Phillips High School - Phillipian Yearbook (Phillips, ME)

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'llll PH1I I YPIAN The History of the Newspaper let 11s 11r1e1ly slteteh the l1fe of the new5 p1per 11111 see how ltS hfe co111p1res 151111 OT1lLI'1l11Ilf S X1ll1Cl1 we obserxe eyery d1y We see t11e tall spruce frrowmg p1ouc1ly 111 the fO16b1 towermg perhaps 111oye t con1p1n1on5 It 1115 grcwn 1nd grown from 1 httle 1166110 '1t'1ll 11oble o11e, w h1ch IS 11ot1ce111le f1on1 1 d15t111ee for 1t5 e1ect ness 1nd lmetuty Some brwht l1lO11111lg 1 V1OOL1Sll18fl Comes fells lt peel5 1t 11111 eut5 1 11110 p1eces lt5 te 1n the forest t1c11 15 C11Q1CC1,1l'J1H71'C w1ll 1t be seen to over top 115 1s5oc11tes I'11e 1J'l1lxlSli,f111'11l1C forest but the spruce IS 11 1uled to t11e 11e1r est stream 1nd tl1ere let tlo tt dow 11 1111111 lt reaches the IH1llpOl'1Cl where 1tJ01I'1S other spruces l1ke 1t5elf Next lt 15 t11en 11 to the 111111, cut up tnto s11111ler PICCCQ p11t 1nto 1 l1r re t111lx of c11e1111c11 prep1r1t1o11 'lllfl let 50114 there for 1 lonfr 111116 lhen 1t IS plessed 1nd 1epre55eda11d 1fter1t has fone throuffh 1111115 processes, comes out 111 th1cl 5heets of 1011111 paper It 15 then fOII11CCl 11110 1l1lL,li rolls and shlppecl to 1 paper 111111 or f1cto1y whele 1t goes through 1 11u1nbe1 of othet ope1at1ons and hnallx IS nude 1nto sheets of graytsh w111te p1per Ag1111 lt 15 passed on to a Pfllltlllg l1ou5e XNl1C1C. lt IS placed upo11 a large 1111 Cllllle w111ch pr1nts L1I'lCS, folds 'llld cuts 11 lhen lt 15 re1dy to put before the pubhc 111 the for111 of 1 newspetper, wlueh IS put upon t11e news strnd to be sold for a pen11y Yvltll hundrecls of ot11ers hlte ltself Perhaps someone passmg by buys It to send to the w1r zone 111d 1fter afew weeks tray elhng lt 1rr11 es t11ere, 5t1ll con ta1n1nG t11e same news 111cl IS just as g11d1y rece1xecl11y1t5 ow11er 15 though It were just from the press lt15 true tl1e11 that t11e newspaper IS welcomed as 1 frtend t11l1OUgl1 lt does not 3111211511116 a cheerful force, for to son1e 11 IS no 111e1ns of good news, but to othe1s It hrtnffs t1d1nfr5 of success 1nd grat1tude Il1e first 11ewsp1per or1g1111ted before the Lhrtsttan lr1 wl1e11 reports of t11e 1xo1111n 111111 wele tI 1US111111CCl by t11e sen 1te to the e11er115 111 111 p1rt5 ofthe eoun t11 but we 11e 1IC16l31LCl to Germany for t11e ttrst aCtu11 NLXXQIUTIDLT 15 we U56 the 161111 11ow for 1t X118 the Custom ln Vlenna, lutlsbon Nuremburg and seyeral otl1er CIIILS of th1t cou11t1y to 1111311811 dunnff the hr5t p11t of t11e hfteenth century, news 51eets Ill the fo1111 of lette1s Xett1e Xot1L1e beutte lssued 111 1556 the t115t newsp1per that tt 111 eoyeretl t11e 971116 1tle1 15 those of the lllCSCIlt c11y H18 18 sued at XLIIICG by orde1 of the X7CllL1l1I1 foxerntnent be 111 1111116.11 by l1111d 1 1 11111101 up 111 t11e market pl1ces to be re1cl upon pax 111e11t of a 5111111 fee Il1e 5t1ffes of t11e newspaper 11e VQIIEC1 the hrst o11e belnff 111111011 by hand 111d there w1s but one to be 1e1d by