HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-06-06, Page 3RAI3131.T FIRMING IN FRANC
War -Worker Describes Thrifty Hab-
its of French Peasants,
This extract from Home Fires in
'Prance, by Miss Dorothy Canfield.,
gives an entertaining picture of the
uses the thrifty and practical French
people make of tho rabbit—although
the author could have made out an.
excellent case for Molly Cottontail
without disparaging that harmless
and convenient, if not necessary, food
staple, the pig!
Visitors to our place in the French
village, says Miss Canfield, always
stopped to gaze at the well construct-
ed brick rabbit hutches with care-
fully made lattice gates and cement
floors. I hastened to explain that the
rabbits were not for the children to
play with, but that they form an im-
portant part of the activities of
every country family in the region,
and supply for many people the only
meat they ever eat except the oc-
casional fowl in the pot for a fete
day. They take the place, as far as
I could see, of the farm family's hog,
and are, to my mind, a great im-
provement on him. Their flesh is
much better food than the hog's, and
since the animal is so small and so
prolific he provides a steady succes-
sion all the year round of fresh meat,
palatable and savory, not smoked and
salted into indigestibility like most
of our country pork.
In addition, it costs virtually no-
thing to raise them. They are given
scraps from the kitchen and garden
—the potato and other vegetable
parings, the carrot tops, the pea
vines after they have stopped bear-
ing, the outer leays of the cabbages
and herbage of an.sorts that other-
wise would be lost. Every afternoon
the old women of the town, armed
with gunny sacks and ciskles, go out
for an hour or so of fresh air and
exercise. The phrase is that they
va a Uherbe (go for the grass). It
is often a lively expedition, with the
children skipping and shouting beside
their grandmother, or one of the hig-
her boys pushing the wheelbarrow,
cherished and indispensable accessory
of French country life. They take
what with us would be a"walk in the
country," and as they pass they levy
toll on every sod beside the road or
in a corner of a wall; on the fresh
green leaves and twigs of neglected
thickets; on brambles and weeds,—
rabbits adore weeds!—on underbrush
and vines.
Since seeing these patient, ruddy,
vigorous, white -capped old women at
their work, I have made another
guess at the cause of the miraculous
ly neat and ordered aspect of French
landscapes. Toward twilight, the
procession of old women and chil-
dren, red-cheeked and hungry, turns
ger boys pushing the wheelbarrow,
loaded and sacks bursting with food
that otherwise would have served no
human purpose. No need to give the
rabbit, as we do the hog, expensive
golden corn, fit for our own food. The
rabbit lives, and lives well, on the
unconsidered and unmissed crumbs
from Mother Nature's table.
THE VERSATILE CHINAMAN.
•
I G TOMATOES IN ALBERTA
Tlie production of tomatoes in large
quantities on the prairie does not ap-
pear to have been a success in the
past, but prairie people are of a type
who are forever doing something
which wits never done before. Messrs.
G. 0, Kerr and J. E. Terrill, of Leth-
bridge, Alberta, have observed for
some years that tomatoes in shall
quantities were matured In the Loth -
bridge district and decided that there
was no reason why the experiment
should not be made on a commercial
scale. As a result about two acres of
tomatoes were set out last summer on
land farmed by Mr. Kerr, a few miles
east of Lethbridge. The plants were
started under glass in Lethbridge and
set out on June 6, 7 and S, at which
time they were from 6 to 8 inches in
height, Three thousand five hundred
plants were set in the plot, some of
them three feet apart and some four
feet apart. The experience of the sea-
son seems to indicate that the four rigation, which not only increased the
foot plant is preferable. amount of fruit, but ber affording..
Tho soil secured was an old pasture ample moisture at the right time re -
which had since been in alfalfa and
is protected by a wind break of trees
on the western side. It is a very rich
loam with a gentle south slope and,
of course, is irrigated. The land was
cultivated in the ordinary way and ir-
rigated before planted and three times
afterwards.
The first of the ripe fruit was avail-
able seven weeks after setting out
the plants, or about the end of July.
During the month of August from five
to six hundred pounds of beautiful ripe
fruit was taken off the plot each clay
and this rate of production continued
into September. The total yield of the
plot is estimated at 35,000 pounds and
a ready market was found for the pro-
duct in the city of Lethbridge, the ear-
ly ripe tomatoes bringing twenty-five
cents a pound and the latter crop fif-
teen cents a pound. The gross price
of 35,000 pounds at the latter figure is
$5,250.
