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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION

The 18th anniversary OF st. An
thongs court, Catholic Order of Fores-
ters. No 1876 was held at the Junction
house Thursday evening, Feb. >. The
banquet was held at 3 o'clock. The
speakers were; POSTMASTER, William
C. Renehan, Rev C. C. Delany, DIR.
7. T.. Garland. Thomas O'Brien. Rev.
7. NJ. Aubin, John F, Roberts, 7. 7.
Haley and +. y. LEcuyer
The local American Legion basket
ball team defeated the Barre A. c. team
at Gates opera house last Saturday
evening. The score was 40 to II.
The Knights OF Columbus held 800
card party in the club rooms Monday
night. They had nine tables. The
prize for men was won by DR.. Brooks
and the prize for women was won by
Mrs. Maurice Walsh. There was a
large number present and everyone had
a most enjoyable time. a dance fol
lowed the card party.
Abraham Colodny Of the Surprise
store left for Boston sunday night on
a business trip of few days, expecting
to return Wednesday.
Philip Griffin of Raymond Trsinor's
office was in Woodsvlle Monday, look
ing after legal business for Mr.. Irainor.
Fred Fortier and family of seven are
all down with the influenza.
II. l.. Tucker, manager of the Grafton
County Electric Light & Power com
pany. is in Boston this week on bust
ness for the company.
Howard Pease, who has been eXamin-
or for the banking department OF the
state of Vermont for the past few
months. has resigned and has accepted
a position with f. II. Rollins & Sons,
investment bankers, of Boston. Mr..
pease has taken the place made vacant
bv John II Carroll. who has taken the
position of manager of the Burlington
Trust company.
w. j. King of South Main street,
who has been in California for the
past two months, returned home Tues
day.
Everett ]. Eaton and f. 5. Drown.
who have been ON trip to Florida, re
turned home the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dryer are con-
fined to the house with severe cases OF
the grip and their little son is in the
Boston City hospital, where he is re
ceiving treatment for his legs.
John L. McManama Of the local tele-
phone office is spending short vaca-
ton with friends at Greenfield, Mass.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
H4RSHFIELD

Judge L. r. Slack of st. Johnsbury
was in town Thursday.
Dr. H. C. HOLSTER went TO Groton
last Thursday to assist in caring for
the flu patients there.
Mrs. Mary Bliss is spending few
weeks at the home of her son, II. J.
Bullock.
Charles Brown came home from Bur
Iington the last Of the week and is i'll
with flu at the home of his father, +.
II Brown.
Miss. Amy Cameron visited in st,
bloomsbury over the week end and Mrs.
S. NJ Carpenter supplied for her in the
intermediate room Friday afternoon
and Monday forenoon.
Mrs. Forrest Drinkwater is i'll with
! flu.
! Mrs. H. D. McCrillis and Mrs F. 4.
Corson were visitors in Montpelier Sat
urdsy.
| Rev. G. A. Furness was a visitor in
plainfield Monday.
G. j.. Thwing was in Calais Saturday
putting in a new one pipe furnace for
| NJ. d. Hawkins
{. G.. Pitkin was in St Johnsbury
over Sunday.
C.'l pitkin of Williamstown was a
visitor in town the first of the werk.
Word has been received here Of the
death OF Dennis Mills in Marlboro,
Mass, on Feb. 4, from cerebral hem
orrhsge tie will be remembered by a
large circle of friends. as most of his
life was passed in this town.
Mrs. Anna Richard is nursing in the
mily of +. II. Brown,
II is hoped that all the members of
the teacher training class will be pres
ent at the home Of Miss Burnham at
p. m. Wednesday, Feb. y, to take up
the work wnich has been so long de-
layed by illness.
Miss Leona Bullock is able to 5e in
school again. after a weeks illness.
A Sunday school social was held at
the parsonage last Wednesday evening.
The one two weeks previous was Civ.
en- at the home of Clifton Ward Both
were well attended.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
FACTS TO KNOW
ABOUT ASPIRIN
The "Bayer Cross" Means Genuine
Aspirin Prescribed for
IS Years.

