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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 29, 1980
Costs Of Upkeep Are Cemetery Problem
Difficulties being faced in the op-
eration of Maitlandbank Cemetery,
as revealed in a report of the respon-
sible committee in last week's issue,
point up the necessity of increased
co-operation on the part of the pub-
lic.
There are few cemeteries in the
district that have as pleasing a na-
tural setting, or are as well maintain-
ed as Maitlandbank. But in this era
of rising costs, location and mainten-
ance are not enough. There must be
made available the finances neces-
sary to carry on the cemetery opera-
tion.
Whileit is true the cemetery is the
property of Northside U ni t e d
Church and is operated by a com-
mittee appointed by the congrega-
tion of that church, in practise it
.serves as .a community cemetery,
serving all Protestant congregations
in Seaforth, and to a lesser extent
those in Tuckersmith, McKillop and
Hullett.
Seaforth Fall Fair
It was evident on Friday that long
hours of hard work by officials of
Seaforth Agricultural Society, over •
several years, have paid off. The fair
which the society presented was, by
long odds, the best seen in Seaforth.
• The weather helped, but this in it-
self would have meant little had there
not been crowded classes in almost
every department; or had there not
been the large attendance from such
a wide area.
While the fair established flew re-
cords for which the directors are tb
be congratulated, its success must be
regarded, not as a sign that the job
is finished, but rather an opportunity
to plan improvements. The number
of exhibits pointed up the need bf ad-
ditional display space. This was ,par-
ticularly apparent in the domestic
departments. While improvements
to the display building carried out
this year added to the appearance of
the displays, additional lighting is
required if exhibits are to be seen to
best advantage. Increasing popular-
ity of the Seaforth Fair among breed-
ers indicates the .desirability of more
• covered . sheds.
Unfortunately there was not the
number of merchants and manufac-
turing displays this year as there
has been in previous years. It is
difficult to understand the lack of in-
terest in this respect, considering the
increasingly -wide area from which
the fair is drawing attendance, and
the wide publicity which it brings the
town of Seaforth. Perhaps in another
Recent changes in administrative
procedures and in the schedule of
fees have resulted in increased rev-
enue, but not in an amount sufficient
to provide for continuing mainten-
ance at a proper scale. The difficulty
arises from the necessity of provid-
ing maintenance on a perpetual basis
for hundreds of lots, payment for
which was based on costs as they ex-
isted thirty or fifty years ago. - The
trust fund established over the
years to provide for such perpetual
maintenance simply cannot produce
sufficient revenue to meet today's
cost.
The answer, of course, is to in=
crease the trust fund, and it is for
this purpose that the committee
seeks assistance of the public. It• is
a worthy appeal—one which should
receive the wholehearted •support of
the community that for too long, per-
haps, has tended to take for granted
Maitlandbank cemetery.
Sets New Standards
year the Chamber of Commerce
could undertake, early in the season,
the development of an exhibit that is
truly representative of Seaforth,
manufacturing and. merchandising.
Another area where there is room
for improvement is the parade.
There should be some *ay of bring-
ing all school entries thattake part
in the parade up to the generally ex-
cellent hshrdlu cmfw xzfifl -) ? ( xz
cellent standards established by the
average rural school. Is it possible,
too, to encourage the appearance of
floats by area organizations and. in-
dustry?.
Probably the most necessary im-
provement is a proper grandstand,
and it is understood consideration is
being given this by the directors. If
it is possible to erect a new grand-
stand, located in such a' way as to
make full use of the great variety
of exhibits and program which the
fair is attracting, in time for next
year's show, it Will go a long way to-
wards making Seaforth's Class•
Fair the best in the province.
The creation of a fair that has the
confidence of the exhibitors and pub-
lic alike, and that is a credit to the
area it serves. is a process that takes
many years, but the officers and di-
rectors of the Seaforth Agricultural
Society have gone a long way towards
establishing just such a fair in Sea -
forth. They deserve congratulations
on the work which has been done and
wholehearted co-operation as they
plan for even better fairs in the
future.
