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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-08-21, Page 3For the --- -�- Boys and titi DAN: 'PIID DOG THAT OPPOSED did not again attempt an interview 'AN OFFICER. with L3aby Nanette, when Danwas on A Tien sneer:ex 1' RAweemee regime. .' duty, though bitter were the glances Without a doubt, ;Dan considered he caston:.the, canine Parse at such, hiinself the official guardian :of the times, butit. was ]bis great delight to Dalton Farm and all the inhabitants get Dan fastened to his 'kennel out - thereof, human ut-thereof,.human and animal; Dan, let side and then promenade before the it be explained, was a big St. Bernard, window 'oppostta_With the child in his dog, with a fondness for ginger cookies.' arpis, whe:i the sigiit'of the 'dog's dis- and a firth belief in his self-appointedtress and ., rage -brought: him great role of protector. Tie was very strong for protection, was Dan. I have no doubt had he been able to sit•in an office before a polished hardwood desk, that word would• have formed the bet- ter part of the mottoes on his walls. And there was no little work required to live up' to such a belief. Iiad not the mistress to be protected from hands affectionately, but kept to his threatening tramps who besieged the own opinion., Weeks passed and the back door when the master was away? feud continued, though the dog's en- Were there not young calves and year-'reity finical only when Nanette was dings to be protected from mean- concerned. He was quite ready to be satisfaction. Mi, Dalton, secretly -much amused by the rivalry of the two, strove to 'bring about a•recoeciliation in various tactful ways: Jinn, 'she. assured the dog, was a thoroughly reliable person who could be trusted to handle Nan- ette with great care. Dan washed her natured aunts and uncles, at least a on . the old friendly teams 1 score of times each day? And then •around the barns ar on the daily milk ever your name is." ' the poultry—what a belligerent lot delivery; As far as he was concerned `"Gr -reg!" the young things were! Never a day armistice began with the closing :of "Get down I say!? but ban had to hold a -peace confer -'the nursery loci•. That Jim did not ""Gr -i• -r l" tree take it in the same spirit caused hien' ""Nice dog Ned—fine dog --get down eair in the barnyard over twoor three pairs of:hot blooded combatants bent much perplexity and sorrow. He sadly like a good chap." on winningtheir s urs, His method missed the old time romps around' the «Gr-r-ri" P hay mow, the long friendly trams at „ was quick and etiectnal; a sharp, �? y P Lilts: a beefsteak or a nice juicy threatening bark and a strong deter- the heels Of slow,' cudding cows. Al- bone, Ned?" vitt Ji :S:ViiiiiWaieSe •• The grim days of the Se Great' War were recalled when the tank went into.action at the recent British army manoeuvres. Jim down a narrow back lane. Then a conversation something like this took place: "Down Towseri Dick—Tom, what - mined nose -thrust turning them m gthe.' G A Poem You Ought to Know. Tennyson never saw a Pacific is- land, yet his description of the scenery which surrounded Enoch Arden— wrecked, Crusoe-like, and all alone— is vivid and realistic. The mountain wooded to the peak, the lawns And winding glades high up .like ways to Beaver, The slender eocoie drooping crown of plumes. The lightning flash of insect and of PURE SEED PRODUCTION IN CANADA The proceedings of the annual meet- ing of the Canad•ianSeecl:Growers' As- sedation added further testimony of; the very, valuable and tlietinctive work which is being performed by this As-. soeiatien and furnished additional evi- dence .of the.healthy strides the Do- minion is making both in the volume and variety of pure seed production. The points particularly stressed by the to look mere particularly. into the re quirenients of their own provinces and work in co-operation with ofilcene of the Association. Eachofthese report- ed through a representative at the an- nual l meetln the outstanding features disclosed in these reports being mark- ed increases in the acreage of alfalfa and potato crops admitted to registra- tion, and in garden vegetable and field though he had laid his devotion at r -r -r!