Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-05-20

Dear Mutuals:
| You will all be very glad to read the
poem and letter from Grandma G.
Dear AUNT Madoe and Sisters:
| Old grandma thinks it is time she made an
effort to return, a little for the good and
| pleasure she has derived from the sisters
contributions for the past year. Letters from
! old friends and those made by the interest
they take in the column and of their
| pleasures, work, interesting travels etc, and
their ideas generally.are very interesting to
me, as / am situated where can not see any
OF my old friends, what few are left that the
Reaper has not taken.:i Once was the time
that was the youngest of them all. but now
it is the reverse; still, life is sweet and there
is much to enjoy in thislworld if we will but
see it.
The cold winter is gone; spring with its
resurrection power is preparing for the
beauty and warmth of summer and the joyful
| harvest of.autumn. Does not this remind us Of
what we arel looking forward to, when the
winter of life will be over and then the joyous
eternal summer that the dear Father has pre-
pared for His loving. trusting children.
Dear Sister B., how would like to see her
and others, but the.next thing to it is to see
their letters and correspondence that inform
me that they are in the land of the living and
enjoying life
J l agree with Sadie on comic picture cards
and comic papers. l pity the ones so low in
mind and character las to spend the time
given them for a better purpose SO foolishly
and in corrupting the minds of the young.
How many of theisisters have Sabbath Read
ing and he,o Yorh.Weekiy Witness, two good
papers? The Witness treats on different SUBJ
jects, both religious and secular. The chill
dren's page is.a good:feature, as it interests
them in each.other, something as the NJ. B. c.
does older ones land teaches them to express
their ideas in letter writing, which will be OF
use in after years. The letters OF Mr.. Scott
and Mr.. Wells are good and helpful. They
cannot run short Of material to clothe them
with as longsasi there. are personages and
characters to indicate or condemn.
| Yours in love, GRANDMA G.
These words OF wisdom and trust which
we receive from some of the older mem
beers of our helpful family, come to us
laden with the experience of years, and
we value them accordingly. 1t is pleasant
to know that by means of our column Ole
memories have. ::been recalled and new
friendships formed which bring some
cheer to those who find that the friends Of
their younger days grow less each year
except that they still live in the heart:
and memorieslofsthose who survive them
NJ. A. B., whose interesting letter we
enjoyed fewlweeks ago, is at her home
for while. She is busy just now Blu,
sends love to all and thanks for past ia
vors.
wish every Mutual who has been in
terested in Mrs. Celia Thaxter since she
was introduced to our column could ST,
down with meiandllook over the pictures
OF the Isles.Eof Shoals, the booklets de-
scribing the Icharms of the islands. and
above all see the views of Mrs. Thaxter's
lovely cottage, both exterior and interior
All OF these Iihave just received from Eu-
nice, and send a sincere thank you to hel
for all this collection. You shall have a
little of the description in this:
A delightful steamboat trip of ten miles
from the wharf atsPortsmouth, N. H., through
a winding passage between the har Dor islands
i past Newcastle on the right and the U. S. navy
| yard at kittery on the Maine coast, brings
| the traveller across 1.-The narrow seas" to
Appledore, the nearest.and largest of the Isles
of Shoals, which contains about 400 acres. II
was on this island, Appledore, that Mrs
Thaxter lived. The cottage is a two-story
| house witt one large dormer and smaller
| dormer on each side of it. wide piazza
extends across the front and one end, COW
cred with vines; another view is of the lovely
garden filed with shrubbery and flowers.
Mrs. Thaxter narrates that VERY ancient
tradition says that the method of courtship
at the Shoals was after this fashion: If a
youth fell IN love with maid, he lay in
wait till she passed by, and then pelted her
with stones; so that if fair shoaler found