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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-9-13, Page 3idtl'kiNi By Rlc'tutra 1di11 Wilkinson Laurie, Sant Edgewater'e pretty :laughter, brought in the news. '"There's a nester ',quelling hi our lower range," she said. "Ile's build- ing himself a home, and when 1 told Trim to pack up and get out he laughed at me, More than that he was rude and insulting:"' Sato Edgewater took one look into his daughter's angry eyes and sent for Tex Tremont and Chuck \Vellington, Tex and Chuck had t+orked for him for 20 years. Sant explained briefly what Laurie hail said, and added: "We'll ride down and warn hint off. No violence this first trip. But we'll stake it clear he ain't going to be allowed to stay. This here's my land by right of settlin' it." En route to the lower range Sant fell to wondering how it was that the nester had proved insulting. A young man was hewing logs in clearing when the trio rode up, He drove his axe into a tree trunk and looked up at them, smiling pleasantly. "Howdy gents," be said, "Climb down and squat awhile." "Never mind the formalities, mis- ter, I'm Sant Edgewater and I own this property. We don't tolerate nesters." "They told ate. 1 could conte down here and pick myself a home. It'd be mine if I improved it some. And I aim to introve it." "This here's been my property for 20 years. It's mine by right of conquest," Sam roared, The redhead grinned, "Well, if you got papers to prove it's yours, 1 suppose I'll have to get off. Otherwise, I'm staying." Sant's face grew purple, He turned to Chuck and Tex "Boys, you forget what I said about warn - in' this jigger. We're gonna have a showdown right now. Kick hien out!" None of them saw the redhead stove, but suddenly he had a gun in his hand. It exploded and Tex was staring down at bis shattered wrist. The redhead wasn't grinning. He looked at Chuck. "Well, mister, I guess you're Edgewater's hired gunman too, How about it, want to try emits' your pay?" Chuck looked mad but helpless. He wasn't a fool, Sant recovered after a moment from the shock of what had happened. He ordered his sten back on their horses. "O.K." he said. "You win this play, Red, but we'll be back." "Yeah," jeered the redhead. 'Next time bring a dozen with you." Eight days later Sam rode down to the lower range at the head of seven grist -faced puncher's. "Son," said Sans Edgewater, "we don't want to hurt you none, but we alis to kick you off this land. You Hurst have sense enough to realize you itln't got a chance, playing a lone handl" The redhead grinned, "The gov- erninent," he said, "allowed I could have this here land, However, you look to me like a square shooter, so 1'11 snake you a square: propo- sition, I'll take on any three of your heroes single handed — and agree not to marry your daughter if they beat isle." "Agree not to what!" Sant bel- lowed. 'rhe redhead looked surprised "Shucks," he said, "I thought Laurie had told you we were fixin' to get married. You sec, I kissed, her the first day she come down here and that sort of settled things—" "Lauriel is what this young whippersnapper says, trite? It is?" Laurie looked at the young whip- persnapper, titan at her fattier, "He did kiss me that first day I came down," she said, Sans stared at her and swore up• der his breath. After a moment be turned hie horse and galloped away, and the punchers galloped after lout, Laurie confronted the redhead and her eyes were angry. "That," she said, "was about the most—the most—" Her expression softened, because Red was grinning. "The most unromantic way of pro- posing," she finished, "I can clo better," sant Red. "Want me to?" Laurie didn't answer. She didn't o,',•to. Finding Fortunes In Their Gardens What would he your reaction If you found buried treasure in your garden? Such things are temstautly hap- eenimg.:lir, F, Pryke, of Wormley, Hertfordshire, recently dug up over $2,000 iu notes and silver in his garden, and declared afterwards that it gave him the shock of his life. A woman in southern England, who found a put of Charles IL coins buried in the pigsty, after dreaming it was there, got her shock a little late'. Having paid oft' a number of debts with the money obtained by selling the coins, she was contacted by officials, who sternly informed her that all such treasure trove belonged to the Crown, They told her that the pot, with its contents, should be handed over forthwith, Not knowing what else to do, she gave theta her batch of re- ceiptcd hills, faltering that she hoped these would do as well, Though concealment of treasure trove is still a criminal offence, since 1931 it has been the usual practice for the hoard to be re- turned to the person who unearthed it. If, however, .be find is of histori- cal interest, its foil value in cash is given back instead, , But not always! Not so many years ago a tractor driver, plough ing a field at Tetney, near Grimsby, turned up an urn containing hun- dreds of rare Anglo-Saxon coins. He did not notice it, however, and the reward fell to the other land - worker whose sharp eyes spotted the object when he was crossing the field next day. A five year-old boy