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StAFORTH, ONTARIO, AUGUST 18, 1960
Lacking pirection, Parliament Accomplishes Little
Comments by the press of Canada
on the session of parliament which
concluded last week suggest that to
an increasing number of Canadians,
government by expediency, by pro-
crastination, and on the basis of
political considerations is not good
enough. It looks as though the Dief-
enbaker "vision" is showing signs of
becoming a nightmare.
The Globe and Mail, 'Usually a
strong government supporter, calls
it "a wasted session". The editorial,
in part, says: "In the early seven-
teenth century, England was afflicted
by what was known as the "Addled
Parliament". The session just ended
at Ottawa may go dawn in history as
the• "Idle Parliament". Our legisla-
tors sat for 146 days—one of the long-
est periods since Confederation—yet
they accomplished astonishingly lit-
tle.
"The two main functions of Parlia-
ment nowadays are to consider pro-
posed legislation and to debate and
ventilate matters- of general public
concern. In both these fields its 1960
achievement was meagre.
"There are three major problems
confronting Canada today. The first
is unemployment; the second foreign
trade; and the third national secur-
• ity. - All three were the subject of de-
bates during the session, but the de-
bates neither formed the prelude to
action nor added much to public en-
lightenment.
"On the subject of security, Parlia-
• ment did somewhat better. In this
field there are two related questions.
Is Canada getting its money's worth
for the $1.6 billion it spends annual-
ly? Is it building up a defence organ-
ization that will enable this country
•to help keep the peace, and, if the
peace is broken, give it a chance to
survive? Both these questions got
an airing in the new House of Com-
mons -Defence Committee and in the
debate on the estimates, but it was
curiously one-sided. The Opposition
offered some cogent criticisms of cur-
rent policies, but the Government did
little to explain or defend these poli-
cies.
"What was true in national de-
fence, indeed, was true in every other
department of public business that
• came under discussion. It might have
been assumed that the Difenbaker
Government, with its hugemajority;
• would have guided and controlled the
proceedings in Parliament. It did
nothing of the kind. Instead, the in-
itiative rested throtighout with the
• Opposition and the private members.
"In all the debates, too, it was the
Times and Rates Of
An old book of minutes of Lennox.
and Addington county council was
recently turned up showing, the first
by-laws which were passed. Some of
these are of interest in the light of
present-day policies and prices.
In 1864, it was decreed that the
county clerk be paid $250 per annum
and the county treasurer, $300. Audi --
tors were to get five dollars each.
Then, in 1865, a by-law for the
County of Lennox and Addington es-
tablished a Common Seal for the
County. The second by-law of the
county gave the county clerk the
same salary, the county engineer, $80
for which he was required to super-
intend all repairs or Work required
in ,connection with Macadamized
roads: -The "gaol" physician was to
get $50 per year and county council-
lors $1.50 per day while in session.
Just two years later, the county
Councillors awarded themselves two
dollars for each day's attendance at
sittings and five cents a mile.
There musthave been a little trou-
ble with horse thieves that year be, •
cause in December it was provided
That a $20• reWard 0116111d be payable ,
th any "person or persons who shall
ptirsu And Apptdieml or cause to be
apprehended any rObn et persons
Opposition speakers who seemed to
have most of the ideas. The Cabinet
provided little leadership. Its mem-
bers gave the impression ,of men ba-
ffled by the problems which confront-
ed them, unsure of their course, anx-
ious to put off action in the hope that
something would turn up. It is this
impression of indecision and fumb-
ling which probably accounts, more
than anything else, for the disquiet-
ude throughout the country.
"There is talk now of another ses-
sion this fall, presumably to dothose
things which Parliament left undone
in the long but empty months from
January to August. Whenever it
meets, it is to be hoped that the Gov-
ernment will have emerged from its
daze and will be prepared to give the
nation real leadership."
