GO OWLS: We couldn’t resist this little sweetie (tweetie?) when
it arrived in our mail the other day.

Marian Swanson of Smethport sent the photo and this note: “I
know many of your readers are interested in all kinds of birds that
come to feeders. We were so surprised to see this baby owl visit
ours.”

So, what can we say? Bradford High’s football team meets
Clarion-Limestone tonight so we can only assume our sweetie tweetie
is saying, “Go Owls!”

SMALL TYPE: An astute reader of the paper sent a copy of our
Senior Citizens page and one of the comic strip, “They’ll Do It
Every Time,” which have a common theme.

The comic strip pointed out the irony that children’s book
usually have large type, while the things that “gramps” wants to
read are written in miniscule print.

And, sure enough, the enclosed Senior Citizens page had written
material that you’d have to read with a magnifying glass.

The reader’s comment? “‘Nuff said.”

We’ve noticed this before, ourselves – especially as we become
older. We’re particularly amazed when we see the “fine print” on
things like medicine bottles, eye products, and, of course, all
manner of financial documents.

Drives us crazy!

WET ONE: Bradford got a mention in the Sept. 6 edition of USA
Today which featured a map of the “Katrina aftermath.” Our rainfall
amount was listed as 4.14 inches for Aug. 24-30. We certainly
weren’t the highest – Perrine, Fla., had an astonishing 16.33
inches! New Orleans itself had “only” 7.2 inches; Hattiesburg,
Miss., 7.33;New Bedford, Mass., 5.65; and Pittsburgh, 1.7
inches.

No matter, we still could use more rain. The Katrina downpour
was, honestly, one of the few decent rainfalls we’ve had this
summer. Let’s hope we don’t make up for it with snow.

SEPT. 27, 1905: A quote in that day’s Era: “Because a man cannot
hear a dew drop is no sign that he is deaf, nor is it a sign of
blindness because he never saw a horse fly, a board walk, a stone
fence, a dog’s pants, a rope walk or a clam bake.”