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SPECIAL SALE
We are Overstocked on 842-12 Paige Wire
and we will sell this Paige Wire at a Special Price for 40 -Rod Rolls,
until our stock is cleared out !
SPECIAL PRICE – $1.22 per Rod in 40 - Rod Rolls
IMPORTED BARB WIRE — $8.75 per Spool
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INQUIRE ON BULK FERTILIZER DELIVERY
T'jT IT IT IT j
BULK BEEF PELLETS
• $43.00 per Ton
OPNOTCH FEEDS
LIMITED
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'rfE MOST VALUE FOR THE FARMER'S DOLLAR "
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Oi The Week*
• "Pardon me, but aren't you on some committee that meets
Tuesray nights?"
—SUGAR AND SPICE
By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILEY
It all depends on where you sit.
Years ago, I used to be bitterly
critical of the newspapers. It
didn't require much intelligence to
see that editors were craven,
afraid to publish the truth. It was
obvious that their policies were
dictated.,by- their advertisers, that
publishers were interested only in
profits. I'd have written them
some pretty fierce letters on the
subject, I can tell you, but they
probably wouldn't have printed
them anyway.
Then I became a newspaper edi-
tor. In ten years on the job I found
out that editors were absolutely
fearless, dauntless and selfless;
that : they were idealists, devoted
to progress and the betterment of
the community; that they cared
nothing about money. if a princi-
ple were at stake.
During the same period, I dis-
covered that newspaper subscrib-
erswere irritable, unpredictable
and impossible to please; that they
were demanding, did not appreci-
ate the editor, and would not write
a letter to him unless they had
an axe to grind.
As an editor, I criticized the op-
erations of various organizations,
from the fall fair ,-board to the
tourist association. I suggested
they were poky, somnolent. anti-
quated. I claimed that they need-
ed new ideas, a better system. I
inferred that the executive was
asleep at the switch and badly in
need of new blood.
Invariably, at the next annual
meeting, I would be elected to the
board of directors of the' organ-
ization. Within a hear, I would
have found cut that a few harass-
ed officers were doing all the
work; 'that you practically bad to
use a gun to collect annual fees
from the members: and that the
latter's chief pleasure in life was
criticising the executive on street -
corners or in. saloons.
I remember when I used to be
an ordinary-, complaining. irate
taxpayer. I felt nothing but the ut-
most contempt for the stupidity.
the narrow-mindedness of 't h e
members of the town council.
Their callous neglect of such vital
problems as resurfacing the street
on which I lived was little short of
criminal.
Then one winter night. half-de-
linous from the 'Cu. I allowed my
name to be put forward at the
annual nomination meeting. For
the next two years. I served on
the town council. I was shocked
and disgusted, during my term in
office. at the pettiness, the orner-
iness. and the utter disregard of
the fundamentals of municipal ec-
onomy, that existed among the
taxpayers.
During one phase, I was cer-
tain that raising beef cattle was
the ultimate in easy money. You
just bought some cattle, put them
on the grass, sat back on the porch
and watched them swell into big,
juicy sirloins at $1 a pound.
Then 1 learned that it goes like
this. You buy some cattle in the
fall. at 23c a pound. You feed
them $500 worth of hay, and pump
water to them all winter. In the
spring, you put them out to pas-
ture. One falls into a crack in
the rocks, and breaks his silly
neck. Another expires horribly,
after eating a broken beer battle
that somebody threw over the
fence. A third comes down with
the bloat. But they've gained 100
pounds each, and you can still
break even. So you ship them to
market in the fall. And that week
the bottom drops out of beef pric-
es, and they go under the hammer
'at 18c a pound, leaving you a net
profit of minus $700.
