Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-04-16
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When Col. E. Hofer was over
at his Agate Beach cottage last
week he had a singular exper-
ience with the sea sulls. He
walked into the midst of about
200 gulls at the mouth of Big
creek. At first the gulls rose
and circled around him, then
settled down again on the
beach. The birds were so near
him that Mr.. Hofer conceived
the idea that he would try to
hypnotise them. So he shut his
eyes and concentrated his mild
on them; thought of what a
beautiful bird they were, how
beautifully they sailed in the air,
how clean they kept the beach,
how eager they were to get
something to eat, how, if bread
crum or a morcel of meat fell on
the water, how each would try
to get it, sometimes six or eight
would be pulling at one piece of
meat. Mr.. Hofer said the birds
would come right around his
feet and would not attempt
to fly, but when he took his mind
off them the whole flock arose
and flew away, Mr.. Hofer
thinks the gull can be hypno-
tised the same as snake can
hypnotise a bird.
Friday evening from 4 to 8
o'clock the men served dinner
in the basement of the Presby-
terian Church. Mr.. Reisinger
was chief cook, assisted by the
expert cooks, Messrs. S. G.
Irwin, Rev. G.. f. Pratt, c.
E. Sheffield. Walrad and Brewer.
The dish washers were Mr.. Pratt
and Guy Satterlee. The way
these gentlemen handled the
dishcloth was a wonder. The
cooking was superb. The but
termilk biscuits, baked beans
and fruit salad were out of sight
The coffee was also made to the
Queens taste as was also the tea
and cocoa. The following is the
menu: Clam chowder, frui
salad, weinerwurst, baked pota
toes, macaroni and cheese
baked beans, hot biscuits ant
apple dumplings. The waiter:
were young men, Harrison Brad
shaw, Vernon Carey, Franz
Sheffield. The men with theil
white aprons looked very clear
and beautiful. Mr.. Irwin looked
very much like an old maid haC
it not been for his moustache
We noticed some flour on the
noses of some of the cooks
which don't figure much and |:
admissible when men handle
the culinary department. The
women were more than pleased
with the good cooking and are
willing for the men to keep it up
About rs persons partook of the
menu and the proceeds
amounting to $25, will be useC
for Church purposes.
The fiftieth anniversary of tn,
fall of Richmond was celebrated
at the High School Friday even
ing. When General Robert E
Lee surrendered to General U. S
Grant at Appamattox Court
house in Virginia 1t closed tn,
greatest civil wal the world ha!
ever known. 1t cost a billion o
dollars and a million of lives
The exercised commenced will
two or three patriotic songs b,
the school, among them Dixie.
The address was delivered b,
Capt. e. B. Reeder, Of the 66tl
Illinois Infantry. He describe,
the battle of Nashville, Tennes
see, when General Hood met hi
crushing defeat at the hands O
General Thomas, "The Rock @
Chickamauga." "The Darkie'
Dream" a cornet solo by Pro
Dawkins was beautifully ren
dered. Miss Booth presiding a
the piano. A large audienc
was present and the exercise
were greatly enjoyed by all pres
ent.
e. e. Sharon, grand secretar
of the Grand Lodge of |. o. o. F
of Oregon, which meets at New
port May 18th, came in Frida
to look the situation over and t
assist in making arrangement
to entertain the Grand Lodge
Mr.. Sharon is a guest at Th
Abbey.
G. II. jenkins, general passen
ger of the Southern Pacific
Chas. Burggraf, the noted ARCH
tect, b. f. Jones and Henr
Gath a1cA ,a,,,o la E,iJau m