Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-07-11


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same spring using the same dinner pail
cover. Our eyes bad seen the same green
moss waving In the waters Of the spring.
we both had handled poliywogs that We
mao caught In shallow pools about the
spring Most OF the boys and many OF
the girls Of that school did the same.
We MI used dinner-paiis and dinner
pail covers to drink out OF. Talk about
your moss-covered oaken buckets hung
20 well sweepsi The boys arm 10 al the
sweep ne needs ats pubbling spring; and
MS thirsty lips require Iothing better
tnan : bright TIN cupin which ne can
see mirroreo ms rudy face ~ ne guips
oown the cool, sweet sparkling water,
almost losing his breath In his hurry;
MS coontenance beaming with delight.
Escn one Of ~ mas MS favored spots In
ms oio nome coantry. Eacn one OF 10
mas ms crooked town-rosd. Each one
~ us n.s ms wood-roeo ana castie-patn
.nlo.sn nj. iores'. Hacn one OF ~ has
nis nsnnswk' MS crane ana mis- Crow.
n.cn one ot " iArmer boys nad ms YOKE
- steels' ana ne ioved them. Each one
Nno~s "nst = oraR Is ana two-wneei
oAt' Hscn one KNOWS what stones
~ inc neio ana IN the stonewan.
I.scn one vas scqusinseo WIN, ana useo'
'ne no, cnsin' cievis, the scytne, rake
.no P''cn'ork' Hscn one mas handled
10y IN winoro~' naycock ana IN the NOW
" .ne ois Darn.
1ou may NO" % thinking OF autumn,
"neu WIG harvest - 8atnereo; OF the
nusAlnk- oeei Oh the ear OF req corn
Iounoi OF ropes strdnR across, over the
osln noof' nunR win lanterns. You may
70 tn'nking OF Joyous iaos ana iasses you
Anew, WINE nuskinR goes on.
A'er Twelve years absence, l returned
" my olo nome On visit. AIouno many
'nsnses' A"o oI QUIZ lsmhy nad passed
oset tne fiVer' Inc OLD wofksnop tnat
n.o oeen my KrsnoIstners Darn, nao Deen
.sken away. ouf oio Dig barn was
tnere' oot tho .parnysro fence, the tool
mouse ana pigsty, were gone. No cows
came from pasture q milking time.
orsnomotners looms tnat mother used
"sns clotn ior my nomespun cioenes,
nso oeen sawed up ior WOOD 70 ourn.
Ahey nsu kono u ssnes ana mingled
oar.n 70 eaftn.
inere were no oxen ABOUT the place.
my steers mao gone the way OF AL steers.
my ototnsf- in-iaw worked the land, that
! nsd plowed with oxen, with . single
morse. Inc OLD, yellow iow-posted house
stu stosd, out u was nearly bare OF that
yellow paint; out the green ian was still
over the 'front.' door. inside found that
the ot'ck oven ana Two or three nreplaces
nad Deem removed.
on, now nao cut spruce hmos to heat
.nat Dr'ck oven; ana now great loaves OF
Drown ofeao ana great pots OF baked
Deans came steaming from II, % regular
tning' once week TO Iced my fathers
large family, eleven In number THOSE
yeiiow-eye beans, so rich In havor, and
tne nome-raised pork. rather usually
Killed . beef "critter' and TAT hog every
tsii. we, tneretore,had our own pork and
sweet oeef-no "sait horse" that sailors
complained OF getting on shipboard.
Neignoor wed with neighoor IN gaining
weight 10 hog. Those hogs were not like
pasture-i led nogs IN CALIFORNIA.
found that the foreroom OF the old
mouse had vanished-that Is to say, the
sscrednsss OF It. Mothers old spinning
wheel, the spinner OF the yarn used in the
family, mad been broken up. A new crop
OF noys had used the hoop TO trundle.
Inc max wheel OF my grandmother, the
same USED by my mother, had been saved.
own II now,togetner with granomother's
warming-pan.
While at the OLD nome slept In an up
stairs bedroom In which l could not
stand up straight because OF low ceiling.
Let Us 60 outdoors again. The smoke
house In which we smoked our sugar.
cured hams is gone. But an old hack
matack tree OF my ooyhood Gays still
stands, and In its tops 1t true-is that
same old black crow thai left there when
went awayI 1.-THE century-iiving crow
whose birth was in their tops grew old