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The Seaforth News, 1961-01-19, Page 7Old Boston's Bayley Toys Somebody who was here dur- big the summer asked if we had any old cast-iron toys. It seems these have become col- lectors' items, too, and I thought back to certain fire engines; trains, and blue tipcarts I'd had or had seen, In the earlier days, I remembered a cast -Iron bank which, through no effort of mine, had almost made me a rich man. A coin was inserted thus and so, and When you press- ed a button a cast-iron donkey would kick over a cast-iron boy, and the penny was tipped into the slot. .1 never exploited it, but a younger sister used to get it when anybody was around and ask for a penny so it could be demonstrated. Shortly before -- she made me affluent the spring M the donkey broke. Last summer I said no, that we had no cast-iron toys left over, but at Christmas time we always made barley toys - and with this I hit a blank. It isn't hard, today, to find folks who never had or saw barley toys, Such are always amazed, when they finally see some,to dis- cover they are made from candy. And if there is any memory re- notion it usually consists- of, "Oh, yes - I remember - Long ago ..." One of the earniteelsancieseers operated a candyshop onklea- ` con Hill. Nobody seems etc; re- member just where..'it was on the hill, or exactly how long ago. He, the ancestor, had the shop from his father, and tradition tells us he did well and was then recognized as an old Boston in- stitution. But instead of setting up a continuity and giving us the oldest candy shop in America, for some reason he went out of business. And as the years have gone along -certain of his equip - anent came to rest improbably under our roof. We have the copper kettle in which he boiled Ills syrups, the spout indicating that he was left-handed, and the heavy lead molds in which he east Old Boston's barley toys. We also have the recipe he used,. which is supposed to be a secret in the. family. It doesn't seem to be anything a good chef couldn't figure out by him- self if he tried. The barley toys, then, are a hard sugar candy made in the form of animals or other recog- nizable objects. They have the added feature, which cast-iron. animals do not, that after you are through playing, with them;. 100TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Sm. Hie Schulz manages a wan smile despite adversity as she marks her 100th birthday. Confinedto a wheelchair since she broke her hip in a fall last year, Mrs. Schulz busily cro- chets rugs. you can eat @hemi Some of these lead molds we have go back es much as 150 years, et least, some of them are newer- all of them are old enough now to be. treasured as they are. The tra- dition is that the candy shop in Boston was always busiest just before Christmas; and that the copper kettle was hot almost day and night as it worked on the little candy figurines, Naturally the work was done, at Christmas, in the front window of the shop so folks in the street could stand and watch - and be teased into a purchase. If uncoloured the candy carne out a rich honey -gold, as clear as amber, but colour was added to some batches. Green and red. The candy comes from the molds as dogs, cats, birds, shovels, guns, boats, horses, and so on. A little teakettle that you can pop into your mouth comes from one mold, while a big steam lo- comotive with belled smokestack comes from, another - the en- gine weighs exactly a pound 'and it takes over an hour to harden. it andget itfrom the mold. We imagine the engine was one of the more recent molds acquired, and probably is no- where near so oldin the candy business as the roosters and don- keys, but itis naturally the fore- runner of the east -iron choo- choo and the whole model train business. We presume that when railroading got established, some mold maker went right at it. -There is a deer, a daintily formed animal with' head held high and a rack of antlers, but there is no "Santy Claus." You see, until "A Visit From St. Ni- cholas" was written, there had been no artful description of this character, and it hadn't occurred to anybody to depict him. The candy deer of the old Boston Candy Shop is therefore simply a deer, and has no connection with Prancer•et als. There is also a camel, with Arab aboard; re- eplendent eagles in several sizes; and inanimate things such as the teapot - a boat, a cornet, a broom, a musket, and washtub. It is refreshing, we think, to. dwell annually on this, for it tells of a time. when Christmas was less expanded. These little barley toys were sufficient for the clay, and perhaps the only bad thing you can say about them is that they are ,.the fore- runners of the great commercial - bed Yule, which so' often de- presses us now. Yet, they were dainty, delightful and 'delicious. Anyway every December we get the moldseout, set the left- handed copper kettle on ` the stove, and pour batch after batch of these old-time candies. • They snake' beautiful Christmas remembrances to our friends and relatives who seem more pleased than they would be with a ten dollar .bill apiece. , Nor is', it only the children" who- seem glad.. They, the children, react prob- ably' as children did in' old Bos- ton:•150 years ago - th,ey fondle the toys and shortly eat, them. But the older folks react too. "Why," says someone, "I haven't seen one of those since ... !" And as the years have gone along, there are folks who come every year just to 'see us