HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-09-07, Page 3Finding ,Fortunes
in Thein' Gardena
What would be your reaction if
you found buried treasure in your
garden?
Such things ere constantly hap-
pening, Mr, F. I'ryke, of Wormley,
tlertfordsldre. recently dug ep
over $2,000 in notes and silver in
his garden, and declared afterwards
that it gave hint the shock of his
life,
A woman in southern Euglaud,
who found a pot of Charles II
coins buried in the pigsty, after
dreaming it was there, got her
shack a little later. Having paid
off a number of debts with the
money obtained by selling the coins,
,Site was contacted by officials, wlto
sternly 'informed her that all such
treasure trove belonged to the
Crown. They told her that the
pot, with its contents, should be
handed over forthwith,
Not knowing what else to do,
she gave them her batch of re.
ceipted bills, faltering that she
hoped these would do as well.
Though concealment of treasure
trove is still a criminal offence,
since 1931 it has been the usual
practice for the hoard to be re-
turned to the person who unearthed
it. If, however, .he find is of histori-
cal interest, its full value in cash
is given back instead.
But not always! Not so many
years ago a tractor driver, plough
ing a field at Tetney, near Grimsby,
turned up an urn containing hun-
dreds of rare Anglo-Saxon coins.
He did not notice it, however, and
the reward felt to the other land-
worker whose sharp eyes spotted
the object when he was crossing
the field next day,
A five year-old boy enjoyed a
share in treasure trove discovered
at Stamford in the Vale, Bucks, in
1944. While a large tree was being
removed from his father's garden,
he amused himself by jumping in
and out of the hole made by the
roots, presently noticing some coins
mingling with the loose soil.
As a result of the gardener's
investigations, a jar of sovereigns
and ,half -sovereigns, worth nearly
$1,000, was uncovered. At the in-
quest held on the find the jury de-
cided that the boy should receive
thirty per cent of the total value,
and that the rest should go to the
gardener.
Many of the most important dis-
coveries of treasure trove have
been made by youngsters, A lad
who was looking after a farmer's
sheep near High Wycombe, also in
Buckinghamshire, chanced to pick
up a flint, and out tumbled a
number of golden coins dating back
to the pre -Christian era, They had
been carefully packed in a natural
cavity in the stone, which was
about the size and shape of a large
egg, and were of great value.
Many rare coins were thrown
away by schoolboys near Beaworth,
itt Hampshire, An ancient leaden
box they found buried in a country
lane contained about 7,000 of then!.
The lads, thinking they were old
buttons, used them in a game of
"ducks and drakes" on the surface
of 'a nearby mond.
Fortuna! y, the story of the find
soon became known, and the bulk
of the treasure, which consisted
of coins minted in the reigns of
'William the Conqueror and his
sort, William Rufus, avas saved.
A very different discovery was
made in a hamiet near Flint. Re-
turning white-faced from market
rather late one night, a woman
.gasped out to her neighbors that
she had just seen a gostly skeleton,
wearing a golden breastplate, stand=
ing on a local mound known as
the "Hill of the Fairies."
Villagers ridiculed the story at
the time, but six years later the
hillock was removed for agricul-
tural purposes, and a complete skel-
eton with corselt of pure gold was
revealed.
An average of about $40,000 -
worth of treasure is dug up in
Britain every year, but it is kown
that Hutch still retrains unearthed.
New Harnper WhLsks Away Wash
Its Wheels Eliminate Drudgery
ONE of the most baek-breaking tasks on laundry day Is,
for many women, that of dragging heavy laundry from
one room to another.
If you're tired of struggling to get your soiled clothes from
'the bathroom to a larger room for sorting, or of carting
'therm from the hamper out to where your washing machine
awaits the Monday wash, here's good news for you.
With these difficulties in mind, makers of a well-known
!clothes hamper line have recently created a new model
•which should eliminate a part of your wash -day problems.
The new hamper features ball-bearing wheels, which .have
been substituted for the usual rear legs. This makes it
:possible to roll the hamper about the house with ease. It
Also doubles as a laundry cart if you do your washing at a
launderette.
