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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15
ISLAND POND HIGH SCHOOL
Sends Forth Glass of Nineteen
Seventeen with Il Fine Record
of Scholarship.

This has been a busy week for the
Island Pond High school and the
graduates, faculty and pupils have
met the eXacting duties and high
tension of graduating week with a
fine spirit. They deserve unstinted
praise for the excellent numbers on
the program they have prepared and
carried out so successfully for this
commencement.
Rev. Fraser Metzger of Randolph
preached the baccalaureate sermon
at the Methodist church Sunday
evening. The rainy weather kept
many from attending but those pres
ent enjoyed Mr.. Metzger's able dis,
course to the graduating class.
The commencement entertainment
Monday evening at the opera house
drew a good attendance notwith-
standing the very disagreeabe rainy
evening.
The program was in two parts.
Part one was play entitled "The
Dolls Symposium, and consisted of
drills by the Rag Doll Brigade, song
and dance by the Darkey Dolls, mo-
tion exercise by the Baby Dolls, a
performance by the Teddy Bears,
poses of the Bisque Dolls and songs
by the Sailor Dolls. Each group
was costumed to represent the char
acters acted and all carried out their
parts in fine manner. Miss Made
line Eglington was accompanist for
part one.
Part two was "Uncle Sans Re-
view" by the high school. This was
in four scenes. Scene one, Uncle
Sam muses. upon the affairs of war
ring Europe. Scene two. Uncle Sam
reviews his forces for the coming
war. Scene three, tenting scene at
the front. Scene four, prophet
brings to Uncle Sam victory and
peace.
The musical numbers were finely
rendered and consisted of song
THE Army, chorus; Military Drill,
Soldiers; song, Home Workers"
Miss Gertrude Norton assisted by
Farmer Girls and Boys; song, ""The
Red Cross Girls" Miss Ruth Currier
assisted by Red Cross Nurses; song,
"The Navy, chorus; Sailors Lilt,
Sailor Boys and Girls; Soldiers
Chorus, entire company.
The songs in the tenting scene
were splendid and consisted of those
old favorites, "Tenting Tonight
AM" Just Before theBattle, Mother. "
The solo part was rendered by Claude
Foster and the chorus by a quartette
of Principal Saunders, Claude Fos.
ter, Miss Kathleen Foster and Mis-.
Ruth Foster. Mrs. Harry B. Amey
was accompanist for paat two. The
entertainment was directed by Mis-.
Ruby Smith and MissMable LaRoche
to whom is principallv due the fin,
manner in which every number wa
carried out.
The public picnic arranged fol
Tuesday was postponed until Thurs
day.
Members of the graduating clas
of the High school are Thelmi
"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15

Dale Foster, Orpha Alice Wilson,
Curtis Howard Mosher. The Glass
History was given by Miss Thelma
Dickson and Glass Will by Curtis
Mosher. The scholarships were
awarded Miss Thelma Dickson and
Curtis Mosher.
Graduates of the teacher training
class were Mary Edna Hadley, Ida
May Kelley, Gertrude Melissa Nor
ton, Annie Marguerite Wheeler,
Helen Elizabeth Davis, Thelma Eliza
beth. Dickson, Orpha Alice Wilson.
There was a large number presen t
in the opera house Tuesday night to
hear the "Old Folks" Choir of Fitch
burg, Mass. The "OId Folks" Choir
certainly delivered the goods" and
received unstinted praise. Every
member of the company was an art
ist but the bass soloist and reader
deserves special mention.
Wednesday was graduation day,
the exercises being held in the opera
house at 2:30 pm. The program
consisted of selection, orchestra;
invocation, Rev. F. A. Krackhardt;
class history, Miss Thelma Dickson;
class will, Curtis Mosher; class song,
audience; address, DR.. Guy Potter
Benton; awarding diplomas and
scholarships, Supt. l.. M. Darling;
benediction, Rev. Robert Lawton
selection, orchestra.
The subject of DR.. Benton's ad.
dress was "The Seventh Storied
Man." The stories were elements
in mans character, taking for il
lustration the life of public men
DR.. Benton paid a high tribute tc
our esteemed townsman and Yer
mont's faithful representative from
the second district, Porter H. Dale
DR.. Benton commended Congress
man Dale's work in Congress anC
characterized him as a fearless, able
aggressive worker.
DR.. Benton's address was scholar.
ly, full of good thoughts, and the
school officials were indeed forum
ate in securing this noted educator
as class day orator. The Glass His
tory and Glass Will were excellent
and both Miss Dickson and Mr.
Mosher were highly commended
The stage was prettily decorated
with trees and evergreen and the
class motto displayed at the front ot
the stage near the footlights. The
hall and balcony were decorated with
streamers and festoons of evergreen
The members of the Junior class &C
ted as ushers. A reception to tn,
graduates followed.
The commencement ball in the
evening was fitting close of class
day exercises and a social affair
greatly enjoyed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15
Stopped His Backache.

