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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-12

The Pioneer. Houlton says: 1t is un-
uerstood that the town authorities are
contemplating buying stumpage for TIE
manufac turc of 100 cords to be used
this coming winter.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-12
Odd Fellows Hall

Odd Fellows Hall
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-12

Z ON, AUGUSTA, NO. 9. p M
Regular meeting every third Tuc.d'y W.
an1 c aIedr TUESDAY Dec is, nomtnatj' a.
JOHN W. CANFIEI.B Gan,
ace q. ELWOOD RICIi' Glerk' "
Halloween
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13

among the grass and shrubs, but upon
closer observation life appeared in n
of it's most active phases. Numerous
ants were busily engaged in collecting
their winter store and oddly colored
butterflies were winging their way
over the flowers and trees.
In a little open spot, where an I'M
usually large colony of ants lived, a
drama of feverish activity was going
Busy workers were bringing In
small crumbs of bread probably
dropped by a passing bird on
its way to feed its young. Pres
emily from the tall green grass
there emerged a long black caterpillar.
Coming to a stop he surveyed the
scene before him. Not wishing to re-
trace his steps he resolved to make
his way forward. He had not gone
very far when a nip on the back of
his neck brought him to the realiza-
ton that he was trespassing on pri-
vate property.
Rolling himself up into a ball in an
effort to shake off his ~tormentors, he
accidentally pushed some sand down
through their doorway. The ants in
realization of the peril of having to
stand the rigors of the night without
a sheltering roof, or of being buried
alive, rushed out in a compact a
in an effort to avoid a calamity.
In a half hour life in the caterpillar
was extinct and his enemies, astonish-
ed at the few fatalities on their side
proceeded to repair the damage done.
After all was finished they sent their
swiftest inner to neighboring rela-
tives to come to the feast that was to
be held that night. At last the ap-
pointed hour arrived. Firefiies sta
toned at different points shed a light
SO that n would think it was fairy
land. Hundreds of invited guests
stood around and gazed with awe and
wonder upon the meal before them.
The signal to eat was given and forth
with began a dinner that could not
be rivaled in any shape or form.
When the moons beams began to
wane and fantastic shadows to fit
back and forth among the grasses and
flowers, everyone started for home.
In a half hour all was quiet save a
cracking branch or the whispering of
the breeze.
CboT1oc Coecid, 10
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
Percy Browne, 10.
q X u
SCHOOL ATHLETICS.

The football season having passed,
much attention is being given to bas-
ketball. Both the boys and girls
teams have been doing excellent work.
1t is true that the regular P. H. S.
boys team has been beaten in the
first three games, but consider that
this is the first year of school basket
ball in Pleasantville, and that there
are no veteran players to fall back on
when a game commences to go wrong,
Schools.
Whether the teams win or lose, and
whether we don't like this or that fell
low on a team, knocking will do moth
ing but create i'll feeling. If we must
do something, why not come out and
show the coach that We are a little
better material than the fellow we are
knocking?
The girls have been practicing reg
ularly and faithfully, and won their
first game, played January sixth, by a
large margin. Their constant prac-
tice was clearly demonstrated for
with a machine-like precision they ran
the score up to 20, while the Egg Har-
Dor H. s.. girls only scored 2 during
the whole game.
These games are open to the public,
and all who can are urged to attend.
The admission is but ten cents;
for students having a winter A. A.
Card it is but five cents. A regular
schedule is being arranged for the
winter, both for the girls and boys
teams. and those who attend will sure
ly come away satisfied that they have
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
ri n n
A STORY WITH A MORAL.

