Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-02-18
Correspondence.
Again The Robin.
SOUTH HANCOCK. Me. Fen. 16, 1903.

COGIh f1ANAtEhs W II ASf e~~~'
To the Editor Of TIE american:
Mis- attention mas just been called by
neis hbar to two articles in your paper
concerning the robin. Que appears In
the issue of Feb 1, dated from Msriaviile
and signed s. the Their In the next issue
dated from Ogden, Utah, and is signes
| A. $ Condor. Both OF these articles refer
- a letter o. mlne to the Lespiston Jour
nal OF recent date, an appeal 70 tue fruit
groSers OF Maine TO assist 10 an attempt
10 amend the Wild bird law of this State,
that it woIld give more equality and
justice to cur agrieuuura interests;
hich. it seems, THE AMERICAN had the
good sense TO copy aud sendosse. Dear
AMERICAN, please accept ms tbsnksl
Toe fret article was, undoubtedly,
.gritten by a woman, or by man
with the natural sentiments Of
woman. II by a woman, she has
10Y fullest sympathy. There Is nothing
| SO much respect, there is nothing
so much admire, as the senti-
ments OF true hearted noble woman,
when exerc sed in their proper sphere;
Tue second article was written by a
vain, egotistic msn; not after the style OF
he great Lincoln, who never allowed
himself to talk or write TO the public
upon a subject that he knew little or
nos hing about, but after the style Of a
| man of his own heart (himselD, for he
has shown himself to be most deplorsbiy
- 49, -. ann an
| nearly every line of the article; and
where ignorance is not clearly shown, as
reference to the subject matter, ego
/ tism is.
knowledge is power" As this article
shows SO great q lack of knowledge, it
can carry with 1t no power, at least, to
those who are well informed, hence to
that ignorance l make no further re-
Spouse.
! But for the purpose OF showing how he
made himself appear to the intelligent
reader (uuless that ignorance has become
900 great bIiss) which msy be OF some
future use to him, VIII burlesque a
little on some of his statements.
| Is 1t the narcotic Influence and effects
Of the "good cigar, the sale of that
81 COO" per acre "orchard", "the
/ honor" y to be member of the Utah
| tsgislsturs--is II any one of these, or all
! three, com bined with "MormaBism" that
| hss so pu fed up. our western "friend"?
| "Sow in the name of all these gods at once,
| Upon what meat doth this our Cesar feed,
That be Is grown 80 great"
Since he left Maine for that land OF
| Mormantsm?
"why. man. he doth bestride the narrow world,
| Like a Colossus; and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs, and peep about
| To ind ourselves dishonourable graves"
When he doth come to Maine "next
summer, and with bis big stick doth SO
knock bout among US strawberry grow
ers. Alssl poor strawberry growers, we
are doomed to "woe" when this mig ty
self crowned king (?l returns from Utah.
81 cannot tell what you and other men
Think OF this life; but, for my single self,
had .s lief not be rs to be
la awe of such thing as myself"
Much less of him.
Now 1 wish to say, In all candor, to Mr..
A s. Condor, that when he comes to
| Maine as that "seif-inyited guest, II he
will behave himself as becomes a gentle
| man, be is invited to visit the Strawberry
Valley fruit farm; and / will promise
him that II he will make that visit during
the height of the picking season and re-
main day, keep his eyes and ears open,
unless be is one OF those who are always
too old to learn, he will go away the
wiser for his coming, and much better
prepared to write an article on robin
VS.. Straw berry F." than IS htn he wrote that
article for The AMERICAN.
e. W. WOOSTER.
MIR. Wooster is in error; THE
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