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8 The Guardian. Charlottetown. ACROSS THE ISLAND
WJfliJ—W'IFEDERATION NEWSLETTER
Tale; Of The occult' Importance Of Agricu Iture’
Heard all] Ca
y ell A. Matheson
Provincial-
SOME UNUSUAL events of Dave Wlhite at Cape Bear when 'Ilhe former
Farm Editor
the past were recalled by Mrs. I called on her a few weeks ago.
' awn cart when they approacth a spot close to Murray River where a stream ran across t e roa . “Dad said to Grandpa ‘Look. what's that?’ as both of
them saw a woman standing
baby in her arms. The horse stopped in his tracks as
by the side of the road with a soon as
he saw the strange looking pair. My grandfather asked the woman who she was and what she wanted. but she kept her
lilence. “Finally a third man in the cart spoke up roughly. ‘Speak woman, or get to H--- out of here_' With that the woman dis- appeared and they never saw her again". That would be about ill years ago, Mrs, White told me. as she was a baby at the time and she is now in her 82nd year.
MRS
as. our talk ctntinued. ‘
WHITE has had interesting experiences herself, I 'as
18". she told
“Just as I reached the Wood Island-s road a man came out onto the road. He was wearing an old fashioned pea Jacket. and I said ‘good night‘. but he didn't answer." _
Mrs. White explained that the man walked along with her
another road. he failed to ans
ile. “He walked on one wheel track and 1
wcr my ‘good night'_ A minute
later she looked and the man was not visible.
'Has Never Spoken To Anyone’
WHEN SHE got home, she told her story and Walter Corney. who was at her place, said, “I’met that man many times. He
has never spoken to anyone yet.
The old story handed down Cape Breton to found dead on the road in the
is that the man had come from H ad been
teach school at Murray River
vicinity, and his ghost was seen told.
many times in the years that followed, I was
The talk changed to forerunn
that us ‘ presagcd a death neighbour or friend.
Yes, White had one of uhe saw his death it was forec
THEY
lng. WERE sitting in their livi
thought at the time
Knowing that Mr. White was nervous nanintbeyanlclosetothehouseand she
ers, things that were seen in the family, or to some close
those experiences. Most unusual,
the forerunner along with her husband, though it was
it was a forerunner of ppen. But, of course, she did certainly not her husband she
she saw an empty kicked it fairly hard
to that the noise could be heard in the house.
Coffin Placed At Exact Spot
WHEN SHE entered she succeeded in convincing Dave “- Light" they had seen was nothing more than the light
from the window shi
Mr. White died and, she told me. the burning bright. .50 that where the remains
were laid out in
Lung on the can.
the following February—it was in 1941—- house was .
it became unusually. hot in the room
kept very warm with the fires
thecoff
in. It was decided to carry the coffin outside in the cold weather.
process
same place where the late Mr. the eerie blue flame burning, placed the eerie experience.
the casket on the spot
of decomposition of the . ' bei- '
White and Mrs. White had seen though none of the peopl had been told anything about
Lime Trees, Wood Carving Seen
I RAN OUT of space last House I wanted to tell you aib
week on the story of Inkerman out the two rows of Lime trees
Col. Gray planted for his residence to _North River _Road. They beautiful and imposing, and it is hoped the city Char-
aire . lottetown, which has taken over
a portion of the lane. Will take
appropriate measures to preserve the trees for future generat- lens
A Lime tree on the Lawson
The tree forked into two main
, and the two split
t grmmd ago. But Mrs. Lawson's peoplkthey owned the Boyle
then—moved an aolc body of
lawn is interesting in itself. trunks about four feet from apart in a storm many years
their employees to the spot.
straightened up the two trunks, brought them together again. did appropriate repair work_on the tree. and tied the two trunks
together with a strong cham,
The chain is still there. th around it, and the beautiful old ivcnesa of the Inkerman House
ougb the tree itself has grown lilme adds much to the attract- awn.
M . LAWSON has some unusually interesting pleces of wood
sculpture on the lawn and H1 "carving" is the term usually
Inkerman I know that applied to wood. but many of
.lock's pieces are so finely done they give the impression of
sculpture.
Several of the female figures have a delightfully naughty appearance, and the work shows the tremendous patience and
attention to detail that marks the arts and crafts
the really devoted student of
has achieved an almost unbelievable reality with many
of his pieces. An alligator on the lawn—it's carved W
es the visitor shud realistic.
