The Brussels Post, 1951-1-3, Page 3Tridy
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By Richard H. Wllkinspr
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aa•• alubhlnu. 1„ call it
an iid,•pewlen •oirit, a d•.-ir: t'
had h,+• o.:., li'� , ,r:,Lo her own
v. ay in the t, It'
Aetu:dly L•,it, r'a, :1 11nilicalr of
1,1d Joint in eh rat act and disposi
tion, OId john rrent•ni;r-1 that's.
unldauce
'Knowing Jane ,o- ba did, and
loving Iter as Is. did. a1)) v 11111 !oho
a decided advantage. Ile, knew
a hat 1110 tis:, 111 011,1,10y 1,V11,•11 be
wanted her to do souw[hing.
Jane Ma, beautiful She attracted
men lots of thea[.
Old Ichufroalied c t Iau:.recti•
less regard for 1„vr. Ile uoe01101 oil
the young men who paid her court.
All but our, is ,,r iced 10
worthies:.
The one, Pill Si01 hr i:ure,
,on of Old John's closest friend,
appeared 1n po :c.a the requisites
of a good husband. In the first
p'aee he hail a job. Secondly, he
worked hard and bad ambition to
do big things. Thirdly, ills atom.
tions toward lane were hon001 (1'
and 1i1/10rre.
Old John was too wise to
suggest to Jane that she con-
sider Phil Scot as a possible -
husband, Despite the fact that
he knew that Jane did not re-
gard Phil with diafavor, he
knew, also, that the moment
she became aware of her
father's prejudice poor Phil
wouldn't stand a chance,
"f.00k herr, Jane." he said one
•day, "I notice you've been seeing
that young Scot fellow a good deal
lately. I absolutely wouldn't stand
for his type as a son -in -lay.."
Jane's surprise gave way to
auger. "I'hil Scot," she said de -
thirdly, "is a darling. Vf all the
boys I know Phil stands head anti
shoulders above the rest. And,"
she added, "you'd better lil.e it be-
cause lie's the was Pm going to
starry.'
Old John scowled. "1Ie'll never
be a sort -ill -law of mine. St, you'd
better begin forgetting him HOW."
Orson's band whipped to his
hip and he shot at the exact
memeltt lead spurted irom the
horseman's six-shooter. •
An hour later Albert J. Scot,
young Phil's father, completed
a telephone conversation with 11is
oldest and closest friend, Joint Carl-
ton, and summoned his sou.
"Phil," he Began, frowning deep•
In "it seems to 'me You've been
paying a good deal of attention to
Opt Carlthn girl lately. I want it
stopped! Understand! She's nothing
but a flirt and a social butterfly."
Phil was aghast. "But; Dad, she's
the daughter of your oldest friend!
J thought .. , that is ... well, you
see I like Jane a lot. I was in
hopes,,,"
• "Well, cease hoping," Scot senior
rut in1,
A. week later Old John and Al-
bert Scot were sipping drinks and
rxcllauging congeuialities. on the
veranda of the fornier's home.
A car stopped out front and two
young people came up the walk.
Jane was beautiful., She at.
tracted [nen, lots of them, She
was, in fact, a bit reckless
about it all, and refused flatly
to take the matter seriously.
The ttv-a young people stopped
and smiled pleasantly.
Jane Carlton said: "I'm sorry
to disappoint you, father, but
John and I are married, We
love each other, and, despite
the fact that neither you nor
Mr. Scot approves of the mat-
ch, we're going to live our lives
as we see fat,
"And," said Phil Scoldefiantly,
'!f you don't like 11, yeti eau 1(1mp
It."
Old John and Albert T, Scot ex-
changed glances, They laughed,
1'ltey slapped each other o11 tate
:,adv and roared with delight.
Wane and' :6'111 'looked on in lte-
wlderntent. Aper awhile Old John
wiped, his eyes and explained the
.ollspiracy the pair had concocted,
Jane looked at Phil aid Phil
:mired at Jane and ,lane said:
"How clever, You won't mind,
:hen, when we tell you we 10 been
married for (000 months! 4i/e'Ve,
kept it secret till Phil go, a false
In pay. lie got it today and 1,011101'..
(Ow we're Ieavieg 011 Dur honey-
-.110011, YOU tiro Cala Si! here and
think up ways and Means of run.
ring our lives when we get hack,"
penny saved is a penny earned;
although, as the ,mall boy remarked
recently, whoever invented that
:::tying utmt have lived back is the
clays when a peuly c:av good for
something but putting in 1118 col.
lection at Sunday School.
