%e FlLINE LlGHIWPOWER QW V / em* >IPANY '^ORGANIZED u '■ . . ■ glASON Q. FOSDICK closed the book that '4 ho had received by mail that morning, | "Electricity at a Glance," and for a long time stared at the blank wall of the tin- shop. Mr. Fosdick ■ Fosdick spent a great deal of his time in thought — probably most of his time. It was a com- mon saying in Whiffleville that "When Mr. Foadiek g.ete through his thinking something is going to happen 1" And in this the citizens were never disappointed, for invariably when Mr. Fosdick did get through his thinking something always did happen. Everybody liked the homely little man with the kindly face and the mild blue eye a, and in all the countryside none enjoyed a greater confidence and respect ras thinking. Mr. QCn-'CF. is not the dry thin<i thai some u people would like us to believe. Mr. Fos- dirk, in this diflh-atiiH! I'd,-, d.-wiuslrtiies this most aptly. Did you. ever stroke a cat in the dork, aut! wniti: the shirks leap between your hand and the- cat's fur? Perhaps you did. I'ut i! remained for the illustrious Fos- dick to commercialize this great inherent power. The results were most amazing, as the readers will soon find out. Shirting with a single eat, highly charged with electricity, see what a catastrophe — no pun intended — lie brings upon himself. There is only one point we missed and that is "H-'hitl electrode in the experiment was the CAThodc?" than Mr. Fosdick, for he was an inventor and genius. In all matters pertaining to science he was the village authority — even a greater authority than old Pro- fessor Snooka, the fiercely hewhiskered savant of Doolittle College up on the hill. Snooks had once called him "a doddering tinker," but this Mr. Fosdick attributed to jealousy as did all the in- habitants of Whiffleville, for the Professor was a pompous man and an unpopular one. No fair-minded person could doubt Mr. Fosdick's versatility in the arts and crafts, for upon the signboard that hung over the sidewalk, in front of the door of the tinshop, was lettered his many accomplishments: . JASON QV1NCY FOSDICK Tinsmith, Key-Fitter and Scissors-Grinder 31?