Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-01-14
If WE'D ONLY BOOST!
(By NJ. w. BurlingameO


And sing about it's waters and shout
about it's goods
If we would buy New England cloth
and wear New England shoes,
Thered really be no reason for sad
New England news.
If all OF us united to boost New Eng
lands coast,
To praise our clans and Holsters and
even sometimes boast
About New England apples, we soon
would get the rep
or being full of action, and loaded up
with pep
If we would praise our products and
boost 'em everywhere.
And choke New England knockers, and
grab em by the hair.
And duck ,em in the ocean to wash
their knocks away,
Right soon we would uncover great
New England Day!
If we would praise New England, her
sons, and daughters fair,
And talk about her colleges, her
Scn0OlS ana cHuTCHco, WHCic
she leads the minds of millions, the
world would shout hurrays,
And celebrate New England in verses,
song and lays
So let us boost each other, and buy
each others wares,
And fill our lives with sunshine and
smiles instead of glares,
And let us pull together, and all united
seek
To put across whopping, great, big
NEW ENGLAND WEEK.
Sent by Sister IS"
Dear M. B. Friends:
First of all, | want to tell you
that Aunt Madge, and not s., is
the one three or four months behind
the times The poem was received
all right, but was misplaced, and
confession was made to IS" to that
effect. However, the sentiment ap-
plies to New England at one time as
we'll as another; and as we hope now
to have a Maine building erected in
Mass, we can the more
heartily unite in singing praises to
New England-the New England
which for long has filed the place
of the conscience of the country. |
hear some objection to that state
ment. but the seeds of old New Eng
land stock have been scattered and
taken root from shore to shore.
yrn1nnD1n from
one whom we congratulate on his re-
turn to health after long months OF
illness:
Dear Mutuals
At twenty minutes past four Friday
night there was a great commotion
in the home of Aunt Mary and her
John. People We're seen running up
stairs and down cellar and all through
the house, for all at once the whole
house had become illuminated. What
did it mean? Simply that the electric
Ii ghts had come on.
tell you those old, nasty kerosene
lamps went out quickly. What won
der we haven't all been blown up
long ago by using them! Now we pity
those who are obliged to use them
ahem, ! have not written for the
column for nearly year, so if | am
rather lengthy this time, | hope to
be excused
Now that we have electric lights
in Lamoine, we want "Sherm' to renew
his invitation to the President to make
I.amoine his summer capital Doubt
less the electric lights will be a great
WOllI gladly
share them with him. All the Mutuals
ested in his coming.
And right here | should like to make
a suggestions When he comes. we want
all the Mutuals to help entertain and
make his expenses while here, as
light as possible. You all know he is
pledged to strict economy both for
governments sake, and to be an eX-
ample to the people. so when he
comes to Lamoine, of course he Will
want to carry out his economic regime,
and we must help him all we can.
How nice it will be when he goes
back to Washington, to be able to say
"Lamoine is the cheapest place to live
in | ever saw
Am tnankl I'll LOT my improved ltdllH
Am in nearly as good condition,
physically, as | was before my trouble
began.
Our Christmas season has passed
very pleasantly. We had many Christ
mas remembrances and some very
valuable presents. What great
blessing it is to have so many dear
friends. / thank God for them every
day.
Am in hopes to survive the winter
and be free from Indigestion, for
Aunt Mary makes quite a study of hy-
gicne as presented in our magazines
and she has already discovered that
the only articles of food that seem safe
for human beings to eat, are lettuce
spinach and cabbage, and we ate our
last cabbage to-day And Jasmine de-
voted much time airing the house. So
you see what good hands / am in.
l want to say in closing, for the
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