Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-09-20

And green as in the summer time
The maple towering high
Extends it's thickly foliaged boughs
Toward the sapphire sky.
But lot its emerald glory now
Is destined to be brief,
For on its verdant top appears
A single crimson leaf;
Jack Frost came down from icy lands
Across the polar sea
Last night and left his fatal kiss
Upon the maple tree.
-Minna Irving.
THE HUMAN SEASONS.
Four seasons fill the measure of the
year;
There are four seasons in the mind
of man:
He has his lusty springs. when fancy
Takes in all beauty with an easy
span. =
He has his summer, when luxuriously
Springs honeyed cud of youthful
thought he loves
To ruminate, and by such dreaming
high
Is nearest unto heaven; quiet coVeS
His soul has in its autumn, when his
wings
He furleth close; contented so to
look
On mists in idleness-to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as threshold
brook
He has his winter, too, of pale mis-
feature
Or else he would forego his mortal
John Keats 1795-1s2D.
Dear M. B. Friends:
The change of seasons brought the
two ideas to the writer's of the poems
above. They are not exactly con-
trasting thoughts, but, rather, COM
parative, just as, on any subject,
different suggestions are awakened
in different minds. The First
Frost" presents picture with which
we are all familiar, and there is a
touch of poetic fancy which pleases.
1t is Keats who takes up a deeper
note as he applies the changing sea-
sons to life. We are reminded Of
Shakespeare writings. Here is the
thought of another:
Thus without grief the golden days go
by,
So soft we scarcely notice how they
wend
And like a smile half happy, or sigh,
The summer passes to her quiet end.
Archibald Lampman.
know nothing about this last
author; this solitary verse is all l
ever saw of his composition, as
now remember, but someone may be
able to tell us more about him.
Dear Aunt Madge and all the Clan:
You see, l am going to write again
so as not to get another scolding from
that man who said he had had enough
of Law Ono names called). But the
real reason is to thank you for max
ing it such an enjoyable day. l en-
joyed every minute: such lovely ride
and the dinner, and seeing all the
nieces and you. l did not reach home
until $50 that night as we made stop
in Bucksport, where l had a nice long
call at my daughters. l was tired
the next day, but went to spend the
day with one of my friends, so you see
l had two days out last week
Irish Molly, please see that Jennie
makes good use of the little gift am
sending her by mail, and Twish Aunt
Maria was where she could see the re-
suit.
I have some, more handsome "glads"
in bloom, one a dark blue docks like
velvet, one nearly white, a yellow
with pink spots and a delicate pink.
Wish you could all see them.
How good it seems to see the sun
after this rainy week! Everything
smells so damp and musty
Have got to put up shell beans next
week. so l won't have time to get into
mischief.
Now l see the waste basket looking
this way. so will close, with good
wishes for you all. Again thank ing
you, Law"
You are the first to be heard from
by letter for the Column since the
reunion. THAT man" will be
pleased that not all he said to the
M. BIS fell on STONY ground
noticed in late paper that the
inventor sees wonderful force for
education in new talking movies. I"
We recall that the attempt was
made some years ago to accomplish
this result; and some of you may
remember that a party of deaf mutes
who had been taught to understand
by the movement of the lips, were
shocked at the language they read
which the movie actors had INDUCED
in while being taken" for the pic
lures. Now, it seems, an American
inventor, DR.. DeForest, has been
conducting experiments in Berlin,
where he has given public demon
stration OF his photofilm. He will
bring his invention to America this
month.
D