The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-08-29, Page 18Page 2—Crtlssro ds—Aug. 29, 1984
Shirley Whittington
Staking the wild berry
ism art in itself
It's blueberry time around
here, and thoughts of Maria
Chapdelairie are never far
behind. Louis Hemon's
sturdy sunburned heroine
found romance in the
lueberry patches of
r-rbonca in Quebec's St.
.d 's Lake country. Some
day, a Canadian composer
will make an opera out of
that.
Frankly, romance is the
last thing I think about when
I •am picking blueberries. I
think about snakesAv, lot. I
only met a real live rattling
rattlesnake once in my life,
and it was in blueberry
country.
Sometimes I think even
more macabre thoughts in
the berry patch. All those
bizarre berry patch
newspaper headlines start
flashing before my mind's
eye, You know what I mean:
"Headless torso discovered
by berry pickers," or "Berry
picker mauled by clack
bear". Or "Berry pickers
disappear into abandoned
mine shaft."
These things never seemed
to occur to Maria Chap-
delaine, but I guess when
you're in love even a
mosquito -infested blueberry
patch becomes a garden of
enchantment.
In spite of the lurking
wildlife, the dangers of
hidden groundhog holes, and
patches of poison ivy, I find
myself irrestisibly drawn to
berry patches of all kinds.
The mere rattle of a berry
pail brings out some kind of
hidden urge to gather wild
food. I would rather spend an
hour in the bush harvesting a
cup full of wild frqit, than
drive to the supermarket to
buy a nice, ripe, plastic -
covered quart ot,,same.
There's no question that
the supermarket berries are
easier to get, and in the end,
cheaper. But where's the
thrill of falling over rocks
and stumps and wild grape
vines? Who would want to
miss the mingled, scents of
OFF and wilettspberries
and good honest summer
sweat?
When you dri ie to the wild
berry patch, it's easy to
remember where you park.
The supermarket is another
story. Our local parking lot is
so big I leave a trail of bread
crumbs between the car and
the store. It's the only way I
can be sure of getting the
groceries into the back seat
before all the frozen stuff
melts.
The dangers and delights
of berry picking begin for me
in' June with wild
strawberries. Tiny, fragrant
and sweet, they grow in a
meadow near our cabin. An
hour of picking results in
perhaps a half -cup of the
luscious little gems.
Smashed around in some
yogurt or dribbled over a
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The Editor
Crossroads
Dear Editor,
Ruth Tatham's dismissal
of "A Midsummer Night's
Dream"as "pure fluff" is, to
put it bluntly, appalling. The
play's deeper implications
seem to have eluded her
entirely.
"A Midsummer Night's
Dream" is a sophisticated,
adult comedy about love and
courtship, role-playing and
the arbitrariness of sexual
choice. It contrasts two op-
posing, realms of human ex-
perience: the urban, day-
light world off Athens, with
its rigid social order, and the
dark forest of eroticism, in-
toxication and blind desire,,
This is a play about politics
(both social and sexual),
class (as Ms. Tatham's
paean to the "ordinary peo-
ple" dimly suggests), ritual
(the lovers' absurd mating
games, the closing festivi-
ties) and anarchy (in Puck's
subversive pranks, or the
unwitting satire of the "rude
mechanicals"). And ulti-
mately, it' is about drama
itself ; the complex parody of
the play -within -a -play reson-
ates outward, through,
Puck's final speech, to the
universal comedy enacted
beyond the walls of the thea-
tre.
This is not some quaint,
Renaissance version of "The
Love Boat": One has only to
examine the text, with its
richness of allusion — from
Theseus's courtly metaphors
to the locker -room double
entendres of Bottom — to
recognize that Shakes-
peare's sphere of reference
extends far beyond an en-
chanted forest in fairyland.
If this were a mere "fluff of a
play", it would not continue
to fascinate audiences, per-
fermers and critics alike af-
ter nearly four centuries of
analysis and reinterpreta-
tion.
As a reviewer, Ms.
Tatham is entitled to her
opinions about"cute Shakes-
pearean quotes" and the be-
gonia beds of Stratford — but
it is disheartening to`'think
that a public already disin-
clined to appreciate Shakes-
peare (thanks to the inade-
quancy of most school Eng-
lish programs) should be
further impoverished by the,
publication of her narrow
and ill-informed point of
view. I can .only hope that
most readers have the -in-
sight and curiosity to discov-
er the play's greatness for
themselves.
