The Brussels Post, 1960-12-15, Page 7beat-4g. And by 1011
tabli, hmert eeeure that
thee not only grew their own
bean , but had enough isit over
for seed next year and to
three hogsheads away!.
Saint Croix Island may or may
not have bad woodchucks. I find
myself wondering, and wish
aetna historian had thought to
sat this down, A woodchuck can
raise havoc with a good stand of
beans, and I think it would be
nice to know about such details
of colonization, Did they have
a threshing floor?, No doubt they
did, for a trading settlement of
that size must have had wharves,
homes, boat ways, derricks,
storehouses, and other capital
investments,
Somehow, to me, the vague
distance. to 1611 is closed up by
my sympathetic mind's eye im-
pression of somebody flailing
beans there on Saint Croix Is-
land in the beginnings. Hour by
hour, pounding, tossing the vines
around with a fork, pounding
again, and then sweeping up.
Afterward, with a brisk wind,
they winnowed them. And then,
hogsheads and 'hogsheads of
beautiful dried beans standing
side by side to gladden the pio-
neer hearts. Those beans, I'm
sure, suggest an establishment
on Saint Croix Island of such
size and energies as few of us
supposed, New France was
'thriving, things were going on,
And we should remember that
England was backward about
this stuff - its era of colonial
expansion still lay ahead, and
one of its first acts of economic
empire was going to be to drive
these busy Frenchmen from our
Atlantic shores.
Later on, after the Pilgrims
did come, there was another in-
stance where Maine fishermen
gave food away. In 1622, desper-
ate for food, the Pilgrims coast-
ed their shanop across to Fisher-
man's Island, one of the Demers
iscoves just outside present-day
Boothbay Harbor, and the Eng-
lish fishermen there loaded them
with goodies. The gratitude of
the Pilgrims is recorded in their
own records, and it is proper his
tory to presume that the con-
tinuity of the. Plymouth venture
hinged somewhat on this grat-
uity.
So, the emphasis on food at
Thanksgiving Time interests me.
While everybody else seemed
well stocked and disposed to
charity, the stringency of inges-
tion at Plymouth remained the
cornerstone of our more precious
legend. True, the Plymouth saga
has overtones of high purpose
which we mustn't ignore, and
nobody would want to. But I find
that even the religious elements
had their counterpart in the
()flier settlements - a Church
of England chaplain came with
the Popham planters, and the
French had their ubiquitous Je-
suits. A Fr. Baird is our source
for the good French material;
and when the English drove the
French off Mount Desert Island,
Fr. Baird was "captured" and
taken to Jamestown, where he
lived a winter hr sufficient com-
posure to write a book.
Now; I like baked beans, as
you well know.eI am sorry to
find that the important key part
they played in the colonization
of America is historically ignor-
ed in favor of turkey, cranber-
ries, venison, pumpkin pies and
the other now traditional luxur-
ies from the Pilgrim epic. So,
as we settle in for the customary
celebration of this annual festive
event, perhaps in the light of
new knowledge, herein present-
ed, seine of us may decide to
take just a wee bit off the Ply-
mouth emphasis - and also be
grateful for nourishing beans
'by the hogshead that fed the
prior Frenchmen on lovely Saint
Croix Island. - By John Gould
in the Christian Science Monitor.
A.Pvenn 0;74
Try The Lowly flean
some time back, in lx.rtoqug,
elderly aecoents, I found a
stimulating statement. It said
that in 1611, at a Pruett settle-
ment on Saint Croix Island,
some hungry seafarers; put
ashore, and out of consideration
for their hungry condition the
settlers then there gave them
three hogsheads of dried beans.
