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The Brussels Post, 1952-5-21, Page 3I q ;..Remember Son By EDNA MAY JONES Timothy Smith, eight, red-headed and freckled lay flat upon the floor machine-gunning the eat. "•As a`- a'• a - a" heckled Timmy, "You're not: a cat Dahlia, you're an enemy, an' 'I'tn• shooting you dead. "What Makes cats so dumb, Mom?" "Becanso they can't speak, dear," "That's not the kind of dumb 1 mean. I mean dumb like ... Well you know what Icind of dumb." • Mrs. Smith wiped her floured hands on her apron. "It's not stupid, dear. ft just doesn't understand' your language," "Well she should because I talk to her all the time," Mrs, Smith bent over the oven, screwing up her face to study a cake. "I've talked and talked to a certain little boy 1 know in my own language, and quite often he doesn't understand.." Timmy wriggled. "Aw;- strucks, Mom. I really understand, only .I pretend I'm not listening." "Well do you understand when I say get up off the floor. Those are your good pants." "I know," he said, whacking them vigorously. "Sunday School pants, Morn?" "Yes, dear." "Do I have to, go to Sunday School all shy life? Timothy eyed the cat with Ms - gust. "What makes cats so dumb, Mom?" "That, and Church. Why?" "Well, shucks, I'd rather stay home and play with the fellas." "Why do I have to go, anyway, Mom?" "To learn, Timmy. To distinguish evil from right." "Yon sure do talk funny, Mom. Mike's Dad talks swell. He tells us stories about soldiers, and guns, and all kinds of things." "Timothy," she said in a shocked voice, "haven't I told you not to go in that house?" "Oh, I don't go in their house, Mom, I just sit on the steps and listen to him talk to some other fellas. Mike and me listen. We just sit real still so's they'll think we're not there, and we listen like everything." "What do they talk about, Son?" "Oh, about polly-ticks and strikes and things. And they talk how fellas get killed 'cause they are trying to do the right things- and hingsand some bad guy comes along and says they got to do it his way or else, and then there's.a fight, and somebody gets killed," "Timmy, isn't there • something you would rather do, than listen to men talk like that?" "Nope, I guess not." His mother paused to smile and rub a warm, slim hand through This red shining hair. "What- would '. you like to do most of all?" "Aw, gee, Mom. You know. If I had all the money in the world I'd buy that corner lot, and I'd buy all the fellas baseball outfits, and we'd have real teams, too." "That lot costs a great deal, son." "I know. But Old Man Jackson's got lots of motley. It wouldn't hurt hint just to give it to tis." ' She cut a square of steaming sweet cake. "Run out and play, Timmy. Supper will be ready in an . hour," She watched the boy disappear through the back door. So small, so intense, so absorbent. .Hers alone now, to .raise as she saw fit, Later when they wore eating he T said, "Morn, Mikes Dad says we're going to have another war," , "No, we're not," Mrs. Smith said flrmty, and put a deep plate of thick stew before him. "But Dfilce's i)ad.shys were go- ing to ." "Well, we're not," site repeated with emphasis. This may be tempting fate, but she was respon- sible for Timothy, and she had a right to think of the future, just as 11111011 as Mike's fatter had. "The reason we're not going to -have another war," she Said, "is because we're not gbing to en- courage one. What I 1110511, Son, is . , . Well, Timothy, I think you and the fetlns are going to be able to choose baseball suits," I.3e looked at her puzzled, and incredulotts. "You see, Son, if your Dad were here, he wouldn't he talking about wars. lle'd be talking aboutbase.- ball, just as we're doing. 