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VY OSHAWA, 'ONTARIO! "THURSDAY, 'OCTOBER 12, 1922 = UNCLE WIGGILY A THE TOOTHPICKS (By Howard R, Garis) "Don't you think its time I went to school, Uncle Wiggily?" asked Baby Bunty one day, wo "Go to school!" exclaimed the old rabbit gentleman as he lookbd over the tops of his glasses at the little bunny who had been found in' hollow stump, **Why you are too Re You are hardly old enough ' the "kindergarfen class, to say nothing of the A, B, C and reading i Pd ah add ' "But IT want very much to know my letters so I can read books as you do," 'went on Bunty, 'Please Uncle Wiggily, won't you teach mea my letters, and a few easy words like cat'and dog?" Uncle Wiggily thought for a mo- ment, and then he said: "Yes, Baby Bunty, I'll teach you some A B C letters and we may as well begin now. Nurse Jane, please bring me the box of wooden: tooth: picks from the pantry." '"Toothpicks!" exclaimed © the muskrat lady housekeeper, 'How in the world are you going to teach Baby Bunty her letters with tooth- picks?" 'WII show you," answered Mr. Longears with a laugh, "Just you bring me the toothpicks, please." So Nurse Jane brought then, Uncle Wiggily was always very '¢are- ful to pick and clean his teeth after each meal to keep them sound and white. For animals need to have good teeth even more than do boys and girls. Baby Bunty had been taught to clean her teeth, too, but now she was to have a different sort of lesson, Uncle Wiggily took the box of clean white wooden toothpicks, each one pointed on the end, and he laid out on the table a paw full of the small sticks, "Now, Baby Bunty," said the rab- bit gentleman as he took up three toothpicks, "I place this one this way, and another this way and then--"" . "Oh, you have made a little: tent." cried Baby Bunty, as she looked at]: what Uncle Wiggily had done. "That isn't a tent, though it may look like one," laughed the 'rabbit gentleman. For, indeed, the tooth- picks being put together pointed on top and broad at the bottom, did look like a tent the animal boys used in camping. "But now," went 'on Uncle Wig- gily, "I lay another toothpick across the first two and what letter do we have, Baby Bunty?" The tittle rabbit girl looked at it with her head first on one side and then on the other, "Is it a Q? she asked. "Oh, mo!" answered Uncle Wig- gily. "Is it K?" asked Baby Bunty. "No, but it sounds a little like that!" laughed Uncle Wiggily. "That is the letter A. Now you make it." So Baby Bunty after two or three trials made the letter A. Then Uncle Wiggily showed her how to make B and Cand so on--atl the let- ters in the alphabet from A to Z were made with Jeose toothpicks op the table. g ® EH Ee Hit 5 -E 4 i ? I : i If 4 41] : He if! | : : h 4 R i pedeki ih Joi Ad i il i Ii » Fri i HEH gE § i Rt By RE ¥ H i i i H i § : --_r he Find 2 i LS i in | i 2 8 i § In "a "Now I'll be the head ofithe clase when 1 go to:school, won't I, Uncle "1 Wiggily?" asked 'Baby.Bunty when the lesson was over, "Well, perhaps," replied the rab- bit! géntlematr," "But, of? course learning. your letters is only the be- iginning, Later on' you 'must spell words! from' Jetters. Bat" we have had enough for this time, "Oh, ho! I héven't had enough!" suddenly cried a harsh voice, And into the hollow stump bung- alow, through the door which Baby Bunty had. left open by mistake, came hyrsting in the bad old Woozle Wolf, ' "I haven't "had enough the old Wolf, i 'Enough of what?" politely sked Uncle Wiggily. "What haven't you had enough of?' and as he asked that question the hunny looked round for Baby Bunty, The little rabbit girl was gone! LE | "I haven't had enough eof your ears!" cried the Wolfe. "I want to nibble them a lot! I'll nibble 'em all oft!" + "Oh, please don't," begged Uncle Wiggtly. "Yes I shall!" growled the bad chap, And then, all of a sudden, out from under the table came some- thing' prickly and sharp, with stick- ers sticking out from it all qver. "Oh; my! what is this? Oh, its a prickly hedgehog "porcupine!" 