Show 5 HOMER £yCROY ©WNU THE STORT traveled from THUS EAR: Amos Croy Ohio to Maryevllle Missouri settling on a where he married Susan Sewell Their ton early displayed keen Intereat In the larm and a rltal factor In all lu operations Homer’i earliest recollection was of which cyclone blew the tod barn down and wrecked the orchard Sunday church company lor dinner and guessing the welcht of the steers the neighbors all gathered for the guessing farm becama a meant Another big day was the dehorning of the calves Homer held them by tlse nose while the men dehorned them The blood had te bt burled or cows would hold np their milk The value of the boms was not recognised CHAPTER V “Ready to hang” he would say and carry the ham in Pa would get up on a box and I would heave the ham up to him He would put the hook end over a rafter then stand for a moment with his hands outstretched to see that the wire didn't straighten and dump the ham on the floor At last there would be a festoon of hams on every' rafter Then Pa would stand In the door and proudly survey his work If one of the hams had given a little he would get up on the bench and curve the wire some more because now and then during the smoking season a ham would hit the floor kerplunk Sometimes this would be in the middle of the night Pa would always hear it the smokehouse could have fallen and 1 wouldn’t have heard The first thing the next morning he would take the hand whisk broom out to the smokehouse and brush off the bam and hang it up again I hated those hams From time to time during the day and the last thing at night I would have to wade through the smoke and put on wood If the fire was going too strong I’d have to dash water on it If it was out I’d have to get the bath and l soapstone from its start the fire going again Toward the end of the five days Pa would bring a ham to the door while I stood beside him waiting hopefully He would gouge it with his knife and sniff it then say "It needs another day Homer" then go and bang up again the cursed ham At last—Oh wonderful at last!— he would be satisfied by the inspection and say "I guess you can let the fire go out Homer” I would let it die out promptly At last would come the time when we were to have our first smoked ham My mother would get out our biggest pot put In water and cider and a handful of raisins and boil the ham More tantalizing odors Now and then she would take off the lid and gouge the ham with our fork' When the ham long was tender she would take it out skin It rub the outside with brown mustard and and spices then sugar bake it Now and then she would open the oven door to see how the ham was getting along— more delicious odors When it was done she would put the ham on a big plate on the table and there it’d be right in front of me while Pa was saying grace throwing off these captivating odors! When the moment came Pa would and cut through the a knife crunching crust and put a slice of the rosy redolent meat on my plate By this time I would be so I could hardly wait till I had whacked off a piece I was even glad I hafi smoked it We'd have it a few days for dinner then there’d be a hiatus Then some morning Ma would cut off a few slices freshen them in cold water then wipe off the water until the dryl and fry When they pieces were she would take them out were done and put them on a plate that had been heating on the back of the stove There would be fat left in the skillet and into this she would sift flour and add milk Little white bubbles would rise up and burst She would stir the brown seething mess letting the little stream of flour run out of her hand until the ham gravy took on the color and She of heavy cream consistency would pour this into a long gravy dish which was fastened to a plate take then two one were up so the the plate of ham slices and carry both to the table Phebe would turn up the wick Pa would bend- his head forward and start to say grace 1 could hardly wait In April Pa’d say “The ground’s we’d better getting soft ”I guess work “ReMore ring the hogs mind me to get the rings Saturday " did I'd always forget but Pa never He never forgot anything to do with farming take r would go to the hardSaturday ware store and get the Tings they d be bigger than finger rings and they'd be open and not yet brought he together in a circle As w came in sight of our farm on the way home Pa would say at the hogs in the 1 ©ok vonder ” We’d look and there would pastur be our old sows rooting in the grass “We didn’t get turning green the rings any too soon" Instead of leMonday morning them tting the hogs out we’d keep in the dry lot There'd be all kind of work to do before the neighborto the chute would have rrfved- just Now and then the lid ahe would take off "Hog Baker says he’s going over to Chester Whites ” Pa and Newt would study that because they respected Hog Baker A great monster hog humped in the middle of his back would come up flapping his ears out of his eyes "That's the boar” Pa would say “We’ve got to take care of him today" "You got any axle grease?” John Murphy would say "I like to have axle grease in case anything goes wrong ” "Homer you run and get a new can of axle grease” was ready we When everything would feel keyed up the way you do when you're going into something hard Newt'd be giving hitches at John Murphy would his trousers “I guess I’d better load up say first" and would sink his teeth into some Star and Pa would say “Homer put on your gloves” But Pa would never wear gloves no matter how much danger there was “I’ll throw 'em some com" Pa would say and would get the basket and drop some shelled com on the ground to keep their minds off what was going to happen We'd all take our places the gate and we’d maneuwould be