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The Seaforth News, 1937-08-12, Page 7Th'URSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1937 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SE+1VEN 1 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on 'Bill and ' size fit Charge Farms, standard s to ledgers, white or colors. It will spay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and 'Index. s The Seafor4 I News Phortsr 84 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 THE THRESHERS HAVE COME The sun was .sliding clown the west- ern sky as the woman sat on the steps of the gray -weathered house, her .first home on the prairie, gazing far into the -distance toward the winding trail, watching for the return of the men of her Family who were away gath- ering a threshing orew. The experi- ence of 'threshing in the north coun- try was new to therm and promised to' be an event. As far a$ eye could see, the acres stretehed before her gaze, a panor- ama of soft yellows and browns tap- ped by a blue, blue sky clotted here and there with floating white clouds. The atmosphere was hazy with heat waves, and the grain fields were yel- lowed to gold. One grove silhouetted against the bine gave the only varia- tion of the view. The woman's thoughts turned to the beauty of the surroundings which less than a year before she had left to come with her husband to prepare a home on the prairie. Was it longing to be again where 'huge maples and elms graced the yards of old- towns, or where high hedges lined the country roads? No—just visioning the new home growing in beauty and charm, Her gaze shifted from the trail: far, far away a:black speck appeared. It cane nearer and nearer until she saw a soft, rolling blue smoke, with occasional whiffs of a darker shade. Then she realized 'that the threshers were coning! On, on, winding this way and that; finding a path among the wheat shocks. "Pate immensity of it all brought forth mixed emotions, and rising from her scat she wildly ran to the. barn to rather the eggs from the ratan =ers ,before filling 'them with sweet, fresh hay for the strange teams that were following• the path of the engine, Then, to the house again to re-count the twelve large loaves oaf bread, to 'peer late the w'el'l -di -Ned cookie far, 'to sniff at a freshly 'baked gingerbread, and to take a look at a pail of nicely washeil Potatoes -0i to give the cook on the cools car, that was slowly winding its way toward the house, a good star toward her first few meals. 'Meantime .dawn the trail came the men in the old sharing -wagon, with the long-legged sot1'els trotting 'brisdc- ly toward hone. The ,woman, with old Buster, ran to the barnyard to share the bigness of the event wibta bh•eni. She heard them laughing ex- citedly and heard them shout in un- ison, "The threshers have co'niel" Ilwenty-eight years have passed, since that threshing, and each year has brought its changes. Though the threshers may come by 'combines, by gas -engines, over surfaced highways, past 'thriving groves and gardens and modern• homes, still the blue, 'b'lue sky with its floating white: clouds, th@. hazy heat waves, and the rich yel- low and browns of the acres remain, and the hearts of bhe prairie folk still echo gratitude .andjoy at the coming of the threshers. SEEK LAASALLE'S GRIFFIN An expedition attempted to salvage what is believed to be lasalle's Grif- fin from the rack bottom of Lake Huron off the west :coast of Manit- oulin Island recently. Commander MdD'onald of Chicago was in charge of the effort to salvage all ,that is left of a sailing vessel cen- turies old which is believed to be the Griffin. The object Of the diving trip was to dig up historical treasures from the bottom - of the lake and if possible piece together parts of the old boat. 'Commander McDonald thought he would rebuild parts of the old boat and with the addition of modern 'parts would manufacture a new Griffin to sail at the Chicago Centennial, But Lasalle's flying Dutchman the 'Grif- fin will sail no more. This fact Was deifinitely established. 