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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-07-06
CHAPTER v.
School,.

rEXT morning, when he had
once more resumed the dread
full burden Of education, 1t
seemed infinitely duller. And
yet what pleasanter sight Is there than
q schoolroom we'll filed with children
Of those sprouting years just before
the teens2 The casual visitor, gazing
from the teachers platform upon
these busy little heads, needs only a
blunted memory to experience the
most agreeable and exhilarating sen.
sations. Still, for the greater part the
children are unconscious Of the happi-
ness of their condition, for nothing Is
more patheically true than that we
never know when We are well OIL.
The boys in a public school are less
aware Of their happy state than are
the girls, and of all the boys in his
room probably Penrod himself had the
least appreciation Of his felicity.
He sat staring at an open page OF a
textbook. but not studying, not even
reading, not even thinking. Nor was
he lost In a reverie. His minds eye
was shut. as his physical eye might
well have been. for the optic nerve,
haccid with ennuI. conveyed nothing
whatever Of the printed page upon
which the orb of vision was partially
focused. Penrod was doing something
very unusual and rare. something al
most never accomplished except by
colored people or by boy in school
on a spring day-he was doing really
nothing at all. He was merely state
Of being.
From the street a sound stole II
through the open window, and abhor
ring nature began to fill the vacuum
called Penrod SchoHeld. for the sound
was the spring song Of a mouth organ
coming down the sidewalk. The win
dows were Intentionally above the lev
el Of the eyes Of the seated pupils. but
the picture Of the musician was plain
to Penrod, painted for him by quail
ty in the runs and trills partaking OF
the oboe, Of the calliope and Of cats in
anguish-an excruciating sweetness oh
tained only by the wallowing. wallop
ing yellow-pink palm Of hand whose
back was Kongo black and shiny. The
music came down the street and pass
ed beneath the window, accompanied
by the care free shuffling Of pair OF
old shoes scuffing appropriations on the
cement sidewalk. 1t passed into the
distance; became faint and blurred
was gone. Emotion stirred in PenrOd
a great and poignant desire, but per
haps fortunately no fairy godmother
made her appearance. Otherwise Pen
rod would have gone down the street
in black skin, playing the mouth or.
gan, and an unprepared colored youth
would have found himself enjoying
educational advantages for which he
had no ambition whatever.
Reused from perfect apathy, the boy
cast about the schoolroom an eye
wearied to nausea by the perpetual
vision Of the neat teacher upon the
platform, the backs Of the heads Of the
pupils In front Of him and the mo-
notonous stretches Of blackboard
threateningly defaced by arithmeHcal
formula and other insignia Of torture.
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NUMBER 27

