The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-20
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Tho first regular session NJ the New york
Living Club was held yesterday II had .ru I'M
tended o. start tho meetings earlier in ihe -'n-
son hut there was trouble about tho constitution
AMI 10y lnws Some weeks ago tho Prr-id,n MT
wrlto % the President ~ the Sa1orar Living
Club ~ Nevada for copy Of the rules ~ that
organization conie.fur ng that no hr'icr plat -
form for liars could te found In due time n
document was received from Nevada which
purported 10 hc a copy ~ tnr rules of the San
RACES but upon dose inspection II turned out TO
boa useless charter from the ELECTS Of a re-
tired missionary soclety in California: in fact
tho President ~ the Sazerac Clubha lied about
II and then N" N"w York club invented con
sutution and bylaws II thcir own.
II H. not expected that tho NV York LYING
Club cHu eyer equal their brethren II Snycrar.
Here In the East. whore things are confined
within the limits NJ civilization and narrowed
hy the crush oi d"nseb settled population. the
rush and comuctition of trade ln.tvr little tmc
for lying This AHulty -eru~ 10 develop htttrr
under the ire"r air of the West tho liars grudu-
ally growing bigger ~ the population dimn-
lSh'S ans There - NOR" room Ia llr IA. until.
beyond the plains whore one may back himself
NJ against tho Rocky Mountains for support. u
man may tell lies so tall that they toppe over
ia. mountains ana gan ON the "a. ~ slope.
Af'r opening tho session yesterday flo
Pr glc,pi read l",tcr Just received from ca.
Iuo.a Floon, q respected resident Of VIM peg.
Ntuiiuhn. The Colonel writes ilW tDy have
had M there the most rsnHrknhle winter ever
known even in that country. On December IN.
HlHr very i.ili season. during which the
birds were Tying south hy millions. thrr0 came
aniLl.t of such intense c6d That man who In
c4uf nu-y rHac hnd ont Of % window % rin-t. %
shutter had his hand fr,7'n heforc IL reached
the latch. The birds stopped living, and "a
snow storm 3 It in. lasting three days. This WIS
the snow. hut even after the storm had entirely
ceased there roma ned away ~ the northern
ten'nus ~ further DISASTER.
The weather 'ohinG'ng o. moderate tho
Sandawood. a noted irnpper. -houldcr,d his
Gun and bent his steps northward His invJri-
able custom had been e. return on. the same
day SO that when. on the second daV, h. had
not come home. his n"i-hhors know there was
something tho matter with job. and they started
snow with heavy hearts, for the black cloud that
had for days hung in the northern sky had. on
the day before. suddenly disappeared and this
Thlrty-ihree miles north Of Winnipeg the
party ionnd irozsG hirdSS .catifred thiek,
emerging from the forest they saw a plain
miles in extent and covered about ten feet
deep with frozen birds. Marvcling much at
this extraordinary spectacle they started to
skirt the plain. suddenly, in the centre Of the
field. II kern-eyed hunter discovered what
sti"Enr nm p' aboys the mass. FlSging ssIia
the birds, the hunters steadily worked their
way r 9nd , GlC1rG f,,u p"lh To- ne cf en-
hunter, job Snndawood, standing upright, with
his gun at his shoulder in a hiring position. and
pointing straight toward the Sky. Then the
hunters know what the mysterious cloud meant
II was a ynst flock ofbirds, frozen. suspended in
the air by the sudden and terrible cold and
waiting for n thiw 10 let them down.
when job Sandalwood came along with his gun.
Not knowing that the birds were frozen, he care
lcssly fired from underline centre. and the shock
to the air was the last hair added To the incrras-
ing thaw that prrrpitatcd upon his head II flock
Of birds ten feet deep, covering several ares
and numbering many billions. though when
Col. Floon's messenger left Winnipeg The Mani
tohnn authorities had not quite finished the
count.
On motion If Mr. Columbus Murphy. Col
EnOch Floon was unanimously elected nm hon
orury member of tho club and upllIni Il rIl-
responding member for Manitoba