There once lived a mar who worked
in a quarry near a great desert. He
had to work hard and often wished he
had never been born. One day as he
was working the King passed. "Oh,
that | were King" he exclaimed. In
an instant a change came over him
and he found himself in the Kings
place. At first it was splendid, but
as they crossed the desert the sun
almost killed him. 1t went all the
wants placed over him.
He tried every way to pet cool but
could not. ooh, that I were the sum-"
he exclaimed in a fit of nassion. Just
as soon as he had said that, he felt a
change come over him, then he saw
that his wish had been fulfilled. For
a while he amused himself bv making
the earth so hot that millions of peo-
pie died from the heat. But soon he
got lonesome. This feeling kept
growing worse all of the time until he
said, "How I wish l were as small and
insignificant as a pebble" For the
third time he had his wish granted,
but much to his sorrow, as he was
kicked and stepped on by people.
Now he saw a mule drinking out of
a brook and eating grass. GLOW I
wish l were he" he said. Then, too,
he had his wish granted. He had new
er before eaten grass, but he tasted
it and it was good so he kept
on eating it. Soon some men
came up and strapped a tent,
some blankets, and all of their
utensils on him and made him carry
them. He had to stagger, but the
more he staggered the more they
whipped him. At last, completely ex-
hausted, he fell down and one of the
men began pounding him.
To the quarryman's surprise he
found himself lying down on the soft
grass where he had been sleeping.
One of his fellow workers was trying
to awaken him. When he had gotten
awake he found out that he had fallen
asleep during the moor hour and that
it was time to go to work now. "Well,"
he said, "there are lots of things
worse than being a quarrvman' and
you will never catch me grumbling
again"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13

with a musical selection which was
followed by German songs, a sleigh
bell jingle by Miss Risley, a scene
from Sing Sing by Reed and Butler,
music by Miss Haskell, and last but
not least, singing by Buffers Train
ed Singers"
Next came the surprise of the eve
ming when the curtains were pulled
aside and there upon the stage were
two Xmas trees, containing gifts for
all. These were distributed by Santa
Claus, after which everyone retired to
the kindergarten room where the re-
mainder of the evening was spent in
telling ghost stories and in feasting.
n q n ttr
MUSIC.
The High School orchestra Journey
ed to Mays Landing, on December the
ninth to attend the Agricultural Ex-
hibit. After arriving there thru a
heavy rainstorm, we waited for a
piano, which finally arrived when it
was almost time to go home.
The orchestra played very we'll I'M
der adverse conditions, too numerous
to mention. After a most ~exasperat-
ing day we at last arrived home safe
ly, none the worse from our expert
ence.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
It is the New Year. We may glance
hack Owen. the old and find it filled

Lit is the New we may gldnce
back over the old, and find it filled
with many pleasant things. we
may see things that we wish were diff
ferent. However, it is vain to brood
on the Knight have beens": the sun
set on u yesterdays and we
should be filled with bright thoughts
of the morrow. it is the rising sun
that we face, and it should inspire US
with the courage to attempt greater
things for ourselves and our school.
There is much to look forward to and
much to be thankful for. The Free
Public Library is one of the biggest
advances Pleasantville has ever made
in the cause of education. 1t is now
an established fact. Thanks to Mad
am Yager's concert and the Lyceum
Festival there will be, before January
ends, several more hundred dollars in
the hands of the Library Purchasing
Committee. There has been marked
progress in all departments of the
school. Higher standards of scholar
ship are gradually being established.
And every thing seems right to make
this year the best in the history of
Pleasantville High.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
n 81 81
DRAMATIC CLUB.

With the able assistance of DR..
Whitney, the Club program for the
year has been outlined. Four plays
will be given. The first is one of John
Kendric Bangs farces, "a Proposal
Under Difficulties" the second, a
BOX of Monkeys" the third, "The
Spirit of TO-; the fourth play, "a
Midsummer Nights Dream" is to be
the eliminating effort of the year.
1t would be a serious omission to
ignore the rich, rare and racy i'm
promptu drama given at the Christ
mas party, and known as "~Sing-Sing."
The plot being a negative quantity,
can scarcely be criticised. The act
ing, however, was superb. making up
for all deficiencies in stage setting,
costumes, etc. There were many who
regretted that "Sing-Sing" was limit
ed to act. In conclusion, we may
say (and we choose u words with
care) that was, indeed, a "howling
success"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13

This Freshman was a dandyl
Cat least he thought he was)
Because he wore long trousers,
And drove a jitney bus!
But at last he caught ammonia"
And went up and died.
Just think, his Sophomore schoolmates
Sobbed and cried and cried!
Three Sophomores.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13

ther.
Imagine his surprise when he read
that in a certain spot near the river
was a valuable silver vein. Even the
map of the district was sent by his
friend who had shares in the mines.
Three cheers for the heroine"
shouted the miners in a joyful chorus.
She received many words of praise,
but best of all, she was permitted to
enter Denver College, where she had
longed to go for two years.
Z G Eio1d 10
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
n ~ ~
A TRAGEDY.

