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From
Pillar To Post...
by Hix
A little fawn colored field mouse is pretty cute, as long as he
stays outdoors. But when he starts moving into winter quarters in
the basement, bringing with him his family, he precipitates problems.
Along about the time the last maple leaves fall and the sun
slants lower and lower through the southeast windows, I'm apt to
find a chewed apple on the porcelain topped table, and behind the
electric mixer a fragment of cracker.
Then the cruel war begins.
The enemy is an enchanting little creature with a soft white
breast and a very long tail, with no possible resemblance to a town
mouse. He has the brightest eyes, a sensitive and -quivering nose,
and carefully groomed whiskers. He would make a lovely pet.
But he never comes as a single spy. Where one mouse is, there is a
neatly brushed wife, and at least four baby mice.
Poison the family provider, and the wife will starve to death, the
babies lose their plump contours and fade into grim little ghosts,
Out come the poisoned wheat grains, and the waiting begins.
The pan of wheat grains shows signs that the mouse has been
around. [There is a scattered halo of wheat on the kitchen table.
The next morning there is more scattered wheat.
It will certainly be over without delay. How much arsenic-im-
pregnated wheat can one small mouse take aboard without disaster?
Maybe he is taking it home to his family, and it is the babies who
have died. :
It seems such a pity. I toy with the notion of keeping just one lit-
tle mouse. A mouse, sitting on his haunches in front of an open fire,
would be pretty cute. The drawback is that one mouse leads to more
mice.
More scattered wheat grains. The visitor has been greedy this
time, and the entire contents of the pan has vanished.
And there is the culprit, a victim of his own lack of decent re-
straint, stiff and lifeless under the table.
He is so pretty, and his honey-blond fur is so soft. A toss into
the shrubbery, and it is all over.
Now for the Mamma mouse.
There mever seems to be more than one pair of field mice in
residence at one time.
Do mice, like birds, mark out definite boundaries for “lebens-
raum 2?”
And why don’t they stay outdoors where they belong?
Is it more merciful to trap a mouse than to scatter poison? It
is unthinkable to let anything suffer any longer than necessary. A
trap can break a small neck in a flash, but what about that mouse
that still haunts my dreams, the one that got caught by his hind
leg as he was making his escape after sampling the morsel of cheese?
It was impossible to kill the quivering creature, though instant
death was what he was praying for with his beady black eyes and his
scrabbling paws. I let him go in the garden, but it was a mistaken
Kindness, prolonging his misery.
It is doubtless
not to be able, when necessary, to kill a mouse or drown a kitten,
give the merciful coup de grace to an injured dog, or view dispas-
sionately the soft and bloodstained plumage of a wild goose, stopped
in its wild free flight across the trackless skies.
It is fortunate indeed that such tender feelings do not apply to
dealings with the insect world. I can spray flies with complete disre~
gard of their sufferings.
Chickens are destined, from the egg, to have their necks
stretched sacrificially upon the chopping block.
Farm-yard animals go eventually into the pot.
So why should I regret killing a mouse ? ;
“. There's no accounting for it. Except I still think field mice are
awfully gute.
a reflections on anyone's strength of character |
Vital Statistics Are Now Showing
Health Picture In Pennsylvania
Does the length of courtship have
any bearing on ‘divorce rating in
ment should review its procedures.”
Statistics may even play an im-
Pennsylvania ?
Is there a relationship between
the weight and size of an infant
and the age of the mother?
Do city residents die at an earl-
jer age than rural residents.
What's the cause of most sudden
deaths?
These are some of the interesting
questions the Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Health is studying through
its Division of Statistics and Records.
Dr. Albert E Bailey, division dir-
ector, said statistics paint an accur-
ate picture of what is happening
healthwise in the state.
Death statistics, he said, show
how many die, what diseases are
claiming the most lives, whether a
disease is more prevalent in male
or female and at what age.
Birth statistics, through birth cer-
tificate information, indicate con-
genital malformations, if the mother
had difficulty in labor and if illegi-
timacy is on the increase.
- Death certficates can even indi-
cate how hospitals compare, Dr.
Bailey said, adding this explanation:
“If our statistics show premature
babies are dying at a higher rate
in a particular hospital, it can be
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portant role in determining the
causes of disease outbreaks. By
questioning persons who have con-
tracted certain infectious diseases,
interviewers can determine where
they obtained drinking water, the
type of sewage disposal and the
origin of foods they have eaten.
“This information may give us
clues in diseases like infectious hepa-
titis,” Dr. Bailey said.
There’s a vital statistic somewhere
for all of us, Dr. Bailey contends.
