4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 13, 1956 Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS Quarryville, Pa. Phone 378 Alfred C. Alspach Ernest J. Neill C. Wallace Abel Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins Subscription Rates: $2.00 Per Year Three Years $5.00; 5c Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., under Act of March 3. 1879 One of the more critical points in the farm price picture at this time is the hog market. But there’s good news ahead, it would appear. Slaughtering just recently slumped to a six month low. Here’s what the Corn Belt Farm Dailies say of the situation in an article entitled “April $l7 Hogs?” It is the easiest thing in the world to find members of the trade who believe top hogs will reach $l7 this month. It is not hard to find those who look for *slB or more sometime in April or May. How do they figure? Here is what they say: If hogs can get over $l5 in March (and they did) with more than six million processed under federal inspec tion, a rise of a couple of dollars is possible with less than six million monthly in April and May. They look for a decrease in volume. In the past 20 years April slaughter has been under March in 17 years. The three that showed an. increase were, 1942, when marketing was upset by our entry in World War II a few hionths earlier, and 1946 and 1947 when normal marketing was upset by OPA, which ended late in 1946. All of the last eight years had smaller volume in April than in March, and all of the last five years showed smaller May totals than in April, these optimists point out. MEXICO TAMES TRAFFIC To the Latin American, traffic is a lark. In Havana, we were advised, the driver who blows his horn first af the intersection has the legal right-of-way. In Mexico City, the pedestrian-auto traffic picture is as colorful as the swirl and flash of a toreador’s cape, and just as dangerous. Now Mexico City is cracking down on its erring drivers. Hundreds of drivers are to be jailed in the cam paign to make driving and walking safe. Two thousand traffic lights will replace part of the police force in the taming process. Some of the color’s going to be'missing, some of the thrill’s going to be gone it appears on the surface. But our bet is that the traffic wil roll merrily along, lights will mean little or nothing, and a ride through the Mexico capi tal will remain a hair-raising experience. PRIDE AND PATRIOTS Lancaster County and Missouri have one common ground in graves of notables somewhat displaced from their original field of endeavor. At Lititz, fierce pride guards the grave of General John A. Sutter against efforts by Californians to have the body of their gold rush hero returned. Down in the Lead Belt of Missouri one finds ,a small mining town in the rough hills 'that form the northern tip of the Ozarks, a mining town, Potosi, named for San Luis Potosi in Mexico, another famed mining town But Potosi, Mo. has a Presbyterian cemetery where in lies the body of one Moses Austin, Missouri’s first in dustrialist, and first promoter of American colonization in Texas. Moses secured authority from Spain to settle 300 families along the Brazos River. The name Austin means much to Texas, for Stephen Fuller Austin was another colonizer there, and the family name is that of the state capitol city. Having an Austin from Texas where pride runs high lie in a Missouri cemetery is unthinkable to the Texans. Like efforts of the Californians in Gen. Sutter’s case, efforts of the Texans have been held in check by the Missourians in the Austin situation. Tangling Lancaster County and chamber-of-coni merce-minded-Californians, those'from the Show-Me State and the Lone Star State, proves there’s a fierce pride in patriots. Lancaster Phone 4-3047) STAFF HOG SITUATION Publisher Editor ~. Business Manager Advertising Director Circulation Director 50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms 50 YEARS *AGO (1906) By JACK REICHARD Bailey of Barnum Bailey Dies, Age 59 Fifty years ago this week farrti folks and city dwellers were rea ding the obituary of James A. Bailey, of CBarnum & Bailey Cir cus. who had died at his home m Mount Vernon, Y. Y, at the age of 59. Born at Detroit, one of four brothers iwho were left orhans as children, James had to go to work. He hired out to a farmer for $3.25 per month, who beat the boy every time he paid him off. One day a small one-ring circus, owned by Robin son & Lake, came to a town near the farm on which -Bailey work ed. The young man tvent to see it. Robinson took a liking to the boy <and hired him, starting him on his circus career at the age of 22, which finally led to*the great Barnum & Bailey enter prise. James Bailey, loved for his kindness by all circus people, left. a widow, but no children His fortune was estimated at $8 million dollars. Farmer Attacked By Sea Gull Feathers flew and blood was drawn one April day in 1906, when Oscar Brown, near Potts town, Pa, was suddenly attacked by a large bird while at work about the barn, which scratched and pecked his head before he could overpower it With the as sistance of two hired men, Brown managed to catch the bird, which turned out to be a sea gull, measuring four feet from tip to tip of wings. The gull was placed in a closed pen on the farm for public inspec tion. Two Crowned, As Champion Steer Ropers Out in Oklahoma, that same week, in 1906, 'Ellison Carroll, of Mangum, and Jim Warren, of Silverdale, came out “finalist in the steer roping contest for world championship title Car roll won the world title and a $6OO purse prize for roping a steer in 40 seconds Warren roped his steer in 46 h seconds. But it was Indian Runner ducks for farm women. Mrs. A. Pratt, writing in Amer ican Agriculturist, in 1906, advised farm women to raise Indian Runner ducks. She said the birds required no swiining pond, nor warm houses like Chickens; re quired no more feed than chickens and laid larger and more eggs than other birds; that the eggs were of a finer texture than hen’s eggs, making them espec ially desirable for culinary purposes. Sulphur in Stream Killed Trout Fishermen at Hazelton, Pa, were greatly chagrined that April day, in 1906, when farmers residing along St. John’s Creek, reported maliciously inclined parties had turned sulphur into the stream and killed alb the fish The creek had just been stocked with a large supply of trout from a State hatchery. The Martin Bowman fa mily, Camargo, Lancaster County, were making the best of unfortunate mishaps at their farm. Bowman was nursing a broken arm, in a sling, his wife was handi capped with a sprained wrist, and the son had just lost a finger in the fodder cutter. DAIRY WELLS CLEARED • Wells of dairies that supply jrulk into Lancaster were given a clear bill of health in tests seeking contamination, conduct ed by the City Board of Health in quarterly cheeks. 