Ellsworth American., 1922-07-19

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J THE OLD MAIDS FOURTH
Every year when the Fourth Of July
comes round,
wisht / was buried ten feet under
! ground
There's nothin' an old maiden lady
But hold on her ears and hope it's all
through,
l thought l should fly
Last Fourth of July.
They ring all the bells and holler all
night;
The way they carry on is surely a
fright;
And all day long they keep it a-goin,
Till I'm all of a tremble and can't do
my sewin'.
l thought l should fly
Last Fourth of July.
When pistols and guns and crackers
amt handy
They use up the time eatin' torpedo
candy.
If stay in the house and close all the
doors,
A cannon goes off that just shakes the
floors.
I thought / should fly
Last Fourth of July.
They amt got mite of consideration
For anyone's nerves in their celebra-
You just have to jump at the awful
clatter,
And jump without KNOWN what's the
matter.
1 thought l should fly
Last Fourth of July.
Next Fourth of July I'll aviate
And rest on cloud in a quiet state;
But l won't stay here in all this noise.
With fireworks and guns and crackers
and boys!
1 thought 1 should fly
Last Fourth of July.
.,.ESi~
Dear M. B. Family:
1t gave me much pleasure to have
most enjoyable call from friends OF
the column recently, one of whom,
years ago, was contributor and
who was still considering whether or
not Aunt Madge might be a myth"
after all. Think of it! We hope she
us, although her address now is not
st. George. And then we have the
promise of other good helpers, who
came with her, or she came with
them. The promised poem has not
been received in season for this
use, as the printing editor" wants
our copy the last of each week
In the July American Magazine,
Bruce Barton gives an account of an
interview with H. G. Wells, who has
picked out the six greatest men in
history-that is, in the opinion of
the famous author. If you have not
read the article, make out list of
the men entitled to place in the
half dozen, before you read further
here, and see how nearly you agree
with Mr.. Wells, who was asked to
make that selection by Bruce Barton.
In answer to the first question,
which was, (which one, in character
and influence, has left the most
permanent impression on the world?"
Mr.. Wells instant response was,
You probably expect me to answer
Jesus of Nazareth; there can be no
other answer OF course, you and
live in countries where, to millions
of men and women, Jesus is more
than a man. But the historian must
ignore that fact. He left no impress
on the historical records Of His time,
yet, more than nineteen hundred
years later, historian like myself
finds the picture centering around
the life and character of this simple,
lovable man."
The following are the names in his
list of six:
Jesus, Buddha, Aristotle, Asoka,
Bacon, Lincoln.
am willing to admit l never even
heard or saw the name, "Asoka,"
until | met it in that list, and even
the encyclopedia failed to reveal the
name.
For the women, "cumbered with
much serving" give some abstracts
from an article in the New England
Homestead. which may be of help, for
want to give you balanced
ration"in the column.
GETTING FROM UNDER THINGS.
(Margaret Brent)
Just now / heard the clock strike.
Eleven! And half the things I had
planned to have done by twelve o'clock
still just as unstarted as they were at
seven. When I think of it, (and how
tomorrow will be as full,) everything
seems burden; getting ahead of my
job hopeless; and I buried underneath
the lot.
And l know I'm foolish to feel under