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the georgetown herald wed february 9th 1944 a thekgeorgetown herald omnwm hoktal ami muuia nrnimt mnmm lamum ahjjwtrin ootta acton b1mfim milton tklsfbonkl n i a btbhh ptuur maby h unrnad l moohtbay j tf the wodoj hop lxihhnn qaebeo dmdaa of ux owjsa the editors corner fascinating book nearly three centuries old once a book is printed the particular message it trfshea to impart to the world never dies imprisoned forever in black and white we find the thoughts fancies and ideals of the author thus it is that each one pub lished adds a little to the spiritual and intellectual side of life some of course give the world a great deal more than others in the field of science books and records form the steps upon which each succeeding generation climbs to further knowledge through the interest of one of our readers we were permitted to go down a few rungs in the ladder and glimpse the rural hfe of england as it was nearly three centuries ago the volume which holds the rnfor- inationwas printed in 1687 at ye corner of chancery fjiw in fleet street over against the inner temple gate for thomas drmg the book is quite a large one beautifully bound in tooled leather and is in an excellent state of preservation opening the cover the first thing that meets your eye is the coatofarms of edward augustus earl of aldborough of upper or- mand viscount amiens baron of baltinglas etc etc to which noblemans library the book originally belong ed being the lord of the aanot doubtless the earl took a great interest in agriculture and in order to be of as much help as possible to his tennants would wish to acquaint himself with all the details of the mystery of husbandry which is the title of the book in ques tion it was fascinating to read the book before we actually started in to read however some of the exter nal details of the volume impressed themselves upon us the print itself was quite large and easy to read once we caught on to the old form a which resembles an f except for the crossbar and some of the quaint spellings ic rustick cnttck usefull the paper still appears quite strong the pagesajre numbered at the top and at the bottom of each in the righthand corner appears the first word of the next page the inform ation contained in the book is not set forth in the stereo typed form of today but is interspersed with bits of poetry virgil personal observations and ancient his tory evidently the book was to be sold by only one retailer whose name is designated on the first page in it the mystery of husbandry is discovered as the frontispiece explains treating of several new and most advantageous ways of tilling planting sow ing etc is found therein and also ways to improve all kinds of agricultural produce going back again to its own quamt wording the volume also contains an account of the several instruments and engines used inrthia profession also the prognosticks of dearth scar city plenty sickness heat and all kinds of weather theres an elaborate steel engraving ontispiece showing the plan of the feudal estate and the tennants at work in the fields using the most uptodate mac hinery opposite the drawing is an explanation of the frontispiece which we found so interesting we d like to pass it on just as it is written unfortunately the linotype cannot reproduce the oldfashioned s pro perly but other than that here is the poem as it ap pears jk first cast your eye upon a rustick seat built strong and plain yet well contriv d anti real v and scltuated on a beejthssoyl yielding much wealth wlhi little cost or uyl rfear by it stand the baxnsfram d to contain enriching stores- f hay pulse corn and grain with bartons large and places where to feed your oxen cows swine poultry with their breed on th other side hard by the house jou see the apiary lor th industrious bee walk on a little farther and behold a pleasant garden from high winds and cold defended by a spreading fruitful wall i with rows of unle and fir trees strelght and tall full fraught wigl necessary flow rs and fruits t and natures choicest sorts of plants and roots i beyond the same are crops of beans and pease saffron and liquorice or such as these then orchards so enrlcht with fruitful store nature could give nor they receive no more bach tree stands bending with the weight h bears r of cherries some of apples plums and pears j not far from thence see other walks and rows i of cyderfruits near unto which there flows a gliding stream the next place you discover is where st poyn la lucern hops and clover are propagated near unto those fields stands a large wpod mast fuel timber yields in yonder vale hard by the river stands a water engine whicb the wind commands j ttr fertilize the meads on th other side a perfienwheel is plac t both large and wide to th same intent then do the fields appear cloathed with corn and grain for th ensuing year the pasture stockt with beasts the downs with sheep the cart the plough and all good order keep plenty tmto the husbandman and gains peruse the book for here you only see the following subject in epitome 1 kery tmagtnahlc phase of agriculture is dealt with aa mar be sssbjmd tram the above introdubuon the present owner of ok book j tmmm a 1st mate about agriooltare tfaan year editor and baaaa ttatt nrnobttixng nanus from bell telephone co some interesting statistics appear in the annual report for ims of the bell telephone company just released m the past two yean 5400 new em ployees have been encaged to offset to the war servicer