1t was a beautiful day in July, that
glorious month of the year when ma
ture puts forth her best efforts and
a~stonishes the world with the wealth
of beauty that she can produce. NJ
merous wild flowers were advertising
their glory, and the bees responding
to the call, were busily determining
the qualities of nectar possessed with
in them. Many brightly acolored
insects were darting to and fro
among the grasses and flowers as
if playing hide and seek with one an
other. The trees above them, sway
ing slightly in the cool and refreshing
breeze, seemed alive with the melo-
dies that poured from hundreds Of
feathered Threats, enchanting those
who heard.
At first nothing could be seer
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
TO THE PUBLIC.

One of the newest things in our
school system is a gymnasium. Being
something new it is naturally greatly
appreciated and it is the desire of all
interested in it, faculty and students,
that it be kept new and clean. During
the winter-day noon hour, it is a play
ground for both boys and girls, Civ
ing them an opportunity to get fresh
air and plenty of exercise.
Furthermore, the gymnasium is Of
ten used for student parties, recep-
tions and other social activities. For
this reason, it is desired to keep it in
the best condition. This cannot be
done if some of the people who patro-
nize the city basketball games persist
in splitting and throwing cigar and
cigarette butts on the floor. The gym
nasium is neither a tobacco shop nor
a pool room, and is not to be used as
a place for splitting and smoking.
1t is the hope of those having at
heart the interest of the high school,
that people who use the gymnasium
for their own pleasure, will respect
and take care of it for the pleasure
and benefit of others.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
N n n
C. o n w S.

On Thursday evening, December Is,
1916, an illustrated lecture entitled,
"A Night in Egypt, was delivered by
DIR. Whitney in the High School Audi
forum. A large number of citizens
of P~leasantville attended. The lee
ture was enjoyed by all present. 1t
was especially interesting and benefi-
cial for the pictures had been secured
by DR.. Whitney himself. The pro-
ceeds will be given to the Stereopticon
Fund of the High School.
The Free Public Library of the City
of P~leasantville opened in the
High School building Monday, Deem
Der II. The library is open every day
in the week from $50 to II a. m. and
from 2 to 5 p. m. Miss Adams has
been chosen librarian.
New tables and chairs and a num-
Der of magazines have been furnished
and everything is being done to make
this a first-class library.
A concert was given Thursday eve
ming, December 21, by Madam wager
and her pupils in the auditorium. The
concert proved a success and was
greatly enjoyed by all who heard it.
The proceeds will be given to the Pub
lie Library Fund.
The Senior Class have received their
rings and pins and are greatly pleased
with them.
Tuesday evening, January ninth,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, the
Dedication Exercises of the New High
School Building were held in the au-
ditorium.
The following program was enjoyed
by a large number of the citizens:
Music, Overture, High School Orches-
tra-"Among the Lilies" E. H.
Frey.
Invocation, Rev. S. R. Stratton.
Music, High School Glee Club-"Song
of Spring." Pearson.
Address of Welcome, MI. T. H. Smith,
President of Board Of Education.
Response and Address, DR.. Calvin N.
Kendall, State Commissioner of Ed
ucation.
Solo-"Thora"-Miss Vena Haskell.
Address-Hon. B. E. Whitman, Member
of Assembly, State of New Jersey.
Solo-Selected-Miss Edith Hodgson.
Address, Mr.. Henry M. Gresham,
Supt. Schools for Atlantic County,
81. j.
Music, America" Orchestra and
Audience.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
Nine. Lambert, Teacher of Music

Her method of many years study and
developed experience for Voice. Brains
plete practiced method for both social
and scientific Cor classicalJ training from
start to finish, for both children and
talent Gf there is any, which creates a
genuine, natural love for music. The
voice, a purely natural gift, requires
Combined with correct language and eX-
preston, it may truly be named Musical
Elocution." 1t is unwise to begin music
lessons. Instruction on all string instru-
ments. Particular matters explained by
calling at Studio 103 Chestnut st.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
n q q
THE BOY.