Sincerely,
Douglas Dolan
BOOK
REVIEW
THE BERENSTAINS'
BABY BOOK. By Stan and
Jan Berenstain. Pocket
Books; New York. (In
Canada: PaperJacks Ltd.,
Markham, Ont. $4.95.) 208
pp. Paper.
Reviewed by
PERCY MADDUX
"The Berenstains' Baby
Book" is a book in text and
drawn pictures calculated to
amuse parents of offspring
and discourage others from
having any.
It describes the life of a
child from birth to age four,
how he gets into all kinds of
predicaments, is unpredict-
able, watches television, and
if by that time he hasn't
driven his parents crazy,
there's something the matter
with them.
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scoop of ice cream, those
Ferries bring tears of pure
pleasure to the eye of the
gastronome.
For serious pursuits like
jam and frozen daquiri:
making, we rely on local
pick -your -own strawberry
farms. I always considered
myself a remarkably , ef-
ficient and -"heat stipwberry
picker but this year I was
subjected to a good deal of
derision when somebody
noticed my habit of pulling
the stems out of the
strawberries as I picked. I
happen to know that the vice-
principal of our high school
picks his strawberries this
way but that didn't cut any
ice with the local experts.
They told me . I'd never be
able to make my living
picking strawberries, not
until I learned to leave the
stems on. You never get this
kind of criticism in wild
berry patches, and perhaps
that's another reason why I
prefer to pick in the bush,
snakes and all.
When the strawberries are
finished I wait for the wild
raspberries. My favorite
patch is on a hill and this has
caused more than one
misadventure.
It's a challenge to climb
through sharp clawed
raspberry bushes to the top
of the hill where the best
fruit grows: it's a royal drag
to see the freshly filled berry
pail careening down the hill,
scattering the harvest -
enroute.
The blueberries come on
the heels of the raspberries.
Blueberries are hard to find,
backbreakingly hard to pick,
and hard to amass in any
quantity since they're so
small. This year's blueberry
hunt involved a three-day
boat trip with generous
friends, a harrowing voyage
through a rock -studded
channel and a final rescue
from a pine -clad island by an
intrepid boater and a
friendly dog.
The final excuse for a
fruitful expedition to the
bush is the wild grape which
grows' in abundance on a
sunny hillside beside an
abandoned railway line.
They are a frustrating fruit.
The vines thrive best in
dense poison ivy patches.
The grapes are 90 per cent
stone and so puckeringly tart
they bring tears to, the eye.
'But I have made jelly with
them and some day I'll lay
down a cellar of wild grape
wine.
Right now I'm nibbling on
the dusky blueberries from
that rocky island. They
remind me of the sweet
smell of the pine needles and
the sound of the Georgian
Bay waves whacking against
the shore and the fun of three
days with good friends.
The blueberries remind
me too, of Maria Chap-
delaine and her creator,
Louis Hemon. He died, I'm
told, when he collided with a
train whilst walking along
the railway tracks near
Chapleau Ontario.
It doesn't say, but I bet he
was out looking for a wild
berry patch at the time.
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AUCTION
SALE
Sept. 8
11 a.m. Sharp
For
MERLYN RICE.
RR 4, Mount Forest,
Lot 26, Conc. 4,
Normanby Twp.
Sale to consist of
Farm Equipment,
Household Items,
Firearms & etc. Some
consignments. Watch
for a full listing in
Sept. 5th paper.
GOLDEN CALL
AUCTION
SERVICE
Auctioneer:
WAYNE NELSON
Holstein 334-3645
MERLYN RICE
323-1208
AUCTION SALE.
Of Car, Appliances, Furniture, Antiques,
Dishes & Misc. Items for
MRS. LYLA MARTIN
270 Elm Ave. N., Listowel
Sale to be held in the Kurtzville Community
Centre located 6 miles northwest of Listowel
Wed. Evening Sept. 5
6:00 p.m.
APPLIANCES: Westinghouse frost -free
refrigerator (white, good); Simplicity spin-dry
washer; Inglis stack electric dryer (110 volt);
Electrohome wringer washer (older); small
electrical appliances.
