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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-10-23, Page 6Ii ROM-tr.:ES %NERFARM Gu¢t$ottne Il Clevelee This is something for the book! Instead of criticism — which is by no means uncommon — we have nothing but praise for one of our governmental depart- ments — the Provincial Depart- ment of Highways, For two years erosion damage has been done to one corner of our farm — through flood waters in spring washing away soil from the field and leaving the fence -posts practically on top oh the ground. Partner wrote to the Depart- - ment, explained the situation, and asked' that something be done this fall to the culvert crossing the highway in order to stop further damage. We got a reply within one week; an in- spector was out within two weeks, and repair work was in progress within four weeks. And they did a real job, too, Deep- ened the ditch and built up a stone wall along the bank of the creek, and right across the corner into a neighbour's field— so he, too, is reaping some bene- fit, This prompt action leaves us with a fieeling that if one has a justifiable complaint it does re- ceive attention. Or it could mean that this particular section of the highways is under the di- rection of an unusually alert and efficient supervisor. However, in other ways the department still has us guess- ing. We still don't know wheth- er the proposed new highway And the RELIEF is ` `""` ` LASTING Nobody knows the cause of rheuma- tism but we do know there's ono thing to ease the pain . . . it's INSTANTINE. And when you take INSTANTINE the relief is prolonged because INSTANTINE contains not one, but three proven medical ingredients. These three ingredients work together to bring you not only fast relief but more prolonged relief. Take INSTANTINE for fast headache relief too . or for the pains of neuritis or neuralgia and the aches and pains that often accompany a cold. Get testa:dine today and always two it handy Eft 12 -Tablet Tin 250 ttconomrcal 43 -Tablet Bottle 75c W110 tilaaIv tnaliq� of n1's tu,t1.1111, 1 Ring r'tntrr,,n,'al L°rvD�n, ti•.t. WITH VIE HELP OE It1 1 1,1.110 I1!a P ,Ulaln,, .:111 retuedy. writ, t ora. ltd., non o -x. ISSUE 93 - 1952 from Windsor to Montreal: will come through our farm, Last week there were surveyor's stakes in our front field for a few hours one morning, followed by what appeared to be an aerial survey. At least, ao aeroplane was flying back and forth, back and forth, changing its course a little each time. So what? We would like to know, One way and another we have just coneluded a busy week. Sixteen loads of gravel were spread on the lane and in the yard — which did not leave us much change out of a hundred dollars, Then we heard the latest cattle market prices and wondered whether we should have spent the money. Not hav- ing any crop, we also had straw to buy last week — and a man here two days drawing in straw bales for us. While this was go- ing on another fellow came al- ong with his chain saw to cut up oak logs that were waiting for him up in the bush. In the middle of all this activity one of the cows decided it was a good time to add to the barn- yard population, Which she did —but quickly. We aiso had an addition to the family at the house — in the form of a little white kitten — the cutest little thing. Incident- ally, if life at any time appears uninteresting' I can recommend a lively kitten to bring you out of the doldrums, With a kitten chasing paper 1 from one s g a ball 0 room to another, running like mad, or jumping high into the air, gloom is dispersed life smoke in fresh air. Especially if, as we do, you have to keep the peace between the kitten, two dogs and a fully grown cat. During its first two days here the kitten used terrible language --and its claws—whenever the dogs or Black Joe came any- where near it. But now it goes on pitying without deigning to notice them at all: It is also house-broken so now all I have to do is teach it not to be a thief. And that is not always easy. Well-fed cats are not sup- posed to feel any temptation to steal, but yet, ff that is their nature, neither good food nor punishment will stop them if the hunting instinct is too strong to be surpressed by domesticity. However, our new kitten, Mit- chie White, shows promise! "Mitchie White" is so named be- cause we had a previous Mitchie for thirteen years — which read- ers of this column may remem- ber. That one was "Mitchie Gray." Daughter and son-in-law were here on Sunday and they brought vie boxes and boxes of odd lengths of drapery material —beautiful patterns. The pieces can he put to all kinds of uses —quilts, spreads, bags and rugs. I can hardly bear to leave the stuff alone—it will be such fun trying to figure out what I can do with it. But, alas, twenty yards of pyjama cloth are wait- ing to be made up. I must needs curb my enthusiasm and do that which is urgent. I wonder why pyjamas always fall to pieces just as chilly weather approach- es! Eve^y other type of gar- ment can be mended but when pyjamas fall apart there seems nothing left wend enough to patch. However, with Bob away there is less patching to do. And is he having a good time! Taking in the scenery before starting work again . . Banff., Lake Louise, Jasper Park. One place he sate black bears on the prowl — until they touched an electric fence. And then. wrote Bob, "you should have seen those bears run!" He was 5000 feet ue a mountain — Ile didn't say wheel nne — only that the scenery was beyond description. Isn't it strange, withso many place: to go, many people live out their lives in colourless, un- intercting surroundings" Confronted with the task of paraphrasing the sentence, "Ile was clad in a suit of mail," a smith boy wrote: "He wore a postman's uniform," Ring up another for MAGIC! GINGERBREAD DESSERT RING Mix and ulft 3 t'mcs, 134 c. once -sifted pastry flour (or 14..4 c. once -sifted hard - wheat flour), 2 tsps. Magic Baking Pow- der, Li tsp. baking soda, 3,4 tsp. salt, n:i tsp. ground cinnamon, 4 tsp. ground ginger, .1,", tsp. grated nutmeg. Cream 1. c•. butter or margarine and gend in lei c. lightly -packed brown sugar; gradually beat in 1 well -beaten egg and 34 c. molas- les. Combine as c. buttermilk and ee tsp. vat -dila. Add dry ingredients to creamer( mixture alternately with liquids and eprcad batter in greased 8" angel cake pan. ,Make in rather