The Clinton News Record, 1933-12-07, Page 7PAGE 6
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., DEC.- 7, 1933
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A'S
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Timely Information for the
Busy .Far
mer
Furnished by the Department of Agriculture )
Junior Farm Winners
Honors were well divided among
various Canadian provinces in the
Boys' and Girls' Club competitions
at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto.
Quebec won in dairy cattle, ,Mani-
toba in (beef cattle and poultry, Sas`•
katchewan in swine, Nova Scotia in
potatoes and Ontario in grains. There
were 56 contestants, representing ov-
er 23,000 members •of 'about 1,400
clubs. They were the very best that
could 'be developed through local and
elimination contests and the way in
which they went about the judging
of the various classes and answered
questions bearing on the project
which bad commanded their major
attention during the past season,
showed that the Boys' and Girls'
Club movement is developing an ar-
my oS competent leaders. During
their week in Toronto, the boys and
girls were royally entertained. Pros-
pects for the future of this junior
farmer movement are very bright.
to
brand are materially helping Ontar-
io apple shippers. Consignments of
the "Big O" brand, for example,
were practically the first to be) sold
in the leading markets lately, while
miscellaneous shipments were only
disposed of with great difficulty.
After studying auctions and prices,
at Glasgow, Liverpool, Southampton,
Bristol and London, : Mr. Fulton finds
that the "Big 0" brand apples have
sold at an 'average of 2 shillings a
barrel higher than ordinary marks.
Several buyers have told him re-
cently that they find that the "Big
0" pack is honest. In this and other
ways, the Ontario Fruit Growers' As-
sociation is building up a good rep,
utation for 'centrally -packed Ontario
apples;
Beef Cattle
The progressive steps in growing
a beef steer are first to develop by
continuous growth a large frame
well covered with muscle and never
entirely denude of fat; then to de-
posit on this body of frame and
muscle the fat necessary to give the
animal the desired finish. To a-
chieve the first step requires a rad
tion rich in bone and muscle building
feeds according to local conditions;
to accomplish the second step a
' somewhat similar ration is needed at
first, but gradually changed to one
containing a larger proportion of fat
producing carbonaceous foods, such
as corn, barley and peas.
Increases should be gradual. The
condition 'of the steers should be
watched and the grain feed fitted
to the rate of progress, so as to
have them fit to sell by the date at
which it is planned to market them.
asElt��-
World's Champion Cow
New .Soybeans Produced During
Winter
An attempt is being made this
year to grow soybeans in the green-
house at the Harrow Experimental
Station. Electric lights are being
used to supplement the sunlight and
these are left turned on during the
night to induce a strong vegitive
growth. The purpose of this work if
to allow crosses between varieties
and strains to be made during the
winter months. The seed will be
matured in the greenhouse and plant-
ed in the field next spring. In this
way two sets of crosses may be pro-
duced in one year, whereas formerly
this work could be 'done only in the
summer. The work of producing im-
proved types of soybeans will, there-
fore, be able to advance much faster
than in the past.
pensioners,.` but, no doubt owing to
the hard times, the number p£ new
applicants also has seen large.
-Goderich Signal.
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INSPECT ;PREMISES
Each person should be his own
fire inspector. And it is not a diffi-
cult job, requiring only a little time
and a little knowledge. A couple of
hours spent in searching for fire
hazards in one's property and plan-
ning a program to eliminate them
may save thousands of dollars.
}—Listowel 'Banner.
CONVERSATION WITH A
OF INTEREST
The Spirit of Christmas
(Continued from page 3)
far down the line --a motor car head-
light reflecting in the mist--lto the
•
green signal light barely discernible
in the distance, did his sharp eyes
miss "No danger from that car,"
he shouted and flew the whistle
loudly. Then he withdrew his head
and turned to us. "Don't like this
night," he yelled above the steady
rumble of No. 5701. "Shouldn't be
surprised if this rain turns into a
bad snow." • He 'waved a gauntleted
0
FARMERS
anything but :a'savory reputation
and the engineer waa a trigger -tem-
per firebrand. What might happen
when these two potent forces clash-
ed? This was what Worried the fire-
man.
