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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
LUXURIOUS OLD AGE.
Old Ellsworth Schooner Otronto to
be Floating Clubhouse.

Via ELLSWORTH schooner OtrOntO to
be Floating Clubhouse.
Unlike many OF her sisters, whose bones
have hleached on some beach, or who
have gone to the scrap heap, the old Els
worth schooner Otronto, built at Surry in
1889, is destined for a dignified, almost
luxurious, old age.
The Otronto has been purchased by the
bingham (Mass.) yacht club, and will be
converted into a floating clubhouse. The
main deck will be covered with an avn
ing and furnished with deck chairs, and
will make very attractive Iounging place.
The hold will be painted and converted
with pipe berths and cots into domitory
This summer the club plans to sail the
otronto to Marblehead for the midsum-
mer race week OF the Corinthian Yacht
club and to use her as a home for the
members.
Soon Commodore William Lambert
Barnard will issue his general order No. 1,
for the entire membership to assemble on
the Otronto with paint brushes and paint
cans, to give the schooner coat of paint
outside and inside. All other work will
be done by the members SO far as possible,
each days work being put forward by
general orders from the commodore.
Ii, after seasons use, the club finds
the experiment successful, it is planned to
gradually fit the schooner up with more
elaborate furnishings, deck houses, in
terror finish, etc.
Sunday the Otronto was towed down
from Dorchester to bingham, although
the schooner is fully equipped and rugged
for sea, and was open for ins pection by
members OF the club as she was tied up to
one OF the town docks.
In addition to being taken to Marble
head for the midsummer series, it is pro-
posed also to take one or more week lend
cruises with the flag officers in command
and the able seamen recruited from the
members. For cook and steward it is
planned to take along the janitor of the
club.
At other times the Otronto will lie at
the club floats as an attractive, breezy
clubhouse, offering unique opportunities
for afternoon teas, dancing and moonlight
concerts. In the winter the schooner will
be berthed at one of the docks in Hing
ham, and fortnightly dinners will be held
aboard ship.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
BASKETBALL BALLADS.
Bar Harbor Rooter Returns Sulli-
vans Poetic Fire.

Now where is that sullivan's poetic soul
That in last weeks paper appeared SO bold?
To use his own phrase would be only too rum;
1t has vanished like dew before the sun.
These robust youths" to decide their fame.
Challenged Newport to q championship game
But did they get it? Well. should worry!
Their colors faded and they lost in q hurry.
Sullivan can play basket ball all right;
As was seen in the game the other night.
But should they allow their heads to swell
Because for them Ellsworth did yell9
The cheering does not win a game
Although courtesy is within easy aim.
And visiting teams should receive their due
As Ellsworth did, when they played our crew
OF course the Ellsworth boys are little sore
But they worked it around through the Old
Town team.
And left Bar Harbor at the foot, 1t seems.
Where comes the authority for remarks of
this sort?
They played the Indians and we did not.
But this little scheme with us cuts no ice,
We beat the Ellsworth boys and did 1t up nice.
To Ellsworth have nothing more to say,
For this is tribute to Sullivan, across the
bay.
Those Beautiful Quarries got a "fair" defeat
And we suppose they consider it ''bully
treat.
Their victory was great but its life was short
When the championship game they eagerly
sought.
Then came those farmers small but smart
And shook the sturdy stone-cutters" all
apart.
The Sullivan lads with pride did roar
Because on Bar Harbor they made few scores
But you've heard the saying "self praise'' and
all that;
Sullivan on her victories" will surely get fat
No malice is meant by these crude lines,
1t is just few remarks to keep up to times.
And do not think that this is q bubble,
II you take offense; it's only Isch-ca- bibble.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The naming of Thursday, April 80,
as Sire prevention day., is meeting
with popular approval. Fourteen
lives; 1855 fires, with property loss of
50 100000, is part of the price Maine
paid last year for fires, many of which
were needless. More than 300 fires
were caused by defective chimneys.
The annual per capita fire loss in the
United States is s2.51; in Maine last
year it was "a; in Europe it is SO
cents. Let us make fire. prevention
day something more than name.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in ali
its stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure 10 the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of the
disease and giving the patient strength BY
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing It's work. The proprietors
have SO much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list OF
testimonials.
Address r. J. CHENEY g. co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
LAKEWOOD.

