HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-10-10, Page 3What's A Garthman?
Or A Fang Manager? '
Looking On A
Pond At Sundown
nteller flabes for salmon t4 sea
front in estuaries, using a spe-
eial drift net.
H ere's a riddle: What's a rid.
dleman? A hwsmon" A garth-
' man?
Answer: a ruddleznan brand!
sheep, a hwsmon is a headmars
on. a Welsh farm, and, a garthe
man is a herdsman,
Tongue twisters ,are the Stack.
thatcher and thistle spuddier 011
the farm, ▪ guesSwor1; about the crow
Scarer, the Colorado kettle OP"
erator Or the root grubber.
The werPkng worker clears
out ditches,
For the chap who is a drown'
or, no sympathy and flowers.
He just floods pasture and other
land,
Other ocCupations are, listed
with what appears to be un-
called for editorial comment--
the pushover man, rat assistant,
thickset cutter,, shoddy grinder,
sleeper pickier.
Then from out of the charm-
ing past there are the whale-,
bone straightener and the corset
threader.
For further queries a "profes-
sion solutionist" is at your serve
ice.
Paid The Rent
In Red Roses
DON'T PASS THE BUCK — That's the message concerning fir.
prevention that 'this buck wants to convey to you concerning
your canduct in the tinder-dry autumn woods. A long-time
resident of Katandin Stream camp ground, he seems to be
studying one of the signs erected throughout the park system
as a reminder to "keep Maine green".
Farmers are among the first
do-it-yOursell -experts — from
'necessity. Many times •In the
past they have lied to improvise
to meet minor emergecies—:but
today they find .modern tools
and know-how ready to make
their do-it-themselves jobs easi-
er and farm living more pleas-
ant.
Napoleon described the Eng-
lish as a nation of shopkeepers,
but that was because he never
had A IQ* into the government's
new handbook called "Classifi-
cation .0 Occupations.'
Published by the Stationery.
Office and 'available to the pub,
lie for 30 it lists the
thosuande • of occupations by
which Englishmen who are not
shopkeepers earn. their steak
pies and Yorkshire puddings..
The occupations are listed ac-
cording to. industry but ne.
scription Of the individual job
is given, leaving the reader to
whatmake he will of some
curious -7 and often rather
frightening--,narnes,
What for example is a fang
manager, a bogie man, a back
stripper, a small bruiser, a
lyncher, a sticker-up, and a
head setter-out?
They are workers in the mill-
ing, pottery, and leather dress-
ing industries,
A fang manager in coal min-
ing looks after ventilation; a
bogie man handles coal trucks;
and a back stripper breaks coal
underground,
A small bruiser in the metal
industry pulverizes samples of
ore with a hammer,
A lyncher fastens movable
limbs in the soft toy trade. A
sticker-up fixes pieces of pot-
tery such as spouts On teapots;
and a head setter-out stretches
leather,
Then there are the gay sprites
who toil at being joy loaders
and bobby lads.
A joy loader loads coal onto
trucks, and bobby lads measure
work done by the miners.
Picture the thin miner, the
fat boy, the endless rope boy,
and the hip and valley maker.
The thin miner works on thin
coal seams, the fat boy is a, ju-
venile, unskilled general work-
er in the coal mines and the
endless rope boy attaches or de-
taches the trucks to "endless"
ropes. Hip and valley are
names of curved roof tiles.
A pan doctor repairs convey-
ors in a coal mine and a pud-
dler lays bficks above or below
ground.
The mumbler is another name
for a glassblower.
Then there are the trolloper
and the whammeller. A trol-
leper catches shrimps on the
east English coast and a wham-
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Bringing this tood news to
farmers is the purpose Of "Oper-
,
A fine red rose, freshly pluc-
ked from the garden of the Port
of London Authority in historic
Seething Lane, was taken re-
cently to the Mansion House
and ceremonially handed to the
Lord Mayor of London. A sim-
ilar ceremony takes place every,
year, but few• people know the
origin of the custom and why
the gift must always be a rose.
