The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-06
THE GREER. GOVERNMENT :
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There Is no definite connection TO-
day between a college education and
money making, the higher education
having become only essential to the
professions. 1t is nothing unusual to
find graduate" punching cattle or
strumming a piano in western dance
house or even dealing faro. As to the
girls. college education makes them
more self reliant more daring, and
they are beginning on leaving college
to take their chances with the men in
novel enterprises.
Everett Avery on being graduated
delivered an grafton. The senior class
from neighboring women's college
attended the exercises, and while
Avery was speaking his attention was,
attracted to a dark haired and eyed
girl with strongly marked face who
was listening to him. A few days
later he attended the commencement
exercises Of the women's college re-
ferred to and sat looking up with in
terest at the girl who had favored him
with her attention.
Avery proved to be one Of the men
who find that higher education
doesn't always bring success After
trying number OF occupations and
finding that his education had inspired
him with contempt for all Of them
he made up his mind that success is
gamble and he would as lief gamble
with his pick as prospector for mines
asein any other way. Five years after
Grating on the influences Of Greek
civilization on modern university life
he was twenty feet down in a hole in
Colorado hunting for gold
Rather. he was hunting for more
gold. He had struck vein that prom
ised something and was following 1t
up. 1t opened well as he went down
but the widening seemed rather to lead
yte.fsse western side Of his claim. After
following It to his line he knocked of
and went away to put in claim for
the adjoining property. He was too
late. The land had long ago been taken
up. After having been away from his
mine for some time he returned to it
to find hole on the claim he had been
after. A good deal Of dirt had been
taken out, but not enough to show that
the claim was being worked by more
than one person.
4. Avery went to work again, following
his lead. down, since he had reached
HIS limit to the west One day he dis
tinctly heard the sound Of pick In
that direction. His neighbor had evil
IDENTIFY struck the vein he had discov
cred Suddenly something gave way,
and the whole west side of the mine
slid down, mass Of loose dirt. There
stood his neighbor. To Ayery's aston
ishment the miner was woman.
though she wore high top boots and a
skirt to her knees. The two stood star
ing at each other BY the dim light Of |
their lanterns.
"Your face is familiar to me-" was
the first remark. Avery made It.
Il remember you perfectly replied |
the neighbor. where have we met|
"You were speaking of the influence
Of Greek civilization on"
aBlast the Greeksi If they had never
existed perhaps wouldn't be here |
might have spent the time learning /
something practical. By the way, your
own GRAFTON impressed me. You were
dilating on the future OF woman in our
government, / believe"
1T doesn't look as If am to govern
anybody down here. does it n
sNot unless you govern me But, tell |
me, low in the world did you ever hap
pen to come here?
after graduation became q stenog. |
rapher and typewriter. Father came
out here and entered several claims.