Reading Observer 06-1917

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so much I
money. 'I
heen building I
37 years,
favour :, all
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OTHERWISE.
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Reading.

"The Cus.toxper· H Wlll the colour l'un?"
HINTS ' Ttl' ALU)Tid.Etn
Tb(l .<\.ssutlWt: H Oh, no, mada.m, it's a klllJu
.bade."
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Husba.nd: "Hurrah 1 Pve got ' & week's holl·
d,y." WlfJ "How'n~e, l\ow you aan dig
A method of
the garden . cl~An out the cellar, and white·
telY hmited 18
wash the kitchen"
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-:Vn.dy
You say you ~ I I\re & good waaper .{HeCe of' g roundl
and lToiler How do you tell when your nona dug, a.nd weh m"DI"e"
tu e hot.7 It
Servant: " IBy the sQlell of the Illth before the
pl&nts begu~ to come
burma' bneu.- mum ..
I • She "I dreamt l.at I night that ~ou had more Jorwa.rq tht\D

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WORKERS.

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way 01 a ,,.'='no to
&houla ..nd Ihe
to
and Ithat' PO"" ,lbly
the"'l bad been .0000e,
a j'~m~lle~;~ PO'1tion" j A fine of lOs
imoo"W each ·caa~ . ~ ..
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1"bought me a. hat.fo,r ~...pr~sent OJ Be ,cWeJl,
that's t.f1 ~ first d~pam o~ a . ha.t you -ever hBd
that d\dn ' t coat nte D).oney"
Suburbantte
fto ' invetente
borrower)
Of Sure!
~lad tp lend ' you my lawn-mower,
Smy the j 'but you'JT have to u!e It here, a8 I
DC\'J! r l et it leave t he p'lace."
At - ... par~ 'I Sarah's aunt Sald to ber>
H Deane, you eat a great deal for a litUe glrl
of three. " S..,rn.h repbed . I I Oh, l'sq not 50
little Qn the j lQside, .a1llltle!"
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Unale. <l Well, t sUPP,~s'e ypu are getting lit

-Take one pmt of
o.nd .dd to It h:ilfl a PlOt 01
finely chopped. ' l\aU a cup 01
PUDDING

gOQd maJ.ly l1\ark. at ~ool tbls term. Fred·

ho.lf a nulmeg, gra ted, nnd tha
an orange llu. 10 OlnoLher bo"'l
ralSlnS, oue pound of cur ,
p icke d, an.d

o'r cr tbIS m1l:turo lour
uux

the

WIth

!.bIS wny a succ,,,.;!O!)

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UIcy leaved lettuces co.n
Jength of time.
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prevent lettuQes .- ":-'''0'
of good ' ma.t\ure should
$011 at a sp¥e'8 depth,
it wlren
To

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E'reddI8:

Yes,l uncle, rather; and

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t hree or four days 'Before
b~n m & pan ot bot W:lt.e.r'.
and bOll for one hour.

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CUSTOM.

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'Oulcl bellven for a week
et wa-rmer
Once the
llold on the soil
"How we would wvest our mohey if we ond wh~n !.be
4.. &1 's?Od plan to
had any? "
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them to branch
(I Mr. Jobn~dD," asked the professor In the
~preaq round the
freshm_n qlaes, "wha.t, tlIreb words are used mOlst
mo,L among the college students!" "I don't I

" Last Dlght I)1Y wile and myself had the
most foolish squabble of our marrIed career.
"Wha.t was the su-bJect Of your dlspute?·,

