HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-05-31, Page 3touck, the mws that don't have
the little suction cups on their
advertie less audibly and
some of them you can hardly
heal at all. But their pattern
seems to be all the same, and
they seem to mingle more or
less in our little pond,
Later in the season the frogs
and pollywogs take quite a
browsing from "natural enema.
es." Since ours is a made pond,,
and we have watched It from a
newly dug mudhole to a weedy
And shaded pool, I've watched
this, and my observation is that
the frogs hold their own, and
increase. We have our own little
flock, of domestieeted mallards,
and they like frogs. These, in
turn, teller in wild birds off and
On, and they like frogs. A stake-
driver or bitter wings in now
and then for lunch, and we have
had the long-legged blue heron
now and then, standing on one
leg and waiting to stab a morsel,
I've seen our common snakes,
all the harmles kind, coursing .
the weeds at the edge, hoping to
meet a sunning old green frog
whose destiny played him dirt.
Then I've seen a heron catch a
snake, and so the drama, goes on.
and on, But every year more
frogs come back, and the cycle
starts again, and I guess I'm not
supposed to do anything about it
except watch.
This, I find, is a recurring joy.
I lie low and say puffin when
the rest of neighborhood is
convinced spring is back, I listen,
and if no spring peeper's voice.
is abroad in the land, I see
people going with golf clubs, and
farmers ace hauling fertilizer.
and Mother starts housecleaning,
and the bluebird yells by the
lilac. There is a boom in the
fishing license business, I seem
to be one of the few who truly
knows when .spring is sprung. I
let the frogs tell me, and they
have never muffled yet. - by
John Gould in the Christian' Sci-
ence Monitor.
Frogs. Pont Tell Any
Lies. In The Spring
it's pretty hard every year to
resist repeating some Perennial.
`thoughts about the spring peep.,
ers, who are the little frogs that
zrialce a noise a thousand times
bigger than they are, and prove
10 be the only true harbingers
of the warming season, The
peepers, I em told, peep only
when the water temperature gets
up to a certain degree, and when
this point is reached the general
pattern of the vernal return is
in hand.
Thus, you can have a radiant
bluebird, full of the ginger that
makes him holier his head off,
and he can be a liar of the first
degree. He is going by the air,
and the way the sun shines, and
he had a tailwind up from Hart-
ford. And the budding of a few
crocuses by the shed makes him
think spring is here, but he
lacks the scholarly approach of
the lowly amphibia,
The spring peeper, being a
cold-blooded creature, snoozes on
in his niche under a rock, and
wishes the garrulous birds would
go away. The birds are like the
wiseacre in the railroad depot,
who jumps up from his seat,
grabs his valise, and rushes out
onto the platform as if the train,
were coming, Everybody jumps
up and grabs his valise and
rushes out, too, and the train
isn't due for another 20 minutes,
The peeper is the seasoned old
traveler who believes the time-
tablb, and doesn't stir from his
magazine until the board turns
to green over the dispatcher's.
desk.
The board, with the peeper, is
a more basic signal than the rest
of us use. Having within him
(or more properly, her, as we
shall see) no .central heating
system to augment the metabol-
ism relationships, he responds to
temperature from the outside
only. A warm breeze, 'which
makes the rest of us toss off our
sweaters and go to raking twigs
from the lawn, doesn't interest
him. The water is his native
element, and it doesn't respond
solely to the wind. The ice in the
pond melts when the "roll-over"
of the water goes above 32°, but
with frost still coming out of the
ground, snow water still melting
in from the woods, and perhaps
even a snowstorm yet to come,
the built-in know-how of the
little frog-he's no bigger than
your 'thumb nail-spares him the
absurdities that plague birds and
hunlani.
But One day all the portents
are congenial, This is the day the
water that beckons has risen in
temperature to a' point consistent
with the age-old rites of procrea-
tion. Like Easter, this is a
movable date, but it is not com-
puted by equation on an, arbi-
trary calendar-it is computed in
the tiny awarenesses of one of
our smallest animals, and he
never makes a mistake.
As to' the "she," it is the fe-
male who rouses to the occasion,
wriggles from the winter quar-
ters, hops to the pond, and sets
up• the clamor: The male peeper
is' mute. He' doesn't have to study
the ministrations and attempt an
estimate,' he knows that the
alarm, clock, will go off when it
is' time to get up. He is a• slug-
a-bed, and his mate will rouse
him when breakfast is ready,
sort of. The spring chorus of
lonely females, from the pond,
will assault his slumber' and
bring him' hopping in the next
day or so to see what the noise
Is all about:
The other frogs we have. in
this latitude operate about• the
same, except that they' don't
make quite so much noise. The ,
spring Peeper has 'a formal
name, 'the hyla, crucifer, because
he is a hyla, and he has, a defi-
nite mark of a. cross on hie:back.
