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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
WEYBRIDGE HILL

Carl Beanc is sick with the mumps
Rev S. II. Barnum of Jericho has
accepted the invitation of the Con-
gregational church to become pastor
here and will begin his work about
May l.
d. A. James who arrived at Camp
Devens last Tuesday from active ser
vice in France was given a furlOugl,
three days of which he spent with
relatives and friends here the first
the week
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Litch6eld and
three children who have lived the past
year in Benson, spent last week at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. l.
]. MacMurtry. They will go this week
to Wayland, Mass, where Mr. Itch
field will have charge of large farm.
Several men of the Congregational
church met Monday morning to saw
and split the years supply of wood
and do other necessary work.
Prof H. w Lawrence of Middlebury
College occupied the pulpit at the
Congregational church last Sunday
George Hamilton who was recently
discharged from the u S. Service from
a camp i'll New Jersey and Alex Hamil-
ton who was discharged from overseas
service in France several weeks ago,
but is now employed at Florence, Wis
tied their sister, Mrs Charles Jewett
Saturday and Sunday
The annual business meeting of the
Ladies Aid Society was held at the
home of Mrs c. S. James last Thurs
day. The following officers were elect
ed for the year: President, Mrs. c. s.
James; VicePresident Mrs P. E Bing-
ham, Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs S. !
E. James Work Committee Mrs P. E
Bingham, Mrs Edward Bowdish and
Mrs A. l. Austin; Entertainment
Committee, Mrs c. l. Jewett, Mrs E.
l. Wright and Mrs Edgar Beane.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
WEYBRIDGE NEWS
Mrs. W. W, Kingsland, Correspondent

Mrs. W. W. Kingsland Correspondent
daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Ploof Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs w. B. Child will go to
their summer home at Lake Champlaiu
the last of the week
W. T. Sturtevant in company with
Others has sold 500 worth of muskrat
furs and $4,000 worth of fox skins.
Mrs. c. p Larrow who has been i'll
for some time is slowly improving His
mother, Mrs Julia Cushman is with
her
Rev J. M. Bishop has been attend
ing the Troy Conference He has been
appointed as pastor here for another
Year
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Z. Child who have
been in Montpelier during the session
of the legislature have gone to Boston
to visit their daughter, NJ, Verne
Hawkins On their return they viii
visit their daughter, Mrs G. II Y Al
len in Fair Haven
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
EAST MIDDLEBURY
(Mrs. c. E. Russell, CorrespOndent(

Miss Hazel Day was in Ripton over
the weekend as a guest of Miss Mae
Kirby
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Day of Ripton
were with e, NJ. Day and family last
Sunday.
John Randall spent the weekend
with his sister, Mrs Burwell Sturde-
want and family in Weybridge
Hobart Newton of Remount Depot,
Aver, Mass, arrived home Friday hay
ing been honorably discharged
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Murray who
have been visiting relatives in Riptou
for several days returned Sunday.
Mrs. Gibbs who has been in Rutland
several weeks with her son and family
returned last Saturday She is in poor
health
There is to be an entertainment Civ
en- by the ladies April %, The proceeds
are for the Guild to repair the inside
of the Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Ernest Dewey was taken to
Fanny Allen Hospital Saturday and
underwent a successful operation Mon
day. Her sister, Mrs Charles Everts
accompanied her.
Leslie Day was appointed committee
at a recent meeting held at J. NJ.
Nash's to procure a speaker for Decor
alton Day and has obtained the ser
vices Of Prof H. W. Lawrence of Mid
dlebury College for that occasion
Harry Grant who suffered an attack
of appendicitis Monday underwent a
successful operation at the Fanny Allen
Hospital Tuesday He was accom-
panied to the hospital by his sister,
Mrs Clayton Shores His mother,
Mrs M. E Grant, is in Winooski for
a few days.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut ont this
slip, enclose with sc and mail it to Fo-
lev & Co, 2S3j Sheffield Ave, Chicago
ILL.,, writing your name aud address
clearly You will receive in return a
trial package containing Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound, for coughs, colds
and Group; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain
in sides and back rheumatism, back
ache, kidney and bladder ailments; and
Foley Cathartic. for constipation, bill
Iousness, headache and sluggish bowels
Frost's Pharmacy, So Main St.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18

and the early part of this week at F
L. Towner's in Bridport
A very pleasant time was passed at
the home of Mrs H. Currier Tuesday
evening where a few of her neighbors
had been invited Whist was played
and refreshments served
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of
Pauline X. Bingham
late of Cornwall

