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The Guardian, Charlottetown, Thurs., Feb. 17, 1966. 71

Pionea Porridge Made In Boot Heel?

Sy NEIL A: MATHESON @rovincial - Farm Editor

THIS WEEK’S mail I've ever heard about raat aan ae 4 on cane Edwin Johnstone, New Haven—he’s a former Chariotte- town mayor—wrote to suggest hé agrees with.my idea there must have been oatmeal, and porridge available here prior to 1820. (The report of a ‘speech by Judge Alley in an Island paper of 1882 said there was not.) “Speaking of: oatmeal’, Edwin continues, “here’s a story T believe I heard from a distant relative of yourself, whose aon went back to the days of the scythe and: the reaping “According to the story, when men were working at a distance from the house’ t would often take their noon day meal with them to the fie This often consisted of nothing more than a small bag of oatmeal. ‘When the time came to eat they would re to a nearby spring, remove one boot, pour some @atmeal into the of the boot, mix with cold water and presto, _ dinner was . “Today we would call it instant dinner, T\euppese” adds Mr. Johnstone. . *

BYRON BURNS, Charlottetown showed me a note recent- ly that listed instructions for workers in a large mercantile establishment back in 1856

The store opened at six o'clock in.the moming and didn’t

close until nine at night. The instructions. coveréd many things, but I thought these two were interesting.

Every employee was required to give at least five dollars te the church annually, and to attend Sunday School regular- ly. Maile employees were ‘given one night off per week for Courting. They got two nights per week, i they went to

One copy of ‘ ‘The Weekly Caaminee” at Mey & 1901 noted that the session of the Parliament of Canada which closed last week ‘did not bring forth one, statesmen like measure’’.

‘But the money votes were enormous", The Examiner . scolded, “amounting in all to 967426,620 Ni lever was such a sum voted by any former parliament af Const. and rds 7 S10, an ort te chdinary expend:

upwa milion @ year {tyres of the administration.”

The comment {s reproduced here merely to show the Secs, | Sa ot mente en es Se eee

Steamer Service Back In 1901

SH'PPING SERVICE available 65. years ago might be Charlottetown

titerditing ‘The Princess was iaaeies for Pictou each day except Sunday at 7 a.m. end returning about 6:30 fm the evening.

The steamer Northumberland was leaving Summereide for Point du Chene each weekday ‘ ee ee early train from Charlottetown, returning to Summerside the same evening.” :

-The Hillsborough was leaving Charlottetown. for Seuth-

“Miracle Medicines’ ‘Cured I Ills

-° TF YOU think modern advertising overetates the case,

end it sometimes does, how aa bout these examoles of

tising 70 to 80 Years ago. 1 found them in en old newspanver. “ik cee agg walt ogy

“Hollowavs Pills contain nature’s for and cure of disorders peculiar to women of all ages, and constitut-

fons whether they. are residing in cold or hot climates. Re- .

peatediy correcting disordered functione which have defied all of the usuat drugs.”

John L. MacKinnon Compiled Book

it was published in Alberton. ; ei PN att nney a Pines. John A. MacKinnon, Churchill, {s enother nephew, ieve. © When I referred to the Cletnenti piano in last week's folpna's rt gov that it had belonged to Walter Patterson, the Isfand’s first governor. * T also said that his wife had taught plano, that she ‘had two . etc. This information was passed on to me by @ ; who has done a great deal of historical research, though did say ehe couldn't vouch for the the truth of that part

Now I find that Campbell’s history of Prince Edward Is- i Patterson did not have his wife and family

said that er ee Island. For this information I thank

Locating Lung Bloodclots

,Pondered By 1,800 Doctors

MONTREAL- (CP). The. diagnosis is more accur- 1,800 doctors - spent a iam im |ate ag well faster, he sald. What) Montreal talking about the spot- ting and curing of a host of dis-

eases, and among their. subjects | minutes. » ~

was thow to diagnose often-| At ariother convention session, deadly blood ‘clots in the lungs.

at an early stage in the press tools and methods,

But, added Dr. C. R. Seriver.

Dr? H. R. Shibata of Mont-|.. 1 this will occur real’@ Royal Victoria Hospital oe s ‘wallnaly 0 support is

told the technique at the an- nual meeting of the Royal Cob Stews of Mon lege of Physicians. and. Surgeons much of the. work ioe! seid

of Consda. search field has been done’ in

convéntional way of observing blood-clot conditions is that,| The problems of pregnancy

though technically simple, it is

He said the trouble with the |the United States,

time-consuming. * at the convention, one euggest-

The patient also has to be ing self-hypnosis as @ means transported to a machine, often |

a g experience for the) sriefeeay ill. labor.

method involves injecting a ra-|of Edmonton..said only women

Dr. Shibata said the new, Dr. C.:A. Douglas Ringrose

dioactive substance into the jot strong intelligence and imag-

veins of affected patients. Then the Jungs cam be rapidly |technique. But % uch women

@canfied through the use of \could’ learn it as easily as they portable machinery. |might learn tennis.

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Time For Courting}

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has taken up to two hours ean be done now in a matter of

They were told that such clots sg barat’ cisaiae: comrationed equent and often fatal and inns its roots in the molecules that jat least one technique has|/¢ body substances said prog-

beeng worked out to permit di- ress depends on ‘more refined

were taken up by other doctors |

some women’can use to shorten |

ination could make use of the

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