Be has a cousin, another hyla e
the tree frog, Which makes:a trill
rather than a. peep, ancLis nearly
as loud, But ,the other frogs and
:Mises a reward, Ile loves
church,.
Where do we locate ourselves
in this sevenfold picture? '0104-,.
lug our eyes to the situation -WIII
not help. Sitting back in hostile
criticism will only aggravate the
condition. Let us live right and
In love reprove and .encourage
others.
wna scnoa LESSON
to Rev, It, Barclay Warren,
8.1),
Christ Speaks to the C.Itttreites
Revelation 2:1-9 .31.1-3P4
Newoor Scriptures Behold, t
stand at the door, and knack; if
any man hear my voice, ;tail.
open tbe door, if wit conic iu
to him, and wilt sup with him,
and he with. me. Rev.3:20,
How Peter Pan
Came To. Be Born
Peter Pan holds a peculiar po-
sition: his is the only story of
recent Centuries to escape flout
literature into folklore, For
every one person who has seen
the play or read the story there
are hundreds who know perfect-
ly well who and what Peter
Pan is. Besides being a fairy-
tale character, he is also a .sym-
bol - of what, precisely, even
Berrie could not find words to
describe: "I'm youth, I'm joy!
I'm a little bird that has broken
out of the egg!" cries Peter -
and Hook cannot understand,
but says blankly, "Oh . Well,
to it again," as he raises his cut-
lass.
Peter Pan was created in Ken-
sington Gardens, in the course
of stories told to a party of
small boys day after day and
week after week: but how ha
began neither Barrie nor any of
them could ever remember "I
made Peter by rubbing the five
of you violently together, as say,-
ages with two sticks produce a
flame."
The boys were the children
of Arthur Llewelyn Davies and
Sylvia, the daughter of George
du Maurier and sister of Ger-
ald, who played Captain Hook
and many other leads in Barrie's
plays. Barrie, with his big dog
Porthos, met them in the Gar-
dens and told stories that began
with the old fairy tales and wan-
dered away, in and out of le-
gend and literature, introducing
himself, Porthos, the boys and
occasionally other young friends.
For anyone brought up on this
book Kensington Gardens has
become an extra province of
Fairyland, - From "J, M. Bar-
rie," by Roger Lancelyn Green.
. The seven churches of the
Revelation are fairly represen-
tative of the church of any peri-
od, Ephesus has lost its first love.
It sometimes happens in marri-
age. So the Christian who does
not grow in grace and in the
knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, leaves
himself open to temptations
which he cannot resist. Love
wastes away,
Smyrna, the suffering church,
is one of two which receives no
reproof, So often suffering is the
experience in which man draws
close to God. Peter writes (1
Pet. 4:1,2), "Remembering that
Christ endured bodily suffering,
you must arm yourselves with a
temper of mind like his. When a
man has thus endured bodily
suffering he has finished with
sin, and for the rest of his days,
on earth he may live, not for the
things that men desire, but for
what God wills." (N,E.B.) For
such there is encouragement
rather than warning,
Fornication and the lusts of
the flesh have entered the church
at Pergamos. Alas, there are
still many professed Christians
who walk after the flesh, and not
after the Spirit. Repentance is
the remedy.
Thyatira is the church attempt-
to please God by good works.
Many would sooner attempt to
work their way to heaven, than
repent of their sins and trust
fully in Jesus Christ as Lord and
Saviour.
Sardis has some worthy names,
but for the most part, has a name
to live but is dead.
Philadelphia is a small church
but is loyal and aggressive. To
this church the Lord says, "I
have loved thee,"
The most' pathetic picture of
all is that of Laodicea. These
people are well-to-do. They are
smug and self-satisfied. This is
the only church of which Jesus
makes no commendation. Their
luekwarmness is revolting. Their
only hope lies in repentance.
But, to this church, Jesus pre-
sents himself in the most drama-
tic entreaty, Jesus knocking at
the door has been celebrated in
art and in song.
For every church Jesus pro-
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READY FOR ACTION - With a bumper wheat Crop in'Prospect for Kanias, there will be
plenty of combines available for the harvest, This used combine lot of one machinery
dealer in. Hutchinson is an example, Many small farmers have been forced to sell the
expensive machines while other hire "custom cutters" 'to bring in the grain harvest,
• THE FARM MN
(106.:
"When farming stops being
fun, that's when I'll sell my land
and move to the city," a typical
New England farmer will tell
you.
Farmers in this area retain the
rugged individualism for which
they have been noted for cen-
turies. But-at the same time they
are adapting to modern agricul-
tural methods.