And -the Londc;n Free Press; an-
other Diefenbaker supporter, finds
fault -in the way in which the Gov-
ernment attempted to hide a critical
report of the manner in which it was
handling the Unemployment Insur-
ance Fund. ,
"Prime Minister Diefenbaker," the
Free Press says, "will have some dif-
ficulty squaring his action on the un-
employment fund report with his lof-
ty declarations on democratic rights.
If the report was not completely hid-
den it was certainly brushed under
the rug as carefully as possible by
being presented in the last hour of
the dying session. Opposition Leader
Lester Pearson's charge of contempt
of Parliament will require some spe-
cific answers.
"No doubt the government is tired
of being hounded over the unemploy-
ment issue, and felt that introducing
the report earlier in the session would
stir up trouble. But a report which
warns that the Unemployment Insur-
ance Fund may be exhausted in two
years is something that should have
been placed before Parliament for
appropriate action at the earliest
possible m-oment.
"The report indicated that action
of the government in increasing bene-
fits paid from the fund without pro-
portionate increases in the amount
contributed' is one of the factors in
the rapid draining of what seemedan
almost inexhaustible reservoir, al-
though contributions were stepped up
by 30 per cent last September 27.
• "There has been a -good deal of feel-
ing that the fund has been used for
purposes for which it was not origin-
ally intended, and even that it is be-
ing abused. Certainly action should
be taken as soon as possible to assure
its soundness," the editorial warns in
conclusion.
Pay Have Changed
guilty of stealing any horse or mare
within the county."
Although the county councillors.
started their own pay in 1865 and
raised it cents a day in 1867, they
waited until 1870 to boost the county
clerk's pay from $250 to $300. The
• county treasurer went from $300 to
• $500 at this time. All the other sal-
aries went up too. The surgeon and
engineer now got $75 each and the
auditors $10 each. The court house
keeper went to $100, the "gaoler" to
$400, the turnkey to $200 and the
matron for the "gaol" to $100.
Can it be that people are less hon-
est, but healthier than they were a
hundred years ago? The auditor now
gets $1,000 or a hundred times ai
much, but the jail surgeon's fee has
• increased just eight times to $600 a
year—The Post Express, Napanee,
•Ont.
•• Iron Man
In England, a thief swallows a
spoon handle, a four -foot length of
chain, a nail ffle, and a safety pin
among other things and the report of
the jail's physician reveals the man
has an unusual appetite. No iron de-
ficiency, however. Cleveland Plain
Dealer. •
Vas. myrzw, 1 Fit41514E17
MY HOMEWORK .
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QUESTIONS WERE
SIMPLE
--SUGAR AND SPICE
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
When I was 20, I found nothing
more attractive than being on the
move..I was ready to go anywhere,
without notice, at any time. It
meant a change of scene and rou-
tine, new, friends and new faces.
It was challenging and stimulat-
Mg.
Now I am twice twenty. We are
moving to a different, home in a
different town next month, and
I'm as mournful as a shroud. I'm
clinging to the old home and the
old life with the grim tenacity of
a granny about. to be lugged off to
the county home. 'The movers will
probably have to strap me to the
ironing board to get me out of the
house, on moving day.
• * * *
I've known it was coming for
some time, of course,„and thought
I was reconciled to it. But last
weekend, when. I went home from
summer school and saw the two
big FOR SALE signs hanimered
into my lawn, it was a terrible
jolt. I felt as though the stakes
had been nailed right through my
heart.
* * *•
•
I love that old house as a man
loves an old wife who is hard to
get along with, but who has grace
and charm, a comforting warmth,
which he can't get along without.
I've reviled -the old girl, private-,
ly and in public. I've told her she
was frigid, slatternly. and extrava-
gant. And she's given as good as
she got. My head is all knobby
from the whacks she has dealt me
with her cellar beams. On sever:
al occasions, she has dropped all
the plaster from a ceiling, just be-
fore guests arrived, out of pure
perversity.
