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tanned on one Of the English vessels, and
young Key. carrying flag Of truce anu
a letter from the president, went out to
the British fleet to ask for the release
of this friend. He was not allowed to
return to the fort that night for fear
that he might carry back valuable in
formation. That was the night Of he
famous bombardment. All the long night
the young patriot watched the red glare
Of the rockets. listened to the heavy
booming Of the guns and strained his
eyes anxiously for the nrst dim light Of
dawn. that he might see whether his
country's flag still waved over the fort.
When he saw the Star Spangled Banner
still waving triumphantly over Fort Nc
Henry, his relief and Joy found express
sion In a song which will probably be
sung a. long as the flag IL known. Read
the first two stanzas with this story In
mind, and see II they do not mean moro
to you than ever before.
over grave in Frederick, Nd, the
American flag floats every day in the
year, and 10 reverently renewed on each
Memorial day. This grave is that Of
Francis Scott Key, and for long tim"
the flag ne loved so we'll was his
monument.
Can we all sing the first verse Of OF
own national song correctly from begin
ming to end. or must we confess that job
Rodemeyer has the best of It In the fol-
lowing lines, published IN the Ladies'
Home Journal, December, 1917:
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NEEDED A WIFE

All was going merrily at the wedding
until the bridegroom was called upon to
produce the wedding ring. In vain he felt
in his trousers pockets for the missing
trifie. Nothing could DO found except
a hole. through which the ring had evil
IDENTIFY fallen into his boot What was
he to do? Take of your boot" said the
parson. The suspense and silence were
painful. The organist at the parsons
bidding struck up a voluntary" The
young man, sitting on the altar rails. re-
moved his boot and the ring was found
also large hole in the stocking. which
led the worthy divine to remark; Young
man. 1t is time you were married."-Pitts-
burg Chronicle-Telegraph.
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GETTING UP THE WINTER WOOD IN
VERMONT
(By Daniel L. Cady.)

10Y bdIiiel II. Cduy.J
I've heard a dozen farmers say
They'd ruther cut and cart their hay,
In any season. bad or good.
Than chop and haul their Winters wood
With all our tools, it's quite chore
To lug tree a mile or more;
1T takes lot of knocks and nerve,
A lot Of vigor. vim and verve.
To move against a maple grove
And make 1t fit the kitchen stove.
These woodlot antics first begin
BY what Is known as breaking in"
You'd better likely use the stays,
They sorter like the snow and snags;
You Whoa Hush round Jest where YOU
please.
And gee and haw amongst the trees,
And them you kinder guess youth cut
You look at sharp from branch to butt
You can't set down and chew a Glove
And let your wood hunt up your stove.
Your hired man has worked his time
And SO you send for Jonas Prime
To help you chop; but Jone can't come
He's got a felon on his thumb
You have to hire that little chap
That some call POLY" others Nap"
''Slim help" you say, his three-pounG
axe
Can deal but few and feeble whacks"-
How drab your thoughts a murky drove
You wish you'd never owned a stove!
Next day as you and Poly go
To strike the pre-initial blow,
You notice that he's got bit
And fuse and candy in his kit;
You single out a big old tree
And say. go to 1t: one, two, three
Then Poly makes his bitstock spin,
And sticks a stick Of candy in,
And then a noise. as though your grove
Had lit on top the kitchen stove.
Before the sun has left the sky
He's leveled half your years supply;
You're pleased to death and up and say
You'll pay him all he asks per day.
But thus he lays you on the shelf
ME chop par cord and eat maself;"
| "All right" you shout. as Poly scores,
And off you start to do the chores,
A-guessing out how Frenchmen throve
In days before the kitchen stove.
You get along with Poly fine.
Like Zeus. his actions show design
| It sometimes makes your wallet thump
The way he cords" around stump;
It ruther tires your measuring nerve
To have to measure round curve,
But anyway, you've conquered Time
And sled length wood and Jonas Prime
How bright your thoughts, coined,
! drove.
You wish you owned another stove!
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THE MELTING POT
(From Leslie's)

