The Seaforth News, 1924-12-04, Page 7TSE STORY OE CPET AS•
Christmas Day, you know; dear,
ehildrer., ,, is Christ's day; Christ's'
birthday, and I want to tell you why
-we love it so much,and .whys we try.
to make every one happy when it
A long, long time ago -more than
nineteen hundred years -the baby
Christ was born on Christmas Day;
a baby so' wonderful and so beautiful,
who grew up to be a man so wise, so
good, so patient and'eweet, that every
year, the 'people who';know' about him
love him better• and better, and are
more and more glad when his birth-
„.day conies <again. You see that he
must have been very good and won-
derful; -for people have always re-
membered his birthday, end kept it
lovingly For nineteen hundred years.
He was born; long years ago, in a,
land far, far across the sea.
Before the baby Christ was born;
Mary, his mother, had to make a long
,journey; with her husband, Joseph.
They made this journey to be taxed or
.counted; for in those days this could
not be done in the town where people
happened' to live, but they must be
numbered• in the ,,',place where they
were born:
In that far-off time, the only way
of travelling was on a horse, or al
camel, or a good, patient; donkey.
Camels and horses cost a greet' deal
.of money, and Mary was poor; so she!
rode of a quiet, safe donlcey, while'
Joseph walked by her side, leading
him and leaning on his stick. Mary:
was very young and beautiful, I think,
but Joseph was. a great deal older
People dress novadaye, in those dis-
tant .countries, just as they did so
many yeaits ago, so, we know that
Mary must have worn a long, thick'
dress, falling, all about her in heavy,
folds, and that she had a soft white
veil over her head and neck, and
across her face: Mary lived in Nazar-
eth, and the ,journey they were making
was to Bethlehem; many miles away,
They, were a long time travelling,'
I am sure; for donkeys are slow,
though they are careful, and Mary
must have been very tired before they,
eame to the end of their journey.
They had ravelled all day, and itl
was almost dark when they came near
to Bethlehem, to the town where the
baby Christ was to be born. There was
the plaee they were to stay—a kind of .
inn, or lodging -house, but not at all'
like those you l, -now about.
They have them to -day in that far-,
off country,. just .as they built them
so many years ago.
It was a low, flat -roofed, stone!
building, with no window and only one
large door. There were no nicely-;
furnished bedrooms inside, and no soft,
white beds for the tired travellers;'
`,A Child's Sang of Christmas.
;My counterpane is soft '.s Bilk,
My blankets white as creamy milk,
great many men were going to and The haywas soft to Hen, I know,
fro,- taking care of the animals. Some Our little Lord of long ago.
of these people had come to Bethlehem Above the roof the pigeons
to be counted, as Mary and, Joseph pig, ns fiy
had done, and ote ers were staying for in silver . wheels across the sky,
the night, on their way to. Jerusalexii,' The stable -doves, they cooed to them
a large city a little further: on. Mary, :and Christ in Bethlehem.
The yard was filled, toe, with cam- Bright shines the sun across the
els and sheep; and men were lying on drifts,
the ground beside them, resting, and And bright upon my Christmas gifts,
watching, and keeping them safe. The They brought Him incense, myrrh and
inn was so full and the yard was so' gold,
full of people, that there was no room Our little Lord who lived o4 old.
for anybody else; and the keeper had
to talce .Joseph and. Mary through the 0 soft and clear our mother sings
house and back to the high hill, where Of. Christmas joys and Christmas
they found another place that wasp things,
used for a stable. This had only a door God's holy angels sang to ahem,,
and 'a front and deep caves were be- Bethlehem.
Mary and Christ in
hind, stretching far into the rocks. Our hearts they hold all Christmas
This was the spot where Christ was dear,
born. Think how; poor a place—but And earth seems sweet and heaven
Mary was glad: to be there,after all; seems near.
Oh; heaven was in Ills sight, I know;
That 'little Child of long ago.
—Marjorie L. C. Pickthall.
Scrapbook hook Sets.
and when the Christ -child came, he
was like 'other babies, and had so late-
ly come from heaven that he was
happy everywhere.'
