Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-10-20
FROM DUCKS
BY F. w. Harvey.

When Cod had finished the stars and
whirl of colored suns
He turned Fits mind from big things to
| fashion little ones;
| Beautiful tiny things dixie daisies) He
| made, and then
| He made the comical ones in case the
minds of men
| Should stiffen and become
| Dull, humorless and glum:
| And SO forgetful of their Maker be
AS to take even themselves-quite
seriously.
Caterpil1ars and cats are lively ana
excellent puns
| All Gods Jokes are good-even the
practical ones!
| And as for the duck, / think God must
have smiled bit
Seeing those bright eyes blink on the
day He fashioned it.
And He's probably laughing still at the
sound that came out of it's bill
Dear NJ. BIS:
Some of the sisters are trying to be
conscience for me and are saying 1T Is
time I was writing again. Every time
T read the column I think of things l
would like to say in reply, But just
then there is something else 1 have to
he doing and 1 lose the idea before 1
have time to take up the pen. 1t did
seem a little strange, though, that
when the paper arrived that had the
recipe for sweet cucumber pickles by
Ellis" that l had some on the stove
No mr.
giving me the directions had said to-
leave out the bell peppers just as she
did. They were good. only l cook
mine longer than to boil up once"
We felt quite pleased with our cell
lar assortment of about hundred jars
of all sorts, sizes and kinds, until
found out what some of the canning
club girls were doing. From sixty to
over 400 pints, or about 1000 pints put
up by FIVE girls in their early teens or
younger! And how good they all
looked!
1 made my jelly of apple juice and
blackberry juice together. with certo,
and it is pleasing to the eye and to
the taste as well. Other glasses are
| filled with orange marmalade, and
marmalade made of rhubarb, figs and
dates. l am sending one that is new
| to us, but have sampled it. The best
| of it is, you don't have to make it with
the rush of other canning and jellies,
| for you can get the ingredients any
| time of year. The other one of cram
berries l have not tried, but am going
to when ours are ripper, as it sounds
good.
| Now here is the glad hand to our
new sister, "Embow,' for in both let
ter and name 1 recognize a friend. We
are always glad to have the circle en-
larged I tried to think who might
have written the letter signed Nom"
but could not seem to- place her in my
list of acquaintance. Should l know
her?
Now, 1 can hear Aunt Anne laugh
when tell her how to mend her shoes,
but it works. A shoe that is not worth
tapping, having a good upper but
hole near through the sole, can be
filled by making a cement of chewing
gum and sand, Or fine gravel.
was glad to meet "Narcissus" in
the city not long ago. and had nice
little chat with her 1t was my privi-
lege to go on the Farm Bureau auto
tour, and it seemed most as though
we should stop when we arrived at
Mountain View" How nice the house
looked in it's new coat of paint. When
we arrived at the clambake shore, we
were pleased to meet Jennie" and
other friends. 1t was my regret that
could not go about mile farther
on to the home of friend I have
never visited. 1t had been twenty-six
years since I had been beyond Bluehill
in that direction, and 1 could not help
comparing the amount of time taken
for the trip to Castine to graduation
then, and the amount of road we went
over that day in less time. Somehow,
the tour was broken and We followed
the longest-way- around train, and
when we arrived at the BURBERRY
plains, we came from the opposite d.
rect ion than the earlier arrivals.
Have enjoyed several rides since,
and how beautiful are the everchang-
ing views! Don't think l ever saw so
many beautiful trees as / have seen in
the last two weeks. Aunt Anne loves
her beautiful blue mountains, but to-
day we have been doing" the island
and l want to tell her there is not
blue mountain there, but, oh! such
beautiful combinations of greens, reds
browns, yellows, and the patches Of
gray rocks, etc! 1 never was on the
island before at this time of the year.
and 1 could not but feel sorry for all
who have to leave for their city homes
before the Great Artist got in His
master strokes.
You see we are entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. Newly-wed, and the back seat in
their car holds three, so we were
jolly FIVE that picnicked at Sieur De
Monts spring.
AS usual, am taking Q lot of space
and saying little of interest to the
many readers. 1 am most ashamed to
confess to plans of going on for
another day tomorrow, but II you
don't go it when you are young" when
are you going? Surely not on such
trips in January or February.
"Iasmine"