangor, and came down to
Ellsworth to renew childhood acquaint-
ances.
An excellent entertainment was given
by the pupils of the Beechlnad school on
Christmas eve. fine program was pre-
sented, consisting of singing and recita-
tions. Mrs. Winfield Brann was accom-
panist. There was Christmas tree, with
a Santa Claus, impersonated by Walter
Brown. Parents turned out in goodly
numbers, and altogether about eighty
were present. The teacher is Miss
Minerva Jordan; she has taught this
school two terms, and has given great
satisfaction.
Henry w. Cushman and wife, formerly
of this city, now of Bangor, gave theii
daughter Miss Louise a coming-out party
last evening at Society hall in Bangor
The reception was at o'clock, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cushman and Miss Louise being as
sisted by Miss Constance Gardner, of Bos-
ton. Dinner was served at IL o'clock, and
dancing followed. Guests from Ellsworth
were Mrs. J. A. Peters, Mrs. Henry M
Hall, Miss Margaret and Ludike Hail.
Mrs. A. K. Cushman, Arthur Parcher
Robert King and Clarence Tapley.
With the beginning Of the new year
Harry E. Rowe enters the employ oi
Wadsworth, Howland & Co., of Boston,
manufacturers Of paints and varnishes, as
saIeman for eastern Maine. He attended