MAKING TAGS FOR WILD GEESE 



fe.™M!S ,% at -, his Kin S sville home making aluminum 

 tags for the legs of the wild geese which visit and revisit him until 

 brought down by hunters* guns. 



Kecond tag. inscribed. "Delight Thy- 

 self also in the Lord," was remov - 

 ed from a goose killed some time 

 last September in latitude 59.5 and 

 longtitude 79.5. - 



Mr. Gtbbs' letter of explanation is 

 herewith reproduced in part: "I 

 have just newly arrived here th 

 last year with the intention of es- 

 tablishing a mission station at Port 

 Harrison for tho people of this 

 region.' I have often heard of your 

 work while in Toronto .and have 

 ■ wished many a time that I could see 

 uyour reserve at Kingsville. I am 

 exceptionally fond" of nature, 'vet 

 possessing only a very superficial 

 knowledge of the same. At last it 

 seems that I have got into direct 

 touch with your work. However 

 much 1 was interested in the receiv- 

 ing of these aluminum ringlets, yet 

 I was more so when I realized that 



was fastened to a goose and a verse 

 of Scripture similar to those here- 

 tofore described. Practically all 

 this stencil and stamping work is 

 done by Mr. Miner himself. 



One feature of Jack Miner a.nd 

 his work is the co-operation given 

 him bv the citizens of Kingsville 

 and the neighboring Town of Leam- 

 ington. The birds have not only 

 made Miner- and his sanctuary 

 famous, but they have been the 

 means of bringing thousands of peo- 

 ple | to Kingsville each summer who 

 Otherwise would not come. 



At the present time Mr. Miner Is 

 off on a fishing trip to Northern 

 Wisconsin with a number of prom- 

 inent Chicago men Remarkable 

 to relate. Mr. Miner has never cast 

 a fly. and his Chicago friends an- 

 ticinate a real interesting time in 

 teaching him how. 



MESSENGERS FROM NORTHLAND 



