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HURON NEWS
Award Contract—
The. Goderich tol1 COMIC il 1100
passed a resoltetion a.greeing to. fin-
ance the ,proposed addition to the
.Goderich 'Collegiate eastitute at a
oost of $118,000 and $4,0010 for e,quip-
ment. The new addition is made
oecessary in order to accommodate
classes in home economics and man-
ual training: 'Half the CORY i11 be
borne by the .government and the
county will pay its (proportion of the
town's 'half, Putherbrough Constr.uc-
tion Co., London, was awarded the
.contract.
half an hour 'later in .ette Winghem
hospital. The accident occonred about
3:130 &stook Friday :afternoon. The
victim was %rickey known, He was
active in sports, having relayed base-
ball and hookey. For some time past
he had ibeen associated as .announcer
of .the Wingham rradio station. It was
his custom to glee a sports talk. Sur-
vevireg are his wife of 18 months, ,for-
menly Beth H.ollowell, and his father,
and mother, residing in Exeter, Dev-
on, 'Englatal. The 'father is a .retired
member of the Royal Navy. 'Born- in
Edinburgh, Scotland, Mr. !Doughte
had attended Eclitebriergh University.
He came to this country' in his 'teens
as a clerk in he service of a Canad-
ian hank, remaining in the employ of
the 'bank far a number of years. Sev-
en or eight years ago, followieg, his
transfer to Wingham, he left the ser-
vice of the bank and entered the em-
ploy of the .glove factory there. An
inquest was ordered by 'Coroner Dr,
Redmond.
To Vote on New High School—
.:
Walkerton ratepayers will be asked
to eote soon Con a iby,lew for the pur-
pose of erecting a new 'High .Sehotel
at an estimated cost, with the requir-
ed .equipment, of coma°, less ix) per
cent, ror $1(0.050, to be contributed by
the Provincial 'Government, leaving a
net a-momet of $90,000 to be raised by
the ratepayers, and •repayable -by de-
bentures over a 310 -year period at 34;
or 4 per cent. This iwas the decision
reached at a joint meeting of the
Town Council anti the High School
Board.—Walkeeton
In Police Court—
James Adams, Hay township,
charged with etealiag a horse and en -
lawfully takieg a eutter, blanket and
robe, the property of Wilmer ,Shana-
hen of Hollett townehip, pleaded
guilty in 'Police Magistrate Matches'
court at Goderich east week and was
remanded for sentence. The horse
was taken from the church shed of
Wesley -Willis Church; Clinton rduring
the progress of a hockey game. Ray-
mond Dean, of Coderich, charged
with driving recklessily, pleaded not
guilty. As Frank Gardiner, injured in
the accident out of eedeich the charge
arose, is still in the ,hoepital and un-
able to attend, the case 'was ,laid over
for five weeks.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1933
Sealorth Youth Conducts
World-wide Stamp Club
'(BY I-Irowarrd C. 10beay in the Str,at-
. ord Ereacopelierald)
Globe-trotter, editor and Sounder of
the largest stamp exchange club in
the world, Clifford Carmichael, 20-
yeareold ,Seaforth youth, has 'turned a
'lobby into big lbusiness. Buying, sell-,
keg and trading stamps is. his pnofes-
.sion—and a lueinative one to boat.
Chewing gum, especially in front of
Peopee, may not be good etiquette.
Brot it was Chewing gum that etairte•d
this ambitious son. of the parsonage
into the etamp 'boein.ess on a large
scale.
Late Annie Johnston—
The angel of death visited the per-
son of Mrs. Annie fflappel. relict of
the late Rebert R. Johnston, early on
Tuesday morning, and called the be-
loved mother arid friend of many in
this vicinity, to her eternal reward.
