Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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CININ ANION BUN xll mx hfe I hue hx ed 1n 111 atmosphere of lrt, pnrt1eul1rIy that of PJIRIIIIQ 1nd drtxxmg Lonsequentlx, 15 IS only to be supposed I ein xerx e1s1ly reeognwe .1 good p1etu1e xx hen I hlppen upon one I h1xeh1p peued upon them Great numbers oi them o1ls 1nd yx 1te1 eolors, pen md 1nks and pzstels haxe seen them, Ioxeel them d1e1meel of them Het the only one thit seems to IIXL and loxe xx1th me IS 1 sleeteh ehpped from a 11121231106 Ihe el1pp1ng 1tselt holds 1 eert.11n SIQIIIELIIILL for me I1l smpped II to tdd to my eoIleet1on of dog p1etu1es on mx xx 1Il ll el I hung ll lil 'nx 100111 Llttle el1d I ICJIILL then thu lt yx.1s not 1 mere p1etu1e that I hung there, It was a pal Cmnqmen Bun 1 dCIlLlOL1S mme that sults h1s splex shags y l1ttIe IJIOXXII mel NVIIIIL. self He stsnels thele, Iblflxlllg t11l betxx een h1s legs e11s eoelxed, md m1seh1exous ey es Ioolung xx1stfuIlx doxxn s1eIexx 1xs It me IXo one Ienoyxs of xxh1t ext1 lkllO11 he IS In my' CSUIXTIIIOII he I9 1 perfeet eon SIOHHLFGIIOI1 of 11I breeds brsnds md flayols I.1Iee the lox 1ble Topsx, I seems to haye yes groxy ed and he has by no means ove1done that How does Cmnnmon Bun seem to look wt vouu I onee dem.1nded XIZIUW thoughtfully upyx 11d If the p1eture Oh 1s 1f he xx e1e uymg to my ust eome md cstteh me' Kay 'msxxered to sly LIDXIIIID he IN S1X1H ex C1 thm' S Q I fb NVhen I storm ll'ltO my IOOIN 1n 21 Ht of temper, does he sly Nov mx eleir you Isnoxx 1 ZITI yyho em t control helself better th1n that 1nd so on? IXOI He xxoofs doxxn 111 symp'1thet1e b1rles S 1xx 11ght C1 CJIIII ELI only hum1n' XVeep bueleets 111 Ill euss 1 eouple fe1 ye' And he s1xs lf YX1lI'1 in 1elorabIeI1ttleIr1sh leeent If I step hghtly IH 1nd POXXLICI mv nose deI1e1telx 1esolx1n 1 XXIIIIIU me Ill IILIC HISI of the xe1r I1sh1on nexer to le1xe IH 111-1 trom 1not1e1 XNOI he spenlxs softly nn III ele te11 you xe left 1 yxee In t on ye 1r e1r Then I laugh up xt IIIIN thloxx IIIITI 1 IX1 s 1nd t11p to1th 1efres1ed So 1t goes Cmnimon Bun SXITIPIIIIIIIIIQ LOIXIDQ te1s1ng eom fort11g IXo pe1son eould ex L1 tsuee h1s pls e IIe meets grm yx1th grm 'md f1oxxn xy1th froxxn 'xIy f1xor1te PILIUIC l1x es Vngmm Bfzlm 3 A CIF'l I xe sent ,1 I1ugh on :1 passmg breele, To be plunged ID the green of the foammg seas, To be caught Ill the azure net of the y To be xy :nmed 1n the gloxx of the sun s ygolelen eye Then Ielssed to a IOSC yy1th mornmf' s f11st eleyx, Nlay It sm1Ie thru 11s soft opemnv petals to you Virginia Becker, '30 V V , V A 4 I 'A 1 1' E L 5 I . ' L 4 ' - V sl ' V ,- 'Q '- -1 V L N.. L . K - .ss , I s - ' 1 ' - t V. . - 1 A ' ' 1 ' ' e ' , ' t ' . I Y I x I 'X ' YA h . ri W I 1 ' K'- I' '1 ,11 ' 11' . I 5 I - 1 I' 1 1 ' rf - V 1 lv li . . ' u 1 I ' -x ' ' x vm- '- rv ' Y - 74 V' 1 3 I 1 - V w A Af'-1-V' ' I ' K ' 'A 1 s 1- s - Y YQII V ,, E Y ' . K , . , ' , V - - V , '- 1 . h . . . m Vx n I never asked again, for Kay' was Wrong. Cinnamon Bun isn,t trying V v v . a I' YI E ' Y . ' ' .1 ': ', . , . v v . . 