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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1960-02-26, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First Published at SEAFORT'H, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by MCLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (i1i 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 Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association SEAFORTFI, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 26, 1960 Technical Schools Can Aid Rural Districts Has the time come when there 'Should be a new look at the kind of education being provided in our sec- ondary schools? Is the continuing demand for more classrooms the re- su1tof a desire on the part of an in - 'creasing number of pupils for higher education, or does it arise because the law requires that children must stay in school until they reach a cer- tain age? Whatever the reason, the costs of education go up and up. No right thinking person, will object to the cost of ensuring that today's young generation is properly educated. At the same time, the fact that costs are increasing so rapidly suggests the wisdom of reviewing the job our secondary schools are doing by way of providing a curriculum which n e4'ts demands of today, with the thought that perhaps more value for our money could'. result from a dif- ferent approach.. All this flows from a suggestion which was - reported to have been made at a recent meeting of the Clin- ton District 'Collegiate Board con- cerning the establishment of a tech- nical school to serve rural areas.'The same thought was advanced by SDHS principal, L. P. Plumsteel, when he spoke in Exeter recently. There is no reason why students in rural areas should be denied the op- portunity to acquire the technical education for which they may be par- ticulary adapted. This is particular- ly so when their' brothers and sis- ters in the, larger centres have the advantage of this education. It could not be expected' -that' there could be established technical schools in ev- ery town or, for that matter, in ev- ery county. But there is no reason why schools could not be sited to serve students within an area that Profits Provide Me The Canadian Statesman of Bow- manville finds that the profit motive has a ,good foundation. Says the -Statesman editorially: "Profit is the reward the world pays to those who invest their time, their talents and their money in producing the things that 'people want. It is not guaran- -_ teed to anyone in any way. Those, who seek it do so at their own risk, arid have no ground for .complaint if they lose. Imagination, foretlipught, ingenuity,rperseverance, patience, in- -, dustry, thrift, . enterprise and sound jutlgment are all helpful in ,winning profit but none can,guaran tee it.. If profits- are so uncertain why' dci people work so hard and risk so much to make them? Why do they not .to for wages and be content with a steady assured income ? The an- swer is that most of us do. But if we all decided to do that, who would there be to employ us, and where would we find jobs? The plain fact Taxes On Taxes Unfair It seems there is . a generalaver- sion to paying taxes. No matter how much one appreciates the services that taxes make possible when the actualmoment to pay out tax money arrives there is a resentment, even though in some cases it may be well concealed. But how much worse it is to pay taxes on taxes. It is bad enough to pay taxes once without being faced • with a doublepayment, as happens when it is necessary to pay personal income tax on money paid -out in municipal taxes;. Effortsto have municipal taxes de- ductible as an expense in computing personal income tax are being ad- vanced in several quarters, according to , the Sudbury Star, and points out there is no complicated bookkeeping involved' in such a change. The tax- ayex would simplyinclude receipts rot the municipaltaxoffice certify- -ifi a ent in the same manner that 'receiptsa re now r uired, for char-, it�:isle donations andmedical Costs. "Not by the widest stretch of the can be served by daily transporta- tion. Such a school at Seaforth would be within easy driving distance of pupils from Goderich to Stratford, and from equal distances to the north and south. Discussing the suggestion, the Goderich Signal -Star emphasizes the saving such a .program could result in, and says the sad part of it all is that extra'' accommodation is having to be provided by the taxpayers for hundreds of pupils who have no de- sire to be there at all and who are simply putting in time until they will be legally „free to quit going to school. These particular pupils are not only wasting their own time at school but are doing definite harm to other pupils in their class rooms who are reasonably anxious to make their tiine count. The disinterested pupils are a distinct handicap to the whole school. "However, providing the type of education which these presently dis- intere'sted students might be