Mr. Lawson has with driftwood be
from Lime
der at first glance. It’s that
also achieved some. realistic results has gathered in various localities. Some of
the pieces are realistic in themselves. but others have been ap-
proved by the Lawson eye for
n'kerman Home is an inter deal of natural beauty" The to its attractive appeal.
detail. estinlg historic spot with a great
Lawsons have added considerably
P.E.l. Folksongs’ Books
“LARRY GORMAN. the m
an who made the Songs" is a
title of a book that came to my desk a few days ago. and it
carries many of the folk songs
written by Larry
was known. apparently. all over the Marltimes and also in the
Maine lumberwocds. It's from is the work of Edward D. Ives. e homely songs of Mr.
of Baofthe
Gorm the many tales Book. It corms tn-
the Rycrson Press Toronto and
n are known told about om Main
to many ls~ him. I like
. c:— “They said that Larry Gorman was hurt so bad he couldn't
live . . . I dm't lcnow whether it was the next. winter or two or three
I went down the street one day on the bridge in Ellsworth ( to have been fatally injured
feeling came 0
if I harki't been so scared of right into the river."
BUT
and I met Larry Gorman right That's where he had been said l and you don't know what u bought he was dead. water I guess I'd have jumped
HERE'S a different version of an accident to Gor-
e wre . tor weeks he hobbled about. until a cash settlement was ar-
rowed with amazing rapill There are many interesting
with the railway. After ty...
that Larry Gorman improVed
yarns about the man. But even
more interesting are some of the folk song reactions to things m are
had seen and heard in his on AND
and D. Ives, who visits to the Island in Western
157, 1953
travels, and some
. .1, SPEAKING d folksongs reminds me that a booklet s from Prince Edward Island"
‘ and again the collected the songs during brief and 1963
Prince for the most part.
Mum- und Burton are some of the kicaiifleu
pe Bean
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By J. LINCOLN DEWAR
Wednesday was a day com- ‘memorating our 97th birthday lot nationhood. In the space of human history 97 years is not a long time. The Romans were in Britain for nearly 450 years and that story is covered ' most histories in a few pages.
' under considera- tion has seen Canada change from a pioneer nation concern- ed almost solely with farming, trapping and lumbering to one with quite a wide variety of in- dustry and now just appearing to generate some real econom- ic strength.
Relatively agriculture is of much less importance than was the case in 1967. True it is much larger industry and
a much greater contri-
bution to the total economy but fewer and fewer people are gaining their livelihood direct- ‘ly from it. It is not ea sy to imagine what the next 97 years will pro- duce in the way of change but it is likely that increased ur- banization and much increased population will provide a basis for a much more highly organ- ized agriculture with increased investment and requiring a more businesslike approach.
The day of the subsistence farm appears to be about over. Fewer people will be satisfied to spend their days obtaining the bare necessities of life when there are employment op- portunities and ones for im- proved living standards.
Canada ls a young nation and in point of population it isn’t a large one but it is a young giant just beginning to get or- ganized and great things ap- pear to be in store for it and its people.
n WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
While many matters of lm- portance must have been con- sidered in Wolfville at the an- nual meeting of the FWIC per- haps the one of particular note for this province is that an ls- land lady became president of what is probably Canada's most important woman’s or- ganization, To hold this office ‘5 a very great compliment to the person involved but it is, in
8 addition. a compliment to the
organization in this province and indeed to all our rural wo- men. The recognition for Na- tional President of a former President in this rovince is good indication of the quality of leadership which Island women have had available.
A second matter of prime in- terest was the strong stand ta- ken at the convention on the necessity for increased effort in all provinces in providing farm and rural ucation.
