Manchester High School - Somanhis Yearbook (Manchester, CT)

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CONNE.CTICUT'S CHARTER OAK In a corner of New England VV here the laurel blooms in glory Is the state we love most dearly, Famed in deed and famed in story. This line state did own a charter Granted by an linglish sovereign: Now that country 'cross the ocean Wlished that land-grant to regain. lidmund Andros from old England Sailed across the choppy seasg Ile had come to get the charter Hy force of arms or urgent pleas. But the people of this province ,Q 3. Loved their freedom far too wellg f'QLI'2-3:1f-:..A Iiven when Sir Andros threatened, A.,- .V 'A'V .- ' - Their Herce spirit he could not quell. fgffggl 5 -'.1 1 fit 5, 1:lsa.1,-tL-5 N: v,,, So they came to this decision, 1.. I wb EQ, A For the benefit of all, ' - plii To have a most important conference 45 - V' In the Hartford City Hall. 'El l a' :,:. 55 .:., Near that hall there stood a tree Wlhich groaned and shook in the winter breeze, A But it was a, sturdy oak Hollow though its trunk had grown. Wfhile the meeting was in progress Sir Edmund asked the charter backg There the candles flickered-sputtered- And the room was dark and black. NVhen the hall once more was brightened The famous charter was not there. The men all cried, lt has been stolen! They couldn't tind it anywhere. But what happened I shall tell you: A young man named VVadsworth came, And he took that precious charter, Hid it in that tree of fame. Thus the freedom of our people Saved was by that wily stroke, And the paper safe was hidden In Connecticut's Charter Oak. B. Harvey '3511 65 lvifl ?

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JOKES AND SAYINGS BY MARK TWAIN If you don't like New Iingland weather-wait a while. Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. You would never believe how many places you can stick a needle into your- self until you go into the embroidery line and devote yourself to art. An author wrote to Mr. Clemens on the diet for authors. He asked if Mr. Clemens thought fish was good brain food. Mr. Clemens answered that it sup- plied phosphorus, but it did have further quality he thought the author need- ed Il couple of whales, from the looks of his letter. Wfhen Mark asked a neighbor if he might borrow a book, the neighbor re- plied that he might if he used it in the neighbor's library. NVhen the same neigh- bor asked Mark if he might borrow Mark's lawn, mower, Mark replied, Yes, if you will use it here! Clemens tells of himself and Bret Harte writing a play. Well, Bret came down to Hartford and we talked it over and then Bret wrote it while I played billiards, but of course I had to go over it to get the dialect right. Bret never did know anything about dialectfy NVhe11 his fortunes were at the lowest ebb, and a report went through the United States saying that Mark Twain was dead, he received a dispatch from a newspaper asking for details. '.l'he humorist immediately sent a message that made all the world laugh: The report of my death is greatly exaggerated. Clemens said to Matthews, who wrote articles for a paper: You are the very wrong-headest person in America, and you are judicious. And of the article, 'I read it to the cat-well, I never saw a cat carry on, so be- ford. You looked yesterday like the victim of a, flood and today' you're a refugee from the erupting Vesuvius. Mrs. Stowe was leaving for Florida one morning and Clemens ran over early to say good-by. On l1is return Mrs. Clemens regarded him: 'WVhy, Youth, she said, you haven't on any collar and tie. He said nothing but went to his room, did up these items in a neat package and sent it over by a servant with a line: Herewith receive a call from the rest of me. 65 'X'-5'