Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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IHE AVIARACU3 ATTENDING THE COUNTRY FAIR T IS a g1or1ous October day The trees have changed from the green tl1at thex haxe been all summer and are dressed 1n brlffht orange red and xelloxx 'Iherc are fexv Heecy xvh1te clouds IH the br1ght blue sky a11d all the surroundmfr h1lls l1e shxmmer mg 1n the golden autumn sunshme ot Town Ia1r Bugglesburg Xll the townspeople have been on the fa1r Grounds s1nce elght o clock 111 tl1e mormnff On arr1v1ng 'tt the fur the hrst thmv one sees 19 the horse pulhng con test xxh1ch 15 the mam attract1on of the day Almost every one IS Gathered around a pa1r of horses of a beautlful roan color that are stra1n1ng every muscle 1n the1r bod1es The1r dr1ver stands behmd them talk1ng 1n a loxv vo1ce almost pleadmg Come on boys pull hard' 5111 r1ffhtY oxv together pull pull Standmg 1n the most consp1cuous place 1n front of the small crowd IS the mayor of Bugglesburg He IS a large th1ckset man wxth a fat red face small blue exes and a larffe stomach He stands xx1th h1s feet placed far apart and h1s thumbs hooked 1n h1s xest the front of xx h1ch 1S ornamented xx1th a large gold xvatch cha1n He has a xx ad of tobacco 1n h1s mouth and he 19 ex1dentlx d1s pleased at the xvay the horses are pull 1ng for he sp1ts the tobacco through h1s teeth makmg a hxssmg sound and clears h1s throat loudlx and frequentlx Passmg bex ond th1s small group of 1nterested onlookers a loxx xvh1te xxashed bu1ld1ng IS seen It IS here tl1at the preserx es pastrx and needle work prepared bx tl1e xxomen of the toxx I1 are on CYIIIIHIUOH On one s1de ot th1s bulldmg Ib the one and only Beano stand and nearby tl1e te11t xx here the lad1es of the church serxe FICIILIOUS home baked beans and brow nbread On the other s1de are the cow sheds The exh1b1 t1on of hxe stock COITSINIIS of one very fCI'OC1OL1:lOOlxlI'lg bull 1 half dozen cows Wlill n11ld gentle exes three or four spotted IICIICYQ two sheep and a goat On a bench 111 front of the exh1b1 t1on buxldmff s1t tl1ree of tl1e women folk of tl1e town One of them a tall woman xxxth '1 scraxvny neck of UOSSIP xx h1le the second tells how she cured l1er dog ot the Hts No one knows what the thlrd 1S saymg but all three are hav1ng an enjoyable t1me At three thnrtx the farmers gather up the1r thmgs and prepare to start home for fa1r or no fa1r the chores must be done on t1me By s1x o clock the grounds are deserted ex eryone has gone home feehnff that the fa1r xvas a complete success Ph5ll1sBa1ley 31 L1chheld London Watch 1 lf I DEAR FRIEND Here I am 1n London VISIIIIIQI mx old frlend Samuel Johnson I find that l1e llves 1n a xerx poor house xxh1ch 15 about ready to fall down Here he has poor men and xvomen xxhom he xvorks for and takes care of I xv1ll try to descrxbe h1m to xou as I see h1m He ls a huge fat mm of bad manners and of awkw ard appear ' 1 . 