Show CAME BACK TO SETTLE DOWN young wild gander returned home with mate and family the writer was informed by capt handen nicholas that his father the late robert 0 nicholas of buck ingham county va once caught a young wild gander which he tamed and for a long time it remained quiet ly and contentedly in the yard with the other tame geese however it disappeared in the spring after it was year old the following tall mr nicholas heard in the air far above him blat deemed to him a familiar honk tak ng out of his pocket a larg bandana handkerchief with which he was ac customer cus tomed to call together the geese by waving it when he fed them ha held it up in the air and waved it and to his surprise the gander came to the ground with some young geese and a mate he had taken in the artic regions they never left their home again but remained all their lives perfectly tame and contented this Is not fiction but an established fact and will be corroborated by capt nicholas if any one wishes to verify it forest and stream |