The Brussels Post, 1960-02-25, Page 7•
gave you traction. They were
ideal for all outdoor farm work,
and in 40-below weather your
feet would always be cozy
which was not true of cowhides.
And, a very good arrangement,
when you came into the house
you could slip off the rubbers
and the felts made just as good
Slippers as anybody ever had.
A bit high, but 'fine.
Felt boots did have one fault.
Their internal combustion sys-
tem set up a natural pedal mac,
tien which could offend in a
close room with fussy people,
Their usefulness in the, open was
their failing in the parlor,
Also, this steaming tendency
which made them so salubrious
in the cold outdoors had a a way
of coming through at the ankles,
so the snow would melt there
some, and then freeze again,
and this built up great balls of
Ice which clung to the fibers.
This didn't impede the efficiency
of the boot, but it gave you ,
something to whack at when
you tried to sweep it off,
It wouldn't sweep off. You
could whack at your ankles un-
til the broom shattered, and
you'd just get a hearty jingle-
jangle like a crystal chandelier
in a high wind, You could pull
the ice balls off with your fin-
gers, but "not with your mittens
on, and standing there doing it
while supper waited was a chil-
ly matter worth remembering
when grayheads speak of the
olden days. In time, pulling off ,
the ice would remove enough
fibers so the boots went weak
at the ankles. Another thing
you could do was remove the
boots at once and let them melt
by the fire, but the felt ab-
sorbed the water and, it some-
times took more than overnight
to dry them again.
Cowhide boots, swept on the
step, were a lot easier to get
ready' for tomorrow, although
we did have to grease them now
and then. We did this ,with
neatsfoot oil, which you could
then buy without, hunting the
state over. It was an oil made
from the hooves of neat cattle,
or oxen, and it would make
leather boots as wet-proof as
a duck, Best way was to pour
it in a baking pan and stand the
boots in it so the leather would
soak,up well. You used a' dauber
to cover the uppers.
This chore had a rich farm
aroma, and every kitchen had
a corner where boots were
greased and iii-cause. of constant
dripping the planks would be
oiled as well as any boots for
an area of about four feet. And
there was forever and ever a
harnessy smell there, ripest in
August when the weather assist-
ed in dispensing it. One, point
being that you could wear felt
boots in the other room, but oily
leather boots were not conten 7
anced on a sofy. I lean, myself,
towards felts. They were harder
to sweep, but their other ad-
vantages were telling.
Today the floors you come in
on are laid with linoleum and
well' waxed, and a quick cotil-
Ion with a mop takes no longer
than sweeping. The Wide pine
planks of old farmhouses were
another story.' But if you come
to our door in, snowtime, you'll
find a broom there, and we'd'
appreciate it if you'll 'sweep.
We like to keep a custom here
and • there. Old Cyrenus, when
he swept, used, to up-end , the
broom and whack' his heels with
the handle. — not wholly to
show he was thorough, but to
crack any ,ice that might send
him Undet the wash bench when
he Crossed, the threshold. ee By
jOhn Gould in the Christian
Sdience Monitor.
began dictating his „short stories
and articles.
Thurber was peomPted to write
his eloquent appeal for proper
eye care for The Dispatch after
Ohio's 00v. Michael DiSelle pro-
claimed a "James Thurber
Week" in Ohio to mark a pre-
Broadwaty tryout of the humor—
ist's new play, "A Thurber Car-
nival," in Columbes (News
Week, Jan, 18), "I felt, the week
should in some way be turned to
something larger than a person's
private enterprises," Thurber
told IIEW$WgEK. "I thought I'd
try to do what little I could ,far
the human predicament."
In his article, the 65-year-old
humorist, who can see only light
and shadows, warned that an
affliction in one eye may, in
some cases, permanently affect
the vision in the other eye. "If
my own left eye had been re-
moved in time it is likely that
I would have normal vision in
the other eye today," he wrote.
Thurber's advice; "If anything at
all happens to your eye, you
should see 'a reputable doctor at
once."
