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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-04-16, Page 6q-!ome Ciaids By IilRE,MiN BEST "A good heart does a little extra,"— Chinese saying, Wild, Flowers Oh, the thrill of Spring; We never tire of welcoming with glad acolaim the tender bursting buds of Plant life of ever cease to wonder at Ole yearly resurrection which unfolds sosurely and marvellously before:our eyes, Out in the woods, from a lofty pine tree, the crows send forth their glee song over the mettdcty and through the with the dogs who ran after kittens, aromatic ptutgeut air. One could hard- But, I ten you, none of those other ey call his song melodious inor is it a hllant, bul nevertheless he is heralded as the uneeniably affable and friendly announcer oI Spring even though his song may b, boisterous and occasion- ally i'sucoUs ho quality. Then clown far below him through the appa..ently'desistless frozen earth away, he'd bite him and make him go, the delicately petalled hypatica shyly then dun after him hard, away off over and so quietly pushes up bravely from the lawn until he came to the divid- lts cool sequestered epot and wafts its ing fence Which belonged to the next fragrant perfume, scarce perceptible, farrier. But the funniest part was on the Spring ,breeze. Ithis: After he chased him and was Truly, wild flowers need their wood! so cross to make him run away, he environment if we are to ,appreciate was suddenly friends again .with the their full beauty. One often wonders, i dog he was so erose to at first, as soon though, el ether. it is because they are I es tilt dog got off Lady Mama's laud, a free gift that they are, more and, and then the two would trot off to: more, in great danger of becoming ex- gether like too good chums. tinct. P0' some reason children and, Pretty soon the dogs )mew they sad to relate, many grown ups, too, could just come so tar and then they'd wait for him down the • road: Oh, he was a funny, wise old dog. You know, even if he did take such good care of Fluffy, -I don't think he was very food of her. Not many dogs lying Orion, in a ditch, carelessly are real fond. of cats, are they? I think thrown there because the flowers have he was a little jealous of her at first drooped and faded from the warmth when Mama Lady brought her home of the hand that plucked them thought- when she was ius•t a little hall of thick lessly, depriving the woods, in that furr-v kitty, She was so cute Mama one discarded bouquet, of many next Lady and Billy wanted to play with year blooms. no lovely plot from her all the time, and so that made which they were gathered will he Rover jealous, even though they pet - much .smaller or gone altogether the ted liim too. Fluffy was pretty fright - following year. ened 01 big Rover, too, at first, and so In years gone by it was not too rare until sale got used to him they put a thing to find deep in the woods near him outside for a while wheu they by our towns and cities, the showy and wanted to play with her, which also much desired pink and white orchid made him ]dad of cross at her, too, or the yellow lady slipper. To find for a while, But then he was a good them now one must go far north where Rover and he knew Mama Lady loved the miles of forest still etretch un- her, so that was why he took such toutated by man. Climbing over logs good care of her anyway. and through its guard of marsh lands Next time I'll tell you what Rover one is suddenly confronted by a show did to Fluffy one day when she was a o2 dozens of these wonderfully beauti- kitten. fel and rare flowers. A lovely bouquet is discriminately picked and lovingly many are left for next year's propa- gation. only to find the followingday a carload of people laughingly come out of you secluded spot with their terms full of these rare flowers, many of ehiele were torn up by the roots and every last flower huuted out. 'Wei can never use all these," one can finagle them saying as they sort out. the best ones and leaye the others, which are carelessly thrown by the side of the road to wither and die. How much better it would be to al• orae remember the rule when ga0her- ing wild floweret, "Pick one aud leave one," a silent thank you for the woodsy .gift. IIow lovely our Canadian woods could become if determined efforts were math to multiply and protect our wild flowers in their own environment. What bowers of natural beauty Can- ada reigt have. There they grow, their gardrner the spirit king oe the forest who keeps the ground moist and Mack and free from weeds in some mysterious way. He covers Them over carefully in the fall with a thick but light coverlet of downy leaves and in the spring, quiet and perfect, his gar- den blooms. With forest preservation and wild flower protection along with education, what wonderful places our Canadian woods night. become. The Twilight Hour Story—About Wee Chicks and Other Little Friends, Chapter 17 Did you know that there are some doge that run atter every kitty they eee? They don't care how we love our kitty, if they see her they' run after her and, oh .dear, if they catch her they'll even kill iter perhaps. Isn't that awful? Well, Rover looked af- ter Fluffy and Topsy and the little gray kitty. • This is how he did it. Of' course, you know, Rover had lots of dog friends; Yes, he isas even friends dogs could come onto Mama. Lady s farm, if they did Mama Lady would say, "Now you better go home," so Fluffy would be safe, and immediately Rover picked up his ears and all at once, barking softly, would run at the other dog, If the stranger didn't run seem to be possessed with an insati- able desir to pluck every wild flower they see. end worse still, it is not an uncommo . thing to see a bunch of withere1 Clog tooth violets or hypatica Last time, you remember, I told you bow well Rover looked after Billy and even how he saved Bitty one time, but Rover looked after more than Billy. "Mother f Mankind" "To mother of mankind" a life-size statue was built. Her name was "Segis Pieterje'Prospect and she held world's record as milking; • cow. At impressive ceremony, eremon recently, at Seattle, Washington, this statue was unveiled. Su idrely School Less 's n April 19. Lesson Iii—The Rich Man and Lazarus—Luke 16: 19.31. Gol den Text—Lay up for yourself treasurers in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.—Matthew 6: 20. ANALYSIS. L THE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLE. II. THE POOR BEGGAR. In. THE RICH MAN. I. TIlE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLE,. ham's boson, or, as we should say, to Paradise. When the rich man dies, and has been properly buried, he goes to "Hades." This Greek word corres- ponds with the Hebrew "Sheol," the place of the departed, It normally means the place where all departed souls go to await the final Judgment. Here, however, it seems, unusually, to mean "hell" or the place of torment;, not a place of waiting, but of doom. Presumably Jesus tells the story as it was usually told and without any thought of harmonizing it with theo- logical ideas. III. THE RICH ,MAID. The rich man in torment asks Abra- ham that Lazarus may be sent to hint with a drop of cooling water. Abra- ham replies that betv,'eeu him and the rich man is "a great gulf fixed," and that the rich man•has no cause for complaint, for he has had his good way to iisunderstan8 time and new it is Lazarus' turn. Our The surest this parable is to take it as giving es natural inclination is to say, "how very unchristian!" Can we imagine Jesus' teaching about the next world. that those in Paradise look on with It is natural, but unprofitable, to ask equanimity at the sufferings of the such questions as "Is Jesus teaching' damned? What had .Lazarus done that there is an intermediate state be- � that he had deserved (apparently) tween death and the Last Judgment.' 1 endless bliss? And can we really'be- or "Is Jesus giving us here a doctrine) lieve that God would condemn the rich of hell. or Is the fate of men man to endless, hopeless, unrelieved eternally and irrevocably settled fort torment? Could anything be less like them at death?" We must remember the spirit of Jesus than the answer of that this story presents us, not with a. Abraham? But these natural objet - snap of heaven or hell, nor with'a":tions are really beside the point.. The prophecy, nor with theological dogmas,' wee it a parable, not an' account of but x'ith a parable. The first pact the future life. We have, rather, to of the parable, gtviny the surpisrhg� ask, what is it which the parable illus interchangeof fortune between she rich tratas? Of whom was Jesus thinking man and the beggar, is not in any when he spoke this parable. It is diffi- unique. Similar stories have been cult to be sure, but there seems a close told not infrequently within and with- connection with the often quoted lay- out Judaism and Christianity. Indeed, ing of Jesus, that the first shall be it is probably right to suppose that in last and the last first. The kingdom the first part of the parable Jesus is I of heaven will' reverse the judgments taking over and repeating a Jewishof earth; such Pharisees as make long version of a well-known story. Its provers in public, or fast and pray to would, therefore, be a great mistake i wet a reputation for piety on earth, M press the details in order to arrive"have received theiv reward." They at the mind of Jesus about the future 1 sought the regard of Dien, and it. has or at some authorized foundation of dome to theta, That is all they sought. Christian doctrine about heaven and i That, therefore, is