There were mangers all around the
cave, where the cattle and sheep were
fed and great heaps, of hay and straw
were lying on the floor. Then, I think,
there were brown -eyed cows and oxen.
there, and quiet; wooly sheep, and
perhaps even some dogs that had come
in to take care of the 'sheep.
And there in the cave, by and by,
the wonderful baby, came; and they
wrapped him up and laid him in a
manger.
All the stars in the :slcy shone
brightly ;that night; for they knew the
Christ -child was born, ,and the angels
in heaven sang together for joy. The
angels knew about the lovely child,
and were glad that he had genie to
help the people on earth to be good.
There lay the beautiful baby, with them properly to accommodate the
a manger for his bed; and oxen and fasteners. I allowed fifteen sheets to
sheep all sleeping quietly round him. a book,.` fastening them with paper
His mother watched him and loved fasteners, with the points on the in -
.him, and by and by many people came ‘side of the boots This makes thirty
to see him, for they had heard that a pages to a hook.
wonderful child was to be born in With this box will go a small box
Bethlehenn. All the people .in the inn of crayolas, a small pair of kinder -
For the small members of families
whorl I am to remember :atChristmas-
time I am making some rather unique
gifts. I have saved, pressed and cut
into sheets; twelve by twenty inches,
all the heavy wrapping paper that
has come to the house thepast few
months. Then I tirade gingham -cover-
ed cardboard covers for each book.
Through the centre of the cover on
the inside I stitched' a piece of heavy
khaki cloth one inch wide, making my
stitching come exactly in the centre
of both strip and book cover to re-
enforce my binding. With an ice pick
for a punch, I made three holes
through one cover and strip, spacing
visited him,. and even the shepherds
left their hocks in the fields and
sought the child and his mother.
But the baby was very tiny, and
could not talk any more than any
other tiny child, so he lay in his
mother's lap, in: themanger., and only
loolced at the people. So after they
had seen him and loved him, they
went away again.
After a time, when the baby had
grown larger, Mary tools him back to
Nazareth, and there he, lived and
grew up.
And he grew to be such a sweet, candy thermometer decides this ques-
wise, loving boy, such a tender., help- tion with accuracy and insures uni-
ful man, and he said so many good; form fudge, of creamy texture, not
and beautiful things, that every one; just once in a while but every time.
loved him who knew him. Many of
garten scissors and a small tube of
library paste. Some of them will be
placed in paper bags :and other sets
willbe given in boxes: covered with
pretty wall paper or holly paper.
--R. J.
Song for Christmas.
Chant me a rhyme for Christmas --
Sing me a joyful song—
And though it filled with laughter,
Let it be pure' and strong.
Sing of the hearts brimmed over
With the story of the day-
And the echo of childish voices
That will not die away.
Of the blare of tasseled bugles,
And the timeless clatter and beat
Of the drum that throbs the muster
Of squadrons of scampering feet.
And oh! let your voice fall fainter
Till blent with a minor tone
You temper your song: with the beauty
Of the pity Christ hath shown. .
And sing one verse for the voiceless,
And yet ere the song be done
The verse for the ears that hear not
And a verse for the sightless one.
For though it be time for singing
A merry Christmas glee,
Leta low sweet voice of pathos
Run through the melody
—Jas. Whitcomb Riley.
CHRISTMAS CANDIES
When You Use a Thermometer They Can Not Fail.
BY ANNA COYLE.
Probably the most important facto
in candy making is the time at which
it is taken from the stove. The ques-
tion so important to decide is when
has it reached the softball stage? The
THE CRACKER FAIRY
A Charming Little Chriistmas. Story for the Children to Read
Once upon a time there lived a little sure! She danced and danced, all over
Peggy, and awakened her.
"Fairy, little fairy, have you come
alive?" asked Peggy, in great excite-
merit.
"I have been alive all the time, but
I was a 'prisoner under a spell until
you set me free: Now my power has
returned, and I are. a magic being once
more. What can I do for you to show
my thankfulness?"
THE WONDERFUL WEDDING.
