Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-12-07

Dear n. B.'s:
No doubt you think am dead, but ! s@
stili in the land Of the living, although have
been very iil-three months In bed. Am iust
able TO hobble around little. Had typhoid
fever-a present from Oregon I liked there
very much. found the people very nice. but
did not like the climate % well. The place
where was staying had such bed water, full
Of alkaii. Ny husband came home while
was i'll, but went back He 10 In love vita
Oregon. It IL certAinly . good place for
working people.
II Mrs. ODER will send her address, ! viii
send her some postcards Of Oregon. During
nv illness her card has been lost. Ny other
correspondents will know the reason have
not written.
Nv eldest daughter died on Oct. l, after
weeks Illness Of heart failure. Her death
wss . great shock 70 me, ~ II was totally I'M
expected. We found her dead in bed. Ny
eldest son was i'll and had to 70 70 the hos
p.tsl, SO We we're quite an afsiicted family.
But, thank God. we are getting all right nov.
l expect TO 70 tomorrow for visit with
Mrs. Guptili, Of Santa Rosa, former Maine
woman. Expect TO spend ThAnksxivinG with
her, and anticipate . good time. With best
,vishes 70 all. Ma. DAVID DARE
You certainly have had . hard expert
encs OF iilness, and los, and trouble, and
ne ali are sorry for you. l hope you had
happy Thanksgiving with your friend.
A month or more ago, when I parted from
Amt Nadee on the Biuehill steamer Ut Rock
land II the sieepy hour Of . m. ON our way
hons from Boston, she asked me 70 write .
.Boston letter.. intended TO be prompt in
doing 90, bat many other duties have pre-
vented.
After leaving my good sister and the other
Bluehill friends. / went back TO my steamer,
.lone and lorn,n and seeking my bed again,
slept till so'ciock, making mp somewhat for
the sieep didn't get earlier In the night
owing to the roll Of the steamer from the
effects Of the recent hurricane
On leaving my stateroom ] asked An en-
ployes when We would reach Bangor. After
replying. he politely asked II had been Sea-
sick, and when answered that l had been,
he said he guessed nearly everybody ON board
had been -akirmished some. / remembered
Ann ~ last saw her, reclining pale and sick
with her head on . life preserver, and
thought she would agree with me that some
were "skirmished" far more than Others
In spite Of seasickness. remember . very
pleasant vacation, but shall leave the detailed
description OF oar wanderngs TO Ford, who
took notes here and there We heard Booker
Washington and other noted speakers.
readers, soloists and musicians, visited his
toric Plymouth and other places Of interest.
did some shopping and talked, the three Of u.
almost INCREASINGLY. We had delightful
afternoon with H. O. B., he- daughter and
little grandson, made new friends and stored
our minds with pleasures 10 remember
through many busy days.
This . . poor substitute for letter, but it
may help 70 MI up when. - last week, there
vas NO "oopy" to tighten TIE burdens Of Aunt
Madse. IN try TO write again soon. ~ !
have . snake story 10 tell. Esruua.
am glad you fulfilled your promise.
Now tell ~ the story. hops your refer
snce 70 Ford may cause her to look up
thoss notes.
Dear Musicale:
didn't think when We met for orr picnic
1t Dell's pleasant home and had such an en-
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