Monmouth Academy - Amaracus Yearbook (Monmouth, ME)

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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.

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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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PHE ANI-XRACLQ xx ouldnt let lnm plax basketball but, at least the matter xx ould be settled a t sae sf Q All readx Thomas He xx ent forxx ard She seemed to be lookmff verx cross her exes xxent I'10'llt through lnm H couldnt look her in the exes much longer lf she dulnt hurrx up Xfter a moment xx lnch seemed to nm an hour she sau VV1ll xou trx to haxe xour IJICCC tor lJI'l7C speaklnff lelrned lax tomorroxx Xou max re hearse tomorroxx noon so that xou xxont nnss baskctbxll practue betause and pcrla as lt x mu cl do xour lnffhsh lesson bx xourselt xou c Je at basketball 1JI'dLtlL.C earher tomorroxx mght Xou max go noxx utter a xx ord As he got outdoors he heawed a great 'i10'l1 of rehef Qhe xxasnt so bad after all She under stood a felloxx He d never copx anx one s paper agam He d learned hls lesson Lozs Parsons 34 POETRY The Four Seasons IRST comes prlng xxhen the plants begm to grow And the rams fall and the xxmds hloxx Exerxthmg freshens and begms to avxake And the snoxx and lcc haxe gone trom the lake XX 1th the green griss appear the buds on the trees And the robms sxxeet notes tall the breeze lhen comes summer xxxth lts tloxxer scented days And the sun sl1l!lC5 doxxn wxth IIS xery xxarmest raxs lhe trees haxe adorned the1r nexx green dresses And the corn m the garden suns 1ts smlken tresse lhe skx aboxe ls of azure blue For stormy days are xery fexx Next ls autumn mot gaudy of the seasons But also the saddest and here are the reasons is noxx the red and yellow leaxes begin to fall For rt IS to them our Lord does call 'I IE corn and the pumpklns are gathered m a heap Xnd noxx come the harvesters thexr harxests to reap 'lhe last ls xvmter xxxth xt merry jungle bells -Xnd also yuletlde xxxth the story lt tells Now a blanket of xxhlte coxers all the earth VVe must roll on a log and gather round the hearth I Ich season is needed IH lts proper pllee lhey are Gods gxft to the humln race Marg Ixennedy 36 The Master of Llght Oro man Sunshlne Has a fnendly old face Hut not a hne nor an ugly trace Of xxorrx can be found there Aroused bv hatred and Jealousy 00 Phe thxck black clouds and cold ram Trx to lnde him but 1n xam Old man Sunshme beams brxghtly through As kmg of day he sxts on hls throne Beamlng and snuhng xuth great prlde Hrs glances turnmg from s1de to sxde For thxs 19 his kingdom hls xery oxxn Przsczlla Covell 36 God s Power XVHAT wondrous power la ln Code hand' He made the heaxens the seas and the land The mountams standxng so staunch and tall He made ex ery one of them all ln all He made the oceans xxhxch sxxell m the breeze The many. tloxxers and sturdy trees The golden sun whlch sets 111 the west And sends 1ts rays 0 er mountaln crest He made the thunder llghtmng and ram 'I e xalleys h1lls and rollln pam So that the people they mxght hxe His only Son He dld gne Mzldnd Bragdow The Brook l low that brook that care free brook XX hleh seems so gay and free As o er the meadoxxs through the woods It runs to meet the sea fx ' .' ,S 1 l Q-link Y 1 V b . , .Xt l s il f'1l l. ' A df, 1 ' ' 5 kin v Y l 'I ' b C - ' ' ,D ,' 'Q A. l , - . : f b K . e , 7 V ' Y i . . . ' 5 ' A s 5, ' Y L Y -Y ' - Y. .T L 7 b iz 5 K. 'S ' ' 2 2 1 it 'r - 1 . v V .kai ck- V3 Z , cy y 1 '-Ti l oflt-. eltlfuj ' 1' ' f Y Y vv v Y ' . K- . -f C ' Tommy left without being able to 1 . t V . U . H rl V A' Y N v 1 - . 1 Q ,N ' . y Y F . l. . I. . V . lv F- 'E ' p' Y. '. . . . ! ' T Y .T l I ,H . : ' Q S . ' v . ' , . ' - r' - .. ' v Q ' . I H S: , . F- N 5' ' 1 i x