Aspirin created sensation when in
troducvd by Bayer over eighteen years
ago Physicians at once proved its won
derful efficiency in the relief of pain,
The genuine, world famous Aspirin, in
@Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" is safely
taken by millions for Colds, Headache,
II heumat SIN, Neuralgia, Earache,
Toothache. Neuralgia. Aching joints,
Neuritis. and Pain generally.
BE sure the 'Bayer Cross, which is
the mark of true "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin" is on each genuine package
and each genuine tablet.
Boxes of II tablets cost but q few
cents and contain proper directions.
Druggists also sell larger Bayer' pack
ages. Aspirin is the trade mark OF
Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid
ester of Salieylicacid.--Ady.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
THETFORD

The teachers and students of Thet-
ford academy attended the final day
of the carnival of winter sports at
Dartmouth college, Saturday, the l4th.
They are now ready to make Charles
Scott, the restaurant man, an honor
airy member of anything
w. w. Moulton had a narrow escape
while working in the woods, falling
limb hitting him on the head and rem
dering him unconscious. Mr.. Moulton
lives neighbor to the man who recent
~ lost thumb by saving machine.
Next neighbor, take warning!
Norman Cox and Herbert Fletcher
are victims OF the flu,
Sundays storm was the worst in
years, but the rollers are doing fine
work at making the roads disable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
-fl7e friendly tobacco

to the village Monday to attend school,
especially the students of the high
school. who live in the surrounding
towns.
Mrs. Julia Edison. who has been III
with pneumonia for several days, is
now suffering with jaundice.
Mrs. Clayton, who has been quite i'll,
is now uch improved.
The Epworth league social, which was
to have been held at William Water
mans Wednesday evening, has been
postponed for week on account of the
bad travelling.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
QUICK RELIEF
FROM CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel. No
gripping results from these pleasant
little tablets. They cause the liver
and bowels to act normally. They
never force them to unnatural action.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
soothing, healing, vegetable compound
mixed with olive oil.
II you have a bad taste, bad breath,
feel dull, tired, are constipated or
bilious, you'll find quick and sure re-
suits from DIR. Edwards little Olive
Tablets at bedtime. 10c and 25c box.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
VEST BERLIN

George Streeter was in Montpelier
last Fridays
4. Y. Provost was in Mortified Sat
uTdsy.
B.S. Cove was business visitor in
Mortified iast week
Elmer Rich from Mortified was in
this place last Friday on business
The annual prize speaking contest
and exhibit Of school work for the west
side 81 the town 81 Berlin viii be held
next Friday evening. Feb. 20. at Tire
parish hall. The public is cordially in
vited. Admission free.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
BETHEL
Roads Leading to the Village Are Be-
ing Dug Out After Storm.