For the most part, Thurber's
piece was a clinical discussion of
his own case (with, none of the
anguish an artist must feel on
losing his sight). But occasional-
ly, his familiar touch of humor
came through: "Deluded people
. . . have written me about fake
'cures' for cataract and for all
other eye conditions. I have not
only been told to use orange
juice, but to rub my spine with a
billiard ball; to put a hot flatiron
against my temple; to watch
jumping beans; to, swallow the
scrapings of church bells, and
even to become emotionally in-
volved with an Apache princess."
Jim Thurber closed his article
by revealing that "nothing has
fortified my faith in human na-
ture more than the fact that, in
1953, when my wife underwent
a successful (retinal) detachment
operation, eight People in Ame-
rica and two in England (com-
plete strangers) offered to give
us one of their good eyes."
They Still Keep A
Broom .At The Door 119AY SCH001
LESSON Years ago when we were first
setting up housekeeping and my
green bride was not yet aware
of all the country aiistelins, old
Cyrenus Hastings st4,1tilis head.
in the back door 4,0 -Leaned,
"Where's your broonilt,ei can't
write it the way )1,4<..s'ail it —
halfway between brobm and
brum. I got him a broom, and
he swept the newfallen snow
from his great lumberman's
boots and came into the house
to sit a spell and exercise our
rocicer,
Since then any sign of snow
here causes the broom to be
stood by the back door in an-
cient Maine style, "Snowing a
mite," I will say, and she says,
'Oh, then I'll put the broom out
in case Cyrenus comes " Old
Cyrenus stopped coming long
since, but many a new boot has
been swept clean by the broom
he taught my wife to keep handy
'for snow, And now, with the
,swift years, I notice people aren't
sweeping their feet any more
Some few do, still; but mostly
folks march up to our back
steps, thump the panel, twist
the knob, and walk right past
the broom to bring all their
nice wet snow for the floor. And
I notice back-door steps aren't
accoutred with brooms so much
now.
I think it was a nice little
custom, and should never have
waned. Snow, back then, wasn't
something the civil authorities
removed to the quick, bet was
a friendly, useful, not unpleas-
ant aspect of winter which could
'be lived with easily. Now peo-
ple come in low,,shoes and rub-
bers, and sometime§ without
even rubbers, and you can go
all over the county with sum-
mertime gear. Then you wore
some kind of hi-cut, or galoshes,
and expected to trudge a good
deal in deep snow. When it came,
to entering a house, you swept
your feet — and every home
had a broom out so, you could
do it. There was always a broom
at the schoolhouse, at the
church, and sometimes at the
store. You didn't track in.
I haven't seen any now for
some time, but there used to
be a commodity called felt boots,
'They were, without question,
'the warmest, most comfortable
footwear for winter use. They
were made of thick, coarse felt,
a little hairy, and their soles
probably had some hemp or
cardboard thrown in for stiffen-
ing. They laced up almost to
your knee, the top half, having
hooks instead of eyelets
Out-of-doors, you wore a pair
of heavy gum rubbers on them,
which kept you 'dry-shod and
By Rev. 8. Barclay Warren,
B.A., B.D.
Courage far Christian Wit4Cssing
Acts 31; 27-39
Memory Sele tion: Thou
therefore endure hardness, as e
good soldier of j es us Christ.
U Timothy 2:3,
Paul and his, party were
warmly welcomed by the bre-
thren on their arrival at Jerle.
Were, And then events took
an unusual turn. The Christian
Jews in Jerusalem — and there
were many of them — were
zealous for the law, Paul had
been preaching to the Gentiles
and was not requiring them to
be circumcised and walk after
the many customs of the Mosaic
law, Now James proposed that
Paul purify himself along with
four men who had taken upon
themselves a Nazarite vow, and
bear the expense of the sacri-
fices that must be offered before
they could, shave their heads.
This would amount to a publia
demonstration that Paul himself
was keeping the law, and would
refute the charges that he was
teaching Jews not to do so.
Some time before this,Paul of
his own accord had taen such
a vow, (Acts 18:18). Paul agreed
to do as was _suggested.