'rotitor- tow, Timothy, yott and I are going to buy a piece of property. The turtles lot yon wanted so much!" Far North Diary This diary was' written at the Hudson's Bay Company Post by lantpligllt in the: winter, or by the never-ending daylight of the sum- mer months, or somewhere be. tweet' the two. But some of it was Written in snow' blouses n,1 the win- ter trail, lying to a sleeping -bag, comforted by the ft•ietidly roar of a Prinuts stove, Some was written by the pale radiance of a seal -oil lamp, in the snow houses of various Eski- mos with whom I was lodging for the night, Some was written in a tiny wooden cabin in the bows of our little Peterhead schooner, which was dignified by the name of the fo'c's'le, where my eiderdown sleeping -bag shared the sinal 1 sur- face of planking with the serpentine coils of the anchor chain, The diary was written for some- thing to do; and also from an Un- willingness to allow so 1111101 that was so :strange, so amusing, and so exciting to go entirely un- recorded, . Cape Dorset Post stands on a shelling, rocky slope overlook:ng a little cove. It stands in fact, on an island. For the cove has a broad opening to the sea, to' the East; and narrow rocky bar Where the tides race, to the West, The Post is the- conventional group of build- ings that go to make up a Iiudson's Bay Company Post. The trading . store, and the fur loft above it, is the main building. It carries above the door, in the large lettering of a bygone age, the inscription HUDSON'S ,BAY COMPANY I1'CORPORTED2ND MAY 1670 All these 'buildings were solid ex- cept the dwelling=house. Chesley and Herbert pulled this down be- fore the boat arrived, and from the boarding built a comfortable struc- ture for us to live in until we built a new one. As there is no timber for many hundreds of miles the Nascopie had to bring all the planks, boards and wooden shingles needed to build 'the new one. They made a dis- orderly mountain on the rocky shore above hightide marks; and the, cases, barrels, and sacks con- taining merchandise for a whole West Indies Sundae Real Treat for Summer Parties BX DOt3OT1IX MS DD03i A BIG scoop of vanilla, cof- i� fee or mini iee Cream . with a tablespoon of molasses over it, and a bright red cherry on top—well, that's a West Indies Sundae. Isn't that the perfect treat for your next warm -'weather porch party? We like to serve old- fashioned soft molasses cook- ies with it. My grandmother used to make them—they are really wonderful, Molasses Cookies (Yield: 6 to 7 dozen 3%= -inch cookies) Seven cups sifted enriched flour, 4 teaspoons soda, 1 ttl- blespoon salt, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon gin- ger, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 cup shortening, 14/3 cups sugar., 2 cups unsulphurecl molasses, 2 tablespoons vinegar, 2 eggs, % cup milk, Sift together first six in- gredients. Melt shortening in a saucepan large enough for mixing cookies. Stir in sugar, molasses and vinegar. Cool. Beal in eggs. Add sifted flour mixture alternately with milk. Chill dough about 30 minutes. Drop from table- spoon onto greased cookie sheets. Bake 12 to 1 min- utes in pre -heated moderately, hot oven (400 degrees F)- If you like the rich flavor of molasses. as much as we do in our home, -you'll' welcome this recipe, too. . Fruity Fudge Bars (Yield; 24 bars) Two-thirds cup sifted en- riched flour, IA teaspoon soda, 3/> teaspoon salt, 6 ta- blespoons cocoa, 1/3 cup shortening, s/¢ cup sugar, IA cup unsulphured molasses, Y2 teaspoon vanilla, 2 eggs, Yz cup chopped nuts, 1/3 cup raisins. Heal oven to 350 degrees F. (moderate). Sift together first four ingredients. Melt short- ening in a saucepan large enough for mixing batter. Stir in sugar, molasses and vanilla. Beat in eggs. Add flour mixture; mix well. Stir in nuts and raisins. Spread batter in a well -greased, lightly floured, 9 x 9 x 2 -inch Pan. Bake 35 minutes or un- til done. Turn out on -wire- rack to cool. Cut into 21 bars when cold. Top with pecans or almonds if desired. year's trading made another, The crew and the passengers helped us to get the ]rouse started With foundations laid and the uprights to form a skeleton, the crew and the passengers 'packed up their tools, and we said our good-byes. From the shore we watched the anchor come up and watched her turn slowly and then bead for the straits. Her siren woke the echoes in the limpid Northern stillness of the Midnight Sun, and then we were looking at an empty harbor, We hada house to build. We had trade goods to unpack, and sort, and store.