Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-05-21
Dear NJ. b. Friends.

You will all heartily enjoy the following
description of Aunt Maria's visit;
Dear liant Madoe aad ~. B. Friends;
greet you, aud hope you are all enjoying
the hne, warm days We have had, bur just nov
we need rain. have my flower seeds in, aud
if i: doesn't rain, why. they won't come up.
My John has peas in. and son II. wants rain
for his onion-seed, so we'd best have it rain.
What say7
Oh, I've had the good time making garden
and clearing up the doOr-ysrd. Let the whole
days dishes go till evening and didn't sweep
for two days. / felt as good as a boy that runs
away from school TO go fishing. My garden
won't be real snowy this year. for haven't
planted anything new-iust the old kinds
but have big beds, AL one kind. Have only
one mixed bed, and in that there's poppy.
phlox and csndytuft seed. Then have
one bed Of petnuiss, one Of pansies and one
of asters. Around the fence, oahIias, scarlet
beans, nastnFtinms, morntng-giorys, sweet
peas, creeping jennies, larkspur, day lilies,
iris, perennial Phiox, asparagus, daHodils.
gelden-glow, forget-me-nots, pinks and rose
bushes So, you see, I've nothiag new.
My gladiolss, and one bushei of dahlias,
go into the vegetable garden, and then I'm
done planting, and the wedding is easy, for
do it with scuff hoe. For house plants
have pink and scarlet geraniums, one ivy
geranium-whieh is "Eliuog Wilson pink. so
I'm in style-an amaryllis, MADEIRA vine, smi-
lax and asparagus fern. SO you see the
house plants are small in humber bat they
are not in size.
We'll, guess the flower question needs a
a rest, and III speak about oar new colt. He
is quite pretty. very near black, and has v bite
face and nose. He is named Dana Now.
All-Done. don't you jump on that name for
my John has mashed il fat time and again
But Ills Dana, just the samei Our aew kittens
are named Broekton and Lynn Villa. Now,
don't those names show or tell that I've
been TO Massachusetts.
Yes, have, and in my weak and feeble way
III tell you all about it, First comes the
hustle and hustle Of getting ready to 90, the
finishing OF the last garment, the packing of
suit eases, the pinning on Of hats and wishing
the hat pins didn't always hit the side-combs.
the mad rush out TO the carriage, with the
lunch box. snit-cases and baby all in tumble.
then sitting on air all the nine miles TO Bucks
pert for fear we'd be late-and we just made
IL, for the roads were awful. We wanted TO
shop bit, but there wasn't time, SO we said a
hurry-up goodbye and scrambled on to the
boat ! said TO daughter, II feel just like
SHRED egg" and she remarked. you'll prob
ably feel worse than that before you reach
Boston" But / didn't-wasnt sea sick and
didn't try to kiss the eolored gentry that
stand around and want to take ones ticker
fifteen minutes after you get into one of those
slippery births and two hours before tits get
ting-up time.
We had such o Gne ride down the river;
saw all the places where the boat stopped.
Camden made me think Of the song. "Oh,
little town Of Bethlehem, how fair we see you
lie" 1t hugs down under Camden hills, and
looks so peaceful, like the places In the holy
lands. Then the gulis; how pretty they arel
Carolyn wanted to know whose chickens they
were, and wished she had corn to feed them &.
After we got to Rockiand we hurried 10 the
stateroom and laid ourselves down for the
night, and was very glad ii was the last
hurry up for the day. When we were about
TO "sleeptown'', Carolyn said, Ceramic, who
is rocking usir said. I'VE are rocking in
the cradle OF the deep" She said, "Id rather
rock in grampie's arms"
Wei, in due time we reached Boston har-
Dor and we were outside seeing it all; and
aidnt my heart beat. and my daughter said
my eyes were big as cups. was a bit dis
appointed. 1t wasn't quite so large and
grand as I'd pictured 1t; still twas a sight
worth seeing, and the glimpse of Boston was
all right. We were met at the wharf by son
/ W. r. and very soon were riding on the
| elevated to the North station, where we took
the train for Lynn. Wasn't glad when we
were at daughters home.
After dinner they said, what now?" 1 said