It is because way back in the
fourteenth century a lovely
woman defied the building re-
gulations. She was the wife of
Sir Robert Knollys, a distin-
guished• knight who fought with
the Black Prince at Crecy.
While he was away fighting
in the wars, his wife decided
to carry out a little improve-
ment scheme in their garden.
She had a footbridge built
across the public way to con-
nect two parts of the garden
which was very close to Seeth-
ing Lane.
Asa result, the City author-
ities took swift action. They
fined Sir Robert, ordering him
to surrender to them every year
a red rose picked from his gar-
den.
Red roses were also used to
pay rents centuries ago in Eng-
land. In the reign of Edward I
more than ten per cent of the
recorded tenures were held on
an annual rent of one red rose.
round him, then signalled the
Sherpaa to pttily
But again the rope stopped,
with McFarlane jammed ender
the overhang as Hillary had,
been. Hillary tried jerking to
free it—in vain, Stretching down,
he just managed to touch Mc-
Farlane's band, Then dreadful
choking sounds 'told them that
they'd have to Lower him down
again, quickli.
When he reached bottom WI-
lary shouted to Jim to crawl into
the sleeping bags for the night,
then anchored the - rope-end
solidly into the ice and started-
back to camp.
"I felt bruised and weak and
it was painful to breathe," Hil-
lery says, "but worse than this
was the awful sense of shame in
having to leave poor McFarlane
sixty feet down in the ice,"
At 4.30 a.m. he was. up again
to retu ti to the hole, this time
with Wilkins as well, Now there
was a fall of driving snow which
could prove disastrous. He shout-
ed down, and to his intense re-
lief heard McFarlane call out
that he'd had a good night, but
was feeling cold and thirsty. As
there was now danger of dis-
lodging the corniced edge and
engulfing McFarlane, Wilkins
offered to descend again by the
route by which he'd escaped.
After making a sling for his
thighs and arranging a code of
signals ,they watched him climb
into the second jagged hole fifty
feet to, the right, It seemed an
eternity before he signalled to
be pulled back. He'd reached
McFarlane, he said, but only af-
-.ter great difficulty. The route
was, quite impossible for anyone
unable to help himself.
Instead of getting into his
sleeping bags, McFarlane had
just draped them over his knees.
He'd taken off his gloves, and
his hands were cold and stiff.
He was obviously .suffering from
concussion. Wilkins had tied a
sling round him, and decided
that the only chance was to
lower a rope straight down the
other hole and hope that Jim
could clip it to the sling.
'This, was, done, but again Mc-
Farlane stuck under the over-
hang, again he had to be lowered
to the bottom. Now they decided
to take the risk of cutting the
edge away. Held on two ropes
Wilkins and a Sherpa chipped
away in small pieces, then they
had another go at hauling• him
up. When yet again McFarlane
jammed, Hillary, leaning hard
out on the rope, stretched down,
got a hand on the slings around
his body, and with a mighty tug
pulled him to safety.
His battered hands were whit-
ish-blue, frozen stiff like claws,
his feet hard and lifeless.
When the doctor was sum-
moned from base he diagnosed
mild concussion, badly bruised
back with the chance of a minor
fracture, very bruised ribs,
frostbite in hands and feet and
some fingers probably broken.
Shortly, afterwards, Hillary him-
self was down with a severe
illness. It was a miracle both had
not died.
when it his rough going. Instead,
a clutch mechanism continues to
deliver pounding blows on the
cutter, pushing it, without a re-
* action force on the operator,
through thick wood or concrete.)
Electric sanders, pneumatic
spike drivers, auto and tractor
valve refacers, hoists, presses,
and electric grinders are among
the other items these experts
recommend for a farm shopping
list. ,
For this fall's bride who is
busy planning a color scheme,
for her new home, here is a tip'
that will make things easier:
choose the drapery material
first. Then you can take your
cue from the colors ' in the
fabric when painting walls and
selecting furnishings.
How Can I?
creasingly important for them to
save time and make their
work easier where they can.'
• * •
"ManY' of them, without city
worker factory experience, do not
know -that there are power tools
that could help them," he said.
