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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE. ONT. MARCH 12, 1959 Get Warm Twice From Same Wood "Cutting on the halves" came up the other day, and no doubt certain of the elders will smile at this dredging-up of a phrase. Back along, when our little farms were supporting their livestock, an extra woodlot was a common acquisition. We had one, over in the Bowdoin grant, and we worked it by the simple expedient of a yoke of oxen and six miles of road. Fuel was a wonderful thing to have on a cold night, and wood was our fuel. The home farm was mostly in pasture and hayfields, and part of the wood was timber; so we had to look elsewhere for the hardwood that went into the shed. There was more to it than that. Folks in town and city still burned wood, and after he'd cut his own supply a farmer cou'd pick up some cash by hauling b few loads of cordwood to them. And there developed the custom of "cutting at the halves". I l.ave done it, and at least in reminiscence it was fun. You hunted up somebody who owned a woodlot, and if he agreed to do business with you. you went to cutting wood on his land, piling it in two equal piles as you went. He took half; you had half. It was a way for a wood-poor farmer to get his fuel, and it was also a way an unoccupied man could support himself, for wood was always saleable. And the landowner got wood.to burn and wood to sell without lifting a finger. There used to be a good natured Swede had a farm ne.j>-us, and the back end was peppered with new growth hardwood, stuff between three and six inches on the stump, and he remarked one time that he'd like to find somebody to cut on the halves. My dad took him up on "it, and the year I was eleven or twelve we spent almost every Saturday up there cutting Yim's wood. His lot was closer than our own, and cutting was easier. Three or four whacks with an ax, and you'd have one of his trees down, but in our woodlot we had to saw and saw to get the bigger birche3 over. Besides we had to saw our birches in four-foot lengths to handle them, whereas Yim's wood could be handled in "sled lengths". Eight feet long or better. You could rack it up faster. It does seem a little odd to she puts her mind to it. The lass holds a normal-size egg tn her right hand. The one in her left hand is a whopping six and one-half inches in circumference. talk about some such boyhood deal as this, and find myself protesting that it was fun. The whole thing is so far gone, pleasure at working an ax sounds ridiculous. But I used to sit in school all week looking forward to Saturday, and I'd be up bright and early to get the chores done so we could strike out. There were some mornings that winter it was altogether too cold to try and we didn't go, but if the thermometer was anything above zero we'd hike out right after breakfast, carrying our tools and lunches. We always took a bag of apples from the cellar, and we'd eat the whole bag during the day. First thing to do on arriving is kindle a fire. Not a big one, but a little blaze against a stump to keep the lunches and apples from freezing, and to work the frost out of the wedges and axes Well-tempered steel has been known to crack against frozen wood, but the better reason was the action of cold metal on the trees. If you try to drive a frosted wedge into a kerf (we called it a scarf) it may bounce back and brain you. But if you leave it by the fire a moment, it will cling in the crack and hold true. But we'd have had a fire anyway, because it does something to the clearing. It is good to smell smoke. We never went to sit by this fire, except at lunch time, but it kind of made a central~-point for operations, and we kept aware of its location as we worked. As the winter wore on, we moved our fireplace along as the piles of wood accumulated. Chopping wood is not really hard work. Many ordinary farm jobs are much harder. True, a man who doesn't know axes and trees can bounce his heart out, and many experienced choppers have fought the grain all their lives. But a good chopper relies first oh sharp tools, properly set and honed, and then he finds the proper balance and rhythm.' I've heard men say to "put your back in it!" This is wrong. If the axe is swinging true, with good balance, there should be 3 slight but deft twist of the wrist at a particular point in the arc, and it will do more than a strong back. Most of all, a man needs to know how the grain of a tree is laid up, and work with it. Too, he needs to be pinpoint accurate. Thumping "like an old woman" is bad. Some women have been excellent choppers, but mostly they "chew". To make every stroke easy and accurate is the way, and if you can do that with balance "and grace, you can chop all day and be back tomorrow. Oh, this doesn't come easily -- but when you've got a Pa who does it, and you are eleven or twelve and the thing is fun, it comes soon enough. You don't do his work, for you haven't the height and the spread, but you do get the balance and the strike. Then lunch, and in the twilight we'd douse the fire and start home. On a good day we'd put up two or two and a half cords, and half of it belonged to Yim And how good supper