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.. e e 0 -·i.- A VP.)'OU ea.nnGt-IM!u q~~~~~~~~;v~Q~ice~;was saylna •. T tne lnarg- mtxed wJth the pity in lt. · sa.hlb wlll be again sick.\ Then came Meredlth'lfi····Wltonllilh- ment. for the Cr.osspatch Man's voice was answering, aim It was quite calm &nd gentle; . and it said: 'fhouglCcoDtm'ltmt'-wJJ--roam-.ll Ul<&:tt-=~~~;d~~;t!~~~~~ rest of the year . A~id palaces over the- fottiD. Oh, there ·Is one dltY when .A.merlea;ll hearts• Tum fondly to country and ll.ome. The t,vy-c~· abbeys, and catt189) ~~ond · '----------------' the caJend~~or pointe t~ that . ' : .. . .... '~ r ~ • t • • . :;~~~~~e~l!.~~~,t-~~-iiui;.::~~;:_::~~;L~~-'}b;~~~~.· _.cJntlous .da:te..... __ ·~----- _ ... --1:--~- t~al Suggestion-... .. _ -. Fourth o' July. I was a little chap Th!l Fourth of July. .John ~. SJ;owe, a spe<'ial· depu~ ot myselt-onee. Shut ~ window. · the New Yol'k state grunge, gtv·ell UarJ. There's a suspicion. of & We know from the 'pines on the· draught.\ Kennebec's banks senslule suggestions about or- p ones r · e· owost ~j:~~~~~~~~~:.r~:;~~~;+ Meredith stood still ln sheer To the Jive-oaks, in mantles o~ gan!Z!ng new granges. Hoe· says that .~ IO!Ilmlment;Ud-W&tehed-{.he-turblul.- gra.y, lt ls not best to <?all a mee>ting until at On the indian Iti=t<. tim land of the least thirteen of th'e prospective wem· free · · · ·-- fi>es are pai!l. Twenty or thirty cost per· month is everywhere keeping the day. charter metnuers mnke n good number From the walls ot the. mansion 'and to start wltls. A.t tile first meeting, cottage alike when· an wh& .Jnteml to become mem- ln the breezes of summer-time fly bers lla ve slgued the U.l'Pilcn tlon Ust The star-studded folds ot the red, nnd bp. ve paid their dues. 1 those n<:>t white, and blue, desiring to jotn should' be requested to- That's what your home compa,n:y is giving its patrons. Tbat't ~what this co npany w.1s organized for-to bring- the cost of tele phohes within reac!l of all and thereby increase the extent of the servic:e. On the Fourth of July, retire !\rom the room. The ballotlf should then ue taken on tboHe name& whleh were uq the list prior to the meeting to nscNta!n If they nre willing to a:rouate with ea<>h other; then bn!· lot singly on tlle 1111111~~ prPM•ntt>d nt the lll('etlnt.:. nnd 1f any l>nll<~t Is uu· fnTorn ble return tilt> fl'<'S to the at>Pil- cunt and allow.\lllm to rt'llr<>. lmluce roents !n l'PRJ)eCt to gTnllge \toi'Ps; \!'Hdt• diseouuts; l'U-<>perative Im•·clln•)n:>:. elc .. So Jet cannons. and crackers, 11 nd p!stola, and drums, And Pinwheels, and rockets that soar, V'.'frh booming and 'bursting, and rattle and ~ng, And aputter and whiz and uproar ProclaJm we ure \IP!I.d we were born m a. land l 11 otse ~t almost any . , .. -·'N'olset . I s~euld think so. '!'bat wu from Meredith, who his · ears at the word. The be6t tb!!t fB nnder the sky, And are proud of tba~ truly Amerl- ean day, how the Crosspatch .){all felt a notse '! Dldu 't he· belong to the Rndd Street Second 7 wasn't he captain? And oh, my, ·tb:e\'tlmea he'd 11een the Crosspatch -)lan:. a.-scowling and a-fuming when theY marched past his wint!pw+ - \But Fourth of July V\tll be a tel'l'ible day to blm-poor man!\ \'f&nt <m mamma's gentle votce. That :tnade Mere'iHth siart li. little. He had· been thinking ab9nt Fourth of Ju~Y.o too. {D1d be thfnk of mu~h of ~nythlng else nowadays?) be bat! 