neighbor. Therefore, if a Cajie Codder has five shares 

 von may rest assured they will he entered singly for each 

 nRinbcr of his f;iniil\- so all ol" ihc-ni may make tin,- annual 

 tour to llic ■' IIul)." Of course, this was always a great 

 day, requiring the wliok- tniuipnicnt of the Road to handle 

 the crowd with safety and dispatch. 



Now there are grave stories told that, as the control 

 of the road has changed, this great free excursion is to be 

 done away with, and there are loud murmurings of dis- 

 content among the people at the abolilitju ot this old-time 

 custom. 



Spicy tales are told of the Cape Codder and his 

 church-mouse po\erty, and some of these are sharpened 

 to a poetic point : 



There was a young lady of Truro, 

 Who si.Liheil for a Mioj^aiiy bureau ; 

 liul lier pa said " C.rcat God ! 

 All the lueu iu Cape Cod 

 Couldn't pav for a 'hoj;auy hureau !" 



])Ut, we are here to shoot "brant" not mahogany 

 bureaus, and therefore I will now describe to you a sight 

 I saw yesterday, and one that will linger in my memory 

 as an instance of the wondeilul instinct and weather- 

 wisdom of migrating sea fowd 



For days strong Nor'easters have blown fiercely, 

 accomi)anie(l by snow, sleet, rain, ihunder and lightning, 

 and through these the biant could have made but little 

 headway had lliey tried to proceed on their journey 

 Northwards. But they didn't try. They knew better 

 than "Old Probs " what the weather was going to be. 

 Yesterday afternoon there was a lull in the storm, a fog 



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