But a calf saved is a good many
pennies saved --enough of them to
make any suggestions along that
line worth the attention of every
person interested in cattle. And
in spite of all the modern medical
discoveries. saolitatimi and good
management are still "tops" in the
reduction of calf losses. Penicillin,
sulfa drugs and streptomycin un-
doui,tedly have shown real value,
but prevention is still the best cure,
Dr. 11. A, llcrutau, University
of Missouri Dairy Department, says
that in many. herds 8 to 10 percent
of calves born alive die before one
year of age. Studies also show that
80 percent of calf losses occur the
first 60 gays of age. Scours and
pneumonia are responsible for a
majority of the deaths, Many of
these losses could have been pre-
vented by good sanitation and matt-
, agement.
The following sanitation and
management program has been used
by the Missouri station dairy herd
with very good results:
1. I'rovide clean, disinfected 1108'
ternity pens at calving' time. A
13 -ounce can of lyse dissolved h1 10
gallons of wafter makes a good dis-
infectant to scrnl, the floors and
walls.
2, Aa soon ars calf is born, paint
navel cord with tincture of iodine
as a precaution against body infec-
tion.
nfertion.
W # 5
3. Before calf nurses the first
time, wash udder with Warm water
and soap; and then rinse with warm
water containing 250 parts of chlor-
ine per million (follow directions o11
container), Wipe udder dry.
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4. lie sure calf gets plenty of
colostrum or "first milk." Colost-
rutn is rich in vitamin A and con-
tains antibodies which resist disease,
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5. Leave calf with colo two or
three days, or permit it to nurse
three tines a day for the first three
days, Wash and disinfect cow's od-
der each time before calf nurses.
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6. Overfeeding causes common
scours, One pound of milk for each
10 to 12 pounds of body weight
is sufficient, 8filk should be -95' --to
98 degrees at feeding time.
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7. Keep pails clean, Nipple pails
help prevent gulping the milk and
reduce digestive troubles.
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8. Keep calf in draft -free, dry, and
well -bedded pen. Slatted floors help
insure dry pens, -
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9. Don': overcrowd, Individual
pens are best, but small colony
1loncea call be used.
10, Remove ailing calves to sep-
arate pens; then clean and disinfect
pen before using again.
And here's a little item which ntay
interest some of you who go in for
eggs in fairly large quantities,
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PACK YOUR EGGS WITH THE
SMALL ENDS DOWN,
Plock -owners who sell eggs on a
graded basis can very profitably take
time to pack eggs with the small
8114 (10 0,11. 'I'„ 110000 (11i,, p0ili1, one
member of the 'Wooster Coopera-
tive Poultry Association, collected
three sautples of 15 dozen eggs and
handled them differently. lie found
the average price of eggs with the
points down was 49,2 rents; points
up, 48.4 cent0; in baskets, 48.7 cents.
'1'lhe difference in quality between
points tip and paints down netted
the producer 1 cent more per dozes
and was well worth the extra effort,
Christmas Customs
The "lllummers,"—ln ,natty scat-
tered villages in the North of P:ng-
1and, shepherds, stockmen, horse-
men and other farm hands will once
again this Christmas perform the
ancient .1lumn1ing 'Play, With
blackened faces and fancy clothes,
they will repeat the words which
have been handed down through
hundreds of years. Chief actor's are
Ji lug (or Saint) George, a quack
doctor and Father Christmas. In
the May, the King gives battle and
slays hiseieulies one by one. All.
in turn, are resurrected by the doc-
tor. ('rue of the oldest of the "Mum-
tniug" troupes is that at Alderley
Edge on the borders of the cone -
ties of Cheshire and Derbyshire.
-There are other's among the dales
of Yorkshire.
