. Page 10 The Gunmen. Saturday, July 2. 1955

Strange But True

Iy I. I. Ilacartliur

Hawks. eagles. and horses do most of their sleeping standing up. Some ducks and geese do even lmore: sleep standing on one foot. woodpeckers. bats and chimney swifts hang themselves up by

By Thornton W. Burgess

they were filled with Curiosity :- bout the wondcritil things util- side, and iiere eager to know all about them.

As is always the case in I family there was a tiiilereiice in those children. One has -'4 W98

FIRST LESSONS

All through life we go to school; Wisdom gain or play the fool. -Everybody.

Over in the Green Forest three little Foxes 5”, round.”-9 glimpse of the tiers One itas a little more lim- Great World. Mr. and Mrs Graylid. and one has a lllllt.' siiiartur. Fox were their parents. They So it was that they leariicti their 1"" mg Green pm-esp Raddy lessons in living in iiiifereiit uays, Fox and Mrs. Reddy love the it liappencd that i-arty one morn- Green Forest too, but not as my: after mnilier and father llild Gray Fox and Mrs (tray do. gone hunting the boldest little They love it so well that they are Fox ventured a few feet INELY often called Tree l-limes, They from the old log. lie was liardly lctually climb trees at times. lniore than a good jtimp from it.

A” the babies of the Green btit he it-it very bold anti ver) I.-"res, and the G,-Pen Meadows. braveg iiis eyes were vcryliriuhl whether they wear fur or feathers, as he looked all about. 'i'lit-3 scales or nothing but smooth didn't miss a Sllllile tiling. wms, haw u, go in gghnol very Right ttezir uas a in-st of .-tuts Ioon after they get their eyes He vixitolietl thciii uoiiig and ("Hill open. yes, 55,- they hav. to go tnj ing, but he didn't iiotlior Ilit-in. school. You see they have to be- 'lhe.v were too small -'lll.Hl-IL Kin right auay to learn to live. he thought the) were too Slll.ill. So as soon as they can go out-l'l'he,v didn't look to him like .i-ii.v- side of their dens, or leave their thing he Would want in cat Mm- nests. the first lessons begin; andfhad itreat but Buster Bear liv-in one 0; the first is what 3,. .31 in the place of that little For. he md when 1,. (ind it, would very likely have stopped and licked up a lot of those Ants. But the little Fox was just satis- fied to watch them. Presently he fltIllt'Pd a

dot hla paws.

were getting their hit bIt,'Kt'i' than either of the ob.

hmadllnok in and digearotind under the piece of bark lying on tho ground. lie poked at it. and out from un-

d" it 7" ' bill 309'” ll M" ed the Beetle. and the latter the first Beetle he hiid .evers5,am,d to "my

5""- R18!" 3””)? l" med "it Once more the little Fox pounc- "mh it H' lump” it" "-v mid ed. This time he managed to

the Bettie slipped out from un-

This eitcltod him. The Beetle here good to eat. He really had disappeared behind a little bush.

ptheir claws. using their tails for la brace, as if it were a third leg.

Let me tell yoti ii story of some young swallows. They had just learned to fly a little and were resting together on a roof. when to woman watcher noticed that lone of them was sick.

When the parents came with .-food. the others stood up and loponed their mouths, and so were fed. but the we-akling got nothing. Then lo and behold two of the young sualluivs drew tip close liesitiv tlu-ir sick brother. one on either N'ltl('. They put their beaksg under his breast and boosted him unto his feet. and then crowded so close against him that they

.ion with

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Cornwall W. 1. met at the home of Mrs. Douglas MacDonald, the Treasurer gave the financial re- port which included pi from play and musical recital. Correspondence was read and dis- cussed. Our contribution to the Jubilee Endowment Fund is tobe sent in. A letter was read from Mrs. Harry Cudmore in connect- "Water Safety Week". Bills were presented for payment.

School and sick committees gave their reports. Old woolens were packed for blankets on the 17th and on the 9th the W. I. mem- bers gave the hall a thorough

leaning.

it was moved that the music teacher he paid the remainder of his money. It was decided that the institute provide the ice cream for the school picnic,

A general discussion as to what kind of heating system would be most suitable for the schoolfol- lowed.

my-elections 'l

The iiienibers who attended the district conrentlon gave a brief

zit-tuzillv propped him up. and, hold him there: so that when that nnri-tits returned with more food? lu- got his share. l

If birds had no love for each afllPl' as some persons think. 'licsc healthy voiinizstcrs vvou'dn't 'i.-ive cared a tinkc-r's dam if their llttllttalf brother did starve.

