The Seaforth News, 1948-07-01, Page 3Ship SIa>nk
By Butterflies!
Truthis often stranger than fic-
tion; and it would take a ' fiction
writer of real imaginative powers to
tome up with anything so bizarre as
Ibis authentic tale of a ship which
was sunk by of all things ---
butterflies, butterflies,
The year was 1911, and the S.S.
Alder was plying a course through
the waters of the Persian Gulf. On
the horizon was seen what appeared
to be a small black cloud heading
directly for the ship. The mate of
the Steamship checked the baro-
meter but found no change. The
wind direction indicated that a
storm, if it were one, should be
moving away from rather than to-
ward the ship.
By now the master was on the
bridge, and as the cloud grew in
size he ordered a ninety degree
course change. Strangely enough
the cloud changed its course ^too.
Again and again the Alder steered
new courses, but the cloud followed,
growing larger and larger, The sea-
men were dumbfounded,
Soon the cloud was directly over
the ship blotting out all light, and
only then did it become clear that
the "cloud" was a swarm of butter -
isles. Millions of weary insects,
undoubtedly blown to sea by a
storm, were now frantically search-
ing for a place to rest their weary
wings. Down upon the ship they
came. The rigging, the gear, every
tach of availablespace was covered
with butterflies. Upon the backs of
these piled millions more.
Already heavily overloaded with
cargo, in keeping with the greedy
custom in those days, the added
weight of tons upon tons of butter-
flies caused the ship to slide lower
and lower into the water. Ordered
to abandon ship, the crew finally
succeeded,r but not 'without great
exertic 1, just before the vessel slid
beneath the waves.
In the offices of Lloyd's of Lon-
don, the renowned insurance firm,
bangs a plaque upon which is
amounted a large butterfly. Inscribed
beneath are these words: "In mem-
ory of the S.S. Alder."
Osteopathy, the science of heal-
ing by manipulation of the bones
and tissues, was invented by an
American doctor, Andrew Taylor,
in 1874.
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A picture hat tops Kerner's
grey linen dress with tucked
scallops on the flared skirt and
yoke. The wide, wide belt
Is .in fire -engine red patent
leather.
Conducted Tour to Feature Thornbury Blossom Celebration - Last year more than eight
thousand attended the Blossom Tour ceremonies at Thornbury, Ont., and an even greater
turnout is expected on Blossom Sunday, May 30th, this year. Well known radio commenta-
tors and other notables are expected to attend, and the beautiful Thornbury district will no
doubt get nuich priceless publicity by means of -this community enterprise. Chief features of
the day will be personally conducted tours through the many orchards for which the district
is noted,
CHRONICLES OF GINGER FARM
By Gwendoline P Clarke
Our first spring calf has arrived
and Partner calls it "Minute". A
young heifer is its mother and, ac-
cording to Partner, the calf is "no
bigger than a minute". I was down
to see it today .and thoughtit was
appropriately named. But I also dis-
covered that, in this case anyway,
size has no bearing on activity for
that same little calf was racing back
and forth from one end of the stable
to the other.
* * *
How'quickly animals sense the
change of season. So often I notice
the horses in the yard these days,
heading againsf the wind, nostrils
quivering, expectancy in every nerve
and sinew of their bodies. Then the
cows come out to water, and for
sun and exercise, and they certainly
show no great haste to return to
the stable where they know only
hay and meal await them. What is
hay and meal to them when over
the fence there is fresh, green grass?
As I watch I notice first one bovine
nose sniffs the air, and then another
"Ah, if only that fence were
not there!" Then it is quite obvious
Katie gets an idea - "Now if I can
just get my nose between those bot-
tom rails I might possibly get at
least a nibble of that luscious grass."
