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Perspective 'Speaking of Animalisms' "South Carol 1a Wildlife" Magazine published an article a few years ago written by Horace B. Sims, Jr., enti tled* "Animalisms." It got me to thinking about just how much we de pend on animal-inspired expressions to liven up our descriptive vocabu lary. Horace says "we animalize peo ple all the time." It's true that cer tain people and situations can remind us of animals, either by their appear ance or actions. Take, for instance, some of Horace's examples in ani mal-situation comparisons: When you're down in the dumps you're having "a dog day," but when yddTre on top of the world you're in heaven." If something is very hard to find, many of us often de scribe it as being "scarce as hen's teeth," and when we're stuffed into a small car with eight other people, we'll most likely feel "packed like sardines." Damp Monday mornings don't pre sent any problems for Horace's col lection of animalisms because when "it's raining cats and dogs" on this particular day, he knows we'd proba bly just as soon "sleep in even if it means playing possum." . Nice-looking females may be placed in the "good-looking chick" category, but if accompanied by skinny legs, they'll certainly be de scribed as "bird legs" by somebody else. If you just happen to be able to rattle the church rafters with your rendiction of "Amazing Grace," you can bet your collection envelope that you're well known for "singing like a mockingbird." But, when you've seen your best years, suddenly you're no longer "a spring chicken." Comparing men to animals is a whole lot more fun thou ;h. "Bald as an eagle" is Horace's :hoice for a man ' 'whose head has gi own through his hair." A "comtempti jle old cuss" is no more than "an o d buzzard," and a coward is a tr ie "chicken heart." His animalisms show i is at our best when we bear the aniim i-inspired de scriptions of "wise as an owl," and the "eye of an eagle, 'but an our worse when we're a bit too proud and "strut like a peacock" or a bit too im competent, which mears a sure "tur key" label. EASTERN ECHOES 5y GAIL R06ER50N Horace reminds us Iww we view "unfriendly, unemotional or dull per sons" as "cold fish," smd a person who does not fit his si:uation as "a fish out of water." Since I'm a cat lover, I was partic ularly interested in wliat he had to say about feline comparisons: Being "noteworthy" puts you "in the cat's meow," accumulating some wealth means you're a 'fat cat," and those who are easy to a nger or make passionate are "real tigers." Horace goes on to compare other animalisms such as"full as a tick, bug-eyed, sly as a fox clumsy as a bull, pig-headed, stubborn as a mule, eager as a beaver, strong as an ox," and some that might even have a little "horse sense" though they're as "low as a snake in the ?rass" and al ways the "cow's tail." All this got me to thinking about a man I know who's tourer than bul lhide and meaner than a hell hound, another who's as meek as a lamb, and a woman who stays as busy as a hummingbird in a rose garden. Horace believes; "One well-chosen animalism communicates instantly what several sentences of clumsy de scription will not." And it does. * Just the other day, a very elderly man told me I was too young to re member all this old stuff I write about. ..that I was "just a little bitty biddy." Bless his heart. A little bitty biddy. Don't you just Love animal ism? Note: Animalism quotes used by permission of South Carolina Wildlife Magazine, a bi-monthly publication of South Carolina Wildlife and Ma rine Resources Department, and au thor, Horace B. Sims, Jr. Hunter receives award 18 YEARS AGO Hunter Presented Plymouth By Towe and Chrysler Corp: Jimmy "Catfish" Hunter, was presented a 1969 Plymouth Fury by J.H. Towe. Sr. at Towe Motor Company In Hert ford last week. Hunter's recent ap pointment as Player Representative for the Oakland Athletics made him eligible. Chrysler Corporation has an agreement with the Major League Baseball Players Association whereby they provide each Player Representative with a new car each year, in return for the publicity value they receive for each transaction. Jim Hunter Co-Winner Of Annual W1H Wynne Award : For the first time in years, there will be co-winners of Uie annual Will Wynne Award. It has been announced that Oakland pitcher Jimmy Hunter and State baseball coach Sam Esposito both will be honored at the Raleigh Hot Stove League's annual banquet to be held February 12. The Wynne award is presented annually to the North Carolinian who contributed the most to baseball. Hunter, who pitched a perfect game last May against the Minnesota Twins, is the third pitcher LOCKING RACK By VIRGINIA WHITE "TOANSE/VU in four years to be honored. He has been in the Majors ever since he fin ished the high school career at Per quimans High School in 1964. The righthander has been a starter for the A's for the past two seasons. His no-hitter against Minnesota was the first perfect game pitched in the ma jor leagues during the regular sea son. Hal Rogers. Jr. Is Promoted: Hal K. Rogers, Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal K. Rogers, Sr. of Route 3, Hert ford, was promoted in November to Army specialist First Class in Viet nam. where he is serving with the 4th Infantry. A supply clerk in Head quarters Company 3rd, Battalion of the divisions 12th Infantry. Rogers entered the Army in December 1967. Nicholson dies at home . JMtter several years of ill health, Jo siah Nicholson died in Perquimans County on June 16, 1852. He had made ? his will on the 17th of October in the previous year, and the document shows that the orphan who had started life with little prospered. Josiah bequeathed 211 acres with swamp purchased from Anthony B. Albertson to his sons William and Timothy; William also received "the medical Office he now occupies." Son* Josiah, John, and George W. re ceived the 365-acre home farm, sub ject to their mother's life use. Two hundred and fifty dollars were set J asidcC to complete George's educa ^tion.; Tofhis widow, Anna, Josiah left a feather bed and furniture; walnut buffet, desk, and table; use of planta tion and buildings, with 5000 corn hills recently cleared and a deading about the same size ; use of household and kitchen furniture, crockery ware, and dairy utensils; a horse; a yoke of oxen; two cows, a heifer, and a small brindled steer ; two sows and pigs; six head of sheep; a barouche (carriage) and harness; two carts; and farming utensils and tools. Josiah appointed his sons William and Timothy as executors, request ing them to sell a tract of land near Vosses Creek as well as the remain der of his crop, stock, and pork. The will was witnessed by Jeptha White and Josephus White. i Anna Nicholson remained on the homeplace in North until 1860, when despite being an invalid she deter mined to move to Dublin, Indiana, to live with her daughter (by her first husband) Elizabeth. Anna informed her son Timothy of the reasons for undertaking such an arduous journey: "Son, I am sure there will be war between the North MSTftRICAL Sl m?tes BY RAy WINSLOw and South. I may then be too feeble to travel and William or Josiah will have to stay with me, so I felt that I must come now in order that they might be able to get away when the war begins." After the civil War she had cor rectly foreseen was over, Anna de cided to return to North Carolina. She obtained a certificate from Milford Monthly Meeting of Friends in In diana dated May 26, 1866, which was received at Piney Woods Monthly Meeting in Perquimans on July 7. On February 1, 1868, Anna again became an elder at Piney Woods as she had been in 1837. Quaker records show Anna died July 11, 1868, but her tombstone in the White-Nicholson family cemetery near Belvidere gives the date Octo ber 24, 1870. She was buried near her husband and two of their sons. HERTFORD "THE HOME or Jm (CffTRSM) HUNTCR Highway 17 Needs a new sigrii. " BRSEBftU. HAIL OF FUME Author states concern over rising costs of insurance It's a subject that should concern all of us as it affects us where it usually hurts most... our pocket books. While waiting in the doctor's office recently, I thumbed through a publi cation entitled "North Carolina To morrow." The tabloid newsletter is printed by the North Carolina Medi cal Society, and it presented a fright ening look into the future of basic health care services in North Caro lina. The ever-increasing costs of secur ing liability insurance is causing many businesses to close, putting thousands out of work. Health care is especially affected, as rising insur ance costs cause more and more doc tors to practice "defensive" medi cine. Since a doctor in North Carolina stands a one in six chance of becom ing the target of a malpractice claim, many order extra tests, perform ad ditional procedures, and maintain more detailed charts and records,. While some of this is good, defensive medicine is very expensive, adding as much as $25 