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The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
Sens In Verse
THAT LITTLE HAPPY THOUGHT.

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4 HELPFUL little happy thought went
N Fastening on its way
~ All In the early morning Of long
4 \ 1--WE neither hands nor feet nor
tongue" 1t unused, 'but I'll
not sorrow,
'I've neither hands nor feet nor tongue"
1t mused, "but I'll not sorrow,
For boys and girls are plentiful, and 70
I'll merely borrow"
Now. little Nell was skipping by to visit
little Jane.
Presto, the little happy thought was beam.
ing in her brain,
And SO she turned and hurried back and
stayed at home instead,
Reading with merry, tripping tongue to
poor blind Cousin Ned.
on went the little happy thought and saw
some idle feet
Drumming their heels against the steps
upon quiet street.
And soon those feet were carrying upon
an errand hot
Their smiling owner, who had whined and
said he'd 'rather not"
II "satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do,"
Why, then, a little happy thought can set
them working too.
And, judging from a-many things notice
every day.
That helpful little happy thought 10 still
upon it's way.
Minnie Leona Upton.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
MINE OWN.

nv YHERE art thou. my belovedf
N Thou hast wandered far
NV from me. M +!
" have searched through many
lands, across the boundleaS
sea. Nh
/ seek for my beloved afar-and yet a1art &
But vain my search and fruitless az pur-
suit Of distant star.
Hope lights the way: follow on. nor
cease the weary quest,
Nor ever stop. nor turn aside. nor can I
pause for rest
Ny longing spurs me onward: there .
never rest for me
Until my eyes are satisfied. beloved. with
sight Of thee.
For thou art mine. nor time. nor spacs.
nor all eternity
Can bar my questing heart from thine.
nor sunder me from thee.
Cora u. ". 0reenleaf.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
CALL TO coLoRs.


the Balkans e
A Bulgar lies clinched
~ with Turk, h
/. el And the task Of the can
non and rifle 't
Will be finished by hst and by
= dirk, b.. .-,.-
. And the last word Of hate ere the
rattle
OF death bids their eHmity cease
Is 1t call to the banners Of battle
Or call to the colors Of peace?
In the purlieus Of sin befogged
cities.
Slow food of neglect and Of pest,
How many mother lies dying,
With tomorrow's pale scourge at
her breast! f.s
And the bread cry that serves for
the prattle
OF orphans-(oh. when shall 1t
cease?)-
Does It call to the banners Of bat
Or can to the colors Of peace?
hear from my window this morn
ing
The shout of a soldering boy, :
And the note In his proud pleasure
wounds me r., ".
With the grief that 10 presaged
by joy.
I hear not the drums noisy rattle
For the groan Of one hero's re-
lease
IL 1t call to the banners Of battle 4
Or q call to the colors Of peace?
o ye Of the God given voices.
My poets. Of whom am proud,
Who sing Of the true and the real
When illusions are daxsling the
crowd,
Go. turn MEN from wolves and
from cattle 4
Till love be the one golden fleece.
| oh, call US no more unto battle.
But call to the colors Of peace!
(, Robert Underwood johnson In
New York Times. 5.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
THE FATHER.

THERE 10 hall In every house
= Behind whose wainscot gnaws The
mouse, sliiSss$s.
Along whose sides are empty rooms.
Peopled with dreams and ancient doonas.s
When down this hall you tske your light,
And face alone the hollow night
BE like the child who goes to bed
Though faltering and half adrsad
OF something crouching crooksdly
In every corner he can see. Ss1
Ready to snatch him into gloom, &!
Yst goas On bravely TO his room.
Knowing above him, watching there.
Hts father watts upon the stair.
&, Madison Cawein. I'll
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
A GAY OLD WORLD.
IT'S q gay old world when you're gay
L And a glad old world when you're

IT'S gay old world when you're gay
L And glad old world when you're
glad:
But, whether you play
Or go t0iling away,
It's q sad old world when you're sad
I And a mean old world II you're small;
It's world full Of hate
For the foolish who prate
OF the uselessness of It all.
IT'S beautiful world to see
i Or it's dismal in every zone.
The thing 1t must be
In its gloom or its glee
Depends on yourself alone.
National Magazine.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
A Rino Trick.

