Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-05-25
MEMORIAL DAY.


Not costly domes nor marble towers,
Shall mark where friendship comes
to weep;
Let clustering vines and fragrant
flowers
Tell where the Nations heroes
sleep
They rest in many shaded vale,
BY. and beneath the sounding sea;
The forest winds their requiem
The glorious sons of Liberty!
Some. in the stalwart years of life;
Some, in the pride of manhood's
bloom,
Unshrinking, joined the bitter strife
Unconquered, found soldiers
tomb
They gained what their ambition
craVed,
Freedom and love to all to bring;
And peace, Ger all the land they
saved,
Broods, like the dove, with shelter-
ing wing.
they merit all our hearts can give;
our praises and our love they claim;
Long shall their precious names sur
viVe.
Held sacred by immortal fame.
Blest be the land for which they
fought
The land where Freedoms banners
wave,
The land by blood and treasure
bought,
Where dwell the free, where sleep
the brave,
Aitlin, Mimi, May II.
Dear Aunt Madgc:
| wrote up the doings of Il flicker or
yeIlowhammer, near our house, for
one of my little nieces, who is mem
Der of her school bird club. AS l was
reading it over, l just wondered if
some of the grand -nieceS and
nephews of the NJ. Il. column, would
not be interested in it also. So |
copied it, and am sending it. If you do
not think it worth while to use in the
column you can read it, and if it so
happens to be IA dun day not crowded
with work, take it with love as
message from your loNlHS IIttt'
Aunt Sue
Dear Boys and Girls of the NJ. b.
Column:
Aunt Sue and her better half have
been so much interested in the doings
of flicker Cor yellowhammer)
lately, that | am wondering if you
will not enjoy reading about him.
According to my diary, it was April
%, while we We're at breakfast, that
a continuous "rap-rap- rap" told me
that some member of the wood
pecker family was busily engaged, as
| supposed, in getting his breakfast.
Drawing aside the curtain for a bet
ter view, | saw the bright red spot
on the head of a flicker bobbing back
and forth, as he hammered away,
near the top of the stump of a box
elder tree, about twelve feet from the
ground, | watched him few min
utes as he worked away, then went
back to my break fast and thought no
more of Mr.. Flicker.
The next morning. to my surprise
he was hammering away at the same
place and when at noon | found him
there as busy as ever, | decided to in
Vestigate. Around the foot of the
stump was at least a cupful of fine
chips, and near the top, a hole about
three and one-half inches in diameter
Thus to my delight, | found it was
neither grubs nor eggs that Mr.
Flicker was searching for, but
home for his bride. Since then he
has worked, at intervals, early and
late.
told that CT
one foot to one and one half, feet
deep, and now, when he is working,
only the tip of his tail is seen in the
doorway 1t is fun to see him bring
out the chips from the bottom of the
nest in his bin and skilfully toss
them over his back.
Early one morning, Mrs. Flicker
'alighted on the stump and began in
speeding the new home She must
have come to call him to breakfast,
because they flew hastily away.
Mrs. Robin, who is building a home
in tree near by, sits around cycling
the worker Mr.. Flicker does not
seem to enjoy her neighborly inter
est. for one day he suddenly dropped
straight down, close to where she
sat, which so surprised Mrs Robin.
that she flew away with a startled
cry. | fancied Mr. Flicker chuclxled
to himself as he went back to work
| would love to get upon a ladder
and put my hand down into this little
home, but am afraid it might keep
them from using it, since some birds
are much disturbed if they find that
folks have been around their nesting
place.
When the rap -tap-t cease
and chips no longer fly, I shall know
that Mrs. Flicker has moved in. and
soon four or five eggs will be down in
that deep. clean, pocket nest.
Do you not love faithful, hard
working Flicker? I do. And would
I 1t not be crime to shoot him and
leave poor Mrs. Flicker alone?
Aunt Sue"
Aitkin, Mimi, May II, 1921
You will all enjoy this story of
the "Flicker family" as much as I
have, and l said aloud, though
alone "delightful" when finished