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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-11-06, Page 3Thew things around a farm 'Mann cares be more bothersome •---or stongerous-than the chim- mole, and a bit of advice about their construction and care, antght bre well worth following, * - . a .Blued:. tar -like liquid gather - Ing on the outside of chimneys will give trouble from time to time if the proper precautions are not taken. This ereosotic ma- terial is due to the moisture in the smoke being condensed on the inside of the chimney when chimney walls are very cold.' This ministure works through erevic+tl; and poor mortar joints and plays havoe with plaster and wallpaper. It is worse when Areae co. half seasoned wood is ueecl for fuel, but some trouble may be experienced even with •dry Wood' or coal, since some water vapor is given off as a product of combustion. There are nee eral ways of improving the ritua tion. * * Ulu il!.ethod is to manage the lire i}, m:.eh a way that less mois- ture win be formed. Green or half dry wood contains a great deal of r -rater and this propably is the chief cause of the trouble. Dry rimmed ;Deed wood will be bet- ter thee green wood, or it may 'be few ei. necessary to burn some coal wit the wood to keep down moisture. Also if the fire is fed offense and with smaller ani- ou,rria, care being taken so far as possible to feed alternate sides and fo have a blaze going with fresh Peel is put in. Instead of shin( eg up the stove tight and allowing the pipe and chimney to i;iind. full of hot stagnant smoke, is is better to have an opening through which air can tie ctcbuitted above the fire and thus clow draft be kept up hrough the pipe and chimney. If this fresh air can be admitted close strove the fire it is that xtmc'l, i,eltep. * * * M oi)er method is to prevent the smoke in the chimney from being chilled. Wherever possible the chimney should be of double oonstr uc tion, a smooth tile lin- ing with brick or concrete out- side. Such a construction will sedan give any trouble from condensation. Also the chimney should no far as possible be near the centre of the house, -partly to keep the chimney from being chilled by cold winds and partly so that the heat from the chim- ney win. help to warn the house. F * * Wl le, e the chimney is already 000eb kited and it is not desir- able to remodel it, much help can ofieu be secured by putting a galve:uzec] extension at the toe:, to ,.'e a greater draft and a "sew Hen, kindly nets as our jungle jailer!" faster movement of awoke through the flue. This, with a cold air opening in the stove above the fire, will help most cases. An effeetiv4 way of jack- eting the chimney is to plat strips at the corners. then put on gal- vanized lath and theft cover with two coats of cement plaster, w * * Fnally, the outside of the chimney may be treated to pre- vent the creosote from striking through and spoiling the walls. Painting the outside when per- fectly dry with three or four coats of shellac or of paint well thinned out with oil will help a great deal in this regard. Plen- ty of time should be allowed be- tween coats to allow it to strike in. This will have to be sized be- fore wallpaper will adhere to it, Or covering the outside with coats of rich concrete will help a great deal and will also make the chimney much safer from fire, * w F The following plan has been found helpful in preventing soot and creosote: Keep the grates clear or ashes enough to tet free draft through then. Leave the draft open about equal to the size of a sil- ver quarter or a little more, just enough so there is •a little draft. Then open the check draft in the smoke pipe, This allows some air to pass through the fire all the time, and so up through the chimney. The amount of fire wanted is regulated by the check draft in the smoke pipe, this al- so applying when the fire is left for the night. But when the wind blows hard, the check draft must be left open farther than when it is still because the wind pulls on the fire throught the chimney, * w * Finally, one should not over- look the possibility that the ,. trouble !nay be due to leakage around the chimney where it passes through the roof. A lib- eral application of stiff roofing cement around this joint each year when the ehimney is clean- ed will prevent such trouble. There are cases where it was thought that the roof was leak- ing at other places, but it was finally found to be