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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
THE GOOSE BOY.

In the heart OF very old wood there
once lived boy named Hans,
Hans had no parents. and the people
with whom he lived did not treat him
well. When he was old enough he
packed all be owned into big red cot.
ton handkerchief and started out to
make his way In the world.
He had not gone far when he met a
little old woman for whom he had once
done kindness.
Where are you going, little Hans p
"Out into the world to make my for.
tune he replied
VERY well Perhaps l can help you
a little with that" said the old woman.
Walk straight on over yon hill till you
come to two roads that cross. Under
an oak tree this evening you will find a
man asleep. Tied to the tree you will
see fat goose. Unite II and lead 1t
away. Should any one ask you for
feather from this fine fowl tell that
person to take It, II the bird cries out
you must say, Hold fast Then, no
matter who they are, they must follow
the goose. BY and by, II you keep to
the road on the right, you will reach
fine big town In which is big castle.
Lead your goose and all who may fol-
low him right past the castle gate, and
| am sure your fortune will be made
When you wish to free the people who
follow the goose, touch them with this
wand"
Hans did as he was told. He found
the goose and led It Off. Soon he had
line Of queer people following the fat
fowl. There were vain young girl
who had asked for feather; her lover,
who tried to pull her away from the
goose; his mother, who wished to set
him free; the fat mayor Of a town, his
wife and the village chimney sweep,
with many others.
When the queer procession reached
the big town Hans led his goose right
up the street toward the castle. A ear
riage was coming out Of the gate and
in 1t the l0veliest young girl he had
ever seen When she saw the goose
and the queer train hurrying after 1t
she laughed heartily.
The laughter reached the ears Of the
king and queen, who were In the castle
garden, and they hurried out to see
what was the matter.
The princess had long been a sufferer
from melancholy, and the king had
promised to make rich the first person
who should make her laugh.
So Hans fortune was made. He
each Of the persons who fol-
lowed the goose with the wand the old
woman had given him, and they ran
home as fast as they could.
And Hans sent q handsome present
10 the old woman who had made his
fortune.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
DIED

ARMSTRONG-In Albion, N. Y,
June Il, 1917, Mrs. Eliza Bliss Arm
strong, aged 81 years.
CHAPMAN-In Dorset, July 7,
1917, Elizabeth Cadoret Chapman,
widow of the late Martin Van Buren,
Chapman, aged IA years.
RONALDS-Il Brooklyn, N. Y,
July 9, 1917, Maj. James II. Ronalds,
aged SO years.
SHELDON:-In Rutland, suddenly,
July s, 1917, Dwight w. Sheldon, aged
SO years.
YOUNG-In Pawlet, July 3, 1917,
Mrs. George Young, Jr.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
"MY TOMMY BOY AND ~
'Tis come at last! We're parting,
My Tommy Boy and l!

'Tis come at last! We're parting,
My Tommy Boy and /!
The regiment is starting,
Oh Tommy Boy,-Good-by!
The troops are now embarking,
The men are all sky-larking,
While not soul is barking,
To Tommy Boys Goodby!
His brawny arms are crushing,
His kiss my lips are hushing,
While tender thoughts go rushing,
Meath Tommy Boys Good-by!
A signal now they're making,
To ship he must be taking,
My poor old heart is breaking,
As he calls to me "Good-by"
My arms go out in longing,
The memories come thronging,
Our parting thus prolonging,
Oh Tommy Boy,-Good-by!
My strength I'll soon be needing,
The ship is fast receeding,
My heart is distinguishing,
For Tommy Boy,-Good-by!
The ship is scarcely showing,
My mother heart is knowing,
That Tommy Boy is going,
Where duty calls he's going,
I'm sad but proud he's going,
oh Tommy Boy,-Good-by!
John B. Thatcher.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

The Journal wishes TO tender i'll
heartfelt sympathy to Brother Luther
b. Johnson of the Randolph Herald
and News, and his good wife, in the
death of their eldest son, Paul w
johnson, whose death from tubercul'
osis occurred a few days since. Mr.
johnson had just finished college and
gave promise of being a very force
full writer, being associated with his
father as local editor of the Herald
and News.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
BORN