So she tries, twisting her head this
way and that, but she can't quite
make it. If she wasn't a lady one
could almost imagine Katie saying --
"Darn these horns anyway,"
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Personally, I have great sympathy
for the cows and horses because I,
too, would like to roam at will. Yes-
terday when I got into the car I felt
I wanted to drive and drive - no
special place, just anywhere just so
long as it was in the country, 8111
I did, however, was drive to town,
Mailed a letter, bought some bread,
got meat from the locker, and then
back to work in the house. So I
was just like Katie at the fence and
my horns were the jobs around
home.
* * *
One nice little chore we had this
week was cleaning out the cistern.
We had a man in to pump the water
out, and to do the job he brought
along a force pump connected to
a little gasoline engine. A long length
of hose carried the water away and
the cistern was empty in half -an -
hour. After it was cleaned out Part-
ner began to worry because now we
hadn't any soft water and that meant
using water from the well for every-
thing. That didn't suit Partner very
well because at all times, and at
every season of the year, we make a
point of being very careful with our
well -water. To be short 81 water'
is our greatest dread. On a farm it
is more necessary than feed itself.
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The answer to this visite
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So Partner hitched the team to
the stone boat - the boys were
busy with other jobs - and for two
afternoons he drew water from the
creek in a barrel. Then he handed
the water over to me by pailfuls to
dump into bile cistern. The creek
was running fast so we knew the
water would be clean and fresh.
But still, that little job provoked an
argument. I thought it was a good
idea the first afternoon but when
the cistern was half full I was ready
to call off the job. But not Partner
- no half measures for hint! In
spite of my protests he drew water
for a second afternoon. "Brut why
fill the cistern - if it rains there
won't be any room for water," I
argued.
"If it rains, all right - if it doesn't
rain, then we've got some water,"
was all the answer I got. So the
job went on and the cistern was
three-quarters hill before we quit.
By that time I was suggesting that
we continue and make sure the over-
flow was working all right! Now,
just out of cussedness, I hope I,t
rains.
• . *
Oh well, life would be kind of
tame if it were not for these little
friendly spats. And after all I do like
soft water. How some unfortunates
get along without it I don't know.
And yet some people do and from
choice. I know one woman who
has used hard water for years be-
cause one time when they were using
their cistern she found a little dead
bird in the eavestroughl One won-
ders how such people make out in
a country ravaged by war where
there would be more than little dead
birds to worry about.
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TABLE TALKS
Eggs':- Dressed Up
Barbecued Eggs
4 hard-boiled eggs
2 tablespoons diced on11on
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons catsup
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon horse -radish
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1 tablespoon diced green pepper
34 teaspoon salt
Brown onions in butter. Add all
other ingredients except hard-boiled
eggs. Simmer for 15 minutes. Cut
eggs in half and baste with sauce.
Simmer a few minutes and serve
hot. This makes four servings.
Snack Fare
4 slices bread (toasted on one side)
3 egg yolks
8 egg whites
pepper, paprika
3,4 cup r•rated sharp cheese
Add salt to egg whites and beat
until stiff. Add pepper and paprika
to egg yolks and beat until light,
Fold yolks and cheese into egg
whites. Heap on untoasted side of
bread. Place on greased baking sheet
and bake in moderate oven (350
degrees) 15 to 20 minutes, or until
puffy and brown. Serve immediately.
Serves 4.
Creamed Eggs
Try hard-boiled eggs in cream
sauce. When diced leftover cooked
meat and a little sweet pickle re-
lish are added, .you have a supper
or luncheon dish that's appetizing
and inexpensive.' For a special oc-
casion you might add some cooked
sliced mushrooms. Serve atop broil-
ed tomato halves, crisp buttered
toast or hot fluffy rice.
Singer Defies Fates
Jane Froman, one of the most
popular of radio songbirds, was on
the ill fated Yankee Clipper when
it crashed at Lisbon. She came out
of the wreckage with a broken arm
and leg, and for a while it looked
as if her career was ended. Then,
just out of hospital and with her
leg still in a east, she tumbled back-
wards from a bench backstage, and
it was back to the hospital again.
But between operations -. she's.
already had 25 of them - Jane
Froman has sung her way back to
the top.
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