A woman who died In Cumberland. N.
Y. left 200 to Masonic lodge to keep
flowers on her grave.
The average wage per man of the U. S.
Steel Corporation employees in 1918 was
about $780, compared with ss77 in 1904
Parcel-post thieves stole about 10000
packages from the malls In the past year.
An organized gang of robbers seems to
have been at work.
A chambermaid In Chicago hotel who
has been in this country two years sports
a $500 diamond ring. which she boasts
she has bought out Of her frugal earn
ings.
A New York woman. in a letter to a
newspaper, criticizes President Wilson
because he tasted champagne at the
banquet given him by the French govern
ment.
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ADMIRAL MAYO WOULD
GIVE u. S. LIONS PLACE
That Is II Lion and Lamb Are to Lie
Down Together As Predicted

That Is If Lion and Lamb Are to Lie
Down Together As Predicted
New York, Jan. 29.-Admiral Henry T.
Mayo, the commander-in- chief, and more
than 100 other officers of the Atlantic fleet
were the guests of the Sons of the Revo-
luton at n luncheon served in Fraunces
Tavern.
All of the speeches were war speeches,
and Admiral Mayo in the course Of his
remarks referred to the league of nations
now under consideration by the peace
commissioners in Paris. He said that II
the league of nations becomes a reality
It will mean that the Lion and lamb must
lie down together" and that In such an
event he was of the opinion that the Uni
ted States should try to be lion and not
sheep.
IT have thought" said Admiral Mayo,
that for some time before we entered
the great war our people were losing
much of the patriotic spirit that inspired
our fathers in the Revolution. It
seemed that large part of Our people
had ocme to that pass where they ap-
peared to think that the United States
owed them something. And so ! hope
that the greatest value Of this war will
be the restoration of a sense of duty and
obligation to our country on the part
of the people.
Gust now the navy is in a sort Of tran
sition period following the tremendous
expansion due to the war. We have
now got to go backwards a bit and re-
| duce the navy, and think there is dan
ger that we may do 1t too fast. The
war is not over yet, but granting that
1t will end without further hostilties.
the fact remains that the navy has ire
mendous tasks yet to accomplish We
have got to bring our men back. We
must rebuild the teamwork of our battle
| ship and destroyer organizations; we
must train new crews to fill our ships,
| for great numbers Of the men who served
so well enlisted for the period Of the
! war and they are all anxious to get
] home. though some of Them l am sure,
will come back. The result of all this
| has been the disorganization of what
term the teamwork of the fleet. The bat
| tleship commanders, l am sure, appre-
| cate the magnitude Of the task ahead of
| them. l know that l do.
| II wonder if any of you will combat
the idea that had we spent $500. 000,O00 on
preparedness before the war. we might
| not have been called upon to spend 30
many billions during the last year and
| one-half If the war ends without trou-
BILE between at least some of the nations
that were engaged 1t will be a different
ending from any other great war that
has ever taken place. Whether the peace
congress is to be entirely successful with
the league of nations Is something I will
not discuss, but the fact remains that
in order to keep peace the lion and the
| lamb must lie down together, and in
such an event think it perhaps best
! for America to take the role of the lion. -
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NORTH FAYSTON.

The auditors will meet at South Fays-
ton Friday. January 81. and at North
Fayston Saturday. February /, at 1000
a. m. to audit the books of the town
officers. All officers books must be
settled and balanced before they will be
accepted.-John Hoffman has been in
poor health all winter and % Of the
neighbors some of them with teams, met
there last week Wednesday to get hin,
UP wood pile. They cut and sawed
about 100 cords of wood.-Earl Dunbar
who has had an abscess on his face
went to Montpelier Monday and it was
found that his jaw was affected.
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MORETOWN

J. w. Bates and Daniel Irish were In
Waterbury Saturday to attend the fu-
neral Of Mrs Mary Sherman.-Mrs Ber-
ton Ward was called to Plainfleld the
past week to care for Dean TONNES
family.-Mrs. Lawrence Eaton, who has
been In Lowell. Mass. several weeks
has returned Unconstitutional Andrews
was In Northfield Monday to attend the
funeral of his son. Hosea.-I. S. Austin
was in Middlesex and Waterbury We'd
nesday.
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INSULTED