George Lawrence, railroad fire
man, Kittrell. Miss, writes: Il
used three bottles of Foley Kidney
Pills when ! was so sick / hardly
could stay on the engine, and they
cured me. My back ached all the
time; kidneys acted sluggish; dull
headache; felt sleepy all the time;
nervous; had to rise many times
each night" John w. Thurston.
. adv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15
Convent School Graduation.

Graduation exercises of the Con-
vent school will be held at the opera
house Thursday evening, June 21st.
A fine program has been prepared.
Admission free, and the public cor
daily invited.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15
Grand Trunk Railway
System


Eastern Lines, Montreal Division.
Eastern Standard Time.
Portland and Island Pond Subdivision
WESTBOUND TRAINS
Arrive at Island Pond.
Train No. 5, Mail and Express, 1000
p. M, daily.
Train No. 13, Express, 1:20 p. M,
daily.
EASTBOUND TRAINS
Leave Island Pond
Train No. 4, Mail and Express, 500
a. M, daily.
Train No. 16, Express, 1:30 p. M,
daily.
Island Pond and Richmond Subdivision
WESTBOUND TRAINS
Leave Island Pond.
Train No. 13, Express, 1:30 p. m.,
daily.
Train No. II, Mail and Express. $50
a. M, daily.
EASTBOUND TRAINS
Arrive at Island Pond.
Train No. 16, Express, 1:25 p. M,
daily.
Train No. IL, Mail and Express, 1910
p. M, daily.
w. A. CLEESoN, Station Agent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-06-15
Cows at Auction

will sell at auction on my farm 3
miles from East Charleston on the
Willoughby Lake road, on
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
1T GETS THEM ALL IN END
BeIated Speed Germ Manifests Its
Presence in Centenarian About to
Take First Auto Ride.

Kitty Goetz, one hundred years old,
and her brother, Igny Karisch, only
ninety-eight, resolved that they would
never go to an institution for the aged.
True, the wind that had blown the roof
from their squatters' shanty was
sweeping coldly over the meadows
near Rosedale, l.. l., where they lived,
and they had nothing to eat. But they
weren't going to leave their homes just
for that. Spring would be coming soon.
Kitty left her nightdress on all day
to fool the police, for she reckoned
they wouldn't take a lady through the
streets in her nightdress.
Then they heard purring sound
which grew louder, then seemed to stop
just outside their door. They tottered
out and saw large, sleek automobile.
"I've come to take you for ride" a
police sergeant announced. 'We're
going to Kings County hospital" Kitty
had never been in an automobile be-
fore, and as she looked at the big car
a belated speed germ infected her soul.
Say" she demanded, 'how fast can
we get to that ?"-New York
Tribune.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
The "bee in his bonnet"
worked rapidly on Rodney and
his acquaintance with Rose de-
VeIoped with much speed-as de-
scribed in the next instaIIment.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
EASY TO HANDLE BIG LOADS
Attachment Devised for Trucks Makes
the Work of the Wheeler so
Per Cent Easier.

In order to make it possible for a
workman to manage heavily loaded
two-wheeled hand truck with less ply
sical exertiOn than is ordinarily re-
quired an attachment has been devised
which holds the cargo in place, allow
ing the mass to be tilted forward until
it's center of gravity is over the wheel
axle.
When wheeling on level flooring a
man is thus relieved of the weight of
the article he is moving his concern is
merely to maintain its balance while
prOpelling the truck.
The device consists of an anchor ano
chain attachment, housed in tube,
which is attached beneath a truck. BY
tipping the latter forward against the
object it is to carry, the chain is drawn
out to the required length, locked by
dropping one of the links into narrow
slot in the neck of the tube and the
hook engaged at any convenient point
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

