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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-03-26, Page 7problem. She though of the eel. lar. which Was warm, Xt wouldn't be the same as having him in the house, and, of course, no proper homemaker would want a calf in a bouse. Also, her husband would be home soon, and the shift would be tempo- rary. Therupon, having decided, she Pierced up the bushel basket by the two handles, and carried it across the .dooryard' to the house, took it down cellar, But, by one of those strange =junctions nobody can ever ex- plain, at the precise time my neighbor's wife was passing from the barn to the house, about a dozen automobiles had driven by and seen what she was doing. There are hours upon hours here when nobody goes by. The spec- tacle was amusing, and also puzzling. Why would an intelli- gent, normal, hedge housewife be lugging a bushel basket of calf, across the dooryard into the house? All up and down the val- ley people were coming home from a ride and saying, "I saw the funniest thing. .-" My neighbor's wife says there was nothing funny about it. When the husband got home he found the cow docile again, and willing to mother her new one. He carried the calf back up, and nobody saw him. So, there is no moral, and no particular end to the story. It shows yob what •a person can do when he must, and proves that presence of mind is a fine trait. I thought maybe some nonfarm wives might 'like to hear about the sort of thing they'd never have to do to qualify as a home- maker, and ,how one lady spent her time between school bus and dishes. By John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. Grandma Loved It Mom. Threw• It Outs NPAYSCH001, LESSON How times do change - or do they? The fi'rst telephones. were hailed as, a great inventon and having one on the living room wall 50 years 'ago was AS much; a mark of (W811104211 as having fins on your long, low, shiny ear today, Then telephones became com- mon, Nearly everybody had One, In fact, when the party flue rang, it might. be any one of a dozen neighbors talking. By this tithe, the phone ceased to be a novel ornament and was demoted to the back hall or the coat closet or some other in- conspicuous place. People' also found it more comfortable to sit down than to stand up when they talked, They could talk longer. Maybe the teen-agers were responsible - anyway engineers designed tele- phones that stood on desks while the users sat on chairs, But there was the ungainly box for the bell. So somebody de- signed the modern telephone and dressed it up to match the kitchen, the boudoir, or milady's favorite hair rinse. But while these improvements were coming off the assembly line, what do you suppose hap- pened to the old-fashioned teles s „phone? It became an antique! Indeed it did. And then, having exhausted new ideas for radio 'cabinets, the designers looked around in museums and antique shops and there was their in- spiration. So now, my dear, you can get- the most faseinating old-fash- ioned telephone for your living :room wall. Only you don't talk' into. it. It talki to you. Your radio's inside. • It's too sweet. It fits, right in with turn-of-thes2Oth century decor. If no one, stops to figure 'back, sfOu could use it with late 19th century, or even 18th cen- tury furnishingi, because, of aourse,Sit is an antique, and who minds mixing periods? But, there's something else. You clOn't have to use the tele,- phoneitYpe raido cabinet There's the early American :tea-kettle -with atrivet to stand on. No one wouldtever guess you had stray- ed so far as to-let anew-fangled By Rev it. Warr.eu, Jesus •Christ Lives Luke 24;33-48 ****44,44,4 - Memory Selection: 'This Jesus Bath nod' raised up, whereof we all are witnesses., Acts 3:33, In the world there are about 775 million Christians, 350 mil lion Muslims, 320 million Hindus, 300 million Confucianists and 150 million Buddhists, In all of these religions there are many who are not careful followers of their teachings. There are some truths in the teachings of each of these religions. But we believe that Christianity is by far the great- est of them all, However, take away the fact that its founder rose again from the dead and lives today and it would be as powerless as the other religions. Christianity claims to do more for the individual and for society than the others. And it does, where it is tried. The reason - its founder, Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God, lives today. Paul wrote boldly, "So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." Romans 1:15-16. Jesus was seen at least 18 times after his resurrection; .09n one of these occasions by 505 people. These appearances took place over a period of 40 days. There could be no mistake. 