opened ver £n old sow toward the ringing She’d go along calmly now chute a grunt as if saying and then giving “I wonder what all tis is about" John Murphy and I would come up behind with the herding boards Then before she knew it the old sow would be in the chute and the behind her Then poles slammed she would begin to squeal The other hogs would lift their heads wonderbetter come to whether they'd ing help or not But hogs are hogs and they'd start to eat again Pa would never let Anybody except himself do the ringing he was an expert at it and hurt the hogs less Newt would pole than most people her head down and now the old sow would roar at the top of her voice At the fearful noise the other hogs toward us would come charging But John fighting for their kind and I would be over the fence and out of their way a fit brass Pa would ring into the jaw of the ringers and start toward the old sow who by this time would be so mad that white foam would be running out of her mouth Slowly he would move the over pincers forward and edge them her nose and move them along till Then sudhe got to the right place handles the would he squeeze denly s of the ringer and through nose would go one end of the brass ring The squealing that had gone before wouldn’t be she would do now PATTERNS Two-Piec- anything to er what The poles would be raised and the sow would go charging out swinging her head from side to side as she tried to get shed of the ring Then she would- run her head along the ground trying to get the ring out then try to root it off - A she did this and as the ring hurt her nose she would give little short cries very different frorh the roars she'd given in the chute “Better bring us some water Homer" Pa would say after a while and I would go to the house and fill the jug at the iron pump The men would rest while they drank and talked Then Pa’d say "I guess we’d better bring another'n in” At last all the sows would be But that through the ringing chute only meant the worst was yet to come For standing in the dry lot all by himself would be the boar his head down the way hogs do when they know something is wrong John Murphy and I would have to step carefully for one slash of those tusks would open a person Slowly he would move toward the chute while Newt and Pa waited now and then he would toss his ears and give a suspicious grunt Suddenly we would clap him on the end and he’d dash into the chute As he found himself caged his roars would eem deafening and the chute would tremble and shake The sows would come charging toward us their heads up in each nose would be a brass ring We would beat off the sows then Pa would pick up an instrument very different from the one he had These used for the brass rings had sharp steel jaws meant for cutting and crushing "Feed him a stick" Pa would shout and Newt would run one The boar would through the chute seize it in his jaws But that was just what Pa wanted for suddenly he would grip a tusk with his clippers and throw all his force on the handles There would be a crunching sound and the boar would roar and struggle in a frenzy of fury “Now I’ll go pn the other side” Pa would say and move around the chute and again the terrible clippers would descend upon the tusks Mingled with the white foam would be blood At last the tusks would be out and But Inwe would open the chute stead of trotting away as the sows had done he would turn and charge “Climb the fence!" Pa would shout The boar would dash from one of us to the other throwing his head and making terrible fighting sounds Finally he would seem to realize what had happened to him and would turn and walk slowly away "I guess I need some of your axle grease Homer” Newt would say CIRCLE Dainty First Clothes for Baby Versatile and Smart SERVICE be brought and placed by the gate the poles and herding boards would have to be made ready and then at last when everything was done Pa would go to the toolbox In the granary and get the paper box of rings and the hog ringer and take them to the chute Then he would turn a measure upside down and put the rings and ringers on top of it and say “Now watch yourself and don’t bump into them" I’d keep looking down the road excited to have someone come pretty soon I’d see them— Newt Kennedy and John MuFphy— walking down the road together and I’d go to meet them just to hear them talk In a few minutes we’d all be leaning on the fence looking at the hogs which’d be grunting and now and then charging each other "I see you didn't let them get into the wallow” Newt would say Everybody knew what that meant If the hogs were covered with mud they'd be twice as hard to hold “Why don’t you try Jersey Reds?" Newt would ask Pa was a Poland China farmer and didn’t believe in red stock “You can’t get the weight out of a red" Pa would say “They’re healthier” Newt would say Then John Murphy would say EWING sporting Job for 1945 to the committee who must make the next nominations for baseball's Hall of Fame There are now from twenty to thirty present and former stars who r stand along the THE toughest Un( tf ‘1 R le Iv - GrantlandRice dell— on where the dividing margin is thinner than a raor blade — such men as Jimmy Col lins Roger Bresna-haMel Ott Bill GrifKlem Clark fith Frank Chance Ed Johnny Evers Walsh Fred Clarke Miller Huggins Carl Lfty Grove Hubbell Rube Wad and on Most of these players numbering twenty or thirty will have to wait All left deep imfor another year pression on baseball fans and their mark in baseball history but only a few can b chofu Any nail of Fame that become to crowded and has too many names loses at least a part of It list But the long enduring value of arallrble name (till left proves again why baseball for over alxtv year has contributed so much to the sporting side of American life There are an) number of old star won’t even get a vote— who won’t even be mentioned — and y?t these are not so far away from top rank Your correspondent has been covering and watching baseball for over forty years yet the problem of selecting leaders from the long parade of stars becomes a blur “How" we keep muttering "can so out7" anyone leave You might suggest that If a ballplayer isn’t a standout why should But he be considered’ what are so many you going to do about least so many who standouts — at skill have given so much and color to the game that they wind up in a Ed Delehanty Frank photo finish? 