Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-02-03

He Rugged me tight, and then:
what would you sell me fcr." he said
kissed him once again
And answered, Mot for diamonds. pearls,
Nor gold without alloy:
Nor all the wealth Of all the worlds
Would bay one little boy
Prom the Ge~sseso~as for October
Dear NJ. B. Friends:
Here is the promised letter from our old
friend Meb.
AUGUSTA. M, r. !. Box ~. Jan. s. 1915
Deav AxAf sadge and Aufsats:
Hullo; don't think because / haven't written
for long have forgotten any OF you.
have been intending to write for ever so long,
but last year was very busy year. We took
one old shed down and put up a new one and
made changes in our kitchen and dining
room, and il made lots Of work, then had
roomerx and sometimes meaiers, and with
over roc chickens and over 100 hens and four
cows, there was something doing. Lee
worked at the mill quite lot, 80 used to do
some OF the outdoor work.
Then / had several lay OF" times
Stepped on . large nail and had quite . time
With my foot; then stepped In . post hole -
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made enough excusess Well, l hope TO do
better this year.
We have new hen house. seventy Eve Feet
long. and il win have eight rooms when it's
all finished. Have Eve Of them done and full
OF hens. Wish you could all see my white
Leghorns. Some of them began TO lay when
over. they get up ON my back. When 60 in
tha{r men IN, Thuv III
are pets, have made so much Of them. /
didn't get any early chickens, so there are
not many of them laying. The old hens are
beginning 10 lay well. We sold oef all Of our
cows but one, and we seil our nights milk,
so don't make much butter. Last year made
nearly 100 poa pds. In March our Little Mid
get we raised. will be fresh, SO we will have
two cows then. We sold all Of our hogs, but
have twelve pigs. 1t took too much time and
feed to keep SO many hogs.
My daughter 10 still in the South. Hope
she'll be home some time this year. We
gathered the apples. and Lee. with my help,
ground out some LIS more gallons Of cider
boiled some of the cider and it's fine; didn't
grow SO strong, SO IL any one wants to keep
cider good. Just bring it to boil and jar it
up. We have but two or three apples trees
on our farm, but hope to have some in few
years. IL everything goes alt right
Lee wants TO know IL ] Am going 70 ELL the
column told him l would like 70, 90 Aunt
Madge could have one weeks rest.
haven, been to see Nell and her children
but once. Have called her up by telephone =
few times. Sold her last year two pigs.
have been intending to 90 and see her but
time goes by. and when l go initownI do not
have much time. ! didn't get to TIL reunion
last year: couldn't leave here over night and
it was on the car line stayed 1t home, but
wished all day Was there.
Dell. call me up when you are at NelI's and
will say hulio to you. Wish you and Nell
could come out here some time. 1 am not
writing very interesting letter; guess am
sleepy, 50 will finish some other time.
This letter is getting old; guess will finish
it and send it along. since started it have
called Nell up for . few minutes. She said
they were all nicely.
Well, Aunt Maria. your birthday will soon
be here. Mine has come and gone. You
want to know II am getting oids Not . bit
OF il. Glad Jennie isgbetter. hope all the clan
are nicely. While think of it, want to 80
think the editor was smart to find Aunt
Madge TO keep this column going. There are
very few who would have done srch good
work ~ she has, SO l say, hurrah for Aunt
Madgei May she live TO be 100 years old.
remember the first letter / wrote for the
column, almost when il first started, and the
people round home wondered who Meb was,
but one old war veteran said, ~ know who
that is"
1 think II we ali realized how anxiously
someone Ii looking the column over each
week to see If such . one has written, and
when they see they have, how pleased they
are to read what we have said, II it isn't witty
and bright. We can't all de the same thing