Ellsworth American., 1922-02-08
SHARING.
.(By Alan c.. Stanton.)

i(By Alan C. Stanton.)
If a blessing falls to you,
Giving life a rosy hue,
Brishtening a dreary day
With it's sunny CHEEKY ray,
Share it with your fellow men,
Pass it right along, and then
You will find it doubles up,
Overfows your brimming cup.
If a message you should hear,
Bringing courage, faith and cheer,
Through the shadows ringing true.
''Tis not meant for only you!
Pass it ,op; another sonl
Struggling hard to reach the goal
Will find hope and comfort, too. /
In the word that comes to you.
Dear Aunt Madge and Sisters:
After what Amy said, no doubt
you are expecting great things from
me, but am afraid there won't be much
of interest to you that can re-
port. Will give you brief account OF
my trip to Boston and vicinity,
as you may be expecting to hear it.
I left home December 16, just after
the rain that took off our first
heavy fall of snow. The night before
leaving we had very little snow,
enough to make the ground look a lit
tie white 1 noticed as we passed
Green Lake how much the water
look ed like summer, shimmering in the
sunlight. ripping from a light breeze
of wind, but what was my surprise on
reaching Phillips pond to find it all
frozen over and the farther away /
til ty,tn
The ground was entirely covered with
snow and the Kennebec river, so far
as I saw it, was closed in with ice, so
if you folks in Hancock county the
past week have imagined you lived In
the coldest spot on earth, you can
comfort yourself with the thought that
there are colder places.
l arrived in Portsmouth about 7.30
and spent very pleasant week
there (barring the toothache) with
children and grandchildren finishing
and making Christmas presents.
was a little disappointed when Sunday
morning arrived, though, to find a
driving rainstorm. so didn't get to
church. On Tuesday nerning l had a
visit from my oldest son. who lives in
Roche ester, N. Fl. and his boys, now
merging into young manhood, who are
living in Portsmouth, made me fare
we'll visit that evening as l expected to
go to Boston the next day. Think
Aunt Madge wiz remember two ot
them at least. as attending the NJ B
reunion-as she always remembers
everything-soon after their mother
died. I'm afraid, Aunt Madge, yoI
would hardly recognize them now az
the same little fellows for, to be
truthful, / had to look the seaond time
when the oldest son and his uncle met
sne at the station on my arrival before
j recognized in the TAN, fine-slooking
young man our Kenneth He is to en-
ter college in Boston Fhis week
,On my arrival the next day at the
North station, l was greeted by Amy
and Lester, and we all went to Les
terSs home in Everett, where j re-
manned the greater part of the two
weeks of my stay as l seemed 10 be
needed there just then.
AS 1T was vacation time for the chill
dren, they took me around to see che
stores in their holiday attire, and they
as usual looked very pretty. Yes
Aunt Fanny, l agnee with ye,l--the big
HOOp SklTl u uStu 10 wear 0ne) WOulu
stand poor showing in the jams yor
get into just before Christmas in one
Of those dig stores. However, 1 got
toslt without any bsoken boaes, if
was broke" financially.
was interested In watching the
candy making process in the 5,and- %
store. A fellow would come up from
the basement where il was boiled,
with a large ball and would thrAw it
on to a worker where ii kept revolv-
ing until it was very clear and white.
Then it was taken from there and ,put
IN small pieces where is gyas cut and
caught into paper and twisted at
the ends and 10! out wousd fall o
candy kiss all ready for being boxed
l wanted to sect the place wh ere they
made and fyied douehnuts by machin-
cry, but somehow my time was so
taken we dion't get around to it,
i made several short visits TO for
mer friends and relatives, and the
last few days of my stay | spent in
Cambridge with another son and his
family. The day before l left our
Ann visited me, and of course sou
know we had our usual good time to-
gether.
Should have spent the day vita
Helen" as she was in Lynn, if 4
could Nave had a few more days there,
but my John limited my time to three
weeks. and as it was up, ! felt must
leave for Maine and home. but richer
by far than when / went, for l was
the proud possessor of a new eight
pound granddaughter.
With all good wishes for the year
that is befors us for all the clan, /
remain as ever, S. y
p. 81 am no movie fiend, but /
did go to see Little Lord Fauntleroy,"
and it was the sweetest thing I ever
witnessed. l enjoyed it from Begin
ming to end Y
We have been looking for a re-
port OF your trip, S. j. Y, and
thanks are yours for not disappoint-
ing us. 1t was fine for you to visit
with all your children. You are 10