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: : LANGDON SMITH WROTE POEM And mindless at last we died;
WHICH BECAME A CLASSIC | And deep in the rift of the Caradoc
drift
We slumbered side bv side.
AX mold
2 Of a Neocomian shore.
| The eons came and the eons fled,
The world turned on the lathe of time, : And the sleep that wrapped us fast
The hot lands heaved amain, | Was driven away in a new day
And the night of death was past.
(Coneinued [from Page 2)
ing a statement that he knew that the
whole idea, construction and versifica-
Till we caught our breath from the,
X tion were Langdon Smith’s and that he womb of death {Then light and swift through the
: was in possession of the original| Ang crept into life again. jungle trees
, Proofs with all corrections in Lang- ve were Amphibians, scaled an1| We swung in our airy flights,
fi © don Smith’s hanidwriting. Much of his tailed, Or breathed in the balm of the frond-
Prose was as colorful as this poem,
And drab as a dead man’s hand; ed palms
§ EVOLUTION We coiled at ease ‘neath the dripping In the hush of the.moonless nights;
When you were a tadpole and I was a trees And, oh! what beautiful years were
> fish ‘Or trailed through the mud and sand. these
In the Paleozoic time, : 7
We sprawled through the ooze -and
slime," Ge
Or skittered with many a caudal flip
Through the depths of the Cambrian
fen, ‘
My heart was rife with ‘the joy of life,
{When our hearts clung each to each;
‘When life was filled and our ‘senses
thrilled :
In the first faint dawn of speech.
Croaking and blind, with our three-
clawed feet ;
Writing a language dumb,
With never a spark in the empty dark
To hint of a life to come.
| Thus life by life, and love by love,
ey
For I loved yon even then. ~~ |Yet happy we lived ‘and happy, we| We passed through the cycles
RR a ; strange
ii ve. Ii i “wi loved, a
fn Mindless we lived ang endless we NH And breath by breath and death by
3 loved, And happy we died once more; death
id x |
We followed the chain of change.
| Till there came a time in the law of
life ; :
‘When over the nursing sod
! and our
The shadows broke souls
awoke
Baked Apples
with cream ¢
" Cooled or ready-to- :
eat Bran cerdal
Spanish Omelet
loast ~ Coffee
:
In a strange, dim dream of God.
1 was thewed like an Auroch bull
' And-tusked like the Great Cave Bear;
And you my sweet; from head to feet
Were gowned in your glorious hair.
Deep in the gloom of a fireless cave,
"When the night fell o’er the plain
And the moon hung red, o'er the river
! ‘bed
‘
uh - = We mumbled the bons of the slain.
Shiro i, = > Lo 2 i ;utting edg
$i 3 » (I flaked a flint to a cutting edge
be = | And shaped it with brutish craft;
I broke a shank from the woodland
dank =
And fitted it, head and haft;"
Then I hid be close to the reedy tarn,
Where the Mammoth came to drink,
Through brawn and bone I drove the
Better Break fasts
AUGHTERS-IN-LAW. will be| All hasty bredkfasts, however,
= AJ interested in a discussion by|are not model, Dr. Thurman
Thurman B. Rice. A.M., M.D., As-| states. We suggest above a break-
sociate Professor of Bacteriology |fast devised by a graduate
and Public Health, Indiana Uni-| dietitian, and if the apples are
versity School of Medicine, of the | Paked the day before, it is a hasty
“hasty breakfast” versus the one | 2S well as a model breakfast.
“like mother used to make.” Spanish Omelet: To. two. table
“The ‘hasty breakfast’ of mod- spoons olive oil, add two slices of
Enlil 3 \ . diced onion, one-half green pepper
a ve ern times has come in for & great sliced, the contents of one 4-ounece
stone
And slew him upon the brink.
Loud T- howled through the moonlit
‘wastes .
Loud answered our kith and kin;
From west and east to 'the crimson
ate 34% ns »
ri 7 Gea! of criticism, Dr. Thurman |; of mushrooms which have feast. :
i : ain mle that hs Boi been drained and sliced: cook The clan came trooping in. :
: i nse make 1s popularly be-| gently for five minutes. Then add rob ot Spistl d padded hoof
2 big lieved to be ideal. Rather the y O’er joint and gristle, and D
the contents of one 10-ounce can
of. tomatoes, season highly with
salt and pepper and cook for five
to ten minutes to reduce the bulk.
Spread over a six-egg omelet, fold
over and turn out onto a hot
platter. Serve at once. This
serves six persons. * 7
We fought and clawed and tore,
And cheek by jowl with many a growl
We talked the marvel o'er.
contrary is really true. The old
time morning meal consisted usu-
ally of black coffee, hot bread of
some sort, eured meat with gravy,
fried potatoes, preserves, jam or
“heavy syrup—and it admitted of
mighty. few variations.”
