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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1927-1-5, Page 3(r§ 1 t,. Boys' Re -Union AT BRUSSELS, ONT. JuLy 24, 25 •cV 26, t927 EP THESE DATES IN MIND JULY 24th TO 26th, 1927 The citizens of'Brussels, Ont., will bold an Old How's Reunion on July 24th, 26th and 2Gth, 1927, which will also Include the Townships of Grey and Morris. Help the Committee in Omega to make this the most success- ful Reunion ever held In the County of Huron, by sending in names and addresses, of old time residents and friends whom you would like to entertain. The committee will issue invitations to all, but be sure to write your friends TO COME. Send names and addresses to JAS. FOX Chale nun of Invitation Committee. YOUR OWN HARVEST IS RE -MEASURE THE MONTHS WHAT YOU MAKE IT We'll Have to Scrap the Old "Thirty It is always interesting to know Days" Rhyme if This Scheme is what aspirations people cherish. If Adopted {q, it be known what a plan' expects life , to bring him it is an easy matter to The sub -committee of the League ascertain what course he is steering. of Nations which has, for the last Usually, a man gets back what ho two, years, been considering the mat - gives,, if not in quantity, at least in ter of reforming the calendar, has quality. "Whatsoever a man sowetb, now concluded its labors, and a re - that shall he also reap." port, recolnemncling some very dras- Put these questions to yourself: tie changes, has been presented. What am I living for? What do I It is suggested that Easter shall be expect from life? definitely fixed for second Sunday It is not bit of use living for in April, regardless of the date. An self here and expecting to get anoth- overwhelming number of business, er's blessing afterwarclb, If it is economic, and profesisonal bodies true that every cause has an effect— are in favor of. this. and it is true then how essential Many leaders of religious thought it is to live so that, if everybody else are also in agreement with the sug- lived as we do, the world would be gestion, but it is expected that the full of good people. Vatican will be hostile. It has intim- Nothing in this world comes hap- ated that it cannot see its way to hazard. Everything is related to ev- sanction the change unless there is a erything else. For our daily bread general agreement on the subject a series of eervices have been ren- throughout Christendom. dered by others; someone has toiled. ; It seems unlikely that such agree - Sowing and reaping are continually ment will be reached without pro- teking plate. longed negotiation, for already the Goethe once wrote:— ;great Eastern Orthodox Church (em- 1Ce must not hope to be movers d I bracing some millions of Russians And to gather the ripe gold ears, and Greeks) keeps both Christmas Unless we first have been sowers and Easter some time later than the And watered the furrow, with churches in the West. tears. Another proposal which tete sub - It is not just as we take it committee put forward would equal - This mystical world of ours, ize the number of days an each of Life's field will yield as we make it the four quarters of the year by an A harvest of thorns er of lowers. arrangement whereby the firss two months of every quarter shall con - We hear a man complaining that tain thirty days, and the third month life has been rough with hits, that thirty-one. things have not turned out as he had The extra day would. .be added to hoped. He blames the lack of edit.- the beginning of January, and would cation, lack of influence, bad luck. probably be known as January 0th. It rarely occurs to ]rim to blame hint- Or it might be added to one of the self. thirty day months, the quarter in Shakespeare wrote of a "Divinity which it fell having one thirty -day • which shapes our ends, rough hew- month only. In a leap year there them how we -nay." That mist be would be two such quarters. modified a,,little. That DiviuitY can An alternative proposal .is that the only shape them according to our year ehould be divided into thirteen own inclination. A man may thwart months of twenty-eight days each, the kindness of God and man. But