The Republican journal., 1919-08-14
As Others See Us.
The Biggest Little City in Maine
August 4, 1919

Inc biggest Little City in Maine
August 4, 1919
Dear Ant,
Mary and me, we came down here some-
where's around four weeks ago, and we bin
thinkin' of yer great lot, seems whereas
yer yust ter hang out here in the DAYS of
thy youth, so ter speak. Then to, we bin
Sc elm pile of folks who yust ter know
yer, and SO Mary, she says to me,
Jim, yer write ter ant and tell her all
the news and how the towns prosperin', -
So l, always dootiful husband, takes me
pen in hand ter drop yer line.
This do be one great summer we're
havin'. The country all around here is
beautiful. We do have the greenest trees
and bluest skies, and my, ant, just wish
yer could see the sunsets we have ivry
mite. This place do have some great nat
ural advantages and lots of ither advan-
tages, to, ant, fer what do yer know
there's goin' ter be a grand new high
school here! Yes, because one generous
woman, she gives forty thousand dollars
if the town raises forty thousand more.
Then they let it accumulate till it swells
ter one hundred thousand dollars and then
they do be after buildin' much needed
factor, high school. And sure this town
is comm along, fer now they're going ter
be most keerful of their children's health.
They've introduced community health
nurse. guess they've started on the rite
track all rite. heard said the ither day
that people who think more of their pros
perity than of their posterity are fools
and need big bump ter sit them rite,
but guess the folks here calculate ter git
along without the bump. They're gittin'
real up ter date fer they've bin havin' a
Chautauqua and it was fine. Yer know
this town is sure climbin' the ladder ter
higher life. There were some grand
speakers and wish yer could have seen
the pageant the kids here gave the last
afternoon, Yer know, ant, there do be
some up and comm kids in this town.
Some of them sure have some talent.
On Sundays we have bin havin' some
great preachin' -Four Sundays to of them
churches here met ter either and heard
man who yust ter preach here long time
ago. He sure was uplftin' the minds of
US all and them to churches did enjoy
listenin' ter him ensemble. And then we
had anither preacher here who sure de-
audience he did be after speakin' ter. So
lots of folks they do be after talkin' of a
uneefcation of churches. Ivry blamed
place that Mary and me gifts an invite ter
somebody says somethin' about it. And
why not, says |, fer yer know it says,
ant,
Behold, how good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together in unityP'
OF course we all know, that is any of
US who processes ter be anybody, that
some day we do all be going ter have one
church ter which all the folks shall 60.
Yer know yerself, ant, bein' tied up with
the ministry that there won't be any hol-
lerin Methodists, nor Congregationalists
with their sprinklin's, nor Baptlsts, who
amt never afeerd of plenty of water, nor
Unitarans, nor Uniyersalists, who they
say amt Orthodocks (tho what that
means | don't know nor Episcopalians
al Ca+fir,'C
down, but the whole ding busted bunch
be goin' ter have one grand church and
one minister, and we're all going ter
work ter either fer good. Praise the
Lord, when that there day do come. But
yer know yer-sllf, bein' safe and SAM
tary person, leastways | hopes yer be,
ike a thunder bolt. Wen have ter be
after workin' up ter II gradual-liKe and
with many weepin's and wailin's and
gnashin's of teeth, Pm afeerd. Now yer
know, ant, that rite III this town ftho
there do be some disposed ter call it city,
there's to churches rite loving and sister,
rite when | says sisters is sometimes real
stand otiish and cold-like). Now there
amt no denyin' of it no-how, but one of
them churches do be wastin' away gentle
and easy like but facin' sure death. 1t
sure has got bad disease: all its old,
strong, sturdy limbs Climbs 90 be called
members sometimes) are gittin' old and
worn out and its case is such that there
ain t no new shoots CROWN around the
roots ter take the place of the Ole mem
bers and keep the church alive. Now
amt that just awful, ant, but do yer
know, that there ither church amt much
better They've only got a few green
shoots.
Well, as was a-sayin', ivrywhere's