Many of these farmers run
successful farms that could be
operated from a pine-paneled'
downtown office, Yet, like their
forefathers, who cultivated the
land with a one-horse plow, the
New England farmer can often
be found on. the seat of a tree-
'tor' plowing a field. early in the
morning or working side by side
with 'his "hired hands" at her-
vesting•time, They do it because
they like ,it.
"In spite of modern inventions
farming is still. hard work," an
observer who- has watched New
England agriculture develop and
change for over , 50 years, points
out, "Farmers make less money
an hour for the amount of time
they put into their work than
most Americans. You have to
have a love of the soil to farm."
'In. an urbanizing area like.
New. England, a farmer can al,
ways sell his' land at a profit, if
he'grows tired of tilling the soil.
'But many don't want to.
"Real estate people just can't
understand whyl turn down of
to buy my' land," says. Aus-
tin Smith, owner Of Brooksby
Terms in. Peabody, Mass. "I en-
.joy the farm. It pays for itself
and I See no reason for giving
11/1p" 11r:Smith's farm , has one of
the' largest apple, .pear, peach•
and plum orchards in the North
Shore area. Brooksby Farms,
named after a very small com-
munity 'near the farm in colon-
ial days, was started in the,
':.1640's, Several' of the houses, on'
the' property today 'date back to
that time;
The. Smith fernily- has owned'
the land for 60 years and has
developed the . flourishing orch,
aids, Chickens are also raised
.on the farm.
a a
Like. many' New England farM-
ers, ,Mr. Smith doesn't truck his
fruit. and eggs to. the city. He
sells his product St a Modern
roadside stand, Far from the
small wooden structures of the
past, stands of today are usual-
ly large' and closely reseinble
'modern' grocery ,stores:
From Brooksby rarMs' hilly
slopes neat rows of houses can.
be seen completely stirrounding
the land, They seem to 'repre-
sent the constant encroachment
of urbanism on New England
farms. „ , 4,
FOr Harold Rogers of Ward
Hill,. Mass., the urban march has
meant the loss of 23 acres of land
to state highways, Bulldozers
roar daily as wide furrows of
brown soil carve up, the once
green pastureland, part of a pro-
dUctiVe dairy farm.
"Fortunately the farm is bor-
dered by the new roads and only
O few' acres have been cut off
front the Main farm," says Mt%
Rogers, "This whole area was
once isolated from the city
'Haverhill) but now we are
finding ourselves closet and
closer to urban, living,"'
Net .Rogers' father Started the
&Mtn With only two acres soine
66. yeara ago. The farm now has
settle 230 acres', Besides the' at.:
tuat dairy' farniihg operation;
Rogers also has a dairy
which bottles milk. for the Ward
dill area, He is one of the feVir .lri
dependent dairying concerns left
In' the. northeastern. section of
the state;: writes Mike Born in
the Chtlatiati ,Seleriet Moriitbre
In spite of a reduction in num-
ber the future still 'looks bright
for many New England farms.
In many families youngsters are
growing up who are interested in
farming. Mr. Rogers' son Richard
a teen-ager, is now in charge of
all the. machinery on their farm
and is beginning to• take over
most operations.
"Farming nowadays is. a chal-
lenge in every way," Richard
says. "I feel a young person can
find farm life rewarding in that
you're your own boss. There is
also a feeling of accomplishment
when crops are good or milk
production high."
4' 4,
With three agricultural high
schools in the state (Norfolk, Es-
sex and Bristol counties), many
Massachusetts farm youngsters
can learn modern farm tech-
niques at an early age. They also
haye the opportunity to go on
to the University of Massachu-
setts School of Agriculture.
These youngsters will be and
ong those who will carry on. New'
England farm traditions. There's
no doubt land will become more
valuable and temptations to sell
off the old homestead more al-
luring but love of the soil will
keep farming an important part
of New England life for the fore-
seeable future,
Ocean Depths Are
By No Means Quiet
The depths of the ocean are
traditionally thought of as
serene, calm, .and quiet, 'At any
submariner or skin diver knows,
however, the animals that popu-
late the sea are anything but
silent. It has already been deter-
mined that more thae 50'per cent
of the fisheof the sea are noise-
Makers, producing an unending
cacophony of grunts, knocks,
clicks, and whistles. New. purrs
and whirrs are constantly picked
up as research progresses,
As a result, an increasing 'num-
ber 'of investigators are dangling
hydrophones' in the oceans and
taking to skincliving gear to
record and identify the noises.
Among them is Dr. Howard E.