A resolution calling for spe- cial attention under vocational training for agricul was
sed and each provincial or- ganization asked to pursue this matter with the proper author- ities. In this connection the women can count on every sup-
port from the Federation of
Has Declined Since 1867
present time appears to be the lone voice crying in the wilder-
ness. WEATHER AND CROPPING We have now completed the first half of 1964 and weather- wise it has generally been nei- ther easy or pleasant. 0 course, the first four months can never be expected to be tropical in nature, but even May and June have almost qualified as winter months. True the days have been longer, but cool temperature. high winds and frequent rain have made the last 60 days anything but a paradise. While it is difficult and probably fool- ish to make predictions on the weather it should logically be but the next six months will probably have less winter and that July and Au-
0 3G
Agriculture which up to the
gust at least should be free from frost. The longest day of the year has now passed and We are once again verging towards the wi nter and Christmas. In a sense this continued rotation from season to season year af- ter year seems to occur with almost tiresome regularity. Long days, short nights, short days, long nights but there is an answer to that if living on the equator can be considered acceptable. CROP REPORT
e first crop of the year if we don’t consider pasture is now about ready for harvesting either in the form of silage or as hay. Cool weather is holding back maturity of both clovers
‘ 1962 under the Freight Anis-
nnd anus but the foundation.
is there for I bumper crop. Grain, which thrive: on cool weather. has u very
promising appearance and will
likely end up in a satisfactory
crop. A good start seems to
mean a great deal with grain. Potatoes
are now g to appear in the row but It ll too soon to express opinions on this crop. For those Who make a policy of waiting for the wea- ther to settle before buying gets underway, we would point out that early cut hay even it rained on is much superior to that out much later and cured ‘under better conditions.
FREIGHT ASSISTANCE V For the year ending July Bl,
atnce Policy for Western grain some 22,633 tons came into th’ts province. 0f the total over 0.- 000 tons were mill feeds, over 7,000 tons were barley, almost 4,000 tons wheat, slightly over 1,000 tons of oats and under l.- 000 tons of screenings
The amount paid in freight assistance was $616,M.00. The total for all Canada was slight- ly over 15 million with Quebec getting almost half of the total amount. The importance of this policy to Nova Scolds is borne out by the $1,800,000 paid in as- sistance, actually just slightly over a million dollars less than the Ontario figure. Of all pro- vinces P.E.I. seems to be the most nearly aelf-suffident.
ROADSIDE APPEARANCE
ne area of endeavour which could make a tremendous im- provement in the appearance of the province and its farms would be that of roadside lin- provement. We have note where a number of communi- ties have had an active cam- paign and the results are cer- tainly dramatic. Good fence: with painted posts and good gfafteways certainly let a farm 0 .
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Winners of Lost Year's Top Honor
Victory last year by Baltic Lot 18 Women’s Institute ll be recognized through handsome permanent plaque, to be retained. In addition to n «1:: award and recognition:
on the large Annual Public Service Trophy. Members of the winch on here. I‘lfiuw right, are: Mrs. James Benignto. Mn. Bruce Riley. Mn. Bmgegérozle'rhm Mr- nm urns. .
Good New: for Good Cooks
Tbisisnmessogelosomeoflbobesrffiondsgoodouf- Eng. ever bod—to comributors to former Annual Cook Book Editions of The Guardian and The Evening Patriot.
. Many of you have told us you were given Mo short IIO' 116.9.“ the contest in comedian with entries for this year's edition—Hial- not enough fine was allowed to gather to- gerlier the recipes you consider most- suiroblo for publica-
ion.
Well. we still want those recipes. They make too impor- tant a contriurion lo the reputation of P.E.l. as the "good- enrlng province" lo be missed.
Sallie deodineis being extended until July "I'll.
Top Honor To Be Paid
Ar stake. and still waiting to be won. is one of the prov- inces top honors—recognition on the handsome Pubtic Scr- vuce Trophy awarded each your to the women's group. usually a Women's institute. which sends in the most- recipes. Accompanying this is a cash prize of $20. A permanent plaque. to be retained. also will be presented.
. . There orefmfierpfizesofSlOincochcoseforllnin- dwiducl sending in the most- recipes: for the best seafood recipe: and for the best recipe from o teen-rigor.
It's like winning a place in the "Hull of Fame" to cop- lure any of these awards. for pictures of winners on featured in the Annual Cook Book Edition. which is the most popular single publication of each year in thousands of Is- lond homes and elsewhere in Canada.
Open Doors to Hall of Fame
Most Island women. of course, are familiar will: the rules of this contest—scarcely need any reminders. Any- wfoy. they're simple. The doors are wide-open to this "Hull 0 I
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. . Any recipe. in any classification. u eligible“ long as misbemg used successfully in the home of the person sub- mmnliyq it. Each recipe M be signed by the ladlle supp ingir;Wlionroc confront group. Ii l
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And please written onlyono sldcof mum of paper used.
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All Entries Must Be Received 3ny P. M.. July 11. .