Mrs. Johnston .had been confined to
her bed the pat yeur being the 'Auff-
erer of a few paralytic strokes, and
she slept peacefully away early Tues-
day morning, aged 61 yeare. She was
'born in Borgholtz, Hessen, 'Germany,
and in deas she came with her par-
ents and family to Canada, Here she
was united in marriage With Mn. Ro-
bert R. ;Johnston, who departed
some 20 years ago. Her married life
WaS rail spent in 'Zurich. A very kind
and affectionate mother to her family
and a very nice person to meet was
Mrs. 'Jahn:Owe always greeting one
with a smile. The union was blessed
with three 5011.5 and three daughters,
namely: Mn. William S. and Welling-
ton S. Johnston of Zurich, and Or-
land Johnston of Montreal; Mrs.
I(Dr.) A. ff. MacKinnon and Mrs. A.
J. Kalibifleisch of (Zurich. ,Miss Vic-
toria predeceased her some years,—
Zurich Herald.
James T. White, Goderich—
James T. White, age 911 years, died
on Friday night following a week's
illness, He was born in 1Goderich
Township, i son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. john White. Most en. his youth
was spent in Colborne Too nship. He
was a resident of Goderich for more
than twenty years. His wife, formerly
Mary Slattery, died seventeen years
ago. Surviving are two sons, James.
of Goderich, and John r,f Detroit. mid
one daughter, Mrs. Wesley 'Fisher.
Seaford: also two 'brothers. James
and William, in Saskatchewan. There
are eleven grandchildren. The funeral
took place Monday from Brophey's
Tunerail Chapel. Rev. D. J. Lane, of
Knox Presbyterian Church .wae in
charge of the service. Mr. and ..lers.
Tames White, Jr.. have ettst returned
from the funeral of ther father. Wil-
liam Thermo of MdKillop, who drop-
ped dead 'beside his invalid wife.
Wingham Man Killed in e
Elevator Shaft—
Reginald "iRed" Douglas. well
known radio sports .commentator and
employee of the Gurney Glove
Works, .s.uffered .fatal injuries when
he fell about (60 fest down an open
elevator 'shaft. at the factory late Fri-
day afternoon. "Red", as he was
known to everyone in Wingham was
talking to a fellow 0.011)101hee 041 the
(founeh ,floor of the glove factory when
he stepped 'backwards into the open
elevator ahaft, He fell the sixty feet
to the 'basement, su216ring terrible
'head !injuries Which caused his death
,
interests and formed (what they calllerd 1 REFORESTATION AND
•CONSERVATION
(Continued)
Government Distribution of 'Forest
Trees.—ahe Purpose of this distribu-
tion is. to assist farmers en hopro.ving
'their 'woorcelots ante the .reforeStlng Of
areas that are more suitable for the
growing of 'trees ,eleere any other crop.
The 'Government also 'wishes to en-
courage faernens to ,proteet their
buildings land craps with windbreaks
and shelter -belts. The most suitable
trees for this work are rconieers such
as spruce and ceder and for this pur-
pose Norway Spruce, .White (Spume,
and White Cedar are supplied.
For forest ,planting there .is a wide
Selection 'of varieties and a farmer
neay order any number ,which w4lI 'be
supplied free of .clearge. For wind-
break planting, any—number op to a
maximum oe 600 trees well be supolicd
Free. All trees are •shipped .express
'collect from fhe 'Government nurser-
ies as the farmer is obliged to pay the
ex.press changes. In general, a pack-
age containing 11000 treee wilt weigh
ap'proximately ano lbs, and some idea
of the transportation coets can thus
be obtained from a local express ag-
ent. The land owner must also do any
necessary preparing of the area to be
planted, .glant thetrees at his ovvn
expense and fence the new -plantation
to 'prevent the running and rpasturing
of farm anineals.,
The following ,is important:
."No fruit trees, ornamental trees or
shrubs, or trees for town or vtllage
riots are rdistributed. Trees carmot be
,supplied for 'decorative or ornament-
al planting about homes, Clubs, or
other 'private properties. The mater-
ial available is intended primarily !for
'waste *and planting, and •vvendbrealk
and elielterbelt work on rural prop-
erty."
