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Grace and skill combined 20 make
riders and horses seem like one as they
few past giving war-whoops and
shooting on guns.
Presently a very tall man in a black
suit stepped into the middle OF the
tent and shouted through mega
phone that next would come spithre.
the fercest and widest bronco that
ever lived; and hundred dollars re-
ward for anyone who could stay on
him ten minutes. Herb started 70 his
feet.
SLOW up there. my lad" called his
uncle. You know that offer may not
be straight. The bronco is trained 10
buck; It's only part OF the show and
one OF the circus people will win the
prize. OF course"
I'D like TO try, SIR" said Herb.
"All right" agreed his uncle. but
don't get your neck broken
Down came Herb and as he reach Cd
the saw-dust his schoolmates saw him
and began 70 cheer. There wasn't one
that didn't lean forward breRthlessly
and hopefully ~ he walked over TO
the bronco who had come In humping
himself like an angry cat Herb was
the hrst one down 30 he had first 60.
Wen. you never saw such crazy riding
In your life. II you could call 70 riding.
First the bronco hunched up his back
and Jumped up and down like a crazy
rabbit; then he shook himself and tried
10 turn a somersault; then he stood
up on his hind legs and hoped up
IN the air. But Herb still stuck. Then
old Mr. Bronco did his last trick. He
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won't need the rife anyhow"
They went on and had gone per-
haps third OF a mile when suddenly
Tom. who was IN the lead. was startled
by the appearance OF small furry
animal on the trail ahead. Instinct
lively his gun went 10 his shoulder.
Don't shoot" cried Paul. sharply.
But he was too late. Tom, obeylng
the impulse OF a green man in the
woods, pulled the trigger. The little
animal sauealed piercingly and rolled
over and over. ciawing al its sides.
"Runl" cried Paul again. Run for
your lifel Climb the FIRST tree you
cani"
Something IN his friends tone made
Tom obey without question. The two
boys flew down the trail As they
started they heard back OF them a
crashing OF underbrush and a terrify-
snarl. Tom, glancing over his shoul-
der, saw a huge bear. the mother OF
the cub he had shot racing after
them.
"Therei" Paul gssped. pointing.
up that treei" As he said Il he
swerved from the trail and made for
a tree himself Tom sprang for the
tree Paul had pointed out.
II was only their separating that
prevented one OF them from being
caught. The bear hesitated an instant
over which one 20 follow and that
gave the boys time enough 20 climb
beyond the reach Of her claws
Keep climbing" shouted Paul
from his tree. "she may so after
you"
The enraged beast did. indeed. try
TO climb the trees. but she found them
too slender 20 trust after she had
reached the lower branches. But she
kept racing furiously from one tree
to the other. rearing herself against
the trunks and biting and clawinR
Eavagely at the bark. Her cub had
crawled after her. and now lay on
some leaves about eighty feet from
the trees. The little animal kept uT
a pitiful moaning and whining and
this served 20 keep the mother in.
/ furlated.
We'll" cried Paul. we're safe foi
/ the present. but there's no telling how
long wen have 20 perch here. Tha
cub is badly hurt and so long as s.
stays here the old bear will stay with
II. Even II the cub dies she's nkell
20 stay by Il for a long time. guesi
we're treed for a good while unles
the cub RECEIVERS enough 20 travel on
He was a good prophet. The cul
would make no effort 70 move ever
! though the old bear tried 10 coax It q
20. She stayed beside Il now mos
OF the time but kept a sharp eye OF
the trees and made furious charges a
them when the boys moved.
The day wore on. The sun siowl
sank IN the west until Il had but Al
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hour longer above the horizon. The
boys.' perohed uncomfortabiy in the
trees grew weak and cold and hungry.
stil the cub lay in the leaves and the
old she bear kept sharp watch, snarl-
ing terribly when the boys moved or
spoke.
Tom" said Paul finally. We've
got to do something. That bear will
stay here all night. like as not. and by
tomorrow we won't have strength
enough to DO anything. It's now or
never"
But what can we do7"
I've got a plan. You 60 down low
In your tree and TIL do the same In
mine. Then you attract the bear over
20 your tree and I'll drop and run for
IT,"
But she'll catch youi"
mo she won't-not the way I'm
going. Anyhow It's tho only thing 10
do"
Paul did not dare TO tell Tom his
plan for fear his friend would refuse
10 help him in his desperate attempt.
Finally Tom agreed 10 follow Paurs
instructions. AS Tom shouted and
waved his hat 20 attract the bear be-
meath his tree Paul dropped TO the
ground and set on down tho trail.
In an instant the bear was after him.
Tom. watching them. groaned as he
saw the savage animal rapidly closing
UP the lead that Paul had gained
There seemed no hope that his chum
could escape those crushing paws.
Then Tom cried aloud IN anguish.
/ For he saw his ftlend come 10 tho
point on the ciiff where the path
turned but instead OF turning with Il
Paul kept straight ahead, making a
flying leap from the edge OF the clin.
The bear, almost on the boys heels.
braced herFlf back on her launches
10 keep from going over the clif. TOO
To Tom g looked as n Paul had
/ Jumped 10 his death. But Pauls plan
did not include suicide. II Tom could
/ have looked over the cliff ne would
have seen Paul land IN the top OF a
slender hickory tree that grew ur
about eight feet from the cliff and wai
almost as high. He struck u squarels
and ciung 20 the branches like a burr
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threw himself down on his side and
rolled over and over IN the sawdust.
or course. Herb got on then and rolled
over and over too. Everybody just
whooped with SOY.
Il want another chancei" gasped
Herb.
Help yourseifi' said the Snowman.
But you have 20 get In line again
behind the others and walt your turn. "
II was some comfort to see that no
body else fared any better. Most OF
the ambitious ones fell on tho flrst
bounce. but from tho way they fell
Herb had an idea that they fell on
on purpose. They didn't fall like anna
teurs.
TITS all a put-up Job just as Uncle
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while the bear. bafiied. ragged on the
clin behind him. Paul had noted the
tree when tho two boys had stopped
there 20 rest and had wondered n it
would be possible TO Jump 20 it from
the ciln. Now he had proved Il pos
sible-to anyone with nerve enough.
Half an hour later Paul. cautiously
reapneared along the trail with the
rife IN his hands. Two we'll directed
shots and tho bear. which had re-
turned 10 keep vigil by her cub. was
killed. Tom climbed stifIly from his
tree. The cub. Il turned out had died
Tom" said Paul. "wen just leave
those bears there for tonight. To-
morrow we'll skin them and, on boy.
won't those skins make a great dec
oration for our room At Wendover2' 2''
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lowing a faint trail At one place this
trail ran along the edge OF a sheer
cliff for perhaps a quarter OF a mile.
Then Il turned at right angles and
struck directly up the mountain. At
the point where the trail turned the
cliff was about go feet high. The boys
stopped TO rest there and gaze down
upon the lake.
AS they turned 70 20 Paul had an
accident that hurt nothing but his
pride. He stepped on a patch OF
moss that covered n smooth bit OF
rock. The moss gave under his foot
and Paul was thrown on his balance.
AS he waved his arms in an effort TO
recover himself his rife flew from his
hand and went over the Cliff.
'Tumphi" Erunted Paul. reddening.
That's a fine trick for a fellow that's
used 70 guns Guess I'm in my second
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"An right" replied Herb. I'm
trained 20 buck tool"
You'll get another bounced"
"Maybel Anyhow I'm going 10 try"
The last contestant had been thrown
and turned a handspring in a very
clever way for an ordinary man. al
though not 20 wonderful for a circus
man. and now IL was Herbs turn
again. The tent resounded with ap-
plause but his aunt hRif-rose from her
seat. THAT crazy boy will be killed."
she exclaimed.
But Herb was on the bronco like
Hash. one. twol The bronco bucked
twice. Threei lie reared up and
pranced on his hind legs. Fourl He
twfrled around and around and tried
20 nip his riders legs. F'ivel He put
his nose on tho ground and tossed his
hind legs up a. II he meant to turn a
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said" thought the boy.
Behind him, the last In the line,
stood a girl dressed in a girl scout
costume. She was pretty but when
Herb looked closely at her he saw that
she wasn't Just an ordinary girl. She
belonged 10 the show. he was sure.
Herbs eyes Travelled down from top 20
toe and rested on her heels. for what
he saw there made him do some quick
thinking. Spursl They we're very
tiny and painted black to match her
shoes. but spurs they we're and sharT
ones too.
"HR. hal" thought the boy. Their
he looked up at her and grinned.
Hello, kid!" she said. and Herh
liked her better when she smiled.
you've got plenty OF nerve" she
said, but this bronco Is trained "a
buck"
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. A TREE IN NEED -

