PAGE 8 -- The Perkins Journal Thursday, October II, 1984
J
The Natural Way
Dr. Jeff Black
Professor of Biology
Oklahoma Baptist University
; Dancing Chicken Educated Hen, Gypsy
~rhe county fair has Hen, Ask Henda,
be~n~ over for a week.Basketball Playing
Tliis is barely enough Chicken, Kissing Bunny,
tlmefor our family to get Piano Playing Duck,
rested and look back and Bird Brain, Bat Bird,
say how much we en- Dancing Chicken, Picken
joyed this year~s fair. Pekin, Fire Chief Rabbit
Ju~iith~and I grew up in and Drumming Duck.
treat. The treats for more rabbits on reserve they are getting plenty of
chickens are grains while to ride the fire engine, food and care.
ducks and rabbits get White Leghorn hens are I will continue to be
food pellets. ' best because they don't fascinated by the Arkan-
It takes about 8 - 10 get heavy, are active, and sas group that have
weeks to train animals easier to train than other taught thousands of
and they then go on tour breeds, hens, rabbits and other
for 9 months out of the The animals actually 'untrainable' animals to
year. This gives the seem to 'enjoy' perform- do these almost incredi-
animals about 3 months ing the tricks. The quar- bit things. I will pro-
to rest before they hit the ter put in the machine bably also continue to
road again. They do not turns on a light inside the put my quarter in the
need to be retrained and box that starts the slot {when Peter and An-
some birds perform the animal through'the steps drew aren't watching!} to
same tricks for 7 to 8 of its performance. Imatch skills with the tic
years, noticed that most ani- tac toe playing hen or to
There are always mals didn't wait for the let the Gypsy hen tell my
spare animals for each quarter to drop, but fortune. And I do feel
machine as some animals started their act when better after the man in
don't want to work on a they saw the quarter Amarillo told me that
particular day or won't start to enter the slot. more adults put money
All the animals look into the automated
healthy and well fed. The animal show than do
fact that most of thekids. I can't wait for the
hens are laying eggs next big fair!
everyday, also shows
small:~communltms in These are all ch,.'ckens, work continuously for
Orego~where the county ducks and rabbits thatthe 12 hour day. Rabbits
fair Was the biggest have been trained by are smarter than
event ~ the year and we Animal Behavior Enter-chickens, but more stub-
rarely hlissed them. We prises in Hot Springs,born. Thus they need
st~ll enjoy the fairs, but Arkansas. A quarter in
fill that two sons in the machine lets you play
F~A'vneans that fairtic tactoewithawhite What Age is Old?
ti~e is work time for leghorn; watch a Pekin
pa~rents and we are Duck play the piano;
l,
a ways exhausted by the watch a chicken throw
time it is over.
][ have figured out a
wary to still enjoy the
fairs without all the
p~ent involvement. I
take my two sons and
their "show animals to
oth~r'fairs! Then I can
wal~ ~ound and see all
the~hibits, eat the ex-
cell~t~ food, and really
rela~:until it is time to
drive home.
My sons sometimes
don't want to be seen
with me, because I still
enjoy wasting some
quarters on some of the
game~ and exhibits. I am
always fascinated with
the automated animal
shows that feature the
-O-
ping pong balls in a
basket or a rabbit jump
on a toy fire engine and
blow a siren.
I recently visited with
the man in charge of one
of the traveling shows at
the Tri State Fair in
Amarillo, Texas. He said
that most people think
the animals are shocked
to make them do their
tricks, but this is not the
case. All the animals are
trained humanely and
scientifically with
methods of modern
psychology, not with
punishment. When the
animals do the right
thing during training,
they are rewarded with a
.o-
Dotter Family BOND ELECTION
Reunion Saturday IS CALLED
The Dotter Family CLEVELAND --
Reunion will be held November 13, will be the
Saturday Oct. 13 at old date for an $850,000
Dotter farm 4 miles bond issue to construct
south of StiUwater. Any middle school class-
friends of the Dotters are rooms.
