Ellsworth American., 1921-11-09
Orer II Million Jars Used Yearly

! used. No sewing machines were in
use. and all sewing had to be done by
hand and all stockings for both sum-
rner and winter were knit by hand,
the wooden ones from yarn spun by
the housewife, who often had to
weave the wooden cloth which the
men of the family wore, as well as to
make the garments. Knitted under
wear was unknown, and certainly no
ready made clothing. All must be
made at home, or by the tailors and
| dressmakers.
| For amusements there were parties
| cuttings, husking and apple-paring
bees, spelling schools. singing schools,
t sleighing, coasting and sKating
parties,
| Let us take look into the country
store of that day. Do we find rows
and rows of canned goods? Not one
can. If we buy coffee. it is probably
unroasted and certainly not ground;
that must be done at home in the
mortar, coffee mills or grinders COM
ing later The sugar most used Is
brown. and comes wrapped in paper;
SO does the tea, saleratus, and similar
! boards cartons, no tin cans.
| Further search into these homes Of
the past would reveal the absence of
| many more of the ordinary con-
veniences that we take so much for
granted in the present day. but time
| is lacking for it.
| Now the quill or pen has become
| typewriter; the ox-cart, an automo-
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electric bulb; the musket, a machine
! gun; the fail, a threshing machine;
the old oaken bucket, gasoline
pump; the corn crib, silo; the melo-
deon victrola: the harpsichord. a
| player piano; the velocipede. motor
cycle; the tub. an electric washer;
| the broom, vacuum sweeper; the
raft, a motor boat; and so on to an
almost endless list of inventions and
! discoveries.
| If fifty years have produced such
| wonderful changes, what of the
| future? And are we as a people, de-
F., veloping in like proportion in higher
! education, in morality in reverence
| for God and goodness, in integrity, in
| humanity, and fraternity? Are we?
Esther
We certainly are grateful to
Esther for this contrasting picture
of life, in the changes which half a
century has brought to pass, and
we are anticipating another paper
from her, relating to Thanksgiving.
l will add here that Esther, since
this letter, has been operated upon
for throat trouble, and since leaving
the hospital has been with Ford.
Another of our old time nieces
has passed away, after years of
failing health, her age being over
seventy-one years-Mrs. Harriet A.
Emery of Great Pond, known as
"E" in the column and the
mother of "Flossie," whom the older
writer's will well remember. l
quote from an obituary:
Mrs. Emery had made her home in
Great Pond all her life, and will be
/ sincerely mourned by wide circle of
/ friends and relatives. who unite in
deep and tender sympathy for her
sorrowing nephew. by whom she has
been tenderly and faithfully cared for
during all her long illness"
She has been waiting" for the
time to come when she could be
united with her loved ones gone be-
lore. The following stanzas are
/ placed here in memory:
There is a land immortal
The beautiful of lands:
Beside it's ancient portal
A silent sentry stands;
He only can undo it,
And open wide the door;
And mortals who pass through it
Are mortals nevermore.
Though dark and drear the passage
That leadeth to the gate,
Yet grace attends the message
To souls that watch and wait:
And at the time appointed
A messenger comes down,
And guides the Lords anointed
From cross to glory's crown.
Their sighs are lost in singing,
They're blessed in their tears;
Their journey heavenward wipging,
They leave on earth their fears.
Death like an angel seemeth:
I'VE welcome thee" they cry;
Their face with glory beameth-
'Tis life for them to die!