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inherited A Legacy
The will of Miss Lydia Wil-
berfotce, of Mulford, Yak, in.
which she left her 10 dogs a
house, furniture and R,30,00Q
for their keep, is by no means
unique. Many eccentric women
think mare of their pets than
they do of their fellow crea-
tures,
$orrie years ago Miss Sorabji,
first Indian woman to'read law
at Oxford, received a brief to
defend an elephant that had
been the favourite of a Hindu
ruler, In his will he had left
an entire plantation to the ele-
phant, which was given the
right to eat as much fruit as it
liked, tear up trees or trample
anything it chose,
The new ruler considered this
to be wasteful and had the ani-
mal ejected. The, mahout (keep-
er) ' then appealed to Miss
Sorabji and invoked her aid.
Fortunes For Pets
As Miss Sorabji entered -,the
court, she stopped to pat a dog
in her path. To her astOnishe
meat the judge instantly ex-
claimed: "Whoever interferes
with the grant of the plantation
to the elephant shall be trampl-
ed to death by wild elephants I"
This decision was reached
because the' judge decided to let
the reactions of his favourite
dog point the way. When it re-
sponded to Miss Sorabji's pat-
ting he concluded that her
client must be in the right.
In 1937 there was a tremend-
ous' stir over the will of a widow
who left a fortune to her peke,
Poochey La La, together with a
sizeable slice for the local clergy
to offer prayers for its doggy
soul.
Dusty, a fox terrier belong-
ing to Mrs. Mary S. Morrow of
Florida, was left 242,000 to
Provide for his declining years-,
with only one proviso-that he
must never be allowed to mate.
And Tommy Tucker, an enor-
mous 5-yeareeld alley 'cat that
had wandered into Miss Louise
Baier's home in New York and
made itself the centre of her
existence, was left £2,000.
Dogs and Oats don't live very
long, and even where the courts
uphold such legacies, waiting
relatives usually get the money
within a few years. But when
Miss Vera Barnes of Cambridge,
Mass., left £7,000 to her par-
rot, relatives gave up hope, It
was but four years old and par-
rots have been known to live
to be a hundred.
What is perhaps the strangest
will was made by a man who
had one of the strangest "pets."
Col. W. H. Jackson of Athens,
Georgia, would sit each day
under a giant oak,
He had known the tree since
he was a boy, and as the seasons
changed he watched it change,
too, He feared that after his
death it would be cut down, so
in his will he gave the tree
ownership of itself together
with the land within a radius of
12 feet from the outer edge of
the trunk.
Farm tractors are now so mem-
mon on Canadian farms that they
are often overlooked as a chief
cause of farm accidents. The Add
adage "Familiarity Breeds. Con-
tempt" is oqly too often true.
M.
Despite the safety devices and
improvements manufacturers are
constantly incorporating in their
machines, their construction and
the terrain they have to cover,
make them vulnerable to care-
less driving.
Here is a list of practices which
may cause a tractor to upset;
they are all caused by the human
element:
1, Turning corners at high speeds.
2, Brakes not balanced with the
result that the brake on one
side operates before the other,
throwing the tractor to one
side.
3. Driving the tractor too fast
over rough ground so that the
driver, in his efforts to hang
on, loses control.
4. Trying to take short cuts over
steep banks and' ditches.
5. Making "Jack - rabbit" starts
when the tractor is pulling a
heavy load, causing the tractor
to go over backward.
8.Hitching loads to some part
of the tractor other than the
draw-bar. This makes the pos-
sibility of the tractor over-
turning backward very much
greater. * *
People can be killed or injured
when the following practices are
permitted:
1. Hooking up implements by
backing the tractor while
standing on the ground,
2, Riding on the tractor draw-bar
or fenders.
3, Allowing, others tO ride on the
tractor..
4. Allowing children to operate
tractors.
5.Allowing children to ride on
or play around tracters.
SINGLETON`'- Familiar enough
to residents of Provo, .14toh, but
eyebrow-raising to strangers is
Robert Collier, oh his • home-
made unicycle. I-ise is a student
at Brigham , Young University
and a cadet In the ROTC. Bob
says that as soon as he can
save enough money, he'll add
another wheel and , have a
conVetitional
We could not afford to miss
the Easter season. At this time
we take a stronger ,grip Upon
the eternal. Our thoughts go
beyond the grave to the glorious
resurrection.. The Easter lily
reminds us of the freshness and
beauty of our new body. Our
minds are quickened at the
thought. In it all we see Jesus
Christ;-the One who died for
our sins and rose again the third
day.