resignations eta there were 11915 bell workers as of december 31 and 2 199 have en listed for war service of whom 23 have already given their lives there are 24401 shareholders 4884 being employees and pensioners over 95 per cent of the shareholders live in canada and hold 73 per cent of out standing stock last year 891622 was paid out in pensions and disability benefits bells wage bill last year was 31- 340267 taxes took 13 609000 this figure includes the refundable portion of the bxcess profits tax 1654000 dividends paid to the more than 24- 000 shareholders were 677969 although the gross revenues of 60222164 were 65 per centmore than for 1942 the net income due to in creased wages and taxes was j par share as compared to 876 in 1942 there were 13469 telephones in stalled in 1943 and 103360 taken out a net gain for the year of 30099 there were 956113 bell and 160801 connecting telephones in service on december si and average daily long distance calls were 98000 yqv can heat your house with sunlight bnewey to beat the coal and ol shortage is to let ol sol do the heat ing dr robert d potter science editor writing in the american weekly with this sundays feb 13i issue of the detroit sunday time de scribes a new house which sunlight helps to heat and now old houses can easily make use of the same prin ciple get sundays detroit times many of the same methods are employed by our farmers of today as are set forth in the ancient volume the great difference lies in the mechanized part of course and it was arirne to see an illustration of the 16th century grain drill this modern machine boasted one central spout mounted on a four wheeled cart attached to which was a loose whlftietree to accommodate one horse a far cry from our thirteen spout affairs of today also illustrated was a primitivelook ing water wheel used for irrigation in discussing the construction of carts evidently then quite a modem innovation the author says in holland a waggon was lately framed which with ordinary sails carried thirty people sixty english miles in four hours i have seen much done of this nature and more might be done as to make a cart or waggon move against the wind and the more the wind blows the faster it shall move against it by the help of the perpetual skrew but these being not to our present purpose of advanage i shall leave to others there are several blank pages in the book at the front left pre sumably for notes and some were used for this purpose written in it on one page is the method to cure ye biting of a mad dog or prevent madness something about the recipe smacks of uhe potions brewed by the witches in maoseth though of course it is a real recipe and used fornoevil purpose here it is but we don t re commend it for modem use take of rue leaves picked from ye stalks andttjriilse 6 ounces of garlick picked and bruised venice treacle mithxfdate and shapings or nll each 4 ounces bqylau these over a slow lire in 2 quartsof strong beer dr ale till a pint be consumed then bottle it and keep it close stopd and give of it by spoobfulls to a man or woman seven mornings together fasting and snt spoonf ulls to a dog much easier to call the doctor isn t it the art of ashing comes in for a good deal of dlyathsion in tbe book many devotees of the sport will agree with the author who prefaces his advice on angling with the statement that there is not any exercise more pleasing nor agreeable to a truly sober and ingenious man than this of angling a modeate innocent salubrious and delightful exercise it wearieth not a man overmuch unless the waters lie remote from his home it lnjureth no man so that it will be in an open large water he being esteemed a beast rather than a man that will oppose this rs neither doth it anywisedebauch lum that useth it the delight also of it rouzes up the inge early in the spring mo rungs that they have the benefit of the sweat and pleasant morning air which many through slug enjoy- not so that health the greatest treasure that mortals enjoy and pleasure go hand in hand in this exercise what can be more s o it than that the rmst ingenious most use it instructions are given for making rods and stocks which in those days were gathered from the tree dried for a year and a half in a sxnoaky place and rubbed with oyl to preserve them if the top was brittle or decayed you were advised to whip on a piece of whalebone made round and taper hair lines were th oen in those days and we really mean hair the author sajs let the hair be round you make your line withal and as near as you can of a size bees played an interesting part in most country holdings in those days reflecting this the author has produced a very fine bit of writing about these insects we can t resist giving it to you to read there is no creature to be kept about our rural seat that affords unto us so much variety of pleasure as the bee although they are small yet they are numerous and although they are busied up and down on poor and mean things yet the matter they collect is rich and noble they never rest nor are idle but in the extreamest cold and wet seasons in the spring the first warm sun invites them abroad o seek after imployment which they daily follow till the bitter frosts cold and stiff winds and great rains hinder them they are oul early in the morning you shall hear them like swarms humming on the lime trees by the sun rising when they send forth the fragrant scents from their blossoms and in the evening late shall you have them return from their hard yet pleasant labours a long chapter