Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-28
TO THE OLD, ADIEU;

The Old has gone,
The New has come,
Ere we realize the change;
And wonder then
That what has been
Should seem to US SO strange! .
Happy New Year!
Greetings with cheer
To you I send;
And the year through
OF it please you)
Count me your friend.
Keep thou us free
: On land and sea
From harm in thy career,
That at its end
We may append
Our blessings to the year.
These lines were written twenty
FIVE years ago by Capt. r. G. F.
Candage, whom some of the read
ers will remember.
Dear M. B. Friends
A cordial New Years greeting to
each and all, and many thanks for
the Christmas remembrances re-
ceived. The interchange of good
wishes during the holiday season
cannot fail to brighten the days to
follow which make up another year.
Dear Aunt Madge and all the M. BIS:
Just a few words this time. First
a word of apology to Aunt Fannie.
l am so glad she did not leave the
column while feeling so badly about
word l made use of in my last let
ter, in reference to her. l see it all
arose from not understanding the
word "incognito." Why, 'Lisha, didn't
you explain to her that that word
didn't mean anything out of charac-
ter? l am sorry, for l never want to
| hurt anybody's feelings. and hope,
Aunt Fanny, you will understand 1 am
perfectly willing to be forgiven. /
know you will be willing when you
understand what l have been through
| of late.
l had to go to the city for surgical
treatment, and remain there five days.
! No ether was used. only local anes-
thetics, and that made the operation
very hard. But I am alive, at home
again, and doing well. Shall be
obliged to return again in about a
week.
S. J. Y. has started for Boston
Hope she will succeed in getting track
of her purple bag" Aunt Mary is
very well indeed, considering her
many troubles (myself).
With love to all members of the
clan"
Aunt Mary's John"
We are all wishing for you com
plete recovery to health again.
Dear Aunt Madge and M. B. Sisters:
1t has been a long, long time since
/ have written for the NJ. b. c., but 1
have read with interest what the
others have written, and have wished
that | might have been able to go
somewhere so that 1 could tell you
about 1t, | was in car only once
during the summer, and then rode
only a few miles.
l am glad for Aunt Maria that she
has new home. 1 hope she will be
happy there. OF course she will miss
the many things that she used to en-
joy in her old home, but there is too
much work mixed with the pleasure
on farm to have time to enjoy the
good things very much
l have been interested in the let
ters from Aunt Fannie and 'Lisha
l think that he is right There are
many wrong things in this world that
need to be made right, but there are
many people who do not look at it in
that way. They think they are all
right as they are.
The sister who signed herself "Old
Timer reminded me of the old times
when the M. B, C. was new, and of
the sisters who used to write for it.
Oftentimes when 1 look out of the
window at sunset / think of Ego"
and her description of the beautiful
pictures that she imagined that she
saw in the clouds. / have never for
gotten 'Flossie's" nice letters and
poems, or the helpful, hopeful let
tiers written by many of the other
sisters who have passed over the
river.
l am glad that Aunt Madge has so
many new helpers, because it seems
as though some of her older nieces
are getting to be too old or lazy to
write very often.
l hope that Aunt Madge and al of
the M. b. sisters and friends will have
Merry Christmas and happy win
ter
Christmas greetings to everybody,
"Alexia."
1t is pleasure to hear from you
again, Alexia, but we always know
you are one of our loyal nieces.
-O-
North T,amOiuo