The Undersigned having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District Of Ad-
olson, Commissioners, to receive. examine. and
adjust the claims and demands Of all persons
against the estate Of Pauline r. Bingham. late Of
Cornwall in said District, deceased. and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby give
said at the store Of L. c. Drollette. in the town
Of Cornwall. in said District. on the 2sth day Of
April, and 9th day Of October. next. fiom 10
O'Clock a. M. until Y o'clock m, on each of said
days and that six months from the 1th day Of
April. A. ID. 1919. is the time limited by said
Court for said creditors to present their claims to
US for examination and allowance
Dated at Middlebury. Vt. this 9Th day Of April.
A. ID. 1919.
Edward H. Peet. lcor,,,t..,o,ors
Louis c. Drollette. OO'i''''' =
Arthur ". Bingham, lr..,,.,..
Frederick c. Bingham. Executors 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18

by paragraph l4-a Of the bankruptcy laws Of
1898 : now on motion Of said bankrupt.
1t is ordered That all the creditors Of E. C.
Scott. bankrupt, well as all parties interested.
show cause, at a hearing to be held such ap-
plication before the District Court Of the United
States for the District of Vermont, at my off
in Middlebury in said District on the 26th day Of
May. 1919, at O'Clock in the afternoon. why such
application should not be granted.
LEROY C. RUSSELL,
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Middlebury. VT, April II, 1919. l6
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-04-18
Order To Show Cause On
Application for Discharge

In the District Court Of the United States for
the District of Vermont.
In the matter Of
E. C. SCOTT. In Bankruptcy. No. 3l04.
Bankrupt
Whereas. application has been made by the
above named bankrupt for discharge. as provided
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
Albert Puts One Over.

albert" says his wife, severely, Il
am very much grieved at your decep-
ton. You have always led me to be-
lieve that your Green Cloth club was
a highDrow literary society. But this
paper scys THE chief of police has
said that unless there is some change
in the secretive tactics of the Green
Cloth club the place will be raided.
The doors to the place are always
locked to those outside the pale, but
the click of the worries a be plainly
heard"
"Great Scott, Maria, they've got us
wrong. Click of the i%vories,' Ell? Why
that's our officers getting their heads
together"
But Albert went out silently and
swiftly that he might be safe from
embarrassing questions.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01

~sANNONS were booming down
' the valley and at intervals
there was the sharp rattle Of
musketry. Bodies of soldiers,
some in blue and some in gray, were
seer in places along the valleys and
broken ground. But they were all far
from the little r~ain-washed crevice on
the side of the mountain where an old
negro stood scanning the distant
scene as well as his half-blind eyes
would permit. After looking he would
return to the farthest end of the
crevice.
us de fitin' all over yit, SOS we kin
go long, Lonzo?"
81 reckon hit IL never git DONE" said
the old man, nodding his head to the
frightened woman, who crouched down
into the smallest possible space.
1t was no wonder she was afraid,
for the war had swept away the last
member of her old masters family.
And nothing remained of the fine plan
tatbn and home but blackened Chin
news, for the tide of war had swept
back and forth over it until all was
gone.
Alonzo went to the edge of the little
rift in the m~ountainside and looked
down the valley, but his bleared eyes
were filled with tears he dared not
shed, and his broad chest heaved with
the sobs he held in check. Finally he
cleared his throat with a mighty eff
fort and said:
81 reckon we might git ober the
ridge fo' dahk, but we got ter creep
mighty close to de gully tell we reach
de timbah. Mebbe we fin a fahmeh
w'at'l give us a bite an let us sleep in
hees ban. Come"
With many groans the woman rose
to her feet, tottering with weakness,
for since the sweeping away Of her
masters family, the destruction of the
plantation, and the death of their chill
dren these two had suffered terribly
from privation. For the last three
days they had lived entirely upon wild
fruit. But they struggled onward
toward Washington, where in theiI
simple hearts they believed the good,
the tender, the human Lincoln would
make them welcome.
They had their Sunday garments in
little bundles, and in her bosom care
fully wrapped from injury or contami-
nation was an orange cypria. It's rich
colors and beautiful form had SO
charmed her that her young mistress,
whom she had loved and nursed with
the unselfsh devotion of a dog, gave
it her. She held it in her hands the
night she died and when Lureeny had
asked if it were not very precious the
dying girl said:
eyes, Lureeny, it is precious, very
precious. Cousin Godfrey brought it
to me, and he has gone where 1 shall
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
SOLDIERS HOME
FROM 0YERssEE
ENJOY CANTEEN
Newly Invented Red Cross Bun
PIeaSeS CapriciouS Palate
of Returning Doughboy.

