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Those succeed who look ahead. Those who fall look back instead. -Old Mother Nature.

Jerry Muskrat was uneasy. "What is the matter with you Jerry?” demanded Mrs. Jerry.

"Nothing!" replied Jerry. ”Juiit notiiin: in all."

"Tlii-ii why are you so iiiicasy? Since you fiiiislit-d that landing place over at tho edgc of the rushes you've at-tcd qticcrly. You don't seem to know what to do with yourself." said Mrs. Jerry in her high suiiciilty viurc.

''I am licgiiiniiig to he I little:

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"You iueiiii you are worried. Now vtliat in lllt' world are you worrying ai)otit"" suiieakcd Mrs. Jerry.

"'l'lie wt-titiici'." replied Jerry.

"llaictrt you liicti long enough. Jerry Muskrat, to know there is no use in worryiiig about the weather"? if you must uorry. worry about iaoiiictliiiig you can do some- ting about You t-:iu'i do anything aliuiii iiic iii-siiiier .Viiliotiy can. So you may ltl.xl as ur-ll forgot abntit it." Mrs .lerry spoke rather sharp- ly

"You are hoih right and wrong. my dciir." ri-plied Jerry. "it is trite that I can do nothing about the weather itself, but 1 can do ioinetiiiiig about hPIl1)2 ready for what the weather ahead may be. The puzzling thing to know is what we should do. It all depends on the weather. lly cletir. do yoti realize it hasnt rained for days and days?"

"Of course i do What a foolish question!" sqiicztketl Mrs. Jerry. She sounded out of patience. "Just because it hasn't rained for days anti days. is no rt-iison for thinking it won't. rain by and by."

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"I am beginning to be A little anxious," confessed Jerry.

”I guess you haven't been notic- ing things." said Jerry.

"What things"" snapped Mrs. Jerry. She was beginning to be a bit cross.

"How much smaller the Siiiiliiig

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'Brook laughing because laughing. There isn't water enough

Pool is than it was, for onc thing." squeakad Jerry.

"What if it is? it is still big enough." replied Mrs. Jerry.

Jerry nodded. "True. Very true. my dear.” said he. ”But if it gets much smaller we'll be in trouble. Listen!"

Mrs. Jerry pricked up her small ears. "What shall I listen to?" she asked.

"Listen to Laughing Brook." re- plied Jerry. .

Mhs. Jerry gave Jerry a queer look. "How can one listen to something they can't hear?" she dcmanded.

"Just so. You can't hear Laughing

in it. Unless we have rain soon it

it. I don't like it one bit. Do you see that new landing place I built over there?" concluded Jerry.

"Of course I see it What of it?" replied Mrs. Jerry.

"if the water goes down much more it won't be at any use." rc- plied Jerry.

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Pioneer Days In'P. E. l.

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"Believe I or not," but flour ivas once ground in this Province on curious little handvmllln which could be carried about from home to horns. This pioneer mill consist- ed of two stones pounding or run hing i , h , worked by hand. and grinding at one operation enough wheat to last a family for a single day.

The first mill of this kind is supposed to have been made by Peter McNair, a Scotch shepherd who brought his wife and family to Prince Edward island to settle in Belfast.

The grain was placed on the flat surface of the upper stone and pas- sed to the lower stone through a

endless miles of bolts. Then. too. there were the separators. the ole- vaiors. the screening stoves and the huge grain bias that fed the hungry mice. Ever since wheat has been grown and flour milled bread

faces chiseled into narrow grooves has been a human necessity -- the

that did the actual grinding. while the meal worked its way along the grooves to the outer edges of they stone. This type of flour-mill was used by the ancient Romans. How-

ataff of life. So far as i could gather no Peter McNalr mills exist today. Gone too

are most of the roller mills whore warmers gathered and talked while

ever in about 100 BC. the Rumanlituw bmy dd m'm'wh”1 mmhd ""

used water power which opened up a new. era in the milling industry, though no further progress was made till the eighteenth century