welcome. "o-
By Winnie Corley but didn't realize how old or she thought I was. The
I was quite incensed until I visited the corn- guesses ranged from
when I learned the 'old' munity where they had thirty-two to fifty-four.
man, who demolt~shed my grown up. Old As it turned out, each
granddaughter's car was grayhaired people keptchild had guessed me
only sixty-five. That isn't telling me, 'I went towithin two years of his or
old. Anyone less than school with your dad her own mother's age.
eighty should never be when I was a kid.' Dad'sI guess mostly we
called old. hair shoed little gray, associate old age with
Now, Ill admit there and Mom's was as blackthat of our parents. One
was a time when I felt as a crow. Surely there thought that occurred to
differently. As a kid, was some mistake. No, me over and over when
when my parents ex- that was the way the my dad passed away is,
pected me to dry the- matter stood. Through 'now my sisters, brothers
dishes, mind the baby, this I developed a kind of and I are the older
and pick up chips, I reverence for my Ix)or old generation. Should I
dreamed of that far dif- dad and mother, start shopping for a
ferent future when I It seemed no time un- cane?'
would reach the ripe old til I began hearing myAs an 'overworked
age of forty-two. Why own pupils refer to me as child' I dreamed of the
forty-two I don't know. 'Old Lady Corley'. When day I could lay my
Anyway, then I would I reached the once burdens down and rock
be so old no one would coveted age of forty-two, my life away. The nearer
expect me to work so I didn't get a rockingthat time approached,
hard. Why then I could chair on the front porch, the less I wanted to be
sit on the porch in a rock- instead, I moved to a new old. That is when I
ing chair and crochet all teaching job. started moving old age
day long; no* dishes to As is the custom with backward ten years at a
dry, no chips to pick up, kids, my pupils wantedtime. I wonder, will I be
no one would even expect to know how old I was.ready to be old when I
me to mind the baby. Rather than tell them, I am eighty, or will I push
As I grew up, I suppos- had each to write on a'old age' back another
ed my parents were old, piece of paper how old he ten years?
THINKING IT OVER
Western Early Day W
By Zola Sample magazines for ages.
Women not only were Many women's notoriety
important in the working came from their drastic
of family life on the fron- actions and I shall men-
tier in the toiling of clear- tion some in this short
ing the land, other out- article. Readers can then
door tasks and drudgery, reminisce about many
but took a hand in other history-making
politics of that day. traits.
In territorial days in Take for instant Carrie
Wyoming a woman was Nation. I wonder what
elected as peace officer as she would do in this day
early as the 1860's. She and age about the Liquor
was a success. This pro- by the Drink bill to be
mpted other women to voted on? She would pro-
make a move. By 1869 bably sharpen her hat-
the womens' sufferage chet, gather an apron full
movement was in full of rocks and take to'em.
swing. On September 6, This she did in her day.
1870 the Wyoming When she was ready to
Legislature passed the appear in the doorway of
bill and the governor a saloon in Wyoming, her
signed it, giving women six foot, one hundred
the right to vote. In 1870 eighty pound, broad-
women in Wyoming were shouldered frame clothed
the first to vote in all the in a black frock took the
world. Before this women saloon keeper and his
were considered silent customers by surprise.
figures in the family She noticed the naked
household when it came picture of a woman
to political issues, behind the bar and at
Women were also allow- once slashed it down. She
ed to serve on juries once threw her apron full of
the bill was passed, and rocks at the mirror,
in fact just about the breaking it to pieces with
first jury called after this glass flying in all direc-
date, six women served tions. Everyone was so
on the jury along with six stunned that she got
men. Women soon away without being
became noticable on the molested or stopped. She
western front and some was later arrested but.
became quite notorious, was soon out of jail and
Their names have up- working hard and long on
peared in history books, her liquor crashing
detective stories, and career. Other women
joined her and
was on. She
snatch
mouths and did
other daring
the cause of better
and life for
her preaching
many saloon
were run out of
across the
band
because she
~op her
was a
woman.