Hzu HEN the spring holidays set
n the boys OF Wendover Acad-
n emy free for ten days Tom
Wv Crawford accepted the invita-
tion OF his chum, Paul Stevenson, TO
spend the vacation with him.
''I'll tell you what we will do, Tom"
said Paul Instead OF hanging around
home Wen 30 up to Fathers hunting
lodge In the hills and camp out there
by ourselves for few days OF
course, the woods aren't so pleasant
now as they'll be in the summer. but
the. snow and ice are gone and we can
have some fun fishing and canoeing.
You'u get acquainted with the woods
and maybe youll like It 70 we'll you'll
decide to spend the long vacation
there with US next summer"
The idea pleased Tom, for he. knew
nothing about the big woods. 4 few
days later, then, tho two boys were
alone in a log house on the shores OF
a lake that was SGT among heavily
wooded hills. Easter was late that
year. and the green was just beginning
to show. But the earth was generally
covered with dry, dead leaves and the
woods were still open.
The morning after they arrived Paul
said. when they had finished break
fast;
Let's paddle across the lake and
climb Old Baldy. That's the high
peak Just opposite. There's a won
derful view from there. Wen take
the Euns-you can carry the shotgun
and I'll take the rife. Probably we
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tho dowels, selecting only straight
grained and strong pieces. Miter their
ends az shown az d. Try all tho pieces
together htting one corner az a time,
numbering each piece toavoid confusion
when putting them together smooth
and sandpaper the rails and the legs
after tho dowel joints have been finally
fitted. and glue the two end rails and
their legs together; be sure the dowel
c is glued IN its place. and that tho
legs are not twisted. After the glue
has thoroughly hardened fasten the
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OF delight that went up all around.
Herb had hardly taken his seat
when up came the Snowman with the
prize money. and Il was funny He
offered Herb a Job with the circus,
but, OF course. Herb declined. as he
had ideas OF going 20 college.
After that his popularity was won
dcrful. He was sure enough a hero.
and his cousin was heard TO remark:
"stlilwaters run deepi"
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Ap 2tTHEYOUNG T; Nc pEOpLEe79N i, :,
APRIL