the odd day left over having no date it is always true that both will aid but being known simply as 'Year the man who is striving to do hie nay." In leap year the extra clay best. would be known as "Leap Day," We need to use common sense in this matter of what' we get out of life. All things declare that a man is the maker of his own destiny. It *Half of success is in seeing the is undoubtedly true. ' WHICH DO YOU NEED? Sow a thought and you reap an act; Sow an act and you reap a habit; Sow a habit and you reap a charac- ter; Sow a character and you reap a destiny. That comes to mean that a merit's future is wholly conditioned by his Present, Lowell wrote: "Be noble' and the nobleness that lies in othars, sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet thine own." It is a matter for each to decide whether" he shall climb or descend. The pow.. er is within. There is no variation in this law. Love never knows how much it It is true in the natural, mental, and gives nor what It costs. spiritual worlds. The trouble is that e man 'sometimes belies as he may sow wild oats and reap beautiful fiuwer's, He forgets that Nature nev- er omits to send in her i:,il'.. She is the most ,rigid accountant in the Success is not in an endeavor to world. In this /natter of harvest there is do a great thing, but in repeated en- In which is outeic1 of our deavorts to do greater things. power. We have to do our best and the surest way to impoverish then leave matters. The increase your .heart is to hoard up your love. comes from another; but we slily be The long look within ourselves will erne us of a lot of impatience significance •of little things. Sympathy is a key that fits the lock of any heart. The religion that produces no sun- shine is all moonshine, 'There are too many hungry for love for anyone ever to talk of suf- fering from loneliness. t1?rtother mans burden to tit Chris- tian's best badge. When your face spells failure its no use talking of the glory of your faith. There's tip argument equal to a happy smile. Stealing sorrow is as much a sin as acquiring stolen joys. The , song of sympathy never comes until the singer has been to the school of sorrow. It's the common virtues that: snake uncommon saints. -sure of this, that when we have done our .part, the rest is certain. So think well, speak true, ripht a wrong, and follow the best that's in you, Make friends of all inspiring ideas you meet. They will never forsake you and will do notch to bring you peace. From Hawaii we hear that a pine- apple eempany plans a stock divi- dend. But how can a pineapple con cern cut a melon? The discovery that the Zlskimos do not swim seems as reasonable on seek orad thought ne that the Swiss have m0 navy. with other folks. The only way to have happiness as a Immanent guest is to keep your door open to the helpless. You are not likely to cheer the hearts of Men by looping down in Mouth yourself. Many a man thinks his life is clouded over when the truth is he is burying his head in the steam of his own sighings. A merry heart kills more microbes than any medicine. To -morrow's burden is the only ono that breaks the back of to -day. Tears over yesterday'e broken toys blind us to to -day's treasures, . THE BRUSSELS POST THE HONEY iHARVESTERS Few Realize What u Vast Amount of Work the Bee Perforins, I! bees were banished from the world, over 100,000 varlet ies of dowers would also disappear, and it Is doubtful if the human race would be able to Carry on. Vow people realize what a vent amount of work our own email honey bee pertorma by feltliizleg 1110 blos- soms, The nectar secreted at the base of the flowers is a necessary bait. In trying lo roach this the bee has to push past that part, of the flower containing the pollen grains. This adheres to the hairs on her body, and when she settles on the next flower the l -ally-, 1a ntixe'd and ferti- lization is enrnpletetl, She le quite unfrienconsciods.usly one of man's greatest A fruit grower ean increase his crop by 1(8 per cont, by plarlee a few hivt-s of 130,-s ,mora:' hi:. treetreee, eeys 0. G. 1'1ke, F.Z.i ,, in an Old (onn- try paper. I have proved thea, aspe- cialiy in