'Commander McDonald has not lost hope. On the rocky shore line a mass of twisted wood with huge hand'earved spikes was all that was left of what is believed to be the 'Grif- fin. Time and the tempests have done much to ruin the old shipwrecked boat. An old oaken hulk worn smooth from the wind and rain, rusty bolts and with hand -wrought threading covered with moss are the remains of some ship which has foundered on the Mississangua Straits. At !east a dozen scientific expeditions have vis- ited Ilissiesaugua Straits in efforts to definitely clear ftp the mystery. 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We may 'bring up relics which will once and for alt settle the argument and historians will at last know what happened to Lasalle's 1G'riflfin, The Griffin was lost in lWfiM while on a trip fron Green Bay, Wiscon- sin, to Dletroit. She was laden with f urs. Lu Lasalle's day there was no togbora and no' iigbtlrause when the Griffin ;began , her ill-fated trip through the :Straits. 11'1 is 'believed the ;boat sailing ,proudly (for it was the dust word in sail boats in 3679) carne up :;rake 'Michigan and with Its sails puffing in the wind :started through the Mississau'gua 'channel, between Manitoulin Island and Cockburn Island. The boat, it is be- lieved; hit the shoals with a thud which trust have shaken her oaken timbers till they almost fell apart. She limped 'half a mile and 'then sank •or drifted to Missisauga 'Point where her old hulk still lies, This is one theory and it is substantiated by many facts. William A. 'Grant who has ,been lighthouse keeper at Mis- •isaugua Point for 25 years, is thor- oughly convinced that the old hulk in the, racks near his lighthouse is the ;Griffin. Near the skeleton of the old wreck which now Iles buried in the mossy rocks near Miseissaugua Straits are three or four caves and in these caves the skeletons of human beings have 'been found from time to time, While 'Jim Van 'E'very, a pros - never, was searching through these caves he picked up the` 'bones and Skulls of two People. Mr, 'Grant, :keeper of the rdefissis- sauga Straits l'ighthous'e far tIvi last 25 years, 'believed .this was the skull of ,Cominapder Tonti Lasalle, chief commander. BOTANICAL NOTES FOR AUGUST While the halcyon days :of high summer remain.— calm, quiet and peaceful-- "There eaceful="There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture in the lonely • shore, - Ihere is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea......., -Idaw fortunate are those who dwell by the sea, or those tourists who have the opportunity of even a sight of -tire seaweeds, those enchanting :cowers of the sea which at low tide lay stranded on the shore, They are different colours, shapes and sizes. Some adhere closely and firmly to the rocks, and remind :one of fern's, 'Others are ribbonlike in their growth and wavy on their mar - sins. ano't'her kind bears ispon it'lit- tle 'balloons or bladders which, when ;pressed, pop with quite a loud report. The ribbon-like kinds are some- times .bung up at home and used as a barometer. At the approach 'ref rain the ribbons become wet andalinvp, Ind dry again when' fine dry, weather returns. These primitive -but :relia'ble barometers will sometimes l'a'ss 'for years, - :Growing beyond reach of the tide, in the dunes and sandy 'waste, lands at the back of the 'beach, are sturdy slumps ofthebeach pea, with its hawy, sprays of ,purple butterfly - shaped Rowers, soon to be followed by 'pods swollen with large peas. These peas look tempting, but are unfortunately very 'bitter. It is said, however, that some .people on the :est coast of• England supported themselves, to great extent, with these peae during a famine. }Farther :back from the beach will he seen the ragged but silky white and brown tassels of the •:eottan grass, whilst peeping out from the shorter herbage, ;the Grass of Par- nassus cannot fail to arrest attention and arouse admiration. This dainty flower (like a waxy anemone) is invariably seen to ex- cellent advantage, for it does not pos- sess a wealth- of 'foliage, has an up- right habit, and open's wide its white, green -veined biaso'onas to the full light ,of day, Pick a Rower and examine it, and you will ;find that its structure is wonderful. In the centre - are tlae pie - tile surrounded by the prominent stamens, and then arranged in a mast methodical way are the fan-like scales, fringed with white hairs and terminating in y e 11 ow wax -like glands. On the other side of these curious structures are the sectaries, where the nectar