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The Huron Expositor, 1960-02-05, Page 2. Since 1860 Serving the Community First b1Ished..at SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by Member of MCLEAN BROS., Publi`s ers Canadian Weekly NeAvspapers ANDREW Y.. McLEAN, Editor ST ESCRIPTION RATES.:.. Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE. COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH • Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa ----- Asaoeiation SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 5, 1960 "McKillop McKillop Workshop Helpful To, Area Farmers The Workshop arranged by the 1V.eIIillop Federation of Agriculture is an indication of assistance which agricultural organizations can ren- der their members. At a time when farmers are facing the most difficult Situations they have had to.. meet in many years, iris important that ev- erything possible be • done . to keep them -informed. That is what the 41.:.. Worshops 'ia designed to' do. Similar workshops have been held in other municipalities in past years and each has made a substantial con- tributiofi' in that ' it added to the knowledge and enlarged the outlook of the people who attended. Similar resultscan. be anticipated from the McKillop gathering. Here, however, the benefits can Department Of 'ForeStry The suggestion . contained in the recent Throne Speech at Ottawa that the 'Diefenbaker government was contemplating the establishment of a new. Department of Forestry seems at odds with the oft -stated intention ' --rives, Big Government is growing even bigger. The suggestion points up the ex- tentto which under the Conserva-. tint;Big Govement is growing ev- en bigger. ,ePA. There can be no doubt that forests are -an important Canadian natural resource. But we must remember that each of- the ten provinces is al- ready concerned . 'vith forest prac- tices and conservation. For the Dief- enbaker Government to establish a separate department to deal with forest _resources can only result in costly duplication. It' is duplication that -the country can well afford to do without, having regard to the all- time record deficit already in exist - Why Do People Av Why is it that people tend to avoid • discussionof the vital issues and re- fuse to take an active part in the more important organizations, asks the Exeter Tunes -Advocate. "Are we afraid to tackle the big problems, are we -just apathetic," the paper wonders, and goes on to discuss a sit- uation that is as present ;in Seaforth ' and other similar towns as it appears to be in Exeter. "If you're on the executive of an _organization; suggest that the next program include' a ' panel on a com- munity topic or a local speaker on a municipal issue. You'll be greeted with a thud of disapproving silence. -"Or promote the idea that your club or group appoint an observer to a public organization to report on its progress. See how popular you are. ' - "Or, if you were a delegate to an important conference, ` report only the business highlights rather than the entertainment. You'll lose .your audience. ``why is -i that service clubs -or-- fraternal organizations have large v' memberships but municipalities have --to hold two and sometimes three nom- inations- a year to fill only a few Beat? "Why is it that businessmen will serve as officers of all kinds of groups : but they won't take an active part in a Chamber of Commerce or similar organizations which affect their very llivelihood? • "Why is i t,that farmers, app arent- reved ' With acute probleins, s �avould rather hear stories or listen to entertainers than discuss :policy or '� o`v`ernment progra,' " when they' have e annual' ' m ting of their • ederatiarr'dr_ thmon" • "Wh• would a delegate to an m- oc'Tit international confere ce de- scribe thehighlights of his trip and l h .die's seen'rather • tbie unusual:� gh, ' than repo on the decisions made? "We -- but We , o,. . d know `w don't � w .cl � -Ton as -�o �le refuse l�fi°� Mist as � to thy' issue :..tat ., confront' l be much greater because the pro- gram which has been arranged in- cludes, as speakers, authorities an al- most every subject which has a bear- ing on`the