The Seaforth News, 1956-06-28, Page 3When 1 was u small boy -whish
wasu't yesterday or even the day
before - about the only .sort of
bay you ever heard mentioned by
.name teas Tiinothy. In fact t0 me
Timothy 'and bay were pretty well
syttommmnns and when I had to t'e,
;teat the books in the New Test;
anent, or attempt to do so. i .t1 -
ways had a picture of tall, heavy
headed hay whenever I 00(10 to
that particular Apostle. Or was he
a Disciple?
Anyway. it seems as if, nOwa•
days, as I drive along the roads,
especially in Southern Ontario,
Timothy bay is about as numb a
back number as the writer. Of
course I may need new glasses, or
don't look in the right places. Which
Is my roundabout way of telling you
that 1 ant going to pinch an art.
title "Buttercups and Timothy'
written by Lansing Christian for
The Christian Science Monitor, and
that I sincerely hope you'll enjoy
it as noes as 1 did.
WILD PASTURES in .tune ai
ways offer goodness to a man. Itis
walks aeeoss the friendly stones
bring him sun and warlrilh; they
bring hien rest and peace; they
bring him beauty and song. IIe ea -
joys Ills walks through the grass
and thyme and buttercups. Ile 11ke8
his pasture frees, the groves of
pines, the scattered apple trees,
and the sturdy hickories.
A nilln who eaai fititl so notch oe
his pasture slopes will go there of-
ten fora summer harvest of sun
and song and loveliness. Somethuee
be comes upon the wild rose, rieb in
bloom, sending n sweet and delight-
ful aroma across the land. IIe likes
tate fragrnnee of: the thyme, per-
meating the air above the worn
paths and winding trails.
It was front the wind- swept
1(0510re knoll in Marcie, a man re•
members, that he heard the first
(spring tali of the killdeer plover,
loud and clear and sharp. It was
from the pasture thicket that the
first song sparrow sang. Now field
sparrows fill many an hour with
reflective melody while the crick-
ets of the year tape no for their
mounter symphony. It satisfies a
DIGHT HOUSEKEEPING - Eddie
Holstein is a laundry specialist.
His job is' to keep the sox shin -
Ing - the White Sox, that is. The
electrician keeps the floodligl/3
polished at Comiskey Park.
Safety -wire readers need not be
perturbed at his method of as-
cending the light tower. Eddie's
posing outside the girders for
better pictorial effect. He ac-
tually ascends the ladder ig the
approved manner.
than that his trips to the fields, hike
flim so often 1 0011gh Dennehy and
familiar limes.
A wild pasture is ns plee nn tip
land' slope as one could ever knew
One never stops to think of it In
terms of thin soil and stone -ridge.]
hills. Ele thinks only of its bloc'
some and its songs, and its good
kind ways. Altcl as rich a spot as
any, a man believes, is the pasture
marsh, filled with buttercups on u
sun -warmed day in June. He likes
to think of it as u basin of yellow
blooms deep in the heart of the
land, a bowl of buttercups over•
flowing in the stunner hills.
TIIEIR17 IS something of pride
that finis a glowing expression use
on the face of n (nae when he looks
out over a field of June timothy.
the tall hay undulating In the
slightest wind that flushes `lose
with a summer gentleness over the
slopes and the hills. EIe sun' the
sante fields turn Green in April,
He saw the May rains nourish tits
meadows. Ile telt the same spring
warmth with which the sun unfold -
ea across the rolling laud. He was
imbued with the season's surging
growth, an(1 its vibrant hope. Sutra•
mer has fulfilled that hope; the
tables of the 00rt1) etre lull end
provident.
The timothy stunts almost shoul-
der high. The heavy heads sway
this way 1811(1 that; the tall grass
bends and rises in the wind, chang-
ing the snoods of a field, changing
the shades of green. There are the
darker hues, and the lighter, de-
pending upon the mood of the hone.
When the timothy blooms, a ma')
finds the maturity of the sensnn
reaching sorely across a field when
the pollen clouds are carried by the
wind, or by a man pishieg his way
through the Well and swishing hay..
