Ellsworth American., 1924-12-17

In snow banked towns, on moonlit
downs
Young roistering maids and men
Looked long and far at one bright
star
That shone Ger glade and glen:
Then round the board the cup was
poured
And He was born again.
What matter how we keep this feast
The long dim centuries through?
The star still glitters in the East.
Ancient, yet ever new
And pauper. king jester and priest,
The olden dream review.
In laundering cities by the sea,
Mid towering domes and spires,
The legend old is told, re-told,
AS by our distant sres;
On lonely farms feast is spread
by humble winter fires,
In teemng towns. on unknown downs,
on rolling seas, men pray.
A minstrel in the heart leaps up
TO sing the ancient lay.
God rest you merry gentlemen
For it is Christmas day.
Dear Aunt Madee and the other NJ. b, 8:
''Once upon time" | was one of the
NJ. BIS. but so much time has elapsed
since then that | am not quite conf
dent that once member, means al
ways one, when one neglects ones duty
-, ri,,,r
spirit, and perhaps it win extend to
me.
Each week when | see the motto, ]
think | will write and be helpful, but
somehow it always turns out that | am
just hopeful-hopeful that some one
else win not fail to write. It's so
much easier to always hope than ac-
complish.
have one or two helpful ideas
which | will give you. friends, to prove
that | want to be true to the motto
When l am baking, l find long
handle stove-hook is handy to turn
tins around which contain the food l.
am cooking. 1t saves your hands and
arms from many uncomfortable burns
Before peeling onions turn hot water
over them and it will keep you from
shedding so many tears because it will
ttja less time to do the job. If the
wafer is rea, hot, do not let them stand
in it, but If it Is only warm, let them
stand in it few minutes Ihls
method loosens the skins,
have a small butter paddle or
spatula which | bought at the 10-cent
counter, which is one of my cherished
possessions 1t takes less time and
does a more thorough job with less
elbow grease" in mixing cake and
bread,
For fear l May be OVERRIDING the
helpful, I will send you one more item
which is a rule for stuffed hamburg,
and pat myself that | have been at
least, for this time, helpful
/ regretted / could not go to the re-
union this year as l had planned, but
had a nice call from Aunt Mary"
jasmine" and Mrs. T., and they told
me all about it. l have also had call
from Aunt Susan by the-Sea," which
| enjoyed, as l had many questions to
ask about mutual friends. It's a great
regret you all could not meet Aunt
Susan at some reunion, She is always
fun of life. chatty, and interested.
Perhaps some time we win have the
pleasure.
In June | went to AndoVer Mass, on
a visit for ten days and on my return
visited in Portland. | returned home
in July, after a delightful trip. An
&c raSidpntid1 citV with
many fine old colonial homes and
historical places and associations
Many Of the early settlers of Hancock
county towns were raised" there and
in neighboring towns. Phillips acad-
envy grounds and buildings are almost
a village in themselves. The grounds
are beautiful and the streets are lined
with beautiful old shade trees Many
of the old brick buildings which We're
formerly used by the theological school
' sare now owned by Phillips.
/ enjoyed visit to the archaeology
cal hall connected with the school.
Here / saw some very interesting pre-
historical collections One which in
terested me greatly was the collection
that was found at Parker Point, Blue
nlll, a IeW years dSo, S'tiu ~ NNi'NN'i'i -
the finest specimens that had been un-
earthed in the East. There We're other
interesting collections from Maine, as
well as other states, but Maine seemed
to be more attractive to the summer
tourists of the red paint age and prior
to that age, as, it is to the people OF
to-day
There were many places and things
of interest in the place but particu-
larly so were the many trees, towering
shrubs and plants on the beautifully
kept lawns. 1t was a feast for my
eyes, every walk that l took, to see
the hawthorn trees with pink bios
SONS, with the beautiful rhododen-
drons and dozens of different color
combinations of iris which happened
n he n blOpm