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W md.!01 )fa.gazmet s" scriet.
t he anCient ou ~tc m5 o! varioUS"
dea.l s Ln " the J1lne n~ m"bcr

belong to )lidsumm er , apd
and tradi t IOn! se,·cra.i. ab·

kI!.ow

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prud the stlfdent. \

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$lie profe3j1Or,

bemg tr.u:ed to tbeJi pro,,"ble'
course 0 % thClr theme, the conart lcla say -

tlll

wghts
taken a
S"ow fr~ely,
181n, long lt

eP.,dt to

~duce

lOllS ,lIiaDnre

t.o

them

~eep

Correct," rephed

•• igo pf rain"
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" S:Ptr~(' .. r wonder why It i, l. womaD lets
01.\t everyUUns you tell hed !' Park s : II My
dear choy;'"" 8. wQmBn has pnly two V
1lWS of a.
JleQretyeltber ~t 1~ ' l!Ot wlrth keeping, or It IS
too' goOd to "keep.: '
Mother, . "DOD:t yolO k ow !.ba~ King Solo·
~.Inon &ald, · i Spa.r.e the
and spoil the
ch)ld '? I t LIttle .Len. C Yes, but hE:! ne't'er
said it unttl f af~r be got 50 014 hie lDothcr
, eeuldn't 8pa~k him'"
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, / ' How <lid i.0l
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·tb~.t.eak' 8ir!" asked
'the waiter 'of'tb'
w
,~dlqOd, .. By
pe~sCgerunoe,"
8. the
ply.
"The morsel

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Mrs, Bryce (smiling):
r.e ne.er caught
you klssing tho pohbeP;A~ Ion the beat yet,
Brtdget. '~ · Bnd~et: fl Nd, ma'am, an' you
n'ever , wdl"
. ' Never, Bt'ldget?"
"No,
ma'W . He 's my husba.nd."
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Sergennt (to recruit who I has turned to the
right lD6triOO of to!' the loft) Cl Don't yer

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eS':apea
rrom
hl e of M.:ln, en

TC(, 8.p tu r ed
~e l:.era.n ml')n~

of I th e Be:tehilS di ed a t Qua rr ~b 1: cy,

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r~ (\l'SC'S to po, t~one

'know yer nRht from yer Iff'? '61d out yer
l eft 'and 'RJght I Nah, ~t' 8 Jer rl~bt 'and
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th e Ire·

wot·.l le~.

the RC~l ew of Exceptlons
been re f~ed
01'1< ' of

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th e fa tat fodd rlf"t,s "in

br
e xP1 e" lng cDD6dence

Ch.m bo

POT'!""'" «

""U,"'dII ,

has

adofted ,

~een 1gIven

b¥ tbe ,
frl c.) to
the

(~'t li

es, nRId ter

FlYI ng
J ean de
B Olsd effre . who

ps

tlsd ~ffTel

SOD
As Ifo rmerly

Ge neral Std 0

h as b een roam ed Ia.t Otta\', II to '
SIa.ney, arde de camp to th'e

First Trhmp.

leadm~

OAJne~ Roe~
of v e,t
And over C

hoy

has (lIe d

In

whlch

I oncket
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to

t he

~t \!.

F l!:he r

l.1;.n t t ho

F 0 rtef ~

wore

T:I1 !,mg

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Gf'llclcr 's Green
c IOL':(~ .... a s v.o rkl ng

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£ 170 u'as found

Fath e~

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knoyr.

A~I

aterproof cloth

at

rur~y.

the ~teacher Wile In.t~",ctii. g

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1:1a hy..
HorMe,'
, \\ en you stAnd
AS! ~o.ur

long queu es gf ';orr: en ~pll
be see n •..y ft ltlDg ou bnclc
s!1ops before apelUtlg tll~43

5t"f~s

i n th e

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" .\ wart.! "
It, t ~cher. It
I wo re"ruitiiDg ,.erg!,a., tO

of fa,;s ...r

P a rham~!It:\ry

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'n tn the A rm y, ~It..h th e obJ~ct ,
The output WIth ' IUto·

twenty one saqt! of T'Dle. ~
1 t \vas boped to ecb::stJ.tug

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Tfcry iarge 'e.~nt.
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A l l ~rge map w~

d has

lCitCfilr h a.klng m l1Cb l ne ~ lS

j hnt
No,

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p on~tlon

to

w p~ h e s

are"

was
"he. pOI
one 1. I)f th e
!,!ood frl(md ,
' us t E~mlI.r' "