* * *
But on the whole, it's been a
love match all the way, and there
has been a rich, understanding
relationship between us. She knows
I haven't 'begrudged all that mon-
ey I've spent on her. And I know
that When I come to her after a
hard day, she will take me in and
comfort me and soothe my trou-
bled spirit. She will give me priv-
acy and peace, a sanctuary from
the dogs of life, snapping at my
heels.
' • ; * * *
That's why this uprooting is such
wrench. My other wife, the real
one, feels it too. She has spent
many more hours than I have with
the old girl:abathing her regularly,
feeding her delicacies like paint
and wallpaper, and dressing her
with the dignified taste her age de-
mands. But women are tougher
than men, and basically less senti-
mental. They look forward, not
back. So my wife has turned her
back on the old girl, though not
without a tear 9r two for times
remembered, and can hardly wait
to start decorating and making
drapes at the new place.
* * *
I couldn't do that. I had to have
a final, dramatic leave-taking. I
chose last weekend to do it, be-
cause I knew I'd be too hot, frus-
trated and furious on moving day
to give her more than a cross look.
So I went and poked around the
old place, growing -more maudlin
with every memory.
• * * *
First I went up to our bedroom.
I stood for a momeet and remem-
bered the night niy wife came
home from a meeting and found
the bed on fire and me sleeping
peacefully in it 1 turned away
with a lump in my throat as -I re-
called the lively, warming scene.
Then I went to the bathroom
and looked fondly about at my
refuge, the only, place in our house
with a bolt on the door. Many a
happy hour I spent there, shout-
ing to the kids that I'd be out it, a
minute. I gave the toilet seat an
affectionate glance. It comes away
in your hand. When strangers are
in, the house, you can always tell
whether it's a man or lady using
the bathroom. The men flip up the
seat, and it flies off and ricochets
around the room with an appal-
ling clatter. Quite untiefees them
in the dead of night.
* * *
I had to pay a visit to the cellar,
where I'd tspant 90 many busy,
creative hours, digging drains, pil-
ing wood and swearing. Yes, there
it was—the twO400 pile of stoker
coal that's been sitting there since
put lit the olt fittlisee, It took
me back, to the winter nights when
I crouched 'behind thy ancient stok-
er, altitig it oifotig rea
B.
rim as ta iiinriiid ngffier hurbei
t dimity Old divot 1 a at,
. ,
tempt to reach port.
* * *
I went out to the patio. And I
almost broke down at this point.
I felt like an artist being dragged
off to jail just as he is about to
start work on his masterpieces.
rye been planning that patio for
eight years. Every winter I've giv-
en it a lot of thought. I've been
pretty busy, summers, and haven't
quite got started on it, but I know
I'd have built it next summer, if
I'd been spared.
*• * *
Then I went into the garden,
Maud. Lush, green, fragrant, the
pampas grass had almost hidden
the dear, familiar landmarks: the
ash pile so pretty in winter with
its topping of snow; the heap of
furnace pipes, each like an old
friend; the black, reproachful pit
where I dig my worms, so neg-
lected this summer.
• * * *
It was too much. I went over
and leaned against the 40 -foot, $225
new chimney I'd put on the old
girl last 'fall, and cried like a
baby. You'll have to excuse me
now. I'm all choked up again, just
thinking about this.
FEDERATION
NEWS
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
The directors, township repres-
entatives of the County Cream Pro-
ducers, met in Clinton August 11.
Appreciation was expressed to our
local members of Parliament for
their 'successful efforts in. prevent-
ing the manufacture of •butter sub-
stitutes from using the color of
butter to promote 'the sales of their
product.
I have never been able to under-
stand why consumers are demand-
ing that manufacturers should be
allowed to imitate the color of but-'
ter in the substitutes. If these sub-
stitutes ah as wonderful and econ-
omical as, they are supposed to be
by their supporters, then why imi-
tate another product? I should.
think that they would be proud to
have their product identified as a
different article.
It reminds me of the story of the
farmer who put green glasses on
his horses in order to fool the hors-
es into thinking they were eating
hay while he fed them straw. Sure-
ly this couldn't be the idea of the
housewife ih wanting butter substi-
tutes colored to look like butter.
The "Twilight Zone" on the TV
program is described as "the -area
between the pit of man's fear and
the summit of his knowledge".
Sales promoters do not appeal to
the middle zone, but rather to the
extremes.
Dairy farmer S in the past seem
to have tried, with considerable
success, to appeal to the "summit"
by. promoting the sound idea that
milk and milk products are whole-
some food items. However, it
seems to me that the competitors
of butter obtained much greater
affect in much less time in appeal-
ing to the "pit of mares fear"
through the promotion of the idea
that animal fats in the diet in-
creased the colosterol in the blood
stream and contributed to the in-
cidence of heart disease.
On the surface we need only
think of the Eskimo who lives very
largely on animal fats, but has no
heart disease as compared to the
consumer in the United States who
last year ate more butter substi-
tute than butter and has a great
deal of heart disease. From the
most recent medical research re-
ports on the subjeet, I can only
interpret that diet has no affect
on the amount of coloserol in the
blood stream. But stress and afar..
voila tension very definitely does
increase the quantity of this pro-
duct in the blood and therefore
may contribute to heart attacks:.
This would explain the increase of
heart trouble in highly developed
countries.
•Similarly, dairy farmers could
very well appeal to the "pit of
Mati's fear" by making use of the
statement that appeared in many
of otir dailies to the effect that
milk containsmuch less of the
stiontlutft 00 galled that the grata
whieh this co* eats. Madill We
Oneida that prtitlitett tnanttfacttIN
01; front Ve" et4thlet,Weuld tontain
Mote • of thlg dang*httt element
twat •itsity -*Awn
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Is' Aluminum Mined in Canada?
Although Canada ranks second
among world producers of alum-
inum, this country possesses uo
bauxite, the ore from which alum-
inum "is secured, Canada ranks
among the top producers of the
metal because of its wealth of
hydro electric power. Bauxite
comee_to the reduction plants in
Canadafrom Jamaica,French
West Africa, British Guiana and
the United States. The ore is first
processed to a relatively pure
aluminium oxide, called alumina.
Alumina is reduced to aluminum
in an electrolytic call or pot, which
is an open shell lined with a mix-
ture of tar and metallurgical coke.
It is filled with melted cryolite in
which the alumina is dissolved.
When an electrical current is in-
troduced, oxygen bubbles off and
aluminum collects on the bottein
of the pot. About 10 kilowatt hours
of electricity are required to pro-
duce one pound of aluminum. Ev-
ery few days the aluminum in the
pots is collected and transferred in
large crucibles to a remelting fur-
nace for purification into moulds.
* * *
Which. Island Is -Famous For
Its Gannets?
Bonaventure Island, off t h e
Gaspe Peninsula just east of Perce
Rock, is noted for its scenic beau-
ty and for its great colony of gan-
nets. These large fish -eating birds
provide a spectacular sight as
they dive from the air and enter
the water head first' like an arrow.
Bonaventure Island was named
Bonne Aventure by Jacques Car-
tier'. It is about two and a half
miles long'.
* * *
Who Built the First Steel
Transatlantic Steamer?
The Allan Line, which for many
'years was the foremost transatlan-
tic service between Canada and
Great Britain. The line was found-
ed in 1819 by Capt. Alexander Al-
lan. Two of his, sons, Hugh and
Andrew, established themselves in
Montreal where they formed the
Montreal Ocean Steamship Co.,
which in 1897 changed its name to
the Allan Line Steamship Co. In
1879 they built the Buenos Ayrean,
the first steel transatlantic steam-
er. In 1904-05 the linebuilt the
Victorian and Virginian, the first
ocean liners with turbine engines.
Canadian Pacific Steamships ab-
sorbed the Allan Line in 1915.
* * *
Has Canada Got An Old Glory?
Yes, Old Glory is the name of a
mountain in the KOotenay district
of British Columbia, a few miles
northwest of the city of Rossland.
The mountain is the site of Can-
ada's highest meteorological sta-
tion, which. is located at a height
of 7792 feet. The nearby city of
Rossland lies just five miles from
the international boundary. It be-
came famous in the early 1900's as
a gold -mining town. To treat ore
from the mines, a smelter was
built at Trail, seven miles distant,
in 1895. Now owned by the Con-
solidated Mining and Smelting Co.,
this smelter has become the
world's largest producer of non-
ferrous metals—but virtually no
mining has been done in the Ross -
land area since the first quarter
of the century.
A MUFF OTTAWA 'REPORT •
HOUSEWIVES, PRICES AND
VOTES
'OTTAWA—Within a 'few weeks,
Canadian businessmen and con-
sumers will be' able to detect a
subtle change in the merchandis-
ing of all forms of consumer goods.
The housewife will find that her
super -market no longer features as
many "specials," that furniture
and appliance stores no longer ad-
vertise selected article at 'be-
low cost prices. So-called dis-
count houses will find it tougher to
stay in business. Price competi-
tion on name brand articles will
slowly lessen.
The cause of these changes is a
government act amending Can-
ada's Anti -Combines legislation,
the subject of the most butter de-
bates heard this session in Parlia-
ment. For three months, in the
House and in the Banking Com-
mittee, the Liberals and the CCF
fought the amendments every inch
of the 'way.
It is important to examihe the
amendments, because between new
and the next Federal election, the
voter is going to hear many dis-
torted versions from politicians on
both sides of the fence, and be-
cause in practise they will affect
every voter.
The amendments fall into two
main categories. The first deal
with combines themselves, They
allow a group of companies to
form "beneficial" combines.forthe
exchange of Statistical informa-
-tion, the establishment of stand-
ards, and the pooling of research.
On a long-range basis, it is pos-
sible these changes in the act could
have a serious impact on the con-
sumer.
But it is the second category
that will have an immediate effect.
These amendments affect that sec-
tion of the act concerned with re-
sale price maintenance, -The sec-
ti6n was insertedby the Liberals
back in' f951, in the face of the
most violent Conservative opposi,
tion. The Liberals took the view
that no manufacturer or whole-
saler should have the power to
dictate the retail price of his goods,
and wrote it into the law. House-
wives will remember what happen-
ed. • They found there was price
competition in name brand pro-
ducts. Instead of a fixed price on
a particular shirt, or steam iron,
adhered to by all retailers; there
was a variety of prices. • Manufac-
turers stopped advertising the re-
tail price of their goods, and the
term "suggested retail price" crept
into the merchandising vocabulary.
Discount houses opened up all
over the country, selling name
brand goods at cut-rate prices.
There are two sides to this coin.
Small businessmen found their
large competitors were,in some
cases, deliberately under -pricing to
force them out of business. Big re-
tail outlets featured loss -leaders,
articles sold beloiv cost, to attract
customers to their stores, at the ex-
pense af the small merchant. Deal-
ers who had been established for
years, and built up a service or-
ganization, found they were losing
customers to fly-by-night discount
houses, which provided no servic-
ing, and frequently no exchanges.
The Conservative government in-
terpreted the pressure for amend-
ments from small business organ-
izations as a mandate to change
the law. It wasn't until the bill
went before the Banking Commit-
tee,and the consumer representa-
tives (especially the housewive's
Canadian Association of Consum-
ers) had their say, that Justice
Minister Davie Fulton and his col-
leagues realized just how much
opposition there is to the Changes.
To be fair, the government has
not repealed the prohibition of re-
sale price maintenance. It ts still
illegal for a manufacturer or whole-
saler to dictate the retail price of
his goods. But the amendments
have provided them with a num-
ber of defences: In other words,
they now have excuses for cutting
•off supplies to retail outlets. If
these excuses are used 'to the full,
many retailers will find themselves
unable to purchase further supplies
of the product they are now selling
below the manufacturer's suggest,
ed list price.