FOWLER-In Manchester Depot.
July s, 1917, son, Warren Earle, to
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle J. Fowler.
JENKINS-At Springfield Hospital,
July Z, 1917, son, Brooks Allan, to
Mr.. and Mrs. X. C. Jenkins.
MOON--In Dorset, July 7, 1917, n
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Moon.
SHELDON-In Greenwich, N. Y,
June 30, 1917, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. c. +. Sheldon.
SHERMAN-In West Rupert, July
/, 1917, daughter TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron Sherman.
TUTTLE-In South Londonderry,
VT, June 9, 1917, son, George Nor
ton, to Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Z.
Tuttle.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
FOR SALE
The Greatest LAUNDERING Privilege In
Southern Vermont Now in the Mar

The Greatest LAUNDERING Privilege in
Southern Vermont Now in the Mar
ket.
1000 acres largely in one body
largely old growth, with main center
three miles from railroad station,
with first class water power attached.
Two miles above, upon the same
stream, with the intervening tract
heavily covered with timber, largely
soft wood and old growth belonging
to the body in question, offered for
sale, is another heavy water power
that will easily produce twenty-five
#. head.
Timber about half hardwood, large
ly maple, and half softwood, TO a
large extent old growth.
No numbering done upon the tract,
TO any extent for many years.
Owner would prefer 10 retain min
ority interest but does not desire TO
devote personal attention TO any con-
siderable extent.
Large part Of purchase price could
be held back 10 be paid from profits
of the business.
No trouble about amount Of price
TO any desirable party who was will
ing 10 pay what as fair
NJ. J. HAPGOOD,
Peru, Vermont, Bennington CO.
upon Ideal Tour route between Sara
toga and the White Mountains.
Peru is one Of the most scenic re-
gions in New England and contains
the famous Bromley House with the
Outside Fireplace. 1876
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state Of Ohio. city Of Toledo.

state Of Ohio. City Of Toledo.
Lucas County. FE.
Prank j. Cheney makes oath that he
- senior partner Of the frm OF p. J..
Cheney a Co, doing hnsiness in the
City Of Toledo. County and State afofe-
said and that said firm viii pay the
sum az ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF caiaFFh that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
cATARRH CURE.
PRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn tG before me and subscribed IN
my presence. this 9th day % December
A. ~. 1885
tseaD A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls CAfarfh Cure IL taken intern
ally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces 81 the system.
Send for testimonials. free.
" J. CHENEY a. CO. Toledo. O..
Sold by all Druggists Tsc.
Take Halls Family Pills fer consti-
psiien-
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The editor wishes TO acknowledge
the receipt Of little volume Of verse
entitled Someone, Someone in the
World Apart" and other poems by
John B. Thatcher. We are also pub
fishing Mr. .Thachers fastest entitled
"My Tommy Boy and l." This poem
Ia apropos Of the times and deserves
more than casual glance.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

FoUND-A heifer calf near Freed
leyyillc, No. Dorset. Owner can have
same by proving property and paying
charges. Michael Casey, No. Dorset,
Y, 1873
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

Lake Huron.
Lake Huron holds a curious record
In having more islands than any other
lake. 1t has at least 5000.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED-Several old fashioned
wooden bottomed chairs and rockers;
also a chest Of drawers. Mrs. +. l..
Grondahl, Dorset, VT 1872
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

STANDING HAY FOR SALE--In-
quire Of 0. r. Bennett at Journal Of
fee.
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FOR SALE-A fine family COW, .
Jersey; none better. Due to freshen
June LIST. Eber L. Taylor, Manches-
ter Depot, VT, May %, 1917. ~
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
FOR YOUNG FOLKS
Sleepy Time Story About Little
Boy Who Went on a Journey.
PEOPLE he MET ON THE WAY.
How He Won Fortune by Following
Advies-Ths Queer Happenings That
Occurred Along the Road--Proesssion
Follows Him Into the Capital.