"Stay and play with me for a
while," said Peggy.
"I will do more than that. I will
would take' her to ,see the shops, or summon my fairy subjects to play
hereas well!" And the fairy waved
her wee arms and said magic words.
And through the'keyhole of the door
and down the chimney, came 'dozens
and dozens of fairies. They crowded
round their Queen, crying:
"Dear Queen; we have found you at
last!
wonderful box of crackers. Great big, "I should still be a prisoner on that
big .crackers, which had fairies and
goblins made of crinkly paper stuck
'-on the outside.
Peggy, longed to have just one of
those crackers.
"Please, how much is the box of
crackers—that big box in the -corner
there?" said the little girl to the
shopman one Saturday.
girl whose name was Peggy. She was
a dear little girl, and everybody loved
her. Her father and mother were not
very rich, and they lived in a wee cot-
tage that stood a long way from any
other house.
So it was not often that Peggy had
playmates: She was only six years
old, and not nearly big enough to walk
to the school which was three miles
away.
On Saturdays: Peggy went to town
in father's cart. While he was busy
in .the market, friends of Peggy's
to have tea in their homes.
THE, FAIRY'S PLEA.
Now it was getting near Christmas,
and, every Saturday, Peggy's first
thought on reaching town was the
shop in which beautiful Christmas
things were being shown. In the bot-
tom corner of the window stood a
cracker if Peggy had not set me free.
What shall we do for her?" asked the
Queen.
"Let her see your wedding. We will
fetch_his Majesty, and the wedding
can take place here at once!" the
fairies said.
The Queen thought this a splendid
idea. And so it came about that a
"Two dollars and a half, my dear," ,fairy wedding was held in the cottage
said the shopman. on. a Christmas afternoon.
Peggy's face grew sad. As she A.'' naughty _goblin who loved the
turned away, the man said that he Queen dearly ,had etolen her, and be -
would sell her just one for a quarter. cause she would not marry him' he
Peggyy hurried off to find her father. had carried' her into a big factory
Yes, father was quite willing to give where crackers are made and. stuck
his Peggy a quarter. How happily her on to'a cracker when the girl who
she sped back to the shop! The little was making it turned her head for a
friends who were with her could 'minute.
hardlykeep up with her fleet steps.. And the sweet elf who was to have
And how they looked at each crack-, married the Queen had nearly died of
err How hard it was for Peggy to, grief when he found that she had dis
make up her mind which she would appeared. But now the fairies soon
have! One wee fairy in a white' brought him along; and many of his
crinkly dress seemed to say: 'subjects also, for he was a'Iiing,
Buy me, itltle girl—do buymei"!
! The elves made a great fuss as they
ON GHRISTMAs AFTERNOON. cleared the cottage table, and laid a
So Foggy bought her. Carefully silleen mat and eilken cushions upon it.
she carried her parcel to. the -cart. When all was ready, one elf went to
And carefully she nursed it all the the keyhole and gave a long, low
way home. Mother wondered what whistle. An owl came flying down the
her little girl had, so carefully did chimney. He settled himself _ on the
the child walk,_, ., tablee cottage..
Then the elf led the fairy to the
Christmas Day came along. Father owl, and' ie
Christmas brought Peggy some pres- d them.
laugh,
ants, but not the one present she want -
Peggy had hard work not he solemnly married
d most of all—a baby brother or sir -
'ter to play with!
r of a fork and dipped in water. Re -ie
move from the fire and place in a
pan of hot water to prevent cooling
while dipping the apples.
Add' coloring and flavorting.
Hold the apple by the skewera and
dip quickly into the hot.syeup. Take
it out at once and twirl it until the
entire apple is covered.
Stand the apples in a rack or some
device in order that they may cool
with an 'even covering of candy.
These apples will not keep long as
the apple, slightly cooked by the hot
syrup, discolors and dissolves the
coating,
Skewers for this purpose may usu-
ally be bought at the butchers.
there were only little places built into the things he said are in the Bible,
the stones of the wall, something 'lice you know, and a great many beautiful
the berths on steamboats nowadays,' stories of the things he used to do
and each traveller brought his own while he was on earth.
bedding. No pretty garden was in, He loved little children like you very
CHRISTMAS FUDCE.
