Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-10-20

Pomona grange, Is the guest OF w. Il.
Pratt and wife while in the city. Mrs.
Ellis has been State deputy sixteen years.
DR.. George Parcber, Of the public health
department Of the government, now
stationed at quarantine station at Phila-
delphia, is spending three weeks' leave Of
absence with his parents, George A.
Parcher and wife.
The annual fair OF Bayside grange will
take place tomorrow afternoon and even
ing. There will be q dance and supper in
the evening. with music by sinclair's
orchestra Of three pieces. II stormy
Thursday, the fair will be held Friday.
Mrs. Martyr II. Shute and two children
left yesterday to join Lieut.. Shute in
Texas. Miss Helen Shute accompanied
them, to remain through the winter.
Miss Margaret Hall accompanied them as
far as New York. where she will take
course OF study.
The pulpit Of the Baptist church was
occupied last Sunday by H. L. Mackenzie,
OF Bangor, and his service was much
enjoyed. Next Sunday the pastor will ex-
change with Rev. C.. M. Fogg, OF Cherry
field, who has the reputation OF being a
forceful speaker.
Charles Ault, Of the Ault- Williamson
Shoe Co., was in Ellsworth few days last
week, arranging for the removal Of his
household goods to Auburn. Mrs. Ault and
children left for Auburn Friday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ault have made many friends during
their short residence in Ellsworth, who
regret their removal.
Street Commissioner Newman will this
week complete work on the State-aid road
across the fiat at Pond spring. About
1,600 feet OF road have been built, about
half OF crushed rock and half OF gravel
with clay binder. Hundreds OF yards Of
bitches and drain have been built to drain
the road. State Road Inspector Whitten,
who has looked over the work, pro-
nounces it an excellent piece OF work.
The members of the Ellsworth festival
chorus are planning to give another post
festival concert, probably on Tuesday,
Nov. 2, similar to the one given last year.
A program that will prove unusually at
| tractive to music lovers is being prepared
The full announcement will be given in
next weeks AMERICAN. Members OF the
! chorus are requested to meet tomorrow
evening for rehearsal.
The State patrol boat Virginia, which
has been fitted out at the yard OF the Els
| worth Foundry & Machine Works for
patrol duty on the Maine coast from Rock
land to Kittery, sailed yesterday for Port
land. ]. A. Cunningham, OF the gov
ernor's council, o. w. Tapley, John O.
Whitney and Harry E. Rowe sailed on
her. The Virginia was reported this
| morning as fog bound at Rockland.
Bar Harbor is making an effort to have
the New York express retained on the Bar
Harbor run month later in the fall in
the future. Many summer residents at
Bar Harbor, 1t is claimed, who now accom-
modate their stay to the train schedule,
would remain month longer il the New
York train was continued. Ellsworth
will second Bar Harbor's efforts to keep
the train on.
Capt. N. II. Means will celebrate his
ninety-frst birthday next Monday, Oct.
Is. Capt. Means health has been remark
ably good. He has worked q garden this
summer with good success. He enjoyed .
part Of last month motoring around the
county with his son-in-law, Lyman L..
Lord, and Wit Capt. Means youngest
daughter, Miss Arrie o. Means, is now
visiting her father and sister, Mrs. F. II.
Osgood.
Irene chapter, o. E. g., entertained
large delegations from Northeast Harbor
and Southwest Harbor chapters last Fri
day evening. Supper was served at $50.
This was followed by the obligation cere-
mony, with the following special musical
program: Song, ''Htar Of the East"
Winnie Southland and Mrs. Hodgkins;
song, "Lsad, Kindly Light" Mrs. Ida Sim
clair and Mrs. Welch; song, "Abide with
Me-" Howard Dunn; violin solo, Mrs. Ida
Sinclair.
| c. w. Grindal, who recently built new
Office building opposite his grist mill ON
Water street, is now occupying it as head
| quarters for all his business. Platform
| Office, and all coal is now weighed at the
office. Mr.. Grindal, whose large business
in coal, feeds and building materials
makes constantly increasing demands on
his time, has practically gone out OF the
retail grocery business, and the store at
the junction of Franklin and Water
streets, SO long occupied by Mr.. Grindal
and his father before him, is now used for
storehouse purposes.
Frank s. Sawyer, the travelling mer-
chant, SO well known throughout Ham
cock county, has purchased REQ auto
truck for his moving store. The top Of
his big wagon will be taken from the
present running gear and mounted. on
the truck. The truck has . guaranteed
capacity Of two tons, and speed OF eight
teen miles an hour. It has solid tires,
double treads on the rear wheels and sim