THURSDAY w- THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Strange But True

37 I. ll. Mulrthlr

um iany-don: loot 0-1106 "Court at Love" existed in lruioe In the Middle Aces.

It won mode up of knighil. P00" and indies. who discussed and save decisions on deiieute W9l' time or love ma Kl"ll1l?Y-

The "Addreesozrlph" no in- vcited in ima by Joseph Dunclna uunsger or in little flour uid trlst mill in Iowa. The addressa- xi V mph, like the mat-writer. has ' l ' some to be recognized I: I "nnist" in modern business.

The term "cowboy" U "COW- puncher” held its birth during the American Revolution. it we first npplled to it hand or Tories who rustlod cattle in New Yuri State gnd then sold them to both pu- Lies

In Devon. lacuna. in the Vorld'I most curious ovitlvh Rzeed it. and weep or inulh:

"Here lies in 1 horisontsl posi- tion the outward out o! George miueigh, watchmsker, whose Abilities in that line wen In honor to his profemion. integrity was the mslnspring and prudence the regulator of all the Actions of his life. 1-lurnnne. generous and liberal. his hand never stopped till he had relievrri distress. so well reszulated were all his emo- lions that he never went. wrong, except when not going by streng- ers who did not know his key.

"Even thr-n he was easily set right. He had the knnol: or dis- posing of his time so well thiit his hours glided by in one con- tinual. round of pleasure rind de- light, till an unlucky minute put. an end to his existence. He de- parted this life the twenty-fourth

”' N”"'"””"' W" W” 5'" ' ”'-” 4 Wound up in ihe hope or being "Q -- - . taken in by his maker and being

thorougzhly cleaned and repair- ed and set going in the world to

come." ' O O O

For womrn who were clrssed is "common scolds" the English law used to provide a ducking stool. i The tnnzue-wngger was tied in I

this chair-like gadget, and then plunged into cold water. The ducking stool went out oi use in

the eighteenth century. . ' The wearing or crowns by royal perscmages as a badge of sov- ' eroignity sprung: from the an- r

elem. custom of wearing crowns made of grass. tlmurs. etc. as re- warris for ntlilciin foals, military I

xx. valor. and at. trusts, funerals and

g Io on.

5 The Eniriish crown is n growth . 3 of the simple circlet with four tre- . -v toil heads worn hy William the 9 .

i :i Conqueror. Jesus wore a. crown of

. ii thorns! -1-.-

' ”r- it takes the cork on the cork-

nak tree from 15 to 30 years to ma-

ture. Eizht or ten years later, the ' same tree can he barked as.-aln. )'lF'dlniZ A second crop of cork superior to the first. take. Remov- ing of H115 outer bark keeps the tree in line frttlc and helps them

Ittain old ago. Not many corks find their way into the ncckn or bottles these

days. Wm? Because they are put. ' to better use. such as swimmniz

hells. irtilirinl limbs and lnr the '

ltopping oi vessels oi different

kinds. ,

There are M'Pr 1000 pieces in ii x-inch ribbed cm-ity armor-

lrrciniz shell. Averane weight of

ch piece or fragment is 2 5-16 2 P ices.

"God does do wonders now and

en. Herc lies a lawyer who was . .

I honest. man." -- In the ceme. .ry of St. Peter's. Exon, England. The 5 sign is supposed to date om the dny. i th ill d ll hstpain. kn:)1:Vl: as gig: "ggeceo 3 i i-' r' (mean i:z r i, th i ' ' ...,,,.. ,,..m'"f, ;m,,,,'f,;m,,,'j The reindeer are ready. the sleigh is all set. and Sonia ti r l 1' ' h , P . ' .o”?.,,Zs K3,: 5,jf,;”,f;m”'f,, l,(,pTr';f checks carefully his lists of good Iirrie girls and boys-Ho nt. the pillars r H 1,, 111 h err stammi on" ineeriiiisiifeif has sent us word that he wants to see all of his friends in The rzn-zitnst dissovcry of the , , , 5; ml-rr?r) Niiluvxv list ltaktiniz his own Toylands. . . So. come and bring the kiddies-Santa m 11' Rlr for nriiza ion , i"P0”Sr Vl'W Smvlr brew-we has a present for each of rhern. See Santa in his beaut-

zs discnrtv-y stands between the

'"';';f;' ,n'j',j;,.,;;;;iP5;,”,"i';',:;j"-WW iful. big Toylcnd Floor and See Santa in his beautiful. big - . I "ll . i , ' ,',.,'.-:,,,”l...,”:,,mf;” ',”h'a,. gggggl-;;: Toyhnd?rhey'ro more sparkling and horror than over!

past. decade. the WOTld'A popuig- tinn has gone up while our crop production hns fallen oit.

Germany consunied one end '

onc-third million pounds of pow- Y ' der it day riiiring World War 11A

we ome ne ome . pounds of nitric acid was used 0 0 every day. ' -

1n lnrlle cotton mills gasoline is used to put out ll fire in hiiles of

. V cotton. Whyrinocause water will ii 2 not penetrate the tightly packed ' g i bundles. But gasoline will reach 2' the hurniniz center and mutt out n a r a e VI: . I

the tire pronto!

lergeee Bedtime Stories ' In His Beautiful Big Toyland Float . g ”"' ” '" " ' P Please Note- children Visiting Santa Must Be

honed where she w-ea looking. At . Sim they new nothing but the i

j 7 dim outlines or the trees. Then I . I , '9 ml one then the other now up a n a s 3 s i in the: tree. out on one or the - . -

his links. two glowing spots.

-.2;-.::-:..:-. ciiariottetown Parade Route summerside Parade iioute i

not been told.

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