Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-04-05
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And rather be here alone,
Than live in the middle row
Where the icy waters flow,
All nature speaks to me,
And I'm where | want to be"
81 am glad that | am here"
Said the middle stone in the pier,
with my mates below and above,
| unite them all in love.
The waters kiss me going By.
catch bright glimpses of the sky;
Should l be ordered down below.
1 would at once refuse to go,
And l prefer to stay right here
Than be raised to a higher sphere;
Full cont entment comes to me,
And / am where / want to be-"
Il am glad that l am here"
Said the under stone in the pier,
"Snugly l lie in my warm bed,
Cold winds blow over my head,
Chilly frosts and winter snow
Never touch me here below.
Take me not from my present home
For neither the middle nor upper stone
Would l accept in any way
Where l am, l wish to stay.
Peace and quiet come to me
And L am where / want to be-"
Learn this lesson, learn 1T well,
To be content where'er we dwell
No envying others of our race
Who chance to be in another place.
Enjoy each day as it passes by,
Brighten the pathway of this life,
Free from anxious care and strife,
nd % in the Dier.
Gladly rejoice that we are here.
Selected by l.. e. T.
Dear Nj. Il. Sisters:
l have copied favorite poem of
mine for the column. ! have been
greatly benefited this winter by read
ing it and hope others may enjoy it..
So frequently we get discon-
tented and wish we were somewhere
else. Wherever we are, there is al
ways something not as we would like
to have it.
l.. o. n. has been a shutin since
October IS, from rheumatism in her
left knee, and only recently has been
able to walk without aid. AS spring
has arrived she hopes. when the
warm days come, that she will be
much improved and go auto-riding.
Sorry to hear that Grandma Disable
has been so unfortunate as to fan and
break her leg that she had broken
some time ago. Wish l could help her
bear her pain. have some nice
papers that | would like to send her
when she is able to sit up. l.. o. T.
and Brother b. and his son and I
til
ate our picnic lunch on her lawn, made
some tea on her stove, ana ate our
lunch in the car. She and her John
strongly invited us to their table We
planned before leaving home to eat out
doors, and we did enjoy the contents
of our lunch box, also the beautiful
big squash they gave us. We saved
the seeds, and planted them. with
grand success. We hope this coming
year to enjoy the same trip. After
lunch we attended services at the Car
ter schoolhouse. and during the day
called on Aunt Maria and Uncle Mark
and l.. A. w.
/ did enjoy attending the reunion
field day at East Surry, it seemed so
nice to greet the M. b. sisters. AS
soon as Brother b. and l reached the
grounds and were presented with the
NJ. b. tag, we began to feel at home
an. met many who We're grangers
whom we had not seen for a long time
Although the NJ BIS We're not largely
represented when we ate our lunch,
ana Aunt Madge was not with us
personally. tried to be contented,
for We knew it was no fault of
hers that she was absent. Hope she
arrived in time to get a sample of the
nice steamed clans and hot coffee
l do enjoy Aunt Fannie's letters, and
hope she will write again. If your
John is puzzled to know what to call
the style of the covering that women
wear at the presents time a suitable
name might be garments.
p, NJ. F., l was glad to see the old
and familiar song THE Ship That
Never Returned" in print l have
known it from a child, a few lines in
each verse, and do enjoy singing it,
Faint Heart" your poem is very true,
an I know just how glad Aunt Madge
is to have a new niece, and hope we
may meet at the next reunion. l have
the words of the song. the first line
of which is Take me home to the
place where l first saw the light" and
ION the green messy banks l am sit
ting Could you tell me where 1
could get the music of them?
Drove to Ellsworth to-day on BUSH
ness. The travelling is very bad, but
we must be contented. for very soon
we hope for a big Improvement and
the good old summer time. Passed
irish Molly's home; saw her on the
veranda. Would have enjoyed calling
on her, but could not, as 1 was in a
hurry. On my return trip, called to
see Laura, of Lynn, who has been i'll
Tor soma months NJ faalad