inter- ested in could change the whole pic- ture. • A technical school would have a wide variety of instruction in - trades, etc., in which the pupil's could become interested and at the same time relieve the necessity of all these collegiate additions for purely acad- emic purposes," the Signal -Star says. We ire' in complete agreement with the' Signal -$tar when it con- cludes thus: "It would appear that the time is not so far distant when ,the needs of the so-called rural areas along the line of technical education will have to be given serious consid- eration. If they aren't there's going to be a continuance of many thou- sands' of hours of wasted' students' time, as well as additional thousands of dollars in wasted taxpayers' money." ans...Of Development. e is that some people have to take the risks and the responsibilities of own- ership and -management or there will • be no jobs for anybody. Countries whose people are not'en- terprising and willing to ,take such risks and such responsibilities are invariably poor countries, . offering few opportunities t� their people to rise above the poverty line. Profits honestly made and wisely . spent are a boon to any country, and it is a grave mistake to frown orAthem or to discriiliinate against them or -treat them -as ill -begotten gains. " When industries are nationalized in order to save, for the people, the - profits the owners are making, it generally develops that the profits disappear and in many cases are turned' into losses. Well managed in- dustries do not pay all their profits to the shareholders in dividends. They lay aside a substantial portion as reserves against future needs. To Municipal Taxpayer imagination can municipal tax pay- ments be regarded as income," the Sudbury paper contends. "It is noth- ing more than a bookkeeping entry as. far as the municipal taxpayer is concerned. This form of taxation is different from most other taxes. When a motorist pays gasoline tax he has control over the amount of tax he will pay and the gasoline he buys is for his personal use. When he pays sales tax and "hidden taxes" on food and other products he buys, this can also be regarded as paying for personal benefits. But when he pays municipal taxes he is sharing a cost of municipal services and im- provement over which he ,has little control and which may be of no per- sonal benefit whatsoever!' We join with the Star in hoping that there will be success in having -the Ottawa government 'recognize the injustice of paying taxes on tax money. The proposal will have the support of every municipal taxpayyer who realizes that he is the victim of double taxation. i 61 ahs Weh "Did you know you have the beginning of a teeny, weeny little bald spot?" SUGAR AND SPICE By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY 1 Each year, when Brotherhood Week comes along, we are urged to 'love- one another, for at least seven days. It's not so tough. I find that I ctii, sit back, think about it, grit'y teeth, and feel a great love for all my brothers in the world—black, yellow, brown and puce. * * * It's easy enough to love hum- anity, as a whole. What is more difficult is to like the brutes in- dividually. Only a 'saint could abide some of the felons infesting society. Even a mother recoils, on occasion, when confronted with her latest contribution to mankind. • , * * * All this brotherhoodbusiness is rather tricky. Rabbis, priests and ministers, along with men of good- will everywhere, lend their names to the hopeful statements issued about. Brotherhood Week. But wouldn't there be . a holy old holo- caust if a 'rabbi's daughter told Dad she was crazy about this Ro- man Catholic boy, but the priest wouldn't marry them, so they were going to join hands in front of the Presbyterian parson. * * * The editor who pens a thought- ful,, tolerant and sincere editorial in support of Brotherhood Week would go up like a Roman candle if his son walked in and asked the old man's blessing on himself and the pretty - black., nurse from the West Indies he was about to wed. * * * If all the world were Christian, and even half the people in it were real Christians, this brotherly love theme might have a chance. But Christianity is vastly outnumbered - by otherreligions, and a very small percentage of those who profess it are anything more than nominal Christians. So the hope of achiev- ing the true brotherhood of man through Christian love is out, for the time being. There is another type of love that just might provide,a solution. It was suggested to me {�'y a Faith- ful Reader, who knows I am inter- ested in Great Problems = like improving my golf score; or try- ing to reach 40 without going stone bald. 1,., pass it along with the hope that the Brotherhood Week boys will adopt it, and stop pay- ing lip service to . an ideal that goes against the fundamental fiendishness of us mortals. • * * * The intellect tells us that we are all brothers under the skin. But the Old Adam in each of us croons a different