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I Till.‘ INVASION-fwd (it)

We left the fleet of Harold lie-r- lrada, of Norway, in the riv- er Tyne. ere would be little to attract the invaders there, for the church at Jarrow had been plund- ered and burnt by the Danes 200 years before, and still lay in ruins. A picture of desolation, there ltretched for twelve miles dreary inud flats with here and there a few miserable hovels, the dwel- lings of the Anglo-Saxon fisher- men. Down the coast where Sun- derland now stands at the mouth

of the Wear, the story was the lame; the noble monastery of Wearmouth, filled with literary

treasures, golden altar vessels and costly gems, had perished in the same Danish raid. There was noth- ing for Hardrada to pillage till he

t to loumvte (Yer ) which had

een the metropolis of the north since (and most likely before) the Roman occupation.

So the King of Norway, with his three hundred ships, and Earl Tos- iig with his twelve, sailed up the river Ouse towards York. A mes- senger hed brought tidings to King l-larold of mgland. “then went he northward by day and night. as soon as he could collect his army. But Earl Murkar and his brother Earl Edwin, had again called up their Northumbrians to fight the enemy. “They made a great slaughter too," says the chronicle, "but there was a good number o! the English people slain, and drowned. and put to flight: and the Northmen had possession of the field of battle. “And this figh.‘. was on the eve of St. Matthew the apostle which was Wednesday.‘ (Sept. 20, i068). In desperate haste a messenger bore the ill tidings south to King Harold.

The King of Norway had chang- ed his mind, and we may put it down to the influence of Earl Tostig. He wanted not plunder, but collaboration. So he and Earl Tos- tig, "with as many followers as the thought fit," marched into Yor , secured provisions and host- ages, and then with a leniency iin- known in those rude times. retired to their ships after promising full friendship to those Northumbrlans who would go southward with them and help them to “gain this land." (I am inclined to think that the Monkish chronicler was in error, when he talked of the fleet sall- lng into the Ouse, since York stands on a tributary of the river Humber, and the Norwegian ships were lying at Stamford Bridge on mother tributary, the river Der- went). The Norwegians. then, were It Stamford Bridge, about eight miles east of York; and they ex- pected hostages from all parts of the shire as token of friendship ind collaboration.

"In the midst of this came Har- aid. King of the English, with all his army, on the Sunday. to Tad- caster i9 miles SW. of York): where he collected (or joined) his fleet. On the Monday he pushed an through York to Stamford. and there the battle wes Joined. It was a surprise attack for the North-

en had-no idea he was so near;

ut. they resisted stubbornly "and rontinued long in the day fighting Ieverely." There were slain Har- hld the Fair-hoiud (Harfagnr, an- ther mime of I-lardradal. King of orway. Earl Tostig. and a multi-

bids of people with them both ofi n.

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Normans and English." (The use 0f the name Normans indicates that adventurers from Denmark, France, and Flanders. had joined "is Norwegians). "But the Norm- ans that were left fled from the Euslish. who slewthcm hotly be- hind; until some came to their 5111i“. Some were drowned, some burned to death, and thus vari. Wily dBSiJTOyBd: so that there was little left; and the English had p05- session of the field."

The Eiislish now attempted to '

cross the narrow wooden bridge, to surround the ships, but a gigantic Norwegian barred the way. Al; last what could not be lltlcnmpllgh- ed by force was accomplished by a “mi-Hem. An Englishman hurled a Javelin to attract the hero's at-

tention, while another stole be- neath the bridge. Watching his °lll>0ftilnity he thrust his spear ihFOUBh an opening between the

Blanks and "pierced the Norwegian terribly inwards under the’ coat of mail. l-Iarold, King of the Enflliih. then came over the bridge. followed by his army; and they made a great slaughter, both of the Norwegians and of the Elem- iills.” The victory was Harold's but he acted with great generosity to the vanquished. He gave quart- er to Hardrada s two sons. Edmund and Olaf. to their Bishop, to the Earl of Orkney. and “to all that Weill 16W’; and allowed them ‘Weili-Y-folll‘ ships in which to rc- mrilui” NOTWQY- They. on their P!" Welli- “P i0 Oil!‘ King and took oaths that they would ever main. tain igaith and friendship unto this land. And so they departed. It was now September 24th. 1066, and thus in five days two general bat- tles had been fuught by Morkar and Hilmld. and the Norwegian power. had been broken. Harold withdrew his Weary army to York to rest. Down south on the shores of the English Channel another in- vasion began. Detained at St. Viilefy-sur-Soinme by a month of constant westerly winds, William, Duke of Normandy. saw with a Warrior's 10y. the wind shift to the south. He was a man of extreme energy and between six in the eve- ning and nine in the morning of September 27th he had succeeded in putting ashore at the estuary of the Appledore in Kent, 12,000 men from 896 ships, A messenger raced north to carr tidings to Harold at York. The ormans set to work immediately, the chronicle tolls us. to build a castle at the port of Hfisiiflfls. We must not assume that this castle was built of stone: it is more likely that it was one of those wooden structures which the Normans called "Malvoisins" or “bad neighbors," and was designed as GHQ. As a-final notc to this instalment it may be remarked, that the estuary of Applcdore is 240 straight miles from York.

