Toboggan

There is some controversy going on as to the word "toboggan." Scveral authorities claim that it is from tlie Indian. A prominent Uticaü of Celtic extraction, lmwi'viii', in.sists that it is an Irish word, and hegets atit.s origin thns: Once apon a time a poor farmer in County Cork discovered a valuadle jieal bed on the few arres he happencd to own. His fortune was soon made, for he let the farming 'slide" and went to