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Memory loss? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 By Isobel P. Swartz Money Methadone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 by Rachel Siegel New life blooms at Joe’s Brook Farmstand . . . . . . . . . . . 6 By Jacob L. Grant For Liz Williams, a lifetime of Kindergarten lessons. . . . . . 8 By Donna M. Garfield The art of woodpiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Charlie: a memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 By Edmund J. Guest Barn Swallows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 By Lorna Quimby Philippine-American War: A Bitter Three Years . . . . . . . . 14 By Bill Amos Volunteers rebuilding Danville home destroyed by fire . . . 21 By Gary Farrow, member of the Danville Historical Society The Ken-Ducky Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 By Jean McClure KCP to Feature Clint Black, Arlo Guthrie and more . . . . . . 27 The Sandcastle Girls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 By Marvin Minkler In this issue From the Editor An eye on the big picture Editorial Offices: P.O. Box 319 ~ 29 Hill Street Danville, VT 05828-0319 (802) 684-1056 info@northstarmonthly.com PUBLISHERS/OWNERS: EDITOR: CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: ADVERTISING /CIRCULATION: ART DIRECTOR/ PRODUCTION: PROOFREADERS: ADVISORY BOARD: Justin Lavely Ginni Lavely Justin Lavely Lyn Bixby Vicki Moore Angie Knost Heidi Allen Goodrich Woody Starkweather Ginni Lavely Judy Lavely Lyn Bixby John Hall Sharon Lakey Sue Coppenrath Alan Boye Jane Brown The North Star Monthly is produced and published monthly by Northstar Publishing, LLC located at 29 Hill Street, Danville, VT. Subscription Rates are $18 per year. Printed in USA. Copyright 2012 by NorthStar Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without expressed permission from NorthStar Publishing LLC. Publisher is not responsible for mistakes resulting from typographical errors. Acceptance of advertising is subject to publisher’s approval and agreement by the advertiser to indemnify the publisher from loss or expense on claims based upon contents of the advertising. Publisher does not assume liability for errors in any advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the individual item in which the error appeared. Postmaster: Send address changes to The North Star Monthly, P.O. Box 319, Danville, VT 05828-0319. Periodical postage paid at Danville, VT. Contributing Writers Isobel Swartz Lorna Quimby Rachel Siegel Lynn Bonfield Vanna Guldenschuh Gary Farrow Emily Lariviere Donna Garfield Sharon Lakey Jim Ashley Justin Lavely Jacob Grant Bill Amos I was certainly no fan of how this project was being run at the beginning of last summer. There has been no shortage of complaints since the Route 2 reconstruction project started in Danville last year. Many residents and travelers, myself included, have taken to cyberspace to post their objections. In my case, I feel qualified to speak to the problems. After all, my house is on one side of the construction zone, my office is in the middle, and every day I have to make it to the bank and the post office, which are on the remaining two sides. For the last two years, this has been no easy task. I was certainly no fan of how this project was being run at the beginning of last summer. Obviously, I was not alone because the project was completely shut down at one point while the contractors came up with a better traffic plan. I must say that, since the shutdown, traffic problems have improved and the project seems to be running more smoothly. In the near future, contractors will begin the difficult task of reconstructing the road in the center of this village. This has the potential to cause several additional traffic problems and I hope those involved have a suitable plan for overcoming this. This summer in particular, it has been interesting to see the aesthetics of the project come together. The sidewalks and granite curbing have been installed ahead of schedule and they look tremendous. The new east and west entrances to Danville village both look welcoming and should serve their intended purposes of calming traffic as it enters the town. Once all the utilities are underground, I think this will also give the village more of an “open” feel. I was disappointed to read town officials had decided against planters in the new traffic islands. They stated the decision was based on safety concerns for whoever would be taking care of the planter, which is a legitimate concern. However, to the east, St. Johnsbury has an individual who maintains flowers in the traffic islands on Western Avenue and I think they really add to the town’s aesthetics. If planters won’t work in Danville, I hope the town can come up with something attractive for the islands. They will be the first things travelers see when they enter the town. It seems we have a unique opportunity to beautify the village and we should take advantage of it. I have been approached by some, who still have complaints with the project, and some of those concerns are legitimate. But I think it’s important to remember the big picture. First and foremost, this project was intended to calm traffic through the village, which was sorely needed. When completed, the project will also have a tremendous impact on traffic efficiency and the town’s aesthetics. If we can get through this, I think many will be happy with the result. e-mail: info@northstarmonthly.com www.northstarmonthly.com Write to Us LETTERS: Write to The North Star, and let us know what’s on your mind.Your point of view or observation is important to us. Letters must be signed. ARTICLES: We don’t have a big staff of writers. So we look forward to you sending your writing. 