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The Brussels Post, 1961-12-07, Page 3BY AM JR, Barclay Warren 8.A., 11-D, Growth Through Adoration Luke 119-55 Memory Selection; My Soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savi- our. Luke 1:46-47. For sublime and significant poetry, that of our lesson has no equal in all literature, It was uttered concerning one event, by an angel, two women and a man, As one reads it, he shares in the adoration for God, possessed by the speakers, A miracle was In the offing; the miracle of God coming in the likesness of man and establishing a kingdom of which there would be no end. Mary's song was in some ways similarete the song of Hannah in Samuel 2:1-10, though Mary gives to the borrowed words and phrases a higher application. Giving praise and adoration to God stimulates spiritual growth, Handel's Messiah is an example of this in music and song. The rendition of it continues to at- tract great audiences. When the Hallelujah Chorus begins, the people invariable stand, follow- ing the example of the British King wheri he first hear it. Han- del, when after days of exhaus- tive laboUie completed the work, said, "Methinks i did see heaven open and the great God Him- self." Our gaze tends to be too much manward. We gasp at the achievements of man as he soars into space and as he builds great- er and more destructive bombs. We need to lift our eyes and give our wonder and praise to God who created heaven and earth. In doing so we shall gain a pro- per perspective of men and the affairs of men. We shall see life WHOLE. In our singing,, our mediation and our prayers, let us exalt our God and His Son Jesus Christ. In doing so, we shall please God, lift our own spirits and influence others to behold the beauty and majesty of our God, It will be true of them as expressed by the Psalmist, (34:5). "They looked. unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were n o t ashamed." Now that they have a method of manufacturing phonograph re- cords that do not collect dust it's the housewife that wants to know why the idea can't be car- ried out a step further and be applied to the furniture. always remain one of the world's wonders. The story of its ..Origin is as simple as any that Nature. offers. Water has been the prin., Opal fashioning agent. Over end, less aeons. the water has worn ,away the surface of the /and, Identical erosion can be seen. in the most ordinary gully any- where. but here is on a. vaster scale alike in size and time, Even yet the story is 'by no means fie nished. - From "Poles Apart° • (Adventures from Alaska, to Are- tarctica), by Richard Pape. Former Scourge Turned To Profit Sea-liens have been causing tremendous losses to Alaskan fishermen. Breeding prolifically on islands in the Bering Sea, these hungry monsters, which weigh nearly a ton when adult, devour great quantities of sal- mon, halibut and herring, the three main sources of the fisher- men's livelihood, Each season they grow bolder and more vora- cioahermen's nets holds no ter- rors for them, One huge poacher devours the catch and then tears its way out, ruining valuable trawling equipment, Until recently, sea lions, escap- ed alenost 'scot-free sFwith these* crimes. Fishermen did not hunt them for sea-lion flesh Is foul-. testing. But, now, In answer to pro- longed complaints, the U,S. gave ernment has found a good outlet for sea-lion meat, It mixes in very well with the highly scientific diet favoured, by American mink-breeders for rais- ing their stock. So Bering fisher- men are turning a former scourge into a profit. GOURD - You could almost squash an elephant with this squash displayed by Paul Al- fano, who grew it, It weighs 65 pounds, TIE FARM FRONT hating.' thing on the way which would burn. One farmer had put new sills under his barn, and the old ones were called to our at- tention, The farmer would, have worked hard with a horse to haul those aid timbers away, but fif- teen or twenty of us yoUngsters would pick one up and carry it to the ice. Each night we brought another, and that winter we had the best bonfires I recall, The bonfire, wasn't built out in the center of the ice, as r have ,seen them drawn hi pictures, but was right on the edge of the ice by the bank, so we could it her its warmth and fit our skates. The thin laying of ice spread within a plank retainer by fire- men with a hose, under commun. ity stipend, can never offer our children the effect of our old trotting-park rink, From the far end, of the ice where we stopped to start back again the fire was a bright spot in the night, with dark forms passing back and forth in front of it, and, the cold air magnifying the flick of the skates on the ice and the laughter and shouts. There was no fancy skating in those days. I remember Don. Coffin achieved fame by learn- ing to skate backward at great speed, which he did in a circle that took up most of the pond, and if everybody would stand back away from the fire he would glide in close to the bank and leap backward