The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-03-20
LOCAL men RELATE
MANY Ant STORIES
According to Artemis of the One
Fourth Grade

According to Artemis of the One
Fourth Grade
LEARNED TALK ABOUT ANTS
Artemis of the One Fourth Grade
Interviews Prominent Citizens
On the Absorbing Topic Can
an Ant Jump"
Dear Editor Herald Il just
want to show you what can do
in the matter of interviewing, and
how industrious a slip of girl
can be on her own volition. | ov-
erheard my mother and several
other women discussing the ques-
ton of the troublesome ant, One
woman declared that she "believ-
ed in her heart ants could jump
any distance they desired to go, !"
and it struck me that it would be
a real "scoop'to go out and in
tcrview different persons and as
certain their views on the sub
ject. / believed Sin my heart"
that if / brought in truthful re-
port and was careful not to mis-
quote anybody, you would find
space for it and consign a few
columns of that Washington dope
to the W. b. The following are
the interviews verbatim ct liter
atm, so help me Allah.
Mr.. Ed w. merchant: 81 should
say an ant can jump. 1t is my GUS
tom to sit in front of my store a
considerable length Of time each
day watching the remarkable in
dustry of the ants as they climb
the posts supporting the awning.
They can look into the store from
the posts, but, as there are very
few articles of hardware that
ants enjoy, they Immediately de-
scend and hurry away to find a
grocery. One day I caught a
large black one and put tag on
him. A few minutes later, |
found him in the counter of a pro-
vision store one thousand feet a.
way, and, as no ant could travel
that distance in so short time,
however industrious he might
have been, | concluded that he
covered the distance by jumping,
as he did not possess wings. ["
Judge t., real estate: "Yes, an
ant can jump, but the length of
the jump will depend upon the
weight he carries. Ants are cap
able of being trained and ! should
enjoy running race between sew
eral of the feet ones. / would be
glad to test my books on handi-
Gaping, slow tracks, pedigrees,
and added starters in such a
race
Wallace c., lawyer: "Several
decades ago was requested by a
wealthy aunt to make some invest
ments for her, and learned that
there was large quantity of the
capital stock of Montreal distil-
lery for sale at a bargain. The
manager of the plant gave me a
most cordial invitation to visit the
plant, look the bonded warehouses
over inside and out, and sample
the different kinds of beverages
produced. This invitation ! ac-.
cepted with the keenest enjoy
ment. My aunt insisted on going
along and expressed desire to in
spect the warehouses with myself
and the manager. There were
some six thousand barrels of the
distilled product in the first ware
house, and we passed along in
front of the tiers, the manager
drawing a sample from each bar
rel by means of silver siphon
and passing it to me in a gold
trimmed glass to taste. My aunt
suggested that it would hardly be
necessary for me to taste the con-
tents Of each barrel, but ! assured
her that the task did not incon-
venience me in the least, that I
rather enjoyed it and was not at
all in hurry to get through with
it.