11. ha~ h l!eD d lo'~ ne d by
pi o W l:n a.de \,OlO th e \, aLer
of Bromlev , Kc, t , wlulo
1.f.,d u,e'Hon, Commitlee f(.r ,g ra.nt
p~~;J ;;~~~T~'~:; on th t;)
\ ery un

cl.rn llll ng

It

to get hot..
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H Look here , " I said the refo r ming husband,
" e mtlst have thm s arranged In tlus hous&
"" ·that · w.e shAll kn?i'v Just where everytbin!,
ia ~ept."
, I \Vith
s.1I my heart," fnveetly on
,:mered hIS Wife, I f
let us beRm Wi t h yom
lnt<1 houTS.
tov~e !
should deady lo ve tc

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polI ceman.
on I t ·et·

f DIrl t. " tn WhIC h

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th e Gt" ath of 3. ,", om<ln \\ ho blld
ftl l
t,tehc , e lli S
The
cJ &lll ,eci b} the· el d est ~on.

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Xo",' 100::': thro gh the microscope,
.18.qk, and you'll seeJ all tlIe httle ammals m
th.e \\ ater we drmk oJ J Bck It Are they real1y
10 tbl!1 water
drln , dad,'" Fat her. H Yes,
mv boy
Jack .. ~ow ~ know what ma.kes
Ihi ' Singing 10 tbJ kJ ttle rhen Ule wllter be·

allotmC' ot

has bu u st.avlDS

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nn d wa.s rr. a.de In L ondon
\\ t." :I t H en don Pollcc·court
o n a WJ r

breathe..

..en! ooch other tOF a long tIme. hold a pound
note In your ri ght hand, 80 that I may easIly
r ecognise YOll ..

E dw ard 1 Tr 1 he cOln 11 cf

tre5p t'!~s lD g

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of
f.,r WOIl'c n f ro m th irty t o
a d lITere nce of f.lh out
electora te.
bu" h~ ! s of pota toes " for the
von r people ' h:lS been f.e n t
to P r~b ,u. tlary Carlil e, 10
I:; wa r t une ph lla n t.hropv
" n"'~lnn schoolboy bas du et up
t?l"
fl~ B '')hop Auckl:- nd a
SilYS

be

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Tl: ll m~s

Greeo\\ lch, and 8.
rescue her, hu t both

After ' allt li t pays to

Counlry Justice II Ten !'SIUll 41gS and costs
fo ri r~ckless
drIvmg" . Young
MotorIst·
"£~st(
Slr. We were on ~ur wa.y to get mar·
rled.... • ! J ustiae ; , I Twenty Islulhags And costs,
then \'You're more reckless than I thought
rou wefe JO
d
.
I t MotJ:Ier,
whnt part 0(, the body IS the
tro]tlbo~ e '"
.. 1\0 1 part lof the body, my
dear l )' u Yes, lt Ul ; because It SI\y8 10 the
pBper q ere that IBsi. ni ght, while returnIng
from th~ concert, a mUSICIan rell and bt'oke
hu!: trombone I "
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Extracli of 0. letter wrItt en a.t echoql. I i I
J,m trluoh reJOlaed , dearest upcle, thnt you arp
comJng Ito ' VJl!I1t me ned M nda.y I wIll be at
th s4lot!ion to meet the trn,m
As W~ haven't

sol d at Sothchy' :s, odd
Th e 30l0[Jn i. o f 5D"\C6 oc
was a bou t a , quar tc r of
ID

do!

br'ea.tb ~~ "

et

b~IL

Brown , ~fC
the roc t

fell

'16 mI5fiU8!"

ctumh ",hen a man ga e m~,I5I:fJ>~nce I says:
• Tho.»1 you, sir, ' a.nd be h d me arrested"
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kclorlng" GrandDlother 'Isn't- be a. ]ovely
baby! ' Co.lm- VlIltor:l " Yea, he's G mce httle
baby"
Adormg Gr~ndmrr ther (enthmnastlcally)~: I And eb mtelhgent I He just lies there

