HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-05-22, Page 7Far North Diary
This diary was written at the
Hudson's Bay Company Post by
•lamplight in the winter, or by the
never-ending daylight of the sum-
mer mouths, or somewhere be-
tween the two, But some of it was
written in snow houses on the win-
ter trail, lying in a sleeping -bag,
comforted by the friendly roar of a
Primus stove. Some was written by
the pale radiance of a seal -oil lamp,
i•n the snow houses of various Eski-
mos with whom I was lodging for
the night. Some was written in a
tiny wooden cabin in the bows of
our little Peterhead schooner,
which was dignified by the name of
the fo'c's'le, where nay eiderdown
sleeping -bag shared the small sur-
face of planking with the serpentine
coils of the anchor chain,
The diary was written for some-
thing to do; and_also from an un-
willingness to allow so much that
was so strange, so amusing, and
so exciting to go entirely un-
recorded. . , .
Cape Dorset Post stands on a
shelving, rocky slope overlooking a
little cove. It stands in fact, on an
island. For the cove has a broad
opening to the sea, to the East;
and narrow rocky bar where the
tides race, to the West. The Post
is the conventional group of build-
ings that go to make up a Hudson's
Bay Company Post. The trading
store, and the ftir loft above it, is
the main building. It carries above
the door, in the large lettering of
a bygone age, the inscription
HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY
• INCORPORATED 2ND MAY
1670
All these buildings were solid ex-
cept the dwelling -house. Chesley
and Herbert pulled this down be-
fore the boat arrived, and from the
boarding built a comfortable struc-
ture for us to live in until we built
a new one.
As there is no timber for many
hundreds of miles the Nascopie had
to bring all the planks, boards and
wooden shingles needed to build
the new one. They made a dis-,
orderly mountain on the rocky
shore above hightide marks; and
the cases, barrels, and sacks con-
taining merchandise for a whole
West indies S
me pouonne MADDOX
A BIG,scoop of vanilla, coi-
n).- fee or mint ice cream
with a tablespoon of molasses
over it, anda bright reci
cherry on top—well, that's a
West Indies Sundae. Isn't
that the perfect treat for your
next warm - weather porch
party?
We like to serve old-
fashioned soft molasses cook-
ies with it, My grandmother
used to make them—they are
really wonderful,
Molasses Cookies
(Yield: 6 to 7 dozen 31/2 -inch
cookies)
Seven cups sifted enriched
flour, 4 teaspoons soda, 1 ta-
blespoon salt, 1 tablespoon
cinnamon, 1 tablespoon gin-
ger, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 cup
shortening, 1-1/3 cups sugar,
2 cups unsulphured molasses,
2 tablespoons vinegar, 2 eggs,
3/4; cup milk.
Sift together first six in-
gredients. Melt shortening in
a saucepan large enough for
mixing cookies. Stir in sugar,
molasses and vinegar. Cool.
Beat in eggs. Add sifted flour
mixture alternately with
milk. Chill dough about 30
nd e Real. Treat for hummer Pirties
minutes, Drop from table-
spoon onto greased cookie
sheets. Bake 12 to 15 min-
utes in pre -heated moderately
bot oven (400 degrees F,),
If you like the rich flavor
of molasses as much as we do
in our home, you'll welcome
this recipe, too.
Fruity Fudge Bars
(Yield: 24 bars)
Two-thirds cup sifted en-
riched flour, 1/g teaspoon
soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 6 ta-
blespoons cocoa, 1/3 cup
shortening, 3/4 cup sugar, 1/,.
cup unsulphured molasses, 1/2
teaspoon vanilla, 2 eggs, 1/2
cup chopped nuts, 1/3 cup
raisins.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
(moderate). Sift together first
four ingredients. Melt short-
ening in a saucepan large
enough for mixing }latter.
Stir in sugar, molasses and
vanilla. Beat in eggs. Add
flour mixture; mix well. Stir
in nuts and raisins. Spread
batter in a well -greased,
lightly floured, 9 x 9 x 2 -inch
pan. Bake 35 minutes or un-
til done. Turn out on wire
rack to cool. Cut into 24
bars when cold. Top with
pecans or almonds if desired.
Year's trading made another. The
crew and the passengers helped us
to get the house started. With
foundations laid and the uprights
to form a skeleton, the crew and
the passengers packed up their
tools, and we said our good-byes.
