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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
HALF DOLLAR OF 1883 RARE corn

Ever since the news that a silver half
dollar OF 1858 brought $500 was publish
ed throughout the country few years
ago there has been a greater misconcep-
ton as to this coin than any other ever
struck by the United States minis This
arises from the fact that there are two
kinds of half dollars OF 1853. The rare
variety has no arrows at the date. and
there is no sunburst on it's reverse.
Only two speciments of this coin are
known to be in existence. Half dollars
OF 1853 with arrows at date and sunbursts
on the reverse are very numerous, how
ever. and they have frequently dashed
the hopes of holders who were unfamil-
lar with the distinction between the two
varieties of the coin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

inches, of which II inches remained on
| the ground at the end of the month. Solar
halos. were noted on the 9th, 18TH. 18th,
10Th. 2lst 22d and sd,
The funeral of Miss Edna +. cleveland.
whose death occurred at Heaton hospital.
after several weeks illness with cerebral
meningitis took place at her home Tues
day afternoon. The Rev. James b. Sar-
gent pastor of the congregational
church OBLIGATED Interment was in
Mount Hope cemetery. The members of
the Senior class of Mortified high school.
of which the deceased was II member. at
tended the funeral in body. Edna
Florence. was the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Cleveland and was
born in Northfcld. March II, 1902 and had
always spent her life here, where she was
dearly beloved by large circle of
friends. Aside from her parents the
deceased IL survived by one sister,
Beatrice, wife of Archie Cram of New
London. Conn. and one brother, Paul
Cleveland of Mortified and two nephews,
Lawrence cleveland and Reginald Cram
The. Conversational club was entertain
ed Monday evening by its president
Frank 7. Parsons A dinner was served
at $3.50 at Park Inn after which the
guests accompanied the host to his homo
"" i'"' 0"'''' "nclc =" very ciJ'!a"''
meeting was neio' inc paper OF 'hc eve
,''s was 'cao ny y r. Mchn'sn'' Supe.
'".euoeht ol Scooois' VINO TOOK lot ms
suoJec' memory nc hcV' - H'
o'nsna'1 FORMER pastor oil the universal
Ist thufch III Nortnnc'd' no" loca'eu ~
NoooStoCk' was NlStof III town las.
wcek.-Mr and Mrs. Henry McCauley of
Nc',' ti"c'' are INC parents OF S""
oorh 'epruarN Ut hoper' tuh"' ""o
is "hsoclalco WIN Dr. Nppott III ms uchla
o'"cc VI 'c'ne', 'l's WINTER NS''cu "''
p"'ei,." ".. ann MlS' - ~ l'uhc' recent
" rIhncr scott went I" NeSt
t'eoa'oh ~ H. MONDAY To attend inc
.uic,a. OF ner SISTER MrF - Hdsa'
McN'ch"'' MIS- McNichol mas oce" VI
Io' 'o"S 'innc hcVcr 1uIN fc'"Nc'''E
'ro!n serious surgical opora''o" s"c
"''uc "cnt solne0n'c ago Shc was 1"
na'Ne ol bcr'n' Ter na'deh name was
"Srtlc "a'icy ana Tor som" years "l'c'
ne' herr'aEc she hlauc her nome VI
Ho.,nl,cuh' 'h'cr gong 10 LEBANON "'
Nc'Nl'no' pcnS III Tue monumental puS'-
MSS III Nh'tc hNcr Junction NS'"o
from hcr husband. the deceased is sur
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
WAITSFIELD

Mrs. Lizzie A. Livingston is caring for
Mrs p. +. Gaylord, who is ill.--F. L.
Howe of Mortified was n business visi-
eor in town the past week.-Clydc Baird
Is confined to the house by illness.-Miss
Irene Child of Moretown spent Sunday
At j. u. Baird's.--Mrs Bessie Moody was
he recent guest of her mother, Mrs
William kelsey.-Henry Dana is i'll with
Che prevailing distemper.-N. Leroy
Boyce of Bnghamton, n. Y, spent Sun
Hay with his sister, Mrs. ]. d. Davis
Mrs. a. Il. Farr and Ruth Farr were i'll
with grip the past Week.-Mrs. Lule
Jones has returned to w. l.. Jones to
care for Mrs. Abbie Taylor.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
TO-day's Funerals

