Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-04-21
For the Ellsworth American. /
For the Children.
Dear Little Children :

Dt" LNttc tHiuTeU.
Don't you think you are very sorry Nor
/ rison has been sick? am, but, strange t,
say, he Is not, in fact he was very pleased
because he had so much attention. Hi.
bed looked like a toy store. All the chill
/ dren as well As his brown-eyed grandmam.
contributed something for his amuse.
ment. You see his papa is a physician SC
of course he was not sick very long, ane
this time instead Of taking qunine on hi,
poor little tongue, he took it in little whit,
capsules. Aunt Fannie brought him suci
pretty pink silk bag large enough to hole
cunning little tin stove with the usua
number Of cooking dishes. OF course b,
was pleased at the addition to his store OF
, toys and tried to be polite in thank ne
her; but he thought she was a queer kline
of an Aunt Fannie to bring him a stove a.
II he were girl,
Once long time ago when he was scL
Lain brought him book with horses in
it, and that was just the right thing You
have never heard of Lain" before. have
you! Well, she is almost the very dearest
auntie in the world this minute, and would
be quite the dearest If she had not gone
way across the ocean to stay a long time
and we do miss her so She is like fairy
godmother to the children, and you don't
know how hard they all love her; her real
name is not Lain" but when Morrison
was cunning little baby he could only
say Lain" and that is the only name she
has in this house She will come home
some day when her eyes are tired of look
Ing at the beautiful things way over there.
then we will be glad.
Morrison has an uncle who is a sculptor
DO you know what that means? Well, YOU
ask your mama and she will tell vou He
makes wonderful things IN ciay. then sends
them way over the ocean where Lain is
and they are sent back to him reproduced
in marble and sometimes in bronze.
One day Morrison took several newspa-
pers and a pair OF long. dangerous looking
shears was watching him though SO
they would not slip In his eyes 20, yes.
and a paper of pins First he cut one leg,
then another and another, until he had the
four legs Of horse cut, and 80 nicely :;
then the body and tail, then neck and head
last the ears and one eye eleven pieces :
these he pinned together so carefully that
when completed 1t made a wonderfully
real looking horse. You try it sometime ;
1t viii keep you out Of mischief as it ala
him for an hour at least If you work pa
tientiy. and YOU VIII be amused at least at
the result. | was delighted with it and told
Morrison perhaps some day he would be a
sculptor like MS uncle.
When Rain-ford came home from school
that night he wanted to amu-e Morrison
80 he built block house; somehow it was
not very satisfactory, so Morrison knock
ed 1t over, whrreupon Ran-ford rose in
disgust and said
We'll Morrison. You are not gentle
man and ntrer ,ciR be-"
II know am not and don, want to be.
l am going to be another thing"
What other thing:"
"Oh. know"
You can't know If you won't tell. i"
'Oh. know, but forget; what l. it,
mama:
'Do you mean a sCulptor:'
Yes, that, it, wouldn't think of be-
ing 4 gentleman when may be that other
kind of thing"
Do you ever 90 out to dine and leave
your children at home, hoping they will BE-
good and not get IN any mi.chief while
ypu are gone: Well, id one night not
long ago 10 Il dinner which lasted three
hours the hours grew very, very long, |
assure you, because was wondering II
everything was going along smoothly and
safely at home. At last could leave and
when entered the door at home all was
quiet 40 knew they wee safe. but there
WAS very funny effect upon the hall moor
which moved a. | did, the effect, not the
iioor. A little more light was given me
come down from above; slowly walked
up stairs; feathers, not so slowly, rose
and went up and up before NE, and when
| reached the landing what a blizzard OF
feathers greeted me everywhere 1t was
somewhat Of a surprise, | assure you.
peeped in the nursery and all was quiet
three dear faces, sleeping so innocently
nestled on-torn pillow-cases; in the
next room two more sleepers. all quiet
but evidences of the same feathered squal
left. They must have had a beautiful
time, though they did not seem TO remem
ber very much of it next morning. Wher
| tried to find out who began the fun
Louise said II guess it had to snow in
side, but only just guess so, because il
rained 50 hard outside, don't you, mama?'
And that il all can learn Of the origin OF
the featherstorm.