'been going o..,er ln his mind nil the ,clorlous R,rogram of the day. For the RuM Street Second was going 1o ce~brnte In a worthy manner. 'l'hey were going to even out-do them- selves· tblil year-{l,nd hadn't they had the proud honor of being the nolsiset street In the clty for two Fourth o' Julys a-running? Let 'em just-\walt Ull tbey beard this Fourth o' Jtily! - ' It w'ns three da~}o~. That would ~lve the Crosspatch Man. time to have t~ straw taken up and the bell muft'led, (or hiS WOI'Bt \times\ OEl,Ver man close the window. He wall lli little chap himself, once. the Cross- pntch Ma.n was! And how !tlnd bla voice had sounded, too. It made him !!OT\ry for the Crosspa¢h Man -sorrier than he had ever been he- fore. \He's a-dreamln' It like slrly. He's 'spectln' to perish,\ Meredith sn!d aloud. \It's goln\ to waite him sick, or course--that's what he said to the turban-man. An' ho -s a little chap once. an' biB voice was kind an' tired out.\ Then MPredlth wPnt homE> an.t p<>r<'hed hl.mself up. on tQ.e banister post In the hall. to thlnl<. That was '''here he always tlwught tblngs.- big thtngs, you know. This was, oh my, ilUCh n big thing! The. Fourth of July. :· Minnia Irving. A.«ommodating Johnnie. 1 Parrot_:_Polly wants ·-lf!led more tbnn two or three days. j \Then he'll have to cotton up his \I'm cnp'n,' mused Meredith, knit- ting his H~tle fair brows. \I cnu any, 'Go, an' thou ghost,\ lllu.> the mnn In the Bible; but th11y'l1 be c-r-a-e-k~-r. dt't''ldful dls'JlQlnted, the Rutld Street S~o'conds will h<>. St!ll--well, he's slrlt an' he had a. ltlnd spot Is his voice, an' used to be 11 little chap too, so or course he used to. bang things an· mal<e nolaes. I don't think he soundl'd mueh lll<e a Croas- pat<'h Man.\ In a little while. nrter a little more tough thlnkfng, Meredith sllppl\d down and out or the door. up th~ street. · He got tog~ther the Rudd BtrPet Seconds and made a little spt>ech, as n. ca.ptnln may, to hla meii. The next dny the city and aU AmE't'it'!l celebrati\d Fourth o' July. snrl Rudd StrPPt was famous a~taln, b.1t thl' tim<> fot b<>lng thE' vt>ry Qlll .. t<>st stret>t '\' nll tnt' <'lty! Th<>re w1•r\ just as man1· boys In It, too, as f'VE\r. 'rh<> Cro.\l''patrh ~lnn·s white. ner- Vbus rare smoolh!'d and calmed as the day wor<> on, n nrl n t l[lst It n<\lu- nlh· smiled In a gPntle way, as If --~~r,.oc;__---i-\1-na' wns rnlfllillll!:' · o.lJcmt ~lrtlig . !J~RED!TH STOOD IN SHEER AMA7.F.MENT. ears,\ mused Mered1th; pb!loomphle- . al..L).. W•tching the big f.orelgn S!'l'· · vant thnt wore a turban go back an<l :forth past the Brosspatch Mau's win- dow. The house Meredith llVIHl In aM the Crosspntch Man's house were· .quite close together, so it was -eabY t& 'Watch things. piN•~a nt. :And the eaptnln of the Rt1dd StrPAt Se~onds and his brnvt> tnPn, drfii!R)t and pO;JDing anti .btm!!llng In a dls- tnnt str~et. were hu!JIJY, too.-Annle Hum II ton Don.l!.<>ll . Unfortunately fGr an rnvalld with the terrible aililctlon ealled \nerves.\ Rudd Street was a regular nl;lst of boys. There. were boys everywhere .on it. Yol,;t. ran 'll¢n~t boys wnen F!Il!tS About Fir<.>erackt>rs. ;yon. went eRst, lll!1i ·bQYs·ran &gairist 'Nre greater part. ot the almost ,You when you went west. .Boys $2,000,000 worth of fireerackers an- ,Eprang .. un- ln.thel mo!IL lUI.cX.Pected nuallY exported .b;y China comes to ,lllares. ·The-iloufe$--seeined to be New York. And the t;nlted States ;running over witl!oo~·s. And reall;.r, stand next to C)llna In its use of r. 