Ellsworth American., 1907-05-08
"DICK' LAFFIN.
- ELLSWORTH BOYS RISE IN
ruE ELECTRICAL WORLD.
u.r THEY DID TO HIk IN MANILA
nx MS LEAVING THERE FOR THE
UNITED STATES.


nN
UNITED STATES.
(Bossow Herald,
The invitations were gorgeous = green
- oold-(with the green sbove), and
tbey read this way:
cEAD MILE TAILTHE
w- sichsrd +. LAhan will be at home
=, The ..sons of the Old Sod" on the
.vs Of st. Pstrick's day, March 10, 1877.
No, 100 Gale Real, Malate. Manila.
Dinner at o'clock.
please reply before March II.
w.s to be "Dick" LAfIin's last st. Pat
.,ok,. d.v in the Philippines, - he hopes
- he back in Gods country again before
-. snow dies. For four years and over
!. has been in the East, tseching the
r;,ininos how to build and run electric
,.iIways, and be had rscsivsd his "march-
ing orders" from home.
% his friends (which includes the
sotire white population Of Manila and
suburbs) got together ON the natal day Of
the patron saint Of ths Green Isle, that il
q ssy. they got together on the eve Of
st. Pstrick's day and separated-indea-
nitely-to tell him what they thought OF
him.
.sDick" Lafin used to b . Boston boy,
although he was bofutn the town OF Han
cock, Maine, and finished al the school
educstion he ever received in the
schools OF Hancock. Az young man he
spent many years in Eilswofth. he came
to Boston just - soon - he attained the
age Of reason-and tho price OF ticket
and began work ~ car-driver, later en-
tering the employ Of the Boston elevated
IS motorman.
HIS RAPID nIsE.
a.. th.. i. ,.ft or,v . .t-a.l
:. s.,.. -. ~. r.thv.v and ~ -.
49, 80. h.sc-. 4. -. cccrrv;,.
;n,ro-t.nt .r.cnt,vs uo.,tion vith the
na..ap - nsor,s Th.r ~ v.nt - worc...
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cester Sonso'iu.1 o's ~
.....sd -. - ,roderr;,s the .t,.st srd snh.
.rhsn rail and tr.n.nortstion f.cil;t;e.
.,ound Manila. .Dickn tafan was the
wan thsv r;cked sor vener.l man.yer
Ans ~ r.. aor. *. ,oh - vsn th.,
"NN
'he various otie~A 'S'."'P
e Nv" es s a~...,. - - s:s
~ ~
80. :" oh..;n ..r..rn :, . go,
vhioh h.. hon m.ds tho uode, =, tho
o.,
n'. up.,
ine in''.eu su0s's u,nne,
lncluded al the avsiiaDie army, naVai ana
civil officials in Manila and its vicinity.
The only ones who didn't go were some
few in the hospital and others in the Jail.
But thew participated. neyertheless-tbat
ia so "a, "a ~. l;nr;d r.rt NJ tho DINNER
~. .,
"as oo' ..
Anone Ine numoeE we1e oov.'en'
james r. Smlth, 1en. Leonard "ooo,
Gen. j. F. Weston, Justices James F.
Tracey, A. G. Carson and A. 8. Crossfield.
SANG TOAST TO OLD IRELAND.
To the air of 'sSt. Patrick's Day in the
Morning" the company arose and sang:
4sHere's to the land Of the Shamrock 80 green,
Here's to the lad and his darling colleen:
Here's to the ones we love dearest and most,
And may God bless 'ould Ireland
fna's an irisnmans TOAST.
With the remark that "this is no
Barney, the toastmaster, Judge James
F. Tracey, arose and read the following:
"Do not keep the alsbaster boxes of your
love and tenderness sealed up until your
friends are dead. Fill their lives with sweet
ness speak approving cheering words
san., Sn.s sneir near.s can oe 'nl,iieo ana maze
10 pp,ei ,pn W 'aem' INC .ina 'nnss you mean
fore thew 90 psthsr h.vs r,s,n cotsn .,.h-
out flower. a funeral witbout . eulopv. than
a life without sweetness Of, love, sympathy,
and good will. Let US lesrh to anoint our
friends beforehand for their burial. Post
mortem kindness does not cheer the troubled
spi,i1i MOVERS ON the conn cast NO fragrance
wa "a, u .S osel ine w..iy way. nememoer'