Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-10-27

And the Frost Kings reign we own,
When the cleaners rest from their busy quest
Then. lads, it Is Harvest Home
-Araa C. White in Uwcle Remss's Home
Magazine
Dear Mutual Friends:
There are some fxed laws; just how
many none of Us yet knows definitely.
But this is one of them. Whatsoever
man soweth, that shall he also reap"
Harvest time has come; bat the gathering
OF shesves comes only as result OF labor
performed months agone.
The first promise to man has been un-
broken through all the centuries-seed
time and harvest shall not fad. Predic-
tions that this crop or that will be . fail
ure. that the ravages OF insects and the
blight OF frost, that excessive rain, that
lack OF moisture, that mildew and rust,
and many other caIamities, singly Or COM
bined, will devastate the land, have been
heard each returning year, but the general
conditions Of seed time land harvest still
remain unchanged.
A little emphasis on ..whatsoeyer"
brings ~ much truth a. an, other thought
in the text. A few years ago we heard
very frequently the song OF inquiry,
.swhat shall the harvest BET"
How easily it could have been answered,
II one had known what the sowing had
been. sLike produces like, has come to
be an axfvm. When we bring the whole
matter down to practical, everyday life,
it is told in the words we have read in our
column. II you give Of your best to
others and to the world - and "others"
are part OF the world-the best viii
come back to you.
| do not know the author, but the fol-
| lowing stanxa win remind us to appre-
ciate and appropriate everyday blessings.
The busy ones in life must learn to find
enjoyment, bit here and there, but to be
sure and find it, otherwise theyswil miss
| finding it at ALL You can find it in your
work, in pleasant thoughts, at your meals,
| in q few minutes interruption from the
routine of labor, in a brief glance at
clude that no s'Cookn even found time to
go to the North Pole.
We slight the 3 fits that every season bears,
And let them fall unheeded from our grasp
\ In our great eagerness,to reach and clasp
| The promised treasure OF the coming years
/ On the reverse side OF poem sent by
Sadie, / discovered this: SHOW to succeed
| in being nobody" What q question to
ask human beings in this great age Of in
telligent effectiveness. Yet it is not so
strange after all, if you viii think. Then
comes to my hands part Of a stanza which
runs in some way like this:
| .I never done nothing to nobody,
| 1 never got nothing from nobody.
And, until get something from somebody,
sometime,
1 Amt going to do nothin' for nobody no
time
/ Pretty good answer, il it not? To be
"nobody" is to do nothing for nobody no
time. That is the kind Of . class which,
we believe, is growing.smaller every day.
But too many are still with rs.
A lady who wrote an article on seven
helpful lessons learned last summer,
mentions first among them tyranny Of
trifies.' This lesson was learned from see
ing . case Of nervous breakdown, the
result of fretting over such matters ss an
undusted room, an ll-fitting garment, an
ugly wall paper and undue solicitude
| when . member Of the family was the
least 'sindispoged", to use the vernacular
of Sairy Camp.
BY way of contrast was . wealthy
woman travelling without . single super
fluffy, not even . finger-ring-the bond
age of one and freedom Of the other.
To rid the house of black ants, brush
thoroughly with . hot solution Of alum
and water all the cracks and crevices that
are infested. Dissolve two pounds Of alum
in three quarts OF waterand apply boiling
hot. Another way to get rid Of ants is to
put slices Of cucumber where the ants are
found. It will surely drive them away.
1 found this in . magazine, and you trou-
bled housekeepers can save it for future
use. AUNT MADGx.