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jlecondj I Tramp
"Not
.always·l The other day I was actmg deaf and

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kIlled
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libr ary of tbe In'e Dr W

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pohte, ~ pattiner"

the
I ship owne rs JD
a le nding 8hlp ~ U11ct cr are In
proJ ect for l;'eSllsCli.ating n. !'\h.l p
N or th E a.!'!it coa st) long dISu,gcd.
stand a.rd c argo ships, Sll) S tz'1e
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fond of botany
t.he other day
tree, h e eald to
you tell me, my
to the arbu·
the ml'n,'

to the cor,

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No m~tt.. r wbetever r0ul~y i. kept tb""" must
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a.lwra ys be 50me kwd

yerpllD abOut.

the owner a. well as t~. stoCk

~ aonpy

If it is not ODe
80~+ It UI a.nothet, tl10 gh when the V~IQ. . IS
both IDSl<\il and ouuld th.' hou,e. then ' th~
mUlt be eome move ma.d~ if tHe bU'ds a.re to thnvO';
WIll, tbe pests ml the ~01m6 Juckmg the blood 01
the] fowls aoir !.ben """fill I'UUIQ. IcilllDg off tbe
Y0'ingsters, then t~e owner needs to be a 'Very
bu.y man I ol_ lall t~e .. pest, under the bead·
109 of ve,rmm. becallllO il t.4at IS wbt !.bey
are ) No matter Wlf~th.~ut In the flcld or m tbe
backyo.rd at home there • all sorlo of troubles If

an'a

'l J'.b.W~ ¥>ay be ",!lnsi~~e""9JI.

t1!.1~ " ye~r '1/ regards

O~inJ ' to i~e lJlcroasea
tlja ,~orta8e of .toek. c&
fElrJor stale 6eed has '' l)roijoblv
Where gardeners
not showlpg after
new bed sbould b~ preparc>,'d
bought froFn Jt, I'eally rollao",
a~ternative, plots from MI\Um.ll'&OWD
may

be ~ bought,

8~1I ,6ID

apart,

Ilnd

can

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be

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WIth

thor.

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~vencases
the best
n' "i'~.:.~'~,~:rl~"if~1;:n" ,~!!!~
!lO,me
rather
aCcount of U1C
arid April , Where
a good pllln to
thicke st and most c",w,!ed
p~t thew - 10 the
118 tl'~ a.ted In this
e\~en

'n'"n,i ",";v Z!J)imal

row may' be

from\ tbe .8118 t obeck

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coops. and ~lten food -rbs ¥tot!. "'ill ta.k_e the
Ohickens The only thmg ,. to oke8Jl..~t th."fO
wh~n pOSSible move t~6m" from I one pl ~ to
another. 8Q that they A\"n'<>t 'p=anently settle
N3~ura.11y dunoS the co~1i
weather they keep
to the barns and hbufJes, but. now with this iine.. I
dry, Iweath~r they SOO)! get out into !oIle field.
I
t;\ke shelter under & (owl house or in the
groWld by makl,Dg a hoie hke ' a rabbit; '.>'"""h 'l
thdt wlll use an old ra.bblt 'brl"rrfw and slnv:e
T'abblts out. It IS very !dIfficult tJ move them
a. whe'n In ,a. place lIke tbl5~ beea.p.se the holes a.re. 150
far
and they cannot ~f1 ferrett.e~ ' out OWlng to
the blg runs undergrolll1d. But on. verv' G?od
plan 1.B to try and- ,u.ff~ "tbem or 4r}v~ down
tho bole som. g .... ' whiQli 'Ylll send them · out,
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When they can find "8: lo~l \to\lS8 with ~ a fiobr
.W<id on th.. ground tb.~ .... happy, becal\60 this
affords alleIter . whlle
make a bole m the
gx:o~d ._ To move them ~ from under thlS is very
difllcultf unleBB you can nl0ve the house, but e'{eIjr
I effort. should he malle to lcatob and 19!I them, he·
, then you know wpat ,~.. bjooome of the
where.s If pOl,on IS u~d and tho body not

wet

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rew dol' :5r ~'lDsplantin& 1
bq well w red,