From the shore we watched the
anchor come' up and watched her
turn slowly and then head for the
straits. Her siren woke the echoes.
in the limpid Northern stillness of
the Midnight. Sun, and then we
were looping at an empty harbor.
We had a house to build. We had
trade goods to unpack, and sort,
and store,—From "Hudson's Bay
Trader," by Lord Tweedsmuir.
Prosperity, It's Wonderful!
The north country? Horrors, my goodness no!
The Financial Post' has been taking a look at job opportunities for
this year's crop of university graduates.
The opportunities are many ^most of then carry a sweet salary
tag and • good• prospects_..,
But, it seems most of •the young gentlemen want to stay close to
the bright lights. The jobs in the north country? Well, really!
So we hear from the employers' side of the fence.
Jobs in Labrador at $100 to $175 a week to start (most of the money
can be saved) are going begging.
One engineer has specified that the job he will accept will be in a
Toronto industrial suburb where the buildings are mostly new and
where the grass is green. He doesn't like driving downtown.
Well, do the best you can, boys.
—From The Financial Post.
Sun Tops Horizon—
Whole World Awakes
Presently the first cock pheasant
crowed in the wood, calling on hens
roosting on one leg in larches with
beaks pressed into shoulders. String
•Lug heard the loud whir of his
wings, his harsh call as he touched
down in the field, and could follow
his outward course by his voice -
although he. could - not see him.
Other cocks followed at intervals;
then the hens cane out clucking
and stuttering. All of them started
to feed, spectral, colourless shapes
;n the gloaming. The mistchanged
from grey to white as the sun
topped the horizon, Overhead, the
swish and whistle of wings as
rooks flew to meet the sun: in the
trees the twittering of small birds
luerying the time while they shook
3ut cold from feathers. The sun's
•ays reddened the pines, a magpie
:huckueked, and the whole world
vas awake.
Seven great swans flew overhead,
whoopers with voices like golden
•rttmpets, snow -plumaged travellers
prom the far north who knew the
llaciat winds of the tundra and the
un-drenehecl, waters of Andalusia.
"Messy? Why, she puts an lip.
when she talks to him On
the phone!"
The sun gilded the snow of their
heads as they swept across the blue
arch of sky; then they were gone,
with a far-crrying swoosh of
wings. They had passed over a
Glasgow. suburb only fifteen min-
utes before, flying' high and strong
in the familiar cold, unheard, un-
seen, eager to splash and dip their
beaks in the cold water of the loch
beyond Laverock Knowe.
String Lug stretched out as the
sun warmed and the mist over the
field billowed and drifted and dis-
integrated. The sheet of water in
a hollow shone. silver and mirrored
every passing' bird. Cushats came
clown out of the sena with clap and
whistle of wings, followed by
clamorous gulls which settled
round the water in -a heaving cloud.
String Lug heard the next visitors
before he saw them, Tu -tit -tai they,
called in flawless, liquid notes. They
carte out over the trees and wheel-
ed in front of him, half a hundred
strong, the first golden. plover of
the season, following the edge of
winter southwards,
Christmas= carie with moonlit
nights and skin-deep frost, and
daisies still bravely opening petals
in the winter sun. A flock of wax-
wing's arrived., followed by snow
buntings on. their southward flight.
For two days they fed on the•
berries of yew and thorn, bramble
and brier: and then they were
gone...,
• The moon paled as the sun rose.
In the east the sky turned pink and
yellow and apple green.. Overhead
it brightened to the colour • of a
thrush's egg./ Pheasants cu -cupped
in the wood and String tug cocked
his ear, He. was engrossed in watch-
ing birds drinking from. a rain pool
fifty yard's away near the hedge,
when the pheasants left the wood
behind him, Before the first of
them cause anywhere near the
stack, a peewit curled' down to the
pool,' poked'under its wings with
its peak, and, started to bathe.—
Front "String• Lug, the Fr," by
David Stephen.
11-1
FARM FRHI`.rr`• T
Farm folks. generally know most
of the answers about Bang's dis-
ease or brucellosis of cattle. This
isn't always true in regard to ques-
tions about swine brucellosis, for
the sane answers don't: always ap-
ply. The two diseases have the
same name and are caused by
practically identical germs, but
there the similarity just about ends,
for swine brucellosis is different in
several aspects.