Still .others, he added, do not,
know that with, some tools they
could attempt major repairs and
improvements to their homes.
* *
Quoting Depaitnient of Com-
merce figures of 1950 that 4,319,-
000 farm homes out of 6,187,000
queried reported they do not
have home plumbing, Mr. Hur-
ley explained: "We want to show
farmers that with tools they can
out three-inch holes through a
wall or a concrete foundation;
that they can- go ahead with
home plumbing or other im-
provements with the same kind
of equipment they can use prof-
itably in. the barn for repairs,"
* * *
Many farmers are aware, he
acknowledged, that power equip-
ment — power mowers, belt lifts
for grain, grinders for forage,
and so on — are worth far more
than their cost in this period of
high hired-man wages. But few,
he argued, have realized that
maintenance of this increasing
investment in equipment is as
vital as owning it, "The farmer
is still making bailing-wire re-
pairs in a jet-plane age," com-
pany representatives reiterated
from time to time.
•
No one as yet is ready to set
down en paper a "minimum list"
of the tools the farmer presum-
ably needs around the home-
stead, for every farmland region
has its own specialized equip-
ment. No one rack of tools
could be expected to repair them
all,
*
But the company nonetheless
feels that several tools are ba-
sic, An electric drill 18 known
by almost everyone as a tool
almost as useful as a can Open-,
er. But fewer know, and this
company plans to tell the farm-
land family, that an "impact
wrench" may be even more prac-
tical. (Fitted with a drill, an
impact wrench does nOt stall ,
Not everyone has a Walden.
Fond at his doorstep. Yet most
of us can find a stream or a
marsh or a pond to watch as
the sun goes clOwn4 Preferably
it should ,border on a woodland,
in i.vhieb so many creatures find
refuge for the day, ,Under the
darkening sky they emerge
one by one, as the water ac-
quires a deceptive calm, A
river seemingly ceases to flow,
Only a leaf, a twig, a bit of
foam sails by to show the deep
current,
The• dwindling of the light
serves as a signal to insects in
the murky- depths. They rise to
the surface and spread quick-
dry wings, then take to the air
as midges and mayflies caddies
and etoneflies, Suddenly the
swallows multiply their efforts,
darting in all directions: Their
narrow pointed wings' almost
flick the water as they zigzag at
high speed, snatching gnate+-at '
every twist. Above them the
forest silhouette is bitten deep-
ly by a blaze of light. Even
large branches melt away when
backed by the •red disc of the
setting sun. . . ,
As river banks and pond
margins grow dim, a migration
is in progress on the surface of
the water. Jet-black, shining
whirigigs which have spun and
raced on the ripples .all through
the day, congregate for the
night in' quiet bays, Water
striders, some large and many
small, glide dry-shod to the
shore with widespread "rowing
oars" propelling them at a jerky
pace. Out they climb, to crouch
among damp fallen leaves and
bits of wood debris until morn:
ing....
The time has come to watch
for owls, While events on the
river can still be followed easi-
ly by 'human eyes these birds
appear in their black recessed ,
tree holes like so many frained
portraits. They stand there,
staring into the gathering night
and expressing hunger by
clicking noises from the down-
curved beak. With the evening
stars they come out, to perch
inconspicuously on a horizontal
branch, They puff out their
feathers, making each• bird far
broader than the tree hole
Whence it came, and from time
to time turn their intent stares
in some new direction. The
stage is set for action in the
shadows,—From "The World of
Night," by.Lorus J. and Margery
J. Milne.
She Adventured
To A Mining Camp
A plan began a formulate in
my mind. I determined to em-.
bark on an adventure of liv-
ing alone at eighty. And I
would do this in a cabin I had
bought two years before as part
of an "investment" in a placer
mining claim in the mountains
overlooking the Klamath River,
about a hundred miles from a
railroad. I and three of my
friends who knew no more
about placer mining than I did
— which was nothing whatever
— bought adjoining claims. I
had done nothing more about
mines except to make • sure the
assessment work required by
'law was done each year, the
first of July being the legal
deadline. The -,State of Califor-
nia said that unless one hun-
dred dollars' worth of improve-
ments were made each year on
every mining claim, that claim
was forfeited and someone else
could take possession of it.