melody, So, if we can't swing this brotherhood deal on pure, Christian love for our fellow man, let's "''try the other kind. Sick and crippled humanity must learn to 6walk before it flies. We need crutches, not iVings,, * * * We'll have to start with a few basic assumptions. Let's estab- lish, first of all, that sex is here to stay. Any questions? All right, then. Next, let us agree that"blood is thicker than water. Third, let us adopt the somewhat shaky the- ory that parents love their chil- dren and children love their par- ents. Even when either, or both, are monsters. * * * Next step is to encourage world- wide promiscuity. And it doesn't' mean what you think. Dictionary -says it means "indiscriminate mingling". I don't know how this is to be brought about, but that's a minor detail. I'm only interest- ed in the bold sweep of the plan itself. * * * So there we are, mingling indis- criminately, all over the world. Brazilian beauties are being swept off their feet by Canadian sailors. Nehru's second cousin is head - over -heels with Mao Tse Tung's niece. Eisenhower's grandson. is mooning over- Kruschev's grand- daughter. Buddhist is falling for Latter Day Saint. Moslem girl is tittering behind veil when Baptist boy gives her the eye. * * * • .Get -the picture? It wouldn't be five years until there was, a tre- mendous crop of urchins oevery hue, scattered all over the world. This would do more to relieve in- ternational tension than having .84 consecutive summit meetings, plus a Brotherhood Week once a month. * * * The speed of transportation in this jet age would be a great asset to the plan. Parents could hop to Hong Kong to babysit for the week- end. Grandparents could nip over to Athens for the marriage of their grandson to that ravishing Ortho- dox Greek wench. • * * * Surely even Comrade Kruschev could not push the first button, for an .exchange of nuclear missiles, if he knew that his beloved grand-, daughter Volga and her first-born were living happily with their American husband and father in Pittsburgh. What U.S. 'President could order the Strategic Air Com- mand...to. strike, if , he. knew his favorite ---grandchild was happily sucking his thumb in Omsk? * * That's the only kind of brother- hood that we can achieve in a hurry. Good old, human, selfish, family ties would.,tear down the fences and pull aside the curtains. Besides, it would be a lot -of fun,. * * .* In my own family, we've already taken a halting step in the- right direction. One of my brothers married an English girl, the other a Dutch girl, and I,,,.rrta.rried one who is pure half -Irish, which makes her only half as hard to handle as if she were all Irish. * * * Anyone for world-wide promis- cuity? SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS Will Build Bathhouse Meeting last Tuesday night, Grand Bend council authorized a Sarnia. architect to prepare plans for a bathhouse for the resort beach. Reeve James Dalton said council hoped to provide attractive facilities for summer vistors wh$ flock to Grand Bend by the thou- sands. Cost, 'however, will be an important consideration, he said. The reeve indicated the "`bliif1M fig will be erected on the beach, south of the main road. The project has been discussed for a number 'of years, but was delayed with the hope of securing provincial aid.— Zurich Citizens News. Caught In Storm A fishing party of 10 Exeter and district men were caught in a blinding snowstorm two miles out on Lake Simcoe Sunday. They managed to reach shore, with some help from the camp opera- tor, but not without frostbite, The operator could not use his regular propeller -powered craft to reach the men during the storm and they started to walk to shore. A model A car was seetir'ed by the operatbr whb met them on the way irl. Meniberg of the arty included Ted Wright, Bev Alexander, Douglas Gould, Bill Parker, Ray Jory, Mur- ray Scott, Clarence Wurm, Gra- ham Arthur, Ed. Johnson and Mac. Hodgert.--Exeter Times -Advocate. Up Salaries Meeting in the board room- of the local high school last Thurs- day evening, the board of the Wingham District High School ac- cepted and approved a new salary schedule for the teaching staff as presented by the management committee.. The latter group had been negotiating with the staff for the past several weeks -in order to get the natter settled as early as possible. Chairmanof the commit- tee, Gordon Molr, told the board that if the board approved the proposal, the staff had already sig- nified its acceptance. The new schedule is as follows, with 1959 figures in brackets: Group I=--mi'ni- mum $4,600, maximum $8,800 ($4,- 500-$7,200)• Group H—$5,600-$9,000 ($4,600-$7,200); Group III—$5;g00. $9,200 ($4,.700•$7;400);. Group IV..., $5,500-$9,500 ($4,900-$7,700). The salaries of both the principal and vice-principal were raised, includ- Ing increments, by $1,000' in dash case. M aximu ms were set for the first brie aswell, at '$11500 and $10,400 reslieclively, Wingfiam ;d- vance•Tifries. . • THE BIBLE TODAY As a