Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-09-23

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Dear AUNT Made. and M BIS:
1t has Just occurred to me that may possi-
bly, reach "Naillil'' and "L. e. T." by teie-
phone. Don't you think it would be funs am
glad n. enjoyed looking over my epistle. for
sometimes / think am the one most inter-
ested in my own letters. OF course Aunt NJ. is
judge Of whether they are good to print or
not, and if she is pleased, that means lots to
US all, does it nots
Well. you left me at Cape Cod. You End me
now at home, at Maiden once more-Dexter
street-one of the dearest places on earth. ana
kindest friends here, too. Busys Well, yes;
but to-day have all the big house to myself
and nothing special to do unless someone
calls for me to go to Revere. I've never been
there.
Our trip home from Cape Cod was very
pleasant indeed. At Provincetown we had
chowder again at the dear little restaurant
around the corner just convenient to the boat
wharf. We saw Mayor Hubbard there. We
also saw the Minneapolis and about all the
crew and officers Of that war ship.
The passage up Was glorious, even IL we had
just had severe storm Of wind and rain for
three days. There was inst a little easy roll
| Of the old swell and a fair wind. Many pleas
| ant people are travelling now, and IL there
happens to he some not as pleasant, no mat
| ter 10 us.
wonder il do wrong in picking out the
| things like and hurrying away from things
that are dissgreeable to me. II / am Obliged
| TO do disagreeable task can face it with a
| good grace, but II can steal away from it l
always do when it is not for me to better it.
| Some one asked if we had warm weather at
the Cape. Some days were gloriously hot and
the sand dry and soft to Walk on; never too
hot for me. II have walked DER Afric's sunny
sands" to quote line from one Of my own
poems, away down below the big desert, and
it was not too hot for me there. You see am
ahead of Roosevelt, for I've been there and
didn't talk about it year before hand. Give
| talked enough about it since.) l had only
! twenty-four hours in which to prepare for the
journey and close up my house for several
| months. Had to ride eighteen miles to star,
through snow banks that in many places were
over the fences and road. SO that we had to &c
in pastures and fields. Then crossed the
ocean just after the worst March blizzard tina,
we ever had. hope our President will have
more comfortable passage than we had 70,
1 RhSShkt
| was the quickest one ever made at that time
between the ports of Portland, Me-, and st
4 Louis. Senegal, West Coast OF Africa.
have not written what / intended to, bu
have rambled away from the subject. mean
to tell you how happy l was picking beaci
plums at North Eastman. They are SO plenti
full there one can gather bushels Of them
Black cherries-called there rum cherries
are very plentiful, too. There are fine fields O
corn cultivated. and just now the turnip Gro,
is coming. They tell me this is the crop a
this time Of year. l need say nothing Of tn
cranberry bogs-everybo knows about Cap
Cord cranberries-but wish could 60 dow,
there and pick some. Did you ever read tn
poem beginning "You, who have only cate,
the berry,?
| ! wish those who have never seen then
could see the beach plnms; every shade from
yellow or white through the greens, pinks an,
even blues to deep purple. We brought HON
two boxes of preserved beach plums in jars.
Wish could come to the reunion and brin
one, but have visited Maine twice this year
One can't afford to travel all the time. I
takes money as well as strength.
l left friends behind in that dear old tow o
North Eastman, and though I may never &,
there again some OF them have promised /.
i visit me in my own home in Maine next year
| If God keeps us, as hope he will, though
many around us are falling and we canno
tell who will go next
climbed the big rock one day while at tn
Cape. will not say that we do have rock
very much bigger in Maine, but that was suf
fciently high for us to see Nauset lights, tn,
iife-saving station, Orleans and the ocear
| with passing craft, beside much OF Norti
| Eastman and the far-away Marconi wireless
| station.
| discovered or learned yesterday that w
]. Bryan is a Methodist, and i went to tn.
Methodist church. 1t does not follow that
shall turn Methodist because he is one, though
admire him greatly. but to tell the truth the
Congregational church, which is nearer, was
closed, and they are having union meetings at
the big Methodist church. heard fine SER
mon from the text, every man to his own
work" wish could get copy Of it to reas