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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-9-16, Page 6passim i all others an Delicacy and Fragrance c,i9h at -a Send us post earns for a free sample, stating the price you now pay and if you use Black Green or you! Here is a new book. It was to have been my little farewell gift to 3 you to -day, but you can have it now." She put it into his hands and kissed the top of his yellow curls, "I'11 not be long, David, and when I come back we'll have a parts," IIe became so lost in the adventures of Ali Baba and the forty Thieves, that he did not notice that it was long past noon before Miss Phoebe return- ed, If David had not been such a little boy he might have noticed bow quick her step was and the beautiful light that shone in her eyes. It was *I PO the kind of light artists try to paint in the faces of those who have found PART II. David likewise lavishly embraced hm- great happiness and peace. But David A. shrill, thin, little voice broke cud- They w•at:hed Laddie's departure w th noticed nothing but welcoming arms denly upon them. It was David. Iletearful eyes, she held out to him, "I'mgoing to carried a small, paper box and de- "He wouldn't have cried se bad, keep you here forever and ever, posited it upon Miss Phoebe's lap with Miss Phoebe," said David comforting- David." an air of grave importance. ly, a few minutes later when they A sudden burst of sunlight flooded "It's softs wild animals I've been were in the garden, "if he could have the room and lighted up a picture. It taming for you!" he announced, his understood why you was giving him was the picture of the boy on the eyes as bright as a young robin's. away, He couldn't know you's going cover of yesterday's "Companion"—a. "And it's for to remember each other to the city where there's no place or hollyhock ellow chained The standing ai Ungs fi i old by, Miss Phoebe!" him to stay at, and he thinks youy Jr "Wild enin als!" laughed Miss don't love him any store: Vandy came ringing back to her with Phoebe, giving hint a little hug. "It "I know, David. Come, let's say a new significance. "Yes, Miss Mary couldn't be elephants, David, or fens good-bye September end ttheeairt'It was was fragrant titre!) has talent." Miss Phoebe has genius." —"x— "Nepe." He threw back the lid with lovely late holly -hocks. (Let her have the boyl) "It's caterpillars! This one," he point- "David, I want you to conte here She laughed a low, rippling laugh ed to the fatter of his black -and- and play and look after my flowers that to David sounded like the peal yellow, fuzzy specimens, "is King Al- when I'm gone, just as if I were here, of little silver bells. Then they Yellow -Top in honor of King Albert They must not get lonely." noticed that someone was tapping on of the Belgiums, you knew! And !rim's "h ee'um," replied David huskily, the door. David hastened to open it. Earl Haig! We're to keep 'eat, and "I'll conte but it won't be nice with- It was Laddie. He had broken his by and bye when they turn into pretty out you and Laddie. The dflowersthiall chain and comehe home. Tracing Counterfeit Bills. The treeing of counterfeit bills back Mixed Tea. Address salads, Toronto. Byer fellow? That's what y0u'11 get if you! don't nine me! " h11:, 1 ] tit mild bine eyes flam- ed: She hemeed eI De d thlt little - body eloser i" 1iee :se ,f t t rr,teet h m from Luke Jenein.s tire:: t- ed resew, "Oh, David -Boy, my -time, ere you sure you unloretmelS Are you rose- piece tive }tut lath,•. is dead ani Ann li.x- ter ! 11t you. aunt? An,1 wen 13 this 1.u1.• J,neins? I cant eecra to L: sing mutes in Calces, eau use that extra energy that 1 i•1 down in,i The fester of honey eoaub:nes espe- spent trotting from pantry to kitchen and back again do some other way— doing some of the nnuny things that we farmers' wives want to clo but never find the time. And thirdly, a landscape window in Inc, Rarely le toner more economical the kitchen, with- a window ledge wide than sugar, nor is it often mush more enough for a plant box or individual expensive. It is the excellence of the pot for flowers, Whi and shouldn't Moth - flavor imparted that rornntends it for while preparing the food that is to keep Father and Johnnie well and make them efficient? Sho can't do it in a dark, glocnty kitchen. It's a pretty good investment to keep Mother healthy in a light kitchen, with a window in it wide enough for her to see the blue sky and trees— say a window four feet wide by two feet high. And how her plants will grow on this window ledge! The Washerwoman Speaks. The other night I came across a sen- tence in a book which read: "No man She suddenly en. lyav . 