—From "Hudson's Bay Trader," by Lord Tweedsmuir, Prosperity, It's Wonderful ! The north country? Horrors, my goodness nol The Financial Post has been taking a look at job opportunities for this year's crop of university graduates. The opportunities are many; most of them carry a sweet salary tag and good prospects. But, it seems most of the young gentlemen want to stay close to the bright lights. The jobs in the north country? Well, realiyl So we hear from the employers' side of the fence. Jobs in Labrador at $100 to $175 a week to start (most of the money can be saved) are going begging. One engineer has specified that the job he will accept will be in a Toronto industrial suburb where the buildings are mostly new and where the grass is green. He doesn't like driving downtown. Well, do the best you can, boys. —Front The Financial Post. Sun Tops Horizon— Whole World Awakes Presently the first cock pheasant crowed in the wood, calling on hens roosting on one leg in larches with beaks pressed into shoulders. String Lug heard the loud whir of his wings, his liarsh call as he touched down in the field, and could follow his outward course by his voice although_ he could pot see him. Other cocks -followed at intervals; then the hens cantle out clucking and stuttering. All of them started to feed, spectral, colourless shapes in the gloaming. The mist changed front grey to white as the sun topped the' horizon,. Overhead, the swish and ivltistle of wings as rooks flew to aneet the sun: in the 'trees the twittering of small birds querying the time while they shook out colic from feathers. The sun's rays reddened the pines, a magpie` chtickucked, and the whole world was awake, Seven great swans flew overhead, whoopers with voices like golden trumpets, snow -plumaged travellers from the far north who knew the glacial winds of the tundra and the sun -drenched waters of Andalusia. 'Fussy'? Why, she puts en IM ,,,lit wltett site talks to hint on the phenol" The sun gilded the snow of their heads as they swept across the blue arch of sky; then they were gone, with a far-crrying swoosh of wings. They had passed .•over a Glasgow suburb only fifteen min- utes before, flying high and strong in the familiar cold, unheard, un- seen, eager to splash and dip their beaks in the cold water of the loch beyond Laverock Knowe. SIning Lug stretched out as the sun warmed and the mist over the field' billowed and drifted and dis- integrated. The sheet of water in a hollow shone silver and mirrored every, passing bird. Cushats came down out of the sun with clap and whistle of wings, followed by clamorous gulls ' which settled round the water in a heaving cloud. String Lug heard the next visitors before he saw then, Tu-tu-tui they called in flawless, liquid notes. They came out over the trees and wheel- • ed in front of hint, half a hundred strong, the first golden plover of the season, following the edge of winter southwards. Christmas Came ' with moonlit nights and skin-deep frost, and daisies still bravely opening petals in the wittier sun. A flock of wax- wings arrived, followed by snow buntings on their southward flight, For two days they fed on the berries of yew and thorn, bramble and brier; and then they were gone... . The 1110011 paled as the sun rose. In the east the sky turned pink.and yellow and apple green. Overhead it brightened to the colour of a thrush's egg. Pheasants cu -cupped in the wood and String Lug cocked his ear. lie was engrossed in watch- ing birds drinking from a rant pool fifty yar is sway near the hedge, when the pheasants, left the wood behind hint. Before the first' of them cause anywhere near the stack, a peewit curled down to the pool, poked under its wings with its peak, and started to bathe. -- Front "String tug, the Pox," by David Stephen. THE FARM FRONT M1iutilabe o l Farm folks generally know most of the answers about Bang's dis- ease or brucellosis of cattle. This isn't always true in regard to ques- tions about swine brucellosis, for the same answers don't always ap- ply. The two diseases have the same name and are caused by practically identical germs, but there the similarity just about ends, for swine brucellosis is different in several aspects. * * * For one thing, it is nearly al- ways spread by the breeding act and seldom by swallowing the germs with contaminated feed or water. The exact reverse is true of the cattle disease, of course. Bulls may possibly spread Bang's disease through service, since germs are sometimes present in the semen of diseased sires. However, they are not so likely to be diseas- ed as boars, since they have little chance of becoming infected through servicing reactor cows. * * * That brings out another differ- ence, for it makes the swine