enjoyed a share in treasure trove discovered at Stamford in the Vale, Bucks, its 1944, While a large tree was being removed from his father's garden, he amused himself by jumping in and out of the hole made by the roots, presently noticing some coins mingling with the loose soil, ' As a result of the gardener's investigations, a jar of sovereigns and half -sovereigns, worth nearly $1,000, was uncovered. At the in- quest held on the fund the jury de- cided that the boy should receive thirty per cent of the total value, and that the rest should go to the gardener. Many of the most important dis- coveries of treasure trove have been made by youngsters, A lad who was looking after a farmer's sheep near High Wycombe, also in Buckinghamshire, chanced to pick up a flint, and out tumbled a number of golden coins dating back to the pre -Christian era. They had been carefully packed in a natural cavity in the stone, which was about the size and shape of a large egg, and were of great value. Many rare coins were thrown away by schoolboys near Beaworth, in Hampshire, An ancient leaden box they found buried in a country lane contained about 7,000 of them, The lads, thinking they were old buttons, used them in a game of "ducks and drakes" on the surface of a 'nearby pond. Fortunately, the story of the find soon became known, and the bulk of the treasure, which consisted of coins stinted in the reigns of William the Conqueror and his son, William Rufus, was saved. A very different discovery was made in a hamlet near Flint. Re- turning white-faced from market rather late one night, a woman gasped ottt to her neighbors that she had just seen a gostly skeleton, wearing a golden breastplate, stand- ing on a local mound known as the "Hill of the Fairies." Villagers ridiculed the story at the time, but six years later the hillock was removed for agricul- tural purposes, and a complete skel- eton with corselt of pure gold was revealed. An average of about $40,000 - worth of treasure is dug up in Britain every year, but it is kown that much still remains unearthed, New Hamper Whis Its Wheels Eliminate Drudgery ONE of the most back -breaking tasks on laundry day is, �! for many women, that of dragging heavy laundry from one room to another. if you're tired of struggling to get your soiled clothes from the bathroom to a larger room for sorting, or of carting them from the hamper out to where your washing machine awaits the Monday wash, here's good news for you. With these difficulties in mind, makers of a well-known clothes hamper line have recently created a new model which should eliminate a part of your wash -day problems. The new hamper features ball-bearing wheels, which have been substituted for the usual rear legs. This makes it possible to roll the hamper about the house with ease. It also doubles as a laundry cart if you do your washing at a launderette. The hamper is propelled by a handle bar which snaps down out of sight when not in use. Wheels are also incon- spicuous when the hamper is backed against a wall. ay wash A newly -developed hamper -on -wheels makes It easy for this young home -maker to transfer her soiled olothes from bedroom to washing machine on laundry day. TABLE TALI(S Don't suppose f need tell any of you that the prices of most every- thing we eat — meat especially — is going up. The chart published herewith, although it refers speci- fically to price trends south of the border, fairly well mirrors what is going on in Canada as well. However, this 1s the only time in the year when most of us would consider becoming even partial veg- etarians, what with home gardens producing so many appetizing deli- cacies. And with the high prices of meats in mind, this week's col- umn will deal with recipes that al:ow using vegetables almost whol- ly as tempting retain dishes for lun- cheon, sapper or perhaps even, at a pinch, for fancily dinner, MAIN DISH PEPPERS 2 large or four small green pep- pers 1 small onion, chopped % cup finely chopped celery lea- „ ves 2 tablespoons butter or oil 1% tablespoons flour _3/4 cup milk or tomato juice 1 cup cooked fish 1 cup boiled rice teaspoon salt Dash Tabasco 14 cup fine dry crumbs, buttered (1) Cut large peppers in half lengthwise or cut a slice from stem ends of small ones. Remove seeds. Boil in salted water till almost ten- der and drama. (2) Saute onion and celery Lea- ves in fat till tender. Blend its flour, add milk or juice and cook, stirring, till thickened,;. (3) Add fish and rice. Season to taste with salt and Tabasco. •(4) Pile fish mixture in peppers and sprinkle with buttered crum- bs, (5) Arrange filled peppers in a shallow baking dish, add water barely to cover the bottom of the dish, and bake in it moderate oven (375 degrees F,) twenty minutes, or till crumbs are brown. Yield: four servings, SQUASH AND TOMATO PIE 1% pounds yellow squash 1 nine -inch baked pastry shell - 1. cup medium white sauce 1 cup grated Canadian cheese 2 teaspoons grated onion 14 cup grated nippy cheese, opt- ional 3 tomatoes, halved teaspoon salt 1 small clove, garlic 2 tablespoons melted butter. (1) Cut squash into half - inch slices and cook in a small amount of salted water till just tender, Drain, pressing the squash lightly to remove excess water. Turn squ- ash into pastry shell. How o BY HAROLD ARNETT 'BUTTON "RANKS%PIATCH BOXES WITH .S LOTS CUT IN THE TOP'S AND I-ABELED, FOR SIZE AND COLOR MAKE NEAT BUTTON"BANKS"TO KEEP iN YOUR SEWING CABINET,.. (2) Mix white sauce. Canadian cheese anti grated onion, and pour over squash. 1f desired, sprinkle with the nippy cheese. Arrange tomato halves over top. (3) Place salt in a small bowl and rub with garlic till salt has ob- sorbed most of the garlic. Add but- ter. Spread over tomato halves. (4) Bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) till tomatoes are lightly cooked and pie is hot, or about fifteen minutes. Yield: six ser- vings. FRESH LIMA BEANS EN CASSEROLE 3 pounds lima beans in the pod or one pint shelled 1 can condensed mushroom or tomato soup 1 clove garlic, minced Flour 4 ripe tomatoes Salt and pepper 1 medium eggplant IA cup milk 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (1 t Saute onion in one table- spoon oil till yellow. Add garlic and cook tilt golden brown, stir- ring often. Blend in one teaspoon Pour. (2) Core, peel and chop tomatoes, Add to onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, till thickened to sauce consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (3) While sauce is cooking, pre- pare eggplant. Peel, slice a half- inch thick, season lightly. with salt and pepper, dip quickly in milk and then in flour. Saute in olive oil till brown and just tender. Drain on wtglazed paper. (41 Arrange eggplant in a shallow casserole and pour tomato sauce over it. If necessary, reheat in a moderate oven (350 degrees F.) Sprinkle with chopped parsley. ROUND STEAK 4:4 INEA Newschartj NOW THEN MI IitQQ. just As In Canada, The U.S. Housewife Has Her Worries— Is the little lady complaining that the ten bucks you give her for groceries doesn't buy very much? Brother, slte's so right! Prices on many foods are almost twice as high now as when OPA price controls were ordered on April 12, 1941. Newschart above, showing average comparative prices of seven basic items in the housewife's market basket, is based on a 19 -city survey, Coffee has taken the biggest leap, but is followed closely by' , pork chops and round steak, 1 tablespoon grated onion 1 teaspoon dry mustard r/ cup bread cubes or crumbs, but- tered. ;a cup grated cheese 4 strips bacon. (1) Cook shelled beans in a small amount of salted water, covered till tender. Drain, reserving broth. (2) Mix soup, onion, mustard and a half -cup of the broth, Add cooked beans and turn into a one - quart greased casserole. (3) Sprinkle with buttered crum- bs and cheese. Arrange bacon on top, (4) Bake in a moderate oven (375 degrees F,) about twenty-five Minutes or till crumbs arc brown and bacon is crisp. Yield: four to five servings. SAUTEED EGGPLANT WITH FRESH TOMATO SAUCE 1 onion, chopped Ve cup olive oil, approximately COW GAVE WRONG STEER Motorists and hikers who were strangers to the district kept finding themselves lost and on the wrong road in the Witnborne area of Dor- set not long ago. They were puz- zled, because all of them had carefully followed inscriptions on a signpost in the parish of Holt When the parish council heard of the trouble, they ordered an in- vestigation. The clerk, who is head- master of a boys' school, began to wonder whether some of bis pupils could possibly be responsible, when he found that the signpost Itad been partly turned so that its arms pointed in the wrong directions. Then he found the culprit—a cow which had got into the habit of rubbing itself against the signpost so vigorously that it moved it. The council had .the signpost re- instated in the correct position and solemnly decided to take no action against the cowl Even Scientists Are Puzzled When you remove a boulder on the seashore you will see hundreds of little creatures scuttling away to hide The sante thing happens when you lift a stone in a field, The creatures—fleas, wood -lice beetles, centipedes, earwigs — are not afraid of you. Science tells us that they run away demoralized be- cause they hate the light and are desperately trying to find a dark corner. Anyone who has entered a house infested with cockroaches has seen the sante things. When entering a dark room and -suddenly switching on the light scores of "black beetles" (as the housewife calls cockroaches) careen over the floor in search of the nearest crevice, On the other hand, the sante light which disperses the cock- roaches attracts the moths, mayflies and daddy -long -legs. There they go, whirling madly around the globe, dashing towards it and re- treating. Why, Oh, Why? Scientists call this "tropism" and define it as "an obligatory move- ment in a particular direction in relation to some particular stimu- lus." Thus the cockroach is obliged to move towards the shade by the particular stimulus called light. ',Vltat the scientists don't know is why the cockroach is obliged to do so. They know it was not taught to behave that way but was "moved by instinct." Take a young spider from the newly opened cocoon and place it under a jar. Even though the cables will not stick to the glass it will begin to spin a web with all the intricate movements necessary, It continues until nothing but a con- fused mass of silk threads is the result, Because of this many scientists have concluded that most insects are nothing but mechanisms, with- out trental activity. They say the spider's action was not the result of thought but a purely mechanical one. The movement of the insects under the stone is also mechanical. But what impelled tite first spider to start spinning a web? What im- pelled the first cockroach to run away from the light? If you know the answer you've beaten the scientists. Music -Hall Favorite Now Eighty -Six When darling of the music halls Vesta Tilley (Lady de Frece) cut her eighty-sixth birthday cake the other day she is reported to have said to her sixty -`six -year• -old bro- thel "It's not the last by a long chalk," The cake, with white and blue icing, had been sent by an old admirer. It was wheeled on a trol- ley, Countless thousands of nun and woolen of t' e older generation have affectionate memories of Vesta Tilley, famous as a talc imper- s.,nator in songs like "Following in Father's Footsteps," "esta Tilley retired from the stage in 1920 after fifty-one years. Still as slim as ever, she declares she has had "such a happy, happy life!' Some time ago she said: "I don't think I should tike to be a girl today. Those must, be very difficult years for young people. RE N, t r® I1► e+al ' 4CordomS k , 04, Peonies may be planted success fully any time from the first of September until freezing weather. A careful selection of varieties will provide early summer flowers for six to eight weeks, depending on, the season. For exhibition blooms or garden perennials, the impora tent characteristics are abundant flowers of good form and clear color, strong stems and symmetry of growth. * * * Since even these ltiglt standards are met by innumerable varieties, the final choice will be determined by which colors will fit into the June garden, There are single, double and semi -double forms, and even more variety in shape of flower than these descriptions imply. * * * .The greatest range of color is offered by the hybrids, and they are also the first to flower. The huge single Chalice is one of the best white peonies available and the first to bloom. White Picote'e is edged with violet. Two clear yellows, boh single, are Daystar, and Moonrise; Green Ivory has yellow tones itt its greenish petals. * * * Shades of pink vary from the plae tint of single Lotus Blootn to rose pink Ludovica, which is as enormous semi - double 11 ow e r, Lovely Rose is a creamy pink, and Camelia`flushed peach pink; both are septi -doubles, * * * Among the red hybrids are two fully double peonies: Red Charnt and dark red Evelyn. The brilliaat red Montezuma is a semi -double. The fine single -flowered red hybrids are difficult to choose un- less the colors are actually seen, Flame is brilliant; Golden Glow, orange scarlet, and Bright Knight, a similar shade but darker. Car- dinal's Robe is a true scarlet and Chocolate Soldier are extremely dark red, Burgundy is the best of the purples, so deep in color that it is almost black. * * * The Chinese peonies (P, albi- flora) start to open about two weeks after the hybrids. All of the ones listed here are single, Four fine white varieties are Le Jour, which has red stigmas; White Per- fection; 'Crinkled White, which op- ens blush; and Watchman, the last of the whites to bloom. W * * Angelus is blush, and Sea Shell a medium pink with red stigmas. Josette and Mischief are light pink, and the slightly pink Shaylor's Sunburst fades to white when the flowers are fully open. Sunmist is blush and Yellow King a light pink with bright yellow center. 1: * * The septi -double peonies include many of the most beautiful -varieties grown. Some have conspicuous rings of stamens between the rows of petals and others have several rows of guard petals with a center of yellow stamens. Three fine whites are Mildred May, Lily White and Titania. The tall Minnie Shaylor is blush with large, red stigmas, and Rare Chita almost the same but slightly pinker. The soft pink Silvia Saun- ders is rather small, but charming and Phyllis Kehvay is a tall, showy pink. Red Goddess has .the clearest hue of any peony of that color. • * * Two velevety medium red vari- eties are Arcturus and Kickapoo, which look exactly the same but bloom at different times. * * n The Japanese -type herbaceous peonies have one to three rows of guard petals. The loveliest of all is the pure white Golden Standard, whose robust habit of growth makes it a fine garden subject. The new Christina 1 also white. * * * Double peonies have one draw- back in the garden; even the stur- diest varieties a r e sometimes knocked down by severe storms„ Many of the oldest of these are still among the hest. Festiva Max- ima !tae just celebrated its hun- dredth birthday, but its distinctive white flowers Nith red spots will long continue to be popular. Edulis Superba is still older; it is a good dark pink and very fragrant. Mon- sieur Jules Elie is the best pink double peony there is for cutting and Felix Crousse is the finest red for that purpose.