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16-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 23,1991 This is a hill, whose namne many people will flot know. It is flot an imposing hill like some other hilîs. It is concial i shape. It bas grass on its sunimit;, sand on this sides and axiother ring of grass around thebase. Yet i history this name stands out. It is called "Mount Nebo." One of the questionable benefits of earlier education was having to learn by memory many, many lines of poetry. As you passed tiirough successive years in school each grade had a "reader". Each reader had many poetry selections and miany of theni were required to be set to memory. This particular selection, 1 believe came fromn the "Fourth Reader." Since I cannot find the book 1 shall proceed to test my distant memory. The poem is called "The Banial of Moses." This is only the first stanza. .the others escape me, but my mother could recite ail the stafizas-in her nîneties. Obviously, it starts like tliis: "By Nebo's lonely mouitain, On this side Jordan's wave, lI the vale of the ]and of Moab, There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows this sepulchre, And no man saw it thiere; For the angels of God, Upturned the sod, And laid the dead maxi there." Perhaps some poetic license was used to even get this far. The exact location of this hill in Clarke Township is directly across froni the home occupied by Mrs. Thomas Stevens. It was origially known as "Tebble" farm. 'Me road does flot continue past this spot. t should bave gone on to the ninth concession, but the ninth concession did flot continue ither. A great area of land coxtinued past this point and although there were landowners much of it froni this point north to almost Millbrook, was referred to as "The Commons." It was dotted by hardwood pine woodlots and in other areas, grasslands. Tliere was an interesting feature of the "Com-mons.." t , no doubt got its name from the early settlers as they rememnbered this nàmie from much earlier days i England and Scotiand. The Commons here in Clarke were used during the summer months to pasture livestock. Ln the sprigtime, cattle and sheep would b e turned north to graze on, the Commons. They would waxider somewhat aimlessly uxtil wlnter snows threatened and then each farmer, usually in a horse and buggy, would drive the Commons to relocate his livestock. This posed a few problems as the herds would separate. Sometimes amorous heifers would, seek a sire fromn another herd, and liking the locale there better, would proceed to stay there for the summer. The remarkable thing about this falI roundup was that each farmer seemed to remember his own stock, Ln the prairies, where larger herds were pastured, branding was neoessary. 1 do fot recall any branding beig doxie on the Commons. 0f course, the odd argument arose. The children were usually pressed into duty to help drive the herd home and safety ensconce it in the warm bani for the winter. One of the things that puzzles me about this common grazing, was that 1 do not remnember problems with predators such as wolves or dogs, as occurred later. The Commons had its assets and its debits. t provided cheap forage. t permitted short cuts f'rom the ninth line to Millbrook. I terms of genetics, it had the sanie problems in "improving the breed" as it did many centuries earlier in the British Isies. If for instance, you expected your herd to be truly "shorthorn," you could expect somne surprises when the next crop of calves camne in the springtime. Today, one again, there are maniy fewer fences, but farmers are not permitted to allow their livestock to "roam at large." The breed has continued t improve. Larger fields have allowed for mechanized farming with large machinery. Our fore fathers had not heard of "genetic engineering." We are already starting to "engineer" the human race. As we strive for perfection, we might ask, "But who had the more fmi?" I shall once again leave the decision to "Robbie Burns.." he said it this way: 'Then catch the moments as they fly, And use themn as ye ought, maxn! Believe me, Happiness is shy, And comes flot ay when sought, Man!" Town iefs A Secondary plan for Maple Grove bas been returned to staff for some minor adjustments and somne further information. Planning director, Frank Wu, stated tliat the plan called for very littie expansion of the commnunity. He referred to the suggestion of establishing green belts between communities as a reason for holding the Uine in Maple Grove. The proposal suggested land designated presently as Residential Hamlet would be returxied to Agriculture. A sector now termed Residential Hamlet would be designated Rural Cluster. In a year end report to council members it is noted that 594 new residential units were developed in the Town in 1990 which is down fromn 1359 i 1989, 1582 i 1988, 1402 in 1987, 1151 i 1986, 576 in 1985, 237 in 1984 and 84 i 1983. The five fire stations in the Town of Newcastle recorded 1098 fire calîs li 1990, of which 113 were ln Orono and 157 in the Village of Newcastle. Total building loss amounted to $1.311 million. îThe percentage increase lor all stations with the exception of Courtice were down considerably. Styfea SkinCareby Bnitt and Margareta Dîd you know that: 1) Your 'ring' or 4th finger is least muscularly developed and is the best finger to use when applying skin care treatments or blending mnake-up? Without great strength, it won't pull the not-very-elastic face tissue 50 roughly. 2) The warmth of the sun's rays brings extra oils up to the skin's surface? This can enlarge pores over a length of tinie and may cause your skin to become oilier in the sumnier, making make-up darken or change colour. 3) The moment you step out of a warm shower, while your pores are receptive, relaxed, and open, is the best tîme to apply Seasons nutrient- rich creams to the dry throat and face?! This is also a great tume to exfoliate and really dlean the pores. 4) When you're under the hairdrver, you need to protect delicate facial and eye tissue from damaging dehydration effects? Lubricate your face, especially your eye/throat areas, with Seasons protective moisturizers. 5) You can use gravity to icrease your beauty? Just always remnember that it pulls down. Redirect blood to feed your face, and gravity to pull the other way for a few minutes, by using a slant "board, or yoga positions, or lying down with your feet elevated and your head down. Let the blood rush to your face. 6) Green plants in your bedroom will give you extra oxygen, punify your air, anid help with humidity control while you sleep)? 7) It's estimated that after 15 minutes or more of ultra-violet ray exposure, those rays begin damaging the skin. Be sure to let your clients know of the sun protection in Seasons Foundation and Lipstick. 8) The hours of sleep before ridnight seemn to be the best for beauty sleep? Who knows why. But For Adult Children of Alcoholijs The purpose of this group is to help adult children of alcoholics make changes in their lives by providing due needed information and support. The first step of makcing changes is seeing due past and due present in a new light, and changing one's feelings and behaviour with the support of others. The format will be short talks, videos and group discussions. The Family Education Resource Centre of Durhamn House is offering this ten session group at Durham House, Thursday, February 7, 1991 from 7 to 9 p.m. For more information and to register caîl the Centre at 579- 2021 or 686-4353. f Image try sleeping fromn 9:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.mn. and tlien fromn midnight to 9 a.m. the next day. If you're over 25, you'Il see the difference in your face inumediately. You may feel it, too. If you see the face difference, try taking catnaps if you're a real night owl and concerned about those sags on your face. T iM.,e tê0% Durham Central Agricultural Society's ANNUAL DMEETING ,t, be held Saturday, January 26 1:00 p.m. ORONO ARENA and COMMUNITY CENTRE 121 KING ST. EAST. BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO Phone (416) 623-0322