Rangeley High School - Tattler Yearbook (Rangeley, ME)

Page 17 text:

Tl-Ili TATTLICR 13 THF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD F the numerous natrons yy hlch occupied the great Amerrcan contlnent at the tune of 1ts drscoyery by Europeans, the tyyo most ady anccd Ill poyy er and refinement yy ere undoubtedly those of IXIGXILO and Peru e LlXllll'itlOll of these countrres though ahke in extent drffered yy xdely rn charm ter It IS IDICTCSIIIIQ to trace the drtferent steps ly vyhrch these two Il1tlOIlS rose from a strte of IJAYIJJTIQID to place themselyes on a hygher plane rn cryrlxzatron I shall therefore en deavor to desc rlbe the character of the people and tell vou somethrng of the dlfferent l1lSf1 tutrons of the ancrent Memcans and Peru yrans lhe country of the anclent Nlexrcans, or Aztecs, as they were called, formed 1 yery small prrt of the yast terrrtory compre hended m the modern IXCIJIIIDIIL of Meyrco Its boundarles cannot be dehned yvrth cer tarnty because of the fact that thev were much enlarged durmg the latter days of the emplre, but It probably coyered an area of less than sryrteen thousand square leagues X et such IS the remarkable formatron of thls country that though not more than tyy 1ce as large as the New Fnvland states, rt repre c p lble of yleldlng nearly eyery Iflllt found between the equator and the Arctlc crrcle lhe emprre of Peru stretched along the Pacrfrc about two thousand Eye hundred mrles Its breadth cannot be so easlly de termmed bounded on the yyest by the Pam 161 ocern It spread out tow ard the e 1st, rn many parts beyond the mountarns to the barmarous stltes hose exlct position I lIll4lCtCI'IlllllCfl or yyhose n unes rre ttlar cd from the m rp of history lhls rountry his somc yery remarkable physrcrl fertures It IS hemrned in by a yery large rinofe of mountuns lhls range IISIFIU from the Stralts of Nlagellan ren hes tts hrvhest cley rtron about l 1 degrees below the equator yyhrcn IS tlae l'llgll65I on the Ameruan contlnent but flrther north It gradually subsldes mto small hrlls as rt enters the Isthmus of Panama lhe face of the country yyould appear to be unfayorable to purposes of agrlculture and of Internal communrcatron, not only becruse of .1 sandy Stflp nerr the colst, yyhere yery ltttle run falls, but also on rc count of the unpassable mountuns yyrypped Ill perpetual snoyv let the ffenrus of the IllCll3.I'l was SIIITILICIII to oyercome all the rmpedrments of nature lhe Aztecs came from the remote regrons of the North, arrrymg on the borders of Anahuac toyyards the begllllllllg of the thlr teenth century 'Ihey d1d not establysh themsely es ln any permanent resrdence, but yyandered rbout Ill dlI:fE!ICl1t parts of the INICXILAII yrlley, endurrnff many hardshlps After many adyentures, rn the etrly part of the fourteenth century they halted on the southyyestern borders of the prlncrpal lake 'I here they saw a royal eagle of eyctraordmary sue and beauty, yvlth a serpent rn hrs talons and hrs broad yvrngs open to the rrsxng sun, perched on the stem of a prrckly pear, whlch shot out from the treyrce of a rock lhrs yvls huled as the HIISPILIOIIS omeu, slte of thelr future city Hence the Aztec s lard the foundatrons by smkurg prles mto thc marshes lhey obtalned thexr lltlllof by flshlng by lillllllg the yyrld foyyl yyhych fre quented the yvaters, and by the cultryatlon of sur h yegetables as 4 ould be raised on IIICII' floatlng gardens Soon, thelr fllllltlfy drscypbne and strength ber unc sur h th rt the yery uune Xfter yy IS ferrcd throughout thc y lllcy Xfter 1 tune th Xftet rxpltal begrn to show eyrdeure of publrc prosperrty Its frarl tenements yyere supplanted by more solid structures of stone md bme Its populatron rncreased, and tts old feuds were settled C IIIICUS yy ho h rd ser erled yyere brought under one com v Is' -- . 