The funeral of Piuagc Pctcr Girard will
be held al st. Joseph'S church at nine
O'Clock this morning with burial in Mt.
Calvary cemetery.
Tho body Of Walter 4. Storey was
brought from IIinesburg to the funeral
parlors of Read & Dover yesterday and
later taken to the home of his brother-in-
law and sister Mr.. and Mrs. Judd in oak
land. where the funeral will he held to-
day Burial will be in the Georgia Plains
cemetery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
MlDDLESEX

The auditors of the town are busy this
week auditing the towns accounts.-The
auction held Saturday at the ]. w. Alex
ander farm was well attended.-The 80
cows on the j. w. Alexander farm were
tested Sunday and Monday and not one
responded; something uncommon to find
so large herd perfect.-Friday January
30, being the Rev. j. G.. Sails birthday
the people ut Waterbury Center and Mid
desex united in giving him "A birthday
party at Waterbury Center that evening
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
SOUTH WOODBURY.

Harry Benjamin. the son of Arthur
Benjamin. is i'll and threatened with
pneumonia.-The annual church meeting,
which was to take place on Tuesday, has
again been postponed Ruth Tassie. wife
of Clifford Tassie. died at the home of
her parents in Methuen. Mass, Saturday
morning The body was brought here on
Monday.-Mrs. Theodore Morrison is en-
PERTAINING her sister and husband. Mr..
Pickering, They were lately married and
came from Prince Edward Island
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

liberty, was executed, and claimed he
could see no reason why patriotism
was featured when the sole question
is, did the man commit crime?"
No human being can look into the
heart of that respondent and tell you
what he intended to do nobody hut
himself and the Deity" said Mr.
Archibald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
William Nlct ucn

William McCucn, n former resident of
Burlington, died at Waterbury yesterday
morning. Tho body was brought to this
city and taken 10 the funeral parlors
Of r. w. Quincy. II will be taken day
to tho home of his brother, y. II. McCuen.
81 North street. and the funeral will be
held there tomorrow.
Besides his brother. H. TT. McCuen, he
leaves another brother, John McCucn.
also OF Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
PAYING THE PRICE

From the Los Angeles Times)
1t will take A7 apiece, from every man.
woman and child. to cover the government
expense this year Really a man has to
be something of an optimist to be sure
that he is getting the worth of his money.
II would cheer lot to see some officials
trying to save instead of seeing how much
they could spend
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
READING UNNECESSARY

Wright-"The author of that new novel
hos a wonderful imagination " ponr,an
--"Oh. indeed Then you have read Tho
hoo,,q" "No. | have not, bur I under
stand he has made the announcement
that 1000 copies of his book have all
ready been sold "-Yonkers Statesman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

They presented him purse OF sos TO be
used TO purchase fur coat and robe
James kirkland, a former resident of
this town. but for four years at the state
hospital at Waterbury died Monday. The
funeral was held Wednesday at the
Methodist Episcopal Church at 100 p. m.
The Rev. Mr.. Sails officiating. He is sur
vived by brother in California and a
sister in Cleveland, Ohio. He was n
of 400
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

In the store ads you will find spot
ews"-information Of immediate interest
and vaiAM
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05

You may ma domestic help-if any II
the classified.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
BERRIEN SPRINGS

