Written by my grandfather Nelson Gardner to his boyhood friend Will Crafts as a Christmas poem around 1912. Will Crafts was from the Crafts family who owned Crafts Store which is now Elmers.
Don Lesure
HIAWATHA
LIVED ON MILL HILL
IF HE WERE LIVING
HE WOULD LIVE THERE STILL
And BUY his CHRISTMAS GOODS OF WILL
He has felt boots for Apple Valley
Gum shoes for Old Tin Pot
Fur caps for Natives of The Plain
And mittens that are hot
Warm gloves for up in Cape Street
Wool shirts for Briar Hill
Thick robes for Baptist Corner
To keep out the Great Ponds Chill
Toys and Games for Watson
Pin wheels for Bug Hill
Gum drops for Spruce Corner
Nice things for all has Will.
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