The hamper is propelled by a handle bar which snaps
`down out of sight when not in use. Wheels are also incon-
spicuous when the hamper is backed against a wall,
A newly -developed hamper -on -wheels maims It easy for this
Young home -maker to transfer her soiled clothes from bedroom
to washing maobhte on laundry day.
TA ;4L ` 1Ls
„Jam AHG Dews.
Don't suppose 1 need tell any of
you that the prices of most every-
thing we eat — neat especially —
is going hp. The chart published
herewith, although it refers speci-
fieally to price trends south of the
border, fairly well mirrors what is
going on in Canada as well.
However, this is the only time in
the year when most of us would
consider becoming even partial veg-
etarians, what with home gardens
producing so many appetizing deli-
cacies. And with the high prices
of meats in mind, this week's col
time will deal with recipes that
allow using vegetables almost whol-
ly as tetnpting main dishes for lun-
cheon, supper or perhaps even, at a
pinch, for fancily dinner,
MAIN DISH PEPPERS
2 large or four small green pep-
pers
1 small onion, chopped
9' cup finely chopped celery lea-
ves
2 tablespoons butter or oil
1rA tablespoons flour
3/q cup milk or tomato juice
1 cup cooked fish
1 cup boiled rice
zA teaspoon salt
Dash Tabasco
r4 cup fine dry crumbs, buttered
(1) Cut large peppers in half
lengthwise or cut a slice from stem
ends of small ones. Remove seeds,
Boil in salted water till almost ten-
der and drain.
(2) Saute onion and celery lea-
ves in fat till tender, Blend in
flour, add milk or juice and cook,
stirring, till thickened,
- (3) Add fish and rice. Season
to taste with salt and Tabasco.
(4) Pile fish mixture in peppers
and sprinkle with buttered crum-
bs.
(5) Arrange filled peppers in a
shallow baking dish, add water
barely to cover the bottom of the
dish, and bake in a moderate oven
(375 degrees F.) twenty minutes,
or till crumbs are brown. Yield:
four servings.
SQUASH AND TOMATO PIE
I% pounds yellow squash
1 nine -inch baked pastry shell
1 cup medium white sauce
1 cup grated Canadian cheese
2 teaspoons grated onion
Ve cup grated nippy cheese, opt-
ional
3 tomatoes, halved
teaspoon salt
1 small clove garlic
2 tablespoons melted butter.
(1) Cut squash into half - inch
slices and cook in a small amount
of salted water till just tender.
Drain, pressing the squash lightly
to remove excess water. Turn squ-
ash into pastry shell.
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(2) Mix white sauce. Canadian
cheese and grated onion, and pour
over squash. If desired, sprinkle
with the !tippy cheese. Arrange
tomato halves over top.
(3) Place salt in a small bowl
and rub with garlic' till salt has oh -
sorbed most of the garlic. !Add but-
ter. Spread over tomato halves.
(4) Bake in a moderate oven (350
degrees F,) till tomatoes are lightly
cooked and pie is hot, or about
fifteen minutes. Yield: six ser-
vings.
FRESH LIMA BEANS
EN CASSEROLE
3 pounds lima beans in the pod
or one pint shelled
1 can condensed mushroom or
tomato soup
1 clove garlic, minced
Flour
4 ripe tomatoes
Salt and pepper
1 medium eggplant
54 cup milk
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
(1) Saute onion in one table-
spoon oil till yellow. Add garlic
and cook till golden brown, stir-
ring often. Blend in one teaspoon
Hour.
(2) Core, peel and chop tomatoes.
Add to onion mixture and cook,
stirring occasionally, till thickened
to sauce consistency. Season to
taste with salt and pepper.
(3) While sauce is cooking, pre-
pare eggplant. Peel, slice a hall -
inch thick, season lightly with salt
and pepper, dip quickly in milk
and then in flour. Saute in olive
oil till brown and just tender, Drain
on unglazed paper.
(4) Arrange eggplant in a shallow
casserole and poor tomato sauce
over it. If necessary, reheat in a
moderate oven (350 degrees F.)
Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
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Just As In Canada, The U.S. Housewife Has Her Worries --
Is the little lady complaining that the ten bucks you give her
for groceries doesn't buy very much? Brother, she's so right!
Prices on many foods. are almost twice as high now as when
OPA price controls were ordered on April 12, 1941. Newschart
above, showing average comparative prices of seven basic items
in the housewife's market basket, is based on a 19 -city survey.
Coffee has taken the biggest leap, but is followed closely by
, pork chops and round steak,
1 tablespoon grated onion
1 teaspoon dry mustard
V.1 cup bread cubes or crumbs, but-
tered.
14 cup grated cheese
4 strips bacon.
(1) Cook- shelled beans in a small
amount of salted water, covered
till tender. Dra n, reserving broth,
(2) Mix soup, onion, mustard
and a half -cup of the broth. Add
cooked beans and turn into a one -
quart greased casserole.
(3) Sprinkle with buttered crum-
bs and cheese. Arrange bacon on
top.
(4) Bake in a moderate oven
(375 degrees F.) about twenty-five
minutes or till crumbs are brown
and bacon is crisp, Yield: four to
five servings.
SAUTEED EGGPLANT WITH
FRESH TOMATO SAUCE
1 onion, chopped
IA cup olive oil, approximately
COW GAVE WRONG STEER
Motorists and hikers who were
strangers to the district kept finding
themselves lost and on the wrong
road in the Witnborne area of Dor-
set not long ago. They were puz-
zled, because all of them had
carefully followed inscriptions on
a signpost in the parish of Holt
When the parish council heard of
the trouble, they ordered an in-
vestigation. The clerk, who is head-
master of a boys' school, began to
wonder whether some of his pupils
could possibly be responsible, when
he found that the signpost_ had
been partly turned so that its arms
pointed in the wrong directions.
Then he found the culprit—a cow
which had got into the habit of
rubbing itself against the signpost
so vigorously that it moved it.
The council had the signpost re-
instated itt the correct position
and solemnly decided to take no
action against the cowl
Even Scientists
Are Puzzled
When you remove a boulder on
tate seashore you will see hundreds
of little creatures scuttling away to
hide The same tiring happens when
you lift a stone in a field,
The creatures—fleas, wood -lice
beetles, centipedes, earwigs — are
not afraid of yott. Science tells us
that they run away demoralized he -
cause they hate the light and are
desperately trying to find a dark
corner.
Anyone who has entered a house
infested with cockroaches has seen
the sante things, When entering a
dark room and suddenly switching
on the light scores of "black beetles"
(as the housewife calls cockroaches)
careen over the floor in search of
the nearest crevice.
Ott the other hand, the same
light which disperses the cock-
roaches attracts the moths, mayflies
and daddy -long -legs, There they
go, whirling madly around the
globe, dashing towards it and re-
treating.
Why, Oh, Why?
Scientists call this "tropisms" and
define' it as "an obligatory move-
ment in a particular direction in
relation to some particular stimu-
lus." Thus the cockroach is obliged
to stove towards the shade by the
particular stimulus called light.
What the scientists don't know
is why the cockroach is obliged to
de so. They know it was not
taught to behave that way but was
"moved by instinct."
Take a young spider from the
newly opened cocoon and place it
under a jar. Even though the cables
will not stick to the glass it will
begin to spin a web with all the
intricate movements necessary. It
continues until nothing but a con-
fused mass of silk threads is the
result.
Because of this many scientists
have concluded that most insects
are nothing' but mechanisms, with-
out mental activity. They say the
spider's action was not the result
of thought but a purely mechanical
one.
The movement of the insects
under the stone is also mechanical.
But what impelled the first spider
to start spinning a web? What im-
pelled the first cockroach to run
away from the light?
If you know the answer you've
beaten the scientists.
Music -Hall Favorite
Now Eighty -Six
VVlten darling of the music halls
Vesta Tilley (Lady de Frece) cut
her eighty-sixth birthday cake the
other day she is reported to have
said to Iter sixty -six-year-old bro-
thel "It's not the last by a long
chalk," The cake, with white and
blue icing, had been sent by an old
admirer. It was wheeled on a trol-
ley.
