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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-3-23, Page 3NICLL g n-c1oltir.e P. Clo t'1 e Well, it looks as if the ground- hog knew what he was doing last month when he crawled back into his hole—there is a cold, biting Wind this morning and quite a flurry of •snow. Like it or not we have to take what comes, so we may as well make the best of it. a Now it has turned cold again I ant glad I did what I did last week. eOh no, it wasn't a big job of house- cleaning or anything like that. It was nothing more or less than a round of gadding! In fact I believe 1 was out somewhere every day last week—and sometimes twice, all ex- cept Saturday. And that is some- thing unusual for me. And while gadding doesn't help the work along at the time, I believe it does help one to shake off a sort of lethargy that comes with staying at home too much. Anyway, here T am again, all set for a good week's work, so l haven't quite reached the stage complained of by a friend of ours who said—"Seems to me 1 can't work and run around as well, so I guess I'11 have to quit work." One thing I like. about gadding is the contacts one makes. I did so enjoy meeting d"lady the other day, who, for ten years, has been work- ing on an historical research pro- ject. To my way of thinking'history pis about the most absorbing and fascinating study there is. I love to dig up facts concerning the early pioneer days in Canada, and so, with very little encouragement I was soon off on that track again. The trouble is it takes up so much time. Hunting through some old press clippings afterwards I made a discovery about our own farm which I had previously overlooked. It appears that in May, 1822, the early settlers in this district—all of !hent Scotsmen—arranged to meet on the trail by Lot 2, Concession 3—which is this farm, but before it was a farm. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the advisa- bility of starting some kind of school for the children in the dis- trict. From that meeting plans were made from which emerged the first log school `house in this section where between 60 and 70 pupils were enrolled the first year. Many of them had quite a distance to walk through bush country as there were no busses to pick them up along the road in those days! Another interesting evening 1 had was when I was invited as guest to a Book -of -the -Month Study group. I got quite a kick out of that—just sitting back wondering what the reaction of the group would be towards the book under review which I had read yeas ago but which was unfamiliar to Ell but two of the group. The book was "Tone Jones"—if you have read it you will know why 1 was amused Answer to Crossword Puzzle R LAS LENT ':• RSA^"C L RM ITS , L/V5 8 OO/ F"L AP ANEW . TEN555T 5NA l O N 0 SS T EHEE APE TIf KARAT ,':; R E AR R D' (';'.SRC RIDERS WEE T '.*. F S QTSRMADEM! E R E N E R L PTE rT L P.' DICE A ER ETR RMEN T RNH?SEW. NEST at possible reactions. if you havcn't read it—well, never mind. Then there was the Canadian Club which featured lantern slides of Quebec. It was splendid. For anything of that sort I much prefer lantern slides to moving pictures. With thelatter beautiful scenery is flashed on the screen and gone again before one can take in all the details. Scenic loveliness ist not something to hurry over but to linger with so that one can enjoy and appreciate the wonderful color— ing and variations in light and shade. Lantern slides are a grand way of acquainting us with parts of Canada which we may never. evenhave a chance to visit. To finish out the week Partner and I went to see "Hills of Horne" --more beautiful scenery, this time of bonnie Scotland. And of course, there was Lassie) Saturday night Partner and 1 stayed bone and listened,to the hockey broadcast. And what of the farm? Well, an- other calf arrived so that means to cow another milk. The hens are h still laying and our cats and dogs continue to provide us with interest and entertainment. But we are minus one animal that we parted with without regrets. St was a skunk that had already killed three of our Sussex hens, So Bob set four trap units runway and in half -an -hour the skunk was caught. I t was well it didn't take any longer because I was having a great time keeping the clogs and Joseph -Mark from doing a little investigating on their own. So far I haven't done any gadding this week but we have already received or ' entertained three neighbours, two insurance agents, one gentleman of the Jewish faith and five small boys looking for pigeons. Easy -To -Make Two Purpose Bag • t-Iere is an idea far a useful, easy -to -make bag which may serve two purposes. It can be a clothes- pin bag, to hang on the line or from a,belt at the waist when clothes are hung or removed from the line. It may be hung from the blanket rope - in the