R-16-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, November 25, 2000
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This column is for readers who have ques
tions but don’t know who to ask for answers.
“You Ask—You Answer” is for non-cooking
questions. When a reader sends in a question,
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17522. Attention: Lou Ann Good.
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QUESTION A reader wants to know if any
one has had experience with operating a
Hydra-drill to drill a well. And what were the
results.
QUESTION Barbara Degraw, Madison,
N.J., is looking for a Squeez-O-Strainer model
400 T5OlBO manufactured by Bernarducci
Brothers.
QUESTION - Kenton Lavy, 7432 DeLisle
Fourman Rd., Areanum, Ohio 45304, wants to
know if anyone has a Ridgid Number 35 hex
wrench to sell. He has been searching for one
for several years and was told they are out of
production.
QUESTION A reader wants to know of a
mailorder source for an Irish clothing catalog.
Call Mike at (570) 544-5417.
QUESTION - B. Batterson, 416 Short Run
Rd., Galeton, PA 16922 wants directions for
roping an old rope bed. The pegs are on the
top but slanted towards the right direction.
QUESTION Steve Bucher, Harleysville,
wants to hear from anyone who can provide in
formation or literature pertaining to Bearcat
garden tractors. Call (215)256-6239.
QUESTION - Helen Kalwasinski, 1479 Mun
ster Rd., Portage, is searching for a small-sized
Pitzer stove.
QUESTION A new reader Clarsk
Summit has eight bicycles (one junior and 7
adult). She wants to know if their is a bicycle
shop nearby that buys used bicycles.
QUESTION Mary Ann Lapp, New Holland,
is wondering where to get a heavy-duty spring
approximately 1 Vz-inches in diameter and
15-inches long. She wants it for a baby’s jump
er swing to hang from the ceiling. It needs to
have enough of a spring so the baby can
bounce. Weight: approximately 15 pounds.
QUESTION - A Williamsport, Md. reader has
used postage stamps to sell and some mint
sets from 1973-1990. Call (301) 223-9644.
QUESTION - Robert Finke, R.l, Box 58,
Seven Valleys, PA 17360, needs a belly-mount
mower for his 1950’s era Cub tractor.
QUESTION A Manheim reader needs a lid to
the large green Tupperware canister set. Will
buy th whole set of just the large green lid. Call
(717) 665-4198.
QUESTION Jake Derstine, Mapleton
Depot, wants to purchase a used tabletop
cream separator in good working condition for
a reasonable price. It can be either a manual or
electric model.
QUESTION If anyone is interested getting
together with a group of people to share in
formation on loom weaving, knitting, and quilt
ing, send youi name and address to Lisa Weav
er, 529 W. t'iddonsburg Rd., Dillsburg, PA
17019.
QUESTION Kenton Lavy, Arcanum, Ohio,
would like to purchase an out-of-print book,
“Plow Peddlar,” by Walt Buescher. The book
includes stories by Wait when he worked for
Allis-Chalmers Corp. Call Lavy at (937)
QUESTION - Roberta Goldsbough,
York, has old Golden books to sell. Call (717)
755-8865.
QUESTION A reader wants a set of Flex!
blocks to complete a set for her son. The
blocks are similar to Lego bricks. Call (717)
656-8549.
QUESTION Mary Ann Martin, Denver,
writes that a school needs 12 copies of “New
Songs of Inspiration,” Vol. 11 Song Books. The
book is deep red with gold lettering.
QUESTION Mrs. Amos S. Kauffman wants
to know if anyone has the pattern “Abundance”
in Correlle dishes to sell. She would like to
have four to eight cups and saucers plus some
other pieces. Contact her at 1860 Cambridge
Rd., Honey Brook, PA 19344.
QUESTION A reader would like to buy
used 2-quart canning jars. Call (717) 859-2802.
QUESTION Art Burt wants a manual for a
Mighty Mac tiller with a 7 horsepower engine.
QUESTION Diane Morris wants to know if
anyone has a quern or a hand-powered corn
mill. Please call her at (610) 498-2271.
QUESTION Bruce Middlekauff, Bel Aire,
Md., is looking for a 19205’ or 19305’ cast iron
bird bath approximately 3 or 5 feet in diameter.
Bruce is willing to pay a good price. Call him
collect at (410) 879-8039.
QUESTION Mrs. Robert Lowe, Shermans
Dale, wants the music and words to the song:
“Eleven more months and 10 more days, I’ll be
out of this calaboose.” She writes that this is a
very old song that an older gentleman used to
sing.
QUESTION A reader wants to find a copy
of Larry Benoit’s book, “How To Bag The Big
gest Buck of Your Life.” He also would like to
find wooden molding planes made by E.W. Car
penter, Lancaster.