'He had really died. A spear had been plunged, into his side. Wa- ter and blood poured forth. The stone at the mouth of the tomb was sealed, and a guard posted. But- Sunday morning 'the stone was rolled back and the soldiers became as dead men. Jesus Christ 'came forth in the glory of the resurrection having conquered sin and death and hell. The disciples who on Friday had been so sad, on seeing Jesus; -were fllle4 with wonder, and •fear. Then'caree fay and courage.' ' ter his ascension and the be- stowal of the Holy Spirit the went' forth with boldness preach- •ing Christ'crucified :and risen* from the 'dead. Those who re-. ceived their message and repent- ed' of their sins and believed on Jesus Christ found happiness. Jesus Christ lives. Does He live in your heart? 4 WHERE BRANDIND COMES EARLY -.In the:3.coweconscious 4puth- west,VO4ding comes early to boys and animals. Five yoeng wranglers from Sam Houston eleMentary school, brains t 15!„ calf, while classmates lean on the corral fence,19,ilflk!it?..',11Piding the attytalTafe,4eftaavright,-,'Gerald' Nobles Jr., William Anthony, Forest Edwards anci,John4Cysuck-.; Applying the, iron is Clarence .Sharbauer 111, son of the ranch's owner. The •class spent the day getting, a taste of range life. Each child helped, When The Cow Began Acting, Crazy -- • ,There isn't much to this, but once in a while it seems wise to show the ancient virtues are well and strong, and an incident just reported to me indicates our rural womanhood is equal to anything. It concerns the wife of my neighbor. Her husband stayed late in the tie-up after evening chores, and_ came into :the house, too late for the news and too tired- for Jack Paat, and he said, "'The red heif- er's liacIher calf." "Bull?" aaked his wife. casting ahead is to' whether she'd- get some veal money Or just have 'more cream to churn. "Bull," he "said, which means -veal money. • - "Good," she said. "EirerYthing -all right?" .„ no .. he said. "Calf'S. a big, booster, and I think she'll bean' Tight, but I guess it's gone to her head." "What do you mean?" , "Well, she'sliigher than Gil- roy's ,kite. Prancing in the stan- chion, dancing on her tail,,,blat- ting and" carrying On. -"Never Saw one ,act' so:Tried to comfort her, and got , bet tied up, but she won't have a thing to do with me. I just don't know. Puzzles ,rnes4,1h go out' again after a bit." Which he did. He thought the cow' a hit more. subdued, but he still couldn't get, c16se enough to, ':give her 'a' sip of warm 'water, 'and sheikkich, and blat ,at him , as if she' never ;`saw 'him 'before. Wasn't at all like het. 'Besides, she wouldn't haVe a thing to do With the calf. He stayed until -almost daylight; and 'then sneak- ed in to haye a ,and -winks, and .in the morning he felt she' was' calmed down and showing much more sense. So, as he had an errand, he ate breakfast and took off in the truck. Well, sir, abobt school-bus time the children all decided they must go out and" look at the new calf. Mother told them just to glance in, because the rrommie cow was *Skittish and anything jerky might set her off: So they just looked in the door, but lit- tle Pokey came running hug:- eyed into the house and yelled, "Maw! She's looSel'' The cow had broken her hal- ter; and was praneng all up and 'down the tie-Up, .threshing around and having...herself a high Old time, My neighbor's wife tried to go in and catch her to tie her again, but it wasn't safe, and she only tried once. How- ever, the new Calf was in the thick of all this to-do, and it was a perilous plane, forsooth. SO my neighbor's wire bethought herself of what should be done. The husband wasn't ' due bads soon, and by now the 'children had squealed aboard the bus and Were gene for the day. So When the COW Was at the far end of the tiestip, standing on her tail with a blat in mot tibii, my neighbor's Wife dashed in and gathered- up 'the Olt like the boy in the gathered, legend, and staggered with hie) out Onto' the' floor 'of the main. bates The thain, bath was. cold. She realized -this ' was to 'placer` to leaVe a rieW-lieth Calf. Andiai tile thing. was like holdingfa,typhothi: With 28 legaSheirieW:ste;cotild, not. 3itst stand theft 'dud think., SO- she turned around and pops ped the animal, trite a bushel bailcet, 'M didn't hurt the calf anY",, eat= oda to his dighity, arid While he tlidftied, much he .didn't go any- Where. Then inY-neigilbet'S Wife 'reflected more' 'Wont her radio inject its alien influence into your early American room if you hid it in an antique teakettle. It's portable, too. What teakettle isn't? When great-great-grandmothet had the old fireplace sealed up and replaced with a shiny new stove such' as Benjamin Frank- iin - had