The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-09-01
@salN<
EZZ!kyA,4
LHLRhIMpc -
VISIT BY A REFORMED
GOLFER

fauna. considerations OF sensational,
episodes in Germany gave way to .
study of the yellow thorn apple, the
Far East crisis made way for 9
study of the night heron working or
the day shift, and nothing that
Roosevelt and Dewey might do took
precedence over the operations oil
robin, wren and meadowlark.
Mr.. Kieran carries microscope
as he walks along country lanes,
and he peers at every weed in the
manner of a. man locating the main
spring of Swiss watch.
sit begins to look as if Hitler is
about through" we observed as the
hike began.
wild onion" was the answer.
"Bet you didn't know any grew like
this. Pretty flower under the scope,
too"
"Once things of this nature begin
In Germany anything can happen, "
we persisted.
''Look! The flight is bumpy. Al
ways tell it's goldfnch.''
Il remember the last war :"
'Tansy Otherwise known as Bit
ter Buttons" John was saying,
with glass in his eye again, as he
inspected yellow flower which we
had spent lifetime ignoring. He
asked us to examine it under the
microscope. We did. Darned if it
wasn't an exquisite thing when mag
uified.
'Now you take those Russians, !"
we suggested.
"Sassafrasv" announced MIR.
Kieran.
''Think so?" we replied. (He was
referring to a green leaf he had
picked.) "Taste it." We tasted it.
He was right again!
"'What do you think of Truman as
against Wallace?" we asked a
moment later.
"Cowbirds!"
"Oh, wouldn't say that"
He was pointing to couple of
birds we had always thought were
overfed sparrows.
'Lay their eggs in other birds
nests. Let the other birds hatch and
raise the young. And here's a ques-
ton: How comes it that the young
cowbirds, never having seen or
known cowbird, will at once leave
the nest and join cowbirds?"
ut must be POLITICAL" we ven
tured, not needing the twenty-five
dollars anyhow. There's bunch of
cranes over there by that MAPLE"
might heron. Flies with its feet
out straight behind and it's neck
folded like snake. And that's a
black walnut, not a maple"
He now picked up small yellow
flower which we had never thought
worthy of passing attention.
"You know the snapdragon. This
Is the uncultivated type. Butter and
Eggs, it's called" Under the glass
it was quite beautiful.
"What's this?" we asked, picking
small yellow flower that seemed
the only one of its type around. We
thought we had him.
t'Moth MULLEN"
We felt pretty thick about things
until rabbit ran across the road.
Here was our chance.
Rabbit" we announced brightly.
"Could be-" said John.
"Dogorun trackibus Miamibeach-
u.s." we added, to give him the
Latin.
He had intended leaving on the
noon train, but took the HOS.
Hitler at bay issues warning that
he will make Europe welter Of
blood. Recalling the old story of the
fellow who said: ''My daughters
eloped with a no-good, my wife
has run away from me, my little
boy just fell down a well and I don't
feel very good myself. And you say
you'll make trouble for mel"
The prices at summer hotels and
for cottages at vacation resorts
have scared this summer, and an
awful howl is going up. Watcher
kickin' about? Don't you know that
cool breezes are harder to get these
days on account of the war? Don't
you understand that high tides
aren't what they used to be, and
that in some places they have to
use substitutes?
Lester ]. Fitzpatrick, manager Of
a Detroit radio station, would be our
choice for President. He has banned
the "middle commercial'' on all ra-
dio broadcasts. declaring that they
edo more harm than good to the
station and to the advertiser"
George Bernard Shaw has come
out against any punishment of the
Nazi war leaders. He says they