It is a never -ceasing wonder to
a num that these flags of blooat,
born of air and soil, should wave
suddenly across lits acres like full
green banners in the wind. A thnu-
san(1 combinations of growth and
warmth and rains have nufolded
richness acid loveliness , acr004 the
land. They make the days rich and
splendid in the sun. A man is not
surprised that the boholluks and
the meadow larks have found 11114
fields good, and that the pilemeat(1s,
on a few nr('asinu, have reared
their yening in the securil,v and
friendliness of the meadows. Vesper
sparrows nitre funnel 111e Nelda
good, too, and a man has Iistenerl
long and attentively to their after
noon and evening songs.
A countryman child ask for no
garb of tate land more appropriate
than his field of timothy, glowing
es tall, sometimes, ns the walls end
the fences in which his meadows are
enclosed. The green WRITS of tim-
othy, on a high hill slope are from
oceans that whisper and sigh to 0
man's heart, and they fill him with
gladness for being se close to the
purpose of the sumniei' of the yehr.
HIS MISTAKE
Ile was a new office boy and
was having great trouble in
keeping callers from disturbing
his boss.
"When 1 say you're out, they
never believe me, sir," he said.
"They say they must see you,"
"Whatever they say, be firm."
snapped the boss. "Tell them
'That's what they all say. It's im-
possible.'"
m-
possible:"
That afternoon a tough -look-
ing woman called and asked to
see the boss.
"Impossible," said the boy.
firmly,
"But I'm his, K'ife," said the
woman.
"That's what they all say,
ma'am," was the reply.
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HUN DOWN -AND OUT.
HE'S OM.
Folks in Pittsburgh get a big
kick out of Traffic Officer John
Zuricic, who works a busy down-
town intersection. He is famous
for his dramatic gestures as he
keeps traffic flowing smoothly.
His enthusiastic motions suggest,
at various times, a ballet dancer,
a third -base coach, a baseball
umpire and a boxing referee.
Officer Zurick, a nine-year traf-
fic duly veteran, formerly play-
ed baseball, basketball and boxed
a little. Maybe that explains the
sports angle of his traffic direc-
tion. Here, the candid camera
catches his "baseball" routines.
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A CLOSE ONE,
SAFE AT HOME,
The O9d Scout
Gets Revenge
A weenies, figure, bearded and
clothed in tattered buckskins,
arrived 00131110 a rough timber fort
In the frontier wilds of Montana.
He pounded 011 the stockade gate
and shouted for admittance. A
sleepy guard unbarred it and held
up a lantern to peer at the starang-
er. Then he jumped back in terror
and slummed the gate shut again.
A few seconds later he was shaking
the eommaede' of the tort into
wakefulness. "Out at the gate:" Ile
cried. "I've just seen a ghost:"
The num at the gate that night
in 1824 1008 not a 811051, hilt of tough
old scout, bnffalo hunter, and
pioneer 111(0051 high Glass. Ile is
now an immortal figure in the
annals of the American frontier-
Troncherunsiy abandoned - for
dead onthe limitless prairie, help
less against wild runnels and nun' -
eluding Indians, Glass had per-
formed enc of the most amazing
endurance feats of all time. With
incredible toughness end staining,
lie survived overwhelming odds
for the single 110111113e 02 wr 1(111115
vengeance..
In thespringof 1823, an cxpedi•
Linn of 80 men had left 8t. Loots
on to fur -trapping trip through
India].) country t0 the Rocky
Mountains. it was fed by a shrewd,
Suffering agonies from 0 sav-
age mauling by a 1,000 -lb„ nine.
foot -tall grizzly bear, Glass crawl-
ed to safety on his hands and
knees over 210 miles of rough
country. IIe crossed swirling rivers
on Ings, and hid like a stricken
animal When danger threatened.
For more than three months he
inched forward. His only food was
grass end roots and 51111(117 living
things he could grab with bis bare
hands. Sometimes, when his tor-
menting wounds prevented even
crawling, he had to slither pain-
fully along on his belly like a
snake.
fortune -seeking retired officer of
the British Army, Major Thomas
Henry. They left the. Missouri be -
bind and trekked slowly westward.
By late July they were in the wild
Sioux 501111117 of what is now
South Dalcato.
Elugh Glass, a Vete'an frontiers. .
man, was the expedition's scout
and pothunter. it was his duty to
keep them supplied with fresh
meat. A lean, grey -headed giant.
Glass was approaching 00, but
there wa0 no one 1n the patty who
could heat bila at shooting. rid
ing, or Peals of etreugth.'