and then clenched her hands over them
He had got up and was ranging
comfortably up and down the room.
II know l look more or less like a
nut to the people who've always known
rs. But l give you my word, Freddy,
that most of them look like nuts to me.
| Why a man should load himself up
with three houses and a yacht, Il
stable of mOtorcars, and heavens knows
what besides, is a thing l can't figure
out on any basis except of defective
intelligence. suppose they're equally
puzzled about me when l refuse a
profitable piece of law work they've
offered me, because l don't consider
it interesting. All the same, l get
what | want, and I'm pretty dubious
sometimes whether they do. l want
space-comfortable elbow room, so
that If l happen to get an idea by the
tail, 1 can swing it round my head
without knocking over the lamp"
"It's luxury, though, Rod, that
kind of spaciOusness, and you aren't
very ilIi' IL you Ililllcu d Slll WAN
out anything
He broke in on her with that big
laugh of his. you've kept your sense
of humor pretty well, sis, considering
you've been married all these years
to a man as rich as Martin; but don't
spring remarks like that, or I'll think
you've lost it. If a man can't keep
an open space around him, even after
he's married on an income, outside OF
what he earns, of ten or twelve thou
sand dollars year, the trouble isn't
with his income. It's with the content
Of his own skull"
She gave little shiver and
snuggled closer into big down pillow.
You will marry somebody, though,
won't you, ROddy? l try not to nag
at you and l won't make any more
silly plans, but l can't help worrying
about you, living alone in that awful
big old house. Anybody but you would
die of dependency"
"Oh," he said, that's what l meant
to talk to you about! l sold it today
fifty thousand dollars-immediate
possession. Man wants to build
printing establishment there. You
come down sometime next week and
pick out all the things you think you
and Harriet would like, and I'll auction
off the rest"
She shivered again and, to her
disgust, found that her eyes were
blurring up with tears. She was a
little bit slack and edgy today anyhow.
What he had just referred to in
dozen brisk words, was the final dis
appearance of the home they had all
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
BABIES MURDERED IN CHINA
One Mother LaughingIy Admitted She
Had "Disposed OF" Seven of Her
Nine Daughters.

A Chinese mother told me the other
day that she had disposed of seven of
her own daughters. She told it with
laugh! She had borne nine; had
given away two, and had drowned the
other seven in the slop bucket.
When / tried to find some appeal to
conscience--tO a sense of wrOng-it
simply was not there. And the pas
tors wife, who was with me at the
time, when ! asked her what these peO-
pie do regard a sin, said, why, moth
ing! They do not think anything is
wrong! If they carry the idols round
twice a year they may do as they like"
went home with this murderess and
found her sweet, young daughter-in-
law. who has studied little in our
schools, very sad and heartbroken be-
cause her two little daughters had been
killed at birth or thrown away by their
father. OF course, the mOther-in-law
had also insisted upon this. Her one
son had been killed when five days old
bv the malpractice of the midwife, who
had taken him in hand when some
baby ailment developed, and burned his
head, hands and breast with live Goals.
So the poor little mother was left
childless.
my little baby girls cling to my
heart night and day" she cried. 81
don't know what became of them.
loved them just as loved the boy, all
the time they were with me before they
were born. l wanted them SO! But
he was unwilling, sd they had to die"
and she buried her face in her hands,
Evelyn w. Sites, in World Outlook.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

grown up in. Their father, one of
Chicago's great men during the twenty
odd years from the Fire to the Fair,
had built it when the neighborhood
included nearly all the other big men
of that robust period, and had always
been proud of it. OF course for years
the neighborhoOd had been impossible.
Her mother had clung to it after her
husbands death, but Rodney had sim
ply stayed on, since her death, waiting
for an offer for it that suited him. His
curt announcement that the long
looked-for change had come, brought
up quick, unwelcomed tears. She
squeezed them away with her palms.
us that" she asked, ''why you've
been looking SO sort of-gay, all the
evening-as if you were licking the
last of the canary's feathers off your
whiskers%
perhaps sO," he said. "It's been
a pretty good day, take 1t all round" "
She got up from the couch, shook
herself down into her clothes a little,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

with that conductor, I've been telling
myself that if ever saw you again,
I'd try to act like lady. But it's
no use, is it?"
He said that he, too, had hoped to
make Il better impression the second
time than the first. That was what
he brought the books back for.
"Im awfully sorry mothers not at
home-mother and my sister POrtia.
They'd both like to thank you for
looking after me last night. Because
really you did, you know"
"There never was anything less al
truistic in the world" he assured her.
81 dropped off Of that car solely in
pursuit of selfish aim. I'd enjoy
meeting your mother and sister very
much, but what 1 came for was to get
acquainted with you"
She flushed and smiled. "Why, I'm
nobody much to get acquainted with"
she said. Mothers the interesting
one-mother and Portia. Mothers
quite a person. She's Naomi Rut-
ledge Stanton, you know"
II know 1 ought to know" Rodney
said, and her quick appreciative
smile over his candOr rewarded him
for not having pretended.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

