HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-07-09, Page 3By Rev It, Barclay. Wallets
Blessing for an Allen (Ruth)
Ruth 1:19-23; 4:14-17.
Memory' Selection: He dotk
execute the, bulgment of the
fatherless and widow, and levet";
the stranger
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in giving him food
and raiment. Love ye therefore
the stranger; for ye were strang•
ens in the land of Rgypt. Deuter-
onomy 10i1849.
Unless you are a descendant of
the North American, Indian%
immigrants.
youranCe How an torewerestarto; t
they
rei
must have felt as they entered
this new land! My maternal
grandfather told me sonjethin
of ,his wistfulness as he landed
In Canada at the age of 10 from
Glasgow, Scotland. If we,: study
the Book of Ruth it will leroad-
en our upnderstanding and sym•
pathr 'for the immigrants who
arenow coming to. Canada,
It is said that when Benjamin.
Franklin was Minister to Franco
he read the Book of Ruth at *
social gathering. After he had
s finished sit, everyone eeexpressed
delight ;at 'thef,..awrong story.
They askedwhere lie'hid obtain-
ed it, thinking it was a recent
story; Thear)were amazed that it
had, been, written 3000 years be-.
fore. Immigrants can learn much
from Ruth.7 She came by choice
and she came with a determine,.
tion te, stay. To her mother-ine
law she said. "Whither thou go-
est, I will go; and where than
lodgesta I Will lodge: thy people
shall be my people, and thy God
my" God: where thou diest, will
I die, and' there will I be buried."
Ruth was industrious. She
went out to glean in the fields.
She was eager to learn. Her
mother-in-law who Idle* the
customs of the land, offered her
good advice which she followed.
God's favor was upon Ruth.
Her kindness and loyalty to 'her
mother-in-law brought her favor
in this new land. (Incidentally,
anyone studying this book 'Will
be much less likely to offer"Ony
smart quips in a disparging sense
about mother-in-laws. If relations
are strained, 9 times out of 10' it
is the fault of the son-in-lmOor
the daughter-in-law.) Boaz Fe-
deemed the inheritance of Naomi
and married_ Ruttt, Ruth's at
grandson, DaVid, became kir* alb
Israel. Further down the royal
line came Jesus, horn of Mary.
So Ruth; a Noabitess, stand in
the royal line. -"How honeined
she was.
This country has for the most
pea been developed by irami-
grants and their descendants. Let
us be kind to them. .
Earned Fortune.
Going For a Walk
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Walking and hiking are el,
ways in the news,, especially,
during spring and summer
when more walkers and moee
walking clubs than ever organ-
lee long-distance journeys on
feats. in' England especially,
Just 'now two Oxford men
are trying to break the record
for walking!. •from a;Carfax •to
Marble Arch - CarfaX being
the central crossroads in Ox-
ford. The distance is approxi-
rnatelY fifty-three miles. The
record was set up more than
half a century ago, in 1902,
when as an Oxford undergradu-
ate, Hilaire Belloc walked from
Oxford to London in the am-
azing time of just under 111/2
hours,
Belloc - afterwards to be-
come famous as a poet and es-
sayist - had none of the mod-
ern hiker's equipment. He didn't
even carry a walking stick. Set-
ting out in the early morning,
he did the journey almost in
one leg.
Perhaps the greatest walker
of all time was Captain Barclay,
aide-de-camp to LieettaGenerol
the Marquis of Huntley. In 1800'
Barclay wagered that he would
walk 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours.
The stake, in modern currency,
was $150,000. It was estimated
that private gamblers laid out
the equivalent of .,a of ,
a million sterling in bets. They
believed- the feat impossible.
Without any preliminary train-
ing - wearing dancing pumps,
top hat; plus a smart cravat in
addition to his normal attire-
Captain Barclay set out from
Newmarket at midnight on June
1st. In the words of 'The Times':
"Arrangements were made for
TRES CHIC - Lill, a black.
French poodle, sports snappy
convertible wear alongside
Brenda Baumhart, left, 'and her
owner. Charnel' Thomas.
Smite Red Faces ,
In Israel!
The pesters appeared all over
Israel: Here's your'•chance to
showL the folks back lorne'what
Israel's eleventh IndependenFe.,
Day was like. The smaller tYsie.,'
advertised a 71/2 -minute docue
advertised a 71/2 -min. documen-
tary'filmpresenting the high-
Day celebrations for the benefit'
of visiting members of B'nai
B'rith. The souvenir film package
sold briskly for 80 Israeli pounds
($37 at tourist rates) until a
visitor from England made a
startling discovery: the back-
ground music for much of the',l,
film was Sir Arthur Sullivan's
fine old hymn, Onward, Chris-
tian Soldiers.