smelled when we got to the house! Half of the wood, of course, was ours, and it would warm us a second time a year hence when it was dry and the night was cold. Seems, too, as if it has warmed me many times since as I recall it, but it's been a long-long time now since I've heard of anybody cutting wood at the halves. --By John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. "If one and one make two, and two and two make four, how much do four and four make?" the teacher asked little Johnny. "That isn't fair," came the reply. "Yon answered all the easy ones yourself and leave the hard one for me!" CROSSWORD PUZZLE 37. Without spirl 2. Secondhand 4. Enlarged an opening 82. Skat 5.Footllke pai hurriedly Answer elsewhree on this page TAKING NO CHANCES - One one-point landing on ice-glazed streets was enough for Walter Stultz. He's shown on his second trip, milk bottle lashed before him, making his way with aid of two spiked sticks. THE PAM FRONT JormlSimeli. Although rabies is causing concern in Ontario, it is significant that less than three percent of all confirmed cases last year were dogs. They were practically all farm dogs. Vaccinating dogs establishes a buffer of immunity between infected wildlife and the human population, explains an official of the Health of Animals Division, Canada Department of Agriculture. » .* In recent months 95,000 dogs have been vaccinated at about 340 clinics throughout Ontario. Out of a total of 2,024 cases of rabies in Canada between April 1 and December 31 last year, (only 57 were dogs -- a mere 2.7 per cent.) There was not one case of transmission of rabies from dog to dog Should rabies become established among dogs it would create a serious problem because of the possible exposure to While vaccination is important in the fight against rabies, even more vital is the control of canine movement in infected areas -- particularly strays. Health of Animals Division veterinarians quarantine dogs which have been bitten by other infected animals, such as foxes. Quarantining is authorized under the Animal Contagious Diseases Act and imposes a six-month confinement. Owners are instructed to keep their dogs confined inside a building away from all persons except those responsible for feeding and caring for them. If necessary the dogs should be tightly secured When dogs are, badly bitten owners are urged to destroy them "Vaccination is an efficient adjunct in the control of rabies," says one veterinarian, "but it is felt that the regulatory control measures of dog quarantine play a vital part in rabies outbreaks." What lies ahead for Canada's dairy products? Will production (ontinue to outrace ronsump lion? , , , These questions were para mount in talks by D.' G Good-willie, Canada Department of Agriculture, to Western Canada dairymen. He felt that "there is reason to believe" milk production wili be slightly lower, because (1) There are. fewer cows: and (2) No improvement in feed and producing conditions are fore Mr. Goodwillie predicted 'h levelling off trend in the fluid milk market would continue. He said, too, that competition is slight between fluid, evaporated and dry 'skimmed milk, and that the use of all three products in the home probably increases consumption of milk He looked for less butter this year, after 1958 saw production 34 million pounds higher than ever before, but he cautioned that "it looks as though we may have a butter problem the same as a few years ago, which will not be solved until the economic factors are adjusted accordingly." Production of cheese should be the highest in several years, he said, with consumption at least maintained. The export picture appears better but the current high prices are not expected to hold for the year. Exports of evaporated milk may be higher than for some time and this, coupled with an anticipated maintained or somewhat higher domestic usage, suggests production should be moderately higher than last year. » » * With dry whole miik, the export market is all-important. "The first company or country to develop a satisfactory instant dry whole milk will have a tremendous advantage in export markets -- markets which to me will be more important than our home market for this pro-While consumption of dry skimmed milk has doubled in six years, added Mr. Goodwillie, it will be years before consumption can approach present production capacity. Last year's production was 186 million pounds. Britain's Lords Hear Note Of Faith A new poem by Soviet poet Boris Pasternak describing his "agony of mind" at being prevented from accepting the Nobel Prize for literature has just been quoted in Britain's House of Lords. The occasion for the quotation was a debate on nuclear disarmament in which powerful voices like those of Earl Russell (philosopher Bertrand Russell) advocated that Britain should set an example by unilaterally renouncing nuclear weapons. The British Government's rejection of such a policy was given by the Earl of Dundee on the grounds that there is no evidence as yet of any change ot I Soviet policy or actions. But Lord Dundee ended on a note of hope by quoting this new poem Of Mr. Pasternak. He said, "It is the voice of one Russian who loves his