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The Seaforth News, 1955-07-14, Page 3Puison iv, is one of the corn. tom nuisance weeds in Canada which each year causes con- aiderable discomfort for those unwary enough to come in con- tact with it. However, it can be controlled fairly easily by one of the modern chemical weed ltiilers. i MeCribbon of the Federal Department of Agriculture, re- ports that killing of poison ivy resulted from tests in which a mixture of two liquid ounces o 2,4,5-T in a gallon of water was sprayed on the plants. It took from ten to fourteen days before results were noticeable. After that the leaves turned yellow and dropped oft Results from other areas indicate that there will be no re -growth the following year provided the :praying is thoroughly done. . e e McGibbon warns that care must be taken to keep the spray off of any valuable woody plants in the vicinity because they are very susceptible to this particu- lar chemical. For the same rea- son, the sprayer should not be used for other garden purposes unless it is thoroughly washed out to retnove all traces of x:.4,5 -T. M Lawn movers in general use are the ordinary reel type and the rotary scythe type. The ef- ficiency of both depends a great deal on the condition of the cut- ting knives. a e The reel -type mower employs a shearing action between the blades and the fixed knife-like bar. Both the blades and the ]cnife-bar should be sharp and properly adjusted to effect an tiny shearing action. Moreover, the blades on the reel should be sfround uniformly so that the entire length of each blade makea light contact with the knife -bar, This is done best -with the special sharpening ma - HE CHUCKS WOOD - in favor of ice cream. Pet of Mrs. W. H. Fleming, "Woody" will gnaw tip any given quantity of the cold stuff. Perhaps he wants to become acclimated to the chil- ly weather he'll meet next spring as tradition's best-known weather prophet. chines as used by lawn mower servicemen. Machine -sharpened blades are usually hollow - ground, and hollow -ground knife edges are generally more effi- cient and give longer service. 0 e e When sharpening is done by hand, the usual procedure is as follows: (1) for hand -pushed machines, remove and change to opposite sides, the drive wheels, pinion gears and the pawls so that the knife reel will run in the opposite direction by ro- tating one of the drive wheels. If the lawn mower is power - driven, simply set the machine up on blocks and operate it with the engine as usual but at slow speed. (2) Adjust the knife -bar so that it just touches all the reel blades through out their length. (3) Apply an abra- sive to the reel and knife -bar which may be a valve -grinding compound, a fine grade of car- borundum, emery powder mixed with sufficient lubricating oil to make a thin paste or a dry mix- ture of fine emery dust and soap powder. The latter has the fol- lowing advantages: it can be poured on the knife -bar as the reel revolves; it does not stick to the reel blades and hence remains in contact with the knife edges longer. (4) Adjust the knife -bar from time to time, as the grinding job proceeds so that all the reel blades touch it lightly throughout their length. (5) Clean off all the abrasive with kerosene or solvent after sharpening. (5 Finally, test the cutting edges with a piece of good quality paper and adjust the knife -bar again if necessary. * . 0 The rotary scythe type de- pends on speed and very sharp cutting edges for satisfactory mowing. When the knives are dull the tops of grass leaves and stems are bruised, torn, or just bent over rather than cut cleanly and soon turn white and detrt from the general appearance of the lawn. To sharpen, remove the blades and grind the cutting edges to the original angle until sharp. Gretna Green and Runaway Marriages The marriages that made Gretna Green famous the world over were ended just ninety- nine years ago when the law was changed to make it neces- sary for both parties to a mar- riage in Scotland to have spent the previous three weeks in the country. Before that anyone could marry in Scotland without notice of any more formality than exchanging vows before witness, All the business of the smithy and the anvil waa.bogus in the sense that it was legally unnecessary. It was an acci- dent that the smith became as- sociated with Gretna Green marriages, The local smith found acting as a professional witness profitable and turned it into a job. Gretna Green began to boom when, two centuries ago, the marriage laws in England were tightened up. It provided a con- venient spot for eloping couples hotly pursued by angered par- ents, One of the most farnous, or notorious, "parsons" of Gretna Green was Joseph Paisley, who had an astonishing capacity for 10. Acknowledge CR SORDBgyptla 18• Via'ilentn gad 15. 1-T elp 20. wash the Pair 2 100 sa'lare'• soca 2'l, soap plant meters -`, rioddess of PUZZLE At'ROE e 11Inc: ones t. brit: .0 9 01.r'.e twee 12 I9Uoc:9 2'L :': t e.ewsy It W ,141•i g tea` 12 ins. el201 17 I ,Ong9 for ill (10".;.•..a!it ne 21 oeen note 20 I n. r t'ed 54 I fellow 21 t. rrleld'• 211 I'n.•+din pee[ SO Pio v1 82 Itoni 8s As fn se 44 l t nckit'e insect 0? 01 soy 88. PlVerynne •40 damns . 41 Terse 48 Part o; a Plan` 40 Accomplish 40. /Anvils ntrese 40 Cudgel 411, [else 21. insect - 04. L111r15ht naris of stairs itV'1 Cr021y 60 i4 oodon pint 60. prink slowly 01, Affirmative 41. ,Helly 41. 'Jelly DO WNI. 