The Frostburg spirit., October 09, 1913, Image 8

About The Frostburg spirit. (Frostburg, Md.) 1913-1915

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PANTHER BLOCKED
SHOCKEY’S PATH
Wei! Known Greenville Man
Encounters Savage Beast
on Mt. Savage.
It will soon be considered “dang-er
our to be safe” in the woods of this
locality, if people continue to come
face to face with large snakes and
ferocious wild animals, as they have
been doing of late. Big, snakes are
menace enough, but panthers are
worse, and much more to be Reared.
George Shockey, a farmer residing
in Somerset county, Pa., a short dis
tance west of Big Savage Mountain,
recently got the scare of his life while
returning form the town of Mt. Sav
age, to which place he had taken a
load of lumber and was returning
home in the evening, empty, (not full)
when he found his path blocked on
the east slope of the mountain, near
the top, by a feline monster with wav
ing j:ail and eyes that glowed like balls
of fire.
He was jogging along slowly when
his horses suddenly came to a halt
with a snort and began backing down
the mountain side, and in the road a
short distance in front of the team
was, a lithe, tawney form, crouched as
if ready to make a spring at the ani
mals’ throats.
Mr, Shockey is a strong man, reput
ed to be able to lick his weight in
wildcats, and hads always been a
stranger to fear, but he admits that
on this occasion his hair rose on end
with such suddenness that his hat al
most flew off his head. He was un
armed and had all he could do to hold
and quiet his frightened team. He
managed to get hold of a hatchet,
however, that was sticking in a stand
ard of the wagon, and resolved to sell
his life dearly if the beast made an
attack.
The panther, however, did not show
fight, but after a brief survey of the
frightened team and man with its
fiery orbs, gave three ear-splitting
yells, plunged into the bushes and
went crashing through the brush down
the mountain side. The fearsome
sounds that it emitted gave the horses
and driver a fresh scare, but their
fear was relieved when they heard the
beast vanishing in the distance.
Fvery now and then some timid
wayfarer in this vicinity has reported
seeing some ferocious wild beast sup
posed to be a panther or catamount,
but usually when the report was in
vestigated, the animal that caused
the scare turned out to be only a
skunk or stray house cat.
But on the authority of-'a veracious
citizen like George Shockey, a real
panther is now undoubtedly roaming
at large in that region, "and children
-ase-afraid-ta -go -to- school, or venture
into the” woods in search of nuts, and
men are afraid to travel over the
mountain roads unarmed.
In language too empathic and lurid
to print, Mr. Shockey swears by the
Great Horn Spoon, by the Gord Harry,
and also by Tom Pepper and Baron
Munchausen, that his panther story is
absolutely true in every detail. The
story coming from a man of unim
peachable authority, who can doubt it?
Praise and Blame for Maryland
Schools.
Praise and blame are alternately
meted out in a bulletin on Maryland
schools just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education. The
bulletin is an educational survey of
Montgomery county, but concerns it
self also with Maryland rural schools
in general, and with the whole rural
school problem throughout the United
(States. The Government publishes
the'detailed facts about this Maryland
county in the belief that a study of
them will aid in solving rural educa
tional problems elsewhere.
The chief weakness noted by the
Bureau’s report are: Too many one
room schools and too little consolida
tion; defective methods of lighting,
heating, ventilation, and of seating
pupils; the lack of recreation facili
ties; the low proportion of children of
school age enrolled or in regular at
tendance; the slight attention paid to
beautifying the surroundings of the
school buildings; and the absence
from the curriculum of studies prepar
ing for country life.”
On the other hand, the Bureau in
vestigators found some very import
ant sources of strength in the Mont
gomery schools: “Direct and capable
supervision; uniform grading, a suf
ficient number of buildings in good
repair; a teaching staff experienced,
relatively stable, and efficient; a fair
beginning of introducting into the
curriculum those subjects most close
ly adapted to rural needs, and a num
ber of high schools which in equip
ment and in the grade of work done
are well above the average for simi
lar communities.!’
The bulletin 'commends especially
the Maryland county organization of
schools, declaring that this system
has proved to be the most effective
machinery for the upbuilding of rural
education.
Civic Club Awards Prize^.
The annual prizes offered by the
Civic Club for the best kept yards,
were recently,awarded as follows:
East of Broadway—first prize, $5.00,
Mrs. James Dando, Hill street. Second
prize, $3.00, Mrs. A. J. Willison, Bow
ery street. Third prize, $2.00, Mrs.
Ann Thomas, Wood street. Fourth
prize, Peter fiammert, Uhl street.
West of Broadway—first prize, $5.00,
Mrs. Wasmuth, Ormand street. Sec
ond prize, $3.00, John T. Eewis, Frost
avenue. Third prize, $2.00, Mrs. J. T.
Johnson, Ormand street. Fourth prize,
SI.OO, Harry Bepler, W. Union street.
Members of the Civic Club, and
persons who had received prizes in
the past, were not eligible to compete
for prizes this year.
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