Farmers interested , in (securing
trees totter this policy must 811 oat an
application form which own be secur-
ed Shortly alter beginning of the year
by writing either to the !Ontario For-
ests Branch, IParliament Buildings,
Toronto 5, or to the IDep.artment of
Agriculture, Clinton. !Ontario. The
completed .aoplicaticesr form must be
received by the Ontario IForests
Branth in Toronto 'before the illst of
April, and the trees ordered will be
shipped during the latter part ref April
or early in May.
Suitable Species for Huron County
Ail trees have a certain region, de-
a Ojoint sta,nep, company."
a matter of (fact," young Car -5
michael recalls, we mated it the Cane
inek ,Staarep Company and appointed
crueselges the directors. For about
Poor months we worked together and
then went on lour OW11 .again. At this
particular time 'there was 110 Canad-
ian stamp gragaziee and one day hi
Febnuary, 10315, Gordon suggested
that we ehoulcl 'begin publishing one
ourselves, He was loiciog when he
made the suggestion lret the idea ap-
pealed bo me sod almost before we
knew et we were 'inquiring into its
pond:Kitties.
'We went to the owners of Me
Sealonth News and got estimates from
them on what it would cast to turn
Out such a magazine. We 'figured on
.ronning albout 5100 copies of 16 pages
each. The only thing we differed on
was the type of magazine to' be pub..
Belted. Gordon favored one of the .reg-
eilar ma,gaZines, patterned off some of
-fhe 'United States publications. and I
WaS lin favor of the exchange club
type of magarine. The upshot of it
was (that we 'each decided to .ptiblisle
Clifford was ten years of age and
was ligiog en the little town of Delta
(when ,ehe idea of saving stamps first
dawned on him. 'Even ,then it was
Quito by accident. He bought a .strock
of gum one day at the corner grocery
alert he discovered that by sending
away so many w'rapp'ers 'he coned ob-
taio a package of stamps—absolutely
'free. Like ,any (other ten -year-old
youngster .the idea of getting .somee
thing for ,nothing appealed to him So
(Clifford .began saving gum wrappers
wed it wasn't larany days before he
gent away for his 'first ,batch of
stamps.
There were .ao other stamp fanciers
in Delta at the time rand the .business
of coilreeting them was not 'the easiest
thing in the world that you tan imag-
ine. It simply simmered down to this:
if Clifford was go ng to get anywhere
with his -collection he Would have to
chew more gum. So phew more gum
he did. Sometimes, be oonfesses, even
while be sat in church listening to 'his
father preach.
.13.1.11 young Carmichael did not stop'
there. Not a bit of it. He got his !bro-
thel', Howard, to chew gum too and
the iiair of them formed a partner-
ship. They not only had most of the
older folk in the viilage saving stamps
for them, but they had nearly all the
other youngsters in the .neighborhood
ehewing this particular brand of gum.
If Clifford remembers rightly they
paid as ehigh 144 me cent for five of
the •wrappers and the corner grocer,
he 'recalls, •clid It landslide businees
Sprained Ankle—
Miss Doris Trade of the \\leg-
it -am 'High School etaff, sprain ed her
ankle while skiing recently. She was
able to take her classes last week with
the injured member taped -
Found Pearls in .0yster—
Mrs. E. etcLaughlei 'having
an oyster supper at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. -'11. 1.. Davidson. at
Wingham, fooled two small pearl's
about the size of a pin head. iu one
of the oysters. While the pearls, bo -
40 small, are of -little value, they
Will make an interesting eo'uvenir.
Culbert-Ryan—
North Street United .Church par-
sonage, Goderich was the scene of a
:pretty wedding 'oil Monday mnrnieg,
whop Lillian Iona Ryan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Ryan. was mer-
ried to MT. Elwood Molbourne Cul-
bert. df Lietowel. Ref. W. re, 'Lam
officiated. The bridesmaid. .was the
bride's sister, Miss !Georgina Ryan.