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www.northstarmonthly.com September 2012 3 President Garfield Dies after long battle with assassin’s Wound, Guiteau fears lynching The North Star “WHERE LIBERTY DWELLS THERE IS MY COUNTRY” 1807-1889 Est. by Ebenezer Eaton Danville, Vermont THE NORTH STAR September 2, 1881 New Editor – This week the Star appears with a new editor. F.J. Preston having bought Mr. Caswell’s interest in the paper. The firm will hereafter be known as Hoyt & Preston. We will endeavor to follow the example set by the editors Eaton and not seek to build the paper up by running down any other, but publish a paper worthy of the support of all. September 9, 1881 President Moved – The President was removed from Washington to Long Branch Tuesday, and a change for the better is anticipated. He was taken from the White House on a mattress consisting of a rubber bag filled with water, and was placed in the wagon and driven to the train where he was lifted on his bed and carried into the car and laid on the pallet prepared for him. He seemed in no way fatigued and appeared brighter and waved to the servants at the White House, and watched the crowds on the street with much interest. At 6:30 a.m., the train, consisting of three cars, with its precious frieight, left the capital. The car next to the engine was the baggage car, one end of which was used as a smoking car. The doctors occupied this car when not with the President. The President’s car was in the middle, and someone sat by him at all times to fan him and attend to his immediate wants. The last car was Mrs. Garfield’s car, in which she and her companions spent most of their time, although she went into the President’s car often. The motion of the train had little or no effect on him and the high rate of speed did not cause too much vibration of the bed. The entire run of 238 miles was made in six hours and 40 minutes, or a uniform speed of nearly 40 miles an hour. The fastest time achieved was a mile in 55 seconds. The President seemed to enjoy the journey, and when asked if he would like to travel faster, replied, “Yes, I rather like it.” There were nearly 15,000 people at the depot when the train arrived. The President was again placed on a litter and carried into the cottage. He was, as expected, completely exhausted, but his condition, however, is not considered alarming. The Cabinet – People who begin to count their chickens before the shells show a disposition to chip are already actively discussing the formation and complexion of Mr. Arthur’s cabinet when the President dies. Those people, who are arguing that it is the part of the vice president to determine, when a case of presidential inability exists, and of his own notion to assume the executive functions, appear to forget that his reasoning makes a man the judge of his own case, and that would open a way to dangerous usurpations. Nothing of this sort is to be expected from Mr. Arthur, who has shown no incredulous haste in the matter, but it would be a bad precedent which should place it in the power of a vice president, in the event of any illness or accident to the President, to immediately declare the President’s inability, and take up the presidential duties. There may be vice presidents who would convince themselves more easily of the President’s inability than of his returning ability. Tobacco Warning – Another frightful warning to tobacco users is given in the case of Harry Aldrich of Southern Vermont. He has not been quite right for some time and last Saturday he drove his wife from their home with an axe. Sunday morning he went to one of his neighbors and wanted a shovel to dig his wife out of the brook and acted very wild. He then went to town and went to two houses with a club threatening to “knock the inmates” brains out. He was partially quieted and taken back to his house. The physician attending to him proposes it is brain trouble caused by the use of tobacco. Animal Protection – It seems is me to be time that we had in Vermont a State Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals. There are, in many of the states, societies of this nature, which have local and district branches, and all of which are now doing good work. Besides these, there is also a National Humane Association to which many well known and influential people belong, and it would seem that almost everywhere but in this state, the noble work of looking after the interests of those who cannot look after themselves, is being pushed rapidly forward. September 16, 1881 Assassin – Guiteau is already receiving part of his punishment in advance. Remorse seems to have no place in his singular makeup, but he is a coward, and is haunted by a terrible fear of being dragged from his prison cell by a mob and put to a violent death. Nobody cares how much he suffers in mind, but his fears of lynching are groundless. West Burke – The Vermont Lumber Co. have begun work on the foundation of their box shop and dressing mill which they will erect this fall. Halsey Bullock, of Lyndon, does the framing. The company thinks now that it will put in a mill at the south end of Willoughby Lake. September 23, 1881 Our Dead President – The bullet of Guiteau the assassin has done its work. President Garfield died Monday at 10:35 p.m. His condition during the day was quite as favorable as for several days back, and at night he partook of nourishment and fell into a quiet sleep, but his pulse rose rapidly. At 10:10 he awoke and complained of severe pain in the region of the heart and almost immediately became unconscious and ceased to breath at 10:35. The long period of doubt and uncertainty is over. President Garfield is dead. It has not taken the country by surprise. We venture to say that never in our nation’s history has there been more deep and genuine sorrow. 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