result of the International Bible Society Youth- Camp held in Austria in 1958, a Youth Group has met periodically in Vienna to promote Bible Society work in Aus- tria. From contributions they have financed • the distribution of over 1,600 New Testaments to young army recruits: Each volume bears the signature of the chaplain who presented it. Half the amount of money need- ed to print the New Testament in Mamba (the first edition for the mission field sponsored by the Aus- trian Bible Committee) has al- ready been raised, four , months after the launching of the appeal. The youth 'group has- also been responsible for articles on Bible Society work 'included+in'lfnumber of youth periodicals. .Suggested Bible Readings Sunday—Acts 21:40; 22:29. Monday—Luke 20:1-18. Tuesday—Luke 20:19-40. Wednesday—Isaiah 53:1-12. Thursday—Luke 20:41; 21:9. Friday—Acts 22:30; 23:15. Saturday -.-Acts 23:16-35. I11 I I I I I I I11I1111I 111111111111 I11111111I11111111 (Preparedly the -Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111II111iu111ullllrlllr What is .the Golden Dog? It is the title of an early Cana- dian novel that achieved such suc- cess that it has run through more than 30 editions. Written by Wil- liairi Kirkby, who. died at Niagara in 1906, and first published in 1877, the Golden Dog is based on a leg- end of old Quebec in the days of Louis XV. The plot is good' and the characters convincing, and the book succeeds admirably in recre- ating the feudal 'atmosphere of New France in the days of Intend- ant Bigot. Kirby was born in Eng- land in 1817, emigrated to the Unit- ed `States with his parents in 1832 and, in an anti -republican mood, to Canada in 1839. He lived in Que- bec City, Montreal and finally Nia- gara, where'he.edited a newspaper and did,,a great deal of writings-_ poems, histories and novels. His reputation rests, however, on the Golden Dog. * * * , ,Who is Alcartra Gerben? Alcartra Gerben is a Holstein cow—the official Canadian chain-. pion yearly butterfat producer ov- er all breeds, with a total of 1409 pounds. Holsteins are noted r, for their extremely high production of milk;., many have produced forty quarts of milk in one • day and niany too have given 10,000 quarts in a year. Canadian dairy cattle havt reached a high degree of ef- ficiency in milk production and have achieved a uniformity of type ;envied by, breeders from other lands. * * * Where Did Canso Get • Its Name? A number of suggestions have been made -as to the origin of the name of this Nova Scotia seaport town. According to Thomas Chan- dler Halibiirton, it derives its name -from the Spanish ganso, , a goose. Rand derives it from an Indian word campsook, meaning "oppos- ite high -hills." It is also possible "that it may come from the French word campseau, "a common re- sort for ships." Canso, with its immediate environs, is much re- ferred to, in old records. Basque and Breton fishermen operated in its vicinity as early as 1506 and it was well known to French explor- ers in 1518.' Today Canso, incor- porated as a town in 1901, is the headquarters of the Commercial and Western Union cable compan- ies and 18 (wean cables land there. What is a Grain Elevator? The grain elevator, a familiar sight in the Canadian west, is a warehouse or granary in which grain is elevated into storage bins from which it can be discharged as required. Elevators of this type, which first began to replace hori- zontal warehouses after 1860, have effected considerable economies by making use of the flowing proper- ty of grain and thus eliminating the need for sacking. Elevators may be operated by independent owners, by dealers controlling a large system of local and terminal elevators, -or by co-operatives. Where Is Hospital? A pot shot at the Froat govern- ment's unfulfilled promises regard- ing construction of Ontario govern- ment hospitals was taken in the Legislature last Friday by James Trotter, Liberal, of Parkdale. In a Canadian Eress despatch out of Toronto, Mr.. Trotter is credited With saying that Health Minister Dymond in a speech a year ago promised Ontario hospitals .-would be built at Owen Sound, Goderich and ,Palmerston. But,', Mr. Trotter added, "I don't believe one shovel of earth has been turned:" Some preliminary skirmishing was done last bummer and a bit,more will be done this suininer at the site of the proposed -,Ontario govern- ment hospital south of Goderich, it is understood. However, it is unlikely that anything of a serious nature in the hospital construction at'Goderich'will get under way be- fore 9 i to nowria 61 eS Signal -Star r d th 'derstands from a�high government source of information. Goderich Signal -Star. A McDUFF OTTAWA REPORT DREAM TURNED NIGHTMARE OTTAWA—It now appears that the Biu that is Prime Minister_ John Diefenbaker's pet projec, may cause relations between his Government and the Province of Quebec to deteriorate. His Bili of Rights has caused storm warnings to be sounded in the..Quebec legis- lature which may bring on ,a new constitutional