The bridegroom was assisted ,by his
brother. Mr. Lou Culbert. following
the .ceremony luncheon Was served at
th0. home of the :bride's parents, at
which- sixteen guests were present.
The table was arranged daintily with
color scheme of pink and white. and
vas centred with a white bell. Later
MT. ancl Mrs. Culbert left rhy motor
for Tar041l0 and other points. 0.1
their return 'they svi1l live on Stioiley
street, 'Goderrich.
P1COBAC.
, PIPE
TOBACCO
FORA MILD:COOL SMOKE
re:
In discussing the fact of parasite,.
on sheep and methods for their con-
trol. a Canadian .authority gives four
good reasons as to •why it pays to dip
sheep. These are:
G. Sheep that are free from ticks and
lice grow more a:nd better wool.
2. A quilt flock requires less feed
and is more insily kept 1>4 good condi-
tion.
3. The latob crop is stronger, ewes
milk 'better, and Iambs grow more
rapidly.
4. Paeasites are a source of serious
discomfort to sheep. The good shep-
herd should be mindful of the comfort
of his flock.
also points out that as s result
of ,dipping the saving in feed and in-
creased 'weight of tenths and wool
may easily amount to (from 5.0c to
$11.50 per 'ewe. The cost of dipping
under ordinary conditions should not
exceed three cents per head.
The Truth About How the World
War 'W'as Fought
How British •soldiers were shot in
the (back by their own officers is told
in "The Men I Killed," by Brigadier -
General F. P. CrOale4', who for many
years was an officer in the British
'Irmo This book, not fiction, hut a
merciless statement of facts that hras
aroused a violent controversy in (Eur-
ope, is now -appearing daily in The
Detroit Times:
while it lasted.
141 11110" event, that is how this
youthful, big-time stamp collector got
started. Today lle 10 head of the
world's largest' stamp exchange club
and editor and publisher of the Stamp
Collectors' Exchange Club Magazine.
-Numbering over 5,000 the members of
the club, formed by young Carmich-
ael in 110,35, are scattered all over the
world. }Each member received bi-
monthly a copy of ehe magazine,
which last year was edopted by the
,Canaclian 'Philatelie Society as its of-
ficial organ. ;Much the sante as a big
game hooter might go to Borneo or
some steli place on a game -hunting
expedition. so this iSeaforth Collegi-
ate graduate fleet year went to Europe
and Africa on a stamp -buying expedi-
tion. 1-fe arranged his itinerary to he
in England at the time of the Corona-
tion.
Bonn in D:emorestville, Ont.. Clif-
ford is a son of Rev, and lIrs. T. A.
Carmichael. IHis father is pastor of
Northside 'United Church here. The
family lived in Delta for six years .and
then moved to •Aleinston, by which
time the ;budding .stamp collector had
-Audited the age of 13.
"There were several etarnp collect -
ore 111 Advins ton," Clifford relatee,
"and it wasn't long before 1 was buy-
ing,, selling and rexchanging stamps.
Howard was a year and ,a half older
than mysele and his interest in the
stamp collectionobegan to wane soon
after se got to Alvinstion. Weehael a
fairly good collection but he was in
need of some money 'one day and I
bought his interest in the ibosiness for
five dollars. Rath of us was well sat -
Red.
`Mot long after this 1 began doing
quite a good-sized approval .business
and I was advertising in papers and
stamp magazines in both 'Canada and
the (United States. I was gaining a
tremendous .amount of .experience as
I went along and the sales I made
were enough to keep me in spending
money'.
"It 'began to .dawn an Inc then that
could make money in the -stamp
business on such a tiny scale I could
make a kg of it 11 11 got into the game
in a big way. 1 glICSS ,Olvat iio about 'the
time it first occurred to me I would
make stamps my 'life work. ff told my
mother and father there was money
to be ,wade in the venture, but 'they
had their doubts. I think 'that •siocre
then; however, T have 'proved my
point."
