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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Herald, 1948-12-09, Page 34002-, diSer HRONICLES 51NGERFAR. 14 We sold some hens last Monday. When the buyer carne in and offered wls a price, we accepted, providing he took them all -either that or none at all. He agreed. There were about forty. Then he started catch- ing them. Presently he threw one down—"That's a cull," he explain- ed. "Just a minute," said Partner, "you said you would take them all at the price we agreed on." The man .started to hedge but Partner utood his ground. That kind of thing has happened before. A buy- er comes in, takes his pick of the Sock, and then• tries to leave us with the. poorer birds. This time it didn't work. Partner 'did not try to force a sale, in fact he repeatedly loltl the man to put back what he had caught and we would sell to someone else. But no, he wouldn't de that. Finally he took them all —and after that he got away in a burry. I'm telling you Partner was really road! And yet all the birds weren't sold after all. One got away and we haven't been able to catch her since! Now our Light Sussex pullets are in the hen -house. It is going to be interesting to see which pullets put on the best show ., - , in another pen we have hybrids —a cross between Barred Rocks and White Leghorns. Both breeds are stew to us. Friday just about everything hap- pened—and it was Partner's birth- day. He didn't remember it, and Bob and I did not remind him until we had been down town and got some birthday pipes and cigars. Then I also produced a card from daughter which had arrived_ in the snail that morning. When Partner came in from the barn I was sing- ing—"Happy Birthday to You!" And what answer do you suppose 1 got? Just the "Call the 'Vet' will you—Queen is sick!" Oh . . . oh! However, it wasn't as bad as it aright have been The "Vet", fortun- ately, was at home and after he had given the mare 'a hypo she was soon ell right again. After supper came another shock . a telephone call ... "Fort' Wil- liam calling Mr. Clarke." My heart just about skipped a beat. You .know how you can imagine all binds of things in the space of a few minutes. But the call wasn't about Daughter — it was FROM icer just a call to wish her Dad many happy returns of the day. That • was her birthday present— and she couldn't have hit on a bet- ter one. It was just wonderfulto, hear her voice, and from her happy . laughter we knew she was all right. Daughter could have sent a wire, and it would have brought her mes- sage, but there was a lot more satis- faction in hearing her voice. It was also doubly welcome since there is no possible chance of her being home for Christmas. Well, after Partner's telephone call he went down to the barn again, just to make sure everything was all right. He always does -that some Anne during the evening anyway as he says if there is anything wrong with the animals that it is the most likely time for it to show. He thinks to leave then from one chore time to chore time next morning without looking at then at all is too Secret of Health Grandpa Cartmell was celebrating kis 100th birthday and everybody complimented him on how athletic and well preserved he appeared. "I will tell you the secret of nay suc- cess," he cackled. "My wife and I were married 75 years ago. On our wedding night we made, a solemn 'Pledge that whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go out and take a walk. Gentlemen, I have been in the open air practically continuously for 75 years." Puzzle—Find the Car—Beauty in wholesale lots descended on an automobile exhibition in Paris, France, as a contest for the title of "Miss Automobile" gets under way. In case anybody cares, the car is a Simca PCV. long altogether: Coining back he sang out as he opened the kitchen door—"What's the use of 'a birth- day if you can't have things go right?" Here's what happened. He took a warmish drink of water to Queen—and she wouldn't touch it. it He gave the bull a pail of water in his manger -and he promptly up- set it. He thought one cow was looking as- if she wanted a drink so he put a pail of water in her manger. She snuffled around it with her nose until it, too, was upset. It all had to be cleaned up. Then Partner took a look at the heifers he has running loose in the barnyard—and they weren't there! Somehow or other they had nosed open the back door of the barnyard and were run- ning around in the muddiest part of the outside yard.( And it was muddy after the heavy rain we had had. So Partner was quite ready to say with Gracie Fields—"What's the use of a Birthday?" Speaking of Christmas . . . we havn't any plans at all—although it is open house here for any of our friends who care to come. But I am thinking I had better start spring housecleaning in the middle of winter! Partner's sister in England says "she hopes to visit us this sum- mer—and there is just a chance two cousins may also be corning. The Bookshelf .. Corporation Finance By C. A. Ashley The Professor of Commerce at the University of Toronto has writ- ten a book which, while it may not have any great appeal to the gen- eral reading public, will undoubtedly become a "must" for all forward- looking business executives. it will be all the more welcome because there is very little Canadian mater- ial of recent date easily available on the subject. 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Facts, Not , ' libis, Wanted one Hydro The present power breakdown • is the greatest industrial calamity that has ever hit Ontario: Over wide area's of the most high- ly developed part of Canada, factor- ies are shut down for hours daily, business is disrupted, workers' in- . comae is cut, housewives are seri- ously inconvenienced and property is endangered. Production is being lost and employment is being sac- rificed. And as yet there has been no adequate or convincing explanation of this colossal failure from the authorities who have been respons- ible, says The Financial Post. • Now this issue has been pitched into party politics which will furth- er confuse the issue, and further postpone its correction. CCF'ers are making the Hydro affair a major weapon in their fight against George Drew. • This is a precarious limb for them to go out on. It was under public ownership, `which means political direction of Hydro, that Ontario was dragged into its present mess, and one that threatens to be with us for years. Yet, the CCF is the party that wants more public ownership, more Surprise ! Surprise ! — When vIr. and Mrs. Raymond Weit- zel, newlyweds. return from their honeymoon they're apt to get a shock when they see the stork friends erected on torp of their new benne, political interference with produc- tive processes. So, in effect the CCF is saying: We'll give you more of the same - thing that has ended in the present Hydro schemozzle. The CCF, furthermore, is the party which so vociferously predict- ed`=that depression would set in right after the war. On that reasoning, the CCF would have had Hydro in a •-worse mess. Right now, there is a great scurry- ing around to find a scapegoat. Municipal; provincial and federal politicians are leaping into the mael- stiom, each blaming somebody else. Daily newspapers are thundering s, at<each other, each from its own partisan perch. All this is significant proof that Hydro is up to its neck in °Politics. And that's the real cause of to- , dots trouble. No further hunt for e1fbis and scapegoats need be made. The culprit is public ownership, which means, inevitably and irre- vocably, political control of Hydro. In the private or stockholder bus- iness the management has the auth- ority and the responsibility of doing all that is necessary to assure the present and future welfare of the enterprise: If it mismanages -of miscalculates its reserves, it collaps- es or goes broke. The same happens when it fails to give its customers the service they want. But enterprises run by politiciarn inevitably get into trouble because the interests and problems of the politicians are different to those of the -businessman. In the Hydro mess, Canada has a demonstration of what the Socialists offer on a scale multiplied many times. 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Press into an 8 -inch pie plate. Chill thoroughly. Any favorite pie filling will do nicely with that quickly -prepared crust. If you have a refrigerator, I can strongly recommend this one, especially timely now that pump- kins are so plentiful.` Pumpkin Ice -Creams Pie Cup Sugar 1 Teaspoon Vanilla 2 Cups Light Cream M Cup Pumpkin (Cooked and Mashed) J Cup Brown Sugar 24 Teaspoon Cinnamon Vs Teaspoon Nutmeg r Teaspoon Salt Graham -Cracker Crust' Add sugar and vanilla to light cream. Stir to blend well. Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, and add to cream mixture. Pour into refrigerator tray and freeze until firm. Remove to bowl and beat with rotary beater until free from lumps but still a hard mush. Return to refrigerator tray and finish freezing. Fill gra- ham -cracker crust with ice cream and sprinkle top with graham - cracker crumbs. fi a k There's one thing I had better warn you about regarding this Banana Cake. It doesn't last long. (I don't mean "keep" but "last"). ,s That's because, whenever it's served, second and third helpings are the order of the day. Banana Cake 34 Cup Shortening 1 Cup Sugar 1 Egg 134 Cups (Approximately e) Mashed Bananas 1% Cup Sifted Cake FIour 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder 34 Teaspoon Salt 2 Tablespoons Milk 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Cream shortening and sugar to- gether until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well. Stir in bananas. Sift together the dry ingredients and add with milk and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. Pour into two greased 8 -inch layer tins and bake in a moderate oven (550 degrees F.) 44 minutes. Frost with banana frosting. And in conclusion, here's the most easily made frosting I've ever run across—not only for banana • cake, but for- almost any other kind. I'm. sure you'll get a surprise at how much powdered sugar the mashed bananas will take rap, and, by the way, you can leave the butter out '12 you choose, although the texture may not be quite so creamy. 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