front-door bell rang she left that to
Inga, too - didn't even sit up and
swing her legs Off the couch and
try, with a prodlgiOus stretch, to get
herself awake, until she heard the
girl say casually:
'Her ban right In the sitting-room !"
So It fell out that Rodney Aldrich
had, for his second vivid picture of
her-the first had been, you will re-
member, when she had seized the con-
ductor by both wrists, and had said
in a blaze of beautiful wrath: Don't
dare touch me like that pa splendid
lazy, toused creature. In chaotic
glory of chestnut hair, an unlaced
mlddy-bouse, Il plaid skirt twisted
around her knees, and pair of ridic-
ulous red bedroom slippers, with red
pompons on the toes. The creature
was stretching herself with the grace
Of a big cut that had just been reused
from a nap on the hearthrug.
If his first picture Of her had been
brief, his second one was practically
snapshot, because at sight of him.
she flashed to her feet.
SO, for moment, rney confronted
each other about equally aghast,
flushed up to the hair, and slmultane-
Ously and incoherently begged each
others pardon-neither could have
said for what, the goddess out Of the
machine being Inga, the maid-of-all-
work. But suddenly, at twinkle she
caught in his eye. her own big eyes
narrowed and her big mouth widened
into smile, which broke presently
into her deep-throated laugh, where
upon he laughed too and they shook
hands and she asked him to sit down.
"It's too ridiculous" she said. "Since
last night, when l got to thinking
how / must have looked, wrestling
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
CHAPTER III.
The Second Encounter.

POrtia Stanton was late for lunch
so, after stripping off her jacket and
gloves, rolling up her veil, and scowl-
ing at herself in an oblong mahogany
framed mirror in the hall, she walked
into the dining-room with her hat on.
Seeing her mother sitting at the lunch
table, she asked, "Where's Rose"
She'll be down, presently, l think, -
her mother said. Does your hat
mean you're going back to the shop
this afternoon?"
Portia nodded, pulled back her chair
abruptly, and sat down.
II thought that on Saturday :"
her mother began.
"Oh, l know" said Portia, "but that
girl I've got isn't much good"
You'd have known them for mother
and daughter anywhere, and you'd
have had trouble finding any point of
resemblance in either of them to the
Amazonian young thing who had so
nearly thrown a street-car conductor
into the street the night before.
The mothers hair was very soft and
white, and the care with which it was
arranged indicated q certain harmless
vanity in it. There was something q
little conscious, too, about her dress
If you took it in connection with a
certain resolute amiability about her
smile, you would be entirely prepared
to hear her tell POrtia that she was to
talk on Modern Tendencies" before
the Pierian club this afternoon.
A very real person, nevertheless
you couldn't doubt that. The marks of
passiOnately held beliefs and eagerly
given sacrifices were etched with un-
deniable authenticity in her face.
Once you got beyond a catalogue of
features, Portia presented rather a
striking contrast to this. Her hair
was done with a severity that was
fairly hostile. Her clothes were
brusquely worn. Her smile, If not ill
natured-it wasn't that-was distinct
ly ironic. A very competent, good
looking young woman, just now droop-
ing a little over the cold lunch.
$50 Rose didn't come down this
morning at all. Nothing particular the
matter with her, is there2" asked Por-
tia.
There was enough real concern In
her voice to save the question from
sounding satirical but her mothers
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04