maks the toys. They, watch , us care- fully olive -oil the molds, stand them on end, and run in the hot syrup. And when the molds are opened and the: toys come out, they stand to one side and say;''"It's. a dog! It's a' rooster!" And every year some of them say, "Why, you ought to go into 'business with those - they'd. sell!" But we happen -to think there are enough people, now, in business over -Christmas. We prefer to perpetuate this custom from an amateur standing. By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. /� ^ Intention■ 10. Covered wit, CROSSWORD Written baked elay verse' 80. Guido'. PUZZLEExtreme t second note L Extreme *3.:Legume contempt 88. Level L Book leaf 86.'Si1end out ':... ACROSS 55. )Marriages 10. Small Island 18. woaehlDe0 ss Branobes of t1.Regnlstte 40.rneepherons learn Ins' 5B..Forest 41. Shepherd'. growth p 68. Poem 49. Soft drink 69. Aggressive- 19. 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Boatmen, above, accompany frogman, left, on rescue missions. TIWFARN F2O!iT Jokt12u4dI._ All Canadian provinces have agreed to co-operate in a vol- untary program to increase the efficiency of chick hatchery fu- migation. One result of this pro- gram is expected to be an im- • provement in the health of the national flock. q: * a - The Poultry Division of . the Canada Department •of Agricul- ture will administer the project but inspectors from both the fed- eral and provincial governments will collect the incubator ' dust and fluff samples from hatcher - lee in their area for the analysis. This .is the key innovation. e e e The analysis will'. be carried out at federal Health of Animals Division or provincial laborator- ies, whichever is moat •convent- ent, and a report on the number and • types of micro-organisms in the samples will•' be made. On the basis of these analyses hatch- eries will be notified' of the ef- fectiveness of their sanitation methods or will beadvised where necessary to take steps to reduce • exposure of the chicks to excessive number of the micro- organisms, a . x Studies in Canada have con- firmed the ability of formalde- hydefumigation to kill bacteria and many hatcherymen have re- sorted to thismeans of reducing disease • in chicks. The next step was to find a method of measur- ing the effectiveness of the' oper- ation. It was found that, this could be done,by laboratorex- amination of samples and esti- mating thenumbers of viable micro-organisms in a known weight of incubator dust. Cases have been reported where a high bacterial population in a sample was definitely associated with high non-specific mortality in the first few weeks of brooding. Where significant counts of As- pergillus, mold were found in samples, the chicks or poults often developed Aspergillosis. * e By the end of 1959 three prov- inces were engaged in fumiga- tion and analysis work in chick hactheries and this year the pro- gram was extended to all of•Can- ada with governments at both levels offering inspection and analysis facilities. Inspection of hatcheries is obligatory under the Livestock and Livestock Prod- ucts Act and the collection of in- cubator dust . and fluff samples can be done in the course of rou- tine checks on sanitation and plant operation. The willingness of Canada's 590 hatchery opera- tors to participate is an essential part of the, program. The Poultry Division at Ottawa is convinced that the values of the findings made • will quickly commend the program to those • poultrymen • who are still new to it. e e e If plants could talk they would complain of "catching a•virus" just as often as human beings do and with more, reason. For'virus- es cause extensive disease in such crops as corn, potatoes and rasp- berries. 'While some plants, like human beings, shake off a virus condition withlittle damage, others are noticeably affected. e e * What exactly is the virus? It is a tiny biological entity that multiplies by robbing its host of nutrients. The ineffective part of the virus particle, com- prises four basic units arranged in a specific pattern which re- mains constant in reproduction - and reproduction can take place. in a few minutes. e e e The process of virus penetra- tion, movement and growth within the host can be traced by tagging one of the basic units of the pattern' with radioactivity and it is hoped eventually to learn how the virus_ assembles the plant nutrients into its own pattern. This•. studybeing carried on at the Canada Department of Agriculture research station at Vancouver, may lead to a better understanding of Immunity and to better means of controlling disease. e * e Other controls attempted are the breeding of varieties resist- ant to the attacks of the virus, and the protection of virus -free plants from infection in the early stages of propagation. ONIONS FORETELL WEATHER Country folk in France have a quaint Yuletide onion custom which many thousands will ob- serve again this year. On Christmas •Day twelve on- ions are placed on a shelf, each with a pinch of salt on top, to represent the twelve months of the year. If by Epiphany the salt on any particular onion has dissolved, the month it represents will be wet, they say. If the salt re- mains firm the month will prove fine. Most pencils are made six -sided rather than round so they won't roll away, DONDER AND BLITZENI -- William Thomas of Kansas City, hod no "cart before .the horse" idea when he hung cutouts of Santa and one of his reindeer on the gable of his home. "It. lust