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

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THE BUPTONIAN Indeed he IS declared the llttle woman Hls Wlfe Clnderella employed 1n the local shoe store as an authorxty on the latest fashxons ln shoes Why how app oprnte' I samd Of course rt 1s' she retorted as IS everythmg and everybody ln thxs town For mstance Juli oe Nxmble who Jumped over the cindle stlck 13 now a dealer 1n brass candle SLICICS and IS marrled to Red R1d1ub Hood a Red Cross Nurs How mterestmff I murmured And then she wen on as we continued down the street there IS The Plcd Prper who charmed all the rats wxth hrs muslc and led them frovn the town Well he IS the lnventor of the Sure Flre Rat POISOH and IS very happlly marrled to Mary Who Had a Llttle Lamb They are Pardon me I xnterrupt ed but w1ll you please tell me who lxves ln that dellghtful httle cottabe over there pomtmg to a snow whlte lxttle lblllldlflg wlth red roses ramlbl no ox r rt You should be alolc to te'l from the appearance of the bu ldlng Mother Goose chlded Snow W l11te and Rose Red l1ve there and conddct a modern beauty parlor ln part of' he house wxth Goldy Locks who apphes Blondme Knot a dyej to the head ff the customer as thexr asslstant Mlss Muffet the dletlclan and Raounzel the haxr dresser are also employed there And that lxttle brown snngled house next door she contmued fbefore I dancmg teachers Haus l and Gretel And thxs pomtmg to a house that was unusual ln that lt was almost the perfect shape of a shoe IS the home of The Old Woman Who Lxved ln a Shoe I thmk you may not have known that she IS the mother of Lrttle Tommy Tucker who sang for his supper and Lxttle Boy Blue Tommy Tucker IS now a crooner and Rudy Vallee s most dangerous rlval v hxle Lxttle Boy Blue IS the comet pla5 er ln the Falry T1me Tunes Orchestra Another son of thls same Old Woman of the Shoe IS Georgle Poroxe who lus td the guls and made them cry He although stlll unmarrled 15 quxte the rm in about town And do you :mean to tell me that the Old VVoman VVho Lived ln the Shoe was really the mother ol tno e three boys? I asked astounded She certalnly IS and a proud Grandmother besides And my compamon gave me the pleasure of hearm her dellohtful lauoh agam Llttle Boy Blue lS marrled to Llttle Bo Peep who lost her sheep and sne IS the manaber of the local newspaper s I :st and Found column The next house p esen ed a charmlng front vlew ln the form of a colorful flower garden Blower of every hue adorned the front yard and m a. gllmpse through a vuhlte one to the back I could see a thrxvxng veoetable garden All the fences about the lxttle house were covered wtxh bean stalks Oh Ill bet I can gue s who llves here It must be Jack and the Bean Stalk I fa1rly shouted trlumphantly But he 15 only one of the mhabltants Mother Goose saxd Mary Mary Quxte Contrary rs hrs wlfe Do you recall that rhyme Mary Mary quite contrary Ho does your garden grow Vhth smlver bells and cockle shells And pretty maldens all ln 8. row 20 t U .,,, . , ' ,, . . y . Y is 17 44 Y ' ' , l . . . . ,, . . ,, ,, . . V . . . - , . . 1 4 '- ' O 1 V I 4 - 1 C . X Q L . Q, . . . . U y ny! U ' N ' YY Q, , . Al H 4 ' ll ' . I L 1 l 1 1 ' v - . . . , v-,, ll H ' Il ' ' ' , Y , ' . l W fe ' . .l , E A i - H . . , . ,, , . N . v , . , . Y . . . L . , V . r , , . l . . , A . , , - I , - U ' 1 v 11' U ' . - -4 1 1 ' could voice my approval of the little white housel, is the home of the . V A . ,, . . , ... . , . X . 1 X ,,. ' 1 . 1 3 Y J . . . V . . . 4 - . -A - . n 1 I . W. v v. :K ,N . ' ' ' V H V , . . , . ,, X . . , s . , ., s . , . . ,, . . G . ,, . . , - . X N L H A . g .W U V. . ,, . . . . V , Y Y , . N I 1 '. J ' .H Y , . . . . , l f 1 v N n ' , . .5 ' , v ' 344 , ' ' fy H , l S A ' ' YV ' L --' r ' y v .. . . . .. - H . ,. I , . , , ll ' . - , , Vv' , ' - n