Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-30
CURE FOR HOMESICKNESS.
(By Holman f. DayO


And she wrote, alas, despondently
that life had commenced to pail;
And this was woeful. woeful case.
for she was six months bride
Who was won and wed in the State OF
Maine by the side of the bounding
tide.
And ah alack, she was writing back
that she longed for Portland, Maine.
TIL oh, her feelings had been that
wrenched she could hardly stand the
strain!
Though her hubby dear was still sin
cere. she sighed the livelong day
For good old sniff of the sewers
and salt from the breast of Casco
bay.
And she wrote she sighed, and she
said she'd cried and her appetite
fell off,
And she'd grown as thin's Delaying
pin, with a terrible hacking cough !;
And she sort of limited that pretty
soon she'd start on a reckless scoot
And hook for her home in Portland,
Maine, by the very shortest route.
But her daddy dear was man of
sense, and he handles fish whole
sale.
And he sat and famed himself awhile
with a big broad Goldfish tail;
And he recollected the way he felt
when he dwelt in the worlds fair
whirl
He slapped his head. by hake," he
said, II know what ails that girl"
And he went to a ten-cord pile of cod
and he pulled the biggest out,
A jib- shaped critter. broad's a sail
three feet from tail to snout.
And he pasted sheet of postage
stamps from snout clear down to
Put on quick delivery stamp, and
sent the cod by mail.
She smelled it a-coming two blocks
off on the top of the postman's pack i;
She rushed to meet him, and scared
him blind by climbing the poor
mans back.
But she got the fish, bit out hunk,
ate postage stamps and all.
And a happy wife in a happy home
lives out in Denver, Col.
The poem is printed by special re-
quest of Jasmine" and others, who
heard it read by Mrs. DeLaittre at
the last reunion. Thanks to Mar
| cissus for copying it. The follow
ing Whit from the salt, salt sea is
| refreshing:
Vinalhaven, Me-, Mar. II,
Dear Aunt Madge and Mutuals:
| am truly ashamed for not re-
spending to Ford's prodding before.
| I've meant to, time and again, but
always owe so many letters that
| when l write / feel l ought to answer
| those first. AS l have answered
| twelve within week, l am going to
| celebrate my activity in that direction
| by writing to the column.
Ford, | don't seem to know where
| to start in to tell you of Vinalhaven
of the present. The stone-cutting
business went down several years
ago and the stone sheds are falling
| to pieces. One of them is between
| 400 and 500 feet long. There is still
quite paving business being done
| by two companies that employ a
large number of men. There are a
| sardine factory, a net factory, glue
| factory, (phewD also a cold storage
plant, besides the fishing and lobster
business which is considerable. The
village is lighted by electricity and
| has a water system with high
| chargesD public library good
| schools weighing pictures every
night, and last. but not least, we
| have a woman for third selectman(D.
| There is no sewerage system: too
many lodges l guess; for flea
| couldn't jump without landing on a
| rock anywhere on the island.
l enjoyed your description of your
| excursion, Ford. very much, and so
| did a number of people here whom
read it to. Hurricane isn't quite so
deserted as you heard, as there are at
present three families living there,
and one family has ten children in it.
| 1t was incorporated as a town not
| many years ago, with a population of
800, | am told.
We sailed around the island OF
Vinalhaven the Fourth, or rather the
| fifth of July last year, with Captain
T. and his family in fishing
| schooner. and had fine sail of about
| thirty miles, as we went out around
| Saddleback light on our way home
| We started about noon, and arrived
| home at seven. We used the engine
| very little, but sailed nearly all the
| time. 1t is very pretty up through
| North Haven thoroughfare, which is
] a popular summer resort. with many
| expensive summer. homes on each
| side. We passed near four light
| houses; Browns Head light on Vinal-
| haven and Heron Neck on Green's
| island, both have plenty of lane
| around them. But Goose Rock light
| near North Haven, has no dooryart
| whatever and Saddleback light very
little, it being on a ledge. Saddlebacl
has three keepers, two being on dut,
all of the time. All lighthouses wer,
equipped with telephones during thu
war, so that is great blessing fol
isolated lights like Matinicus Rocl
| and Saddleback. We passed close tt