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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-11-23, Page 7• n s h n is 'e 5, a st zi i- st of ie ie in r- iit ES, Id ;e, Nutting Party Turned Out Fine Going nutting was one of our favorite fall events, There were plenty of hazelnut bushes chis- tered along the roadsides and in the woods, and filling our bags would have been easily possible, But our northern Wisconsin wends were brilliant with scar- let maple, yellow birch, deep purple and brown oaks. There were the fall flowers too - late purple gentian and goldenrod and yellow fall daisies, We of the primary room crass - es knew our teacher would like some of those branches and flowers to decorate the school- room, and we were soon racing off over the hills and down the woodland paths to gather flow- ers and leaves leaving the more tedious work of gathering nuts to Cousin Anna and Sister Ethel end other more responsible mem- bers of the party. But there was one fall day when Cousin Anna said firmly, 'iNow, Alta, if you're going nutting with us, you're going nutting. None of this running all over the place, It you don't stick to your job, you don't get any lunch." This was so entirely unexpect- ed that I could hardly believe I had heard right, Lively, dark- eyed Cousin Anna, who lived with us and helped Mamma, was usually so full of fun, so ready with ideas for good times, that this speech didn't sound like her at all, It didn't sound as if the nutting picnic was going to be very much fun. One of the best clumps of bushes was on the little hill above the blacksmith shop, and this was usually our first stop. 1[ always tools time for a word Or two with the blacksmith, who was a great friend of mine. But today when I started toward the open door of the shop, Cousin Anna called sharply, "Alta! Don't bother Mr. Sorensen. Come right along with us now." I was a little puzzled. Mr. Sorensen never seemed to find the village children a bother. He seemed rather to enjoy hav- ing us stand by as he pared the horses' hooves and lifted the siz- zling horseshoes to fit them in place. "Come on now. We're not go- ing by the road. We're going the back way, up the path to I3 el- geson's woods," Anna called. "Come on. Hurry now," She plainly didn't want any of the party to go near the blacksmith shop. "What's the matter with An- na?" whispered one of the other cousins, "She's never cross, but now just listen to her!" All of a sudden snatches of some conversation I had over- heard that morning flashed into my mind, and a light began to dawn on me. I had stopped Just outside the kitchen door, for a heated discussion was going on, and I didn't want to go right in. Hans and Anna were talking. Hans, the tall, blond young sil- versmith who had recently come from Norway, was staying with us until he learned enough Eng- lish to get a job in the city, and he had become a favorite in the village. "All right, then," Anna was saying, and it almost sounded as if she was trying to keep from Drying. "You needn't come with s then, if you don't want to, ,Uncle Gilbert can spare Cousin l'red from the store long enough o come out and help carry the bags home, I'm sure." "It iss not I do not vant to Dome," Hans answered in his careful, laborious English. He, too, sounded distressed, and *he seemed to be struggling even harder than usual to express himself. "It iss - you see, Anna, Miss Nellie Sakrison cant me to do a yob of silwer work - mike for her a silver locket. Mr. Sor- ensen let me cork in a corner of his shop. I need yob. you know-" "I'd be the last one in i. he world to ask you to give up a fob," said Anna tartly: "I only thought you might like to come Out in time for a picnic lunch and help carry the bags home. ut of course if Nellie Sakri- son's locket is so Important, I wouldn't want you to stop work s► Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 7d J iunowmom F3w3"1 o© ©©©©oommon umuAlog ... mum ompoLcuy: a�mmulu�r��mmu!©0 r u ©OWW '❑e ©film7l .:.. O©©© OIIM AMC 011702 BOO Ir7o©©U : Doo© OC] f`ail7©IK ODOMO©O Q19000 : -BM OUDO 2:91V3 ISSUE 46 - 1061 on it for a minute, just to help me," Hans shifted his weight from one foot to the other and said uncomfortably, "I -veli; maybe I could get avay for a little if da cork goes good. I. could see," "Don't bother" Anna said, and sailed by him with hex chin in the air, very busy setting the breakfast table, It seemed to me something had to be done, and I ran down into the store where Papa was getting things ready for the day. He often knew how to set things right, but when I reported the distressingconversation he chuckled said, "The girls all seem to like Hans. Of course he's someone new in town, good- looking and pleasant. But f'm inclined to think he likes Anna best." • This was comforting but riot very hopeful, and I hurried back upstairs