Two c. sugar, .i c. milk; 2 tbsp. corn
syrup, 2 squares . chocolate, 2 tbsp.
butter, %, tsp. vanilla.
Put the sugar, milk and corn syrup
front of the inn, for the road rangy much, and often used to take them up into .a saucepan and cook slowly, stir -
close to the very deer, so that its dust in his arms and talk to them, ring often to prevent scorching. Cut
- lay upon the. doorsill. All around the And this is the reason we love the chocolate in small pieces and stir
house, to a high, rocky hill at the Christmas Day so much, and try to into the candy mixture when almost
back, a heavy stone fence was built, I make everybody happy when it comes done. Continue cooking, stirring-fre-
so that the people and the animals around each year. This is the reason:' quently, until the necessary temper -
inside might be kept safe. I Because Christ, who was born _ on ature of 236 deg. IP . is reached.
Mary and Joseph could not get very: Christmas mDey, has helped us all to Remove from the stove; add butter
roan the inn; for the Whole .road in; be good so many, many theme, and and vanilla. and set aside, to cool with -
front was filled with camels and don -1 because he was the best Christmas out stirring.
keys and sheep and cows, while a present the great `world ever had. = When the fudge has cooled to a tem-
perature of 110 deg. F. or lukewarm,
beat until the fudge has lost its sticky
consistency and shiny' appearance.
One-half cup of black walnuts, Eng-
lish walnuts or pecans may be added
just before the beating is finished.
Pour out in, greased pan or platter
to cool. The mass should be from
one-half to an inch thick, creamy and
fine grained and not too smooth; or
glossy on top.
TAFFY APPLES.
Two c. sugar, 3/z c. corn syrup, 1 c.
wafer, few drops red' coloring, 1 doz.
apples, 1 doz. skewers,; few drops cin-
namon flavoring.
Select bright red apples of uniform
size, wash and dry. Insert the skewer
in the blossom end. Put the sugar,
corn syrup .and water in a saucepan
it all, "now this year I'll be Santy and cook, stirring:; until the sugar is
Claus to cousin john and Herbert and dissolved. Continue cooking without
little Mary Elizabeth!" You see how stirring until' a temperature • of 300
thoroughly she grasped the meaning. deg. F. is reached. Sugar crystals
No disillusionment, no feeling of hal,- that form on the side of the pan dur-
ing been hoodwinked! ing cooking ,may be washed off with
Once, when Barbara was only alit-, a small 'piece of cloth tied to the tines
tle over four, some child tried to shake.
A PLEA FOR SANTA CLAUS
BY ETHEL`CLARK BICKEL.
Much has been said in the last few
years for and against allowing chil-. b
dren to believe in Santa Claus. Prim-,
airy schools besides ,Sunday Schools
have taken up the subject of whether d
or not it is right to lead little folks
into belief in the dear old saint. The o
first primary teacher in a certain 1
well known school considers it very h
wrong and tells every one of her chil- p
dren "the real truth" as she sees it,
and they rapidly spread the sad news w
to all their little friends..The super
Intendent of the Sunday School in an-
other n is of similar opinion, and
from every Christmas program in his
school all allusion to Santa is .omitted.
No merry songs of mysterious sleigh -
bells are heard there- no little red
fireplaces, no tiny stockings ever de-
' corate the stage for festivities in con -
rection with that Sunday School..
r wonder how the readers of theee h
columns 'feel on this subject? -I for e
one am heartily ,in favor of Santa S
Claus. In my childhood, I happened fo
to be one of a family of six children, c
and we were all told of "Santy" when
Tee were scarcely out of babyhood. a
i he happiness of Christmas time in
cur home :will always be a cherished t
;hemory, and it, was the "Santy" part
Of it that made it so, joyous, for our
gifts were never costly; in fact, com-
pared with the toys that little .folies
receive nowadays, they were almost
insignificant.
