Roosevelt Standard | 1936-04-23 | Page 7 | The Flying Pond

the flying pond EAR buffalo N Y lives a aran farmer who once had a pond back of 0 his barn but lie have it now george IL tells the reason thus one evening last winter the farmer saw a lock flock of wild geese settle down tin on liis ills pond lie ile ran for his shotgun but before lie arrived at the pond it was too dark to see the geese eese plainly enough to shoot one so 0 he be decided to wait until morn in ins to try to big bag a goose that night there was a sudden drop in the temperature in the cold frosty dawn tile farmer hurried out to the barn ind and peered around the corner sure enough there were the geese sitting quietly out in the middle of the p pond nd lie stepped out into the open anil and raised ills his weapon immediately the geese set up a terrific clamor the next nest moment their thres threshing bing wings were carrying them hl high h into the air and with them went the farmers pond frozen solidly to their legs citizens of northern new york now look forward with dread to the coming coining of every winter they are afraid that a large flock of wild geese nay may sometime some time alight on lake ontario that a sudden change will freeze it to the legs of the big birds and that they will lose their lake just as the farmer lost his pond