Until the modern roller mllls' came into being Island folk knew nothing about the fine quality flour which we find in our homes today. Gradually the old stories gave way to the new metal rollers and grist mills tlriveii by water - power. sprang tip on ei'ei;v stream in the

large eye. near the spot where the , Islami-

spindle worked. Throiigh this eye? a hand-spike could be drivcii and couuiletcly t-rusii the ('llllr(' grain: the mill carried from one farm to'as the i-evolving sioncs had done,-- another. if dqaired. btit split the kernel into smalll e ipicces ('0lll(llnllLL' the valuable el-; The nelihl-701'! USIIHILV bI'0Ui;hlienienls oi the cci't-tils, and separ-' their grain to Peter's huwcvcr.'ait-d the bran Each pair of roll-' When the day's work was coded ers carrit-ti ilti' l)l't)('ils.'i a step and lingering shadows stretched fartiicr iintil. fiiuili), tiic wholet across the pioneer homes, the bit; was dixidcti uiio niiddiiiiizs. shorts Highlanders appeared each with at bran anti flour, hm” "ch 9! gmlh ih his hand Tiiiisc were tlir days when the Ehhh lh lhrh hhd his 3”” h"'h9h farmer raised his own wheat, had lhm Churn meal while '5”"h'” 9” his own flour for his faiiiiiv, ands.- ehts were discussed The" lhh-V the niitidliiigs tlll(l bran tor liisil Wei" home Whh ehhhgh "hi" hh'ilitcslock. ln('lllOill(llLV, iiiii iitziny of; ' W”h'5 bl'"d- p the old grist mills are in operation, The P7099" hf Klilhihhg hi”"k'-'d.noii', bet-nusr we no l(lllL!0r grow- Wmelhihi mm this: Oh” lhh ghhlh - Vt'll('1'l. 'I'lic t'loui' mill was an iiitel'- P353”! "'0'" the "PP" 5m"? t" lhhiestiiig place to sce with its creak- lower stone, the miller took llflltl.

The first 1iiIIl' oi i'oIlt-rs (ll(l iioi 7

machinery that ground the golden grains into delicious flour.

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of the spindle and turned it so as

to cause the stone to rotate. Byi

this process of grinding. the grain made its way from the centre and poured out in the state of flour near the rim. u

These milling stones are still

used in remote parts at Ireland

see that milling was at first a dom-l we deal hem” but he mppem

and Orkney: and Shetiands. With such primitive lniplcniciits of milling flour. one can readily

estic industry. The mlllstones were part of a family's furnishings and the ancient law forbade anyone tak- ing them for debt. "No man shall ,take the upper or the nether mill-

may dry up altogether. There isn'tiItone to pledge: for he taketh Ii a cloud in sight. and I don't llkc,nian'n life to pledge."

' Not much flour could be turned out on these primitive implements

iworkod by hand.

I Later came the rotating mill powered by animals. This was a .vaat improvement over the hand- operated mill. Here the stones were

Iperfectly flat and the grinding stir-1

A CERTAIN South had a doe chance for "top on the board" in

The hand occurred in an import- ant. pair tournament.

Eastdealer. East-West vulnerable.

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obviously. Ioimus spade ever- ull of one hurt wu extremely weak but. the vulnerability "con- ditions favored this action. Apro- pos. North deserved credit for grasping the situation and giv- ing his partner so much "leeway."

West opened the hurt eight.

coNrRXEi?i2hii3hc3hE- By Josephine Culbertson

CHANCE FOR A "TOP"

when East put up the queen. south dropped the nine to give the impression of A doubloioa. East shifted to his top club. and West co-operafed by ducking the trick.

it was vital for Iouth to catch- itah the club suit, even at the at.

dummy. This unis Wut took his one. and having observed luvs high-low, led his last club. last.

he could atom another node. wall and good-the entire unit would now be accounted tor. and

on one of his own clubs. it last could not too was actually he can). load another spade. he would have to lead I heart to Ute North-louth combined tenace. or : diamond that would am an

This was ducked in dummy. and

CONTRAC

By Josephine Cttlhcrtson

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THE EAST-WEST bidding in

the hand below was btconailsat and t'oolhLtO.

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The hand occurred in a match- polnt duplicate. and at. most ubloa South opened with on heart. and West overcalled with a spade or made a takeout double. In all of these cases South finally landed the contract It. two hearts and won just eight tricks in the play. scoring no points.

At the table in reteronce. now ever, the auction took quite I dil- iersnt turn, as follows:

was extremely optimistic to look tolaatiorinorethuionetvlck. Considering his original pass.

joint!

Watnelhcntilaalpsnh his slhir. buaispashsruas sotmedutnlwautiio-o ble aeopfnlng lid of two clubs wascei-tainwgiutlanabhtopil. ltnIIdty.flUe.Not-Rihaddowu wultnosswlstltngtohotdiu blddillt 0P”. but loaf. had no righttousucao Mutllaputnar liulinadean-oppose.

As Inc West. Na m-wind pauvvasll-abludtohnglavith -he dtotH have doubled one boastorwuoalledwltnoliaqiadc -and Ma penalty double o( two house was tnoatoiissblc. surely, bsoouidnotottpoetlolaalisauovu hanorlnhlaovvnhuid,usdI

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