QUESTION A Shippensburg reader wants
a pattern and instructions to sew a winter
hooded parka in either men’s small or ladies’
medium.
QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader
wants to know if anyone knows the value of an
antique dress form from the early 1900 s. It is a
press-and-shape to the form you want to fit.
Any idea of a fair price?
QUESTION I. Wenger wants to purchase
the following three books, but he sent no ad
dress. The books are “More All-Of-A-Kind Fam
ily” and “All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown” by Syd
ney Taylor; and “The Four-Story Mistake” by
Elizabeth Enright.
QUESTION E. Sheetz, Fleetwood, wants to
know how to repair a burn mark on a leather
table top or the name of a professional service
that can fix it.
QUESTION Robin Baummer needs some
one to repair a braided rug with a 10x10-inch
section missing. She prefers someone from the
York or Adams County area.
ANSWER Nan Garber, Elizabethtown,
wanted a source for buying the brown and red
“monkey socks” and the directions for making
the stuffed monkey. Thanks to several readers
for recommending The Vermont Country Store,
P.O. Box 3000, Manchester Center, VT
05255-3300. Order by phone 1-802-362-8440.
Thanks to Barbara Sciss, Madison, N.J., for
writing that monkey socks and an instruction
booklet is available from Cameron Woolens, (a
sock speciality company), 624 Columbus Ave.,
P.O. Box 472, Sheboygan, Wl 53082. Toll free
number is 800-628-5821.
ANSWER Thanks to Lucy Martin for send
ing the words to the following song that Esther
King, Bird-in-Hand, had requested.
Death Of Floyd Collins
Oh, come all you young people
692-8215.
QUESTION Roberta Goldsbough,
York, is looking for an old type of
mountain pie maker used in camping.
The type wanted is round and the pies
look tier shaped when cooked, not the
smooth round ones. Call her at (717)
755-8865.
And listen while I tell.
The fate of Floyd Collins
A lad we all know well
His face was fair and handsome
His heart was true and brave
But his body now lies sleeping
In a lonely sandstone cave.
How sad, how sad the story
It fills our eyes with tears
Its memories too shall linger
For many, many years.
A broken-hearted father
Who tried his boy to save
Will now weep tears of sorrow
At the door of Floyd’s cave.
Oh, Mother, don’t you worry
Dear, Father, don’t be sad
I’ll tell you all my story
In an awful dream I had
I dreamed I was a prisoner
My life I could not save
I cried, oh, must I perish
Within this silent cave?
Oh, Floyd, cried his mother
Don’t go, my son, don’t go
It would leave us brokenhearted
If this should happed so
But Floyd would not listen
Advice his mother gave
So his body now lies sleeping
In a lonely sandstone cave.
His father often warned him
From follies to desist
He told him of the danger
And of the awful risk
But Floyd would not listen
To the oft-advice he gave
So his body now lies steeping
In a lonely sandstone cave.
Oh! How the news did travel
Oh, how the news did go
It traveled through the papers
And over radio
A rescue party gathered
His life they tried to save
But his body now lies sleeping
In a lonely sandstone cave.
The rescue party gathered
They worked both night and day
To move the mighty barrier
That stood within the way
To rescue Floyd Collins
This was their battle cry
We’ll never, no, we’ll never
Let Floyd Collins die.
But on that fatal morning
The sun rose in the sky
The workers still were busy
We’ll save him by and by
But oh, how sad the ending
His life could not be saved
His body then was sleeping
In a lonely sandstone cave.
Young people, oh, take warning
From Floyd Collin’s fate
And get right with your maker
Before it is too late
It may not be a sandstone cave
In which you’ll find your tomb.
But at the bar of judgment
We too must meet our doom.
ADADC Scores
SYRACUSE, N.Y. For many cities throughou
American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Inc.
(ADADC) marketing area, fall means time for football
and tailgating. To make sure football fans tailgating
plans included cheese, ADADC arranged for publicity on
key television stations to provide consumers with new,
tasty ideas for both on-site and at-home tailgating.
In Syracuse, ADADC secured season tickets for Syra
cuse University Football, then worked with WIXT-TV to
give the tickets away during two live placements, featur
ing tasty, easy-to-make tailgating treats such as feta
cheese bites, roasted red pepper gorgonzola dip, and Mr.
Food’s Mega Cheese sandwiches. One placement fea
tured a visit from the Syracuse University mascot, Otto
the Orange, who stayed on to help the anchors deliver
the weather forecast and give live traffic updates.
ADADC also arranged for similar placements on the
highly rated “AM Buffalo” programs.