Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-11-22
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upon you Is that various of your readers
have, from time to time, expressed
kindly interest i'll us and our work, a.
notice has come to them through the
medium of your excellent paper in kindly
giving previous letters from Mcintosh.
Well. We are here again, and once more
at our work; and now, after months
+ labor. We feel competent TO pronounce
upon our prospects for the year. As to
the we and who constitute it, four are
from Ohio. three from Maine, one from
/ Massac husetts and one from Connecticut
| a majority OF one for the Yankees. As to
whether we really are at work, perhaps
glance at the principals occupation for
the present Saturdsy-usualiy considered
the teachers dsy-may help to correct
! conclusion.
Before breakfast came various chores,
the preface to each days work. After
/ breakfast came the butcher with the
weekly supply OF beef. As the quarter Is
! bought entire, this means recourse to
/ meat saw, knife and scales, making and
receipting bills, the butcher doing the
/ looking on BY this time the boys have
! put their rooms in order and taken their
soiled clothing to the laundry-our Mon
day comes on Saturdav-end are ready for
the assignment of the forenoon's work,
which meant. to-day. individuals or
parties working in nine different places
at nine kinds of work.
The boys we'll off. the next thing Is
writing letter, enclosing bills, and get
ting the mail started for he post office,
four miles distant. This matter WAS only
accomplished after various Interruptions
to answer questions, lend tools to neigh
bors, etc
Then the worknen must be visited, and
directed, and helped il necessary. The
blackboard painter needed h. paint re-
n-Wed and some instruction q. 70 putting
II on. He took his first less n Yesterday
The men at work on the fence needed
new work planned ainst bi- ualIs gave
out Then visit TO the force in The
woods. v here the teasnst=r had got his
horse into the ''doldruil1,. broken the
harness, and had to be got into sailing
trim again Next was to help one OF the
+ bows cord pile OF wood. After leaving
directions a to the proper telling and
saw ing of trees, q visit TO the boy prepar-
ing kitchen fuel revealed the fact that he
vas latoring on dry oak With a very dull
ak 4 visit With him to the grindstone.
Then il became apparent thet the
gardener needed hoe. which IN turn
needed handle. \ plane, small sweet
gum, some muscular effort, With other
accessories and both hoe and gardener
were fitted for Their respective duties,
After this followed certain ODDS and ends,
and in due course OF events. the time for
the noon lunch arrived.
The satisfied feeling that comes after
supplying the calls of a healthy appetite
seemed proper condition Of things in
which to converse with yeu and your
readers: TO indulge in az atter-dInner
chat. Follow ing this Will come the 6afly
bookkeeping, attending to eorre7pon-
dence. with writing of letters, the study
OF to- morrow 5 bible lesson, and he con-
Quoting OF the meeting for bible study
| the above lesson. 1t IS by no means
certain hat there may not De more 10
| follow If not, The time from half-past
eight can be devoted to reading me news
papers which have been accommodating for
several days. The average sehool-day,
though different is quite as busy and
nearly as comprehensive a Saturday,
and ends al 10 p. M.
our school opens with much larger
attendance than ever before, better work,
and excellent prospects for very sue
/ he
tone grows better and higher year by
year, and the capacity and interest OF the
/ students, along every line Of work, is
constantly on the increase. There may
/ be better place. than this TO help
neglected and needy people, but | have
not visited Them.
That our people are needy. goes without
saying. 1t is a chronic condition with
most OF them. But now, 10 the prevailing
! hard times, IS added an unfayorable
i season, with short crops, and low prices
/ for the little they nave produced. In
/ spite OF the pathetic side, the pleas for
help sometimes come to us with almost a
+ funny aspect.
Riding from the station some weeks
ago in our market familyfarm mail
wagon. was halted by pater Lloyd, with
most of the little Lloyds drawn up in
line by the roadside; not with hostile
intent, but to inquire the tuition for 50
many head Of children, and to arrange
for their coming to school when he
should have them fixed up little
The need Of fixing mp was quite
obvious FXcept 4 he oldest he children
| had but one garment apiece and their
brown arms and legs fairly shone in the
! sun, and they didn't seem ruttied by
single want or trouble.
Recently while shingling the boys
domitory, voice from the ladder came
up appealing for .some rags" II suppose
it was thought that clothes might be
given away more easily under that name. }
The applicant claimed to be "a mother