FeHrl BurgOync. son Of Mrs ". r.
Bu-goync OF Berriea Springs. and
Miss Florence I.awton OF Chicago
were married Sat, Dec IS. at the
Church Of the Redeemer in that city
By Rev. Hopkins They viii make
their home here with the groom 3
mother. Mr.. Burgoyne is Employed
II the Buchanan plant of the Clark
Equipment co.
L. Troutfetter viii spend Christ
mas with his dGughtec Mrs. Milton
Edwards. in Buchanan.
Misses Mary Graham Of Dundee.
Mich. and Edith Graham Of Flint
Mich. are at home for the holidays.
The village schools and County
Normal closed Wednesday for a ten
days Vacation.
Miss Jennie Burton viii spend the
holidays &C the home Of her sister.
Mrs. A. J. Putnam, in South Bend.
Thurloy Shuler OF Minneapolis.
MINI. is visiting his father Wm.
Shuler
Mrs. J. n. Plat has returned from
Grand Rapids. where she has been
under treatment at the sauiLarium.
Miss Ada Taylor, teacher in the
schools at brighton, Mich. is at
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
BOY SCOUT SCRIBES
GIVE WEEKLY REPORT

Troop No. I at COquillard School
William Vernon was appointed
senior patrol leader. John Met
calf patrol leader Of the first pa
troll. ard Francis Russworm was ap-
pointed troop scribe Everybody
working hard for the next court Of
honor. We have almost q full troop.
Troop at River Park-We think
we have the Invest troop committed
or board Of directors in town. We
have started the practice Of making
out our troop programs for a month
ahead and some OF the other troop.
are going to look 10 their laurels at
the next court of honor
Troops and 8. at St JOseph's
sChool-About 40 boys were at the
last meeting. and we had a real les
son in knots shown us by an old
sailor. and we expect 70 put a knot
board at scout headquarters soon.
Troops and Z, at st. Patrick g
school-We had a good bunch at the
inspection, but we expect 10 have
almost our whole troop promoted TO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
Let Me Prove This Free

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I especially want to send it 90 those
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! want you 10 realize that my method
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This liberal offer q free treatment is
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TO-DAY.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
In The Heart Of Midre
a Christmas Legend of Erin

There WAS IL silence around the
woods and the hills &c was Ereat
white silence that see. q terrible NJ
times. but none tho ess strangely
comforting The skies locked like
some woudrous cloth. thicS ana veil
Vsty and black. pierced with a. null
ttuJe OF sparkling stars There was
a. whitcness upon the whole earth
pure snow from the hand Of Cod
and 4. hung upon the caves Of nous
es and lay on the tree tops like
life cCverlets Of rare beauty
Down in The valley If Culiumord
the lights tWtnkled from the houses.
IT every window stood "a large can
dic Il raw tallOw casting fitfui
beams Of radiance upon the ground
outside. Down AT tho end OF the lit
Gee village there were marv lights
stuC many figures passing TO and fro.
.mOug a cluster of Fir trees stood
90 -ucged structure that upon closer
approach looked 20 be 90 rude and
massive hut. filled with d!m-burn-
11r lights and laden with Cd sweet
tT1granCe.
lt was Christmas time in the VAL
lsr and 70 was moro than that II
vas the frs, Christmas the people
had been horn centuries before. Aud
now II had come to these IN the val
Icy as 30 had never como 10 any
other race OF the earth. To was here
with It's mystery and with all its
splendid beauty. with its lesson o.
qcac and OF good viii ON earth and
over 4 all shOne the face uf an in
FAINT on "a Manager floor with "a wcrl-
am standing by with her face fun Of
great dreams and the quiet light Of
stars about hCr head.
alidrc stopped before the crib
wondering The throng around aim
we're very still and looking with
worshipful eyes at the images be-
fore him His lips set and he
laughed within his soul Then a
great desire came upon him TO dash
up ana scatter the hut 20 pieces. His
strong arms aChed 20 destroy this
object or Lnbelief that had come in
TO the heart OF his people.
MidrC was a Pagan. He alone
with few others had held out
against tho teachings Of Patrick
the Apostle tie had never seen
him who had such a strange mower
over his people and who had turned
them from the worship Of the sun
cod and made their ears deaf 10 the
whispeTinEs Of Ouiu and Thor and
DE Manaan from the sea waves and
the forests In his own soul he
PRAYED for the spirit Of Cuchu,ainu
of Nuirttheme 10 come back and
rouse TIE land again and open The
blinded ewes OF the men and wOm-
cu of Erin He prayed To the
suiri- of Ossian ard CCalte but they
answered not. And ne felt alone
and sencd. Wishing that his spirit
might go out with the vest winds
t1 tho home OF The heroes who had
gene before him 10 the isle of T.r-
ra -noge. where forever there is
huupi1ess and eternal youth. and
where the maideus of Eiriun are fair
ta soc forever and tho lustre Of their
lips does not change
tie heard noise iu the distance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26