Another
character was
Starr. She had
shot by a
south Texas
Civil War. The
ed in
at the time.
harsh and unruly
teenager and
with a gang
bers, bank
other unruly
visited her old
place many years
and could easily
she could outwit
who tried to
when at her home
hills of this
quite notorious
number of years.
Another was
Mulhall, a
movie actor
famous for her
the Western
AREA STUDENTS
ON SUMMER OSU
Announce Birth of HONOR ROLL
A total of 777 students
First Grandson earned recognition on
Mr. and Mrs. Verlin academic honor rolls at
Morgan wish to an- Oklahoma StateUniver-
nounce the birth of their sity for the 1984 summer
first grandson, Nathaniel session.
Allen Lee. He was born Those recognized earn-
at Bass Baptist ed spots on either the
Hospital, Enid, Dean's or the President 's
September 19, 1984 and Honor Roll.
weighed six pounds, *Denotes those
three and one-half ounces students named to the
and is the son of Mr. and President's Honor Roll.
Mrs. Michael Lee of Perkins: *Fred Aresco,
Garber. Justin Roy Murray.
Paternal grandparents Agra: *Kay Porter,
are Mr. and Mrs. David *Galen E. Porter
Lee of Hennessey. Orlando: *Mitchell
-o- Leon Edmondson.
THE FIVE
OF
By John
D.M.D.
Every tooth
sides, so
brush only
faces frontS
backs of their
doing 60%
fact, the only
can clean every
every tooth is by
brushing and
ing
floss can clean the
between your teetl~
.._JOURNAL FOOD
,, COLUMN
/1 Different Way to Cook Pheasant Topped with an Oatmeal Pie
/~ ' Readers have let the students getting ready to fry it. And French toasttie different than we've 1 cup quick-cooking nonite preacher who had
editor know that they catch the school bus, sandwiches are great ever heard of before. It rolled oats years of experience cook-
miss the recipes that up- French toast is probably with a big sausage patty, really makes sense, 1 unbaked 9-inch pastrying for a large household
peared in The Journal prepared in many homes,or several strips of bacon, because many cooks findshell of children on a mis-
every week until last It isaneasythingtodo, or a couple links of it difficult to prepareCream togetherbutter sionary'spay. Proof that
spring when Janet tastes good, has all the sausage between pieces wild game in a manner and eggs. Add cirmamon,you can take practically
~:l~eeder, who was food values your child of toast, that will be appetizing, cloves and salt. Stir in nothing and come up
Homemaker editor, quit needs, and is easy to Or you can prepare the Also, this recipe sounds syrup. Add eggs, one atwith something sweet
:: :and a replacement was clean up after. There is a whole works, French like it could work not on- a time, stirring after each and delicate. Bet that
::~ unavailable, lot of energy {fuel} intoast around a scrambledly for fowl, but for any addition until blended.Oatmeal Pie tastes better
It has been the inten- French toast; flour in the egg, topped off with a type of wild game, suchStir in rolled oats. Pour than if it had a bunch of
tion of the editor to havebread, protein in the egg slice of melted cheese, as squirrel and rabbit,into unbaked pastry sweet apples in it.
~ :~the staff create a Food and milk and a tummy and several strips of COOKING shell. Bake in moderate x x x
Corner that homemakers full of this lasts most of bacon with a big glass of PHEASANT OR oven (350) about 1 hourIf your recipe calls for
could look forward to the morning, orange juice, or for the CHICKEN or until knife comes out a cup of sour milk and
each week. There is an in-In your house, you older folks around your Cut fowl into desired clean. Note: During bak- you don't happen to have
- ~ ner need, apparently, for may grab the range top breakfast table, place sections ing, the oatmeal forms a any in the house, here's
~ ~ ° ° •
those revolved m cooking griddle, a bowl, an egg these ingredients neatlySalt and pepper to tastechewy '~nutty" crust onwhat you can do:
., ~d kitchen artmtry to and the milk and quicklybalanced on a plate, andBeat 2 eggs, add ½ cup top. Pie is rich, delicate Take a cup of sweet
have a fresh supply of whip up an egg batter toeat a hearty breakfast in milk ly spiced, milk and add 1 Table
~ffew ideas, dip the bread in, flop it style! Dip fowl into egg mix- This recipe was passed spoon of vinegar or
When one looks in the over on the hot griddle Remember, French ture, then on by Mrs. Clifford E. lemon juice; or substitute
kitchen drawer or and '~ry" to a golden toast is flexible. Youcan Into 1½ cup of ground Koehn, the wife of a Men- one cup of buttermilk.
