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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
WHEN I D
(High School .Credit.)

.~ (Hlgh School Credlt.)
One day last summer as I sat ON the veranda think
ing over the sorrows and joys of my nearly vanished vaca-
ton, I was. aroused from my reverie by a querulous voice.
Listening I heard the following: "Fido, you naughty
dog, 60 away! Poor kitty, I wont let him hurt you.0
Then a plaintive tMeow!'' came from the kitten as Fido
gave vent to his feelings in a series Of short barks.
HMama! Aunty! Make Fido let my kitty be! Oh, he's
going to make her fall Poor kitty this in soothing
tones from little Willie. Hastily rising I went to find the
cause of this great disturbance and rescue the kitten If
It was in great peril. - -
As I rounded the corner of the house there stood my
little nephew, staring in wide-eyed terror at dear old
Fido, who was sitting under the big lilacs all alert, his
Eyes %twinkling with merriment, gazing up at Willie's pet
kitten, which he had freed. Gathering up Willie and
assuring him that Fido would not hurt the dear little
creature, I sat down a little way off to watch the out
come. Fido soon became tired and curling down presently
went to sleep. Pussy's nerves having become somewhat
quoted she seemed to know that he was no longer watch
ing her. She crept softly down and across to the back
doorstep, where she sat and washed herself, then settled
down to wait his awakening with no apparent fear. By
this time, Willie, too, had fallen asleep. So laying him
beside Fido, meath the lilacs, I sat down beside pussy to
await the Weakening and note the surprise and wonder
ment of both at her escape. Cora Bird,
Tenth Grade. q Hawley, Mimi
A THRUSH OF
Honorable Mention.)
I was building a nest under the ilacs, and was busily
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

We were growing very fast and fat: on the sweet juice
Of the lilac, when one day we saw the gardener come
along with a spray. We tried to hide but the power of
the water was too strong, and when he was gone I crept
out and looked for my companions. I saw them lying still
at the bottom of the bush.
I was mourning my sad loss when I saw two daddy
~longlegs and two beetles coming up from the apple or
chard. The beetles seemed to. be carrying something
could not imagine what they were going to do because,
you know, I was just a very young lady-bug. Up stepped
the larger beetle and in a shrill voice said, HMy kind
friends, I am very sorry that you two most esteemed
young insects should have a quarrel and then challenge
each other to fight a duel. I have been honored by being
asked to be Mr.. E. Daddylongzlegs' second, and my friend
Beetle to be Mr.. F. Daddylong-legs' second; and we. hope
you will give up this business after you have had one
round" He handed each one a weapon, a pistil from a
butter-cup, and a terrible fight began. Both were killed.
I shivered all night and moved away from the lilacs the
next day. Nina Koto,
Eighth Grade. Northwood, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
JUST A SPLENDID TIME.
(High School Credit.)

5E@H (Elgh ScnOOl CTed1C)
Grandma's garnet is all right for a rainy day,-but
grandma has something better for a %sunshiny day. It is
a place Whexe one can play dolls, have tea parties with
mud pies, or read books, and most important of all, tell
secrets. Where9 Why, there is but one place you really
can tell secrets and that is under the lilac bush.
I have told so many secrets under the lilacs that it is
q wonder the old bush doesn't drop some of them. But
it never has and as I am tired of carrying SO many I am
going to tell you some if you will never, never tell. Sit
down with me under the fragrant lilacs and we will ex-
change secrets. We have already promised not to tell, so
I begin by telling what I am going to do when I get big.
Ny brother says, when he grows up he is going to be
a millionaire and have a great, big, gold house with pearl
floors and lots of folks to wait on us, and he says that I
can have all the ice cream and choc'ts I want, my! I
wish I had some now;-and hat-Oh say, do you like
Celia Bast9 If you won't tell, cross your heart, I'll
tell you what she said about you. All right then, she said
you were lawful stuck up!" Now, wasn't that meant
I don't think you are a bit.
"Do you girls want a lemon tariff grandma says,
coming with a plateful.~ The only thing lacking is now
complete, and when we have told all we know and com
pleted our lilac leaf wreaths, we depart with a few more
''Dof't tells thinking we have had just a splendid
time. Emma Cheering,
Tenth Grade. Larimore, N. D.
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THE JOURNAL JUNIOR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY., M