I carved that fight on a reindeer hone
With a crude and hairy hand;
I pictured his fall, on the cavern wall
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THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,
Our forms were rolled in the clinging
That men might understand.
For
of might
Ere human laws were drawn,
{ And the Age of Sin did not begin
Till our brutish tusks were gone,
That was a million years ago
In a land that no man knows,
Yet here tonight, in a mellow light,
We sit at Delmonico’s.
springs, °
Your hair is as dark as jet,
Your tears are few-—your life is new—
Your soul untried—and yet
Our trail is on the Kimmeridge clay
And the scarp of the Purbeck flags;
stones
And deep in the Caraline crags:
Basket Ball Notes
On February 15, boys of the Noxen
High School met the boys of King-
ston Township. High School on
floor at Noxen. Noxen won with a
score of 35 to 30.
Laketon Game
On February 22, after school, the
Laketon girls played a game with No-
xen girls at Noxen. Laketon girls won
with a score of 28 to 14.
: Injures Ankle
‘When coming from the floor at La-
ceyville last Friday evening, HKsther
Palmer injured her ankle so that she
is not allowed to be on it for spme
time. We hope she will be able to
play in the game on Friday evening
(which is to be a contest with Tunk-
Jhannoek, the last home game of the
County League. 3 /
Washington Program
The Washington program which was
given in the high school on Monday
was as follows: — Singing, America
For Me, by the school; Reading, The
Birthday of Washington, Kathryn
Thomas; Reading, ‘Washington's
selections, Prof Ar-Kush, (a) The
March of the Legion, (b) Big Chief
Rolling Bear March; Recitation, Am-
ericans All, Harold Strohl; Reading,
What Made Washington Great, Lau-
‘rence May; Music, Professor Ar-Kush;
(a) “Star Spangled Banner and Yan-
(Harp; Biography of George Washing-
ton, “Peter Yellitz:
|'‘Ar-Kush, (a) “The
(b) Annie Laurie, played with
| in showing how a lieutenant of the
Music, Professor
Alpine Storm,”
nose
| World War having lost his eyes and
{ hands learned to play the piano with
[ his nose.
Mr. Ar-Kush is a very
| entertainer. :
Bernard Dendler, Roy Dendler, and
| Floyd Dendler spent. Sunday with their
brother Edward at Port Dickinson and
their sister, Mrs. R. J. Lilley at John-
son City. :
David Norris who has spent the
past six weeks with ‘Mr. and Mrs. S.
J: Harmon at Conklin, New York, has
returned to be with his daughter Mrs.
Albert Dendler.
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Prutzman and
daughter Elgie of Shavertown called
;at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Prutz-
man on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Durland of Wy-~
oming and Mr. and Mrs. Olin Kunkle
of Kunkle called on Mrs. Gertrude
Thomas on Sunday.
Mrs. Lewis Blizzard
is stilt a pa-
tient in the General hospital at Wil-
kes-Barre. Reports are that she is
not much improved. .
Ralph Lutes has rented his farm to
a man from Forty Fort.
Likes Noxen News
In a letter from Mrs. Blanche M.
Smith of Wilmington, Del., she says
that she is much pleased with news
found in the Post.
Signs of Spring
There are several signs of spring in
Noxen. The boys have begun to play
marbles in the streets, Edward Green
has marked off his lot getting ready
to put up his building, and blue birds
have been heard.
Breaks Leg
James Patton is suffering with a
fractured leg received at his home.
Last summer he had the same leg
broken in a fall while at his work in
the tannery.
Lawrence Dymond is the owner of
a new Essex car. Glen Smith also has
a new Ford.
The Tabernacle meetings in Noxen
have been closed and the building re-
moved.
Mrs. Fred Schenck is home from the
hospital. Her condition is good.
1932. .
we lived by blood and the right.
Your eyes are as deep as the Devon
We have left our bones on the Bagshot |
Noxen News Notes
: ¢ * * * ¥ :
the |
Farewell Address, Marie Eyet; Music
kee Doodle,” (c) Imitation of a Swiss |
s, x
interesting:
\
Our love is old—our lives are old—
And death shall come amain;
! Should it come today, what man may
“|
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i
i
say =)
We shall not live again?
God wrought our souls from the
madoc beds
And furnished them wings to fly,
He sowed our in- the
dim dawn
And T know that it shall not die,
Tre-
world's
spawn
Though cities have sprung above the
graves
Where the crook-boned men made
i war;
{ And the ox-wain creak’s o'er the
buried caves
Where the mummied Mammoths are.
