HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-03-07, Page 3CHRONICLES
of GINGER FARM
By
Gwendoline P. Clarke
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Wel: friends, how did you
eather the big windstorm last
week? No doubt every person liv•
tug in tin•: country has some sto y
to tel: --of trees blown down, shut-
- ters ripped from the wall, or barn
doors blown off. It was quite a
wind, wasn't it?
We s!arted the day with the
discovery that the puwer was off,
ao from five -thirty until daylight
we g:t prd our way around ay
candle and lantern light. Partner
said, even with the lantern alight,
it was iike working in the dark at
the barn, so accustomed has he ne•
acme to good lights everywhere.
He wonders now how he ever got
along without the hydro.
* * *
The first damage from the gate
that I noticed was to our storm
door. It had blown open—as I'
thought. But when I went to shut
it the d.•otr just wasn't there—at
least sot on its hinges. But it was
on the ground—with broken glass
and par. of the frame work pulled
out freen the door jamb, And then
Partner got to the barn just in
time to stop the barn door from
blowing in. The brace on the inside
of the door had snapped in two
and the big hook which fastened it
bed completely disappeared.
It was ten o'clock before the
power came on again—long enough
. for us to realize ho • dependent we
had already becomeon electricity.
No lights, no radio, no toast, no'
easy way to boil a kettle.; But it
did not affect the milking. Our
menfolk stili milk the hard way, -'
Right now, of course, we can
blame all our troubles on the sun•
spots. If it becomes terribly cold
well, chat's the sun -spots. Sudden
• thaw and wind -well, that's the
sun -spots too. And if you are feel-
ing blur or reckless, lazy, energetic
oe irritable—especially if you are
feeling irritable—well, that isn't
your fou:,, -of course. It is just the
sun -spots taking it out on you.
i1 sun -spots were all we had to
worry.aboutl It seems to me these
must be :: few earth spots around
somewhere too. Or something 1 •e.
that. Th, latest is this spy ring
scanrla and .it doesn't give one
a very ;i,mfortable feeling, does k?
Partite, and I often have quite
an a;gumcnt over present da'!
world'oonditions, especially as they
affect industry, agriculture and our
own everyday life. Partner is al-
ways icnking ahead—planning this
and planning tha., I contend that
it is artless to think too much
,about the future; that the best any
of us can do is to live one day at
a time.
By that I don't mean we should
just sit back , -d give tto thought
to the future at all. But I do mean-
tha*, ,f, in living one day at a time,
we make the hest possible use ,4
each day as it comes along, then
we are to a certain extent, laying a
good rare. dation for the future, It
we are not behind with our regeil•ar
work then we should be able ro
take advantage of opportunities as
they -arise.
*, * *
So many' things that effect oar
daily living are -beyond our con-
tt ol. A ismer wishing to increase
his milk output thinks he will
supplement his feed supply by the
purchase of bran, shorts and mt.
cake. He is soon told that bran and
shorts are needed for milling and
that oilcake is practically utob•
tainable. His wife plans to raise
more chickens only to find that
the brooder coalshe ordered let
fall will not be. available. That is
what r mean when I say we cannot
look ahead, But we can help the
situationinsome cases by thinking
or the immediate future. For in-
stance we cannot help a power
,.reale bu' if we are caught withr;ut
candles or coal oil that is nothing
but carelessness.
It is a grand thing never to pat
off doing anything. I wonder how
it feels. Like a lot of other peovie
1 mean well I always me•l
well. But you know how it goes.
Or do you?
How Can 1?
By ANNE ASHLEY
Q. How can I"prevent a fresh
bump on the flesh from discolor-
ing?
A. One method is to rub inime-
diately with wet 'starch.
Q. How can I wash corduroys?
A. Wash the corduroys carefully,
then rinse until the water is clear.
Do not squeeze out the water at
the last rinsing, but throw the gar-
ment over the line in a shady place
while dripping wet.
Q. How can I clean tinware tho-
roughly?