ANOTHER NEW PLANT

On June 22nd. Dr. R. P. Gorham of the Entomological Laboratory, Fredericton, N. B., czillcd to see inc. He had been travelling in tho western part of the Island. and had found a plant not given in the “New Flora"; and it was to pre- sent me with a specimen that he called.

The plant was the nlder-leavcd Buckthorn (Rhiimnus ulnifolio. I/Heriticr). sometimes known as Dwarf Alder. We already have the

Prune

Tomatoes to Savci Space in Small Gardens

liiciliicut Says

‘standard of the province is an in-

. wild gross.

Policy Aiiiicil At Aiding Farmers

QUEBEC, July 6 — (OP) —Pre. mier Godbout. in an election cam- Diiiilh address prepared for delivery over a network of provincial sta- tions, said tonight the provincial Kovernmcnt Was carrying but a pol- icy designed to improve the lot of

farmers. Provincial general el- ections will be held Aug. B.

"The farmer has not always had a fair deal," the Premier said, Sllcaking in English. “He has too often had to buy at retail prices and sell his products at wholesale prices. He has had to live a hard life, often deprived of the ordinary conveniences of civilization.

“We have brought him good roads. We will bring him electri- city. We will help him in the work of the farm and in the realization of his lust reward by opening new markets for his products."

Discussing education. Mr. God- bout said that opponents of the Liberal party had seized on the go- vernmentks policy for improving ecl- ucational facilities in the province iatnd made "false" charges against

“In some French-speaking sect- ions. they have hurled at us the charge that our attitude in seeking lo improve the whole educational

suit to the clergy, who have al- ways taken such an active interest in the education of our youth They seek to brand us as being hosiile to the clergy.

"In other centres where such a cry makes no appeal, they take the contrary course and assert that We are priest - ridden and subservient to the clergy.”

He added: “The truth is and al- Wflys has been that the cler of all denominations are our fr en our co-operators. our fellow work- men in building a better country in which to live

“We are conscious that the sta- bility of the state depends in no small degree upon the moral and spiritual health of the people. Surely there is no conflict or antag- onism between the government and the churches when both are hon- cstly trying to contribute their full share in the common cause."

Mr. Godbout said the province had achieved much in the realm of education but much remained to be done so that the “weeds of re- volutiou" will not grow in thm province

Common Buckthorn (R. cathartlca L.) on our list.

The Alder-leaved Buckthorn is a low shrub of the wet grounds, with \'Cl'y flexible branches. Its flowers have no petals, and are few (1 to 3) in the leaf axils: their parts icalyx, etc.) are in fivcs. whereas the flowers of the Com- mon Bucktliorn have four petals.

Although the Alder-leaved Buck- thorn is rather insignificant when compared with the common spec- ies, it liiis a very important claim on the farmers attention. On the leaves of my specimen were the bright yellow spots of a fungoid parasite, the Puccinla Rharnnl Wctist. The spores of this fungus, blown onto the leaves of wheat, oats. barley. rye, and many wild| grosses, infect them with tho- Crown Rust called Puccinia coron- aia cords. Thus, according to the lato George Massee of Kew, Eng- land. the fungus travels between two “hosts", one the shrub men- tinned. and the other a cereal or a Presumably, if one host could be eliminated, the cycle

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For the Room '.l1iey"i'ake, Tomatoes Grown on a Fcucc or Ticil l0

S akes Give a

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In Victory gardens totaling lcss

than 1,500 square feet in area. 10m?‘-

tocs should be staked, or trained to a fcncc.

If your garden lacks a_ fence. flake; gl-iquld be prepared with carc in advance of setting the plants. Tomato stakes musi. be sturdy, at least 1 by 2 inch material. five o: six feet lcng. and fiiliiii-i-‘d Pi “w bottom 5o they can bo driven a foot into the ground.