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Den\ist. it 1m havo ! to C~ls.rge you ten Sbllhn
~or pulhng tba~ toQth, "
Patient." I
tho
t you only ] clttrgedl h alf a crown! oJ
tlS~ ' .\' Ye~ but YrOu ' fieHed 'so loudly you
scared three other patIents out of the place ! ~ .

'a'''''amP·.,tl't'ot''n'', ' d&dgbJ r of th e Duke '

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e', donlt; It &m't notinng' ,fr esh for '1m.
u ~ed ~ .go. out shoppm' Wl f

e xpedJ tl0n J
ruur ' tt"cs

an aen al
had bedn

toH.e r

nccldent

tUl

is guano, or,
varY-'beJ;l.Dficlal.

Shl', (ansriIy) "WIlY dO 'I YoU deny the right
ot sul!f3ge t<l women becaWi. !.beX are 'lot 801
uIers;1 . Don't you tbmk W.il meo, if called on,
couldl l}ght! .. He (deprec~ 18gly), HI 8uppo.e
t/loY ,.<i9,uld If it came ~ th eerat.ch , .
Diggs. " It ne'er occurred to me that Mug·
~n6 wno ~ midget Wlbl l~st mght" Blggs'
' Arid hoW' did It happen i to occur to you
then' ~ I Diggs "I ovcrh, ard A , woman "Y
tha.t tie was every lncp a gentlem.&n _"
tSer~()a.nt ~d uTlng rest Ion route mRl"ch)'
J!<lcll toO ~eavy! VIlllY, look at Jone. !.bere.
Thb Wreclc

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mg by an e:wett w:hlCh should prove very useful
at. the f,re;-ept timo. ~ The wrIter will be plea~
£0 &nlwer any questi~Ds by rea4etA who .hould
~n4 thetr cbrr~en<:. to · :rbe
E<htor.
0.4 Readl DI Obaeliter. u

for. ~hom They yery lOOD then. take to the chiaen

rows
need well wat.enng alter P"!~,,u'I!.
",pst be kopt in cbeok
August a f.ir crejp

e dO ~~In't coinpltUD"

!.be Frencb

as the 'result Jpf

~6h dp yor understonil!'

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AD old wall is usually .. bappy huntUlg ground.
While a barn or corn .~ is_~ure to he a refuge

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Wtlhe :.,,( U FJLiher. 0& mQ,~ is a bachelor un~il
b e gets niaJiled, lSn'~
Father." Yet!,
IDJ ;on'"
~lHle ' .' u ~nd l what does he ca~l
h Imself afterwards? ,. . Father: u 1 wouldn t
hke to tell you, my son,"' I

h ltNlfol ded a.nd I'n ~
ns thky ca n l lll ...

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ndcr thIS heading we bave arra.D~ to pubbsb
w~ekly an article on ~0J11tll-,. a.nd .Poultry Keep -

~ these verml1'l, but w
lany sort of stock 15
k ept these "CI'Cat1U"eS s~ seem to find & pla.ce.

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BnJ"sols ~rout,- but I

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a~ qUite ·new the~~
"' 19 Inot the ~e

ma:n

w~s h18\ng ~ un r
t tiacked ' b~'. dO'Wn : ·1

'CHIlE"

ren.rer neglects hiS dutte![ for a httle.,while.
the stock is kept}lear 'Jjhe houSe there

foci,

OUt.fLlll S a.t Chlltcrn: }YlIWll~
!r.w"aek,,,j fo r 'btrds' eggs. a nd t hese
set. o u t lU the road at.
J)rOp,,,!,"p t o the f llllt:. of the

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HU£'ba.n~ (groa.ning)
f I The
rheuma.tism in
roy log IS comIng agAin I>
Wife (with sympat~y), " Oh, I om so so~ry. John I I wanted
to do some shopping fo.d,?" and that~ is a aure

fa.nu iv of DuttOn had th{
mmst rel • anu the
ma.dc. pr~s!lon t-tl .
J l11c I.: u!!tom
,allll,,'pnl, h- ' 1lI 1758

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tHE POULTRY
YARD.•
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hearted t{) whip the ,i.!lllidren " Mre. BuggIn,' luo good SOWlDS, 1t for mid1o'\n1ter
" HUlnpb' Jdy husband 15 so tet\.der hearted
ha.rdv
greenin colewort
Dot
"equal
quahty 15
Ule:~;:1~~~t~
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that he can't ev en heat the carpet!"
Clerk: ," Can- 't please the boss, any wp.y. If Gem. The larger Ro¥tte I
I hAve &: p en whlch dQesn 't scratch. be calls grown, sphts badly, and
out, 'Thorn"", q,ren't you worklDg? "and if I the fro!JLs come
ha.ve one that does he grumbles at the noise. >I
I When
planhng oq,t
marrow·
" 1 supposdl you cr.ny. a memento of some
AQ. Inch
sor t IU tl1at locket
yoars!" H Yes, It IS 8. plants, the roots sHould
before, antI
Io;c:k of my hu!bAUd's b8lJ''' "But your hus- deeper In the SOlI ths.n
the ' protectiqn of a. bl>xJ
pr h.ndbgbt
h!:\nd 15 still ahvc I" 41 Yes. but his haIr LS gone "

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hd o'ICI allow the pudding

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n."e~~a~y,

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red·leaved
oountrv. , they

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Sarah Chappel, ~9, GOQr1!.'>-.~. w"" fined
20s or 13- da)," fo\- ,not caUSln~ ' ber daU/lhtel,
Dori.. ag!><l eJgbt yean, to attend school regu·
larly
, as • 'li..If·tllller. '
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OHILDREN'S COURT.
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-A Jad. aged- 13 ye...., w.. lbrought up mill th~ /
RemllJld . Homo and>' was eommlt'ted ' to ' th\i
NotIOn&! Nautical SchlX'l . ' .Portshead. Bristol,
to he de~med till Ijo is' ~6, ~b. - (~thef iv""
diroeted to cont'('ibute as. pe~ w~el; towarda th"
10d,'a f8Jlltenanee.

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Add abou t one cupful of
all toget.her In a baSlD.
cove r and steam for six
p ut on the ltd and keep

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('an be gather ed Ul
m&de a little seed

oU,o r day. illY boy." , Unapp reCJ~ted POt! (ID I~ettuee,,, tbat, 18 PII>~~
grent tUcitement): . ",!}id you, uncle. Where? U
Uncle pob. "In a duectory l "
A deliclouB cabba.ge
TillS l!!J a
Mrs l:tuggtns . My hu"band 15 too tender- coJewort

ODe

tben

a.nd Mr W.

first, ' .nd,

bEUng tnuch th~ best
lome 0' them are l4tber 1sore."
they s.re 80 eaed1
U ncle Boh. " I saw your oame m prillt the Dlore use IS not ma.de
dlO? " .

quarter of
and lemon peel mIXed and

fl OUT,

8atbe~ed

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WEDNESDAY -Ilefore !4f. E, P : ColIi~ (in
tbe. ob"",), Sir 'PeroY.,'l!~n, Mr. ' D. lI.oo<i

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,

ml~ht. EC~

jt up

Wh6lt i>oisqn

p'ut down fowU mIght ,pick It "P. and th,ough
it I1t put down the holes J OU ' can~r b«t cert&in
where tbe !'at. will toke it. aJid t~D the domeotic
eoorr recovet bi~ mlglit be lo.t,
receiled
Ypung. chlckens ~ 198t occasionally from the