„ President in his address were the root registration, the latter being a feat of the tiny, ' ink divinity, his dog ""Get down and We'll get you a greater general public appreciation of comparatively new phase of the As- and directions with sometimes, in P t heart often longed for the semi+ate- bone."thek of the Association in produc• 'sedation's endeavors in which fine the case of persistent warfare, a swift Y beholders But Dun's duties were not consolation in that quater. His eyes :here, T say, where. are you taking me Ev'n to the limit of the land the glows the Associ o reg Production and Die- P of the The lustre of the long c lvulueee aver That coii'd around the stately. stems, ing and dSstributiing pure seed, and the Progress has been made upon the pre- e limitary work, and undignified scamper around the ship of mai, and with the master Gr -um -um!" yard for the benefi tof all feathered away on a business trip there was no ""Come, old h let's stroke you d closer co-operation in effort betty en ati n and the Seed Branch Progreso' In And glories of the broad belt.o the Department of Agriculture._ In tribution, co were t least a half dozen neighbor's friend and followed -him aheeprshly, "`Gr -r -r!"' rid its signtticanee no less- than in work British w a s g i 11 accon pl chap e s an ram nfined to file faint alone. There grew wistful as he watched his old to?". 'world, t ishad the year 1923 t t fling 3 one He could not see, the kindly human e history e work Nor ever ear a kindly the year in ^ a comprehen- The myriad shriek of wheeling ocean- sive way, there were inspected, of the fowl, 1923 crop, over 1,590 fields of compeer - The league•long roller thundering on tial size, an over tiff crop re The moving vrheiper of huge trees ed Extra No, 1 seed were issued. These se acre i 34bushels; e OY some precipitous rivulet to the • acres of barley yielding rye , As down the shore he ranged, or all 23 acres of flax yielding 456 bushels; actually Y `Columbia, with special attere All these he saw; but what he fain tion being paid to tate production of from school and escorted uetoss the continued indefinrtel had it not been quarterwas of the mast o° s an Y a of a mile distant, the dog had seen garden: and root crop seeds; reported meadows, and every evening would for descended upont t the Association t1i of the Assocla• children wile must be met on the way and this state of affairs might have At the far end of the lane, almost a little habit of the Irishman's, STORIES :S OF< : WF .1 KNOWN PEOPLE s Mrs. Thor burn Meets Threo Kings and Queens. Ono of the most notable of the over- seas visitors te'London this summer is Mrs. C. 'I3, Thorburn, of Ottawa, le - Cist.uiisiouer for the Canadian Gov - et'nmentto the British Empire. Exhibi- tion, to whom, in, her representative capacity, no atnall degree of honor leas been paid. in a brief interview re- cently this well•lteown Canadian lady= said that sine coming over here she has met three kings and queens, and been entertained by th!e.Duchesses of Devonshire„ Norfolk, Atholl and Wellington, as well as by the Countess of Aberdeen and by Lady Astor, Miss Bondfleld, M.P., has given her the - most valuable assistance in carrying on her Canadian propaganda. Asa sample of Mrs.'Throburn's elo- quence, we quote the conclusion clone of .lien speeches at a function which was- marked by patriotic addresses from several ladies of the overseas dominion. "Come to Canada," con- cluded Mrs. Thorburn. "Come in' bright day in January and see our, 'Lady of the Snows' bedecked in die - monde, glistening in the sun. Or come in the spring -time and see our millions cif acres in their emerald -tint of blade cued leaf. Or perhaps you prefer the topaz tint of the golden grain? Over four hundred and fifty million bushels . of wheat Harvested in 19231 But, and some of its think best of all, see _Cana. - da in the early autumn when the first frost has passed over the land of the Maple, turning her trees to deep blood -red ruby. Come, and see the brightest gem in ...His Majesty'a crown!„ . Mrs, Thorburn, accompanied by Mise Margaret Bondflald, kl.P„ has left for. Geneva, where she will take her seat as one of the Canadian dele- gates to the Labor Oonferenee there. Engineer's Apt Retort. - d d d all fours, cavo bre th hi y o the production of 200,000 pounds of re - ho clear ringof children's and Dans ignorance of the law. It meaning: look at the policeman and Pace Surveying gistered seed of such crops, accompan- ied voice calling "Din 'here Dan!" over was Jim's unfortunate custom to make gravely trotted back to the lamp post h ki dl voice butheard tion during g the fields. occasional y nnthe rep led by an effort to secure a wholesale - • n•il stealth trips to a certain d repentant and grateful Jim. trade connection for the disposal of r came length habitation known as the Red Lion• They wandered home'in the. small the product of the growers. Increased