According to Mr. Kerr, no difficul-
ties were experienced In the produc-
tion of this crop. The vines were
trimmed early in July for the purpose
of producing heavier fruit and also ad- never fail to regulate the bowels and
mating more sunshne which ripen- stomach, thus driving out constipation
ed it very rapidly. The tomatoes were and indigestion; colds and simple
as large and as well developed as the fevers. Concerning them Mrs. Gas -
best imported stock from British Col- -pard Daigle, Dcnlafn, Que„ writes:
omnia or Washington and, being local "Baby's Own Tablets have been of
growit,they, of course, reached the great benefit to my little boy, who was
consumer in better condition, The crop suffering from constipation and s"ndi
was so heavy that in many cases the gestion. They quickly relieved him
support stakes which had been put in and now he is in the best of health."
for the vines to climb on were broken. The Tablets are sold by medicine
down, One vine was noted which had dealers or by mail at 25 ets. a box
eighty-three tomatoes on it. from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Up to the middle of September no Brockville, Ont.
damage had been experienced from 4-
frost, although as a precautionary SPRING TIME IS PAINT TIME.
measure flax straw had been dumped
C ILMII00D CONSTIPATION
Constipated children can find
prompt relief through the use of
Baby's Own Tablets, The Tablets aro
mild but thorough laxative which
bout the plot so that smudges could
a ,
be started if necessary. Mr. Kerr At the recent annual meeting of the
points out that the essential thing in Commission of Conservation, Hon.
the production of this crop was the it Senator Edwards made the statement
that unless Canada exercised more
care with her forest resources, the day
was not far distant when we would be
without our supplies of lumber.
While this statement referred par-
ticularly to the protection of forests,
it might with equal force be applied
to the protection of our buildings,
fences, farm implements, etc., for the
reason that, in the latter case, there
is not only the value of the original
forest product to protect, but also the
value of the human energy necessary
for the transformation of that timber
into its various wood products.
Spring, from time immemorial, has
been known as hose -cleaning time.
During recent years this period has
developed a popular slogan, "Clean up
and paint up." As a conservation
measure this would be hard to Im-
prove upon. Wood, when exposed to
the weather without protection soon
deteriorates, it bears a shabby and
neglected appearance, and is in a great
majority of cases but an indication of
the enterprise or carelessness of the
owner.
Our soldiers are coming home, they
suited in early ripening. Without ir-
rigation it is doubtful if the experi-
ment would have been. at all success-
ful, and while it is not suggested that
every person can go into tomato rais-
ing in Southern Alberta and produce
$2,600 per acre the experience in this
case is at least instructive as to what
these irrigated lands are capable of.
It is not too much to say that such
lands, if located in the mountainous
part of the continent, would be sold
at many hundreds of dollars per acre,
but because they are found in Alberta
in practically limitless sweeps of
prairie they are still sold ready for
the plow at less than what would be
the cost of clearing them in even light-
ly timbered regions. Their very
abundance makes it difficult to grasp
their value but there is little doubt
that some day they will be the home
of the most productive and closely
settled agricultural community on the
continent.
FilO 4 NFJC!L: WERE
The Ultimate in Gloom.
Hook—Oldboy- is the most melan-
choly fellow I know.
Crook—You're right. He proposed
to a girl once by asking her how she
would like to become his widow.
Modest Tom.
Two women were talking together
of the war. "How's your Tom getting
on in. Palestine-" asked one.
"Oh, he's doing well," replied the
other. "Aw've just had a (letter fro'
one of his mates, and he says Tom's
gotten dysentery."
"Strange he's never written hisser'."
"Nay, it's just like him," said Tom's
mother; "he would no melt a fuss
about the honors he won!"
Possesses the Quality of Being Able
to Adapt Himself to Varied
Conditions.
In commenting upon the marvelous
etdaptability of the Chinese, Mr.
Charles Ernest Scott, in his book,
China From Within, quotes Bishop
Fowler's picturesque tribute to our
Oriental neighbor.
The Chinaman as Bishop Fowler
says, crosses all seas, burrows into
all continents. He excels the Saxon
in ability to toil in all climates; he
matches the Russian in enduring Arc-
tic storms; he surpasses the Negro in
laboring in the tropics. He is the one
cosmopolitan, at home everywhere, as
if he owned the world. Silent, gentle,
submissive, industrious, economical,
temperate, enduring — he thrives
everywhere, on mountains, in the de-
serts, on the plains, on the islands of
the sea.
As the serpent, with his one ability
to crawl, competes in all realms,—
without fins swims with the fish, with-
out hands climbs with the monkey,
without feet runs with the panther,—
so the Chinaman, with his supreme
gift of adaptability, competes success-
fully with the sailor on the sea, with
the frontiersman in the wilderness,
with the miner in the earth, with the
exile in his wanderings. He never
asks for a fair chance, and never gets
it. He takes a chance beneath the
notice of anyone else's contempt, and
succeeds. Op.cq landed, he abides.
The individual changes, but the kind
continues. All governments that let
him alone suit him. He never breeds
br jofna revolutions Abroad. He is
.srero! i1f;;" and all industries that have
a possible margin attract him. Like a
Mongoose, he can run through any pas-
sageway. Although fond of a palace,
he Can Live In a hut; although fond of
apace, ho can live in a sewer pipe—
and be at home anywhere.