! think, said Uncle Ben TO Little Ned
and Polly Ann. shall tell you the
story OF
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12
A Brave Soldier

A Brave Soldier.
Private Robert Doran. four years old,
Is an enthusiastic soldier and loves the
dag. He lives In Brooklyn and is near.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-07-12

FOR SALE-Broilers, soft roasters,
and fresh white eggs. At your ser
vice for the past seven years. H. C.
Shaw, Manchester Center, Vt. Phone,
1W. ia
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sALUTNe THE ooLoRs.

sALUTISe THE ooLoRs.
ly always present when the navy yard
guard Is on parade He wears the uni.
form Of Uncle Sam with great pride.
His attitude bespcaks the fact that be
Is q well trained soldier.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE,-Eight year old horse.
Sound and gentle. Not afraid Of
autos. Weighs 100. Dark chestnut
color. Chas. Drohat, Manchester De-
pot, VT. 1874
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-03-02
EVENING
klEAIR TALE -
BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER
GNoME HAS PIG SCHOOL.

"a little Gnome named Ships
thought he would like to start a
School. The Pupils he wanted were
the Pigs.
80 one fine day he went to all the
Pigpens in the neighborhood and
talked to the Mother and Daddy Pigs.
"'Now you know he said, you sure
ly want your Children to know some
thing besides how to dig in the mud.
"Well,' said Mrs. Fatty Pig (she
was named that because she was the
fattest Pig in the country around), I
don't know that | care whether my
Children know anything or not. If
they don't know anything, they don't
know they're missing things-and
then they never have to worry or hur-
ry or scurry.
"You see Mrs. Fatty Pig was so fat,
all she wanted to do was to lie
around and eat and sleep.
so Ships asked Mrs. Fattys Pigs
Husband what he thought about it.,
and all Mr.. Fatty Pig did was to grunt
at everything Ships said.
"But when he began to talk to few
of the younger Pigs they quite liked
the idea of going to School each day,
and as the Mothers and Daddies didn't
mind at all one way or the other, the
very next morning all the young Pigs
arrived at Ships School,.
"The Schoolhouse was an old Tree
which had fallen down and which was
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-03-02
q7'W92nla44 ! in X
(6loSfhlbid,SlJun&leS

M RS. FRANK ANDERSON Of
NU New York, who has followed
her explorer husband into the
densest of jungles, has re.
Gently returned from most toilsome
trip into the interior of Colombia. Mr..
Anderson is geologist for the Standard
OIL company, and took four young as
sistants with him, besides his wife.
II was the first white woman to PEN
citrate that part of the jungle" says
Mrs. Anderson. "As our little steam
er went up the Sinu the children ran
out from the mud and bamboo houses
calling, Mira! Mira! Americana! |
used to feel that | was on exhibition
all the time, and 1t was very hard to
dress the part, for my clothes wilted
and the very hairpins rusted in my
hair. 1t was so hot and damp that We
had to take off all the buttons and
metal buckles for fear of rust spots,
and our shoes fairly mildewed on our
feet
But by far the most interesting
part Of the trip was the voyage up the
Sinu on the little 75-foot steamer.
There was only one camorote or state
room and only fifty feet of deck space
for the sixty passengers to swing their
hammocks. The captain gave me his
stateroom, since | was the only wom-
an on board; but with the others 1t
was first come, first served. The ham.
mocks were swung one above the 9th
er like hunks. Some Of the men slept
on deck and some on the table where
we ate! We had our own bedding, OF
course, and got through the 10 miles
In comparative comfort.
1--WE found a beautiful house wait
ing for us in Lorlca, built in the old
Spanish mission style round wonder
full patio Unlike most of the houses,
1t was two stories high. 1t belonged
to the principal family of the province,
who owned the electric light, butter
and ice plants.
Life In Lorlca.
From my windows | could see the
women washing in the river, carrying
their bundles of clothes down to a con-
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(iranuiated EYelids,
Power of Petrol.

