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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1957-03-07, Page 3Gentle People Gentle Manners The banns for Eli's wedding, will not be read until <'three` weeks before the wedding, and until that time it is supposed to be a . secret frpm all except the families and a few of their most intimate. friends. But "it wonders me" if any - Otte will be really surprised when the official : announcement comes. Nobodya says anything publicly, yet surely a lot of peo- ple must know about the mar- ried-man's carriage .being built ' for Eli , inthe local Weggli schoop. He goes over often to see how the work is progressing on it; Emmaline and. I have dropped in twice to check. It is a long and tedious job to build an Amish carriage. All , machines used in its construction are run by small gasoline` en- gines, since the shop is without electricity, and all the different wooden parts used are fitted and bolted together with the 'same care employed by the finest cab- inet makers. The shafts and wheels have been ordered from a factory in• Philadelphia,, but it will be weeks yet before the finish coats of shiny black paint aro appliedand the gray canvas top put on. Seeing some sixty-five or so of these carriages pulled up in a barnyard• on meeting day, one wonders how 'the owners ever tell them apart, so alike are they, However, on being questioned, Emnialine shrugs and says, "Oh, we yoost look at 'em and know." Meanwhile, other events have pointed up the fact that a wed- ding is in the offing, Amos and Eli took time out from farming to attend the Thursday cow sale and came back with a fine young heifer: The girls and Emaline had a pretty gwleld in the frames before the usual time for quilting in the fall and winter. Knowing her so well, I detect that Emmeline wishes the 'wed- ding could be in her home. She would love all the hustle and bustle attendant on a wedding, and the work would be nothing but pleasure for her. Since this cannot be, she will try to con- tent herself with doing what she can to insure its success. The parents of both bride and groom. .wil1 do their utmost to five tjle flung couple the best possibly sttt in life. It is the dreaiti dfeeceevy Amish farmer to give egcjj etlf his sons a farm. And s icEeiheir earliest days in this country the Amish have striven to conserve the fertility of the land and if possible in- crease it. With his idea of per- manency, the Amish farmer thinks of himself as holding the land in trust, as being honor - bound to pass it on to his sons as rich and fertile as he received it from his father. The wasteful methods that wore out the good earth of the - tidewater plantations in the South were avoided by the Plain People of Pennsylvania, who considered it sinful to deplete the -]and so. And long before lime was widely used in other areas as a soil builder and sweetener, the limekiln was a familiar fea- ture of the early Dutch land- scape. It is this same sense of obliga- tion which keeps farms in this .MERRY MENAGERIE "Quit shaking, silly. -that's not the way you spell 'MOUSE'!". region the models of neatness that they are, with even the trees in the house yards being treated to a coat of whitewash each spring. Whitewashedtrees make ,the yard look more trim,. but the main theory is that whitewash protects thetrees freta' disease and insects. yerarm has its orchard of apples =@-f'grove of peaches, and "pie cherry" trees along the lane. The Amish think highly "of their • trees, and this characteristic bequeathed to them from ances- ters :who deliberately chose to cut down the tall forest trees instead of girdling them , and leaving them to die, as was the custom then. Nowadays it is a common sight to see a fey.r fine' trees growing in the fields, and they are there because the far- mer could not bear to cut them down. Eli, being the only son of par- ents who are considered well- to-do by local standards, will have the best they can afford to give him. Custom decrees that the groom be given a horse, har- ness, a cow, a plow and harrow,. and perhaps some other farm machinery, a pig or two, some furniture for the house, and probably some dishes and linens. The bride, as her dower, is expected to bring a cow and some chickens, a stove, a cup- board, a table, a bureau, a and bedclothing, six chairs and a rocker to match'; linen, dishes, hams, potatoes, canned fruit, and a barrel .of flour. And wedding gifts from relatives will include ,not only such usualpresentsas dishes, clocks, lamps, and linens, but also such practical gifts as axes, hammers, wrenches, cross-. cut saws and other tools neces- sary on a farm. Down from the Zaugg attic come treasures that would make any antique collector drool: four-poster beds, bureaus, tables, corner cupboards, porch settees, and chairs, all of which have been bought at county auctions, or else handed down in the fa- mily for generations. Anna and Hilda are wild with delight over the prospect of shin- ing up the polished pieces and painting the wicker ones. There is not a