farmers', welfare. Those attending will learn of the latest de- velopments in' marketing and in farm production. They will be told of the problem created -by- -the in- crease in supports to incentive levels, how deficiency payments are designr ed to control -surpluses and the effect they have on. the .farmer's' income. Meetings of the McKillop F of A Workshop will be held Monday and Wednesday' in Brodhagen Commun- ity Hall, and on Tuesday in Carnegie Hall, Seafortn. Not only McKillop farmers, but farmers throughout the .area, will find it well .worth their while to attend each of -the sessions. i tion Is� dostiy�u � ca encs., . d ' Apart from the cost and increase in' the. Civil Service which the `crea- tion of such a department would make necessary, there inevitably would be a growth of restrictions and controls that could have the effect of hinderiffg,' rather than helping, the efforts being advanced by the prov- inces row inces in the development of Canada's forests. There are many areas where the federal government could cooperate with the provinces to further efforts on behalf of this prime industry. These could' include fire control and the negotiation of common standards of forest usage. But why a' full fledg- ed government department, headed by a minister and flanked by an army of civil servants;-' is necessary -for such duties is far from clear, particu- larly -when it is known that many of these functions are already being carried out by existing government departments. oid• Facing Issues? them, someone else will make the de- cisions for them. A few in higher 'government, -or- higher. office, deter- mine the policy, take the action, spend the money With little or no -di-• rection' from the people whom' they represent. "If those decisions are wrong, who is fundamentally at fault?" Instant Fifties? We are not just starting a new •year but a new -decade. There were the Roaring Twenties, the Hungry Thirties, the Fighting Forties. The past decade may have been the Fabu- lous Fifties, but they were also the _ �:Itant Fifties. The world's peace aid.. all our lives' have become con- trolled by the hair trigger on an in- tercontinental ballistic missile, oper- ated by men who must give instant reaction to any given situation.— (The Napanee Post -Express). For Grinds Sakes! In one- fell swoop a "surgeon in London has turned history inside out to reveal that things were not all what they seemed. What happened to Napoleon at Waterloo, according to Dr.' James Kemble, occurred not, as we had sup- - posed, ecause the conquest -hungry Coriscan had finally overreached himself or because the bumbling Gen- eral Grouchy, didn't show up when he was supposed to. Not at all.. It was•. -Napoleon's ituitary gland. The gland gave in, pp he jig asu. N=a o]eon o at and �w p gotfat, p Now 'it -', s, :perfectly that we plain'world, have beenjiving in an illusoryVV V�,, g What, for example, do a know about Mr. Diefenbaker's . ;pituitary, his thyroid, or his 1 hatic glands? ihis- "tory •s- lI Nothing. But if hl '•Koh ns? � and d e lesson O tserveaS e tory ls.�, a , s!x?l.. we must change at•once, ("Winnipeg Free Press),. YOU GPACKEP THE WHIP REAL GOOP THAT TIME, 8080. i SUGAR AND SPICE' By W..(Bill)13. T. SMILEY Let me tell you about the Ty- phoon.' No, Aunt Elsie, the Ty- phoon is not a big Wind in the south• seas. In fact, it is nothing but a memory',_ ;Not a;••sweet -ten- der memory, but a strong, pungent one. This memory was stirred ' and wafted, by an article in Maclean's Magazine called Breakout at Fal- aise, a story of the Canadians' war, in .Normandy, circa the middle of August, 1944. With the article. were several pictur painted by War artists. One o them showed Typhoon fighter -bo bers. strafing a German column. It was like see- ing an old friend, and I studied the gruesome thing with delight. The Typhoon was a big, ugly air- craft, built like the proverbial brick backhouse. It took' off like a pregnant pelican and landed with the grace of a stovelid. If the Spitfire handled like a dainty rac- ing mare, the Typhoon was like great • cavalry -..charger, „•alway fighting for the bit. w 4: But in the air it had the bite and balance of a Viking's