The Lucknow Sentinel, 1962-04-04, Page 7•a
'WtT'iDNI7SD4Y, APRIL 444 1942.
THE; L CKNQW SENTIN L, WCimO% ONTARIO
- It's (been a pretty interesting.
week around.our• house. . Kim
came 'in the • other .day, wide
eyed. She'd 'just •seen . a real live
horse; ,galloping up the middle of
the ,street, attached tonothing,
and with . nobody on his. -back.`
She. was fascinated. 0 •
It mademe a• little 'sad,' when
h
realized. that most of the child-
ren of the present era have never
seen a run -away.. When. I was ' a
kid, . there : were sereral dandies
in town every ,year, There was
nothing quite ',so wildly exciting
as • a horse, or 'preferably ,a team,.
careening down the :road, . a
vehicle, lurching perilously be,
find them, and pedestrians dart-
ing for cover.,, •
Occasionally, ,some local hero
would, throw himself'. at their
;.heads seize a •.bridle and :drag
..thein to a' halt. He was- usually ;
. one of • the town .bums, bid* for
a few • hours ':he • would !bask in
the shining 'eyes of every kid
• within a 'mile protninent ':citi-.
zens would thump him, • on the
back. Spinster ladies would sniff'
at him to • see whether he'd per.
formed his feat under the in
.fluence. • • •
Sometunes;the runaways would
hurtle into a parked• earor `.a
bridge ' railing, and down. they'd
,go in a tangle of harness, , 'and-
splintered wagon, one of them
with ''a -broken leg. There'd be a•
tremendous. commotion, • 'with
the horses screaming and thresh-
ing and everyone shouting, "Get.
back, there, youse kids!"
The climax' was ' as ' inevitable
as' that of a' !Greek tragedy. The
town cop would trot heavily to
his office, eget ' his revolver, puff
back,• and with one arra extend-
ed shakily, one. eye closed, shoot
:the injured' (beast, while we all
stood there with , our. •mouths.
Wide- open. • ••
• '
• ,Best runaways .of all, of course,
were the thilk wagons. •!Some
thing . would' • startle he old '. plug
who pulled the°'wa, ,and he'd
lurch • off • at a` : trot. The: milk
bottles would .start, to', rattle' .and
clank: and • smash,, . behind ' .Tim;,
and' .he'd •'go :a. ' little faster to
get away •froth. the noise. ,The
faster he went, the more noise
there was.. Soon, she'd be in a
head -long, .gallop, with .the •high
milk -wagon, swaying • .perilously
'behind him. '
• %'
Eventually" carne the . lovely
moment when, :'in . a • desperate
attempt to get away from that
boilerfactory behind his tail, ,he'd,
try too swerve around a Corner.
Over she'd ` ,go, the whole works,
with a beautiful crash, ,,splinter
and splash, and there'd be milk
and kids running in all direc-
tions, while the old horse stood
arbund quietly, getting his
wind back;
Yes, today's, kids: miss a lot,
but they have their own forms
of excitement. , This was music
festival week, We • .didn't have
such things when i •was a boy..
MViaybe that's why •there weren't:
so many neurotic mothers- in
those : days.. • .:} .
That daughter of 'mine got
rather carried away,: and • signed.
,up for* no fewer .than 12 events,
She ;was • busier 'than a • one
armed. . ;bartenderbefore • and
during the festival. Young . Hugh
on the .Other hand, who always.
plays; it .cool, entered • ' in only
one • event,' an'd. devoted • ' `little
time and ' no. .apparent thought
to it.,
Kim did pretty well. . She
came home with a . fistful of
certificates' for first, •second and.
third' places, six of . them in all.
'By' -+tie :luck of the draw and
the, wisdom • of the festival com-
mittee, Hugh won a cash award
for ' his one piece. She was 'so
mad that 'her eyes (blazed so
hard that; I thought she'd set
;fire to the drapes. "
Just to round ' out the week,
I won as (beautiful lamp for note
curling, •and our cat gave 'birth
to. two fat, squirming, . black kit-
tens. tens for not resisting the advan-
ces of .the big black ';'tom `from
next' door.