A scientific experiment which will
interest young and old is to hang from
the ceiling thread which has been
soaked in very salty water and then
dried.
To this fasten very light ring and
announce that you are about to burn
the thread without making the ring
fall. The thread will burn. It is true.
but the ashes It leaves are made up Of
crystals of salt. and they are strong
enough to bear the light weight OF the
ring tied to the thread.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
AFTER THE STORM.

THE golden sun had gone to rest,
- The birds had ceased their song,
The colors faded from the west,
And dark clouds rolled along.
NHE thunder gave its threatening call,
L And lightning streaked the sky.
Softly the rain -hegan.to fall,
Then torrents from on high.
RUT ere the morning broke anew
- The storm had gone its way.
The sun blazed through the walls Of blue
To make the perfect day.
Ruth b. Sulgrove.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
Fox In tI,s Rina.

All the players form in ring except
the ..fox." He sneaks around outside
and taps one Of the players on the
shoulder. The one tapped starts to run
around the outside Of the ring in one
direction, while the '.fox" runs around
the ring in the other direction, both
making for the place vacated by the
tapped child. II the ''fox" gets there
first the other is 'it.'' II not the "fox''
is ..it'' until he succeeds in getting into
q s'den."
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
A Dog Groom.

The dog and the horse often become
great friends and are very fond OF
each other. A gentleman had a New
foundland dog that always went to
the stable to get his horse. While the
groom saddled the horse the dog lay
with his nose between his paws.
When the horse was ready the dog
took the reins in his mouth and led
the horse to his master. He then. fol-
lowed him in his ride.
On returning the rein was given to
the dog, and he led his friend back to
the stable. II the groom happened to
be out Of the stable the dog barked
loudly till he came.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
ou.er w.v. Of Eatino.


Spiders chew their food with hard,
horny jaws.
The jellyfish absorbs its food by
wrapping itself around the object
which it seeks to eat.
The butterfly pumps nectar through
a tube into its body, and bees and flies
suck their food with their long tongues.
The woodpecker has three barbed
tongue, Ike Fijian's spear. with
which It draws out the worm or in
sect.
The cuttlefsh does not chew its food
with its mouth, but with its gizzard.
The horseshoe crab chews its food
with it's legs. The little fellow grinds
its food morsels between its thighs
before passing them to the mouth.
Surgeons draw in their food by sue
ton and are to0thless.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
THE VOICE.

THE VOICE.
4 H, how her voice was sweet and
~ rich and low!
"a Even II she called across the
4 y room to me
The words were velvet whispers.
Silently
She stepped and softly spoke and made
me know -. f..
The strength of calm. Each ripple Of the
flow fi iHA
OF liquid music somehow seemed to me
More eloquent than all the minstrelsy
OF all the years, and that was long ago.
And now men say her voice is hushed-
their ears
Being deaf to that which rings so loud
in mine
Loud now and louder through the drag
ging years.
Crying across that clouded boundary
line
Until hear naught else and wonder how,
So low in life, 1t is so clamorous now.
Ted Robinson.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
4 Floral rurneoat.

A novel flower has been found at the
isthmus of Tehuantepec. This dower
changes its colors during the day. In
the morning It 10 white; while the sun
is It its zenith It is red. and at night
It = blue. The red. white and blue
flower grows on q tree about the size
Of Z guava tree, and only ct noon does
II give ont any perfume. ],
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
THE SET OF THE SAIL.

FRoM whencesoe'er the wind may blow
- It bears the sailor where he'll go.
He trims his sail to suit the breeze
And scuds along while singing glees.
A ND you. my brother, born to woe,"
"A Can shape life's circumstances so
That every countercurrent bleak
Will push you toward the goal you seek
William Allen Wood.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
THE CROWN OF LOVE.
II WOULD win your tender trust,
But not to keep you still
I0Vs,l,, L., Hho I,,ot

Kneeling lowly in the dust.
i Obedient to my will.
Nor to surfeit all my days
On the nectar Of your praise
Or to hear 1t sung 80 high
That the idle passerby
Paused to hear your lays.
but ask you for your faith.
That, wounded by the herd,
/ may bring you healing with
The magic Of q word.
Pray you to believe me SO
That in darkness. doubt or woe
may guide you when you grope.
Light you with my stronger hope,
Warm ysu with my glow.
Emily Pfeiffsr.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
SONG OF THE COLORADO.