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Designed in white nylon organdy, the gown features a finely tucked bodice with a high neckline, short sleeves and scattered appliques of embroidered arabesques. drink, He celebrated one mar- riage by drinking half a ten- gallon cask of brandy and re- maining sufficiently conscious to kick the cash: to pieces because it was empty! Among She famous runaway marriages at Gretna Green were those of Richard Brinsley Sheri- dan, grandson of the famous statesman and playwright,• and the tenth Earl of Westmorland, who ran off with Sarah Child, daughter of the founder of Child's Bank, The infuriated banker pursued them, and only gave up when the Earl succeed- ed in shooting his leading horse. He forgave the runaways and left his fortune to their daugh- ter. The sporting Marquess of Queensberry, running away with Caroline Clayton, abondoned the traditional post -chaise for the journey to Gretna Green and the lovers rode- on horse- back. The son of this Gretna union produced the Queens- berry Rules which turned prizefighting into a clean sport. Edward Gibbon Wakefield was perhaps the most amazing "customer" of Gretna. By forg- ing a letter which suggested her father's fortune depended on her marrying him, he lured a sixteen -year-old heiress from school to Gretna Green. The marriage was annulled by an Act of Parliament and Wake- field got three year's imprison- ment, But this did not prevent him becoming a distinguished colonial statesman. Another extraordinary Gretna marriage was that of Prince Carlo to Penelope Smith. The prince was a political refugee. He had married his bride in Rome and afterwards married her again in Madrid just to make sure. When they came to Eng- land they were married again at Gretna Green and, being still coldly received in Society, mar- ried for the fourth time at the fashionable St, George's, Han- over Square! Interest in Gretna Green re- vived in 1890 when a man named Mackie bought a shop and turn- ed it into a museum with a room for marrying couples. He offer- ed 10s. to the first couple to be married -and offer promptly ac- cepted by a couple of tramps! Ile prospered, particularly when is World War I Gretna became an important centre of muni- tion factories. His income in 1932 was proved to be 60.000 a year. Up to the abolition of mar- riage by consent about 300 mar- riages a year. were being "cele- brated" in the smithy and museum. In recent years it has been teen-agers who have gone to Scotland to marry and until Isobel Patine and James Gold- smith, there were few headline romances. Another, however, was that of Mr. John Beckett, MVI.P., and the widow of the fainous actor Arthur Belichter, who were married at Gvetna in 1930. Iron foundries used 11% less pig iron and 13% more scrap iron and steel in the .first three quarters of 1953,. turned out a 6% greater tonnage of iron cast- ings and cast iron pipes and fit- tings than in 1952. Tragedies From Mistaken Identity Mistaken identity has been re- sponsible for many tragedies; one which particularly comes to my mind concerns only sheep stealing, but the result was so tragic that it is worthy of record- ing. At dawn one morning in the year 1866, two police officers met a man driving a flock of sheep towards Hornsey Meat Market. The man stopped to ask one of the officers for a light, then drove the sheep on to the yard of a public house, where they were slaughtered and sold to a butcher. Yet the entire flock had been stolen from a farmer! A man - I have no record of his name - was detained and identified by the two police offi- cers, the publican and the butcher. He was tried before Sir William Bodkin at Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and called as witnesses his father, mother and sisters to prove he was at home when the offence was committed. In those days, the law did not permit a wife to give evidence on behalf of her husband, so a valuable witness could not ap- pear. (Incidentally, this was not `iso many years after the altera- tion to the law which imposed the death penalty for sheep steal- ing ) A plan of the cottage in which the accused lived was produced. It showed that with his wife he occupied a room which could only be entered by passing through the bedroom of his par- ents. Both parents were positive he went to bed at eleven p.m.. and did not get up until seven the next morning. But there was the evidence of the. policemen, the publican and the butcher, and Sir William in his summing-up warned the jury that the relatives of the accused had the strongest of motives for trying to shield him, especially as he was the family breadwin- ner fie was found guilty and sent to prison for five years. Twelve months passed. In the same court, again before Sir Wil- liam Bodkin, another man was charged with sheep -stealing, He had been caught almost red- handed, for carcases bearing the branding marks of the owner were found banging in the out- house of his cottage, and foot. prints on the farm from which the sheep had been stolen corres- ponded with the prisoner's hob- nailed boats, 'which had several nails missing. He was found guilty and ask- ed if he had anything to say. To the astonishment of the court, he exclaimed: "For myself - no. But I have something to say to you, my lard, A ,year ago you sentenced an innocent man, 1 stole the sheep which were sold at Hornsey. Look at me.' Have you seen me before?" Sir William looked up and studied him closely. So far as memory could serve, he was iden- tical with the man sentenced' a year before. The case was brought to the attention, of the Home Secretary by the Drovers' Association, a powerful and wealthy body In- quiries were made, and the truth of the statement was established. The iniocent man was granted what is ironically called a free pardon and released from prison - incurably insane! The same year, a guilty man won an acquittal by the most. barefaced piece of