Bnt there am a day tet eba After these visits he Was rover very when tramps gazed boldlyat the back hours of the morning as,cheerful as 1 d v! a thousand car production featured the Alberta report • , .steady on his feet, and was apt to reamited lovers, and, as might be said the reef, cafes of r p g stration of Register - The when auntie cows bullied then d and Gradin Plant maintained at Edmonton,. which barnyard, an an . em sin ng Dan usually went along on perfect And blossom d !n the zenith or the a yield o not That was aha day he discovered y a matter of n tagreement in the guarding awes of oats Yi idiug 509 885 bushels 372 in 1923 handled over 68,000 bushels of M ate Itthe f h these nocturnal jaunts; as of little Nan. P b 1 18 172 bushels; con- der home.devious ways to the manner of fair stories, they an a particularly healthy activity in mecca and cockerels fought fiercely in wan by in the: m Y the Central Cleaning a g accompaniment of loud' and raucous were good friends ever after, sharing that branchd Compri d 12,803 sof wheat with theh d and Dan disturbed th in 4483 9 261 acres and ane was o occasion o her fact he bite enjoyed them, Jim beim seed. There is increased activity and first appearance -in the downstairs re q g As for Big Mike, that worthy interest is Saskncrea ran, with more glens, all rosy from her bath and coo- always in a playful mood on the way. stable made no - attempt to bring Dan wave 49 acres of yielding 895 Uushols interest I Se paid to: tUe marketing ing happily in her cradle♦ Dantip- Having decided upon a visit to the_to book for opposition of the law, He of seed. crumpled her cautiously, sniffed the Red Lion one mild summer night, Jim called at the farm on the morning fol day long 46 acres of sweet aloyer yielding 200 The Province of Quebec, however; • started of on a short cut through.the lowing his unique holdup, but his eye Sat often in the seaward -gazing gorge, bushels; 168 acres of earn yielding 12,• exceeded the record of the other Pre - the clue Bide baby fingers tossing a the blue eiderdown and lest heart on cow pastures and presently found to had no rancor as ha locked at Dan. A hiPwreck'd sailor; waiting for a 926 bushels;'? acres of peas yielding b 's oC. Here he decided was the his disgust that Dan was at his heels.! Indeed,: his. glance was one of .,pro- sail; 160 bushels, p dent upon whom'he could 1a all the "Following is it?" he sneered, "an'l found admiration and without a doubt, No sail from day to day, but every day Y, P Y ado •oiler of his dogstature . He tom- its spying on me ye would be, now for if money. could have bought the dog, The sunrise broken Into scarlet shafts in menced at once. on his devotions . bysural" (Jim had a fine imagination). � he would have straightway became an:Among the Palms and terns and pre- watching her with the air of jealous "Sure it's off to Big Mike ye'd better; honorable member of His Majesty's cipices; g ownership which some dogs bestow he, a -telling liim to watch out for Jim Police- Force andthe'sole property of The blaze upon tho waters to the east; upon a bone, and on that firt day, an Tiviius a -coming back drunk. Get other duties were forgotten . home, sneak!" Dodging the handful On the second he took a slight inter- of earth sent in his direction, Dan est in the calves, and by the end of the dropped hack a few paces and then week his administration was again followed patiently, as much out of running smoothly, with Nanette tom- sight and -reach as possible. At the mending the major part of the morn- door - of the Red Lion he lay' down and ing hours. dozed lightly, head on paws, while "No need of a nursers aid with Dan voices grew louder in the brightly around," Mrs. Dalton would say, pat- lighted bar room and Big Mike passed ting the glossy head, "He's worth a along on his beat. It was several dozen paid girls—well-and he shall hours later when Jim came out and have a cookie, he shall." zig-zagged uncertainly towards home: Baby Nanette grew apace and seem The dog watched him is while then ed well pleased with her strange rose, 'stretching his big limbs - and nurse. She would soo and prattle to trotted sedately after, keeping close him in baby language, which doubtless to his heels now, for Jim was in no he understood as well as most humans, condition to notice his presence; hay - and her exploring little fingers found ing broken forth into song. Jim's much to do in his long tawny hair. favorite selection on all occasions was But Dan's love, alas, was a jealous "Annie Laurie"—with variations. It was unfortunate that Big