invented, her tabby cat purred with pride and satisfac- tion as she sat before it. This 'was comfortable modern living! But then came furnaces, and: `stoves went to the basement or the junk yard. However, -their day was ,not Acme, writes Jessie. Ash Arndt in the Christian Science Monitor. , • In another generation or So, -the old, houses that still stood. where grandparents had left them,. when: they moved to their ."new" hotisigsshl& undergone a change. They ssWere now "DEAR OLD" houses, 'They could be "restored." ' • - Fireplaces were opened, lay- ers of ', paint ,peeled _off to get down to the original color which was:carefully matched. And if every room hadn't a fireplace, why not a Franklin .stove? For heat? Oh, not neces- sarily. How about television? Why 'not sit before' the cozy comfort of a pretty little stove to enjoy Victor Borge or "Meet the Press," or to watch your favorite team trounce its op- ponents. And no one would ever guess that there was a modern note in the dear old house unless Junior should dial his favorite western just as company walk- ed in. Maybe times do change but not much. We have the same old sadirons, but now ,they're door stops! FRONT Oldest Talisman As the horse population slow- ly dwindles, horseshoes are gra- dually increasing in popularity as luck-bringers, reports a stu- dent, of folklore. - "Horseshoes 'are the oldest talismans for wooing good for- tune that . exist "anywhere in the world," he says. +Belief in hoi.seshoe luck will never die, ,althoughethe, war rsearly killed the custom of hanging horse- shoes up for luck in some of the invaded countries. Now it is re- viving in most lands, including Britain." " Someone noticed that' a horse- shoe' which hung, many yeartv ago outside the doorway'• of the Prime Minister's London home st ;10, Downing Street had its prongs pointing downwards. He .and other •superstitious passers- by declared that this boded no good. Three weeks later the Gov- ernment fell and the Prime Minister went out of office. "It .wouldn't have ,happened if the horseshoe had 'been hung with the prongs pointing 'upwards, to keep the luck in," it was point- ed out. Only one U.S. agrictiltural col- lege graduate out of six (17 per cent) goes back tq the'farm upon completion of - his, schooling or military, service. ThiS 'average figure is based on: returns from 50 agricultural eelleges, co7 operating in i survey by' the' Northern National ' Life Insur- ance COmpanY's fimili:',edono- mics bureau. Partly responsible is the large, investment snow required to set, up a modern farm some sgraduates get back_ into farthing later on.-but the birreau's survey finds 'that the biggest factor is the wealth. of well-paying oppor-' tunities for such- graduates, in agriculturally - related industries and professions. • • • * Nearly 30 per cent ,,- over half 'again as many as take up farming - are, snapped up , by industrial 'and commercial firma at good salaries. Most of the jobs are in lines 'closely . associated ' with' farming, such, Farm feed and supply co-ops, agricul- tural themical and farm Machin- ed- companies, .food processing and commodity brokerage firms; as cattle buyers for packing houses; as appraisers and consul- tants for banks and rural lend- s'ing institutions; as herd mana- gers; as' buyers for retail food chains. Many also enter regular sales training courseswith major' corporations. * * The remainder of the approxi- mately 7,300 who graduate an- nually in ,the 'U.S. with bachelor degrees in some branch of agri- cultural science are accounted ter as follows: Into government agri- cultural services; 17-18 per cent; into teaching 12-13 per cent; into graduate study for advanced or ptofessional degrees, 18-19 per cent; miscellaneous, 3 to 6 per cent. ' Most of the teacher candidates become vocational agricutttre in, struetors in high schools, 'The government jobs are as county. and 4-H club agents, conserva- tion aids, agricultural experi- ment station work, USDA. and state bureaus, etc. * * * Each year from 1400 to 1500 graduate students are given mas- ters' degrees in some branch of agricultural science, and around 400 earn doctors' degrees. The advanced degree grads go mainly into college teaching or research, into research work in industry and goVerrimeet, into industrial management, Veterinary tnedi- eine, etc. Thus it ,is estimated that be- tWeeh 80 and 90 Pet tent of all agricultural college graduates enter the service of agrieultute. But most of this service is tees defied in Other Ways than by tills fug the soil citteetly. • 4, Joining the tanks of the 17 Per cent Who , entered farming linthediately hetrover, arc Some Me per cent Or' so who shift into farthing after they have ads annulated, the necessary capital