bac] seasons, in one special- ly had plum season, the trees around my hives were over -burdened with fruit, yet in neighboring orchards the trees were bare. In addition, there Is always the satisfaction of gathering in a Large surplus of honey. If we look upon an orchard In the springtime, whorl It is a mass of bloom, we begin to realize what an enormous amount of honey is wasted. Each blossom contains a tiny drop which, if not gathered, will evaporate with the heat of the sun soon after midday. And in the summer each acre of white clover will produce every morning for a fortnight, if the weather is warm, not less than ten pounds of the finest honey. By careful management the bee- keeper can stake his hives very popu- lous, so that a vast amount of this honey is gathered by the bees. But a hive to be in a condition to collect honey in any surplus must be simply overdo -wing with bees, With a hive in such a condition,`I have seen honey pour in at the rate of twenty-five pounds a week. With favorable wea- ther it is possible in certain parts of England to take 400 pounds of honey from one hive. To do this the bees must be in a good locality, where the fruit blossoms can be taken ad- vantage or in the spring, white clover in the summer, and heather in the autumn. At the hive itself we can see some- thing of this great harvest. Thou- sands of bees pour ort of the hive in ono unending stream, while another crowd hurry In. If we were to follow this incoming army we should notice that they go to the upper portion of the combs, for the bee always places her stores at the top. Some will hand the nectar t'hzy have brought to the young bees which have not yet left the hive, and these Will place it in the cells. Others go straight to the open cells, place their heads in, and if we watch an in- dividual bee, we see her head going slowly round and round, while from her tongue there emerges a tiny stream of honey. She, really paints the 'walls of the cell with this, so that' it falls slowly to the bottom without ah' hubbies in It. Whep the cell is fall }teals allowed to remain open for a time; then e e mason bees come along pith their waxen Hakes and seal the top over making ail secure. The honey is no mixed indiscriminately; those bee which have been. working on whit clover will store their honey In certain part; others tyhieh have bee visiting different nectar-vielding plants place their stores in separate cells. A.;• e+94•9•1'b•I.O•-4,,f•i✓r•.9•9i•i•4•F♦+ 4' • • Highest market prices paid. • tier. me of Ph,"ie No. :Iv, lb us- seh,, nod i wilt tail at,,l get yOI1 Ilid,•v, • • • NL e. WANTED + 4+ '1G' r}n Vn stn• , WEDNESDAY, IAN. G, x92'], ' fT� ▪ T 7� 4p .r a I 1. MY LADY'1,4 4 4' y e 4 4 4 n •1• r -t a -Y n •t• a 4-e.r•x.a-x.-c.w 4.4 4..0-1.1+401 WHEN PENNIES -ARE POPULAR Nothing has ntadc so much diR'er- 1We to our mint. as the invention of te• penny -in -the -slot machine. We all use these machines, but few of its have the faintest notion of the enormous quantity of coolie,. Coins, that are constantly locked up in them. Staying recently at a sea -side re- sort the writer found a famine: ii1 shillings, and was told that this was because so many were used in the shilling -in -the -slot gas meters which are now fitted to bedroom gasettoves in many hotels and boarding houses. A big penny famine occurred when the Insurance Act first came in. The deduction of fourpence a week from the wages of millions of work• ers caused an extraordinari demand tor small change. Luckily, the mint authorities fore caw this famine and in 1012 turned out ,sixty-five million pennies as against twenty-three million in the previous year, and nine million three- penny bits as compared with six mil- lion. A contract for coinin' Z70,000 \eor'611 of pence was .given in that same year to the Birmingham mint. These Birmingham pennies are still in circulation, and you, can tell them by a tidy letter "H" which distin- guishes them from those made at the Royal Mint. "H" is the initial of the old firm of Heaton which origin- ally owned the Birmingham mint. Another peculiarity of these coins is that they are a trifle large: than the ordinary pennies, and