Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-03-24

ndQn Deen Ill NOTLn OAR IltLI
vile for some months and | hadn'
seen old Aunt Maria Stedman for {
year. so when l stepped into he
clean, poor little kitchen, settled
down for a real visit and to hear The
news
As Aunt Mari bent her rheumatic
knees creakily and dropped into {
chair by me, | noticed she was sew
ing on some little square pieces o
ing new quilt" l asked.
1--WE got something better to dc
than that" she answered with hei
usual spicy, lively accent, "I've ad
opted school teacher"
"Why, what do you mean"
queried, 81 never heard of such a
thing"
"'Twouldn't be such bad thing
if more folks did it," she said, CIV
erybody adopted orphans during the
war, and they're way across the water
And school teachers are right under
our noses"
Now Aunt Mari lives on half OF
nothing a year. managing somehow
with a garden and berry patch and
t;n ranr,o u ,t o+o a-,u a L w. al C
~. bonI.;nr r',as ond o2n ' i, Iaoo
The only thing she will accept from
her relations is to let them pay for
the telephone which makes it safe for
her to live alone as she does. | really
couiJ S,dont nov an,Ln dI' s"o ,,, sun 3ho
most rornnto ,,ov
1r\,ov IN toI ,,or ali ,,ou, # %
so;d A,,+ Ht,ry oit ,o,la - w.. ano
daT ;ust ill., Than lie snanning
ToIr Sn~orl Tho ,de, d,J ,r app -,
iina on VIM NV door.sfan Iait Ientemher
neoi;ra 'n[,o aarl,. ,n,I.. - r,,l-n
annIo s,,co or, of and .,,. ,bs nay.
taacbor If o,,r d;,,r,ct scLooI ro,n;ra
dow +b, road ,,a,;.ad H., r.,Il.od
Ior, " Of t;rod ,nd disCo,r,g.J Cba
a;n,, r,ora',, -,ri harNali ~, ,,aro
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7 thouab, e. r,,.ioIf - had r;rl
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, Iot 81 ,.a,,na o,,o. ,,,,a' '''7 ia r,l.a -
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4 1.'''I i, 9-'' ~ -. ,.,.'" ' 700 ,,ot,
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Jl, ,nd tha,. rauld,,,t ho ho+har.
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w. INV, ' nal, "a r,,n '' ood Ill tha
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o', ' ..:l,a 9"o ,.1u ,;,.a Ill., T.,.nr,
tLot r,,,. Io rosnnctohI, arongb a.
n,.ornl ,5o h,u tbot ain't 40 IL nlore
for n; 49, , D '' r;rl and ,.o,, i,nov.
il u.,tb tr5,oII;no mon COMING and
49, o,r M'V al, bonr e' Of +ba e' do, ' anJ riabt
a 9n,i'7 raadmo., l.nnu.sn .t,a tran,s of
a ,,'U ond ,aiI', 10, oo,,, .bou.;na
,lod any Joa '"'"' '' oor r'i ,hara
and ~ cost 90 much :, toai. al her,
, ,rau Had ,,.hn, norid sbo do come
,r;ntor ond lad woatho , ''~ wv
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',n. h tls a,y,.. had ,n.a rna,,,. ,nd
'''a , -, ','' IN fnr a., "1 i.;totor 0'''' ''
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,'',,' ar tha,' na ANU ,;,,'a. hor
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t"'. ,; ~" uleu ,,, on" .n,t;,o roo,r, ond
ne , oi h rb4", H. sey Avn '' a;nt anu bit
onA "v' 'I7'I T. u, Ja. ',. Nv ,oad 70 ha,,o