My skip phoned Monday . to
tell me to febrile and- get 'my
prize. ' It seemed that our rink
had' won the .finals. I; wasn't able
to play , in the . last': two games.
I suggestedhe give. the ' ,prize;
to the chap. Who ;had 'subbed for
•
KINLOUGH'
The March meeting ' of • the
Presbyterian .W.M.S. . Was held
ori Wednesday, March 28th at, the
home of Mrs.' Jack Barr with an,
attendance of 'fifteen. The se- ..
cond vice-president, Mrs. Morley
Bushell presided for the ,business,
part of the .meeting. The opening
exercises consistedof the hymn.
"Jesus Saviour Pilot Me," Scrip-
ture .. and xneditation on Joshua.
prepafed., by •Mrs. Donald. Mc-
Ewan was read by 'Mrs. Perry.
Hodgins • and prayer by • • Mrs..
•Edbert . Bushell. Mrs=. Alex Per-
cy read the minutes' which were
approved and .also ;corzespond
ante • which :included, an invita-
tion to visit the Ripley '••. •uxili-
:ary on April i&th at 8 p.m. • and
'also an • invitation , to be. "• with
the Kinlough Anglican ladies On
rne.Alit the skip was so : pleased
with .me • for: ' nrissing •'the finals.
that he . insisted I. take the lamp.
When Piper, our cat, develop-
ed abdoznipal mumps a: while
back, ' My. 'wife made me pro-
mise I'd drown !'his lot at birth.
She wasn't going ' to go through.
THAT again. 'T �proinised I, would,
With mental' reservations: •
I went •down to the kitchen
for a. drink, -just 'now.. There
was the lady cat, contentedly
giving- , suck to her "babes. They
all seemed, quite comfortable in
their special. box, „in the' Ibottomn
Of. which :they... rested: on one of
the .family's. best bath towels.`'
And ' there,, sitting beside; the
box •and watching ,Was the' 'lady
of, A the ' house, wi_bh .. a `faraway
smile on her face, and a strange'
expression'. in: her eyes: I tipped
away. • ,.
Yes, it's been rather ail • in-
teresting :week around ;our house..
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THE KANGAROO, the largest of, the -
Australian 'marstipials, Rams th.
Countryside in large bands: Althoughs
full-grown kangaroo is nine feet high
O.... end. ,weighs 200 pounds, thalabY
only aa inch iong when'it is born..
stayt inside its mother's 'pouch until
ft is five or.six months old, ,at which
tithe it weigh's' several pounds and is
'able to shift foritself.
When the young kangaroo leaves ib
!tome," it is ready to take its rightful
• place in the World. To help your children,
lake their rightful place in the world,
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the afternoon Of Apri1.28.th.:Both.,;
feRing. was :received and • the •
'toT1 'call was answered with a
:verse containing .-the • Word Ytle-
stro,Y." Mrs. TomMacDonaid was
in 'Charge of the program :Which •
opened— with the hymn "Lead •
.Kindly Light." • Mrs. George.
Harkness read • a poem and Mrs..
McDonald -an article entitled.
"SuririnarY of Religion:" A' con -
Bible" and a quiz. On the first 4.
two chapterS of judges followed;
Mrs • McDonald read .exCerptk
from the iNcly ,book' ' on. the
Church's ;.thission, The hymn
"Abide . with Me" and Prayer -
closed the 'meeting. Refreshments
were served' by the hosteis and
Don McCosh visited &
.Currie ColWell arid fam-'
Mrs.,' Bert Nicholson ipent a
feW , days at . Toronto with Mr.
and. Mrs,. E. EvanS and Linda.
panied her parents Mr:,axid Mrs.
Arthur.. Breckles to tVind•on
Misses Sandra , Percy'.
Laura I3reckles of Toronto 'spent
the weelv-end• at their respective
The Anglican •serVice will ibe.
at 1.:39 ,neXt SUnday:
Mr. and Mrs, Leonard.Thursk
and girls of Komoka condUcted
sp,ecial Services in the Pente-
costal church 'mut, :"spent the
Week -end With Mr and Mrs. Ezra
Stanley, and fankily: •
Mi.; and Dirks, Jim &filth 7ot.
London visited Mr. and Mrs. Ly -
The 'idle Silknit plant .at Mar-
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