The Republican journal., 1906-08-02

Vs. Y. Cloth-bound. 81 stamps.
hand and swapping his thumb and finger
with a crack that could be heard mile,
| and with continued terseneSs of Ian
guage interrogated. BE excused"
/ The request granted. he strobe from
the room. his beamlng countenance say
/ ing as plainly as words. Il am through
with this school. Y ou all saw me stick
/ tie teacher.
I There were some dull boys who at
tended these schools. One whose eff
forts III reading Invariably ended i'll
| disaster one day jumping to his feet
with his high pitched voice this pupil
thus rendered Tennyson's lines in the
charge OF the Light Brigade:
j ''ka1-nun to the right of them,
kuy-nun to the lett OF them.
lie was stopped before proceeding
further with inquiry from the teacher
as to the siguiGication of "haynun.'
/ In the summer Of ISIS, Reverend Mr..
Beyeus came to Liberty as the pastor
! of the Baptist church, the one church
, that tile town supported. He remained
two years MI Bevens was a short,
thick-set Englishman, with a most pro
! uOuuced habit of placing and dropping
/ lis IN diametrical opposition to the Gus
! tom of Americans. His sermons were
exceedingly long. With what nervous
Impotence l sat and awaited the ter
mination. My feet did not reach to
: the floor, my stomach cried for dinner,
my mind kept anxious check on the
oldtime numbered divisions of the ser
! mon earnestly hoping each would be
! the final. Mr.. Bevens was an able, ear
nest preacher and thoroughly good
man with the sole thought for the uplift-
! ing of mankind. His son James clerked
for A. d. Mathews during the family's
! residence in Liberty.
! One soldier of the war of 1912 was
living in Liberty in the latter part OF
the sixties Of the nlnttenth century. L
! will call him Uncle Dunlap. His dis
cussions, at the village stores, with the
young soldiers just returned from the
civil War were always vigorous DIS
putatiuus Uncle Dunlap held much
contempt for the battles of the civil
war. prououncing them tritilng and IN
important compared with the great
battles i'll winch lie had GIFT the British.
.'Why. he would eXclalm. in the
battles with the British we've just Wad-
ed around III blood" Uncle Dunlap's
age commanded much respect, but one
day his alluslon to Gettysburg and Cold
Harbor as mere skirmlshes was SO eX-
asperating that the Young soldier to
%t p9r'E thsv w y, Addressed with some
irritation inquired. "Look here. Uncle
DnnIan Won rel about wading in blood
IN tht battles of the war with the Bit
ish. now how deep was the blood i'll the
blooQlest one of these battles that you
were in:''
The question phaSed [ ncie Dunlap
for =" ~ 99omant He Mad always been
nSing oeneralities. and reduction to
snaritic dimensions was perplexing
6nlv for q moment though and then
after cogitatlon he allowed that, in his
hloodiesf battle. the blood came lust up
70 his knees
.sO', declared the Younger soldier.
..that must have been in some hollow.
in some depression in the ground"
ssNo y repliad the old veteran, "by the
oraat horn spoon. it was right on side
HiII :" TEere was no further argument.
I-ncIa Dunlan was allowed to hold. with
ont disnnte his contention that the war
Of 1e15 Ear exceeded the war of the Re-
hallion in it's dreadful carnage.
In The summer of 1870. a band was
ORGANIZED at McFarland's Corner with
Hazen Rickford as leader. The youth
Of the land we're electrified by hearing
40 national martial airs creditably
! r r,n
'e Tbs wedd;ng of Miss Ella Stevens of
T i iaT dang dano6ter Of MIR, Eban stevens,
~ 80 70 NIr Daniel Low was an
.lr nv Of Interest Mr. and Mrs. Low
hva resided in salem, Mass, where MI.
T Taw is now nronrietor Of one of the
~ ap yaas 10 i n and silver ware stores
ia int 80 conntry ~
IN ISL 81 was noted throughout Maine
for tha SavareSt dTonght Known Tor the
a lp, e,, For months in the summer
sude fal THE there was no rain. Fields look
ad ike the western prairies after fire.
W. v.oi iilN0 we're ,lI drv water was obtained
f Me,,9 y | few snrinos That still lowed and
from the lake. crons we're complete
fa Ain There was much hardship and
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