SOUN0 W UTE ~O6OuUO0s
r TOW narrow that first dim path
way, yet deepening hour by
got. while gather me might
and power
To answer the call that led me, to carve
my road to the sea
TIL my flood swept out with that greater
tide as tireless and tameless and
free.
When the spirit Of worship was on me.
turning alone, apart,
I stayed and carved me temples deep in
the mountains heart
for the God know,
With shrines that were shadowed and
solemn and altars Of richest hue.
And out Of my ceaseless striving
wrought a victors hymn.
Flung up to the stars in greeting from
my far track deep and dim.
For the earth was put behind me: I
reckoned no more with them
That come and go at her bidding and
cling to her garments hem.
Apart in my rock hewn pathway. where
the great cliffs shut me in.
The storm swept clouds were my breth-
rem, and the stars were my kind and
kin.
Treless. alone. unstaying. went as one
who goes
On some high and strong adventure that
only his own heart knows.
Tireless. alone, unstaying. I went in my
chosen road
trafficked with no mans burden: I bent
ME to no mans load.
On my tawny, sinuous shoulders no salt
gray ships swung in.
I washed no feet of cities. like a slave
whipped out and in.
My will was the law OF my moving In
the land that my strife had made
Az a man in the house he has builded,
master and unafraid.
-sharlot H. Hall.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
NOTHING GOOD ,s LOST.

MO star 10 ever lost we once have seen.
- We always may be what we might
" have been. % s5I5
Since good. though only thought, has life
and breath. Code life-can always be
redeemed from death;
And evil In its nature 10 decay.
And any hour can bolt 1t all away. a
The hopes that lost in some far distancs
May be thu truer life and this the dream.
Adelaide A. Proctor.
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05
FOR THE CHILDREN
The Brownies Move.

Billie the Brownie. who lived in . tree.
Was troubled one morning q woodman to
see.
The king walked beside him and present.
"Just chop down that tree with the
Brownies inside!"
Away galloped Billie to tell the sad news
And painted, I'VE have not moment to
lose!'
Then back came his friends to the tree in
the wood.
And all started packing a. fast - they
Tables and pillows and bedding and chairs.
Nothing IL heavy II every one shares,
And. all being willing It's easy to sec
They very soon emptied their house In .
Then Billie set out with his wife. and they
A pretty new house in . mushroom. all
They moved in at once. and that night
you should see,
They sat down to supper - gay -
could be.
Two Little carstatsrs.
''Now, Dot" said mother, II want
you to stand here and take care OF
Carlo till l come back"
Dot was a very small girl, and Carlo
was very large dog, but they had
been friends for 80 long that both felt
quite safe with the other. though Dot
did hope that mother would not 60
far away. ....-
She was. however, too brave to say
% and, putting one arm round Carlos
neck, promised that she would not
move step.
Mother was back in a very few min
utes. II took care Of Carlo, didn't IT.
said the little girl.
Eyes. DEAR" said mother 90 she teok
her up in her arms.
But IL Carlo had been able to speak
we think he would have said 40 he
leaped and barked at his mistress side,
II never moved after you left %, and
I hope you see that ] took good care
Of Dot"
The Washburn leader., 1913-09-05