school commenced Monday, with How
ard q. Moore again as teacher.
Charles o. and Martin A. Garland re-
Gently purchased large work horse oil
6. w. Grindal, of Ellsworth.
Miss Flora Garland has returned TO her
home here, after an absence OF eight years,
during which time she cared for David
Thomas, OF Otter Creek, who died re-
Gently. She will now make her home with
her brother Edward.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Three hundred of the majestic elm
trees on Boston common have sue
cumbed to the leopard moth. and are
being cut down. Did it ever occur to
you how Main street, Ellsworth,
would look without it's grand old
elms? We haven't any leopard moths
or gypsy moths, that we know of, in
this locality, but we have the brown
tails in constantly increasing number.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Have you heard the news from
Calais? Last year the republicans
elected their candidate for mayor
over the democratic and progressive
combination by ITO plurality. This
year, with the same combination
against him, Mayor Horton was re-
elected by 215 plurality. Just another
straw in the breeze, that's all.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

"Give my love to all white ribbon
friends in the State, the nation and
the world" was the farewell message
of Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, the national
W. G. T. U. president, who died at her
home in Portland Monday. The
death of Mrs. Stevens is more than
the loss of leader to the white rib
bon women of Maine; it is the loss of
a personal friend.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The cid is to be raised" on Senate
secret sessions, if Senator LaFoilette
and seven other republicans and one
progressive senator have their way.
These senators have revolted against
executive sessions when matters of
public legislation not affecting foreign
relations are under consideration, and
declare that they will break away
from rules and discuss these matters
in open session.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
Farm Demonstration Work.

Farm Demonstration WOrk.
The farmers of Hancock county will
not be slow to take advantage of the
opportunity offered to improve
methods by observation of the farm
demonstration work to be taken up
here this season. The farmers of the
hide bound class, who believe that
methods good enough for their fathers
are good enough for them, are fast
passing away. We 60 not hear so
much derisive comment about the
''book- learned" farmer as we did a
few years ago.
Down in Bay View grange at Sails
bury Cove few weeks ago, discus
sion of the comparative value of an
agricultural course and practical work
on the farm was decided in favor of
the former. Would the result have
been the same ten years ago, or even
five years?
just what farm demonstration work
means for community is illustrated
by story told by the Bangor Com
mercial A young man brought up
on farm near Bangor braved the
gibes of relatives and neighbors and
took an agricultural course at the
University of Maine.
Last year he went back home and
planted potatoes side by side with
potato fields of neighbors and rela-
tives who stuck to the old methods
and laughed at his new-fangled no
tions. They stopped laughing in the
fall. He raised third more potatoes
to the acre than his neighbors, and at
rs per cent. less cost.
The best part of this story is that
this year the neighbors who laughed
will adopt his methods. That is what
is hoped farm demonstration work
will do for Hancock county.
In connection with this farm DEM
onstration work, the letter which we
print this week on page from O. P.
DeLaittre, of Aitkin, Mimi, one of
Hancock county's most loyal sons and
wishers, is of especial interest.
The communication was written be-
fore he learned from THE AMERICAN
that the Union Trust 90. had taken
up this "better farming" movement.
In personal letter to the editor,
after reading of this, Mr.. DeLaittre
makes the valuable suggestion of try
ing here some dent corn specially
bred for the northern part of Minne-
sofa, and which it is reasonable to sup
pose is well adapted to this climate.
He has already sent half bushel of
the seed to the North Ellsworth
Farmers club, and arrangements will
probably be made by the Union Trust
Co. to secure some of the seed for the
boys clubs to be organized to COM
pete for it's prizes.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Absolute prohibition will prevail in
the United States navy after July /
next. Secretary Daniels Monday made
public sweeping order, which not
only will abolish the traditional swine
mess" of the officers, but will bar all
alcoholic liquors from every ship and
shore station of the navy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Portland is in fair way to get the
needed appropriation from Congress
for deepening her harbor, an i'm
provement much needed to keep pace
with the growing Importance of Port
land as shipping point for big trans
Atlantic steamships. Provision for
government survey of the harbor
with the view to the improvements
has already been made.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Hancock county is doing something in
the way OF big calves this spring. A
registered Holstein COW, owned by Fred
G. Smith, of Ellsworth, last week gave
birth to calf which weighed, at birth,
106 pounds. Miss Emma Gray, OF Brooks
vile, is the owner Of a heifer calf which
at one week old weighed liz pounds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Otis residents are hoping that the
vicious wildcat which has been devouring
the other wild animals OF the vicinity,
including deer, has eaten its last meal.
The carcass of a porcupine with the head
eaten off by the big cat was found re-
Gently. 1t is hoped the "quill" will prove
s'mightier than the bullet".
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Bagaduce river will not receive the
hoped-for government appropriation for
its improvement. The government engi-
neers who examined the river have re-
ported that 'the desired improvement can
be obtained only at a cost in excess OF that
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Aroostook ranked third. Think of 1t!
Out of nearly three thousand counties
in this great country of ours, only two
produced more dollars to the acre in
crops than Aroostook. Talk about
the Geld, bleak climate of Maine not
being adapted to farming!
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
ArgaI Nuitrrs.
NOTICE OF FoREcLosI r ,T,7