Boar's Head Feast:—Queen's
College, Oxford University, has a
Boar's Tread Feast on Christmas
Lay, which originated in the story
of a student who was attacked by
a wild boar some 500 years ago,
while studying Aristotle during a
walk. Ile killed his formidable ad-
versary by thrusting the volume
down the animal's throat. Today a
'papier ntache' head replaces the
90 -pound specimen udder the weight
of which two attendants used to
stagger in bygone days, but the
spirit of the ceremony remains 'un-
changed..'is the choir.sings the last
notes of a traditional carol, the
Head is placed on the table of the
Provost, the Principal of the Col-
lege. The Provost then presents the
ornaments and embellishments one
by one to the choirboys and visitors,
the solo singer receiving the ,range,
"Charming the Orchards."—Old
Christmas Lay, or 'Twelfth Night,
has its own celebrations, In Devon-
shire in the south of England, fani-
aus for its apple cider, the custom
of "Charming the Orchards" was
handed down until almost within
living memory. Local farmers and
their nen went to their orchards
after dark on Twelfth Night, car-
rying guns and a great jar of cider,
with a large piece of toast or cake
floating in it, No glut was consid-
ered to be too old, if it was able
to hold the printing, and the more
noise it trade the better. When
•the party had reached one of the
largest apple trees, the farmer ad-
dressed it while the gums were
discharged. The cider was then
handed around, and the sop of
cake eaten, but care was taken to
see that a good-sized piece was
left in a fork of the tree for the
robins, for if this was left undone
the charm would have no effect,
Finally the men returned to the
farmhouse to drink more eider and
to tell tales round the fire until
morning. I-ike many old supersti-
tions, this custom was founded 011
a practical Belief: the shot was
supposed to tear the bark of the
tree and to quicken the` fruiting
in a similar manner to the English
technique of beating a walnut tree,
HACKSAW AND
PRY APART
C TOR WEDGE.PREVENT CASTORS
FROM FALLING WHEN FURNITURE IS LIFTED BY
HACKSAWING SLOT ONE-FOURTH INCH DEEP IN END
OF CASTOR POST AND WEDGING CUT APARTSUGH1'1LYt
Merry Christina
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Worth Trying
Our hostess served the must de-
liciously tender roast turkey we
bad ever eaten, However, the bird
was not carved at the table, and
our hostess explained that an emer-
gency had compelled her to use
a substitute for a roaster and carve
the bird' before cooking says a
writer in The Christian Science
Monitor.
The cooking vessel was simply
an oblong covered refrigerator dish
of white -enamel ware. The turkey,
after being dismembered. was care,
fully rubbed over with salad oil,
seasoned and a little water poured
into the "roaster" and tightly cov-
ered. The bird required no basting
while roasting.
The stuffing was baked in a loaf
tin, separately, but put in the
"roaster" for flavoring, just before
the gravy was made. Neither giblet
gravy nor stuffing betrayed the
fact that the turkey wasn't stuffed
or roasted whole!
Keep Off That
Cloven!
It shouldn't surprise anybody, in
the near future, to see "Keep Off
the Clouds! This means Y OUl"
signs displayed in prominent places
on clouds everywhere.
Tt's all the fault of these pesky
amateur rainmakers. So loug as rain
makers, amateur and otherwise, con-
fined their activities to rain dances,
involving a lot of Indians with fea-
thers in their hair, nobody objected
mlcf thought it was just picturesque,
However, non• that ram making has
been taken away from the Indians,
along with practically everything
else, and turned into a coldly scien-
tific proposition, things More chang-
ed, and amateurs just gum things
up for the professionals.
A pioneer rain maker, Dr. Ber-
nard Vonnegitt, who puts his faith
in "seeding" clouds with dry ice,
says that something will have to
be done to keep clouds earmarked
for rain makers who 'know their
business, and that means will have
to be devised to keep unwanted
kibitzers on the sidelines.
Amateur rain makers, lie says,
are beclouding the issue by taking
off in planes and scattering dry
ice amid the clouds just to see
what will happen. This snakes
things increasingly tougb for those
engaged in staking scientifically
conducted tests, under official aus-
pices. The amateurs are just hasten-
ing the day when they'll be under
government control, or at least re-
quired to have a rain maker's
licence,—Ihdianapolis Star.
Inflation Note, In Buffalo, a
drugstore chain advertised a head-
ache remedy in the Evening News:
"50e. size -59c."
First The Egg -Shell
Then The Spoon
One of the most frequently made,
and yet one of the least common
objects to find now, is a pewter
spoon, The reason is not far to
seek, shice, besides the visiting
tinker who melted down all broken
Pewter and then recast it, there
was hardly a village where some
iuniily did not 0e11 a mould for
re -running their spoons, Of course
they were willing to lend it to their
neighbours, and•there is one town
on record where all the spoons in
it were marked with the same let-
ter, since the family who owned
the mould had on the handle the
letter "L," the initial o'f their last
name.
