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THE C0U30RNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1927. ROADSIDE MARKET HINTS AND ADVICE s sales are not as good / placing a sign down hundred feet from the ; ts do not like to back I s first child that disobeys and steps t of the car will be hurled into the xt forty-acre field. Develop Trade. Knowing the varieties of all the lits and vegetables on your stand, i»Jp i f the stand and ers. Duyers like eiling t k it pays to mark the price: signboard or place price tag: roduce. Make the price sign: ough to attract the bu; Motorists do not like nd then refuse to buy ier not stop than to be nbarrassing position. jam be able to ask for If your Cuthbert s were big and juicy last cdan may drive up this ate of those "Cuthbert" ;s which made such good Thei i yet ago. fruit which Whei on the e; , man who do not like the price her to ask for eggs. Gar- anc] fruit are even moro i the quality and season. 9 to know the price they before looking over the >y foel that the sign means for everybody, and have dence * in the seller who Ice mark on his goods. little satisfaction in doing iiness at n wholesale price to haul to market or hard a variety of flavors i j ent kinds of ripples. 1 .have their own particuli j Sometimes they are not ri highly by the experiment | yet are liked very well 1 Sometimes a mo. But afte ce the Mcln-r owning a iclntosh fan Did , Have Quality Good. ju ever see a nice lot of straw- a. grocer's window, and then ' LEFT Sunday Schoo Lesson Aug net 20. Lesson IX-- Nati: David to Repentance, 2 1-10, 13. Golden Text--A br a contrite heart, O God, • not despise.--Psa.'rn 51: 17 ANALYSIS. I. the crime, 11:1-35. II. the rebuke, 12:1-14. III. the punishment, 12:15 ' Introduction-- It i t blin . David's fai his gen< i the ale market berries enter and have your order filled from _ a crate of little berries at the back of the store? Did you ever see a big °f summer. Sow the seed In rows juicy apple pie with a flaky crust in about fifteen to eighteen inches apart the window of a restaurant, and then where the plants are to remain, and order pie and receive a little dried-up thin them to stand about eight inches piece? That's the way the buyers apart in the row. This vegetable is ber- | feel when the producer at a roadside delicious served like cabbage. irket stacks up a lot of fine speci j Another salad plant not given the ;ns on the stand, and then Alls the 'attention its merits reserve, is kale., ders from bags and baskets of un- ' TMg p,ant> seeded now, will not give I the large heads of earlier seed, but Aquitania." In the grouj j wholesale price to pay for | I believe that more good packages the gmal]j tender leaves will be even bie cf handling small orders. ; must be used by roadside markets. I more deliclous than the larger heads, a hardly expect a grocer i The quarter-bushel for apples is a and tne p!antg not used this fall can very popular package among city buy-! romain in the garden over winter. In ers who have little storage space for i early 6pringi these plants wil kuickly ' fruit. These little baskets fit nicely j produce a fine salad crop. If the between the front and back of many I plants are to remain outdoors all win-cars ( where there is hardly room for j ter> Dwarf Siberian is probably the i bushel basket without crowding the I best variety to use for late passengers. Neatly printed cartons plant ln rows two feet apart an(1 thin for eggs must replace the paper sacks sometimes used. Dressed poultry do not look attractive wrapped in an old newspaper. good price for truck if j • ,o him by selling the sr. retail at a wholesale pri other hand, there are many arm products which are dif- Make Jelly When Snow Flies Can Fruit Juices Now to Save Time and Money i que- lies, beet greens, Swiess chard, flowers of all kinds, and certain fruits :ik of over-production. Such articles can often be sold at a roadside market because n would be difficult to market them in any quantity among local dealers. Pries Plainly. Large price tags can be printed, or p; Mt(! with black paint on white cardboard and placed over each heap of vegetables or truck. The produce should be graded if there is any variation in the quality. One of the great tor the success of some road-tide stands is not the low prices they advertise, but the quality of fresh etock which they sell. The greatest opportunities in roadside marketing come from the development of the trade of regular cus-tomers. There is no doubt of the fact that many city customers like to drive automobiles. But often they obtain more fun from driving Tf there is an object In the trip. Buyers, who obtain fresh eggs and produce from one producer, will often depend entirely ten that source of supply. Their