Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-08-10

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Grace Donnell earned quarter by .hoveiiing
rOad
From the house 10 the place where the COW
abode.
And watering the same and carding her slick
Then some cranberries sold from last sum
mer's pick.
Gave fifty cents more-seyenty- five all told
Then friend gave quarter. her dollar be-
hold.
Abbie Dunn made pants for many we're told.
We know not how much, whether silver or
gold.
She also Kept books for Joseph, lis said,
! Thus earn Ok, her dollar BY hand and head.
But W wing to do and books 10 keep.
BE careiu. Abbie and not work too cheap.
Esther Donnell on the warpaih. battlc-axe in
hand,
Wen; marching to Join the parsonage band.
Green birches must needs be split for the Gre
Her husband was sick and man must hire;
For dollar she bravely prepared the wood.
We admire her courage; she did what she
could.
There's always WAY for the well to earn.
But the sick find their lessons hard to learn.
Mrs. Gordon gave dollar. May 1t be multi
piled
BY score times lis yalue. and more beside.
Can It be wrong to steal if we give what we
take
Although the command we have to break;
How another dollar came we are sorry To tell
Did not come by earning or saving a well,
But the parsonage got the dollar -he took
With one dollar less In Theods pocket-book.
How another dollar came you'd hardly guess
Il was earned by running light express
From Franklin 10 sullivan once a week
All honor, Clara Dunn, You can't be beat.
Mrs. Fred Bunker with knack at saving
To join the procession bad quite craving.
So 10 boarding she went. and X took forty das.
At two and one-half pence the money TO raise
Flora Donuell engaged In various kinds Of
work
Earned enough in little bits with no intent to
shirk.
Ten cents for washing jars, fhy-fye for sew
ing fine
Thirty-ive more made the dollar, without
missing dime.
Jennie Wentworth, to her husband, sold milk
every day
one month. for his pig. and 80 found way
Her dollar to get and his pig 10 make grow
And so double favor the deed TO bestow.
Evelyn Donnell sold milk for half-hundred
And then TO earn the other bright shining
pence
Made love to the washboard. boiler and tub,
And earned clean dollar with a rub and
scrub.
Mrs. II. E. Bragdon gave ten dollar bill
Saved with intent for the parsonage till,
These ten good fairies marched hand in hand
With lively step TO the social band.
In the long list of Donnells one Anabel we
Who is very efficient in work of this kind,
Engineering, interviewing, the whole thing
she planned.
From Ryefeld to Egypt, from the Bay to
Beechland.
From high Martins Ridge to the end of the
town
The names she secured and set them all down.
Then flowers she made Of rarest hue
From tissue paper In red, white and blue
And sold them for money to A. b. and c.,
so her dollar Is safe in the treasury.
Minnie Clark sold butter like honey so sweet
With purposes golden harvest to reap,
Then from washing and saving the pence
soon counted her money, just one hundred
cents.
Lula Wentworth earned hers. but how will
not say,
And so to her modest request we must bow.
While We gladlH accept the money she pays,
The fun is quite spoiled by not telling how.
This dollar Is given on the social plan
As doubtless you will understand,
By Oracle Savage, who lives in the lane,
Who was puzzled just how her dollar to gain.
Water she lugged up long steep hill,
And sewed away with royal good will,
Then made pin cushion for an old bach,
Saying: IF you get married you'll have to
scratch"
By sewing and irouing hundred cents were
made
BY Lena CLARK, and quick to the treasury paid.
Another one follows in the same good way
BY Nettie Springer, earned from work day by
day.
For Tommy, Jennie Graves made coat and a
vest,
Her purpose. of course. can be easily guessed.
So she made her dollar, we think 1t too
cheap
When times are SO hard and prices SO steep.
Nellie Bragdon kept house while her friend,
Mrs. Murch,
Took her daughter to Portland for health In
search.
So her dollar earned In nelghborly way
Doing good to others will always pay.
Julia Bragdon's dollar was easily made
And to the social fund was paid.
Her husband promised to give her the tin
II just once she'd cook beans, fresh enough for
him.
Maria and Addie Bunker, school bells In hand
Went forth to the tune OF the social band,
Their dollars earned, teaching A. B. G.
Reading, writing. and the rule Of three.
Mrs. Scammon was the owner Of fine sreck-
led hen,
Miss Parsonage" she called her name,
She collected her eggs and sold them, and then
Her dollar she paid from the same,
And none Of Miss Parsonage'so eggs will she
eat
Until the building stands complete.
Mrs. Prudence Stevens gave the widows mite,