No other religion,-and there
are many,-claims that its lead-
er rose from the dead. Chris-
tianity holds this distinetion.
We believe that Jesus. Christ
rose from the dead because the
Bible ,records it and, the Bible
never lies. He was seen several
times after his resurrection,-on
one occasion by about 500
people.
I believe in the resurrection
because of the change produced
in the lives of people who be-
lieve in this living Saviour.
They forsake their sins and find
a new joy and purpose in life.
Only a living Christ could do
this for them.
He' who comes to the hour. of
death with this assurance has a
firm hope. TO him death is not
the end. It is an entrance into
a fuller and richer * life., He
knows it will be better than this
life. 'There-will be no tears and
no pain. To be with ,Christ will
be far better. But 'to come to
the.. hour of Death without
knowing Jesus Christ in his re-
demptive power Is frightening.
There is no assurance. Chris-
tians die well, They die •well
because by the grace of pod
they have lived well.
I pant for the music which is
divine;
My heart in its thirst is a dying
flower;
Pour forth the sound like en-
chanted wine,
Loosen the notes in a silver
shower;
Like a herbless plain, for the
I gagsepri, faint,
tle rain
till 'they wake
again. -Shelley.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
Idle tractors on the farm do
not have to be fed but there is a
close relationship between the
number of hours a tractor is used
during the year and the cost
per hour of,
* * *
In a study of tractor costs on
124 one-tractor farms - 83 in On-
tario and 41 in Quebec, the Ec-
onomics Division, Department of
Agriculture, Ottawa, found the
cost per hour of tractor use var-
ied from 83 cents when used 694
hours per year, to $2.14 when
used only 119 hours. Similar
differences were found for many
of the tractor operated machines
such as ploughs, seed drills, com-
bines, forage harvesters and hay
balers.
« *
Cost per acre for most farm
Operations on the 124 farms
studied was less where tractors
were used than with horses, even
with the same size implements,
Ploughing, with a 2-furrow
plough and 3 horses, an average
of 34 acres per year, cost $9,42
per acre. With a 2-furrow, two-
plough tractor, ploughing an av-
erage of 45 acres per year, the
cost was $3.02 per acre.
* *
Mowing hay the average horse
drawn mower on the Ontario
farms cut 31 acres at a cost of
$2.58 per acre, With a tractor,
mowing on the average 54 acres
pee. year, the cost was $1.64 ,per
acre. On the Quebec farms, horse
mowers cut an average of 40
acres at $2.42 per acre and the
tractors 77 acres at $1.18 pee
acre.
*
These records indicate that on
small farms a definite saving in
machinery costs can be made by
exchanging work with neigh-
bours. Where one farmer owns
a combine, another a forage har-
vester, perhaps another a hay
baler, by exchanging work each
machine cari:he used double the
number of -hours. It can be done
on a basis of exchanging work or
by charging regular custom rates
for each machine.
Guard of Honor
For Two Old Goats
When information, reached a
native police chief in New
Guinea the other day that the
administrator and some other
big-wigs were to pay a visit, he
hurriedly got his ten-man squad
spruced up and ready for the
reception of the VIP's.
An aircraft landed. just about
the time when the administrator
was due, The police chief, his
squad lined up behind hini, ask-
ed the pilot whom he had on
board. "Just a. couple of old
goats," the pilot replied.
The police chief, accustomed
to the disrespectful aspersions
sometimes cast on high person-
ages, took it for granted that
the administrator was one of
the "old goats" and 'when the
landing door opened, got his
men to snap to attention and
present arms,
Out shuffled two very ancient
goats which had been ordered_
from a neighboring island by a
farmer,
Prithee, pretty maideh-prithee
tell me true,
(Hey, but I'm doleful, willow.
willow eval30) • Have you e'er a lover a clang-7
ling after you7
Hey willow waly 0!
S. Gilbert,
GREEN
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Avoid These Mistakes
Planting too deep, too close,
and too soon, are probably the
most common mistakes in gard-
ening. One should forget all
about the tiny seeds one is sow-
ing and think only of the size
of the plants those tiny seeds
will grow.