Mike had a love andresultedin the estrangement of a dear old friend ,and it happened great objectiontothe singing of that in this wise. Ono day, several weeks particular song, dating from a sad after Nanette's advent, Jim, the hired experience with an "Annie" of his own man, came tramping in with the milk acquaintance. On this particular and decided to fondle the little one, night Jim's voice'rang loud, and the Now :Jinn and Dan were excellent policeman, passing, heard and waxed friends; they had great romps to-, exceeding wroth . - geter, and on all matters pertaining "I'll put a stop to his warbling," he to the management of cows and horses promised himself. They met face to they were in complete accord, there - face beside a lamp post. fore it was with no little astonish- l "A nice time of night to be singing ment that Jim presently found his in the streets, disturbing decent folks," pathway to the cradle barred by a I said Big Mike with the calm of au - growling, dangerous -eyed dog. 'promo authority. "Wats the matter with ye? Ill -I Yes, said Jim, much offended, natured .mongrel that ye's are!" he "like to sing—have a right to sing of exploded, "Is it the thief or murderer, my little Annie if I want to—her— ye's he makin' me out to be—an' is it • neck—was—" a guarding her ye think ye aro? Sure: "That'll do," said Mike, "come vrit'i as if the blessed little colleen hadn't me. I know a nice, cool•,pl.,,;a'to sing all the angels in Hivin-a'rubbin their in." With firmness, 1 fiand descend - wing feathers off to be near her.''ed upon Jim's -;,,,at collar and at that Away! spalpeenl before I give ye the momentr;.p walked Dan with a slow benefit of me booth" Having made his an i2d dly tread. Now being only a sentiment clear he moved determ neteelog he could not be expected to. know ly `dorward, whereat Dan loolcerleS or- that it is a serious offence to interfere rowful, not at the langtla•- oaf his with a constable, engaged in the dis- friend or the tone of v iene;'but rather charge of his duty. He probably had �> at the prospect of;.�^`Qxaitrfal duty. Jim' no idea that Jim was doing anything •g, bent over the nnsidle with many Celtic' out of the way by walking round a "m"i"d 5l , di, ienf ei s; and Dan secured a' lamp post, nor could he see any reason `, -to_, good-toothhold on his friend's nether., why, if his master chase to sing to garments and pulled. - It ryas rather the noon (had he not often done it fortunate that the mistress of the himself?) he- should . be deprived of house should appear about this period, that pleasure. He was simply aware else would' there have been,:much wail- I that Jim was being molested by a•big- ing and gnashing of teeth, with strong, bei man, that he was in need of pro language thrown; into the bargain. As' taction as much as baby Nanette, and, it was tide violent swing, of, the cradle as before stated, Dan was strong for caused by Jim's.. sudden jumpy jarred; protection. While turning his charge poor Baby Nanette from•her slumbers in the direction of the police station, with wailing protests. Jim shouted at: Big Mike was ,greatly startled to find Den and Dan in turn growled at Jim, I himself looking into a" row of sharp and there ensued a lively few.minutes, ! ivories, surmounted by 'e pair of giow- In an attempt 'to make peace Mrs• ing eyes, while two heavy paws lodged Dalton coaxed, Dan ,away and gave , themselves on his shoulders. The offi- Nanette into the arms of her latest' ser was a big mean, but den on his. admirer, where she eventually went hired feet meas°red fully as many. `e c dated end his weight was consider - to sleep; but from that episode rnebes, g a bitter feud between the hired man able. Iic.hiha.; as a child under those and the dog. Jim was crit ' nilly i.tt (lettwinine:l paws and quaking before sensed. Not easily would 1' forget the hien teiug teeth so close to his the tear in • his, new wiok trousers, face, .the policeman' .found hitnself much less that in his self esteem, He bitc1lin6 slowly but surely .away from one Michael O'i n, Lake Ontario. A sweet sou'wester blowing, And all our canvas showing, Golden drifts of buttercups nodding on the lea. And it's hey, and it's ho, Ant. it's east with old Ontario! Lifting with the current ou a dancing sliver sea. A spanking east -by -east, Wave crests.of foamy yeast, Blue rollers breaking shoreward with spraying spume and roar. Then it's. hey, and it's ho, And it's west with old Ontario! Our lateen adding music to the wind and wave furore. An idle silver sail, 'A high -flung star -dust veil, A moon of gold, lake,mirrored• in