business may not amount to so much money each week, but if the trade is continued throughout the year, it may fie rather profitable. In the case of poultry, eggs, and stored vegetables and fruits, the direct-to-the-consumer trade can be continued throughout the late fall and winter if the farmer Is located on a good road which is ueraped after heavy snow stor: Fresh Products Essential Strict honesty is necessary in developing a roadside business, eggs from stolen nests must e sold. Even eggs found on the try house floors should go into the "questionable basket" for inspection »nd use at home. Such eggs may have been laid for several days. Straw be scratched over them for several flays, and then more scratching will bring them in sight. Sweet corn, which has been picked one day and not sold, cannot bo held over and sold the next day as fresh picked corn. Berries, which have bo-. come wilted and mushy, are not the kind which particular consumers drive out to buy on a hot' day. Melons, which you know poor in flavor, should not be worked off on the' public just because you have worked hard and raised them and need the money. It is the regular customer that is worth many transient buyers, and there will be few return visits from the buyers who haul away poor quality goods. They will remember the poor quality long after the price is forgotten. Location Everything: The location of a roadside market Is a help in attracting customers. If you are on the right side of the road for the home-going traffic, the customers find it easier to read the signs and stop. They do not like to think of spending money for food when on a pleasure trip, but on the way home the demands of the home table begin to come to mind. Buyers do not like t,o carry produce around all day. If you are located on the road to a lake, the buyers have their minds on swimming, dancing and ice cream on the way out. They will not wish to buy eggs, cabbages, and apples until they are headed for home. A curved driveway, where motorists can park out of the traffic, helps to stimulate business and prevent accidents. It is a nerve-racking experience to stop on a main traveled road to buy produce when the cars are cutting around you, with their engines hummi:-^ like bees, and you fear that Clean Packages Help. Many business firms have made fortunes by placing inexpensive foodstuffs in neat packages. The package seals the goods, and sometimes it looks as if the package cost more than the contents. But the consumer is willing to pay for the packing, because a neat package is appreciated and stimulates business by developing regular customers. The Vegetable Garden in August Usually August is an off month in the home vegetable garden so fai planting is concerned, but it need be. Of course, long season crops not be planted now with any chance of a harvest, but many quick maturing kinds still have time to make a crop before winter comes. It is very important at this time of year to be careful of the varieties chosen for planting, as many kinds that are successful for early season use will not give good results now. There is still time to mature a crop of Chinese cabbage if an early variety is planted during the first ten days of the month. This vegetable is really at its best during the cool, months of fall, and light freezes only serve to make it milder. As a matter of fact, real good quality can not be had in this vegetable during the hot months the plants as space demands. When seeded thickly in the row, the plants thinned out may be used for boiling greens. This vegetable produces "greens" at a time when such generally available, and, in view of this fact should receive more attention than is usually given it. Early varieties of turnips, such as extra-early Milan and Early Red will still give a good crop of roots for storage over winter. Sow them in spaces made vacant by the removal of early crops. During the first half of the month make two orthree plantings of spinach for fall use. Victoria and King of Denmark are good varieties for this purpose. A liberal top-dress ing of nitrate of soda,'or-other genous fertilizer, will hurry maturl: and produce extra leaf growth. If radish seed is planted during the firs thalf of the month, it may be well to use one of the so-called summer radishes, such as Chartiers, but, during the latter part of the month, it will be safe to use varieties like Sparkler, White Icicle, etc.. An important part of the work ln our vegetable gardens during the late summer is to keep all weeds from maturing seed around the premises. Be careful as we may, plenty of weed ids will find their way to the warden, and we are only adding to our labors in future years if we permit any weeds to go to seed in the garden. The ends of rows and the border should receive the same careful attention as the cultivated parts of the ground. A large supply of cheap fruit may tempt you to undertake more than is humanly possible to finish. Nothing is quite so susceptible to hurry and tiredness as jelly. If thero is too much work on hand, I am sure to forget the jelly and let it boil too long. Yet, the fruit must be saved, for leaving over night in hot weather without a refrigerator will spoil it. This is the way I get out of such a difficulty. I cook the fruit with as little water as possible, strain through a jelly bag, then make a second extraction by covering the fruit with water and cooking a few minutes, and straining. A third extraction may be worth making if the juice is rich in pectin. The strained juice is poured into clean scalded bottles or fruit jars and tightly sealed. It is processed at simmering temperature (180 degrees j all needng to be filled. F.) for thirty minutes. | keep just as nicely as grai If you have boiled the fruit jars, ! tnem as concentrated, un: they may be filled to overflowing ; JeI1y Julce- Some Juices' while hot, with boiling juice, tightly I <made from clea". sound pa! sealed and inverted, but this is not jneed the addition of peoti; quite so certain as processing them, j delicate flavored jellies do I quite so many months as the stronger | flavored ones, and are best used with- processing them. This Method Best for Grape Jelly. notice a dark sediment, in irregular, bitter tasting crystals in the bottom of the jars of Grape juice. These cream of tartar crystals often form in grape jelly after several months, even though the jelly was made perfectly. They are especially likely to occur If the juice was extracted from the grape skins as well as pulp, and if the jelly bag was squeezed. However, the skins add color and flavor, hence we don't like to discard them, though it Is an unpardonable sin to squeeze the jelly bag. It will cause cloudy jelly in spite of subsequent stralnln; through flannel. Our canned grape juice is spihoned out of the jars with rubber tubing, without disturbing the settlings and the result is a fine-flavored clear jelly ■inter when the jeliy glasses are Other juices rape. Label parings? will These After two t lontbs, ' in four months after making. tlffity ' Augus Mqther's Vacation August is vacation time for many farmers. The hay is cared for and the wheat harvested and there is a lull ln farm work preceding the fall harvests. Thoughts then roam to short trips, perhaps a camping tour, a day's picnic. The day's picnic is fine perod of relaxation, and the short trips too, generally for everybody but mother. She has to prepare big lunch, and has to see that the children are behaving, and keepng themselves presentable. Therefore, often these periods of relaxation [ rotten, and call it )f the family are | anything but vacations for mother. A real vacation means to get away from familiar sights and regular duties. The men and the children have changes of work and scenes in their I regular activities, but mother is usual-1 The drug addict's motto: ly always at home, busy from day- j there's life there's dope!" light to dark, with the multitudinous dities of keeping the 'home and the family in proper order. So, in making the vacation plans it is well to remember that mother also needs a vacation. A week or two for mother away from home and family responsibility, should be Included in all family vacation plans. This is the season you quit the comforts of home and pay an exhorbitant rent for an ovenlike shack by a mosquito infested river, where the drinking water is warm and the fishing is " - vacation. Solicitor at Mansfield: Is your hus-ind a member of any club? Wife: e is a member of the public house. From Government to Leviathan Locomotive ic- that i: dwell upon and pacity for frienc treatment of his personal enemies, and above all his pi-stv and all that, no doubt, quite justly. But they frankly tell us also of his weaknesses and his sins, the falsehe^d by which he secured for himself and his company the hospitality bf the priests of Nob and thus brought upon them the vengeance of Saul (l.Sam. 21:1-9; 22:9-28), his cruel treatment of prisoners taken in war (2 Sam. 8:2: 12: 31), the multiplication of the inmate* of his harem (1 Chron. 14:3), and consequent uncontrolled disorders in his family life. The deepest stain upon his character is the crime recorded in our lesson, and the only relieving feature of the tragic and shameful story is his apparently genuine confession and repentance under the rebuke of Nathan (12:13). The great penitential Psalm 51 is assigned by its title to this occasion ar.d may represent David's prayer for God's mercy. I. the crime, 11:1-25. The time referred to in verse 1, "after the year was expired," or "at the return of the year," must have been the spring time. After the coid ar.d wet weather of the winter was past, the army under Joab went out to war with the Ammonites, cast of Jordan, and besieged Rab-bah, their capital city. The name of Bathsheba is given somewhat diffeently in 1 Chron. 