entitled of prognosticks was hard to leave we wish we could remember all the signs and portents which were said to govern want plenty sickness joy and all kinds of weather many of these saings and beliefs ar still held today dipping into the chap ter we picked out a lew that were new to us and pass them on one circle about the moon signifies rain but if more circles appear they signify winds and tempest to follow also if the horns of the moon appear blunt or short it signifies a moist air and inclinable to rain the northwind is best for sowing of seed the south f gr or lnnoculatlons if at the beginning ofllie winter the souaiwtnd blow and then the north it is like to be a cold winer but if the north- wind first blow and then the south it will be i warm and mild win ter in afalr day if the sky seem to be dappled with white clouds which they usually term n miickarel sky it usually predicts rajn all sorts of conditions of the sea indicate weather o come and even animals will let you knov what kind of wither to expect if rightly observed the book states that a cat b washing her face and putting her foot over her ear forshpws rain a certih foresight of a change in the weather may be also taken from fowl if the breastbone of a duck be red it signifies a long winter if white the contrary if in frosty weather birds sck obscure places and seem dull and heavy it signifies a sudden thaw fish and injects play a part in obser vatlons and prognostics too one saving is that rreat quanitles of frogs small or great appearing an unusual times and in unusjal places presage great dearth of com or great sickness to follow in that place where they appear the book also says it is usual that a dry autumn precedes a windy winter a windy winter a rainy spring a rainy spring a dry summer a dry summer a windy an tumn it is observed that how far the frost oenetrates the earth in the winter the heat shall in the summer as we couldn t begin to give ou a comprehensive review of the book weve tried to pick out passages here and there which seemed especially interesting to us and which conveved the atmosphere which the book weited when we finally closed the tome it was as if we had shut the dbofon ano her world a world held captive within its pages and eoltomlzed by the following bit of verse contained therein and blest is he who tired ftih his affairs far from all noise all vain apphuhse prepares to go and underneath some sllenshale which neither cires nor anxious thoughts invade do s for a while himself alone possess changing the town for rural happiness hot ncdtohr ro eight canadian newspapermen on a months tour of britain arrived in london last saturday rdgnt just after a nasi aid raid tn which 26 persons were killed the editors guests of tbe mjniatrjr of information arrived by train from tbe port where they landed shortly after the last gun fell silent and the last german raider bad fled the newsmen who will spend tbe first week with the forces settled down in their hotels for tbe week end they were greeted by represen tatives of the services oanada house and the ministry of information their program for the first week includes a visit to tax roap fighter station and a reception by air mar shal x s breadner air officer com manding the rcaf overseas monday a tour of the bombed area of london tuesday and a visit to caxton hall where british rationing will be ex plained after which they will be luncheon guests of rt hon vincent massey canadian high commissioner ed the navy 1 britain and i aire to as ft the party uuiirtitl kipp ottawa g5j son winnipeg j rankin babfax al tog daily imm m courier kelows b abakm record t denting weemt r wfleon maclean ronto and rvn t day night toronto i direct f r watson ge os hours s to 0 1 thursday afternoon dr j burns 1 drcuffobp1 kenneth m ji barrister bsoeuor netarypame pint mortgage money to ijoan i office gregory theatre bldg st valentines day it seems that e ate historically minded this week but as st valentines day is next mondij we thought wed like to know just how and wh the custom of obsening it arose probably the young people aire tdy hne one nr more rho en ones in mind to whom they wld send the prcttv tokn s of affecti n and many older people still like to obseive the d ij with mme kind j remembrance the elabor ate valentines or peici time art n t to be had this year but neer theless those still obtainable are ery pre t and express the necessary sentiments the fourteenth or fehr lary is cilled st valentines taj as the name day or feast d of eight different chrstiin martvrs named val entine that is in the mcdkil ch irch scnlocs were held on thil day in memory of their martyrdom the custom of sending valentines or gifts has nothing to do with the martyrs however it happened that a springtime festival which was kept by lie romans fell on the same day the making of gifts on that day las come down from this old festival but tbe origm of the custom wsi generally forgotten and m time the gifts were called valentines from the name given to the day this is a good example of the way customs survive for centuries among people who do not reoiember how they 1 leroy dale kc m sybil bennett barrister and souetton uffl street georgetown mill street rione sb georgetown frank petch licensed accnonkeb and all classes op insurance prompt service phone 891 georgetown po box 41s monuments markehs pollock ingham g alt designs on requestphone 3m8 inspect oar work in greenwood radiol repairing we specialize in this work is tears experience j sanford son j thu flyer i twirl