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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Bayfield Bulletin, 1965-02-18, Page 3BAYF1ELD PHONE 10 COLONIAL BEDROOM SUITE CINNAMON Finish $179.00 LODGE FURNITURE West St. 524-7521 Goderich FOR THE BIRDS! Letts Not Neglect Our Little Feathered Friends I Give them A Nourishing Treat With These: Sunflower Seeds 3 lbs. 53c Bird Seed Mix 5 I lbs. 59c HOVEY'S GENERAL STORE . For . . BUILDING SUPPLIES and HARDWARE Of All Kinds . It's BAYFIELD HARDWARE and LUMBER BAYFIELD Phone 3-R-3 PAGE 4-THE BULLETIN-Feb.18,1965 BUSHY TALES by ART ELLIOTT FINK Plumbing & Heating Ltd Electrical Service ED FINK BILL FINK Hensall 36 Clinton 482-7682 AMBULANCE G E SERVICE GODERICH 425-7401 Oxygen, First Aid Equloment PATTERSON'S USED FURNITURE 97 St. Patrick St. — Goderich — Dial 524-7616 • Sky Harbor Ak Services Goderich Chartered and Sightseeing Flights — Student Training SKY HARBOR — HIGHWAY 21 — PHONE 524-7385 ECKERT PLUMBING & ELECTRIC SALES and SERVICE Highway 21 — BAYFIELD — Phone 92 [ WORSELL BROTHERS P LUMBING -- HEATING -- HARDWARE 122 The Square — GODERICH — 524-7952 FOR SALE BY TENDER SILO and BARN less liner carder. steel stabling and fan. Located at 120 Raglan Street, Clinton. Sale to include removal after 10 May 1965 and before a date noceptahle to the Clinton !Ns- trio Collegiate Institute Board. Offer to state clearly if price includes levelling of site or leaving of foundations. Barn may be viewed until 26 Febru- ary 1965. Highest bid not neces.sa rily accepted. Tenders so marked, to be postmarked not later than Friday, 26 Feb- ruary 1965 and addressed to Mr, L. R. Maloney, Business Administrator. Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board. How can you save $2 on Canada's finest white paint? CILIONE SATIN LATEX Buy, this Inside each giant-sized box of OMO detergent (marked "January Whitt, Sale") there's a coupon worth $2.00 off a gallon Of any G-I-L White Paint. Redeem it here. CIIMMO McArthur & Reilly Ltd. 36 WEST ST. GODER,CH nd is the best type of dog to use. He is much slower than the larger hounds and as a result, the rabbit will circle much qui- cker when chased.The snowshoe has very pow- erful hind legs and speed is his salvat- ion. When chased by fast dogs he can run a mile in less than two minut.e6, and will run 'Tally miles distant in hot pursuit. When this occurs the hunt- er may spend many ho- urs trying to find his dog, and in some cases never does. "One thing is cert- ain, the snowshoe will not :tole up during a chase like the cotton tail rabbit does. If he did he would elude most of his enemies. "When skinned and cleaned properly and soaked in salt water for a few hours, the proper cooking makes a snowshoe rabbit a delicious food item. However, once he sta- rts to browse on ced- ar, the flavor chang- es and can be detect- ed when eaten. This can also be said of the cottontail during periods of heavy snow. "Try a pair of these rabbits dressed the same as a chicken and roast along with a four or five pound roast of pork. We have yet to hear of anyone not liking this deli- cacy." While living in the bush, the simplest way is to make the legs and tenderloin the basis of a stew, along with a few bre- asts of partridge or ptarmigan if you hap- pen to be lucky enoue to bag some at the same time. Personal preferences will vary 'of course, but my preference runs to the inclusion of some onion, potatoes, plus another vegetable and finally some dum- plings, made the same as baking powder bis- cuits. with the dark back- ground." I know from personal experience that this is true. A small party of hunters, including your correspondent, had a field day with snowshoe rabbits in the bush around the old Borddulac gold mine in Northern Ont. The pure white rab- bits stood out again- st the dark ground almost as brightly as neon lights. It was so simple to spot the little beasts that it took all the fun out of it. The rabbits seemed to feel secure and would "freeze" and stand stock still, expecting to avoid de- tection. It was just too easy. Needless to say, the stew pots were full of rabbit for a few days. The Dapartment adds: "The large pads on the feet act in much the same manner as snowshoes used by man making it easy for his to travel on top of the deep snow. "Snowshoe rabbits prefer dense bush to live in, and like most wild life, feed and roam at night. This food consists mainly of vegetation, with the exception of the winter months. Once the snow covers the vegetation, he lives on twigs, buds and the bark of small trees. During the day he lies by old logs, at the base of a tree under brush or may hide in a cave. "When the rabbit is startled, he usually runs a short distance stops, and if further pursued, he will run in a circle covering an arra of two acres or less, and in many cases-he will come back close to where he was dislodged in the first place from hie resting place. "When hunting snow- shoe, the beagle hou- NEAR & HOFFMEYER Specialists in Plumbing, Air Conditioning and Gos, Oil, Electric Heating GODERICH J 5 Kingston St.—Dial 524-7861 Kindly mail your Renewal Today.) (Quarterly Subscriptions from June Have Now Expired. ) enclosing $4.00 for One Year - ($5.00 to U.S.A.) We are - $2.00 for Six Months - ($2.50 to U.S.A.) $1.00 for Three Months ) ($1.25 to U.S.A.) NAME STREET CITY or TOWN PROVINCE or STATE Moose Include Postal Zone if any) Yes, We Want A Local Permanent Paper! MEMO (Your Cornrncits And Suggestions For Improvement of The Bulletin ore always welcome. Jot them down here:) THANK YOU, ART ELLIOTT, Editor and Publisher THE BAYFIELD BULLETIN. E Your comfort is our concern! I. W. MacDONALD ELECTRIC CO. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS Specializing in Electric Heating Complete Motor Rewinding and Repair Service CLINTON DIAL 482-7702 GODERICH PHONE 524-7851 IT HELPS TO SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE BULLETIN Snowshoe rabbits have been woven into my experience in the bush ever since it began in 1934 in the Little Long Lac area. They have played an important, in fact a vital part on the men- u from time to time, but one can still learn more about the creatures by listen- ing to the experts of the Ontario Depart- ment of Lands and Fo- rests, who this week sent us this bit of information: "There is one sport that a great many hunters overlook, and that is hunting for Varying Hare (never knew the correct name before) commonly kno- wn as the snowshoe rabbit. "The snowshoe is a yellowish brown col- or in the summer mon- ths. In the Fall he changes color and fin- ally turns pure white with the exception of the tips of his ears which remain black. "In the Spring, as the warmer weather ar: rives, the pure white coat changes back to the summer color.The white color in the Winter makes him so much more difficult to see against the snow background.After a thaw when there is no snow on the ground he contrasts strongly PORTRAITS -- WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL /oh Zaseiz 15A Victoria St., Clinton Friday and Saturday 2 to a p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. for appointments. B. R. MUNDAY Specializing in Sparton TV Service Also Portable Fool Proof Sound Service 127 Widder St., Goderich INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Residence 482-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7285 YOUR ESSO FARM AGENT IMPERIAL • GASOLINE • FUEL OIL Ask About Our FREE HOME HEAT SERVICE HAROLD BLACK 296 James St.—Clinton Phone 482-3873 FOR SALE Used furnace, Iron Fireman stoker,blower. Also new water soften- er. 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