or honey is secreted. But why call this plant .Grass of 'Parnassus? Parnassus by all means; for it is said to have sprung up on Mount Parnassus, regarded by the ancient Greeles as the central point of the earth, the abode of grace and beauty. For this and other betan.ical won ders of poetry, grace and 'beauty, one RECOMMEND CHEESE FO'R PICNIC LUNCH Some foods seem to be just }right 'for picnics—and cheese is one of then'. Cheese sandwiches are, with- out doubt, the most popular and most practical way to 'serve cheese at a picnic. It is a' good idea, and 'an easy m'at'ter to vary the sandwiches from one picnic to another .by making :use of the many,etheese 'fil'lings which can be so quickly and so econoi'nioadly prepared. For tasty and nourishing' sandwiches, 'blend 'cheese — either grated Canadian cheddar, .processed, cottage or creaml—with salad dressing and add chopped green pepper, green onions, ,pimento, nuts, pickles, olives or celery. Use a .,generous amount of filling in battered tea biscuits or rolls. Another suggestion is to serve plain ;buttered bread or rolls in place of the sandwiches, and make cheese a pasit of the salad by combining gra- ted cheese with the other ingredients, or by serving 'a cheese dressing with. the salad. Far the dressing ;blend to- gether equal parts' of grated Canadian cheddar cheese, processed, cream or' cottage cheese with salad dressing, folding in whipped cream if desired. Small balls of cottage or 'cream cheese, slices of Canadian cheddar or processed cheese, large prunes ar cel- ery stacks stuffed with a cheese mix- ture, all add flavour and food value to' the picnic salad plate.sAnd speaking' of salads, keep in mind that cueum{ bers, tomatoes, celery, asparagus, pineapple, peaches and pears are es- pecially delicio•trs served with a cheese accompaniment, TESTED •RP+,,CIPES Hot Meal Picnics The technique of picnicking ad- vances with the times. In :other days, sandwiches were all that was consid- ered necessary in the way of food, but with modern picnickers an essen- tial of a successful day seems to be capacity of the hostess to provide hot meat and vegetahles with the utmost unconcern. An excellent meat for a picnic of this kind is lamb, which tan be served cold in slices or can be prepared :beforehand and put into jars, The following is the recipe, - Canned Picnic Lamb - 'For . canned lamb, use fresh meat, Remove the meat 'from the "banes and mit in convenient slices for packing in jars. Parboil meat ,with bones -1'5 to 30 minutes, as nteat that is not par- boiled shrink; about scrcnteen per cent, in the jar. Remove the 'bones, gristle and connective tissues, which are not tit for food. 'Pack meat in the lar. Add the parboiled liquid, filling the jar if possilde. Any fats or soils from the 'meat should :he melted and poured over the contents of the 'jar, as this assists in keeping the product, Pat on rubbers: adjust covers, par- tially seal. Sterilize :.1 hours in hot Wa- ter 'bath or steam cooker; +(or 234 hours at `5 pounds •steam pressure; or 1! 'hoarrs at 115 .pounds steam •pres- eure), 'Remove from saoker and tight - tops. :J}irs containing meat should not be 'allowed to cook while inverted as the fat will harden at the 'bottom [miller than at the top of :the jar: Picnic Salad To sera' hot with vegetables warm' up a jarof canned lamb, 'use three vacuum bottles, one for canned lamb, one for potatoes and one for -carrots and peas or ether vegetables used. In this way a warm picnic lunch can be served- To add 'farther :vkiriety and make the picnic even 'mere homelike, the following salad is suggested: — 1 small cabbage. 1 onion 1 tart apple II Green eswcetl pepper '1 ripe tomato - Chop cabbage and onion, 'pepper and apple very dine keeping ,pepper and apple separate. Add the -.:following dressing to cabbage and :onion. 