Slowly the roads leading to the viii
lage are being reopened after Sunday y
big snow and blow. Road Commission
err r. A. Bowen, with -four assistants,
made one of his hardest trips with the
roller yesterday, taking the route by
Cherry Hill cemetery, the quarry school
house and the Sanford farm back to
the village down the branch Foot
ing it" has been the only way of travel
ing from many points outside of the
village w. j. Reid, Central Vermont
plumber, who lives in the Lympus
neighborhood, was marooned at last
reports eight miles from the cars.
Miss Alice Bradley fell on an icy
walk in Holyoke, Mass, last week and
broke both bones of one leg. She was
given prompt surgical treatment at her
home in that city and is doing as well
AS possible. She is frequent visitor
here and is almost Bethel resident.
John f. Bush is i'll with pneumonia
at the sanatorium.
Mrs. Stevens, who has been at the
sanatorium for medical treatment, has
recovered sufficiently to return to
George w. Newtons, her boarding place.
Mrs. Lewis F. Edmunds returned on
Saturday from the Randolph sanato-
rum. where she was operated on a
month ago by Dr. r. c. Angel for the
removal OF the gall bladder. She is re-
gaining strength steadily.
Miss +. Frances Dyer, for three years
a teacher III the graded school, recently
employed at Brandon, has accepted a
position as teacher of the fourth grade
at Grantwood, n. j., at a salary OF
$3.50, and begins March /.
BY the recent death Of A. A, Soper.
aged % years, o. o. Rogers. aged 81
years, becomes the oldest person in
town Mrs Ellen ellison, aged 80 years,
is the Oldest person in the village.
Mrs L. Z. Rowell of Waltham. Mass,
is visiting her brother, Harry l., Emery.
Miss Edna Parsons is home from
johnson Normal school which is closed
because OF Hinges among the students
and teachers.
The resignation Of Jesse T, Moody
as janitor was not accepted by the
school committee and Mr.. Moody has
resumed his work
There is no lack in the supply of
teaching material in this town 30 of
the towns residents being actively en-
gagged in that profession at the present
time. As the towns demand for teach
ers is for only about 20, it may be
credited with surplus of 10. Nearly
all of the 80 are trained and cxpe
rienced teachers.
The Whitromb high school girls bas
ketball team visited Montpelier last
Friday and that evening defeated the
Montpelier girls, 6 to ), The Whitcomb
girls scored on two baskets from the
floor and two from the foul line. The
girls were much elated by their victory
in the Capital city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
RANDOLPH
Miss Jennie WEIGH Died Monday of
Bronchial Pneumonia.

People in town were greatly shocked
on Monday to learn Of tire death of
Miss Jennie Welch at the home OF Y. l.
Spear, where she had made her home
for many years. To many the news of
her illness was not known, only that
she was in frail health, the result of
a shock, which she sustained four years
ago, and from which she had only par
TALLY recovered Miss Welch was tax.
Ell i'll on Friday, with what was called
bronchial pneumonia, and she quickly
had to go down as she had not sniff
Client strength to rally. Miss Welch is
survived by ono sister, Mrs, Holden,
who also was of the family of Mr.
Spear, and niece, Miss Elizabeth
Holden, also Of the same household
One brother, living in Detroit. Mich
survives her. Miss Weleh was an cs-
timab'c lady with many friends, who
will regret her death.
Mrs. Lyndon Thomas. who has been
passing several days here with her
mother, Mrs. Edna Fairbanks, left this
week for Northampton, Mass, where
EAC anu lltA Nlli IlitA
home for the present, Mr.. Thomas hay-
ing recently engaged in business there.
The funeral Of the late Mrs, Char
lotte Lille was held from the home of
her nephew, Clarence Booth, on Tues
day morning at 10 O'Clock, Rev. Tol.
man officiating,~ani interment was in
the family lot beside the husband and
children, who died many years ago,
The women of the Relief corps attend
ed in body at the request of the rel
atives, and assisted in the service.
Mr.. Brewster Of Medford, Mass, ar
rived here on Monday for visit with
his sister. Mrs. ID. l.. LOOMS, and on
Tuesday another sister. Mrs. Whitman
of South RoysHon, arrived for short
stay with them.
The many friends here of Mrs. Myra
2. Libbey, for many years resident
of this place and for a long time living
in she Martin block on Randolph ave.
nue., viii be sorry to learn of the acci-
dent which befell her Saturday at the
home OF her sister law, Mrs, Julia
NJ Paine, in Farlee, where she had
been making her home since the fall OF
1918. Mrs Libbey fell on the piazza
last Saturday and broke her hip bone
Because OF her advanced age, the physi-
clan did not think ii wise to set the
bone and she was taken to the Mary
Hitchcock hospital at Hanover, y. H.,
where She will remain few weeks. for
care and treatment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
SOUTH ROYALTON

L. F. Terry of Bethel was in town
Tuesday on business.
Mrs. c. NJ. Edison is in Plainfield,
called there by the illness of her son,
Leon Edison.
A robin was seen last Saturday aft
ernoon in one of the orchards in the
Those who saw the bird won
dered on Sunday how il happened TO
be in this part of the country.
Several children were unable to get
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
RUB NEURALGIA PAIN
AWAY! QUICK RELIEF
Stop Suffering! Rub Neuralgia Pair
from Face, Head or Body With
"St. Jacobs Liniment."
Get 4 small trial bottle.