"HEREAs, Lydia r. Li,tlessla -,
w son. IN the county OF Waldo sra ~
OF Maine, by her mortgage deed, datsS !. Ply
gay 81 Novsmoer, a. q. 1905, and reeor5ss !
the Hancock county registry of decd ~
Az, page 2, conveyed to me, Edwin =, y 90
field, Of Thorndike, In the cp,.nty :. - i II
and State of Maine, certain paresl ~ y, Van
tate situated in the town Oh soS,sa, "a
merry part o. the town OF suliya,,
the county of Hancock and stnts n.vh
described In said mortgage deed a. ,a Inn
II being the same lot or parcel ~ las1v9s
was conveyed to said LYDIA + ijt,i ,aas
the name Of Lydia Grant, by ons ~,
Slower by her deed dated April n. iss
deed being recorded In the Hancock -
registry OF deeds, In book 100, macs ~ ~,
deed and the record thereof being rs,s,.ssa
Tor more particular description ~ !
premises thereby conveyed And 49,
in said deed from said Mary A. stove, " =
Lydia r. Little6eld (hy the rama a., ~
Grant,. said lot or parcel Of land ia b0assa
and described as follows: Beginnirs I.
stake at the tidewater OF SULTAN 10
calledl. and running south eighty ins,
one half degrees east, fifty-seyes ~.
stake; thence south, ave and ope.Sas
grees west. four rods, thence snuib ~.
four and one. half degrees east. twelve -
a stake; thence south, Eve and one.h1ssI
grees west, four rods TO a stake; thence ~
eighty. four and one.half degrees eas, =.
rods to town road; thence northA,ls
SAID road. four rods; thence south, ei.s,1
four and one-half degrees east. 10 lapd Il!
OF l,yssncer Bunker; thence scuthetly
said Runker's line to corner OF hi ~.
Edwin Parker: thence north abont si,s,
four and one half degrees west, by N. y.
line of the said Parker lot, to tfdexais,
Sullivan bay; thence west by said ,idsx,.
TO place OF beginning, containing abou,
teen acres; and whereas the condition a.
mortgage has been broken, nov the,s,o,s
reason Of the breach OF the condition ,ss,.l
l claim foreclosure of said mortgage,
EDWIN II. LirTLgFIgta
by 7. w. Brown, IT.. his assorr,,
Dated this 9Th day Of April a. d. 1874
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The snow storm OF last Thursday came
on the anniversary of one OF the heaviest
storms Maine remembers that of April 2,
1887, when eighteen inches OF snow fell
and the Thermometer ranged around zero
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The public drinking cup must 90.
Regulations adopted by the State
board of health and approved last
week by the governor and council.
forbid the use of public drinking cups
In schools, hotels, restaurants, trains.
and some other public places. The
law goes into effect June next.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

The law court of Maine has declared
constitutional the law passed by the
last legislature empowering any city
or town to maintain a wood or coal
yard for the purpose of selling fuel at
cost
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
CARD OF THANKS.