automobile. Magazines, writ- ing equipment, make-up kit, gloves, or anything that needs tb be easily accessible may be stored in it. To make the bag, a wire clothes hanger and a piece of strong cloth such as cretonne or awning cloth are the materials needed. Cut the material an inch wider than the straight bar of the hanger and double the depth you wish the bag to be when finished. Three quarters of a yard doubled is quite satisfactory. Make a narrow hent on both long edges. Turn an inch -wide hem in one end of the cloth, fold the ma- terial crosswise, letting the hemmed end come to an inch and one-half below the unhemmed edge. Sew the sides of the bag together. Now, hem et- the .the raw edge over the bar of the hanger. APT DESCRIPTION LI Union City, N. J., a young woman whom Walter Blazeck had picked up robbed him of $150 and his car. When police asked him to describe her, he offered: "Over - attractive." ' e") ft," Nit* Travelling Clinic,----In''kdepizig with its policy of 1 ring- ing preventive medicine to its employees the Canadian National Railways has now placed in service a new allvsteel medical rar. This modern clinic is equipped with the latest instruments for first aid, physical examinations and vision testing. The' new car will make a continent -wide tour of the System and for the next two years will be office and home for a railway medical officer. Shown inspecting the cat: left to tight, are: 1)i' KE. Dowd, chief medical officer C N.R„ Nurse B. Boudreau and E. R., flatlley, chief of motive power and ear equipment. Where Do Shooting Stars Come From? W:: n,h<y streak suddenly across the night skies they are known as ehueting star.' of inrt.Ors, When Biwa- not completely burned up by air friction make a landing on a farm and embed themselves in the soil, they are known as meteorites. Where they (-rem from Mae Tong been -a mystery. At Chicago evi- dence was offered that all meteor- ites are fragments of a shattered planet that once traveled a serene course around the stn, The theory itself is quite obvious and quite ancient. Astonotners have long been aware of an empty space in the planetary system he- tween Mars and Jupiter. But the idea of a shattered planet fell into disrepute in recent years wheb the ages of meteorites were calculated by the same methods employed in dating earthly rock formations—by their radioactivity and their helium content. 'these indicated that he - sides being of different content— some are stone• others nickel and iron—the meteorites have varying age's. Dr. Carl A. Y:.-rr, a Harvard astronomer, answered that one. Some meteorites, he pointed out, could have been prematurely aged by the atom -smashing impact of cosmic rays while flying around in spare. (tatter huilt up a picture of an ancient planet that was broken up several hundred million years ago. It was .smaller than the Earth but similar in construction, with a nickel -iron core and asoy f n shell, The nickel -iron meteorites would have come from the planet's insides, while the stony ones represent "a thin outer mantle that is similar to rocks observed near the surface of the earth." Strong support for this idea cane from Dr. Harrison Brown of the bomb (he was assistant director of University of Chicago. After com- pleting his war work on tlie atom the Oak Ridge chemistry division) Brown made a study of 107 meteor- ites that have fallen on the Earth within the last century, He applied delicate chemical techniques de- veloped during the Manhattan pro- ject and concluded that "all the fragments came from an exploding planet which had a molten core of nickel -iron at about 3,00 degrees centigrade." The new methods of analysis used by Brown are so accurate that they are expected to help work out the whole history of the solar system, including the formation of the sun and the earth, and the question whether other planets can or could supporelife, The A A.A.S. awarded its annual $1,000. prize to the 30 - year -old scientist for this contribu- tion.-- ' Finger Painting Fun' For Little Folks Finger painting is something dif- ferent for you to do. You can make many pictures with the starch "paint" that can't be made with water colors and crayons. You or your another can make the starch paint by using le cup of laundry starch. Mix the starch with enough cold water to make a smooth paste. Add 11 cups of boilingwater and cook the paste until it's glossy and thick. Then let, it cool. You can do your painting on wrapping paper, but white paper will give you the best results because the coloring will show up 'more bril- liantly, 'You will find 8 -inch by 12 - inch sheets to be best. One precaution before you start: Cover the table you use with old newspaper's. Put about 5/4 cup of starch paste on a piece of paper. Drop some coloring onto the starch mixture. You, can use water colors or washable inks. Vegetable color- ing that