If you were born in Pennsylvania
after 1905, you're a vital statistic
in Harrisburg. :
Before that, your proof of birth
is either in county records or on a
page in a family Bible,
Doubtful
Joe—Oh, I guess your rich aunt
will remember you. You made a
big hit with her by going inte
mourning when her cat died.
|[Jim—True, but listen; now the
other relatives accuse me of poison-
ing the cat to get the opportunity.
Boss: “You're very versatile, Miss
Smithers, I didn’t know anyone
could be so inefficient in so many
different ways.” is :
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Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
rr aappeNeD 3{) YEARs aco:
Center Moreland Creamery de-
cided to close, rather than to pay
out $4,000 for improvements man-
dated by the State. A. BE. Shook
operated the creamery for the Dairy-
men’s League. Abandonment of the
creamery closed the only industry
that Center Moreland had, and
threw a number of people out of
work. Arrangements were made for
transportation of milk to Wilkes-
Barre.
Plans were okayed by Kingston
Township school board to buy the
Shaver plot for erection of a build-
ing. :
The fall season was the warmest
on record, holdihg down sales of
coal and clothing.
Fog was given as the cause for
a fatal auto accident, when a young
‘Wilkes-Barre woman was fatally in-
jured on Parrish Heights. Eleanor
Panzak, 22, suffered a fractured
skull when the car in which she
was a .passenger was struck by a
car driven by David Lavelle of Dal-
las.
A Shavertown resident, Jack
Guernsey, accompanied William
Beebe’s expedition in study of the
deep ocean floor.
rr uappenep 2) YEARS Aco:
Mr. and Mrs. Corey Frantz éeleb-
rated their Golden Wedding with
a dinner at the Country Club at-
tended by their many friends.
A -Noxen boy had a narrow es-
cape when he fell from the roof
of a barn. Charles Smith, 9, came
out of the accident with only a
broken arm.
Norma Henning and Arthur W.
Lindsley were included in Who's
Who in American Colleges.
Joseph F. Maher, Fernbrook, died
at 59 after a brief illness.
Red Cross classes were enlisting
many helpers.
Ray Shiber shot a nice red fox
which ‘was running with a flock
of sheep.
Col. Thomas H, Atherton was
head of the County Defense.
George Stroh, 87, farmer of pion-
eer ancestry, died after a long
illness.
rr mappened 1() vEARs aco:
An overheated iron fired the John
Henderson "home in Shavertown,
dropping through the ironing board
to set fire to rugs and furniture.
Bishop Hafey dedicated the Gate
of Heaven parochial school. before
a capacity crowd of spectators.
Russell Ruble resigned from the
Lehman faculty. His place was filled
by Larry Drabick.
Albert J. Crispell of Noxen head-
ed a delegation which attended the
National Convention of the Prohi-
bition Party in Indianapolis. He
was elected secretary, and also sec
retary of the Young People's Com-
mittee.
Three Sweet Valley hunters, Floyd
Wolfe, Thomas Foss, and Howard
Post, bagged a 235 pound bear on
North Mountain.
Ten years after the United States
entered the war against Germany,
three German educators toured
schools in the area, visiting Lehman-
Jackson-Ross High School and
Trucksville grade school, escorted
by principals Lester Squier, James
Martin and Charles James, con-
voyed by Luzerne County Superin-
tendent of schools E. S. Teter.
Marian Risco became the bride
of Harold™ Holcomb. :
Mary Teresa Whalen was wed to
Paul H. Lauer.
Mrs, Stella Williams LeVan, 81,
native of Loyalville, died in Phila-
delphia.
Mrs. Valera E. Henry, who lived
in Shavertown for many years, died
at 83 ‘in Canton.
Mrs. Agnes Harper, 51, formerly
of Noxen, died at the home of her
.| sister Mrs. Gomer Thomas. She was
a Navy nurse.
Glazed highways resulted in traf-
fic tie-ups and a Trucksville-Luz-
erne traffic jam. A snowfall fol-
lowed by a sudden drop in tempera-
ture was responsible. Many motor-
ists spent two hours making the
three miles.
Farming News
DEADLINE, NEARS FOR WHEAT,
BARLEY SIGNUP
One week remains in which grow-
ers may file applications to take
part in the 1962 winter wheat sta-
bilization and feed grain program
for winter barley, Howard R. Port-
er, Chairman of the Pennsylvania
Agricultural Stabilization and Con-
servation Committee, reminded
farmers today.
The deadline is December 1.