WYE wish 10 express through THE ANERt-
w CAN, our sincere thanks 20 all our
friends and neighbors. who have shown their
sympathy In the loss OF our home last week by
fire, by their many acts OF kindess and also by
financial aid.
MR. AND Mas. HEsaY K. GRrspLs.
North Brookiin, Ne, April 6, 1914.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

Government reports place Aroos-
took county eighth among the 1880
counties of the United States in the
value Of it's crops. But this is not all.
In value of the crops to the acre,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
COUNTY GOSSIP.

All the glamour is knocked off that
record egg of South Brooksville by the
discovery that it was goose egg, placed
in Postmaster Condon's hen-house by a
joke-loving neighbor.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

STATEMENT OF TIE OWNERSHIP
AGEMENT, CALCULATIONS, ETC.
Ellsworth American, published west
Ellsworth, Maine, required BY INC
August "a, 1912.
NAME OF PoSToFFlCE -
Editor, w. H. Titus, kllsEon'
Managing Editor. w. Fl. Titus,
Business Manager, W. II, Titus, N
Publisher, Hancock County Publishing
Owners; Ifsa corporation, give , 9sn
addresses of stock holders holains
cent, or more Of total amount OF stVSs
-'e vi e W. n''Ans' ". Il. tn
Sworn to and subscribed before ms'Ar
day OF March, 1914. Gus
Isr.r1 Notary Pua
my commission expires As.-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

EDITORS NoTE-The item in last week q
AMERICAN, placing Bar Harbor at the foot
of the list by the Old Town route, was
written by the Bar Harbor correspondent
OF the Bangor NeUs, and SO credited.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
In the District Court Of the United sts!ss
the Hancock District OF Maine.

In the District Court OF the United STATES
the Hancock District Of Maine.
In the matter OF IN, paak,vssuI
WALrsa l.. reynolds, M i0 I'D
Bankrupt,
To the creditors Of walter L. Reyno,s1
Lamoine. In the county OF HaneoeA
district Aforesaid, a bankrupt:
NOTICE Is hereby given that on ihs
IN day OF March, a. d. 1874 tas
Walter L. Reynolds was duly adlaa
bankrupt; and that the hrst meeting
creditors will be held at my Office
worth. Maine, April "a .. d: Ni
O'Clock in the forenoon. at which w.
said creditors may attend, prove then -
appoint trustee. examine the banEfsr
transact such other business as may PVT
come before said meeting.
WILLIAM E. WHirss,
Referee in BankruPs'
Ellsworth. Me-. April s, 1914.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
OUGHT TO PAINT

fought to have painted last year, but /
hated to pay q gallon.
I've got to paint this year; it'l take a
little more paint; suppose gallon in 10;
and little more work, suppose / day in
10.
Ny job would have cost last year about
$5oi it is going to cost this year $50.
IS gone. / suppose it'll be the same
again, il wait again.
What il paint goes-down to H.75 a GAL
Ion? $3.50 on the job!
ashanti wait; what fool 1 was,
DEvoE.
MoRRIsoN-JoY Co. sells it.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

In the District Court OF the United sts.a(
the Hancock District OF Maine.
In the matter OF pzh,,..I
JANIS PARxxa's Sous, o. IA fsa
Bankrupt.
To the creditors OF James Parker's sont
Southwest Harbor. In the county Of u
cock and district aforesaid, bankrupt
NOTICE is hereby given that on The d
IN day OF April q. d. 1914, the said "a
parker's Sons was duly adiudicAted bansr'l
and that the first meeting OF its creditors
be held at my Office, Ellsworth. sf}
April "a. q. d. 1914, at two O'Clock IN
afternoon. at which time the said efs
ors may attend, prove their claims, apps
trustee. examine the bankrupt, and ifss
such other business as may properly cons
fore said meeting. WILLIAM =. WHINE
Referee In BAnkrsPf
Ellsworth, Me-. April s, 1914.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
NOTICE or FoREcLosupr