'went into her room end enmit:e:e.1 dally well with slices, and for that dressing, eretvi: s :Ilene in the w eni," reason it may be used with very, sat - was what she w_t,1 thinking, "Havel _ isfactory results in cake making, The alone," Tres ntlt ..he eame out and use of honey oleo makes the rake David saw that else trot;. her hat end keep fresh and soft Inc a longer per- ccat. ' i It 11 al "I ant going out for a few minutes, David. No, you stay right here, du.:- ing, and there is no one coming to get Miss Ph y. gibe's ollyhock Garden By CHARLOTTE KINNEY. butterflies, we'll remember each other, .,now rout to go•ni . It ain't to -morrow your going, Miss morning. The lilacs .aid they would Phoebe?" Hix tones were wistful. be awful lonesome next spring when „I� wqn they put on their purple dresses and use in cakes. Honey Pound Cake.—A good pound cake can be made by using equal weights of honey, eggs, sugar, flour and butter, A little soda should be added on account of using honey in- stead of sugar, and flavoring used that will give the desired taste. The recipe may be wiriest by using some sugar instead of all honey, The mixture should be beaten for ten minutes, and cooked in a deep pan in a slow oven for an hour, Honey Drop Cake.. --Take three- fourths cup of honey, one-fourth cup can be a hero to his valet;' and T of butter, half a teaspoon of cinnarton, couldn't help thinking that `this was a fourth of a teaspoonful of cloves' almost as true about a woman and her one egg, two maps of flour, half tea- \varherwoman. spoon soda, two chopspoons water, one Of course every day is Monday to a cup of raisins chapped fine. Heatthe woman who washes for her living, and the person who called Monday blue certainly knew what he was talk- ing about, But I would just like to say that it can actually be made a rosy day, as you will see from the descrip- tion I ant going to give of my day with Mrs. X. If women only knew how very short- sighted they were in the way they treat their washerwoman, they would certainly turn over a new leaf. And because I think that I may help them to see this, I want to write this little article for seine paper. How much time do you suppose is lost in this country every washday just; in waiting while Johnny scoots down to the store to get a cake of soap or a box of starch, or for the water to' get hot, or Inc the woman of they house to go scurrying around picking, up her dirty clothes all the forenoon? It would be very interesting, I think, if one of those fellows you read about honey and butter till the butter melts, and while it is warm put in the spices, When it is cool, add part of the flour, the beaten egg, the soda dissolved in water and the raisins. Add more flour to stake a dough that will hold together. Drop by spoonfuls in a but- tered pan and 'bake in a moderate oven, Honey Cookies,—Use a fourth of a cup of water, two eups of sugar, half a cup of lard, one rup of honey, two egg yolks, teaspoonful of soda, six cope of flour, a teaspoonful of cinna- mon and half a teaspoonful of ground ginger. Heat the water, sugar, lard and honey until all is melted. When cool add the yolks of the eggs and of to-moxto „ flour sifted with the spices and soda. k"No, Love," whispered the the nim, you wouldn't be here to see theft. adorable curl at nrpe "Did they?" smiled Miss Phoebe to the person responsible for their is Roll out on a floured board and cut ofan allsue is a curious and exciting employ- into desired shapes. Bake in a mod- th his pinktneck, "notTo-morrow, you but I saidwt aay ayes. "You can too,tDavid." them erate oven, the next day. and I that I'll miss them trent, says a New York newspaper, Laddie and I are to have our fare- David suddenly remembered the The experts assigned by the Govern - w ell party in the garden and then caterpillars. He brought her the box. neat to this work aro among the most I Dollars From Gingham and Beans. Mr. Preston is coming to take Laddie "You feast choose one of 'em. Miss skilful members of the Secret Service. A few years ago a young girl found who works in figures would take time' a with him out to his farm" Phoebe, to keep. Will it be a king or The protection of the currency de- it necessary to earn some money -le to work this out. When I get to Mrs. X's, as soon as I take off my things and ge wags "Does Liddle like �Ir. Preston, Silas a General?" pends in large measure upon their en she was to continue to live at home into my' Phoebe.'" - "Oh, David, what a boy you are! flciency, and the Pains they tape are as she wished to