country, who wants to be loyal to its present government, and who does not believe that war between capitalism and communism is inevitable. If more of his countrymen could be persuaded to believe as much as that, then there would be a real hope of world peace." This is the Pasternak poem quoted by Lord Dundee: I am lost like a beast in an enclosure. Somewhere there are people, freedom and light, Behind me is the noise of pursuit And there is no way out. Dark forest by the shore of the lake, Stump of fallen fir tree, Here I am, cut off from everything. Whatever shall be is the same But what wicked thing have 1 I the "murderer, "and the "vil I, who force the whole world to cry Over the beauty of my land. I am near my grave, But I believe the time will come When the spirit of good will conquer Wickedness and infamy. Lord Dundee spoke of the positive course which the British Government seeks to follow in breaking down the cultural and intellectual barriers of the Iron Curtain. This is known to be one of the objectives of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in his 10-day visit to Moscow. Mr. Macmillan believes that, whatever else may or may not be achieved by his personal visit to the Soviet Union and his contact with the leaders and people there, it should be possible for him to help in breaking down barriers, writes Peter Lyne in The Chirstian Science Monitor. This is how Lord Dundee described the British Government's purpose, "What we want to do is not just to have controlled visits, some of which are probably for the purpose of propaganda sponsored by one government or another; we want to have real freedom of intercourse between the leaders of education, industry, and science, and between ordinary travelers and tourists; we want censorship to be abolished; we want the Russian people and our own equally to be able to read each other's literature, to visit each other and talk to each other." Lord Dundee deplored the fact that the people of the Soviet Union under communism had been indoctrinated with the idea that war between communism and capitalism was inevitable. But he said the British Government believed that through establishing better contact with the Soviet people the old misunderstandings and misapprehensions could be resolved "because the Russian people are as amiable and as capable of love as any other people in the world." In the meantime, however, the British Government's answer to Lord Russell and other unilateral disarmers was, "We will not lower our guard." NDAYSCH001 LESSON By Rev R. B. Warren. B.A., B.O What Will you Do With Jesus? Mark 15:1-15 Memory Selection: He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth. Isaiah 53:7. We make many important decision in life. Choosing our vocation and our companion for marriage are among the most significant. But life's most important question is, "What will you do with Jesus?" Each of us must answer this question for himself. We can't remain neutral. We are either for Jesus Christ or we are against Him. Before Pilate answered this question he had a private talk with Jesus. His conclusion was, "I find in him no fault at all." John 18:38. If we carefully read the Gospels we reach the same conclusion. Surely, here was the perfect man. We may find fault with many who profess to be Christians. Their daily living may be out of harmony with their profession. But Jesus lived what he taught. There is no fault in Him. Pilate tried to evade making a definite decision by sending Jesus to Herod. But Jesus came back. Pilate had to take his stand. Then the Jews cried out, saying, "If thou let this Man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar." Pilate recognized that this was a veiled threat to report him to Caesar and Pilate's record would not stand up under the keen scrutiny of the Emperor. That settled it. Pilate decided to protect himself rather than do what was right concerning Jesus. It's that way with us, too. The case simmers down to choosing for our sinful self or choosing for Jesus. Jesus said, "If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me." Matthew 16:24. We must say "No" to self and forsake our sins and surrender our will to Jesus Christ. Saul did just that when he met Jesus on the road to Damascus. He said, "Lord, what wilt Thou have me do?" Acts 9:6. He yielded his will to Jesus'. And what a life he lived. The trial of Jesus was a farce. Pilate knew that the priests hated him because of envy. But he himself, through selfishness and cowardice, issued the death sentence. But Jesus will have tha last word. One day the priests, Pilate and every one of us will stand before the Great Judge and it will be, Jesus Christ. We should accept of His great salvation now, that we find life at its richest meaning, and stand before Him in the last great day, Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking BHEE HUE1QQEQO EBBED □□EE QBSEQ BEBEBHIlifl QQHE □GO SdEDH QQE BUQB BHDHBB EBEQBDEQ QQEQ ISSUE 11 - 1959 LEFT HIGH AND DRY - The Wabash River r leaving this large chunk of ice hanging on the river dropped five feet from a 25'/2-foot >se to flood height, froze and then receded, a slender sapling in Wabash, Ind. Jn two days, rest, highest since 1913.