Get small trial bottle.
Rub this soothing, penetrating lini,
ment right into the sore, infamed
nerves, and like magic neuralgia dis.
appears. "St. Jacobs Liniment' col.
quers pain. 1t is a harmless neuralgia
relief which doesn't burn or discoloI
the skin.
Don't suffer- It's so needless. Get
small trial bottle from any drug store
and gently rub the aching nerves" and
in Just moment you will be absolute
" free from pain, ache and suffering
but what viii please you more Is, that
the misery viii not come back.
No difference whether your pain OF
neuralgia misery is in the face, head OF
any part of the body, you get instant
relief and without injury.-Adv,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSED
Theodore Roosevelt Introduces Bill in
Albany Legislature.

Albany. n. y. Feb. lS.-Asscmbly.
man Theodore Roosevelt yesterday in
troduced in the legislature a minimum
wage bill. The measure is designed
TO create commission to investigate
the low wage paying industries and
determine what constitutes a fair liv'
ing wage for women.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18

were called here last week by the death
of their father, S. G. Carpenter. re
turned to their home at New Haven
Conn. on Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Sud.
dard of Ticonderogs, \. y, who were
called here by the same incident, re-
turned home Monday. They were ac'
companied by Winona Carpenter, the
l2.vear- old sister of Mrs. Suddsrd, whd
will make her home with them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18

mouth Memorial Hospital. NeV Jersey, SAYS;
sWhaf women need O. pat roses On their
checks and the spriugtIme 81 life il,o tk-
step is not cosmetics or stimulating druss,
tus plenty Of rch pure red blood. Iron 3
one 81 the Frczfcst ~ al streugih and blood
builders and unless fhis Iron Is OBTAINED
from cur feed j. uust b supplied IN som.
form that is easily sssiuilstcd ID We want
% possess power, energy and endurance.
] have found nothing IN my experience 50
elective for helping t. make strong, healthy
1ron
Elnrln--rnrr' Yea Naa-.i i--s ~ n rrst-is-t
a. --fH--aalc1 ts7ss tT rtFsHss rH- $3.50
r.1.4Er SO - ID - se=n 81 ear
49, rnlts &c alssr iHs7FsHIe ta1a F-1ar-fs
ga assi-I So - are tks tasrt ~s.is
fNsr- 80 HsasE g. $3.50 ltr "a
gua-.rt-s H-rsa' 49, s-isrs's rats'urt--T
$3.50 rsa--s,--- ifass -rsaas FcaF zsarF. lt
ssssr-.s - a. 80 ersEza.
.ssa-A. lslaa.aE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
For Colds, Grip or Influenza

aud as a Preventative, take Lana
TIVE BRUM0 oUININE Tablets. Look
for +. w. GROVES signature on the
box. 30c.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
CROTON
Funeral of S. c. Carpenter Was Held
Last Thursday.