Until this year, I regarded teen-
agers as the twentieth century's
answer to the bubonic plague, or
the Great Fire of London. I knew
they were lazy, insolent, selfish,
dull and not worth a fiddler's foot.
This year, we have a teen-ager of
*Ur own, and I've discovered that
they are essentially lively, high-
spirited, lovable, warm-hearted and
fascinating young people, the hope
of the future.
As a frazzled editor, putting in
a long work -week, I used to view
with envy, and not a little indig-
nation, the teachers ambling down-
town about 4:30 each day. With
other disgruntled ratepayers, I
spent hours figuring out how many
days they worked, how Many holi-
days they had, how much money
they got, and how Mile they 'did
for it all.
Now I'm a teacher. I've been
at it for only a couple of weeks,
but I've caught on gitickiy. Al-
ready I realize that nobody is so
vital to the welfare of the com-
munity as our teachers. No one is
so overworked, underpaid and un-
appreciated, as the teacher. I've
learned .that teachers are com-
pletely- uninterested in salary sche-
dules, annual increments and sup-
erannuation figures. They just do
it for the sheep love of it.
It all depends on where you sit.
(Prepared by the Research Staff
of Encyclopedia Canadiana)
Where Are the Shickshock
Mountains?
They are the mountains that
dominate the interior of Quebe's
Gaspe Peninsula. The range, a
part of the Appalachians, runs
roughly parallel to the St. Lawr-
ence and near Ste. Felicite reaches
the shore. offering a magnificent
panorama to drivers along the
coastal highway. The name Shick-
shock is from a Micmac Indian
term meaning "rocky Mountains".
Champlain named them the Notre
Dame Mountains. The highest
peaks include Mount Jacques Car-
tier, also known as Tabletop Moun-
tain (4160 feet), Mount Riohardson
i 3885 fet). Barn Mountain (3775
feet) and Mount Logan (3700 feet).
Most of the highest peaks are in
Gaspesian Provincial Park.
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When Was a Train Seized For
Taxes?
In 1889 the municipal authorities
of Port Arthur. sister city of Fort
William at the Lakehead, seized a
Canadian Pacific Railway train in
a dispute with the railroad over
taxes. It bad been at the request
of the CPR that Port Arthur had
changed its name from Prince Ar-
thur's Landing in 1882: the follow-
ing'.ear'the railway had built the
community's first elevator. CPR
President Var. Horne. highly in-
cersed ever the town's action.
-wore that "for this the grass shall
gr( w in the streets of Port Ar-
thur." He paid up the taxes but
transferred all CPR business. ,
pack-
age -freight warehouses and offices'
to Fort William. In 1902 the Cana-
dian Northern Railway made Port
Arthur its lakebead terminus and
the town was able to recover from
the blow dealt it by the CPR trans-
fer.
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FEDERATION
NEWS -
Sy J. CAiiiir 1AMINGWAY
As the month of September
draws to a close, no doubt many
poultry prodtucers are wondering
,if there will be another deficiency
payment coming to them some
time in the next six months. In
fact, until just the other day at
least one poultry producer was
wondering whether he was going
to get a deficiency payment for
last January - March' period. How-
ever, the payment finally arrived
and the secretary at the egg -grad-
ing station is now in the clear.
Prospects for the deficiency pay-
ment after the year end of Sep-
tember 30 are becoming quite 4 m.
As of September 3, the estimated
weighted average price for A
Large was 29.7 cents. With the
support price at 33 cents, this
would seem to indicate a defici-
ency payment of 3.3 cents. How-
ever, whether you understood it or
not, the Government stated that
the January -March payment was
an interim payment and would be
used• to equalize any £ttzther pay-
ment for the rest of the year.
The payment of eight cents at
that time equals 2 cents for the
whole year; therefore the support
price now is really 31 cents. This
still leaves a possible payment of
1.3 cents, but with prices con-
tinuing well above the support
price throughout September, the
weighted average price is expect-
ed to be only a small fraction of
a cent below the support price, if
any.