chicanery im- aginable. Solomon Isaacs had long been suspected by the police of being a receiver. At last they learnt from an informer that Isaacs had just obtained a load of stolen bristles (at that time very valu- able). Detectives, led by Ser- geant Ham, descended on his premises. Failing to find the bris- tles indoors, they went out into the tiny garden, where Ham's keen eye noticed that the earth had recently been disturbed. He called for a spade and found the bristles a few inches down. Isaacs was charged with receiving, and stood his trial at the London Sessions before the Recorder, Mr. Russell Gurney. When the names of the jury were called, a thirteenth man was found in the box, and this "odd man out" was dressed in black. He apologized for his presence and explained that he had been called for the next day, but his wife was being buried then and he hoped he might be able to serve a day early. The sympathetic Recorder of- fered to release him entirely, but the extra juryman asked to serve that day ... "to take his mind off his grief." The case against Isaacs was so strong that there was general astonishment when the jury ask- ed leave to retire. Three hours passed. The Recorder had them brought back to court and asked whether they had reached a ver- dict. The foreman told him there was not the slightest prospect of agreement. Annoyed at their ap- parent stupidity,, he sent them back. "You'll stay there all night, if necessary," he warned. At three o'clock the next morn- ing they returned, Their verdict was Nat Guilty Counsel who had been defend- ing Isaacs couldn't resist stop- ping one of the jury outside the court and asking for an explan- ation for this extraordinary ver- dict. His reply was no less biz- arre. Apparently, the bereaved hus- band had told his fellows he had decided the prisoner was not guilty and no arguments would. shake him. As the night wore on he produced sandwiches and a flask of brandy which he con- sumed without offering so much as a bite to anyone else. One by one the jurymen capitulated, un- til all were agreed on a verdict of Not Guilty! There was a sequel the next day, Counsel for the defence had occasion to visit the solici- tor who had briefed him At the door he met the bereaved man coming out, He was dressed in sporting clothes and wore a hap- py smile - obviously an acquain- tance of the prisoner who'd play- ed his part in a put-up job. The case and verdict are to be found in newspaper reports: the explanation was recorded by counsel himself, a very famous barrister of the last century. Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, a sun -lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding: and haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away. Walt Whitman. Leather Footwear: 62% of the output in the first three quar- ters of both 1953 and 1952 had soles of materials other than leather. SCIIO _LESSON R. Barclay Warren, B.A. fi,IIL Trusting God in Dark Days Habakkuk 1:1-6, 12-13; 2:1-4 Memory Selection: The just shall live by his faith. Habak- kuk 2:4. Men have always wrestled witta the problem of suffering. Haba- kkuk was troubled because el the rise of the pagan Chaldea9 power and its threatened even - throw of Judah. Why does Goll look en and hold his tongue while the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he? We have seen We problem on the individual level; a man defrauding his righteoud brother or sister in the divid- ing of the estate. We have seen it on the national level; God -defying Hitler loosing lie life -destroying bombs on the people of England. God tells Habakkuk to writs, the vision plainly so that thin one who reads it may run, Goa may use the ungodly to chastise: his own people but at the lain: he will bring all men to judg- ment. 'For the earth shall bar filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the water* cover the sea." Meanwhile thin just shall live by his faithfulness. Habakkuk is content. "The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence be- fore him;' His faith is strength- ened. Ile draws to a conclusion: with words that ought ever tie be a stimulus to us all. It is the spirit of one who trusts God in dark days.. "Although the fig tree shalt not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour et the olive -shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold ,and there shall be no heats in the stt jls- yeti will lejojpg in the LOAD, 3 will joy intbg God of my salvation." Let us remember in our suk- terings tpe stAtemept Pa R Romihs 8:18. "I reckon that sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compara,£t with the glory which shall he revealed in us." FAIR OFFER. Some of the bargain clothing houses on New York's lower Ea Side still declare open season oaf the unwary passer-by, Ono marry clutched by the arm and draggas inside, protested, 'But I don'Q want any clothes - I've got at least a dozen suits at home:' "So all right," replied the pro- prietor, unperturbed, "bring 'er down, I'll make you a partner. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking EM [IQP P - []� ©MOW Noor ©©NEM ` MEOW EEMND MOO SEIM • ©O MEW MOM aajtmom k SE ©1^_7UET©© OP OW REM. MONEWE EMOn CM MEEM O. EOM EE000 LE1 OD d; I H10 >inA HE PAYS FOR BEING TOO GOOD - Patrolman Richard Kahl couldn't explain to the police chief why he gave parking meter tickets to motorists whose time had not run out. Then he found a boy, with a soft heart for car owners, dropping pen nies into expired meters. Thomas Poncsko, 13, said he felt sorry for the ticketed motorists. Above, Kohl follows police magistrate's orders to punish Thomas by snaking hint deposit into meter 200 pennies From his own allowance,