clash between the Dominion and the Province. This has caused real concern among the federal Conservatives. It will be ironical if Mr. Diefen- baker's insistence on a Canadian Bill of Rights undoes all the care- ful cultivation he has engaged in behind the scenes and during visits to Quebec. He has made more pro- gress in selling his administration, and the Conservatives in that French-speaking Province than any other Conservative in this century, but now 'he has run into trouble of the kind that can quickly strain the friendly feelings of the French Canadians. Mr. Diefenbaker insists that the proposed Bill in no way restricts the Provinces, but the Bill itself is ambiguous. Members of the Quebec legislature do not accept the Prime Minister's• assurances. They insist that Bill C-60, does in- fringe on provincial responsibili- ties. It has been denounced by Liberal Leader George Lapalme in the Quebec legislature as a "mas- sive invasion" of provincial rights. He moved a motion that a com- mittee be set up to consider whe- ther the proposed Bill of Rights "constitutes an infringement upon the autonomy of this Province or conflicts with existing laws." This has been good political fighting ground for, the Liberals. When the federal Liberal party was in power at Ottawa it was con- fronted with a bellicose Union Na- tional Government under the late Premier Maurice Duplessis, screaming thatth'e-federal Liberals were infringing on Quebec provin- cial rights. The Quebec voters ap- peared devoted to the cause of provincial autonomy. At any rate they consistently returned Mr. plessis—the self styled champion of Quebec's provincial rights. Now the Liberals in Quebec have ob- viously seen an opportunity to make good use of this issue and have turned it•against the federal Conservatives. Not to be outdone by their rivals, the Union Nationale went along with the Liberals. Attorney Gen- eral Rivard, a one-time possible ancestor to the late Premier Sauve, moved an amendment to Mr. Lapalme's motion asking that the legislature communicate to .Ot- tawa• its concern lest the Bill of Rights infringe on 'provincial juris- diction. Mr. Rivard, whom the federal Conservatives were reliev- ed didn't get the job, agreed that the Diefenbaker Bill of Rights ven- tured into dangerous waters. He concurred with. Mr. Lapalme that it might, in the end, upset the en- tire Quebec Civil Code. The provincial house agreed -that, it would never submit the Civil Code of the Province of Quebec to scrutiny of the Federal Govern- ment. In ringing tones the Que- bec legislators said the rights of their Province would be defended against any Government in Ot- tawa, whatever its political color. The Union Nationale supporters wanted it made clear that they were not the annex of • any party in. Ottawa, especially when- Pre- mierBarrette, the dark horse Com- promise choice, must continue the more Liberal course of lath Pre- mier Sauve and at the same time avoid the charge that he is the federal Conservatives choice. This is the latest and most ser- ious trouble Mr. Diefenbaker has had since he introduced his Bill of Rights into Parliament as Bill C-.60 early in, the life of the present house. For years as a member of the opposition and a lone Con- servative voice from Saskatchewan he campaigned for the need of a Bill of Rights in this country. Prob- ably only a small minority of legal authorities agree. with him as to, the need,• and almost all consti- tutional authorities are against the Bill in its present form. The Prime Minister did not press. ahead with his Bill at the last ses- sion. He agreed to hold it off until this session in order to allow a thorough examination of the pro- posed legislation. There has been widespread reactions to the, mea sure. Some authorities have damn- ed the Bill as positively .harmful and a backward step -because it would discourage progress toward a strong constitutional Bill of Rights. Others • have said that at, least it was a start and that a start was better thair.no Bill at all. Mr. Diefenbaker ' himself con- cedes that the proposed measure has its limitations. But he takes the position that even a limited Bill of Rights, confined to the fed- eral field of jurisdiction; is better than no Bill at all. Meantime Paul Martineau,' the Prime Minister's parliamentary secretary, stirred interest in the Commons when speaking in the throne speech de- bate, he urged' that the Bill of Rights be recast as a constitution- al amendment. Mr. Diefenbaker was quick to emphasize that Mr. Martineau. was only. speaking for himself. Mr. Diefenbaker and his cabinet colleagues are disturbed enough by the reaction in Quebee to the present Bill of Rights. They don't want relations with Ottawa to take a greater turn for the worse by getting into a constitu- tional amendment. Euen under St. Laurent, the Liberals' let sleeping dogs lie when it came to such a constitutional -:reform. With Sauve gone, it seems likely Barrette will be pressured into taking a tradi- tional Quebec role in any dis- cussions involving constitutional amendments, * * * Capital Hill Capsules Russia. and Canada are close to. agreement, on a new trade pact. There have been months of tough bargaining:• •Finally the Canadians. have accepted the Russian two-for- one formula. 