1 - - . . . ':. X ' - z ' . c I I I I I 1 ' D I I c I 9 ' I I ' ' ' Y , V V- 1 - V . x Y V g v 3 . v v ' I 'i , K. , L Y I Th E . 4 .ic . ' ' ' Q 1 z ' ' 1 ' z z ' x , ' ' ' L L 1 . V - . ' 1' g L - ., ' ' ' I 1 ' ' L' ', ' L ' ' Q ' . . z ' L . ' D ' - J - A 1 . , L 1 ' 2 ' ' 7 ' ' 'z ' D ' '. ' 7 'a r.. ' - - C '. ' 1 ' k ., , - N , I I . I E 7 C 4 . I I 7 ' C 4.,l . , . ' C Q C A s 4 I :I ' I I . l 7 5. ' ' ' E - 7 V L .t 6 L' ' no 5 - it 2' if 1 sented CVCYY Vllfletl' Of 0111119-IC, 81141 WHS announced by the oracle as indicating the :a L f' ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' -' r - r . , , .. , . . . V ' Y , ' ' ,' v . 'A - . 4. . ' I I - ' 4' A I 'r . ' , f ' J ' 5 1 ' 5 ' t ' ' t' 3 2 , ' ' 'z il 1 ' ' lr , it J, yy' Q Jr f ' 's ., , . , , . , , b , ., . 1 I 'I L 'I Q 3 A lx V 1 s -1 1 Y A . ' Z .' I I. . . I ' C 1 '. I IL Z 2 f ' ' f I 3 I Lt. A I I A L ' . . ' V A , ' . ' 4' L D' ' Q M ' K , 5- 2 '- . , ' ' . f Q 5 ' 2 A 2 7 I L , r ' ' - -

Page 16 text:

THF TATTI FR XX est lhe other answered lll to11es e1s1ly reeognwed 19 those of R1lph ll11l br1ck when he became heated o11 the subject of XXO111111 Suffrage Closely tfllllllg the two, came 1 sto11t, jolly lJOllCCl1h1ll, who pro1 ed to be 11o11e other tha11 Arno Sptller lwrther O11 l ee I1OtlCCd 1 l1rge s1gn 1vh1eh read, Lolhns Bros QOIISUIICIIOII Co 11111 l1Ot ftr 1l1o1e were the rooms of C F Ross, lllSII'l1CtOI' of elocut1o11 Mr N1chols retraced h1s footsteps, hnally past the stat1on, 1n search ofa 1orner, whlch 1n those t11enty lo11g years had llOt faded fron1 h1s memory He looked around for fallllllaf obyects and saw an electncal Slgll before a huge garage, Clyde E Getchell, Xuto n1ob1le Supphes Soon he passed a large ljlllldlllg glanctng through a plate glass 111ndow1 he beheld h1s former classmate, Herrtck, mayor of Rangeley , Slltlllg 1v1th h1s feet on a desk and smokmg a large c1gar Hastenmg on, he saw connng down the street a 111a11 dressed 111 black swallow ta1l coat lh1s gentleman wore nose glasses and carr1ed a B1ble u11der h1s 11111, 15 he f1ppro1ched lee heard llllll lllllllllllllg Brlghten the Corner, and greeted the lx 1 l X Porter, fOllOXXll1Q', the footsteps of h1s father Ill law He passed on and whom should he see llllt h1s olfl 111al, s1g1t, lee g111she1l h1s teet1 1nd Ilfl y los111f1 lllS sclf1o11trol rushed IIIIO tl1e Lllkjlllff ouse, wlere he found lx l Xhlbur ou 1 pled 1s1l11t,fOl' the l1re lJep1rt111e11t Xter 1 short 1hat lee departed 11d w 1ll1ed 101111111 the 0lltSlslTtS of tl1e 11ty A hef11y f1r111 wagon TllIHlJl6ll up and the d111e1 1 he 1lth1 lookmg f1YlHCI w1tl1 .1 str111 htt o11 the baclt of h1s head, hollered, Hey ther, lVll9l6T, were you lool111111 for .1 y 119 N11 hols ll21Nlll2 nowhere else to go, agreed to work for one year He 1l1mbed up bes1de the dr11er who pro1ed to be the II1ClDl1BI of T16 C1155 1f V490 I11 l lllSlJL1fy lee spent tl1e re1111111der of h1s ht , 1a1p1l1 1 11e 1 F1e11 e1en 111g howe1er, as l1e s1t ClOWll to llllllx the cows he thought of tl1e Plbdhllll tunes l1e 1111f1ht l111e e111o1e1l1f l1e l1 11l been 111le 1 keep h1s good st111d111g III 1111-1ele1 t1111es he bl1111ed hnnself for h1s lHlSl0I'tllllCS at other tunes l1e felt tl1 1t tl1e bl une rested entlrely upo11 N11 lxenneth l 1111l1, o11 WllOl1l he yowed re1e11ge lI1tl1UOIl ICIJOTIS 11111 eyer, that the two 111tago111sts 11e1er 111et, b11t that the feud between the two flIlllll6S was