Farmers who take part in the
programs will be eligible to receive
special payments for diverting a
part of their acreage from the pro-
duction of wheat or barley, or both,
and devoting that acreage to an ap-
proved conservation use, and they
will also qualify for price support
on their 1962 crop.
The 1962 wheat support is at a
minimum national average of $2
a bushel. While the 1962 barley
price support has not yet been an-
nounced, it will be at a level not
great
less than for 1961. The national |si
THE DALLAS POST, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1961
HER ERIE
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The English word “Square”
(French, ‘“Place”) applied to an
open or park like area in a town or
city does not, in many cases, have
anything to do with the shape of the
plot. Many of them are not square.
Most striking example is the string
of “Squares” along Broadway in
New York, which runs obliquely up-
town intersecting the rectangular
street plan at various points. These
itersections ave all called “Squares”,
most famous “Times Square,” but
have no resemblance to a square.
Boston and Salem in founding
days used the word “Commos”. The
two inland towns first settled, Con-
cord and Dedham, had “Squares”.
Many New England towns had “The
Village Green” or more simply “The
Green”. New Haven had a “Green”
which also was square. The Con-
necticut Township of Wilkes-Barre
is the only one we ever encount-
ered which had a Square and a
Common, both public lands in the
original town plan.
The Greens, by whatever name,
were not always laid out as public
lands at first. At Lexington there
is a marker stating that Nibor Muz-
zy: deeded the piece of land for 16
pounds for the common use of all.
The Green at Windham, Conn., was
originally the home lot of William
Backus. The Green was a town
center, the location-of the pillory
and stocks, meetings, drilling of
militia or “Train Bands”, and usu-
ally the church was located on or
facing the green. Some had schools
and other public facilities.
Philadelphia had five ‘Squares’
which were square, or practically
so. The Center Square is now oc-
cupied by City Hall, so big that
it has intersecting streets right
through the middle and looks about
the size of four city blocks. In four
corners were, and still are, Squares
now named Logan, Franklin, Wash- |
igton, and Rittenhouse. An addit-
ional “Square’ ’'was created when
separate parcels of land were bought
up to make a Square for the State
House, now called Independence
Square. Historical events in this
square would fill a full column.
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania squares
are common Many, rather small,
now are mot much more than traf-
fice circles and we spin around
portions of them looking for diverg-
ing routes without noticing their
true character. Some were donated
outright by the Penns, some for
special purposes. Many have histor-
SAFETY VALVE |
AN APPRECIATIVE WORD
Dear Mr. Risley:
The County Commissioners of
Luzerne County sincerely appreciate
the splendid public service which
you have rendered on behalf of
Valley Crest, the new County Home.
Not only in connection with the
dedication have you served the
public well, but also throughout the
years of construction and develop-
ment of the institution and its
program. We are deeply grateful.
[Sincerely yours,
Jarrett W. Jennings !
J. Bowden Northrup
Local Authorities, Luzerné
County Institution Districi
Mrs. Edythe Swan
Dies In Idetown
Mrs. Edythe Verna Swan, resident
of Idetown for the past thirty years,
died Thursday morning at her hom
after a long illness. f
She was buried Saturday after-
moon in Kocher Cemetery, 'Rev.
Norman Tiffany conducting services
from the Disque Funeral Home. |
Mrs. Swan was born in Forty Fort,
daughter of the late John dnd
Amanda Belles. Moving to Idet
in 1931, she joined Idetown Math-
odist Church and its WSCS and Joy
Class. She was a member of the
WCTU. -
She and her husband Oscar ob-
served their 54th wedding anniyer-
sary in April.
Surviving in addition to her
husband are these children: Mrs. |
Dorothy Lincoln, Chase; Kenneth,
Lehman; Preston and Earl of Ide-
town; George, East Dallas; Mrs.
Edythe Bonning, Jackson Township;
Mrs. June Fisk, Sweet Valley, and
Arnold, Grand Island, N. Y.; sister,
Mrs. Vera Woodworth, Getzville,
N. Y.; 15 grandchildren and two
grandchildren,
Rivals in Language
Old Lady (in New York)—‘Isn't
it wonderful how a single policeman
can dam the flow of traffic?”
Boy — “Yes, grannie, but you
should hear the bus drivers.”
Remote Control
“That umbrella you lent me? 1
have lent it to a friend.”
“That is very awkward. The man
who lent it to my friend tells him
that the owner wants it.”
Money is a poor man’s credit
card,
Scientists are still debating
whether or not splitting the atom
was a wise crack.
barley was 93 cents per bushel.
