The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26

might use rubbing sticks. Two chose the sticks and succeeded in boiling
 their quart before the boys who chose
 matches. For every extra match, two
 minutes of time is added to the score.
 Generally these boys who devote con,
 and splitting plenty of small sticks
 before attempting to ignite their fire,
 get the best results. It is an inter-
 etsIng proceeding to watch.
 MT. Seton is greatly Interested in
 skunkS. He has over twenty in cap
 tivity. and never fails, when he is
 at home, to go out and look at his pets. He handles the young animals,
 lets them crawl over him, lifts them
 up by their tails. and they seem very
 pleased with the fondling. Whenever
 a person enters the enclosure, the
 young skunks run at the visitor like yoUng kittens and follow him about. They crawl up ones trousers and into ones pockets. MT. Seton's. ordinary expression of pleasure over his pets is: Aren't they dears?" So this op- portunity was taken of displaying the skunks. A homemade cage was brought in and MT. Seton announced that lions and tigers were becoming every day affairs but it gave him pleasure to invite any grown man in the audience who so desired to come down and enter the cage. There were no volunteers. Then two seven year old boys twins by the way), entered the cage, lay down and the skunks crawled over the children, kissing them as puppies do and chewing the boys ears. Afterward the skunks were passed around so that some doubting Thomas might be convinced that the exhibits were the real arti- c1e with all faculties intact. MT. Went possesses two photographs of with five skunks in his arms.
 The next number of the program was a. demonstration of first aid to the injured by boy scouts. MT. Sam uel A. Moffat business secretary of the B. s. of A. had charge of this but the boys had been in- structed by Scout Master Maitland. | who directed their work. The boys | put splints upon a broken arm, resus- | citated the apparently drowned, show unconscious person, and also the method of pulling a person from a | smoke, filled room, or of moving one too heavy to carry. One of our Bridgeport boys, Ronald Russell of the Guernsey patrol was awarded a prize for accuracy, finish and speed n adjusting splints.
 The next was a dog. dance by braves and scouts. The Indians hon. 'red their friend and helper, the dog, oy feasting and dancing. The first lancer carries platter, the second a logs skull, the third a feather the others food. The platter is placed in position, and the brave announces lance; the second places the skull on he platter and further eulogizes the log; the third places a feather upon he skull, the others place food upon he platter, each one reciting his own experience with the dog and declares hat therefore I dance and feast in our honor today" and dances around , he skull to his place. The recitations ell how the dog was the papoose's { laymate, but never bit though tramp- ed upon; how he found the papoose rhen the baby wandered, protected l Am from buffalo and snakes: pulled l he lodge poles when the tribe moved ' rom place to place; trailed wounded z ger which would have escaped and i upplied the camp with food; kept f 'atch and prevented surprise by the Q nemy. and so forth, closing with the t tatement that all this friend of the g ed man asked was a bit to eat and .a I lace to sleep. There were several addresses and S len feathers were awarded those of V le braves and scouts who claimed s pups for exploits properly witnessed S one Wolf and King Bird were award il coup for lighting the fire with e lbbing sticks. Eagle Eye for know o g 52 Indians signs. MT. Alexander. d 1e of the B. $. of A. secretaries was d ven the name Kinzigeesis and was b vorn into the Flying Eagle tribe. g our Bridgeporters, Alexander Lev 2 ty, Ronald Russell, Albert Bucking- b nm and MT. Went claimed coup for k Lake Pipe Steel. Lone Wolfe b as sworn in as scout master. D Then came the caribou dance by h ayes and scouts. This is big medi- c, ne and Black Wolf (Mr. Seton) led t, tn the refrain and the tom-tom IT 3 explained that the dance was SUD- ts sed to bring good luck in the hunt u
 the caribou and was especially val al ble in hard seasons. Four boys W nee in with the caribou step and 'emoniously salute, first the fire S d then the Four Winds Then they al ing around the fire, occasionally of 'ppdng to engage in friendly encoun- b, :, with shorts and prancing Sud- ii nly there comes the cry of the wolf. 22 ack Wolf is a past master at re- M ,ducing animal cries The caribou m k their personal differences and G