Single siakcs can be uscd. b"! ‘i; belle;- way in to nziil three cross pieces to the stake as shown by tho illustration. The tomato plant is set at the foot, and only two branches are allowed to dcveioii-

The tomato plant starts with n single stem which forms leaves. Than he the place \vlicrc each lcnf joins iho atom, n branch dc- vclops. Onc of those branches close to ihc base should be allowed i0 grow, and iill other."- lhilfilfd m" w lc ihcy arc iiny, uuiil the plant aizfuonchcs the lop of ihc. silk!!-

‘Thcn pruning can be sioppcd._

Heavier Yield.

Tomato plants must be carefully tied u. U10 sinkc, 3S may are mi naturally climbers and have iir; tentacles. Rollin. m‘ hcnvyrfoiiti which will not _cut the stem. snou i be used, and tied with a loose loop around the sicm.

While there are other methods of sinking toinniocs. which do not require heavy pruning, they ntlao trike more space, and this l5‘ _c chief purpose of staking P149" 5 small. gardens. A pruned Pi-mi- “l not produce as large a croP ‘i5 one which is allowed to sprmvlyoz; the ground; but ihiriy-sixsto-c and pruned plants can bc Fwuil i"

a 50 foot row, with _oi'i~ ‘crops close by, and this m" ii wrll- 1n o. eul ic: ilic

duce a much ere-ii ( b“ . ,_ space cccuplCd inc. could a. na_ vested from the some IPHCC SW“- in unpruncd plains.

ff your tomatoes are not to b3 pruned and siakctl, it will save ,.omc mmcc (o pi-ov/ smnli-viiic 0'.- “ ‘-.-,.. .--.i . determinate valued. . \\-ii~-\ ‘l.’ growing nficr ilic S\'.‘lllS or: J-Wlii-

ici-csts of the students of Natural 2 ll well tie

would be broken and the “rust" would die out.

Along with the specimen Dr. Gorham gave me a “localitv memo". \\‘ill£’l‘l said that the plant was from an alder-swamp between Miscoiiche and Quagmire River: another large clump was locate just back of Telephone pole H2006. This has been duly noted in my book of records.

CORRECTIONS

In a newspaper office there is always a hustle to gct the paper out on time, and under this pres- sure it is really astonishing that so few mistakes occur in the daily issuc. Mon in those awesome scientific names the percentage of errors in spelling is very low. thanks in tho skill of the printer and tho proof-reader. I notice one or two mistakes, however, in a recent article on the Hermit Crab. Its name is ’Pngurus longicarpus- not Pngunes: and the spiral shell in which it had found shelter was Naiira heron-not Nitica. In the in-

' in the Province it seemed . correct these errors.

0N PROPHECY (3)

The vision of St. Odile is an in- tcresiing prophmv. dating I believe. from thr- eighth century. It was‘ printed in several newspapers dur- ing the war of 1014-18, as it \v:is' supposed to refer to that strugglezl but the events fell fnr short of the prophecy. In detail it is fairly ap- plicable to lhc present war as far as it has progressed. and the print- ing of lllc vision in i914 relieves it from the charge nf having been written after the event.

The chief points in it are these: A conqueror WilS in arise from the valley of tile Danube. and his ter- rible warriors were to win victor- ies on land. on sen, and in the air. "I-Iis winqrd warriors will be scen in unbrlicvable attacks. Will rise up to the firmnment to seize the stnrs to throw them on towns from one Cllil to the other of the uni- verse and light gigantic fires". Al- lowing for _thc imagery this could wnll be o picture of the indiscrim- gfilic bombing of I-Iitler‘s opening

tz.

"Nations will be stunned and will cxclaim: ‘Whcncc comcs his strengih? liow has he been able to undertake such a‘ war?‘ " It was the belief that Germany. de-

TIMELY NOTES on

At the annual meeting of the PEI. Silver Fox Breeders’ and Ex- hibitors’ Association held last Thursday evening. exhibition dates for this year ivei-e set for the week of November 6th to 10th, which is practically the same week as the show was held last year. Quite a bit of discussion took lace on [he subject. Many were o the opin- ion that the show was too early and that it should be held the lat- ter part of November. Arguments pro and con flowed quite freely and. the statement was made uy one prominent rancher that foxes

.which showed in the early part

of November would be—-well, very much depreciated if pelted later in the season,

Being in the chair the writer did not wish to take an active Dirt. but We can state here our experience in regard to pelting foxes which were exhibited in ihe shows and it is this, that a platinum pup that won third place at the show last fall was pelted in Decem- ber and sent to the pelt show, where it won a place. and was sold in the January auction at Montreal for $190. A silver fox that was third prize winner at the Live Show, broke a leg, was pelted and bfOil-Zilli $90 in the January auction. Two females that had been shown in the white-face classes and won prizes in the Live Show, were pelt- ed and also won prizes in ihc pelt show and sold for $125 and $115 in the January auction.