Whether Paul made a mistake
here or not, is hardly for us to
judge. Nowhere is it suggested
that he, did wrong. It seems to
be part of his •pattern of being
all things to all, men. To the
Jew he became as a Jew, There
was certainly nothing sinful in
;what he did. People change their
ideas slowly. Paul was not up-
hOlding these pines and the sub-
sequent offerings as a means of
salvation. They were no substi-
tute for faith in Jesus Christ. On
the other hand, Paul's course
here didn't seem to accomplish
much for the kingdom unless it
was to assure the Hebrew Chris-
tians that he was, not hostile to
the law and hence could be fully
trusted. But now, non-Christian
Jews from Asia saw Paul in the
temple and supposed that• Tro-
plaimus, a Gentile companion
from Ephesus, had accompanied'
him into the temple. This was
a. serious offense, if it had been,
committed.. Gentiles Wefe only
permitted in the, outer court of
the Gentiles. The agitation be-
gan and soon the city was in
an uproar. They drew Paul out
of the temple and began to beat
him, purposing to kill him. His
arrest by the Roman soldiers
saved his life.
Paul obtained permission to
address the mob. He told of his
conversion. When ,he mentioned
his coanmission to preach to the
Gentiles, the uproar began anew.
The chief captain took him in
and ordered examination under
scourging. Paul announced that
he was a Roman citizen and es-
caped further beating.
A strange turn of events in-
deed! The way is being made for
him to preach at Rome at State
expense.
PATTERN FOR SURVIVAL — "Painted" with a snowplow, this composition in manner of he
modern school is a design for survival; it permits cattle near Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to
reach ground cover for fodder.
removed by rubbing them with
apples and keeping the person
on an apple diet. This, of course,
is not so,
English, German and Danish
folklore contain many stories of
apples used as love charms.
Some Danes to-day believe that
an apple serves as a chastity
test, fading when the owner is
unfaithful.
Champion apples? A Durham
man named Stobbs was gather-
ing apples in his 'orchard in 1818
when be found a 'Yorkshire
green more than thirteen inches
in Circumference. It weighed
1'31/2 ounces, 'but was dwarfed
by another apple picked by a
man named Fillbridge who also
lived in Durham. This -giant• was
22 inches in circumference.
THE FARM FRONT
Joku
In a small;compact laboratory
at Ottawa, a total of 114,651
samples of cheese were analysed
for extraneous matter last year
by white-frociced technicians
working with spotless, stainless
steel equipinent.
For the small (normally less
than six employees) staff of the
Canada Department of Agricul-
ture cheese laboratory, it was,
a record year — surpassing the:
1958 test by seven and a half
per cent. * * *
About 97 per cent of the
cheese graded fulfilled the re-
quirements ' of Canada First•
Grade from the standpoint, of
extraneous /hatter, says F. D.
Murphyethe Official in charge, of
testing operations. This is slight-
ly lower than the previous year's
percentage. * *
Canada was first to undertake
this analytical• work on a nation-
al basis. And, since this coun-
* try poneered in-the work equip-
ment in the laboratory was de-
signed by leader§ in the Cana;
dian cheese industry.
Now. 'reports indicate that
Australia has taken 'a page from
the book of her Commonwealth
sister• country. Australia has in-
stituted, a method' of testing for
extraneous matter that is almost
identical to the one Canada has
had for several years.
The set of the jelly is control-.
led by varying the proportions
of pectin, sugar; sand acid so that
,the products will be firm enough
to slice, yet not too stiff to
' spread, e • *
Addition of red food coloring
gives an, attractive product for
serving. with turkey or chicken,
.and, a nutmeg-:flavored. jelly is,
good with. ham or pork.
* • • *
Want to' get the most out of
your, pole barn? "Then consider
this:
At the Nappan, N.S., federal
experimental farm,• It was found,
that large, pole-type loafing
barns used. 'for' cattle in winter
make execellent shelters for
rearing pullets in, confinement
during spring and summer.
* •
T. M. Maclntyre reports that
2,000 White Leghorns were rear-
ed from' eight to 20 weeks in
a pole barn 40 by 100 feet. Five
doors, three in front and one
at each end, were wired so that
they could be left open or closed
depending on the weather.
