Raleigh High School - Excelsior Yearbook (Raleigh, IN)

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FRED GRAY LICNA IIILL IIICRYL MANERS JUNE LIIIII'l'I OO'I' MARY WILLIAMS IDA DIIRIIAM LIICILLE BEAM VIRGINIA WILDRIDGE WILLIAM NICWKIRK WILLIAM ER'l'LI'I IIICIIRIIIC OARVER H'I'I+ILLA CARSON MILDRED RIIOADES ALIIICRT DISIIMAN MAY MYERS IRICNE NICIIOLSON SKINS WAHONICR 'I'I I ICLM ER WI I I'I'l'l ICLMER RIDER MAIIEL GRAY .IOIIN ARNOLD OPAL VVRIGIIT IIICLICN DISIIMAN WILLIAM KASTER OPHELIA HEATH IVRANCICS RIINYAN CLEONA DURHAM BEULAH IIORSEMAN IQATIIERINE CLII '1'ON NELL JOHNSON CECIL DEHART ERNEST' GORDON ARTHUR CLIFTON GEORGIE DURHAM MARION RIDER ADDIE MARTIN LILLIAN VVRIGHT Page thirty-five

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VVho are we, who are we? Fives and Sixos or room Ill. VVe love to go to the Raleigu School, From this place ne'er went 21 fool, If there were we never knew And if they did they were but few. The Story of a Loaf of Bread N the fall the farmer plows his ground and har- rows it. Then it is ready for the wheat. After sowing the wheat he waits for the sun and the rain to come so as to help make it grow. While it is ripening the harvest time comes. The farmer takes his reaper and reaps the grain. Then he takes the wheat to the mill, after having it threshed. He gives it to the miller, the miller takes it, grinds it into flour and puts it into sacks, then ships it far away. One day a merchant bought some of these sacks of flour for his store, and took one sack home to his Wife. The next day his wife told the cook to make some bread, and this is the Way she made it: In the evening she soaked one cake and a half of yeast- foam in a pint of lukewarm water half an hour. When it was dissolved she mixed it with one quart of flour and stirred it till it became a medium sponge. She covered it, put it in a warm place and let is rise over night. ' In the morning she mixed the sponge with one pint of warm Water, two teaspoonsful of salt, two Page thirty four tablespoons each ot sugar and lard. Then two quarts of flour mixed to medium sponge. She kneaded the dough about fifteen minutes, and let it rise three hours. Then she kneaded the dough down again, and let it rise one hour more. The next thing she did was to mould it into loaves and let raise to double their size. After that she put the loaves in the oven and baked it forty-five minutes. When they came out of the oven there were five nice, big, brown loaves of bread. I MELISSA DAVISSON., The Story of the Connecticut Charter I CHARTER is a paper given by a ruler to a people in which he grants them the right to certain things or hold certain powers. Charles Il gave Connecticut the best charter. They could do almost as they pleased. They were very proud of their charter. . f But Charles H died and James II came to the throne. He thought that Connecticut had too many' rights. He sent a governor named Andros to takej their charter from them. The people of Connecticut did not want to give up their charter and so Went to the statehouse to talk it over. Governor Andros sat in a high chair, while some men of Connecticut

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sat in chairs opposite to him. A table with the charter on it was between them. In those days people burned tallow candles for lights. Several of these lit up the room where An- dros and the men were talking over the charter. They made a very poor light. When they were talk- ing. all of a sudden the lights went out. If that had happened nowadays a dozen matches would have been produced, but there were no such things as matches in those days. They made their fire with flint and steel. When the lights were lit once more the charter was not to be seen. The charter was taken and this is how it came about. While they were talking a young soldier named Captain Wadsworth came in the room. He threw his coat over the candles and put them out. And while the people were lighting the lights he took the charter, escaped through a door or window and ran the main street of Hartford, where stood an oak which had a hole in its side. He slipped the case which held the charter into the hole and it dropped to the bottom of the tree, where no one would think of looking for it. The charter was kept there until James II was driven from the throne. The tree was then called the Charter Oak.'l In the Revolutionary War the general let the soldiers cut down trees for tire, but he would not let them touch the Charter Oak. Nothing is left of it now but a piece of its wood. Page thirty six ' The Lucky Stone' ' NCE upon a time the birds and beasts talked and wore clothes. Timothy Titus knew some .of the animals. Timothy Titus was always kind and good but rather silly. The way Timothy Titus made his bread he went along by the roadside and mashed stones. He did not know one of them was a Lucky Stone and he hit it with his hammer. The first blow his hammer flew into pieces. I wish that evil stone were in the river, he said. Just then the Lucky Stone hopped out of his hand and rolled to the river. Timothy shouted, Stop, stop. He ran after the stone. He looked funny. The children said, Timothy Titus, Timothy Titus, Mind you don 't bite us I Billy Mouse had his tail caught between two stones. It pained him very much. Salt tears ran down his cheeks. Timothy Titus heard some one hol- lowing for help. He looked all around but saw no one. He looked again and saw a little mouse with his tail caught between two stones. Timothy Titus did not know whether to help the mouse or to get the Lucky Stone. He thought he had better help the little mouse. Along came a man leading a monkey. The mon- key was in great pain. Salt tears ran down his cheeks. Timothy Titus put his hand into his pocket and found he had a few pence. With the pence he bought the monkey. While he was helping the mon- key the Lucky Stone floated down the river.