me, even II / was the worst boy b
town" So she fouted him. But now
as he fioated In through the window Of
her classroom and swan gently along
the ceiling like an escaped toy balloon
she fell upon her knees beside her Ut
tie desk and, lifhng up her arms to
ward him, cried with love and admira-
tlOn:
"Oh, Penrodw
He negligently kicked q globe from
the high chandelier and, smiling cold
ly. foated out through the hall to the
front steps Of the school, while Mario
rie followed, imploring him to grant
her one kind look.
In the street an enormous crowd had
gathered, headed by Miss Spence and
q brass band, and a cheer from hun
dred thousand throats shook the very
ground as Penrod swan overhead.
Marjorie knelt upon the steps and
watched adoringly while Penrod took
the drum majors baton and, perform
ing sinuous evolutions above the
crowd, led the band. Then he threw
the baton 80 high that 1t disappeared
from sight But he went swiftly after
It. double delight, for he had not
only the delicious sensation Of rocket
ing safely up and up into the blue sky.
but also that Of standing in the crowd
below, watching and admiring himself
as he dwindled to speck. disappear
ed and then, emerging from cloud.
came speeding down. with the baton
in his hand, to the level Of the tree
tops, where he beat time for the band
and the vast throng and Marjorie
Jones, who all united In the Star
Spangled Banner" In honor of his
aerial achievements. It was a great
moment.
It was a great moment, but some
thing seemed to threaten It The face
Of Miss Spence looking up from the
crowd grew too vivid-unpleasantly
vivid. She was beckoning him and
shouting: "Come down. Penrod Scho-
field! Penrod SchoHeld, come down
here" He could hear her above the
band and the singing Of the multitude
She seemed intent on spelling every
thing. Marjorie Jones was weeping to
show how sorry she was that she had
formerly slighted him and throwing
kisses to prove that she loved him. but
Miss Spence kept jumping between
him and Marjorie. necessarily calling
his name.
He grew more and more irritated
with her. He was the most important
person in the world and was engaged
in proving It to Marjorie Jones and the
whole city. and yet Miss Spence SEEM
ed to feel she still had the right to or
der him about as she did in the old
days when he was an ordinary school,
boy. He was furious. He was sure
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come down hsrsl"
she wanted him to do something dis
agreeable. 1t seemed to him that she
had screamed "Penrod SchoHsldr
thousands Of times.
From the beginning Of his aerial ex.
periments in his own schoolroom be
had not opened his lips. moving some
how that one Of the requirements for
air floating Is perfect silence on the
part Of the fioater; but, finally, irritat-
ed beyond measure by Miss Spencs's
clamorous insistence, he was unable to
restrain an indignant rebuke and i'm.
mediately came to earth with a fright
full bump.
Miss Spence-in the 6esh-had direct
ed toward the physical body Of the alb
sent Penrod an inquiry as to the trac-
tional consequences Of dividing seven
teen apples fairly among three boys,
and she was surprised and displeased
to receive no answer, although to the
best Of her knowledge and belief he
was looking fi1edly at her. She repeat
ID her question crisply without visible
effect; then summoned him BY name
with increasing asperity. Twice she
called him, while all his fellow pupils
turned to stare at the gazing boy. She
advanced a step from the platform.
"Penrod Schofeld"
-Oh, my goodness! he shouted sud-
denly. Cant you keep still q man-
utsr
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"Do you know that you have kept an
audience Of 500 people waiting for
ton minutss?"
and delighted audience. Then the chill
dren sang feebly:
''Chuldrun Of the Tabul Round.
Lit-tul knights and ladies We.
Let our voy-siz all resound
Faith and hope and charitee!'
The Child King Arthur rose, extend
ed his scepter with the decisive gesture
of a semaphore and spake:
Each littul knight. and lady born
Has noble deeds to perform
In thee child-world Of shivullree,
No matter how small his share may be.
Let each advance and tell in turn
What claim has each to knighthood earn
The Child Sir Mordred, the villain Of
this piece, rose in his place at the Table
Round and piped the only lines ever
written by Mrs. Lora Rewbush which
Penrod Schofield could have pronounc-
ed without loathing. George Bassett,
really angelic boy, had been select
ed for the role Of Mordred. His per
feet conduct had earned for him the
sardonic sobriQuet 1.-The Little Gentle
man" among his boy acquaintance.
iNaturally he had no friends.) Hence
the other boys supposed that he had
been selected for the wicked Mordred
as a reward Of virtue. He detained
serenely:
.I hight Sir Mordred the Child. and I teach
Lessons Of selfishest evil, and reach
Out into darkness Thoughtess unkind.
And ruthloss Ii Mordred and unrehned."
The Child Mordred was properly re-
buked and denied the accOlade, though,
like the others, he seemed to have as
sumed the title already. He made a
plotters exit, whereupon Maurice Levy
rose, bowed, announced that he hight
ed the Child Sir Galahad and contin-
ued with perfect sang froid:
IT am the purest Of the pure.
| have but kindest thoughts each day.
give my riches to the poor
And follow In tho Masters way
This elected tokens Of approval from
the Child King Arthur, and he bade
| Maurice stand forth" and come near
the throne, a, command obeyed with
the easy grace Of conscious merit
It was Penrod's turn. He stepped
back from his chair, the table between
him and the audience, and began In
high, breathless monotone:
IT hight Sir I.ancelot du Lake. the Child.
| Gentul-healteG meek and mild.
What though I'm but littul child,
0entul-hearted meek and mild.
I do my share, though, but-though
! but
Penrod paused and gulped. The
voice Of Mrs. Lora Rewbush was heard
from the wings, prompting irritably,
and the Child Sir Lancelot repeated:
'I do my share. though. but-thoush but
| tot
I pray you knight sir Lancelotr''
This also met the royal favor, and
Penrod was hidden to join Sir Gala
had at the throne. As he crossed the
stage Mrs. Schoneld whispered to Mar
garet:
'.rhat boyI Hes unpinned bis man
de and fixed It to cover his whole cos
tune. After we worked 30 hard to
make It becoming!"
Never mind. He'll have 10 take the
1apo q n Q minutAv" Hskuxnod 4AER-
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NORWAY, MAINE.
Inactive Kidneys
Cause Disease

