The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 19, 1957, Image 3
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
RAIL KITTY CLOTHES
By Lonnie E. Legge
' •cres of mountain land with a
alee cottage and out-buildings.
HI, as he was known locally, was
• ladies man, who farmed his
rocky hills and acted as guide to
hunting parties of city slickers.
One beautiful day in April, a
big car drove up to his gate and
honked the horn. Hi, taking his
usual slow time, walked down to
the gate, wondering if this was a
late hunter. There was only one
person in the car, who got out at
his approach, wearing an outfit
that almost made Hi laugh out
right
High top boots, tan leather rid
ing britches, black leather coat,
green silk shirt topped off with a
forest green hat with a red feather.
He spoke and added, "I am Alwin
O. Benedict and wish to hire a
guide to explore the fauna and
flora of this region, which I know
all about from my books, but I
Wish to photograph them in their
oatural habitat"
"Alright** drawled Hi. ••dollar
•n hour and I’m ready.
After photographing several
birds, plants and small animals,
they came suddenly upon a mother
skunk with four kittens trailing
bar. The mother hid in the tall
weeds, but the kits froze where
they were. "What are they?" ex
claimed Mr. Benedict
"Rail kdttys," said Hi.
•'Will they biter* asked Mr. Ben-
•diet
"Naw,” replied Ht
Mr. Benedict picked up one of
the kits by the scruff of the neck.
It made a snuffling sound which
brought the mother out the weeds
stamping her feet in anger. “Holy
cowl** yelled Mr. Benedict drop
ping the kitten and running out
erf the cloud of mist. “ I thought
you said they were cats.”
"They are—pole cats. What's the :
difference between a pole and a
rail?"
Mr. Benedict stripped the new
clothes off while HI went back to
the house for some of his old
clothes. After Mr. Benedict was
dressed he paid Hi for his time
and the clothes, adding a dollar
tip. then left immediately for the
city and a bath saying. "I’ll send
you a present to remember this.
Hi got a shovel and buried the
fancy clothes, then in three days
dug them up, and hung them on
the line to air out. The next day
he brushed them of dirt, the odor
was already gone. Donning the
fancy outfit he set out for the post
office where most of the mountain
girls congregated at mail time.
He received a small registered
box, which he took out onto the
porch to open remarking. “Guess
my city friend sent me a watch.”
The girls gathered around to see
Hi*s wonderful gift. When he
raised the lid there on a bed of
cotton, that reeked with lilac per
fume, lay a gold plated, lipstick
box cover. A cork stopper plugged
the open end On one side was a
label that read: “Amora Knuks
#5." “Spanish,” Hi remarked
knowingly. “Amora, I think means
"Darling” and I guess “Kunks”
means perfume."
Another label on the container
read:: “Caution do not remove
stopper." "Well, I don't see why
not, it’s all leaked out anyway,”
said Hi disgustedly as he twisted
th» stopper. Suddenly his hands
and clothes were soaked with
skunk scent that dripped from a
minute hole in the bottom of the
container which had been sealed
with a pin fastened to the cork.
He threw the vial from him with
an oath as the girls scattered
screaming and holding their noses.
Hi reading the label again as it
lay upside down noticed it was
written backwards and should
read. “Skunk Aroma #5.” He
rushed home and buried the
clothes again. Oddly enough, he
was unable to wear them in public
again as the very sight of them
sent people into a panic.
TURK CHIEF . . . Premier Adnan Menderes speaks to crowd
in Istanbul after re-election by large majority.
HOME FOR BLIND . . . Born blind, 4-year-old Petraglia triplets
Stephen, Gail and Donna break ground for new home in Bronx,
N, Y., as dad and mother assist. Materials and labor will be free.
'“Now nv»ybe John will believe me when I tell him a
r,cw car, financed by Purcells would save us money.”
Come to think of it, why wait to tell
John. Fll start looking around for
that new car myself.
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SURVIVES BOMBS . . Indonesia’s Pres. Soekarno (left) escaped injury when assassins hurled
4 grenades at him in Jakarta, killing 5 schoolchildren and wounding many others. Moslem lead
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I REMEMBER”
BY THE DID TIMERS
From Jessamine Bur gum, Ar
thur, North Dakota: I remember
seeing Sitting Bull, the Sioux
Chieftain, riding in a parade cele
brating the Fourth of July, 1889,
at Bismarck, North Dakota. The
“Constitutional Convention” met
to celebrate North Dakota (then a
territory) entering (with 3 other
States) the Union.
This great parade was a mile
long, with military bands, calvary-
men riding on their splendid
horses, marching infantry in Navy
Blue, bands of Indians in war re
galia. Last of all was 44 young
girls, age 8 to 16, riding horse
back on side saddles, wearing
long, red and white riding skirts,
blue jackets With white stars and
blue jockey caps. I was one of the
girls representing my father’s na
tive State of Kentucky. The May
or of Bismarck ordered the bands
to play softly, in fear of causing
a runaway of the girls horses.
After we dismounted, the bands
blared, and loudly played the stir
ring music of the Civil War.
The Indians had been invited to
attend and join in the parade
from their reservation at Standing
Rock (Sioux Nation) and they
came and camped near the Camp
Hancock site where the military
troops were camped.
These were the days before
gasoline was invented and in 1889,
all travel away from the railroad
was by horseback buggy, wagon
road or stages.
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BY LYN CONNELLY
R obert Montgomery is
planning another show in the
drapaa category . . . Michael An-
sara, “Cochise” on “Broken Ar
row,” also is cast as an Apache
in “Quantez," feature movie just
being released by U-I . . . An-
sara plays a “heavy" to Stars
Fred MacMurray and Dorothy Ma
lone . . . Yvonne DeCarlo is the
latest movie and TV name to latch
onto the recording bit . . . Play
house 90 wants to do Eddie Can
tor’s life story ... If they do, he
will play himself . . . Montgomery
Clift is scheduled to make his tele
vision debut on Dean Martin’s
show February 5th.
Critics believe “You Are There’s"
re-enactment of the Chicago fire
may well become one of TV’s clas
sics . . . Zsa Zsa Gabor, the glam
our gal, may emcee an all-woman
variety show for one of the nets
(oh, no!) . . . Writers are claim
ing that Russia has taken the fic
tion out of their science fiction TV
scripts! Pat Boone has pocketed
$600,000 for his TV and movie
stints in 1937, which is pretty nice
pocketing for a young man still
in college . . . CBS-TV here is
still trying to work out a suitable
TV format to bring Marie Wilson
back to the home screens.
PLATTER CHATTER
MERCURY:—The beautiful bal
lad “Sayonara" is done with sim
plicity and warmth by Miyoshl
Umeki, popular Japanese singer
who makes an impressive debut on
this label . . . Flip side has "Be
Sweet Tonight" which points up
her versatility . . . Handsome vio
linist Florlan Zabach comes up
with two good sides in "Two Tick
ets to Guantanamo" and "Run
away Romance" ... Red ‘Buttons
combines talents with pert Miyoshi
Umeki with “OOh, What Good
Company We could Be" backed by
“The Mountains Beyond the
Moon" . . . Nice to hear from Red
again.
WARNS OF RED MISSILES . . .
Dr. Edward Teller, father of
H-bomb, tells U. S. Senate Rus
sia could launch rocket attack
on our cities.
BACHELOR QUEEN . . . Fea
tured actress Dianna Millay of
Rye, N. Y., was crowned "Bach
elor Queen of 1958" by 5,000
members of Bachelor Society of
America.
THE BAFFLES By Mahoney I