A PRIL. the month Of sunshine and
~ showers;
April. the month Of buddl
flowers;
First month Of spring Of which poets
sing
And happy sunshiny hours.
April, the month Of balmy days
April. the month for outdoor plays,
A time Of joys for girls and boys
With its happy-so-lueky ways.
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On him tnn minnte.l. =

on him ten minutes'-
The Snowman had nothing 70 say,
but Herb grunted: We'll. can ride
him tool' And with that he Stacked
Up on the rein. Up struggled tho
bronco. looking rather sheepish. He
hadn't been trained what TO DO n a
rider sat and wouldn't let one move.
80 when Herb said Git up he got
up. Cliclity. clack. all around the
ring! The air was split by the roar
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ore Junior Cook
DREAMED FISH WITH GREEN
PEPPERS

DREAMED FISH WITH GREEN
PEPPERS
open can OF naked fsh and put
he FISH into double boiler.
Add 1 cupful milk.
/ teaspoonfui salt.
/ tablespoonful butter.
When tho whole is hot enough that
the butter is melted add one green
pepper cut fine. DO not use seeds.
Dissolve level tablespoonsful hour
in Is 10 a half cupful OF milk.
stir IN slowly and cook till thick
and cEeamy.
Serve on triangles OF hot toast.
This is good for breakfast. luncheon
or Sunday evening tea.
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chndhondn

childhood"
He peered over the cliff. The rife
had fallen on a bed OF dead leaves
and did not appear 20 be injured.
wen leave It there until we come
back" Paul said. IT'S a long ways
70 a path down the cliff. Guess we
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won't see anything we can shoot, bnt
we might get rabbit. The season is
closed for other game"
"All right" said Tom. THAT suits
me"
They padded across the lake and
started the ascent OF old Baldy. fol-
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.PyZZLE'
N-COpNEsR-

FROM THE ANT HILL
Each word ends on "ANr.-
I. The ANT that gives pleasure.
2. The ANT that retracts.
8. The ANT that is a servile fat
terer.
4. The inharmonious ANT.
s. The ANT that commands.
G, The ANT Of bold opposition.
2, The yielding ANT.
s. The excessive ANT.
WORD SQUARE
Ny first IS a month Of the year.
NY second we pay for things we buy.
Ny third "a stif.
Ny fourth covers cake.
My fifth is an outer projection.
ANSWERS
FROM THE ANT HILL. Pleas
ANT. 2. Rec-ANT. 3. Sycoph-ANT.
4. Discord-ANT. 5. Re0n-ANT. s. Deh-
ANT, Z. PLANT. s. Redqnd-ANT.
WORD SQUARE
APRI
PRI OE
RTGI d
IOI NG
LED GE
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n HE place where lived the little pig was very far away
From all the things most any child seeing every day.
- OF wonders yet unknown to him the car was one
And Of course you'll agree. he'd missed lot Of fun
But strange things often happen when don't expect them to-
And pggies next adventure both very strange and
He just and didn't step aside
So there remains a tale 70 tell Of how he took a rdel
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HIS spiint top foot rest will be
an addition 10 the comfort OF any
home IN which there are little
folks 10 be seated or older ones
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Prepare the four legs and the rails:
make the dowel joints between the
rails and the legs as at a, Glue the
dowels into the ends OF the rails and
lay them aside as they can be fitted
more easily this way than n left loose.
Bore = )" holes IN the legs ~ shown at
10 receive the q r dowels C.. prepare
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
CUMMINGS YOUNG