'there WI;B at _leust one ooy-and on the-m. . 1 · •• s Tf\ere it is-Bung! ·~.-an average 'two or -thre(>-in eVet'Y Thousands of GbiDese men, wo- ~ ~tn.· Mel-adit;h>'s--sii!e-, ~ in ·men and ehl!droo work at the male- Tll<' \Fourths\ 'Th.at W<\re a the Crosapattlh 'Man's bous.e. Oh, lng of firecrackers for thel e are no I remember •• I remembet,\ dear me, no;-tilere wef'~n't any bpYS manufactories there, the worlt bein~ At the house where I was horn, iherel -----: · done by band. They receive only HQ_\\ the popping of torpedoes One the other sid!l of the street $1:<!0 for :making 10.000 fire- Ushered 'in the early morn. :-·Wafted ~ the-:windit4! stair •. oot be held out for pen;ous to join rlle !':range. Tll~y are llkely to over~stlmnte tbt•se nu \'llU I !l!(<'S. .. I be- Ue..-e,\ salcl., :0.1 r. !'lowe. \that tl.te grange that Is organlzeu fm•·edncntlon· Ill purpoRes n\'iff''and I'O.Operntlon aft· er w II 1 ae<·oru I•lls h the greu test good.\ Let great stress he pla<\e<l un tl:le llrst objeet of onr ()t'ct('l'-nnmPij. to de- velop a bl;:ber runnlu><><l uml woman- hood. Tb~ ohllgation should be made- very lmpre•sh·e. It siwulll he re~rd ed ns n Sll<'rt'!l thin!'( ntul should be nd· mfnll<tPreu and nssume<i with the ln- tentlnn that ~t Is to be sn•·redly kept. AnythlnJ< short or tills 18 uot nu o!J· U~t~~t!nn. The duty or PUCll oti1<'P~ sboulrl then hP explniut•cl, n ntl then prO<'<'<'<I !I) thE' eleetlnu of tho• nfllrprs nn<l !nstrn!'tlon In the unwt·ltten work. In•tJillntlon mny tnkt• phH't• nt thl< mePtln~ If thPrP Is tim<>. .\rt<>r the offi•'PI'• are ln\tnll£><1 HtPY sh<>lllcl 111' ns si ... tl•tl In UJH.•tllng: th•• ~Tnni:t\ In tlHE> (Hl\lll. nn,J -;n fnr as po~~thlt> rl'·H~Io.:.tnllr'•' nntl lu-.tnH·t1on ~honltl 1,.- ~h·Pn in tb~ <lllit'l'l'lll clN!rt>~•: !ht•n prurN••I with the lu~tru<\tions ror the ~losing eE-re uw ny. ARBOR DAY PLANS. r ~~y~o~uth~a~d~to~~~·th~·· ~e~-~\~m~i~d~d~le;s~t~\;h~o:u~se~~~;~~~I~a:b~o~rl•~n~g~-p~t~r~o~m~6~e;i;n~t~h~~\~JAnd a smell of burning powder And tbe scrapS...oLflrecraekers · 'Strt:!wed _ the garden everywhe-re. I remembllr, I remember. _ rtow the cannon made- me .jump • Day and Night --ContinuO'.lS 'service is now furn.i3-hed;and this coupled with =.::..__ the fact that this ('ompany has long distance c€mnection with a \'ery much greater number number of 'phones. than reached in any other is responsible for the ~increasing bu!':iness. FOR INFORMATION CONCERNlNO THE INSTALL• lNG OP 'PHONES, ADDRESS THE SECREJ'ARY Ravena&. Medway Telephone Co. (A HOME INDUSTRY) Offices at Ravena, N. Y. FOR SALE • • ·. Six houses on easy terms Enquire of Ravena Lumber Co. ffl. \1--t-<H h-H14.t-• lh\t\Mt-d tl(ll k. lnttth tttlil VPttl ; huUl~\•llUU.le f4H.I1~MW. h+\~••l·(·ht-\t-foiP nlui 1l h.J.ll n~:o~urtnwut ,,r nil kfnl)~ of fR[8H & ~~H MtAl8 RR \\PI! Ht< . Caused n'lfllttl~o thump, and. I ·vJE!Wed ·the tall drum. majo~ The Question Box. . Cau a demltte'lr'member bo rt>~elvPd lnto As he- strutted tn the van, · And re110Ive.li 'to twirl a bat<;ll'l 'Whim I' go.t to b~ a man. I remamber.,\I reme'!;nbet', _ · .Wheli.ili~ Glo.tious F. ~urtb was 01\'1' How my h·ands were burned· and •• 1 blistered, · And · . head a. new gra.nge n& o. ~rter m~II!ber? . A. denHtted member <'n'n be ret:>eived ns a. chartet• member by pnylng fnl! tees. A demitted metnher may visit any grange whlle in posReSston of the annual word. but cannot recel~e. tbe
