Did you know that if you are struck by lightening, you will be heated to 28,999 degrees centigrade, which is hotter than the surface of the sun?!?!
Also interesting is that the Hawaiian alphabet has only 12 letters.
I found it funny to learn that Eskimos have hundreds of word for snow but not one word for "hello".
If you live on a farm, you probably have seen a windmill turn....it always turns counter-clockwise.....did you ever notice this??
The word dreamt is the only word in the English language which ends in "mt".
Cockroaches can live 9 days without their heads before they starve to death. (this is why I was concerned about that huge supposedly dead cockroach in yesterday's post.)
Humans are born with 350 bones in their body, but when a person reaches adulthood, they only have 206 bones.....because many fused together to become one bone. One quarter of the bones in your body are in your feet.
Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a Friday the 13th.
A giraffe can clean its own ears with its 21 inch tongue.
Its impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. And every time you sneeze your heart stops for a second.
Like fingerprints, every person's tongue has a certain print.
Most dust particles in your home are from dead skin. Your body sheds 10 million flakes a day.
Beetles taste like apples; wasps like pine nuts; and worms like fried bacon.
A kangaroo can't walk backwards.
A shrimp's heart is in its head.
Some facts are totally worthless information but I like knowing these! In fact some are completely useless! Now you know a bunch of worthless stuff....read it, enjoy it and file in your brain for a rainy day. The next time you are in a conversation with a brainy person, tell them one of your new found facts.....and see if they know one of these juicy pieces of information.
Old Tyme Greenview
Taken from The History of Menard and Mason Counties 1879
Jacob Boyer and James Meadows, who were brothers-in-law, came to Sugar Grove, from the American bottom, in the spring of 1819. They had lived a year or two on Wood River, in the American bottom, two and a half miles from Alton meadows, brought one wagon drawn by two horses, and, in addition, one milk cow, a yoke of yearling steers, that had been broken to work when suckling claves, and some thirty head of hogs. Boyer brought three horses, two milk cows, and perhaps a yoke of oxen. About the same day that Boyer and Meadows came, the Blane family, consisting of four brothers, one sister and the mother, came to the same grove. This family was of Irish blood, and it was from them that the "Irish Grove," in the east part of the county, received its name. The Blanes brought two two-horse teams and six or seven yoke of oxen. Boyer and Meadows erected a cabin on the south side of the grove, which was occupied by Boyer, and Meadows put up a "three-faced camp" on the ground now occupied by the "Sugar Grove Cemetery." Before the Blanes settled there, they had been camped for a few days in the "Irish Grove," as it had since been called; it is therefore very probable that they were camped in the county when Clary settled at Clary's Grove.
The Blanes also "took claims," erected cabins and began business in earnest. These were the first settlers on the east side of the Sangamon River.
Before giving an account of the future settlement of Sugar Grove, it may not be amiss to relate an incident in the early history of this settlement, illustrating the fact that human nature is ever the same, and that even in this early day men had need of civil courts. It will be necessary to explain that although the trouble began when but few families had settled there, it was some time before it culminated in a lawsuit, as there were no courts of justice in reach till some time later.
As stated above, Meadows brought two horses, thirty head of hogs and two yearling calves with him to the grove. Not many months elapsed until both the horses were missing, and the hogs were all strayed away and lost. Not a great while after these misfortunes, one of the little oxen was found dead in the woods. Diligent search was made in every direction for the missing stock, as they could not be replaced without great trouble and expense, owing to the distance from any other settlement. In his anxiety, Mr. M. applied to a fortune-teller, who strolled through the new settlement, practicing his art, as the ancient troubadour used to stroll from village to village, to rehearse the deeds of his heroes. This seer told Mr. Meadows that the horses were in the possession of the Indians, and that he would recover them after awhile, though but one at a time. Sure enough, the horses were found in the hands of the Indians, who said they had traded for them from a Frenchman. The horses were so jaded that they were of no service, and soon after died. The hogs, he was told, had gone down the Sangamon River, where one-half of them had been eaten by a "squatter," and the rest he would recover. Meadows followed the directions given, found the cabin of the suspected settler, but found none of the hogs. He, however, traded for a frying-pan from the worthy citizens, the one, he supposed, in which his hogs had been fried; but the remainder of the hogs were found as had been predicted. The fortune-teller further said that the ox came to its death at the hands of one of Mr. M.'s neighbors, in the following manner: The neighbor was making rails in the timber, his coat lying on a log near by, when the poor calf came browins along, and, spying the coat, he determined to make a meal of it. The laborer, seeing his coat about to be swallowed, ran and stuck the brute on the loins with his maul, and the blow proved sufficient to kill it on the spot.
Although this was only the statement of a superstitious fortune-teller, yet it was believed strongly enough to induce Mr. Meadows to begin a suit against the accused party, which was in the courts for several years, cost a vast sum of money, and created a feud between two families, which lasted to the second generation. This is spoken of as the first lawsuit of any importance in the county; and also as illustrating a superstitious belief in fortune-tellers that at the time was almost universe
(Note: This is several other paragraphs in this section so I will post additional paragraphs in tomorrow's post).
Recipe
I love southern style light, buttery and flaky biscuits. This is my most favorite recipe for butter dipped biscuits.
Butter Dipped Biscuits
1/4 cup butter or margarine (better with unsalted butter)
1 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2/3 to 1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. While the oven is heating, put the butter in an 8-inch square baking dish and place in the oven for butter to melt.
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Stir in 2/3 cup of buttermilk. Continue adding a bit more buttermilk, little by little until a loose dough forms.
Remove the baking dish from the oven and press the biscuit dough over the melted butter, using floured fingers. Cut the biscuits into 9 squares, then bake for 12 - 15 minutes, until golden.
Thought For The Day
Life is a succession of moments.
To live each is to succeed.
--Corita Kent
Winter is coming on quickly. With winter, it means higher heating costs for people and that might mean fewer dollars for buying food for some families.
We are a very small town, but we are lucky to have a food pantry which can help those who are having trouble meeting their monthly food needs. But when the economy is down, so are food donations. Per capita, we have lots of families in need. Times are tough folks!! It doesn't matter if you don't live here.....we consider all readers of this blog Greenviewanites.....born here or adopted, it doesn't matter to us.
Most of us waste two or three dollars a week and don't think a thing about this waste. But instead of wasting those two or three dollars a week or even a month, what if you stuck it in an envelope and sent it to Greenview's Food Pantry in the name of your beloved parents, or your pet who passed away or ..... just because! Perhaps your parents were Greenview residents long ago, and when you think about it, they might be looking down upon you and would be really proud of you if you make that two or three (or even more) dollar donation in their name. It will make you feel good and it will definitely do some good ...... that two or three dollars a week/month could help feed several mouths. It could buy several cans of vegetables or several loaves of day old bread.
Even though we don't like to think about the Holidays coming, they are. The Holiday food baskets put a big strain on the local food pantry. Think about how much it costs you to buy food to cook just one Holiday dinner for your family. Think about how it would feel to not have money to buy ingredients for your family's dinner for the Holidays. The food pantry tries to help families that are having trouble purchasing food and especially during the holidays it's immensely important. But it takes a lot.....money, donations and lots of love.
Do me a favor.....in the next few weeks, put a couple of bucks in an envelope and address it to the Greenview Food Pantry. Put a note in, and, if you don't have a person for dedication of that donation, tell them you want to donate to the food pantry in the name of Greenview's Best History and Humor Blog:
"yagottaknowthisaboutthat.blogspot.com".
The address of the Food Pantry is:
Greenview Food Pantry
P.O. Box 42
Greenview, IL 62642
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