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"Dee! Desi Dee! Dee! see me! see met" called Tommy Tit the Chickadee irom just outside the k,li4:h&TIiWlnd0W. men he picked up . guntltywer seed and flew away with it, Ir; was a cold blustery morning. Masher Brown and Tommy had been looking out the window watch- mg the birds on the. feeding sheli.

"Wasn't that Dee! Dee! Dee! Dee! worth a few seeds?" asked Tommy.

Mother Brown admitted that it was, "I always ieel better for hear- in; that merry little scamp." said me. "And I always feel better for just seeing him around. He makes me waste time watching him. but in the end I always make up for it I always feel as if I had started the day right."

"A few minutes ago you said you didn't see how the birds pay for the food I put out ior them. Now you've already admitted that Tommy Tit

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has paid you in the good feeling with which he has hblped you start the day.” said Tommy. "That ought to be worth a few seeds," he added.

Mother Brown laughed. "You win, Tommy.” said she. "rho days when I do not have a chance to watch the birds coming and going to the feeding shelf always give me a feel- ing of something lacking."

"I always feel better for seeing them, especially in winter because they always give me a ieeling of admiration." replied Tommy.

There. was a twinkle in Mother Brown's eyes as she said. "That is sort of high sounding. Tommy. Just what is it that you admire?"

”'rheir courage." replied Tommy promptly. "It must take an awful lot of courage just to live these cold winter days, They not only live, but they're cheerful about it. How a fellow can see little Tommy Tit on a bitter cold day, and hear his cheerful greeting, and not feel bet- ter ior it, and not admire him for his courage. is beyond me. Just see- ing and hearing the birds at this time oi year more "than pays me ior the food I put out for them, and the work of putting it out, But they pay twice over. and more, in dollars and cents."

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mean."

"I'm not sure that I do." replied Mother Brown, "but I do have a vague idea."

"I mean that they destroy enough pests to save enough fruit and other crops for us to more than pay ior the cost oi what I do ior them. Just take Tommy"rlt for an example. At this time of year. that little scam-p is busy every day hunt- ing (or eggs of destructive insects, which are hidden in cracks of bark on, the trees to hatch out in the spring. He has been known to eat 5.000 in a single day. Jut think what damage 5,000 worms that would come from these eggs would have done. He eats the larvae of codling moths. He eats bark, beetles and scales. In the spring, when the eggs that are left hatch, hell be right on the job "eating all sorts of caterpillars. canker worms, tent caterpillars. forest tent caterpillars, and ha.rmiu.l insects of all kinds. It takes it lot or food to keep that lively little chap so full of energy. and nearly all their food is or

North's blddir-Tg-started oii badly in the following hand, and became worse each round

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West opened the spade deuce, which was allowed to ride around to the closed hand. East won with the king and returned a spade. The queen won. and now declaxer tried 'the heart finesse, which lost. East shifted to a club, but deciarer put up the ace, cashed the trump jack, entered dummy with a trump, and discarded the club nine on the spade ace, He then ruffed a club and led ihe diamond nine. through West, intending to take two fineses- the proper play, West had one diamond trick but declarer lost (in all) only

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SCOUTS and CUBS SATURDAY, JAN. 31st ' N at FENNELL & CHANDLER

''I didnt know birds carried pocketbooks with them,” said Mother Brown. '

Tommy chuckled, and his ireckled face bore a broad grin. "They may not carry pocketbooks," said he, "but they really do pay in dollars and cents, ii you know what I

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INSPECTION

and his friends come over here every day because they know they'll find something. If it were not for that. they might come only once in a while. so now our trees and bushes get a looking-over every day, Anything I do ior the birds is an investment, and one that pays big interest.

"I never thought of that.” said Mother Brown. "I don't know but what you are right. Tommy."

"I know I'm right," replied

were ideal for one notrump. That. however, might not have mattered if he had made the proper second- round rebid. The one notrump over South's one heart was now far too weak for North's holding. and since two notrump would have been too strong. North should have selected the comparison bid of two hearts. South then would bid at least three hearts, which north should carry to game.

Actually. of course, North had still

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Any person offering the following namcii fruits and vegetables for sale must comply fully with the provisions as outlined in the Federal Fruit. Vegetable. and Honey Act. On and alter February

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Apples. Peaches. Cherries, Strawberries, Blueberries, Pears, Plums and Fresh Prunes, Cranberries, Potatoes, Turnips, Carrots,

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1st. 1953, official inspection of the fruits and vegetables indicated And that '5 lmp”"'3m- p0m1:.coung1; of 15' exc1u51ve of ten. FLAME ANI7 GE! IF THE ITHINK NAPOLEON I ' ”” will he conducted under the provisions of this Act as authorized spots, and a. very good heart (it, UNCLE ELEV SAIV ONION UUIOE if MESSAGE COME-9 OUT: CAN REAP: . m under Provincial legislation. and infractions of the regulations e---e-ej--ea 900VT0WE',"'F95CE5T I will be dealt with according to the penalties provided. All pack- ME55A9E5 - g T f ages and containers must be clearly and accurately marked with whenkidnsylilillo I I .1,(3 the grade of the fruit and vegetable contained therein and oiier- ,,m,,,,,,,.,u,,.1, .' i g .x (. 7 I h”-: ed- for sale. D0905 " S (,x X Ag

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