Red-faced cacials at the Israel
Motion Picture. Studios, Ltd.
tried to explain. Nobody work-
ing on the pitcture was familitr
with Onward, Christian Soldiers,
they said, and in casting about
for background music for the
film's climatic military parade, in
Tel Aviv, they had hit on an
RCA Victor recording by Arthur
Fiedler of T. M. Carter's Boston
Commandery March. What they
did not know was that Composer
Carter had used Onward, Chris-
tians soldiers as his motif. The
studio quickly pointed out that
there are some Chirstian soldiers
in the 'Fad' iSTMY csaicl one film
maker: " We are a aernenetatic
country"), but a further check
only increased• their embarrass-
ment: not a single Christian,
they, learned, had marched on-
ward in the Tel Aviv para,de.
ISSUE'28' - 1959
Stepping up production of a
certain type of food too. far ahead
of Consumption only invites "fire
sale" prices, E. D. Bonnlyman,
Poultry Division; Canada De-
partment of Agriculture, has
- 'Warned.
He reminded the Eastern On-
tario Poultry Producers' Associa-
tion that while lit requires al-
most 18 billion pounds of food to
feed the nation every year, poul-
try meets and eggs make up a
very small porticin of the total
volume. • • = •
He' suggested that a balance
Must be maintained between pro-
dUttion and consumption.
Bonnyman 'aid production
Of poultry meats: and eggs has
been increasing every year and
laits year's figures were the high:.
est on record. The trend is con-
tinuing. • • •
Up to May 23, ,roiler markets
had reached 73.71million pounds
- an increase l of 15 million
pounds over the same period in
1958. There was 'a potential ins
crease in, turkey; tonnage of 14
million pounds for the same per,
sod over one year ago,,and egg'
marketings through registered'
grading stations were up by 8
million dozens over the same
period in 1958.
And, said Mr. Bonnyman, the
Agricultural Stabilization Board
had purchased 685,400 cases (20,1
562,000 dozen) eggs up to May
23 this year compared with 365,-
000 cases for the 'whole of 1958.
* * *
He emphasized the keen corns
petition among foods for the con-
sumer's dollar, pOinting out that
the so-called heavy meats -
beef, pork, fish, mutton and lamb
- make up 165.1 pounds of the
total per capita consumption.
Poultry meat accounts for 32.9
pounds and eggs, 35 pounds.
*
Per capita spendable income
has a bearing on food consump-
tion, he said. It has been rising
steadily during the past few
years until it reached a high of
$1,338 in 1958.
Consideration should be given
to: (1) The question of supply;
(2) Demand; (3) Competition
from other foods; and (4) Per
capita spendable income. In the
case of poultry meat and eggs, it
is a question whether to cut
down on the supply or step up
consumption to take care of the
extra supply.
* a
"While the eonsumption of
various foods may vary from
year to year, the overall con-
sumption remains constant", he
explained. "The fbod item attrac-
tively prepared lit convenient
form that will upgrade the .diet
at Competitive prices is the one
that makes inroads on other
foods and gets a larger share of
the consumer's money,"
The amount of Canada Stand-
ard brand beef .being stamped
across tile country is inereaeing
steadily, reports Elgin Senn, Can-
ada Department Of Agriculture.
He notes, that of new grade
introdeced a year ago to fill a
gap in the national beef geades,
is beings used Western prov-
inees, Qtlebee, end, to a lesser
degree, Optatita
UNDAYSCH001
LESSON
'WAY OUT' IN THE FIELD - Boston Red Sox's outfielder Jim
Busby does the chores, at Chicago's Comiskey Park where any-
thing is possible; now that Bill Veeck presides over White Sox's
treats for visitors, Dairy Farm Day Princess Maryann Granger
manages Bossy.
dairy industry reaches a total of
one billion dollars, making it one
of the largest single industries
in, the country.
Dairy products proviclecl. per
cent of all farm cash incrane
Canada last year.
*•*
A. little more than 3,000,0Q0
cows produce the river of milk
needed to meet the demands of
Canadians each Year. During
1958, milk production reached en •
all-time high of 18 billiOn
pounds, Provincially, production
ran from a low of one per cent
of the total in Prince Edward
Island to 34 Per cent in Quebec.
• • I
In addition to "every day"
products such as fluid milk,
cream, butter, cheese, ice cream
and concentrated milks, the
Canadian dairy industry pro-
cesses and' distributes other prod-
ucts which enjoy Increasing
popularity. These Include 2 per
cent milk, buttermilk, modified
milks, sour or salad cream, skim
milk, chocolate drink, "instant"
skim milk powder, ice cream
novelties, sherbets and formula
milks.