peacefulh settled F I 1 TO AMERICA BY ALFRED AUSTIN What lb the XOILC I hear On the XYIHLIN of the western sea Se11t111el hsten f1o111 out C ape Clear And s'1y what the XOILC may be T15 a proud free people Lilllllg lo11 to people proud and free And It s11s to them KIHSIIICH 111 We severed lldXC been too long Now let Us ha1e done Vlltll a 1111rn out tale The tale of 1111 1ent wrong And o11r fr1e11dsh1p last long 1s o11r l111e dotl llst 1llCl be stronger tl1 111 death IS strong All wer the-111 son of the self s1111e rue And blood ofthe self s1111e cl 111 Le lls spe1l1toe11h11th1rf11Lt0 111 A 1 111s111r 18 Ill 111 to 111 ln, It loy1ll1 lo1e llltl trust Llill ot 1111111 fue 111111 Now fhng thu 1 out to the b11111 S 111111111 k lhtstlt llll 1os1 lt th1 S111 S1 1111, 11113111111-1 llllllll NX 1 H1111 A 1111ss1Qet11f111111ls 1nd foes VV 11re11r the suls of 111111 111 NLtll 1111 1v 11er tl1e 11 1r 1111111 blow 1111ss 1ge to l7Ull1 lllt tl11 1ll to 11 1 1 P111 11hene1er we come, 111- 111 llll llhe throne of the TN 11111 shzll 111k 1111l 1111 1k1 ll h1 1111511111 he 1o11l 1111 11111 1 you s s 1 1111 111 1 1 of th1 Ill es tus 1 tl11 1111111 ofthe blufl M llt h ld VV1: se1er1d l1 111' been too long, l'l11t111111 11e h111 done 111tl1 .1 110111 out t1l1 The t11le11fth1 t11111e11t 111111113 11 11111 fllfllll lllri shall l1st 1s o11r on 11111 1 11' t11111f1ert ll 1e 1115 stl l2 1 , , ' , H ' 1 . , . , ' . . , , , U . . , V. V., , . 1.' 1 1 k 'A 1. 2 ' - 15 ,, V., ' . , 1 . V. 1 -b V V . 'V . V u V. tc 1 '1 1 1 ' 1 . ' 4' I1 ,'V ' P1 gf. At ' 1 L J ' ' ' ' L 1 ' V. 1. ' Y ' ' - ' .' z 1 - .5 ls 1 h 1 2 'lt .l ' 1 1 . Y 11 ' V 1 ' ' ' ' ' , , . . ' . . ,, , Ill- V 1 - I -Q . V., I .- , . va , . . . 1. y , 1 . 1 - L V V. , 1 . 1l 1 . , , . , , . V V ' ' i 1 ' ' K. 1. Lo. v y v 1 .L-. 66 l . ,l I - 1 U. 1 X V V VV V V V . V . . . , f . L . - K' f Y f 'z if 1 l :1 , 7 V A. . . .4 . V ' ' . h Gif 2 H ' J , lz'l, . ' 11 1, l 'N V V. V - 1 . E ' X. ' ,S LL. , V I , . . ' 2' l',I 5 1 '5 g V1-Q' 1 l N 1 1 b 9 5 1 S . X A. -V.: 1 . V sc ' I H 1 ' . ,., . , 'e'. .f. ' Q .' I 1' 1' -111 fx-1 -1 , -' - . . V , Il lz Q '- 1: 1 1 A 1 .Q . V A1 l 11 g' ' 1 ' .' -1 ' her 11s - l . . ' A h 1 lllll 'X ' 11111. Dwight lrlllllll, 11111111114 11 111e11t1'11rt. At thls V l 1 1 5 1 l 1 url' ,VV V N ll, VV' P 5 A 1' 1- 1 V A11 11- 1 - 1 -id ll fl 'I 'x I. . l- x.C1A' .': .' 1 1- . ', 1 Q V I. -. .amz-.V...: 1 1R.IV 1 f 1 .' t , , ' 21 'I ' 'Sa Q - 1- 1 r Q 1, A HJ: l 1 l Az ': lx ', V VV L VL V V . , , . . , , .2 , V.VhAVl V V V. V V V. VVV Z V V V. .1 1 .V 1 1, ' R .4 A1 i s 1 'J 1 1 l 11 , ' V ' I Fo' 4' are lordx of 11 .trong land 1 l -1 111'- C 3 1 ' ' ' ' . g . ' 0 lorl - 21111. 'tl YY V' , 1 v. Q - - 11 1, ' , . . . V V V- X lf s A' 1 1 yylex l 9 V Y , , . .1 .' . , . g . ,f 1,151 ' ' l 11' 1 . L , '1 lph 1 , ,. .- ,. .W- , -4 ' 'Q 2 -' A11 ' 1' 5' 2: zu I 1' l I ' ' 1 . 3 1 'I 1 . 1, . . C ls 1 1 Kl B nfl X Std- 1 V ' l:1st1111ll s ' ,4 hz 1 l ll l x 3 111115,

Page 18 text:

THE TATTLER mon goyernment wrth the mam body and the quarters whrch they occupred were per manently connected yvrth the parent crty the drmensrons of whrch yyere much larger than those of the modern caprtal of Mexrco 'lhe goyernment of the Aztecs was an electrye monarchy Four of the prrncrpal nobles, who had been chosen by the1r own body rn the precedrng relgn, filled the office of electors, to whom yyere added, wrth merely an honorary rank, the two roy al allres from two of the nerghborrng states The soyer crgn was selected from the brothers or nephews of the deceased prmce lhus, the electron was always restrrcted to the same famrly lhe laws