Tete Carmichael family arrived irn
Seaforth on June 218, 10136f., and Clef-
for.ct oontinrurecl his ihobby with as
much enthusiasm as ever. 11 -Ie wae, still
making enough pin money for 'him-
self and all the time rwas getting deep-
er and ,deeper into the ibusioess. One
of the first youths he met s Seafoeth
was Cordon Carter, now of' ;Oshawa,
anrd Gordon was also a statop rcolleCit-
or. The two .ief them were together a
lot ancl reventuaely they pooled eheir
c
00C ,04441 .rnagazinve.
"My magazine, which I .ealled the
Statn,p Collectore. 'Exchange Club Ma-
gazine, came off the press at the 'end
of Mardi, and lGordon's 'appeared a
week or two , later and was .called
'The lIehilatelric Bulletin.' 111,ee -each ran
off about 500 copies and our first sub-
scribers were, rpeople WC had corres-
ponded with or done :business with. I
had .written many of these ,peopie, told
them I was starting the magazine .and
asked for their support. charged
$1,00 a year for the magazine and I
had about '11215 paid subscribers for
the first issue. The (ether 316 copies I
sent•to .dealers .and correspondents all
over the world,
'Getting -those (first subscribers was
the worst part of the whole .struggle.
It was .pretty hard going for the
first six months but I. did not miss
an issue. 1 had to scrimp and sew;
every 'penny 'I could 'to meet the
printers' bits and I -don't think I even
got to a show during that time.
"The ifirst issue of ,Gordon's
rntlg-
aeune was hardly off the press before
his family moved to 'Oshawa and al-
though be 'was anxious to 'keep it -go-
ing .he was obliged finally to give it
up. I took it over, along with the -sub-
scribers, and merged it with my own
magazine."
The subecription list of young Car-
michaeles pobtication has inereased
by leaps 'and bounds until now the
paid circulation is. vell over 4;000
copies, They go to practically every
country in the world. Clifford is the
publisher, lite editor. oirculation man-
ager and advertieing manager all in
one, and getting out 'the bi-monthly
magazine is a mariosized ;jab,
'His office is a saug, almost ever -
crowded room on the 'ground Ifloor of
the ,parsonage. In addition to a full-
time stenographer, Miss Ethel Storey,
five or she additional 'helpers gee em-
ployment at puiblicatrion times.
The young stamp executive had
just arriged at rate parsonage 'with the
morning mail when we dropped in to
ViAit 11111. lei the bundle of mail lee
carried ander his aTill were letters
from 'France, Germany, Belgium. Co-
lombia, Jugoslavia, Brazil, England,
Switzerland, Newfonnelland, Canada,
and the 'United 'State,‚ His weekly
mail averages around 600 letters, and
he spends several hundreds of dollars
liimeolf in a year's time answering his
corree,pondence,
Oliffoed, who works from about 10
in the morning 'until supper time and
for an Timis- every evening. belongs
to both the Canadian Ilehilatelie aled
the American Philatelic Society. Last
September he went to the American
convention in Detroit and While he
was there managed to sell $300 worth
of stamps. It made his trip faiely in-
expensive. 'Picturres sent him by many
of his eonreepontients throughout the
world line the wales of this office and
souvenirs front other correspondents
are seen 141 'several Maces.
A year ago Clifford took a trip to
.ffloricla and came beck rehrough 'the
flood areas of the !United States.
Then he went over to Washington
to attend the inauguration :of Presid-
ent •Roosevelt. IDn lEngla.nd last Spring
'he 'purchased several thousand .dollars
woneh of 'Coronation stamps, all of
which have long since been sold.
.The most;expensive ;stamp Clifford
has in his collection at the present
time is :an 'early Queen Victoria, val-
ued at $46, but he has many ranging
et value as high as $26. The meet ex-
pensive stamp in the -world is in the
'Possession of a .wornan 1 Utica, NY,
She recently was offered $36,000 rfor
it, Bot he is holding out ear $60,000.