dis- ease most important in the male, while the cattle disease is most serious in the female. A boar can be easily infected and as easily in- fect all the sows he breeds later, while a cow will generally act as a spreader for only a few weeks before ' and after calving. * * * There is another difference that stakes swine brucellosis more im- portant in the male. Sows regular- ly recover from the disease and become non-reactors and non - spreaders within, a short time. This sort of thing seldom happens in cows, and generally takes months when it does occur. Both infected ' bulls and boars are likely to remain diseased for life, * * * This recovery angle brings up another difference, for it makes in- dividual blood tests ttnrelablc in swine. A sow might be infected . and cause a' lot of trouble, but be ,recovered and negative to a blood test by the time one was run. This isn't likely to occur in cows when ,Z: recwcry takes so .much longer. T'•are .is another difference in regard to protection given by vac- cination. Calfhood vaccination gen- erally gi'es'increased resistance to , cattle- for several years. In swine, • vaccination gives little protection after nine months. * * * • Finally, there's a difference re- garding the danger of infecting human beings. Both types - of germs will cause undulant fever, but the swine disease is generally recognized' as more likely to do it. A great many people are an- nually infected by 'candlin'g raw pork, and rarely by fresh beef. * a * These various differences sug- gest that control measures might be different, too. Since boars arc so important as spreaders, those that are untested or have been "changed" around a community are poor risks for a breeder. Beyond careful boar selection, it might be well to follow a program worked out at Purdue University which is based on the fact that young pigs are pretty much immune to bru- cellosis. In its simplest form it merely consists of permanently separating the pigs from their dams at weaning time, ► * * This is -done before they are eight weeks old. They are blood - tested at weaning time, and those that are negative are turned in on premises made clean by disinfec- tion and pasture rotation. From that time on they are kept strictly separated from all other swine. 'this plan is both practical and ef- fective, since' it has been used to rear brucellosis -free pigs on bad- ly infected farms. * * * If you're raising pigs, it'll prob- ably pay you to do a little think- ing hinkingabout this brucellosis business, since it's becoming recognized as a pretty serious disease. And don't forget—it's different and calls for different handling than the, same disease in cattle. (/Xf.GlINR TIIUPIB Gordon Singh Three Divisions Most plants fall into three main classes—hardy, semi -hardy and tender. The first group are not afraid of frost, the second can take a little but they don't like it, the third will be killed if the mercury falls below 32 degrees. In the first category come flowers and ve-,•tables that under normal conditions would seed themselves. '!'hese are things like alyssum, cosmos, poppies a n d scores of other flowers. They are all specially listed as hardy in any good Canadian seed catalogue and are similarly described on the seed packet. Among vegetables will be lettuce, spinach, carrots, parsnips and, of course, garden peas. In the second group there is a great variety of flowers. It is at this time, when danger of serious frost has passed, that we get the first of started plants transplanted outside—things like petunias, zin- nias, etc. In the vegetable line, beans, the first corn and potatoes, the stain planting of beets, car- rots, etc., will go in at this period. For the tender group—soil, as well, as air, must be warns before thego outside. Of course with seed and bulbs, which w111 not be pushing through the surface for a few days, one ran gamble a tit- tle, but as a rule with tine tender group there is nothing to be gain- ed by rushing in ahead of time un- less special protection is provided such as glass or paper caps. Am- ong the very tender flowers are cannas, gin 'coif, dahlias and any other very soft, fleshy stemmed plants. Melons and squashes come in this group and so do cucumbers, peppers and pumkins. Corn and tomatoes are also associated with warm weather and as a rule the main planting