of the -X7tecs were regrstered and shown to the people by parntrngs A greater part of these laws, as rn any natron not perfectly ClY1ll7Cd, related to the se currty of persons rather than to property Xll the great crrmes affarnst socrety yyere made cfrprtal lhreyrng, accordmg to the degree of the offence, was punlshed by slay ery or death Xet these Mexrcans could haye been under no great fear of thrs crrme, for the1r houses were neyer secured by fas pumshed rn the young wrth death, and rn the older persons wrth loss of rank and property lhe rrtes of mrrrmge were celebrated wlth rs much formalrty as rn any Chrrstmn country, 1nd thrs lDStltl1t10I1 was held ln sur h reyerence that .1 trrbunal was rnstltuted for the purpose of decrdrng questrons such as are noyy settled rn courts lhe most remarkable prrt of the Xftec rode was that relatrng to slayes lhere were seyeml classes of slayes, prrsoners taken rn war, crlmrnals, and chlldren who because of extreme poyerty had been sold rnto slry ery by therr parents In thrs last case often tunes, wrth the master s consent, the prrents substltuted others of the1r chlldren, drs trrbutrng the burden more equrtably Slayes were allowed to haye the1r oyyn famrlres 'lherr chrldren were free and were allowed to hold property and slaves 'lherr mrlrtary code was stern It was death for a soldrer to leaye hrs colors, to attack an enemy before the swnal was gryen or to plunder another s booty Hosprtals were establrshed rn the prrnc pal crtres for the care of the srck and as homes for drs abled soldrers 1 he source of the Peruyran cryrhzatron rs traced to the central part of Peru 'lhe Sun, the great parent and lrght of mankmd sent two of hrs chrldren to gather the natn es rnto communrtres and to teach hem the arts of cryrlrzed lrfe Ihrs celestral parr, brother and srster, trayeled through the country lhey bore wrth them a golden wedge, and yyere drrected to take up the1r resrdence on the spot where the sacred em blem should wrthout effort, srnk 111'tO the ground lhey proceeded 1 short drstance Into the central part of Peru, where the wedge speedlly sank rnto the earth and drs apperred foreyer Here, the chrldren of the bun establrshed the1r resrdence the brother teachrng the men the arts of agrr mysterres of sprnnrng and weayrng e date estrmated for the establrshment of the1r capltrl Lugco, was durrug the early prrt of the twelfth century -Xt Hrst the progress of the Peruyrans of Incas was yery slow Gradually by the wrsdom of the1r polrcres and by 1 well regu lated monarchrrl government, they annexed the nelghhorrng trrbes lhe more savage nrtrons, who y ere opposed to annevrtron, were conquered lhe rncrent c1ty of Cuzco gradually rn creased rn yyealth and populatron and therr rude dwellrngs yyere supplanted by more solrd structures The fortress of Cuzco w as but a part of a system of fortrfrcatrons establlshed through out the domrnrons 'lhese fortresses were 14 v ,' ' . Y 1 v ' . ' ' - v ' V 1 ' v , l ' A v K - , . 7 ' -. v v 7 , ' 1 ' A V .Y ey v ' a . 7 . . , V . Y B U . . Y v u . r W y . l , ' v L V . 1 Y I . V , v ' ' 1. ' ' v Y' y . v. . , - ' Y sc 1 - I I , C , , V M i , . V r . C , 'L l V . C l ' S V - U 7 a , ' . ' v h I X I Y L V A . J- K , tenings of any kind. Nearlyv all Crimes were culture, the srster instructing women in the ' ' 1 Y' K ' ' ' ' ' , ' ' . Th V. - ' - Y ' Z ' - 'L ' . dv , ' 1 ' ' ' 'L ' 'f ' ' '- l 1 v y. : . t , 4 ' 1 K ' ' l' . ' . , I' C ' - K - B Y N. . . .I 4 L 1 'L , 4 v ' - ' 1 ' I K . V w . 1. ' -7 Q I f, - V- 1 ' . ' y' . J. ' D ' ' ' , . I W ' .' ' L V ' , . ,, - K. ' .2 . V ' v y ' ' '. '. 2 ' , - ' - ' v. 7' w 1 I v