As for the "terrible disillusionment"
_ that is so often suggested as the na-
tural outcome of telling children of
Santa Claus; we never suffered any
euch misfortune. As we grew older,
and began to question, our mother ex-
plained to us very beautifully the real
meaning, of the dear .old saint. "Santa
Claus is the spirit of Christmas, some c
What as Jack Frost is the spirit of fa
cold and frost," she told us. "Santa ti
ie the soul of good" cheer and merri
ment, the spirit of loving and giving."Very easily she made us unnderstand' C
why we had been led to believe in him `ee
=just to make Christmas time more
right and gay. Following her ex-
p
x
planation, we were always ready to
help foster the belief in .younger chic -
ren.
Now T have. a little daughter of .my
wn. Her father and I led her to bee
love in "Santy," for surely we should.
ave been selfish parents had vee de-
rived her. of a joy that had meant so
much to us. The year that Barbara
as eight years old, I explained to her
about "Santy." "Oh, Mother," she ex -
c
tow
laimed happily, when she understood'
er belief "Well,; of tourse," answer-
cl Barbara, "if you don't believe in
anty Taus, there jus' isn't any Santy
r you, that's all!" Her. father later
m
onfirecl her reply, and the danger
of having to tell her at that tender
ge was averted.
I have never favored "dressing up",
o imitate Santa. Rather do -I favor
the keeping of his, personality delight..
felly mysterious and vague. Let the
ldddies get their impressions of the
jolly old ,fellow from colored pictures.
and verbal' descriptions rather than
from masked men. Then, when the
time of revelation comes, one `can
make the story more charming by
comparing. Santa's red cheeks to the
bright Christmas holly, his white
beard to the snow and frost; his little
fat form may be symbolic of laughter
and jollity, and so on Even his nye-
terions method of coming down the
hinny may be made to symbolize the
scinating secrecy of the Christmas
de,
People whose birthdays .fall on
heistmas Day are supposed to be
cloy ;all :their lives.
MOLASSES, TAFFY.
g r, c, rown
sugar, 2 a molasses, % c: water, 3
tbsp. butter, % tsp. soda,. rAsteprsaltt
Put the sugar, molasses and water
in a saucepan and cook slowly, stirring
frequently, Cook to a temperature of
206 deg. le. Remove from the fire, add
soda and salt and stir. Pour into a
greased pan and let stand until cool
enough to handle.
Pull until quite .firm, and of a light
creamy color. Cut into pieces and
wrap in oiled paper,
FRUIT -AND -NUT CONFECTION.
Not everyone can eat or cares for
sugar candy. For these and for chil-
dren, this fruit -and -nut confection is
a perfect substitute.
Chop line—chopping is better than
grinding—figs, dates, citron, stoned or.
seedless raisins, a litle lemon and
orange peel, English and black'wal-
nuts, almonds, pecans. Ilse these in-
gredients
n
gredients in any preferred proportion
-some like more nuts, less figs, more
or less peel and so on..' Peanuts are
not best for this mixture. Moisten to
taste with lemon and, orange juice.
Mix thoroughly. Shape in balls or
"croquettes" and roll in confectioner's
sugar. Or, pack hard into a shallow
pan and cut in slices. Serve on plate
or wrap individual pieces in. wax
paper•
because the owl wore bispectacles
which -kept on coming offg his funny
It was lonely without anyonesmall beak, and some of the, elves tittered
to play with. Father, often crawled right, out. But the owl took no notice.
on the floor, and pretended he was a After, the fairies and elves danced,
lion or an elephant; but,, still, it the owl sat and blinked, the King and
wasn't the same as having a real boy Queen held each other's hands. Then,
or girl to pretend' all sorts of lovely with a "Good—bye' hind, kind PeggY 1"
things with. they all flew up the chimney.
On Christmas afternoon Peggy tootc "I expect that the Queen has gone
out her cracker. lc -townie; so beautiful to her palace to change her frock.
that she Yelt she not bear to Fancy being married in a paper frock,
'pull it with father. She drew her wee mother!" cried Peggy.
chair up to the fire and nursed the For nights and nights Peggy dream -
cracker on her lap. She fell asleep ed of the fairies. I expect the fairies
and in, her sleep managed to in
the really came and whispered the dreams
crinkly fairy. - in her ears, so thankful were they
How pleased the fairy was, to be that she had set thei, nneen free.