1 ' I - i I, 1 1 , 1 e K e. . 1 'T 1 . ' . I V I -Il 1 X I 1 'IZ I I ' , In' w- ,Il ' V V- .L ! 3 X .1 1 y X X. kv! V5 1 ' I Y. 1 A i I 1 'wx I '1 1 ' v - 1 '- s V -V- -' , ,' ' 1 . I . L .' I U 'I ' ' - '- - H 11, ' 1 'J H 1 W hu 1' . I 1' ' 'eI, v . ' ,, C -G' , v I 111. y' ' '- - 1 E nt 'A ' K . ' , ' ' I 1 'ls . 'I ' JI . ' s- ' V . '- ' . .' K , .' . i 1 ' ' V ' ' t' 1' A' I' A I I I- I 1 nl Y 1 I U .N I I I . Y I , . k . l 1 I 11 I 1 . sk , - . K , ' 'I ' YI . 5 ' X V . 5 . V ' ' 1 ' ' ' s V

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At fixe oclock the boardmg house keepers xxere eookmg breakfast It was none too early to start wxth themr small sloxx onl stoxe The wood vxhxeh was used m the large cook stoxe was damp 1nd useless Nevertheless, thex got through breakfast 1nd were just glxlng the hmshlng touehes to 1 fine Chxcken Clmner when Nllss Carton exelalmed Thwt sounds Ilke those peskx Stlters CThe Staters were the kmd vxho elme to exerx ehureh supper xx I1ere Nllss Clrton serx ed sure of gettlng 1 good n1e1I I Here xxe 1re 1nd elon t tell us xxe e1n t st IX for ellnnex bee1use xxe Ixnoxx xx h1t 1 xxonelerful eoolx xou xre burst 1n Nlrs Stlten Nlnss C 1rton llltel to xxeleome them eheerfullx bet the lest of the bonelers xx exe none too pIe1seeI to I1 ue txxo more to sI11re thelr dinner Iortun1teIx tI1e ent1re p1rtx xxent to the QIIYL Iieleh for the 1fte1 noon ILYLIIITIIH., ne but ot eourse ITLIFIQFIQI thxn exer The Stltens e t e1r x Nlrs Stltel expnessnne, I1 1 mtentxon of IJIIIIQIINS doxxn her hue e uI1 ex erx xx eelx end the next summer 11' the IICIICS xx oulel keep on mt It xxe noxx t INLIIDIW eel one ol the s melxx nm 111 le x 1 1IxI 1st mel eleeldee thu Nlsrs f nton xx IS bexng Imposed unon e lel e Ihey hue been so gooe Us s xe xe the xxorl for tod p oposed ennx t me e IX Iletxen help 1 x ,nests xx I1o eome toeI1x NI1rgo11e 1en11rked drx x I xerxthnn, xx IS some xx ell untll dinner t1n1e xx hen 1 stout CIIQIIIHCLI xxon11n xx 1IIxed 111 1nd s1t doxxn e1st1ng 1 IJ1fI'0l1lZIf1g gI'll1Ll, toxxand XI ss Q 1rton nn the doorxx 1x She must thunk xxexe xx utlesses, exelumed Dor1 IS the xxomm motioned to her Thmklng nt 1 good joke the gurls lsked Nhss Dean IHLI Mlss C'1I'IOl1 to xemun II1 the loom xx hlle thex serx ed dlnner In then lmusement hoxx ex er, they let the ehoxx der burn The nls elld then best to serxe 1 deeent me1I, 1IthougI1 Dor1 I1er hzste spllleel 1 eup ot te1 doxxn the annoved Woman s neck She left mdngnmtlx deelarmg th1t someone h1d reeommended thenr fine dmners but thlt she I'l1Ll her oxxn oplmons Her rem lrk dldn t bother the girls The xxeek passed unex entfullx llIl1OLIgl'l Mnss Carton had reeelx ed 1 ICILQFIITI from her slster In I1xx saxlng that she had I1e1rd of her SUINITILI I1ome mel xx IS LOITIll1g xxnth the ehllelren for 1 few davs TI1e gnls took It upon themselxes to