Ellsworth American., 1926-11-24
GIVING THANKS.

GIVING THANKS.
For the hay and the corn and the
wheat that are reaped,
For the labor we'll done, and the barns
that are heaped,
For the sun and the dew and the
sweet honey comb,
For the rose and the song, and the
harvest brought home
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the trade and the skill and the
wealth in our land,
For the cunning and strength of the
working mans hand,
For the good that our artists and
poets have taught,
For the friendship and hope that af-
fection has brought
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
For the homes that with purest af-
fection are blessed,
For the season of plenty and we'll
deserved rest,
For our country extending from sea
unto sea,
The land that is known as the Land
of the Free
Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving!
Selected by Aunt Susan-by the Sea.
Dear Aunt Anne, Sister NJ BIS and
Aunt Marys John:
1 am a delinquent, but please for
give me. My good wishes for my new
aunt are sincere as any, if somewhat
belated.
Thanksgiving, the dear old New
England festival, is near at hand to
brighten the dreariest month of all
the year. 1t is well for US all to take
account of our blessings. The author
of the above lines has aptly pointed
them out. We have come long way
since the first Thanksgiving.
Memory is a queer thing, and Aunt
Mary's John, in his letters to the
column has sent my thoughts back
through the shadowy mist of receding
years. l recall a visit to Aunt
Debbies," the Mother in Israeli
whom he has pictured so appeal1ngly.
1 think it was at least forty-five
years ago. The statement Will reveal
a little how the years have accumu-
lated on my record. The home was
always spoken of as Aunt Debbie's,
although the good "aunt" herself had
passed on before my remembrance,
but I can hear with startling clear
ness voices that have long been silent
and forms take shape. Uncle John"
and Uncle Bial" are clearly pictured,
and the great Aunt Walton" with
whom I was privileged to visit, Aunt
Debbe's daughter, Phoebe, was the
raca11 how mnrh she
reminded me of the pictured face of
Iongfellow's "Evangeline" which
hung in my grandmother's parlor.
Phoebe's daughter, about my age was
nv playmate and such nice times as
we had playing in the barn and roam
ing over the fields and around the
shore, in the never-to-be-fo
days when lived at my grandfathers.
NY maternal grandfather by the way
was an own cousin to Uncle John
and "Uncle Bial," so we were really
kin folks"
was in Lamone, Aunt Anne, one
day this fall. Those alluring signs
attracting the motorist to "Sherm's
Place" drew us on to that animated
spot. l thought of you, also of other
acquaintance, and wished I might
have time to call on you all, but l
was only a passenger and 1 knew not
where to find you. 1t was my first
near-at-hand glimpse of Lamoine.
Greetings to you all for the holiday
season.
Cordially yours,
Aunt Susan-by-the Sea.
The next time you go down to
the end of the town without consult
ing me- just say the magic words,
''Buttermilk Road" to your driver,
and he will bring you up here where
everything is nice, and we, too, will
be "sorry to have you 60" Did you
and Phoebes daughter ever find a
nest of eggs to trade at Uncle
Bial's" store?
My maternal grandfather was a
Smith, and I can't understand why
am never included in the Smith
| family reunion in the summertime!
But | did get to the M. B. reunion,
and there were no Smiths there.
notice the special place you give
| to Aunt Mary's John in your saluta-
ton, and hope it will not be
cause for any jealousy among us.
He deserves it.
AN EXPLANATION.
was not expecting to write again
| so soon for the NJ. B. column, but
| feel duty bound to answer Aunt
Annes question in regard to those
duck eggs. You remember she asked,
Didn't Uncle Bial take chance on
those eggs?"
Now, l am not of very sensitive
disposition, but somehow I couldn't
help feeling that question rather re-
| hected on the honesty of us boys-as
though we might have traded eggs
that were rather stale. OF course,
Aunt Anne didn't mean any harm, and
I lay up nothing against her, but lest
somebody else should be throwing out
hints I think little explanation
would be timely.
Tn the first place, I will say we