when first made were found to stick in penny - in -the -slot machines. But they have long since worn down so that they stick no longer. The 'increase of prices during the war brought about a fresh famine, this time in halfpence, and the price of a cup of tea from twopence to twopence-halfpenny. For the same reason there was a tremendous de- mand for threepenny bits and this s annoying little coin appeared in e large quantities, na The threepenny bit has never been CANADA'S WIDER TRADE. Gradually MakingHer Entry In NOW MarkeAbroad. That Canade 15 surely, If gradual- ly, making Iut1 entry in new markets abroad, Is detitonst4ated by an exam- ination of her foreign trade for the fiscal year which ended on March 31 last, The total treat, woe $1,323,- 037,137 in exports and $927,403,733 in imports, thus allowing a favorable balance of $401;134.4113, In 1921 the exports were $1,001,301,643 and the internee $796.932,e37, with a I'av- orahle balance of $272,134,000, This gratifying expansion in the Domin- ion's trade has excited interest at Washington, where it is noted that, while it is due partly to increased Ointments to Great 7lritain and the United States, these in,•reases aecount only rat same of the Improvement. The major expansion, it is pointed out in an analysis made by Mr. Thomas 11. Wilson, Assistant 77. S. Trade Commissioner at Ottawa, came through large shtnenents to ;Innen, Germany, China, Belgian, the Neth- erlands, Norway: the British Beet In- dies and Australia, • This Is a geed record in wider dis- tribution of products during; the past year, says the Toronto Globe, and is a promise that Canada will yet gain a real foothold in the world markets —n foothold which should become permanent, It is indicative, as Mr. Wilson points out, of the posslbilitles of Csnadidn protracts in markets that heretofore have not figured conspie- uously in the trade relations of the Dominion, Couldn't Risk Own Judgment. A visitor in Kentucky camp aoross that rare specimen, ail unmarried negro. The negro was a quiet, elderly per- son, not shiftless, bttt quite hides- trims, so the northern man felt cur- ious and determined to rind out why he had remained single, "Uncle Joe, how does It happen that you are so opposed to matri- mony?" The old fellow looked no with a grave face, but there was a twinkle in his eye, as he replied, "Me soh! I ain't exposed to matrimony!" "Weld, why is ft yell have never married?" his htquitsltor continued. "Haven't you seen anyone you liked?" "'Lawclyl yessab-•--brit you see It's this -away; I couldn't t'csk my Jude- tnent," "Avail Yourself." "Why did yon steal the 001 necklace from the Jeweller's shop window?" " toerittse it had on it 'Avail vette, sort of ihiesjj411 tldid opportuttttyl" Am a popular (loin because it is ,go small and difficult to handle. An odd point about it is that it has always been more used in the South of Eng- land than in the North. You will get twice as marry threepenny bits in Plymouth as you will in Leeds. Few people are aware that silver coins of a date previous to 181 a are no longer •legal tender, and that cop- per coins dating earlier than 1Rti0 are equally valueless. We no longer use gold currency, but when we did we could not pass ovet•eigns minted before 1804 The Bank of England has the power to cancel any banknote that has been lost sight of for forty years --which means a profit of sole 412, 000 a year. -- Coins of digeent yalues do not last the same number of years. The longest lived, is the half-crown which even when in regular circulation will last sixty-four years. This means that at the end of sixty-four years a half crown is so worn that the scription is no longer legible. The life of a florin is forty -fie years, of a. shiliing forty-one years, of a sixpence twenty-eight years, but of a threepenny bit thirty-two years, JOS. W. FAIR RETIRES FROM C.P.R. SERVICE Opened Throttle. on First Passenger Train Listowel-Linwetod Listowel, Dec. 21. — Joseph W. Fair this evening retires on pension from the service of tho C. P. R. He has served the railway for over 41 years, anti has resided in Listowel ever since 1908, when the Listowel - Linwood branch was