Feed hoppers and water fonts
were arranged so as to leave a
central alley wide enough for
a. truck. Tubular - type feeders
held a sufficient feed for one
week. Movable roosts., four feet
high, left floor space 'for the
birds during the day.
St • •
This method of rearing pul-
lets elminated losses from pre-
datory' animals, reduced feeding
time, and cut down on late even-
ing and early morning attention.
,Sound .Eye Advice
From Blind Writer
One 'of America's most accom-
,plished humorists was deadly se-
rious last month. Neglect of eye
„injuries or eye• troubles of any;
'`kind is perhaps the Major• cause
Of blindness., today,' he wrote 'in
his home-town paper. The Col-
. umbUs '(Ohio) Dispatch. "In the
United States alone, 25,000 'peo-
ple go blind every year' and the
sight of many of them could have
been saved by the exercise of
common sense,"
The author of this sober arti-
cle was James Thurber, who.
knows about blindness as only a
blind man can. "I' lost my left
eye as a result of an accident
when I was 7, and 25 years later
I began developing a cataract in
the other eye," Thurber told his
readers. After five unsuccessful
cataract operations in 1940-41, his
right eye gradually failed. He
drew his last cartoon in 1951;
and, no longer able to type, he
BEE NUISANCE!
Tens of thousands of bees eon-
:verged on a marmalade factory
in Gorizia, Italy, and so alarm-
ing was the, invasion that work-'
ers fled in panic and the factory
was closed.
Scouting parties of bees were,
first attracted by piles of empty
sugar sacks stored outside the
works. Workers fought the first
arrivals with sprays and' swat-
ters, but when the main army
.of insects arrived and took pos-
session al the factory Itself in
search of sugar, emplOyees
cided to quit.
Some days elapsed before has-
tily summoned .bee experts were
aable to clear the premises of the
invaders.
* • 4:
A sample of cheese is taken
from each vat graded and for-
warded to the Ottawa lab for
analysis. Samples are referred
to as having Disc 1, Disc 2, 3 or
4. The' first two discs qualify
the cheese for inclusion in Can-
ada First Grade, Disc 3 Canada
Second Grade, and Disc 4 Can-
ada Third Grade, or below ---
depending on the nature of the
sediment: • *
At first, results of the analy-
sis were relayed, to the milk pro-
ducer and 'cheese manufacturer
for their infOrmation only. In
1954, though, the federal gov-
ernment, ruled that every vat
must be tested for extraneous
matter and that a premium
would not be paid unless they
were Discs 1 or 2.
(Premiums have been paid on
• top quality ,Canadian cheese
Since 1939.)
*
In 1957, the Canada, DairY
Products Act was amended to
make extraneous matter analy-'
tia a fader in determining grade.
Of the teal, samples tested last
year, 25;910, or 22.8 per cent,
were classed Disc 1; 85,490; or
74.5 per cent, Disc 2; 2,979, , or
2.E per cent, Disc 3; and 272, Or
0.23 per cent, Disc 4. • * * *
Underscoring the advancement
made in the testing program to
date Is the fact that in 1953,,
out of 85,000 sainples, 46,000
were classed as Discs3 and 4, and
in 1956, Out of 107,000 samples,
25,000 were DiScs 3 arid 4. Last
year there were many more
samples and only 3,000 in the
bottom two classifications.
Apple sauce, traditionally
served with pork; may now .ad'-
company Other meats to the din-
ner table in the form Of canned
jellied apple sauce.
The jellied sauce was deveI-
bpeci at the Canaria DePartmeht
of Agriculttire Researeh 'Station
at Sumrheriand, as one of
a 'series of products intended to
utilize surplus apples of dessert
Varieties, normal f
ruit` Though normal fruit jelliea
must *contain more than 66 Per
tent sugar in 'bider to' Set,. ,use
6i a Stiedial Pectin Per/nits a
gelto be' formedfroth' sweet=
dile& apple sauce dontaining het
'more- than' 30 Per bat sugar':
told is added to iitipart a
good tart flaver to' jellied Sauce
Iiitide froth loW-Sold dessert
Nutty. Things
About Apples
Apple growers everywhere are
excited by the news that a fruit
farmer in South Africa has pro-
duced apple trees which' bear
fruit all .. the year round and
never shed their leaves.