billion to the nation's health care bill each year. Some doc tors in North Carolina who have never been sued are paying more than $30,000 a year for liability insur ance. Naturally, that $600 a week in surance cost is passed on to the pa tient. As America becomes obsessed with a "sue'em society, consumers must pay more for everything from vital health care to a variety of man ufactured goods. Also, the basic pub lic services we often take for granted are threatened. Liability insurance for police and fire protection, volun teer rescue squads, and other serv ices is becoming increasingly expen sive and difficult to obtain. To cover these rising liability costs, govern ments are going to have to reduce A note from Gina I would like to take this opportunity to say congratulations to Jimmy Hunter on his election into the baseball Hall of Fame. It is truly a great honor, and everyone in the county is extremely proud of his achievements. I would also like to say thank you to the Hunter's for their hospitality during our recent interview. It was a thrill I won't soon forget, and they were both great. Congratulations again. We'll see you at Cooperstown. THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Established In 1932 Published Each Thursday By The Doily Advance. Elizabeth City, N.C. Second Class Postage Paid at Hertford, N.C. 27944 USPS 428-080 Gina K. Jepson Editor Carol A. O'Neal Advertisinf Manager ONE YEAR MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES In-County Out-Of-County *9.00 *10.00 119 West Grubb Street P.O. Box 277 Hertford, N.C. 27944 M?mb?r North Carolina Pratt Attociation National Nawtpapar Attociation North Carolina Attociation ol Community Nawtpopart services, raise taxes, or both. Again, the consumer will pay. The human effect of the liability crisis in medical care is already be ing felt in eastern North Carolina. In many communities, doctors refuse to deliver babies for fear of being sued and the rising cost of liability insur ance. If changes aren't made, nearly one-fourth of North Carolina's 100 counties will be without obstetrical services. David Tayloe, Jr., a Goldfsboro pe diatrician, continues a family tradi tion of five generations of doctors, all having practiced in eastern North Carolina. But like so many of his peers, he is concerned about the fu ture of medical care in th estate, es pecially in rural areas. Tayloe says practicing medicine is like having a "loaded gun at your head," and he wil probably not en courage his children to pursue a ca reer in medicine. Many olner doctors feel the same way. They aren't saying malpractice doesn't exist. They admit there are bad doctors just as there are bad law yers, construction workers, factory workers and others. There are legiti mate claims and the victims shield | be compensated. Also, members of the medical profession must t&ke stronger steps to police themselves. But many believe things are getting out of hand. If something goes wrong, it doesn't necessarily mean a patient has been mistreated. Mast claims are found to be without merit, and are often dis missed, dropped or decided in: the doctor's favor. However, these Jaw suits clog up the courts and the cost 1 of defending the mad millions to- the nation's health care bill each yeir. While we should certainly expect quality products and services, we must realize that alternatives to jfche national pastime of filing a suit when things aren't exactly right '4*re needed. The insurance crisis is pfut ting everyone at risk and threatqens to put our nation out of business; We are forcing an end to the basic daily . services we have come to depend on Unless there are changes in alti tudes, our standard of living is gfong to decline, while the costs of securing services continue to rise. We siiltoly can't afford to allow this to happ^k NEWS COUPON | The news and editorial staff of the Perquimans Week? would like you to tell us what kind of stories you like to see life the paper. If there is something or someone you feel is impdn tant ? or some provocative issue you would like us to exam ine ? please, let us know. Just clip and fill out this coupon. Include as many details at possible (Names, addressses, telephone numbers, etc.) It may not be possible for us to use some of the stories sug' gested but we are always looking for new ideas. So, next time you think of something you feel would make < good story, send it to: News Coupon, Perquimans Weekly P.O. 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