The spoon is an article so ven-
erable that for its lirst mention one
has to seek out Egyptian records,
A shell is supposed to have sug-
gested its first shape. The earliest
step in its development was to
amount this shell on a handle, and
it is interesting to observe that
in the Connecticut valley the early
settlers inserted a clam -shell into
a cleft stick, and fount that this
answered all the purposes for which
5p0ons were made. The second step
in the history of the spoon's growth
was to fashion the whole object
in one piece. ,
The earlier the spoon, the more
nearly the howl approaches the
shape of the plover's egg. the point-
ed end being toward the handle.
In tits very early spoons the bowl
was below the level of the handle,.
hut by the 15th century this dif-
ference of levels had disappeared.--
From
isappeared:-Irront "Old Pewter, Bras:, Copper
& Sheffield Plate," by N. Hudson
'Moore.
WHY CHOCOLATE TASTES
THAT WAY
Natural scientists Have been
hunting the chemical that gives a
cocoa Kean its chocolate taste, the
.British Colonial Office says.
Latest investigations suggest that
the mystery chemical is a highly
complex compound of phenol, it
said.
. A raw cocoa bean has no choco-
late aroma, Only when the bean
has been fermented and roasted
does the rich, delicious smell begin
to appear. But chemists have con-
cluded that the smell originates
from a chemical already in the bean
while it is on the tree.
The colonial office also told of
strange experiments reported on
sunflowers, If a sunflower is al-
lowed to revolve with the sun and
get a full day's sunlight, titin oil
is produced in its seeds, If the
flower is tied down away from the
sun, the oil becomes thicker. So
now if growers want oil for paint,
they tie the flower down; for mar-
garine, the flower Hurst revolve,
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Festivities That
WERE Festivities
ltirinirtl 1118 '1•Itir 1, leis, ttf
England in a bygllu,• :lair, 0.0,00
eravt• et 1`t,letidc 1 elelmaisnlm
t during 1111011 itvt, thou mat
t oxen and torn hundred tufts
of e, 1110 were tatllsnlnetl.
Ui t'otu',e, in those days, the
rrlmnlou ller11i10 provided the
great lords with tate where-
withal for such magnificence,
The lords received gifts from
their tenants and kings receiv
ed gifts from their nobles; and
the graduated scale for giving
and receiving was as well as-
certained as the quiddam hon-
orarium cif atl" barrister or
physician.
Queen Elizabeth received a
large part of her wardrobe as
gifts from her courtiers, and if
the quality or quantity was not
satisfactory., the donors were
unceremoniously informed of
the situation.
When Henry III entertained
a thousand knights, peers, and
assorted nobles who carne to
attend the Yuletide marriage
of the Princess Margaret; .his
majesty received a royal
Christmas gift of 2,700 pounds,
plus 600 fat oxen from the
Archbishop of York.
With similar assistance,
whether exhorted or given in
the spirit of generosity appro-
priate to the season, his maj-
esty could well afford to give
Christmas feasts for the poor
like the one given in West"
minister Hall in 1248, which
lasted a week.
Striving to outdo Isis prede-
cessors, Henry VIII kept one
Yuletide at which the cost of
gold cloth that was used
amounted to 600 pounds alone
— and pounds were really •
pounds then. He had tents
erected and aritificial gardens
plotted within the spacious
hall of leis palace. Knights
came out of the tents to joust
in tournaments and fantastical-
ly dressed dancers, covered
from head to foot with gay
ribbon streamers, emerged
from the gardens to entertain -
the guests.
Preparation for the feasting
on such occasions is perfectly
appalling to epicures of the
20th: century—and can only
be vaguely comprehended by
considering that Richard 11
normally employed 2.000
cooks to prepare food for the
10,000 persons whc, dined —
irrespective of special feasting
—at his expense every clay.
The Gospel according to St. Matthew
And lo, the star, which -they saw in the east, went before
them, till it carie and stood over where the young child was.
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great
joy, And when they were come into the house, titer sans the
young child with IVtary, his mother and fell down, and
worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures,
they presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense and
myrrh .. ,
Pepper And Soap—Byway of snaking "Pepper" a beautiful
and fragrant tiring for judges at the International Livestock
Fxposltion to behold, 16 -year-old Beverly Watts shampoos tite
Hereford calf's sleek coat"
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HM,.WONDER WHAT
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