came Out that way,' he said. Children and grown-up neighbofs are .having so much fun out of It the way Itis, he's decided not to change it. JJSSON By Rev, R. B. Warren, ILA., R.D. Ye 1VYust Re Born Again John 3; 1-7, 12-21 Memory Selection; God sent not His Son into the world to con- demn the world; but that the world through him might be sav- ed. Jahn 3:11. There are multitudes of pep' pie in this Christian land who know as little about the meaning of the New Birth as did Nico- demus, We understand church membership, good works, the sac- raments, but until we are born of the Holy Spirit, we cannot un- derstand the new birth, Nicodemus belonged to the most religious sect of the Jews, He was impressed by the mir- acles which Jesus performed. Ile was startled when Jesus probed into his heart, saying, "Marvel not that I say unto thee, Ye must be born again," The great evan- gelist, George Whitfield, was once asked why he preached so frequently q y from the text, 'ye must be born again,' His reply was, "Because ye must be born again." In the eighteenth century John Wesley was a true son of Nico- demus. It took him thirteen years to iibandon his false assumptions and humbly place his complete faith in Jesus Christ. Only then did he experience the new birth, Only then did he possess eternal life. For fifty years thereafter he travelled up and down the Brit- ish Isles convincing thousands of the truth explained to Nicodemus by Jesus. Before this experience he had come to America to con- vert the Indians but found that he himself needed to be con- verted. John 8:16 points out the means by which we may be saved; be- lieving on God's only begotten Son. We are saved by faith. Man would like to make a way to heaven according to his own wishes. But there is only one way. We must turn from our sin and believe on Jesus Christ, And this • is not merely an intellectual assent; it is a committing of our all to Him. It is a deliberate trust. Jesus Christ and He alone, can deliver us from the curse of the broken law. He is all we need, Wool, Walnuts And Pen -Wipers There was no money to spend on presents from shops, nor did we think of buying our gifts. The only bought presents were books which were the province of our parents. My Mother look- ed after this part of the festi- vity when she visited the coun- try town on the Friday before Christmas. One could buy balls of varie- gated wool for a halfpenny each in colours which shaded in a, manner I thought magical. There was orange shading to yellow, and red melting to pink, and various tones of green and blue mingled like a garden of flow- ers. I murmured the beautiful. word "variegated" as I walked through the wood to the tiny sweetshop in the hamlet where the wool was sold. I clutched my twopence in my hand and thought of all I• could buy with it. I unlatched the door of the ivy-covered cottage which was also a shop, and I nervously lis- tened to the' jangling bell that summoned Mrs. Else from her housework. There was a atronrii smell of vinegar and pickles which I disliked, but there were jars of'sweets and trays of Jap- nuggets and cocoanut chips and chocolate bars as well as the variegated wool balls. I chose, the colours from the dusty tray in the window. I began the knitting at once, as soon as I got into the wood, by hammering four little tack in an empty cotton -reel, using a stone for the hammer, to make my primitive knitting mach`lut. The wool, was twisted round the tacks which were evenly spaced about the centre hole of the bob- bin and with a pin, or even thorn, I drew the fresh wool over to make a stitch. Round and round the bobbin I worked end a fascinating snake of many col- ours was drawn through the hole, Walnuts and chestnuts were the wildwood foundations for some presents, which had pleli- ty of diversity. We made a set of dolls' furniture, chairs and couch and table with shiny brown horse chestnuts fresh from the green husk, and colour- ed wool and some stout pins from the pincushion on the dresser. Walnuts grew in ass old avenue of trees planted by my great-grandfather and although they no longer belonged to us we used to run under the great trees and stamp on the dark rotten husks which lay among the fallen leaves. We carefully cracked the cream shells and kept them for our presents of mystery. Sixpence bought a bot- tle of gold- paint which lasted for years and we gilded the nuts for the Christmas tree and for presents. Some of them were made into little pin -cushions, with scraps of velvet and silk from the patchwork bag glued aoross the half nut and they were ready for somebody's Christmas. My own recollection of simple things,, the painted text, the gild- edwalnuts, the surprise nuts, the embroidered handkerchief, the pen -wiper, the Qin-cushion, and mats were in my private drawer in the kitchen table where I looked at them many a time a day, Our hearts were warm as we thought of the store of presents and Christmas was near: -Frons 'The Swans Fly Over," by Ali- son Uttley. ?•a FOUR -TON CHRISTMAS TREE One of Britain's record Christ- mas trees was provided by the Duke of Norfolk for tenantry about a century ago. Grown on his estate, it was seventy feet high and weighed four tons, The first Christmas tree ` seen in England was erected by the Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria, at Windsor in 1840. It was forty feet high and carried a crop of presents worth an edimated $45,000. 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