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q"pred&ttoDs of the w~a, but , these an mostly
White or green sprou~t1~~ broccoli II not fo~d m a thick liottom hodge whel'6 "there are a
grown SO generally a, It . mJ ht be,
c-eptiona.U~ hardy I Mld dur nf( ... toe 8eVer\3st lot pf bIg roots or ot.hel'1WlSe near a w09d. It u
w~Btber
only the tips ot the leave. are ..ldom tltey will COlllO out mto the open field. 10i'
shghtly alrected. It IS at i ,t. bEst during they a.re very shy and Will take S; Dot bf co.tcblDg,
~a.nuary ,~d February, ' but , CD.n bO lJS8d~ The creatures play up With pheaAiLnt eggs,
1greens . throug~out ,the sprlng.
Slteqhnga you mentton your 1018e5 to ...the keeper of
s¥.uld ,now be transpla.nted to bede ~ot good wool' he wdl help yoU t~ d..troy these pests
BOll, a llo'Ving 6m to 81n b~ twcen leach: ~ At

,It"

t~e end of June they oho.l1)dll be

lifle\l

orand

reo

planted laD the ground wbefB pea!
carly
potntoes hBve been ga.thered. -.. . Here they can
live through the " inter, but 'plenty of spnce
s~ould be 81 ven them, .2ft.
21ft - befn,.s npoe
too much •
1

to

,
I
To produc.e the fineet· ftavoured beetroots,
the /fOIl
bhe seed should not bp so~n
has lately been dressed wlth rn.uk mo.nures,
but on ground whIch w.as thoroughl ' manUrcd
before produclDg A crop 'sueh , lis c bbaga or.
caulIflower
The 5011 nee4s to be thorQughly

Whet

When chicken. are PUl l ou~' in the field they ,«ill
of~ aufler from the rav"l1e$ of bird!. ~ueh' lUI t~e

oro,,}, rook, Jackdaw, h~wk ' Ulf Je.ppie. The
crow will come round, se~tJe' among th..e brood
,

Pick up one a.nd off, ' b~t the h..\Vk Will .woop
down in ita flIght, pIck f I> a chick and contmue
wUborl~ reatnig, You
tell a bawk IS .bo"t
by !.be way the h,n8 ." ..11 and tqey ,bicome f";'ed
for thelI' chicks. and)f on look round you can

i

.

tl.:rnlp rooted.
,

'

sho~ld

somJ peopl win

use a

stuff! for ra tt, It
mIght pIck It up
to biame
yourigstel1!l. but not

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Where successIon oj crop!J ,?f turtqps
aro reqUIred another sowing shol-Ild be made at
once. Rich soil should be cliosen, t.houg~ not
where It bas been la~l y ,janured, and the
drills should be ma.a.e 151n:, l npart. So as to
onluro speedy growth (the ,]) ••t pTovenrive of
tho troubl esome tm ntp ile!)) ~the seed 6hQuld
~e watered af~er sowing
tt~t ·g'trmin..tion
mqy be hci.tenecj .H0~ woll tdund tJ,te Yl>ung
plBnts ~nd occasionnUy l dust wltb :wo¢ albes.

'0

~lal)t.o "·n~L. O;n'tl~g"

~

Tf{e young' pea
up
wep on allot'l'ent. mu," be l ~ep~ wen ",aterl'd
dUl'lDg dl')' weather, l'Aa IIiOO)l ' • • •Igno of
80r ers appea.r, the roots v~ OUld n&~.r De
allowed tq get drv or ~. p . ' wfil lie' "'QIy
and not well fillOlf
4' ,!!ocld ,/lIetb0fl to adopt
f Oil this platlt IS to water alte
.tielf"w)ll".~ ! h~sQ
"~ter ' and liqUId m'nuro: 'tb,. ""1\ keep· !.bO'
plants in "" 80od QOndt~OD ~~,Ir. 9!l..~8 · ~Ol' ~
10118- perIod
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By,Keyi
T' I"f-rK~~'
(

Nl\Ie.

