Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1917 — Powers of Flying Lemur. [ARTICLE]
Powers of Flying Lemur.
The flying lemur lives in the Indian archipelago. It is from two to three feet In length, and is furnished with a sort of membrane on each side of its body connecting its limbs with each other. This is extended and acts as a parachute while it takes its leaps, from a higher to a lower place. Sometimes it will soar from a distance of 800 feet, or about the length of a city block.
The woman advanced ominously. “Are you the teacher that tore Henry’s shirt?” “Yes.” “What did you do it for?” "Because Henry was naughty and wouldn’t behave. To make him listen to me I took him by the collar, and he broke away.” The woman swung the ball bat toward the teacher. “Next time he don’t behave,” she said, “you hit him with this.” —Newark News.