The Congregational church at
Brownington was the scene of very
pretty wedding Saturday afternoon
when Miss Marjorie Louise Young.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James E..
Young of that town was united in
marriage to Mr.. Thayer Comings, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Comings OF
Richford.
The bride is a graduate of Newport
High School in the class of 1916 and
during her study years won host OF
warm friends in this city, many OF
whom attended the wedding. For the
past two years she has been an in
structor in the department of Com
merce and economics at the Univer-
sity of Vermont and during her un-
dergraduate days at the University
she was extremely popular among the
members of her class. She was
twice elected vice-president of the
1920 class the highest student office
that custom has ever given to girl
student. She was member OF Del
ia Delta Delta, and in her senior
wear, was a member of Akraia, the
University Women's honorary society.
The groom. a graduate of the Uni
versity of Vermont in the class of
1918, served as an officer during the
World war. He was a member OF
Phi Delta Theta fraternity. At the
close of the war, he entered the Ma
tional City Bank Service and went to
South America. He is now in the
clothing business with his father at
Richford.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed under an arch of flowers,
banked with asters and hydrangeas,
Rev. A. R. Hamilton of Orleans Of
floating. The bride looked very
charming dressed in white canton
crepe, carrying white roses and a
shower Of sweet peas. Miss Nadine
Julia Boardman of Stowe. the brides
maid, wore orchid georgette and
carried ophelia roses with a shower
of sweet peas. Thayer Jenney of
Richford, a fraternity brother of the
| groom. was best man and the ushers
were Persy Shangraw of Richford
| and Perley J. Hill of ST. Johnsbury.
During the ceremony, Mrs. Drifton
played a selection from Mendels-
sohn's midsummer Nights Dream
and just before the wedding couple
| took their place under the arch, Miss
Katherine insolvency of Burlington
| sang ooh Promise Me" Schuman
Traumeshi. accompanied by the organ
| list, Mrs. Harriet Drifton of Brown
| ington.
Following the wedding, a reception
was held at the home of the bride
and was attended by host of neigh
| bors, relatives and friends. Refresh
ments were served by several young
lady friends of the bride and groom.
The wedding gifts were numerous
and beautiful representing varied
line of useful as well as ornamental
articles.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
Statistics Show Neaaly Half Not
Descendants of DOminiOn's
First Settlers

The extent of the, French Canadian
migration across the border into Yer
mont is Indicated by census figures
recently made public. A great. num-
Der of farms in northern Vermont
have been occupied by French speak
ing people, but one of the surprises
is the number of Canadians who are
not French Three counties, Essex,
Orleans and Washington, report a
foreign born white population vary
ing from Is to 25 per cent; four coun-
ties, Caledonia. Chittenden, Franklin,
and Rutland, 10 to Is per cent; seven
counties, Addison, Bennington, Grand
Isle, Lamoille, Orange, Windham and
Windsor to 10 per cent. The for
eign born population of Essex coun-
ty is 1,426 out of total of 1854, or
about one-fifth. This consists of 658
French Canadians and $50 other Can
adams total of 1,247 from the do
minion.
Orleans county has 5,788 foreign
born out of total population Of 3d.
913, or nearly one-quarter of the
whole. Of this number 2,801 are
French Canadians and 2,170 other
Canadians or total of 4,971.
The Negro population of Vermont
mas decreased from l,oII IN 1S1U TO
572 in 1920. About one-siXth of the
Negro population of the state re
sides in Burlington.
Another interesting feature of the
census is the preponderance of wo-
men in most of the cities and larger
villages. Although in the state at
large men exceed women by a mar
gin of more than 5000 and in only
two counties, Chittenden and Rut-
land do women exceed men. The
number of Vermont soldiers killed or
who lost their lives as a result of
serving in the World war was only
about 600 and this would hardly ac-
count for the excess of women in the
more populous communities. The
figures for these cities and incor-
porated villages are as follows:
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
GLOVER COMMUNITY CHURCH

