Cochran Junior High School - Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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COCI-IRAN AERIAL having ambitions, but he was not always successful in attempting to carry out his great ideas. I am going to tell about his first horse ride in a saddle. Jim had often ridden in a wagon with horses pulling it but that did not satisfy his wishes. He wanted to ride on the back of a horse like t. e ether boys. One time his wish came true. He was visiting a farm and the owner of the farm said that he might ride one of the work horses. I went out with Jim to the stable and helped him into the saddle on one of the work horses. Jim said that he would ride down the road to a bridge about a half a mile away a11d the11 ride back. He rode down to the bridge and back in safety and nothing happened to him. VVhen Jim got back to the stable, he said he was going to take another ride. just as he was about to start, some kind of an insect bit the horse and made him jump, and he kept on jumping for about fifteen minutes. It was a funny sight to see Jim bouncing up and down on the back of the horse. He was so scared that his face was 'as white as a sheet. He tried to stop the horse, but could 11Ot. First, he would be sitting in the saddle, then he would be sitting on the neck of the horse. He was holding on as hard as he could to the horse's neck, but he could not hold on very long. The horse gave an extra hard kick and Jim fell. He landed in a pile of hay about ten feet away. For about five minutes he did not move but just sat on the hay looking at the horse. When he did stand np, I thought he would fall again at every step because his knees were so shaky. I have often had a good laugh at his expense whenever I tell about his great ride. CURTIS HENNING, Term IV. ..,..O.1. A FISHING TRIP Last summer I was camping with my father, mother, brother, sister and a preacher. He was very fond of Fish 3.11Cl suggested that we go fishing. VVe knew of a stream not far from Ogletown which was a half-mile from our camp, and so decided to go in our car. We dug some bait, got out our lines, and started. Wlieii we arrived at the stream, we found a vacant cottage close by. VVc investigated and found that all the beds and other furniture were turned upside down. We decided not to go upstairs and to go O11 with our fishing. VVe had good luck and caught nine. They were all trout but were rather small. We went back to camp, fried the hsh, and ate them because it was now about six o'clock. Two days later we heard that the cottage that we had been in on our fishing trip had been raided the night after we had bee11 there and a still was found in it. If we had gone upstairs, we would have found the still and found why everything was upside down. The men had left the night before in a hurry and did not want to leave anything. It was lucky that we were not there at the same tlllle as the moon- shiners. FRANKLIN REITER, Term IV. O. THE TOY SHOP The big clock in the toy shop had just struck twelve when all of a sudden the toys jumped down from the shelves to visit. The little tin soldier ran as if in an awful big hurry. Then he turned off to the side and here he met the pretty French doll, whose name was Mademoi- selle Rose. Theytin soldier's name was Jack. The two met every night at the old pump in the toy shop. Both were wishing someone would come and buy them, so they could see the outside- world. Cforty oneb

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