Whether sea breezes have whetted
their appetites or whether overseas ex-
p~eriences have made them hungrier men
nobody seems to know, but every AN
teen worker is ready to bear testimony
that returning doughboys do greater
justice to the leafs" provided them by
the Red Cross than have soldiers at
any time during hostilities.
We've welcomed returning Sammies
with 491, 156 sandwiches and 3,005,1 100
cups of coffee during the last FIVE
months" a canteen worker said the
other day, land it would do you good
to see the way those boys fall to- on
what they call Red Cross chow OF
course there is no charge-we just
give 'em the goodies as they come"
Not only "chow' but stamps and sta
tionery are given away at the can
teens to the recently landed soldier,
for often tins boys have nc money and
everybody is invariably eager to send
a letter to the home folks at the first
opportunity.
Introduce New Bun.
Then there are sweets. When q
chap hasn't had ever sugar for his
coffee in many a month, a honest-to-
goodness sweet is like a gift from
heaven. The Red Cross knows all
about this and Atlantic Division can
teens have added s-ugar-coated buns
to the toothsome "eats" which they
give way.
Shortly after the bun dispensing was
started it was found that the much
coveted sugar icing rubbed off the top
and so the poor soldier often lost the
best part of the treat. For which
reason some nimble witted woman de-
cided to put the icing inside the bun
just as jelly is placed inside a jelly
roll. 1t was tried. 1t worked. And
now scores of doughboys daily pass out
of Red Cross c%anteens promising to
spread the fame of that bun even unto
States. Mothers and wives are to be
initiated into the mysteries Of its con-
coction (the recipe having been care
fully obtained from a canteen workerC
and the doughboy will see his home
table graced with the Red Cross bun
long after his sword has been beaten
into a ploughshare.
Besides these things the canteens of
the division have given out soap and
tobacco. iced drinks and playing cards,
candy and all manner of unexepect-
ed "sundries" like eye shades and
paper towels. In short, the Allan
tic Division canteens have stood
with open door and well stocked
shelves and larders, reckoning in and
serving every man from overseas from
the time his foot first touches Amer
lean soil until he reaches home.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
dis de Fitin' All over Yitq"

soon follow. Never part with it so
long as you live, end when you die
give it to the best person you know"
Then she kissed the cypria. In that
moment her eyes closed, and her last
sigh drifted into the beautiful shell.
Now, Lureeny was going to give this
precious thing to her hero, the COM
passionate Lincoln. Who but he was
worthy of this gift over which had
swept the pure breath of the maiden
who died of a broken heart? Some
times Lureeny put the shell to her ear
and the soft breath of her young mis-
tress seemed to be signing inside.
Days the poor old couple ~journeyed
on, weary and disappointed that the
way was so interminable. At last they
reached a height from which they
could see in the distance the goal of
their efforts, the city of Washington.
They both lifted their hands in joy
and thankfulness. 1t was more beau
tiful than they had dreamed.
ooh, LonzO, it is like the new Jeru-
salem. But Use too plum tuckered out
to go on tonight. Wen eat a snack,
an den set hyar till daylight, and den
put on our store cloze an go on. What
We reckon Mass Linkum IL say?"
81 dunno, but l reckon he'll be
mighty kin, speshully wen he larn
all bout us. You lean back agin the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
MOTOR CORPS GIRLS KEPT
BUSY BY WAR BRIDEs9
Report Shows Importance of Services
at Points of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tiles Expanding.

War brides figure conspicuously in
the latest report of the Red Cross Mo-
tor Corps, which will continue In serv-
ice indefinitely. Figures given out By
the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross
shows that 343 war brides were given
transportation from piers in Hoboken,
N. j., to places Of entertainment In
New York city and elsewhere In one
month. The report indicates that
there has been practically no decrease
from the average of the previous rush
months of troop debarkation.
Casual officers transported by the
Corps numbered 1907: overseas
nurses, LABS litter cases, 235, and am
bulatory cases, 1902. Passenger cars
used by the Corps numbered 1874, and
574 ambulance trips were made.
In its recreation activities the Corps
carried 4,24S soldiers. Parties of on
valescent soldiers were taken to 81 en-
tertainments, nearly all of them Red
Cross entertainments, in one month.
The work of the Corps, it was an
nounced, will continue w after troop
movements have ceased. Discontinue
ance of service of other women's mo-
tor corps has no bearing on the work
of the Red Cross Motor Corps Service,
way for an increase in the extent and
character and variety Of the Corps
activities.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01