* * *
For one thing, it is nearly al-
ways spread by the breeding act
and seldom by swallowing the
germs with contaminated feed or
water. The exact reverse is true
of the cattle disease, of course.
Bulls niay possibly spread Bang's
disease through service, since
germs are sometimes present in the
semen of diseased _sires. However,
they are not so likely to be diseas-
ed as boars, since they have little
chance . of becoming infected
through servicing reactor cows.
*
That brings out another differ-
ence, for it makes the swine dis-
ease most important in the male,
while the cattle disease is. most'
serious in the female. A boar can
be easily infected and as easily in-
fect all the sows he breeds later,
while a cow will generally act as
a spreader for, only a few weeks
before and after calving.
There is another difference that
makes swine brucellosis more im-
portant - in the male. Sows regular-
ly recover from the disease and
become non-reactors and non -
spreaders within a short time. This.
sort of thing seldom happens in
cows, add generally takes months
when it does occur. Both infected
bulls and boars are likely to remain
diseased for life.
* * *
This recovery angle, brings up
another difference, for it makes in-
dividual blood tests unrelable in
swine. A sow night be infected
and cause a lot of trouble, but be
recovered and negative to a blood
test by the time one was run. This
isn't likely to occur in cows when
recc,very takes so much longer.
* * *
'1"• :re is another difference in
regard to protection given by vac-
cination. Cal'ltood vaccination gen-
erally gives increased resistance to
cattle for several years, In swine,
vaccination gives little protection
after nine months,
* * *
Finally, there's a difference re-
garding the danger of infecting
human beings. Both types of
germs will cause undulant fever,
but the swine disease is generally
recognized as more likely to do
it. A great litany people are an-
nually infected by handling raw
toric, and 'rarely by fresh beef.
* * *
These various differences sug-
gest that control meastires might
be different, too. Since boars are
so important as spreaders, those
that are untested or have been
"changed" around a community are
poor risks for a breeder. Beyond
careful boar selection, it might be
well to follow a program worked
out at Purdue University which is
based on the fact that young pigs
are pretty much immune to bru-
cellosis. In its simplest form it
merely consists of permanently
separating: the pigs from their dams
at weaning time,
t * * *
This is!,,; done before they are
eight weeks old: They are blood -
tested at weaning time, and those
that' are;,; egative are turned in on
premises' invade clean by disinfec-
tion and; ,pasture rotation. From
that time. %.on they are kept strictly
separatedW from all other swine.
'rliis plan Ais both practical and ef-
fective, ,since it has been used to
rear bru ellosis-free pigs on bad-
ly infec.te • farms.
* * *
if yo ti raising pigs, it'll prob-
ably a, ou to do a little think-
ing aye t,t is brucellosis business,
since r coming recognized as
as pret ti bus disease. And don't
forget ter ;different and calls for
different tsllandling than the same
disease•i i;cattle.
,r
Three Divisions
Most plants fall into three main
classes—hardy, semi -hardy and
tender. .1', he first group are not
afraid of (frost, the second can take
a little but they don't like it, the
third will be killed if the mercury
falls below 3? degrees
In the first category come
flowers iicl t,e- stables that under
norm a'l conditions would seed
thent:elver.. ie,ze are things like
alyssum, • cosmos, poppies a n d
scores of other flowers. They are
all specially listed as hardy in any
good Canadian seed catalogue and
arc similarly described. on the seed
packet. Among vegetables will be
lettuce, spinach, carrots, parsnips
and, of course, garden peas.
In the second group there is a
great variety of flowers. It is at
this time, when danger of serious
frost has 'passed, that we get the
first of started plants transplanted
outside—things like petunias, zin-
nias, etc. In the vegetable line,
beans, the first corn and potatoes,
the maim planting of beets, car-
rots, etc., will go in at this period.
For the tender group—soil, as
well as air, must be warm before
they go outside. Of course with
seed and bulbs, which will not be
pushing through the surface for
a 1c" flays, one can gamble a lit-
tle, but as a rule with the tender
group there is nothing to be gain-
ed by rushing in ahead of time un-
less special protection is provided
such as glass or paper caps. Am-
ong the very tender flowers are
cannas, gladioli, dahlias and any
other very soft, fleshy stemmed
plants. Melons and squashes come
in this group and so do cucumbers,
peppers and pumkins. Corn and
tomatoes are also associated with
warm weather and as a rule the
main planting of both usually go
in after danger of frost is over.