Further details concerning these
programs may be obtained by con-
tacting your county Agricultural
Stabilization and (Conservation Serv-
ice office. There will be no exten-
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average support price for 1961-crop |i
in the December 1, 1961 dead-
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Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters
EL ER EL RE 2 EET STC ES
ie THIS TTI
ical interest. Some had frontier
forts and old Inns. Many contained
or were faced by the churches. Some
were scenes of special markets and
fairs. Today they are the most com-
mon sites for monuments, particu-
larly Civil War memorials. Where
there is a courthouse it usually is
on or facing the Square.
The Square at Lancaster was the
location of the Capitol of The United
States for one day when the Con-
tinental Congress met in the local
courthouse. Likewise the Square at
York was also the U. S. Capitol for
a long period. Congress adopted the
Articles of Confederation and made
a Treaty of Alliance with France
there. A cavalry battle was fought
in the public square at Greencastle
just before Gettysburg, and the
Gettysburg battle raged through the
town Square at Gettysburg as the
federals withdrew to more favor-
able positions. Chambersburg Square
has Civil War history and monu-
ments.
In earlier days the Square at Eas-
ton was the scene of peace councils
and treaties with the Indians: The
Square at Carlisle was the site of
Fort Lowther and the scene of stir-
ring events in the French and Ind-
ian wars. The Penns donated a
special square there in 1751 for the
Episcopal Church. Bedford Square,
also donated by the Penn Family,
was right in the middle of frontier
action. Other Squares in Somer-
set, Hanover, Erie, are of interest.
Harrisburg has a famous “Market
Square”, scene of scales of farm
produce. at the curbs for over a
century, then bordered by old and
famous inns. Reading has a square,
also a “Penns Common,” also do-|
nated by the Penns, one of the]
few Commons we have encountered
in this state. Scranton has a “Court- |
house Square but this is little more |
than a city block bordered by four |
named streets, at least at present. !
There are Squares, or reasonably
close plots, at Bloomsburg, Montrose
and Tunkhannock, each containing
the courthouse.
Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, has |
so much local history that it will |
be the subject of a separate col-|
umn.
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Outdoor Tips
HUNTING
Old-timers will tell you that deer
don’t always see you or hear you
even though you're in plain view.
Some of these old-timers have
proved this by experimenting. They
have remained on a stand as deer
walked directly under them. Then
these hunters have dropped nuts
or small objects down on the deer’s
head. What happened? Nothing.
Deer walking through woods are
used to falling objects. The hunters
were safe because the deer had not
scented them. The hunters were
DOWNWIND from the deer. Remem-
ber that cardinal rule when you
stalk your Mr. Big this fall: Stay
Downwind!
And here's a tip for pipe smok-
ers: Don’t. Your favorite special
blend of tobacco may be just the
scent to send your buck over the
hills away from you. Any ‘foreign
noise’”” or smell will usually put a
deer on its guard and many times
send it running in the opposite
direction. :
CAMPING
Milk, butter, and eggs are a lux-
ury item on a camping trip because
they are so hard to keep fresh. The
next time you go afield, try this
idea for an outdoor refrigerator.
Dig a hole about a foot and a half
deep in a shadyspot. Place your
perishable camp goods in the hole
and cover with evergreens. You'll
be pleasantly surprised to discover
that milk, butter, eggs, and such,
will keep fresh for several days this
way.
A running stream will also sup-
ply you with refrigerator facilities.
Eggs, for instance, placed in a con-
tainer and submerged n the stream
will keep fresh for a few days. If
the stream is frozen, chop into the
ice until you come to the rumning
water below.
Don't throw away those plastic
bottles. Cooking oil for camp can be
put into just such a bottle with no
fear of breakage or leakage.
Don’t throw away the tin plates
that TV dinners come in. These
plates are easy to stack and carry
for camping. Once you have used
them at your campgrounds you can
throw away or save them for the
next trip afield.
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THANKSGIVING
We thank thee for the harvest, Lord, Bd
The ripened grain Thy fields afford;
For hills and hedges gleaming white
Beneath the star lamps twinkling light.
We thank Thee for the kindly snow
That blankets all the bulbs below,
That in thy season they shall spring
To lusty life, and with them bring
Their notes of sunshine and of flame
To swell the chorus of Thy mame.
We thank Thee that the little birds ;
Are fed according to Thy words
That not a sparrow in its flight
Shall fall to earth but in Thy sight;
That small and furry beasts are warm
Ini den and burrow, safe from harm.
We thank Thee for the yellow square
Of light that shows a window there,
Where loved ones wait while loved omies roam
Before hey turn their steps toward home.
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