tree an I'll cubber you up wild our pes
cloze."
The feeble eyes of the old man
were clear enough to see that Lureeny
was very weak and weary. She re-
Piled:
"You hasn't got q bit o. sense. But,
1 duz feel kinder chillin! Pears like
sumpin in hyar is plum wore out, dess
like a ole clock mos run down. And,
if we tu'n 'em inside out"
Lureeny felt strangely weak and
cold. A chill such as she had never
felt before benumbed her by degrees.
So strange did she feel that she called
her husband.
"Lonzo, 1 is awful col. 1 reckon
rs gwine ter die right now, in sight
of de promise lam. 'LOnzo, eff dat is
so, 1 want you to take dis yere o'inge
cipperus to Mass Linkum, an tell him
to keep it till de longes' day he live,
and den give it to de hes pusson he
know, an tell him bout de chilluns,
an dat 1 axed him to befrien' you.
You've been a good man to me, Lon
20"
Here the husky voice broke off and
AlonzO was alone.
Who could depict the grief and an
guish of the poor old man as he sat
that long night through beside the
dead form of his wife? In the morn
ing some other refugees came along
and helped him to bury her wrapped
carefully in her 'store clothes"
Then Alonzo started on his mission.
Days of misery, anxiety, hunger, cold
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
U. 8. Invent. Anti Bust Dope

Incident to the war, the government
has faced the problem that has so long
proved battling to commercial con
Germs Of protecting iron and steel from
rust In an attempt to solve this fed
eral specialists have perfected various
forms Of protective coatings. In this
connection it may be pertinent to ask
whether commercial uses will lot be
found also for the so-called "dopes"
which the government has invented to
be applied to airplane wings and which
are possessed Of valuable ~weather-re-
sisting and ireproof qualities.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01

marveled n Of the men as ne. ap-
Piled a flask to Larry's pale lips.
Jean, white and exhausted, sat up
and looked at the young giant she had
rescued. Was it possible that this
handsome blond youth had been the
t~ow-headed little boy whose taunt had
ranked so long? 1t could not be DOS
sible that she, Jean Lloyd, had been
the means Of saving this champion
swimmers life!
About that time Jean tainted away,
n it was a half hour later in her own
room at the hotel that she sat up in
bed, warm and dry, and uttered a re-
mark that caused her worried father
to stare.
II suppose 1 must have looked like
a lighthouse to Mr.. Delmore," she said.
"Then you are all right, my dear?"
asked Mr.. Lloyd.
fright as can be, daddy" she
smiled.
1t was late in the afternoon when
Larry Delmore was admitted to the
Lloyds' private parlor to express his
gratitude.
Jean, pale and lovely, met him with
a curious look in her eyes.
Larry stumblingly expressed his
thanks. No man, he declared after
ward, could govern his tongue while
that vision smiled at him.
"You looked like an angel to me-"
he finished in a rush of words; you
were a lighthouse of hope, toward
which 1 tried to swim!"
Jean laughed unsteady. Her eyes
s%parkled. do you know, Mr.. Delmore,
that this is not the first time you have
referred to my hair by calling me a
lighthouse?"
"Oh, you don't understand" he pro-
tested. 81 never thought of your love-
ly hair. / swear I never saw anything
save your eyes, and those are blue.
You never heard of a blue light"
mo, 1 never did," interrupted
Jean, "but 1 have been on Quetchet
beach before, Mr.. Delmore. Fifteen
years ago l was a ~fve-year-old girl
with red curls you were a tow-headed
boy who called me a lighthouse, be-
cause of the color of my hair. I've
hated you ever SINCE" she ended
calmly.
Larry Delmore stared. ST remem-
ber," he confessed. 81 was a little
duffer in those days. Believe me, Miss
Lloyd, I've gotten over it, really! ]
recollect that you pulled your sunbon'
net down over your curls and ran
away crying. / vas ashamed of myself
Why didn't you slap mel"
Jean laughed, and with her laugh
ter went the last flicker of her smol
dering resentment toward Larry Del
more.
One morning he went down to the
sea again and as it had happened be
fore he saw jeans head far out in the
surf. He plunged into the water an(
soon came up with her. They faced
each other in the golden glory Of {
new day.
"Jean," he said quietly, "I'm going t.
call you my lighthouse once more
You have shown me a safe harbor o
love; the light Of your eyes ha'
guarded its entrance. Shall 1 have
safe voyage homer"
And the steady glance of her eye
wavered for a moment and then me
his fairly. Their first kiss was bathet
in the golden rays of the rising sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01

sid like to go to the circus" said the
young man.
"Well, why don't you goa" replied
the sweet young thing.
81 haven't any little boy who wants
to CO."
"But suppose you knew a little girl
who wanted to go?"
swell, if she was my little girl I'd
take her."
"Come on. Let's CO."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
Before Him Stood the Tall Form.

