Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-01-07
For the Ellsworth American.
To the Children.

To the Children.
Children mine, did you ever feel pair
| of soft, warm little arms stealing around
your neck in the early morning before your
eyes were quite open? did few morn
ings ago, and dear little voice whispered
in my ear, Mamma, open your eyes wick
| ly, had dream last night and it is a Sc
| quit and must tell you while remember
| it. l jeamed Santa Claus told me to send
him my dolls body and he would get a
| new head for her before he comes Christ
| mas night and Mrs Claus has the scissors
| and cloth ready to cut my jandaughter's
clothes out and indeed, mamma, you must
take her right down town this morning,
weekly so please hurry So hurried of
course, wouldn't you? Soon as breakfast
was over started. thinking would get
| Aunt Fannie" to go with me; then
would have some one to talk to. The last
thing did before leaving the house, put
thin veil over my face to hide the crows
| feet, you know; well, this veil had big
| u
hurry 1 did not get the dots In the right
| places | soon found. l was hurrying
along so busy, thinking about and wonder
| ing where the best place was to find Mr..
| Santa Claus. when found was walking
| in queer kind Of a way and the first thing
| | knew-bang! | went into big tree!
| Why, you little monkeys, are you laughing
at that? Well, you see, one dot was on
the tip end Of my nose, and thinking so
| hard made me cross-eyed and away poor
| old | went.
| Any way tried it again and finally with
Aunt Fannie" reached Santa Claus store,
such beautiful place, it keeps you twist
ing your head every way for fear you
won't see everything. | took Mo11son
| down there last week to get an iron horse
and spress wagon and | know his head
nearly tumbled off. it was so tired moving
around so fast. OF course left the
body and that is all Of Christmas now,
| because sometime | shall tell you about
! Santa Claus He really and truly comes
| right in our library window while we all
sit and listen for his bells. then steps
| then the window goes up little, then we
! just catch our breaths, then up goes the
window little by little, then, here he comes
and before we know IL. in the room he is,
| so big and such bags and bundles you new
| er saw
| Did you ever play at auctionf 1t is great
| fun and sometime when YOU can't think of
any more mischief anywhere to get into
| you look all around your play room; first
| you will spy your playthings looking so
tired and uncomfortable, they have been
| in that place so long and are wishing so
| hard, if you could only hear them, for a
| change-suddenly auction" will you hear
in your sharp little ears, so you will make
! big pile Of your toys. both whole and
/ broken, then get your little brothers and
sisters (if you have none take chairs. they
| will do just as well as lots of people whom
| have seen at real auctions, then you can
squeak make-believe answers from them
out Of the corner of your mouth and begin,
( How much am offered for this beauti-
4 full doll with only one eye and one leg
gone? Don't all speak at once but be gen
erous, ladies' and gentlemen" and 50 on and
On and for quite while you will get lots
\ of fun out of it; just take bits of torn
paper for money, but be snre and not
I leave any of the money on the floor,
:" cause it is the kind 50 hard 20 pick up,
Louise says.
\ Morrison has big sister Annie and a.
I she is thirteen years old this week, she
I had an auction of all her odds and ends
/ toys books for children, and of course
/ dolls crayons, boxes and | guess-trash.
| | cant think of a better name for 1t and
| such prices. After IL was all over she
I made a very graceful bow aud said
/ "Good-bye to being a child any longer,
/ am in my teens" SO now have grown
/ up daughter and | am SO glad, because
/ there is only one thing in the world that is
/ nicer, and boys, can you guess: | can in
a minute.
/ Four of our children have birthdays al
most Thanksgiving day so Thanksgiving
/ day they have party, and | wish you
/ could see their table it is so pretty. Annie
! and cover the cloth with vines, then put
the prettiest dishes we have on it; of
course sandwiches, plates of candy, AMI
NAL crackers, and then what? Why large
/ cake for Annie. little smaller for Margue-
I Daip u
july but he must have a cake just the
same) then Morrison and Louise. Each
child has as many prettiy tinted candles
; in its cake as it is years old. After the
party has eaten and they are ready
for ice cream. We turn the gas low and
| lighting the candles. let them burn down
to the cake; it is very pretty, but 0, dearie
me, how the wax does run down in little
rivers on the cake if you don't watch it!
Last night after Morrison and Raiusfo
were in bed, l went in to hear Morrison
say his Now lay me-" He did not want
to say it. but wanted to say Rainsford's
PRAYER, so as Rainsford said he would
teach him l stepped in Annie's room to lis
ten and what dreadful thing do you sup
pose Morrison said? ''Rainsford, I'll be
shiggered if l say Now l lay me" any
more. am going to say your 'nact of
| conshishun' and If die God will take me
up in Heaven Just the same, won't he?"
Don't you think he needed a good deal of
| quinine? l do.
For The Ellsworth Americana
STARBARDs CREEK, Me-,
Dec. 3rd, 1891.
| Mr.. Editor:
1 noticed q few days ago suggestion
| that was nade, that the more think about
| it, the better it becomes, and that is the
one whereby it was thought that it would
be good thing that the priests or the
ministers Of the different religious denom-
| nations preach a sermon on their creed or
what they believe, &C. For one l am very
much interested to see the truth given to
the public as regards the matter. Now l
| have been told that some of the pastors of
the religious sects give their church men,
| bers to understand that they have direct
yearly communication with God in heaven
, and that their church Is the only church
that has such connection. Now if this is
| so it seems to me that the rising genera