slow oven, 225°, abeet 00 mins. Serve with hard sauce which hits been flavored with grated mantle, rind. Yield: 6 servings, They Pipe ltain in California—Sunny Santa Barbara, •Cal., gets rare rain the hard way by piping it to town through a six -mile - long tunnel under the Santa Ynez Mountains. Backbone of the Tecolote Tunnel* is this bulging steel skeleton seen above. It will prop up the mountains and reinforce the tunnel's concrete lining. Most of the rain to wet the California city will run through the Tecolote Tunnel, an.A.gciti Hark to the complaint of a disgruntled young bridegroom whose dreams of married life have taken a jet -action dive. Married four months, he comes home daily to a dis- ordered, dust - covered apart- ment . and to dinners that give him night- mares. He i s in the mood to start his first ulcer. "I was so in love I guess I just expected my fiancee to know everything," he admits. "What she knows about food and cooking you could put in a thimble — not that she'd know how to use one. I haven't had a decent cup of coffee since I married. She can't fry an egg without burning it. The toast is cold and brittle, and the bacon underdone. As for dinners, ours come out of cans. Frozen foods? She hasn't heard of them. "NEAT AND TIDY" "I never knew that a woman left beds unmade till night, and didn't air and dust the rooms. every day . My wife can't remember to leave my suits at the tailor's, and her own clothes are all over the place. Espe- cially since my stretch in the Navy, I like things neat and tidy. If she were sick, or if she work- ed, I'd pitch in and help. If I say anything, she smiles and apologizes, and I just weaken. But some time I'm going to ask her what she does all day. "Her people gave me the works. Her father investigated my two sources of income (I have bonds) and my prospects, andmade sure of my reputation and character. Her mother look- ed up my family, and was satis- fied they were decent. Maybe I should have done a little re- search myself. But I was too much in love, and still am. I'm wondering how many other fel- lows go through this? Of course I've never asked any." I think this young man's ex- perience is extreme. Most girls know that a pretty face and en- gaging ways don't feed or re- lax a man. Being in love, they equip themselves with at least some knowledge of homemaking, As time passes, by some God- given sense of responsibility, they usually achieve a satisfac- tory goal,, * To "DISAPPOINTED": Tell * your wife, as gently as you , * can, how dissatisfied you are. * To give her a practical start, * investigate courses offered bey * your local Young Women s * Christian Asseeiation. In most * of their larger branches, they * offer homemaking B o u r se s, * (some for wives) and if they * don't include cooking, they * might be encouraged to add * such a course, Your gas and * electric company may provide * free cooking classes too, Other * groups have similar projects. * Let your wife choose the one * she prefers, and promise her * that as she progressess, you'll * help her experiment at home. * Be patient, and praise her of- * ten. * Why not take a few Satur- * days off, and clear, the place * together? Itt could be fun and * you could make a game of it. * I believe she Wil' learn more • * quickly and willingly this * Way, than with her mother, or * yours. * It is really outrageous that * a girl is allowed to marry * without knowing how to keep * a husband not only contented, * but proud of her homemaking talents. If she were properly * trained at home in her early * teen years, 'it couldn't happen. * Watch this column, I,11 have * a piece on that subject soon. * * * What have YOU to offer the man you'll marry? ift isn't too early to question — and act. Anne Hirst has ideas that have proved useful. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto, Ont. METEORITES The regional director of the American Meteor Society, at Geneva, N. Y., recently an- nounced that the organization will pay a dollar a pound for meteorites brought to it. And, in addition, there will be a five - dollar bonus for those found in New York State soil. So far, only seven meteorites have been turned in. Altogether, the so- ciety says there are probably thousands of them lying about, either on the ground or right under it. Eeze na—$kuo Troubles Give your skin a real chance to get well. Co to an good dr,8 store and get an onginal bottle of MYOONE'S EMERALD OIL—it Imo many days abecauseitching it is highly —Salt rated. The itching ofd Eczema—Salt Rheum—Rashes —cracked toss and foot and many other skin troubles — is quickly stopped. Pimples — skis esMioornesdrEmupecraed sOle os ff indavenry, law d ul penetrating tie Oil' thaat das nght in— stainless. stainless. You must be satisfied or money back. . Swim !,41.2? Miles The Channel has been con-• quered so many times that those who swim it are no longer re- garded with awe. But for those who must swim long distances, there are still stretches that •are difficult to - negotiate. Recently James May, . aged forty-two, became the firgte man to swim the double fengt e of Lake Windermere, a distance, of twenty-one miles, in 18 hours 10 minutes. For those of tougher fibre there are other swims. In 1950 the world's long distance record was claimed by Ernest Strobel, a thirty -two-year-old Gertnae refugee from East Prussia, who aware from Wiesbaden to Bonn, a distance of ninety miles in 23 hours. He beat the eighty-seven mile record by a Russian in the Danube before the war Strobel's swim is not however, thelongest on record, which goes to Pedroa Candlotti, On March 18th, 1930, he emerged from ,the river at Santa Fe, in the Argen-i tine, having started from Goya —240 miles away. He was in the water 63 hours and 54 minutes! There is a great difference be- tween swinuning downstream in a river and battling against tides and wind in the sea.iThe cross- ing of the Kattegat s still con- sidered a magnificent feat. Yet, in 1938, Jenny K8mmersgaar:'d, a nineteen -year-old Danish girl, covered the twenty-five miles in forty hours. Another of her great swims was from Bniben, Zeeland, to Grenaa, in Jutland, fifty-five miles away. She completed it in thirty hours. For those who spurn distance, there are plain endurance re- cords, In 1933, Ruth Litzig swam for '78 hours 46 minutes in Beide- nay Lake, near Essen. 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