Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-04-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS

at Snokane, Wash, ana MS son AL
bert at Los Angeles, Cal, arrived
home last Thursday. He says he
thoroughly enjoyed the trip, and saw
many interesting places and things
but nothing that looked better to MN
than Main street, Ellsworth, on ms
return, with its familiar places ana
faces and it's friendly greetings
Stetson Foster of bingham, Mass,
was in Ellsworth over Sunday.
While here, he purchased of Mrs. a.
c. Hagerthy good-sized lot III the
Black field, near Charles }. Brown
place. and will build there pun
ealow. Mr.. Foster, it will be remem-
hered. sold his bungalow on the
Surry road last year. 1t is a pleas
ure to his many old-home friends IN
Ellsworth to know that he Will con
tinue his summer residence here.
The men from the Howard Clock
Co. sent here to install the new city
clock in the CONGREGATIONAL church,
arrived last Thursday, and are now
at work. They expect to have the
new clock installed and running be-
fore the end of the week. The strlk-
ing mechanism of the old clock, be-
cause of the short drop allowed Tor
weights. had to be wound twice
week. The new clock will be so in
stalled that both striking and run
ming mechanism will run full eight
days.
A sharp electric storm visited ELS
worth yesterday afternoon Light
ming took to the high-tenson wires,
causing a display of fireworks at
the insulators ON several poles, but
doing no serious damage. On
Mount Desert island the lightning
struck the wires, breaking one, and
cutting off Bar Harbor from power
and light. The break was repaired
by S o'clock in the evening The
Bluehill line was also out of com
mission for a while. About town,
many fuses were burned out.
Early thunder, early spring, Is
good old weather proverb.
At the annual meeting of the ELS
worth Reunion association held re
Gently at Young's Hotel, Boston, Stet-
son Foster was elected president and
treasurer. the latter office having
been held by him almost since the
organization of the association nine
teen years ago. Howard II. Adams
was elected vice-president and Miss
Ella f. Jordan secretary. A pleasing
feature was a surprise sprung on MI.
and Mrs. Foster Someone had dis
covered that the meeting fell on the
forty-sixth anniversary of their we'd
ding, and they were presented with
bouquet of forty-siX carnations. The
presentation speech was made by
Erastus F. Redman.
There will be a public supper at
the Unitarian vestry tomorrow
evening at $50. At s o'clock, in the
church. DR.. c. c. Little, president of
the University of Maine, will speak
under the auspices of the Ellsworth
branch of the Unitarian Laymen's
League His subject will be edu-
cation and the schools. President
Little, one of the ablest public speak
ers in Maine to-day, always has some
thing worth while to say, and an in
teresting way of saying it. On
subject of such vital and general in
terest as the schools, he should be
greeted by large audience. Pupils
of the high school are especially
urged to attend. Admission is free,
and it will be an evening well spent
Sunday train service will be re-
sumed on the Mt. Desert branch May
4, leaving Bangor at Z a. m, arriving
in Ellsworth at SIG and Bar Harbor
at $50. Returning, leave Bar Har-
n How wi I, OF
arriving in Bangor at 6.35. Begin
ming Monday, May 5, train leaving
Bangor for Bar Harbor at 1870 a. m,
will be restored; also the late night
train to Bangor leaving Ellsworth at
10.45. Beginning same date,
the afternoon train down will leave
Bangor at 1925 p. N, instead of 3.15
as at present Parlor and sleeping
car service, Boston to Mt. Desert
Ferry and return, will be resumed
May s. Sleeper, New York to Mt.
Desert Ferry, will leave New York
Mondays, beginning May 10, return
ing leave Mt. Desert Ferry Wednes
days. This service will continue un-
til week of June 8, when there will
be additional service Wednesdays
and Fridays until full summer
schedule.
Health Officer Woodruff has not
yet received reports from Augusta
on samples of water sent in an effort
to locate the source of the typhoid
fever case in Ellsworth DR.. Wood
ruff advises the boiling of all water
for drinking purposes for the pres
ent, even spring water, until analysis
shows it to be unpolluted. He is
sending samples of water from several
springs about Ellsworth that are be-
ing commonly used, A report just
received by Supt. Anderson of the
water company on samples of city
water, one from the filter pond on
Branch Pond stream, before chlori-
nation, and the other from the ser
vice pipes, after chlorination, shows
it to be free from colon bacilli pol
luton. Though samples have been
sent weekly since the discovery of