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

Page 40 text:

THE BURTONIAN A CIRCUS NIGHTMARE By Nora Cunn1ngham 34 The blg clrcus had Just come to town and because I hadnt worked for some tlme I applled for a Job statlng that I d do almost any klnd of work 1 was taken on My Job was to tend to a wheel or ga'nbl1ng Jomt Thls wasnt what I had wanted to do but lt was at least a Joo Round and round the l1ttle ball goes where It stops nobody knows two for fiVEf+flV8 for ten Lad1es play as well as men Rlght thls way to where you Wm your b1g prlzes How many chances lady and so on all day long One day my chance came lat least I thought lt had J Madam Golxlllo the most famous fortune teller IH the vsorld who can tell what your future w1ll be and what your past was isupposedlyl had been taken xll I was called rn to take her place as a fortune teller Ah' Now was my chance to gaze mto the my LIC crystal Ioan that Lkillb evezytulug rust 1. uau LU stuuy a paper whlch gave some 1deas of what to tell the people who were crazy enough to beheve what I d say Madame the crystal ball tells me that somewhere 1n the near future you are gomg to have a blg surprlse I thmk 1t w1ll be a happy one but the I see a blond woman ln your future She w1ll cause you trouble for only a short tlme -4Now lady I can tell you more by the crystal ball for only flfty cents more This keeps up for avs hxle and Hnally I am promoted due to the fact that Double Jomted Annxe the trapeze wlzard has left the show and IS supposed to put on a performance thxs afternoon I alone dare to climb the ladders and swxng on the trapeze I get my mstructxons of what I am to do I am all set A trainer lntroduces me as The Trapeze Wxzard of the Air Wlth unsteady and very shaky feet I mount the ladder I get to the first trapeze and do a few stunts that anyone could do I clxmb hxgher hxgher hangmg on wxth one hand my Jaws are set I m stxff all over my legs start tremblmg on I go I am now at the very top of the ladder The ladder moves wlth the we1ght of my body There IS no feel1ng ln my fingers I look down and my hands let go thexr preclous support Falllng Falling Fallmg Come on and get up Ive called you tw1ce and now youll fbe late for school I told you to go to bed earller OVER YOUR SHOULDER By Helen Blackwell 33 I sa1d that I loved you As I held you ln my arms When over your shoulder A new face appeared An allurmg exotlc flower Agaln I sa1d I love you But I was looklng Over your shoulder 26 + - , , , y . . y . , 0 . Q v Y X ' . ' ' I U ' ' , 'l 1 Y ' 1 , , . , .. - , Y crystal lball tells me not which one it will be. Your husband is untrue to you. ' Y H u ' ' n - - , , . 1 . . 5 , . , . .. , y - , , , ' n U ! l 7 , .. . Y . ' ' ' H 11 Y .Y

Page 39 text:

THE BURTONIAN NATURE AND ITS WONDERS By Janet E Gxlbert 35 A person hvmg nn the free axr of the country has a much better chance to appreclate the wonders of Nature and 1ts works of art The soul of the artxst thrxlls at the slght of a beautlful sunset and the dlstant hulls and mountamns The dreamer can see a. wonderful land way off ln the dlstance and can dream of sallxng lazlly on fleecy white clouds wlth not a care ln the world It IS a mlracle ln the sprmg to see the llttle green sprouts flourlshmg and growmg and then later a 'beautlful rose or lxly becommg the prxde of the gardener Sprmg fever IS what I get I always want to roam off by myself 1n the qulet woods by a rlpplmg stream Here Nature has produced a lake of blue vxolets noddlng thelr heads ln the breeze In wlnter what makes everythmg dle and turn 1brown All that we see lS a mlracle The soft snowflakes come flutterlng down or come pourlng 1n a. torrent of cold white flakes The bare trees wave thelr arms ln despalr and the bleak mountains stand sullen and sober Nature' MORNING By Cleo Clayton 35 The bright smllxng sun peepxng over the dark blue of the mountaln to greet the green of the earth The clear sweet notes of a happy bxrd come to my ears through the stxll fresh axr of the mornlng The delicate blue of the ky occasxonally dotted wlth httle Iieecy whlte clouds The mountaxn looks much hlgher but more frlendly now as nt stares calmly down on the scene below that old mountam surely must be wlse albout the ways of the world I wonder what It would tell me lf I could understand nts strange language That hollow ln 1ts wooded sxde secretes a tlny stream that xs very temper amental I know because I ve been there often When nt gets angry lt roars down the mountaln and sometlmes does damage Then lt repents and trlckles along nn the sun and xt seems as mf xt xs smgmg a song of xts own ln the happmess of the world I have often wondered why people sometlmes want to hve far away from cxvxllzatxon I know now WHEN DAD SMOKES By Clara Hubbard 32 Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes on the parlor floor and 1n the blg arm chan' Ashes on the davenport and ashes on the stand Ashes in the plant pots and m the bacco can Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes on the kxtchen stove and ln the kltchen smk Ashes on the pantry shelves and where he stops to thlnk Ashes ashes ashes everywhere Ashes in hns coffee cup and ashes ln hls tea Ashes for hlS luncheon, but the smokxng stand I9 free 'T I 25 - 1 - 1 . , 4 4 ' 1 I . . i . - 1 , . ' 1 1 1 1 - ' Q . . . . . -' 1 1 1 - , , Y A , 1- w , I . , . . ' A . , . 1 1 A . . 1 1 1 1' 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 4 . 1 , . 1 1 1 '1