opened. Mr. Pair opened the throttI•e and started the first passenger train over the C.P,R. out' of Listowel. Ho has an onviatblo record, no serious acci- dent against hint, Yesterday after - neon Mr. Pair was called to the sta- tion, where his fellow -employees had gathered to present him with an ad- dress, and afine silk hat. The ad- dress was signed by W. A. Morrison, G. 0, Fothergill, A. McDonald and J. W. Collins. Trails of IthAness. Bread minim n the snow (for birds), •t} COLUMN. *6 31 SAVING LEFTOVERS Odd; and ends of leftover n , t mice- with vegetables ,.rut cooked in the casserole, make delicious dish r , SANDPAPER FIRS f before you a1tmbtlptt,to 1>%ittt furnii- tttre, remove thee- old finish and rub down the surface as smoothly as pos- sible. PREVEMTS KIST always coves' the eprin•;s of your bed to prevent rust. Rake the mate trss front the springs, and cover with sheets. COOK VEGETABLES WHOLE Cook vegetables whole wits 1 pee - elide; when not, cut into as large pieces as convenient. If the cooking water is to be served with the vege- table, the piece:; may be smaller than would otherwise be desirable. •• ONIONS AND• CABBAGE Green vegetables keep -.heir color better if they are cookd in an un- covered dish, Strongly flavored vege- tables such as onions and cabbage are better cooked uncovered, and their odor is less objectionable if al- lowed to pass off continually in steam. .- 'l• , 9 , DON'T HURRY COOKING Whenever you are cooking cus- tards or any mixtures in which eggs are the main ingredient, a lop tem- perature is most satisfactory, WATCH YOUR DRUGS Sort over the medicine in your medicine cabinet frequently. Do. not keep drugs over a year unless you are sure they do not deteriorate. TURPENTINE FOR LINEN The shelves of a linen closet should be cleaned. and wiped with turpen- tine occasionally. A LOVELY GIFT Perfume to put"in the •atomizer makes a lovely gift. Jasmine, rose, heliotrope, lilac or lavender water may be chosen, though individual preference should be considered, o A BOON Travelling manicure kits - are a boon to the business woman. They ;nay be had in chintz lined leather, and are fitted with either ebony or ivory. sets. _ -._Prices �ffrorr $375.00 up TERMS TO. SUIT ALL Do not wastce titllt' solviti tuzzlt•4 Inst ,?a•t in t ueh with the• oh; ' c'tatablisli, d and rt•lioble firm and „,-t full wt]ue :or your Money. Mason & Risch 07 Ontario St. Phone' 17 I Stratford TIRIGHTIINING SILVER Silver, is brighter if it is wipeh Cil rectly front clean, hot, slightly soap, water, and there will be no taste of soap. NEW TEAPOT STAND Teapot stands are always accep- table. One of the new dsig'ns is in plated silver and colored enamel- ware, and is guaranteed durable. The price is as attractive as the ar- ticle. NEW SHAWLS - Paisley shawls with fringed borr- v dere are a novelty from Czechoslovat- kia, and they are very attractive, in- deed. DISHWASHING EFFICIENCY Have what equipment you need to make dishwashing effective. Use a . wire dishcloth on ironware, and a scrubbing brush for enamelled warts and tinware. For seams in pans, keep a wooden skewer en hand. RE -PREPARED Before you start a cake to pud- ding be sure to have all your ingre- dients, pans and measuring ateeeils ready, and see to your oven. TASTY NOVELTY For a special delicacy, stuff dates with maple nut fudge and roll in 00 - gar and finely chopped nut meats. FOR BUSY PERSONS A morocco leather alphabetical Ad- dress book, with gilt pencil and gold- plated corners, is always acceptable. FI RESCREEN A quaint and fetching fire-sereeett Is made easily by an amateur gift, maker, when cardboard is cut in are' desired shape and covered an baht sides with pumpkin -yellow papex. Over this an old French print, cira+s- lar in shape, i; /meted. The screen is then edged with gilt and shellack- ed, • CARE OF LINOLEUM Once a week wipo up you.' linol- r kr- with a cloth wet with part tur- t,entine or kerosene and one part boiled linseed oil. If you have it varnished when new, and waxed lightly occasionally, it wears much longer. USE DRY TOWEL A dish towel that is dirty or too damp will always make your spoons 1 and glasses dull, • FOR BEST •TEA For