Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-02-11
Dear N B. Friends:

sursy, Ne E. l. J0rdoz-
Dear NJ B. Friends:
Iwi-h more OF you would tell q. what
DO Tx you are read ng this winter and what
papers and magazines you are enjoying.
"Aun' Nsris" wrote rs what papers she
was interested in, and often, when reading
an article in some one Of those periodical
what she thought OF il.
In these days when books1multipiy, and
papzr- and magazines are almost without
nQmbe-, We cannot expect to gather in .
v-ry large proportion OF their contents;
but we must not let the times get ahead Of
us 50 far that we find ourselves unac-
gu tinted with the titles and authorship Of
prominent books, the important change
which will AFFECT future history and the
improvements in science and invocation
which are coming tosthiscgenerssion by
"rapid transit.
Not only do we need to observe and re
member what others have done and are
doing. but we oughttof hink for ourselves.
Some will sayyI haven'tttime; others, 1
haven't means to keep :pcsses. Well, one
or two facts fixed in the 1fEd in day
make quite collection in q year. ant If a
fact Is mentioned ito another and taiket
over little, it becomes1more firmly fixed
in the mind.
Busy fathers and mothers, for the sake OF
your children. when-you read somethi z
in your paper like reference to saa-conl
and wireless telegrspsy-to anything
which will BE- instructive and worth re-
N IN boring. mention it-ssy something
about it when you are at dinner or supper.
That boy or girl Of yours will renenbe
IT.
The principle of association or con
nection Is strong. Think OF 1t minute.
E'ia~ Hove; sewing machine. q. S. Ora ut /;
the Civil war. Maria. Mitchell; astronomy.
Abraham Lincoln; freedom. The story of
Colun bus can be made as interesting to
children as that of Jack the Giant KiIle-
l have been part cuIsrly interested in the
story OF o Sc, Kildare, of New York, a.
to by himself in the February Success.
Ths title is My RISE from the Stu ms to
Man hood.
His mother died at his birth and his
father had preceded her By three m ,nth-.
A kind hearted Irish jupIe cared n him
unt he was seven, then hi. foster-father,
becoming angry because he had asked for
pair OF shoes, told him be belonged by
right in the street, and soon after out in
the street he wen'. He became a newsDoy.
q fighter, boxer, feared because OF hi
brutality, yet respected for his square
ness''.
Hang ng around a saloon with oth-rs
like himself v here passers-by, espec ally
women, were often insoI-ntiy addressed,
a chun il collision with girl. She gave
them look which said as plainly as
words: "And you are menI" The man
hood in him awakened, he struck b :
@fsIloT brute" and cleared passs &c for
the young lady and xaIksd beside her up
the street. She told him she was teacher
in one OF the nearby schools. and he con
stituted himself her bodyguard when she
passed that locality. She aseert2ined that
he could not read, though he vas tnen
thir y ye4rs Of age.
By her instruction and encou "a cement
in eight years ne has become a man OF
lesters, and oss book, MY Ma ME Ross. u
which Lothrop & Co., Of Bost N, are
about TO publish. 1t is study of the con
dttions existing on the east side of New
York presented in a new way.
There Is SAD romance connected with
his life. What wonder that he loved tn
woman who had raised him to manhood,
and that she returned his affection? Abou
tgo months before the time set for their
marriag The young lady was out 10 sud
den shower, and took cold from which
she never recovered.
He writes for papers and magazines
He says; 81 want 70 dedicate my pen, no
matter how ungifted to their service 1.-THE
frisndless d hopeless), that others may
know as / know, where fellow brings
begin TO rail- against God and men, bee suse
tbey deem themselves forgotten. kuo $
there Is work 10 that field for me, and it IL
my ambition to become successful In ii
and worthy OF it, as a proof that one of
Gods swe~te / daughters has MT lived and
died il vain"
| have given this sketch briefly.
thought many Of you might be interested
in il. 1t 10 true but unusual story.
AUNT MADGE.