Ellsworth American., 1922-12-06
A GOOD THANK SEWING.


Thanksgiving Day,
If you want a good time, then give
something away
So he sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker
Price.
And the shoemaker said, What big
bird! How nice!
And, since such a good dinners before
me, l ought
To give poor Widow Lee the small
chicken bought"
This fine chicken, o see" said the
pleased Widow Lee,
And the kindness that sent it, how
precious to me!
l would like to make someone as happy
as L
I'll give my friend next door my big
pumpkin pie
And o, sure! her friend said. its the
queen of all pies
Just to look at its yellow face gladdens
my eyes!
Now it's my turn. l think, and sweet
ginger-cake
For the moth erless neighboring chill
dren I'll bake"
"A sweet-cake, all our own! 'Tis too
good to be true!'
Said the neighboring children, Rose,
Denny and Hugh;
TT smells of sweet spice, and Well
carry a slice
To poor little lame Jake-who has
nothing that's nice
20, l thank you, and thank you! said
little Lame Jake;
20 what a bootiful, bootiful, bootiful
cake!
And o, such big slice! l will save all
the crumbs,
And will give 'em to each little Spar
row that comes!
And the Sparrows, they twittered as if
they would say,
Like Old Gentleman Gay, "On a
Thanksgiving Day.
If you want a good time, then give
something away!"
Bar Harbor. Nov. 25.
Dear Aunt Madge and NJ. b. Sisters:
am sending a poem for Thanksgiv-
ing. If it is too late for that. use it
for Christmas. l think it would be
good plan to give something away,
not to those who have everything to
eat and drink, but to the needy, and
someone who has no folks to spend the
day with, for | can sympathize with
them Once l used to set my table for
twenty-five or thirty; later only two
sat at the board, but l am thankful for
that.
am giving my bit to an old woman
who is poor and worthy, works hard
and has no folks. l shall take my
Thanksgiving offering to her the 29th.
Give something away you would
kind of like" yourself, is where the
fun comes in.
To Aunt Madge and her John, to the
sisters all, l wish a good Thanksgiv-
ing, also Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year all the year round.
Love to ALL
Did"
Many thanks for your nice letter
and the excellent poem which will
apply all right to Christmas.
First Congregational Church.
A. C. Warner. Minister
Springfield, South Dakota
November 23, 1922.
My dear Mrs. Mayo:
have just received a copy of The
Ellsworth American of November 8,
for which am indebted to your
courtesy. l infer that you are the
Aunt Madge" of the NJ. B. column.
1t seems strange that my little poem,
to ha uyha moved
our bell into the new church, should
have been read with any interest far
away on the shores of the Atlantic.
While the bell may have ceased to
be a necessary or useful function in
the city Gn the thought of some), in
small town and open country the
Sweet Sabbath bell" still carries a
message redolent with fragrant memo
ries and present challenges. I am
glad that my words seem to have
found echo so far away.
Yours very truly,
A. C. Warner
All who read the column will re-
member the poem on "The Church
Bell" printed recently. 1t is graft
flying to have the above response
Just " mutual benefit" of good
cheer.
And now comes a most welcome
letter from A. M. Y. The sample
picture of the reunion group is very
good indeed. Thanks for the letter
and contents thereof, including, of
course, the recipes which are new to
the column.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 25. 1922.
Dear M. BIS:
Dear me! How "tempus does fu-
git" doesn't it? Here 1t Is most
Thanksgiving. and I haven't reported
on the picture taken at reunion time!
If Aunt Fannie" can write such a nice
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