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THE RAILWAY TRAIN Emily Dickinson 1 like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, stop. Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the Sides of roads, And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, homing stanza Then chase itself downhill And neigh like Boanerges, Then punctual as a star, Stop â€" docile and omnipotem â€" At its own stable door. it it * Mountain â€" Branch toured an apple orâ€" chard, a cider factory and heard a speaker on the production of apples. Mallorytown -â€" speaker telling the story of Louis Hebert, Canada’s first farmer. Little’s Corners had a nurseryman speak on care of roses, shrubs and lawns. * 'k * "Courtesy is like the air in a tire. It eases many jolts and saves many sore spots." * 1k * Home Economics and Health Elora donated a lifeâ€"sized plastic doll to a local hospital to be used to demonstrate heart and lung disease. Cassburn H roll call â€"â€" Sewing Tricks. A member gave a talk on thread including hints on threading a needle. Coldwater â€"â€" motto â€" “A good homemaker is one who not only does her homemaking in her own home, but in her town and in her country." Huronia Goldwater Sr. mottoâ€"“To be able to speak several languages is valuable, but the ability to keep one’s mouth shut in one language is priceless.“ Pine Ridge â€" speaker using the title, "Health in the Drug Age." “Are we being encouraged too much in a childlike faith in the ‘instant happiness‘ that we get from pills?” asked the speaker. She continued, “Pills en» able us to take a holiday from reality. If our forefathers had been tranquilized to the state that some of our present population are, we might stlll be plowing with a stick.” Delhi â€"- speaker discussed “Headaches, their cause and cure." Simple exercises were demonstrated and the members were required to do an exercise or pay a fine. 34 Helena Feasby program featured a pittil‘l din cussion with the subject “The Changing infirm of Women.” One member was discugqtl..._. Old and new remedies for sickness. She sail: '00“ your back ache? When Grandma's did ,:.. tied on a slice of raw beef. When it blacker ‘ -l the pain was thought to have been drawn w. Haysvillc. The services of the Victm. Or‘ der of Nurses were explained to the m. This service is available to people it areas. There is a charge to the pan. hm financial circumstances are considered charges are made. (Ed_ Nate: Members of [he Women' true will be interested to know that ,-l. Headless assisted Lady Aberdeen in the tion of the Victorian Order of Nurses.) South Loho reports having a physioitl‘ pin visit their Health meeting who explaini .lml many of our aches and pains come trot our posture and can be eliminated by follo ; a few simple rules in the daily routine of -lBs. Mildmay -â€" speaker â€" a hospital -er- visor explaining some nursing technique Helena Feasby â€" speaker â€" Probl. of Overweight and Underweight. Jasper Branch â€" speaker â€" A ma at a nursing home discussed Geriatrics, exp mg the medical care, food and relaxation no try for elderly people. Galt members knitted baby outfits. s; .n. vests, bonnets and booties for the “So the Children Fund”; and an afghan for it icd Cross. Oxford Mills members provided tr. ni- tation for children needing to go to clin Bentpath â€" a speaker and film (its mg Cystic Fibrosis. Shanty Bay â€" a speaker from the 1-1 we Society. Thornton â€" a speaker telling of disc vi the Circulatory System. Thibeault â€" speaker â€" "Care of W Plants." Members expressed pleasure t ed from visiting other branches. * 1k * LOVELIEST OF TREES A. E. Hausman L0ve1iest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough. And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. Now, of my three score years and ten. Twenty will not come again, And take from seventy springs a score It only leaves me fifty more. And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room. About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry hung with snow. HOME AND cou ITRV