a path alluringly. So it's hey, and it's ho, Anywhere on - old Ontario! While 'galnst the north aurora weaves her eerie tapestry. ' -Kay Oliver. The Need of the Hour. Bring me men of lofty vision, Bring me men of hopeful cheer, Men of pride and high derision,— Bring me men who mock at fear. Bring nee men to wet°h my mountains, Brtng,:ve,1iSto watch my plains; lidler `nith blood like tossing' fountains, ' With new eras in their brains. —S• W. Foss. The blaze upon his island overhead; The blaze upon the waters to the west; Then the great stars that globe(' them- selves in Heaven, The lroliower-bellowing ocean, and again The scarlet shafts of sunshine -but no sail. Right is Might. Cover. right up with the shadows 01 falsehood', if you will; Press it beneath the billows Al hatred, It says Right, still. Sink it -clear to the bottom Of degradation and stain. But remember, corklike - It shall rise again, 1,897 acres of Alfalfa, yield not estimated; and 147 acres of potatoes .yielding 10,370 bushels, Samples Sent 20 Trade Commissioners In the marketing ' of the seed pro variety of wheat; and the distribution duced by members of the Association, the central office at Ottawa for the of 1,500 bushels of ealaeka oats In the first time Published and widely lis- Abitibi and. Gaspe districts- Quebec tributed a catalogue of the seed stocks farmers how have twelve cleaning and of all members,. Another departure grading plants in operation, and it is was the forwarding of samples of re- expected that the number svill be gistered seed wheat and' oats to the doubled tbis year. The Quebec Board Canadian Government Trade Commis-' also reported the registration of over stoners In twenty foreign countries. 6,000 bushels of oats, several hundred As a result of these endeavors in addl- bushels of wheat, together :with 10,000 tion to thelnterchange of seeds among bushels- of Extra No. 1 seed, the pi'oviuces, and the large volume As a result of the last annual meet. moving to the United States, commer- ing of the Canadian Seed Growers' As - cid inquiries were received from Swe- sedation, it cannot but be realized den, Finland :and New Zealand, As in that Canada is making marked pro - previous years the best commercial gress in theproduction and distribn- market for Canadian seed was the Aw tion of pure seed. Not only is an iues- gentine Republic, Definite amine - tunable work being performed for tions for agencies of the Association Canadian agriculturists, but to an have been received from Buenos, Aires; ever -Increasing extant foreign coma Hamburg . and Milan. In 1923 there came into being five Provincial Seed Boards for the -Pro- vines of British. Columbia, Alberta, Has Little to Say of His Skill, Mary—"So your Husband is devoted to the rifle—a fine marksman, I sup- pose?", 1ttrs. Youngbride—"He's very modest, but I've heard he's at the Crap Shoot- ing Club -a good deal." RECUR how KN Ttie- DIFF€Re4ic� aETWEEN tet &e AND l.ovE? (O�l Lits a OUR mark -telt AivD FA'TI4ER Bur `ozo WON! e \ STRAw 8a tiR ( -�SNcRTcAKE ree 1.loWt SEE 4 i`et BYES RN A vines, among its accomplishments be- ing the distribution of sane 2,000 bushels of a selected strain of Banner oats, especially developed- in the pro- vince, the development of the Huron tries are canting to leek to Canada for supplies of pure seed of various sorts, and the Dominion is yearly increasing its prestige among the nations as a Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec, producer of pure,sturdy seed, Playing Tricks With Time. A few weeks' ago the American avi- ator, Lieut. Russell Maughan, created a record by flying from New York to San Francisco in one day—that is, be- tereen dawn and darkness. He left New York at 3.59' a.m, and reached San Francisco at 9.44 in the evening. The distance is 2,670 miles, and on the face of it the aviator covered the distance in 17% hours. If we allow only 21/ hours for stops, this means he was travelling at something like 180 miles: an hour. Actually the case is quite different, for the pilot was flying with the sun. He thus gained six hours of daylight, so that his flying time was not 17% hours, but a little over 22 hours. If he had travelled in the opposite direction --from East to West --he would have lost 6 hours of daylight, and so out his flying thee to just over 10 hours. For convenience' sake the degree of latitude • that mets through Greenwich is counted as -the first degree, ,Sind there are in all 360 degrees, the 180th is exactly opposite Greenwich on the. other side al the earth, and the result is that a vessel crossing the