The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-21

facelifting.
Those mallard ducks at the Water
works quarry are far removed from
their wild forebears-in fact they
have become so tame as to be neigh
borhood pets. It's no unusual sight
to see them waddling along in single
file on Harmon road Or securing
backyards for a handout-and fish
| ermen at the quarry say they're a
positive nuisance when it comes to
deftly sniping nightcrawlers from
hooks which were intended for bass.
The ducks, wise in the ways of ang-
lers patiently wait for fishermen and
dive for the bait as toothsome It'd
bit of their daily menu.
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And speaking of fshing-there are
Bluffton anglers who are convinced
that fish are sensitive to impending
weather changes-they say that fish
will not bite when the barometer is
/ falling which means that fishing is
poor just before a storm.
Bicycling is reported coming into
favor with some of the teen-aee
Bluffton youngsters this spring-per-
haps it's case of history repeating
itself hearking back to days of the
gay nineties when it was one of the
favorite outdoor sports as we'll as
furnishing a ready and comparative
ly easy mode of transportation in
the pre-automobile days Natty
cycling costumes were quite the
proper thing and "a bicycle built
for two" was the song of the era
when boy and his favorite girl
friend rode tandem.
Then of course were the select
group of cyclists who pedalled 100
miles on a Sunday-quite feat in
those days of unpaved roads-and
had their wheels equipped with
speedometers to prove their days
mileage The late Frank Scott,
former BlufFton banker and manu-
facturer was one of the towns lead
ing bicylists.
Comes word from Mrs. Florence
Highland Murphy of haywood, Cali
fornia, who still enjoys reading the
Bluffton News. She is the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs Dave High
land, early Bluffton family which
lived on South Lawn avenue in what
is now the Amiel Amstutz property
and moved west about the turn of
the century.
Don Cahill, former Bluffton res
taurateur who operated the Elk here,
now living in Ottawa is busy these
days with his racing stable, training
his horses daily on the Putnam
county fairgrounds track. Don is
pinning his hopes on four prospect
i've winners. He has Adam Hat, a
converted PAGER he hopes will de-
velop into a trotter this season; G
Direct, a PAGER that finished in the
money 46 times in So races last
year; Jimmy Frisco T, PAGER and
Dosedale Worthy Maid, a trotter.
Cahill also has a mare and colt in
the stables.
Comes from Mrs. Katherine Bad
ertscher, former Bluffton resident
now of Berne, Ind, a view of the
picturesque Evangelical and Re-
formed church where Berne's union
Easter service was held last Sun
day.
Albert ingalls,, chairman of Bluff
tons Fourth of July Rodeo this year
is a versatile horseman-and prac-
tices some of his horsemanship feats
in picking up ears Of corn lying on
the road dropped from farmers
trailers as he rolls along driving
the Community Markets grocery de-
livery truck.
It's no trick at all for Al, spotting
an ear of corn ahead, to slow down
the truck, open the door and with
one hand on the steering wheel, with
the other he scoops up the ear from
the road, something like cowbody
| riding the range leans down from
his saddle to pick up objects from
the ground.
Surprising how much corn there is
ION the highways-and AL puts it to