the w l1ole CO1l11I1111ll1.y Ulltll the 1110616111 way of pub 115111111 C1111e 11110 use The hr5t re1l lT1f 1lSll 1161151311301 w1s t11e Weekly Wew5 pu11115hec1 111dc111ted 111 Nath1n1el But11r 111 16 but from 1673 u11t1l now t11e puhhc newspaper has p1offre5sedrap1d1x beug now pu11l1511ed 1111116 German, Pol1511 F eneh Sp1n1511 ltal11n a11d Ellgl1Sll la11ffu1ges the latter how ey er, 1115 t11e g1e1test urculat on 15 IS 1.1, 1 E ,, , . . - . . g L K 7 D h- . L . . . . , .1 ' , 1 .. x . . V. B. , 1 1 4 I . A Y . x 4 v V V 1 1 k . 6 ,, 1 . , Y. F - V . . C . 1 . b J ' ' 1 ' ', Q ' IS ' 1 . 1 c ' b O K ' l l V. . . 1 X . K L 1 1 I 'L . . X I . . 4 A 1 ' ' ' Q2 , c 4 4 ' ' 7 N . . 1 . . , . ' . 1 X Y n l L K K 1 K - .. . . U . . . tif . . . . - V - 1 1 . 5 - 1 1 , 1 4 . ,, .. , , ,. . o 't ' '. 1 1 ' 5 - It . 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' '- X ' ' 1 11 fs- . 1 ' ', 4 ',:' ' ' . . , --.- . - 1 ' ,K . ' ' K 1 1 . L . Ax Y 'V . 1, ' ' . 1 K Q t ., , , . . . 1 -- N ' ' . . 1 ' .' ' o . Y 1 . .. 5. c. , , . . . We v . . 1' .R I 1 - A' I . 1 . .x 1 . . . 1. ' ' .' 1-' A ' 1 L.. C 1 M y A , , 1, , ' A . 1 ' ' ' J 2 4 ' ' .1 1 4 C 1 . 1 . . ,, ' A A. -, K . R, '., 1 , , , 1 1 4 C . . .1 I I M V . . 1, 7 . , . -- l ' X-. ,C 1 K 1 A 1 1- ' , lg 'A ' ' 4 111C b b ' ' ' . . 1 . T '. Q 1 ' , X . s , D a l . .N 1 . . . K l a K y K --7 1 - 1 tb Q A 1 - 1 A I A - s V- 1 2 1 c 'O v . . Y. h ' . .K . K . 1 ' . . . .i . . , , - L 1 L , 7 I h ' A . . '. ' r , 1 l 5 1 K- . b 1 ' v , L , .i I 41 K5 .h ' 4 . ll ,, X . . K . M . 1, V L Iys. ., H L X. L ' 111 ' N ' . 1 ' 2 22, 1 2 . 1 .Q , .y . l i . W pup v . l . . D 4, . . v v ' . X .' 4v-A H Q 1 I 1 ' 1 5 1 1 - 1 , V . . A 4 . L ,L 1 D 1 , , r, V . . .V . V I X. . N. . 1 - 'A . c 1 , 1

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Illl' I H ILI ll N has changed all tl11s Now lt lS a pront able buslness 111 Nlam New II lIT1pSl1ll6 and X ermont where large SUWKI' orchards are operated some haxtnfr as many as two thousand t1ees 1n use Vlherexerthe1e IS a l1rffe OYCll'11Cl about the otl1 of Nia eh the oxx ners begm to et busx and from tl1en Llllfll the sappmg season lS ox Cl a great deal of work 111ust be aeeon1pl1sl1ed lhe tirst tlllllff to be done 1np1epa1at1on IS tl1e CllS'Ll'll5UtlOl'1 of tl1e buckets IC sap house, whose s1fc depends upo11 the number of trees used and the Sl76 of the ex aporator 1n xx hreh the sap lb bo1led usuallx srtuated at tl1e foot of a h1ll Galx an11ed ptpes xx1tl1 tunnels pl1eed where they are needed are lard ln many dueetrons throufrh tl1e groxe and emptx IHYO tl1e lI1'llll p1pe xx huh carr1es tl1e sap to tl1e la1ge tank 1ntl1e house Now the trees must be tapped and tlns also requues 1 great deal of work, for txxo men can tap only about hx e hundred trees a dax For dorng tlus thex use a three ewhths 1nch b1t lDOI'l 1ff 1nto the tree about two mches, then IHYO tl1e space thus made an ITOII spxle 15 drrx en, on whlch a t1n buc ket xx1th a wooden cox er pamted black o11 one sxde and wl11te on tl1e otl1e1 