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'v A Winter Storm lu Retrospect "If it snows' much more," said Kathie, we won't have any sechool tomnorrow." The joyful >~anticipation of such a holiday confuses me -- you'd think with thse bigger and better bond issues th&e finer a nd fuller programn ,would have prompted consider- able eagerness. It seems not te le so. "The bus had ail it comulci dûa to get up tbe hill tonigbt," se said. In the continulng dispute aver then, andi now, the severity of weather in former times seerms toe in, possibly because tihe ld-timners shout louder, but tnutb-to-tell we didn't very of- ten bave a storm that stopped schooL. Another tbing that compli- cates comparisons ils the tenden- eV to remember specific stormrs, instead of wveather ini general, and Kathie's remark led me to cie just that. It was a storm we Lad in 1920 that camne to mind --one that filled in the country- ;ide an-d brought thinigs te a bp lt. Thse snow was s0 deep the hOrses couldn't get around to 'breakc the ronds"; it plu.-ged up a, train so it stood thnee days; .nd it filled in our cross-country electnic tracks so we had no trolleys for wveeks. They finally Ïet out the sboe factories so the men' could shovel and get the cars going again. AIl the rest of tise winter the trolleys ran down ira a ravine with places fixed so passengcers could go down on teps to get aboard. This stormi was northeasterly, and began about ten o'clock in tise morning wbile we were al at school. At noon-time the vil- lage youngsters got home to dianer ail rigbt, and came back bundled and scarfed for the af- ternioon session. But when things let out for the day we trudged off in snôw that was hip-deep and swirling in a bitter wind. Motber had gone out to throw scratch-grain, to my hens and pick up the eggs, because the storm brought darkness ealy lisat night, so I didn't have to do that. I bad my §uPper, and passed the usual wvinter evening t home wt gramtnar and axithmietic, popcorn aand apples, end a pitch gamfe. with Uncle. TZW I 1took Ymy kerosense Iamp and headed for tr.y attic rooma. Tise bouse %vas wired for electri-~ dty, but they hadn't run a cir- cut Up into the attic, 8 I work- ec itof coal-oil. The, littie room lad slo)ping ceilings, unê.r the 1'00f, and red roses on the wall- taper. The one sin.gle-sash win- dow faced northeast by east, and lad to be taken Out of the, cas- bsig if 1 wanted air. Tt vwas a wonderfutL boy's roomn, 1Way- up above the affairs of the fanily, but uý,nÏnh-abil1table by MiE newer standards of comfort. ft was htter than a sawmîyill engine ýail summer, and worse tisan Greenfland's icy mountain ÏR witér, But I made out, and ulways thought I had the best Poom lant-ehouse. - A winter storm in that room was a magnificent experience, and this one I speak of topped ffisem al, I didn't open my wini- Iow, of course, and it rattied al ai-ght in the casing. The thin plaster and the flowery wall- Paper had no in)sulatiÎon qtuali- lies wbatever, and beyond tbem were the pine roofers, the cedar ;hirugles, and winter. My bead was ten inches below th t. 1 'was warm in bed ater 1 KoÊthtere and stopped quaking. SPeed was a grent thing. It was qe joke that a boy could blow eut his laimp and be under the *SAFE, 'ANYWAY -Cheniistry technician Glenda Bates is doused for safety's sake. She's demonstrating the emergency shower f o r workers whose clothes become splattered with chemkcals or catch fire. Sîrmilar showers care spottecJ around this chemical Ioboratory of the Parker Pen Company. covers before it got dnrk. The oniy heat in that bedroomn was wvhat I made myseif by coling 1up in a bail under the- comfort- ables and blankets. I re member how the rafters creaked that night fromn the weind, and hov-w the storm sound-1 ed like sandpapjer on the shin- gies, as the windl whipped the jstinging particles against the roof. 'But 1 slept ail right, and it was still snowing when Mo- ther openied the door at the foot of the attie stairs and calledt, "Huirry - it's the mnot won- derful morning you ever saw, more snow than you ever heard of, an-d stili comning!" I remaember this pleased mie. It was fun to have a lot of snow. My clthes were well c-ooled down and I got themn on in the usual nothing-flat. Down- stairs Mother had the kitchen Iight on, because snow covered the windows. ouI have te hurry," she said. "It will take longer to get to schooï this m-orning,." It did. Iwa really late, ex- cetthat I fell in with the tea- cher at flue post office, and she was late too, 50q she couldn't very vieil cail anybody tardy. it snowed that day until mid- afternoon, _and l'mi sure if we'd fihd buses then. we'd neyer have got home. We .. heard that a. tr ain wns stalled on the main line, and they'd have to shovel 800 yards of track to get a snowplow- through. Somé people thought the trolleys wouldn't run agairn uintil spring. On the roads they went out around big drifts, right over fence. Neal Fitts made his expected witticismn: "Wore out two snow- lshovels, 1 did, right dlown to