We purchased quite a number of live foxes from other breeders ear- iy in the fall I01‘ the ccniliiilll’ ranch and these continued in tip cared t0 pelt them. So it is our opinion that a good fox of good

breeding in November will if given proper care. be a good fox in Deoembe ,

The chief difficulty about late shows is the weatlier- Very often

a. severe snow storm comcs in late November and blocks the roads. or sometimes the night frosts and morning thaws make them so slip- pery that it is almost impossible

roads. Then again the Exhibition building is so cold that it ls most disagreeable for iill exhibitors. Water has to be brought in in barrels, it freezes to ice and there is difficulty that way.

Then again, late shows have de- feated the purpose for which they are intended in that thcv_rlo not afford the same oppflilifllil’ 7°!’ buyers to lookovci" foxcs or have tb- same advertising value for ‘he sellers. so all in all we iccl Association macio a Wise move deciding to hold their show No- vember 6th-l0th.

And now a word to WM ‘ei exhibitors. Last year's Show H good one~perhiips one of inc i_~t, we have ever had. Let us withi

that as a standard decide to make this year's show fur and iiwni’ ahead of ii. 'I‘iiat should be cafii’. Why? Because ihcrc has horn a great increase in the numhcr of: white-face foxes born in the uro- vince this year and a trrniencleus increase in the platinum LYPcs, not; only LaForest but also NOYWCQmlH Buyers will be ivatchlng titese Nor-| wegian foxes from all over Canada, and Prince Edward Island nmiPfli-j. to us to have a bit of a start all»,

ocean. while black tempesis" will d desolation everywhere. The

befall them because I ani their‘ conqueror." Germany over-ran Elli-I rope in a remarkably short poi-ind, at the beginning of this war-the. period of bloody victories. Only for. stubborn Britain. who "would no

submit", Germany would have ruled the world. (‘To be continued) I

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fcatcd and impoverished. could not susiain another yvar. and that he- licf nearly led to our undoing. This part oi the prophecy reminds one Of'RSVf‘lflil0ll l3. 4.

“The earth ivlll be rocked by the shock of ihn combats; rivers will

monsters themselves will disperse

two feet long.

in terror to the

bottom of the used to move m

The ubiquitous Ilnivcrsczl cnri-le

iifii‘? "l1 Willi b10911 "m! mam" worth in the fighting ir. France.

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top shape at belting time had \'.L‘:

ihe! cciving a supply of this very pct mi ent flea killer so there is no rx

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it is up to us to capitalize on that and improve the breed.

‘Then pearl platinums are being brcd here in much larger numbers than ever before, so that in addi- tion to our good line of silvers we have various new types and can make a display that will be notable.

The hot weather is here in earn- est and it is necessary that cer- tain precautions be taken to orc- vent the spoiling of food. Flies must be kept out of the feed house either by sprays or sticky fly pap- er and of course all windows and exits should be screened. Flies are notorious carriers of disease and so no quarter must be shown them- All utensils should be washed with boiling water daily and feed left over n the feed racks should be scraped pfi’ otherwise it may nave changed its composition and be- come a food poison.

Fresh drinking water should be supplied the foxes every day, in fact it is a good plan after reed- iilll in the evening t0 go over your sheds and see if there are any empty water dishes. If so fill them up. At night the foxes run around and exercise and they naturally start to quench their thirst ivlicii they are through. Let no one iclli you that water is not necessary zindi iliflt y0u can give sufficient Wllifl" by moistening the feed. Water‘ forms a large proportion of lhcl body weight and must be i‘L‘Il(!‘.\'- ed from time to time. i

Look over the meat you are us-, ing and see that it is free from. any taint or mold or slime. If‘ you are in doubt do not iced ir.! iccrtainiy not to the pups. lvlcat‘

slightly off may be fed to adults‘ l quite often with impunity but min: _ I at this time of year are not strong: enough to shake off the germs of decayed meat. Meat slightly spoil-. ed can be boiled and fed with mod- crate safety.

Hookwomis and round worms‘ i may be keeping some of your pups [from attaining proper growth. If "they do not seem to be coming

to gravel on other than the paved along we would advise you to also‘, W. HAMcEuIcn,

e. worm remedy, sometimes youj will be really surprised at the .in-‘ provement which takes place.

i l i Fleas Hot weather causes lflcds to increase in numbers with. startling rapidity. If you notice your foxes scratching their ears or any part of their body look at once for fleas and powder with jPulvex and repeat again in 0111i’ ilo icn (lays- We ncte whtrc W. . R. Jenkins. Great George Si. is rc-