due to invis- ible cracks around the cninmey flashing. Also heavy rains may pour into the chimney and wash through enough soot to stain the walls. Caps may' be secured which will prevent this and still not interfere with the draft. Whatever treatment is used, a little reservoir at the bottom of the chimney to catch the creo- sote or rain will often prevent serious stains. HE AGREED Calvin Coolidge story num- ber 46,811: When Cal Coolidge was Prseident, his wife gave hire a portrait of himself as a biirthday present. It had been painted by a local youth, touted by Northampton savants as "an- other Picasso -or anyhow, Nor- man Rockwell." Coolidge prop- ped it up on the mantelpiece, where a senator, come to pay a duty call, spotted it a short time later, The senator and the President gazed at it in silence for five full minutes. Then Cool- idge remarked, sourly, "You're right." ,_. CROSS 'O f rtvnwr.u,ry 3 Vigilant 10, OPjaAriny'fo1irm P dZa il. di^a auras >at Li. Srxt, es 2 Mountain i2 1!:i. Twirl +.c: 1. Itro r 0. 1lnrutYied i2. lwnnei i2, bnPo-;rto of a Weather 14. Wini;.r 4I.. r•:,:Ire,ded rlrv. 00. intl.'!" 101. lnu•� ist 05. frill vdr a tOilni. 1,1 LYr. tiVr heron 21. iV io i SO. 11)aLi1 'ti,,' ,at:kile emit 3, if i .ane narrorr }nice 50 21 7.6 citrii'et', of In ve and order 50. (Iurdened SS, wiltee' w,,e*1 SS, fifty le 26 1JCVO .5.'. 3'f. 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Ann Bowkers serves a snack to a regular customer, while Dolores Noasz waits to set 'ern up again. Li NDAY SCHOOL LESSON .0220' By Rei. R. Barclay Warren B :1.. B. D. THE CO111PASSION 01' JESUS Matthew 9_1_9, 35-33 Memory Selection: When he saw the multitudes, he was mored with, compassion on, them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepered (Matt. 9:36). A. good nurse shares the com- passion of Jesus, Of course she must be skilful. But more than skill is desirable in this great profession.- Her attitude can do much to haster the recovery of the sick, If she shares the com- passion of Jesus she will inspire faith, hope and courage, She will bear the burdens but not be crushed by them but rather make them lighter on the sick. Jesus cared for people; especi- ally those in particular need. To the paralytic laid before Him, He spoke the words of forgiveness. The skeptical scribes said to themselves: "This man blasphe- meth." Then to prove to them that He had power to forgive sins He bade the man to arise and walk. The man who carne borne of four walked. carrying his bed. It is more important for a man, to be forgiven of his sins than to be physically whole. TR- timetely these bodies will be laid aside. These miracles of healing were not only works of compas- sion but signs that the Son of Man had power on earth to for- give sine. Of the twelve whom Jesus chose to be with mine, one was a despised Publican, a tax - gatherer. Jesus cared for the lowest class, He raised them by His matchless grace. All the people, rich and poor, high and low. educated and illiterate, were as sheep without a shep- herd. He cared for thein. There was a harvest to be gathered and He prepared laborers for the task. Matthew, or Levi, quietly caught the significance of the good news. He made a feast to which he invited ' his friends (Luke 5:29), There he had the privilege of introducing them to his Master Jesus. Later Matthew wrote the Gospel record which we are studying this quarter. What a privilege it is today to share the compassion of Jesus. *1a�a Gun Saves Crops from Ruin No hailstones have fallen On the pretty Alpine village of Poels, in .Styria, Central Austria, for nnore than a century. For every time storm clouds appear over the village, threatening the far- zners' crops, the villagers' ancient weather gun is fired ---and the clouds disperse and drift else- where. This "shooting the hail donde away" has been going on singe 1840 at least. The gun, a queer, mortar -like contraption consist+ ing mainly of a 2 -ft. iron tube with a 17 -in. diameter, and weighing 200 lb. is always kept loaded. . In charge of it is Farmer Peter Rucker. He's paid an annual re- tainer and -undertakes to be ready to fire the gun, using a 1 lb, charge of black powder, when- ever necessary. Somie years ago this villege "weather gunner" Was kept busy firing for nearly an hour because black clouds kept threatening to deluge the - area with hailstones which would have ruined the crops. Said ono villager: "The gun was red-hot afterwards -but the crops were saved." The clouds dispersed by firing the gun that day finally burst over other villages, destroying crops for miles around, When these villagers protested to the provincial government, they were told that they, too, should use weather guns if they didn't want more than their fair share of hailstorms! When it was computed forty years ago that damage wrought by hail and lightning 10 France was costing between 1112,000,000 and $18,000,000 a year, a new type of hail -destroyer was in- troduced. It was a very large lightning rod of pure copper grounded by means of a copper conductor. It so affected currents of atmospheric electricity that the formation and fall of hail- stones was prevented. Hailstones can do enormous damage in a few minutes. The director of an observatory in Indo-China reported that a hail- storm which arose in the Mai Pha mountains swept over miles of country, ruined all crops, w re c k e d buildings wholesale. Buildings in the village of Thel- ma had their roofs pierced with hailstones which left holes eight inches in diameter, Big hailstones are usually ir- regular and jagged in shape, which increases their menace. The biggest stones fall in the hottest weather. The best way to thoroughly mix paint is to pour part of the contents of a can into another container, stirring the paint in each and then pouring it back and forth several times from one can to the other. Burl Cowboys Vtith the cattle ranch came the great American figure popular in "horse operas" from genera- tion unto generation, With pos- sibly Hopalong Cassidy as the quintessential example -- the cowboy. The magazine story, eiuntel, stage, screen, radio, television cowboy will apparently go oto forever. Ile le always and in- stinctively a gentleman home- spun in his manners but chival- rous with the fair sex, honest as the day 13 long, and with a heart as big as, all outdoors; owns a favorite horse called always Sil- Ver- or Paint ar Pinto, or Old Pal or some similarly endearing name; , . is smart enough to save the ranch for the beautiful and wealthy eastern girl whom he addresses as "ma'am" and re- moves his hat When he speaks to her; can spot a Mexican miller, a lurking Indian, or a city slicker in one second flat; wears "chaps" to dinner, and above all else in the fiction field, be he in print, movie, radio, or television, Neuer seems to do any work. The real cowboy gets up at dawn and works until sunset or later and earns from 660 to $100 a month. There are about eighty- five hundred ranchers in Ari - zone and possibly overa mil- lion cattle; and the average size of a ranch is about fifty thou- sand acres. So there will always be a demand for the corebay. In desert heat ar mountain snow- storm he works all day at any- thing from milking cows (which most cowboys detest 1 to check- ing water holes, repairing fences, rounding up cattle, branding cattle, shoeing horses, feeding Bogies, mending harness, build- ing corrals, repairing windmills, and keeping a weather eye on his particular range. Most cow- boys own their own saddles and horses. A good "western'. saddle will weigh thirty to forty pounds and may cost as much as $150 to $250. His next prized personal possessions are his high -heeled boots, which may set him back as much as $40, The high heels prevent his feet from slipping of the stirrups. - From "The Gila," by Edwin Corte. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Sb LM aI B ♦ Id a ti N idQattotd a d c© Li fF THERE'S A UON A THE HOUSE -- Meef "Little Tyke," perhaps the only lioness in the world that won't eat meat. Tyke is the household -yep, that's right, HOUSE- HOLD, pet of Mrs. Margaret Westbeay. Recently, when Tyke's mistress held a big juicy steak close to the lionesss' mouth, the animal turned away, with an expression of horror, as if she had seen something ghastly. Like the dog that won't eat meat - because no one ever gives him any -Tyke has never developed her carnivorous instincts. She has been raised entirely on cereals, Today, some five years after a local zoo gave the Westbeous the baby lioness to raise, "Little Tyke" still eats '12 different kinds of breakfast foods, mixed with milk. She lives right in the house with the family, hangs around the kitchen and even fries to help with the dishes. She even sleeps occasionally in bed with Mrs. Westbeau. After a good -night hug and kiss, it's . . "1'11 wooer `pm, you dry 'em." . .. off io the Land of Nod - e hope.