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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday May It Page IS Book review Startling accounts revealed By CYNTHIA SMITH Who doesnt like to while away a rainy summer weekend in a quiet spot reading tales of the unusual This seems to be the year for the supernatural in anthologies If only Mackenzie King were around to day to see the flowering of literature on a subject so dear to his heart John Robert Colombo has pro duced his second book on the unex plained Mysterious Encounters Personal Accounts of the Super natural In Canada Press pages A strength of this book is that is features the often startling ac counts of ordinary people who are either Canadian or who had the ex perience in Canada Very few of the stories are by wellknown writers Each story is written in the first person and the style is that of the narrator only slightly edited by Colombo who does provide an introduction to each piece as well as a long clear preface The stories in the book which is divid ed into nine sections of eight ex cerpts each range from native lore to recent UFO sightings The most vexing aspect of this an thology is the uneveness of the segments Too often the readers gets into a section only to be left dangling Even the mysterious and unexplained requires a bit of amplification at times PHONEY WINDIGO The sections on native mysteries and animal mysteries emphasize animism and pantheism Hudsons Bay Company Factor Godsell in The gives a firstclass account of how he created a phoney Windigo and terrorized th native fur traders into abandoning camp and their furs which were intended for Godsells competitor Godsell then appeared as a hero having killed the Windigo and purchased the furs for his company Sad but true And then there are the bear men Sasquatches of Charles Floods I Stood Still Wondering Great Stories The mysteries would I fear disappoint Macken zie King The late prime minister would be only too sorry to discover the true reason behind the mysterious rappings of the in famous teenage Fox sisters who in itiated the modern spiritualist movement boards seances theyre all there for every en thusiast of spiritualism The psychic mysteries section has everything those interested in psychic phenomena from the revelatory discussion to the precognltive dream but the natural mysteries section disap points most of the phenomena have been explained away by o 8731409 AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO lit for your Listening and dancing pleasure MAIN ST S scientific developments Human mysteries and ghostly mysteries provide good Canadian ghost stories one on Pape Avenue in Toronto would provide a grand scenario for a Stephen King novel The visionary mysteries section although uneven in quality presents one great excerpt on the twilight zone truck stop a sur real event experienced by a family travelling Highway near BC In the middle of the night they stopped for coffee at a vintage 60s Texaco truck stop Only pro blem was that is wasnt there in the daytime But what explains the coffee The last section of the book is devoted not surprisingly to This book would be good to add to the cottage or camp collections Taken at one bite it suffers nibbl ed it satisfies Cynthia Smith was the editor of Sir John A An Anecdotal Life or Sir John A and associate editor with JT of the Oxford Book of Canadian Political Anecdotes Thomson Newsservice Farriers compete against time Take look you ma you the lucky winner or prim you re may be your mm to win Georgetown Cm drop In at The Herald by arrow li mas Callus Guelph SI Georgetown to MILTON Experienced and novice farriers will race against time to forge madetoorder horseshoes as the Ontario Agricultural Museum hosts its se cond annual Anvil and Iron Horseshoeing Competition and Equine Show May 26 and 27 The event held in conjunction with the Ontario Farriers Associa tion will involve skilled blacksmiths from Ontario Quebec and abroad Competitors will have the opportunity to com pete in four categories including a liveshoeing division The com petition will familiarize visitors with a skill now centuries old The weekend activities will also include a riding demonstration by the Metropolitan Toronto Police Mounted Unit The Museum features over 30 buildings and displays on its 32 hectare site Costumed inter preters tractordrawn wagon rides farm animals and more will Be A Cool Cat And Check Out the Savings the Classified Section i hTh TAXI 8771234 SERVICE IAHCI I TAKE A BREAK WITH the HERALD Your copy Is available at many of our conveniently located dealers as GEORGETOWN GENERAL STORE Downtown Georgetown PICK UP YOUR FREE COPY OF THE TODAY moke your day in the country an enjoyable one The site is open 10 am to m daily May to September 23 Located km west of Milton the Museum can be reached from Highway via exit 320 or 312 north and follow the signs Admission rates include 3 for adults for seniors and youths years 750 for families Come and experience the and sounds of rural Ontario May and 27 and be part of the Museums second 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