FURNITURE: French Prov. 4 cushion chester-
field and chair (cinnamon brown); French Prov.
cnffee table; oak dining room suite consists of
ext. table with leaves, 5 chairs and arm chair,
china cabinet, buffet; Rodgers Majestic radio -
record console stereo; bronze kitchen table
with 3 chairs; chrome kitchen stool; TV tables;
2 occ: arm chairs; variety of tables, dresser
and floor lamps; card table; 2 smoker stands;
Electrohome humidifier; Royal vacuum cleaner
and attach.; Bissell carpet sweeper; Arrow por-
table . sewing machine; Admiral 26" console
color TV; hall table; electric wall clock; chrome
drop-leaf table and 3 chairs; Fitton -Parker 3
piece bedroom suite consists of double
dresser, chest of,drawers, double bed, comb.
wardrobe chest of drawers; some bedding; pic-
tures; wall mirrors; 3 drawer hall chest; steel
bed.
ANTIQUES: Westinghouse cabinet radio (work-
ing); ped. fern stand; buggy lantern; child's
wooden rocker; round top trunk; wash table;
school desk; wooden arm chair; end table;
coal -oil lamp; 4' piece toilet set; Forestville
mantel clock (working); 3 gun shot cream cans;
violin and bow and case.
DISHES: Variety of everyday dishes, some
good pieces; pots and pans; crocks.
CAR: 1979 Mercury 2 door Monarch, power
steering, power brakes, 99,000 km., selling
certified. -
MISC.: 5 h.p. Atiens riding 26" lawn mower;
new 2 or 4 wheel baggage cart; cheque writer;
6,000 BTU air cond. unit; electric heaters; 18"
Sunbeam electric lawn mower; garden wheel
barrow; garden tools; lawn chairs; fishing
tackle; wooden step ladder; car roof racks;
snow scoop; electric jig saw; 1/4" electric drill;
hand carpenter tools; misc. items.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer:
BOB GILMORE
485 Victoria Ave. S. Listowel
Phone 291-3489
AUCTION SALE
Of Appliances, Furniture, Antiques, Dishes &
Misc. Items for
MINNIE JOHNSON.
500 Cavan St.,. Palmerston
Sale will be held at Residence on
Sat., Sept. 8
12;00 Noon
APPLIANCES: Tappan 30" electric stove; 2
door refrigerator; Viscount 15 cu. ft. chest
freezer; McClary auto. washer; Inglis electric
clothes dryer; dehumidifier; Electrohome
humidifier; small electrical appliances. •
-FURNITURE: Bronze kitchen suite with table
and 6 chairs; 4 cushion chesterfield and chair
(brown), Philips radio -record cabinet stereo;
corner cupboard with bottom door and 3 open
shelves; chrome kitchen table and 6 chairs; oc-
casional arm chair; book and magazine table;
brown vinyl Lazy -Boy chair; brown vinyl swivel
rocker; double bed; wooden writing desk; Solid
State portable B&W TV;,_ estinghouse floor
model radio; small table; lamps; pole lamp;
platform rocker; studio couch; utility table; dou-
ble bed with matching dresser; cont. single
bed; 3/4 size steel bed with good springs and
mattress; Kirby upright vacuum and attach.;
odd chairs;, pictures and frames; Deilcraft din-
ing room table, 4 chairs, buffet and hutch.
ANTIQUES: Wooden rocking chair with wicker -
woven seat; wooden rocking chair; 4 wood
chairs; wash stand with towel bar; bake cup-
board, bottom; 2 trunks; dresser *Rh mirror;
Singer treadle sewing machine; toilet set
pieces; coal -oil Tamp; mantel clock.
DISHES: Variety of everyday dishes, some
good dishes including partial set of Limoges,
mostly plates, platter and bowl; dep. glass;
glass; silver pieces; crocks and jars.
MISC. ITEMS: Sausage gringer; kerosene
heater; patio wooden table with umbrella and
chairs; alum. step ladder; wooden step ladder;
wheel barrow (steel wheel); Shop -Mate hedge
trimmer; electric lawn mower; fert. spreader;
bird bath; snow scoop; plants cold frame; plus
misc. garden tools.
TERMS: Cash or cheque with proper I.D. sale
day. Owner or auctioneer not responsible for
accidents or loss of property sale day.
Auctioneer:
BOB GILMORE
485 Victoria Ave. S. Listowel
Phone 291-3489
CLEARING
AUCTION SALE
Of Farm, Farm Machinery and Hog Equipment
at the Farm of
GORDON FREY
Lot 2, Conc. 6, Peel Twp.,, 4 miles southeast
of Drayton
Wed., Sept. 5
10:30 a.m.
FARM: Approx. 200 acres with approx. 175
acres workable, mostly tile drained every 40
feet with approx. 25 acres mixed bush.
BUILDINGS: New hog barn 32,x 116, hog barn
40 x 80, bank barn 56 x 110 with 2 storey ad-
dition 52 x 45, 2 slab silos 20 x 70 and 16 x
60 with Butler unloaders, bunk feeder and con-
veyor, barn capacity and feeding facilities for
150 sow farrow to finish operation plus stable
room for 125 fat steers, large cement yard,
modern hog set up with feed bins, farrowing
units, dry stalls and fattening pens, liquid
manure system, frame implement shed, 20 x
90, modern 8 room frame house with aluminum
siding, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, large kitchen and
dining room, attached garage, oil furnace, new
drilled well, 6 inch casing, central metering
hydro services. Corn crop lot No. 1 - 20 acres,
Lot No. 2 - 75 acres, Lot No. 3 - 9 acres mostly
No. 3851 Pioneer corn will be sold by the acre.
TERMS: On the farm down payment $20,000
cash or certified cheque day of sale, balance
on closing in 30 days with right to harvest the
corn. First mortgage of approx. $140,000 at
11 per cent interest to March 1988 is available
to qualifying buyer. The farm sells subject to a
very reasonable reserve bid as owners are anx-
ious to sell. Tile drain loans will be assumed by
the buyer.
FARM MACHINERY: 1066 Int. tractor fully
equipped with dual remotes, radio, heater, tur-
bo, 20.8 x 38 tires, 18.4 x 38 duals sell
separate; Int. 674 tractor with 1850 quick tach
loader; Massey Harris 55 gas tractor; Int. 815
hydrostatic combine, cab, 4 row narrow corn
head, grain header, pair new deep lug combine
tires; 655 M.F. hydrostatic swather; 22 ft. 3
pth. Kongskilde cultivator with rolling harrows;
3 piece sprocket tooth land packer; Lilliston 4
row corn scuffler; Husky manure pump; Ver-
satile 55 ft. 8 in. grain auger; Eastern self
unloading wagon and gear, Dion self unloading
wagon and gear, 3 gravity. wagons; Gehl PTO 3
ton mix mill, 5 furrow 16 in. bottom J.D. plow;
Geo. White bale elevator, large 3 pth. bale fork;
acetelyne torch set; Lincoln welder; handy
1000 power washer new; quantity of cedar
posts; railway ties; and steel posts; 2
generators; Mixmatic meter mill with 71/2 h.p.
motor; blower air locked feed system with 5
h.p. motor; hog feeders; rotary feeders with
precast bottoms; feed carts and misc. pile of -
scrap; 1976 Ford pickup, sells as is.
TERMS: Cash or cheque day of sale. Owner or
auctioneer not responsible for accidents day of
sale. Any announcements or changes or cor-
rections given verbally day of sale.
ORDER OF SAFE: Wagon load, offering farm at
approx. 11:30 a.m. and then machinery. For
further information or to view the farm contact:
FLOYD SCHIECK
Drayton 638-2267 or
LEONARD MARTIN
RR 2, Bluevale 887-9222
Auctioneer:
CARSON'S AUCTION SERVICE
DAVID CARSON
RR 3, Listowel 519-2914049
CLEARING
AUCTION SALE
Of Household Effects, Antiques, Tools and
Misc. Items to be held at Part Lot 31, Conc.
1'4, Logan Township, 11/2 miles south of
Monkton and 33/4 miles west. Sailing the
contents of the Estate of
MAX STEWART
To be held on
Sat., Sept.1
12:30 p.m.
HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS: Double bed; mirror;
clothes hamper; tape recorder; Christmas
decorations; suitcases; Viscount refrigerator,
harvest gold; cot; picture frames; electric
heater; two vacuum cleaners; Zenith 19" color
TV; projector screens; charcoal hood range;
chesterfield and chair; (amps; card tables;
crocks of all sizes; Speed Queen deep freeze;
pots; pans; dishes; knick knacks; bedding;
linens; and misc. items.
ANTIQUES: 6 piece bedroom suite by
Malcolm, good; beds; chairs; wicker baskets;
Westinghouse radio; press back rocker; butter
press; chandeliers; oil painting stand and sup-
plies; wicker rocker; press back shelving;
railroad trunk; wooden clothes dryer; ash tray
stands; 2 wicker chairs; flower tables; cigar
boxes; newspaper rack; round table; round oak
table; oak buffet; wringer; grind stone; stair rail-
ing; glass milk quarts by Stacey Bros.; cutter;
and many more misc. items.