Visits The City
To See a Cow
An invitation, to PariielPate in
the Boston Common Dairy Fes-
tival has been extended to me.
Apparently the idea i,s ,that
Play be able to- bring some
country flavor to Boston, thus
edifying the community beyond
anything hitherto experienced,
but I accepted mostly on the
grounds that I would like to see
a cow, It will not be an easy jets
to edify Boston, and I approach
the assignment with trepida-
tion, but the chance to see a
real, live cow again enflames
me with ambition,
As I understand it, Boston
Common was originally set as-
ide as a perpetual cow pasture,
blueberry barren, and a place
to cut cordwood, and the dairy
industry, now become some-
thing of a mighty mogul, pre-
sumes on this ancient heritage
to display a flock of cows annu-
ally to promote its business with
the city customers, The idea is
not aimed at me, primarily,
As an old cow hand from away
back, I gave up all associations
with cattle about the time the
dairy business got complicated.
We had cows One day, and after
some officials had visited me
and spent three hours and a half
reading me the new rules, we
sold out and began buying milk
in bottles. Until that time the
cow had, shared our family, life...,.
with ;honor since earliest times.
The first cow on this farm
had been a stoic. She was led
through ' the uncharted foreet,
and embraced the life .of a
moose or •caribou; It was' quite
a time before they felled enough
trees; to make a field and
sprouted enough grass to make
forage. She was said to have
chewed spruce gum instead of
cud; and knew how to dip for
pondilily roots. Her diet of mos-
ses and skunk cabbage, princess
pine , and cedar tips, gave a
gamey qualitY 'to her Milk, and
after' a bottle of it the baby
would snarl like a bobcat.
The ,Indians from Swan Is-
land used to come over and
help 'round her up, and then
would stand in a circle and
watch her get milked. The pro-
cess arnused them.
Afterward, many a cow came,
and went, and at times there'd
be eighty or a hundred: of them,
au tom' They'd have several
yokes.. of oxen, and young stock
Coming along, and escapees that
Standard grade was establish-
ed for moderately lean beef pre-
ferred
.
by economyrninded house-
wives, the Department "of Nation-
al Defence, and persons wanting
to cutdown on fat for health
reasons-.
ranged the ridges. Milking St
COW was predicated wholly on
household needs, so they 13.0Qr
bothered, with more than two
at a time. Cows "(ley Off," so
you have to keep two -- one that
freshens in the spring, and one
that will "come in" in the fell.
Tills way, you have just enough
Milk twice a year and a sure
plus the rest of the time, which
is fed to calves and pigs. But,
ter, cheese, cream, and milk flow
to the family table and new and
then to trade, and you make cut
fine,
We had six "head" here when
we decided not to fight city hall,
and they were respected mem'
bere of the family and carried
their load well, They had never
heard any of the long language
of the Dairy Herd Improvement
Association, and were not aware
that somehow they had become
a menace to national health and
security, and were generating
public destruction, It was sad to
gaze upon them, happily flap-
ping their tails at flies, and eval-
uate their ignorance.
I never knew all the things 1
was supposed to do to keep
cows any more, but there was
something about rubber gloves
except at bedtime, membership
ire'severar orders and societiee,
and an agreement in writing
that 1 would not do anything
unless so instructed by the po-
litical authority. I also had to
build two new doors on the tie-
up, one, for in and one for out,
hinged accerdingly, so the' ilia
specters could Mays unhampered
and smoothly. The doers had to
be high enough 'so theY4 wouldn't
bump their noses as they deign-
ed to pass thr iugh. At }hat time; %
cows and I p rted company. a`:
I have, indeed, missed them. A
cow is saacomfortable asset, and:
econonalelally slound, even though
they rnake ork and tie you
down ,i to regular attendance
But the :dairy'-industry; in some
way, has neaer beeni. able to
take the plac, of a "Cow. First,'
d milk costs too much. gvery time.
I pay the m' kman I think.,00f
the pails of aste milk we :used
to dump in e hog ships.
Then, too, the farm s,palate iS
the quickest to see the differ,
ence in milk. The dairies squirt
it through machines, fortify at,
separate it .and put it "together
again, suspend, it, crack it, ther-
mate it, reverse it, ' and teach
it to spell and do simple logar-
ithms. By the 'time milk Breaches
a doorstep it has acquired more
experience than a veteran of the
Foreign Legion, and has trav-
elled, more than a retired mo-
torman.