at work when I heard a step coming toward my home.
l chirruped loudly and soon my mate came flying up, his
brown feathers ruffed. "What? Where7 Whos' he
exclaimed as I hoped ~excitedly about, for he was a
Thrush of Thrushvile and had fought many a brave
fight.
Just then a small hand parted the bushes and a little
girl appeared looking up at us gladly. 'Oh, I am so glad
you are building a house here because I can see it every
day. Then she began to rake a clean spot beneath my
home. When this was finished she hurried away, coming
back with a table and chairs Every small ones to be surely;
setting them in the middle Of the clean spot she produced
from a pocket a small napkin which she spread on the
table, then cookies and lastly a small cake about two
inches in diameter frosted and garnished with leaves.
Then she patted all the cookies and smacked her small
lips at the cake. Shortly, as I was working, she appeared
with two more little girls. They sat down and began to
eat, chatting merrily, but discord entered when it was
time to cut the cake. How could they cut it into three
piecess Now the little hostess suddenly said, "1H tell
you, I'll cut it in four pieces. You can each have a piece
and I can have two.' But the second said that it would
not be fair. Then they all began to cry. The visitors
declared they were ''going right home and tell mama,"
and the little hostess went in, too. Then my mate and
fell to eating every crumb of the little lunch.
Eighth Grade. Gladys Lundie,
Salem, S. D..
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THE HOUSE RANDY BUILT.
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Biddy and Randy were two little sparrows who were
building a tiny nest under the lilacs. Biddy had decided
to place it under a thick bunch Of leaves, but Randy was
bound to have it in plain sight on the top of the bush.
CHOW, see here, Randy Sparrow, AIM | the boss Of
this houseg" scolded Mrs. Biddy from the ground.
emo, my dear, you're mistaken expostulated mild
Randy. "Indeed, and ia like to know why9 Didn't I
pick out the place and didn IT I find the place where the
latest straws grow7" said Biddy.
ooh, perhaps you did, but think if you don It hurry
and get thru scolding we shall not get our house done
tonight said Randy. "our house, indeed, shifted
Biddy. VERY well, your house, my dear" he said.
"And besides, I saw the cat sitting right underneath your
site for the house yesterday. I'm sure we want it up here,
don't we9" he concluded pleadingly.
"That's the way you always act, and I'm going right
home to my mother and you can build your nest just the
way you want to, now!' screamed the enraged Biddy.
Just then the cat leaped upon the fence and shrek
ing, Biddy flew up to Randy and put her wing around him.
"Oh, dear Randy, I've been SO cross, , , she sobbed, t'but
you can have your house where you want it."
"Never mind, dear, I'm glad he didn't get my little
wife anyway said Randy, and he Rugged his plump little
wife and cooed te her until the cat, with a frown on his
face, stalkei into the house. G92 Ruth Moore,
Tenth Grade. ~ MINI. #
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

To temple wiM L0ge or tent wiM

To TEMPLE wiM Loge or tent wiM
Misery.
The best aay to Protect yourself is
to protect y0ur brother.
This old worzd is a aUhisbering gal
zeyy; be careful auhat yon say.
Sunrise auiH neyer be postponed till
pon are ready to get ont of bed.
Sighs wU not bring sunshine, and
meanings wW not cause dark
clouds to break.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
DADDY-LoNG-LEGs' DUEL.

Honorable Mention.)
sfOur Ladybug mother must have been very thought
full to lay her eggs under this large lilac leaf, , said my
little brother to me, and I certainly agreed with them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
TIE FAIRYLAND OF EARTH.

