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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., DECEMBER 9, 1948 Chronicles i 0 Cltvrke We sold some hens last Monday. When the buyer came in and offered vs a price, we accepted, providing he took them all--either that or none at all. He agreed. There were about forty. Then he started catching them. Presently he threw one' down--"That's a cull," he explained "Just a minute," said Partner, "you said you would take them all at the price we agreed on." The *nan started to hedge but Partner stood his ground. That kind of thing has happened before. A buyer comes in, takes his pick of the Hock, and then tries to leave us with the poorer birds. This time it didn't work. Partner did not try to force a sale, in fact he repeatedly told the man to put back what he had caught and we would sell to someone else. But no, he wouldn't do that. Finally he took them all --and after that he got away in a hurry. I'm telling you Partner was really mad! And yet all the birds weren't sold after all. One got away and we haven't been able to catch her since! Now our Light Sussex pullets are in the hen-house. It is going to be interesting to see which pullets put on the best show ., . . in another pen we have hybrids --a cross between Barred Rocks and White Leghorns. Both breeds are Friday just, about everything happened--and it was Partner's birthday. He didn't remember it, and Bob and I did not remind him until we had been down town and got some birthday pipes and cjgars. » Then I also produced a card from daughter which had arrived in the mail that morning. When Partner came in from the barn I was singing--"Happy Birthday to You!" And what answer do you suppose I got? Just the "Call the 'Vet' will you--Queen is sick!" Oh ... oh! However, it wasn't as bad as it might have been The "Vet", fortunately, was at home and after he had given the mare a hypo she was soon all right again. After supper came another shock .... a telephone call . . . "Fort William calling Mr. Clarke." My heart hist about slapped a beat. You know how you can imagine all kinds of things in the space of a ftw minutes. But the call wasn't about Daughter -- it was FROM her--just a call to wish her Dad many happy returns of the day. That was her birthday present-- and she couldn't have hit on a bet-"ter one. It was just wonderful to hear her voice, and from her happy laughter we knew she was all right. Daughter could have sent a wire, and it would have brought her message, but there was a lot more satisfaction in hearing her voice. It was also doubly welcome since there is no possible chance of her being home for Christmas. Well, after Partner's telephone call he went down to the barn again, just to make sure everything was all tight. He always does that some time during the evening anyway as he says if there is anything wrong with the animals that it is the most likely time for it to show. He thinks to leave them from one chore time to chore time next morning without looking at them at all is too Secret of Health Grandpa Cartmell was celebrating his 100th birthday and everybody complimented him on how athletic and. well preserved he appeared: "I will tell you the secret of my success," he cackled. "My wife and I were married 75 years ago. On our wedding night we made a solemn pledge that whenever we had a fight, the one who was proved wrong would go out and take a walk. Gentlemen, I have been in ' Vie open air practically continuously lor 75 years." Puzzle--Find the Car--Beauty in wholesale lots descended on an automobile Paris, France, as a contest for the title of "Miss Automobile" gets under way. In cares, the car is a Simca 6CV. long altogether. Coming back he sang out as he opened the kitchen door--"What's the use of a birthday if you can't have things go right?" Here's what happened. He took a warmish drink of water to Queen--and she wouldn't touch it. He gave the bull a pail of water in his manger--and he promptly upset it. He thought one cow was ■looking as if she wanted a drink so he put a pail of water in her manger. She snuffled around it with her nose until it, too, was upset. It all • had to be cleaned up. Then Partner took a look at the heifers he has running loose in the barnyard--and they weren't there! Somehow or other they had nosed open the back door of the barnyard and were running around in the. muddiest part of the outside yard.| And it was muddy after the heavy rain we had had. So Partner was quite ready . to say with Gracie Fields--"What's the use of a Birthday?" Speaking of Christmas . . . we havn't any plans at all--although it is open house here for any of our friends who care to come. But I am thinking I had better start spring housecleaning in the middle of winter! Partner's sister in England says she hopes to visit us this summer--and there is just a chance two cousins may also be coming. The Bookshelf ... 