HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-11-16, Page 7Rambling With Lucy
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Indian summer; A period of calm, dry, mild weather, with
hazy atmosphere occurring in the late autumn ip northern U.S.
- Oxford Universal Dictionary.
Lucy thinks of Indian summer as a port of buffer, easing the
shock of the first taste of winter before it really comes to stay.
And she hopes that the mild weather at time of writing has come
to stay as Indian summer tor she’d feel mere satisfied if spring
and summer flowering bulb specialties, late in arriving and even
some dug up form her own garden last summer were safely
deposited within warm Mother Earth.
Carl has been busy preparing for winter. He pulled the tall
corn and shocked the stocks, Sand! the cat was delighted to help
in this work (he’d returned from a 10-day trip somewhere).
The garden was tidied up the weeds pulled and piled up to
burn in the spring. The weather was mild and damp so “Mr”
sort of jested on his oars, Then the first weekend in November
brought such bitter cold winds and a forecast of 20 degrees
fahrenheit that he was kept quite busy.
The apples, potatoes, etc, had to be brought into the sun
room from the barn and other vegetables and bulbs from the
front porch - for with a driving nor’wester and 20 degrees
fahrenheit they might as well be outside as in that old glass
porch. Fortunatley an early scare resulted in the amaryllis pots
being dug up and the pots of tuberous begonias and gloxinias
outside the sun room being transported to the cellar.
Then there was soft water to be bottled for an emergency,
the soft water storage barrels drained, the outside water taps
shut off. And after the snow came, Carl erected the snow fence
with help from Sandi the cat,
Yes, it was a busy cold time but the amazing part was that
the predictions of 20 degrees fahrenheit low were 10 degrees
too low at “The Huf”. It may be we are sitting over a hot spring
for the thermometer never registered below 30 degrees fahren
heit. At the same time Lucy recalls one year when it dropped
much lower than expected without any warning - water pipes,
etc. in cottages, were frozen.
Now that the snow has gone, “Mr,” is enjoying lettuce from
the garden planted the end of June and the middle of August —
the result of a wet summer and autumn. But he isn’t counting
on a long Indian summer and has put wire around his little
fruit trees. This year he takes no chances by spraying with
a repellant to keep off rabbits.
The storm windows are on; It gives Lucy a comfortable feel
ing, She sees the odd sparrow and blue jay. One day she thought
the cardinal was outside her bedroom window but it was a red
curled leaf partly covered by a green one, clinging to a branch
of Bell’s cherry tree and waving in the breeze.
On October 31 she was delighted to see nine sparrows bathing
in the small bird bath before it was stored away. “Mr?* has
cleaned the feeding station, put in fresh sand and gravel. But one
only sees an odd sparrow, one pair of chickadees and a pair
of blue jays. “Where have our birds gone?” one lady enquired
of Lucy.
The ’mums in the garden are a sad looking lot since the
recent storm, but perhaps, if the weather remains mild more
buds will open, and there may be more “last roses of summer”
in that case - a beautiful big Peace rose was thrown out last
week.
Mrs. .Charles Bell brought Lucy some dusty miller to brighten
up the house. And Lucy’s spouse, looking- ahead to Christmas
rescued some physollis - Chinese Lanterns - and hung them up.
Lucy hopes such signs as dandelions, wild aster, purple
violet with a long stem, and two dwarf cravesbill (dwarf geranium)
reported in bloom on Cameron Street by Mrs. J.E. Howard,
as well as the new moon being farther to the south than she has
ever seen it, mean more warm weather.
The pretty golden leaves floated away from a little maple
tree next door. The forsythia by the barn is still in full leaf
(with a yfew yellow bells). The leaves have a pink and yellow
hue in spojts, -a ; v -
Mrs. Howard saw a flock of nine wild geese one day before
the snow, and “Mr.” described a flock of big birds flying
south, very high, which she thought were probably swans.
Although thp county roads de
partment shows p deficit at this
moment of $33,908, by the year
end this deficit will have been
wiped out and a small surplus
is anticipated. County Treas
urer J,G.Berry told the mem
bers of Huron County Council
at the November session in
Goderich Monday,
He pointed out that the high
ways department always oper
ates with a deficit until the
year end. '
Mr, Berry said that the other
departments are operating with-
in their budgets and the finan
ces for the balance of the year
appear promising, Financial re
ports were presented as
follows: general account, high
ways, county health unit, county
library, county home, and Chil
dren's Aid Society.
Due to increased demands on
the finances of the County during
1967, original borrowing bylaw
for 1967 will have to be amended
from $300,000 to $400,000, he
stated,
“Although no definite infor
mation is forthcoming, there
is every indication that the Pro
vince of Ontario will be respon
sible for the cost of adminis
tration of justice after January
1, 1968^, the treasurer predic
ted. “Details haven’t been made
Known to us; therefore I cannot
advise the saving as far as the
County is concerned, but the
amount could range anywhere
ftojn.$6Q,0pp to $90,ppp?’
The Clerk-Treasurer repor
ted pn a recent convention of
the Ontario Counties in Niagara
Falls, whiph he had attended
as a delegate. The county of
Hurpn had go many resolutions
he was put on the committee,
he said,
The convention endorsed the
following: 100 per cent parti
cipation, in a county library
system; uniform education sys
tem; exempt members of muni-
cipal councils from contributing
to the Canada Tension Planjand
filed a Town of Clinton resolu
tion regarding Juvenile Delin
quents Act, and referred to
committee a proposed income
tax exemption' for councillors
up to $1,000.
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