Willie was In a bad temper. His
mother had just discovered that there
was not a clean nightshirt ready for
him to wear "Never mind, Willie."
she said, consolingly. You will have
to put on one of your sisters night
gowns tonight" "What. q girls2"
snorted Willie. drawing himself up
haughtily. yes. Why notr" asked
mother. in surprise. II won't wear
III" declared the small boy. 'Id rather
60 to bed rawy'-Christian Messenger.
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POISONOUS WASTE CAUSES SICK

When the kidneys are we'll they filter
waste matter from the blood. When
sluggish or overworked. the kidneys fail
to clean the blood. and poisonous sub
stances lodge in joints and muscles to
cause aches, pains and soreness. Foley
Kidney Pills strengthen, act quickly and
relieve kidney and bladder trouble.-J. w.
O'Sullivan. 80 Church st. (adv)
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WARREN

j. l.. Spaulding was in Montpelier
jan 21-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy
of Newport, r. l., have been visiting his
parents, the past week-Mr. and Mrs.
Martin of Hartford, Conn, have been
spending several days with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Carlysle Buffet-Charles Mobus
and Harold Greenwood have been honor
ably discharged from the army and have
returned home-Henry Kennedy of
Montpelier has been visiting his family
the past week.-News has been received
of the death of Henry Pierce In
Connecticut His home was in Warren
until he became a young man and started
out for himself. His father lives in this
town.-Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Long were In
Montneier the past week.
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To svade the draft Sam decided on the
plea Of imperfect sight. He was warned
by hts companies that ne would have to
be careful during the tests at the recruit.
Ing ONCE or he would be tricksd, and
Sam said he'd be careful. all right.
The time came and tho examining ply
sictan. pointing to a card on the WALL
said: How much Of that sign oan you
read. eamf'
"signf" cried Sam. Say. boss. where
am dat wall2"-Boston Transcript,
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Uses FOR LEMON JUICE

Clean discolored knife handles with a
slice of cut lemon dipped In salt.
To remove stains from the hands rub
with a slice OF cut lemon.
A few slices Oh ,,, ,,'V ~. put into the
boiler and boiled win the clothes will
whiten them wonderfully
lemon juice applied to an insect bite
A slice of lemon rubbed over the hands
,,,h,,ars and softens the skin.
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SOME LUMP

Bx-They say a flea can jump over
thousand times his length. Fancy II
human could do that. a..
Dixie can. l know man who jump
ed his bail In New York and landed In
Liverpool. three thousand miles away
Rast0a Transcript.
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What Happens When We Try It
CBy John Rodemeyer)

(By John Rodemeyer)
Oh. Say, sing from the
What proudly stand for when IT,
When the whole congregation, in voices that blend,
Strike the grand
How they below and they're first
But the dawn's early light"
TITS The Star Spangied Banner they're trying
But they don't know the words Of the precious
Hark! The twights cleaning of
But the valiant survivors forward sereney
the watched others
And the loss Of the leaders is manifest keenly.
Then the rockets glare" gives the braves
there's few left bombs bursting
IT'S a thin line Of heroes that
o he
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America
Words by Samuel Francis Smith-Old
Saxon Melody.
America

America
(Words by Samuel Francis Smith-Old
Saxon Melody.
Ny country, tits Of thee,
Sweet land OF liberty,
. OF thee sing;
Land where my fathers died.
Land Of the Pilgrims pride.
From evry mountain side
Let freedom ring.
My native country. thee,
Land Of the noble free.
Thy name love.
I love thy rocks and rills.
Thy woods and tempted hiris;
My hei1t with rapture thrills.
Like that above.
Let music swell the breeze.
And ring from all tho trees.
Sweet freedoms song;
Let mortal tongues awake.
Let all that breathe partaks;
Let rocks their silence break.
The sound prolong.
Our fathers God, to Thee.
Author Of liberty.
To thee we sing
Long may our land be bright
With freedoms holy light.
Protect us by thy might.
Great God. our King.
During and before the present war,
there has been much discussion regard
ing an American tune for tho above
hymn. AS every ono knows. we use the
English God Save the King" the air
of which probably was composed by
Henry Cary sometime between 17ss and
ITO. 1t 10 interesting to note that Dem
mark. Prussia and Russia also have
used this air. ~ a state hymn.
The words Of our America" were
written by Samuel Francis Smith, a
classmate Of Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Harvard, class Of %. In Holmes' poem.
THE Boys" he refers to the author In
the following lines:
"And there's . nice younsstsr Of excel
lent pith;
Fate tried to conceal him by calling
him Smith.
Rut he shouted song for the brave and
Burlington. Jan. o.
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TWIN SISTERS
COMMIT SU|C|DlE
Gladys and Dorothy Cromwell,
Prominent N. Y. Society Girls
Leap from Ship