va eseeS
Every day he conversed with her. and
every day he became more pleased
with that loveliness Of disposition
there was In her.
Finally. the queen told the young
king that he would be permitted to see
the princess. and he was warned that
if he should see anything in her to bis
listaste to conceal an expression Of his
feelings, though this was hardly nee
essary with q well bred person. espe-
cially . royal one. When he and the
princess vert together the bandage
was taken OF his eyes. and he beheld
her face for the nrst time For short
while he suffered under the shock oc-
casioned BY that which disrleased 9TH
ers. but his mind had been % filled
with her lovely qualities that UNDER
the superficial ugliness be saw them
expressed IN her conntenanca He
spent IN hour with her, and at the end
of that time the blemish had almost
entirely disappeared.
He went from her to her father and
mother and asked that . marriage CON
tract ~ drawn. s!iif
The King was surprised ana pleased.
but saye no evidence of either The
queen We not surprised. ,but pleased.
Her conn 3dence had depended upon her
knowledg dgs of the fact that. while lovs
no induced ~ beauty. Il cannot be held
|ibys that alone and when once love
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
LOOKS FOR FAIR
MEXICAN CHOICE
President Wilson Now Expects Peace
in Mexico Huerta Would
Support Gamboa.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.-President
Wilson took the position yesterday that
the policy Of moral suasion adopted
by the United States toward Mexico
had accomplished its two cardinal pur-
poses; to obtain assurance that there
would be Il constitutional election, and
that Provisional President Huerta
would not be a candidate to succeed
himself
Advices received here describing in
detail the preparations being made for
the election Of Oct % and stating also
that Gen Huerta would not be Il can
didate but would support Federico
Gamboa, Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, the nominee of the Catholic
party, encouraged President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan to believe that
the Huerta government was carrying
out what the United States had empha-
sized in the Lind negotiations as the
essential features of a settlement
The likelihood that foreign govern
ments viii await the Judgment of the
United States before extending recog-
milton is being impressed upon the
Mexican authorities, it is said, with a
view to ensuring a free choice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
DEATH TO-DAY OF
MRS. H. w. SANDERS
Had Been in Failing Health Several
Months-Funeral at Frost Street
Home Sunday at 3.

Mrs Anna NJ. (Gale) Sanders. IS,
wife of Harvey w. Sanders, chief of
the Brattleboro fire department. died
shortly after midnight this morning at
the Melrose hospital mt West Brattle-
boro, of a complication of diseases.
Mrs Sanders was operated upon at the
Memorial hospital last February, but
had failed steadily ever since Five
weeks ago she went to the Melrose
hospital for treatment, although little
hope of her recovery was held out
Throughout her long and painful i'll
ness she was a very patient sufferer
Her whole life was centered in her
home, and the home of her family was
her first thought.
She was born in Lawrence, y. V,
Sept. 24, 1868, the only child of Gard
ner and Roxanna (Trockey) Gale. Her
mother later married Jerry Young of
Jamaica, where they lived several
years. Mrs. Sanders married Harvey
w. Sanders New Year 5 day, 80 wears
ago last January in Jamaica They
moved to Brattleboro about - years
ago, where they have made their home
ever since Besides her husband and
mother she leaves two daughters,
Anna. wife of Ralph b. Pettee of
Springfield, Mass, Pearle Gale. wife of
Ernest Harris of Springfield Mass
and one son, Harry Harvey, of Athol.
and three grandchildren, Dorothy.
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs Pettee, Ber-
nard, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harris, and
Mildred, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Sanders.
The funeral viii be held Sunday af-
ternoon at , clock, at the home on
Frost street, Rev. Roy NJ. Houghton,
pastor of the Centre Congregational
church. officiating. The burial will take
place in Morningside cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
SOLICITOR CAIN
LOST HIS HANDBAG
Notified Chief Wilson that Grin Was
Plnched' from Automobile
Bellows Falls Man Stung.

o. L. Cain of Keene. n. H.. prose
cutting attorney for Cheshire county.
came to the fair yesterday and left
his handbag in his automobile while
he looked over the grounds When
he reached Keene last night he tele-
phoned to Police Chief George Wilson
that someone had taken mean advan-
tage of him and that he would like
the grip returned He assured the Of
ficer that the contents of the grip were
of no special value, but that he would
like the bag itself.
The Bellows Falls Times of Thurs
day published the following concern
ing the experience of a Bellows Falls
citizen: Edward r. Young. with his
family and roll of SO went to Brat
tleboro. EVERYBODY went to the Valley
fair but the roll, which left for parts
unknown. Mr.. Young started to buy
a ticket at the crowded gate and a
young man, pressing a bill on Mr..
Young, asked him to buy his ticket.
Mr.. Young reached over the crowd to
buy the tickets. While he was doing
so the fellow evidently earned his
days pay by slyly dipping into Mr..
Young's pocket As the railroad engi-
neer was still stretching the stranger
decided he would not 90 to the fair
and was mean enough to take his bill
back. 1t was some minutes before
Ed missed the money.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
RALLY SUNDAY AT
CENTRE CHURCH
Church Service Will Be Given Up to
Commencement Exercises, to Which
the Public is Invited.