Ignorance is e powerful in the
hands of some people than knowl-
"Timel"
A garrulous lawyer was arguing a
case. He had rambled on in such a
desultory way that it became very
difficult to follow his train of thought,
and the judge had yawned ominously.
Whereupon the long-winded lawyer,
with a trace of sarcasm, said:
"I hope, your Honor, I am not un-
duly trespassing upon the time of the
court."
"My friend," observed the judge,
"there is a considerable difference be-
tween trespassing on time and en-
croaching -on eternity."
It Turned on Him.
The British front had its northern
extremity a short distance }forth of
Ypres. A bumptious high -ranker, fond.
of being paternal and impressive be-
fore his men, had just taken command
of the troops in the sector and was
making a tour of his part of the line.
The sentry on duty at the extreme left
proved to be a newly arrived cockney
private.
"Do you realize, my man," the gen-
eral beaned, "that you are to -day the
pivot man of the British army?"
The private saluted.
"Great honor, my man," the general
continued. "Youare the first outpost
are coming from a country of homes,
where thrift is paramount, where the
people take pride in their premises
si d keep them in the best coudition.
Can we not, this spring, boar this in
mind, and let our boys see that the
home folks have awakened to the
advantages of cleaning up and -paint-
ing up, that their homes bear that
well -kept and cheery appearance that
of the British Empire. I, your general, bids them welcome?
shake hands with you."
The private saluted, had his hand' As for Ddinara'c and d t�eo other.
shaken, saluted dazedly again, and
watched the general till he was out of
earshot.
"S'y, Sergeant," the cockney then
asked, "what did the old 'tin mean
about me bein' the pivot o' the British
army and all that, anyway?"
"What he meant, my boy," the ser-
geant explained, "was that if the Bri-
tish army was to clo a left turn, you'd
mark time for two hundred years."
Her Task.
Several members of a women's war -
working party had assembled at the
house of another member, and were
chatting with the little daughter of
their hostess.
"I hear you are a great help to your
mother," said one. -
"Oh, yes," replied the little girl,
"mamma gives me a task to do every,
day."
"Oh," remarked the lady; "and
what is your task for to -day?"
"I have to count the spoons after
you have all gone."
Wild flowers that used to cover our
land with beauty are rapidly disap-
pearing. If those who gather the
flowers would be satisfied to pull only
a few blossoms instead of filling their
arms with them, and would take care
not to disturb the roots, there would
be enough flowers another year for
other people.
Candied peel can be shredded far
more quickly with scissors than with
a knife.
is easy to dig}�,st
ecause it is - raked and
rebs` ke •• for over twenty
hours.
The result is a
food full , f lust mini
Wonderful° Flavor
Sturdy -,moou,.i.shmeft
¶fe Weeldy
Fashion
She cares not if she turns her back
upon us, for the dainty sash and un-
usual lines of the back of McCallher frock
Pat-
tern
her act entirely.
tern No. 8944, Girls' Slip-on Dress.
In 5 sizes, 4 to 12 years. Price, 20
cents.
Old -Fashioned Logic.
T guess the world is better than 'twas
when I was young,
The sheriff's not so busy and there's
fewer people hung.
And work is not so killing when it's
all clone with machines;
The only place that wears now is the
seat of my blue jeans.
But when T see a mower a-clickin'
down the hay,
It takes me back in mem'ry to the
scythe and whetstone way,
When we swung through the meadow
with bold and even strokes,
And thos& that sort of lagged became
the butt of friendly jokes.
We kept a jug of water underneath
a cock of hay,
You'll have to take my word for how
it chased the,, thirst away.
Those good old days are golden, but
I suppose, somehow,
The present time will look as fine
some fifty years from now.
e inard'e Liniment r,umbernran'a Friend,
This Time o' Year.
'Tis June among the tree tops; leafy
June.
'Tis June across the grain lands,
greenly\spread,
And meadows' with the smiles of
spring between.
Mc:CALL
Pale green plaid and white linen
are used for the development of this
smart little frock with the unusual
gauntlet sleeves. McCall Pattern No.
8951, Ladies' Sports Dress. In 8
sizes, 34 to 48 bust, Price, 25 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
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10-18 St. Jean Baptiste Market, Mont-,
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l'idiSt.Thirt. TUMORS. L1114PS, D C...
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78 Adelaide St. 15., Toronto.
VET • ELI. EQUIPPED N iiwdi'AI'.LR
IF • p and job punting Plant in i%aster1U
Ontario. Insurance carried $1,6 1 -lox 62.
000. Willigo for $1,200 on quick sale.
Wilson Publishing Co., Ltd., Toronto.