battleaxe,• the deadliness of . at} English yea .man's longbow, and the . dash and striking power of a modern motor torpedo boat.,,. In World War II, ..the Typhoon was used., in the role of'cavalry,to hit the enemy hard and-oftetr.and from all directions, to' smash him when he was stubborn, and to har- ry him without mercy when he was on the run.,. A squadron of Ty- phoons had the mobility and force of a •squadron of cavalry' in the days of Cromwell. • * a: Think I'm bragging, do you? Not a bit of it. When the troops were introuble, when the tanks were held up by a nest of 88's, when the infantry was being belt- ed by a nasty lot of mortars, some- body would holler for the Ty- phoons. A flight of eight could be airborne and plastering the trou- ble spot with bombs or rockets within minutes. * 4: I've never seen it from the ground, but those who have ' tell me that when a flight of Typhoons attacked, the sight and, sound were incredible. Down out of nowhere they'd come, motors snarling, can- on cracking, until the momenat the bombs or rockets were releas- ed, when they'd leap into the air. like silver"" darts, while all hell broke loose where they'd struck. There is only one type around who has more respect for the Ty- phoon than the pilot who flew one,. He is the infantry soldier who was baled out of a hot sypot _by the. ti mely arrival Or fhght of T� yi- phoons. , Once a year I meet. he such. He's a weekly editor who was a lowly fopt-slogger with the Canadians. And . _every, year, he buys me a very expensive dinner, not because he likes my big, blue eyes, but because -he has an abid- ing gratitudl, for the Typhoon and its ex -jockeys There were bigger aircraft and better ones, but there wasn't any- thing tougher than the old Ty- phoon. TwieeJ-seas bit by shells that would -have torn the whole wing off a less ugged aircraftl. All they did as jolt my old bird, andut a hole size of a water- melon in the wing The last time '1 flew one, a battered old relic called S for Sam, it was shot through the heart, but -staggered with me into a plowed field, and there ;deposited me so gently I didn't even bruise. Those -of us who had trained . on. Spitfires were desolate when we. were posted to Typhoon squadrons. The Spitfire was the ultimate in the simple ambitions of a fighter pilot. The Typhoon was a sort of ugly 'duckling with a not too sav- ory reputation. But we soon grew attached to the big, ill-mannered brutes, as one does to a strong and willing mon- grel; We revelled in living in the field pust a few miles behind the lines, and looked With some scorn on the Spitfire boys who returned to tea in the Mess after an opera- tion. We decided we: were win- ning the war, and the Sells• were only for glamour -boys. We went so far, in some cases, as to label. them_. the "civilian air force". Several hundred young- Cana- dians flew Typhogns. ,A lot of them were killed because the type of job they did- produced a high casualty rate. But any pilot who completed .a tour of -cops, on Ty- phoons can look any man in the eye. Some of them can even look their wives in the eye. It would be as fnoh' sty •toy write a sentimental ode to the Typhoon as ,if would be to c'ainpose a lyric to a locomotive, but I'm glad.I got these fond words written before my old friend 'Is consigned to the dust -gathering statistics of a for- gotten war. •T �I-�.:.�� O:U N T Y PAPERS SEEN��IN , Returns To Home Arthur L. Cranstoun, acquitted in London on a murder charge, has received his release from the RCAF. Announcement of this -was made last Thursday by Squadron Leader E. F. Jackson, the 'station adjutant, who said' Cranstoun had asked for his release., It is under- stood that the young man is Mr his way home to the West Indies. —Clinton News' -Record. Presilderit Asks -Support ' Evan Keith Was elected presi- dent of the Lucknow 'Agricul- tural Sdeiety at the annual meet- ing on Saturday, and in taking. over his duties, appealed for urban support of the fair. He recognized and acknowledged the financial support being given the fair by lo- cal merchants, but emphasized that promotional ' and moral sup- port was also important. -'-•Luck now Sentinel. Loolt into Beach Council at last meeting passed 'assed to the water, light and harbor com- mittee the project, deferred last year, of developing the beach and harbor ' area, .It- authorized the chairman, Councillor J-Turddns,...to take up the. matter with the town engineer, B. M. Ross. He has al- ready. done so, and reports that Mr. Hoag is in process of drawing op . I n coverin the beach tw a p. , . two plans a S: . . a asit. 