do. The family toss- t • t � "He. doesn't know him yet, dear, but; You cheese for me, darling, far any- almost infinite. A strange • story told deuce is on a much-LYaveled highway, lie will in mane. ;vin Preston it e! thing so wonderful as a king ora ` over which great numbers of motor there is a cup of hot coffee, two or good, kind man and d has two little general I reser Would make up my, one of these operatives illustrates girls to play with Laddie,' Jy old head." ( the diff eulties which they meet and ] h' h) ""'d fruit. I oto she "T'll bet hell be lonesome and run, IIe picked her out King Al -Yellow- overcome, crowds of children go to and !tack to us!" Tep. "He ought to turn into a awful 1 One day a bank clerk in Cincinnati "Oh, David, don't! You knew I can -1 pretty butterfly and when he does, detected a counterfeit $20 bill In the not take hi -•n to Toronto." i :Miss Phoebe, won't you please taker deposit of a small retail grocer. The "Why can't ycu?" I him to live in a park? He would miss' operative was sent Inc and undertook "Because, he would not be happy- the flowers and trees and things. IIe'd' the case. There is no garden for hint to run' rather live in a park." He found that the grocer received and lays in," "I promise, David, and he shall al- her father's garden. When she ha pthe bill from a shoe dealer, who lead It "Ain't there no flowers or trees or ways have e, best of carer "And from a dentist, who had it from some- harvested the crop, she bought five birds there?" "Good-bye, Bing :All' he cried. "Not in the business section, but mind you like Toronto!" body else, and so on, until finally the yards of strong, bright -colored ging- plenty in the parks." "Goodbye, Earl Haig!" echoed Miss Secret Service man traced it to ien in- ham and made it into bean bags. Some "Does God'stay in the park, Miss Phoebe, entering into the little game. valid woman who had used it to pay she made square, some round, some in Phoebe?" ' -And don't forget the King." he physician. When questioned, she 1 th -,_--_ -r militate, i e" them "Oh, David, run away and play, I It was late when Miss Phoebe re - mast finish my work now. God is tired and her sleep was light and everywhere. darling," broken and full of troubled dreams, "But von sal) s3 Phoebe, apron, I sit down at the table, where, cars pass every day and along w 1c three slices of rice buttered toast and c from a dish of stews rui , g school, It occurred to the girl that laundry, and there are the clothes in the site offered a good chance to sell) the tubs, where they hay been put to things. soak the evening before; the table - She spent ten cents for coeds of cloths, napkins, etc„ in one tub, the common garden bush beans, which she underclothes, towels, etc., in the other, planted in an unused sunny spot in said the money had been sent to her she embroidered eyes, mouths an by her brother, who lived in New Or- news in colored worsted. leans, These bags she displayed Inc sale ] d bei Ph ebe He was When she finally opened her eyes The operative looked up her broth- an a large square of canvas that she most and a garden. You saidrs and some one was as David. Hewascalling her name. pale and trenblt er's pedigree, and was certain that he stretched on the roadside fence. The The door bell again was ringing. It ing and his great eyes were full of was the man wanted, He had a bad 1 whole supply sold almost at once. was Mr. Preston. He had happened pleading. record, was the proprietor of a dive l The gingham had cost seventy-five to come to town a day earlier than he "Hide me, Miss Phoebe, hide mel and was just the sort of person to be I cents and the beans ten cents, The expected and would take Laddie home There's a man here to take me away a confederate of counterfeiters. The hundred bags that she made sold at •0i;, s'hoebe and David with him, I'm afraid of him, Miss operative went to New Orleans with M1a"afetors bad not counted 'on this. Phoebe•—please don't ]et him take me the handcuffs in his pocket, but he was "You won't let hint take him, Miss please let me stay here with you!" Phoebe?" protested David passionate- She gathered him in her arias. fly, "'Cause he's invited to our party!" "Darling, there is no one after you. "But, dearie, we cannot ask Mr. No one shall take you—ever, unless Preston to drive thirty miles back just you want to go. Now, tell me all to leave Laddie over night. Come, about it." Laddie." "Aunt Baxter, she ain't my really - With beating heart, she found his leash and fastened it to his collar. "You'll always be kind to him, Mr. Preston, went you? as—as long as he lives? I—there is nothing in all the world would make me part with him but going to the city. I—you—" she was down on her knees before Laclede, her alms about Ins great neck, Cladding tears on his collar. She kissed him between his silky ears. truly relation -aunt at all, And Luke Jenkins, the man who's come to take me, he and my Aunt talked just now. My father isn't going to ever send her any more money for me 'cause he's dead and so she ain't agoing to keep me. She's goingg to give me to horn to work and, Miss Phoebe, he whips his horse awful, he doesl And he whipped it just now and he laugh- ed and said, 'See that, any young The Oa Beef KEEN'S D. S. F. MUSTARD is largely associated with the false of England's roast beef., having been used with it for over' a century, eei198 D. Se F. Diflustara cetera with yeast beef and other moats, fish, `' game, poultry, cheese, etc., causes better -�'' "y digestion, and assures full nutrition. ....,arts, a 11 has received the highest awards at exki- biiians ail over trio world. MAGOSS, SON i CO., .�.Liaita8 tja Montreal Toronto Canadian !t".erz., �,r..�,'�tw'�7�tt"v'y+Ir..:-ssr•-'•- °..._•w.- Weattherproo1 the Shbi les There'sl added years of nerviee if your roof 4a preasweed with SHINGLE STAIN ASK YOUR DEALER a little premature. The man proved to the detective's complete satisfaction that he had re- ceived the money as rent for a small house he owned in Pittsburg. The operative took the next train for Pitts- burg. The tenant of the house proved to be a travelling oculist, who spent most of bis time on the road. He was then away in the West, but the operative PAW hint on his return and he at once recognised the bill, It had been given him by a patient in Cincinnati, the very point from which the operative bad started. The patient was a boss carpenter. The Secret Service man got his ad- dress from the oculist and made a bee • - line for the city. He had a premoni- tion that something was going to hap- pen, and he wasn't disappointed. The carpenter was an honest old fellow, and told the detective without hesitation that he had received the bill from Mr. Smith for repairing his barn. Mr. Smith was tho small grocer in whose bank deposit the counterfeit had turned up. The detective flow to his store as fast es taxi could carry him and found it closed. Ho had left town. His shop, It was proved, was ameeblind. Hind. Mlnerd's Liniment Rollover Colds, Etc. -- Packing Or'ar ger, Oranges in California are packed by hand anti wrapped by hand, but the bwslne?s of ::coding theft to niatl et le done almnst entirely by machinery. Very important is the mechanical arrangement by which the oranges, rolling slog^ rule ayp under The in- fluence of gravity, vity, are made to sort thenwelve th r,� e of each size falling into a ..op:irate itin. Alongside rho bine alt a, row of young %IOiin'Li where 1 ipens 11 is to wrap and pack the canker in boson, Each 0110 11110 t t her left hand a quanti- ty of tissue .-bout..; 1 oI tho proper size on a tray. 'tV 111 her tight hand she plucks an orange from tiro bin, with her left she grasps a sheet of paper. A few rapid movements mid the bort is filled and ready Le ire ntrved and nail- ed up, an empty Ono taking its plate, ten cents apiece, so that she had a profit of nine dollars and fifteen cents. Tho next year she made six hun- dred bags, and by making them a little more elaborate sold them for twenty-five cents apiece. Icer profits that year were a hundred and forty- five dollars. By degrees site added other things to her stock, such as pin needle pillows, the materia she collected 'while the beans were growing. Now the profits from her little business keep her in spending money the year round. Three Kitchen Helps. things in her kitchen: A kitchen stool—made the right height Inc her to iron, wash dishes at her sank, and beat cakes at her cab- inet. i never have been able to stand on my feet long without getting a bad backache, and had begun to feel that I never could be an efficient farmer's wife. But my farmer -husband --bless Itis heart!—solved my difficulties by ntysteeionsly shutting himself up one afternoon in his workshop. He emerg- ed after an hour or so with a kitchen stool, and it is almost as dear to me as is my $500 piano. A built -in -cupboard for dishes over the sink. I need to have to trot into the pantry with my dishes, and I was trotting most of the time. Any cup - hoard except one that was built in would have been awkward and in the way in my kitchen. Now ray cliches ere washed and put away in about half the time they used to demand, and I ONTARIO SIL The Moyer Oil Company own 011 leases on 1,000 acres or land to Dover and Tilbury Townships and In the Comber' ante Delio River districts; In the latter district they already larva 22 wells producing otl In encouraging quantities. In order to finance and develop this enterprise, WO offer 1.00,000 shares of stock at per value of 61.00 each, Write Now for Full Partiouters to John Pratt & Co. 70 Adelaide St. E. 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Linked with every phase of the WO - tory of Canada is the name of the Hud- son Bay Company, which, in Its hey- day, governed a vast territory and. those who lived there, For generations it was absolute ruler of the region north of Quebec and 1\lontread. Just half a century ago, when there was a probability of its being dispossessed by force if It refueled to conte to terns, the company 1 agreed to the transfer of its territorial cs 1„,D 1150 tt� CEDAR ii ECHESTS Absolutely moth -proof and wonder- fully handsome pieces of furniture. Direst from manufacturer to yon, Write for free illustrated lltoratlue. Eurelca Refrigerator Co., Limited Owen Sound, Ont. Used for 70 Years Thru its use Grandmother's youthful appearance has remained until youth has Jt become but a memory, The soft, refined, pearly white appearance It renders leaves the joy of Beauty with you for many years. rights to the Dominion of Canada for $1,500,000 and a twentieth of the lauds to be set out for settlement by the Government in the ensuing fifty years. This land, enormous in total duan• tity at the beginning, still forms great numbers of "little oases of virgin soil that have remained untouched by the plough since Indian days, and sea rounded by the cultivated fields end pastures of the richest farming sec- tions In Western Canada." Pioneers of Fur Trading. Time was when the founders of titin famous concern, now facing a new era with two and a !tall centuries of ro- mantic history behind it, went to Bos- ton and vainly urged upon the mer- chants there the merits of their scheme for an extetedon of rho Cana- dian fur trnding enterprise. These pioneers were two clissatisfied 'French employees of the French monopoly of Quebec which had re- fused to expand its field to the Hud- son Bay. c� 1 At the French Court the two ativen- ,�mOut a A manual for fox farmers coveriug ranch construction, housing, feed- ing, breeding, and furring foxes, by E. II. Rayner, one of the best known fox breeders on P. E. Island. An invaluable handbook for all who wish to make a success of raising foxes. Sent postpaid to any address in Canada or the United States for $1,00. Send orders to R. G. CLARK Sox 514, Summersicle, P. E. Island and the colored clothes in the basket on the floor. A narrow shelf extends across the end of the room, and on it is soap, ammonia, starch, bining— everything I am going to need in my day's work, and never in the three years I have been washing there has anything been missing from that shelf when I gat there. The water is hot, and there is a good glass washboard and wn•:nger. Another thing that would surprise you is the number of women who expect you to do a good day's work without any of these three things. Instead of a clothesline, Mrs. X. has a reel that slips into a socket in the back yard, and you can stand in ono spot and ]tang out the clothes. And there is a little flag walk down to a tiny platform under the reel, so I do not have to wade around in the mud an rainy days. The clothespins hang in an apron bag in the laundry, and in another burg is a ball of line that can be put up in the cellar on rainy days. On the stroke of 12 Mrs. X. comes to the cellar stales and calls to me that my dinner is ready. In the kit- chen window is a little folding table with a little blue Japanese cloth and napkin, and I have my dinner on that, and such a nice dinner it always is, a little china pot of piping hot tea, pretty dishes and always a little vidual dessert that she has made specially for the when she made the dessert the day before for the fancily dinner, a mold of cornstarch, a turn- over, or a small cottogo puddling. Sometimes inthe eutnmer• there is a little vase of flowers in the middle of the table that I can take home with me when I go. And I smooth up my hair and take off my apron and feel like a real lady while I eat. I am ready to go to ironing now, and I am in a much better mood than I would be if she itad slammed some food onto the calmer of the kitchen table for ate. The ironing board is always smooth and clean, and there is a sleeve rack and a nice big rack fer the folded clothes, And there is an electric iron, And yet I know Mrs. X,'s friends are always