to find Mamma. She was in the kitchen with Anna, but neither of them no- ticed me, Hans had disappeared and Anna's eyes were very bright. "And I'd made all those deviled eggs, the special kind he likes, with mustard and pot- ted ham," she was saying, and now she gave • a sob and put her head down on Mamma's shoul- der, "Oh, Aunt Tillie, I wish I had enough money to give Hans a job making me a silver locket - or anything. Nellie has - well, just everything" Mamma only patted her and said cheerfully, "Don't you wor- ry, Anna. It will be all right, I' know." But there was a thought- ful look in her eyes. "Hans likes the way you make everybody laugh," I burst in, for I couldn't bear to see our lively Anna so cast down. "And I know he likes brown eyes and curly hair like yours. I heard him say so." But Anna didn't smile. She just wiped her eyes an -I went on with her table setting. • And now she was hurrying us past the thick clumps of bushes near the blacksmith shop and on out to the woods. Once there, she kept us working with such energy that our bags were filled long before the usual time. "Isn't it time to eat pretty soon?" called one of the boys. "I'm starving-" "Ja, I t'ink so. I also starve,' came an unexpected, booming voice through the trees. In an- other moment Hans stood there, grinning somewhat anxiously down at Anna. She gave him a swift, happy smile, but then she sobered quickly and asked in a chilly tone, "Do you think you should have taken time away from that locket to come way out here for lunch?" "Veil, of course I vant to come de vorst vay, but I t'ink I ought to stick on da yob, But den it seem Miss Nellie vant to change de design a lit-tle, and-" "How did that happen?" Anna demanded, but her tone had be- gun to thaw a trifle. "Veli, I don't yust know. She say somet'ing about Aunt Tillie show her a locket Uncle Gilbert have from his folks in Norvay. She vould like hers to have somet'ing of the same decora- tion." "I never saw that locket," said Anna. Hans stood looking undecided for a moment and then he reach- ed into his pocket and drew out a small, old-fashioned lock- et. "I t'ihk it be all right if I tell you a lit -tie secret," he said. "Dis need a lit -the fixing, and Aunt Tillie, she cant me to fix it• She say your mother vas old- est sister in family, and - yell, I t'ink maybe she vent me to fix it up for you." "And would you have time?" asked Anna, her eyes glowing as she looked at the locket. "Veil," said Hans, hesitating a little, "Of course I have to do da Sakrison von first because I promise. Den I take time to do extra gude yob on dis von. Ve make it a real beauty - yust right for you. Is dat - vill it be all right?" Anna gave him a sidewise glance and reached for the lunch baslLt, "Come on, every- body! Time to eat!" she called, and the old gaiety was in her voice. She pushed a plate toward Hans and now she gave him a real smile. "I'm glad you found us," she said, pushing a plate toward him. "Have one of these!" He tools the plate from Anna and gave a delighted whistle. "Yost look at all 'da dewill' eggs! Vasn't I lucky Aunt Tillie could • tell me yust about v'ere to look for you. Now for vonee 1 get all da dewill' eggs I vent." ' He grinned at Anna and .she ' made a face at him, and the rest of us settled contentedly down to, lunch, •It• looked as if it Was going to be a pretty good 'nut- ting party after all.. . By Alta 'Halverson Seymour in the Chris - Alan Science Monitor, WINTER'S TALE - Fred Ties says that anyone can predict the number of snowfalls by using this method: On the day of the first snow that is deep enough to track q cat, add the date and the age of the moon for the total, The method was given to his grandfather 64 years ago by an Indian. Fred says he was never wrong. THE FARM FONT I . IC,4t,S3eU Fowl tuberculosis is found on some Canadian poultry farms where birds are raised on the same ground year after year, ac- cording to Dr. J. E. Lancaster, -of the Canada Department of Agri- • culture. He points out that once the avian t.b. germ becomes estab- lished it is very difficult to.elim- inate, If the poultry house is old or in poor repair it. should be burned. The poultry range should be changed each year, the used ranges being put into craps only -not used for livestock. Di- rect sunlight on the old range combined with deep plowing - under of all litter and droppings is necessary if infection is not to be spread by wild birds visiting the site• If an infected building is re- tained it should be cleaned with lye and disinfectant. All chickens culled for tuber- culosis should be destroyed by burning or deep burial. If start- ing a new flock, it would be bet- ter to use hatching eggs which are an unlikely source of infec- tion and can be obtained from disease-free sources. Dr. Lancaster discusses the subject in Publication 