Before putting the tree on the
market, says a report frem Wel-
lington, South Africa, the far-
mer sent a number to friends in
all parts of the country to test
Under all possible conditions.
All reported that 'the trees gra
exteremely well and are bearing
apples "upato theliest of expec-
. tations."
What's more, says the farmer,
the tree has been found to„be
• at least Afty ,per cent lesi sus-
ceptible to virus and insect
plagues.
Ever since Eve mankind has
been eating apples. The, apple
is the oldest fruit associated with
human beinge, but we are, not
the only creatures who like ap-
Ples: More than five hundred
species of Insects are known to
feed off the apple tree which
will also support fungus and
other growths.
Talking of apple eating, a
Pennsylvania barber succeeded
in eating 366 apples in two hours
and five minutes 'before a crowd
of 400. He did it for a wager.
Any ill effects? "A bad attack of
Indigestion and stiff jaw nits-
eels'," he reported.
Because houseelive§ like to
have apples with ruddy cheeks,
scientists at a U.S. agricultural'
research Station eXperrinerited
until they discovered a liquid
Which; sprayed on the ripening
fruit; turned them red quickly.
"The liquid stimulated the
otherwiAe pale apples 10 blush
violently," it was Stated.
It's astonishing how Many
strange beliefs have apples
their core! Women in seine Patti
of the World Wh6 have not
en their an heir Seine-
thrie§ go Out in city weetbei, and
roll tinder apple trees, convinced
that this twill Make their
tub
Sonia negroes believe that
tipple-shaped bittlifriarks triii
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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N 9 9 A V O V "In times of trial," said a
preacher to his, congregation 'of
convicts, "what brings us the
greatest CoMfort7" •
"Acquittal!" mumbled a voice
froin the back.
A S 3 3. A d V
t e,
*' MAN ANG:MACHINE— The feel of a man crushed''c''I t?.:ath are
visible beneath the *heels of a big trailer truck. The vehicle
backed over the man in Rockville Centre, N.Y., pinning him
with four of the rear wheels.
9 1 9 M S W
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RAUL COMES CLEAN — Raul
Castro, brother of Cubanpre-
iMier Fidel, Is snapped in, Ha-
vana' — minus 'his well-known
beard and pony toil haircut.
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ISSUE' 9 — 1960
29. ieverake
30. E."Indiah
weight
39. 'S'od
41. Conjonction
43. Uttered 44. Branches 'of
learning
45. Tuber
46, Taro paste
47. Pintail
48, Identical
49, Weary
GO. Brood of
Pheasants
52. Perform
13. Tylie measure
7. Past tense
ending
8. PactorY
9. Point a gun
10. Also
11. Girl's name
14. Abound
16. Bushy clump
19, Separated
20. Potitball tenth
21. Beverage
22. Ieuneral
Oration
28, Greet
25, Ext. ggerate
26, Bodily roattire
27, Men's parties
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
ACROSS 57, Augment . . 1, rootlike part DOWN
4. Capital of 1. Soft feed'
Oregen 2. Old Fr. coin
9. Philippine 3,13regif
savage 4. Meat' i&
12. Adept 5-, Bidet
13. Legend 6, Singing'
11. Kind of -Eli:A te:I syllable
17. FrOlt
18, Pull after.
19, Take out
,21. Unite -eleadly 23. YelloW ocher
It Tatted plant
28. Turkish call i‘ I
25. Surfades a
street
81. Old Soldier
(coiled.)
82.2000 pounds
33, Alert
34, ,TaPandal
Ottdant
85, Bege
06. More
diSeetirteatie
Floor
covering
113, Peace of mind
40. &filar° root
Of 100
41. Sorpenti
42. Not new
44. Intiact
46, Miele detain*
48. Dadreg.
51. Aerated
baytitid, doubt
64, AtteitiPt
65,. Help.
54. Rounded roof,'
Art wet elsewhere On Able tido,
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14 13 12
16 17 15 r.
re 19 20
21' 21 24 25 2 26 27
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32 34
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