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Facts, Not Alibis, Wanted on Hydro The present power breakdown is the greatest industrial calamity that :r hit Outs Over wide areas of the most highly developed part of Canada, factories are shut down for hours daily, business' is disrupted, workers' in- ously inconvenienced and property is endangered. Production is being lost i. rificed. And as yet there has been no adequate or convincing explanation of this colossal failure from the authorities who have been responsible, says The Financial Post. Now this issue has been pitched into party politics which will further confuse the issue, and further postpone its correction. CCF'ers are making the Hydro affair a major weapon in their fight against George Drew. This is a precarious limb for them to go out on. It was under public ownership, which means political direction of Hydro, that. Ontario was dragged into its present mess, and one that threatens to be with us for years. Yet, the CCF is the party that wants more public ownership, more political interference with productive processes. So, in effect the CCF is saying: We'll give you more of the same thing that has ended in the present Hydro schemozzle. The' -CCF, furthermore, is the party which so vociferously predicted that depression would set in right after the war. On that reasoning, the CCF would have had Hydro in Right-now, there is a great scurrying around to find a scapegoat. Municipal, provincial and federal politicians are leaping into the maelstrom, each blaming somebody else. Daily newspapers are thundering at each other, each from its own partisan perch. All this is significant proof that Hydro is up to its neck in politics. And that's the real cause of today's trouble. No further hunt for alibis and scapegoats need be made. The culprit is public ownership, which means, inevitably" and irrevocably,-political control of Hydro. In the private or stockholder business the management has the authority and the responsibility of doing all that is necessary to assure the present and future welfare of the enterprise. If it mismanages of miscalculates its reserves, it collapses or. goes broke. The same happens when it fails to give its customers the they x But enterprises run by politicians inevitably get into trouble because the interests and problems of the politicians are different to those of the businessman. In the Hydro mess, Canada has a demonstration of what the Socialists offer on a scale multiplied many Much Work, Small Pay From the archives of the Director of Education in Manila (quite some time ago, we assure you) someone •has abstracted, or copied, this heartrending letter of resignation penned by a harassed native teacher: "Dear Sir, : the I many loving t reply, 'Oh, no Besides to which By Tom Gregory _ i POUCH OR POCKET SLUN6 FROM THE HANDLE AND REAR EDGE OF A BABY CARRIAGE CAN BE A BIG HELP TO MOTHER WHEN SHE GOES SHOPPING. IT IS MADE OF CANVAS SEWED ~~t LENGTHS OF HEAVY WIRE, THE ENDS OF WHICH ARE BENT TO FORM HOOKS. IN MAKING THE POUCH CUT THE SIDES TO A RADIUS 'LARGE EN0U6H TO GIVE IT CONSIDERABLE DEPTH. IT IS A GOOD IDEAJOO, TO SLIP RUBBER TUBING OVER THE HOOK ENDS TO PREVENT MARRING THE FINISH ON THE CARRIAGE. get a stork ind Mrs. Raymond Weit-newlyweds, return from honeymoon they're apt to shock when they see the friends erected on top of their new home. 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Mix pumpkin, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, and add to cream mixture. Pour into refrigerator tray and freeze until firm. Remove to bowl and beat with rotary beater "hjitil free from lumps but still a hard mush. Return to refrigerator tray and finish freezing. Fill graham-cracker crust with ice cream and sprinkle top with graham-cracker crumbs. There's one thing I had better warn you about regarding this Banana Cake. It doesn't last long. (I don't mean "keep" but "last"). That's because, whenever it's served, second and third helpings are the order of the day. Banana Cake y2 Cup Shortening 1 Cup Sugar 1 Egg VA Cups (Approximately 8) Mashed Bananas 1*A Cup Sifted Cake Flour 2 Teaspoons Baking Powder 54 Teaspoon Salt 2 Tablespoons Milk 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Cream shortening and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix well. Stir in bananas. Sift together the dry ingredients and add with milk and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. 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