through the flames. But we had no music to skate by, except the music of the spheres from the cut-crystal stars in the high winter sky, and we didn't waltz and prepare for the Olympics. Sometimes in day- light, or if the mopn were real bright, eve would snap the whip, and sometimes we would cross hands with a young lady and do a twosome-but fUsually on the pretext that this was by way of teaching her to skate. When the first big snowstorm struck, the pond had to be clear- ed. So everybody brought se/ shovel or a broom. And oy lining up, a crowd of youngsters can quickly clear a skating rink. What we did was shovel a place big enough to skate on, and then attach our skates, after which we skated and cleared at the same time. News that skating on our towh rinks is delayed, after a storm, until the town crew can clear the ice disturbs me more than you know. And when there is skating, and mother drives in the warm station wagon to pick up the youngsters, I inwardly recoil. I have a strong memory of how teeteringly we walked, after we took our skates off, up that long path through the bushes, down the road, and to the lamp; lit warmth of a kitchen where we got warm again, and over a pep of hot cocoa with oatmeal cookies we finished our lessons so' we could go to bed-and in our uniformed way felt a good time had been had by all, public appropriation or not.-By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. 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In the first place, the pond and ponds on which we skated were not conveniently located in the precinct, and the distance to them was not covered by trans, portation, We walked, and all of them were at least a mile or so away, The particular pond on which I did most of my boyhood skating was not a pond at all, but a basin inside the trotting track at the fair/ grounds. Each fall when the' pre-winter rains came this area would fill with bog- water, and because even the shortest of us could stand on ground if we chanced to break through the surface, there were no parental misgivings about our being there. When the first crisp fall night threw a crust on the water; we would know about it Without go- ing to look. There came a short afternoon when school let out and 'We ran* 'for• the'."ttotting park" to do our first skating. The ice had not formed too deep then, and it evauld cr:eale under us. It was fun to start by the banking and get skating real fast and then go across the mid- dle and feel it sag ender you and make little noises. But after an- other cold night this fun was re- moved, and except for January Thaw we were all set for skating until spring runoff and time to tap trees. Shoe skates were unknown to us. We wore leather boots and brogans, and our skate was just a blade with clamps that clutch- ed the soles and stayed on if we were lucky. The older kind, of skates that screwed into the heels had disappeared, except for an occasional old-tirrier who came down -full of exuberance and re- lived his lost youth with us. The clamp skates had a lever just above the blade that snapped tight, but the more modern skates had a keywind, and every boy in town had a key in his pocket along with his jacknife, lucky penny, bicYcle key, and as- sorted prosperity. This trotting park was arrived at by going to the dred of a keno, walking under great pines on a hillside, and following, a path through scrub growth. On moon- lit nights there was no problem. When the moon was under- ground we often carried a lan- tern although the flashlight, was coming intb use, too. ,And almost everybody who walked along to- ward the pond picked up some- Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Vti WV3N cl 10 I 0 1 kl 3 3NNV Ova . V2/WV O a 0.L l5 6 d V H d V 0 I V a J. 3 tl V V 8 I w 0 S. 300 3 V N N a V 'd N 0 W 1. a 1 V 0 N V 9 N THREE FOR THE SHOW - Rick Silvagni hos plenty to be excited about: the egg on his plate contains three yolks. had, just over 50 per cent in the Choice No. 1 class; Saskatche- wan, Manitoba and Ontario be- tween 43 and 46 per cent; and Quebec and the Atlantic , pro- vinces 35 to 37 per cent. * * I Of 486,000 sheep and lambs slaughtered this year to the end of October, 240,000 were carcass graded. A premium is paid by a war- rant attached to the grade certi- ficate on the same basis as for hogs. Lambs must be ear-tagged and farmers' names reported to the •grader at the market or pack- ing plant. Only hitch reported so far is that some producers have failed to get their premiums because their names were not given to the graders. * Federal officials say this is likely to happen when lambs change, hands one or more times between farmer and ultimate buyer. Result is that some per- son other than the producer is credited with the lambs on the manifest given to the grader. Officials emphasize that the pre- mium is intended only for the producer who finished the lambs for market. A dealer who has the lambs for only, a day or so does not qualify, The man who fin- ishes,them is entitled to the pre- mium. . * * Farmers