a.1 they will re - Sprung gangs Hope The farm is always an interesting place in the early spring. No mat- ter how serious the drought in sum- mer, how disappointing the harvests' in, the fall, or how discouraging the outlook through the .bleak days of winter, when spring comes with its warm rains and the warmth from the sun daily increasing, there is renew-. ed hope, . All nature has lain .dormant for weeks and weeks. Tbe'.world, in the country has seemed to: be at a stand- still. • The farmer has been well- nigh la hibernation, he has stuck close to the -sheltering roof and the fireside., Then comes along April, and, to re- sponse to her showers and sunshine, all thing in eight seem to come to life—the sap begins to rise, the grass springs green, the farmer gets out and sees hie shadow aid finds the air and sunhine good and deltciou to stay out in. - .. Just a few of these warm days and we see teams of horses tramping Mo and fro in all the fields about us, and hearthefamiliar hum of tractors as they pull the tillage tools or plows across the fields. Another season of work and hope is here. z Peace Theme is a green land hid away Within the •hearts of all, A pleasant land of light and shade Wheho happy voices call. Beneath its wide and azure skies Its cool, clean houses rest, M gardens wide where roses blow Upon the warm soil's breast. And wide-eyed women sit and spin Beneath the tall trees' shade, And in the fields the men at work Are strong and upright made, Gabble Gertie "A kid who knows the ropes can always get a free seat In the cir- cus," • CALM OF NATURE it seems as if it were Nature's alit Sabbath, and the verra waters were at rest. Look down upon the vale profound, aud the stream is without motion! No doubt, if you were walking along the bank, it would be murmuring with your 'feet. But here—here up among the hills, we hell. The distinctive element in the story lies in its conclusion. II. THE POOR BEGGAR. Lazarus, alone of figures mentioned in the parables, is given a name. Lazarus seems to be an abbreviation for Blazer, meaning, "God help!" or, we might say, "God help him!" 7t ruay thus be emblematic of his condi- tion. Apparently Lazarus, who was the victim of some loathsome disease, could not walk. He was "dropped" or "chucked down" at the rich man's gate and left there to do the best he could for himself. Ile longed to sati- ate his hunger with the crumbs that dropped from the rich man's table, but even this, it seems, was denied him. To make matters worse, he had to suffer the indignity of having his sores licked by dogs, He could not keep them off. We ate apt to contrast the ceive. He who prays in Secret, lets •not his left hand know what his right hand does, will have treasure in heaven. It will not do for the former to declare, "It is not fair." It will be open to them to claim some of the reward of the latter; it is a natter of spiritual and moral impossibility A. river flows through that fair' land By meadows lush and green, No boat with oar piles thereupon, Nor ship with, sail is seen; But cattle lie along its banks Or stand in shallows calor, And woolly sheep with tinkling belle Soothe heart and ear with balm. And every home is full of gong, And every back unbowed, And every head is lifted high, And every face is aproud. There is the hush of eventide When purple shadows fall, The shepherds on the hilltops high Across the valleys call. Isolated! Eighty persons who live within three and a half miles of Coleford' (Gloucestershire, Eng.), are at times cut off entirely from the outside world.' They are the inhabitants of Drybrook, a hamlet .between the spur's of two hills in the Forest of Dean, and they live iu conditions that recall the Middle Ages. Drybrook; has no publie lighting nom drainage, sympathy of the dogs with the cal- no main water, and, worst of all, 110 lousness of the rich man. But that is road, The only approecb is by a not the meaning here. To the Jews tortuoustreacherous footpath the dog was an unclean animal. a ,through the woods. Projecting tree there scavenger. We are not told that roots, deep bits and swamps are a Lazrus was a good man, and we should not understand Jesus to mean, that danger to life and limb at night time. any man who has been sufficiently Tradesmen are often unable to de - poor and miserable :n this life will liver essential supplies; doctors have be taken to heaven for compensation. sometime been unable to make the He is simply repeating the familiar can imagine it asleep, even like' the ;tory for the sake of the moral which well within reach of my staff.