Buxton High School - Crescent Yearbook (Buxton, ME)

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THE CRESCENT and shoxxn to the CUSIOINQIQ They alxx axs sfud I xx IS belutltul and ad Tlllliid me xelx much but gcnel lllv xxlth l blgh thcx xxould put NIL lllck saxlnfl th lt dlalnonds cost too much FIGHT tlme to tlme I xx IS shoxxn to othel Cllbt0lNLlS but alxx lxs xxlth the same 19Slllt One day a xoung man canle lnto the shop lnd 'lsked lf he TH1Q,'l'1t look 'lt sollle IIUQS Ot coulse I xxas shown to hllll along xxlth sevelal othels xx hlle he hnallx declded he xx ould llke to haxe me bo I xx ls xxlapped up and put lHt0 hls pocket Ot course I xxas S0115 to le xve mx old fll8HdS be cause I tlltlll t knoxx to xx hflt klnd of a place I xx 'ts olng but thls man had a h lppx flee lllll llXN'1WS xxolc a smlle It xx ls then I xx IS put IH a buleau dl txxel As I haxe slld I staxed hele .1 xx cck but lt thc end of lxxcek Iwas to lnx cleat lox tlken out flom thls dllk place bx the slnle young man He seemed to bc IH 1 llllllx but he stopped long clouffh to look at me and to tell me hoxx lexutlful I xxas Then I xx 'ls hastllx put back ln my box and dlopped lllt0 hls pocket I thlllk he left the house at any late he kept on xx Hllilfl f lllltll he mounted some steps and lang a bell He cn teled the house Thele xxele some xx O1 els p lsscd betxx een lllm and sollle bo lx clst stl IDI El to Soon xx as taken LIOHI mx llox and I felt my self belng put on sonlebody's soft fin gel I haxe been on thls fingel SINCE that lllllle ffxlthough onlx a fexx months hlxe ellpsed l but It NX'1S onlx a fexx daxs 13,0 th it I lealned tllat If xx 'ls tl'l10U2'h me tl 'lt txxo healts xxele made one Educatlon fm xlfxlc C HARMON J In olden tlnles people could get along VQIX xx ell xxlthout educatlon be for skllled labol as H1619 IS today Noxx an educatlon Ib needed bv cx ely man and xx om tn xx ho expects to make ploffress IH the x olld To obtaln an educatlon IQQUIIQS a qleat deal of hald work and study but aftel x e once get lt we cannot loose It If xxe xxlsh to have knoxvledffe xxe must begln to stllxe f0I lt xvhlle xxe ale xet young Many bovs and fI11lS go to school just because thex ale compelled to do so They do not l6'1llL xxhat benefit they ale lecelvlng Just because one pupll has not qulte so keen a Hilfld as Hl1Otl'1E31 IS no IQHSOH Whx he should be d1SCOl113gQCl and should not studx He should studx fOl hls oxvn good fO1 he IS dQVQl0pllIg' hls oxxn poxx els and xvhonl does lt benefit but hlmselfl In C,l1OOSlH0' fl coulse of studx one should be xery caleful to select those studles xx ll1Cl1 xx lll be of the most ben eht aftel leaxlng school Ill a gleat many cases a student takes lstudx Just because It IS easx and because he wlll not have to wolk as hard as lf he .. . V - .. ,V . ,- -IVV.2.-..-:fV11.':f:1:VV1.1-:-.4-:..,V...- - . .V ,-: -'--V:'.-:-:-:'.2::2.- .-:-'.I:-:V:-. 1-1 . , .1 1 I 1A . A 1. 1 ' , ' ' K . c c 2 ' ' - ' 4 ' ' V Q 1 1 1.1 . . V ,x x 'E .V , 2 1 , 2 L Q 1C J 1 1 2 V 1 , Q ,. 2 ., ,l . K, 5. R . 1 . 1 . ' . Ah , , , , . 1 . w v , 5 vi' tv v' 1 g WWi-ig' ' 0 , 1 1 ' 1 1 7 L 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' Y T k 1 L xp C l.., . . 1 . . , 1 1 1 1 ' T ' , I 1' K 1. 1 . ,ly Y ,' ' , X - Alter IJOHCIQYIHQ' over tllem for a cause there was not so much demand 1 ' ' 1 1 1' - 1 ' ' 1 W 1 ' 1 7 1 1 K 1 8 ' 12 11 1 -1 f 1 ' ' 1 ' J 1 , . . a x l Y 4' 1 1 ' ' 1 C . ., 5 ... Z V. . .y Q , 5 , ,V , l - A I 1 -' ' 1 ' 1 1 1 L L J Y Y K V I k C A , 1c 1 ' : ' 1 1 1 1 1' 1 ,V1 z j 'z me 1 ' -1 ' ' . ' , l , 1i A 1 12 A1 - ' 1 1 1 , 5 , 1 ' A K1 . 1 1a ' 7 L 1 -1 , 1 1 A ' 1 ' J x ': E 4 ' 2 ' 3 , 1 , ' 1 N1 1 . K1 J. . K I 1' -1, 2 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , c ', 9 y I A 4 J ' 1 ' xv, - ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 A! Z1 'Y 1 11, 1 3 f ' 1 ' 1 1 ' . ' . Y 1 ' , C 1, V 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 . 1 ' V 7 1 1 1 ' f ' ' 1 1 b ' I ::- 4 . f . . , .V L . , ' , - 1 , . 1 - 1 1' 1- 1.3 X 1 1, ' - 1 1 1' . 1 1.-, 1 , 15 ,, . ,.,. f me I . 1 1 . , 1 U 1 1. . . 1 4., . .. C K 1. .1 1 4' . 1 1 - ' ' ' 1 ,