25 Years Ago Farm Bureau Files Road Complaint The American Farm Federa tion sent out a barrage of com plaints directed at road super visors, 25 years ago this week, declaring that an overwhelming majority of the country’s farm ers were cut off from their markets several months of each year by impassable roads. The report stated: “These farmers are isolated from civilization almost as definitely as if they were an the interior of Africa”. Hams and Sausages Make News In reporting a meat delivery truck crash near Ashland, Wis., 25 years ago, no one was hurt but the contents made front page news. The vehicle had crashed with such force that hams and sausages were hurled into nearby trees, where they hung from the branches like ornaments on a Christmas tree. At McPherson Kan., a rural mail carrier reported he found a dozen eggs in a mail box with a request they, be used to pay postage of six letters which were ‘ them. Background Scripture: Acts 3—5. Devotional Beading: Acts 4:1-12. Christian Courage Lesson for April 15, 1958 THERE is an old potion that Fear' is the mother of Rehgion. No one who knows the facts can think of fear as the mother of the Chris tian religion. For the earliest Christians were among the btav est of men. Their critics, their opponents, even their persecutors, wondered at their courage. It was not as if they slo age through th< years, each gener ation a little brav er than before. From the ver beginning, the fo] lowers and friend: of Christ had tin two kinds of cour- age, moral am moral, physical: to stand up against Dr. Foreman contempt, ridicule and slander; and physical, to stand out against pain and death, all with faith un shaken. Minority Group Many persons are physically brave but have little or no moral courage. Some psychologists think that moral courage is more diffi cult and rarer than the other* kind. Be that as it may, we know the earliest Christians had plenty of it. (This was after the commg of the Spirit, of course) One of the hard things to stand up against is just bemg m a minority all the time. Some people, to be sure, can’t bear to be in a minority any of the time if they can help it. They will not ride in any ve hicle but a bandwagon. They count noses before they make up their minds. They think that ethics can be settled by arithmetic,—that is to say, that whatever most people think is right, must be right. The early Christians knew better. They were always in the minority. Around them crowded the masses of people in the great Roman Em pire all of whom worshipped other gods. Back m Jerusalem the Christians were a larger propor tion of the population than any where else; but even there they were in a despised minority. But “Hyperkinetics” And Hyperkinesia According to the Eugenics Research Asso, in 1931, a scien tific name had been given those restless folks who always want to do things and go places. The association said such people are “hyperkinetics”, suffering from an abnormal activity of mind and body, otherwise known as “hyperkinesia”. Lancaster County Pomona Grange met in all day sesion Saturday, April 11, 1931, at Akron Hall as guests of the Ephrata Grange. Officers in charge were Leslie Bolton, master; Samuel Givler, overseer; Mrs. Mary Yelk, secretary; J. W. Brmton, treasurer. The v evening session was devoted to confer ring the fifth, or Pomona degree to a class of four candidates by a degree team from Warwick Grange. A violent electrical storm, accompanied by heavy rain a.nd strong wind, caused considerable damage in southern Lancaster County. Many trees, poles, fences and small buildings were blown down. Plowed fields r.nd dirt' roads were report ed badly washed. ~ John W. Eshleman. Sr. Dies At Lampeter Home John W. Esheleman, Sr., pro minent feed man, died at his Lampeter home at the age of 86. For many,years he was en gaged in the feed business, which is now carried on by his sons at Lancaster. these pioneer Christians knew that l“one with God is a majority.’* They were far less interested in being with the biggest crowd, than in standing -for Truth. Slander , , Another thing that Is hard t® [stand up against, is being misrep resented, maligned, slandered. Jesus said, “Blessed are you when men ; . • utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account." This saying must have come to the minds of the first Christians many a tune. For they were ac cused'of being crazy, of lying, of being (as we would say) subver sive, of being disturbers of the peace, lawless men in general. Even when a man knows his own -innocence, it hurts him to be thought guilty. Even today, in most communities the real Chris tians—those who take their faith; seriously and honestly try to live, by it,—are in a minority. People who simply try to live by the; New Testament will be called “starry-eyed,” impractical, if they are not called worse names. Chiistians who take their religion seriously enough to see that our world needs to be changed m many ways if God’s will is to be done on earth, will be called “radicals” and despised if not feared. What is said (for example) | by many other young people, about teen-ageis who take serious ly Christ’s ideal of chastity? What is said by business men about a businessman who tries to be Chris tian in all his relationships? What is said by politicians about a statesman —congressman, senator or even President —who is bold enough to try to be Christian in national or international policy? Some fine Christian Americans have been called traitors simply because they weie Christian. Pressures Persecution is a special kind ofj pressure, which is to be the topic i of next week’s study. But short ofi positive persecution, there are, various pressures which, if not boldly resisted, push Christians] oft God’s highway. The very first' Christians felt the pressure of 1 public opinion, of the law, nol doubt of* the loss of friendship with, those who had formerly been close’ to them. They would not have felt these pressures" if they had done one simple thing: keep their faith to themselves. A Christian who never lets any one know hej is a Christian is never called on for courage; A Christian who ceases to be one under pressure will have no trouble, maybe, In this world ... but In the next? Then ha will discover the shame of knowing, that Christ is ashamed of him. 1 (Band on ontllno oopyrljfMod by Hwj DWMon of ChrUtlmju Eaaoatljra, tlonal Connell of Urn in tho U. B. A. 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Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers