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DORSET

Mrs. Eva Kellogg spent a portion Of
last week with relatives in Arlington.
For Cameras and Supplies call at
the Barrows House Office or see A. o.
Palmer I0-tf
The Scott family Of Yonkers, n. u,
are at the A B. Cheney place for two
months.
Miss Grace Kendall Of Staten Island
Is visiting her sister, Mrs, Samuel
Harwood.
DR.. and Mrs Herriek OF Chicago,
have arrived at their summer home
Eerc for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Comstock Of Cleye-
land, Ohio, are at the Prentiss Cottage
To- a couple Of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. J Starks Of Troy
N. Y, are in Dorset for the season,
stopping at ~ MeWayne's.
Edward Bromley is a guest Of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert G. Mcintyre at their
home on North Main street.
DR.. and Mrs. D. w Houston, Jr., Of
Troy, n. Y, were guests of DR.. Hous-
tons parents over the Fourth.
Walter X Hunt Of Montclair, n. j.,
WAS a week end guest at the home OF
Mr.. S. S. Pratt on North Main street.
Mrs. Edwin B. Child OF New York
City, WIS guest for three days last
week Of her father, Dea. G. NJ. Sykes.
Berniss B. Sheldon Of Brooklyn,
joined his family here for the holidays
and returned to business Monday
night.
DIR. Cowles, Veterinary Surgeon.
Telephone calls Bonds Livery, 23-i,
or Harry Adams, Or, Manchester
Center, VT. 1872
Mrs. Edward Chaplin and sister,
Mrs. Smith. OF the West road. were
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Mr. Campbell will spend his vacation
Of two weeks here while Mrs Camp
bell will remain for the month Of July.
Mr.. and Ms. Fred s Holley cf
Troy. ~ y. were at the Holley home
s.eaG on North Main street over the
Fourth; also Mr.. Holley's .brothe--in-
law, Edward Hudson Of New Yogk
City.
Cards have been received announc-
ing tie marriage of Miss Chloa Au-
gust Edgerton, daughter Of Mr.. and
NJ s. George Z. Edgerton Of this vii
lage, to George G. Abbott Of New
York City, on Thursday, July list.
Mrs. c. p. Kent has for sale crochet,
tatting and embroidery threads, knit
ting needles. crochet hooks, embroid-
cry needles, stamped goods, bias
tapes, Bucilla and Royal Packages,
Hair nets, some finished needlework,
Minerva Yarns, etc. Filet sweaters
made on orders. i3-tf-adv
DR.. W. A. Murrill, Phi. ID. Of
the New York Botanical Gardens, will
give an illustrated lecture at the Gym
nasium on Thursday evening, July Sth.
at $50 O'Clock, daylight saving time.
The Garden Club, under whose aus
pieces the lecture will be given, cordial
ly invites every one who may be inter-
ested. to attend. adv
In the vestry next Sunday evening
at s o'clock "The Widening Trail" will
be projected upon the screen The
trail leads from Washington TO Flori-
da, through mountains, prairies and
mines, showing many types Of Ameri-
cans and the work Of the Home Mis-
sionary Society. A pleasant and
Worthwhile evening is promised to all
who follow the trail.
Next Sunday afternoon is the time
for the annual canvass for the church.
Forty canvassers will cali on the
people in their homes between and )
to talk with them about the church
and TO ask for their support in the
work Of the church in the community,
the state, the nation and the world.
The canvassers are sure of a cordial
welcome. They hope for a generous
response.
Clifton Kent, who was appointed to
receive contributions to the Vermont
tuberculosis Association, Inc, reports
forty dollars at hand from the follow
ing donors: H. n. Williams, Mrs c. ID.
McWayne, Mrs. A. p. Sherman,
Anonymous, Caroline Holley, Mary
Andrews, Mrs. Chas. Williams, Hattie
Gray, W. L. Haven, Mr.. and Mrs.
SHREDDER, Bishop Rudolph, Mrs. Will
kins, Miss de Nottbeck, Alton Kent,
c. P. Kent, Miss Craven, f. H. West.
Mrs. Aborn. Mrs. II. A. Williams, Miss
Vesta Harwood, l.. NJ. Clark, William
wilkins. Further contributions will
be gladly received and credited.
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Mutuals