Every morning. Before (he II11(114
expedition hit the nail. Gloss
shifted off (heed 111 !Waren of
Mune, So (nosed one morning in
August, he Clopped dame to 11x11111
front it creel., Itis h(111. swivelled
round rat a 501,1111 5 huge grizzly
W110 c'ea`ses straight at Iitu1
There suns uo time to run or grab
Itdsgun, whirl] rested egain81
tree -trunk. Glass eouid only draw
his (code and slab with all 1118
strength at the great beast's tenet
The bear was hurt by the knife
(Ilass was knocked to the ground.
Mad whit pain, the bear monied
111e man's hotly, tearing and slash -
lug at the flesh with Its great
claws.
Some hours later, several mem-
bers of tate expedition picked up
'Glass's trail and found his, body.
He lay by the creek, unconscious
but still alive. Nearby lyes the
wounded bear. It was 100 far gone
for further resistance, and was
quickly shot.
Glass was revi7ad, blit was
plainly near death, iris back look.
ed like raw meat. The few trappers
with medical knowledge bathed
and dressed the wounds, but ag-
reed he multi not last very long.
The problem was ghat to do
with him. Although unconscious
most of the time, Glass's pain
made 3t impossible to move him on
horseback. Major Henry decided to
push on, but called for volunteers
to stay behind with the old hunter.
Two young troppers - Bridger
and Fitzgerald - agreed to take
the risk of tarrying In the (danger-
ous Indian country ; their price
was 50 dollars each!.
The rest of the expedition rode
on, leaving the helpless hunter and
his two g'ilards isolated on the
lonely prairie. Bridger and Fitz-
gerald waited impatiently for
Glass to die, But the tough trout•
iersman clung tenaciously to life.
On the morning of August 24111,
1823, they placed the limp, 01111:1 -
kited body on a vouch of moss and
leaves, erected a venom' shelter of
boughs over it, and curie off after
their companions..
WVith them -- and this was their
worst mime they tools Mass.'s
musket, powder and ball, hunting -
knife and flint.
It tools the eowardl,' pair
week to overtake the -expedition.
They produced (]lass's things and
HAPPY EXILE - Carlos Pr o
Socarras, former president of
Cuba, leaves Federal Court in
Miami, after the U.S. Immigra-
tion Service granted him politi,
cal asylum in the United States.
his death Was accepted. "We gate
him a deem( burial," they told
'Major Henry, "We piled stours
over the melee to keep t11e 04010,s
away."
While limy were glibly lyine.
Iiugll Glass VMS winning his bat•
ale for life. Regaining conscious•
ness, be realized what had happen '
ed. Elis head was clear, and be re.
membered Major Henry trying to
tell him Bridger and Fitzgerald
were staying behind 10 rare for
him.
They wort no lunger with flim -
and Ile knew why. He might have
forgiven the desertion, but ,he curs
ed them long and hard for tailing
his weapons. He vowed there and
then to save himself so he could
hunt down and wreak' vengeanee
on Bridger and Fitzgerald.
The -nearest white settlement
was at Fort hiowa, 210 miles east-
ward on the \Iissourt. Glass's
wounds prevented hien standing or
even sitting. Ole could only crawl.
Glass struggled out of his stele
couch and crawled down to the
nearby river. There 11e lay for sev-
eral days. recovering some of 1115
strength as lie drank and assuaged
his hunger with grass, roots, ber-
ries, frogs and grasshoppers.
Finally Glass set out. He crawl-
ed steadily for two days - and
could still see his old bed and
shelter. Pain shot through his body
with every movement, but he kept
going.
Once he only escaped being
trampled to death by a herd of
stampeding bison by rolling him-
self over the edge of a gully, from
which it tool: him a day to crawl
out.
Fourteen days of slow and pain-
ful progress took Glass to the Mo-
reau River, 50 utiles from his star-
ting point. Ile was almost finished.
His last food was eaten three days
before - a prairie rat be had snar-
ed with a cord torn from his trent
act s. ,
'1710 river provided fresh suete-
nanc0 in (et 121811 he speared with a
sharp Stich. Then be floated across
on u fallen log end set off on the
next leg - 30 miles to the Chey.
enne ,hive-,
hunger was again gnawing as
he began the last leg to the Mis-
souri. Glass oras reduced to grass-
hoppers, weeds, and Oven bark.