Nothing happened. The locomotive
behaved as any lady of the .steel
highway should. The engineer was a
just man, He regretted his moment-
ary outbreak. When they steamed
TRANSIENT band toward the window.' "Can smell
The following article has beent,
contributed by. a Fergus man whose a blizzard coming.
work requires that he be on the road blizzard!" we laughed- "We
a good deal. It is an actual happen- don't have blizzards in Toronto at
ing, which aroused a train of thought this time of the year!'
in his mind and he wonders if others We have blizzards when we get
have had similar experiences. 'em,he said decidedly; "and you
The question is often considered by aren't in Toronto. Look behind you.
those of us who are trying to make We did. Against the darkness
ends meet, as to whether in providing there loomed a horizon which shone
meals, automobile rides, etc, we are as if of burnished silver. "That's the
really giving a helping hand, or lights of Oshawa, hitting the rain
whether we are contributing to wan- screen," he explained. "And you
der lust. This idea was increased in mark me! there's, a blizzard coming
the writer's mind as he had a talk from the east and we're running to
with a transient Iately, and the fol- it, closer every second. I can smell
lowing conversation ensued:— it. But we've got a good old lady,
.Writer: "Where are you going?" here." He patted the throttle of
Transient: "To !Arthur:" 5701. "She knows her stuff."
Writer: "And then were?" A blizzard coming and No. 5701,
Transient: "To Mount Forest." who "knows her stuff!" We ventur-
Writer: "How long is it since you ed a comment. 'Don't all engines
have worked?" know their stuff?" he snorted. "Cer-
Transient: "About a year and a tainly not! But take this old girl,
half." she's the real thing. She knows! You
• Writer: "Why don't you work?" watch her!" We did; but in so doing
Transient: "Work is scarce, and I thought of many things. Just why
can't get much more than my board." engineers invariably refer to loco -
Writer (pointing to farm after motives in the feminine gender was
farm whose occupants he did not one of the things. It is a question
know, so statement was a guess, but which we have never had satisfactor-
mostly true) : "The man in here ily answered. Possibly, it may lie in
worked hard all ,last year and only the fact that a steam engine is dis-
made a living; the man here the tinctly an individualist. This answer
same in other words, these man had may seem strange, ludicrous, but ask
only their board at the end of the any engineer of experience, or fire -
year, and often had a good deal of man, or hostler. One and all they
worrying and planning to do this. will confirm it, enthusiastically, even
Don't you think you have as much profanely, according to their various
right to work for your board as any dispositions and vocabulary. For they
of these have " have had experience with various
Transient: "Well, if you look at it types of motive power, disappointing
that way; it would seem that I have." or gratifying, and, as becomes No.
Writer: "Do you know any other 5701, they know their stuff.
Mulching Strawberries
In many districts it is the practice
to mulch strawberry plantations with
rye straw which, as it is harvested
early, is very free from weed seeds
and this is a very important feature
where it is the custom to take future
crops from the plantation. If man-
ure is used, care should be exercised
in order hat none will come in con-
tact with the crown of the plant.
Mulch as soon as the ground is froz-
en hard enough to carry a wagon
for much damage may be caused by
alternate freezing and thawing.
, eBeas.o
The Poultry House
A unique tribute was paid recent-
ly to Mr. B. H. Bull and Son, of
Brampton, owners of "Basilua," the
wonderful cow which won the world's
championship in a production con-
test extending over a whole year,
when leading agricultural officials
gathered to ,pay honor to the cow
and its owners at a banquet arrang-
ed by the Peel District Jersey Breed-
ers' Association. unstinted praise
was offered by Hon. Mr. Weir and
Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Federal and
Provincial Ministers of Agriculture,
and Dr. G. I. Christie, head of the
Ontario Agricultural College, and by
many leading owners of dairy herds,
This remarkable cow, which is five
years of age and weighs 950 pounds,
produced 19,012 pounds of milk and
1,312.8 pounds of butterfat in 365
days. Such an achievement is of
widespread interest and testifies to
the wisdom in selection land care in
feeding and testing on the part of
its owners.