The First Christmas.
Lilco small curled feathers white and
soft,
The little clouds went by,
Across the moon, and past the stars,
And down the western sky,
In upland pastures, where the grass
With frosted dew was white,
Like snowy clouds, the young sheep
lay
That first' blest Christmas night.
The shepherds slept; and glimmerin
faint,
With twist of thin blue smoke,
Only their fire's crackling flames
The tender silence broke,
Save when a young lamb raised his
head,
Or, when the night wind blew,
A nestling bird would softly, stir,
Where dusky olives grew.
With finger on her solemn lip
Night hushed the shady earth,
And only stars and angels saw
The little Saviour's birth,
Then came such flash of silver light
Across the bending skies,
The wondering shepherds woke and
hid
Their frightened, dazzled eyes.
But ail their gentle, sleepy flock
Looked up, then slept again,
Nor knew the light that 'dimmed the
stars
Brought endless peace to men!;
Nor even heard the gracious word's
That down the ages ring;
"The Christ is --born, the Lord has
come,
Good will on earth tobring!"
la
Then o'er the moonlit, misty fields,
Dumb with the world's great. joy,
The shepherds sought the white -wall-
ed town;
Where lay the baby boy.
And, oh, the gladness of the world,
The glory of the skies,
.Because the eonged-for' Christ had
smiled
In Ma ey's happy eyes!"
—Margaret Deland.
A Happy Christmas to All.
Ye Christmastide hath come again;
Ye joyful tithe of all ye yeare;
God rest you, merry gentlemen,
And bring you health and all good
cheer.
Christmas crackers originated in
France over seventy years ago:
When in Doubt, Throw it Out.
If anyone `deebts the need of re-
form in the marketing of apples, let
hirci go into any marketinthe fall,
particularly after :there has been a
wind storm; and see the fruit that is
sent in for sale. Some of it is good,
much of it would perhaps be market-
able
arketable if graded and handled right, but
altogether too large a percentage of
it ought never to have left the farm
—at least not in a fresh condition.
These poor grades of apples, hand-
led in this way, are a serious detri-
ment to our business. r
The remedy lies first of all, of
course, in better methods of growing
our apples so that there will be fewer
poor grades.
Second, in handling, grading and
packing them better, so that they shall
arrive on the .market in 'better condi-
C
WHAT DO THEY
REALLY W.ANTT
BY MARY S. STOVER,
Did you ever have the expeeence
of giving a child some carefully se-
lected and perhape expensive gift
which was not appreciated because the
little one's heart had been set on some-
thing else?
It may be that you knew in advance
what the child most wanted, but you
could .not easily procure it or 'con-
sidered the other thing more suitable;
again, it may be you were enlightened
only by a resentful or heart -broken
outburst regarding the sled; bicycle or
toy of heart's desire.
At such a:time nobody should be •
too much impressed by the child's ap-
parent.ingratitude; nor too anxious to
hurry 'down -town and secure what he
wants. More important is the open-
minded consideration of his desire. Is
what the child wants in reason? Does.
he really long for it, or is this merely
a passing whim, perhaps the .selfish
desire to own something like whatever
a playmate hae?
One can, do a child a grave.injwrtice
by getting him everything he wants.
This is a world of limitations, thwart-
ed :wishes, necessity for sharing with
others. The person whose every early
wish was granted finds it hard to ad-
just himself to life.'
We ought, however, to choose our
gifts from the standpoint of sympa-
thetic regard for the child and less
from what catches the adult fancy;
there ought also to be more: concern
for the needs of his developing life.
Knowledge of what the child really
wants furnishes valuable understand-
ing of his `personality. .This means
not only to know what he wants. but
why.
