The Clinton News Record, 1932-07-14, Page 8THURS:, JULY 14, 1932
Health, Cooking
Care of Children
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INTEREST
Edited By Lebam Hakeber Kralc
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A Column Prepared Especially for Women—
But. Not Forbidden to Men
The finest life lies oft in doing'•
finely 'a multitude of unromantic
.things."
" 'When things go wrong., 'as they
sometimes will,
-When the road you'retrudging seems
all up -hill,
',When the funds are low and the
debts are high, •
, When you want to smile, but have to
sigh,
Wleen care is pressing you down a
. bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit."
•e to
I do not suppose there lives a soul
upon this old earth, or ever lived
such a soul, who has not and does
not get discouraged, occasionally and
feel that life is dust and ashes and
the game not worth the candle. It
• .seems to be a human weakness and
the more modest one is and the more
energy and spirit one puts into one's
work the more apt is the temp-
' Cation to come. Perhaps it is
•only the self -conceited, self-satisfied
-people who never feel :discourage-
ment, if there are any who no not.
It seems to be human to grow dis-
couraged at times, as I said before,
find we are all prone to do it, but it
is a weakness which we should try to
•combat before it degenerates into
the super -weakness of self-pity. No-
body shows up very well when ine
dulging in self-pity, Even that old
hero, Elijah, made rather a sorry
showing when he began to pity him-
self and tell what a wonderful man
he was and how badly the world was
usipg hint, Had I been his biograph-
er I fear I should have glossed oven
that scene a little bit. I should have
played up his fine show of courage
with the priests of Bael, his splendid
challenge to the cowardly followers
If the God of Isreai but I should
have been tempted to smooth over
his self-pitying failure when he ran
away from the enraged Jezebel. It
was such a pitiful display of weak-
ness in so strong a man. But the
bible historian. with cltat•acteristie
honesty, tells the story in all its de-
tail, leaving nothing out. You will
remember, however, that God's mes-
senger did not "coddle" Elijah in his
weakness and folly. I•Ie talked to
him as man to 'man, Told him a
few home truths and bade him eat
and rest as his work was not yet fin;
ished,
martyr. As 1 said before, 'tis a
thankless business,
The ,following recipes were given
recently 'by a 'Women's. Institute
gSummer Speaker" and are
quently, tried ones:
• Virginia Cured Hain
100 lbs. pock
4 lbs. strong .dairy salt.
1-2 lb. coarse black pepper.
1-2 ib. brown sugar.
2 `ounces saltpetre.
In buying the saltpetre the drug-
gist should be asked. to have the
weight exact, as too much makes the
meat hard, and not enough will be
insufficient for curing, and the meat
will not keep. Mix the ingredients
thoroughly, and when the meat is
chilled weigh it to be sure your
quantities are right, then rub well
with the mixture. When it has all
been rubbed in, lay •the meat away
some place where it can drain, and
leave for ten days, not any longer'
than two weeks at the most. Then
lift it and smoke it in the old fash-
ioned way, or use a liquid stroke.
Just before hanging it away put ten
cents' worth of powdered borax into
a salt cellar and dust the meat until
it is white and floury, This will
keep the flies off and the meat will
not mould as it sometimes does in a
cotton bag.
cense-
To Can Meat
Cut meat into small pieces and
pack into glass jars. Add salt but
no water, and steam for three hours
as you would do canned fruit. The
jars should be placed in cold water
up to the metal rings, in a boiler in
which a false bottom has been trade,
and the cooking should be for three
hours after the water has started to
boil well.
Carrot Marncalad''e
9 cups of chopped carrot
9 cups of sugar (granulated)
2 small oranges.
1 lemon.
Squeeze the juice of the oranges
and lemons onto the sugar, then put
the rinds through the fine ring of
the meat chopper, also the carrots.
Stir sugar, carrots, oranges and lem-
on together and let stand overnight.
In the horning boil for twenty min-
utes, then put away as you would any
other marmalade.
But usually we have no such candid
friend to buck us up when our moms
ent of weakness and folly attacks us,
so the best thing we can do is to be
ready and not allow the temptation
to overcome es.
In the first place few of us have
Elijah's excuse for discouragement,
What befalls us is usually the Hie
which befall the race and we ought
' to cultivate enough fit'nngsss of
characterto meet them with be-
coming fortitude, especially as we
• all admire courage wherever dis-
played
And of all the follies I think the
one of malting a martyr of oneself i 1
the silliest, It is a silly thing for a
mother to make a martyr of herself
to her children er fox any one mem-
ber of a family to do likewise, Bten1-
bars of the family ahould share the
burdens and toils and ea.eh should be
conceded their rights. It may be.
that occasionally, owing to illness on
the part of one member, the others
must take on extra burdens. But
when this is done it should not be in
a spirit of martyrdom but in a spirit
of helpfulness, done gladly and wil-
lingly, without thought of obtaining
merit.
But there are people who seen to
take of the role of martyr and to
manoeuvre themselves into- placeo
where they can persuade themselves
that they are being martyred for the
sake of others. Very often they in -
nig upon talcing the role and create
the circumstances which make it
necessary, then if they are not ack-
nowledged as martyrs; if they are
not 'praised and made a fuss over,
they feel agrieved, .It is a thankless
business. If we see an opportunity
of assisting anyone a liit we should
'be willing to do it; if we can ease
the lot of anotherwho finds life's
road a bit rough, in the name of all
that's human let Cts take the oppor-
tunity, that's what we are expected
to do. But when we do that we
should forget it, If we expect, crowns
above and 'laurels below we are ex-
pecting more, than We 'have -any
'eight' to. Let us tweed at a plague
Ilse weakness of self-pity and 'alae
•eeeking after recognisati et as "so -
Some Berry and Cherry
Recipes:
Strawberries are nearly over for
this year, but cherries are just in,
Here are a few recipes:
Berry Preserves
Clean the fruit, and for every
sugar. U
bound add a pound of saga.. se an
enamelled kettle, Allow the sugar'to.
melt with the fruit over a' slow fire,
then boil quickly for 'half an hour. If
there is too much liquid drain it ofl
and boil it separately for a few min=
utas. Pack the fruit in sterilizers
jars, pour, the syrup' osier to fill the
jars. This makes a rich ,lam -like
preserve.
WOMEN
Household
Economics
Strawberry Sherbet.
Take a quart of fresh ,berries and
crush 'them to a smooth paste, -acid
the ;juice of one lemon, one table-
spoonful of erangeflower water anti
three pints of water. Let stand three
hours, then strain the juice through
a cloth over three-fourths, of a pound
of sugar, squeeze the cloth hard and
stir until the sugar ,is dissolved.
Freeze er set on ice.
REBEKAH.
My First Visit to Goderich Away Back in
1866
County Councillor Slept with Hes
- Boats On
•
By Wm. M. Doig, L.L.B., Kippen
In the spring of 1865, at the age of
six 'years, I started to attend school
in S. S. No. 2, Tuckersmith. Nearly
every log house at that time was well
filled with strong lusty boys and
girls who were attending school.
There were no old maids going a-
roundthen advocating birth control
or telling mothers how to raise their
children. I did not attend school
the following winter, as the snow was
so deep that a little chap could not
get through, on account of there be-
ing high rail fences on both sides of
the road and the snow sometimes
drifted over the top of them.
In the spring of 1866 when the
weather got warns I again started up
to No. 2 on my bare feet, and my din-
ner in a little tin pail. ' There was a
large attendance, many of the pupils
being big boys and girls. One day at
neon while the teacher was gone two
of the big boys got into a fight and
one knocked the other down and in
falling he fell against me and knock-
ed the down and the back of my head
struck the floor with great force. I
was not able to attend my class that
afternoon, and after I got home I be-
came much worse and .my brother
Andrew was sent to Bromfield for
Doctor Munro. Tho doctor thought
that my skull was fractured and it
was some time before I got better,
and he advised iny parents not to
send me any more to school that
year, and told my father to take me
cut with him as much as he could.
He was a member of both the town-
ship and county councils that year,
and he started to take inc out to the
meetings of the township council.
They met quite often in Egmondvillc
either at John Daley's or at Widow
Rebertsot's hotel, and sometimes in
Seaforth, as all of Seaforth south of
the Huron road was then a part of
Tuckersntith, The late William
Muir was then township clerk and
treasurer. He was a bachelor; he
had lost out in a love affair, as his
girl had married another suitor; nev-
ertheless he was a fine man and had
some of the finest apples I ever
tasted and which I very much admir-
ed in my boyhood days.
Cherry and Currant Conserve.
2 quarts pitted sour cherries, 1
quart currants, 3 pounds sugar.
Remove the juice from the cherries.
Wash and stein the currants. Put
the cherry juice and a few of the
crushed currants in a preserving
kettle. Add the cherries, , currants
and sugar in alternate layers, Let
the mixture stand overnight. Cook
until it is of the -desired consistency
and pack in sterilized jars or glasses,
Cover with melted paraffin and store
in a cool place.
Cherry Marmalade
4 pounds pitted red sour cherries
3 pounds sugar
Put the pitted cherries through the
food chopper. Add the sugar to the
pitted cherries and the juice. Cools
until thick and. clear (this requires
about twenty-five minutes). Pack in
jelly glasses, cool and cover with
melted paraffin. ;
Candied Cherries
Select firm cherries and carefully
stone them. ,cover with vinegar and
let stand twenty-four hours. Drain,
thcroughly. Weigh the cherries and
add an' cijual weight of sugar. Mix
thoroughly and spread on platters.
Keep in a cool place for seven days
stirring well each day. Put in jars•
.
seal and keep in a cool place. .
Strawberry . Blanc -Mange.
Stew strawberries, strain off the
juice and sweeten it to taste. Place
over the fire, and when it boils stir in
cornstarch wet itt cold water, allow-
ing two table spoonfuls of cornstarch
for each pint of juice; continue stir-
ring until sufficiently cooked. Pour
into moulds wet in cold water and set
away to cool. Serve with cream and
sugar and fresh' strawberries if desir-
ed.
Raspberry blanc -mange prepared
in the same way is equally good, •
At Meeting of County Council
The county council was to meet in
Goderich in June that year. and I
was very anxious to go up with my
father to the meeting. lily mother
was very much opposed to my going
as she was afraid I might get hurt
or drowned at the'county town, and
to make matters worse, it was the
time of the Fenian Raid and the
battle of Ridgeway had been fought
about ten days prior to the meeting
of the County Council, and a Cumber
of splencled then had been slain that
day. A report was circulated that
the Fenians had landed at 'Bayfield.
which was not true, but there was
more exeituicnt in Huron county at
that time than during the Great War.
So for a time it did not lock as if I
were going to get to Goderieht but
by promising to keep within sight of
my dad all the time, I was finally al-
lowed to go.
We drove over to Seaforth in the
wagon, as there were very few bug-
gies among the farmers in those days.
and one of my sisters drove the team
back home. Quite a sew members of
the county council got on the train at
Seafcrth and 'a good many more at
Clinton, as that was the only railway
in Huron county at.that time. When
we got to Goderich we went to the
hotel and it was somewhat crowwled
and the proprietor said we would have
to sleep two in a bed, In the room
allotted to. us were two beds, My fath-
er and I slept in one, and Archie Bish-
op, the reet*e of "Osborne, and. another
counciller aecupied the other bed,:
Siept With His Boots On
One night after father and I had
gone to bed Mr. Bishop and his bed,
fellc:w came in. At that meeting I be•
lievo nearly every member wore long
boots and had a beard, so Archie war,
trying to 'pull off his friend's long
boots, but was beaten: He then called
to Father, and stid, "John, you ate a
strong man ; get up and pull off his
boots." Father got up and pulled long
would call Tames Gibson and as he
was a millwright he would surely be
able to pull them off. So he routed 14
Gibson out of bed, and. he came in
with a determined look en his face,
and started at the boots, first one and
then the other, but, could not move
them. Ile then said, "You will have
to go to bed with your boots on. "He
did Next morning when I awoke the
boots' were still on and sticking out
over the foot of the bed. When he got
up he was not feeling very well and
ifather told him that he had better not
come over to the council meeting, but
he insisted that he was all right and
over he went. They were discussing
something that morning and up he
jumped to have his say. He stood
speechless for a time and then scratch-
ed his head and said, "I have lost my
point," and sat down, much to the
amusement of the other members, The
night he slept with his boots on was
the last night we were to Goderich,
and how he got them off when he got
home I never heard.
Some of the Old -tine members
a' few of the Huron men, one d them
being Thomas Gibsonof Wroxeter.
He was a fine singer and I believe the
only meenber of the ,council who was
a total abstainer. Humphry Snell of
Hallett was a member, and a fine big
jolly man he was. He invited me to
come up and visit hi's boys, but I never
saw them until we had reached man-
hood.
•
The Fenian Raid Excitement
The county council at that time had
upwards of fifty members, as Huron
and Bruce were united, but that was
the last year of the ueton, as the fol-
lowing year the Bruce members met
at Walkerton. The members of that
council, I believe, were a very able
body of men, physically and mentally.
They were nearly alI of British birth,
and pioneers. The warden was Robt.
Gibbons, the county clerk was Peter
Adamson, and the county treasurer
was Col. A. M. Ross. As I recollect
some of the Bruce members were fine
speakers and I liked to listen to them
Quite a few of theist were Highland
Scotch and could speak Gaelic, and
several of them were fine singers. I urs•
remember two of them quite distinctly
One was John Gilles, Ile was a fine NOTE THE DIRECTION
big broad -shouldered man, a bachelor,
and ho often picked me up and car•
tied me and told me stories about
what fine deer and fish they Ind up
in Bruce county Ile afterwards was
a member of Parliament for one of
the Bruoe tidings but I never saw him
again. Another very jolly member wan
Thomas Adler. He was a grain buy-
er in Southampton and a very fine
singer. Both of these nen were very
close friends of niy father and they
were frepuently together. I remember
As before stated, this was the time
of the k'enian Raid, and a large num-
ber of young volunteers with red coats
from Huron and Bruce were in God-
erich to repel the Fenian invasion
should they attempt to; land there or
in Bayfield. 'The -town of -Goderich
was foraified with rifle pits, and sen-
tries were on duty both day and "night.
There was also a gunboat which had
arrived from England, with bluejack-
ets, rifles and Armstrong guns.
About noon one day we got a proper
scare. The town bell was rung and
a cannon was fired, and the reason
given was that a :susicious-looking
vessel was, conning in. Very black
smoke was issuing from her funnel
and they were certain it was the
Fenians, for the Canadian vessels
blunt wood in those days. But all fears
were allayed when it was learned that
the vessel was a 'Hated States revenue
cutter under the command of General
Sherman, commander-in-ehief of the
American army The vessel was fully
equipped, with uniformed men belong-
ing to the naval service, and had the
appearance of a regular war ship.
We visited both boats. The Ameri-
can boat was a beautiful boat and
everything was polished. General
Shermon was seated at the head of
the table having lunch with his of-
ficers and men, The British boat al-
so was well equipped and manned by
hardy looking lot of British seamen
who would no doubt have made short
work of the Fenians had they got an
oppertunity. That night there was
a banquet in Goderich, and Col. A. M.
Ross told General Shermon about the
raid that the Fenian had made and
about the young men who had been
slain, and warned him that if they
came again they ward be treated as
murderes and hanged. Shermon ex-
pressed sorrow for what had happen-
ed and said that his mission was to
prevent any more raids from being
made and that they were patrolling
the lakes and rivers so that nothing
of the nature would occur in the fut-
Several enthusiasts were enjoying
a round of golf. Darkness was fal-
ling, and one of the players had to
send his caddie ahead to shout the
: direction of the greens.
Out of the blackness in front
carte a voice: "Do you see the
moan?"
"Pine," came back tate reply.
"Well, that's the direction, but no'
sae four!"
Gal
Cc ltb' Ser7ke
Oattabiatt
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Is'dited•br
GRANT FLEMING, M.O. ASSOCIATE SECRETARY
FEEDING TIIE FAMILY
It is not an easy matter to feed a
family properly and economically.
This responsibility rests upon the
mother. In the selection of foods she
should follow certain principles, and
if she does the result will he balanc-
ed Meals for the family at a mini-
mum expense.
A balanced diet is one which con-
tains a sufficiency of all the various
substances which the body requires
from foods, A balanced diet pro-
vides the materials needed for the
proper growth and functioning of
the body; in other words, for healthy
development and healthy living.
Each member of the family re-
quires the right amounts of protein,
fat, starch or sugar, vitamins and
mineral salts. Milk, is the one food
which conies nearest to supplying all
these requirements in the proper a-
mounts. However, milk alone is
not a suitable diet after the first'
few months of life, and 'so we trust
look to, other fqods to supply the
food requirements' of the family.
The commonest fault in the fanc-
ily diet is that it does not contain a
sufficient amount of tbose foods
which are comparatively rich in vita,
mins and minerals. Meat, white
bread and potatoes are good foods
and should be included in the diet.
and strong, but could not budge the Nevertheless when they melte up
boots, • Mr. Bishop then said that he practically the whole diet, then the
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You
Gay, Sometimes Sad=
and Ins
Their _Songs—Sometimes .
But Always . Helpful
plying.
DRIVING AT NIGHT Is a -weary of the sobbing of the
S'ta' lit dusk and a winding road be great white' sea,'
sore us; And is asking for the piper, with his
basketful of tunes,
us,
' Ebony tress against a primrose sky;
Glint of -water and glimpse of sway-
ing blossonms,
Swiftly caught by the headlight's
avid eye;
Singing winds awakened ftom'clovery
meadows,
Whispering round' us faintly sweet
and cool
And over all the sounds of night in-
sistent
Rival -cricket and frog from field
and pool.
Sudden, as though to the evening's
mood responding.
Voices raised in the lilting songs of
old;
So did the ancient roads inspire the
music
Of roaming troubadours in the Age
of Gold.
Gone are the sandelled feet of the
chanting pilgrims,
The leisurely caravans have van-
ished long,
Yet for ourr questing wheels remains
their wisdom,
"Roads be brief when ye follow
them with a songs'„
—Molly Beven in Bluebell
•e=lcems
PRAISE OF SMALL BIRDS
Sing a praise of small birds who build
nests in eaves
And are content with springtime near
at hand,
Wino pour their simple music through
the leaves
And ask no more. Beyond their pale
upland,
The eagle terrible with hate may go;
The vulture, that marauder, he arrives
At beaven's opal fortress, but below,
They lead their docile, matrimonial
lives.
Dear innocents! Upon a single branch
They find their works and are content
to make
The most of little and to have that
long.
'In their arboreal breasts 00 avalanche
Of dark desire burns and for the sake
Of simple beauty they pour out their
song.
..—Harold Vinal is the Commonweal
diet is tutbelaneed and is not satis-
factory,
The fancily diet should include
mills and milk products such as but-
ter and cheese; fresh green vege-
tables and tomatoes, either raw or
tinted; fresh fruits; eggs and liver.
These are the foods which provide
the vitamins and minerals which are
so often lacking in the fancily diet.
In 'working out a minimum food
budget to maintain health it is es-
timated that for a family of five, 13
quarts of milk a 'week are required,
which means that over one quarter
of the money spent on food goes for
milk. One fifth of the stoney should
be used to buy vegetables, potatoes;
tomatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbage
and onions.
The general tendency is to spend
too large a percentage of the mow
ey available for food on meats and
sweets. This is not a criticism of
meats and sweets, but Merely a
statements • that when there is z
limited amount of, money available
it is necessary to get the most out of
every cent and at the same time ,se-
euire a balanced diet,
In ceder to do this it is necessary
for the mother to plan what she
will buy and how she will arrange
the meals.
Questions concerning Health, ad.
dressed to the Canadian Medical As.
sociatinn: 184 College Street, Toron-
to. will be answered personally' he
-letter.
To play the merry lilting that sets
all hearts free.
I will take my pipes sand go now, and
God go with you all,
And keep all sorrow from you, and
the dark heart's load.
I -will take my pipes and go now, fox
I bear the summer call,
And you'll hear the pipes a -singing
as,I pass along the road.
. —iDONN BYRNE.
,sgiusne
ON" A PICTURE FROM BERMUDA
Dark skinned mammy 'neath the
oleander tree,
Ott a summer island in the grey At-
lantic sea,
You've a sunny coral cottage and the
dancing bay a -lee,
The dancing, glancing waters and
the oleander tree.
Dark-skinned mammy, wilt you kind,
ly tell me then
What it is you carry ---bonny shrimps
for gentlemen?
Call rue if you're passing, for I'in
breakfasting at ten;
Dark-skinned mammy, will you kind-
ly call me then?
Dark-skinned 'mammy there's a
shadow just before—.
'Tis the oleander leaning to caress
thecottage door,
And off the seaway are blossoms
more and more—
Flaming, bright blossoms and their
shadows just before.
Dark-skinned mammy in Bermuda,
where you •stay,
Tell me, are there lilies where the
set winds play?
Are the hours all golden—golden day
by day --
Dark-skinned nianuny
where you stay?
—•MARJORIE A. BLACK.
in Bermuda
Cigeg>
SUMMER RAIN
Sweet summer rain, borne upon
breezes light,
Flow welcome is the murmer of your
falling, t
Your rich refreshment—setting wild
birds calling,
And 'blossoms trembling with renewed
delight!
A filmy veil, you float across the skies
Hiding their azure, yet in tender care
Soft tears of gladness on the dream-
ing air,
To fall and pass as sometimes from
our eye,
You turn to jewels the shingle on the
• beaches,
You conjure diamonds on the leaves
of trees,
You gently sweep across the upland
reaches,
And drop as neetar on the thirsty
leas:
Like the cool breeze upon the heated
brow
At sunset, after following the plough.
—,D•UDLEY STOW
I HEAR THE SUMMER CALL
I will take my pipes and go now, for
the bees upon the sill
Are singing of tate summer that is
coming from the stars.
i will take my pipes and go now, for
the little mountain rill
Is pleading with the bagpipes in
tender, crooning bars.
I will go o'er hills and valleys, and
throughfields of ripening' rye,
And the. linnet and the :throstle and
" the bittern in the sedge
Will hush their throats and listen, as
the piper passes by
On the great long road of silver
that endsat the world's edge,
I will take iny pipes and go, now, for
the sand -flower cm the dunes
QUIET WORK
One lesson, nature, let me learn of
thee,
One lesson which itt every wind 15
blown,
One lesson of two duties kept at
one
Though the loud world proclaim their
enmity --
Of toil unsevered from tranquility;
Of labor that in lasting fruit out-
grows
Par noisier schemes, accomplished
in repose,
Too great for haste. too high for
rivalry.
Yes, while on earth, a thousand dis-
cords ring,
Man's fitful uproar ministers with
his toil,
Still do thy sleepless ministers move
on.
Their glorious tasks in silence per -
footing;
Stilt working, blasting still our vain
turmoil,
Laborers that shall not fall when man
is gone.
---itfatthew Arnold.
CHECKING UP ON HISTORY
You know the tale of King Canute '
Accepted still without dispute,
Who sat beside
The rising ticle
And bade it not to wet hits.
But still the wavelets rose and rose
Until they lapped the monarch's toes
And by and by
Came up so high
That one of them upset him.
But I acs sure this royal gent
Was trying an experiment
With -courtiers who
More toadyish grew
And flattering hour by hour.
Until they said the very sea
Was not as pussiant as he
And that the tide
Would soon subside
Before his royal power.
I know that history does not state
What was these crafty courtier's fate,
But when tine king
Had had his fling
At sounding their sincerity,
I'm certain that the following day
He dragged the bunch scared ashy
grey •
Tato the hall
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SOME ACCOUNTS
A man in town says he always gets
the idea round the middle of the
month that nobody is thinking about
him at all. But he always realizes
different at the first of every, month
when the bills come in.
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