replx The ICICQFIFII ICICI Stu home W e xe been p1rtIx burned out The dmner had burned thex s.11d to e1eh other I Sundu night 1fter 1Il l11d Iett the txxo xxomen eounted then money As e1eh bo11der pud her amount thex dropped nt unto 1 bag xxnth the bllls Xs e1eh bull xx 1s taken out thex pI1ced the money on If I the end the found rI1t thex ITICI m1eIe 1 good proht for thexr labors Thex Ind nexel dre1med of I1 profit xxnth everx one eatmg so he1rtnIx Noxx sud Nlxss Carton m great S.1IlSf1CtlOn, xxe c1n gnc thus monex toxxard 1 nexx department nn the Inbrmrx Isnt If fun to keep 1 Io1rdmq housew I H, 31 V V , . K K V . Y K K , ' ' fs, K K Y , ' ' Y' 11 V T! V ' V .A 3 11 v e , v L A I K 1: Y K ' - K ' K - v r K . I is - V f f K ' 'K K . I- I K lK .' , , . , , - K,K I . '. Ip. . . fe A K' c' ' ' ' K' K' ' 1 Ig Nc ' '- It ' i I' - 'boxin XII I '1 'I the girls g,1tI1c1'eeI on the porch, xx'I1'I' XXIIIIIIX for I1'e.'. ,. 'I . . ' e.' '. V K ' ' I . XY Ilx' ought to help IIl'll1. H ' I J K' I to '. I.et'f 1.11 ' o ' -r ' ' Q ' ny, r ' Ilelighteel for LI elmnge, the Indies gave them lull responsibilnx' for I ' Ig. '. ' - 1 Q lla' 3' -. ' ' ' . I 4 ' . ' L 'L I L 'L ' , 'Q I L L ' ' ' ' . ' ' N - ' , ,'-1 -s--- s---' I 1 1 I ' f , ' ' 4 s s ' , 1 K 'K K ' K g A . . ' R . ., in . 1 . A , 1 I 3, 7 , r . . . . . K . i vxl - i 1 iv, A I 1' ' Y s 'K L ' -' -1 ', . . , '- ' . - V , I , . . . ' , I ,K 'fs ., .. K K, K C ' K K. ' 41' I , . ' ' 1 1 'I x ' ' ' ' ' I' I 3 ' ' - A l 1 V I . Y. n 1 'y 1. K' . . . K -K ..Q ,,: .' . ' . I-' - .ff .K . . . , .1 I . 4 1' 1 , r v D L I . Y Y .

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A IEGEND OF MY NATIVE TOVVIN If you had lixed in XY ethtrsheld many years ago, you would haxt sttn this toxxn II the height of its career as a trading center for ships of ill nations Along tht southeast bank of the tove there used to be manx good Slltd xxharxts vxhtre ships tame to 611 up with lumber onions o hsh to t1rrx to tl1t east or to tht south It h1pptntd that in XX ethtrsfitld at that t1n1t thert xx IS a txxo masttd sthoontr xx hith ran from Wftthtrsfieltl to tht Barbadots in the lumber tr1dt Sht xx 1s the Xamy Btllt, owned and masttred bx one of Wethtrs held s n1t1xt sons Capmin Georgt R Ad1ms md manntd bx Wethers htld s mtn IS 111xo11t xxould h1xt told you, in het sl1t xx1s tl1t fasttst for her silt on tht r1x tr and h1d establishtd 1 rttord for htr quick ru11s from XVLIl1Lf9l1LlLl to tl1t B'1fblLl0t.b It xx IS l.1tt in tht month of August 1855 that sht str Slll from Wtthershtld loltltd vxlth lun1btr tholce Ced1rs As usuil sht rtttivtd 1 rousing stnd off md m1nx jtsts yxtrt throxxn 1fter htr IS to tl1t m1ttt1 of htr spttd on this trip her llst ont hslxing laid htr up for tht winter in the virds lor ontt L1pt11n IXLl1I11S lllkl his sturdx trtxx strutk btd lutk md lLlWLl SL tonditions Off Sly brook in 1 ht1vy fog they rm down 1 barge 1nd sn IPPLYJ off tht boxx sprit They put into Saybrook whert for 1 fexx