But his wounds were healing and
enabled him to make greater speed,
although it was still impossible for
flim to stand tip.
Ile rename) the Missouri. But it
MB 40 miles still to For Known.
He bad crawled 170 miles, and 11e
knew lie could go no farther,
Hugh Glass would have diod,and
the world would probobly never
have learned of his great saga of
endurance, had not two trappers in
a boat sighted him. They p1011)1d
up the pitiful wreck of a man, fed
him, clothed him, and ferried him
down the liver to the fort.
On December 11th, 1824. hobbling
with the aid of a stick they had
cut for him, he arrived at the
gates and told his story, He stayed
there for the winter, but with the
coining of spring rode out on the
mission that had become his life -
to catch up with the craven pair
who left him to die.
Months later Glass reached the
fort in the 1100(0na Rockies where
Major Henry had set up n fur de-
pot. IIe showed be was not n ghost,
as the frightened guard Imagined,
and was then disappointed to
learn his quarry were no longer
witb the expedition. They had
both left to join the Trey.
hndeteri'ed, Glass set after then
once more, a grim Nemesis with
but one thought - vengeance. IIe
tracked the pair 1,000 Miles to
Fort Atkinson, in Nebraska,
(fun in haled he c0nFrmnted an
off1cer. "I've l'01110 to kill n couple
of curs," he annonnee(1, "Where are
The office' had other ideas. De.
talked pincatingly to the old man,
pointing out he could not kill fell-
ow • Americans Wearing their
country's uniform.
Glass scratched has held and
termilte(1 the force of the argn
trent, "All right," he decided lin•
ally. "I'll wait 1111 they get oat
of the army."
He rade off, back to bis hulte.
ing and trapping. Never in the
years that followed, however, did
he forget the debt he awed to livid
ger and Fitzgerald,
Some time In 1.834 he heard they
were due ter discharge from the
army. 103 set out Immediately for
Fort Atkinson - and was killed
by.Indians on the way. Revenge
was never his,..aad it is not known
if Bridger and Fitzgerald were
ever aware of the epic journey of
the man they had leftto flit, -
By Peter II.lrgrave in 'The Po
lice Gazette.' •
SCI1001,
LESSON
O. Barclay Warren, B.A. B.D.
Writing for Perilous Tithes
1 Peter 2:19.21; Jude;`
verses 3, 17-25
Memory Selection: Earnestly cow
tend for the faith which was omen
delivered unto the saints,. Jude,
verse 3.
The lessons for this quarter ars
called Writings of Faith and mtr-
eouragernent. The course includes
the nine New Testament books froth
Hebrews to Revelation. These
books gave faith and encourage-
ment to persecuted Christians, '!he
Letter to the Hebrews affords as
example of Christian preaching to
those making the transition from
Judaism to Christianity. James
gives a strong challenge to the
practical side of Christian conduct
and lends encouragement to .patient
and faithful living. Peter combines
doctrine and practical teachings
about Christian conduct. John
stresses the contrast between dark-
ness and light and sets forth the
power of 1070. ,Jude stresses rho
keeping power of Ood, The Revela-
tion strengthened Christians in a
period of persecution.
Today's lesson sets the ilrelite for
Ole quarter. 'Jesus is set forth as
an example of those who suffer
wrongfully. His reaction is de.*
crlhed. "When he was reviled, re-
viled not again; when be suffered,
he threatened nut; but committed
himself to him that jurlgeth right -
misty." WO are urged to follow in
his steps.
We need these scriptures lnday..
People everywhere need encourage-
ment, It is true that we are not
being stoned, sawn asunder, slain
with the sword, wandering about
in sheepskins and goatskins, being
destitute, a07icted, tormented. fiat
we have subtle then. In the fever-
isb quest for the things that mon-
ey can buy we teed to ehec1 that
we are not losing the things that
money can't buy. We need to guard
against materialise' and the pres-
ent day madness of pleasure seek-
ing.
We must not contend about the
faith hut we must contend for the
faith. False doctrines are on every
}rand, We must search the scrip•
tures daily in order to strengthen
our faith. As we are strolls the can
help 0111004. Let us give these nine
books full and careful study this
quarter.
SALIY'S SALLIES
Perish the thought, Don! The is
no fight left in you'."
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