Central Junior High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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V.. A51 a It ', tg, , X., e v Q , jf ' K J me e .4 5. --3 . , lr .1 ' . : -4 V sj F - : - f ' f',5?' X 'l , , 35, Egd T V 'f. trr I , . ,,., is 3 l Y X, l ' ' .P K.: Among the lndians Ccontd U'ghL grunted Mumocott, Beer live there. Mumocott go after hunters. Kewacum stay and trail bear if he come out.H iftcr Mumocott had gone Kewecum set down on a stump to aweit.the hunters. Suddenly he heard a twig snap. He looked around and saw the bear coming out of the cave. lt was a grizzly. Seen the bear saw him and came after him. He looked around for a way te escape, but sew none. If he ran the bear would get angricr. The bear grabbed him and he began strug- gling with it. Just then the hunters guided by Mumoeott came up. The bear seeing them let go of Kewncum and rushed et them. One of the hunters fired end killed the betr. On the wey back to the village Running Bird, who Wds with the hunters said, Tight Kewacum be mighty hunter, mighty brave. --Clyde Rech HOWNEYH LN UNUSUQL DOG CA reviewj Senator Howe of Missouri, in e speech he delivered in the United States Senate not long ago, declared that the dog Wes man's best friend. And no lover of animals will dispute with Senator Howe on that. Homeless and hungry, shivering from cold on e night back in l8S8, a deg crept into the post office of Albany, N.Y. The clerks were busy in the office and did not notice the newcomer. Exhausted the dog lay down and fell asleep upon a bundle of mail hags. The next morning the clerks found him. They felt sorry for him and could not drive him out into the cold: he had an appealing look in his eyes and a friendly Wag of his tail, which endenred him to the postal employees. When lunch hour came the men would all share their lunches with him. It was this that started their love and attachment for the dog. Ls weeks pdssed the dog made his home et the pest office. No one came to claim him. So he was fudepted by the jjeestazl clerics and .given the neme OWney. ' New Owney was Q very smart dog. He would Watch the mail bags and be gone for several weeks. But he always came back to SIE? Albany. The clerks thought he might get lost and so bought if .-.i .lli a eoller for him and placed upon it his name and address. 2:45 1 New Av' X . , ms 1 L-- '-li' T:: aint:-ff: H-',s., X .H'!x3- 1'x:,,l:5J.. ,154-fl' Q.-s r .,.-Z-- ,,,'7'.,' '. H 4, N,-.. 0, . . , 3' v' ..,.,,,. ff? - S ' 4

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i , g2i?Wfn -..-igzfif :ff VV V, ,,j4N..,VA3jT:v.,pu- - f-1 '- U V V I, I ,ll 1, . n W lit? Q I V rf Q 1' 'VA N i 1' WT 3 L5 :LW Wxg I 1 l :ff x'J . ,, .5 fl I G ,., I. D O C , J A A . Ownej' th' Unusull ov cont. is he traveled up and down the country in mail cars, to his collar was attached, tags. medwls, etc. ronresenting nearly every state in the Union, After u trip to Mexico he came back with 1 silver dollar attached to himt Postmsster General Wsnmrmsker hnving heard of Owney took pity upon him end had n harness node to which the various decorations the dog had received were Fnstened. One of the tags had the following inscriycion upon it: I HOnly one Owney And this ls he The dog is lonely So let him be.H Finslly the tugs attached to Gwney's harness were removed and sent buck to Llbany, where the souvenirs were placed in n glass ease with n photograph of the dog. Once, Owney wus shut up in Montreal, Cnndds for o board-bill and wus not released until the clerks of Albany post office sent the necessary money to defray Owney's indebt- edness for food end lodging. Owney oronptly returned to Albany. In 1895, he wss in the city of Tacoma, Wmshington when mail begs were being leaded for Chinn and Japan. When the clerks suw Owney was bound to visit the Orient they gave him n letter of introduction to every country. I On Aug. lQ, Owney trotted up the gwngwny of YVictorieH and sailed sway to Japan. In Japan the Emperor gave e medal to him. ln short every country he visited gave him medals of all sorts. He completed his world tour in l52 deys. At a dog show in Son Francisco he was given s model of silver es the Hgreetest deg traveler of the'werldsH Owney was s nluckw charm to every steamer, mniltruck J. nnd railroad for it was said thnt there was never any accident when he was along. In Lug. l897 Owner trotted up to the post office in Toledo, Ohio. They did not recognize him and the postmaster ordered him shot. lt was too lute when they found out it was Owncy and the friend of the postal service was no more. His mounted body may be seen ut the National Museum at We shington . , K E --Ruth Irene Gorman T ' Fic! ujQ21::,'T35k::n Wm . Jfqii-L12 - Ez? . TE . 'E if- ' jf SLI? f Ti X M A - '- ..1f'- -xx. ' 1 1' .A in---sgl. -, xwikyad Ku x h1!:h,, A -55:1 'ff , 5- -4 .api-A .JT . Di' .s3j,53- if-. I r , n -A - U i L