igun Going tloxxn tl1t tolst tl1ey met high winds and so did not arrixe It their dtstinltion until tarly in Ottober They discharged tl1e1r c1rgo hurriedly I9 tht taptun xx as anxious to get btck up tht rix tr before tht KTCCLC up Coming batk thex n1tt good winds 1nd so anxious vx 15 tht taptain to make spted th It l1e put on too much sail and cracked the fore top mast It took timt to mtnd this so that it was not until tht tvxenty hfth of Xlovember that sht arrix td at Saybrook Captain Adams xxent ashore and rtpsured to 1 tax trn Many of l11s friends mshore xxarned him not to try the rix er at this tm1t of the year as it was full of ice Perhaps the captain imbibed 1 little too muth thtrt or perhaps he was 1 little too tonfident in the poxx tr of his ship At .lnx rate, early the next morning the Nancy 81111 weighed mthor and starttd up tht Connetticut But the river had frottn so early that year that it took the Adm 1 B1111 three xx teks instead of one to ram her xx 1y through the ICC Arrixing It Wfethersheld the seafarers found that tht entrante to tht tovt vxas too thitklx blotked with ice to enttr This ntcessitated then lnchormg off tht mouth of the entrance Earlx in he tx tning tht rain started to fall, and bx lTlldI1lgl'lt it yxas pouring 1 regular tloudburst Since there was no xxatch kept on tht A amy Brill, tht sxxollen rixer rushed along, crashing ite cakes into tht ships sitlt No ont notnttd that she was being drixen toward a sunken stump, xxhtn finallx tht ship did strike the stump sht was ripped from tnd to end and the men on board vxere drowned like rats in a trap At d1xxn tht next d1x the xillagers found all but one of the men washed 1sl1ore dtad on 1 sand pit belovx the toxxn The one they nexer found xx 19 C1pt11n Adams Ht xxent Clovxn xxith his ship, and he stayed xxith her Thex ntx er found h1m tor often the Connecticut Rix er refuses to gixe up its dtad and mtnx go doxxn xx ho are nex er setn .1g11n lx Glnfw 30 1 1 1 1 A A A n . 1 '1 ' ' 1 -' 1 - 1 , ,, 11 ' r ' ' V ' ' A . K ' 1 '- ' i I A Y' I I 4 1 1 I. - , , I . . , . 1 - . - 1 1 I- A 1 1A 1 I 11 ' R 1. K- 1 13 A ' , 1 1 . . , . l L- . , . '. , ' . , , . ' T41 1 ' 11 , 1 t t 'K 1 A ,- , ' Y 1 1 F x 1 L 1-. V1 - x I 1 1 1 1, .Y . 'vi F' 3 x v 1 V 1 Q F. , Q, L . ,A ,,,.- I - V '1 - ' Il- 1 Yi 'A V - I 1 ' 3 x- 1 1 11 ' ' 1 - 1 1' ' 1 1 ' I 1, ', ' - , ' 1 t , , . . , 1 1 v1 1 ' I I f V I lf 7 1 1 , 1 ' ' ' . ' I . , ' 1 ' weeks they' waited until the ship had been repairedg then they set off . gi . ' h ' ' ' Q' ' ' i ' A A' t I V - 1 - -V 1 'D 1 x ' vm l I ' ' 1 - 11 1 , ' t , , .I ,, . 3 ,I I 4 X. x 1 . ' t - 1 X - - . I I Y V-,-. x D vx 1 ' V ' f 7 - v , . D I . 1 1 l 5 V . . - 1 , 1 V - V 'i I I rl 5 V F 1 I V ' . . Q vi 1 ' I ' 1 Q x V t Ii 7 i - . i 1 .tk N. --. C -- v I 1 V1 . 1 I I ' - I ' V ' I , - l 71 1 . , ' . , - - 1 . 7 I t 1 1, - . I . 5 L 1 ' 4 ' ' 1' . ' 'i - x 1 I Y V v y. . . 1 ' Y Y. . ' 1 v V. ' v 1 - . ' ' iv k - ' Y . I , 1 Y Y V y 1 ' - 1