DC was five minutes before the
hour Of midnight and along the Rue
de Loire the silence was so deep
THAT one could hear the steps of the
night Waterman three squares away
ou the cobbIe stones if any one had
been there to listen but all the bus
ms citizens were sound asleep
dreaming OF the host OF relatives
who would arrive for the Christmas
holidays. the chestnut dressing for
the turkey. and the little ones bliss
fully OF the toys they would receive
ON the morrow.
At Msieur LeneauN's Toy shop on
the corner the silence was no less
complete and the moon shining
through the dinEv window pane re-
veaIed shelf upon shelf of toys ar
ranged for the night Inside the
shop the tall clock in the corner
licked off she minutes before mid
night and the gray house cat dozed
in the corner. Only one minute re-
NAMED before - o'clock the gray
cat stretched i'm her sleep and show
ed her teeth. thinking of some un-
lucky mouse she would catch for
her Christmas dinner. The clock
began 20 strike. one, \ sound in
the upper right corner OF the sec
ond shelf The cat moved uneasily.
Two, A hurried fluttering upon the
shelves "a though the wind had
passed through dry maple leaves.
Three, All the toys squeaked and
ratified as they tried their long UNI
used joints. The gray cat sat mp
suddenly and seeing the unusual
sight scuttled from the room iu
terror, for-the toys had come 90
life.
such ratLing and squeaking and
rustling from the dusty shelves The
pretty little Dresden doll yawred
and clappinE her hands jumped 90
the floor az the risk OF breaking her
blue China slippers and cried. Come
folks. let's be merry while we may.
only an hour. remember" She skip
ned 90 che music box ia the corner
and briskly wound it mp.
let jeanne grimperCnt une Colline
Pour RagDer IN seau d'eau.
=. Ques tombait terre e. casSai- 81
tete.
TT Jeanne descendant en- roulant
apres lui.
While the music box tlnkled out
flfz merry tune all the TOYS lu the
Toy shop stopped their stea,tny
VIII ispering 10 nod their heads i'm
slime. Giovanni. the wooden mar
ly1ette was not content with nodG-
ing his head. he clicked his painted
heels together and invited the doll
from Japan 90 dance with him
Dance But no. And what
would N sieur Leueaux the shop
keeper say u he should discover our
rrerriment2" the little Japan csc
doll answered carefully lowering her
voice
'Pfui" scorned Giovanna that
ed reprobate IS snoring so loudly
that the tasscl on his night cap
jumps ike a jumping jack
And 80 dance they did. the negro
pickaninny from America with the
Outer doll from a1liand. and the
rag doll with the jumping jack and
soon all the other dolls Joined in
the cake wax. faster and faster
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26

class in February. We have the
privilege OF serving luncheon twice
at the Chamber OF Commerce.
Troop IS. al the Grace ". f..
church-We arc going 20 help carry
out Christmas baskets, but We were
going 10 give a basket ourselves. We
have our own printshop and do most
OF the church printing. We are
going 20 print some tenderfOot let
rerheads soon with our troop num-
Der OF them. The Mems league had
"a chicken supper in our meeting
place last time and we did not have
a meeting.
Troop 10. at CoIfax school-Five
scouts from our troop have helped
az headquarters this week, and one
OF our fellows f. getting up a Jazz
orchestra 20 play for the soldiers al
Healthwin on Christmas. and our
troop maze the best showing 1T the
inspection. Two Of our Scouts help
cd with the troop at the Orphans
home Monday night.
Troop 20 at Lincoln school-We've
been meeting at home OF some OF
our members but now that we have
II tbAoNOAN N anu Ahoi JoliAihB ali
the time We voted az our last meet
ing that we would not accept any
more refreshments from the scouts
mother where we met.
Troop 81 at Oliver school-We are
Just a new troop. but when we took
q bout forty guys 70 the inspection
last week some Of the other troops
began TO sit up and take notice. We
have 6 scLuts registered and we will
Rave a full troop pretty soon.
Troop p. at the First ". r
church-We were among the first
three troops at the inspection. and
our meetings are getting better and
better We haven't missed an eX-
animation hike lately and we are
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26
A Tale Of A Toy Shop