thenusjust getting to the shled." And the oid timers wýere al saying thait wbihle this wa.s a fair storm, it was nothing corn- pared to whiat they used to have, --- by John Gould in The Chris- tia-i Science Moitor. A nman may be born wvith a sî1ver spoon in his moutb, buýt it', oes flot fclow that he wil create a stir in the wvorld. A BIG SPLASH 0F COLOR It's easy to maike a big splash with flowers even around a summier cottage, country lane or other place where particular anid constant care is impossible. The best plan, in any of these cases, is to stick ta things like petunias, nasturtiums, cosmos, marigolds, zinnias, asters, and simiîlar plants which are flot only easily grown but whicb also wl bloomn steadî- ly for weeks. With only little care at first these will practically look after themnselves. It is best to bave solid beds of one -flower, though not necessarily the samne color, for the showiest resuits and one should include somne of the newest anid brightest vanieties. A lorng bed of petunias about three feet wide wfi set oyff any driveway, and roughly cr- cular -beds of zinnias, miarigolds, or somne of the smaller tbings, will mnake a wonderful show. Then for the smaller garden there are ail sorts of tiny flowers Jike alyssumn, portulaca, poppies and si milar flowers which thnîve even in poor soil and once welI :started will .crowd~ out weeds and go on bloomning until fal. $PREAD ITOUT Today's garden is no lon-jje a feast anid famine propositiýIn, witb more peas, beans or coin, than we can eat for a week and then îïoneat ail, or wvith a great showing of bloom la 'July but not g single flower in August. Witb a little planning and a good seed catalogue there is no renson why flowers or vegetables sholuld not be yieldinig somnething ievery day from the first bloomns and greens ini the sýring until long after the ground im frozen bard nextfa. RUSHIING THIE SEASON - The average person does not iieed any encouragemrentabt runshing the season, Most of themn are fan too inclined to tear out the first fine day and plant every single flower and vegetable seed they have purchased. SomrîetiMes they even 'plant i- the t avind very 0f ten long before the soul is really îit to work. The ex- perienced gardener, bowever, knows that there are safe ,ways 0f rushing the season, little tr.icks that will p-roduce flowers and vegetablespehp aweko ten days ahead of the lelow nxt aoor. But they do't get thee è,arly tbings ýimnply by going out and planting too soon and in the mud. They practice approved short cuts. Take such really wr weather things as tomnatoecs,' mrelons or, cucumnbers among tbe vegetables or some of the more tender f lowers, The experienced gardeners wiii risk a small plant- ing of these extra eanly, perhaps ten days or wo weeks before the main plantings. But these eýarly rows of plants will be praý tected for tbe first weeks whenî 'there is dang-er of late frost. Tbey will be, covered with specialwa paper covers, or panes of glass or perbaps if one doesni't mind extra trouble simp- ly covered locsely witb news- papers at nigýht. Then too, we may, hurrY growth witb extra fertilizer or wîtb, specially prepared soi] or for a few extra ealy tom-,atoes or petuniasor we mny get exýtra big started plants and 'or the f irst fewj, weeks keep protected. LOWV COST BUT VITAL Goodl vegetable or flowver seed costs but a few cýents per packet but is Is the mnost vital factor ini gardening operations. Witbiout good seed, espcciaily suitabie for Canadian conditions and climate, howmu -1w-clti-, spray,-- * * CLASSIFIED ADVERTISINO AGENTS WANTED GO INTO BUSINESS for Y0urself. Seil exclustve houseware products and appliances wanted bY every bot-se- holder. These temnsvare not sold Iln stores. There te no comptiltion, Prof- its Up to 5ù00qj.-Wite inmedlately for free col or Catalgu-e with retail pricee shown. Separate confidential whole- salle price wlll b. included. Murray Sales, 3822 St. Lawrence, Monireal. OILS, GREASES, PAINTS And (Clloldal ~Graphite Additives. 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We have somne of the finest lmported stock that mnoney wil buy. Weanlings, and four mnonth old siows and boers at prices ýyou can aS., fewrdrto ey. InmedLate delivery, Folder, TOMA -SrO$C FARM, K.R. 31 Iiolland Centre, Ontarlu. N'E 0f the Largestenid best herde of Landrace In. Canada. Everv aimal Is elther directly lrnported, 1mporte4. In damn, or out of an imported sire and dam. There has neyer been a Land. race hog on our farm except direct lmrported and their Imnmedîate off- 3prings. Another large Imnportation 18 on the way. Weanlings, four montlh old, and six month old sows and boars. Guaranteed ln plg sows, serviceable boars, for Immédiate delivery. Start with the best, we have themn. Catalogue. AUl animials registered. FERGUS LANDRACE SWINE FARuS FERGUS ONTARIO I EDICIN tehbws tok.n ecco<ding ase, dlrectinu îk la"0eo wy tgindvce sheP sw quWet fhe irvo e lutensê SL$1. I bI M $i rutorts or Âjrm t td., Trente 3. 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