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Show Mathers Talks to Kiwanis Club Thursday Noon With William Mathers, naturalist, of Plain City as tho speaker, and with music of n highland flaor, tho lpdcn EClwania club tomorrow is to have a program reminiscent of Scotland. The members of the club were told about it In the following bulletin from William Wil-liam Blackburn, editor of tho bulletin bulle-tin Hoot Mon! It's ii sair fix f hae got mysel' In, wha wi' a bra'w Scotch lad a speakln at the meetin' an' a bit o' Hielan' song an' story. Says Davie Henderson. "Ye ken Editor Edi-tor Bill, it's to bo a Scotch program for this week wi' Scotch eats an" I hae got William Mathers o" Plain City to speak to us an' o' course ye'll hae to write aboot It in Scotch ", "But Davie," say9 I to '1m. "Are i ft, 1 canna do it. I ken as muckle aboot Scot li n jawii Cully and TSck Corry an' y B?en yeriel' that's aboot a rnucklc as nawthin'." "Ay, but mon. ye dinna ken iiow easy it is." says pavie. "All ye wad need 'Ju is pi' 'em a screed like I am a spo.-kin' to ye. An' ony wye. aae faur :is I can sec it adna' mak muck', difference, the ghllllea wadna ken wha' ye'er a talkin' noot." "Ay, ye'er j! ht ther." says r. "Yer Scotch is jist like a blether o' braw word: an I can no' maU' head nor nil o't. Ony wye. ye'er a broth of a lad, Davie, were ye no' so stubborn like. I daursay, er mither and faltner ha' nae easy a time wl e whin ye were young an' a wearln kdts." "But. Uavie. mon, this William Mathers Ma-thers lad so I'm told. Is a braw lad an' worth hcarin' an' we all shall be richt glad ta hae him wi-' ua." "Weel a weel, nae doot it's an ill win' wha" blows naebody good If I dinna ken muckle aboot Scotch de'll the bit I cares. It canna help but male' unco hard gangin' fer thr-v wha' trls to reacl it. Ye ken, Davie, the trouble trou-ble wl' Scotch as ye say It an' as I write it. it Is no" fit for either. It gl'cs ye natemn to pet a grip o " Ony wve I'll see ye Thursday. "EDITOR BILL." |