The rally day and commencement ex
ereises of the Centre Congregational
Sunday school will be held at 1890
next Sunday morning in the church,
taking the place Of the regular morning
service. The session of the Sunday
school will be omitted. Classes will
graduate from the cradle roll, begin
ners, primary and junior departments
and there will be promotions in all the
younger departments.
The following is the program: Or
gan prelude; professional, Forward BE
Our Watehword; responsive reading
Psalm %; invocation and Lord 5 pray
er; promotion exercises of the cradle
roll; welcome song, beginners depart
ment; promotion exercises of the be
ginners department; presentation Of
diplomas; welcome to the new class, by
primary department; promotion eXer-
cises Of the primary department; pre-
sentation of diplomas; welcome to the
new class, by junior department.; pro
motion exercises of the Junior depart
ment; presentation of diplomas wei
come to the new class. by intermediate
department; hymn 242; announce
ments; Offering for the SCHOOL, talk by
the pastor; prayer; hymn Al; bene-
diction; organ pOstlude.
The exercises in each department
will show something of the work of
the several departments. All members
of all departments of the school are
asked to meet in the chapel Sunday at
1918 to form the professional
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
MONKEY IN CONTACT
WITH TWO BEARS
Threw Them Right and Left, but They
Were Teddy Bears-Small Boy
Was Much Disturbed.

4 small boy on High street was
much upset this noon to see his play
things disturbed and appropriated by
an impudent monkey: The 'monk .
came to town with its owner to pick
up the surplus coppers during the Val
ley fair. This noon the children on
High street gathered to see the mon
key and hear the hand organ. and one
OF the number had a wheelbarrow con
tanning two Teddy bears. Whether for
amusement or to show his superiority
IS not known, but when the boy set
down the wheelbarrow the monkey
grabbed the Teddy bears and threw
them right and left aud then climbed
into the wheelbarrow and dotfed his
hat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
AUTO ATTACHED
AT MANLEY GARAGE
Manley Brothers and Brooks House
Have Bills of About $50 Each
Against J. S. Lane.

A Stevens Duryea machine that was
used by J. $. Lane of Springfield,
Mass, to carry passengers to and from
the fair grounds here during the fair
is under attachment in Mamley Broth
ers garage. Lane owes a bill of about
$50 at the garage and one of about
the same amount at the Brooks House,
whore he had been registered since
Monday and where he entertained dur
ing his brief stay Lane has not
called for the machine.
The management of the Brooks
house and officials say that Lane had
similar difficulty at the White River
Junction fair but finally settled and
obtained the machine, coming here di-
rettly
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
SACRIFICED LIFE.
TO SAVE CHILDREN
Edward Scully Stopped Runaway
Horse, But Died in Few Mo
ments from Fractured Skull.

NEW YORK, Sept 26.-Edward
Scully, foreman of the street clean
ing department, sacrificed his life to-
day to save crowd of school children
from runaway horse. The horse, at
taehed to street cleaning cart, was
headed toward corner in Brooklyn
occupied by two public schools and 800
children were playing about. Scully
dashed ont of his office, seized the run
away animals bride and brought it
to a stop at the curb, but after check
ing the runaway lost his grip and fell
under the horses s hoofs. His skull
was fractured and he died i'll a few
moments.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-09-26
CADET VERNON BELYEA
DIED IN HOSPITAL
Greenfield Boy of Norwich University
Sustained Broken Spine in
Football Game.

WORCESTER, Mass, Sept. 20
Cadet Vernon 5. Belyea, %, left half
back of the Norwich university foot
ball team, who sustained broken
spine in the game against Holy Cross
college Wednesday, died today in
be taken to Greenfield, his home, for
burial
Belyea prepared for college in Green
field high school, where he took q
prominent part in Athletics. He was
a member of the junior class at Nor
wich university and at that institution
had been a star player in both base
ball and football, and had taken an
active part in other college affairs.