{Then as we lingef at luncheon here,
O’er many a dainty dish,
Let us drink to the time when you
Were a tadpole and T was a fish,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Beahm entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harlow of King-
ston on Sunday.
Mr. Andy Thomas has received word
{from Mount Carmel of the death of
his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J.
ed the following in their home last
Friday evening: Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hackling, Ruth Hackling, Mr. and Mrs.
M. ‘W. Whitaker, Wallace Whitaker,
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Auvil, Betty Auvil,
Mary Auvil and Ora Miller, |
Mr. and Als. George Kochér and
| family of Tunkhannock were callers.
at his father's home last Wednesday.
On Saturday, E. E. Kocher and Ruth
Kocher, accompanied C. IL. Auvil and
family on a week end trip to Johnson
City, New York. While there they call-
ed on Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Pennell and
family. Rev. Pennell is the pastor of
the Chenango Street M. E. Church in
Binghamton, New York.
Foster Comstock, Republican Coun-
ty chairmén was in town in the in-
terests of the party. : >
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Miller and
family of Swoyerville spent
with Mrs. Miller's parents here,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sutliff
Miller entertain-
Sunday
and
family have moved into the House
owned by Corey Allen.
Harry Bean is pursuing a course
in electrical engineering in Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania extension school.
: Dogs Annoy .
A great number of unlicensed dogs
are seen about the streets to the ang
noyance of many citizens. There are
also dogs with licenses running abroaxd
making a perfect nusiance for many
i people. The law is that dogs must be
kept on the owner's premises or under |
their control at all times.
P.-T.-A. To Meet
On Tuesday, March 1, the
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meeting of the P. TL. A. will be held.
An interesting! program is being preé-
pared, dealing with a phasé of char-
The
acter of George Washington. se-
cond topic, “Heredity”.and “The Home
Background” will be discussed. Par-
ents are especially urged to be present
to give encouragment to the work.
Sunday School Institute
The sixteenth annmal Sunday School
Institute of the upper district of the
Wilkes-Barre conference, Evangelical
Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvan-
ia was = held in Trinity Lutheran
{ Church, Clark Summit, Pa., on Mon-
day, Febihory 22. An all day session
constituted the day’s activities, begin-
ning at 10:00 A. M. Rev. Harold Dei-
sher of Noxen was chaplain. Five in-
teresting questions were discussed in
the morning session which was cen-
| Sunday School.”
The afternoon session was given ov-
er to departmental conferences and
question box. These proved to be very
interesting and instructive,~
In the evening session, Rev. C. R.
ence on ‘“Youth Leadership for Christ
in Japan and the Far Fast.”
The delegates pepresenting St. Luk-
es Sunday School at Noxen were Mr.
and Mrs. R. S. Crosby, Mrs. Ww. AS,
Bender, Mrs. Nathan ‘Straley, Mrs. Joe
Dotter, Mrs. H. D. Deisher and Ora
Miller.
A certain
amount of
ignorance is
necessary tothe
enjoyment of
our existence -
| cake and coffee.
regular
tered around ‘The Ten Point Standard |
Lippard, D. D., addressed the confer- |
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-Beaumont-
Stanley ‘Jackson, and Adelpus Cook
of Tunkhannock, are spending som
time with relatives at Washington,
C 200th anniver-
birth of Georgs
and attending the
sary celebration of the
Washington. 3 7
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Wright are re-
joicing over the arrival of a bab.
boy, named Arnold Dana. =
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Eggleston 0
Vernon, spent Thursday with Mr. and
Mrs Gale Clark. oo
The basket ball games played at the
Meridian Kingston
Township and Beaumont High Schoo!
on Saturday resulted in
victory for Kingston Township ‘both
boys and girls. 54
‘Mrs. D. B." Meeker and son Danny,
and Mrs. Fred Dietz and children,
A
hall, between
evening,
sick list, for the past week.
Mrs. Lester Nieman,
Barre, has been spending a few da
with her mother Mrs. John Downs,
who has been ill in bed for sometime.
She is not improved at this writing.
County Agent John Jacquish, was
testing .soil, for
permanent pastur
on the farm f Charles Smith, on Sat
urday.
O. F. lodge, spent Thursday evening
with Alfred Bellas, one of their mem-
bers who has. been ill for somet
They served a lunch of ice
Grange was held Saturday evening,
with only a small crowd present. One
name was taken in and the candida v
siven the 1st and 2nd degrees.
Mrs. Maq Snow, who has been
for sometime is able to be back teach-
} 7 Lom ER
Mrs. Addie Austin received news of
rh
ing school again.
man, on Monday. Mr. Ryman h
been ill for sometjme. é i
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts, of
Wilkes-Barre; spent Sunday, with the
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