Even little fellows, like alys-
sum or portulaca, or leaf lettuce
and green onions, require some
space to develop properly. The
safe rule is about at least half
as much space between plants
as they Will be high when full
grown. With small flowers and
Vegetables this means at least
a couple of inches between and
With' zinnias, peas, beans, etc,
at least four to' six inches. With
dahlias and corn this should be
12 to' 18 inches. The rule for
depth is three times the diem-
Mee of the seed or root planted.
This means that really tiny seeds
should be merely pressed in the
soil While such things as beans
and pees should be covered
about an inch deep, The bulbs
or corms of tall flowers like
gladiolus' atici dahlias Should go
dowo front six to 12 inches.
Geed Toole
Gardening does hot require
expensive equipenent. But it will
be dealer with a feW special
tools. With most of this hazed
equipment it is edVieable to hive
long handles se that one doe's
not have to stoop. It le surpris-
ing' how accurete. died quickly
one cell do thinning and Weed-
ing of even tiny etuft with a
long saluted id sharp hoe or c-
tiVator provided the same is
arrow comes to a point, The
te-shaped dutch 'tides are ef-
Cellent then for killing weeds
and loosening hp the ton soil,
but one Must be eareftil in using
toe clOse to spraWly' Vegetables
and flowers. 'There are ally 'SOU
of tiny takes, troVirela and CUM-
Vatets, With Of this eqUiP4
tirteitt. dr`4. - The indiiinq Swine ttegers Association
is headed by President Bob. Parkison., This naMe 41SO' appeart
secretary of the n61.1(50(31 breeders' aSsociatiOn. Yet this success
kit farm leader hasn',t Walked - in 18 years.' His- spine woe
severed in iii auto accident iii 1937 when he Was beginning
a career as 4a county agent. "Seated in 'a wheel chair he has.
Won his battle. against life's adversities. drives: a specially
equipped autorndbile,,A heartening example for others Who a re
handicapped, he has. Made himself one of his state's MO'
titirtifeed farmers, His. swine are etnisistetif eliew Winhere anti
one; year SWept all honors at the itatiao fair, 'He is pictured' with
Fashion Hi 1I nts •
DY Rev it. earChi) WatrPn
Qur AsSUraaee of Eternal tdito
1 Corinthians 15: la,
XPIrOrY $electien: 'A am 'the
resurrection, and the life; he
that hplieveth in me, though ne
were dead, yet shall lie live: and,
whosoever Ilveth and he-
lleveth in me shall never die.
John 11:35-•,-o.
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A Spring Coat Dress with the new linen look and smartly tailored
detail designed by Jacques Michel, of Montreal, for the first
New York showing, featuring Canadian fabrics, of the Associa-
tion of Canadian Couturiers, at the Hotel Pierre. The double-
breasted front is trimmed with large white pearl buttons and
flapped hip pockets. The back has a slightly bloused effect at
the waistline and a deep walking pleat. The fabric is a blend of
acetate and viscose.
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AU down the ges men have
been, fascinated, by midgets, The
Pharaohs regaled their leisure
moments with specimens picked
from the pigmy races of East
Africa. One of the most famous
of ,e,gyptian midgets was nine- ,
tas, from the Greek island of
Cos, who bad to weer leaden
shoes to prevent himself from
being blown, away,
The Romans were eo crazy
about dwarfs that supply fell
short of demand, This led to the
horrible practice of dwarfing,
children artificially. Childree
were 'compressed into boxes to
stunt their growth, and the
freaks that were the outcome of
this inhuman treetmeot were
sold for big money to' rich ROe
mans.
It is at the court of kings, ext
as attendants upon persons of
rank that the names of dwarfs
and midgets have survived in
this country. The boy King,
Edward VI,, for instance, kept a
dwarf called Xit, which went
around with the giants Og, Gog
and Magog, guards of the en-
trance to the Tower of London.
At the court of Charles I was
:Jeffery Hudson who, although
standing enly eighteen inches OD
his ninth birthday, had a per-
fectly proportioned body. He
was the son ofe normal parents
in the employ of the Duke of
Buclungham.