lb hung The coxers are so colored 1n order to 11d n atherxnff one color berng left up one day and the other the next ll1e sap s collected from them and taken to the near est tunnel 1nto xvh1ch rt IS poured then It flows to the blg tank lll the sap house from wh1cl1 It runs to the ex aporator auto1nat1c ally as It IS needed and as lt 15 transformed here, unmense clouds of steam contrnually TISS and escape through the xentrlators 111 the top of tl1e sap house, but after It enters tl1e ex aporator It lb s1pl1oned from one sec t1on to another unt1l lt reaches tl1e last pan where lt IS drawn ott at tl1e r1te of four gallons an l1our as sy rup Ill1LIllt IS nut 1nto a large setthnfr tank after xx l1lCl'l It lb put ll'1lIO gallon cans and sealed up a1r t1ght for 1111rket ll1e sap xx1ll 11ot run from the trees un less 1t freezes a11d thaxxs Some th1nk lt runs better after a storm as lt often flows qurte fast for tlnrtx SIX hours but then stops and x 1ll not tlow 21U'I1ll1 llllfll It freezes It IS estrmated thlt one thousand rock maple trees w1ll 111al e about two hundred Gallons of syrup ID a s1nffleyear,1f the weather lS faxorable Xfter the sappmg season the buckets haxe to be taken ln, washed w1ped and pxeked ready for the next year and the plpe has to be collected as well ln X ermont the sap 1s bo1led to make maple sugar much H1016 than lt IS IH Mame but thex make some SXI'L113Il1ClC as well as here or e1ther of these processes a great deal of wood lS 1equ1red lhere ls a great delllllld for these prod ucts all oxer the xxorld One of tl1e best equ1pped orchards 111 New longland, the Sedgeley orchard at Ph1ll1ps Mame has an annual p1'OClLlCllOll of from four to s1x hundred frallons lhe sy rup from th1s or Chard reachly sells at Sr , per gallon and has been slnpped 1nto nearlx all the states of the Lmon as well as to london, Ing land but bx far the largest part goes to our summer hotels, one hundred and hftx fY1llOllS bemg sent to the Poland Sprmg House at one slnpment lk S Q f- 1 1 - 16 . . PIA. K: C YA 1 Y A K K 41 . KI L r 3, A ' 4 ' '4 ' ' - r vl' ' 1 4 4 ' . ' . I C3 Cs 1 4 V c 1 V l Y Y 4 2 7 D I Y ' 7 n Q , . 1 ,-, v -1 ., , 4 - . - 1 . . I I I 0 Y I K . v ' . . .1 1 D 4 , 4 .. 4 b 6 4 , ' g Y 4 ' 4 . 5 4 . 4 l V l ' 2 ' . . fy . l g C . - L x - 1 5 l 4 A4 'ff 1 '. ' . x. ' , -. 11 S '- ' .. 1 . 5. ,I 5 1 K - , , J - 1 ' I wr. v . I l , . 4 . 1 U , 'K . ' ' .'4 ' , 15 f t ' k .4 4 v A ' 1- -' Y . 4 , 4 4 . . 4 x 4 64 , v 4 .7 l - -, C C V L u 1 Q V I 7 1 '-,. ' - , - . , O 4 1 . . .. K ' 7 1 . ' '4' , ' . K , . 1 t S , v , , A v Y .1 I x x C v - ' 2 4 Y A' ' .Q4 . 4 ' 4 ' 4 X4 ' 4 4 , ' '. . . . - ,v . ,, . , , Q 5 ' s ' 1 - . F - fs D 1 zz- ' - - v ' - . K - V . ' I H 1 K 1 ' . . . . . . rx - . V , - ff K K x , - , , X 4 ' ' ' ' r ' , 4 ' ' . , X' N. , -1 . . A , I 4 r , 4 5 1 rr 1 ' ' 1 C. 5, 1 ., Y f x -1 fs V . ' C . 1. br . - 4 - ' .' 4 .2x 4 K. . . . . , v l I 4 4 , ' ' , I 4' - . i C C 4 4 , . . - , I ' I' 74 4 4 ' ' 4 . . r K . . L ' 4 bl 7 ' L r s K v ' . - , ' ' , s I. . Ir.