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Runs In The Spring
(Blue Bell)
it seemed, had job
other member of his
so meticulous about
of his tomahawk. It
Long years ago, even before
those hard times when sugar
cost two .cents a pound and one
had to walk across the street
to buy porterhouse steak, there
lived an Indian brave named
Wok;sis,
Whether the name is familiar
or not if you have a sweet tooth
you owe warrior Woksis a debt
of gratitude. This North Ameri
can redskin was the discoverex’
of maple syrup, or so Iroquois
legend goes.
Woksis,
pride. No
tribe was
the blade
was his invariable custoxn to put
an edge on his weapon every
sun-up. He liked a scalp to come
clean.
'One lamblike March morning,
Woksis went to work as usual
on his tomahawk. After several
minutes of labour he ran a criti
cal thumb over the blade and
grunted in satisfaction. Standing
up, the young brave raised him
self to his full height, wound up
after the manner of a modern
baseball pitcher, and hurled the
tomahawk. The blade bit deeply
into a healthy maple tree, some
10 paces away.
Woksis sat down and had his
breakfast before
tomahawk. Thexx
ing.
Squaw
then set
a matter
asm was
least. There was a long
be made for water.
The container was standing
against. tlxe trunk of the tree
which her brave had slashed,
with bls tomahawk. The Indian
maiden saw that sap had drop
ped from the wound right into
the earthenware .container. Call
it laziness or call it resourceful
ness, the young squaw did not
make a trip to the spring that
morning. Instead she plopped a
shoulder of deex’ into the sap
and placed it on the fire to boil.
In due course Woksis came
home, beset with hunger. Dinner
was set before him.
Behold instead of ordinary
ragout of venison, he had a
roast deliciously crusted with
maple sugar.
He congratulated his
saphappy squaw, ate his
then went in search of
to sing the praises of
confection which
a tree.
That was- the
maple syrup and
business.
And if Woksis (to say nothing
of his squaw) has somehow
retrieving the
he went hunt-
tidied up andWoksis
about preparing lunch,
for which her enthusi-
restrained to say the
hike to
blushing
fill, and
the boys
the new
oozed out of
start of the
maple sugar
missed the fame that ought to
be his, it is to be hoped that he
has at least fallen heir to one of
the snuggest corners of the
Happy hunting Grounds,
For maple syrup unquestion
ably is one of the New
great boone to suffering
ity.
All across Quebec and
production is getting underway
these days.
Woodlots are filled with the
steamy sickish-sweet odour that
drifts out of the shacks where
the sap is being boiled.
Each maple has a bucket dang
ling from a little metal tap.
Once a day men tramp
through the snow to collect the
sap and carry it to the shed,
in due time, come cans of
golden-brown nectar,
No need to follow it any far
ther—to the stacks of griddle
cakes and the piles of baking
powder biscuits’ which it is des
tined to garnish; to the various
forms of maple sugar and maple-
sugax* confections.
That, thank heaven, is a story
familiar to us all. But as you
treat yourself to your first help
ing of maple syrup this year;
you might pause to give a grate
ful thought to Woksis and his
resourceful squaw.
Bend Lions Hear
Sarnia Speaker
The regular meeting of Grand
Bend Lions was held at the Bren-.,
ner Hotel, Thursday evening, had
as theix’ guest speakex* Mr. Tony
Galonski, of the Polymer Co.
Sarnia. He spoke on deturgents
and was really well received. •
The Arkona Lions, some eigh
teen strong, visited the Grand
Gend Lions for Thursday’s meet
ing.
I
Passes Music Exams
Sixteen-year-old Nancy Tieman
of Dashwood recently passed the
piano section of A.W.C.M- exam
ination with first -class honours.
A few weeks ago she passed
the history test with first class
honours, attaining a mark of 96.
Nancy is one of the youngest to
apply fox’ hex' A.W.C-M. at the
University of Western Ontario.
Or Reader
Comments
Letter* to the editor publlithed
hereunder represent the views
of individual pernons. We Invite
our readers to make use pt this
eolunin.
in Lon-
World's
human
Ontario
District Men Visit
M issouri Farm
Livestock and poultry feeders
from this locality including Gor
don Ratz, Donald Gaisex’ of
Dashwood; C. A. Cann, and Ro
bert Ellerington of Exeter were
Ralston
at Gray
recent visitors at the
Purina Research Farm
Summit, Missouri.
The 738-acre
strates normal, i
conditions and the
shown how grade
poultry
profitably
can be
undei*
conditions. Among
inspected
farm
average
j visitors were
i animals and
raised more
typical farm
the practical
were the
demon
farm
operations
hog f a r r 0 w i u g and fattening
units, the dairy cattle project,
drylot and show calf feeding,
broiler installation, laying flocks,
ducks, turkeys, rabbits,
■goats, game birds and fur
ing animal units.
Following the day long-
tour, the visitors were
tained at the general offices of
the Ralston Purina Company in
St. Louis and the next day
toured the Research Laboratories
and saw how various types of
chows are manufactured in the
St. Louis Purina mill.
dogs,
bear-
farm
enter-
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Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller have
returned home from Florida.
Mr. and Mrs, Ted Stanlake
are home after a fine holiday in
the south.
Mr. West
for his new
Mr. Ken
sick list at _
Mrs. W. A. Mollard and Miss
Yeo spent the week-end
don with friends.
Mr, and Mrs. Garnett
of Forest were Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stat
ton.
Mr, and ’ Mrs. Roy Miller and
son Jack visited friends in Staffa
Sunday.
Mrs. Stan Gill was sorry to
be away from home when the
Monarch call came through to
her,
Mr. Elxner Mathers will soon
have the new house completed.
Mrs. William Beei’ is in Exeter
with Mr, Quance who has been
quite ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordoxx Pollock
from Detroit were visitors in the
village over the week-end.
Lawrence Mason has taken
over the Supertest station.
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