are urged to make sure., their, market lambs are properly ear-tagged and' their correct Iname and address Is lig- ed on a manifest which will gO with the lambs to tlee final des- tination regardless of the mar- keting'Channel employed. * I * Vines amounting to $1,000 were imposed by Judge Leon Girard On a dairy operator-who pleaded guilty at Three Rivers, Quebec,. to 10 charges' of selling adulter- ated butter, ; Emile Cletitiont of Creinerie St. Bonifeeet admitted the Of., fenees, which took place in the latter end of Jiene,,l9d1, A .gati- Ada Department of Agriculture inspector .gave evidence of firld, frig the butter containing fat Othet then in11k fat ) 1n stores at Shawinigan, beati&neted end St. Georges, The seized butter' Wee ordered confiscated and / Clermont was also ordered to pay court costs: Toe was given. one Menge' to pay the fines, the altetietitiVe being three' inotithsr igS(1,k. 46' Htet,11.. ; ereetree , HORIZONTAL ,SILO-Old-tinie method of storing /ensilage still is used on the Orville Fisher farm. It's known as a "trench silo," storing 'Winter livestock feed in on open pit,,-Here, Felix Thurrwriel [ete ks ens i e into direttly 'in 1/ont of tractor. Only a thin top layer is affected by winter weather; the rest below keeps well. r Hummingbirds By The Hundreds! The descent into the next can- yon was neither as rough nor as deep as the climb out of the canyon we had just vacated, It opened up Into a flat of two or three acres In which there were great clumps of chuparosa aflame with red trumpetlike blassorns. We both stopped to stare. hun- dreds of hummingbirds were dancing in the air over those blossoms. Sipping nectar from the deep cups of the flowers, they were swarming there like bees. Before coming to the desert I had always considered it a red- letter day when I saw one hum- mingbird. I had been thrilled since the sandstorms with the sight of a half dozen Costa hum- mingbirds together coasting down transparent slopes of warm des- ert air. Here was a humming- bird convention! There were big hummingbirds, almost as large as warblers, tiny hummingbirds, so tiny I could hardly believe ,theY were i birds, green hummingbirds, green and purple hummingbirds, humming- birds with flanelpgeyed gorgets, hummingbirds with blue gorgets, hummingbirds of every kind, every size, their iridescent plum- age glinting in the morning sun. Entranced, we sank down on the first convenient boulder and _continued to stare. The tiny birds were not afraid. Some flew with- in arm's length of us or perched on twigs four or five feet 'away, inspecting us pertly with bright jet-bead eyes. Then away they would spin to their nectar feast again. Cap said, "There are always hummingbirds here. I aimed to give you a treat. But I had no idea we'd see a sight liwe this."- From "Gold on the Desert," by Olga Wright Smith. John S. Coleman, President, Detroit Chamber of Commerce: The point to remember is that what the government give's, it must first take away. 7. Foes 29. Stake 8. Hoisting machine 9. Penitential season 34. Crusted •itsh 10. Toward. And 35. Sell within 36. Commerce 11. Equal 37, Bee's pollen 19. Star facet brush 21. Sea bird 38. Offense ,law) 24, 1.1riai 89. Po-tent DOWN 25. Anchor tackle 40. Algerian 1. Dill seed 26. Ian. family 2. Wharf crest 3. Banish 27. Rush tobaoco 4. Disavow basket 6. Side by side 28, Medieval 6. Light brown money 31. Large boiler 32, Promontory CROSSWORD PUZZLE Piloting a chic black Daimler along London's Millbank, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery turned into a one-way street- the wrong way-and rammed a blue •Vauxhall. Result: The de- sert hero paid $42,70 in fines and costs and had the conviction en- tered on his license in spite of a written leniency plea which ob- served: "I have been driving for 50 years', I have driven from Alamein to Berlin and I have given no trouble to anyone -- except the Germans." Following the court action, Monty prudent- ly motored to an engagement in his other car, a chauffeur-driven Rolls. 52. Not far 53. Old Irish nolo 42. 16,91rilq weight 43. Cleansing agent 46. Island (Fr.) ACROSS 1, Spring month (ab.) 4. Proportion 8. Fastener 12. Never (Gen) 13. Zeal 14, Masculine name 16, Moray 16. Ice oream container 17, Before 13. Surgical instrument 20, Loyal adviser 22. Crew 23. Choler 24. Cut short 26, Chess piecei ' 37, Male swan 30. Detest 81. Lettuce 32. Aniclety 33. Consumed = 34, Wash for gold 86. Yugoslav agriculttiral region 66, Sesem, 37, Grape jelly 38. Anchored 41, Summits' 7, 44. Indian hog plum tree 46. Disorderly crowd 47. In addition .48. Play the first card 49. Ancient wine Jug 80. High in the scale 81. English princpre 1. a a N Y Greatest Gash In The World We strolled a few yards. Sud- denly before us yawned an im- measurable abyss. This was the earth's mightiest gash.