Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-03-24


lieve the tension. He finally came to
the conclusion that they would hold
one grand reception, and now. ar
irving at his nome, he was surprised
| to see his neighbors at work,
decorating and getting ready for
grand time. And such time! You
shall hear all about it.
| Towards evening of that beautiful
day in June, people from all the
places around had commenced to ar
rive. two-masted schooner had
arrived and anchored off the shore.
She was loaded with the early set
tiers from "the Point" as Bar Har-
Dor was called in those days. The
Higgins, Shows, Wasgatts, Rodicks,
Hamors, Lelands, and their families,
had come in the schooner to see and
hear this renowned man. Amariah
Leland, the real farmer of Salisbury
Cove, had brought some vegetables
khat he had learned to preserve so
that their flavor was good, even if it
was June, and these were last years
vegetables. Someone had brought
slider, made from the fruit from
those old apple trees that were found
growing at Buffers Point when the
Abbotts and the Buffers arrived at
Hancock.
AS each party arrived, Mrs. Des-
Isles troubles multiplied. What in
the world was she to do with this big
crowd, if they should all have to
stay over night? They were arriving
now on foot, on pillars, on ox-back,
on ox-carts, by small boats, dressed in
|
buckskins. Some had stopped "up
the road piece and put on shoes
and stockings, the shoes, some of
them, having not seen any wear for
years. Meantime, the feet had seen
some wear, and had grown. Soon
those who were wearing them real
lied this, and many a shoe was
slipped off under the full skirts of
the wearer, and many an aching foot
was softly rubbed when no one was
looking
Most all of the visitors had
brought food with them, SO at sup
per time planks were procured and
tables were set under covering
made from the sails of the schooner
and from small boats. They all
formed in line, and as each one
approached, he was introduced to
Tallyrand by Mr.. DesIsles, who was
dressed in his best, AS he intro
duced each one he would say, "My
dear friend, Tallyrand, from France"
and each time Tallyrand would have
to say 'France no longer; l am an
American; signed my papers in
Philadelphia
So the banouet commenced Abner
Lee was there, and some one asked
him where his fiddle was He
answered, ''up the road a piece" He
had left it home, fully six miles from
there. He said he would get it, and
he started. Getting into the woods
where the trail led to Kilkenny, he
took off shoes and stockings, and in
less than two hours he was back.
They thought that was making good
time for one who had, a few
years before, been six months with
yoke of oxen on trip to Boston and
back.
After everyone had been introduced
and had eaten his fill, the tables were
cleared away and the dancing COM
menced on DesIsles' beautiful garden
spot "Never mind, Mary, l can fix
it again" And he did have to do
some fixing when that crowd of
happy people got through dancing on
the green.
AS it became evident that most of
them were to stay all night, some
way had to be devised to take care
| of them, and after the house had
been filled to overlooking, some were
taken on board the schooner, some
went to Roger Googins', some to the
Berrys, Gilpatrics and Hodgkins.
! Some even walked as far as Isaiah
Young's, whose father had been a
member of the Boston "tea party"
All were happy, and had christened
| the new tavern, as the news had been
passed around that Mr.. DesIsles was
ready to accommodate anyone who
! happened to be in that vicinity and
wanted to tarry, especially as he was
building on a new ell that would give
him more room.
There is living to-day very ex-
cellent old lady who has told the
writer of the way these people were
dressed. She had it from her mother,
who was there. | refer to Mrs. Jane
Grindle, nee Gilpatric. Tallyrand
never afterwards visited Lamoine.
He returnedto France and forgot his
American citizenship. Some of the
lineal descendants Of those early set
tiers live here now; others are scat
tered. All of them have been sue
cessful in life, and return each year |
to their childhood home, even as |
Tallyrand did.
Louis Dupre DesIsles later sailed
for France to settle up his fathers |
estate, was caught by the English,
with whom France was at war, car
ried to England and imprisoned for
a number of years, finally reached
France, and as he was about to sail
for America, he was taken i'll, and
died, so that he never again saw his
wife or children. Before leaving
America, he had become leading