Pacific gains a day if going eastwards but drops• one if going in the other direr tion. A year or two ago passengers on the steamship Daaota, en route from Seattle to Yokohama, -lost December 25th, Christmas Day. If the ship had. been travelling in the other direction they would have had two Christmae Days. Toput the matter as plainly as pos- aible, it you travel around the world in a westerly direction you are .co nstant ly chasing the Sun, 00tlatsunrises come at longer intervals thuYi if you mere staying i none place. By the time you have encircled the planet yen have had one sunrise less than the stationary observer. On the other A quaint but very able engineer, F. C. May, lord an unfortunate infirmity which 'caused him to shake his head continually.While he was one day welting to see Sir Frederick Bramwell, sdni-0 of the young men in the office thought to raise a laugh at poor Mr. May's expense, and one of them asked him: "Mr. May, why does your tread al- ways wag like that?" Ile replied: "For the same reason, young gentleman, that your tongue wags so, from excessive weakness" Sorry He Was Alive. One of the rnany unwritten laws that barristers, ire supposed to re- member is that it is not permissible for counsel to cite` a legal textbook if its author is alive. Not long since a case Was being tried in the court of appeal, where Loral Justice Sarutton sits. • Now, he is the author of many pen - dome law books, and one of them was cited by a barrister in a:case lie was trying. Lord Justice Seiuttan stayed hint with a gesture,' "The author of the book you are quoting from is not dead yet," he said, gravely. "Oh, - I'm sorry, m'lud," stammered counsel; and a ripple of laughter—in which the lord justice joined—dis- turbed the decorum of the appeal court. hand, if you have travelled eastwards, you have had one more. His Kind Deed. . Little Tommy, usually so full of fun and good spirits,` was so depressed one day at bed -time ,that his, father noticed. it and asked him wbat his trouble was. Tommy answered that he had failed to perform the hind deed, at least one of which he was bound. as a Boy Scout, to do per day. "Well, cheer up, replied his parent. "You can do two kind actions to -mor- row to make up for it" But Tommy did not quite sea the thing in that light and became more low-spirited than ever. In the morn- ing, however, he had quite recovered. "Got over your troubles, eh?" asked his father, when he came downstairs. "Yes," " i'ep lied Tommy, "I lay toss- ing and worrying until two o'clock, and then I couldn't stand it any longer, so I carie downstairs and gave the canary to the oat,"" A Few Spills. "So you have gone in for horse -b riding." .. "Yee! I've fallen for it et times. The Fiances' Fair. In order to encourage matrimony in France, the Friendly Society of Paris- ian Youth has organized a "marriage fair" at Ghatou. Three hundred and twenty-eight young riven and women left Paris with a band at their head, went to Ghatou, and started the Fiances' Fair by an alfresco lunch, followed by a ball. Each of them had previously filled up a form; giving details as to their situation and prospects, and making knave their ideas regarding their life partner -to -be. Iu return for these forms each -person •received a number - ed badge. ' - • If, at the ball or elsewhere, a young woman was attracted by the wearer of a certain number. she eould find out ' all about him by simply quoting his number. Most of the men wanted wives wlio were "fond of home," while the princi- pal stipulations made .be 'the girls were that their prospective husbands should have 'safe Jobe and eattsfactory incomes. ack veral Ants Who Work for Men. lrfost people regard amts as a uuis- at a auce, esnocially in a garden or tionic, but tbe` xlatiTid of: Burma have Dnnd a 0110 for theni- ThIe eoimiry grows and exports sandal -woad, ono of the most valuable and beautiful timbers in the world. The greater peat of evory tree felled i$ useless however, for only the tease: neat scented hear'tIBL3'any commercial Velem, and to transport the whole log would make even that not worth the cost of removes'-`.. 50 ,the trees, atter being stripped of then branches, are allowed to tie where they have fallen. The soft, sap- py wood, which is useless In tom- meree, attracts. the billions of ants whc infest the forest, and to whom it is a titbit. 1n -helping themselves the ants help the se/Moe-wood: inI'rohant, for they leave the hard heart; the "! cF all its wet tl loss in- tegument, trunk stripped i n tegument, and fling do for nothing 'thev' work of many human laborers