Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-07-24
THE OLD HOME.
LITTLE TALK WITH NEW
ENGLANDERs.
wANpERER FROM THE OLD HOME
uNRAvELs THE THREAD OF
MEMORY.
written for THE Axss,cAs.l

written for THE AxERicAS.l
want to say that while the home circle
"a broken. and many OF rs New England
or. have strayed to this western border Of
our united land; where we can hear the
thunder OF Pacific sea - it pounds our
reaches OF sand, we cannot forget the
land Of our birth on the coast Of the bois-
ferrous Atlantic, our friends living there,
nor the graves OF our dear dead.
maintain that there 10 no spot on this
earth where man can hide himself away
from his birthplace. He cannot forget the
old home. The picture Is ever before him.
In IL are his father and mother, his broth
ers and sisters, his playthings Of child
hood. his trials and pleasures Of young
manhood. The little red schoolhouse is
IN the picture. The schoolmaster and his
terule, and the blisters upon the palm OF
the hand. The school mistress and her
s,;pper is there. He can see the hard
benches and feel them, too. He remem-
hers the hard sums in the arithmetic, and
the crooked words in the spelling book.
Won remember how ct times you were
pusbed toward the foot OF that Longtime
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mingie with the rest Of the boys and girls,
but got OF by yourself and walked on
home aione--not exactly, for you were in
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earth II holds ne m the ola home n o,r
old boua row, or homo toxr or bome
CITY. our home comfy and our home
state. Put two New EnrIanders together
and YOU will see that this is true. You
will see that thew are lost tn evervtbing
and everybody in their Immediate nrcs.
ence and literally buried In rem;p;scepce
OF old home and home folk.
You will observe that each ia milling ont
OF the pllea nm record Of his bovbooa and
young manhood DAYS ON the old farm in
terestipg hits Of hi, recollection. They
are choice possessions. Won will understand
from the tome NJ his voice and thu ear,est
expression Won will ace on his face
He has been storing mn n nj. memorv
all these vears tbese tre..ures CARRYING
them with him wh.,evsr he w.r,
whether ON land or .ea he chancad 10
va ,""u VI sou Ae onAne1u w
springs to them, all you have to do is
press the button and he will do the rest.
He viii reel off miles OF "Reminiscences Of
old home and of the things and people be-
longing to the record of his day there.
He has lived all b,s ,i,s IN o,a-hors
atmosphere No r,a,,ar i. h. h.s ha.n
,h-aa 80, W n'a''er y he mas 'een
on which he began to play his PARTS in
the great drama Of life, no scene else
where has DISTRACTED his view of his old
home. Nothing else has enprossed his
thought or demanded his attention suf-
fcient to blot out his memory of il.