Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-11-18

So have IT, murmured Henrietta,
and began to cry In good earnest.
Well, it's all right now, isn't IT.?
Queried the young man anxiously.
From the door were approaching
Jennie Peterson and Mary Smith and
the other girls who had tormented
her all day. Henrietta saw them and
waited till they had taken in the
stableau OF Tom bending over her de.
votedly.
yes, It's all right now she said
GATHERING CRANBERRIEs.
"oh. Carrie, come qpick. SEE the
beautiful sunrise cried Milicent, as
she awoke one Saturday In early fall.
Now we can gather, lots Of Gran.
berries today" she said.
Carrie and Milicent were two sis
tiers, who lived In a village by the
sea, and this was the morning they
had chosen to go for cranberries. AS.
there was promise of good day.
they put up their lunch and were
ready, with baskets and bags, to go on
the 6:45 a. m. train to the cranberry
fields. 1t was only three miles. so
they weren't on the train more than
five minutes. 1t wasn't long before
they found place where the berries.
were quite thick, SO they began to
gather them
Perhaps You would like to hear how
cranberries grow. They grow on very
low bushes in a sort of bog near
the ocean or some body of water.
generally. The softest. finest sand
banks were all around the cranberry
beds, and on one OF these the girls
left their lunches. They could hear
the waves of the ocean, for 1t was
only shirt distance away. So they
commenced to pick the berries. The
largest. ripest berries were in the
thickest part Of the bog When they
had Allied their baskets they stopped
to eat their lunches. They thought
1t was about noon as the sun was
Just overhead They said afterward
that nothing ever tasted better than
that lunch.
They Sat and rested and chatted
awhile, and az their baskets and
bags were all full they started for
the depot. 1t ives then 1913, and
there would be no train to take them;
home until after o'clock Finally
they decided to walk home elong the
track. as they knew there would beS
mo more trains for some time. At I
O'Clock they were home.-tired and
hungry. Their mother then gave them
another lunch and some cool lemon
ade. When the berries were measur-
ed there was nearly a bushel Of them.
The girls were fully repaid for their
labor, as the neighbors wanted to buy
them Of the girls and would give
them Just az much as they would
have paid for them at the store. That
gave them each quite % little money
and their mother said they could
have 1t, aa they earned 1t themselves:
They were good childen and with
such a good mother how could they
be otherwise Minnie I. BOUCHER, in
the Brooklyn Eagle.
SIS -7--------
LEARN ABOUT THE NAVY.
Now that there 10 80 much said and
written about our great navy. It be-
hooves every boy tand girl, too. for
that matter) to inform himself con-
corning Dur battleships, their sizes,
their number and their names. Also
TO learn all about their ofiicers du.
ties - we'll as the duties OF the
common sailor-soldiers The navy oc;
cupies 2 great place N the govern.
ment OF nation, and every cniia
can learn about IT. Ask your older
brothers about our navy; II they can
tell you, make them feel ashamed OF
their Ignorance. Then ask your par
'ents. And what they cannot tell you,
ask your teachers. And. lastly read
every word you can md on the sub
tect. And. after reading, Remember,
Thens after you feel tnat you are
pretty we'll informed regarding our
own navy. take up that OF the Jap
anese; then that OF the Germans. In
short, you Will find that pretty thor
ough knowledge OF all the navies Of
the world win make pleasant study
for the long winter evenings after
your other lessons are prepared. I
: is not like real study, you know, for
IL Il not laid out IN lessons by teach
er. Therefore, y IS more IKE q
pleasant pastime And the deeper
You go into the subject the more IN
teresting you VIII find It. SO II you
have not already begun to study
about our navy. do so at once.
SHE FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.
This humorous story OF a little mi!l
girl at Boaz. Ala. is going the rounds:
tlon had been sadly neglected shS
knew how to attend to the spindle
In q cotton MIL and keep the threads