• Transfix- ed, we gazed out over a gigantic spectacle, it was afire with tints and glows; a vari-coloured mira- cle. Above this ultimate of silent grandeur and beauty lay the glaring desert unrelieved by shadow. The first sight of the Grand Canyon benumbs heart, mind and brain, It upon one's awed imagination like a wonderful truth; it represents a billion new and unimaginable ideas. Spec- tacular rock sculpture is there and a serene harmony. The mysterious moods of its. colours and rays are like soft and del, cate thoughts. it takes a MI le time for the first sight of the Grand Canyon to secure a foot- hold in reality. . . . Something happens to puny mortals when they gaze doWn for a full mile into the earth over a magnificent vista of painted rocks. It is a view ex- quisite and breathtaking. The Grand Canyon offers strange spiritual reward to all those who stand on its rims. It stirs piety, ecstasy, wonder and meekness. It is nature's story of creation, it seems also to purvey a glorious spirit which ennobles and chast- ens though. It provides a placid mental quiet that ordinarily never emerges from the whirl of our rushing, matter-of-fact exist- ence Far, far away below, like snakey grey twine, roars the Colorado River, a 300-foot shream of tremendous power. , . The rock walls that bound this river are a tremendous cross-section of the earth's crust, The longer one peers down, down, down into the colossal abyss and across the sweeping panorama of whole ranges of mountains buried, in its depths, the greater grows a deep- ening sense of the infinite. A little boy in a- cowboy suit interrupted our gaze and reverie. "Golly, what a gully,;' lie shout- ed. His mother didn't reply; she, like ourselves, was hughecl intid reverence. This -titanic gash in the earth's face is 217 miles long, S to 10 miles wide and more than a mile deep. It was first discovered by Spaniards in the year 1540, It will Canada scored a smashing hit with its poultry display-eat the Anuga Fair in Cologne, West Germany-the biggest 'food fair' of its kind in the world. F. E. Payne, Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture, reports that exhibits were submitted by coun- tries from the four corners of the world and that the Canadian one compared very favorably with all others. „ While considerable poultry of a mediocre quality has been im- ported and sold in. West Ger- many at low prices, there is a growing demand'for a top quality product. And, adds Mr. Payne, there is a willingness to pay a modest premium for it. * Currently popular in West Germany are chicken broilers- mostly sold through large retie- -series operating throughout the entertainment districts of large cities. Europeans patronize these chicken-eating establishments. in large numbers and at the same time, often pick up cooked chick- en to take home. Many German buyers interviewed by Mr. Payne indicated an interest in a pre- mium product for consumers with discriminating tastes. Considerable interest w a s shown in Canadian turkeys, par- ticularly lighter -„weight birds. Mr. Payne also foresees the, pos- sibility of promoting turkey rolls and other packs of solid turkey meats for use he restaurant and catering trades. * • * Powdered egg and egg melange is in good demand, but Canada's present prices are -not competi-, five, West Geteriens, according to Mr. Payne, have their sights set on building up their own poultry industry. They propose buying' wheat on the world market, sell- ing it on their own market at an advanced' price, and granting a refund to poultry producers. But, he adds, it may be some years before any large inroad is made into demands for poultry imports, * In Great Britain, the poultry industry is forging ahead. Egg production now' tills domestic requirements. While Great Bri- tain. still is a country of many small producer flocks, the large supplier is coming more into the, picture. Newcastle disease laws exclude the possibility of impert- ing uncooked poultair but Mi. Payne foresees an oppartemity of promoting Canadian cooked, 'care- ned chicken in Britain,. I I Canada's new policy of paying lamb premiums has paVed the Way for the eountey's first ac- curate appraisal of lamb quality, And, reports the'Canada De- partment of Agriculture, the re- Sults have been encouraging. Livestock Division officials say that 65 per cent IA th& lambs graded this fall were eligible for premitithe, * * e introduced August 14, the licy calls for preinititrie 61 0 per laMb for Choice No. 1 and $1 for Good Noe 1-provided want' car- cass weight is between Sd end: 51 pounds. In previous years, when only a limited. number. Of carcasses were graded, about SO per cent were reported Choice Nos. 1 and 17 per cent Good No, 1. Yet during the past three Months, With practically all lambe being geaded, there were about 42 per cent in the top category and 23 per cent in the second grade, • Flee the last week October, tritish talumbia and All5Crti biEti44 001 i1VIINtittIet spread Out to dry,,by the 5 production feciiii of the 0601E4 in County of 'Coeniniini$f 1-101* It6AID=-A roller helps to cover electrical cables near Newark, for on "under actual cemiditicins" test of Cin effed, dive` wa,y to heat highW4S fb.keep ,therri fred:'of mid*.