Thump, thump, went the motor car
as it stood outside railway station.
A crowd of rustics stood round, gaping
at the chauffeur and passing remarks
that made him smile.
Say. mister" said one, at last,
what power drives the car along at
such a speed?"
Petrol, my man." he replied, with
a condescending smile.
"Ear that, Tom?" said the inquirer
to his. friend, who had just appeared
on the scene. Petrol shoves 'er
along"
"Ah!" was the reply, that amt
nothin' moo. Petrol showed our Mary
Ann through the back door an sent
er flying slap bang agin the barn.
'Er 'ad bin tryin' to light the fire with
it"-London Tit-Bits.
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hollow. They all sat along the sides
of the Tree with their states Of smooth
stones and their pencils of cut stones,
which made white marks.
Now said Ships, I have always
liked Pigs and want to do all l can
for you. You must surely come every
morning to School, though, for every
lesson will be most important, and l
don't want to hear of any little Pig
staying away unless he is too sick to
walk.
"In the first place we are going to
learn what words mean and how to
spell them. Now take your own fam
lily name, for example. Pig-well that
name Is thought to mean by some
People anyone who is greedy and
grabs everything he can. Such bad
idea to get Of your Family. | know
it's quite untrue, so we must make
other People believe it's untrue too.
You see so many of your Family
are lazy. We don't want to think what
our Mothers and Daddies do is wrong
no, that wouldn't do. But your
Mothers and Daddies were brought up
wrong by People. They were put into
dirty pens, and they thought 1t was
quite right to be dirty.
$50 the next thing we must learn
is to be nice and clean. Write down
on your states: Pigs must not be
greedy" and I'VE must be clean and
wash our faces and our feet every
day before School, and after play and
before meals
And when the Fairies heard that
Ships was holding School each day
for the Pigs they were delighted.
Ships said that they would give an
entertainment each month for the
Fairies to see how the Pigs got along
in school. And now a fine set of Pigs
are working hard for their next month
ly entertainment"
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Comforter.

DR.. Bates Bingham of Boston, on
his return home from doing ambulance
work in France, was asked by re.
porter his opinion of German note
There is no more real satisfaction, u
the distinguished physician replied
"or comfort in it than there was in
the blacksnake's ruse.
"a Pike county mother once left
her little one seated outside the shack
and pulling on full milk bottle when
a blacksnake came gliding up.
"The snake nestled close to the
child, drew the rubber nipple from its
mouth and proceeded to drink the
milk; but at the same time the snake
did not forget to slip the end of Its
tail gently between the infants lips
by way of comforter.
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venient stone and padding them with
boards, then spreading them on bushes
to dry. Everything we needed in the
household was brought to the door
by natives. Live chickens and tur-
keys, yuccas, mangoes, the yellow
fruit that tastes rather like a sweet
plum, cocoanuts and lucas are all
poled down the river In canoes Then
there is cocoanut flour bread rolled out
into thin sheets like Jewish matzos.
liked to go down to the wharf on
market days, though the native ladies'
never do Even the cloth for their
dresses is brought to the house In
bolts by the servants.
AS matter of fact, they wear only
Jacket and skirt, 1t is so very hot.
less than nine degrees from the equa-
tor. Children, even Of the better class,
go entirely without clothing up to five
and six. And there are so many Of
them! Fifteen Is not a particularly
large family, and met one charming
woman who had twenty-five. Grand
parents, father and mother, the mar
ried sons and daughters and all the
children live together in the same fam.
lilies with all their children in absolute
harmony They keep a great many
servants, of course, for wages are very
low, and treat them almost like mem.
bers Of the family.
THE lower classes are a mixture OF
Indian, Chinese and negro, but the
aristocrats are almost pure Spanish.
They are charmingly friendly-much
more so than the Mexican women
and became very fond of some OF
them. They never could understand
why wanted to go out into the jun.
gle, but they were too polite to say so!
They were very pretty in their white
Jackets that looked almost like our
middies and the dainty little shoes, Of
which they are so proud. Even the
native women who go barefoot have
small, slender feet and the most beau
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-03-02
Most Eminent Medical
Authorities Endorse Il.