* * *
Transplanting
Successful transplanting depends
on plenty of moisture, Some extra
watering is vital. In this business
it is important to take as much
soil with the plant or shrub as pos-
sible so that the fine roots are not
broken or disturbed. Then the
roots must be covered firmly with
good, fine soil and dampened down
with water. If the sun is hot it is
good to shade for a few hours.
'Better still. transplant in the cool of
the evening.
* * *
Not Too Much
Many people make the mistake
of attempting gardening on too
ambitious a scale. They plant a
half acre of corn or potatoes when
only a few rows would be ample.
They buy two or three ounces of
a certain flower seed when just a
medium sized packet is all that is
necessary.
When it comes to equipment
they make the same mistake. They
get a big garden tractor where
one of the little chaps would do all
that is necessary and easier to
handle, Usually a one to two
horsepower machine is advisable
where the lot is less than an acre.
This will turn much easier than the
larger tractors and in a small gar-
den there is a mighty lot of turn-
ing. Of course one can hardly ex-
pect to plow heavy land but where
possible it is best to hire that job
done and keep the small tractor for
the cultivating, lawn cutting, pump-
ing and the other jobs it will do,
and do well.
UNDA SCIIOOL
LESSON
By Rev. R. 13 Warren, B.A., B.D.
God's Estimate of Human Life
Exodus 20:13; Matt. 5:21-26;
18:5-6; Luke 9:51-56.
Memory Selection: Thou shalt not
kill,
The English Revised Version
renders the commandment, "Thou
shalt do no murder." Murder is
the unlawful and intentional killing
of one human being by another,
whether directly or indirectly. But
the New Testament rearches out
and condemns the cause of murder.
")\llaosoever hateth his brother is
a murderer." 1 John 3:15. Jesus
Christ taught that being reconciled
to our brother has priority over
sacrificing to f,oii. holding grudg-
es has a bad influence upon us
spiritually, mentally and physical-
ly. Sonie people will never be well
until they humble themselves and
ask forgiveness of someone they
have wronged. And, of course, no
one can have God's forgiveness un-
til he forgives those who have
transgressed against him. Psycholo-
gists and psychiatrists are proving
to many that the way of life that
Jesus taught is the best for man.
* *
It was unkind of the Samaritans
to turn from the traditional hospi-
tality of the east and refuse Jesus
a night's lodging. But the spirit
of retaliation shown by James and
John was severely rebuked by
Jesus, saying, "Ye know not what
manner of spirit ye are of. For
the Son of man is not come to des-
troy men's lives, but to save them."
If the nations of the world re-
ceived Jesus Christ, the billions of
dollars that are being spent in
building up defenses could be turned
to bettering the lot of the multi-
tudes who live constantly on the
verge of starvation, Of course we
blame Russia for the arms race,
But the fact remains that multi-
tudes in Canada have never fully
yielded their hearts to Jesus Christ.
We are only nominally Christian.
If we were to straighten out the
differences that exist in our fam-
ilies and society and by God's
grace and love begin to live after
the pattern that Jesus Christ set,
the world would soon be different.
Communism would lose much of
its appeal in the face of such real
Christianity.
IN RUSSIA
Stalin lost a pair of cherished
gold cuff=links, a'nd'' ,sbtmdetl: an
alarm throughout the land. Thirty-
seven suspects were rounded up,
and sentenced to be shot. The night
before the executions, Stalin found
the cuff -links under his bureau, and
wired police headquarters. "Cuff-
links recovered. - Release suspects."
Back came the answer, "Executions
must proceed as scheduled. Have
full confessions from all thirty-
seven prisoners."
SUNNY AND BRIGHT
• s ;'' ROTATE
RADIO TILL CRACKLE
IS LOUDEST. _...
LOCATE -EHE SOURCE OF ANNOYING STATIC INTERRUPTING YOUR
RADIO ENJOYMENT BY SWITCHING ON A R?RTABLE RADIO AND ROTATING
IT UNTIL STATIC IS AT ITS LOUDEST. SOURCE OF STATIC IS SOMEWHERE
ALONG THE LATERAL AXIS OP THE RADIO. MOVE ABOUT 50O FT. AND
AGAIN ROTATE THE RADIO TO OBTAIN LOUDEST STATIC, `THE IiONNT AT
WHICH THE LATERAL AXES CROSS IS THE SOURCE OF THE STATIC,
y Arthur Pointer