Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-03-04

Dear znaf Madge and u. B-'s:
How have goa all survived the cold sn@ p
Sever. nsiud: perhaps il has killed Tire bFc<z-
tails. As.for myself. have Kept pretty close
70 the.are- Had good CHARGE 70 read aac
get soEne letters written. Womb have doae
90, bat bzdiA.lane thumb or ny right AaHe,
caused by rambling out Of the sleigh when il
vas icy. Glad 10 get clear as easily as did
Jennie II you lived where you dfa once
would be.able to give you All the butteFMilk
you. could drink, SIS / make ten or twelve
pounds Of butter every week Ny John Graves
eli the milk for bis hens. bat ! ~ish every
time you had some
/ hare just read again this morning the
clarion call to develop .the resources Of oar
State. Thaslis good, surely; glad we are all
called on to help. Now good pail. q long
pail, all together. Let Us begin with the
boys and girls-bester babies Is the sign OF
better men and women Let's clear the way
by removing the coffin nails" OH the
deadly cigarette! II the boy must initiate
the man, let him take the pipe. I'd rather
see both pipe and a chew Of tobacco in q
boys mouth, as bad as hate the xeed- than
q cigarette.
Then LOOK at the gambling machines in so
many stores catching every penny from our
children. Where are the laws we pay men 10
go to Augusta to maker am glad to read Of
some sberihs who are cleaning up for our
children. Are any other natural resources
in Maine half valuable as ozr boys and
girlsf The boy scouts are doing nozzle work
Wow let us loo ksafter the girls Let US aim
for pure manhood .and wom&nhood for the
coming generations. DEL-I-
Dear An,sf HGdgs aad NutnaLx-
have just finished Paul, The herald Cd
the Cross" By Florence H. Kingsley.
The last of the knitting went to Selfr Sat
urday, and as. it is MONDAY evening and a
holiday, will close it By writing few lines to
the column. These holidays all right ex-
cepting for one thing: We mise our mail and
especially when it falls on dag that LISTERS
are due from the children.
But we ought noti.to complain when We
realize how mach better off ~e are than We
were not so Eery.many years ago, when We
only got the mail three times a week, and a
little earlier in life, onlysonce a week. Then
from my home we .nsed TO have to walk two
miles before getting IT, after Squire Moore ar
rived with it, andst time of his getting iu''
depended largely Jon the conditions Of the
roads. Saturday vas the .day, and ii wac nhe
great day of the week.
Perhaps it is "a good thing to review the
past sometimes. especially when we are fret
ting over inconveniences apparent ones,
for 1t helps us to realize hos much have
TO be thankful for and causes US. perhaps, 10
stop and eonnt our blessings a speaker
once said Iuxuries INDUCED in become
necessities, and many times since that has
come to me and the rnth.contained in it,
Have been enjoying the letters TO the
column, and AN glad the new year brosxfrt
many good resolutions from QUE sisters to be
more helpful.
Nov, Irish Molly. .IIwspt to tea yos I didn't
mean you any more than dots OF others, bat
thought Of what an Old eolored preacher that
used to know used to say. He rather enjoyed
saying pointed things which wonid seem a
trihe personal in his sermons and st the close
he would invariably say. III the coat Cts you
put it on, and il it's little too tight do better
and it will grow looser!"
Now really and truly, int Madge, speaking
of Irish Molly, think she deserves 8 medal
for her bravery when she has the backbone
TO chase and kilI-a skunk. What say the clan.
How many are there who wouId go and do
likewise?
Was glad to hear from.Lyall again, and en-
joyed her letter to the:column. Was also glad
to see Jennie's recently, and to.know that she
able TO write.
Aunt Madge wanted to know what we had
been reading this winter. There is one book
will speak OF that enjoyed very much, and
that was Joseph c. Lincoln's "capt. warren's
WardsH- j have read several of his works,
but think that is little ahead. She also
spoke Of profting by our.own experiences or
the experiences Of others, and / thought,
Isn't it possible to profit by others failures
as well as successes, and an incident that is
probably nearly txenty years old came to my
mind.
called on a couple on business, and the
hostess, IL / remember rightly, was sitting
serenely crocheting, and the rolls on that
kitchen floor and especially under the table
were large ones, to say the least--the accumu-
lation Of dust for. should think, a month at