Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-11-06

Dear Mutudts:
There are very few of us who have not a
''too late" written against some word of
appreciation or encouragement we
meant to have given a friend, or some deed
of service We intend to perform. The
ghosts OF unanswered letters are some
times our companions; the ssput or little
attention we thought of rendering to an
other, rises to mental recognition and will
not ''down".
We say we had not time, and if the ex-
cuse is an honest and true one, we will get
reward (may BEL for ouri good inten-
who, when the collection was taken in his
church, intended to put in shilling but
by accident dropped a sovereign into the
box. To the collector afterwards he said:
"Well, never mind, Twill get credit in
heaven for the sovereign" Nay, nay, my
4, FRIEND" was the answer, ''you'n get
credit only for the shilling you intended
to give"
have had some livery pleasant face to
face interviews WITHHOLD friends of the
column and several enjoyable personal
letters from which l cannot refrain from
giving you few extracts. B. E. s., who
sent the poem for this week and for which
l thank her, writes:
81 think the nieces have forgotten that
Aunt Madge has pickles, preserves and jel-
| lies to make or they would help her in the
| column more, but they know she rever scolds
| l am interested as ever in the NJ. BIC; enjoy
every word Of it. wonder how many are
| making scrap book..of the poetry. do not
| because give the papers away. With greet
| ings to all the NJ. B. friends. B.E.S.
+! Aunt Maria wouldn't want me to be
selfish enough to keep the whole of her
personal letter for the sole enjoyment of
Uncle and Aunt Madge; though the best
| things in it, some matters of past ex-
perience and the results OF making the
best of disappointments, and other prac-
tical points will have to be omitted.
early morning on the farm
How it cheerslthe:toiling arm"
and my arm has toiled since by the clock
| NJ. W. has gone to his work after milking six
cows, taking care of two houses of hens, see
| ing to three horses, and lots of other things
same as a man has to who is to be away
Doesn't the wind blow and blow! do get
| sick of it. In the night sometime hen
| thieves came and took lots iof our chickens
lovely pullets and big roosters-and they Wis
| tied two families just below us. We feel very
blue over it.
OF there's such lot to talk about First,
| I've such a lovely bunch Of pansies by me
that picked this morning. They are very
sweet always, but now they are precious.
can't look at them enough. Then I've house
| plants in bloom that started this spring. and
they are such a comfort these dark days and
when November gets here. Oh. wen wait
Maybe the sun will shine one whole week.
Next, we've had the best farmers institute
ever, and we served two suppers, SO it was a
busy, happy time. We had four speakers and
they were fine lot. We gave them chicken
pie and they gave us information. We came
home SO full of their talk and everybody's
good stuff that something has put most of US
out-1've quite cold; one neighbor fell down
cellar and hurt herself quite badly; another
fell out OF chair and hurt herself. I made
coffee in the teapot, and all that, because
Goa. Gilman said we were very smart-locking
folks saw Esther at the institute.
am sorry you didn't have any letter last
week for the paper, but mustn't put my oar
in for long time. don't want to tire the
readers withsmy chatter. Wasn't Newsletter
fine? The very best she's ever written for the
column. I must write to her. Had fine
letter from Ann to- day.
H. o. B. says 1she had Aunt Maria's
talent for writing descriptions of events