Il shall not soon forget the benefits derived
rom the use of Foley Kidney Pills. Al. a.
Godfrey, Forest Grove. Oregon
Too much work and too little work
seem to have about the same eject
.u persons past middle age Proper
sr-iOn of the kidneys is necessary TO
GOOD health. They act as a hitter
s.d remove from the blood poisonous
waste matter which if permitted to
-.m1in in the system leads TO many
G. mpliCationS.
Many nervous. tired. rundown men
and women suffer from pains in the
back and sides, dizzy spells. bladder
v-a. kncSS, sore muscles and stin
Joints and fail to realize that rheuma-
Um, diabetes or even Brights dis
ease may result.
II YOU have cause to believe that
v.ur kidneys are weak, disOrdered or
Inactive you should act immediately;
Foley Kidney Pills have been used
Iv Young. middle aged and old win
complete satisfaction. They act quick
ly and sure ~ and have given re!leE
a cases OF ten years standing.
A. F.. SHURTLEFF y CO., South Paris
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Rspudiatsd.

I'm q self made man." said Mr.. Cum
roX.
"Didn't your wife have something 70
do with your careerY
"She used to say so. But after seeing
how behave in society she refuses to
take any Of the blame. CT
ixen.
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|. s. BILLINGS

MANUFAcTURER OF AND DEALER IN
Red Cedar and Spruce Clap
boards, New Brunswick Cedar
Shingles, North Carolina Pine,
Flooring and Sheathing,
Paroid Roofing, Wall Board,
Apple Barrel Heads, and
LUMBER OF ALL KINDS
South Paris, Maine.
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AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLOw."

Correspondence on practical agricultural topic
ID solicited. Address all communications In
tended for this department 10 HENRY ID
HAMMOND, Agricultural Editor Oxford Dem
ocrat. Paris. Ne.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-07-06
CLOVER FIELDS

There is a crying demand for a keen
and long. lasting investigation into the
reason why clover fields all over south
ern Maine are not in evidence, the same
AS they are in AroostOok and Somerset
counties, Canada, New York and Ohio.
We trust that 10 the future our agricul-
tural department will take up this ques-
ton, as it is a vital one. There are a
million acres Of hay lands in the south
eIn section of the State of Maine which
are sadly lacking in this great farmers
friend. AS timothy invariably follows
clover, in this direction We would have,
then, even better market than now for
our timothy and redtop for market pur-
poses. In spite of the advent of the au-
tomobile and the great reduction in the
number OF horses, the price of bay Is
steadily maintained and advanced be-
cause all the products of hay are in such
high priced demand.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-07-06
SHIPPING HAY

The business of conducting farm for
the sole purpose of raising hay and ship
ping to Boston, IL given ordinary busi-
ness attention, will prove highly profit
able to anyone who intelligently under
takes it. There is constantly growing
wider market for this, because the low
priced lands of Maine can still compete
in hay growing against the high priced
lands of other states. The ordinary
price of choice quality of hay for sew
eral years has been S1S to $40 per ton,
delivered in Boston, from which . dis
count of about 50 for freight, pressing
and commission should be made, netting
the farmer about S13 per ton in the barn,
while, at the outside, 50 per ton would
cover the cost as far as fertilizer is con-
cerued to produce this bay over 20
year period; and this can Oftentimes be
reduced to % per ton and even less than
that, when the grain crop is fairly bOun-
tiful. The difference between the sell
ing price of his crop and plant food cost
Of it 10 almost wholly within the control
of the farmer who handles his. acres, and
then cultivation much a. the factory
owner weaves his yard of cloth, with
certain variation and weather conditions
to contend with on the part Of the farm
or, yet affecting 1t to q more successful
profit year by year.
The native grasses Of Maine are really
the yellow gold of our realm. 1t Is pa
tient, constant and fascinating employ
mont. The digging of gold 10 slow and
laborious; it is just so with producing
hay in Maine. Hay has the gold.dust
soil elements with . fixed strength Of
value. In fact, 1t is worth more than
gold, for It has the vital elements OF life
within 1t for purposes of human use OF
exchange, while gold has'the value for
exchange alone.
Isit not about time that We were
working more along these lines In
Maine, and not in uncertain speculation,
but putting more faith and work In COM
bination with those natural forces Of In.
dependent wealth and sursty-hay.
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Miss Spence herself was amazed and
frightened, but be only smiled down
carelessly upon her when she COM
manded him to return to earth, and
then, when she climbed upon a desk
to pull him down, he quietly padded
himself little higher, leaving his toes
Just out Of her reach. Next he swan
through a few. slow sOmersaults to
show bis mastery Of the new art and,
with. the shouting Of the dumfounded
scholars ringing In his ears, turned on
his side and floated swiftly out Of the
window, Immediately rising above the
housetops, while people In the street
below him shrieked, and trolley car
stopped dead in wonder.
With almost no exertion he padded
himself, many yards at stroke, to
V,e girls private school where Mario
rIe Jones was a pupil-Marjore Jones
OF the amber curls and the golden
voice! Long before the Pageant Of
the Table Round" she had offered Pen
rod a hundred proofs that she consid-
cred him wholly undesirable and In
eaiafble. At the Friday afternoon
dancing class she consistently melted
and led the laughter at him whenever
Professor Bartet singled him out fqf
sdmonition In matters Of feet and de-
corum. And but yesterday she had
chided him for his slavish lack Of
memory In daring to offer her greeting
on the way to Sunday school "Well,
/ expect you must forgot I told you
never to speak to me again! II was
Z boy I'd be too proud to come hang
ing AROUND peop|a that don't apask ~
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-HE sun was setting behind the
back fence Though at con-
siderable distance) as Penrod
Schofield approached that fence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
BRooDY HENS

