The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 308, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 5, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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_,ong List of Beliefs
Based on Superstition;
JL woman recently died because her,
Superstition would not allow her to
qall in a doctor on Friday. Saturday,
was too late. That superstition is
still rife, is to some extent proven by;
the fact that hundreds of thousandsi
of people still consider that it is un-;
plucky to walk under ladders. That lt:
Is unlucky to spill salt. That three;
pandles on a table bring bad luck.
That crossed knives spell unhappiness.;
that to cut one’s nails on a Friday is!
to court disaster. That the new:
loon seen through glass is an evil por-.
(tent. That to open an umbrella in the!
louse means misfortune. Similarly,
low many Londoners do not believe
(that it is lucky for a black cat to
cross one’s path, or that to fall up-
stairs spells a wedding. There are
probably several million people in
England today who exclaim “Touch
.rood” on the slightest provocation.
In the country villages of England the
[inhabitants firmly believe that to see
white horse means the presence in
Ithe vicinity of a red-headed girl, while
a cross-eyed villager is still an object
of suspicion to be combated by crossed
[fingers and a whispered incantation.
Sailors and Irishmen are unanimously
awarded pride of place among believ-
ers in superstitions, nevertheless the
Londoner is hard to beat.—London
Mail.
Ancients Thorough in
Drawing Up Contracts
A bronze tablet dating back to 117
3. C. holds, we are told, the earliest
(recorded civil judgment now extant.
Found near Genoa, it represents a
(formal judgment of arbitration be-
tween two local tribes contending
lover the boundaries of their lands.
|The record describes the boundaries
jin language which is quite comparable
fith the technical style of convey-
mces used today.
There also exists a Roman ordi-
nance dated 105 B. C., giving specifi-
cations for a contract to build a gate-
vay in a wall abutting on a highway
5n the town of Puteolis, and in this
contract are revealed all the expedi-
ents of long experience and careful
draftsmanship which we moderns are
(accustomed to expect in such trans-
actions. The specifications are so com-
plete that archeologists have been
lable to restore the entire structure.
Villages Long Buried
Sand dunes shifting in the winds
uncovered what was once a good-sized
[(village on the North sea island of Sylt.
Some time ago the remains of another
k'illage were similarly laid bare on the
[Baltic coast of East Prussia. On the
northern tip of Sylt, In that section
i-hich until a short time ago was hid-
den by the dunes, has been found evi-
dence of a settlement dating back to
the Ninth or Tenth centuries. Among
[the finds have been pieces of pottery
closely resembling that made by Rhen-
[ish potters between the years S00 and
1000. Other articles disclosed are said
to date back to the Fourteenth cen-
tury, thus indicating that the settle-
[ment must have existed for 500 years
jr more before being covered by the
[dunes.
Full Course Laid Out
Old farmer Gooberpea was trying to
impress his son that chopping wood
was as good exercise as playing golf.
“Oh, no, father,” insisted Bozo, who
Wanted to play golf, “it is the walk-
ing between strokes that makes golf
buch valuable exercise; that gives the
egs a chance as well as the arms.”
“So that’s it, is it?” exclaimed the
>ld man. And then he went into the
ield and placed pieces of wood at in-
;ervals all around it. Back at the
ouse again he handed Bozo the ax
Lnd, patting him affectionately on thq
iack, said:
“Now, son, go and play the full
:ourse.”—Exchange.
Wily Elephant
Though tigers and leopards cannot,
is a class, be said to sham death,
there have been instances in which
one of these—after having to all ap-
pearances, been shot dead—has sud-
leoly “come to life” and been very
auch alive, until finally despatched.
Chere is an instance on record of a
lewly captured elephant playing the
“artful dodger” so successfully that
It completely deceived its captors, who
releasing its bonds, left it for dead;
jut scarcely had they gone a little dis-
tance when, to their amazement, the
:reature rose, and trumpeting loudly,
aade good its escape.
Stephen Foster Shrine
Federal hall, the old Rowan home-
stead at Bardstown, Ky., where Fos-
ter wrote his masterpiece, “My Old
Kentucky Home,” is standing and in
m excellent state of preservation.
Che state of Kentucky has made it a
shrine. The house was completed in
L795, and has always belonged to the
towan family, to which Stephen Col-
lins Foster was related. The furni-
ture, which delights lovers of an-
|tiques, is the same that, the Rowans
lad selected, many of the pieces be-
ing Sheraton, Chippendale, Heppel-
phite, and Duncan Phyfe.
Avoid Pessimism
Jessimism is that cloud of distrust
id doubt that prevents one getting
proper perspective on life. Things
Ire never as bad as they' seem, and a
[istorted vision will not make them
It isn’t natural to wear a long
i.—Grit.
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Clayrock-GrundyviSle.
(By Auntie)
We don’t know which, is the busi-
est, the men or the women, but I
think the women. The men just go
along with the plowing, harrowing
and some planting corn, but the farm
women have to watch the turkeys to
the nests then go back after the
eggs, then hubby has to have his din-
ner on time. The breakfast, dinner
and supper, dishes to be washed, the
littlej chicks and the old setting hens
to be looked after, the churning to
be done, the beds made, the floors
swept, the gardening to be cfone. If
she will talk sweet to him! he might
help her a little. And if there are
children, they are too be attended, to
and sent to school. And yes, we farm
women make our own soap usually.
I tell you the farm wife has to
keep her brain busy as well! as her
feet and hands. I think that if ever
any one should wear a crown)in glory
it ought to be a farm wife—that is
one who keeps up her end of the
line. With all the above she' has the
washing, ironing and scrubbing to do
and the sewing for the family.
Well, Mrs. Gee is rather old to do
all of that now, but there are thous-
ands of women, doing all that now,
but Auntie is still tending those old
red hens and white leghorns.
During the month of January“’she
sold $27.00 worth of'eggs, and in Feb-
ruary set 350 eggs, and on the last
day of February had 48 dozen eggs
ready to sell. Leghorn hens don’t lay
as well as the reds, in real cold
weather, but the leghorns will come
up when it is warm weather.
Some have planted corn, but the
soil seems rather* cold yet.
Mr. ah|d Mrs. Howard Shannon
visited at Star last week with Mr.
and Mrs. Elliott, helping to care for
the son who died.
Mrs. Jasper Fielder, of Brooksmith
visited her grandfather, Mr. Bagby
last Sunday.
Earnest Bagby is still improving.
Some of the family came and killed
a hog for him Monday.
We have had ice four mornings
this week, feels like winter again.
The people worked in the ceme-
tery last week, still have more to do.
Ralph Wingren, who has been, liv-
ing in Dallas, is now located in Lam-
pasas and will be manager of Hoop-
er’s Store No. 2. Mr. Wingren former-
ly made his home here and has a
large number of friends throughout
this section.
HOUSE PASSES BILL TO
GIVE VETS MORE TIME
WASHINGTON, March 4.—The
Hawley bill to extend for five years
the- period in which World War vet-
erans may apply for adjusted com-
pensation was passed Tuesday by the
House and sent to the Senate.
The time limit for such applications
expired on last January 2, and it was
estimated that some 450,000 veter-
ans had not applied for adjusted com-
pensation benefits. The measure also
would extend from seven to eight
years the period in which dependents
of veterans could apply in presump-
tion of death cases.
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The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 308, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 5, 1930, newspaper, March 5, 1930; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906194/m1/3/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.