Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-05-30
Dear AaHs Madse

Dear 4aHt Nadss.
How often / thlsk that / would like TO write a
little for this coiusan II ".only had somethsHg
10 say. But can hot think Of anything which
would help any ore. / could not beIp smiling
over what you wrote In regard TO greasing pie
plates. for IL IL Only during the past winter thai
/ have learned that 1t +. wholly unnecessary.
recently took an old discarded Derby hat
and with Il sharp knife cut oGf The brlm smoothly
where Ii joins the crown; this crown. covered
with an open crochet work of yellow silkaiine
fitting closely over the outside, and hung at the
corner of my workable, catches uIany cuttings
threads and scraps when l sm sewing which
would go the floor II this handy receptacle
was not there 10 catch them. II IS easier taking
them from that to the stove laaa to pick them
from the ioor or TO sweep
Would any one like 10 try my way for making
JOHNNY CAkE-I take u cups -four. IL cupe
Indian meal, even teaspoons soda, ligtle salt,
/ spoonful moiasses more If liked, and 3
eupfuls sour milk. II milk Is scarce use half
water, and can never tell the difference You
may think the batter IS thin, but II baked In
a large baking sheet ii Will have two delicious
crGsts, which disappear friahlfulIy fast In my
family. II your first trial should he little
heavy. Try more soda, as The amount must be
varied with the milk. Sometimes ] bake IN a
smaller tin or Increase the quantity, which
makes thicker loaf.
was thinking the other day, How many
times in the year do 1 make Johnny cake or
biscuit, or make beds and the thousand other
things which a farmers wife has TO do. Is it
any wonder that we sometimes get tired of the
monotony, and wish for a changer" And then
came the thought, that it Is the same every
where, to those who work for living. On the
quarries, railroads. in the factories. storss in
all places where WORK Is done. nothing Is nc.
complisned by working one day or one hour
or doing thing once; Ii must be done over ard
over. day after day, to receive zuy benefit OF
prodt.
So let US not get discouraged. but try to re
member that Nv ho sweeps floor as for the
Lord. makes that aud THE action ine'' and 20
right on with cur WORK. dag after day, trying TO
live so that when we gone some one will
miss Us little. guess Aunt Hadge will se,
sick Of he this time. and never want me to
come again.
Ea-tbrook. MRS A D.
Never allow yourself to think, Mrs A.
B., that you cannot send anything help
full to the column after writing a letter SO
full of good things as the above. Sc
many texts" are suggested to me by our
different contributors, that think some
weeks could write one sermon every day,
and two for Sunday tif had the time),
and the texts would be practical If the
sermons were not SO.
A text from your letter-"Those " no
work for living" l have always beeh
glad that belong to the 'laboring class
The workers with hand or brain are those
who accomplish the work in the world.
What have the loafers and idlers done?
Amy good work well done is a monument
to ones memory worth vastly more than
granite shaft or sculptured marble.
work for some good be it ever so iowly.r
AUNT MADGE