The poultry house 20 feet deep on
the Experimental Station at Harrow
has always shown its superiority over
houses of shallower •construction.
particularly in exposed situations.
There is a more comfortable condi-
tion, a freedom from draughts, and
a higher temperature in a house of
this depth, providing the north, east,
and west walls are tightly construct-
ed. At this season of the year high,
cold winds find their way through of highways because he is a former
cracks and crevices in a house which 'county councillor and understands
appears to be storm proof and a
check-up some cold windly night on
these eonditions, if they exist, is a
good practice. Loose windows and result Grey county will be saddled
doors or alley -ways on the north side with a bill for $20,000 or so as its
are dangerous as slight colds may share of the paving done this year.
lead to more serious complications It is an illustration of the fact that
and will certainly check production. the people of Ontario don't want a
Torontd man or men in dominant
seagimaras positions. They may be clever and
Hogs Should Follow .Steers efficient, but in many cases are un-
able to comprehend the position of
(Hogs should follow grain -fed cat- the bulk of Ontario residents.
tle. They will not only utilize the --Hanover Post.
waste grain but will improve the eine
manure produced. Moreover, the EDITORS HAVE SUCH A "SNAP"
profit from winter -feeding beef Every once in a while some . cheer -
cattle on grain under present eondi- ful individual remarks to us: "Well,
tions will depend very largely on the now that the paper is out, I suppose
hogs which utilize the undigested you can take it easy for three or
feed from the cattle. The number of four days."
hogs needed to ,clean up after steers Yes, how delightful it is that a
depends on the size of the cattle and country editor has nothing to do ba-
the kind and amount of grain fed tween press days. Business runs a*
to them. More hogs per steer will long automatically. When paper bills'
thrive if the cattle are fed corn on come due, money drops off the trees
the cob than if the corn is crushed with which to pay them. Subscrib-
or ground. If husked ear corn • is fed ers vie with each other to see who
to the cattle, each steer will support can pay the farthest in advance. Ad'•
from one to one -and -a -half hogs. vertisers just beg for . additional
Of course, the heavier the steers, are space and the way news hunts up
fed the faster the hogs will gain. the editor is also pleasant to contem-
Young pigs weighing about 100 plate. about
There is something strange
the way news items act. When the
paper is out, the editor simply goes
to his desk and leans back in his
easy chair, looking wise and waiting
for next week's press day. The day
b
easellames
The "Big 0" Pack is Honest
Ontario's Specialty Brand Apples
Please 'British Buyers.
A reduction' of the supplies arriv-
ing in the !'British markets, has caus-
ed a slight firmer tendency in the
prices received for Ontario apples
selling there. Ontario No. 1 Bald-
wins have risen from 16 to 18 shil:
lings a barrel. The future trend of
prices depends largely on whether
there is any resumption of abnormal-
ly heavy shipments or not.
Andrew Fulton, overseas fruit
representative, reports that, while
green domestic grades have shown
no improvement, there is a feeling
that good Baldwins and Greenings
may make 20 shillings a barrel be-
fore Christmas, if supplies continue
• moderate.. Cooking apples generally
are still difficult to sell, any demand
there is being mainly for well -colored
dessert apples.
Even in a depressed market, Mr,'
Fulton finds many proofs that, cen
tral packing and the marketing of
Ontario apples under a specialized pounds each are beat to follow cattle.,
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
oassasernansonsmosinstil
heavily upon all but the stoutest spite the excellent work of our or-.
trees. The young and the aged ganized charities, the. personal` gifts
would bow. and give way before their. made by thousands each year of
terrific load, and there' would be which only their hearts and `purses
branches • that would snap and shat- knew, and the magnificent interpre-
ter before the friendly sun would ap- tatian of'the Spirit of Christmas that
pear and relieve them of their un, the hundreds of thousands who live in •
warranted strain.• these Modern citadels of brick and`
It was a peculiar, enchanting mortar each season give to the less
thought, thus to be speeding through fortunate about' och them?
•
the night, bucking the surge of a We did not choose to contest the•
blizzard to be caught up and trans-
point. Rather we asked. a question.
ported back to those` elderly days of "What about Christmas Day it
transportation when the stage• coach- a•Are you not out on the line,.
away from your own home? Is not
into the terminal he was talking to es roved the roads with their limited
the locomotive as a lover would and accommodation for passengers and
singing low. . Two more trips were limited facilities of travel. Tonight,
made and not an untoward incident for example, not a coach could have
occurred. She had settled, at -last, operated.' It and its horses, guards,
into a regular, steady stride; not and travellers would all be ensconc-
even the most disgruntled hostler ed in a wayside inn, 'cursing the wea-
could find fault with her. The last ther and waiting an undetermined
we heard of that engineer, he was number of hours before the condition
making life miserable for a number of the roads would permit a further
of his fellows boasting about his stage of their journey. Yet, of the
new engine. How could one aceouni scores of people riding behind us in
for this? the coaches of Na. 6, it is doubtful
We couldn't account for it and whether half a dozen of them gave -so
didn't waste time trying. Some- much as a thought to the blizzard
what diffidently we ventured to ques- raging outside. And their accommo-
tion the engineer of No. 5701. He dation was infinitely better than the
nodded his head gravely. "Certainly wealthiest of Mr. Pickwick's fellow
engines have temperaments," he said. passengers could have 'purchased, or
"They will re -act differenvly to dif- even known. It was beyond the
ferent people. Don't ask me why. fondest dreams of a century ago and
A locomotive is a highly -geared, now was accepted by these Twen-
highly-specialized piece of anachinery, tieth Century travellers as a matter
much the same as a high-spirited race of course.
horse. Now, this one, here—"; he Our thoughts turned to Mr. Pick -
patted the throttle of .5701, in a way wick and the Muggleton Telegraph
which showed she was a prime fav- on which they travelled on their way
orite of his --"is a real racer, one of to Dingley Dell, with their oysters,
the finest on the line." the huge cod fish, earpet bags and
He stopped, frowned and reached all, to visit Old Man Wardle and
for the whistle, "We are very close his host of Christmas relatives. It
to this blizzard" was pleasant and piscturesque to
We eyed his broad back. The very think of the old stage and the jovial
set of it showed his tenseness. Then happy travellers riding through the
we relaxed and smiled to ourselves. beautiful country of Nineteenth Cen-
Running into a blizzard! And • at tury England, bidding "defiance to
this time of the year! Both thoughts the frost that was binding up the
were preposterous! earth in its iron fetters and weaving
way to look at it?" We recall one engineer (he is now
Transient: "Well no, I really enjoying a well-earned pension) who
don't." had a locomotive which was the pride
Writer: "Do you find it easy to and joy of his life. Once it had been
get a living travelling around like on the main line but, with the pas -
this?" sing of years, age had crept into its
Transient: "Oh, yes, people are joints • and bolts. So it was relegat-
very good." ed to the branch line servine and;
Writer: "Then it is really the good -
accordingly, it came under the gaunt-
ness of people that keeps you on the let of another old-timer, the engineer
road. ' If it weren't for this, you in question, who, like the locomotive,
would have to go to work, or do was a distinct individualist. De -
something for Wel!, yourself." spite the reports which he had re-
Transient: Well, I really would."ceived of the locomotive being pro -
Writer (within a mile of the next ductive of trouble in a large way, he
town) "This is as far as I go, Sorry looked her over dispassionately.
I can't take you further." "!She's a fine old girl," he said at
Transient, "I am glad to have had last or words to that effect, "and
this talk; it has made me think." we'll get along together."
--Pergus News -Record -
We are not aware what the vener-
WANT A MAN 'WHO able locomotive thought of the ven-
UNDERSTANDS erable engineer, or if "she" thought
The view was expressed at the at all. But it was obviously a case
Bentinck nominations that Hon. of love at first sight. For front be -
George S. Henry would have respect- ing a hellion of the road the locomo-
ed the wishes of Grey County•coup• tive became a lady of exemplary
cil in regards to "no paving this conduct. Even now there is a legend
year" had he continued as minister to the effect that when the engineer
their problems. But his place was
taken by "a Toronto lawyer" with-
out the sympathetic outlook and as a
True the rain was now pelting
down, the skies had grown darker
and the night blacker. The lights
of Bowmanville flickered sickly
through the wet blanket about us and
were gone. Another flicker came to-
ward us, as though on the wings of
the storm and Port Hope drifted
vaguely past. Then came the shim-
meripg haze that was Cobourg—and
the howl and snarl of the gale. Feath-
ery pinions of white flitted into the
cab, the country about us grew
gray, then white. 1 And with an ap-
palling suddenness it disappeared
from view. It was as though nature
had lowered a swirling curtain of
snow down about us. Through the
revolving glass of the engineer's
window we could see the boiler of
5701 loom black and strange, a steel
bulwark between us and the head-
light which• cut a swath of blazing
light through a world that shuttled
and tumbled with the roar and twist
of driving, !drifting snow. We felt
suddenly very small. We in the
cab were alone, very much alone,
battling against the unleashed forces
of the night. The engineer turned
and waved a capable hand in our dir-
rection. The blizzard had arrived.
whistled she purred; and it is affirm-
ed that he shed real tears when she
was scrapped and he was given a
new one.
What was the answer to all this?
So far as we can write, there is no
answer. We can only speak of an-
other locomotive, this time running
on the main line. Her reputation was
equally disquieting. There were
failures and diseases particularly
peculiar to motive power and when
everything was analyzed, the round-
house and shops men reached the
conclusion that it was all due to her
bad disposition. They proved this
by the statement that no other loco-
motive was babied half as much and
no other locomotive did half as bad-
ly. She simply declined to work and
fell down ora the job. Then along
came a certain engineer.
He was an engineer, be it known,
who was noted for his powers of ar-
ticulation and the expressive way of
handling his feet when annoyed, And
he was very much annoyed when they
assigned him to this locomotive. He
walked up to the obdurate old girl
and proceeded to express his annoy-
ance. He kicked her in the boiler (a
most ungentlemanly act) and, to add
insult to injury, turned on the high-
power voltage of his language' and
expressed his opinion of her perform
ance in the past which was both lurid
and abusive. Next, he stamped up
the iron steps to the cab and punched
the throttle with a heavy hand. The
throttle being steel and the hand only
flesh, a howl of. rage went up, fol-
Iowed by a display of verbal pyro-'
technics that left his fireman stunned
with envy and admiration. It was in
this aura of personal' brimstone and,
red wrath the engineer pulled out on
his run.
There was nothing that the fire- weather would leave its mark upon
man' could do about it but make him- the country for some time. Doubt -
self insignificant; and he did. Also less scars, as well. For the weight
et clinging snow would fall
he was scared. The locomotive had of thewet, gi g
PASS 17 APPLICATIONS
A meeting of the old -age pensions
committee of the county council was
held at the county building on Tues.
slay, when thirty-one cases were up
for consideration. There were twen-
ty new applications; and the remain-
ing eleven _cases were "reconsidera-
tions." Seventeen applications were
granted, four were refused because
'of lack of satisfactory details, 'and_
the remainder were deferred, some
being sent back for additional infor-
mation. In a number of cases the
recent transfer of property, by the
applicant was a stumbling -block to in 15 or 20 minutes, takes it bath.
the success of the application and hangs it on the hook. The corn-
Since the Act came into force 1156 positor takes the copy and shakes it
pensioners have been registered in over the type case, says a few rays-
Huron county, and of these about 665 tic 'words, the type flies into place
are now on the paysheet. There has (Continued on page' 7)
been a heavy death rate among the and, after a few passes by the fore -
before press day, people line up e -
fore the office door and then file in
past the desk and tell him all the
news of the week. )He writes it up
that a hardship?"
Our engineer sniffed. "OnIy for
a part of the day. We are always
at home for some portion of it.
Merely a matter of arranging your -
own celebration with the family.
Then there's always a second cele-
bration for us at the 'bunkhouse.
Sometimes I feel sorry for the fam-
ily. They only have one celebration;
we on the road have two. Besides.
the people at home miss one of the
big features of Christmas which we
have."
He stopped, looked fondly at the
wonderful country of dull green and'
white through which we were speed-
ing and raised an emphatic finger.
"You forget that the Spirit of Christ-
mas is service. Think of all the hap-
py, expectant people we are carry-
ing to their own homes on Christmas
Day. Isn't it something to know
that you are doing your bit to make
other people happy on this day of
days? You know the story of Dick-
ens' Christmas Carol. Scrooge was
a man who only thought of himself,
didn't !believe in anything. Well,
you know how the Spirit of Christ-
mas visited him and what it did to
him! I wouldn't have been in
Scrooge's shoes for a minute. Of
course, there are many Scrooge's in
in the country, particularly, I guess,
in the cities; but think what they
lose by not knowing anything of the
its beautiful network upon the treer Christmas Spirit" He shook his
and hedges." We thought of the head with grave dignity. "No, I
happy Christmas awaiting them and, ( wouldn't want to be.one of thein.
with our engineer, cordially agreed They have lost half the joy of liv-
that there should be a white Christ-
mas this year. Yes, he was indeed
right. We hoped that the snow
would remain. But --
There was another engineer. His
face was imprinted upon the retina
of our memory. It was a strong,
weatherbeaten face, lighted by a door of the firebox. Within, we saw
kindly smile and large, sympathetic
gray eyes. ' It was another Christ-' a seething inferno of roaring,
mas-thio that we had met him and leaping flame. Its intensity fairly
in the multifarious activity of the l scorched our face. We Iooked up •
years he had all but been forgotten. startled and saw the fireman grin.
Now he returned to us again in full i ning of us. His words were as
force of his pleasant personality. We though he had accurately read our
had ridden with him in his cab one 1 thoughts, had been riding unseen
Christmas week when the snow lay :with us in that other cab through
crisp and glittering on the ground; another land of snow and ever -
and he had made some observations greens. He leaned toward us and
upon Christmas. Theycame to us shouted, above the hiss and spit of
with the same vividness as his mem- I the fire. "See the power in that!
ory ft was happy to visit with him •• What does a blizzard mean to us!
again, if only for the minute and in ' Give me a white Christmas and we'll
the cab of a greater locomotive than romp the people home for Christmas
it ever had been his good fortune Day*" •
to drive. The engineer laughed; patted a -
We had made this trip with that ! gain the throttle of 5701 with that
engineer of the elder days one snowy , familiar gesture of his which was
nippy morning in a section of the almost a caress. In the Iight of the
country where snow is snow. Early in open firebox, he was a magnificent
the season a heavy fall would come . figure of a man, a portrait done in
and it would usually remain until the brilliant reds and blue -blacks, a
following spring. Not that the ori- ; veritable impressionistic figure l of
ginal fall itself would remain in the transportation industry. Then
lonely grandeur, but it would be ad- the door swung closed and he reced-
ded to by subsequent ones until the ied into the gloom of the cab. His
land would be blanketed several feet voice came to us from over his shoul-
in depth. Our elder engineer loved der. "Always like to run on Christ -
this country, loved its snow, the mas Day. You are taking people
clear, starry nights and the crisp air
with its tingle of frost and tang of
pines which was as invigorating as a
tonic. He sympathized with us be-
cause we came from a part of the
land where Christmas was often
green.