A. Dampen a cloth and dip it in-
to common soda; then rub the tin-
ware thoroughly. Follow this by
washing and wiping dry. This
treatment will remove all stains.
Q. How can I varnish paper on
a kitchen or bathroom wall, so that
it can be wiped with a damp cloth?
A. Mix one ounce of guin arabic,
three ounces of glue, and a bar of
soap; dissolving all in a quart of
water, and apply with a'paint brush.
Q. How can I make a good nickel
and steel polish?
A. Mix one tablespoonful of ter
pentine, one tablespoonful of sweet
oil, and enough emery powder to
the consistency of cream. Apply
with a soft rag, then wipe off, and
polish with a dry flannel.
Q. How can I easily remove grass
stains from clothing?
A. These stains can often be re-
moved by sponging with ammonia
and water,
Modern Etiquette
By ROBERTA LEE
1. Is there a fixed rule for the se-
quence of pages in a letter?
2. Is it necessary that the china
used throughout a dinner should
exactly match?
3. Is it proper for a girl to pow-
der her nose, file her nails, or comb
her hair in a public place?
4. When a person arrives at a
home for a call, and finds the one
he has come to see just leaving, but
is invited to come in, what should
he.do?
5. Who should pay for the con-
veyance in which a bride leaves her
father's` home for the church?
6. Who should enter the hotel
dining room first, the man or the
woman?
ANSWERS
1. No; but when writing a letter
of four pages, use pages one two
three, and four in sequence. 2. It is
customary that the china match, but
if preferred, one may use different
sets for different courses. 3. No;
she. should do this before leaving
home, or in some dressing room.
4. Go in and sit down for about five
minutes, then leave. But do not
fidget during those five minutes.
Be poised and natural. 5. The bride-
groom. 6. The woman.
Suuiky School
Lesson
March 3rd.,
Entering and. Possessing a New
Land
Joshua 1 t 1-4; 23: 1-11.
Golden Text. - Thou shalt bless
the Lord Thy God for the good
land which He hath given thee. —
Deuteronomy 8:10.
Joshua Sucoeeds Moses
The children of Israel were on
the plains of Moab east of the Jor-
dan where .they received the sum-
mons to invade Canaan. The order
came front Jehovah to Joshua, the
assistant and successor of Moses
who had just passed away.
The urgent task before the new
leader was the • invasion and con-
quest of Canaan. He must lead
across the foaming, surging Jordan,
all the people with all their belong-
ings. Henceforth Israel should tra-
verse no territory they could not
call their own. before them lay their
land divinely promised to them. '
No Turning Aside
First they must be "very coura-
geous to keep and do all that is
written in the book". It takes cour-
age to keep all God's commands in
His Word. Here is where most
fail. We do "keep and do" some
things that are written in the book,
but not all• God say$ all. There was
to be absolutely no turning. aside,
"to the right land or to the left".
All intercourse with heathenna-
tions was forbidden,
Joshua exhorted the people to
"cleave unto the Lord", to hold fast
to Him, to His commandments.
The Source of Strength
Joshua again reminds Israel that
Jehovah is the source of their
strength,, and that to Him they owe
their recent victories. God had pro-
mised Joshua that none should
stand against him for He would be
with him as He had been with Mo-
ses. If God is with us, then it mat-
ters not who is against us; we shall
prevail.
There were occasions when this
was literally fulfilled, When the.
Lord puts fear into the heart of a
crowd, then one 'man full of the
spirit of the Lord can do miracles.
Young David killed the mighty Go-
liath and his great act• so terrified
the Philistines that they fled and
were slaughtered, , One ratan who
has God on his side can face a
crowd of evil men and put them to
shame and confusion.
Obedience To God
The wonderful love of God ex-
perienced by the Israelites in the '
past and assured to them for the
future demanded a like return of
love on their part. This love was to
be shown in doing His will front
the heart. The only way true love
can be shown to God is by'a life of
obedience.
