Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-07-28
MIZPAH.

We that have journeyed so long as
one,
Free of the hills and dales,
Take up our burdens at rise Of sun,
To. follow diverging trails.
Lonely our wanderings, lonely, too.
Our halts and our camps will be,
But all shall be comedy and well with
All shall be we'll with me.
When you are poised on the granite
To cast where the salmon play,
/ shall be stepping from star to star
Fishing the Milky Way.
When you are off on the mountain
track
Riding the nut-brown mare,
I shall be up on the comets back,
Grasping his golden hair.
You will be tramping to Arden Lake.
Or climbing Katahdin soon;
Far and beyond goes the path 1 take
And curves behind the moon.
But I'll be your guide, as I've always
been,
When YOU come from the land Of
men;
I'll carry your pack, I'll lead you In
I'll build your fire again.
Arthur Ginterman.
Dear NJ. BIS:
With pen in hand, what shall say!
II 10 hard to pick up the threads IN
our broken web, but we must 90 H.
for If is too beautiful a web to pc
snoiled without an effort on our part.
We must pick up the loose ehus an
go on weaving, and who knows out
the new pattern, though oiieie Gnu
NAV be as fine as the older one
When our home ties are broken we
have no choice but have to go on NV
ing. and how much better for those
with whom we come in contact IL we
can smile and do the klnu anu
thoughtful things for those VINO are
loft 70 us. or for those to whom we
"a n be neighbors in a true nelghpori9
spirit!
feel that this letter is mender,
that goes between the old and new
and it is not easy, but l write on
knowing there will be smile at the
end because it is the right thing TO
do And sisters, we must help our
dear Aunt Anne, for if You did but
know it, she is well worth 1t, and
during this mending period she needs
our strong support. Just put yoursel1
in her place for a few minutes and
think of her, trying to pick up the
old spirit, as a comparative newcomer,
and guide US along the new untrled
ways.
Like our former leader, she has
ability to make the column weekly
letter to us, and how we would enjoy
it-like the Bluebeard drama-but
that is not the object of our column.
And now before you read further,
stop and read the paragraph that
heads our column, and think what 1t
does mean.
Now I would take up the biggest,
brightest thread in all the web-we
want you all to pull together toward
the annual gathering in August 1
know, for some of us who have been
NJ BIS for so many years, there will
be shadows but it will be no easier
another wear. So let us "reune" as our
dear aunt Madge" would have US do.
We know what her wishes woulo De-
and I feel sure her family will say,
Garry on"
Time and place? When and where?
Let me have the honor of intro
ducing YOU to Aunt Anne's nome
| where you may meet the little lady
herself, and the three charming little
graces of the home. l think IL IS
very nice of her to open her heart
and home to us. She has douple
rooms to set a long, long table H. we
| prefer indoors to out doors under the
trees. where she would let you take
a peep at her wonderful mountains.
| | suggest that Aunt Anne name
the time most convenient for the farm
| life.
| Now for the housewives care. Many
| of you know that fruit salad IS
favorite dish with NJ. BIS, so l pro-
: pose that each one bring something
| to put in the "old mans pudding
! and Wen play the game with oranges
| bananas, etc, and somebody please
| don't forget the little bottle or cner-
| ries, for the only time I have cherries
! in a fruit salad is at the M. b. picnic
| To any who are coming for the first
| time, l would say, the general plan is
! to bring a hearty and sweet, as
we say for the grange and Farm Bu-
reau dinners. meaning something Tor
the first part of dinner and some
thing for the dessert.
Now 1 have footed my horn, with
little foot for Aunt Anne, and may
the toots continue till we foot the DIN
ner horn at "Woodstead," sometime
| in August, 1925
What is this that Aunt Anne Is accus-
ing me Of possessing? often consult
Webster when in doubt, so now mo
he says, "Weather-cock, vane; va
cillating person"