What to do with broody hens is a problem that confronts many farmers during the spring and early summer. To<be sures a few are used to hatch and rear chicks, but the remainder of loss during the time that they are not producing eggs It is desirable that these birds Ebe broken up'' as soon as possible. In the Laying Con fest which the Connecticut Afr cultural College is conducting a
 broody coop 5A x1h K feet and.
 made entirely of stats is provided for each house When a hen becomes bxocdy she is shut up in this coop
 with no food but with plenty of water 6aemen4 is uSs1alIy sufficient to cure her of all desire to sit. The manage nnent feels that being in the same pen where she can see the other birds moving freely about and eating at lib- erty will cause her to get over her bro0dy fever sooner than she other
 wise wouId, In extremely hot weather
 when such close confinement would
 perhaps be dangerous, the broody hans are simply turned into pens with
 bare yards,
 ] Al table compiled from the records Of the third contest shows a eofnpar- fson of the different breeds with re~ spact to bFoodfness. 0nly those birds which completed a full years record are included in the table. The high est percentage 6I sDTQQGy D1TOSi was found in the Rhode Island Reds and
 the lowest if1e the Leghot.hs. It is in- teFesfing to note, however, that when a Leghern does go bFoody. she loses i more time than a bird of any other
 breed. By time lost due to brood1-
 ness is meant the number of days be-
 tween the last egg before and the
 first egg after 9 breody period. The average number of days lost by the 1 average bird of any of the four breeds lis perhaps the best method of com 1 barring them on this character. Of 1 importance to the man who is keep 1 ing but oRe breed is the number of
 days the average breedy hen will lose. Thus the average breedy Red lost 5S days, the average l9resdy fNFyandette l 62 days, the average bFeody Rock 5s days and the average breody Legh5rn s32 days. Although the average num- Der of days lost each peried was 2d. 6 i for the Ieghorns as against about IS
 days ins the other breeds, the fact 1 that only 10 per cent of the Legh eFns
 went broody and thase only 1.5 times on the average reduced the teta1 days lost to a small figure.
 In the case of the FVEaadettes and l Plymouth Rocks the highest Rsecent- age of broody birds was found in the buff varieties due, in all probability,
 to the fact that Cochin blood was used l in their ancestry to obtain the buff I coiOr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
PARK

The OpaBfns of tae theatrical sea- son at tfze sRaEaz Theatre this city will take place 0h TaaaFsday Of this week, gzshe azaaee1aa4a4 premises a line ef saAhraetieHs this season far above the average and asszzFks the Bublic the kbeat eeeaH a1tEaetdens on tour The H3eliHgs are said t0 be very zea~ySnaRd a big season is contefn- DaaEeds As Bridgeport has recently
 ake4seHaa ddIti0Ha1 industrial life and asetivzEy H is sure to benefit the city EEosn nn< attraction standpoint. Man ageFg always prefer to have their at fract7ons b1ayiHs ia prosperous local k5tfes.
 The 1eeaz management is also en- khHstasttp and is looking forward to Ia bright and successful season which 7wilI place BridgeporE with tAe lead R1ug 6heatSaEa3 cities Of the United States.
 The eRsHlng attraction will be Maids in America sa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
Annusements
POLT,s