The funeral of 5. G. Carpenter was
held Thursday afternoon, Rev =. W.
Puffer officiating, assisted by Rev.
Stead Thornton. Because of so much
illness in town only few relatives and
close friends We're present at the serv-
ices Sewell G. Carpenter was born IN
Groton His parents were Andrew j.
and Emily (Welch Carpenter. AT the
age of II he commenced work as clerk
in the store of Hall & Cochrane and re-
manned there for nine years. He was
assistant postmaster under Hon. J., \.
Hall and was appointed postmaster in
1897. which Office he held for four years.
Mr.. Carpenter in 1898 married Gertrude
w. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. ~.
Clark. Five children were born OF this
union: Earl, now of New Haven, Conn,
Eunice, Mrs Suddard OF Tieonderoga.
y. j.. Theresa who died three years
ago. SewelI a., who died in infancy,
and Winona Mrs. Carpenter died
about l years ago and two years later
Mr. Carpenter married Miss Louise
Downs, daughter OF + p. Downs of this
place, who. with two small children,
Dorothy and Kendall, survive For the
past 10 wears Mr. Carpenter had been
the efficient and popular head clerk in
the store of b. S, Eastman. He will be
greatly missed in the community
most Of all in the home, where he was
always kind and indulgent,
Miss Belle Foley arrived here yester
dav from New Haven, Conn, being
called here by the illness of her broth
ers. James, Perley and William Foley,
and the lstter's wife.
George Ashford went 60 Barre City
hospital yesterday for treatment and
possibly an operation,
The community was again saddened
Yesterday when il became known at
noon that Mrs. William Foley had
passed away She had been very i'll
with pneumonia for the past week,
Mrs. Mary Benzie returned the last
of the week from Canada, where she
has been on a visit to her son, Neil
Beuzie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Carpenter, who
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18

number q people who lack iron n the blood.
and who never suspect TIE cause q their
weak. nervous. rundown state LacE OF
suif-i-rt iron in fte blood has ruined many
O mans nerves and utterly rrbhed hirn o.
that viriie force and Stamina which are 50
necessary % success ard power q every
VA Of life.
Il strongly advise thosc who fe.i TIE
need 81 : strength ard blc1d-hal.dcr % get
. rhvssciar's rrcscr -rtion f1r orzauis irru--
Nuwsssf Truu--or n ~1- srnt wzut a. 60
e. this trouble th-u purchase crlv NuNatc z
Iren IN ffs orirlrsi p1rksFes and - that
SIS asrf5cu'zr ra-re fNuNsfc1 Ar11l A.
pears On tks rscszCe
n rr---s-firF r-or fhr rs'1- cf N-r-
afef 1-sr a. meas Ter ur-s--rg re1 ttag.1-
s---rr-r a-i --lurz-c-. Lir- tsrrrFE r.
Bakef. fsrn-riy rhyEac--n szs surEeen. Men
a. aksas yEJ
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18

into living tissue" SAYS DR.. James
Francis Sullivan. formerly physician
az Bellevue Hospital tOutdooT Dep').
New York. and the Nestchester
County Hospital.
Modern methods Of cooking and
the rapid pace al which people Of this
country live has made such an alarm
ing increase in iron defeicncy in 81.
blood a American meH- and women
~. I hs.l- offrn -rarvr'sd a. the iarEr
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-25
Cargo of Bobbed-Halr Girls.

Bobbed-hair girls on the liner Ven
tura on the trip up from Sydney gave
the appearance Of a steamer manned"
by Amazons, or troop Of women
who had Just been demobflized from
the "death battalion" but they were
nearly all real girls and without a
speck of "votes for women" element
in them. so most of the men pas
sengers said when the Ventura reached
Honolulu, according to the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser.
Most Of the bobbed-hair girls were
young and most Of them slender. Some
had their hair cut Dutch fashion, some
had it shingled far up toward the
crown, being left to frizzle out girl
fashion, but all had enough hair left so
that there We're captivating ringlets to
allure the opposite sex-as usual.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-25
Saint Paul Man
Gains 70 Pounds
Carlson Also Gets Rid OF Thirty-Fiye
Years. Trouble with Rheu-
matiSm.