1105, en- titled Fowl Tuberculosis. Copies can be obtained from the In- formation Division, Canada De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Handy tips for the successful storage of vegetables for winter use are given by R. H. Anderson of the Canada Department of Agriculture. For instance: Leave the stems on pumpkin, squash and vege- table marrow and store at 60°F. for ten days before final storage in a dry place at 40 to 50°F. Root vegetables should be stored at 36 to 38°F. in dry sand if the storage is damp, and in slightly dampened sand if the storage is dry. Dry onions thoroughly at high temperatures and keep them in shallow boxes in a dry atmo- sphere at 33 to 40°F. Store potatoes in' slatted bins at 38 to 40°F. and do not expose - them to light. Store a few cabbages by sus- pending them by the roots; for larger quantities use slatted shelves and remove the roots and outer leaves, I. * e All vegetables intended for use from storage should first be sound, dry and mature and if some do not keep well despite all precautions, the fault may be with the variety. a. M 5' Apple trees on a dwarfing rootstock may yield more fruit per acre than larger trees but may not befully winter -hardy, For this reason commercial ' plantings of dwarf or semi - dwarf trees are •not recommend- ed for Eastern Ontario and Que- bec, Dwarf trees, six to eight feet high when matured, are. obtained by grafting scions of any of the commercial varieties on East Mailing IX rootstock, This•,rootstock originated in MERCHANDISING MERCHANT: "You say the man down the street has it at half my price -then why didn't you buy it there?" LADY: "Oh, but he didn't have any"! MERCHANT: "Well, if I didn't have any.I could advertise at half-price tool" Western Europe and has not been selected for winter hardiness. 5 t Tests with dwarf, semi -dwarf and standard -size trees have been conducted for four years at the Canada Department of Agricul- ture experimental farm at Smith- field, Ontario. They recommend dwarf apple trees for the home owner in Eastern Ontario, Quebec and regions with similar winter cli- mates as the roots can be protect- ed in winter with a straw mulch or garden refuse. Ease of pruning, spraying and picking and the small space oc- cupied are advantages claimed for dwarf trees, Cultural costs, of course, will be increased as three to four times more dwarfs than standard trees must be planted per acre, and dwarfs must be supported by staking or on a wire trellis with the added expense of summer pruning and tying. Mulching is also necessary in colder climates except where heavy snow covers are regular. * * Dwarfs and semi -dwarfs begin bearing much sooner than stand- ard -size trees. At Smithfield the total production in bushels per acre for the four years since planting are: trellis -trained dwarfs 77, staked dwarfs 46, semi -dwarfs 18, and standard trees 7. These yields were ob- tained from the following num- ber of trees per acre: trellis - trained dwarfs 363; staked dwarfs 218; semi -dwarfs 87; and stand- ard trees 58. The added costs of establishing and maintaining a dwarf -tree orchard offset some of thb advantages of early bear- ing and yield. Treasures Found Under The Sea The museums of the world are filled with rare and historic dis- coveries from which the history of where, when, and how lost civilizations lived has been re- constructed. It is one thing to locate and excavate the lost treasures on dry land another to find and bring them to the surface•..from under the sea, Until inventions and improvements in diving methods were perfected the treasures from the sea bottom were seldom salvaged, Only oc-, casionally did a fishing trawler or a sponge diver accidentally raise the relics by which an an- cient ship or sunken city could be identified. In recent years such finds are becoming more and more frequented by the use of free diving techniques. A skin diver by passing through the waters of the Blue Grotto on the Isle of Capri dis- covers the grotto where the Em- peror Tiberius and his court bathed. By an underwater tun- nel he comes upon the remains of steps and man-made architecture, dating from Roman times. A deep-sea diver announces that he has found the ruins of a pre -Inca city submerged in the waters of Lake Titicaca in the Andes. Bolivian archaeologists and museums can examine stone implements and objects raised from the ruins ninety-five feet below the surface of the sacred lake, William Mardorf recently announced that he had descended to the lake bottom and photo- • kraphed the ruins. An underwater discovery of great historical interest was made when Luis Marden, the Na- tional Geographical Society's un- dersea photographers found the long -hidden grave of Captain •Bligh's Bounty, • Captain J, Y, Cousteau and his Undersea 'Research Group have located and salvaged riches be- yond