/ and came over to him. "All right
since it's been good day, let's go t'
bed" She put her hands upon his
shoulders. you're rather dreadful,
she said, "but you're dear. Yor
don't bite my head off when l urge yor
to get married, though | know yor
want to. But you will some day
don't mean bite my head off-won''
you, Rod?"
'When / see any prospect of being
us lucky as Martin-tind girl who
won't mind when ! turn up for dinner
looking like drowned tramp, or kick
her plans to bits, after she's tipped me
off as to what she wants me to do >
Frederick took her hands Off, step
ped back, and looked at him. There
was an ironical sort of smile on heI
lips. you're such an innocent, Roddy
dear. Don't think the girl you marry
will ever treat you like that"
''But look herev" he exclaimed
"How in thunder am l going to know
about the girl get engaged to, before
it's too lateY"
"You won't" she said. you haven't
a chance in the world"
"Hm !" he grunted, obviously struck
with this idea. you're giving the
prospect of marriage new attractions
You're making the thing out-an ad-
venture"
She nodded rather soberly. "Oh,
I'm not afraid for yOu," she said.
Men like adventures-yOu more than
most. But women don't. They like to
dream about them, but they want to
turn over to the last chapter and see
how it's going to end. It's the girl
I'm worried about. Oh, come
along! We're talking nonsense. I'll
go up with you and see that they're
giving you pajamas and toothbrush"
She had accomplished this purpose,
kissed him goodnight, and turned to
leave the room, when her eye fell upon
a heap of damp, warped, pasteboard-
bound notebooks, which she remem-
bered having observed in his side pock-
cts when he first came in. She went
over and picked them up, peered at the
paper label that had half peeled off the
topmost cover, and read what was
written on it.
"Who," she asked with considerable
emphasis, sis Rosalind Stanton?"
oh said Rodney, very casually, be-
hind the worst imitation of a yawn
she had ever seen, "oh, she got put off
the car when l did"
THAT sounds rather exciting" said
Frederica behind an imitation yawn
of her own-but a better one. Going
to tell me about it?"
Nothing much to tell" said Rodney.
There was a row about a fare, as
| said. And then, we both got put off.
SO, naturally, l walked with her over
to the elevated. And then l forgot to
give her her notebooks and came away
with them."
"What sort of looking girl?' asked
Frederica. rs she pretty?"
"Why, l don't know" said Rodney
judicially. Really, you know, l hard
ly got a fair look at her."
Frederica made funny-sOunding
laugh and wished him an abrupt good
night"
She was great old girl, Frederick
pretty wise about lots of things, but
Rodney was inclined to think she was
mistaken in saying women didn't like
adventures.
You're liar, you know" remarked
his conscience, telling Frederica you
hadn't n good look at her. And how
about those nOtebooks-about forget
ting to give them to her"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
HIS VOICE FROZEN TO POST
At Least This Is Deduction of Wyo-
ming Weather Observes From a
Very Peculiar Phenomenon.

ScOffers have arisen from time to
time to say that United States official
weather reports are a joke in so far
as they deal with the future; but their
descriptions of the present and past
are admittedly serious and accurate.
Therefore one must not read in too
iovial frame of mind the report of
David Moore, observer at Castle Rock,
WyC. where they have been having
some very cold weather. Mr.. Moore
cites in his report that one night two
men stopped at his cabin, and the next
morning he tried in vain to call one
of them, who was at the barn, to come
to breakfast. But the man did not
come. So the two sat down to break
fast without him. In about ten min
utes the man in the barn strolled into
the house.
"Why didn't you call me when break
fast was ready?" he asked.
II did" was the answer.
That was during the cold snap. A
thaw hit Castle Rock few days ago,
Moore says, and while he was stand
ing in the back door summing himself,
he was startled by weird medley of
counds. BY listening closely he could
hear the words:
Come on to breakfast !"
There was no one in sight. And then
he realized why the man had not heard
him.
The voice, his own voice, had frozen
to a post and was thawing out.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
promotlnn rhrlft In coIomhla.

The Colombian congress has adopt
ed a measure providing for the ap-
pointment by the minister of public
instruction of commission to investi-
gate methods for promoting saving
throughout the country. This commits.
sion will work out general plan Of
organization of public and school saw
ings banks, retirement funds, aud So
cieties for mutual aid and cooperative
buying.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-04
Another Operation Avoided

Richmond Ind-"For two years sick and weak from
when going up stairs had to go very Slowly
with hands the then sit down at the Top TO resi-
thought should have operalon and fen
thought would not live into new house. MY daughter
Lydia Pnham Vegetable Compound as she had
taken with good results did my weakness asappeaIed
home do all KINDS OF gaden
Work and raised hundreds and ducks cannot
enough in praise of lydia Pnhams Vegetable Compound
M o. JOHNsToN, Route D, Box 100, Richmond, Ind.
Of course there are many serious cases that only
surgical operation will relieve We freely acknowledge
this but the above letters, and many others like them
amply prove that many operations are recommended when
medicine in many cases is all that is needed.
IF Won want special Lydia E. Pnkham Medi
cine Co. Lynn Your letter will be opened
bv held in strict confidence.