When the Buckinghams were
honoured by a visit froth King
Charles and his Queen, Henriet
ta Maria, the Duchess had her ,
tiny henchman placed in a pie
which was set before the 'Queen
at dinner,, Hp went. the pastry, '
and out .etepped the manikin, to
the delight of the Queen, who"
pegged to be allowed to take
him home with hee.
So Jeffery Hudson was pro.:
moted to court circles. The
Queen never" lost her affection
for him, and when she was in
need of a midwife *she dispatch-
ed Hudson, to Prance to fetch
one. On his way back Flemish
pirates seized the ship arid with
it 22,500-worth of gifte intend/
ed for the Queen, iii. addition'
to her pet Midget and the mid-
By
wife..
the':tithe Hudson had made
good his escape, England was
in the grip of civil war. Attired
in miniature Cavalier. uniform,
Hudson' led a troop of horse
with the otinost gallantry and
earned., .himself the title of
"strenuous Jeffery." For his
loyalty he Was dubleed knight •
by hie'SOVereign,
When the Queen -was forced
to seek refuge in Paris Sir Jef-
fery was by her side. After the
thrills of battle he found exile
very'etaine and, in order to
liven up matters, he staged
couple of duels. In the first his
opponent we's 'a:" turkey-cock, and
no greattharrn befell him.
But the second duel was a
serious affair ,in which he was
opposed to a gentleman named
Crofts. Crofts, treating Hudson's
challenge as a joke, arrived arm-
ed only with, a squirt. But the
midget was in an evil frame of
mind.. He met his antagonist
seated upon a horse, which
raised n to a convenient level.
Then taking careful aim with
his pistol, he shot Crofts dead.
After that even Cromwell's
England. was preferable to a
Paris hot for his blood. But Hud-
son was again captured by pir-
ates in .his flight across the
Channel, arid sold into slavery.
So great was the shock to his
system that he shot up to a
height of nearly four feet.
Many years later, when he
. again set foot upon his native
soil, the old' aggressive spirit
reasserted itself and fie became
involved in a treasonable Rom-
an Catholic plot, He was thrown
into jail and died a few years
after his release, aged sixty-
three,
His diminutive blue satin
waistcoat, adorned with pink
and white silk, and his one
piece breeches and stockings
are now at the Ashmoleah Mu-
seetn, Oxford,
Two other favourites at the
courts of the Stuart kings were
Richard Gibson and his wife,
Anne Shepherd. They averaged
only three feet seven inches in
height arid had nine children,
five of whom grew to a normal
size,
wedding of these • tiny
folk must have been a pretty
sight. King Charles I himself
gave the bride away, and the
artist Lely celebrated the event
by painting the little husband
and wife standing, hand-in-hand..
Gibson outdid Hudson both in
esteem and yeate: He was a
talented' artist, and a latge heed
Of Otte& Henrietta Maria,
Which he painted upon chicken
ariierig the treasures
of Windsor Castle,
'After Ctorrikvell's death/Gib-
son returned to Celia life, Mad
Was •aPpointed ,drawing-Master
to two itifitte queens', the .Fria-
eesees Mary and AMA'. He died
in 1690t a the ripe age of seven-
tY-fottr, His little wife did not
die' She: was .eightyeninee
outliving him by nineteen years.
TheY Share a gtaVe St Pall's
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melody is the absolute language
in which the musician speaks to
every heart.
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merit, the work will be cut' in
two if the edges are kept sharp
and clean. An old file will be
hNaon
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ti The present generation is sup-.
posed to be always in a hurry
but when it comes to gardening
they take things more slowly
than their grandfathers did. And
rightly so. Instead of planting
the whole garden on the first
fine day, they plant gradually
and they plan to have a succes-
sion of bloom and a succession
of flowers all through the sum-
mer and fall. But while it is not
advisable to rush things, every-
one with any interest in this ,
fascinating hobby wants to have
a few extra early things too.
The malts thing is not to risk
all plants or seeds at once, Just
put a few of the hardiest in, a
week or so ahead of the regular
time, and if these come along
without damage, then we have
gained considerable time and we
can boast to the neighbors. TO
speed these very early plantings,
we can boast with a little quick
acting fertilizer. We can ate° use
started plants from greenhouse
or nurserymen, We can also pro-
tect a few extra early hills of
cticumbers, melons or half a
dozen tomato plarits with glass
covers or paper caps. These will
ward off any late frosts and give
us a week or a fortnight extra
start.
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