Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-08-17

Singing in the glade,
| Fluttering were wings and laurels
In the leafy shade;
Twas the glorious time of flowers
| When a little maid
| Care to cheer this world of ours
! Nellie Nellie Slade.
How can 1, whilom stranger,
Tell you of her youth.
OF her loneliness in childhood,
OF her grace and truth?
IT'S for me to say God bless her,
Guide her through all time;
May my hearts best wishes reach her
Through this faulty rhyme.
| Tell her, tell her that we love her,
Friends from many ways;
| May she find the autumn gentle
AS the summer days.
Birds and flowers still chant her
praises,
Sunny days and shade:
Don't you hear the robins saying,
Nellie Nellie Slade?"
M A. B.
July 81. 1921,
Dear Aunt Madge:
wonder if you think I am thing
of the past. Well I've been through
Bluehill several times since l wrote to
you. Have visited in Ellsworth too.
three or four times, and thought l
should surely see you somewhere, or
at lest some of the clan" l have
worn my little pin for years on my
coat, but never had it recognized by
an M B.
have been very busy. The last
time l came through Bluehill was last
Christmas eve. My niece was very
i'll, and l was going to her, by special
auto. I was with her a month and a
few days, when she died. / have been
in Brooksville ever since, coming to
in my home My arm hurts terribly
when l write, so you must forgive.
I have thought of you all, but do not
see the American now since my niece
died at South Brooksville. My stay in
| any place is so uncertain that it is
quite useless to expect any paper to
follow me.
Last autumn in Steuben I met a
young lady from Bluehill who was
| teaching high school there. / hoped
| " see ltI mere tHlS SUMMER vi
July II / had a birthday, and was sur
prised by thirteen friends who came
| to me singing and making the eve
| ming pleasant. Ice-cream and cake
were brought and ! was not allowed
to assist at the furnishing, or even to
| find the dishes for serving, 1t was
their treat" they said. There We're
| presents, also, and birthday cards.
| July 81, l was invited to another
| birthday prty at II. Blakes cottage.
| There We're nearly fifty present, as he
| caters to summer guests, and the lady
who was honored was one of the guests.
| Mr.. Halves and wife, of the Boston
art museum, with other friends from
out of town, were there. Mrs. Halves
spoke at length, explaining pictures
and ancient findings, and Mr.. Halves
| told us of a wonderful fresco which
has been found in Spain and will be
| brought to the Boston museum
l wrote a little poem for the occa-
| sion as a surprise to Miss Slade, and
| it proved a surprise to many, for
most of those present We're people
who did not know that / ever wrote
for the press. There was call for
the author" and l felt | must rise
and bow. No doubt / did it very
| awkwardly, for though it is easy for
me to write or even read it is quite
unusual for me to be called before
the footlights"
| There were several others who as
sisted in the entertainment. Miss
Margaret Farley told us how she and
Lew Initiated Father" and Mrs. Ed
| win Farley gave one of her interest
ing monologues. Edwin Farley pre-
sided, reading poems, etc, 1ce-cream
and cake We're served
Since then l have attended a birth
day dinner party at d, Prentices
Most of the summer guests are of o
| literary turn. Mr.. Stark and wife,
| teachers from Hackensack, n. j., are
| boarding at f. Sawyers. Two AM
| herst college boys, one a reader of
note, are at Hiram Blakes. Another,
a graduate, George Clark, has been at
Edwin Fairley's. Lincoln Farley is
here from Amherst college. with
James Farley and wife, his parents,
| and Arthur Farley, who has also
| spent two years at Amherst. is here
| with his parents. James Farley fills
the pulpit in Jamaica Plain, which
used to be occupied by Rev. C.
f. Dole, and Edwin Farley is not
only teacher and head of the ia
maica, n. Y. high school, but also a
lecturer and speaker of note He
also fills pulpit at Flushing, N. Y
His home os in Brooklyn, n. Y All the
Fairleys are Amherst men,
Two teachers from New York leave
for home to day-Miss Bean and Miss
| Howe. Miss Dadman, with her
mother, occupies the new bungalow
| built for them at Hiram Blake's.
My best wishes to all friends.
Mrs NJ. A. Blake.
1t is a pleasure to hear from NJ
A. B. again, and also to hear from