trace of jealousy in their generous hearts. Eli is their bro- ther, someone very special, and they know, too, that there will be enough for all. So they hoard the money they make from rais- ing rabbits and dressing them for market to buy linens and to make pretty kuppa-kissa (pil- low cases) and other necessary household ,items to show their joy at having a new sister. No farm work ever mars the Sabbath here. Even milk is not collected on Sundays, but used in the house for cooking or given to the pigs. And when, af- ter church, the people gather to visit at some chosen farmhouse, Eli does not sit with the older men, but frolics a bit with the "unmarrieds" And there is no talk whatsoever of love and marriage by anyone. Amish courtings proceed according to custom, and young couples do not pair off, except to go to Sun- day night singings, when a boy may ask his favorite girl to ride with him, and usually his sister or sisters. But we know that a wedding is to be, and it makes everything more exciting. On the first Sun- day that the banns are read, the intended bride will stay at home; Eli will be in church. Af- ter the reading he will leave immediately and go to her home, where she awaits his coming. It will be a solemn moment, but a thrilling one as well. As Hilda says, "It's goose bumps I get, just thinking about it." But it is all in the accepted order of gen- tle ways as lived by gentle peo- ple. -By Mabel Slack Shelton. in The Christian Science Monitor. 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They also show the spread is greatest on all markets in the late fall and early winter months when the largest percentage of heifers to steers come on the market. * * * The lower prices for heifers are stated as due to smaller dressing :percentages for heifers, more waste in cutting heifer car- casses into wholesale and retail cuts, and a smaller percentage of the heifer than of the steer carcass going into the 'higher priced retail cuts, * * e The Marketing Service of the Department has assembled the available records on the relative dressing percentages of 'steel's and heifers (of the same grade and weight) from different areas as means of checking how far actual' figures support these statements. These records indi- cate that ndi-cate-that steers do tend to show higher dressing percentages than heifers but the differences are small and in many cases heifers exceeded the steers. There were far greater differences between individual steers or individual heifers than between steers and heifers as such, a * * Only a limited number of re- cords are available on the wast- age in cutting carcasses or the relative percentages going into the •higher priced cuts. Those collected to date indicate about the same trends as in dressing percentage. The average for most of the tests show steer carcasses as slightly superior to those from heifers ofe the same grade and weight, but with many ex- ceptions. And again the differ- ence between the two is consid- erably less than between indivi- dual steers, or -heifers. a e a Many more cutting records are requiredbefore definite conclu- sions can be drawn. .lDepartmen- tal officials are seeking, in. co- operation with producers, pack- ers and retailers, to obtain suffi- cient records, particularly in re- lation to retail cuts, to establish if possible the relationship be- tween the two in'terms of meat value per careass of equal grade and weight. * * * A more detailed summary or interim report on the records assembled to date is available in mimeograph' form and will be sent to this interested on. re- quest. Apply to Information Ser- vice, Department of Agriculture, Confederation Building, Ottawa. * e a Where a hedge is needed to provide a dividing line in the home garden, a suitable back- ground for other plantings, a screen to shut off an unpleasant view,noise and traffic, or to give privacy in 'the garden, hardy evergreen species deserve con- sideration. Some of the advantages of evergreens are: they provide year-round interest and shelter;.. a minimum of pruning is re- quired to keep them attractive; and hedges of any desired height and shape can be developed: * a a Of course,';the.,outlook> and ef- fect may be, too 'sombre 'if ever- greens are planted -'too freely. Evergreens that normally be- come tall trees (spruces and pines). should be -used only where a fairly tall and long hedge is needed. For low to me- dium -tall hedges, evergreen spe- cies of moderate height and of finer appearance (cedars and junipers) are to be preferred. w * M The choice of an evergreen hedge and the species selected must bear a relationship to other evergreens used in the layout or landscape plan, otherwise the evergreen hedge may seem somewhat out of place. The height will be governed by the space available and the purpose to be served. Usually a taller hedge is needed for a screen than for a background. For low hedges three to five feet high, plants should be spaced from 18 to 24 inches apart in a single row, and around 36 inches apart for taller hedges. * * * Pruning