price from ancient cargo Vessels. sunk: in the Me"iiterra- nean over two thousand years, ago, Carved marble columns and capitals, a lead anchor, scores Of wine jars and 'amphorae have been recovered from the oldest seagoing ship ever found., These scientific expeditions are after more than mere gold and silver, They are searching bbels into the ages and reconstructing history drowned in the sea which man has never before been able to study, -From "Dig for Pirate Treasure," by Robert I. Nesmith. Another Texan With A Big Mouth It may be that Representative Burleson, a Texas Democrat, really means nothing more seri- ous than to jog the elbow of those United Nations members who are in arrears on their dues. Cer- tainly the Communist bloc has declined regularly to pay its share for United Nations opera- tions, notably in the Congo, This country, Britain and Canada have too often had to pick up the whole tab and, if that is Mr. Bur- leson's complaint, much justifi- cation can be made out for his words, One fears, however, that . . Mr, Burleson went too far. He spoke of "danger signals" arising from American doubts as to the United Nations' "general regard for the principle of integrity," hinting that the United States might be unwilling to "guarantee the future of the United Nations" unless certain "goals and object- ives , . • remain inviolate," Per- haps Mr. Burleson was simply indulging in a little Texas hyper- bole but his warning had an om- inous overtone - as if he were threatening a withdrawal of this country's support unless mem- bers behave themselves. The extent of Mr. Burleson's excess may be best grasped when measured against President Ken- nedy's own statement last month in an address to the General As- sembly. Mr. Kennedy said the United Nations is "the only true alternative to war" and that "were we to let it die - to en- feeble its vigor - to cripple its powers - we would condemn the future" Here is a far sounder grasp of the United Nations' sig- nificance, ... The United Nations does indeed represent this gen- eration's best hope for the con- tinuation of civilization and to ignore that overriding aspect in favor of nickel -nursing com- plaints seems sadly shortsighted. By all means keep the pressure on United Nations delinquents to pay up. But let's not have loose talk about squeezing off the whole enterprise just to keep the books straight. -BALTIMORE EVENING SUN UNSAY SCHOOl JJSSON Ry Rev. R. Barclay Warren B•A„ 13,A CONTINUING GROWTH 2 Timothy 1;3-14 Memory Selection: Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many wit- nesses. 2 Timothy 6:12. A little boy fell out of bed in the night. The next day when asked how it happened, he said, "I guess I stayed too close to where I got in." In the Christian life it is important that we con- tinue to grow, Babies are beau- tiful but it is a tragedy when babies do not grow. So those in the Christian life who continue as babes in Christ, feeding on milk, rather than meat, hinder the advance of the Church. (See 1 Corinthians chapter 3 and He- brews 5:12). If we heed the exhortations of the twelfth chapter of Romans we shall grow. First we present our bodies to God as a living sac- rifice, refusing to let the world squeeze us into its mould. Then in thought, word and deed we express our love to God in living holy before Him and helping to point out the way of Christ to our fellowmen. There is a great work for every Christian to do, Timothy was a growing Chris- tian. He had known the Scrip- tures from a child. He continued to give himself to them. He was a witness, A witness is one who has first hand information and who conveys it to others. Tim- othy was Paul's closest friend and helper. And of course, Tim- othy owed much to Paul. It was Paul who brought the Gospel to' Timothy's home town of Lystra. Paul was a spiritual father to Timothy. Being in prison had not low- ered Paul's esteem of the power of the Gospel. He wrote, "God hath ,not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." He went on to say, "I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day." Living as we are, near the brink of war, this is the Gos- pel we need. A return to the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ II the best preventative of war. But failing a widespread repent- ance, epentance, as individuals we can have peace in a world of unrest, PRESENTS CUP -Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy presents Car os Damm, Jr., 18 -year-old of Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the President's Perpetual Championship Cup, won in the Wash- ington International Horse Show. CROSSWORD PUZZLE xx pA017055 58. aenou 8m.or 6. High hutisolo 6 • of raining 7. Sq ander 08. n regard ti Efs rrow 2. Bedaub of sorrow 4. Change 8. Hypothetical Some 10. 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