of both usually go in after danger of frost is over, * * * Transplanting Successful transplanting depends on plenty of moisture. Some extra watering is vital. In this business it is important to take as much soil with the plant or shrub as pos- sible so that the fine roots are not broken or disturbed. Then the roots must be covered firmly with good, fine soil and dampened down with water. If the sun is hot it is good to shade for a few hours. Fetter still, transplant in the cool of the evening. * * * Not Too Much Many people make the mistake of attempting gardening on too ambitious a scale. They plant a half acre of corn or potatoes when only a few rows would be ample. They buy two or three ounces of a certain flower seed when just a medium sized packet is all that is necessary. When it conies to equipment they make the same mistake. They get a big garden tractor where one of the little chaps would do all that is necessary and easier to handle. Usually a one to two horsepower' machine is advisable where the lot is less than an acre. This will turn much easier than the larger tractors and in a small gar- den there is a mighty lot of turn- ing, Of course one can hardly ex- pect to plow heavy land but where possible it is best to hire that job done and keep the small tractor for the cultivating, lawn cutting, pump- ing and the other jobs it will do, and do well UNDAY C OOL LESSON By Rev. 11.13 Warren, B.A., LLD, God's Estimate of Human Life Exodus 20;13; Matt, 5:21-26; 18:5-6; Luke 0:11.56. Memory Selection; Thou shalt not kilt. The English Revised Version renders the commandment, "Theist shalt do no murder." Murder le the unlawful and intentional killing of one human being by another, whether directly or Indirectly. But the New Testament searches out and condemns the cause of murder. "Whosoever lhateth' his brother 3s a murderer," 1 John 3:15. Jesus Christ taught that being reconciled to our brother has priority over sacrificing to God. Holding grudg- es has a bad influence upon us' spiritually, mentally and physical- ly. Some people will never be well until• they humble themselves and ask forgiveness of someonethey have wronged. And, of course, no one can have God's forgiveness un- til he fforgives those who have transgressed against him. Psycholo- gists and psychiatrists are proving to many that the way of life that Jesus taught• ie the best for man. * * * It was unkind of the Samaritans to turn from the traditional hospi-. tality of the east and refuse Jesus a night's lodging. But the spirit of retaliation shown by James and John was severely rebuked by Jesus, saying, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to des. troy men's lives, but to save them." If the nations of the world re- ceived Jesus Christ, the billions of dollars that are being spent in building up defenses could be turned to bettering the lot of the multi- tudes who live constantly on the verge of starvation. Of course we blame Russia for the arms race. But the fact remains that multi- tudes in Canada have never fully yielded their hearts to Jesus Christ. We are only nominally Christian, If we were to straighten out the differences that exist in our fam- ilies and society and by God's grace and love begin to live after the pattern that Jesus Christ set, the world would soon be different. Communism would lose much of its appeal in the face of such real Christianity. IN RUSSIA Stalin lost a pair of cherished gold cuff -links, and sounded an alarm throughout the land. Thirty- seven suspects were rounded up, and sentenced to be shot. The night before the executions, Stalin found the cuff -links under his bureau, and wired police headquarters. "Cuff- links recovered. Release suspects." Back came the answer, "Executions must proceed as scheduled. Have full confessions front all thirty- seven prisoners." SUNNY AND BRIGHT HBY t r y HARQL• ARNETT • k. ROTATE RADIO TILL CRACKLE 15 LOUDEST, wove rt140 SOURCE OF ANNOYING SrATIG''iNTERRUPTING YOUR RADIO ENJOYMENT BY SWITCHING ON A IORTABLF RADIO AND ROTATING. 11' Listen. GreeriC 16 AT ITS LOUDESt `SOURCE.OF STATIC 15 SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LATERAL AXIS OF THE RADIO, MOVE ABOUT 500 FT. AND AGAIN ROTATE THE RAOIO TO OBTAIN LOUDEST STATIC, -THE POINT AT WHICH THE LATERAL AXES CROSS I5 THE SOURCE OF THE STATIC. JITTER By Arthur Pointer