You will observe that this was
a good decade before the Pil-
grim Fathers held their cele-
brated First Thanksgiving on the
shores of Plymouth E3ey, so per-
baps this prodigality with food,
at that time, may tettee you as
it did me. There is something
notable about so many dried
beans at that stage of oar
national development, for free,
Today we have bean-cleaning
machines, but until fairly recent
times we did not, and the pros-
pect of growing, harvesting, dry-
ing, threshing, winnowing and
picking over three hogsheads of
beans would dismay any old-
timer. Thus history has a way of
skipping details, and the glib
historian and the glib reader
may well pass over the beans of
1611 without ascribing to them
their full, due, First, you need
to know what a hogshead is. Its
precise size varied, but it was
always at least twice pa big as
a barrel, The bigger hogSheads
that were used in early fisher-
ies - and these Frenchmen on
Saint Croix Island were fisher-
men - ran sometimes to 150 gal-
lons. A molasses barrel, in com-
parison, will hold 50 to 60 gal-
lons. So, three hogsheads of
dried beans are quite a snatch of
food, -and don't forget we are
talking about the American
supermarkets 10 years , before
the Pilgrims!
We should also wonder a bit
about the gardens of 1611. Think
of clearing away the land, es-
tablishing good bean soil, and
putting in the crop. How did they
plow and cultivate so much land
in 1611? Remember, too, that
these Frenchmen on Saint Croix
Island weren't geared merely to
wilderness survival, they were
.set up to do commerce in an out-
post of the French colonial struc-
ture - they had to fish and cut
bait, salt their catch, trap and
traffic, and otherwise put in a
day's work before they went to.
Field And Crop
Floated Half Mile
floated clean over to the paler
side of tbe. lake half - a mite
The farmer decided the field
would have to be moved be '1c.
Re got help and. by means of
rope and hard work acturlly
towed the field back to its acid
site. Then, determined that it
should not run away again, he
:had the great mass of soil 'Act-
ened down with wooden pile •:,!.
The field has never •strays'
.sincel
There 'have been many odd
movements of • national soils.
About thirty year ago, Bngh,,h
soil was exported to Maryland,
from the Yorkshire estate of
1(iplln. A piece of turf was sent
Across the Atlantic to make a
small Maryland plot "for ever
England," Why? Because the
founder of Maryland, George
Calvert, the first Lord Balti-
more, lived at Kiplin.
1INDAY SCI1001
LEM seetonishing siesreta may soon
be wrested from that vast and
ru:sterious "laboratory" we call
Oh: soil - that upper layer of
orth on which all living things,
men, animals, plants and treea,
are ultimately dependent for
their survival.
Elaborate researo Ii now taking,
place already suggests that sci-
ence is on the brink of "digging
up" new facts about the soil that
could later transform the lives
of men and women everywhere.
The soil never dies, say the
scientists, It is so much alive
that there are several million
living organisms in every spoon-
ful, From day to day the soil is
continually changing. Raw ma-
terials are broken down and
built up again into new com-
pounds which eventually form
part of the living plant.
"We are realizing, as never be-
fore, the vast extent of this
manufacturing process which
goes on day and night, year in,
year out, solely for the benefit
of mankind," says one investiga-
tor' "Today's new studies of the
soil are of enormous import-
ance,"
There are stories of strange
stories about soil-stories which
would astonish the average gar-
dener busy now with his hoe,
spade, fork and trowel. One con-
cerns a mass removal of soil by
natural means in Holland where
much of the soil rests on a
hard, black peat to which it is
not attached.
One day a field of many acres
was 'flooded by' the waters of a
canal which had burst its banks
and the flood water became
united with a lake.
When the farmer looked out
next morning he saw an amaz-
ing -sight, Overnight the field,
with its standing crop, had
By .4ev, Barclay 11arcea •
B.A., MO.
The Compassion Of Chriet
Isaiah 01:1-3, 10-11; Matthew
11:27-30
Memory Selection: Take nos
yoke upon you, and learn of tneS
for I am' meek and lowly 1st
heart; and Ye shall find rest un-
to your souls. Matthew 11:29.
The main distinctive of Chris-
tianity in comparison with other
religions is Its emphasis on tovo.
The old Russian hymn, HoW
Great Thou Art," has become
popular here. Here is one ver„t.
and chorus:
"And when I think that God 1111
Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can
take it in;
That on the cross my burden
gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away
my sin.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour
God to Thee,
How great Thou art, How great
Thou art."
Claim Bullfights
Sometimes Fixed!
With the allegations of play-
ers taking bribes to fix the re-
sults of football matches arid
inquiries into horse doping mak-
ing the newspaper headlines, it
was interesting to see that one
of Spain's leading sports, bull-
fighting, is having its troubles
as well,
The Spanish government is
taking stern measures to stamp
out fraudulent bullfighting prac-
tices. Anxious to protect their
matadors, some promoters have
been blunting the horns of fight-
ing bulls. The bull is therefore
robbed of its only means of at-
tack, Experts say that these ille-
gal trimmings affect an animal's
health, and rob it of gloss and
vitality.
Now veterinary officers have
been ordered to inspect the
horns of all bulls put into the
arena before and after their
fights. Where they find that
horns have been blunted or in
any way mutilated, courts are
to impose penalties of 50,000
pesetas (about $900) for a first
offence, and double that fine if
repeated. For a third offence,
the fine will be 250,000 pesetas.
BUDDY-- Wearing his loving cup on his broad back is Buddy,
941/2 -pound Southdown lamb, Buddy was named grand cham•
pion wether of the 61st annual International Livestock Exposi-
tion in. Chicago.
How accurately Isaiah Pros
dicted the character of Christ's
ministry. "He hath sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, t*
proclaim liberty to the captives,
and the opening of the prison to
them that are bound. - To ap-
point unto them that mourn in
Zion, to give unto them beauty
Or ashes, the oil of joy for
mourning, the garment of prate*
for the spirit of heaviness."
Jesus Christ fulfilled this
prophecy. He forgave sin, healed
the sick and even raised the
dead. In these acts we see His
compassion and His great power.
He, and He alone, has the au-
thority to say, "Come unto Me,
all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest,"
.,Be .can fulfill His promise.
Jesus is concerned about every
phase of our life. He was moved
with compassion when He saw
the hungry, and He did some-
thing about it. He was compae-
sionate on the bereaved and sue.
ferring. He had compassion on
the multitude who fainted anal
were as sheep having no shep-
herd. He cares for all these to-
day. Haw many there are who
are living with an evil objective
or no objective. Jesus cares for
all. Let us accept His invitation
and turn to Him. He can satisfy
the longing of every heart.
111E.FARN FRONT
J66
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A state ban on harvest 'strikes
is one of the explosive proposals
that probably will come up be-
fore the 1961 session of the Cali-
fornia Legistlature in January.
* e
Such a plan is being discussed
at Sacramento. Dr. Daniel Ce;
Aldrich, dean of agriculture at
the University of California, has
advanced it in a report to the
state board of agriculture.
Dean Aldrich takes the posi-
tion that food and fiber produc-
tion is dictated by forces of na-
ture and are not independent of
labor, whose services must he
rendered according to circum-
stances beyond the producers°
control.
ments are indicative of the emo-
tion-charged atmosphere in
which the drive to outlaw har-
vest strikes looms up in the ap-
proaching session of the Cali-
fornie Legislature; writes Harlan
Trott in the Christian 'Science
Mpnitor.
Nevertheless, Mr. Pitts vows
that laber will press hard to
eliminate the "Moral callous-
ness" toward farm labor by se-
curing for these workers "all
the other socio-economic protec-
tions long enjoyedeby others."
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He forecasts also that labor
will seek, to . remove artificial
restrictions that limit the appli-
cation of workmen's compensa-
tiori standards in such areas as
weekly indemnity and death
benefits. Other demands to be
made on the 1961 legislature
are:
1. A state health-core program
for senior citizens.
2. A 50 per cent wage-loss
compensation 'for the great bulk
of claimants who qualify for un-
employment and disability in-
surance.
3. Reduction in the high cost
of home financing "which has
removed 70 per cent of our
families from the housing mar-
ket. Mr. Pitts points to New
York's recent experience under
both political parties to "demon-
strate that the key to inexpen-
sive and adequate money is the
use of state credit."
California's chief labor spokes-
man disclaims the label "social-
ism" in arguing that many pre-
cedents exist for making state
funds available for low and mid-
dle income housing at or below
cost.