mother uses in her' cooking also works as' tint for the starch paste,. Spread the starch over the page with your fingers. When the color- ing is well mixed into thR starch and covers the entire page, begin mak- ing designs, For various effects use your fingers, forearm, palm, Ninths, closed fist, hdel of your hand, finger tips and fingernails. What should, you paint? How about drawing something you have seen? Ton might paint a bird or an animal. If you don't like the first' picture you paint, erase tine work with one sweep of your hand and begin again, Maybe the 'next time you can make repeated flower de- signs, HOLLYWOOD A writer in London says a report has'reached those parts to the effect that Hollywood brides now keep the bouquets and throw away the bridegrooms. I wonder if lie's heard about .the starlet named Mary, who had a little wolf, and fleeced )tint while a' :nun'? PILES When San renters Ib0 Internal muse et 011es you got worthwhile results earl haat, Trot's the simple repent for cvaTD 'S goose seee0na, Ne matter what one bare done for ibis torture. • or stew long•slanlutn• end stubborn , titer ease, modern setonna has MO answ00 In PV.:r!CON,E S 1!1Lll 11,1t3113lyr he Ileuld fallen by mmtnt). Emir 51001 balite proves this or the Woe 0etundea at enrt 'chat's our a arantee of EEL - ONE'S onellty, SIM nt sit modern Miracle Of Grogan's Mill -14 yeas old "Bubba" Long, t. ituse whole life has been spent suffering from rheumatic fever, asked for a "bushel of letters" on a big radio program. He got an estimated 100,000 pieces of mail, many of them enclosing money —almost $20,000. •Bubba's father works at Grogan's Mill and people are calling the event "The Miracle of Grogan's Mill." . , TAL e,anz A.dtteWs. One of the greatest of all food controversies is in regard to fried chicken—southern style. There are almost as many theories regarding the proper method of preparing this succulent dish as there are about the best way to mix 4 mint julep. So today I thought perhaps you'd like to have a recipe guaranteed to be authentically "southeast"—and it has nothing to do with fried chicken, Maryland, as that entails batter and deep fat. So here we go for: FRIED CHICKEN, SOUTHERN STYLE Select chickens of from two to two and a half pounds weight; and If you have the butcher disjoint them for you, ask him to use a knife rather than the cleaver, as the lat- ter splinters the bones, leaving them ime.ven and unsightly. Some Southern cook{ '.ase two frying pans, one far Viz• white meat, the other ice ire dark. Thus-th—e pieces tlt.et require about the same length of cooking are grouped to- gether—the white-meated portions are done more quickly than the dark, of course. Season the chicken, including the giblets, with salt and pepper; dredge with flour. (Either roll in flour or shake fn flour in a paper bag.) Melt chicken fat in two frying pans so that it's about a half-inch deep. When hot arrange the white-meated pieces in one, the dark in the other, If only one pan is used, put the dark in first, as they take longer to cook. Turn often, being careful not to pierce the flesh so the juice will escape. Cook from 30 ten 40 minutes (depending on age and tenderness of the birds) or till ten- der and a deep brown in color, The gravy is almost as impor- tant as the chicken, and here again there are different schools of thought. In 'l'ennessee...they favor a brown gravy, made with water; in Alabama, a cream gravy, done with milk. But be sure and make plenty, which ever style you choose. CHICKEN GRAVY For each cup of gravy desired leave two tablespoons of fat in the pan together with any brown crusty portions of chicken that have dropped off. Pour off all the fat in excess of desired amount, Blend in flour, allowing two tablespoons for the same amount of fat, Cook, stirring till flour is brown. Slowly, add water or milk, one cup for each two tablespoons of fat and flour. Cook, stirring till thickened. Boil one minute. Season to taSte, • To ,go with the chicken- and gravy, nothing could be .more ap- roprialr than hot buttermilk bis suits. And people down South de- clare that we -northerners snake our biscuits too thick and 100 big are not much bigger titan a half s around. They favor biscuits that dollar—thin and crispy, brown on top and a glossy white inside. OLD SOUTH BUTTERMILK BISCUITS 2 cups sifted enriched flour 1 teaspoon salt 34 teaspoonsoda 1 teaspoon double action or 1r/R teaspoons of tartrate or phosphate baking powder 4 tablespoons shortening f4 cup or slightly more of buttermilk Method *aveour oven very hot. (500 degrees F. Is about right). Sift to - Cether the dry ingredients twice, hop in the shortening with a pastry blender or two knives till the mixture resembles coarse corn meal. Add enough buttermilk to give a soft dough. Stir till the mixture forms a ball. Now turn out on a lightly floured . board and knead for about thirty seconds. Rall to a quarter -inch in thickness and cut svitjt a small biscuit cutter. Put on a greased, baking sheet. If a glazed surface is wanted, brush the tops with sweet milk. Bake at 500 degrees F. for about 12 minutes, or until brown, Yield; about two dozen biscuits of an inch and a half in diamter. And if, after eating this combine -- tion. I've described today, you should find yourself breaking out into "You -all's" and "honey chile's" don't blame me. 