Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-08-19
HOME WEEK CARNIVAL.
ELLSWORTH IS ENTERTAINING
MANY FORMER RESIDENTS.
o,n HOME ExERCIsns-sInHnr FAR
.rn rIREMEN's NusrER-oRANGD
pAYTo- MORROW.

ellsworth il in the throes OF an old
,.u,o week celebration, street fair, fire.
,nsn,s muster and grange field day COM
s;red. Many former residents are here
,or the week, renewing old acquaintances
The city is gaily decorated. TIVE firms
:, decorators were in town, and many
Snsiness buildings and private residences
80 cav with flags and bunting. Among
.he most attractive are the First national
hank building and the masonic block.
ssyeral strings Of colored electric lights
srau Main street.
There are fakirs galore, ard plenty Of
musie. Lynch's bind, which furnished
several concerts Tuesday, will be aug
meuted to-day and tomorrow by several
other bands.
The old home celebration opened with
onpropriate services in the Baptist church
sunday evening, in which the pastors Of
the several churches OF the city united.
The address by Rev. W. F. Emery, Of the
Methodist church, was appropriate to the
occasion. A large part OF it is reprinted
below.
Monday was old home day. There were
exercises at Hancock hall in the after
noon, full report OF which is given be-
low.
Tuesday the celebration became more
the nature OF street fair To-day is
nremen's day, when hose races and hand
tub contests are ON the program, and an
40 ;v~t he ovnuinN
.To-morrow will be grangers' day, and it
promises to be one Of the big days of the
carnival. The grangsrs will have charge
Of the program.
SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES.
The program for Old Home week COM
menced formally ON Sunday evening at
the Baptist church. The audience room
was comfortably filled ct 7.30 when the
pastor Of the church escorted to seats ON
the platform Rev. w. F. Emery, Of the
Methodist church, Rev. 8. w. Sutton,
former pastor Of the Unitarian church.
both Of Ellsworth, Rev. h. W. Conley, OF
Ellsworth Falls, and Rev. A. J.. Lord, an
Ellsworth boy, OF Meriden, Conn. Revs.
RIB. Mathews and J. D. Prigmore, being
out Of town on their vacations, were
unable to participate.
The choir OF the church, consisting Of U
G. Hodgkins, tenor, Mrs. Quinn and Mrs.
Kingsley, sopranos, Mrs. strout and Mrs.
Donnell, altos, Mr.. Dunn, bass, Miss Mary
A. Hodgkins, organist, furnished the
music.
The address Of the evening was made by
Rev. Mr.. Emery, whose theme was 1.-THE
Homes" He spoke in part - follows:
This bible is . collection Of home scenes
and they are very beautiful to contemplate.
We find within these two covers, history and
poetry and biography and theology, Sinai
and Calvary, Gods law and Gods love, but
there are no pictures sweeter than those
Of believing families, the first In the series,
the home In Eden. whose Joy was suddenly
clouded by msn's transgression, and the clos
iag picture. the home In the heavenly Eden,
ia gates Of pearl forever closed against sin
and death and tears. tits . natural and gen.
erous impulse TO love the country which gave
rs birth. II 10 an Unborn sentiment which
prompts us to love the land by whose institu-
tons we have been moulded, by whose laws
protected and defended
What power L. that which can erase from
our minds and hearts the hamlet or the town,
the cottage or the mansion, whose atmos-
phere We first breathed and with whose soil
and scenery inuumerable associations Of our
lives are Iinkeds It is . deep-rooted and
abiding love OF home that blurs the eyes Of
the dying soldier with the visions of an old
Hclt aiuto liz,
the business man through the clamoring
world, that haunts the minds OF men and
women. boys and girls, separated from the
soil in which they were reared. We love
our fatheriand because somewhere it en-
braces a city, town or village, the scenes OF
our boyhood or girlhood. And the most de-
lightful spot in this city, town or village is
the home of our childhood and youth.
The speaker went on to show how the
influence of the home OF childhood per-
meates all mankind, using many apt
illustrations. Continuing he said:
Let us for moment delve into the secrets
Of home life to discover the power which
brings il into existence. What is home? As
some one says: Home is the golden setting
In which the brightest jewel Is mother
Great men in all ages have been eloquent in
their praise OF wife and mother. 1t is a
woman, only woman, q woman all by herself
she must or prefers, who can turn palace
or cottage into o home, therefore the
mother, by the influence she brings around
her home, is deciding the physical, intel
ieetual moral, and eternal destiny of the
race
The home should be always filled with sun
shine the brightest. happiest spot on earth
But this cannot be secured BY costly furni-
ta'e' or paintings, or flowers. or even wholly
oy human love. 1t must be home of peace
tnfoush mutual trust in God, home Of
Joyous piety, home sheltered BY Gods
inendship and furnished in its every heart by
Tue abiding enriching Christ.
stand tonight 10 plead earnestly and
oo'diy Tor the maintenance OF the old-fas h
'oned Christian home OF swee. piety, Of Q
'onnding love, Of . mutual trust in God, and
va family peace and Joy in the fellow
snip OF the elder brother.
Know that Apollo swept such harmony
..om the Tyre that the listening gods were
'narmed and the world acclaimed him diety
vi song. ! know that Orpheus with magic