Bordeaux, Jan. A-The Misses Gladys
and Dorothy Cromwell, sisters, of New
York leaped from the rail of the French
steamer La Lorraine as the steamer was
In the Garonne river bound for New York
to-day. Both were drowned, the bodies
not being recovered.
Both the young women belonged to the
American Red Cross and were returning
home. A letter found in their stateroom
and addressed to the commanding officer
of their Red Cross unit, informed him OF
their intention ito end 1t ALL"
The Misses Cromwell are said to have
belonged to a prominent New York fam
ny. They had spent much time at the
front and friends said they had com.
planned Of being tired physically and men.
tally.
New York, Jan. A.-The despatch from
Bordeaux telling of the suicide of the
Misses Gladys and Dorothy Cromwell
created sensation in society circles ir
this city. They were members of one
of the city's most prominent families.
The Misses Cromwell were twin daugh.
tiers of the late Frederic Cromwell, fol
many years treasurer and a trustee Of
the Mutual Life Insurance company
Their brother, Seymour l.. Cromwell, II
president of the Society for the Father
less Children of France. and n recipien
Of the Cross of the Legion of Honor
The young women. who were canteer
workers. went to France a year ago ant
had been engaged in Red Cross work con
tinuously.
The Misses Cromwell were orphans, an,
for a number Of years had resided will
| housekeeper in an apartment on Parl
| avenue. At their home 1t was said tina
a message had been received several day
! ago announcing their intention to sal
for the United States.
The Cromwell sisters were 30 years ole
| They had been in the service of the Re
| Cross since February, 1918, most of tn
time at Chalons-Sur-Marne, where the
| were engaged in canteen work Flo
several months they were within rang
Of the German guns and in the midst @
| constant airplane raids.
| When the canteen closed the sisters en-
tered the evacuation hospitals, wher
| they continued work under high pressur,
Miss Barnett the immediate superior off
| Ger of the Misses Cromwell, told the Az
ISOLATED Press that they were the bes
| liked and most devoted workers sh
had. Miss Barnett believes that the re
action from the long strain and hig
nervous tension under bombardmen,
caused the sisters to become desponden
| They were cheerful and happy whe
! they left Paris. she said
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SHARON

The Rev. Paul T.. Meyer, pastor Of the
Congregational Church on leave of alb
sence the past four months as a clerk
in the war work board, Washington. d.
c.. has resigned to take effect at once.
The Rev. Mr.. Meyer is graduate of
Dartmouth College, '1S, and was ordained
pastor of the church the past summer.
He IS the son-in-l law of the Rev. George H.
Sisson. d. d., pastor Of the White River
Junction Methodist Episcopal Church. No
action has assyet been taken by the
church committee in securing u pastor.
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WATERBURY CENTER.

Ae the last meeting of the Grange
the following officers were installed
by Past Master Fred Campbell of
Stowe: Master, A. A. Newcob; overseer,
Edward Norway; lecturer. Nellie
Morse; steward, Dow j. Adams; as
sistant steward, Henry f. Hill; chap
lain. Lille Merriam; treasurer, John A.
Parker; secretary, F. Il. l.. Adams;
gate keeper, H. W. Merriam: Pomona,
Mary Norway; Ceres, Jessie w. Hayes;
Hill.
Mrs. Ernest Newcomb is substitute
ing In the sixth grade of the Water
bury school during the absence of Miss
Julia Hayes, who is out on account of
the death of q brother.-The next num-
Der in the lecture course will be THE
Liberty Bells" at Seminary hall Mon
day evening, February 8. This COM
pany is composed of three talented
young ladies' one of whom, Miss Kath-
leen LeBaron, is a Waterbury girl of
exceptionally pleasing personality.
Miss Catherine Collins, who has been
Ill for few days. has so far recover
ed as to be able to attend SCHOOL,.
H. Ring was in Montpelier Monday on
business.--Judge George H. Dale was
in this place on business Tuesday
Mrs. Kathie Brown has resumed her du-
ties as teacher in the primary school
after a few days illness-Mrs. Lena
Freeman of North Duxbury spent Sun
day with her mother, Mrs. T.. b. Moody.
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OFFICERS LEAP FROM SHIP
AND SWIM TO SHORE
Home Soil Looked So Good to Return.
ing Americans That They Couldn't
Wait