Countless thousands of mets and
women of t' a older generation have
affectionate memories of Vesta
Tilley, famous as. a male intper-
s .uator in songs like "Following
itt Father's Footsteps,"
` esta Tilley retired front the
stage in 1920 after fifty -enc years.
Still as slim as ever. she declares
she has had "such a happy, happy
life." Some time ago site said; "I
don't think T should like to be a
girl today. These must be very
difficult years for young people.
qvc, GREEN
A$;,'".
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Peonies may be planted success -
any time from the first of
September until freezing weather.
A careful selection of varieties will
provide early summer flowers for
six to eight weeks, depending on
the season. For exhibition blooms
or garden perennials, the impor-
tant characteristics are abundant
flowers of good form and clear
color, strong stems and symmetry
of growth.
* *
Since even these high standards
are met by innumerable varieties,
the final choice will be determined
by which colors will fit into the
June garden. '!'here are single,
double and semi -double forms, and
even more variety in shape of
flower than these descriptions
imply. * * *
The greatest range 01 color is
offered by the hybrids, and they
are also the first to flower. The
huge single Chalice is one of the
best white peonies available and
the first to bloom. White Picotee
is edged with violet. Two clear
yellows, bob single, are Daystar
and Moonrise; Green Ivory has
yellow tones in its greenish petals.
t * *
Shades of pink vary front the
plae tint of single Lotus Bloom to
rose pink Ludoviea, which is an'
enormous semi- double flower
Lovely Rose is a creamy pink. and
Camelia flushed peach pink; both
ere septi -doubles,
*
Among the red hybrids are two
fully double peonies: Red Charm
and dark red Evelyn. The brilliant
red Montezuma is a semi -double.
The fine single - flowered red
hybrids are difficult to choose un-
less the colors are actually seen,
Flame is brilliant; Golden Glow,
orange scarlet, and Bright Knight,
a similar shade but darker, Car-
dinal's Robe is a true scarlet and
Chocolate Soldier an extremely
dark red. Burgundy is the best of
the purples, so deep in color that
it is almost black.
* r:
The Chinese peonies (P, albi.
flora) start to open about two
weeks after the hybrids. All of
the ones listed here are single. Four
fine white varieties are Le Jour,
which has red stigmas; White Per-
fection; Krinkled White, which op-
ens blush; and Watchman, the last
of the whites to bloom.
* *
Angelus is blush, and Sea Shell
a medium pink with red stigmas.
Josette and Mischief are light pink,
and the slightly pink Shaylor'a
Sunburst fades to white when the
flowers are fully open. Sunmist is
blush and Yellow King a light pink
with bright yellow center.
t: a: *
The semi -double peonies include
many of the most beautiful varieties
grown. Some have conspicuous
rings of stamens between the rows
of petals and others have several
rows of guard petals with a center
of yellow stamens. Three fine
whites are Mildred May, Lily
White and Titania,
The tall Minnie Shaylor is blush
with large, red stigmas, and Rare
Chita almost the same but slightly
pinker. The soft pink Silvia Saun-
ders is rather small, but charming
and Phyllis KeIway is a tall,
showy pink. Red Goddess has the
clearest hue of any peony of that
color.
* 5 w
Two velevety medium red vari-
eties are Arcturus and Kickapoo,
which look exactly the sante but
bloom at different times.
A, *
The Japanese -type herbaceous
peonies have one to three rows of
guard petals. The loveliest of alt
is the pure white Golden Standard,
whose robust habit of growth
makes it a fine garden subject.
The new Christina is also white,
Double peonies have use draw-
back in the garden; even the stir
diest varieties a r e sometimes
knocked down by severe storms.
Many of the oldest of these are
still among the best. Festiva Max.
inta has just celebrated its h m-
dredth birthday, but its distinctive
white flowers with red spots will
long continue to be popular. Edulis
Sttperba is still older; it is a good
dark pink and very fragrant. Mon-
sieur Jules Elie is the best pink
double peony there is for cutting
and Felix Crousse is the finest red
for that purpose.
JITTER
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By Arthur Pointer