Mutual Life Of New York
20 Per Cent Dividends on Auto Fire Policies.
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Oh what can compare
To the fine Dorset air
When one has come up from the city ?
To enjoy it for aye
Day after day,
Oh not to-indeed were a pity.
And there's many a charm
In its cottage and farm
That grows deeper and deeper within;
Its mountains Of height
Are mountains of might,
What man, his soul, can't they win :?
You may search DER and Ger
From east to west shore,
And our point, we really don't force il;
Though hard you may try
You cannot get by
This fact--you'll never beat Dorset.
July 4. 1920. r. ID. C..
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Dorset Church Notes

Next Sunday: Church school at
1915. morning worship at ll:l5, even
ing service at 800.
The Communion Of the Lords Sup
per will be observed at the close Of the
morning worship. All members Of the
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The Fourth at the "OId Stone Hous

The Fourth at the "0ld Stone House"
The many friends and neighbors Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Lefevre who have
come to expect a good time at their
Fourth Of July celebration were not
disappointed this year. Nearly 500
people were entertained on Monday
night at the "0ld Stone House" on the
West road. The display Of fire works
was voted the best ever seen and re
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FOwler'S Insurance Agency
Manchester Depot, Vermont.

Over 20 years DID, representing the following Oldest larg
fire. auto burglary and life insurance companies in the
world
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GRAND MONUMENT IN DANGER
obelisk That Marks Earliest Revolu-
tionary Battle Must Not Be
ALLOWED to Crumbie.

The people Of New England are
much concerned over the report that
Bunker Hill monument is crumbling,
and is In danger of a fate like that
Of the Campanile In Venice which col
lapsed dozen years ago.
The granite obelisk known as Bunk
er Hill monument, which commemo-
rates the earliest real battle Of the
Revolutionary war, Is the most con-
spicuous object that catches the eye
as one approaches Boston by sea. The
shaft Is 80 feet square at the base
and is 900 feet in height. Inside is a
hollow cone around which winds a
spiral flight Of stone steps by which
ascent is made to the top, where there
is an observatory. The monument was
begun in 1926 when the cornerstone
was laid by General Lafayette and
when Webster delivered the famous
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lutionary war, was q man OF learning
and the possessor Of, for that time, an
extensive library.
Among his books was the log Of the
Mayflower, which so strangely dlsap-
peared from the church edifice. This
old library, though still owned by the
church, is at present housed in the
Boston public library. Much Of the
pre-revolutionary stir Of talk centered
around the South meeting house; from
there party Of citizens, being dis
guised MS Indians, departed on the err
rand Of tipping the tea into the harbor,
and 1t was by means Of ladder and
the fine colonial window behind the
pulpit that Dr. Joseph Warren, before
delivering one Of his stirring ad-
dresses, effected his sensational leap
into the midst Of the crowd.
In the Civil war the church was as
active as 1t has always been in times
of national stress, since the wars OF
King Philip. Its pastor, Doctor Man
ming, became chaplain, and the
CHURCH WSs hSdtn NthtiaA hNShbE
place for discussion and organization.
In the early seventies business, IN Its
steady growth, encroached upon the
premises and its congregation dimin-
ished, in part because Washington
street in those days WAS extraor-
dinarily difficult of access by any pub
tic conveyance.
There was talk Of removing to a
more residential section, but this idea
met with opposition; so large a part
had the church played in public affairs
that the people had come to look upon
the building as their own especial
property. There were obstacles and
litigation, but finally the removal was
effected and the new church in Cop
ley square was dedicated in Deem
Der of 1876.
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CHIMES THAT ARE HISTORIC
Bells of the Old North Church, Bos-
ton, Part Of the country's
Glorious History.

On the date that the armistiee was
granted by the Allies the chimes In the
Old North church, Boston, were rung
for forty-five minutes, thus keeping
up their record of ringing for every
important event in the history of the
United States.
The sound of these historic bells
was the signal which started Paul Re-
we're on his famous ride. Ten years
before the Revolution the bells rang
for the repeal of the Stamp act, their
ringing proclaimed the news of the
signing of the Declaration of indie
pendence. of the peace which followed
the War OF 1912. and Of The peace
which ended the Mexican war The
peace jubilee following the cessation
OF the Civil war was celebrated by
these bells, also the victorious con-
clusion of the Spanish war. A sadder
duty was sounding dirges after the
deaths of Lincoln, Garfield. Zachary
Taylor and President Wilson.
The eight bells in the chimes were
cast in England and set up in the old
'beifry In 1745. The bells are numbered
and each bears an inscription. Some
Of these inscriptions which explain the
origin of the bell are:
/ No. i. This peal Of eight bells is
the gift of a number Of generous
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A TRIBUTE.

The years are but as moments, and
your spirit, Lafayette,
Remembers, az you come to us, the
mighty men you met
In the epic days aforetime when you
stood, as we today,
Where the breezes famed our faces
from the bosom of the bay.
Joy was then within the soul of you,
and youth was in your eyes,
As the flag that conquered tyranny
was Haunted to the skies;
And there, mayhap, vision for
moment came to you,
And the Future told the wonder of
the deeds we were to do.
Far across a sea of peril you,
nightly sword, had Jared,
Ara embalmed in song and story
are the valiant feats you dared;
Voc wore Chivalry in action, with
splendor in your gaze,
And our fathers, victor freemen,
crowned your youthful brow with
-.
Did you see that year the faces of
o4r heroes back from France,
And The light of high endeavor that
was shining in their glance?
Did you see our bold crusaders who
had crossed the sea you sailed
To fight for freedom far a6eld, and
by their might prevailed?
All, then, you saw your very soul in
eyes that CLEAN today
With dreams that led you, Lafayette.
upon your splendid way;
What they have done for stricken
France, in that heroic past
You did to save a nation that has
paid its debt at last.
Edward S. Van Zile.
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NATION HOLDS DAY SACRED
Rightly or Wrongly, the Fourth of July
Is Enshrined in the Hearts
of Americans.

The discovery of a long-lost letter
from Thomas Mexican, one of the
signers of the American Declaration
of independence, to Cesar Augustus
Rodney, nephew of Cesar Rodney,
another signer of that document, re-
veals information that the Declaration
was not actually signed on the 4th
of July. 'sNow that I am on the SUBJ
Sheet" wrote Mr.. Mexican, in August,
1918, replying to a question by Mr..
Rodney, II will tell you some truth,
not generally known. In the printed
journal of congress for 1776. volume 2,
It would appear that the Declaration
of Independence was signed on the
4th of July by the members, whose
names are there inserted; but the fact
Is not so, for no person signed 1t on
that day nor for many days after
on the 4th of July. 1776, the
Declaration of Independence was or
dered to be engrossed, on parchment
4 then to be signed" Mr.. Mexican
adds that after the 4th he was away
from Philadelphia for some months
assisting General Washington in COM
Melting "camp of ten thousand men,"
and that he then returned TO congress
and added his own signature. 1t is all
very interesting, i of course It sill
not make any difference to The
Fourth.
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OLD SOUTH MEETING PLACE
Glorious Memorial Of Revolutionary
Days Is Now One Of the Proud
est Possessions OF Boston.

On independence day. In the midst
of haunting. tapping Hags, banners
and streamers, the quiet sober red
brick walls and soaring white belfry
Of the Old South meeting house speak
OF the steadfastness during two and
one-half centuries of the Society of
the Third Church In Boston to It's
noble ideals.
The first building occupied by the
society was picturesquely called the
Cedar church. the place OF Benjamin
Franklin's baptism. The society was
composed OF such men as John Alden,
eldest son OF John and Priscilla Of
Mayflower fame. John Huh. cele-
tbrated silversmith OF the city, Thomas
Brattle, one of the wealthiest mer-
chants OF his day; Joshua Scottow, n
magistrate and leading military man !;
such women as the widow OF John
Cotton. and Mary Norton. who gave the
site for the new church, on the main
road to Roxbury, close TO where Gov
ernor Winthrop lived for so long. II
may be Of interest TO note, just here,
that the church has always held this
valuable real estate. from which II
at present receives considerable In
come, largely used for church extern
sion. s
Thomas Prince, minister, Of the Old
South meeting house during the Revo-
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grafton that is familiar to every school
boy. Because of lack OF funds 1t re-
NAMED unfinished for nearly 20 years;
then, largely through the efforts Of
American women, the necessary money
was raised and the complete structure
was dedicated in 1S43.
Efforts are being made to re-en-
force the crumbling granite in hopes
that the monument may remain a
Mecca for many generations Of patri-
otto Americans.
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persons to Christ church in Boston,
New England, Ammo 1914, A. F."
No. I'VE are the first ring Of
bells for ye British empire in North
America. Ammo 1744, A. r."
No ''The subscriptions for these
bells were begun by John Hancock
and Robert Temple, church wardens,
1743, and completed by Robert Jen-
kins and John Goa d, church wardens,
1914, A. r."
Up to 1910 it required nine men to
play the chimes as it was then done.
Each man held Il rope and pulled
swinging bells unit the clapper touch
ed the sides. That was cumber-
some method, and if one Of the men
were absent the ringing had to be
given up.
Now each bell is fixed, and when
the rope is pulled a striker falls on
the side of the bell making the sound.
Charles II. Jewell, the present chime
ringer. is one of the Jewell family,
whose members have been chime ring
ers in the Old Nor,h church for ninety
years. The privilege of ringing the
bell is handed from father to son.
When Charles, who is fifty-four years
old, gives up his task, Fred Jewell
expects to take his fathers place. And
when Fred has served his time there
is a grandson, Charles. now only five
years of age, who is destined to be-
come the fifth Jewell to ring the his
toric chimes for joy. sorrow, for good
news and for bad.
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Independence hall came into exist
ence without any thought of the part
1t was destined to play in the birth
of the nation. Necessity really ere
ated it. 1t appears, from documents
well authenticated, that the Provin-
cial assembly of Pennsylvania had
been meeting in a house, annually
rented in Philadelphia, until May l,
1929. 1t was shortly after this date
that the assembly voted $4,000 to-
ward the purchase of ground for the
building and it's construction. 1t was
designed by Andrew Hamilton, bar
rfster of Philadelphia, who in making
his plans, provided for two wings, one
Of them Congress hall. In 1882
ground for the building was broken,
but the construction dragged on for
some years before the work was fin
ished, although certain rooms were
used for some years before the whole
was completed.
Construction of Congress hall began
in 1887, and was completed in 1888.
and the remaining wing of Independ-
ence hall, known as "City Hail." was
started in 17s9 and finished in 1881
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e Itd4'r9
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PRAYER.

Parent of all, omnipotent
In heav'n and earth below,
Thro' all creations bounds unspent,
Whose streams of goodness flow,
Teach me to know from whence rose.
And unto what designed;
No private aims let me propose.
Since linkd with human kind.
But chief to hear my countrys voice.
May all my thoughts incline.
TITS reasons law, tits virtues choice.
IT'S natures call and thine.
Me from fair freedoms sacred cause
Let nothing e'er divide:
Grandeur, nor gold, nor vain applause,
Nor friendship false misguide.
Let me not factions partial hate
Pursue to this lands woe:
Nor grasp the thunder of the state
To wound private foe.
II, for the right, to wish the wrong
My country shall combine.
Single ia serve tn enron GUS throng,
Spite OF themselves. be mine.
Unknown
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~tffa 5ftl9
Colonies Second Petition.

In ITS, on the 9Th of July, the sec
ond Continental congress adopted the
second petition to the king. This con-
yress. which was held at Philadelphia,
was the same which later adopted the
Declaration of Independence. On the
same day of the same year Lord Dun
more, the royal governor of Virginia,
fearing a general uprising of the colo
MES. took refuge with his family on
board the Fowney. British warshir
stationed at Yorktown.
In 1776. on the 9Th of July, the Dec
laration of Independence was pro
claimed from the steps of the state
house at Philadelphia and read aloud
to the army at New York.
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Americans Creed

| believe in the United States OF
America as government of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people,
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; a democ-
racy in a republic; sovereign Ma
ton Of many sovereign States; a per-
feet Union, one and inseparable, es-
tabllshcd upon those principles of free
dom, equality, justice and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes. therefore
believe 1t is my duty to my country
to love 1t; to support its Constitution;
to obey its laws; to respect its flag,
aud to defend It against all enemies.
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MEMORIAL AT VALLEY FORGE
Chapel Dedicated to Memory of Wash
inqton and the Revolution Is Rap
idly Nearing Completion.

Valley Forge, that historical center
which will always he identified with
the heroic efforts of the Colonial
troops In their struggle for liberty.
now has the distinction Of possessing
one OF the most representative and ex-
pressive memorial buildings in the en-
tire country. Taking the form Of
chapel. 1t is dedicated to the memory
of Washington, and at the same tine
typifies the entire period of the Revo-
luton. Ii is intended to house col
lection of mementos, almost every one
of which Is connected with some In
dIvidual or event OF the Revolutionary
period.
The complete group will consist Of
cloister, chapel and building, contain
ing rooms in which patriotic societies
may meet; "a library of documents per
tanning to the Revolution, and tower
overlooking the encampment
The cloister is divided into IL bays,
each representing tile officers and men
from one Of the thirteen original
states. The interior Of the chapel Is
rapidly approaching completion. Forty
eight panels represent all the states or
the Union and symhokze the final
achievement of the national group. The
glass windows will constitute ma
tional history In themselves. They
tell the story of the discovery, settle
ment. and development of the nation
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Flag of Washington
FOURTH OF JULY
1920

Ring the tuneful bells of Freedom,
Let their music Goat afar,
Look alofs and see our banner
OF the glorious stripe and star;
Crowned with vict'ry, bathed In
splendor
Upon many field of fame,
Heroes brave have d'ed around Il.
Each with an immortal name.
Meath its folds our fathers tri-
umphed
In the valiant days of yore,
And in battles for their country
They that beauteous banner boreI
Not star today is missing,
Not "a stripe a tarnish knows,
A. il waves in conscious splcndor
From the sum lands to the SHOWS.
Let our Eagle guard il ever
For the honor il has won,
As he bathss HE noble pinions
In the light of Freedcm's sun,
Proud to sos his emblem floating
sCsinst the vaulted azure sky,
Hear him shrisk his proud approval
Every fourth day Of JSiy.
On the land AAd ON the ocean,
Far az human eye cam see
Lips repeat the deathless atory
Of tho Banner of the Free;
Born amid tho storms Of battle
Not a shame It's glory mars,
And new nations wake to freedom
Al the glitter of its stars.
Mirrored in our crystal rivers,
Streaming from our mountain
peaks,
Loved by frcemen for its beauty
II for Right and Homeland speaks;
Time will never dim its glory
While in heaven shines the sum-
Ever linked to song and story
lis the Flag of WASHINGTON.
Copyright, 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)
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limited States Of Amerlca.0

The name was original with Jeffee
son, and appears in the final para
graph Of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, as follows: I'VE, therefore,
the representative of the United
States Of America, in general congress
assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge OF the world for the rectitude
Of our intentions, do, in the name OF
the good people of these colonies, SOL
EMMY publish and declare, they these
colonies are, and a right ought to be
free and independent states"
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Lafayette-AThe Beechwood.n

Lafayette-"The Beechwood."
Etymologists have discovered the
origin of the famous name which dur
Ing the recent years Of war has be-
come dearer than ever to Frenchmen
and Americans alike. Lafayette came
from the part of France known as Au-
vergne. He was horn at Chavagnac,
near Brionde, and his ancestral home
stands not far from the village of
Aire-la-F ayette. In this part Of the
country the word "fayette" means a
wood of "fayards." and "fayards"
comes from the Latin word "fagus."
which In the dialect of the country
has come to mean ''hetre" or beech
tree. "fayette," there. is beech
wood Etymologically, then. the word
Lafayette is the equivalent Of 1.-THE
Beechwood."
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In progression leading up to the
west window, which win represent
the life OF George Washington as
told In 36 medallions. The various
leaders of the Revolution, including
Robert Morris, John Paul Jones,
Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and
others, will be depicted in other win
dowS. fe
The choir stalls are Of carved wood.
The figures in the inches at the top
Of these stalls represent the uniforms
of the Continental commands. and
above them will be hung fac smiles of
the colors carried by the troops. The
complete series will consist of 16 flags,
including two of the French regiments
that served in this country during the
war Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Day Of glory, welcome dayi
Freedoms banners greet thy ray;
See! how cheerfully they play
With thy morning breeze.
On the rocks where pilgrims
kneeled.
On the heights where sauadrons
wheeled,
When a tyrants thunder pealeo
Ger the trembling seas.
God OF armiesl did thy stars
on their courses smite his cars;
Blast his arm and wrest his bars
From the heaving tide?
On our standard 10! they burn,
And, when days like this return.
Sparkle Ger the soldiers urn
who for freedom died.
God OF peace, whose spirit fills
All the echoes OF our hills,
All the murmur of our rills.
Now the storm Is DER,
o let freemen be our sons,
And let future washingtons
Rise, to lead their valiant ones
Till there's war no morel
JOHN PIERPoNT.