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At the same time, the Aldrich
report holds that "those respon-
sible for employment of agri-
cultural workers have an obli-
gation to their labor, which not
only must recognize them with
all the dignity accorded any
other individual in our society,
but also afford appropriate
working conditions and compen-
sation if an adequate skilled
productive supply of labor is to
be available as production and
harvesting demands."
* * *
Meanwhile a keer state official
in charge of farm labor place-
ment is fotecasting a lively ses-
sion in 1961 as both the growers
and unions battle for legislative
advantage early in January.. Irv-
ing H. Perluss, state director of
employment, says a legislative
stalemate is not at all unlikely,
in which case there would prob-
ably be widespread harvest
strikes again in California next
summer,
At the height of this year's
harvest strikes when the Agri-
cultural Workers Organizing
Committee (AWOC) was step-
ping,.up its campaign for union
recognition by the growers,
Edmund G. Brown called for
proposals to remove farm labor
relations from "the law of the.
jungle." Speaking as a success-
ful politician, Mr. Brown advised
'the growers it would be unreal-.
istic of them to believe the Leg-'
islatdre would outlaw harvest
strikes without also making pro-
visions for union recognition and
collective bargaining.
That is exactly the assumption
atm which the California Labor
Federation is proceeding in map-
ping out its new goals in the
forthcoming session of a Cali-
fornia Legislature, In reviewing
the program Thomas L. Pitts,
state AFL-CIO financial secre-
tary; is attaching high priority
to intrastate organisation and
collective bargaining rights in
the field of farm labor.
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Infants of the animal world, pictured' in their natural surroundings, babes in the woods:
make fascinating subjects for nature photographer Lynwood M. Chace.
KLAN RALLY - Bobby Shelton
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., above,
grand national wizard of Ku
Klux Klan in Montgomery, Ala.
Shelton said the rally was mere-
ly a peaceful meeting to insure
that New Orleans strife over
integration would not happen
in Alabama,
The trouble with the ladder to
success is that there's no one to
hold it for you,
Twin fawns placidly survey the woodland scene.
9. S'upper 32. Vendors
10. Possessive Courageous
pronoun 38. Boat prOpeller
11. T:ee
16. Summer
drinks
18, Fr. river
20. Peels
21. fleveald
22. Article of
belief 23, Insert
24. Whistle blasts 40. ken-Intit 25, Sweetheart 47. Bilge wave 28. Expunge 48. First decimal 27, Small h011owe number 29. Auxiliary 51, Bub. god of verb healing
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE 99, Makes serene
41. Alms
42. Bashful
43. Erive
- slant ingly
44. Acknowledge
45. Anchor tackle
ACROSS 1. Gauzy fabric
4, Palls to keep
9. Definite article
12, Bather that
13, Aside
14. Conger
16. llegOtitited
17. Frighten
19. Scouting group
20. Golf
instructor
21„ Male of beef cattle Se Told tale
28: Mother ehieltens'
29. Offended
So. untosteee
to o tai
.81. Canadian
firbiltride (kb e
82. One who moss
• horsed
FfOnt 34 e '1710,
36. Tiny
86 rthoit
37, Saunters,
89 Central Parte
40. Who' Y
42, AccUintilate
Mott
In What way
60, Kingdoni
52, Bybirtli,
Desire st, Fills to the'
55. esseetteettibii. DOwel
2. Stray from
truth
8. Seiving party
4, Subseriliently
0, Overt
6. Unhappy
7. Syllable of
hesitation
8, Atitothobile
part
3 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. 11
13 12,
15
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He says growers` ,groups have
"fought ably and . valiantly"
against such legal guarantees.
"Yet what a great Wail can be
heard front the farms iii the
Valley and on Montgomery
Street when the Agricultural'
Workers Organizing : Ceilititittee
dares to employ the Orgefiitile
tional ettike. We are accused trf
hitting below the belt .just when,
the els011e are getting ripe, But
We ask, what is there hi the
• dollar value of crops that givot
ethrie, httriedit beings the prior
right to rettglishOd over the
rights of Othei hitnian beings?"
Shell. Streit: labor profietittede
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