"Flowers seem intended for the
solace of ordinary humanity; children
love them; quiet, contented, ordinary
people love them as they grow; lux-
urlous and disorderly peiple rejoice
in them gathered; they are the cot-
tagers' treasure, and in the crowded
town mark, as with a little broken
fragrant of rainbow the windows of
the workers in whose hearts rests the
covenant of peace."—Ruskin.
Ving
MONEY ORDERS.
Dominion Express Money Orders are
on sale in five thousand offices through-,
out Canada.
"Nothing is so commonplace as
to wish to be remarkable. Fame
usually comes to those who are
thinking about something else—very
rarely to those who say to - them-
selves, "Go tai, now, let us be a cele-
brated individual.' "—Oliver Wendell.
Holmes,
'Tis June that blues deep distance o'er -
head '
And plants the petals of her favor-
ed flowers
With Tyrian purple and the rose-
wine's red.
'Tis June,.hat pours into the brimming
hours
The foamy sap of pagan joy; 'tis
June
That lights the banners on a thousand
towers.
'Tis June, 'tis June, 'tis June!
Favorite Snake Dish.
A Chinese merchant, being ques-
tioned as to his favorite articlle of
food, prefaced his reply by stating
that many foreign dishes which we
consider appetizing are disgusting to
the Chinese. With the way thus pre-
pared he announced that of all foods
he eared most for a stew made of a
particular kind of snake, costing from
$6 to $8.
Seen rdinard's Liniment in the house.
It is a waste of time to grasp an
opportunity unleas you know what
to do with it.
"If
can't
way"
you can't push, pull; if you
pull—please get out of the
Minard's Liniment Co., Ltd.
Gents,—I have used your Min-
ard's Liniment in my family and
also in my stables for years and
consider it tho best medicine ob-
tainable.
Yours truly,
ALFRED ROCHAV,
Proprietor Roxton Pond Hotel and
Livery Stables.
Jus Work.
Lady --Do you want employment?
Tramp--LadY, Ler means well, but
yer Can't make work sound any more
invitin' by min' a word of three syl-
lables.
GIRLS! LEMON JUICE
IS A SKIN WHITENER
Charles Surugue, ex -Mayor of
Auxere, and France's oldest "pollu,"
has been demobilized. He is eighty
years of age, and enlisted as a pri-
vate in 1914, being later promoted to
lieutenant.
How to make a creamy beauty lotion
for a few cents.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into a bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes a
whole quarter pint of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams.
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through a fine cloth so PO
lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion
will keep fresh for mouths. Every
woman knows that lemon juice is
resod to bleach and remove such
blemishes as freckles, sallowness and
tan and is the ideal skin softener,
whitener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly frag-
rant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands.
iltinard'B Liniment used by Physicians.
Poor laundry work shortens the
life of clothing more than anything
else.
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than e' SAO lcvaly ri,5Ss ataofitnly f^
'at coot to yau,Send year rrrm and ndires•
for 23 of oar jewxlry nevolties to sail.
at TO* each. When Gold sand ns the amm:nt
dae•and as will tcradintaly sand yon
yp1t the yr,:ahan ytu select, 'Write tarn;
Sesti'femlums, Ltd., Amherst, N. S.'
• o--a--o—e-•-a--•^s
Yon reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once a week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison are
nowtold by a Cincinnati authority to
use a drug called freezone, which the
moment a few drops are applied to
any corn, the soreness is relieved and
soonGthe
the entire
ireBern, root and all, lifts
out
It is a sticky ether compound which
dries the moment It is applied and
simply shrivels the Born without in-
flaming or evens irritating the surround-
ing tisane or skin. It is claimed that
a quarter of an ounce of freezone will
cost very little at any of the drug
stores, 'but is sufficient to rid one's feet
of every hard or soft corn or callus.
You are further warned that cutting
at a corn is a suicidal habit.
H A
'; Constipation sere
A druggist says : "For nearly
thirty years 1 have commended
the Extract of Roots, known as
Mother Scigel'S (Curative Syrup, for
the radical cure of constipation
and indigestion. It is an old
reliable remedy that never fails
to do the work." 30 drops
thrice daily. Get the Genuine,
®® at druggists. 2
All over baby s face. Came in
water blisters and then formed a solid
scale. Began to itch and burn so
had to bandage his hands as he
wanted to scratch. Face was badly
disfigured. 'trouble lasted 4 months.
Beganusing Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. Used one cake Soap and one.;
box Ointment when he was healed.
From signed statement of Mrs.
Albert Ellis, Wettenberg, N. S.
For every purpose of the toilet
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Tal-
cum are 'supreme.
For free sample oat of Cetieurs Sono,Dint.
tout and Talcum nddrese peat-cnrd: onlourpi
Dept. A, Dolton, U. S. A. Sold everywhere.
ISSUE 23—'19.