through a thrill Of years a Salaried job. This feet is dated in alitinni stitVeyg con dtidted by a sitrniber of the 4thODIS: The elect Perteiltage la ti bit vague edittise farther§ tire notably more allergic to answer- ing questionnaires even from their alma maters, than are, alumni in business or profession- al' jobs. , 's The survey finds a wide varia- tion among the different.agricul- tural colleges in the .proportions of their graduates who enter: farming; industry, education, etc., depending largely on 'the` loca-* tion of the different schools and on the curricula offered. . The survey shows also 'that at the 50 school's 'covered; approxi- mately 20 per cent of the B.S. graduates of 1957 would 'serve a hitch in the 'armed forces be- fore embarking on .their chosen careers. , Far more than the' present an- nual net output of approximately 7,300 graduates in agriculture are needed, college heads say, to keep pace with demand. Yet in .recent years the agricultural_ colleges have not shared appre- ciably in the general expansion in college student registrations. Three main factors are blamed: The less favorable farm cost- price relationship, severe drouths, and the well publicized salaries received by college graduates in other fields, * * Not generally realized by the public, especially young people of college entrance age, is the fact that ,four-year agricultural college grads of 1957 entered business and professional posi- tions at salaries close to or equal to the averages, enjoyed" by graduates of other four-year col- leges, while advanced degree agricultural science' graduates are getting choice, berths at sal- aries which compare favorably with those' of the vaunted en- gineers. Home economics departments at 37 of the agricultural colleges also contributed information on placements. By far the largest segment of the young Women - a third - went into teaching. Less than half as many - 14 per cent - entered business, and only 6 per cent entered govern- ment positions. Upsidedown to P,revent Peeking N 3 V d S 1 9 a 1 3 tl V 3 a N3 S N 3 I O V I v71.1191-ve S N d M O V 1 9 3 3 3 3 O ;c1 9 A 3 S d 1' I N V a M M S a V H V V "Dad, why is a man not allow- ed to have more than one wife?" "Son, one day you'll realize 'that the law protects those who are incapable of protecting themselves." 9 B S 3 9 N 3 I 3 1:1 10.1 013 a 0 S S a V V O N N 3 SO d CIVbV NV1V S LIVING IT UP -- - Meet a man who claims to have worked longer than any 'other man ever lived - Mr. S. Goven- der,. of Lenz, near Roodeport, South Africa. His age? He's 105. He stopped work on a farm in 1954, when he was 101, after working, he says, ever since he, was a small boy, Mr. Govender is an Indian. He attributes his wonderful longevity to the fact that he has worked all his life in the open. CORNERED - Under condem- nation regulations in Dallas only the portion of a building actually impending progress of construction may be touched by the wreckers. The rest of this building went to make way for a new highway, but wreck- ers scrupulously left the one corner which did not infringe on the right-of-way. 8, Assigned to a 34. strive CROSSWORD 7. station3 33. Tavern 8, Scarce 9: In a line 33, Fish-catching 10. Embankmehts bird 11. Unity 41, Tooth ,t4t163, 12;htotirritui PUZZLE 44, Twig ' 46, Proceed 48, Poignant 49. Hen* fiber 61. Maple genus 62, Color 41 luillty• 64: TWist • 56, Snell 67. Liquor • 58. Clear profit 60. Coen ri Timely Warning Tulsa cement finishers were given a Mouthful of sage advice recehtly. They were told if their work didn't improve they might find thernaelVeS without jobs What gave impact to the warning was the fact that it came-not froth Management- but 'front Terry H. Beam, busi- ness agent of the local Cement MasOns union. Iii urging an nit- provement Of Standards, Mr. Beam said, "Taxpayers are los, l ug • their money lit shoddy street repairs, concrete cos-strut. tfOn in home buildings' la a dis- grace, and even our bread and' butter, dotiiiiieretar and mdus trial building, shows 'a creeping drop in quality.' Con traders who want to build More cheaply,, and builders who Want keep Costa deft, arid cement Willing. to out f°,-W carriers &tin the 'Oblong circle castigated by the union Mt, Means's remarks are aPs • pliable' to more than .-T the te, tiled finishers. World. . , . ACROSS,,.. 63, Deplores 19. About 1. 'D 6 Y1.1 64, Inset 22, Fluent 8. Fortification DOWN 24, Short sleep 3. Toughen IL Pointed tool a 4. Terra 00tta 1. Hair line 27. Teamster's musical in- 2. Pineapple'„ eointriand '..Eitrultient . ' 3, Crude zino • 29. Whdle Whitt; 2 6.iDegrkin Of 4. Land 'measure tity ,„ , sheod ' 5: Fit one Inside 81. Ascertain 16. Rubbed gently another 32. 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