wondering how it is that she is able to get so much out of her washerwoman in a day, and why she stays with her so long. This is why, Earth's School. In her own way clout mother earth Sore, consolation give, 13ringtug to hearts bereft rebirth 01 w111, now 110001 to live. Know One Like Him? "Can Jlggs take a joke?" "I'm sorry to say he erne" ' "Sorry?" - "Yes, Ile takes 'stn Prem the lnuftorou;a pilplrre, after I've rend 'eat, and epilogs 111e111 on me ex, hit tevre" Minard'a Liniment Per burns, Ste. I wish every woman had these three tet 1P ?' Ci • ,'Rr n Soap Many Canadian Beauties owe much of their exquisite com- plexions to the creamy, skin - heeling, fragrant lather of "Baby% Own Soap". Ds Beat for Baby and Best far Yea. ALBERT SOAPS LIMITSSD, 11aoataemrere, MONTREAL. F.7 -.o 133 one, Unioe•Made Gloves Overalls & Shirts 13ob Long Gays:-- "Mi'yoveralls and shirts nte root mut comfortable, rindmo io Done neatly for farmers. 1 Wooll acct them with the idea that rroa might grant to stretch your arms and 1050 occnl.'-lon"lty ' . BOB LONG GLOVES will outwear any other make az' (11050 on the market, because they aro trade by skilled work- men from rho strongest glove leather obtainable. insist an Enitief Bob Long Brands ircen your dealer--- t!tey will Savo you money Et. G. LONG & Ce,, Limited Wianlnts TOP.'.ONTO Ussir aL ROB LONG BRANDS Known from Coast to Coast 148 turers fared no better. Finally they obtained access to a company of mer- chants at London, and to Prince Fra• pert, cousin of Charles II. A charter was tiredly !e<ued, giving them such amazing rights as these: A monopoly of the right to trade within the bay or on its coasts, and to expel Ianyone entering its territory without its license; the right to build forts, to send out ships of war and privateers, and to declare war on and make peace with any non-Christian peoples. There followed wars and rivalries with France when ti•appent starved and Indians lapsed into cannibaliern; rivalry and warfare with the Great North-Woet Company, and that near approach to war with the United States which terminated in the bound- ary arrangements of 1540. And today it is one of the great morchandlzing corporatione of Canada. Under the new policy a chain of de- partment stores reaming across Canada has been established. There are company stores in such centres as Winnipeg anti Calgary, Van- eauver and Edmonton, 'Victoria and Qu'Appelle. While the company still has fur Posts scattered over Canada, and year- ly ends to England valuable consign- ments of raw furs, its merebundise business leas developed so groatlly that it does not caro to retain the land that formerly made its empire, This land is located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Western Ontario. The farriers, who long have surrounded it with their cultivated do- mains, look with yearning gaze upon it. Pro long It will be dotted with set- tlers' homes.. And when the grain -fields come, the vast empire of the Hudson Bay Com• pang will have terminated its fasci- nating story. The Rest Recreation. Waikiug has its Merits, but, serious- ly pursued, It takes a big Loll physical- ly. Gain there Is, of course, but it is not ail gain- 'lireilting, too, sloes not hold much mental sort. Swimming is excellent, but 11 has to be limited, To overdo it would mean a decreaeo in health, Tennis is a trifle too violent for many, and tennis -and -tea ranks more as au amusement than a recreation. Cricket has too 'Many periods when there Is "nothing doing" to bo classed as a recreation. Five mhultee at the wickets and two hours lu the pavillon Is not exercise! Cycling, taken steadily, is good, but it requires moro- n are pedal powthabrawer. Bowls iser n a pleasantin recrepoatloet for the middle-aged, colnhiuhlg m0(11110 exorcise and utodiunt mentality. PIA- ing Is halfan amusement,but 1s good for the very tired 1n mince enol body. Rowing is splendid recreation for the young, but it has its lbullaLione. There remains ---golf! Jokes and ridicule follow the golfer, yet tete feet remains that golfing le supreme as a I i'oereatiou, Fresh air --good for mind end body, ek111--good for the mind and the oyo; exercise --good for de- vitalized muscles; and walltiug•—good In every way, Golfing wins because It re-creates, and—most dmjiortaltt thle •-it never palls, A recreation lnust always held en interest, or it ceases to fulfil Its function, The Niagara Suspension Bridge ,!e 311 feet above the water, Its length 1s 1,3013 feet, 1 Snow has fallen for the second time in three centuries in Bones AIres, rho storm being severe enough x;,11 stop the electrical wal'lcit.