I had placed this matter of
assessment work on my claim
in the capable hands of a reli
able young man and his partner
who owned — and worked —
placer claims adjacent to mine.
Each time July ,rolled arbtind,
they had fulfilled their contract
with nee, sent a proper report to
the 'California State Bureau of
Mines — in short, they took
care of •everything. What my
friends did about their assess-
ment work ,/ did not know, as
they had moved to distant
places and. I had lost track of
them,
Actually, there was no valid
reason for my going to live on
my claim •-- but I had to have
some excuse other than my de-
sire for freedom to do as I
please and an insistent longing
to follow the beckoning finger
of adventure, And I have
learned that it you say you
have to do .even the maddest
thing "for business reasons"
people will nod in agreeMent,
while you sartou're doing it
:for no reason oh' eat'th except
that yeti ,Want to, ittipastiOned
Objettfiling Will be VOieed, « •
How wonderftd would it be,
I thought, to, do exactly as
pleased, see no, fdr days at
a tithe— maybe even vveekS, f
would try it for a year,. I proem-
ised MySelf bravely. Thee, if
didn't like it, I would return to
My ettahioned, Old-ladyish life
in San liTarisisce tinder the ley-
itigly solicitous eyes of relatives'
and friends. Preen
lklad'ri0 :by Stella' Wallhall Pat,
tersoth
Q.How can T keep berries
fresh for a longer time?
A. Always dump fresh berries
from the box into a plate or
dish where the air can circulate
through them,
Q. How can X prevent 'window
screens from rusting, when they
are not made of copper or
bronze?
A. Wipe them carefully with
machine oil, • P'cler of the • oil
wilt also keep away mosquitoes
and flies.
Q. How can I remove tar
•froM linen?
= A:Ittib. thoroughly with oil
of turpentine, or lard, let it
stand for awhile; and then wash
in "soap and hot water,
„DRESSY DENIM—Once banished
to . heavy duty on farm and in
factory, blue denim is taking
a step up the ladder of fashion.
Casual' coat, above, has straight
and narrow cut, with huge
patch pockets. •
"What A Funny
Way To Die"
Some 18,300 feet up on the
desolate Ban) glacier in the
HiMalayas Was the camp of the
New Zealand Alpine club's l954
expedition, a solitary ;speck in a
vast snow waste of peaks, Jim
McFarlane and Brian Wilkins
had been .ant surveying, Sir Ed-
mend Hillary, 1953 conqueror of
Everest, crawled out.of his tent,
searched the glacier for them,
but saw nothing.
He'd told them to get back
early, but now the afternoon was
nearly gone, the weather was
dull and gloomy, What could
they be doing? At 5.30. Wilkins
staggered back alone, his face
covered with blood,
"Where's Jim?" Hillary asked,
"We fell down a crevasse. I
got out, but Jim is still down
there." They were nearing a
crest on the glacier, he explain-
ed, when they stepped on. a thin.
crust of snow? and plunged into
deep, loose snow, 00 feet down
in the narrow bottom of a cre-
vasse:
His snow glasses had cut his
forehead and he had trouble
keeping the blood out of his
eyes, McFarlane had difficulty
in moving at all, and would
need help,
Wilkins had worked his way
along the crevasse, wriggling
through small ice passages,
scrambling along a snowy ledge,
cutting steps in the walls, and at
last, after two hours' nerve-
racking work, managed to claw
his way to the surface.
Realizing that the hole in the
glacier had to be found before
darkness fell, Hillary bundled
together ropes,' food, water and
two sleeping bags and set out
with five Sherpas. It was almost
dark when he found the hole,
wriggled slowly over to it on
his stomach, and-shouted: "Hel-
lo, Jim!"
