Burr and Burton Academy - Burtonian Yearbook (Manchester, VT)

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THE BURTONIAN 3.3 came that Splrlted Mason Farnum around and George began to thlnk that he had taken too much for granted Farnum was a most engaging personalllty talked fluently and dressed perfectly George on the other hand whlle refreshlngly Wholesome was not much of a conversatlonallst and consequently left much to be deslred Farnum had become a constant vlsltor at the Jeson home and the glrls Marlon and her younger sister Charlotte-found hlm as they expressed It perfectly fascinating When George happened to be calllng at the same time Farnum was lt was as much as he could do to get ln a word edgewlse and when he dld hls best thought out remark seemed to act as a damper on the company Marlon after one of those attempts of George s would look at hlm doubtfully for a moment and then resume her repartee of Wlt and wls dom with Farnum George hoped at first that it was sister Charlotte that Farnum admired But Marlon appeared to be much fonder of Farnum s soclety than her sister George ventured to quarrel m a. blunderlng way with Marlon only to be told that she dld not know what right he had to crltlclze or control her actions endlng with Why George you talk as lf you and I were engaged That was Georges opportunlty but he did not seize It and lt was two hours later that he thought of what he ought to have Sald When he dld think of lt he resolved to go to Marlon and have a straight out talk wlth her But when he arrived at the Jeson home that everlasting Farnum was there and he went away leaving unsald what he had come to say He would keep away from the Jesoln home and let em go It he thought Who knew any tlhlng about that Farnum fellow? He was an adventurer Joe was wlllmg to bet on lt and was trymg to capture an heiress George kept to hlS resolution of absentmg hunself for a. whole week and lotte talked to him and trled to cheer him up but Marlon kept chattlng away wlth Farnum only giving George a curious look now and then whlch he could not 111 the least understand the lmport of and once saying George why dont you talk Whats the matter with you lately' Nothmg sald George and presently took hls leave Now Marlon and Charlotte J eson were orphans They had no near rela tlofns and thelr father had left them both very well OE George felt llke saying to Farnum If its merely a fortune you are after why dont you take Charlotte and let my Marlon alone? But It wouldn t make any dimer ence lf I dld thought George Marlon 18 so much the prettler Things dragged along ln thls manner for some time George began to lose weight 'He dont eat enough to keep a canary 31lV6 hls mother declared Then one day to hls great surprise Farnum called upon George at the oflice of the llttle yarn mlll whlch Joe had lnherlted from hls father a.nd the business of which he was rapidly extendlng You probably have notlced he sald my attentlons to the beautiful Miss J eson I have replied George I have and allow me to tell you that I have not seen them with pleasure Who are you to come into thls community and try to capture the best and prettiest girl ln town 'That IS just what I came to show you replied Farnum You may look me up ln Bradstreets and here are letters documents and references whlch I thmk wlll satlsfy you K 6 . . y . ' 1 l . . I , . H - v ll ' . ' . - M ' . I y I - as - ' - ' . . , . . 5 ' ' ' . ll X , ll 7 ' 9 ! ' 7 1 . . W . U . . ,, . , . X N 7 ' 1 ll I ' H I - . , . I I p y . . , . then called upon the Jeson girls with the usual unsatisfactory results. Char- ! . . ' . . . ' . . . , . ' ' ' . n 1 ' I I I ' YI H v H ' ' I l ' ' 1 ll I 1 . , l ' YI I4 ' 1 ' - - - n u V - - - u ' lx I v . . H . ' 1 ' Y I ll ' ly U ' ll . ' f Y Y ' 71 U YI ' 44 . , , . . . . ,, 4 ' ' H ' u , . 7 l 1 I . . . ,,