Opposition Leader P ea r s on
claims the issue is a traditional
separation between the Liberal and
Conservative parties, and fought it
on that basis. However, his stand
was weakened somewhat by the
Liberal -*dominated .Senate. The
Senators decided they were op-
posed to the amendments, said so
publicly, and they voted in favor
of them. .
Now the issue goes to the coun-
try: Consumer organizations say
the act has been weakened — and
that comPetition will lessen and
prices to the consumer will rise.
Leading economists say it will in-
evitably lead to higher prices, and
lowered rRerchandising efficiency.
Manufacturers and small business-
men say the changes were essen-
tial to their continued well-being.
Ii the worst fears of the oppon-
ents to the amendments are realiz-
ed, this could , become one of the
major issues in the next Federal
election. In any event, it will be
an issue, one in which every votel,
has an interest, because it involves
his pocketbook.
It is up to tne manufacturers and
the distributors. Too much agreed
on their part, and too much fear
of healthy price competition, and
price competition in consumer
goods. could -disappear, to all in-
tents and purposes. The same
manufacturers and distributors are
the first to oppose government in-
terference in the "free enterprise
way of life." If they seek to avoid
free enterprise, and wipe out price
competition, they will have to an-
swer .to the consumers, who in the
end, are the voters. •
* * *-
Capital Hill Capsules •
As M.P.'s headed home at the
end of the session, many believed
they will be returning before the
end of the year. Prime Minister
Diefenbaker told his cancans some
weeks ago he was considering a
fall session, and he gave a further
hint in the House, when he said
he didn't think the next session
was very far off. It all depends
on how the unemployment and
economic picture shapes up in the
next two months. If jobless figures
rise more than seasonably, look for
drastic government, action.
* * *
The length of the session, and:.
the fact M.P.'s were forced to stay.
in Ottawa during the sweltering
heat of the summer, left most M.
P.'s exhausted. They left an esti-
mated 8,000,000 words enshrined
on the pages of Hansard, a record
of speeches that weighs 25 pounds,
five ounces.
* * *
•Next session, the business of the
House should go much faster. A
Rules Committee Report has re-
commended changes to streamline
Parliament, one of the most inef-
ficient operations known to man-
kind, and one of the most impor-
tant.
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron ExpoSitor
August 16, 1935
W. W. Cooper; known as the in-
dependent Farmer Stevens' Nation-
alist candidate, had a narrdw es-
cape. from injury when he.' was
struck by a car in &tint.' of his
farm, "near Kippen.
When the pupils of the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute return to school
they will find an entirely redecor-
ated school awaits them.
The tax rate for Brussels was
struck at the August meeting and
resulted in lowering the 1934 rate
by one and three -tenths mills.
Dr. Wm. Aberhart, Mitchell, play-
ing in a .foursome at the Seaforth
Golf and Country Clull on Tuesday,
shot the 465 -yard sixth hole, with
a par of 5, in two shots.
A draw in aid of the Star Fresh
Air Fund is being held this week.
A small number attended the.
races held here by the Seaforth
Turf Club. All classes were well
filled, and those attending saw a
full afternoon of splendid races.
Workmen from the County High-
ways Commission are preparmg
this' week to pave the North Road
from the limits of the town to the
first corner.
Members of the Stratford Branch
of the Canadian Legion were. visi-
tors at the Seaforth Golf and,Coun-
try Club on Sunday.
, The Lions swintming pool will be
officially closed on Thursday, Aug.
29.
Town council held the shortest
session in the history of the present
council on Monday night.
* * *
From The Huron Expositor
August 19, 1910
On Tuesday the last half of July
cheese from the Fordwich factory
'was shipped to London, England.
The price Was 103A 'cents.