, "Yes,' smiled 'the young etamp
genius .35 he bid us rgood-bye, "you
blighe say (fillere. is money 11 etatims,"
Phyllis Manning, roost daughter .of
Me. and Mrs. j, (P. Manning, .Landes -
baro, not only .carried 'off the (honor's
at ehe janior 'hockey .earnival at Clifo'
'eolir hut -the .folebveing . cla.6;` eveag
awarded first place in the Clinton
collegiate junior :girls? oratorical con-
test in a class of eix zontestants,
Isreu—vrommor
LISTEN...
"CANADA -193840
IMPERIAL TORACCO'S
INSPIRING PROGRAM
FRIDAY 10 P.M, EST
,STATION
OBL
ure, Clintorn, Ontario.
Exemption of Woodlands from Taxa-
tion e
Many farmers may qualify for ex-
empeion from tagation on their .bush
or woactlot is set forth in the ifollow-
ing extract rfrom the Assessment Act
(R.S.10.)' 1191217 C. 2136:
4. All real oraperty iniOrotario ,and
all income derived either within or
out of lOntario by any person resident
therein, or receigedin 'Ontario by or
on ,behalf of any roerson resident out
of the same shall be ^liable to taxseion,
subject to the following exemptions:
Rev. Stat. C. 2136 S. 4. ,part
25. Any part of a farm used 'for for-
estry r purposes or being "woodlands".
Provided that .sitteh exemption shall
not be greater than one acre in ten
acres of such farm and not more than
t n ty acres held under a single
ownership.
(a). "Woodlands" for the purpose'
of this rparagraph shall mean 'lands
having notless than .4100 trees per
acre of all sizes, or 300 trees, meas-
uring over 2 inches in diameter, or
measuring .over 18 inches 141 diamet-
er, such measurements to be
taken at irge feet frone the ground)
of one or more ;of the following-
kiteds: White or Norway pine,
White or Norway spruce, hemlock,
tamarac, oak, ash, hiekory, bass-
wood, tulip, ,(white wood), 'black
cherry, walnut, butternut, ,chestnut,
hard maple, soft maple, cedar, .syc-
amore, 'beech, !black locust, or
catalpa, or any other variety whieh
may be designated by order -in-
-council; and which said lands have
'been 'set apart by the owner for the
sole prunpose of fostering 'the
growth of the trees thereon and
which are not used for grazing live
stock. 1191217 C. 63 ee2 l(e).
Note—The infornmtion in 'this ar-
ticle has been prepared by Ian Mac -
Lead, Department of Agriculture,
Clin ton.
pending on the elimate, in NV'hiC11 they
grow best. The size of this region is
not uniform for all species hut the
following can be successfully grown
in this dietriet: Sugar .efaple, elm,
beech, haeswood, cedar, yellow birch,
white birch. white ash, 'white pine, red
Pine, Jack IFine,, Scotch Fine, White
.epruce, norway spruce. larches, oak,
hickory, walnut, butternIlt, black
cherry, black locust, soft maple, caro -
eine poplar -and ohite wlbiow.,
Trees Suited to Different Soils •
Blow Sand --lefack Tirte, Scotch
Pine, 'Poplar, 'Willow.
Sand .artd iGravel—White tPine, Red
Pine, Scotch 'Pine, Jack Pint.
'Sand and sandy loam—White Pine,
Red !Pine, Scotch 1P5ne, White Spruce,
Norway Spruce, Hard Maple, 'White
Ash, Red Oak, Larch.
Riek loam and deep solls—Walnut,
Butternut, Soft Maple, Elm, 'Hard
Maple, Ash, Locust, Cherry, Beech,
Birch, 11-Iielcory Basswood.
Heavy and wet soils with uncertain
drainage--,gOft Maple, 'Eilm, Willow,
Cedar.