'howléd the Wolf, "Oh, don't stick any of your sharp quills into me, Mr. Hedgehog! I'll go "way! 1 didn't know you were here! Please excuse me!" Out ran the Wolf, not hurting Uncle Wiggily at all. And then Baby Bunty tossed away the wooden toothpicks she had stuck all over her fur. "Ha, ha! I fooled the Wolf!" cried the little rabbit girl. "I may not know my letters, but I knew how to stick the toothpicks in my fur and make believe I was a por- cupine; didn't I, Uncle Wiggily?" *indeed you, did," answered the busty, "And Wolves are very much afraid of poreupines. You are very smart, Baby Bunty." And #f the pussy cat doesn't try to play with the other pussy cat, which it sees when it peeks in the looking glass, I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the stretchy ball, growled CURIOUS FACTS | "ABOUT CATS wr ---- While some notable men, includ- ing Lord Roberts, have had a great aversion to cats, others have had a particular liking for them. Cardinal Wolsey always held in- terviews with & cat by his side, and Cardinal Richelieu used to keep sev- eral kittens in his room. Chateau- brand, Victor Hugo, and Edgar Al- lan Poe have been amongst the great lovers of cats. Even the great Ma- homet is said to have cut off a por- tion of robe because he yished to get up withoyt disturbing the cat which was asleep on it! From the earliest times, cats have given rise to many queer supersti- tions and beliefs. They have fre- quently been regarded as superna- tural animals. 'The chariot of the mythical Preyja was drawn by cats, and Holda was supposed to have a bodyguard 'of maidens mounted on The domestic. cat has been re- a > & cats. garding cats. To throw a cat over- board 'means an invitation to bad weather, and when a ship's cat frisky, heavy gales are foretold. Jar the 'Middle Ages cats connected with witches were called witch-eats. credited with a great called them around amd sudden- y soused them with boiling beer which he was brewing. In the (J h { 4 i H I h 1 i REL § dH fi! 5 g E TE : {i } }! H HY: H Hie 4 UH 11 § § E' 1 od cae full of as" 1 have ever heen is sold by your i Jt Se8. 4, will refund your money. Sold by Wa. H. Karn, Oshawa, Ont. hl I Jerry--I guess they smelt it.-- "Topics of the Day" Films. ~ -------- 1] --_-- ' | Railway News | : Irish hewspapers follow up the shmen who leave the Green Isle, The Irish Ind had the Jollowing item a tow days ago i Sir H 8 . he ag | Hiakbeth, elder drngh Nie and Mrs. G L, Cairniy of Montrea) Is a man of considerable standing: fn, Samdinn commercial' wy ot the op. , ' e 1s an Irishman, being bo the Co, Kildare in 1856, the wer of the late Mr, Grattan Holt, Capt, in the 8rd Holt w. iy as Dragoon ' J. M, Gilmour, chief clerk in C.P.R, general offices at Lethbridge has been transferred to the same Josition in the superintendent's of- Fico J Medicine Hat J, H, Fair. ey, ; ' at Edm prt Bi a Bt Let The former is bei monton by 8; C, of cine Hat, J. M, Gilmour was the first chief clerk in the Lethbri pg oh dd e ce Augus 1 Ho Hos. been WHE SooHS 6: D, been hy Kintosh since that date, Hs han always taken interest activities of the PR, Social he Athletic club, "No 'midi it Canada' has epi tation of equalling . Ae A of 'Chna@isn Pacifls y Co; 8s A heuntenr nd a wit. Sir Thos, White once "hin ¥y gréat ha' tiong! sset," « - NL ' , Hom-added' that hé wis glad' that Sir Thomas had fo ately not forgotten the "et" ven in the hospital undergoing an opera- tion for appendicitis, Mr, Ham sus- tained his reputation, as his best story, probably, will show. n he lost consciousness, he says, his last thought was "This is eternity." "When I recovered from the ef- fects of the opiate, I found myself in 8 darkened room, and wo ed DE i ut, y- nurse Quickly discovered thét my con-' [ 'Rad 'returned; and came' bedside, and Shel fo ) 4 remem- - n 'this' dark oe It was ig when they rated on me, but now It ban't' be Mig Ad "No, it ist) she