 Jesse L. Laskys biggest musical offering. .sCaiffornia,' heads the pro- gram at Poliss the first half of sthis week, California is a big musical comedy, and reeouires the services of 8 dozen artists.
 The pnotoplay bill has two big features One is Ann Murdock, the noted Broadway star, in her screen premier, in "A Royal Family . This is an Interesting story of how the spell of Cupid changed a tom boy into a winsorne bit of feninin- fty The other big feature is Charley Chaplin, the we'll known screen scream, in new two-reel comedy ssThe Bank This is said to 4be Chap1fnss funniest effort.
 As an added attraction in the valld eville bill. Autumn al the celebrated soprano, comes here direct from the strand theatre. New York, where for a long engagement her marvellous voice has enchanted New Xorkers.
 Lulu Sutton and company, will be seen in a one-act farce comedy call led a7er First Case and the Four Haley Sisters 9 quartet of comedy singers, win be heard in a new song revue. RacaiaFssS sqthg4-s, in a sen safional acrdbaaic dIffer1h hEs-wi1l. com p1ete the bllA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
EMPIRE
BLANCHE SWEET IN HER
 FIFTH IASKY PRODUCTION


 The ever growing demand from pho fop1ay goers for the feature produc- tfons in which Miss Blanche Sweet is the star is t0 some extent met by the efforts of the Jesse L. LaSky Feature Play Company to present Miss Sweet as star in produc1aons as frequent all the resources or the wonderful L.asazv e4azA3o at Hollywood, Cal, wifi permits
 Miss Sweet appears in her fifth Las ky sxasrlHzg role today and tomorrow at the Empire. This will be in tho spfaotodrauna, Tho Secret Orcharei,' z from kne play of caannzng Pollock. sbased on the novel of the same name 4ss5y Agnes and EgeTton Castle.
 Tn the order Of their presentation to bfhe public through the Paramount E7ic4H1es Corporation. Miss Sweets se- zgiss Of a4aTEfnG pEedgetf0pss have beens The xgaErens of v1rgfniass' 5E LAszzy- Be1asco prodacflon. The CaDtfve,s z, sstolen kssods,,s and s4rae c7ns.i Nu-
 aer0szs otzaer select phOt0pIay dramas kand ee1nAdfes will also be shown in *e0n5sznot4on with this play of phyeho- aegtea1 sznysteFv,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
BAD BREATH

ia very annoying and Ia generally caused by a disordered stomach. CERTIIaAX. ''The Certified Laxative. gets at the cause and removes 1t. CERTILAx acts gently but firmly on the bowels and liver. stimulating them to natural action, clearing the blood and purifying the entire system. They do all and more than CaIonael and other harsh cathartics do with out any bad after effects. CERTILAx contains nothing of a harmful or ha- bit forming nature; they are made af- ter the favorite formu of specialist of New York City and have been se- lacted as the best by more than five hundred physicians in New York. who prescribe them regularly in their prac- tice For sale at all drug stores, or sent direct on receipt of price-1Oc, 25c, soc. Curtis Chemical Go. 117 E. 2Ath St.. New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-16
PLAZA

@sTne Blk Surprise is the headline Sva1bdevdlle attraction at the Plaza to- zsav and for the fol1cwing two days. and 1nfsoazbtedIy everyone is wonder ing 5-lkt what the big surprise is go- s5aag to be We'll it's going to be Rnod, according to the reports from sthosa who should know and that Iasalera VIII be plenty of laugh screat- Eznsr sssRuzxauns in 1t has been assured asaeraanre stzaers will be much sing Ing and damrang of a sOrt that should tsaald instant favor for the east in A4zs1aaees easaak clever young performers.
 Ed & Dorothy Hayes are couple or pDpmaAr Amter1zdners who have ac- zsArted contracts for an appearance l laz1e first haR of the week as an ad- Nned faafurB attraction Ed Hayes is ems xrraaznARaEEy funny cUmedian and tzasz char ming partner has . pleasing zsslrse 1ph14B together they execate 5sssmaA naw dance steps that will u11- edrsabtRdEy be thoroughly appreciatef7- szzd 1azasf tzSna1 Japanese- aero 7ba6lc .aEts in inc vaudeville world is mezadnaen for an appearances
 Newz.saa 4 Marsh in a singing and sz1an1cs1nzy skin that is claimed to be de- 1ig11ffu1zv original, will also be seen
 ssTgna Caarabsrx Clyde F1tcz's pow
 er5ua zogaz Of hi<yh finance and soc1e- 4v life, which has been produced in i've parts, will be the principal photo asttrant1On4 .IK is an imp cling drama A:nd deals in zsf1Brzzass situations and great clz1nazea It breaches a. pow erful sermon without being too preachy. without painting the co1ors too req. and without jan1ning the moral down o11ess throat S
 Charlie Chaplin in The Face on the Barrporn Floor and --Ts1A Mighty Ho1ds complete the attrzctfoaa.