The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
For the freedom that we won

or the freedom that we won
And fought so hard for long ago
On the field of Gettysburg ON Bunker
Where not man would leave her,
But carried her triumphantly to VIC
tory or to death.
Her white stands for the purity that
nothing e'er could stain,
Her blue stands for the truth, that we
fought so hard to gain,
And her red, the blood of heroes,
brave and true.
In this time of doubt and worry,
When we wait the blow to fall,
That again will send "Old Glory" to
the fight,
We feel thrill of pleasure
Not for fighting or for gain
But to show them what our own men
can do.
We can see "Old Glory" waving, while
the shot and shell she's Drawing
Calm and peaceful do her stars and
stripes
Breathe peace forever more.
Janice Giberson, Ninth Grade
Boat Trip ...r
One afternoon at four o'clock, about
six of US folks We're standing on the
dock, in the bay leading out to Lake
Superior at Duluth. We were going
on boat trip to Two Harbors, forty
miles away.
The boat wasabout a block long. It
had a dining room, kitchen, parlor,
and lot of little booths with beds
in them. When the boat came up to
the dock, we got on and off we start
ed. We went so far you could not see
either shore.
Then they stopped, the captain let
out rope with barrel at the end,
and got the water to drink. About
half past five, we went to the dining
room and ate our supper, but could
not eat very much, for l was pretty
sick. At 6 o'clock we came to Two
Harbors. There were many ships
there being loaded with iron ore. We
got off the boat, and went on shore.
We stayed there till about seven
o'clock in the evenin. The ship then
was ready to 60 back to Duluth. We
sat on the deck of the ship in rocking
chairs and could hear other boats
whistle, as they were going by, and
see the lights all around. When we
were nearing Duluth, We saw large
buildings all lighted up. 1t was about
half past nine o'clock when we re-
turned home. Doris Gingery,
Seventh Grade,
An Imaginary Trip in a Acceptance.
AS our aeroplane lifts her body
from the ground she looks like huge
bird soaring high into the air. Our
journey is to be over very fertile
tract of land. Below US stretch vast
forests Of pine. As we look more
closely, we soon see many small catar-
acts and springs running lazily among
| the flowers and ferns. A river now
comes to our view and on it's banks
an old fashioned mill is situated. Moss,
| vines and other species of plant life
cover it's walls and roof. The cid mill,
wheel has long ceased to work and is
nearly decayed. As we pass on we
come to large, beautiful, white house.
Now, if we look near the house we can
see the owner picking apples, which
appear to be very numerous We can
hear the faint tinkling Of bell and
we see a herd of cattle around a
watering trough waiting for the own
er to water them. We fly over the
river and more hilly country is seen.
The main occupation here seems to be
sheep raising, for hundreds of sheep
cover the hills and Craze slowly up
the side Of the hills, eating as they
! go. Peering over hill tops we can
now see large city. There are many
large buildings here and the tall white
ghostly looking sky-scrapers look as
though they were trying to see which
one could reach the highest.
Olga Houghton, Ninth Grade.