Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-08-04

f'os,s 40 INHABITANTS thereof.--Lev. XIV;
70. -
-. Thousand miles across the CONT
s..y,np on its crown those scriptursl
80 that did so much to make this the
'.s.,sa states Of America, comes the Lib
AN most treasured relic OF the
,rsr,csn republic.
p,,aginr with IL undimmed memories
:, ,ne past. il has left the peaceful quiet
rnasneudsuce hall in Philadelphia TO
&c the supremeiy modern precincts
as,se Panama Pacific exposition. that all
,itl may see the visible token OF q
os,icnis Independence.
xsver before has the Liberty Bell been
,,sIou,iy guarded As now. A whole
800 of experts and guards 10 whit; and
-, .fsor, has beens made to insure its
..,.,v from further cracking or dis
s.,.-,stiou. Or. Alexander r. Outer
s,;sgc. ir., who holds the chair OF
..,,sllurxy at Franklin institute, Phila-
a.,nsia. saws that Liberty Bell 10 afflicted
x,,h a serious disease which should insure
4. ue.t careful preservation from all
.h,,k, such az it would be subjected to on
.olonr Journey. but despite this warn
,,ythe councils and the mayor OF Pbila-
ssI.bis FELT they owed patriotic duty TO
80 West. so the historic relic started on
n.,rlp that thousands might gsxe upon
!, In reverence, respect and awe.
Cracked and silent, Liberty Bell made
n. eighth trip since IL was hung ito
procai.n liberty throughout all the iand".
aad perhaps more persons have viewed 1t
an this occasion than on all Its other trips
MT together. On its way TO the Pacific
cOss, it stopped in all the principal
POINTS in Peunayisania, Indiana, Illinois.
riah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and
California. Previous TO this trip, the
mo-, extensive journey taken By Liberty
Ball was in 1904, W hen IL went 10 the 81.
loais exposition by . winding route
through the middle states, which took
i, no into Wisconsin and Minnesota.
sinec the return OF the bell from Its trip
10 81. Louis in 1901. the crack tina, dis
axarss 4, has widened and extended
shrmnzly.
However, Liberty Bell has safely com.
pleted It's long journey across the con-
tinent, and is now a, home In san Fran
cisco. Cali.ornians say. s'ft IL true that
Phiiadsipbia, a city in the eastern part
Of Pennsylvania. claims a sort OF physical
p,aprissorship 10 this historic emblem OF
our freedom, but that the Liberty Ball
Il at acme wherever American cheers
awske thr sncien; echoes in It's cracked
metal and American hearts respond TO
The slogacuce Of rs silence. As liberty
nseil has taken ITS course westward across
prsiris aud through mountain passes TO
reneN It's youth in this land OF the west
srn eossI. 50 now the symbol OF liberty
has ioilos ed aud is at home"
Nos 1896 California intends to capture
the idhvsty Belt; y hen the time arrives for
the ryforn o. the tell. IL will be returned,
be- 90 -haii say that II Will not go back
u ipcsr rs0snee hall even more glorious
symbol than 1t came,
hS psagg.s. arsoss the continent was
iiiamphal tour. Loaded on a freight car
bans sig4 ne IN sst delicate springs, but
viii freight car, the Liberty Bell
enifrri the state OF California July II.
As she Bell special whirled down the
Of farmers, campers, railroad men, even
iramps came to the tracks and paused to
10 II scmss. All down through the
Sacramento valley every hsg station, every
rallroad eyo->i.s found crowd eager 10
eas-' rs way. Al Sacramento over
n5sa - . ses.d the station grounds
and devoted half hour In passing the
car 49, sas,s bouquets at the bells
base. Equally enthusiastic, II not ~
large, were the demonstrations all along
the route
A the special train flashed through the
crowded stations lining the Southern
Pacific railroad, interesting things, yes,
pathetic thugs occurred, as when, At
SIMS, inst tiny station In the canyon, .
TAT, good-nstured Chinese cook stood on
top OF section train, waving the stars
and stripes. II is his country now, and
be knows what the message OF the Liberty
Bell a.
DVNn near Kennel whole section crew
"ood at attention while the special train
passed them, and the enthusiastic cheers
came not only from Anglo-Ssxon lips
but from the Greek and Mexican, Italian
ana swede and German. 1t was their
emblem; 1t was their United States In .
way made palmer than hours OF eloquence.
-Four husky Philadelphia traffic police
men, handsome six-foot guardians OF the
Liberty Bell on It's long trip West and back
ssain, felt the spell Of the spontaneous
oufst OF applause a. the special train
pulled into the San Francisco station At
Third and Townsend streets. Through
out the day there was not single mishap
70 mar It's perfection. Gently the old bell
Nsted In its bedded bower OF roses. The
isar that harm would come in the journey
rna