Do not believe all the gossip- vou hear: this world of ours is tint as had as some would have us believe Like the refni'iiicrs. we too should like to have n nnradise on earth and the peacel of God and what not: but in the ,meanfime we differ as to how in The young Fox ran around to.i11e lother side of the hush. He couldn't lsce the Beetle. Then he began to

ll)llSfi. it was his first lesson in iliuntitig. in a moment he uncover-

hold on to that Beetle. lie ate it. Thus he discovered that Beetles

,choice at next meeting.

,his first lesson in living.

outline of the meeting.

it was decided to have sixt members namely: Mrs. Bain,i Mrs. Frizzell, Mrs, D. MacDon-l aid. Mrs. .l. Donahue, Mrs. Annie MacDonald and Mrs. Helen Wai- dron Lovilher give two minute talks on subjects of their, own

Mrs. Stuart Drake IS to bel hostess for July meeting; xvi.-so Jack MacPhail, Mrs. Jack Mac-

set it up and where to come by the money. and who is to do it and such like matters. But if we are observing we find people here and there who put their heart and souls into this paradise bus- iness and draw the means for making this world of ours a better place in which to live.

An umbrella is lhc only thing some folks can put away for a rainy day.

You can't stumble on anything worthwile while sitting down; you must be tip and doing.

The weather's been a problem

assistant given 55.00,

of sea foods.

Since time itself began. How about a weatherwomaii

To replace the weatherman? ,brought the meeting to a close.

In Manitoba

WINNIPEG (CPl - House strength of the governing Liberal- Progressives and their official op- position was unchanged in Maui- toba following a stand-pat pair of by-elections. .

Two farmer candidates-one a Liberal-Progressive and the other a Progressive Conservative-won the by-elections Monday in the De- loraine-Glenwood and Mountain constituencies.

Albert Earl Draper. 57. retained Deloraine-Glenwood for the Pro- gressive Conservatives by defeat- ing Liberal-Progressive Robert E. Moffatt. 39-year-old Winnipeg law- yer. 2,056 to 1,277 in a two-way fight.

In Mountain, Liberal-Progressive Walter Clark, 54. defeated cream- ery operator Marcel Boulic. the Conservative candidate. 1.846 to 1.570 in a three-way baitle.Roger Poiron. Independent Social Credit candidate. was far back with 201 votes.

Standing in the House following the first test of Liberal-Progressive strength 3 l n c e the provincial election two years ago is:

Liberal - Progressive 35, P r o -

gresive Conservative 11. CCF 5. Social Credit 2, independent 2, independent PC 1, Labor - Pro-

gressive 1. Total 57.

Milton. Mrs. Herbert Scott and Mrs. Dannie Gass as lunch com- mittee. it was moved that the sewing teacher he paid and her

Topic for July is ways and means of attracting tourists to our island; roll call to be ans- wered with a suggestion on how one could be hospitable i'o tour- ists. Entertainment is to be I demonstration on the preparation

Twenty Questions followed with Mrs, Earl Lowther as M. C. and Mrs. Herbert Scott, Mrs. E. Friz- zell. Mrs. J. Donahue and Mrs. Hector Scott the panel,

A delicious lunch was served by the committee in charge and the singing of ”Sweet' Sixteen"

light away he tried to entoltt. The Gray For home was in a pat hollow log. on and of which was open. it was in this log that In three baby Foxes had been and it was Just outside this

By Fran Striker

MR9. cumin, nus I9 MR. CORIIGAN ..itE's come wm 10 wvnove THE Fl6)lIN(s IN mv noon!

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mii walk with any has on tour: or country dual when you wear a pair of our laden s(yl4 Hand- atwl Macedon. Uh the above Wornarii Sofia Elli Loafer with Gm-Cork out- eoh and heel.

No. 344V1B

IS a Man'eBnovn OR Grain Moccasin with flexible water-proof chrome solo and rubber heel . . . See them. in our New Catalogue No. II.

R this Womanfa Pearl Elk Hand-sum In- dian Moceuin tbolovn. which one miss say: is "simply adorable on your loot."

Joe Palolta

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Etta Kent

Henry Muggs and Skeeter

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Sir Paul Robinson

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By Carl Anderson

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By George McManus

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Iy Charles Kuhn

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By Walt Disney

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IN rrs PA1'H,SH.l1' THAT MOUNTAIN, on up THAT RIVE CAUSE 4-0 DA

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