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THE BURTONIAN SUGARIN' By Wlllls Hard The sugarmaker has to begln to make preparatlons for Sugarlng ln the late fall or early wlnter before the snow covers the ground Hls first step IS to gather the wood saw and store It ln the sugarhouse so as to have It dry when the tlme comes to use lt In the sprlng when sugarlng tlme comes the buckets are taken out of the sugarhouse and scattered about the sugar orchard so as to be near the trees that are to be tapped The evaporator pans are set and the smoke stack IS put up so as to be ready to boll the sap lnto syrup The trees are now tapped To tap a. tree a hole IS bored lnto the trunk and a sap spout IS drlven mto the hole CA sap spout IS a hollow plece of steel wlth a hook on lt J The bucket IS hung on the hook and a cover IS put onto the bucket to keep out the raln or snow The sap comlng up the trunk to go to the llmbs comes out the sap spout and drlps lnto the bucket When the bucket lS nearly full a. large square tank mounted on a sled IS drawn about the sugar orchard The men gather the sap ln large palls and these are emptled lnto the tank Whlch holds about five barrels When thls tank IS full It IS taken to the sugarhouse where the sap IS run mto large storage tubs through a long plpe with a felt stralner on the end of It to catch any bark or other partlcles From the storage tank the sap IS run through a. large plpe mto the first pan of the evaporator Perhaps before I go farther I should tell more about the constructlon of the evaporator It IS a large galvanlzed heater one end of whlch SltS upon a brlck arch The flames from the ire ln the arch go through a flue under the evaporator untll they reach the smokestack at the rear end Our evaporator lS about slxteen feeft long and five feet Wlde The amount of sap to be let dlVlded lnto four sectlons ln these the sap IS heated and bolled only a little The syrup pan IS dlVlded lnto slx sectlons each sectlon contalnlng sweeter sap untll It IS syrup From the last sectlon the syrup IS drawn out through a faucet Some syrup IS stralned through felt stralners when lt IS taken from the evaporator and then put ln cans It IS then ready for sale Some syrup IS sugared off at the sugarhouse When thls IS done the syrllp 1S bolled u.ntll lt reaches the rlght number of degrees to make sugar and candy To make first grade syrup all the utenslls must be clean and the sap must be bolled soon after lt runs from the trees When the sugarlng season IS nI1lSh6d the buckets are gathered and the sap spouts pulled out of the trees These are carrled to the sugarhouse where they are washed It usually takes a day to wash the buckets sap spouts evaporator pans and other utenslls These are then put up stalrs 111 the sugarhouse and thlngs are ready for use durlng the next sugar season THE EXPLANATION By Mlldred Bentley George M8ldlSOD was rather of the oplnlon that Marlon Jeson had thrown hlm down but he was not quite sure He had known her lt seemed to hlm for always and for some tlme he had been taklng It for granted that he would some day ask her to be hls wlfe and she would accept But then 32 ' ' A into the two pans is gauged by floats between the pans. The sap pan is

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THE BURTONIAN George looked at the documents and he looked at Bradstreets Hump sa1d he seems to be all rxght But what have I got to do wxth lt Why answered Farnum when I told M1ss Jeson that her slster Char lottle and I had come to an understandlng and requested her consent to our marrlage as head of the famlly she Sald that she and you had been long engaged and were soon to be marrled and therefore as her husband you would be the real head of the famlly and were the one to be consulted Oh I see yes certamly of course gasped George You are perfectly satlsfactory slr I congratulate you Then he put on h1s hat and went rlght up to see MHFIOH What he sald to her nelther of them told But they were marrled a month before Charlotte FUGUE By Helen H1tchcock Wr1te a poem? Full of hope Where to go To get the dop Thlnk a whlle Get Idea Inspxratxon Commg clear More thought Came the Dawn Insplratlon Soon gone Wlth the others Can t cope Wr1te a poem? No hope' IF ID MY WAY IN SPRING By Henry R1tch1e Now school days are a wondrous thmg Wlth knowledge that the lessons brmg And all my comrades gay I really should be welcommg The work from day to day But Oh' To thlnk of lessons that Must be learned' I d leave them Hat If I could have my w11l And pitch a tent on moss grown mat Beslde a woodland r1ll' I d fish for trout ID pools I know Id dream by camp fire s ruddy glow And hear the mght wmds smg' I d wander where the wlld flowers grow If I d my way m Sprmg 34 g . , i I , . t . , . . v 1 Y , . U ' H H 7 l l I 1 ' ' ' !7 and Famum were. S e? I , .. .,, Y I P . I V , , 2 - , , ' 1 , . , , , ' r , . I , . .