Two boys may declare that the
y
wary! "a sled -like Fred's," and, yet
have very unlike desires. Joe may
express his reasonable wish for a
sturdy, well designed piece of play
apparatus that he would continue to
value, care for and use a long time;
John may only want to have a shiny
new sled because Fred has one. Keep-
ing up with all the neighbors is a darn
gerous ambition,' as we have tragic
witness everywhere; fostering that
sprout is no mark of parental kindness,
nor should we eater to unduly expen-
sive tastes in children.
On the other hand, a boy or girl
who -seemingly "wants the moon" may
in reality be yearning for something
essentially more attainable, such as
moonlight! It is worth much patient
inquiry and observation to learn what
children really want to have, since.
their longings are . significant signe
posts pointing the way that individual
tastes and abilities lead,
The child who talks of wanting a
violin may only be hungry to hear
good music, an excellent but different
thing. Perhaps he does want to play
some instrument but would be dis-
couraged by beginning on such a diffi
cuIt one as the violin.
The 'boy who teases for expensive
mechanical toys may have his real.
wish better gratified in the ownership
of materials with which to experiment
and construct his own metal toys. Of
all things, one should be sure not to
stunt a creative talent by the presents
he gives,
The Adoration.
See the Virgin Mother bolding
In her arms the Chrisbaild there,
While the Magi, low adoring,
Oiler Him their treasures rare.
They have come o'er plains and moun-
tains
To the lowly cattle stall,
There to give Him adoration,
Who is God and Lord of all.
Saviour, sleep, may angels hover
Round Thy manger bed to -night,
Watching o'er Thy Infant slumbers,
Till the break of morning light.
—W. E. Cameron.
tion. ]POULTRY.
And lastly, in marketing more of Here is a good safe ration for the :
them in some other form than in the layers during the next four winter
fresh condition, months.
In the meantime, and as a starter, It is simple, economic and • safe.
let us adopt this autumn in our apple Have dry mash kept in hoppers before
packing the slogan that was in use the birds all of the time, and if de -
in some sections last year: sirable, some fed as a moist mash once
"When in doubt, throw it out." a day: 100 pounds of wheat bran, 100
pounds of wheat middlings, 100,pounds
of ground oats, 100 pounds of cern
meal, 60 pounds of meat serap and
60 pounds of fish scrap.
Then for a scratch ration a mixture
of 200 pounds of cracked corn, 1.00
pounds of wheat and 100 pounds , of :
oats is good. This grain should be
fed morning and night at the rate of
inter -year competition, four classmen from twelve to fifteen pounds per 100
from .each year participating. Tho birds Paz' day. The, larger quantity
s�aor"%n.g was done under the rules of is recommended where lights are used. .
the Ontario Plowmen's Association by Be sure and feed what grain the
birds will clean up, as A is very' eseen
tial that the pullets be kept growing
and gaining in size and "vigor. All
pullets continue to gain in weight
until after the first of the year.
Where sprouted oats ere fed, the oats
call be eliminated from the above-
mentioned scratch feed. Plenty or '..
green feed, an abun'd'ance of fresh
water, together with grit and shell,
complete the daily diet of the, laying
birds in the fan and early winter.
PIowing Match,.
The old time student plowing match
was revived by the Agronomy Club
of the O.A.C. and a competition staged
on Saturday afternoon, October 26th.
This event took" the form of an
a board of three judges. The aggre-
gate of the four men from each ekes
made up the year total.
Freshmen class score 270 points out
of :a possible 400.
Sophomore class score 270 points
out of a possible 400.
Jenior class score 270 points out
of a possible 400.
Senior class- score 250 points out
of a possible 4o0.
Best plowman—Sophoinore A. Pate'
terser, score 87% points.
Second best plowman --Freshman
A. Nichol, 81x/4 points,
Third best plowmen --Sophomore
W. Totten, 80 points.
Dr. Zavitz, Professor W. R. Graham
and F. L. Ferguson formed the board
of judges
The first Christmas, card was de-
signed in 1841 by eV. A. Dobson, R.A.
,The first pantomime performed on
an English stage, "Tavern Bilkers," by
John Weaver,was produced at Drury "
Lane in 1702,