"HEREAs, Lena S. CLARK and we.l.,
w Clark. husband and wife, bo,s
FRANKLIN Hancock county, Maine, by Il
mortgage coed, dated the fourth "a,
April a. q. 1889. and recorded in the Hsarl
county registry of deeds In book Sss pss,
conveyed to me, the undersigned, sd
lot or parcel OF land situated in said rrasi}
and bounded and described as follows, 10 n
Beginning at juniper tree near the coa,1
road on land belonging TO the CLARK hi
thence southwesteriy along the north ia, /
said county road to the west brook, so ALI
thence northwesterly twenty.a Eve rods
stake and stones, thence northeast txsz
rods TO q large rock on the side OF the "a
thence southeasterly twenty Ave rods 10
place OF beginning, containing two sr(
more OF less, together with all the buila,
thereon and all thereto belonging, slM |
being part OF the CLARK Homestead va
said Lena b. Clark now resides. Al
In addition thereto all the interes, Of
said Wesley A. Clark In any other real sst
situated in the county OF Hancock, Whas
derived from inheritance or otherwise
whether by deeds recorded or ~
corded, anc whereas the condition Of
mortgage has been broken, now theretors,
reason OF the breach OF the condition thtr
claim foreclosure of said mortgage \
give this notice for that purpose.
PHRosIA l. HA6EsTsI
Ellsxnrth Ma Anritf
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
lltlp uantto.

MAN - For all around work on farm.
WI Rent and fuel furnished free for family
IL desired. Address. Box 80, X. +. ID. 8, Els
worth, Me.
TIRL for general housework, in Ellsworth.
VI Address "a" in care The AMERICAN,
Ellsworth. Me.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08

justified by the amount of commerce in
volved, present and prospective.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
Hur SALT.

EGGS FOR HATCHING From choice
Il utility stock Barred and White Ply
mouth Rocks, sro0 per setting Us eggs. a.
number OF choice oockerels for sale. H. NJ
ToOD HORSE, two wagons. two harnesses,
" cart sled and pung; also row. boat APP
ply to w. W. McChRTSEY, Hancock St, Elis'
worth.
T,REES-M grown apple trees; also plum
L and pear trees and raspberry bushes.
HANCOCK Co. NURSERY Co, Surry, Me.
THREE HORSES; also one new Light
i Runner r.. r. ID. mail wagon. HARRY
L. wHEELDES, City.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23
OUR MOTHERS MONTH.

When a Catholic kneels before the
statue of our Blessed Mother he is
accused by those who cannot appre-
ciate of paying homage to an image.
He is doing nothing of the kind. Mary
is our mother in heaven. To her
honor we have affairs. We ask her to
pray for us before the throne of her
divine Son, and we know that the
prayers of a mother are effective.
And this beautiful, Towering month
of May is our Mothers month. In
every Catholic church throughout the
entire world she is being honored.
20 winds of May, that went your way
Across the Towering meadows,
Where all the day in merry play
The sunbeams chase the shadows;
Sing soft and sweet, for it is meet,
However they may vary,
That all our lays shall hymn the praise
This month of Mother Mary"
We can stand the gibes and jeers
of our ribald friends. We love the
Queen of Heaven, and for loving her,
her divine Son will love us if we do
His bidding.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-23

ado over all needed improvements for
the physical welfare of youth, spend
much time and foolish effort over fire
escapes for school buildings and clam
or for oculists to be employed at pub,
lie expense to care for pupils eyes
and other physical defects, but very
little effort is made to protect their
morals and to educate their con-
sciences. Here and there a cry is
heard demanding that children with a
tendency to tuberculosis be barred
from association with other children
in school room, but no word against
the immoral plague that is waited to
ones ears from every assemblage of
children as they pass along the streets.
A gentleman was asked the other day
why he sent his daughter to Catholic
school, since none of his family were
Catholics and were not the public
schools good enough? The answer
was a pretty severe one-"Why do
keep my child away from the vicinity
of the pest house?"
The American intellectual atmos-
phere seems inoculated with vileness
and no wonder the youth are con-
taminated when the literature aids
and abets the evil We need a public
quarantine against such, an isolation
of all such moral leprosy until the
public is able to breathe purer and
more wholesome air.