13 ' ' ' V Y , c 1 ' I U . ' V Y sc xv , ' v C 6 I V I I 1 , .V Y Y . . I C - O Y v J Y ,I ' , k , - V c ,. 5 b .I si ' . T I L kd I 1 1 a '- ' V C 1 , L T L ' a Q It is the day , ' ' ' 9 ' at ' .' Y Q .I . I v .I L' , 1 L. tj xl kr . n u Q . , . . ' g. . . . . U yr . . . . . gg - ' L 2 . ' . H , . '. 4 . f ' r 6 . I .K I . . 'f Y ' I '- -W' ' I v 15 ' ' ' l relating to the other two a choice bit V. k- ' 6 1 . r . N r V . . b - f A . . I l b .- y , 7 V . . . . ,I H L - it 1 1 v ' ' L ' g . - g . N - - as ' ' , , ...... ' . ' 1 . . ' Q ' . N - 33 1 ' 1 ' ' I ', J'- v ,Y ! b I l l Q 1 1 ' ' ' , ' ' 1 5, v5f. v. y Q Av : v 2, Y Y I r ' 5 , f . Q 's v r' v - L - '- a 1 V I - n Y u u V k , u K ,v - , ,- , . -

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THE AMARACUS stved for the world w l1e11 tl1e Greeks defettcd tl1e ICYSIHIIS 111 battle Nt first the tr1he was ruled hy a COL1IlLll of elders Zllltl an assembly' of weapon hearmfr 111611 hes1des tl1e ch1et Tl11s Ill ty he co111pared w1tl1 our Senate Ellld House ot Representatnes Durmg the rexgn of Per1cles fue hundred men d1y1ded 111to groups of fifty each ruled tl1e state They rece1yed pay for tl1e1r work tl1us startmff what IS 11ow our C1Xll QCYVICC 11r1es were formed COIlS1btll1g of fiye hundred and o11e men they also recewed wages Tl1ey w ere Cl1OSCI1 as ours of tl1e pres ent day are, but they l1ad power not OIllX of 1nterpret1ng tl1e laws but also of makmfr 11ew ones There I5 l1ttle l1ke11ess 111 rel1g1on, chlefiy because we beheye 111 one God Hlld the Greeks behey ed 1n ma11y Perhaps they had more dey ot1o11 for thelr gods but at first they had no de Slfe to 1n11tate the1r de1t1es nor d1d they heheye tl1at tl1e Gods requlred good conduct of them Greek l1terature at first CO11s15tCd of llCl'UlL songs such as were composed hy Homer H1s poen1s are IIOXX classlc hterature Heslod wrote tl1e hrst hook about an ordmary mans hfe Clllllllldllllllff of tl1e unjust tre1tn1e11t tl1e poor people recened from the wealthy class We 11ow hfue many books o11 moral conduct lust as 11ow , romance played an 1n1portant part 111 hterature as the ldylls of 'Tll6OCI'ltLlS show At one t1me tl1e Greeks led tl1e world 111 trade Money w as lent at a h1gl1 rate of 1nterest The merchants or w ealthy manufacturers were among tl1e most 111flue11t1al 111 pol1t1cs, wl11ch cond1t1o11 CXlbtS today to a Cer tam extent The Greeks could also s Money makes tl1e 1na11 SLICULC 1nd IIINCIIUOII held an 1m portant p1rt 111 tl1e HCll6Il1St1L c1v1l1za t1o11 Some of tl1e common COIIVCII 1e11ces were lllttlllldtli, door openers w lSlllllU n1atl1n1es d1spensers of holy water screws for Hlllllllllllo' Great pressure endless chams a11d an ar range111ent for tUI'I'l1I10' 1 crank and lau11cl11nU 1 l141t XVe st1ll use many of these much nnproved such as screw pressure used 111 n1ak1ng hooks Xn endless cham arrangement 15 seen 1n tl1e XNllldl21SS used 111 some wells and tl1e PI'1l1Cl1JlC of speclfic Grav1ty, d1scovered hy eXrch1medes 1S used Ill CL1I'11'1g paraly