Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-05-09

settlers. The Mount Desert people,
therefore, petitioned to Governor Bernard.
The petition, ~ recorded In Bangor His
tortcai Magazine, also In Streets History
Of Mount Desert" II - follows:
To his Ercsie~ey. Governor BERNARD:
We. the Inhabitants Of mount desert, Hum
bly, Graves Your Exceiency's Protection
against the lnCrosins Of the Naboring in
habitants made upon rs Conserving hay, for
We cannot git hay on ye island to Keep our
Stocks. ~ the People Cut the hay before IL
gifts u. grosh, 30 that they Spoil the marsh
and II We Cut hay and Stack II for Shedding,
II IL Stole 90 that We cannot have ye Provelige
OF the marsh that we have cleared Roads too.
therefore We beg that your Excclency will
Consider us and Put stop to this InCrosins.
o. her ways We shall Not be Abel TO Keepe our
STOCK and the marsh be totterly Spilled.
Last summer the People came from the Town
ship OF No. Six and Cut Part Of the North
EasS marsh where we have had Rode this
ave years before We knew thereof and car
ried OF bone hay after we Raked and Staked
Il, also other hay which we cut and Staked
Was Stole. The pretence Is they have - good
. right to II as the settlers. Last hay Season
Il happened very Luky for Us that Col. Gold
thwait Came h. re just about the time OF cut
ting the marsh and we are Of opinion that II
he had Not Come hear most Of the Settlers ON
this island must have Lost or Kid their Stoks
for want of hay. The settlers OF No. four and
No. 1--we and No. six west OF mount desert
River Chiefly Depends on this island Tor hay
We would further inform your Exceiency
that vessel hands and others make Practis OF
Cutting ium Der. such as Slaves. Shingles and
Clapboards aud other Lumber, which viii
much descoureg future Settlers. So no more,
hut We make bold to subscribe ourselves your
Exceiency's most humble Pesitioners:-Abra
ham somes, Andrew Tarr, Stephen Gost,
fepi. Stan wood, james Richardson, stephen
Richardson. Daniel Gott. Daniel Gott, Jr,
Thomas Richardson, Elijah Richardson
James, Stephen and Thomas Richardson
will be noticed among the ten petitioners
TO the governor. This petition was made
in l7tB and preserved in the Bernard
papers. -,
Thomas and his wife were well on the
way home, after the evening spent with
their relatives, and were happy with
the thoughts OF the old home life back In
Gioucester and that they were SO near
their brother James, whose cabin was
among the first at Somesville and whose
son George, born August 10, 1873, was
the f,rst white child born on Mount Desert
island. Thomas and Stephens huts were
the only ones ON the southern part OF the
island.
az hone the children got to bed early
before the IRE got low, for this Is q very
cold night, Tom, and the wind IL strong,
said Mrs. Richardson, Is she huddled her
cloak about her.
"Yes, but we shall soon be over beecn
Hill, and then it will be warmer on the
lowisnd through the wood"
So ON they travelled, Bright making a.
mpch Roadway as an OK could. Suddenly
Mrs. Richardson exclaimed:
.Ob. Tom! What is that light in the
distapcef"
Mr.. Richardson's face grew pale. There
Was no mistaking what 1t was. Ut GER
tainly looks like fire, but let US mop"
is not our cabin"
uRut ~ ssid his wife, "what else can II
be, Stephens hut we know is far TO the
.out beast. and ours is the only one on
that point and in that direction"
"wsli, we'll, we must hope 1t is the OK
sbsd. or something else. Let US not give
up too easily" 49,.
.But. We are six or seven miles from
home nov, and what are those poor Gear
children doingf Win they be burned IN
their bed, or will they get out and freeze
n death this cold nightf"
So ON and on they travelled hoping
against hops, praying for the lives OF tnelr
children and yet in despair. An ox-team
n very slow ut best, on calm summer
d.y. but when 1t is conveying distracted
PARENTS toward their burning home'
which holds their little children, Il 10
beyond psn to describe. Everything
passed through the mother's MIND on,
4 she had only remained at home while
hsr husband went to somesviiie, this
might have been avoided
aHsrk, Toni wat wss thstf"
.Notbing but the wind bowling through
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