'vitae, res t .and the area xis at a ,.1► area below the ' Sunset 'itotel, expandedd last, year' _by' . -Goode. rich 'S nai.Star. Renovate Restaurant. The whole interior of Wing'sres- taurant was made a shambles in record time on Monday by a Con- tracting- firm--engaged--•to- renovate' the entire 'premises. Walls were torn right down to the brick in pre- paration for resurfacing. Not a stick of furniture remained. Now the false front has been erected for protection from the, elements and front durious onlookers, who were plentiful on. Monday,.—Mit; obeli Advocate. Honor Veteran Members Ts $.veteran members of Exeter Agricultural --Society — Secretary Clark Fisher and Home: Depart- ment Director Mrs. Rufus Keatjer-- vvere honored .Friday - afternoon at the society's annual meeting. Re- tiring President. Victor Jeffery pre. seated' agricultural service•. certifi< .gates to "these two, members wlro 'have served us Well 'for many years." Mr. Fisher has been sec= retaryeasurer of the fair for' 21 years and served four years pre- viously as a director. Hiscontra- a nnual button to the Meccas Qf the exhibition over the years was laud- ed by number of "as t ie dents. Mrs Kestle has been a director for 21 years and she, foo, received eoitrme'adatia>r-frtsrn 'a iiumber of officials,—Exeter Times-Advoeate, (By REV; ROBERT H. HARPER) MANY. ACCIDENTS We have become accustomed to reports of accidents on city 'streets and out on the highways, along which high-powered cars whiz at amazing speeds. lint we may not be accd`stomed to the reports of the strange ways in which adults mid;,children are meeting death. One child swal- wed a stotle and chelked..to death; several boys • perished in the col- lapse of a cave they had digged in a -gravel pit. ' Many have been burned "fatally. In most of these cases, the tragedy is . blamed on carelessness. The least a cigarette smoker can do is to make sure the .stumn of"his cig- arette is stamped out. Certainly it should not.. be tossed into a pile of inflamma-trasb. Apart from auto ace nts, it is disturbing to read o . the many people being burned to death. So may all our people be cau- tious in this high-powered age— both for themselves and others whom they might injure. Be care- ful if you desire long life and if you would die quietly and peace- ably in your own bed. 11111111 111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111 . isr-•�, (Prepared by the Research Staff Of Encyclopedia Canadiana) 111111111I11111I111I111IIIIIlil.0Duiiiiii lIth What Contract Included a Grant of 25 Million Acres? The -contract entered into be- tween the federal, government and the Canadian Pacific Railway for the construction of the transconti- nental line in 1880 contained sev- eral generous provisions, including a grant of 25,000,000acres- of land to be given in alternate sections of 640 acres in a belt 24 miles deep on each fide of the railway. Other provisions included a subsidy of $25,000,000, the handing over of completed sections of government railway lines, repayment of the cost of surveys, exemptions from customs and taxes on materials and land for 20 ;years, and a 20 - year monopoly over., transportation south to the United States. The railway company• was able to se - ,cure such generous terms • from the government because of the widespread demand for early com- pletion of .the line; the tremendous difficulties of construction, and the easy availability of land resourc- es. The transcontinental line was completed with the• driving of the last spike ' on November 7, 1885. The first train left Montreal for Vancouver,_,pn June 28, 1886. The. o ...o annual.consumption . c u yit$ n bf w od in Canada, is still well= below the annlul al growth ilio. -fdr esta w ac-.and paper milli otob n d e only n�thard•ote *timid est, out.. 4 , . . What is a ,Grackle? It is a long-tailed, blackish bird' with metallic reflections, especial- ly on the head and neck, and straw colored' eyes, belonging to the family Icteridae. It nests com- monly in southern Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. It is also widely known as the, crow black- bird. ' Where Was the Honeymoon Bridge? • The Honeymoon Bridge linked Canada and the United States at Niagara Falls .for 40 years until its destruction in 1938: It had been bu' t to replace the Clifton suspen- sio�i bridge, constructed in 1853 with. a span of 1268feet longest. suspension bridge until the' com- pletion of the famed Brooklyn Bridge, with a span of 1595 feet, in 1883. For almost 20 years after its completion in 1898, the Honey- moon Bridge held the record, for arch spans, 840 feet. In 1938 it collapsed -under the pressure . of ice. Three years later the Ram - bow Bridge, with an arch span of 950 feet, fifth longest int the world and longest of the hingeless type, was built at Niagara Falls to re- place the Honeymoon Bridge. 4: •-IcDUFF tTTAWA R[PQR"'s... THE ?VIGOROUS POLICY" - OT gAWA—:.There IF probably opo field in which the Conservative Government remains so vulnerable to attack as that of immigration, While it has managed to repair a number of its fences .in recent months, .those surrounding immi- oration have continuedto deterio;- rate ever since the Government took office in June of 195. • When he was charging around the hustings during thbe campaign that .preceded the .election, Prime Minister Diefenbaker made his pol- icy on immigration clear in coin• mendably forthright terms. "We believe that Canada needs increased poptilation if her devel- opment is to keep pace• with her vast resources," he declared. "To the end we will undertake a vig- orous immigration policy in co-op- eration with the Provinces to bring to Canada immigrants with need- ed skill and resources." "We will revise the Immigration Act and Regulations., We will ov- erhaul its administratibn to ensure that humanity will be considered and put air end to the bureaucra- tic interpretations,'ywhich keep out. of Canada many potentially good citizep s." The Prime Minister told the Can- adian Ethnic Club ° that Canada must "populate or perish". Aus- tralia, he said, had concluded that it could absorb just under four per cent a year, -of its total population. Using that yardstick, Canada could absorb around 640,000 immigrants a year, four times More than it had in 1956, Mr. Diefenbaker de= clared. In 1956 there were 165,000 immigrants who carne to Canadian shores. Because of the Hungarian revolt, the, total shot up to 282,000 in 1957. It was 124,000 in 1958 and final figures for 1959 will probably show the total down even further, to its lowest mark in 10 years. A far cry that -from Mr. Diefenbak- er's projected figure -of 640,000. Far from encouraging an in- crease -'in -immigration; the Con= servative Government moved swift- ly to curb.. it severely. Only ,a month after,, it took office, it• or- dered the imposition of the winter restrictions on immigration usual- ly only applied much later in the year. Those restrictions have nev- er been lifted. The reason for the restrictions, of course, was the mounting un- employment that then faced the country as if headed into a reces- sion. But today, according to the Ministers of the Crown, Canada is enjoying unprecedent prosperity. While unemployment still con- tinues to persist at a relatively high level, it has been the argu- ment of many people—as it was the implication behind the state- ments by the Prime Minister—that immigration helps to , create em- ployment rather than adding to un- employment. Nor has there been any step taken yet to inject a little more humanity and little Less bureau- cracy into the immigration admini- stration. Immigration Minister Ellen' Fair- clough 'did make one change in the regulations last year which would have had the effect of severely Who Founded Souris; Man.? - --John •Nesbitt 'liifdilieffei?," a Taw- yer who was born in Ireland in 1848 and came to Canada in 1864. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1871 and practised law in Port Hope, Ont., before moving to Man- itoba in 1883. He founded the town of Souris ,and continued the prac- tice of lav' in Brandon. Active in politics, he sat in the Manitoba legislature as a Conservative,, and in 1892 was called to the Canadian Senate. He was a keen shot and fisherman and on several occa- siohe captained Canadian intter+ national,• cricket teams. KirchitQf- fer died in Ottawa in,I�r A. mother and. her ; youn son were shopping• at asupermarket. y The young b desiring help his mother, • picked up a package that attracted hint and brought it over to her; "Oh, no, honey," cried bis moth- er. "Put. it back, You haveto cook tbatl""- restricting- the cl :ass' .Pf relatives. bE landed ainilligranta That Could =Me:. to this countrY, l+ ae, with a storm of protest, she was forcedlo beat, a strategic retreat. In Toronto recently, Mr. justice- Steil/art, of • the Supreme Court of. Ontario, contended the' arbitrary authority given 'to the Immigration. Department was . "perfectly shock- ing and ,disgraceful ' . against. every conceivable thing since the: Magna Carta . . ." The legislation that was intend • ed to prohibit all appeals to the. court against departmental rulings, was not put there by the Conserva- tives, but by the Liberals. When 'Mrs. Fairclough was asked whe- ther the Government intended to change' it in view` of Mr. Justice Stewart's observations, the answer was "no". At the beginning of the present, session she was asked if she -in- tended to bring inlong promised legislation to overhaul -the Immi- gration Act so roundly condemned by ' her leader three years ago. Mrs. Fairclough didn't know. _*• Capital Hill Capsules It passed almost unnoticed, but the framers of- the new party to be formed from an alliance -of the . CCF and the Canadian Labor Con- gress have moved "to"'"' out down both Labor's power and its finan- cial""Contribution. Last summer at -"Winnipeg the CCF -CLC planners unveiled a draft constitution which proposed' 'tki al- low affiliated trade union members one delegate at national conven- tions for every 500, while individual constituencymembers would be represented bit the. basis of one delegate for every 100. At -; the same time the. dues for trade un, icnists were set at $1.20 a year. The joint committee hauled out a revised constitution recently which sharply reduced the voting strength- of- organized --labor: `1t reduced its representation to ono delegate for every 1,000 members. At the same time it increased the power of the ordinary riding mem- ber of the new party by giving him one vote for every 50 members. At the same time the representa- tion of the unions were reduced, so was the revenue they would be ex- pected to contribute, with propos- ed dues dropping to 60 cents a year. Canada's automotive , industry may soon find competition from - an unexpected source — Russia. Plans are underway by at least one Toronto automobile dealer; •and an- other in. Vancouver, to• import a sleek and sporty Russian -built auto. It would be complete with a transistor radio • and sell -for about $1,700. Preparations are going ahead' for the establishment in Manitoba of Canada's secondnuclear research. centre. A site of 11,000 acres of land 60 miles northeast sof Winni- peg has., been selected, according to Atomic Energy of Canada. It•, will be known as the Whiteshell nuclear research establishment. IN THE. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron -Expositor of 25, 50 ' and 75 years -ago. From The Huron Expositor ; -on Tuesday. Mr. Yates was look- ' February 1. 1935 ing into the prospects of Seaforth. becoming a consumer of Nia ara Zero weather and worse has been the lot of this district since. Tues- day. The lowest' was 25 degrees below zero. There was a large attendance at the induction services held in. First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening, when Rev. Harold C. Feast, of' -Sarnia, was inducted into the pastoral charge of .First Pres- byterian Church, Seaforth. The annual Burns' night celebra- tion of. the Seaforth Lions Club was held in the Commercial .Hotel' on Monday evening. The program was arranged by Lion. Dr. H: H: Ross; and about 75 attended. W. H. Sweitzer, Stephen_ town- ship; was elected Warden of Huron County at the inaugural meeting of the county council, held in :Gode- rich' last week, Frank Sills, welfithown member of the Seaforth Fire Brigade, suf- fered a broken rib on Monday eve- ning when be -was brushed off the side of the -truck as the brigade was answering an slam, The recital given by ies Bertha Tamblyn, under the auspices of the Home aid School Club in the Reg- ent Theatre on. Wednesday after- noon, was listened to by a large and appreciative audience which filled the theatre Two, farmers from Alaska were constantly arguing :over who grew the larges crops. Onemorning the ovfirst said to his seri: "Jimmy,go er 'to Mr. Jones and borris crosscut • saw. Tell; him l want tdr cut. a -watermelon. ximni back htiTr• * a i hi it .rod he to Can, t hA , aY� d dad "Mr* 'Ants soya 'hip wife WO- t 1#" t roua eIng umber y From The Huron Expositor Febrnar$ 4,1910 - The annual meeting of the Sea - forth ''Purl Club. was held in the Royal Hotel on Friday evening lair when the following =officers were elected: president, D. T. Pinkney; vice-president,- F~, Kling; treasur- er, W. G. T. Morson, and secre- tary, M. Broderick. Mr. rrank Kling of ,the Blue Ribbon Barn, has imported from -Indina, one of the finest light en- tire horses- that has •be% brought into this country for some time: The - mad: dog•scare still 7n - bury, Mr. ,'Gordon. Miley, Le d - bury, :sayshe shot a doggy � whi ch,,to all appearances, was afflicted with rabies •on Saturday leaf. While Master Wa Manley, of near Manley,• was coming home ,from Brodhagen last Thursday, his. horse became. frightened. at'a load of wood that upset, and headed for the Wire• •fence. The snow was ,so. high that the horse gotover, the., fence, ;but he -broke through the ow and his hind legs got -caught. e Wirer. Although the ;horse s- used up,he will recover. Mr. illiam Sims, the ewl y+ap- pointed postmaster'- ,of ???? ??2 c business o quit his blacksmith b sip ss „ ,it Saturdaynight . Ode on �Te�uesdpy a o ed.'. • Walt charge of :tile pbtt. }3+ ofe- 7l' Viten,tic r - MA d t1} 1r 'it`i� oho eetrle ear Wan �1 (*blears-, a tan , • r ��� power'. From The Huron Expositor • February 6, 1885 Mr. Arthur Forbes, Seaforth, has: purchased the drayin.g;business and stock of Mr. Joseph Abell, and Mr. Abell .has purchased a half inter- est in Whiteley's livery. In the list of those who passed their examinations before the Law Society at Toronto last week and were licensed as barristers, we have pleasure in noticing the name of Mr. Hector Cowan, son of John . Cowart; of McKillop. Mr. Christopher Dale, Jr., of Hulled, has •purchased from his brother John, the old homestead farm on the 5th concession. While Mr. Walter Hannah, of • Harlock, was - coming home from Seaforth one cold day about two weeks ago, his hands were badly frozen, and he has fide been -abl to do any work .since. Mr. James White, of Hay, re- cently shipped a fine lot of horses froth. Hensalito the American mar- ket. The other day while a son of Mr. George Theobald, of Clinton, was skating on_ the - river,_- his_.skate-•-- -abtight- Tn a crack, throwing him down and breaking his arm. • One -day last week Mr. John Cun- ningham, of Carlow, met with a painful accident. He was engaged m cutting straw when his hand came in contact with the gearing of the cutting box, which severed e little finger and badly crushed the band. g A SMILE OR TWO Sitting at home, having a quiet evening, were two spinster sitters. Suddenly one looked upp from the paper she was reading and. com- niented: "There's an arI elo here telling of the death ofa woman's third husband, She has had all three oft them Bret- atedv" "• "isn't that life 'for ybu?" said 'the other, "Some of us, can't even get one husband, 'While' others have husbands to burn." The old swedish lumber jack nto town on one of his rare ' Caine, 0 'visite and headed directly to his favorite tavern-- ' "Bartenders," he shouted, "Ay vont some srrel whiskey." We/ don't t have any squirrel whiskey, the bartender answered.. "iBut' I can: give you somite, told , OrmeI!18'ii`r,1X a}19'S?J4ret3 �4 .lbs Swtd'BR..-.._ `Ay dext't 'a?anta: 'tQ f1 aye ivat' want is lump arotind a tie a `; '