s1s VVl1en Thomas Fdl ch111e, people thought It was an en t1rely new thmg but the Greeks had mov1es even though tl1ey dncfered yy 1dely from ours of the present day As for sc1e11ce w1th no telescope an astronomer made a catalogue of 111ne l1L1l1flI'CCl fixed stars Recently we have mzde many CIISCOVCFICS w1t11 tl1e telescope 'I l1e Alexandrlan Xluseum w IS 1 great umverslty wl1ere tl1e Greeks earned o11 expernnents and I'CsClI'Ll1 work Now the great sc1 e11t1sts carry o11 tl1e1r eycpenments 111 tl1e1r own prnate lahorator1es per haps supported hy some company who w1Il put the product on tl1e market XII lo111 111 tl1111ker d1scovered Dar 11111 s theory of CXOll1tlOI1 of man be fore Darwm was thought of SCI e11t1sts dlscoyered tl1at many parts of tl1e land were OIICC covered by seas, a fact 11ow taught 111 our geograph1es Thus wlth our mstruments and ad yantages we haye but recently redls coyered all they knew Charlene Folsom 3 12 4 J 1 1 ' ' ' . 1 Jay, y' Q ' . . Q 1 Q V g - I I . .S .x . . . - ' h it KT . L1 - Q' s ,Y , r 1 '1 s Z r v. '. L - ev f . Y r ' 6 L 2 , ' 1 .. f P 'X V i i - V y .i . v ,, ' f ' ' - C . . . 6 1 :Y 7 . .' . . . so11 invented tl1e motion-picture ma- : V ' l V Q ' D - . ' D . ca ' va V ' Y ' I ,r ' as ' i Af i V Q , V y 1 v . . 7. l . .i ' fi - 1 1 1 f ,T 7 l- , 6 u 5 L . g V . 7 . H - , 1 ' ' . , K V . v H ' ' b K - s s y v ' ' V V Y v V . - ' a ' . ,.,4 J 75' - V ' - I, I.

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THE AMARIXCLS ance '1nd abuses everybody but l1o11or and love 111111 just tl1e same a d11111er to wh1cl1 I w ent w1tl1 111m centlx l1e was Sllitlllg bes1de '1 ladx guest wl1o was tell1ng everybody what a great YVI'1tCI' he was Speakmg to tl1e l'lClX l1e sa1d Madam talk no n1ore 11011961196 XVl11le talk1ng he makes curlous a111n1al sounds some t1mes h'1lt wlnsthng sometxmes cluck 1110 hke '1 l1e11 or growl111g l1ke a bear At a11otl1er party to XVl11Cl1 I accom pa111ed 111m he got 1nto a d1spute over the l1ter1ry works of th1s per1od After 11e had lald 1119 opponents low 11e le tned hack a11d blew out 1119 bre 1th hke 1 w l1'1le fflllplllq ClOVVl1 four or hxe cups of l1ot tea and eat lllfr lllS 1111 It llkc 1 wlld lllllllal He IS n1arr1ed to a woman tl1at I tlnnk httle of but I d1d not tell h1m so because 11e loves 11er and hves only for 11er tlnnklng 11er to be tl1e best w on1'1n Ill London However she IS old enouffh to be 111s n1otl1er a11d has ch1ldren of h1s age Last nlght I went to tl1e l1terarv club of XV1llCl1 Burke a11d GOlClSH11tl1 a11d I nnght su '111 great hterary men a11d pol1t1c1ans of tl1at t1me were mem bers VVh1le I have been NlSltl1'l0' h1m 11e l1as 136611 workmg on a tl1Cl1OIl31'X w l11cl1 XVl'lC1l completed w1ll probablx be 111s greatest work SONIC of h1s ClCl:l1'l1l101lS tre l1un1orous as 111 dehn mfr o1ts '1s 1 fI llIl gwen lll nff land to horses and Ill Scotland to tl1e peo le I11 splte of all tl1e peculmr tlnnffs 11e does 111 has .1 generous and klllfl heart