Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-04-26
HE OLD IcT-scHooL LIST

tBy margaret M SoouHoW'(
In clearing out the rubbish
OF an attic, long disused
II found securely tucked away
A scrapbook much abused.
And. turning DER its pages
With their corners thuinhe2 and torn,
Found names of school and classmates
| had loved in days agone.
The list is long, and doubtless
One a strangers eyes would spurn.
But those who knew and loved them
| am sure will gladly turn
And once again go through it,
I Finding names, as close they look,
| That long had lain forgotten
In the folds of memory's book.
From fancy's roll I call them,
And a far-off echo fills
My soul with eager longing,
| AS the old-time answer thrills;
And the old-time rafters ring
| To the same old rhythmic flow,
That bound in love the comrades
OF forty years ago.
But many neer will answer
To an earthly call again;
The roll above is growing,
i While the few who here remain
Are waiting, glad to answer
| Present.! on that other shore;
Glad to be again enrolled
Among the friends of yore,
Dear M. B. Friends:
The poem will recall old school
days to many of you. The school
district is thing of the past, but
once, the annual school-district
meeting was as regularly held as the
town meeting. The moderator and
clerk were elected and "sworn in
and all the business was done with
legal Formally The question OF
who should attend to getting the
wood was settled and in some cases
let out to the lowest bidder, as was
also the board of the to-be school
teacher, who was to be engaged by
a school agent chosen for that pur-
pose.
Seven days written ntice was re-
quired to make the school meeting
legal, so the. clerk for the year usu-
ally posted the notice early enough
for the meeting to be held the eve
ming of Getting day. The
morning following, the agents would
often be seen early on their way tC
secure some school-ma'm or school
master, whose services they wished
to obtain for their particular school
Right here it may not be amiss to
say that, in 1865, in Bluehill, the
average wages for female teachers
was $24S per week, and the aver
age wages of male teachers, SOL 25
per month. Teachers, take notice.
Friends of Ford" and they are
many, will be sorry to hear that she
is confined to her bed by illness.
RECIPES.
| have heard great reports about
the following:
Burberry Pudding (Fine) Take
a basin, butter small pieces of bread
put layer on bottom and stand up
on sides until basin is covered. Put
in a layer of sweetened blueberries
then thin layer of bread, then
layer of berries, and SO on until
basin is full. Put on ice and let get
cold. Turn out on fancy dish: put
whipped cream around it. Serve
what BURBERRY juice is left when
you serve the pudding. Don't put
too much juice in the pudding.
This is just fine. Be sure to but
ter your bread. Fresh scraps are
best for this pudding. sweeten tc
taste.-"Did."
Crumb Cake-Put in a cake bowl
2 cups of flour, 1 u cups of sugar
(granulated), 2 teaspoons baking
powder, p cup butter. Rub we'll to-
gether. Set aside ope-half cup OF
the above mixture, and in the re-
and break in eggs and 81 cup OF
milk Ct add little more) and /
teaspoon ginger, Stir together
gradually at first, and then beat
we'll. Put in square tin and over
the top sprinkle the half cup OF
crumbs set aside. Bake in g
moderate oven. Put in ginger wher
you first commence your cake. Bake
a dark golden brown.-"Did.'
Belfast, April TO- 1922.
My Dear Aunt Madge:
Yesterday ! was reading the Mutual
Benefit column and read of l.. o. T.'s
rheumatism. She or he had been
shut-in since October IS. Poor, deal
thing, and such beautiful winter a.
we have had for sleigh riding.
went out on five sleigh rides and en-
joyed them very much.
Two years ago this winter 1 hat
rheumatism nearly all winter. I go
sick of doctors medicine, sd put VI
some of my own. Here it is; I TAXI
of EPSON salts two parts cream o
tartar one part, that is two teaspoons
salts and one teaspoon cream tartar
in one pint of water. in that proper