White (6
'White to play a.nd win.

it;~~~~i~;{t~~~~~f~!~~]~~~~~Â¥'~~

t.ha.t ,then
you fOUl
ea.n ' shoot them. ~ OJ!~ you can stop ' a.
and
get ib"", YOoI)1Y lowl hut 80
few 1*& ~~ the rest !Don know and you WIll
scare the
away I know wltb buds.. hke thts 1'~C;'~:;~~~'~~\~78~

Turrup.rooted beet are now in , most case!
t'e~y for tlunnmg '
TIna should be done IlS
soan as l 't IS pOSSIble, eO' ns to gl\~e the plants
a good ·etart from the first. I Most grow~rs In
other years have thought 91p. aplar~ was not egg., which they Just
any too m.ucb. but tbls, year. when 'probably ~Q\t ' out the contents.
the crops wJ11 be hfteq §ooner than usnal , It
egg producer
18
best to try faH - sized I roots or speedy for
growth , SIX to Bin, Will b. ~lJlte .suffieJent for
good'SlZed rOQt. to be p~ocur.d
Weed.
sho uld be kept down aQJl the SOlI well atined
\\ lLh the hoc.

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SObUTI0N ,TO !,nl~t,EM No

hen ma.y seem !Jtupld.
llsu8Illy lee the hawk
but bo soon knOW8 when her Chtcks are .lD dQ.Ilger

The
d dg and turh ed over an,Q broken up Into fiD(,:I aud Will do all sjle . can to protect them
powder If .the SOlI appears f lO clOddy" a good Ja.ck.d8.w l ~ 8. dangerous fellow when he gets the
layer pf fin ely 81rteq sotl can be placed on the taate of young chickens, kd you must be wary to
top to make the seed bed
TurnIp' rooted
eltller of tbe... bi~ blrlis, , If you .take
b eets should by thIS tIme be commg up, but notice you can find the
~~ 9'>y tbey, flv over

the long·root.:d, be et ne~d not be PP.t In tin
tbls month • The young plants sqould be
thlnned from 6m to 81D aplirt, and
weeds
kept down round the roots
The . long-rooted
fo*ms keep better dUTlng the wwterl than the

I

j:ram, ,but hk. the 1

SAfe• . far ~ your ro~ls
you have only yourself
ma.gpie wlll pick up
much prefer the

break and then
bad judges. b?t bad
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We do not propose to glve here the 'full solution- to
the above. 8.8 there ar& many v~oD.&--th.9. 10:n~est
eitendlUG' to fourteen movea. before the ultima:te wm IS

manile,t, but to .tart our ,eadeiolol. tho way we _eal

the first ~C)ve (1 Kt-K6ch) and ho~ 't hb will lead thei:n.
to dtg out the OOn.uties of the position f<x themeolvea. ,

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GAME No, lOH.
Played in th. ChampIOnship

Sydney School of Arts Ohese. Clue.

,
fO=UIlsnt

pf"tM

FRENCH DEFENCE.
White,

Black.

BW!k.

H. V.Crane. T M. IJrJ.d8h&w, H.
1 F--K.
2 P-Q'

P-K9
P-QI

18
19

S Ki-QB3
, B-KKt6

Kt-KBS
B-K2

20
21

5 BiKt(.)
S Kt.-B3
1 P-K6(b)
8 R_ QS

BaB
P-B'
B-K'

Kt-Q2

2.
29 R:tI:!<>iq) c·IlJ
..

9 Xt-Ki!

P-Ql"

26

10 P~B.
11 Castles

12 B ~B2
IB Q-Q.
)~ Kt-Ksq

'1-1«(0)

P-B6

25

27
28

Q-B2
Q-Qoq (d)
l"-K](t3

so

29

Hi P - B4
16 P-QKt3

QR-Kt8q
l'- QKW'

11 P:cP

'QPxP{o)

sa

81

32

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pla,.ed
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Loildon ~!~~~~~~qi~!'r~;9.
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