I shall be home next n1o11tl1 and hope to see you then S1ncerely yours Artlzm' J Chzcl lr 31 TWO LESSONS OMNIH 11 td te11 Lnghsh sen tences to analx ze a11d thev had to be ready to pass lll 1IllHlCCl1atCly after reces It was recess now He had just hfteen nnnutes to do tl1em and lt w o11ld take at least a11 hour Prob 11111 11e d hue to stax 'titer school a11d m1ss basketball practlce Why d1d Nl1ss XX1110 n1ake you do so much work '111 at once anx wax especlally r1v:fl1t 111 the m1ddle of the basketball season? So ran Ilomnw s thoughts as he stared at tl1e sentences There was lean VVebster across tl1e a1sle Sl1e d l'l'lX6 IICTS all do11e a11d thex were usu 'tllx T11 l1t Perhaps sl1e wouldnt Illlllll 1f 11e copled 11ers just tl1lS o11ce Ile isked and sl1e handed l1er paper over to l11n1 He w orkcd I'21p1CllN and l'lIl1QllCCl tl1e last se11te11ce just as tl1e class bell rmff He pwssed 111s paper to the teacher Vkllll 1 g'l1ll1X feehnff 111 s1de He hoped sl1e NXOl1lll1lt correct tl1en1 for 1 long t1n1e because she llllfflllj get w1se The next dax a l1e came 1nto class w hat sl1o11ld he see but 111056 Fnffhsh papers' Sl1e was pZiSS11lg tl1em back corrected Box 1 lean Got 08 on 11ers He l1ad nex er got QS on anx th1ng He looked on l11s paper to see what mark he had Please come to tl1e desk lIllI'llt.K1l ttelx after the close of school w'1s wr1tte11 111 lnfr red letters 1eel suppose she l1'1d found out or m1s trusted 1llXt1llll0' He w IS almost s 1 of lt No more basketball for 111111 l verx tlnng, 'dw us w cnt w ro11g when l1c lust w 111ted It to Xt the close of school l1e went 1n md w alted w l11le Illlss VX 111g spoke to some others He sat down w1sl11ng she d hurry 111 Sl1e probably 1 1 1 1 J ,, 3, ' ' ll 1' . At 1 ' 2 ' 1 - I I fe- 1 1 I In 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 11 1 1 . s I I SS. I S SS I. Y ' 11 I Y Y 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 . ' 1 as ' ' v 1 1 . , 1 1 I 1 1 1 . ' . 1 1 , ' - 111 Z5 V 1 K 1 . . V I , . . b 1 .' Y . - . . . .' D . 1 1 . . . . , , 1 I - .11 I1 b , U ' ' . s L 1 1 1 . 7' 1 1 , ' 7 I . 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 . 1 1 1 v . 1 1 1 1 . Z., 6 1 1 1 I . 1 . I 1 1 ' I T I 1 - v 1 - b . 1 1 11 5 11 12 Ix1 1 . 1 11 1 1 . 1 I 11 I 1 1 1 v - I 1 ,. ' 1 , ' ' 1 ' 1 , 1 1 J 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 h. 1 1 1 Y . - i V. . v . . 1 . . 1 1 i 1 b - . . , b s 1 . 1 1 . 1 Z., . . . H . ,, 1, 1 ' ' I 1 ,I I S ' s, . ' 1 . - ' 11J. 1 vi 1 1 J 6 1 ' . , - v . . ' 1 h b 1 . ' Y - v 1 I 1 6 , 1 . 7. . . Y , . , -- . . M I l Q C I 1 . I .1 ' . . , 1 ' 3 ', - 77 1 tg 1 - . - 1 1 . 11 1 1 1 1 1. 1- ' I11S I 5 1. F . ' U . 1 , T ' ' I F s 1 . ' 6 1 1 11 1 b 1 K 1, 6 1 1 1 1 1 -11 ' - - . , . ' 2 ,, , - 1 . 1 1 1 b. 11 1 11 1 , ' ,1 . 4 P . 1111. . 11 1 1 1 I 1 b1 . 1. I' I 'I 1 I2 I1 I' I s 1 - 1 1 1 1 - rf I 1 1 1 . 1. 1 . 1 1 1 1' I1 1l I I . . ' . ' ' . V' 1 . 1 1 1 .1 1 7 f ' ' , 1 1. 11 ' J 1 v 1 . f 1. 1 ., - . 1 I J.