McFarlane called back faint-
ly. He thought he'd broken a
finger, and felt' thirsty. Hillary
lowered a rope, but McFarlane
didn't seem able to get it. So he
decided to 'have himself low-
ered on two ropes and tie Mc-
Farlane to one. The Sherpas
could haul them up in turn.
Sir Edmund describes the en-
suing ordeal in an epic chron-
icle of high endeavour, "East of
Everest." As he dropped into the
hole he realized that he had mis-
takenly tied the ropes round his
waist instead of round his
thighs. The rope was crushing
his chest and restricting his
breathing.
Slowly, le a series of heavy
jerks, the Sherpas lowered him
until he could touch one of the
walls, then for some reason they
stopped, leaving him hanging,
gasping like a fish. Twisting
frantically to ease the strain, be
knew he couldn't last for long
like that and began thinking:
"What a funny way to die."
As the Sherpas still ignored
his shouts to lower him farther,
he called out for them to pull
him up. He gained height as the
Sherpas pulled with all their
strength, then jammed under
the crevasse's overhanging lip,
the rope, cutting into the edge.
holding him immovably
Tugging , like madmen, they
tried to wrench him free. He
could feel his ribs bending under
the rope pressure, and a sharp
pain in his side. The smooth,
slippery ice gave no purchase to
his clawing hands, but, he nian-4
aged to get an arm over the top,
then his other elbow, and they
pulled him out "like a cork ,
from a bottle."
When 'lie•*.'had reeovered
shouted doWn.:."We May:1100o
leave you 7.elown. there ter, the
night, Jim.'lf we lower down a
couple of sleeping bags do you
think you will be all tight?"
McFarlane replied weakly,' yes,
so the bags Were lowered. This
time he got the.rope; so Hillary
called down to him to tie it
AWAY ALL SCOOTERS — Two adventurous ladies plan to cross
the English Channel the "'easy way—on a water •:scooter. The
show girls, Kay Harris, front, and Una Denton, will scoot from
Calais to Dover—they hope. The machine has a speed of 20
knots, and will automatically slow and circle back if the riders
fall off. The pair is shown, above, on practice run at Folkestone,
England,
011:06 FOR, DURATION — The old `hatplfal truism that rtiCire babies Ore born during stormy`
weather Add OR ealifi dayi got beg boast Ryukyu's, .06•Spitail OkihQWd .'deting the
tedefit TYPlitiOn Soma Of the 14 new arrivals who 'bieW W1t12i, the `storm ete "shown
In an eineteney eVeirtiettitin Shelter, sound asleep their desk-and-fi l e-drawer' 'beds. Crib*
Were 'from the hospital' 'proper when the storm' abated
ation 'Farm Improvement," a
program sponsored by the Thor
Power Tool Company, Vodus of
the program will be a "research
center for better farm living," a
$250,000 "farm shop" at Huntley,-
Ill., northwest of Chicago.
$ 0,
To open the center to the
public the Thor company invit-
ed Secretary of AgricultUre,Vera
Taft Benson to speak. 'In addi-
tion, mote than 200 agricultural
authorities from colleges atid
universities across the country
have beep asked to participate
in Ft seminal' on "Power ream-
ing—a Better Way of Lire
* 4. 4i
In the Thor "model farm
shop,'' set tip on a 160-acre fame
hidre than 2,600 tools; machines,
and accessories Made by 50 dit-
- ferent Manufacturers have been
assembled for leisurely inspec-
"Many farmers have not, re-
ed that they now have
enough machinery around theme•
feral' to warrant their awning
sPetialited thole feeInge:ten-
Neii C. Hurley, Oft-
Mented. here to fieWeitieh. "'to-
day). with fewer fariiters.work-
trig bigger fatins end feeding:
Mere and there peeple# it IS in,
•
'TRAFFIC CASUALTY" Minnie the Mannequin Suffered mil.
tiple "fritithireS", inclUding broken bark and "Sealided4
When, 'WOrnart "driver plowed her tar' inlei dress shop. Mr*,
Ruby Weiewkk„ the ,firoprietor, found
arid proineilly :glued : it beck blonde Wig—ere the itt ptacea