The threshing outfits in this part
of the country are taxed to their
uttermost to meet the demands of
farmers who say their barns are
filled and they, have enough in the
fitie to fill them again. •
Mr. John SWat had a fiord of fall
wheat adjoining Bmcefield *hien
threshed Out ail average of 40 bush-
els tter AM. Mr. James Martin,
oz Tuckersmith, West of Egn'iond-
ville,--had a yield of 140 bushels of
fall Wheat from three 'too of
land.
A frardAted, anU, peseillheetigl'
t�wn On.Ttie4dhlt They ure itala td
run HOW' 'htit-nnt .44° tide: 'ati
'smoothy as the pneumatic wheels.
N. Cluff & Sons, of the Seaforth'
Planing Mills, are manufacturing
and shipping large numbers of
doors and window frames and sash-
es.
Mr. and Mrs. 'John Dodds, of
Harpurhey, had some visitors re-
cently from Flint, Michigan. They
came all the way in their automo-
bile.
The town council are considering
the advisability of establishing a
municipal telephone system for
Seaforth.
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From The Huron Expositor
&hoist 14, 1885
Mr. John Hannah, of the Seaforth
Creamery, has sold his July make
of butter for 183/4 cents per pound.
On Sunday morning last the hand-
some residence of Mr. Duncan Mc-
Millan, Egmondville, was struck
by lightning, but there was not
much damage done.
Several farmers in this vicinity
have whole fields of spring wheat
that will not pay for the harvest-
ing, which had it not been for ruts
would have yielded 30 bushels to
the acre.
Mr. John Govenlock, of McKil-
lop, recently sold one of this thor-
oughbred Collie pupils for $10.
Mr. A. W. Wiltse, of Tuckersmith,
delivered five head of cattle at
Clinton on Monday that averaged.
over 1400 pounds each.
Arrangements are being complet-
ed for the holding of a grand band
tournament in Clinton next Sep-
tember.
Thos. Hall; of the Revere House,
Brussels, lost his driving mare
when she tried to jump a picket
fence. One of the pickets penetrat-
ed her body and she died two hours
after.
Mr. Luke Fortune, of Tucker -
smith, was working around a reap-
er. When in a 'meeting position,
one of the horses kicked him in the
head, 'cutting his ear and side of
the face badly. He is much better
now.
A matched trot between five of
the best "fliers" in Seaforth and
vicinity, will take place in Fair-
view Park this Thursday after-
noon.
Main Street has -recently been
much improved in appearance by
having the sides trimmed up and
the water tables cleaned out..
SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Clear Property
Joe MacMillan has moved the
shed on the' property opposite the
town hall, to his barn west of
Lucknow. The .Bell Telephone Co.
has purchased the vacated proper-
ty, where eventually an office will
be built when the local system is
converted to dial phones. Removal
of the building adds to the "empti-
ness' of this block created by the
removal of the avenue of trees to
make way for a highway widening
project.—Lucknow Sentinel.
Event Lower Rate
While no definite decision was -
reached at the village council meet-
ing last Wednesday night, it ap-
pears as if the tax rate for Zurich
may he a slight bit lever than it
has been in the past years. Con;
siderable discussion regarding the
rate took place at the meeting, and
a definte decision on the new rate
is to be_reached this week. This
hews will dengi ail is stntrise to
bully ratogyers id the Village,
who have Predicted b1ghes' taxes
imeo Zurieb became incoiteriand.
one factor which helps this year is
the slightly lower school rate.—Zur-
ieh Citizens News.
Lady Godiva?
A constable faces a ticklish pith-
lem when he has to deal with a
young lady riding around The
Square on her tricycle wearing
nothing but her birthday suit. P.C.
Alex Sellars faced that one Satur-
day morning. While amused shop-
pers turned and smiled ,the con-
stable h* the young girl by the
heed and started to take her home.
But she couldn't say exactly where
she lived. After scores of bluehes
and hundreds of steps, the con-
stable finally' found the South Street
addreaS of the young lady. When
the constable arrived at the home,
with the youngtter (covered only
hy a Wad stags) in town, the
=other Was even more embarrass-
ed than anyenet—Goderich
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