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Show The Original I'm of Canes. Somebody has been looking up the history of tho original use of canes in this country, and finds that they wei-e formerly a part of tho repertory of the leaders of , the church, being at one time the principal badge of the deacon. Tho deacon's cane was about five feet long, one end being embellished with a big knob, the other with feathers. When the small boy got too noisy or rebelled against the powers that were he was given a rap on tho head with the uncharitable end of tho stick. If tho head of the family forgot himself while listening to the morning sermon and lapsed into a blissful dream of old times in Merry England, tho turkey plumes on the doacon's cane feathered him into lifo again. |