3:5. She is famous in the later history as the mother of Solomon. Uriah, her husband, was one of Davids select company of thirty honorable and valiant men, named in chap. 23. His character appaers in this story as that of a brave and loyal soldier, steadfastly true to his comrades, his commander and his military duty. The selfish cruelty of David stands out hi dark contrast. For the reference to Abimelech, who was killed by a millstone thrown upon his head from a city wall, see Judges, chap. 9. The comment cf the historian is significant -- "But the thing ' that David had done displeased the Lord." Compare Psalm 51:4. II. the rebuke, 12:1-14. The Lord sent Nrthan to David. Not once only but many times did the Lord send a prophet to rebuke a king for wrong-doing. See 1 Sam. 13:13, 14; 15:16-31; 1 Kings 21:17:29. Nathan tells the king the story, which is in reality a parable, of the poor man and his one ewe lamb. David, supposing the story to be literally true, ----very angry and declares that j that hath done this thing shall surely die. The answer of Na-ft and fearless, "Thou art God had done great things for David, or which the prophet reminds him. The reference to his mas-low not imply that he had actually taken any of Saul's wives in marriage, but only that as king and Saul's successor he had the right do according to the custom of the time. Nathan does not spare Davici . his indictment. "Thou hast killed Uriah," he says, "with the sword of the children of Amnion." He alone is the murderer, F..nd the dread penalty of his crime is that the sword shall never depart from his house. The word of the prophet was fulfilled in the murder of Amnon (13:28), the rebellion and death of Absalom (18: 14). and the execution cf A don; (an (1 Kings 2:25). David's repentance under the scathing denunciation of his friend and counselor was undoubtedly sincere, it wins Nathan's assurance of God's forgiving grace, "The Lord also hath put away thy sin." For "The sacrifices cf God are a broken spirit; A broken and a centime heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise." Verse 14 should read, "Howbeit, because'thou hast despised Jehovah in this thing," the meaning probably being that he had brought the name of Jehovah, his God, into men's scorn and con mpt by the crime which ha had committed. III. the punishment, 12:15-25. often happens the sin of the is visited upon the child. Tha babe was very snck, and David again and again (such is the meaning of the verbs used) went in to his chamber, and lay all night upon the earth, fasting and praying to God for the life of hds child. The elders of his house, his oldest and most trusted servants, were concerned for him and feared to id of the child's death When he was told, however, laid aside all signs of mourning, went into the tent sanctuary and there worshipped, submitting himself to the hand of God. "I shall go to. him," he said, meaning to the grave, "but he shall not return to me." PRIME MINISTER BALDWIN AT HOME AT EITHER THROTTLE. Hero is Britain's Premier with his . the Premier stopped in the middle of ; course of his lesson Premier Baldwin coat off again and his hand on the' writing speeches, and demanded to , pulled nearly every lever in the huge throttle cf 6120 to take a full and in- be shown the engine. His interest cab and acquired a thorough know-uctive lesson in the art of navigat- had been aroused in conversation ledge o fthe function of each one of ; a giant locomotive, from Engineer with the mayor of Kingston, when he them. Afterwards ho made a round Milne, a change from the throttle was told of how 20 of these steel of the locomotive. This new "6,100" of the British Government. The in- leviathans were being constructed in : type, 20 of which are being construct-cident occurred at Pickering, when the C.N.R. shops at that city. In the Jed at Kingston and 20 at Montreal, No Local Color. First Leatherneck (in Sham -"Terrible dump, ain't it?" Second Devil-Dog---"Yen--you pick up a plate of chop-sin 1."--LKa. .n't are of all-Canadian design and < structlon throughout, a fact which the whole 1 especially appealed to Ihc Premier. |----- They weigh 32S tons and can draw. If What Price Radio, necessary, twelve steel cars at a "You have bought your v.iCe ft radio, speed of SO miles an hour, and the Mr. Huber? What did it cost?" C.N.R. v.il use them for fast passen- "My household peace."--Fliegenda ger trains ar.d manifest freight trains Blaetter, Munich. j