In our front yard is a lilac tree and I would stay
under it always if other things did not call or if it did
not rain. When I wish to have a real pleasant time I
take a book and 60 to my favorite haunt, the lilac.
Under it I let my imagination hold sway. Now I am a
sailor OF princess in a castle, but the play I like best is
that I am one Of the girl characters in the book, ''Under
the Lilacs.' To me a lilac tree is the earth's ~fairyland
and therefore. not to be despised.
Then when the delicate little blossoms come I try
to count them to see how many it takes to make one clus-
ter. Last year my lilac had tenants. / do not know what
they paid their rent with, as I did not see any purses
about them. Two little tree wrens had built their nest
in my trees branches; at first they were inclined to re-
sent my visits, but when I held my peace they gave up
scolding and went on with their work. I expect they
will come again this year, if nothing happened to them
in their southern home, and I think we can get along
with just one tree for the three of us.
Seventh Grade. Olive Finton,
Alden, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
AND SOMETHING BESIDES.

s.Let's play hide-and- goseek," I said one bright
Saturday. lyon re it, you're it, - the boys all cried.
"Well, then, no fair hiding in the lilac bushes" I
said. "No." the boys answered.
I began to count five hundred, occasionally stopping
to yawn. Then I set out to hunt the boys. There was
Tom under the lilac bush. I was angry.
1T told them to keep out of those llacs, I said to
myself. 1Why DOM they do itfo I went to the lilac
bush and gave the supposed Tom a kick. "Whiz, buzzi''
and a number of bees came flying from Toms coat and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
N BIRD ANTICS.

One day as I was lying idly under a lilac bush rest.
ing after a few hours labor with my flowers, I noticed a
beautiful bird sitting on a branch a short distance from
me. He was watching me with a knowing look which
seemed to say, 'I wonder who you are and what you
want here7" I reciprocated his interest by scattering a
few crumbs near me, but he would come no closer. After
persevering many days I made friends with him and he
often sat and sang within a few feet of me.
Soon I missed Dickey, as I called him, and hunt and
call as I would ! received no answer. Picture my joy
when he returned, not alone, but with a shy little mate!
The next few days were busy and happy. Dickey pointed
out all his favorite haunts and together they searched
for a nesting place. The spot chosen was in the midst
of the lilacs. When the nest was completed, the joy Of
both was boundless. Time passed happily. Dickey was
often perched on a branch singing away to his mate, who
was sitting on the nest, which now contained five eggs.
When the brides came it was comical to see the antics
of both birds. One day, hearing an unusual eommotion,
I fastened out and found our cat investigating their
home. I soon restored peace and order and was rewarded
by a sweet song of thanksgiving By the time therlittle
ones were ready to leave the home winter had come and
the lilac bush was the scene of other events. But 1 do
not think [ learned as many lessons from them as from
the life Of little Dickey and his mate. .s
Tenth Grade. -Rubie Dunn,
.-= - 49,. Harmony. MINI.
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Rugged OUT.

One day I was flying lazily along with a small feecy
cloud. It was a hot July afternoon and it seemed as it
the whole world was lazy; 1 knew I was anyway. AS I
was flying along I heard gay shouts of laughter from the
ground below. I looked and I saw a group of small girls
playing with a kitten under a lilac bush, but I could not
see what they were having SO much fun about. / flew
down and lighted on a beautiful spray of lilac just in full
bloom. The little girls did not see me. I watched them.
They were trying to put something that they called a
dress on the kitten. But Snow-whit Gas they called
him) did not like this kind of play and every once in a
while he sprang away and sprawled among the lilac
blossoms. I was still watching when the kitten spied me.
He sprang forward and was in my face before I knew it,
but my wings were quicker than his claws and in a sec.
ond was in the top of a large tree singing my song:
Since that I always think of any lilac bush as a place Of
danger for me and this one especially.
Sixth Grade. Blanche Eldred,
Dassel, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Four guests and myself made five, so at the appointed
hour four little girls came skipping into the yard, each
huggng a doll nearly as big as herself.
sI just brought Nip along, too, because mama is
away and I'm over here,'' said one guest.
Now, Nip was a dog, and a meaner dog I never knew.
My guests hung their dolls wraps on the lilac bush. What
should Nip do but jump up and drag down a hat9 Next,
while we were not looking, a cloak went, then another
hat, and then we looked. Three of my guests were be-
wailing their loss, and what could my other guest and
myself do but join ms I went into the house and brought
out the things to eat, not having played half the games
1 had planned. This act promptly attracted all the at
tention of my guests and they eyed everything from
sandwiches up. Nip came back after having buried his
treasures, and was quoted by three sandwiches, five
cookies and six pieces of candy. Nevertheless my tea
Sixth Grade, -Bernice Vale,
Washington School. us Second Av. S,
st. Cloud, MINI.
~ DURING A SNOW STORM.
I had been watching a nest of young birds under a
lilac bush for a long time. The nest was built early and
the young ones were out just about the time that the
bush budded. I went by there every day and saw the old
birds flying around. After a while the young ones grew
big enough to hop around and I often watched them. One
day there was. a snow storm, and but for the lilac bush
which sheltered them from the cold the birds would have
been frozen. They practiced every day, trying to fly
from the top of the bush to the ground. They learned
quickly and in a few days the nest was deserted.
Seventh Grade. Harry Crozier,
Larimore, N. D
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NORTHWESTERN TOPICS
For Saturday, June 8:

GETTING MAD-AND
Everybody gets mad now and then, some peonle with
more frequency than others; things may be very serious while
one is mad" but often when the tempest is over, the alb
surdity of 1t or the uselessness Of it comes over one. and
makes him either laugh or blush. It is not necessary to choose
anything painful to the writer, but among the times OF ''get.
ting mad there is sure to be one that will ct the topic, and
that will not be too tender an experience for the mad" one
to tell. The papers should be mailed SO as to reach the Office
Of The Journal Junior
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only of the paper, not more than 800 words In length, nor
less than 100, marked with the number of words and each pa
per signed with the grade, school, name and address Of the
writer. So
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For Saturday, June 10:

IA MEMORABLE RIDE"
Any number OF things may have made a certain ride long
It was the scenery; perhaps It was what vas at the journeys
was-but surely, Juniors need n more hints. The story must
writer. The papers should be mailed SO as to reach the office
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They must be strictly original. written In ink on one side
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than 100, marked with the number of words and each paper
signed with the grade, school, name and address Of the writ
er. The papers must not be rolled.
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TIE PRICE OF A
Honorable Mention.1

I was going to give 3 little tea party for my dolls.
I was then five years old, and the place where the guests
were to assemble was under the big. white lilac bush.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04
William MosIey Bass.

Dr. William Moslev Bass who on July
81, 1905, entered into eternal rest, is
worthy of mention as an old resident of
Middlebury and alumnu1 Of Middlebury
college. DIR. Bass was born October Goth,
1910 in Middlebury H. was the sixth
in family of ten the other nine of whom
were girls. All now deceased. His
father, Dr. William Bass, ST., settled in
Middlebury as a physician in 1897 and
was married here in 1893. Dr. Bass, ir.,
was given such education as was usual
for IA country boy of that period. He
fitted for college in the Addison County
Grammar school Middehury and in
Montpelier and entered Middebury
college with the class of 1882. He studied
medicine at the Berkshire Medical college
in Pittsfield, Mass, and received his
degree of NJ. ID. in 1885.
In company with DR.. Joseph Smith he
practiced medicine in Ogdensburg until
1887, when he moved to Illinois and
settled in Grand Detour on the Rock
River. For ten years he practiced there
but finally on account of ill health was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04

A wealthy philanthropist in New
York spends thousands of dollars every
summer providing milk for the babies;
with the result that the mortality is
greatly decreased. He appreciates the
fact that disease germs are common in
the summer and that the stomach must
be kept healthy to resist their attacks.
Old people do not live on milk diet
to insure health, but they can so
strengthen the stomach and digestive
organs by the use of Mi-o-na that they
too, will be free from sickness in the
summer season.
Take Mi-o-na tablet before each meal
and it will soothe and heal any intiam-
nation that may be present in the lining
of the stomach, give tone and strength
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04