TNT SHAKES UP KING'S PALACE
Everyone in Buckingham Palace, London, was warned to keep away
from the part of the building facing St. James' park as a bomb dis-
posal squad prepared to get rid of a German bomb that had been
buried in the park since war days. The bomb's own explosive was
first neutralized, then the missile was blown up, as pictured above,
with a heavy charge of TNT. The explosion rattled the palace
windows, but caused no damage.
HELEN TOPPING MILLER
CHAPTER XX.
"I've got all the information,"
Grice said. "I know how much he's
sunk in that well. It was a fool
proposition from the start and we
tried to sell him that idea—indi-
rectly, of course, But we didn't get
any -where with it. We thought
Kimball could handle the business.
but he bungled it every time ne
turned around. He told us he could
get us the 'lease on Mason's land.
This stuff down here isn't big
enough—we've got to expand. If
we bad Mason's stuff we "could go
somewhere. But Kimball fell down
on it, and so I was thinking, now
the Mason's quitting definitely—
,maybe you.'. .
"You want me to talk Mason in-
tc, leasing to you, is that it?" said
Gary, in a cold, level tone. "So
you can go out and sell stock in
an oil field to little school teach-
eds and widows with a little in.
surance—and bring 'em out here
to see derricks going up and drills
going down—and everything but
oil l"
"Look here --I'm ready to make
you a legitimate proposition,, The
well up there is no good to Mason.
He'll pull his derrick down, and
having an abandoned well only a
quarter of a mile fdout us isn't
going to be good for our business.
You're in a better position to tan
dlc Mason right now than anybody
—and we'll take care of you, of
course. . .
* * *
' The way you took care of old
mean Harper when he went out and
cut Mason's water line, And Slide
Ellis, when he trumped tip a fake
lawsuit to harass Mason and delay
work on his well?"
"Listen, buddy, when a business
man won't listen to a business ar-
gument .. .
"You heard what he said, Biii.-
Gary was grins. "I{eep it in mind,
I may need you. As for you, Mr.
Grice—I'm youngand out of a job
J
and because I was in a tight spot
I worked for you for two days.
But I don't want the money. You
can tear up the check. I've never
worked for a crook—and I don't
expect to begin. Good day, sir."
'He turned away but Grice
sprang in front of him, squaring
his thick body.
"Look hear, you young pup---
you
up—you can't talk that way to me! I'll
run you out of the country—i'll—"
"All right," Gary set his jaw,
drew back his arm. "I'll give it
to you in a way you will under-
stand, then!"
He swung once at the' pulpy,
crimson face. Grine went down
with a wheeze and a grunt.
Red-hot pain shot along Gary's
tortured shoulders, but he was too
enraged to notice it. He scrubbed
his knuckles on his shirt and
strode off. Bill Grant trotted along
beside him.
"Boy, what a sock." he panted.
"Well, now I guess we're both out
of a job. Yippee!"
Gary had promised Harvey Ma-
son to stay on the job till he re-
turned, and a promise was a prom-
ise. He'd help' Hickey clean up the
area around the well, and in the
meantime something might turn up
—a good job somewhere.
Bill came to say good by He .
was off to the Pecos River noun -
try.
1'll be waiting for you, big fel-
low," he said blandly, as he de-
parted. "I'll nail down a bed for
you—one with no corncobsin the
mattress if possible—and 1,1! look
the gals over; they're sheep ranch-
cis out there—goats, and stuff -ail
kinds of money. Might even find
ISSUE 9--4946
you a rich widow. Widows always
have a weakness for curly hair.'
* * *
Adelaide had stood by, listening,
her face cool and aloof. "Be sure,
BiII, that she enjoys starving in
wierd places," she said nastily.
Gary felt a hot.' savage surge of
anger, but he kept his control, with
difficulty. "I don't want any wid-
ow," he said curtly. "I don't want
—any woman,"
Her eyes blazed at him, her lip
curled. "Did you ever see such a
—mule?" she asked Bill, scorn-
fully.
"All right," Gary flared at her.
"'Cm a mule. A mule has sense.
