Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-09-14
HELPING.

| HELPING.
If we sit down at set of sun.
And count the things that we have
done,
And counting find
| One self-denying act, one word
That eased the heart of him who
| heard;
| One glance most kind
| That fell like sunshine where it went,
| Then we may count that day well
spent.
| But if, through all the livelong day,
| We've eased no heart by yea or nay;
| If through it all
| We've done no thing that we can trace,
| That brought the sunshine to a face;
| No act most small,
| That helped some soul, and nothing
! cost,
| Then count that day as worse than
| lost. Selected.
| Taken from Our Mission Work. of
August, 1921.
East Holden. August Is.
| Dear Aunt Madge and all the NJ. BIS:
| here II Is Tune IOr anOtner reunion,
and l am still ION the shelf" or so
| much so that l am unable to meet
with you, which 1 regret very much.
/ would like so much to see you all
and sample the good things to eat,
| but every time l try to sport a little
l get an extra twist in my game leg,
and my courage is not very good.
1t has been very busy season with
| us. Canning, picking, entertaining
company, and ALL make time go so
| fast, we get old before we know it.
Here's hoping that you have a beauti-
| full day and most enjoyable time.
| With best wishes to all, / am as be-
| fore,
| IS g Grandma Disable.
This letter of remembrance &C
companied me to the (shall l say?)
reunion, and l wish l could say the
same of the writer, whom l thank
for sending it.
| 1t was a pleasure to meet l.. A.
| W., Beth" and Jennie" at the
Bluehill fair, as it was also, after
| delightful ride to Harborside and
| Blake's Point, to look up M. A. B.
and make her little call. l will
say for the credit of "Uncle Madge,"
the "budgeless," that, having lived
with Aunt Madge" over forty years,
he knows her propensity for pro
tracted meetings." and he knew a
birthday supper awaited our return.
| Dear NJ. BIS:
| l had such a surprise a few days
ago. l had been disspating for two
| evenings, and was lying down in day
time Ca thing l almost never do). All
! at once l awoke to the fact that there
was big Buick in my yard, and go
| ing down, l met Aunt Madge. Just
think! And l fell at first sight
| though l had never met her. Her stay
| was all too short Think she might
| have been induced TO make longer
| call, but Uncle Madge was budgeless.
He simply could not be budged from
the car. 1t was a great treat for me
| to see Mrs, NJ, her son and grandson
| and the others, but | am going to be
very careful how l lie down in day
| time, for / have tried it once since,
| and up to my door lcame a majestic
| looking car with-whom do you
lnlnk .-1TeSluenl Mc1Tacken OIL La
| fayette college They called to inquire
| the way to Prof d. b. Prentice's cot
| tage, which is below mine, Mr.. F. be-
| ing one of the faculty of the college at
| Easton, Pa. Quite recently he took
his family to lunch at Seal Harbor
with President McCracken, returning
in the afternoon in his beautiful new
boat named Barbara, for his baby girl.
Since that time l have been invited
! to a picnic at Beech isle (by the Prem
tices), going in the Barbara while
| others to the number of twenty five
in all went in the Nokomis and the
| Viking. 1t was a wonderfully fine
day, and being a novelty for me, 1 en-
| joyed it hugely.
| Two others of a literary turn are
Miss Smith of Hartford, teacher, and
| Miss Carrie Sage, a writer of some
| note, both of whom left for their
homes last Friday. Saturday, Sept. 3,
was, to say the least, a fearfully hot
day, A bonfire and sing on the beach
at evening was much enjoyed. Satur-
day, Aug. 81, there was a masquerade
at Mr.. Sage's, which proved to be the
| jolliest affair of the season so far as
| l know.
Last sunday nlSnt q sing at Hiram
Blakes cottage was fully attended and
| enjoyed. Miss Ida Slade, Miss Carrie
| Sage and James Fairly, also Miss
Louise Smith, read poems, and Mrs NJ.
| A. Blake read simple, flavorless little
| poem which she may send some day
for your entertainment ca.
Kind wishes to all, from
NJ A. b.
Yes, l have just finished reading
main Street." 1t is story of your
town and mine; the story of human
life everywhere. Possibly the most
wonderful thing about the book is
the minuteness and originality of
the descriptions of common events
and everyday occurrences. Carol
Milford married DR.. Kennicott and
left the city to make her home in
Gopher Prairie. "-"Here," she med
itated, sis the newest empire of the