is the most important step in the maintenance of an evergreen hedge. Pruning is sel- dom required more than once a year and only light pruning ra- ther than shearing is needed to keep the hedge compact. This will encourage new growth from lateral buds. Evergreen hedges retain their natural appearance if pruners or secateurs rather than shears are used for pruning them. * * a Evergreen hedges are best pruned in late July or early Au- gust. If -pruning is carried out then there is still time for fresh buds to mature and be condi- tioned for the production of new shoots the following spring. a 4' 4. In pruning, the hedge should be kept narrow at the top so that sunlight may reach needles at the bottom and keep them green and healthy. By careful and timely pruning as described, a very compact and attractive evergreen hedge can be devel- oped and maintained at low cost. Sucha hedge can be a valuable asset where winters are rela- tively long. Farmers with sudan grass ex- perience say grazing can start when the sudan is 18 inches tall. Graze it -down to six to 10 inches and then remove the ani- mals to permit the sudan to recover to 19 inches before grazing again, they advise. cp.�UNDAYSCII001 LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Confessing Christ Today Matthew 16:13-27 Memory Selection: Whom say ye that I am? ...'Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16-17. On more than one occasion Peter spoke unadvisedly. (Mat- thew 16:22; Mark 9:5,6; John 21:21). But his great confession (quoted in . the memory selec- tion) is eloquent proof of his spiritual insight. Jesus said, "Flesh and blood hath not re- vealed it untothee, but my Fa- ther which is in heaven." No one fully appreciates the Divin- ity of Jesus Christ until he re- turns from his sin and proves by faith that Jesus Christ is really a Saviour. Jesus said he would build his church, not on Peter (Petros) but on this rock (petra). What is this rock but the truth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God? truth through Divine illumina- tion. Peter was promised the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. His was to be the responsibilty of first introducing the Gospel to the Gentiles. The usage of the terms bind and loose by Jo- sephus and in the Talmud shows that to bind meant to forbid and to loose meant to allow. "The Jewish teachers held that these decisions were acknowledged in heaven" in the sense that God recognized and endorsed the teachings of the rabbis. Jesus Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 'ODEOIa�EO DEEME EOOEEWO E` DUE MOM MOW MUM ©EW ©Oils DE©ME E©EEE it ®QED ©OM ©EE E®0 MEMO ©DE MOM mum MOO EMOMEME MOOD • EE© E©O ©©©MO ©um o©© ©©EMO , EI70EODE ©IMO©. E©MI►G a a II said that God would thus en, dorse the decisions of Peter and the other apostles ; (compare Matthew 18:18). The fraility of man is demon- strated' in the fact that Peter who was thus honoured was its a few minutes to deserve the stinging rebuke: "Get thee be- hind me, Satan: thou art an offense unto me: for thou 'sav- ourest not the things that bee of God, but those that be of man." Peter couldn't under- stand' that Jesus and his dis- ciples must suffer to gain ,the kingdom. We hear much these day to the effect that you can .really use religion to get rich and get along in the world. Well, God does bless his people. But let us remember that the condi- tion of discipleship laid down by Jesus hasn't changed it. It is, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Not A Job For a. Poet - The Canada Council, with the income from $50 million to spend on encouraging the arts, humanities and .social sciences, is due to be appointed very soon; and the Government is expected to name a businessman as its chairman. There will bo an outcry from artistic souls, who presumably, would prefer a poet, painter or pianist for the job: Poets, painters and pianists are among the people the Can- ada Council will be able to help. It will undoubtedly seek and obtain the advice of gifted and representative people in all the arts. But, there is no good rea- son why its chairman or the members of its governing branch should themselves ' be persons capable of producing a sonnet, a landscape, or a sonata. On the contrary, there is every reason why the chairman and most of his board should have the quite different talents of a business- man. They will have an executive job, a job of getting things done, spending money wisely, man- aging staff, allotting grants fairly, to various kinds of effort, sizing up the responsibility of thou who ask for or recommend th4 Council's support. TOP DOG - Chosen best of show at the 81st annual West- minster Kennel Club Dog Show, Champion Shirkhan of Gran- deur poses regally with his trophies. • MIRACLEON MUTTON -Watched over by owner John Peterson,- a ewe and'.her four woe:. old offspring graze on his forret, unaware that they are celebritties in the sheep world, The normal, litter is one lamb -or possibly two. Belt the chance ,of quadruplets is about once in 100,000 births.