'It will be that Southern influence. By Rev. R. Barclay Warren Jesus Among People Of Other Races Mark 7:24-37 Golden Text:- God is no re- apector of persons: but in every nation he that feared:. Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him. Acts 10:34-35, in the first year of His ministry J*Tus laboured mainly in Jerusalem and surrounding territory. Here was the magnificent temple, the center of Jewish worship. The next year he devoted particularly to Galilee, but the third year he went beyond the borders of his own race. When approached for help by a Greek woman from Syrophenicia he re- plied in the mood of the day, "Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet' to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs." But she was not deterred by the reference to the centile dog. She must have deliverance for her deuton -possessed daughter. Her in- sistent faith was rewarded. Jesus cast out the devil. But though Jesus tested this woman's faith by speaking as his countrymen, his statement also served to bring into bolder relief his -own attitude to people of other races, To this woman, to the deaf and dumb man of Decapolis and to many others he accorded the same mercy and love that he did to the children of Abraham. His ministry was to all. It was written into the American Constitution that "all men are born free and equal." But four decades passed and much blood was shed before the Emancipation was pro - Shakespeare Festival The Festival of Shakespeare play$ at the Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, since it was first held in 1864, has progressively developed into an international event in the theatrical world, be- loved of devotees of the theatre everywhere. The 1949 Festival plans have just been announced The Festival will run from Saturday, the 16th of April, to Friday, the 15th of July, and, under the direction of Anthony Quayle, and with such famous pro= ducers as John Gielgud and God- frey Tearle, will attempt to better the outstanding successes of last year. Diana Wynyard, returning as the leading actress, will play Lady MacBeth in the opening production, and then in various plays through- out the season, Godfrey Tearle will be seen as MacBeth, one of the few great Shakespearean roles he has lea to play; he is also cast as Cardinal Wolsey' fn'"I'giesne,y-VIII'! and will appear again as Othello— these in addition to his work as producer. These preliminary ad- vices of the proposed programme give promise that this season will again be in the brilliant tradtion of Stratford.. Many Canadians will again make their way there for the Festival, and might be well advised to make advance hotel reservations as soon as possible. claimed whereby 1110 black slaves were freed. But those in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. We have our racial prejudices in Can- ada, too. We shouldn't allow immi- grants to enter our country if we are not prepared to equally share the benefits and privileges with them. We should remember that we, too, are really foreigners here, for this land originally was inhabited by Indians. Let us bear in mind that God "hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth.' Acts 18:26. This con- sideration should eliminate racial prejudice and help us to love and help men of all nations as Jesus did. Healing, Soothing and Antiseptic. Dr. Chase's Ointment brings quicic relief, Regular Sim 69c, Economy Size, 6 times as much 32,23, A healer for over SO years. D.r."Chase's into,- nt `I FORotoreArS YOU CAN'T BEAT ,DUB' XtURE DOES INDIGESTION WALLOP YOU BELOW THE BELT? Help Your Forgotten "28" For The Kind p1 Relief Thet Helps Melte You Rerin' To de More than halt of your dianthus Is do c below the belt—in your 28 feet 01 bow i. tiL^ ,ehrs,indiieetior9krlltee, try eo 0 that helps digesti'o'n fv-the'erlevase A below the bolt, .. What you may need ie oarter'e Little Livee Pills to gave needed help to that "Sorgotlunl 28 feet" of bowels. 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Good for young and old beeause Post's Gt'npe•1Vuts Flakes pro- vide nourishment ... maul quantities of mho - hydrates. proteins, minerals and outer food essentials, Served in a jiffy ---eaten on sight. Ask your grocer. GF 139 'a NE OU HT P SOON! By Arthur Pointer WHERE JIOTER I leas GETS UNDSR THE ',OTHER SHOWER, TURN ON THE 10.D WATER AND LEAVE HIM NOTHIHd am -