In any case, the cost of sending
out cheques would be too great"
and it is expected that any defici-
ency- payment will simply be held
as a credit until a future payment
is justified..
I was interested • to- see in the
Ottawa report a statement to the
effect that Mr. Harkness's defici-
eOgy payment plan had proved
quite successful in increasing price
and reducing surpluses. This is
true, but there are other results
to be considered(
The' reason that prices are up
and surpluses are down is because
of reduced production. This simply
means that some producers of
eggs and hogs have been killed
off. The method is effective, but
I still have grave doubt that this
cure was desirable or necessary.
0 u r manufacturing industry
with apparent approval of Govern-
ment, has tried this method
through tariff restrictions and the
result has been the importation of
a great many articles that could
very well be manufactured in Can-
ada.
If too many poultry and hog pro-
ducers are killed off we can look
forward to eating imported eggs
and pork. In many cases this, will
also mean a poorer quality pro-
duct. In reply to a letter to one
of the county papers regarding the
coloring of margarine, my answer
is still the same: Let it be color-
ed. any color except to imitate
butter. Then we will know when
we are eating it and enjoy it ac-
cordingly.
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Who Was Canada's First Woman
School Inspector?
Aletta Elise Marty, who was ap-
pointed inspector of Toronto
schools in 1919. Miss Marty was
born of Swiss parents at Mitchell,
near Stratford, Ont, in 1865 and
at the age of 16 began teaching in
country schools while continuing
her own studies. In 1904 she re-
ceived her M.A. from Queen's Uni-
versity. Before her Toronto ap-
pointment she taught French and
German in collegiate institutes in
St Thomas and Ottawa. In addi-
tion to' being the first woman
school inspector in Canada, she
was the first Canadian woman
awarded an honorary degree by
Queen's University (LL.D., 1919).
She was active in the Home and
School movement and in teachers'
organizations and was for some
years vice-president of the Cana-
dian , Chautauqua. In 1928 Dr.
Marty went to South Africa as an
exchange inspector and she died
there the following year.
Rev. H: Funge Is
Bethel. Speaker
Rev.. H. Funge, Londesboro, was
guest minister at Bethel United
Church Sunday when that congre-
gation celebrated their annivers-
ary.
His morning subject was, "Ye
Are Not Saved Without Christ,"
while in the evening he spoke on
"The Three Crosses."
Soloist was Miss Margaret Hil-
len, who sang, "Thanks Be To
God" and •'I'll Walk With God."
The choir. directed by ,Miss Jean
Hillen, organist, sang, "From
Glory Unto Glory" and "He Must
Reign."
Tell some people i ou can't get
along without them and before
:erg you can't get along with them.
Most youngsters think there are
,only three seasons in the year—
baseball. football and basketball.
McDDFF OTTAWA REPORT
OPERATION BOO't!'STRAP
"Operation Bootstrap "—the con-
certed effort by the four Atlantic
provinces to pull themselves up to
the standard in the rest of Can-
ada—completed its sixth year last
week.
The Atlantic Provinces Econom-
ics Council held its annual meeting
at Halifax to renew its efforts to
find ways of ending the vicious cir-
cle that for so many years has
made the Maritimes the most de-
pressed area in Canada.
The Coultcil, launched under the
initiative of New Brunswick's de-
feated Conservative Premier Hugh
John Fleming, is an exciting ven-
ture to promote the return to pros-
perity the Maritimes knew before
the end of the days of sail.
he-jiroblem is fairly basic. With
very limited natural resources, and
a relatively small population of
2,000,000 and hundreds of miles
from the densely populated mar-
kets of central Canada, the Arlan°
tic provinces could maintain only
a very limited number of manu-
facturing industries. Rather than
being able to build up its popula-
tion and thus create a reasonable
market, it continued to lose people
over the years to other areas of
Canada.
