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in -a secluded place and If there
to hat, in the eggs_ Then site was
taken out to the backyard and put
in a coop with her chickens_ The:
chicks were Stee to wander afeETad.
otniside the couP and we had to
watch for hawks and scare them
away. After the he.n got 10 kiow
.her home , she •was let out eac.h
.day and she and the chickens for-
prety w 'ell for :themselves
Reeding and watering hen and
-thiCkeEES was another routine Job,
but it was a p - 44 , enJnyable
Lone.
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's sous, if you think we
llivivg in the ,dark Ages., -and
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wy Oki -fashioned and prim-
itive ,in Jour farminsniettiods lugt
on't be -too supeaior. Two aener-:
ations from Atow,, your grain:11ns
will probahlyhltte sitting in an air-
nditioned room 'before -a ',closed
• nit:television, guiding all
er machinery by 1nO!e canna
That is iflite•enerbr
y caught up with yen yon
Mking,ordets limn .a soulless
wt, lthe heads 1eadsofstae
have not pushed Ate Avatteg :71)ntitinn
and •blown.up be whole Vara -1
Thatikstorm3rnatural %verbosity ,I
was mot -able !to 'lel 'nu 411 but
'Tann idle in one iinstanment. -so
'tterevcretoegain_ AVoiit'Intd to
'-done,outdoors but tithe mien !had M
le:d and ikesit 'happy and
conifortable- Ana ,tif‘course, that
was the ,iluty, and -pleasure Air tthe
,tfartn wivesand -dauthters_ Altera
graduatedirpmthetoMboysitige; 3
was introduced ;to :the indoonwork,
and ngthldstdfafamily -tif
8 1Ioundrthat 'there was iitenty :to
Itt-Certainitintesweltailaiiired
girl and 3 renreniber-many -Of ;their
names tOne .,very 'kind One \was
Maggie Matthew& ',One of rtny
brothers was feeling quite "tweed-
whena aew -baby artired azurite
announced -one -day inIttisitabyttak
"MegotionteMatAtladiMattlittaft
-see ileo4fer'. That became a
classic in our lataty.
As'l have said before, our 'farm
and house were average in the
counnunity. did not leave
'running Amer. electricity or 4
furnace. so •vve had none Of the
labour saving .appliances that they
bring.. rts. outdoors. almest every-
thing wasdottebyliand. 1 suppose
•cooking was one cif the most
important tasks in the house.
Things -Cozad be untidy orevena bit
dirty burfood was a necesity.
out cooking was dntte on a wood
stove. I •can't renter -even
having a coal oil surve. :but I could
be wrong there. iliefore 'breakfast
could beserved that monster in the
kitchen had to be fed and got
going. Unless there was The
kindling. that was Often a -difficult
job. In winter. Dad always put a•
"bhick. in The stove last thing at
night and the were usuattystanze
coals left in the morning. The
blocks were the very tough. 'knotty
ones that were almost imposstlitle to
split. Fortunately, oar range had a
Large 'firebox which alai •autortz-
maxlate them. The uptight -Stove in
the parlour could take large blocks
too. so the was usually a vestige
Of heat in the house in the nimning
In those days. cooking ...really
meant cooking - noconvenience
foods or prepared foods. •Meat.
egetables.. stewed fruit. bread.
cakes_ and an other baking was
done right there in the house. its I
have totd befffre there was canned
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tithe atiotnent "our Zoom -run says we lcOme , you
AsaInjor-theltudtintcoes-c.onvivialitY and
vwatnith . . ,in ihSinry 310x lounge, with its colourful
annostatere Atlittittostroad.s.-a -self -se tVice :restaurant •
Admire Teople -meet 'for -Conte -nation, -Snacks or a ftill-couse
natal . _itheli,aultiiaSii,artintimategathering place for
JutA..or*,:for -"AfterfiveThzfitshntents . . . the famotis
‘with its nautica 1 ste tting and 'a menu
#,Ibtinuningwith htw7tastt .ativentutOS.
ut%..all Itht iLtirtiSitncot..clote tOeverything In'the heart
• tititowritingn.Woillhenjoy IOTOrito more and have MOM
•teitt -.1o....vtral -on -other things.
--ittAr.wetnight...parkirw f:3O p.m. to8 3Qarn.1
Se travelent or :con tac t us --at -:
:r51:01artgStrett Vest, 'Tomo t o
Irilephont : 36.IL1'8748.
lIpeiateetwiterketey trtterrtMtonal t-kgets-Ltd.
tfoodandalltthetraw v*etablesand
it ihat wou1dikeep in :the
for winter use.. Iftut it had 30 Ile
Mrepared tfor -every Antal.lf you
wanted pudding -or -cake, Toll did
not open .a packalte ,anil -stir
mid *have lamsty -confection. 'No.
'You *mixed ;the ingredients .and
lben,cotiked 'them_ 'And often you
tad to -depend -on your own
,cointnon •gellSeltriuttge the lemp-,
erature -Of -the oven. 'licit all wood
-stoveshad thermometers. Non Lost
NEW.
There -were at least 2 mal
cooldng‘days in :the year - 'Zinist-
ArtaS -and Threthin.g Day And in
many Ways they were •sintilar. I
won't tell -about ,-CitristrnaS -as it is
mach as in thestatays.
threshing day is another-litiag;
suppose the closest ttingtoir
is !Silo -Filling Day .• ,and I 4rno..
sure there are -SU& turflgry
-around-even. then. As 1
threSting Alay, there•were
-men voiced and they wereli
"r6allyttattgry! There „always
:bea threshing roast. a -huge
ofireel, I 'have no idea What
'was but it was very large. 4.
lasiu wives dicl:Tiot feherwit
;traditional rOast .and there
mutterings among the 'Men ••
that, There were -/-tizige in
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