Page 41 text:

THE BUPTONIAN THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN By Florence Wade 35 The world we l1ve 1n IS a falryland of exqulslte beauty But we often fa1l to not1ce and appreclate the wonders whlch surround us This IS due to the fact that they are ours to gaze upon forever Wlth us from rosy dawn to the star Jeweled velvet of n1ght It 1S belleved that beauty always elevates our feelxngs and makes the cucumstances of our l1fe more v1v1d Sometxmes beauty fills one wlth sorrow a sorrow however that IS soothmg and somehow sympathetlc All other tlmes It makes our whole hfe brxghten our hearts slng and our splrlts HSPITC to nobler and hxgher purposes Wordsworth feels that beauty IS contmually leadmg us from one Joy to another and that th1s happlness IS so great that nothlng 9Vl1 or unpleasant can mar our ecstacles and that everythmg we see IS full of blessmgs Love of Nature helps us When thls love of beauty fllls our heart we cannot be 1dle but must have plenty of pleasant occupatxon Nature love keeps us always happy lettmg no troublesome anxletles or dlsturblng feehngs enter our hearts Nature brlghtens our whole hfe untll we feel lxke a falry Sunbeam of cheer and happmess The Greeks felt that every corner of Natures world had 1ts own delty Nymphs fauns and elves lnhablted each rlver and mountaln and were gods havmg a consclous exlstenee of thexr own These sp1r1ts were often danger ous to mankmd some ve1y beautlful wh1le others took the form of horrmble demons creatxng a dread fear 1n many hearts Sclence has ended these fearful nlghtmares and wxth the help of the telescope and mlcroscope has revealed more Nature wonders to us also glvlng us tune to enjoy them Unfortunately man has marred the works of Nature for she IS ever ready to reward those who treat her xx 1th love and respect Cant vue all g1ve her a llttle more apprecxatlon so that we may freely recexve her benefits? She vull soothe our troubled feelxngs mcrease our every Joy and enshroud us vuth a vell of peace and content through WhlCh no mean or ugly thoughts can plerce a vell of llght whlch makes our every thought word or deed a blesslng to others A DREAM By Glenn Beckwlth 32 I dreamed a dream of reams of thmg Of knlghts and wars and queens and klngs Of far gone days and olden tlmes And vears passed by wlth th peals of ch1mes When men were bold and women were gay And a person never was heard to say In a sorrowful tone and w1th a doleful expresslcn What do you thmk of th1S dam depress1on'7 t 27 fi 9, 1 1 . . . H . . . ,, 1 -. .01 I - 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , 6 Y 1 . .oi . . . . 1 , . . 1 -1 1 ca ' - 1 1 , . 1 . Y. . 1 1 , . 1 , Y . . . . ' 1 1 , ' 0' ' 1 1 - f 1 1 1 Q 33 11 -1 1 1 1 1 t 1 ' . 3 ' . r 1 1 , . . 14 - - 1 T, - 11