Sometime ago took a walk through
a beautiful forest not far from where
| lived. The sun shone through the
leaves, the birds sang in the trees and
the whole world seemed bright and
happy.
I had not gone far when I came to
a small bridge which was built across
a stream. A small boy sat on the
bridge fishing. He did not see me, so
| stopped to watch him. As he sat
there he was a picture of contentment.
His face was covered with a smile
which lighted up his big, blue eyes
as he looked at the large fish which
lay on the bridge. His bare feet hung
over the edge of the bridge. He wore
a pair of neatly patched ~overalls and
a large sun-hat. The water below the
bridge was clear and seemed to re-
fleet the sunshine as it flowed merrily
on.
l did not wish to disturb the boy,
so | turned away without speaking to
him. On the way home I thought
many times of the happy picture 1
had just left.
H1s--lIL M so
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
ri n n
A SAD OBITUARY..

Once there lived a Freshman
Within a castle wall;
He looked just like a clothes prop,
He was so lean and tall.
He washed his face each Monday.
And scrubbed it with a will;
He only washed it once n week,
For twice would make him i'll.
He ate his fill at morning;
You should see his lunch at noon!
And what went down each evening
Would have shocked a hungry coon.
His mama called him sonny"
But the father often stewed
Because the queer young Freshie
Was dreadful, awful rude.
The Sophies made this Freshman
The butt of all their jokes;
But with a sweet and heavenly grin,
He bore their sharpest pokes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
SOCIAL EVENTS.

There were no social events to be
written up for this edition of the pa
per so the social editor got on the
warpath and said there must be some.
She appealed to the Seniors who are
always ready to help out in any emer-
gency. The Seniors were financially
embarrassed as it was near Xmas, and
they had also just bought their Class
Rings, but undaunted they undertook
to find a way out of the difficulty.
They decided to have a Xmas party-a
real good time,-and they did. The
guests, after they had paid the sum
of five cents, were led into the audi
forum. The stage was curtained off
and peep as much as they wished the
guests could not see behind the mys-
tic green curtain. After all were
seated Mr.. Butler opened the program
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13
u The Breeze L-n2
Published by the Students Of the PleasantviIe High School (

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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-01-13

For "all the news all the time" Of
Pleasantville, read The Pleasantville
Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
The Novice's Mistake.

In "Tales of the Flying Service c.
G. Grey tells about a strange entry in
the official report of an officer who had
recently joined the service and was
sent to pass a seaplane through its
test for the English navy. He had to
go up as Il passenger with the con-
Structor pilot and to keep log of
what occurred during the test.
This is what he put down: ''9:05 a. M.
left slip: 0:10 a. IN. altimeter shows
300 feet above sea; 9:12 a. m. curious
phenomenon. Met a seagull flying
backward!'
That meant that the machine, flying
at the rate Of about eighty miles an
hour, overlook a seagull-which is not
a fast flyer-gOing at about forty miles
an hour, and that up in the air, with
out any background to give a proper
sense of direction, the bird looked as
If it were flying toward them tail first
Probably the officer knows better now.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
4 mSiderNaI EaX,H

In answering a correspondent who
asked the meaning Of the term side
real time" the Irish Times explains
that that is the only truly scientific
manner Of recording time and is that
which astronomers and navigators use.
A "stdereal day is the precise time
taken by the earth in revolving on its
axis and is twenty-three hours, fifty
six minutes and four seconds Our
sundials, however, record a very diff
ferent day.
If you set up a sundial in garden
and observe when it is noon today and
again tomorrow you will find that 1t
exceeds the "sidereal day" by three
minutes and fifty-six seconds. The
difference is due to the distance that
the earth has Travelled on its orbit
while it has been revolving on it's axis.
The orbit motion makes it necessary
for the earth to turn nearly four min
utes longer in order to bring any place
to the same position with regard to
the sun that it had on the previous
day.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
Teach Children Thrift,

