The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-13

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 Dug his own . The 1,OOOth grave dug by 77-year- od sexton Josef StOklas, of the YugOSav village of HeligenbIut, was his After attending the 999th burial at which he assisted sexton he was preparing the next grave in accordance with the local custom of always keeping grave ready. He had just completed the spare grave when he dropped dead from heart ta ure Later he was buried in that grave.
 Indian names . . . Fully 50 per cent of the United States is affected by Indian origin and place-names II you don't believe just start scanning the list of names of states Twenty-four of them find their origin III Indian words They may differ bit from the origntat are New Englands two states that bear witness to the fact that the redman roamed these hills and Vale Incidentally Connecticut and Massachusetts are the only two of the original thirteen states that went to the h. dians for their Here's quick list to run throueh Alabama tribal name; Arizona, small spring; Arkansas tribal name; Connecticut long-river Idaho, light the mountains Illinois, river of men; h. diana state of Indians Iowa. Sioux trbe Kansas tribal name Kentucky land of tomorrow Massachusetts great hill-snaI place. Michigan, big lake; Minnesota, sky-co ored water Mississippi fshriver; Missouri Sioux troe alliance of friends; Oklahoma red people Oregon beau tful water Tennessee chief town of Cherokees Texas friends or allies; and Wisconsin, Indian name.
 Met Sias WhiffIetree of Flutevile in the parking place the other day and had quite chat about country fairs Sas said the only he ever exhibited at were the Goshen and the Harwnton He usually got prize for cattle and cucumbers he said. It's quite lot ol work, he explained, now Mrs W: and he just go to the fairs and enjoy themselves "I took run up to Bunker Hill" said SilaS ito the Flower Show at the church up there and they had some right pretty blooms Then went to that movie they are all . taLK ComicaI. Mrs. w. and laughed quite little After that we had nice supper at the Kings Kitchen, so guess I'll call it day. Nope" said Silas there aint Seen no frost yet up way and zinnas and mari golds are looking pretty nice Yes sir, I'll be down
 again before long perhaps Election Day just to see how things arc going"
 Hey, you hre-addiesl If you pride yourself on live glance toward Racine Wisconsin where Henry Trnke fireman collects stamps, cons wallpaper, and swords but his buttons are his pride and oy The button collection Tnke said of the largest in the world Trnke has five trunkoads of them They date back more than 500 years He has carved buttons ewery buttons bone buttons army buttons navy buttons, political but tons and others too numerous to mention Among his proudes possessions Trnke lists gold button once worn by Martha Washington His collection of union buttons came not from union suits the casual observer might expect but from every known union in the nation ,.. New fields to conquer Soon the African Vcldt will no longer be the goal of all biggame hunters This faraway country long been the attraction for those who like adventure and who like to blaze away at huge elephant, hppopotamus or rhinoceros As a re- suit the wild animals slowly but surely being cx. terminated. The University of London Animal Welfare Society has just published the Animal Year Book which shows how the slaughter has taken ter. ribe toll in wild life, The hippopotamus is almost extinct due to 50 years of constant killing The ee phant is not in such danger of extermnati0n but In many sections it has disappeared The giraffe, white and sable antelope other species doomed to disappear unless they can be given protection.
 Down memory's trail. There's the old alleyWay that used to lead to the shortcut which cut off big part of the distance to school Here's the acove n which one your bosom pals fought courageous fight against a bigger but timid opponent. The old blacksmith shop stood here and you often spit hot bars that the sthy would yank from the forge just to hear the sput- ter A tire shop occupies the spot where schoopads bought and occasional pennys worth Of sweets ob tained. Here's where the smell of freshrbaked coffee or roasting peanuts would tanalize youthful nostrls just at school dismissal time in the afternoon. An old wooden picket fence surrounNed the big house on the corner It's gone these many years: The lilac bushes still stand in the yard, testimonial to the kindly hands that planted them there and tended them in their growing years Only the vestiges Of the chapel in which you first worshpped remain to recall happy years of 830 Mass.
 Vacationers around the Great Lakes have reported eeagus occasionally coming inland and following farmers blowing their fields for the insects turned up Gulls il general may be useful in such ways than has beer suspected South Dakota reports that Franklins gulls which have increased greatly at waterfowl reguges have fly considerable distances to find such food and one gull will eat several hundred hoppers day. The prospect improves with the rapid multiplication of these gus whose extinction feared few years ago. More than 80Ot Of their nests found this year near newly created marsh areas Incidentally 1t is another evidence of the value of marshand Now if the terms and herring gulI