MISC. ITEMS: Fertilizer spreader; milk cans;
wheel barrow; lawn roller; Coleman stove apd
cooler; doors and door jams, like new; electric
motor; step ladder; crosscut saws; battery
charger; set of snap on sockets; Black &
Decker sander; Black & Decker skil saw; drills;
saws; cattle clippers; and a host of hand tools.
TERMS: Cash or cheques with proper iden-
tification. 7% sales tax in effect. Proprietor or
auctioneer not responsiblefor accidents "on
day of sale. Any announcements or corrections
given verbally on day of sale.
NOTE: This is a very interesting auction with a
host of misc. articles, plan to attend.
Auctioneer:
JOHN NICHOLSON
Milverton, Ont.
595-8596
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CLEARING
AUCTION SALE
Of Shop Tools, Office Equipment, Parts & .
Farm Equipment for
STOLTZ SALES &
SERVICE
Main St., Milverton on
Sat., Sept. 8..
11:30 a.m.
SHOP EQUIPMENT: M&W P400 dynamometer
w/new pump; Owatonna tool hydraulic flo-rater;
Hein -Werner 12 ton press; Emerson electric
welder; I.H. 255 power washer; Fox Valldy
voltmeter;, battery charger; battery tester;
Kwikrimp hydraulic hose connector; CP '/2" im-
pact wrench; set of impact sockets; injector
tester; Atlas air compressor; 1. ton chain hoist;
oil caddy pump; 3/4" drive socket set; bolt cut-
ters; mechanic's creeper; tool chest; assorted -
files; punches and bars; air hose and Quik -
Couplers; riveting tool; acetylene cart &
gauges; calcium tank and pump; rad pressure
tester; drill press; 4" and 5" vise; 1 ton floor
crane; bench grinder and buffer; bench lights;
trouble lights; fire extinguisher; threaded rod;
ladders; garden hose; assorted bolts; washers;
grease guns; assorted shbbvels; brooms; jacks;
ladders, etc.
OFFICE EQUIPMENT: Electric typewriter; Visa
record inventory systems billing machine;
calculators; cheque writer; punch clock and
card rack; filing cabinets; safe; assorted peg
boards and hooks; wooden desks; chairs;
stand up desk; assorted tables, etc.; assorted
shelving; wooden and metal parts bins;
assorted parts and service manuals.
FARM EQUIPMENT ETC.: I.H. 574 tractor
w/Dunham-Lehr loader, 1600 hrs. and ex-
cellent; A.C. 7000 w/cab and 1800 hrs.;
Thomas skid steer loader, 18.4 x 38 tires for
duals.
TILLAGE: I.H. 12.5' VS cultivator; Glencoe
18.5 cultivator w/buster bars; A.C. 18.5
cultivator w/hydraulic wings; Hydrien 4 x 16 3
pt. plow, very good; J.D. 12' wheel disc;
/Kewanee 10' disc; Kongskilde 10' S -tine
`cultivator; Brillion 12' double packer.
PLANTING & HARVESTING: Lockwood 450 4
row puller and windrower; I.H. 510 18 x 7 drill
w/grass seed; J.D. FBB 17 x 7 drill; I.H. M.F.
16 x 7 drill w/grass seed, very good; M.F. 26A
15 x 7 ,drill w/grass seed; I.H. 455 4 row
planter; J.D. 494A planter - 4 row w/insec-
ticides; 2 I.H. Eastern 13 x 7 drills; N.H. 67
baler; I.H. 56 forage blower, very good; N.H.
28 blower; I.H. 2 row head for 550 harvester;
Gehl 84 forage harvester w/2 heads; Gehl 1
row corn head; Fox 3 beater forage rack on
J.D. wagon; Schultz PTO spreader.
ASSORTED GOODS: Covering discs for 4 row,
56 planter; fenders for I.H. 74 & 84 series;
Cadet 55 riding mower; S -tine shanks; draw
bolts; hydraulic cylinders and hoses; toys;
chain and hook rack; literature rack.
TERMS: 7% sales tax in effect on some items.
Advertised list subject to additions or deletions
due to daily business. Corrections given verbal-
ly day of sale. All goods and equipment selling
without reserve. Stoltz Bros. are closing the
Milverton location. Lunch booth on grounds. A
good offering. Plan now to attend.
Proprietors:
STOLTZ SALES & SERVICE
Milverton 595-8531
Listowel 595-2151
Auctioneer:
DON REA
Listowel 291-2600
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