cabinet, and pulls out all brown on both sides. Butget by with using your crackers.
the recipe books, it seems where can you go from several day old bread, Then place browned sec-
it would be impossible tothere? There are many and milk that is on the tions in baking pan or
come up with a new idea directions, border line of being dish
or recipe. There are For a little variety blinky. Even some of Pour l ½ cups of cream or Did you ever stop and think about all the
. :: ::::iiterally thousands of around your breakfast your older eggs that you canned milk over information you get from your newspaper?
[ ~ecipes and methods and table, sprinkle cinnamonmight not like to serve p i e c e s
.... Births, deaths, accidents, local stories,
| ~ :~mtmns of these, most sugar on the French sunnyside up, mix well Cover with foil or a lid. national stories, international sle.ries, sports,
| ?~!~ them down on paper, toast, first letting the with the milk, and friedBake in 375 degree oven features, columns, stories on government at
[ :, !~any carried around in margarine or butter melt to a golden crisp crust on until tender or about all levels, stories about your neighbors...and
IC:;~the head and passed on all over the tol>of it. Or French toast end up 1½ hours your friends, advertising, classified ads,
~ f~om generation to powdered sugar is good,quite edible. Frying That is being pretty public notices, entertaining stories, sad
:~ ~eneration, or scribbled again on melted butter,seems to take the rustic, yet with a little
"~ oh a piece of wrappingThen there is the "pan-blinkiness out of unfresh modern touch by using stories, glad stories and a whole lot more!
paper or an old, brown cake" approach, French foods. Of course, you
paper sack• toast with hot syrup andmust use good kitchen
~ If all the recipes that butter, or honey and jel- sense afld~intuition and
. were ever written were ly. One motherwhipsup not use an egg that
-~, together in one place, no some instant oatmeal would splatter all over
doubt they would fill a {somewhat dry}, and the kitchen cabinet when
, building. Now add to this spoons that on the you break it, or milk that
'~ ~he recipes for new French toast, adds sugaris watery under a scum of
• i. methods of cooking, such and a dab of milk to wetmildew on top.
~ as the microwaves, it down. Served hot, itis x x x
~,~ blenders, steam pots, delicious! Talking about cool
broilers, grills, etc., and Or if you have a big, mornings and turning
Tou can see there will husky football player leaves, reminds us that
,~.~ never be an end to new who likes the taste and hunting season is upon
.... recipes and concoctions, feel of meat, put just aus, and we ran onto a
, For instance, these touch of garlic or oniondandy recipe for fixing
,,~ cool mornings with salt on the toast as youpheasant or chicken a lit-
the cream or canned
milk.
XXX
If you want a dessert
to go with that pheasant,
why not try an Oatmeal
Pie. It is made from
basics right in your
cabinet. Won't even have
to go to the store.
OATMEAL PIE
½ cup of sugar
~A cup butter
½ t. ground cinnamon
½ t. ground cloves
~A t. salt
1 cup dark corn syrup
3 eggs
Walk into a darkened room where you can't
see anything and turn on the lights so you
can see everything...quite a difference!
Newspapers make that same difference in
your life...iettingyou see 'what is going on
all around you. Keep the lights
on...celebrate National Newspaper Week
with us!
And remember if you
cool mornings and
are running late to get
those kids to school oS
time, make your pancake
batter thin. They'll c~ok
twice as fast and be just
as tasty or even tastier:
because they
a golden brown a
quicker and not. be quite
so doughy. Remember,
the thicker your mix, th~
thicker the pancake
the longer it takes to
cook.
xxx
Watch this corner ne~t
• week and we ]l see what
the Journal staff
come up with.
NAT'ONAL
NEW-SPAPER
WEEK