Rev. John Kimball, Pastor
Morning worship II a. m.
Sunday school IL m.
Evening 700 o'clock.
= There will be no services in the
church until September oath, as the
pastor will be absent next Sunday
on his vacation
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION
Meeting to be at Irasburg
Tuesday, Septic

County Sunday School Convention.
The attention of the Sunday school
workers of the county is called to the
fact that the annual county conven-
ton is to be held at Irasburg, Tues
day, September 10. All county and
district officers are asked to be pres
ent and each school is expected to
send as many delegates as possible.
The endeavor has been made in ar
ranging the program, which follows
in part, to have it as practical and
worth while as possible.
Forenoon devotions-
Address of Welcome
Response
The Sunday School Graded
Influence of the Sunday School in
the community.
Roll Call
Dinner.
The entertaining Sunday School
will furnish the essentials of the dim
ner. The visitors are asked TO bring
cake, pie or doughnuts.
Afternoon
The Value of the Opening Service
The Teen Age Problem
Missions
Simultaneous Conferences:
Children's
Young Peoples
Adult
Administrative
Question Box
Business
The Sunday School Association
The convention is to be held fore
noon and afternoon, and will COM
mence promptly at 10<o'clock in the
morning.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
PAGE EIGHT
EVANSVILLE

Mrs. Ray Heath visited her little
son, Ivan, at St. Johnsbury over the
weekend.
Miss Hazel Jenkins is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Archie Brown, at New
port Center.
Miss Vera Leland returned Friday
to Augusta, Me-, where she will teach
the coming year.
Enos Lapierre of Newport is here
helping care for his father, who is in
a very bad condition.
Mrs. Orris Brown of Ayers Cliff,
P. O., is spending few weeks with
her friend, Mrs. G. j. Maxfeld.
y Ivan Heath was taken to st. Johns
bury hospital last week where he I'M
derwent an operation to have the
limb Strengthened which was broken
last spring.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
The Thousand Islands.

The beauties of the ST. Lawrence
river were first seen by a white man
when Jacques Cartier, on voyage of
exploration, happened on the stream in
1875. 1t was not until 1915, however,
that the region of Alexandria bay was
discovered. In that year Champlain
travelled up this part Of the river.
About 1850 the French began to real
lie its wonders and christened it Les
Mile isles.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
Plant That sneezes7

The recent discovery Of a cough
ing plant has been reported. The Vul-
garisation ScientifiQue mentions still
another species which sneezes.
The former grows In certain trop-
zeal countries and bears a bean-like
fruit 1t appears to have a decided
distaste for dust, and when a little
is placed on one of its leaves the
respiratory organs of the plant initiate
and the dust is expelled with curl
Gus noise, for all the world like
child with the whooping cough.
We are not told the name Of either
plant and doubtless they are closely
related, If not idehtical.-Kansas City
Star.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
White Flowers and Moths.

The reason why certain pale flowers
smell sweetly when dusk falls is be-
cause they are pollinated by moths,
which are dusk-lying creatures. The
scent is guide to the winged visitors,
and the pale color also helps. Notice
honeysuckle, night-scented stock, and
the tobacco plant.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13

These figures do not include the
rural population of Bennington, Brat
tleboro and st. Johnsbury. By a Curl
Gus coincidence the men and women
of Newport number exactly the same,
2,488 of each.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-09-13
BROWNINGToN CENTER

D. I. Grapes of Lyndonville was in
town recently. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. George Blouin OF
Sheffield are visiting at Joseph
Young's.
Miss Eva Robinson has gone to Or
leans to work in the home of E. E.
Matthews.
Mrs. S. E. SClough of Maiden,
Mass, is visiting her niece, Mrs. L.
N. Lund.
Mr.. aand Mrs. Lyman Seymour of
Albany were recent guests at the
home of Mahlon Seymour.
Mr. and Mrs. w. P. Smith spent
the past week with their daughter,
Mrs. Harold Heath, at Orleans.
Oliver Dwire of Sheffield is visiting
his sisters, Mrs. j. G. Houston and
Mrs. Mary Lang and other relatives
in town.
MI. and Mrs. Harry Flanders and
grandfather, William Flanders, of
Groton, Mass, have been visiting at
E. A. Gallup's.
Wayne Spencer of Claremont, N.
H., and Miss Margaret Stearns of
Newport, N. H, spent part of last
week at John Young's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine Provost, Jr.,
have returned to their home in. Law
renee, Mass, after spending a week
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Antoine Provost.