the best results, always use a china or earthenware teapot, never a tin one. TAFFETA 'KERCHIEFS Handkerchiefs of washable taffeta embroidered with odd little. mono- grams are very dainty accessories. SNAKESKIN MODE Gloves of a new kid that very closely resembles snakeskin have made their appearance on ;ire mar- ket. ON UMBRELLAS, TOO A red silk umbrella is effectively tripped with a handle th•tt combines red lizard, natural snake and }vary. SPONGE CAKE Never grease the pan in which you are going to bake a sponge cake. Instead line the pan with ungreased ra,-er, "British Chemist Invents Non-lbt- fl:ere nable Filar." Now if the pre - cheers will only be equally careful with every picture they prcnarc fsr the: screen. Golf course,; in France come vat - der the control of the Ministry ed Agriculture. Apparently there are d; _are of divots t}lere also. "Oh toad ,.orae power:ih a}f8 a. vie us" that didn't need <.aeltangilg.% Vie For Suprem car of Road Y. 9foder„ 'nt,'inr-trnCnSr in. Cana.. dnie A•u,I t'it t{tpre-ss w snide, • ••,(ta•n:' 11,• wino or the Canadian Part rt. Ctii,:rcr,w ala Arun, s tlr it tee t t uitm ml lo v11.111(1,1011 s0 fol '03 ttav 11:,.1 1s 'ouirrned? A fate yt'xt;t a:rt it would appear in- credible that rite nitwit. truck should supplant Ute tuiihiul ser:;uuts as moo) 8a" it Ina, 'Proctors are en- druvotin to =v 11i11 off the field too; hew lime c tri lei List? We hay., be.onei en modernized -- those of u t w bt buy ttasoline • that we are grteln:Uty ,mming to regard Ate old grey mare obit more or less disdain, Vt'h•,n we third; of horses in tel'lfl t of iransport, ere are bee owning more hit liltol t0 pitdtrre hlr.em tag'gerin g before r junk nage, or hatlt:iatpdy mo hieing a cttirtlie .or r•a- rioie, these beams of whom eel neueh hits te7en written, whole devattitm and fttiitrfaJness iter, inspired ]tope:tnrl artists..T. b;, coulter, assistant to the vita pre ,(dent of the Canadian Patine 1'Ja puss company gave us quite a shock r cel Ile drives a. car R' Meth le ]raid for. lie-., causae;er•• nide of the company's gasoline ettd had just completed the purchase of six new trucks-- heaurtifnl ihhit,s--of, which he is very proud. rhe. 1lorse" he said, "the hors 0111 never he al- together reviewed on the road, and I wilitllve to see the day when he wilt replace sonar of the trucks", And then he waxed eloquent. '15e weld tee that had he boon bore fifty year's earlier—"lid" it a voryming than— the Canadian l?ael.flc would have had seine of the "nattiest turnouts" pos- sible. Coulter hes over ftvo hundred motor vehlalrss to keep close ,:Ward of, hut he says that his company will only replace a horse where it is proven that an actual economy will be effected, "On long runs, where Iwo horse wagons have not quite enough work to keep them both busy. a motor vehicle will perhaps be more /venue:teal, but one mntnr'chicle, he sold, will nut economically replace one horse in our 8055100, and parti- t.ulnrly in congested areas where many stops must be made". This frnitt rc man who lives by efficient transportation. Mr. Coulter, believes that part of maintenance of horses,wagons and other vehicles should be charged to adt•ertising. That is why one never secs one of the vehicles under his (Breeden in need of a Coat of paint. He has been able to keep in his stables too, that pride in horseeflesh that teas almost a teattlre Of life ilii' -44 years ago. Not all of his horses are young ones, but most of them have a. record of some kind or another, and when they are finished with express service, they ars given the life ail ease they have earned, In the To- ronto stables is one horse of which I the whole organization is exceyi- tioutlly proud. "1:1" coulter utile tell you about ibis fine grey eeiding and of how he compares with the late. "Marquis". The champlon "Hem'" Joined the service of the Canadian Pacific Express Company three years ago and has worked eight houre u day sine. In 1924 he took firth prizes in the July parade and tire. Royal Winter Fair, At the last Royal Winter Fair be took all honors ag.'tln. Another "Marquis" is the Judgment The horse will never IN's least from the hearts olio expreRuit Men.