seriously res- ponded, 'but we were afraid of the shock you might get.' "*'Well, there was a big fire just across the street, and we were afraid if you awoke, and saw the flames, you might think that the operation hadn't been successful.' a you what it is to The Co) I Cgble Company and CPR. Tels 1s have taken over the Postal Service in Newfoundland and are now hand- ling all business over the Newfound- land government's cables belel I a L reply to a question. "There is occasion to think this at the pres ent time," he added. "ES | [L1 [on | ma has something mice for you." it this way and you will find it most appetising and digestible. For Mothers--"FRY'S" For true nourishment in delicious form FRY'S COCOA is supreme. Make To 3 good teaspoonfils of Fry's Cocoa add three spoonfuls of sugar, mix well. Then add one half cup of boiling water and mix thoroughly. Add two of boiling water and boil very slowly for 5 minutes, stirring Sl add milk or cream to taste. This will give you Cocoa at its best. REMEMBER, NOTHING WILL DO BUT FRY'S _ a» La | ; THE TREE WILL GROW AS IT IS BENT | By AVNIA ERIA + Yestérday afternoon white out in| my garden I heard the following! conversation across the fence at my neighbor's: "Jackie dear, supper is ready, come in now." "I don't want t0 go ia now, I want to play." "Mamma and daddy are waiting." "I don't want mo supper, I want to play." "Jackie! mamma will spank you!" | "No you wop't spank. Jackie, no yom won't!" a "Wel then; come darling, mam- "I want to play." "Your tea will be cold." "I don't cage!" "All right then." The door closed and' Jackie had 'his way. Are mof the majority of little Jackiés brought up this wdy. You D OW, om you deny Bo msgressh {it 118 Bit: Jit supper, and all his life he will thank you, he will bless you, he will love you for having taught him to obey, for there lies the fountain of true happiness and the source of ever- lasting peace. Six Months' Term for Theft of Wheel Another instance of the efficient methods employed by the police authorities was brought to light in Police Court yesterday when Jack Wilkins, of Toronto, was charged with the theft of a bicycle, the prop- erty of Gordon Armstrong, a local resident. The bicycle was stolen from mear the skating rink on Duke Street one night last week and the owner promptly notified the police. Had it been a car which was stolen, the possibilities of it being located would have been considered good. However, Chief Friend sent out notices to neighboring towns and cities and a few days later the cul- prit and the bicycle were located by the Toronto police. Wilking was brought back to Oshawa, where he was charged with theft, to which he pleaded guilty. Magistrate Hind read the accused a severe lecture and imposed a sentence of six months in Whitby jail. Took Interest in Hospital Grounds Oshawa owes a debt of gratitude to the late Dr. Norman Allen, of To- ronto, whose death took place a few days ago. Dr. Allen was a frequent visitor to Oshawa, being called here by the local doctors for operations and in consultation. After an operation one day at the hospital, he spoke to Dr. Belt and remarked that "you should have a fine lay-out here. The grounds lend service to landscape gardening. If you are willing I will have Mr. Chambers of the Toronto Parks Commission come down and lay out these grounds for you." The offer was accepted and Mr. Chambers came down, surveyed and planned the walks, lawm, flower beds and other features of the grounds, and the work was eventu- PARRA APO ANTE i i ally carried out along the lines sug- gested by Dr, Allen and Mr, Cham- bers. some- This little idcldefit Sliowk thing of the br spirit possessed by the laté Dr. Allen, who was interested in more gham the mere particulars of medicige. EE EN ---------- FE _----~.'s CRANI TRIN = Beast oud | vy / Unexcelled dining car service, Sleeping cars on Gay srains. parior cars on in #08 Ticks AbeRs or ©. £ Morbie. Fall Trunk District Passenger Agent, Toronto. (l