—Prof. Wilson. I is to be drawn. The Poor man is car- ried at death by the angels to Abra- MUTT AND JEFF— —By BUD FISHER. LET`S see• MiIiAT DID Tele L. PRopassloNAL TELL MG> GRAS THE+ Ct.UB FSRML`I BUT t.oessel- T e Fus'e'l- •7tREE Ia'NUct<Les OF The LE r HAND } MUST stow. 70 PREbENT St.1CING USC 711E CLOSED SEANCE -BRACE AGAINST THE RIGHT HSP As You BRING 'Ci1E CLUB BACK ALONG THC- eRovNb - bum The reIGHT fcLBout PthesSele AGeoNsT ' G WATCH - •-n pOCIGT:. perilous journey to visit the sick, anti the dead have literally to be hattled up the hillside for 11 inial, And men let go their pleasant tasks, And children cease from play, Aad bleating kids run to their dams, And homeward all things stray. Springtime Touches For the Rime New Paint for the Front. Door In driving through the country what is more pleasing to the eye .than a lovely freshly 'palated front door at some farmhonae? One house owner re -enameled his door in white. The surface waa in fair condition, but that 'pant of it which was exposed to . the weather was bad- ly blistered. First of all the door was thoroughly scrubbed with a solution of sugar soap and hot water. Sugar soap can be purchased at a drug smog, About half a pound in half a gallon of water is suittcient.' When the paint was thoroughly scrubbed the door was washed off in clean water, This removed every trace of the strong alkali Which way used is the eorubbing,process. After the washing down had been completed the door was wiped with clean rags, Thenext. process was in scraping the surface.' This was done with au old knife, care being taken thea no cut was made into the wood itself. The surface was a bit uheven and it. was rubbed dove with a.plece of pum- ice stone and the door was given a coat of filling, .This goat is not es- sential, though it is useful where the dooreis exposed to bad weather, as it makes a good foundation for the coats that follow. Filling is made up of red lead, white lead and boiled oil: It can be purchased ready for use. 'Por White enameling nothing is bet- ter than white lead flatting for as un- dercoat. This may be bought already prepared. it will dry very (prickly, and so must be applied fairly rapidly. Under coat - lug does not spread well aud it shows the brush marks, but this is all to the good, as it gives one excellent prac- tice fol` the actual enameling. If you can get a good surface with the un- dercoating there is no fear of failing with the enamel. • The number of coats required will depend on circumstances. Generally speaking;three coats will be sufficient, though if you have, to paint on a dark surface, four may be necessary - to cover it. 1I is a good rule to continue giving coats until none of the original color shows through. ,Nothing remains now but to apply the finishing coat of enamel; but here let it beemphasized that you will never be able to make a fine job 0f i unless you use the hest enamel Experts always saynse Teen brush 'es for enameling; but it is our 01rinica that nothing is better than the or'din ary.brushea that have been used be tore for paint work. Apply the enamel quickly and freely Beep the brush well down, else th enamel • will tend to ruff down to th stock, and so slop about,—Julia Wolfe. Then, when the silver moon is flower- ed, And fireflies gem the breeze, The silver -throated nightingales Clive tongue in all the trees. Prepares to Study Sun Eclipse in '32 Path Sweeps Across Canada and New England—Visi- tors Plan to View Pheno- menon Scheduled for August 31 New York—"Plaits are already be- ing made in connection. with the total eclipse of the sun which occurs on Aug. 31, 1932, and will be visible in Canada and Maine, : declares Mary Proctor in the N.X. Times. The eclipse begins at sunrise north' of Siberia, passes within: about five degrees of the North Pole, sweeps down across Hud- son Bay, the Province of Quebec, Northern Vermont, New Ilampemire, Southwestern Maine, the eastern pro- jection of Massachusetts, and dugs at sunset in the Atlantic Ocean. A party of astronomer's of the Royal Astronomical Society and their friends are coming to America about July 22, 1932, in what might be suitably term- ed the "Eclipse Ship," whin will land them in' ' Montreal, announces this writer. As the eclipse. is not due until the latter part of August; this affords an opportunity for those 'members of. the Royal Astronomical Society` and their friends who may be desirous of visiting the great American observa- tories to spend the interval to advant- age. Consequently,.arrangements are being made for a visit to .the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory at Victoria, B.C., and an opportunity will be given for `enabling the members of the party to enjoy a view of Banff aud Lake Louise en route. Thence the journey will be continued via Seattle to San Francisco, where entertainment will be offered' at Berkeley University and at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, California.' After proceed- ing from San Francisco to Los Angeles a visit will. be made to the Mount wit - son Observatory, noted for its marvel- ous collection of telescopes, including the giant 100 -inch of world-wide re- nown. Truly this observatory has been termed the Mecca of astrono- mers. To Visit Lowell Observatory In praise of Idim who loveth all, The flower, the man, the beast, And guardeth all, and guideth all, The greatest and the least. —Charles Grenville Wilson in "The' Christian Science Monitor." BAD TEMPER A man's most constant companion is lidrnseif-a companion never to be shaken off ,front birth to death. Yet he n'ho is careful to choose desirable companions often forgets to train himself in the .essential • of happy living. To live in the same hoilse with a bad temper is disagreeable en- ough;, but some men and women con: demothemselves to live In the same body with a bad temper --which is one of the worst discomforts imagin- a.b1e, DISCONTENT Much of our •discontent in fife is due less to any lack of our own lot than to the seeming overabundance in that of our neighbor. fe he had not to much oro should discover few- er deficiencies for ,ourselves. We are not so greatly, dissatisfied with what the miss as with what he has. t e e W, x Lt' . "Is it true you have been arrest- ed rrested so often?" "Yes, mum. I couldn't have been arrested any oftener if I owned an :automobile." 1' Returning •eastward a brief stay will be made' at Williams so as to enable those interested to visit the Grand Canyon, iter which the party will proceed to Flagstaff, Ariz:, to see the Lowell Observatory. which contains some of the finest photographs of Mars •anti other planets. Thence the jour- ney will be made to Chicago, which offers the double attraction of the Ad - ter Planetarium recently erected and the Verkes Observatory at Williams Bay, flits, The object of special in- terest here will be the great forty -inch refractor, the largest in the world. Froth Chicago the party will eutraia to Boston, after which there will be a general stampede for the purpose of securing the best position for obtain- ing btaining a view of the solar corora at the total eclipse of the sun on Aug, 31. As the width of the track is about ninety Miles, there need be no overcrowding,' and there will doubtless be convey- ances of all kinds from automobiles t0 airplanes in readiness to convey alt those intent on observing the awe-in- spiring spectacle, wherever they Slave planned to station themselves. The duration of totality ranges from 105 seconds of the southern edge of Hud- son Bay to ninety-eight seconds on the coast of Maine, Start Spring.Chicks Right (From the Southern Agriculturist) By Car the greatest mortalily,, and Ins encountered ht chick raising oc- Totality at Good Time Totality occurs at a convenient time in the afternoon. The central line of totality reaches from Pierreviile, Que., to Biddeford, Me., and passes over elm White Mountains. The northern limit manes from St, Jean de Multilane, Que., to Richmond, Me., while the southern limit extends from Montreal curs during the first four weeks of to Salem, Mass. Suitable stations are brooding. One of the most important Three Rivers and Sherbrooke in Quo - factors 'in u0-factors'in keeping the chicks iu good bec; Portland, Me„ and Portsmouth, N,ii, Morireal is too near the track health and vigorous condition, and except for iuyestigations of a special keeping them growing properly• is the character. On the other hand, Boston Teed whfoh they are consuming. fob I is very close to the track but outside A good alt -plash -ration is as follows: i it. SO lbs. ground yellow corn, 20 lbs. standard wheat middlings, 5 lbs, In Planting Grass The fine seeds of grasses aud legu- mes require a firm soil that is fine in filth, aud moist. They are very ground rate bone 5 lbs. ground lime- stone (any commercial grit high In calcium carbonntc),'1 I0. common salt, Skim milk used freely --no water first ileo or three weeks. Cod liver 011, 3 small in size and if seeded too deep- Pints to 100 pounds mush when chicks ly will produce pleats which either do not get direct suniii;l't• lack ill vigour when they emerge above the ground, or are completely smothered. ,The sell should be firm so that the seed will not be. buried too deeply and so that moisture will be netts the surface to esolat.lte the germination of the small eede be. fore the nurse crop bt-co nto sulilit- eutly well established to ropier the small sectliin 0. Expell,l,.,:ei F:lrms Note, Cheshire Tales Once upon a t10i , 11 In sail, (hoe - hire Cheeses were Nide in the, shape oil a cat, bristles being inserted to represent the •a'hislcers. But people have gnarled whether ti was a cal. It is said that it really was a 1c oars head, as the armour of laugh Lena one of the eerie of Chester had it tvoltc dead on the cont. 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