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12 THE CRESCENT seen They realrzed that rt w 'rs some thrng yery large comrng strarght towards the place where they were standrng and that rt would probably do them some rnyury rf they drd not get out of rts way so they ran for a large tree nearby They had scarcely clrmbed to the lower lrmbs when the monster was under them From prctures they had seen they knew rt was an elephant but where he came from was more had re rd that wrld elephants were very savage and they yyere qureklv conyrnced by the actrons of thrs one that what they had read was true Nerther sard anythrng for a few mrnutes but each looked at the other wfrth such 'tn express on on hrs face as showed he yyas yery much frrght -erred The anrmal renrarned under the tree etryrng to reach them wrth hrs trunk but after farlrng several trmes he gave up the attempt and began to prck the leayes and small branches yvrth hrs trunk and to eat them As he strll contrnued to stay near for some trme the boys became more and more frrghtened because they drd not know how they could get home and so there was great probabrlrty of havrng to stay rn the tree all nrght However a lrttle w hrle before dark when they were the most anxrous they sayv someone comrng oyer the hrll It w as Henry s father who had grown worrred because the boys had been gone so long 'rnd he had eome to see w here they were He at once saw the huge beast as rt y rs not far from the tree where the boy s yy ere When Mr Creen c me wrthrn hearrng drs tance Henry shouted rt the top of hrs yorce to tell hrm where they yy ere 'Nlr Green told them to rem un quretly where they were and he hastened aw 'ry In about an hour he returned wrth seyeral rrren e rrry rn uns One e rnre bullet drd not hrye nrueh etleet only makrng the elephant thrash rlrout and roar They drd not frre rgrrn rrrrnred rately and rn a few mrnutes the mon ster went off through the woods on the other srde of the rry er When he had gone a safe drstance the men took fr boat and went across the rrver and then followed hrm keeping back a safe drstance When they had gone through the woods rnd yy ere crossrng the road that lead from the erty they met several men rn se rreh of the beast These men told them that thrs was fr youn elephant w lrreh they hrd not had long rnd th rt rt had beeonre unmanfrgeable and had escaped Then the two forces together fol lowed the anrmal closely and managed to drrye hrm rnto a large strong barn where they caught hrm and fastened hrm securely wrth charns Then some of the party remarned to guard hrm whrle the others yyent to get some trarned elephants They returned rn a few hours wrth two old trarned 4 . ' vc ' 7' 1, K , c ' ' 7 1 1 ' 11 ' 11 1 .J 1 1 1 1 ' 7 . I ' 3 A ' c ' , ,, L. . . Y K, I 1 1 1 . Y ' . v 1 V v 1 1 7 ' L 1. ' 1 1 2' ' 7 1 ' 7 S 1 7 1 1 .7 1A 1 L 1 1 ' 1 7 16 1 7 7 ' 1 1 13 1 7' 7 1 1 I C 1 7. 1 1 16 .2 1 . 1' Q. Q. A . 5 12 than they could understand. They as near' as he dared and frred, but the 1 Z . C L 7 1 ry' Q ' 2 yj 4 . 'I V Y 7. . .i , U 7 'I . .l Zn. . - 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' - . 1 1 e ' ' 7 ' 1 1 1 7. 1 1 C' , 1 , ' r e j , , , , .1 . - C , . . . .7 1 . . , , - 1 1' 1 1 , 7' ' , 1 . 1 V ' ' V l 1 1 . . 1 1 v 1 1 v 1 1 1 , C L 1 1 C . 1 C ' ' .71 7 ' 1 7 11 3 ' 1 2 1, A . c V g' X 7 ' 9 ' 7 2 . M, . 7 2 2 . . l 7 Y 1 ' C Y l ' 1 1' 1 ' 7 77 1 1 - 7 7 . 1 1 v '1 . . 4. 1 . ' 4 1 i 9 v 1 I v . 1 1 . 1 7 v. ' ! 7 ' 1 1 1 ' 1 7 1 ' 1 ' Y 1 7 ' 7 1 7 ' 1 1 ' 1 17 1 1 71 ' . 7 1 1 ' 1 1 11' 7 1 1 1' 7 1 ' Y 7