We Americans are VIGOROUSLY the
most thriftless of peoples. You have
heard how much we throw away. We
are too prone to think of thrift as stin-
giness. We hate to hear about saving.
Dorothy Garfield Fisher in her recent
book, Self Reliance" gives parents a
strong word of warning. She says:
"There is nothing in the fact of being
children which need cut off our sons
and daughters from a great deal of &C
curate information and considerable
practical experience with the ms and
outs Of wise money spending. But
there is a great deal in the fact of their
being Americans which will shut them
off from such information and expert
ence unless parents make a very deter
mined effort to see that they get the
proper training, for the whole spirit OF
our country and age is against US in
the effort
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
JUSTICE TO ANIMALS

Jack London is dead, but one of his
greatest stories, michael, Brother of
jerry" is running in one of the mag
azines. We can't help thinking that
when Jack wrote it, he was trying to
initiate Dickens or Charles Reade.
Dickens, in his description of "Dothe-
boys Hall'' showed up the boarding
schools of England and brought about
reform in those institutions, many
of which were dens of torture for
boys. Reade showed up the tyrannies
of trades-unions, which had more
than the evils and few of the virtues
Of the organizations of today, and
their improvement was doubtless in
some measure due to his book, "Put
Yourself in His Place" In another
book he exposed the horrors of SO.
called model prisons, and in another
told what traps could be made of pri.
vate lunatic asylums. In this story
of Jack London's, he gives a number
of chapters to animal training, ano
shows how torture is inflicted on ami.
mails in order to make them do tricks
Every animal trainer declares to his
audience that the performances of the
dumb beasts are due to kindness anc
careful training, but London gives
mighty good reason for the BELIEF
that they are the result of torment
and fear. Performing animals are
always the special delight of children
who would only treat the animals will
kindness themselves and are imbuec
with the belief that they receive onl!
kindness from their trainers. 1t woulC
be mighty good thing for the worlt
if the people turned in and insisted OIL
the animals being treated with jus
tice. 1t would be a species of justic,
to insist that teaching them unnatura
tricks by the force of pain and feal
be stopped.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
The City of the Dove.

When mighty Amru went to conquer
Egypt he camped on the east bank Of
the Nile opposite Memphis, that great
twenty mile long capital OF mud
bricks whose western verge was the
pyramids and whose mud brick houses
have all vanished. Amru crushed the
Egyptians and came back to get his
camp to move over and occupy Mem
phis. A dove had built in the folds
near the top of his tent. Blood bathed
Amru, the ruthless, would not let her
be disturbed. a new city started about
his tents. 1t grew northward along
the Nile 1t is today Cairo. Memphis
Is only name.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11
Can Your

Here are a few things that you can
not do:
You cannot jot down the square root
Of two.
You cannot sneeZe or yawn with
your head under water
You cannot state the number of but
tons on your clothes.
You cannot draw an envelope by
only looking at the paper in a mirror.
You cannot put your left foot and
shoulder against a wall and then raise
the other foot
And yet you think you are clever
London Answers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11

The vote on the food bill shows the
lack of patriotism in the Senate of
the United States. A vast majority
were in favor of the bill, but they let
the minority hold it up for weeks. The
Senate, by acting vigorously, could
have cut the proftless debate on the
subject down to a few days, or even
hours. Yet it sat week after week
and listened to the jawfest, while the
people suffered and the administers
TONS hands were tied. And the rea-
son for this delay was the most self
ish and unpatriotic in the world-it
was simply because each senator, ex-
cept very few, thought the day
might come when he and his little
bunch might want to hold the country
up for some selfish reason. A vastly
disproportionate amount of the good
sense and public spirit in Congress is
concentrated in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-08-11

owner of the winning bird told Pat
that he would put the winner in the
pit with Pats bird provided Pat
would back up his bird with ten dol
lar bet. Pat at once did so, and into
the pit the winner and the Muscovy
went, and in less than two minutes
Pats bird, with his fiat bill and saw
teeth had severed the winners jugu-
lar vein and he lay dead cock in the
pit!
So the fiat-foot beat the champion.
See?