It can pass all the tests, but
it is not the 'same milk we used
to hoist on the table in the big
blue pitcher and salute; with the
query, "Has anybody stirred
it?" The great cream on toP'
had to be subdued with a spbon
before you could fill your glass
or anoint your oatmeal. And
it was hot considered sporting
to pour first and get, this all to
yourself, hoWever much it made .
oatmeal a greater joy.
There is something forlorn in
my intention to go to Boston
to see a cow. She will be a fine
cow, right 'out of the Bovine
Blue Book, one who has licked
the new order of things and
come out on top. She will prob- ,
ably gaze on me With amaze-
ment. - By John Gould in The
Christian, Science' Monitor.
"Orangeade" is the name of
new, almost-fluorescent rose de-
veloped in, Great Britain. Its
developer, Sam McGredy, Brit-
ain's leading rose hybridist, says
that the flower can be seen
when one is almost a quarter-
mile away from the plant.
Obey the traffic signs - they
are placed there for Y 0 Ii R
SAFETY
se, esese
TO-HO -- Martha Rae. Williams
is as ,pretty a buccaneer's belle
never sailed the seven seas.
$he's shown on a visit to
Greenfield Lake.
"It appears quite poisible that
with the demand feseleaner beef,
some'beef producers may find it
profitable to Market their cattle
less finish- than required for
Choice or Good grades with a re-
sulting saving on feed costs,"
comments Mr, Senn.
. Brown ink is used. with the
grade name one the brand,to dis-
the-Choice or Red Brand and
the Godd Or Blue Brand. This
new grade includes Steers' and
heifers of top medium or bet-
ter conformation,. with „ a „light
covering of fat over most of, the
exterior which must not'exceed
the fat on the'middle of the Can-
ada• Good grade.
*
Standard grade, last year aver-
aged nine per cent of total Ceena-
dian` slatighterings and, for the
first four months this year," it
has accounted for 9,5 per cent,-
This year, up to May 2, Stand-
ard formed 14 per cent of total
beef slaughtered in Sasleatche-
wars; 11.5 per cent in Manitoba;
10.9 per cent in Ontario; 7.7 per
cent In Alberta; 6.0 per cent =in
British.Columbia; 4.2 per cent in
Quebec; and 19.5 per cent in the
Atlantic Provinces. • , • *
Milk and milk products supply
Canadians with 22 per cent of
their food energy; more than,80
per cent of the calcium In their"
diet; and more than 50,per cent,
of riboflavin,
Popularity of these products
is seen in the fact that the Aver-
age Canadian last year consumed
18.3 pounds of creamery bolter.
17.6 pints of ice cream, anti!- 6.8 -
pounds of cheese. e'.3. •
The gross annual value of the
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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observers to be on duty the
whole time keeping a record
hour by hour of the Captain's
time and speed." This official
log book - which included de-
tails of weather - was after-
wards published as a book.-
If anyone expected excite-
ment, they were °disappointed.
Keeping to lanes and grassy
tracks in the district, Captain
Barclay took forty-two days
over the job, and completed it
without the slightest sign of fa-
tigue. When he finished at
three o'clock on the afternoon
of July 12th, not a room was to
be had in the district. "To the
sound of church bells, Captain
Barclay was greeted by one of
the biggest crowds which have
ever welcomed a triumphant
pedestrian," said 'The Times.'
Perhaps the most remarkable
thing about this feat was the
walker's daily routine, He got
up every morning at five o'elock.
His breakfast was "a roasted
fowl, A pint of strong ale, and
two cups of tea with bread and
butter." On that snack he
walked without stopping foe
seven hours. At mid-day he had
lunch - "beef steaks and mut-
ton, chops."
At eix in the evening he had
another meal . . "beef and
mutton, some porter, and two or
three glasses of wine. Before
se I-gin:rig" te"bed he had e sup-
per of cold fowl,"
During the first week his ave.
erage time for one mile was 14
reihutes '43 seconds; but as the
pace began to tell 'he slowed
down, and the average towards
the end was 21 minutes 4 sec-
ends- When he started, hie feat
soiree punters were willing to
take Odds of 100 to 1' against
success: Half-way through tile
walk the odds had closed to 2 to
1 io,his tavola'. OVer the last
tieW"elays all. wagers had ceased.
However, we do not heed to
go so far 'btlok in time to dis-
cover some notable walking
feats by ribri-Profeiafende Walk
era LesS than ten Years Agra
fee instance, a grandmothee
Walked from John Geoat'e
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was more than sixty' years 4
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'even a haVeaSsi ari..
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supplies, to be , Peated ahead
each day,
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