"Give me the country up here." he
rumbled, "where you can ride along.
look out of your cab and see the log
cabins of settlers banked high with
the snow, just like some pictures on
greeting cards I get every year. You
know there's warmth and comfort in
those cabins, plenty to eat and a
happiness that comes from doing
something useful—'the pioneer kind
of happiness, that is, which comes
from opening up new land and build-
ing new homes for your children. Is
it any wonder that the stars shine
brighter over cabins such as these
than they do over your murky cities
with their slums, sickness and cin
happiness. Remember!'' Be ke-
moved his pipe and looked at'ine with
his serious, kindly eyes, "remember
the Star of. Bethlehem Well, where
was it first seen? Not in .one of
your crowded, wicked cities but out
in God's own open. People in the
open live close to nature, they know
God in a way those in the cities eats
never know Him. Yes, if you want
to get really close to the Christmas
spirit you must come out in the open
country with the snow, the thousands
of •Christmas trees, not glittering
with crystals and powder but glit-
tering with nature's own.decorations,
and the crystals shine from the•hea-
yens as they never could shine not
even in the finest place."
Something of a poet, our'engineer,
but who would be so hardy as to ar
gue with him that he was wrong, de-
ing and never know it "
The memory of the elder engineer
hovered with us for a second and
then slipped away again, back over
the precipice of years. We looked
np with a start. The cab of No.
6701 was flooded with light, red '
light which poured . from the open
Reassurance returned as quickly
as it !vanished. One had only to
look at. his smiling competent face
to know that such things as blizzards
are merely incidents in his life. One
had but to feel the pulsations of
power vibrating through 6701 and
glance toward the flashes of light
which jutted from firebox and dials
in the dark cab to know of the un-
limited power in this speediest loco-
motive in the continent. And the
green signal lights, which defied the
might of the storm, winked nonchal-
antly ahead of us, to show that the
line was clear! Storms, no matter
how bad, are merely interludes in
railway operation.
The engineer laughed jovially.
"Like to see snow when Christmas
is coming," he shouted. "Green
Christmas's no good for man nor
beast. ; Give me snow every time,
and plenty of it. Take this blizzard!
if its snow holds out, Christmas'Il be
as good as that on the Manor Farm
when Mr. Pickwick visited there. Re-
member the song?
In his fine honest pride, he scorns
to hide,
One jot of his hard -weather scars;.
They're no disgrace, for there's
much the same trace
On the cheeks of - our bravest tars.
Then again I sing 'till the roof doth
ring,
And it echoes from wall to wall—
To the stout old wight, fair welcome
tonight,
As the King of the Seasons ail!
We applauded, him vigorously.
Memories of the perambulations of
Mr. Pickwick and his jolly travellers
had dimmed; but who could change
the sentiments he so joyfully voiced!
And the "hard -weather scars"! We
had 'merely to glance out of the win-
dow to where,the 'snow was piling
deep about fences, creeping up like
white cloaks over the branches of
low -swung .cedars to know that the
home to make them happy."
The yard lights of Belleville were
in front of us. Somewhere beyond
the driving blast of snow we knew
were the lights of the city; but they
were hidden. . As No. 5701 glided up
to the station, we glanced curiously
at the passengers waiting on the
platform. How different from those
of Mr. Pickwick's day they were and
how different their mode of travel!
But had the spirit of their tilde, the
kindly thoughts of 'Christmas chang-
ed during the intervening century?
No, we did not think that they had.
As though photographed upon our
mind, in the type 'o4 which we had
read them, there stood before us the
words of the closing sentences of
Charles Dickens' deathless story,
The Chimes:
"So may the New Year be a happy
one to you, happy to many more
whose happiness depends upon your
So may each year be happier than
the last, and not the meanest of our
brethr,en or sisterhood debarred from
their•' rightful share, in what our
Great Creator formed them to enjoy'."
A; seasonal benedicitian which
might well have been dictated in the -
cab of any Canadian National loco-
motive!
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