Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-03-06
ELLSWORTH, Feb. IL, 1907

ELLSWORTH, Feb. IL, 1907.
Dear Aunt Madoe and Sisters
lam at present in beo.. with,the grip; have
been very i'll, but am gaining slowly now.
For four nights my John has sat up all night
keeping fires hot and dealing out medicine.
Yesterday when the mail came turned to
the NJ. B. c. as usual, and found that Aunt
Madge was left alone again, and thought it
too bad, and although lam no writer thought
/ would add my little mite.
want to say that the column has been
great help to me in many ways. Many times
when perhaps would have retorted at some
thing or some one have thought of the n.
B. and bit my tongue good and hard.
Well, shall be glad to see the warm days
of spring again, as have to stay in the
greater part of the winter, and even then the
grip viii hunt me out I win not take up
any more space this time. With love and
good wishes am JENNIE.
trust by this time you are much better,
and remember if the column helps you
you help the whole circle OF nieces and
their aunt and yours.
viii Aunt Jana please send her new adj
dress to me?
Dear Aunt Mndge:
1t is really too bad you were left all alone
again last week. 1 want to say / got my pin
and am just delighted with it, and know that
every one viii be. Won't it look fine on the
lapel of Uncle Dudley's coat. Why can't the
Johns have one? Mrs. j. would look fine
wearing mutual badge, john, now don't you
think sos
Winter is fast wearing away; rug-making
time and house-cleaning are almost here as
well as spring town meetings. Years ago We
school marms used to anxiously ask when
the fathers came home who is superintend-
ent of schools, then await for the district
meetings to choose the agents. Are the schools
better now than in those days, especially in
rural districts? really like the plan of unit
ing two or more towns under one superintend-
ent, then he could change the teachers from
one town to another and give better variety
of teachers. Aunt Maria writes me such
glowing letters about the dam at Mason's
mills Does she know one Of the first
sights to greet my eyes when came into this
world and looked around was To-day pond?
How have waded in its waters and gathered
its lilies and caught its perch! Dear old
To-day pond, may it yet be indeed power.
Well, sisters, have knitted fourteen nets
besides doing lots of sewing, and now my pen
is busy in behalf Of the cd soldiers who have
been so generously rewarded by the United
States after all these years for services done
in their youthful days.
Now, Aunt Madge, put this at the very
bottom. Hope you won't have to use it for
many weeks, as there ought be SO many better
ones. How is it about that two days picnic at
Contention Cove next year? You see l am SO
near can go each day, SO would like to have
ii last week. DELL.
Oh! Dell, we old school teachers who
had the experience of boarding round and
receiving annual calls from various school
agents could write few interesting
chapters, couldn't we? am glad you
are pleased with the pin. Janet says Of
hers: SIT is little beauty; my pre-con-
ceived idea was sort OF bar baby pin, but
this on coat lapel or dark background
will be easily recognized by the initiated"