they whirled until they sank eX-
hausted on the floor.
only two dolls sat or the shelf
not joining in the fun They sat on
opposite sides Of the room and gazed
ianguishinCly at each other They
were the two new arrivals from
Paris. Harlequin and Colombine
and although they had travelled in
the same packing box their aCQuain-
lance had not progressed beyond
courageous How do you dO7" from
Harlequin and a shy smile from
COlombine. But Harlequin resolved
20 bring matters 90 an end before
the clock struck one and they We're
sentenced 20 another year OF silence
for ne loved the dainty little dancer
devOtedly.
Gingerly ne climbed from his
shelf and approached the lady Of
his affections. Sweet Colombine.
he begged SAY YOU will be mine,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26

Don't buy price tags-Buy only standard quality clothes that
you know the value ofth best and only the best that's the
only kind You'll find here
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-26

arc thought CuChulainu was colre
~ last TO save his people and rouse
them out II this shameful peace of
living into the ,hrOeS Of cattle again
upon The sea and in lar lands. a
desire came into his mind 20 give
tho battle cry "NIuirtheua agus
abui' anu shatter the grandeur of
.his peaceful Christmas night He
would follow the chariot with it's
cleaning spiked wheels and follow
''uchulainn. him with the eagle s.
eyes and the lions strength whose
arms could snap the sapHngs Of the
forest OF Drumcoole. out Of the
mist the warriors were coming 10
drive this magician, Patrick. from
the land and Danish his accursed
religion forever. Then again
mighty battle and the ring Of steel
on steel and princes falling IN death
and blood upon the flying spears and
then victory and the singing Of the
bards upon their harps and tho rest
ing OF the princes in the banquet
halls. and he Midro. above them ALL
The sounds came nearer and a
strange singing fell upon his ears.
10 charmed MIN and sOothed his
burning mind. Then through the
foliage came one followed by many.
n "
fell upon the figure leading them
an old man with whitened hair and
graceful carriage. They stood in
front OF the crib in the hrtreeS and
stopped singing. Then the figure
leading turned around and looked
upon the people. Miire gaZed az
him. and felt as If ne were alone ana
everyone had left but two men. and
he was one Of the them ap1 The
other was a stranger not of his race.
but with eyes that looked into his
and saw into his soul. Then Nidrc
knew thai Patrick was before him.
When the sensation passed ne
| found himself among the thrCng of
people and listening to strange
words. He tried 20 fight against the
thoughts that were upon him.
against the appeasing OF his mind.
He failed. The voice stopped and
the crowd knelt upon the snow and
he found himself doing the same
thing Then the silent figure before
him bent down and stood again with
something between his hands. Midre
saw that 10 was q Cross of wood and
even as ne looked the Whisperings
of Thor and Odin and De M3nnaan
faded into the distance and were IL
nally lost in the great murmur of
new voices that we're ringing in his
brain A sweet peace came into his
soul and he felt like unto a little
child that has found some strange
new trtasure-and somehow he
knew that the treasure was very
/ bright and beautiful and true and
was not one with the things that
pass away.
He bent his head and prayed 10
this Christmas God "a best his
p-iucClv pagan heart knew how 90
pray and when he lifted his eyes
ne felt other eyes upon him. but
they were gentle and kind and n
great light came upon mis- soul.
And SO Midre. the last Of the
great princes of Erin was "a pagan
no more. since that first Christmas
] i'm ABB.