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is the last word in This clever style there’s For example Frank smartness Chance named as “The Peerless made up in light weight woolen Leader" of the old Cubs Chance will give you an ensemble that’s and easy to make easy to wear and led his Cubs to four pennants two world series from 1906 through easy to look at! 1910 His Cubs set an winning record in 1906 The the Giants of Me Cubs of Chance Graw and the Athletics of Connie Mack were among the greatest of all ball clubs over a period of years also It was known as who soundFranklin Pierre Adams ed the best remembered tocsin of After more Chance and his Cubs than thirty years where our memory may be vague we recall theae lines after the Cubs had slaughtered the Giants — Players at very gas mask Issued by S Army (onto as af rubber U lOMfc tb lh pounds ip FPA While I would be pouring water on Newt's cut Pa would shave a paddle clean and Newt would smear on some of the axle grease "These are the saddest af pos"I find it always pays to have axle sible words— grease handy" John would say Tinker ta Ever to Chance We would go to the barn and sit nd fleeter Trio of bearcats— down because ringing hogs is hard work than birds— After we’d rest a while John Tinker and Ever and Chance would say “I’ll take another drink forever our gonfalon Pricking and go " In a few minutes Newt bubble and John would be going off up the Forcing a Giant to hit Into a road and I’d look after them and doable feel lonesome “Homer" Pa’d say Words that are heavy with noth“here’s some rings left Put them ing bat trouble— away and we’ll use them next year” Tinker to Ever to Chance” I’d take the pincers and the steel As I recall it Charles Dryden was clippers and the rings to the ’granary where Pa kept his tools and the first to call Chance “The Peerlday would be over Later on Charley ess Leader" shortened this title to P L Chance It was always work That’s the way it seemed to was t great fighting field manager work a danHe was a fine first baseman me One day when Pa said “HoBut above all a game mer I think I'll let you wean the gerous hitter calves" I never dreamed what scrappy battler fearing nothing not would come from that even s flock of In our section was a Everybody Gamest farmer “CHC” Which came to we be later called farmers remind me that the two in the gamest baUplayers I ever knew Calves figured importantly life of every boy There would be were Johnny Evers and Walter the day a calf was bom somebody They pleyed together for had to take care of that If the calf the Boston Braves of 1914 — the overlthat whipped the fawas a weakling tomebody had to ooked team mous Athletics four straight games look after that special milk then and special feeding and trips to the Ever was as smart as he was bam In the night with a lantern "The Human Splinter” is game Sometimea the mother would die a big part of our baseball history He is now bis old home and the sight of the poor motherless Troy calf would touch me Sometimes it N Y and if you get the chance was the calf who died then we'd drop him a hello have to bury it before the hoga got was another who Pepper Martin it By that I belonged in this class My heart went down when Pa said mean any one of the three mentthat I knew it was hell to wean a ioned would break t leg or a back calf The mother would just about or a neck to win t ball game —or go crazy and so would I She would even to get an extra base Maybe stand by the calf lot and try to get you can name me gamer ballher head through to lick the calf player than Evert MaranviUe or and tha calf would run up and down Martin Maybe you can — but on Its long thin legs and bawl for doubt It They were the Three I would have to milk its mother Musketeers of baseball who could the cow 'who would try to knock my take it— no matter what it was— take head off When I got the eow milked it and like It I would have to pour some of the milk Into a pail and take the pail Passing Marvel to the calf and feed it the rest of It Is still my belief that Harry the milk I would take to the house Gilmer Alabama’ crack rifleman This wasn't for just one calf but I ever the best college passer for doaens sometimes there seemed saw including Sammy Baugh to be thousands This might be taken as a rsther So while my father was doing the The Alabama kid large order chores my job was to wean the barely 18 weighing from 158 to 160 calves and thinpounds Nothing In the world gets as hunchested la the top trust of them calf at least it seemed that all Gilmer is not only a brilliant gry a And nothing makes as way to me long and short passer accurate u much noise about it as a calf anC the inch but he is the only passer nothing is as hard to feed I ever saw skbo can keep nailing (TO BE CONTINUED) a terget 50 yards eway RUBBER Some types of artificial flowers may be renewed by placing them over steam for a few minutes — — When discarding worn bath towels save the best parts and use washcloths or bath for making mitts — — A small vegetable 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