'Rock areas with little soil—Red
Pine, ',lack Pine, Scotch Tine, White,
Spruce, Cedar 'Larch.
Number of Trees per Acre
In (forest planting in 'Ontario the
trees are rgenerally set out six feet
apart in rows and the rows six feet
apart. Such close Planting is neces-
sary because the ground will soon be-
come shaded by foliage, which will
conserve moisture in the soil, kill
out grass and weeds, and assist in
forming a mulch. .Also, if the soil is
poor or wet, or .grassy and weedy,
close planting must be .drone in 'antici-
pation of failures.
As a guide in determining the num-
ber of trees to order for a given area.
4,7142 trees are required to plant an
acre when the spacing is 5 feet iby 6
feet, rand 1,110 trees are required if
the spacing is 6 feet by 6 feet.
When plooting a windbreak either
the isengle or .douible TOW may be used.
In a .single TOW the trees may be
pleated 6 to 110 feet apart, the average
being 8 feet. Pf two rows are -desired
the trees should ,be 6 to eel Feet apart
in the row .and the two rows 8 feet
apart. When using the Iwo row olan
it is recommended that the trees la.•
planted alternately so as to provide
the maximum protection from the
wind.
Planting and Management of the
. • Woodlot
Space rcloes not permit dealing with
the different ittethods of planting •or
the care of the young -plantation. Such
in.formation is contained in detail in
Bulletin No. 11 'Forest Tree 'Plant-
itig:, a copy of winch mak be severed
by writing to the -Ontario P'orests
B ra rich, Parliament .13 oil di rigs, Tor.on
to 5. or to the Department of (Agricul-
BOTANICAL NOTES FOR
FEBRUARY
(ExPerimental Farms Note)
To some people 'F'ebruary is just an-
other vveary winter month; since
"what cannot he cured must be en-
dured". Many will associate it with
the age-old festival of .Cancelemas. To
others it is the month of hope •because
each .day is getting visibly longer and
brings .with it those superb sunrises
and sunsets—one of the signs that ,
speing is, on its way. The igroemelhog
wakes, stretches, peobahly yawns and
has a good scratch; then peeps at 'the
'world, Another harbinger of spring.
In the middle of the month comes
the festival of Saint Valentine, which
has, for ages, been associated with the
mating of young 'things. !Geoffrey
Chaucer Wrote in 'his quaint olei 'Eng-
lish (five centuties ago:
"Saint -Valentynel to you i renovele
(renew)
My wolui lyf, as I can, compley-
nine:
Upon your day doth ech foul ohese
his make."
(doth each bird choose his mate)
Yet another kind of mating (and,
doubtless infinitely mare interesting!)
is 'suggested in Shakespeare's "Ham-
let":
"Tornorrove is St. Valentine's Day
All in the morning- lbetinee,
And I a maid at Your 'window,
To be your Valentine."
•
The plant kingdom too is aware of
the approach of .spring. The tree -sap
is again p,erforming the miracle of
rising against the force of gravity.
The 'flirtatious willows are !flaunting
their 'finery of green, yellow and red
in anticipation of their mating in a
few week's time, evben the 'catkins or
Pussy willows 'Will proclaim them-
selves as man and rmaid.
In the woods the silenee is •absolulte;
gerhaos the calm before the storm Of
March winds! INot a .whisper moves
dram the trees. Each evergeeemecaf is
shining with a tender mystical vett-
anee, and the lhlaialc hougihs are pierce -
ed revlith (breams of ikelar glary—perhaps
the spotlights of Nature's stage set
for the :ga,mbol.t of frolicsome sylphs
aod 'meads,
In this majesty. ,of solitude, that
seems 'to .make (life `so gentle aied sane;
when the air is cleaner and hvoredibly
sweeter than any that has ever been
breathed:, the iplaretelover ip.ursue
Ins study Of the epreces, often 'elle
Object of 'Christmas adornment and
adoration, but alasi so soon deseorit-
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