1StShS ~
and rebuffs passed, but always the
white head and wrinkled face haunted
the grounds. He was not allowed to
see the president.
At last, one day, worn out by his
sufferings he sank at the foot of a
tree just as the joyous voice of a child
was heard. The boy was none other
than Tad, the Benjamin of his fathers
heart. Tad saw the Door old mar
-vainly tryiLg Go rise aAeAwant to him
frankly and fearlessly. Young as he
was he saw that the old man was in
a sad state and asked if he wanted
anything.
eyes, young massa, 1 wants to see
Mass Linkum. l done got sumpin
berry precious fo' he all, but dey won't
let me see him."
swell, you come with me-" said the
lad, with spirit.
Alonzo could scarcely totter to a
place where the boy seated him on a
bench saying:
"Wai here a minute. I'll bring
him."
Tears streamed down the old mans
face. He was weak from hunger and
exposure, and the death of his wife
was a great blow. He fumbled in his
pocket and brought out the shell, and
thinking that the cloth around it was
too soiled he threw it away, and then
before him stood the tall form, with
the rugged features of his face aglow
with deep compassion that was part
of his nature. The great man, great
in all things, sat down by Alonzo say
ing pleasantly:
"Well uncle, what is it,"
"Oh, Massa Linkum, praise de Lord
dat 1 done lib to see dis day. Here
is a gif' fo' you from Lureeny-my-
wife. She died afo' she could glib hit
hersef. She say hit am berry precious,
and she done hab to glib hit to de bes'
pusson libbin'-and she was a chillin'
fo' death when she gin hit to me fo'
you"
Saying this Alonzo held out his toll
deformed hand with the beautiful
shell cleaning in a ray of sunshine
that filtered through the tree on his
dark palm.
81 thank you for the gift, and she
who is gone, but 1 do not feel that l
deserve it."
"Oh, yes, you do, daddy. Yes, you
do 7" said Tad eagerly.
MI. 4lo 6aroOlu faan of IinnOln
quivered and his eyes suddenly burned.
Only Lincoln's great heart could I'M
derstand the pathos of this gift and
appreciate it. 1t was all the giver
had. He coughed two or three times
before he could speak.
"Tell me about yourself and where
you came FROM"
Alonzo was a nan of few words,
but his tale was even the stronger for
that, as he told of their sufferings on
their way toward the realization of
their hopes. AS he finished, the old
man tainted and sank to the ground.
Kind hands raised him, fed him, and
took him to a hospital where he ended
his days in a comfort he had never
known. His last words were: Lord
bless Mass Linkum, and give him the
desire of hees heart"
The orange cypria is in the Smith
sonian institution, now with its mate,
which was found in the pocket of a
young Confederate officer. Few know
its history or how it came into the
possession of the "best person in the
world.'
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper uniOn-)
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
With Dauahter's Voice.

Mrs. Suddenriches-Frankly now,
what do you think of my daughters
singing?
Mrs. Speeker-Mynde-I think it was
off the key.
Mrs. Suddenriches-That's what ]
thought, but that seems to happen
every place we go. It's a wonder peo-
pie wouldn't get their pianos tuned
occasionally.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
~PAINT PAYS FOR ITSELF"

Query.-I have a quantity of old paint
on hand. Can I use it for the first coat in
repainting my barn?
Answer.-On no account should old
paint which has become fat be used
for printing either old or new work.
Old paint in that condition is best used
on a fence, brickwork or tinwork. II
you value your barn sufficiently to
paint it, do 1t the justice Of a good job.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
AIIowed To UnbenA

Sergeant Tin a colored rainbow)-
Yaas. ma'am, we fought han to ham
fob fob days and fob nights.
Interested Old LADY, don't see
how you stood the tension.
Sergeant-Wall, you see, ma'am. we
dom stan at 'tention when Yves
Neutrality-suspicious. Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
Ouch!

Mr.. Gusherly-Miss Gabird is a many
sided young woman, don't you think
so?
Miss Kutting-Yes, principally per.
oxided.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-08-01
No Need.

'My dear lady, do you teach your
children always to look up?"
~ don't have to, now there are so
many airplanes flying around"