Wait
New York, Jan. 29.-Home soil looked
SO good to two army officers, whose
transport. the Scranton. was compelled
through having explosives aboard to
anchor in the lower harbor to-day, that
they jumped overheard and started SWIM
ming toward the Brooklyn shore, 200
yards away. They were picked up by a
small boat. and on being landed. disap-
peared.
Debarkation headquarters Identified the
men as First Lieut.. II. L. Bourgardes of
New York. an aviator. and r. S. Rose,
a signal corps officer. whose address was
not available. 1t was said that a navy
tug had been promised to take party
of officers ashore. and when 1t failed to
appear on scheduled time the two men
leaped into the water.
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slider and act upon various questions.
chief among which was that of engaging
a woman home demonstration agent.
Present at the meeting and presiding was
L. w. English, farm bureau president of
Woodstock; Ray L. Williams, Quechee,
secretary; II. M. Lee, Windsor. treasurer;
and John Hazen of Norwich. At the
meeting also were Lieutenant Frink, the
new manager of the farmers CO.
operative association of the bureau. and
Kenneth T. Allen, bureau head of the
girls and boys farm clubs. Representing
the extension work OF the state
agricultural college was E. l.. ingalls,
whose especial purpose at the meeting
was to propose the girls and boys club
work and this was so voted with Mr..
Allan In charge The motion to engage
home economics teacher and demon
strator was voted unanimously.-1n the
week ended Saturday there were but five
new cases of Influenza reported In the
entire town.-Leroy Neal, formerly
employed in the First National bank,
now cashier of the Bradford National
bank was in town this week and shipped
his household goods to Bradford. He
but recently sold his residence on Fair
view Terrace.-Dr. George II. Sisson re-
Turns 10 the passionate or the MetnOulSt
Episcopal Church February 0. from his
Near East relief work in New Hampshire
"A new commercial and Industrial bust
ness in town is the Sanitary Feather
Washing company which has come from
Springfield. VT, and will begin business
Saturday in the Estabrook building on
Railroad street The resident manager
Is C. g. Barkley and his assistant, John
Walsh. The new firm will occupy the
entire second floor Of the building and Its
work includes the remaking Of mat.
tresses. pillows and cushions and
upholstering of every kind.-Mr. and Mrs
Edmund c. Gilbert are in recep. of a
letter from their son, Mark j., gassed in
an overseas battle. saying that he is on,
of the hospital and with his regiment
DR.. T. D. Bugbee, a resident dentist has
gone to Mt. Clemense, Michigan, for q
| three weeks treatment for rheumatism
George G. Nichols. chairman of the
board of selectmen.. announces that hi
will decline a denomination
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GOOD CHITTENDEN
COUNTY COWS

in
Of
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WAITSFIELD,

DR.. and Mrs. w. j. Howard and
daughter, Marguerite. are the guests of
friends in town. Dr. Howard has re-
ceived an honorable discharge from the
medical corps.-John Nell. Mrs Annie
Lowell and three children are i'll with in
fuenza.-Miss Gladys Kirkness goes this
week to Montreal, where sne is to have
employment.-The Ladies' Aid of the
Methodist Episcopal Church held
their annual chicken pie supper Wednes-
day evening.-Miss Catherine Rose of
Newburyport, Mass, is visiting her sis
ter, Mrs. A. Il. Farr.
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SONGS A NATION IS SINGING
The Star-Spangled Banner

Oh! e.
What Is
the fight
Ger the watched streamin67
In
proof through the night thersi
Oh! say. does that sar-spanged banner yet
land Of the
dimly through the mist the
Where naughty dread silence
which
htfuly blows half concsals half discloses?
reflected, shines
Oh long
be
and the desolation;
and preserved nation
Then conque W
And be our motto
the triumph shall
err land Of the Of