obliged to return to his home in Middle
bury. For the succeeding fifteen years
he practiced his profession carrying on
the farm work at the same time.
In 1851 DR.. Bass married Miss Eliza
beth Atwood of Plymouth, Mass, the
daughter of ship master and builder.
Several children were born to them but
died in infancy.
In 1864 Dr. Bass entered government
service as contract-surgeon with head
quarters at Beaufort, S. c., where he
had charge of several hospitals.
The last twelve years of his profess
sional life he passed at Sandwich-on-the-
Cape, Mass His wife entered into rest
in 1875 and the following year he retired
from the active practice of his profess
sion. For several years he lived with
his two widowed sisters, Mrs. Crehore
and Mrs. Cozzens, in Dedham, Mass.
Owing to Mrs CrehOres ill health he
removed to Neponset, where he remained
for two or three years, when he finally
entered Mt. Pleasant Home for aged
gentlemen and women in Dorchester,
Mass. For four years he lived there in
great happiness and content and at last
with his mind clear and heart more than
ready he joined his loved ones.
During his long life DR.. Bass was a
stanch Congregationalist and very de-
vout man. He voted for every Republican
nominee for the presidency up to Gen.
William McKinley's last nomination.
He was much interested in all current
topics and was very intelligent con-
versationalist.
Up to within very few years it was
his habit to make frequent trips into
Boston where he has often furnished
ambitious young reporters with anec-
dotes of himself and of the long ago. At
the time of his death he was the Oldest
physician in Massachusetts,, the Oldest
alumnus of Middlebury college and one
of the oldest voters in Boston.
He was only seriously ill for a short
time and death awakened no terrors in
his mind, only joyful anticipation, as is
witnessed by his saying he could hardly
wait till it was time ito meet Elizabeth,
meaning his wife.
The funeral services were held in the
Chapel of Waterman's undertaking es.
Enlistment, No. 1895 Washington street
Boston, and the interment was at Sand
witch, Mass, by the side of his dear
wife.
CHARLOTTE Russell SANFORD. i
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Sunday Outings on Rutland r. r.


The Rutland Railroad on each Sunday
until further notice will sell special low
rate Sunday excursion tickets from all
stations to all other stations between
Bellows Falls and Bennington and points
north of Alburgh inclusive at rate of
fare one way wherever the one way rate
is more than twenty-five cents. Tickets
will be good only for the Sunday issued.
From stations on the Bennington
division tickets will be good only on train
No. 57north bound returning on trains No.
SO and also on No. SO to or from such sta
tions as No. so stops at regularly. From
stations on the Bellows Falls division
tickets will be good on trai NJ. 1871 only
only north bound and WILL b. good re-
turning on train No. SO and on No. SO
from such stations as No. % stops at regu-
larry, as far as Rutland an,l on No. 1852
south of Rutland which viii stop at all
stations south of Rutland on Sunday
nights for passengers holding special
Sunday excursion tickets.
Tickets will also be sold on the Bellows
Falls division for train no. 100 south
bound good returning on train No .151
Sunday nights.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the ~ <<~T
FREE TO BUTCHERS.

We are in receipt of communication
from c. S. Page, Hyde Park, VT, which
authorizes us to say to thoserof our
readers who are engaged in the Butcher
ing Business, that if they will send him
postal card with their name and post
Office address thereon and say that they
saw this notice in the Middlebury Regis
ter, he will enter their names on his
list of customers and send them free,
post paid, from time to time as issued,
his Hide Bulletins, which give the ups
and downs of the market ON beef hides,
calf skins, horse hides, tallow, bones,
cracklings, etc. Mr.. Page has been in
the hide and skin trade for more than 90
years and has the reputation of being
responsible and reliable. Soft
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-04
DANGEROUS GERMS IN SUMMER
Strengthen the Stomach With Mi-o-na and
Keep Well.

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by strengthening the digestive system.
1t is guaranteed to make complete and
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stomach excepting cancer
Mi o-na restores complete health to the
whole system and cures headaches, back
ache, sleeplessness, pains and distress
after eating vertigo, heart burn, and the
general debility which result from a
weak stomach and imperfect digestion.
A guarantee to refund the money if
Mi-o-na does not show help, is given
with every 80 cent box. Ask W. H.
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