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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
11
A compact guide from Deep Water Diction explains maritime terms and common misuses. It contrasts windward with weather and fore with forward, clarifies use of ahead astern haul heave hoist and hove, and notes that nautical idiom defies strict rules.
Orchard notes describe ripe red currants and scarce white varieties with several recipes. A 2 cup pastry plan bakes a lattice pie, while a gelatin egg white mold blends currants into a chilled dessert. Pancakes with currant sauce, currant punch, and a currant sherbet variation round out a currant dense set of kitchen preparations.
Boil water with sugar to make syrup, simmer currants until heated. Thicken with a cornstarch paste, then puree currants and sugar with pectin and water. Boil, add puree, stir until thick, then form into pints and freeze after chilling. Yield about 3 3/4 pints.
Rinse ripe currants and remove leaves and bad berries. Freeze whole berries in airtight containers for use in desserts or as juice. For currant juice, wash fruit, drain, and measure three quarts, then add water as directed.
Recipe notes describe melting butter, adding sugar and currants to pan, beating egg yolks with sugar and currant juice, folding in sifted flour with baking powder and salt, then folding in stiff egg whites. Batter is poured over currants and baked in a moderate oven about 350 degrees for 55 minutes serving 8 to 10.
A speaker before the U S Industrial Medical Association warns that 10 percent of Americans will be over 65 soon and retirement ages may rise to 70 or 75. Canada is slightly younger but also aging. Forcing early retirement would be cruel and economically unwise as many older workers wish to continue part time work and modern society would suffer if mature workers withdraw.
In this era of food shortages scientists find ways to boost yields by artificial daylight and heated soil. Arctic summers with near continuous sun let wheat grow quickly, hot houses and heated soil push fruiting, and Dutch scientists advise using artificial daylight to grow crops year round.
The piece explains bulbs and bulb-like structures enable year round blooms including tulips lilies and irises. It highlights East Anglia Scilly Isles and West Country as major centers with 3 000 acres producing 400 000 000 blooms and 15 000 000 bulbs yearly supplying a multi million dollar industry. It credits Augustus Smith for the bulb trade in the Scilly Isles and notes Dutch mastery of tulips along with long running horticultural heritage.
The account recalls James Smith proposing bulb crops in the district where bulbs grew wild. He sent flowers to Covent Garden in 1881 and earned a sovereign, inspiring Scilly Isles farmers to adopt bulb cultivation amid potato trade troubles. After the first year the outcome seemed clear.
The article explains porcelain as translucent hard and soft paste types with distinct fracture, and pottery as opaque with rough edges. It notes early English exposure from 1506 when Oriental china bowls reached Sir Thomas Trenchard and mentions New Year gifts to Queen Elizabeth 1587 88 including white porcelain porringer and a cup of green porcelain.
The excerpt surveys European porcelain lore from hoaxes to the first true hard porcelain in Saxony in 1709. It notes English efforts by Chelsea Bow and Bow factories, the East India Company’s trade limits, and the role of Augustus II in Saxony's industry, citing Litchfield's Pottery and Porcelain.
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