He knows when he's licked. He
doesn't knock himself to pieces
trying to do the impossible—he
just quits. Now, if you'll excuse
me, I'II go out and clean up that
slush pit," IIe stalked away and he
did not look back,
He worked till he ached with
weariness and then, very late, he
went upstairs and threw himself
across his bed, But he could not
sieep, He jerked erect, later, when
someone tapped on his door and
Mona Lee called anxiously
"Gary?"
* * *
He opened the door. She was
standing there, and her eyes had
an odd, excited look in them.
"Gary, Mr. Hickey's downstairs.
He wants to talk about the well
and I don't know what to say, You
conte Gary." --
Hickey sat in the living room,
looking strange and stiff in his Sun-
day clothes. I -Ie was turning his
hat round and round in his hands.
"Here's Gary, Mr. Hickey, Now
you tell him what you've just told
me."
Hickey scratched his head. "1
was telling Mis' Mason here—looks
like a plumb waste to pull the cas-
ing on that well. Looks to me like
we're mighty g y near clown—did you
take a look at that stuff we was
drilling yesterday?"
'Yes, I looked at it. Sulphur in
it."
"Yeh, and where you got sulphur,
a lot of times you got oil. I fig-
ured maybe we could shoot that
well."
"But, look here, Hickey—[
haven't any money..
• 'Yeah, I figured on that. But I
figured if you was to help me -kind
of take the responsibility and fix
things up with Mason—I'd buy the
stuff, As the well stands to be a to.
tal loss the way it is now, I figured
maybe Mason would be willing to
cut us in, for say an eighth,
if we went ahead and fetched him
in a paying well." .
* * *
"But you've got anhydrite down
there -and shale—"
(To Be Continued)
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FRSUIUNt�
SUN.
MON:
TUES.
WED.
THU.
FRI.
SAT..
Roast
Veal
Cold '
Roast
Veal
Omelet
Curry
of
Veal
Broiled
Liver
Fish
Individ-
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Meat
Loaves
Group
B .
left-
over
unrat
loved
left-
over
unrat- -
toned
unrat-
Tined
Group
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3 lbs.
2
coupons
Vs ib.
2
tokens
If your ration budget indicates a credit of a couple of tokens saved
from past eating, you may wish to exchange two full coupons for
a Sunday roast. A three pound rolled shoulder of veal should.
provide for three dinners, any one of which might include a guest or
two. A tasty dressing, good brown gravy and baked orange halves
'are excellent co-partners for its first appearance. And because
roasts are not every week occurrences, you'll doubtless appreciate
it sliced cold for Monday's dinner. On Wednesday, a curried dish
with noodles pinch-hitting for the scarcer rice, will revive the rem-
nants. Eggs, now so market plentiful and reasonably -priced, suggest
themselves for Tuesday, Whipped into an elegant omelet, served
with a colorful vegetable or two, they will satisfy the most discrim-
inating taste. A boon to your ration status as well as your nutrition-
al level, would be liver on Thursday. Friday is yours for a fish
selection. And on Saturday two tokens will procure half a pound of
hamburger for a meat loaf mixture. To give this old standby a
new appearance, bake it in custard cups or mufrm tins. Then
unmould and serve individually with your favored sauce or relish.
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Embroidery that even a youns-
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and interest. You can make the
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One yard of fabric or less for
each apron! Pattern 0114 has trans-
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two 3'd x 5 -inch motifs; directions
Send TWENTY CENTS In
coins (stamps cannot be accepted)
for this pattern to Wilson, Needle.
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St. W., Toronto. Print plainly
PATTERN NUMBER, your
NAME and ADDRESS.
How to Combat
RHEUMATIC PAIN
Rheumatic pains may often be caused by
excess uric acid, a blood impurity that
should be extracted by the kidneys. If
kidneys fail,and excess uric acid remains, it
may cause severe .discomfort and pain.
Treat rheumatic pains by keeping your
kidneys in good condition. Get and use
Dodd'a Kidney Pills. Dadd's help your
kidneys get aid of troublemaking poisons
and excess acids—help you feel better.
See what Dodd's can do for you. 197
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