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Tender Plants Now
N.Vith the arrival of cooler
weather ending the outdoor
growing season ,tender garden
plants such as tuberous begon-
ias, dahlias and gladioli should
be harvested. 'Tuberous begon-
ias and dahlias should be dug
up after the first frosts have
blackened their foliage.
Dahlias should be cut down
to within two or three inches
of the ground and dug carefully
to avoid damage to the roots.
Choose a sunny day for har-
vesting, turn the roots upside
down and let them dry in the
sun for the remainder of the
day. Then they should be
brought indoors and stored in
boxes of dry peat, sand, saw-
dust or other suitable material
to prevent dry out.
Begonias are treated as dah-
lias except the whole plant is
dug and left to dry. The stems
are removed sometime later and
the tubers stored in sand, peat
or sawdust.
Thursday, October 22, 1964—Bayfield Bulletin—Page 5
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THE BAYFIELD
Phone 96 P.O. Box 84
Diary af a Vagabond
Farewell 6176!
What does a railroad buff
look like? Apparently like any
ordinary bloke except for a
gleam in his eye and unbeliev-
able fortitude. I saw some 900
of the clan, mostly members
and friends of the Upper Can-
ada Railway Society on a re-
cent drizzly fall day. Crowded
in 18 coaches with standing
room only in the baggage car,
they traveled from Toronto to
Huntsville. The attraction was
said to be the riot of color at
that time of year in the leaves
of the hard maples and birch
that abound in this area of the
Muskoka Lakes. If the truth
were acknowledged, most of the
passengers had taken the trip
to pay a last tribute to the
CN's old 6167, a venerable
steam engine headed for the
scrap heap.
For the second time this year
I was greeted with a 'sold right
out' declaration when I request-
ed a ticket for this excursion.
It would appear that a very
large segment of our popula-
tion is acquiring the 'travel by
rail' habit. Stranded in Van-
couver without a reservation
this last summer wasn't too
hard for me to take. I was
sure, sooner or later there
would be another train headed
east with space for me to re-
pose for the three day and
night journey. 6167, however,
may never turn another wheel.
It seemed important to me to
find another means of trans-
portation so that I could take
part in the tribute to the past.
It landed me on the bridge
that sixin.s the CN tracks on
the main highway just as the
old lady, huffing and puffing
and being urged by locomotive
6218 rejuvenated for excursion
purposes, came over the horiz-
on.
A Gala Sight
Practically the entire 1)opula-
Lion of Huntsville was there to
greet train and passengers. The
streets of this lovely, craggy
town were never more crowded
with humility even in the
height of the tourist season,
than on that Saturday after-
noon. And Nature, even in a
weepy mood, put on a pageant
of color that stirred awe and
admiration, especially among
those railway enthusiasts who
had travelled from the 'deep
Routh' and other heavily popul-
ated areas of the United States
to attend this wake for the old
engine.
After the first excitement of
the run-past for camera addicts
and the tape recorders and
when the human squeals of
pleasure was over, most of
those aboard tramped up to the
lookout, or commandeered cars
to take them to spectacular
points of vantage which abound
in this area of Ontario.
I visited Marjorie Demaine in
her home on nearby Vernon
Lake. I had read in one of our
national magazines about the
stair carpet she embroidered.
It had seemed so fantastic in
print I wanted to see this am-
azing creation with my own
eyes. The small black and
white cut which appeared in
the magazine with the text
could hardly do justice to Miss
Demaine's endeavor. Depicting
Waste Of Time
Heavy traffic moving at
speed is usually a picture of
mass stupidity, says the Ontario
Safety League. Stupidity and
callousness. Why? Because
such a large proportion of driv-
ers keep dangerously and un-
necessarily close to the car
ahead, imperilling themselves
and others.
Pedestrians are asked to re-
member that illegal, mid-block
crossing is even more danger-
ous in bad weather. The choice
can be . . . walk to the corner,
the history of the Demaine
family, it is embroidered on
chicken feed bags in jute twine.
The colors are exquisite and
the quaint primitive figures tell
the story of this family, so well
known in the area. from the
earliest settler to the two bro-
thers and their talented sister
who now reside on the farm.
Miss Demaine is also a cor-
respondent for the local weekly
newspaper, the Huntsville For-
ester, she acts on the Sisted
Township Fair Board, is hostess
during the summer and hunting
season to many guests who re-
peat their visits year after
year, and is a photography hob-
byist who has had a number
of her colored pictures chosen
for reproduction on postcards.
More than 500 people have call-
ed to see the carpet since it
made print. Most are register-
ed in her guest book and will
be reminders of a summer sea-
son when leaves have fallen and
tourists departed.