by taking Tanlac ! have gain
ed twenty pounds and gotten rid
of rheumatism that had troubled
me for thirty-fve years, :" said
]. w. Carlson, of 90 Phelan
Creek Street. st. Paul, MINI.
81 am now sixty years old, ="
he continued, land had suffered
ever since was a young man OF
twenty-five. During that time
| had the very best of treatment
and tried many different kinds
of medicine, but got no perma-
nent relief until | found Tanlac.
was in such bad shape last year
that | was laid up for 3 months.
also had stomach trouble so
bad that everything | ate caused
me to bloat with gas and suffer
for hours afterwards. often had
raging headaches and was SO
nervous could never get much
sleep. Finally gave up entire
ly and never expected to be any
better, but | began taking Tan
lac and the way it knocked that
rheumatism out was simply Won
derful, and l haven't a sign of it
left.
my stomach trouble, too, has
left me entirely | eat three big
meals every day, for | am hum
cry all the time and never have
the least bit of Indigestion. My
strength has come back and it
beats the world the way | am
gaining in weight. | never felt
better in every way in my life
and it gives me pleasure to re-
commend Tanlac, for it will do
just what they say it will.
Tanlac is sold at Dixie Phar-
macy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-25
About Bread.

Bread is the staff of life, but few OF
US know why certain kinds of bread
make more sturdy staff than other
kinds. An expert has stated that II
whole wheat bread had been eaten and
white bread forbidden, the present
national decay Of teeth would never
have happened. Flour made from the
whole grain has twice the protein and
only a third of the water In ordinary
white" flour. Bread Is such an excel.
lent food because but Az per cent OF
its solids escape absorption by the
body. If milk were drunk with bread
practically every crumb would be abb
sorbed in nutriment. Ordinary white
bread contains 40 per cent of water.
The "fat" in bread is just per cent
of its total ingredients. The rest Is
made up of protein (the basis of life).
starch, sugar. dextrin, cellulose (indi-
gestible), and mineral matter. New,
moist bread is extremely hard to d.
gest because It produces no apprecia-
bic flow Of saliva In the mouth during
mastication.. A slice Of ordinary day
old bread is not digested until it has
been in the stomach two and a half
hours. Wheat can be eaten In its en-
tire state, IL soaked for long time in
water, then boiled In milk, and sugar
added. This is the ancient "frumenty."
Real brown bread is made from stone
ground fiour. manufa ctured FROM the
whole grain. sss
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-09-25
MARKS END OF TWO TOWNS
Abandonment of III-Starred Western
Enterprises Has Now Been Def
niteIy Established.

The final chapter of the tragedy OF
two abandoned cities In the Antelope
valley was written by the board OF
supervisors when the names OF the
towns of Little Rock and TERRA Bonita
were erased from the records.
says a recent issue Of the Los Angeles
Express.
By formal resolution the streets and
avenues of the dead cities were aDan-
1oned and the sites returned to the
status of agricultural land.
w. G. Petchner, representing agri-
cuItusists of the Antelope valley, who
now seeks TO plant pear orchards on
the sites of the two boon cities" OF
80 years ago, told the story of their
ill-starred existence.
little Rock and TERRA Bonita were
laid out about 80 years ago by
Chicago syndicate. following the
chimerical colonization Of the district
by Englishmen who came over the
sea, sponsored by the London Daily
Telegraph, to manufacture newspa1
per print paper pulp out Of the fiber
of the yucca palms that covered the
desert at that time" said Petchner
"The scheme sounded great and
looked fine on paper, but it lasted only
about one year. The towns. which
had been formally laid out, still per-
sisted on the records, and the streets,
avenues and squares could not be
abandoned until a. law had been
passed making 1t possible to do So
'sThe English colonists long since
have scattered to the four corners OF
the earth and but few remember the
boom that was created over the yucca
pulp mill and the shipping of fiber.
Now the forbidding desert of those
years has been changed into the abun-
dant pear orchards Of today. The re-
mains Of the houses are being
cleared away. and where the coyote
and jack-rabbit roamed among the
stark remnants of the collapsed boom
the pear trees are blossoming forth
promise of bumper CROP"