DR.. Eberle and DR.. Braithwaite as
well as DR.. Simon all distinguished
authors-agree that whatever may be
the disease, the urine seldom fails in
furnishing US with clue to the princi-
Piles upon which it is to be treated,
and accurate knowledge concerning the
nature of disease can thus be obtained.
If backache, scalding urine or frequent
urination bother or distress you, or If
uric acid in the blood has caused rheu-
matism, gout or sciatica or you suspect
kidney or bladder trouble just write DR..
Pierce at the Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
NY; send sample of urine and de.
scribe symptoms. You will receive free
medical advice after DR.. Pierce's chemist
has examined the urine - this will be
carefully done without charge, and you
will be under no obligation. DR.. Pierce
during many years of experimentation
has discovered new remedy which he
finds is thirty-seven times more power
full than lithia in removing uric acid
from the system. If you are suffering
from backache or the pains OF rheuma-
tism, 60 to your best druggist and ask
for a 50-cent box of "AnWric put up
by DR.. Pierce. DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for weak women and DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
the blood have been favorably known
for the past forty years and more. They
are standard remedies to-day-as well
as Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for
the liver and bowels. You can get q
sample Of any one Of these remedies
by writing DR.. Pierce.
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tiful long hair. 1t is almost always
prettily dressed in spite of the fact
that they carry everything on their
heads. have seen woman with
two five-gallon oil tins filled with wa
ter on her head, but she only walked
a little straighter than usual.
Going Into the Jungle.
81 never shall forget the start on
my own first trip into the jungle. !
wore a divided skirt, in which the ma,
tives were much interested. They
were more dressed than usual them
selves, and all the Indians we met re-
tired as soon as they saw me, and
came back with skirts Of bark and
leaves.
1--WE had the usual hammocks, bags
of food, water barrels, mosquito nets
and cook tent loaded on the burros,
and had taken along a special camp
tent for me in case we didn't find the
usual empty house.
"The first night we camped In a
little open space, and the cook soon
had a fire going, with bacon and
yamas toasting over 1t. Every bit OF
drinking water has to be brought
from a safe place and then boiled.
But we didn't have to live on beans
and bacon. Even the woods Indians
raise fowls and cattle. There is not
wild game. You have to learn to eat
fresh-killed meat; but you have to
do that anywhere in that country. 1t
is too hot to keep anything even over
night. My khaki suit was soon
streaked with dust and the heat from
the horses, but as there was no one to
see 1t | did not mind.
1--WE did have some shooting, for the
second day out fifteen-foot boa con-
strictor crossed our path. One Of the
men shot 1t at once and the natives
skinned it. The colors in Its skin were
wonderful.
'They were nothing, however, to the
colors of the flowers. The tall grass
and the trees made 1t too dark In most
places even to take pictures, but
wherever there was rift Of sunlight
the flowers burst forth. There were
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-03-02
FEEDS FAT ON CATERPILLARS
Small Stomach" Insect Waits TIL
the Worm Has Dlaested Food
Consumed.

Giants or pigmles, virtually all liv.
ing beings have some enemy against
whom they are continually fighting.
Tiny insects are preyed upon by in.
seCts still timer. One wasplike insect,
for example, is the sworn enemy of
the caterpiller Another member OF
the wasp family does mankind q serv.
ice by making life miserable for the
cabbage worm, Tho family name is
microgaster, which literally means
small stomach"
In spite of his small stomach, the
Philadelphia North American says, he
has Il big appetite for proof of which
ask the caterpiller, In the grub stage
they swarm over the caterpillar like
bees on honeycomb. The grubs are
90 tiny that as many as 1000 have
been found on single caterpillar,
Burrowing down in the caterpillar's
wool, they get their food from the
fluids circulating through the worms
system. Rather than hunt for food
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-03-02
FIRST EXPERIENCES IN TOWN
Little Girl Discovers That "Next Door
Ia Fastened to Our House"-5oy
Don't Like the Sidewalks.

A little girl whose parents had re-
Gently moved from country to town,
and who is now enjoying her first ex-
perience in living in a street, said:
This is very queer place. Next
door is fastened to our house"
Her younger brother added his i'm
preston by declaring: 81 like to live
where the sidewalks have edges.
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Forests Left In America.

Before the coming Of the white man
the forests of the United States GOV.
cred an area of 100000, 900 acres, and
contained about $500, ,O0O.O 100000 board
feet of lumber. according to Leonard
Lundgren. writing in the Engineering
Magazine. The forests today cover
550, 200, 100000 acres and contain
about 2,sOO,OOO,oOO,oOO board feet of
lumber. The annual cut is about 49,.
000. 900. 100000 board feet. Seventy.six
per cent OF the forest land is privately
owned, 81 per cent is held by the
United States in the national forests
and 8 per cent is on other public
land.
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WistfuI.

The archbishop had preached a
fine sermon on married life and its
beauties. Two old Irishwomen were
heard coming out of church comment
ing on the address:
"Tis a fine sermon his reverence
would be after giving u.s." said one
to the other.
at is, indade," was the quick reply
"and wish l knew as little about the
matter as he does."-London Satur
day Journal.