'Under it the Russians agree to buy twice as much from' Canada as Canadians purchase from Russia. * * * Signs of a snap election in 1961 are growing. The two main rea- sons are the fear of a sharp -re- cession in 1962, previously report- ed, and the desire to go to the polls before the redistribution scheduled for 1962. Under redistribution, Saskatchewan, the Prime. Mini- ster's home province, is scheduled to lose four seats. , Will Unionize A transport union has applied-fdr certification as bargaining agent for employees of Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. The application wasmade last week by the Cana- dian Brotherhood of Railway Em- ployees and Other Transport Work- ers (CLC) to the Ontario Labor Relations Board. It was indicated here Wednesday that management of the,,, firm will not protest the application. Hearing date has been set for next Tuesday in:_ Toronto. Possibility of a union fight was in- si'cated -this week with the arrival of a representative of the rival Teamsters' Union here. The offi- cial, Lloyd Schultz, business re- presentative and organizer for Lo- cal 879, Kitchener, declined com- ment at present.—Exeter Times-. Advocate. • IN THE YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago, v From The 'Huron EkptisitoF ............... February 22 1935 Reeve J. M. Eckert, of McKil- lop, who -is -•a --member of the Huron. Comity (wood Roads 06Mmission, was in -Toronto this week attending the annual convention of the On- tario Good Roads Association. Mrs. ' Geocge Hill, of Egmond- vine, won a spring mattress in a lucky number contest which was recently sponsored by the Robert Simpson Co., of Toronto. Seaforth doctors were in Clinton on 'Tuesday evening attending a business meeting of the Huron County Medical Association. Dr: W. C. Sproat, Seaforth; who is president of the association this year, presided at the meeting. The Junior Women's Institute held an enjoyable euchre on Wed- nesday evening at the home of Miss Josephine Edge. Winners were Harvey Moore,'J. Powell and Thelma Elgie. The annual meeting of the Sea - forth Golf and Country Club was held in the Carnegie Library on Friday evening. Officers elected were as follows: president, J. C. Greig; vice-president, D. G. Fer- guson; secretary -treasurer, A. y: McLean. Winners ,at the Thomas McMil- lan Young Liberal Club stag euchre on Wednesday evening were Leo Hagan, George Bell - and Charles Stewart. * * From The Huron. Expositor February 25, 1910 A. H. 'Goodwin, of Clinton, slip- ped on an icy walk the other day - and in the fall fractured a rib. MTh. Iddo Crich, of the west end, Tuckersmith, has purchased the. property of the late George Nott in Clinton. • The new steam heating system in the Town Hall in Seaforth is now in use. Seaforth Agricultural Society bas decided to hold a spring fair.; again this year. Mr. John Elliott has sold his 100- acre farm on the London Road, `>`uckersniith, to Mr. Arthur Steph- enson, df London, formerly of Stanley. While hauling gravel, Mr. Ker - nick, Usborne,-got stuck with his load, and in -chopping the road to get out, had the misfortune to crit one of the horse's feet badly. The auction sale of horses at Blyth on Saturday last, held by Mr. James Leiper, of Hullett, was a success. George Richardson and Edwin Bell, both of Leadbury, have gone to Mitchell to engage m the meat business. Mr. W. J. Ryan, McKillop, bas. sold his farm,,lot 30, concession 44 to Mr. H. Hutchison, of the neigh- borhood of Durham. Mr, David Snell, Zurich, has sold his heavy chestnut team to Mr, John McBride, of the Blind Line. * * * From The Huron Expositor February 27, 1885 On Tuesday evening of Iast week as Mrs. James Grasby, of the 10th concession of Hullett was going to the house, she slipped and fell, fracturing the small bone of her leg above the ankle. One day last week a young man in Clinton, named Walker, was en- gaged chopping suet with a cleav- er when the edge of it caught his leg beneath the knee, 'cutting. an artery and causing 'the loss of con• siderable blood. The old McCartney homestead on the -Mill Road near Brucefield, has been sold to Mr. John McKen- zie. Mr. A. Elcoat, of Tuckersmith, has material ready for the erec- tionof a barn to replace the one burned down,last fall. Mr. A. Can- telon, of Clinton, will build the foundation. A hen belonging to Mr. George Hodgins, of Exeter, hatched ten lively chickens a few days ago. One day last week as Mr. Joe Douglas, of "Blake, was driving thr u . o gh- the farm a steer attacked. -- the' horses and ran its horn into, one of them, nearly penetrating one of its lungs. Mr. ... James Canning• ped ,the farm of Mr. RoberttuRobini non, on the Stu concession of Tuck. ei°amith, which contains .50 acres. ,1