'D'ressing 35 cup vinegar i teaspoon salt teaspoon mustard 5 tablespoons sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons 'butter :''fix salt, sugar and mustard together add beaten eggs and stir into broiling vinegar and cook 'until it thickens. Then add 'butter and remove feon :the beat. Beat im'til consistency :of eresru and thenadd the dressing to the - 'cabbage and onion and mix thorough- ly. Put away to cool, When cool .add the .pepper and, apple and stir -thor- oughly. Garnish with tomato. Golden Glow Salad 7 'package lemon 'jelly ,powder ' Ws cups 'boiling water - may well leave the beaten track, the work -a -day, world, to wander in a living Fairyland, where as a result of quirt communion one may be stimn= late. and encouraged, both physically and' morally, and return to civiliza- tion invigorated and comforted, thus better able to do duty ,in the great battle of life, -1E. W. ;:Tart, Central Exp. Farre, Ottawa. D. fl t Wines Chiropractor Electro Therapist — Massage Office — Commercial Hotel ,Flours—Mon. and Thurs. after no -ow and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Butt-ray treat - merit Phone 2217. 2. taibles:poons vinegar 1 carp grated raw carrot teaspoon salt 1 cup cu'cum'ber, 1dic'e:d and drained" 'Al teaspoon minced onion Dissolve !jelly in 'boiling water. Add vinegar and salt, Chill. When slightly thickened add .vegetables. Tlurn 'into moulds. Chill until ;firm. Untnould on crisp lettuce. (Serves 6). Tomato and Egg Mould Salad 6 eggs y teasp'ooa sai't teaspoon pepper i3-3 cusp ntayonaise 13 -large tomatoes ,Lettuce. Hard cook the eggs, cool slightly and,, while still warm shell thesis and force them through a potato ,ricer or sieve: 'Add salt and ;pepper and pack the heed eggs v. firmly . into two glasses. When ready to serve' salad, 'remove. , eggs from.glasses ]by running a. ;knife round lhe.edge. .11 will then be pos- sible to 'cset the eggs' in slices. Peel tomatoes, cut in thick slices, l.ay a slice of egg ion- top, place on lettuce ''eaves, pour over all a tablespoonflu'1 of salad dressingand serve.'(iSeives d), Quick .Cabbage: Salad - 1 quart 0! caIbhage finely shredded ,cup of green pepper minced) X4" cup of sweet pickles diced 1 tablespoon sugar 2 tablespoons prepared mustard 34 teaspoon ,of salt 3 tablespoons of vinegar - % cup of cream (sour or sweet) Black 'Pepper Mix the cabbage with green pepper and pickles. 'Combine the sugar, ,salt vinegar, cream, mustard, and pepper, and pour over the cabbage. Blend well. and serve at once. ('Serves 6). Carrot Salad 2 nips chopped carrots cup finely chapped nuts ' d cup celery 34 teaspoon salt - Iix thoroughly. Serve. dressing sep- arately. (Serves :6), Beet Jelly Salad 1 cup finely dropped, beets 14 cup finely chapped celery " 1 cup .finely chopped apples I cup prepared demon jelly Small amount of onion DEPOT KPSSING Lave kisses, duty kisses, -short kiss- es, , long kisses, in Tact every variety of kiss gets -'a shameless - (though sometimes embarrassed) showing :in one of Toronto's' bsusiest and most public: meeting places. The - place is the exit concourse at the .Union iS,ba tion. !Nine out of ten -incoming passen- gers met by members the opposite sex get kissed, according to a station attendant whose duty ;keeps him sta- tioned at a spot admirably suited to a study of osculatory art. - "'Yes, sir. 'Guess we see just about everything 'that's coming in the kits- in-line," he said. "About a thirdof them are nothing but duty kisses— pecks on the cheek and sometimes ,om. the lips, but the other two thirds last an average of five seconds." -- IAge, Ise explained, is the outstand- ing factor, people over 90 seldomin lunge in the more affeetianate type di greeting --at least not in public. As for the younger cines, "they're all pretty much alike, though they do - shorten dip noticeably as the people grow older." - One young couple, dee recalled, have become regular customers: "The fed low gets off the 50l0' -train. from 'Buf- falo every week -end and the g'irl's al- ways here 11) minutes early to meet hint. She comes in and sits down over there acting kind of nervous. When the train gets in this chap's allnq'ays . the first off. "They walk right over next to that pillar there and no matter how crowd- ed theplace is if that kiss doesn't last at !east a minute and a half the guy who sold me this w'a'tch ,gypped Then there is the 'nervous, embar- rassed type. "They sort of. come -'to- 'g'ether and don't know what to do. One has the intention and the other gets it. They just stand there 'b'lus'h- ing, and sort of swaying hankand forth.' But there 1, ane chapter of the sub- ject the attendant has -yet to puzzle cut."I'v :c never been able to figure," he said. "why it is a 'woman nearly always stands on one 'foot ,whets sloe's dkissing." Send tes the names' off your visitors: