The Brussels Post, 1955-03-02, Page 3HisaadSpelling
Hanged This Man
You - would think that 'being
unable to spell a small thing
to Oat a man hia liberty,, and
perheps his life - but it Ithe
done` SO.
In 1937 two Men Were 4ent-
enced , to imprisonment in Scot-
land because they could thot
spell "dentifrice." They admit-
ted that "they 'had attempted, to
obtairrgoecla by fiend. One day
an Edinburgh trader' received
Order for goods which included
dentifrice. He 'noticed that' the
word fos spelt "dontifaCe," No*
this man had been previously
ernplOYed by 'another Edinburgh.
firm which had been defrauded
of goods including dentifklee,
The 'trader reinettibered that an
that occasion the word had also
been spelt 9„entifaCe." Sd
detained the mail
who
had
brought the order and sent for
the police.
During the Presidential cam-
paign n the U.S.A. in 1880 Mn
Garfield was one of the candi-
dateS. Somebody tried to harm
his chances by attributing , to
hhti letter in which the inriy
ikit1S11,c)/1, • bf 'Cheap -.Chinege' lam
"our Was advocated .= tut the
letter ettnitkined.. words like
"econiOny" and , ,
which 'General'dartleid, hat
eVer his fatilta;, tibt*haVe
perpetrated ..But the ari who really DiWed
hi* destruction ton bad spelling.
wag the „Chatiffettr.
Wei executed for the murder of
Irene Wilkins, whern he had
iiitodi to BOttinernOtith by it di,
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PLENTY OF MAIL.-See. W Stuart $yMleigtori, ,left; points to the
giant ,post card he received from the Parkway Station letter
"Carriers in Kansas City, Mo. Made Of . 'plyWorid, the card urges'
the Sehafer's support fate:the' postal enifoloyea4 pay raise, It took
$12.80 in stamps. to Mail, the card frorn MistOurl to "Weethitigton,
D.C.
QUICK COMEBACK
The guest, Speaker WAS an
hair late aiid the:college audio
elied was growing testiest: The
chairman, hoping to salvage the
evening, whispered: to Professor
Blia*Ortti, tithed lor his wit, to
get up and say a few words.
The professor stepped up to.
the • platform, and by way of
breaking the ice he remarked,
'Tve just been asked by the
chairman to Corne up here end
'Say something funny"
At thiS point; a student neck.
ler in the back of the hall Celled"
Jqratt'll tell us. when you'
Say you?"
,PfefeSaar EllsWorth, deitdpid
bait; 'deadly, riposted, "F11
Foil!.- the others *ilk :knot:.''
:
People Collect •
Almost Anything
PLAIN HORSE SENSE • • ••••-,*
(UOP) VON PiLtS
regarded by free marketeers.
At the same time, however,
a price would be set by geVern^
ment based on the prices
farmers have to pay for labour,
equipment, feed, living needs
etc,
The difference between this
guaranteed forward price and
the price he actually received on
the open market, would be 'paid
in cash directly to the farmer
by the government.
As the intention of any, such
scheme would be the preserva-
tion of the family farm and not
the encouragement of factory
like farming, government pay-
ments should be restricted to a
maximum number of units per
family. Any 'farmer producing
more than the maximum num-
ber of units would have td take
his chances on the open Market. 4' * *
This column vvelcornes., criti-
cism, constructive or destruc-
tive,, and suggestions, wise or
otherwise; it will endeavOur to
answer any questions. Address
all mail to Bob Von Pills,
Whitby, Ont.
Did His
KeephieOn A
Cedar' .Shingle
LONG TORS'iYlirieS'.of !Francelticii+lesi. eVen,Jtig ma.tr w,4re9ks Into
below-the-hip fulness. Theeskirtiejiy,eelayers of nylon tulle is a
mist of subtle shades of 'orchid arid 'lilac sCreeii thrOuah a top
skirt of black. The silver-colored acetate satin bodice is joined
to the skirt in deep Harlequin diamonds.
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o he has seen and heard and even Pojsoned ArrWs felt the presence of many ghost-,
ly visitors. Kill Elephants
Onr •at least..one occasion he
It is Anazing just what some
people will collect. One respeeted
member 'of .the legal profession,
whb has' a 'limbo for' being aus.
tore and hard. of heart, but who
in. the privacy of, his' o,' home
spends hour, caring for-;e -id add-
ing to his, vast of hut-
tons! A button, 'ho Matter what
Its' Side,' 'shape' use;' will at
once, bripg.e gleam into his eyes.
- Beyond the means ef, .most is
the collection of__a, well-known
busineis man' whose two loves
are old car's' 'and barrel-Organs,
A 'bee-keeping roan' collects
honey of `various. ;shades and
tastes.. Honey. may be of a pale
golden 'colour, or it can be
green, vivid red, brown; or even
jet black. In taste honey ranges
from ,sickly' sweet to bitter.
There 'are hundreds:of' shades,
flavours• and-.varieties• of honey.,
This man. collects.honey from
all parts of the, world and is as
keen to obtain a rare, specimen
for his '"Honey Liikarylv as the
philatelist'iSf tfi.get a stamp• with
the Queen's head. upside-down.
'A uniquekollector Is,the com-
pany .director who collects the
names of place's he has `slept in,
He' has been known to• endure
the disc:dint:SW of a third-rate
inn in a villageforty miles from
town while attending an impor-
tant business. conference -
merely to add another name to
his list. Fortunately he is a
bachelor, for it is certain no
wife would endure his constant
quest for new beds.
Then,,there's the Irishman -
a former Colonel in, the British
Army --- who collected, of all
thingS, ghosts!
Ireland is, Of course, if we can
believe all stories, a 'happy hunt-
ing ground, for ,these. •
The colonel has for several
years now diligently sought out
stories of hanntedjmuses and
castles all over Ireland. He care-
fully 'records these stories, in4iis
precike'' liaricrwritin'e 4 'and files
them away systematically.
If, the -occasion offers the
colonel, will pull out one of his
spooky files and'',get off for the
hatnited holisev He' 'declares that
IONIC LES
LtIfitt FC1401:1
Who says we don't get old-
fashioned winters any More? U
for
remk ovs,ta oul ds .-fa snhdiomn e4cloen
colder
,by that we mean cold 'then last
of
here than in Toronto. Friday
night when It was ,four above
in Toronto it was fourteen be-
low right here, However, it
wasn't so hard to heat the
house as it had been the week
before with the wind blowing.
But is the coal-bin ever look-
ing sick - and we thought we
had more than enough coal to
last out the winter, Away goes
another fifty dollars. ,But we
still count our blessings . . we
are rtht snowed in .and there
hasn't 'been one morning that
the car refused to start. Nor
have we had any plants or
plumbing frozen, The hens ob-
jected to the cold weather but
Alie cows didn't mind it at all.
One, morning when it was
twelve belOw Partner thought
he hadn't better turn the cows
'out at'ell. SO he berried water
them' in' the 'gable. Some •of
tient juSt sniffed at the water
an& bawled to be let out. Next
morning it was up to zero so
out they went, When / . went
out for the, mail the cows were
all around the water-trough.
When I came back' they were
racing around in the front 'field.
A little gate !Which Partner had
forgetfin.toealase was their in-
vitatieri , to freedoth. That was
something new for Partner -
forgetting to close a gate. Any-
way r went ,: down to tne ,barn
to tell: him what, was:. haypen,-
lug and together we managed
to get the cows in before they
had a chance to wander too far
away. But chasing cows over
,sno*,covered flelds -wasn't ex-
actly • our Idea of 'Winter sport.
AnOther'prOblent. last, week
was ,socks oversecks, to wear
inside ruhber boots. A fes).v,
weeks. •:ago, I ' brought home ,
heavy •nylon socks for Partner,
guaranteed:. to last , without
darning for ninety dayief,-
7ArOnderfUll I was .just thinking,
or `• pitting :'my 'darning thing!!
for. the.`winter when Partner,
said-"I can't *ear these socks
-they don't absorb moisture 'fit
all. They must surely be hard
on the feet." So Ibrought home
more socks* - One pair plain
knit, the other in a double
check pattern. The check socks
had no give"to them at all and
were hard to get on and off;
the others looked as if they
would be in holes inside of a
week. "Look," I said to Part-
ner, "I'll soon knit you a pair
if you will wear them-but you
have always said you couldn't
s t a n d hand-knitted socks."
(Partner has the kind' of feet
that could make a chiropodist
rich.) However, he evidently
thought I was offering him the
lesser of two evils in the way
of socks so I was given permis-
sion to go ahead. What I did
was to knit new feet - with
double heels - on to old legs.
In that way I had a pair of
socks ready the next day. Since
then-no complaints!
Socks done I started knitting
a little suit for Dave. The pail:•
ties are made in two pieces,
shaped at the back. A few min-
utes ago'I found I had made
them so the seams didn't match,
That always helps! Maybe it
has saCtip ,all night in the hall
of a"-ruined` castle in West Ire-
land in an attempt to' invoke a
grim apparition, which was Ade-
posed to reveal itself in a fdrm
half-man, half-goat.
With mounting pressure be-
hind, the demand of our farm'
organizations f o r government
guaranteed minimum prices of
farm products, the question is
being asked: "How would you
do it?"
Nobody will deny that farmers
have a right to their, fair share
of the national income, Yet
they labour under so many
handicaps th a t they cannot
achieve this without govern-
ment intervention.
In certain commodities
farmers .can do the job them-
selves if they are given the nec-
essary legislation to establish
national marketing agencies, In
others the federal government
may have to take, direct action,
Scarcity or Abundance?
Whenever the federal govern-
ment has intervened in the pric-
ing of farm products so -far, it
was generally in the form of an
offer to buy from the processors
or distributors a given com-
modity at a set price.
In the case of eggs for in-
stance the government is pre-
pared to buy eggs at 38 cents
per dozen Grade A Large plus
storage and handling charges.
The government will deal with
the grading stations, but, no pro-
vision is made for a minimum
price to the .producer except a
vague form of a"gentlemen's
agreement" that 'the producer
would not receive less than 32
cents per dozen.
If the government establishes
minimum prices at the prOducer,
level to be, paid by processors
and distributors and to, he car-
ried forward into the retail mar-
ket, the result will be that not'
only marketing but also Produc-
tion will have to be controlled
and in all probability 'curbed to
avoid the accumulation of huge
surpluses .rsy h h eventually
would Qack the program.
This wRuld mean a
'
pelicy of
planned scarify in a world in
which the majority of people
have never seen a square meal
and go W bed htingrY every
night of the year.
It would also mean that the
consumer would have ,to pay the
higher price in • the store and
may 'be „called upon to, pay
again, through his tax bill, if
the government has to' dispose
of any "surpluses" at a loss.
A New Approach
We submit to our readers for
their consideration and for dis-
cussion in their farm meetings
the following alternatife.
Farmers shall be free to pro-
duce any, product and as much
of it as they 'want, and sell it
in an uncontrolled in ark et
where it would find its .price
level under the good old law.of
supply and demand so, highly
Upsidedown to, Prevent Peeking
10 READY 'FOR A BATTLEe-War equip-ne% such as camouflage
and snorkel-type breathing organ Makes the matambta a deadly '
enemy of fish and water insects. The m,atamata, a small turtle
from the Amazon River section of Brazil, is on display at the
Boston Museum of Science. The rough shell, and the flaps of
skin ,on the neek r rnake it look like a• dead leaf as it waits for
unwary, fish, iji:breathinertube'hardly breaking the water's sur-
face. Raised position of ,its pointed hecid,gives its pinpoint eyes
wide-angle ;vision for spotting , meats.
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coy telegi:atri and had strangled
in a field Shee -was not-the first
girl "to"lbeelecoyed by him; he
had sent telegrathe to at least
two other girls on •other occa-
sions. s But ,all ,the telegrams
showed, such errors as "iff" for
if, and "plegant" for pleasant.
Hewes hanged in 1922,
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Far, fat'feoni the 'cities of:In-
dia, in the h.eaVilY-Wooded catist;.
try north of the Brahmapturk
the backward Aber tribes have
Pei:Meted' a :new method 'of kille
ingeniarauding rogue eeephantsee
Bowe and aeeows,,thele,norenel
weapons, of offeneeehaVeprceeed
futile., They have perfected 'lie
method of trappIng' elephant/ie.
Mid even breech-loading gaffe,
whose acquaintanee -they have
lately made, are ineffective.
So the Abors have made' a
stronge and unusual compromr
ise between primitive methods
and machine civilization; they
fire poisoned arrows out of their
rifles!'
Recently a rogue elephant was
causing depredations among :the
Padarn tribe, a branch of the
Abors. Hunting-parties met with
no success, several granaries
were destroyed,' and -the poet-
ton looked serious. Suddenly
there came news that the ele-
phant had been killed by a tiny
old man with a rifle - and, in--
evitably, a poisoned dart,
The little man, Pgen Tayeng,
had prepared carefully against
such an eventuality. He had fa-
shioned his ,.arrow in the tradi-
tional manner of the tribe, and
prepared his poison from the
roots of a plant known as Eni,
which had originally been
brought by an •ancient tribal
hero "from the fields of the gods
of the snowy mountains." In the
sacred corner of the village he
ground and pounded the roots,
then mixed the results with the
juice of another plant, Talo, the
"holy creeper," which had al-
legedly grown from the haver-
sack of another tribal hero, Karl,
after his death.
Little Tayeng met his ele-
phant late that afternoon. He
suddenly 'found the animal
standing in his very path, look-
ing at him in no friendly man-
ner. Almost. before ho had time
to appreciate the situation, the
elephant roared and charged
him: Tayeng ran away, but the
elephant was faster than he, and
he sensed that it was gaining,
In a desperate attempt to save
himself, he shot at it, from
point-blank range. At once the
elephant crumpled, but Tayeng
was not disposed to wait and
see what had happened; he went
on running. When he heard no
more noise,l, he retraied Ms
steps, and found- a dead ele-
phant.
"Theiees,VerYlrttl@ .chan.50 -of year
going Wrong,"
'9 knew that- before I came
There were a number Of dif-
ferent ways in which a country
merchant could keep his 'ac-
counts in the ,days before..cash
registers, ading machines,
loose-leaf binders, visible,'.files,
or the early ticket register sys.z.
tem,
He could tally eup the chalk
scores on the wall, possibly the
simplest system of' all. He could
run up a column of figures on '
a 'shingle; the; ancestor cot the'
visible file. He, might calculate-
by
pictograPlii, liketa the ,,New
Hampshire Yankee,Who
"fused about whether the ells-
tomer „owed ' him for, a 'cheese
or a ,grindstone because ,at • the.
time the tran'sacti'on was re-
corcredVhe forgot to draw a hole
for the crank of the grindstone.
But whether it was by single
entry or double, by notched
sticks, or by a stub penal and
scrap .of paper fishecr4ront ,a
vest pocket, the storekeeper
could not escape the burden of
keeping accounts of some kind;
and the only good 'ones were
those the merchant himself
could understand.
James L. Bragg used to run a
general 'store with a lumber
yard in back of it. One day
a farmer wanted some' cedar
shingles. The quantity Bragg
had on hand, as it turned out,
was "just what the customer
wanted. "I'll take them all," he
said. But Bragg held baek ori
the last bundle.
"I couldn't sell that,".he ex-
plained. "It's got my Store ac-
counts on it,"
The country trader usually
kept his accounts in great' folios,
full-sized sheets of heavy,' white
."wove" paper, folded 'once by
the stationer to make, four
pages, bound in rough sheep, or
in broWn leather scarred by
•song handling.
Until steel pens were intro-
crdeed, the merchant had to be
skilled in the cutting, slitting,
andr, pdinting gbose quills. He
" gad his round pounce box with
a ,perforated top, containing
ground pumice, for preparing
rough paper to take the ink, or
for writing' over erasures, His,
high slant rep desk was 'equip-
ped with sand for, blotting;' his
penknife at hand for shaping'
the quill pens. Perhaps he, had
his Own recipe 'for making ink.
Many,. were. handed down for
generations. -- Erdin "The Old
CenntrY'StOrer by Gerald Car-
son.'
je because I read as T knit, or
perhaps it was the result of
knitting at midnight. Not that I
wanted to but . one night the
wind :got around to the south
end the kitchent fire simply
would, pot draw, I couldn't
leave It because of the danger
Qf goel-ges and ,I COUldn't, let
it go MO because it Was• still
ten below, $o I sat ep and
coaxed the fire along until it
was safe to leave, it. The furn-
ace Wag, burping all right but
it doesn't heat the back of the
house,
Yesterday Bob and Joy came
,to see how- we had put
the week. They brought some
friends along', ;with them two
little boys=tWo and three and
a half, 'The boys 'had -never been
On a farm before and to, them
the cows were reindeer, and the
'Cc atalviesstinhaasbt y To ihnedye e r.
wanted
Shade s toof
catch some of the _hens and
could not understand why they
would not stand still to be pet-
ted. The !nether cam'; from
Vancouver and had never set
foot On a farm either, Her hus-
band has lived between Acton
and Erin so he knew something•
about the Country. Funny thing,
to live in a farming country and
know nothing about farthing. ,,
'Whereas we who, live on a "
farm sometimes know IC)0 much
- if you know what I mean.
Joy took::tier friends tall over
the house.„ Such exclamations
"SO :'many rooms-and the
size of them!" I nodded. '"Yes,
that'e what I say tool" I ans-
wered; bet„with rather a dif-
ferent meaning. Of course
would hate to be cooped up in
small rooms-but feiker rooms,
that's soMething else again. A
small house these days isn't like
a small, house twenty years ago.
With 414 'basement eight feet
high under.. the whole house one
can do ewith fewer rooms. Stor-
, age, space' in'the basement and
plenty of cupboard room up-
stairs. What more could anyone
want?
I wonder . . cleaning up my
desk thisernerningeI came , across
this hastily scribbled bit of wis-
dom-but T, don!t know where
the quOtatio ceines from:' Here
it i
quotation:
e. "Many of us /night- `Come
cl6Ser to haVing -*bee we 'want
if we kneW What We *anted. so
very. often we soon tire of. what
wee, thought we wanted?! And
who can deny the truth of :that
statement?
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ftbm his hospital bed in Winni-
peg, Pittman spent three bitter"
ly .cold clays in the Wilderness
after heeballed out of 1.11,4 Strati
,diet boreber that cikbladeci
the air." He Wholdliii tWe re,!ol.
Vet he shot a rabbit With, but
he could not , reciete the rabbit
'because of a leg hrOken when
the "Slaiii.ejtplededi