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THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
sured the frightened workmen that there
was no danger. They procured some
sugar, asked the armed warriors and
the dog to keep back, and going to the
pole called"Patsy'; down from his perch.
He quickly complied eating the sugar
and establishing friendly relations with
Mr. Campbell, was driven like a good
natured hog to his pit, into which he
swung himself with his usual grace.
But it was found then tha t two more of
the bears were out and the question was
to locate them. A search of the premises
revealed the calf pasture and made a
meal on three fine young bovines, then
had taken to the woods. A hunt for
them was kept up until 3 o'clock in .the
morning, but without success, so the
searching party retired until daylight.
Early next day one of them was found
and a little later, Mr. Goodrich, a neigh
bor farmer, sent word to the school to
send the necessary force properly armed
and equipped to capture the third one,
which they had up a tree, surrounded
by dogs and guns. A little more sugar,
the withdrawal of the armed forces and
the last of the elopers was landed in his
den.
In this case it was discovered that
?ome bears are like some men and will
not enter into t-he malicious mischief
or breach of discipline of their" fellows.
One boar refused to join in the escapade,
but remained in his den and will here
after be pointed to with 'pride as the
embodiment of good order and obedience.
But Superintendent Chalcraft thinks
of building an automatic ladder that will
rise of its own accord as the pressure of
the boy's last foot leaves it, so that
all possibility of another panic may
be avoided. Statesman.
. Nothing is high because it is in a high
place; and nothing is low because it is
in a low one. Dickens.
A Pleasant Evening
The usual school routine was pleasant
ly broken into by a social gathering at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell
Tuesday evening. The guests arrived
shortly after eight and represented near
ly all of the employees of Chemawa.
Music- furnished part of the evenings
entertainment and when the well known
airs- were played, all joined in the sing
ing. . Next on the program was a guessing
contest prepared by the hostess which
consisted of rhymes in which the names
of American heroes were omitted ami
were supplied by the guests. So many
had correct lists - that it was necessary
to choose the prize winner by having
the contestants guess at the number of
pages in the book. After this arduous
labor, refreshments consisting of ice
cream and .cakes, were served.
After refreshments, Mrs. Campbell
and Miss Marie .Johnson became the
.centers of interest because of their newly
discovered fortune-telling abilities. They
were oniy relieved by the timely wink
ing of the lights which warned all that
the witching hours of the night were
close at h:tnd, so all bid their host and
hostess good-night and took their de
parture. On May the 80th, the day was appro
priately celebrated here at the school.
At half p-st nine in the morning the
pupils .and, employes assembled in the
chapel. Suitable addresses for the oc
casion were delivered by Supt. Chalcraft,
Asst. Supt. Campbell, and Mr. Swart?..
An anthem was sung by the choir and
'National songs by the school.
After the services, led by the band, the
whole school marched to the cemetery
to decorate the graves. There were
' enough flowers brought to adorn every
mound that was there.