Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-12-15
The Dollar Social at Southwest Harbor.



/ II you don't believe We need il. just look al the
Luyey shop
/ there our books. for want Of better place
have been obliged to stop,
But though little and lop-sided, 1t ha. served
u in the past,
And shan be held in grateful memory. a. lone
~ II shali LAST.
NOW, il your sympathy is gained, and oul
need you have discerned,
/ Wen .l-t 20 On and tell how all our dollar,
( have been earned;
1 But this y0oil bear In mind. that cur poetIc
feet and measure
/ We beg leave 10 change whenever 1t sui,s oul
pleasure.
Miss stockweIi. Clsremont guest, gave Of
her own good will,
For this future library building, crisp two
! Ida J. Freeman deftly seized her chsuc.
+ In J. r. Il. store to neatly shorten pants,
md very soon, a. have learned.
Al 8 quarter pair. her dollar earned.
Hettie Handy made faithful vow
! To tie up and turn out her grandfather. COW,
nd 10 one week she gained dollar bill
Though 10 milk the COW, was beyond her skill
Amelia Holmes with a willing heart,
Earned Der dollar and did her part;
Very neatly sbe cleaned the store;
Who among !ou could do more;
EIizsbsth LAYTON sold the hen. thst for year.
had faithfully laid
And ibe las, dollar they earned, she very cheer
fully paid
Into the library fund. before she lefi the place
To spend the winter In Boston, with Der
daughters, Lizzie and Grace.
Abbie Lurvey, with needle and thread, pa
tenily and -killfu!Iy built
wooden spread for friend, called log
cabin guilt.
shs diyided the work with her mother. the
price too with her shared,
The dollar given the library, Wa. In gooS!
cause, she declared.
Nellie Higgins thought and thought, It'll her
heart IN hutter;
At lat she raid unto herself. III dress Asa
Herrick's butter.
A brilliant thought indeed X was, no sooner
-ad than done,
And nov she Gomez with smiling face, with
the do.isr fairly won.
Alice Hie.in, earned her dollar making ! "a
bread.
For the -tzh u lie needed, on y hich hi
butter might be -pread.
Now BE- and his brother William viii need
many friendly turn
Until they c4n Ind wife who VIII cook their
TODD and chErn.
Bertha Robin. from the Centre. h4. Joined
our working band
And to the library scheme hAs lent her heart
and hand
Old dresses and old cioak- .be has made a.
good a. new.
And from the proceeds Of her labor has Added
3 dollar too.
julia Gllley took advantage Of her husbAnd's
need,
saving, FOR dollar your -hirts III DO" and
be cbeerfuily agreed.
She siarched them. ana polished them. and dld
them W quite fine,
And said, III g1ye ih!- dollar to the library
because H. fairly mlne.
Jennie Do!ilver earned dollar. not BY .iasins
10 the choir,
But By singing Hello over the telephone
wire.
And waiting too on customers, in s.witt and
pleasant way,
Which i much appreciated and we trust she'l
longer stay.
school teaching too ha. had ii. share in our
library scheme.
And a. The hesd Of ih. good lit. Caroline Law
loT's name il seen.
Maud Hizsin. a-o, 3, the Cove. did u-e the
magic wand
And welded q a. you have heard with firm
and gentle hand.
Another Maud again appears. nn4 Mason i
Der name.
Wbo s-c travels up this road. 10 search Of
rank and fame.
Mary Parker va surprised 10 ind that DOL
lar contained - many iilne,
She made dou.hLuts, cookies and also dressed
butter .eyerA times:
>he 'eHed too for her BROTHER then haFne--et
iae borre ami drove
A.,er shaving Tor kindhng-, awsy VI 10 Nor
wovt's tpEe.
Emily FarBsworth, a. you know. bu-ily work,
at the millinery trade.
ID trimming hst- amt b0unets, some mOnsy
,he must have mad-,
But ih- library dollar. sbe declared. By hook
Or crook,
She a. Bound to .lyly capture out Of Farms
WORTH lockct-oook.
In her garden yira MAYA gathered with sre.;
.peed
And .oId to her neshbor- some excellent
sweet yea seed;
MIX and apples too she sold and many pennies
made.
Then . finish up her dollar, -hs indu,,riou.Iy
cr0Cheted.
PhiIeua Clark With obi ging zeal served clans
In large and generous lot, and all 10 please
young lawyer Eedr,
Who "lih merry party lodged II her house
for time;
That they enjoyed these fea.t-. leave you to
judge By this rhyme.
May Lawlon fitted summer dDde with suit
for the >querade.
a gay pink tier and -unb0nnet TO match, for
Which be dollar paid.
Or she could have taken the money earned al
her telegraph station,
In either case 'twA. very easy 10 fulfill her oh
legation.
Jennie Mason earned her dollar hookin. her
ref a mat,
Her husband. being 4 protectiouist, decared
he'd give her that
To encourage home industry, f0r premium
placed on domestic work
/ Would keep woman from gsdding about
when household dutiss she wanted tc
shirk.
Ida Cousins, ever busy, with patient care anC
skill
Nursed famous lady who at the Dirigo Eel
I ill.,
/ 'Twa. DR.. Anourette Beecher, Henry Ward
cousin. they say;
/ So this library dollar was easily earned In on,
day.
Katherine Freeman, full Of zeal, was the frs
to pledge her aid;
Z Ia devising WAYS and means, much genius 81.
displayed.
Delicious home made candy she sold in bel
fathers store;
When you bad eaten one piece you were sur
TO want some more.
Mrs. Alice Gilley some brood. OF chicken
raised,
Both plump and tender-looking and by he
neighbor- praised;
When they were nicely grown, she sold por
ton Of her flock,
And from the amount received added dollar
TO our stock.
Lizzie Holmes approved our plan and though
Of various labors,
! At last decided that she would preserve frui
for her neighbors,
A very sweet way, I'm sure you'll say, ant
great is the art Of preserving.
And so the dollars came rolling in for thi
cause which is so deserving.
| Emily Freeman earned fifty cents By maxim.
bread and pumpkin pies
/ For her neigbbor, DIR. Lemont, hose wife haC
taken him by surprise;
/ His house was in disorder and bis cupboard
were quite bare
And she'll finish out her dollar by cleaning
over there.
! Hannah Gilley. an excellent cook, hit on
cunning plat:
! A peck of cookies she did make aud from hous.
| to house she ran;
| The neighbors all were very glad to taste hel
! fresh supply.
/ And finding them SO very good, wished the
| bakers trade she'd ply.
Mrs. Cook, you all might think, would also
cook some food,
/ But there YOU'RE wrong she sold som. hutfe
| thai "a and mood