Winn, zoology professor at the
University of Maryland. The 38-
year-old researcher is currently
visiting the University of Ore-
gon in Eugene, working with
biologist Melvin J. Cohen, an
expert in the physiology of' hear-
ing,
After a morning spent catch-
ing,- catfish recently, Winn re-
ported on his .research: `,'We have
found, three different types.' of
fish communication. The first
is a warning, when an enemy.'
is in the neighborhood. The
second is a defense call, as when
one fish 'approaches another in
his territory, The third; is a
spawning signal to, attract a'
mate."
So far, Winn has concentrated'
on three species:. The fresh-water
minnow, which he found emits a
knocking sound. for defense and
'a purring sound during*the mat-;
ing season; the 'squirrelfish .of
Pacific coral reefs that' grunts
for dense .and 'produces' a 'long
chattering ball as a warning;'•and
the toadfish, 'which " alSo grunts
in defense, but whistles at' a
prospective mate. That whislte,
Winn reported, Is, so loud, that It
MIGHTY HOT -- The' biggest'
flame on earth roars Skyward
from the.,blazing Grassi-Touill
natural gas well in Algeria,
The flame was finally snuffed '
out by a' blast of dynamite.
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Winn says that this communi-
cating does not• go unheeded. He
points out that although not all
fish 'talk, " they all have hearing
organs. In the • lab, the catfish
is a favorite because of its ex-
cellent 115 t e n i n g apparatus.
"There are usually no external
parts as' on mammals," Dr. Winn
explained, "just an inner ear„
and the sound is conducted
. through the tissues of the head.
The questions are, what fre-
quencies and intensities can they:
hear, and what information do
the sounds 'convey to 'them? In'
order, to get 'the answers, we e ar
making:recordings with- .under,
water microphones, and playing
back the sound' to isolated spe-
, cies in tanks in the lab. For one
thing we have found evidehce
that fish orient themselves in the
.-direction of the sound,. in 'don-
,trast to past belief."
In the future, Winn hopes to
implant electrodes in the brains
and auditory nerves of, some fish.
After, wiring them for sound, he
will set them loose in the ocean,
and record the electrical ire
pulses 'transmitted frqm the in-
ner, ear to the. brain.' "I've got
ten years of work ahead: of me,"
he said.
`But some of Win.n is findings'
are 'being put 'to practical use,
how. Under the sponsorship of
the Office of Naval. Research, a
team of Scientists is trying to
.construct a complete chart of the'
sounds of the sea„ including', the
times of year and the places
where they, are heard. During.
World War II, the Navy found
that it couldn't tell an enemy
sub from a school of snapping
and clicking Shrimp. With anti-
submarine warfare now an even
More difficult and vital opera-
tion, Navy sonar technicians
most be able to tell the differ
ence between the amorous purr-
ing of a school of minnows arid
the spinning propellers of a man-
made intruder',- froth NEWS-
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Killed Napoleon?
According to a pair of Swed-
ish medical sleuths, Napoleon
didn't die of stomach cancer on
St. Helena - he was knocked
off by a dose of arsenic.
Doctors 'Sten. Forshufv,ud and.
Anders Wasseneof. Goteborg, got
a lock of Napoleon's hair (which
was apparently taken' from his
head the day after he died by.
some• souvenir hunter) and sent
it to Glasgow University for an
arsenic test, This showed that
the hair contained about 10
parts per piklliop of 4.rserA9,
Compared with the normal con-
tent of about 0.8 parts, per mil-.
lion. Dr. Forshufvud takes this
as confirming his diagnosis of
the symptoms shown by Napol-
eon during his long illness' in
exile, The •corpse,. 19 years after
death, was found to, be very well
preserved.
Who fed Bony the fatal po-
tion? Napoleon thought his* cap-
tors were' killing hint. Forshuf-
vutl.lays the crime to' one of the
exile's French companions, al-
though, there isn't much point
in laying charges now,
NEW ROAD ALERTS DRIVERS - Paving surfaces which
"talk back" to the drivers are helping to cut accidents along
old U.S 40 in California.' The areas are called "rumble
strips," and are squares of small stones glued to the road.•
They alert drivers to changing road conditions with an in-
creased sound and a different "feet" of the road beneath
the wheels, Where used, accidents have decreased by half.
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front Amarillo .never had liked
each 'other at 'the state univer-
sity,,and' their antagonism deep.
ened whets, separately, they both.
'came td NOW York and made
good /it a very big Way. At a
laeideda gathering,, they
met face • to. fade, and the man.
.-tottlditl resist twitting his old
acquaintance to show tiff for hiS
netts friehdae 'Tern Other,
her laughed coldly,. "when .yell
hadejtiat bite'. pair of shoes td
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sh i;e0ited Without a tittalm,
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