For 50 years the Maritimer has
bitterly railed against his lot,
blaming it on the greedy capital-
ists of "Upper Canada," without
ever really attempting to make a
determined effort to do something
about it.
They allowed their industry and
commerce—what there was of it
—to remain backward and ineffici-
ent. They envied the strong poli-
tical power of the prairie farmer
that served to bring abundant Fed-
eral Government aid, but at the
same time they were ineffective
in applying political pressure of
their own because of disunity, lack
of aggression and lack of purpose.
All that is changing. .. "•
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Through the Atlantic Council and
through regular meetings of the
four Atlantic province premiers, a
new sense of purpose is being giv-
en to the whole region.
APEC has become important for
two reasons. The first. is because
it is rapidly giving -the Atlantic
provinces a political voice which
they never had before. It is, al-
though no one would admit it in
such bald terms, an excellent pres-
sure group. It is slowly gaining
the power that is essential to
coerce the Federal Government in-
to taking measures which should
have been launched years ago and
if the Maritimes had been organ-
ized as the Prairies are, would
have been launched years ago.
The second is because it is pump-
ing some new life, a new spirit'of
aggression into Maritime business-
men themselves, compelling them
to bestir themselves to modernize
their operationg and actively go
out and seek business. New mar-
kets in the North and in U.S. mili-
tary bases in Newfoundland have
been opened up, for example, as
a result of the leadership provid-
ed by .APEC.
Don Jamieson, vice-president of
the Newfoundland Broadcasting
Co., laid it on the line for domes-
tic companies. "Never can we
forget that better freight rates
won't help a horse -and -buggy in-
dustry in this age of automation,"
he. declared.
"Roads to resources will be
blind alleys of continuing frustra-
tion if we lack courage to put our
money where our mouths have
been for so many years."
When its members talk of the
Atlantic Council, .they like to de-
scribe it as an organization de-
signed to help the Martimes pull
itself up by its bootstrap's, not to
seek charity. In the next breath
they move on to the pressing need
for Federal aid.
The first and most pressing de-
mand is for increased Federal sub-
sidies to reduce transportation
costs and make it easier for. Mari-
time
arrtime goods to compete in the mar-
kets of the rest of Canada.
The second demand usually in-
volves some form of capital assist-
ance, either through loans or tax
inducements, that will expand in-
dustry in the area and provide
more jobs.
What no one points out is that
transportation, subsidies w o u l d
have to be maintained indefinite-
ly. I#, they were at a 'rate that
was sufficiently high to permit
Maritime industry to compete and
thus attract new plants the total
amount of Federal subsidies would
continue to increase year by year.
That is a possibility that should
be recognized and faced up to, but
it does not mean that the subsidies
should not be approved. For too
long have the people of the Mari-
times suffered from low incomes
and few opportunities by compari-
son with Central Canada, although
they have continued . to provide a
captive market for many of the
tariff -protected industries of On-
tario and Quebec.
There seems little doubt that
whoever is in power in Ottawa will
have to reckon with the Atlantic
provinces as a far more powerful
political force than they ever have
been in the past.
KIPPEN
Mrs. Vera Gatenby, of Sceptre,
Sask., is visiting a few weeks with
a cousin, Mrs. Robert McLean, and
Mr. McLean.
Rev. D. A. MacMillan and Mrs.
MacMillan, of Ilderton, visited an
afternoon last week with friends in
Kippen.
Sympathy is extended by neigh-
bors and friends of Mr. and Mrs
William Coleman and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Finlayson in the pass-
ing of a mother, the late Mrs.
Coleman.
Mr, Lloyd and Miss Ella Dow -
son, of Varna, visited recency
with Mr, and Mrs. Dowson.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dickert
visited Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Wahl, of Listowel.
WMS Meeting
The WMS. of St. Andrew's Unit-
ed Church of Kippen met for their
September meeting . on Tuesday
evening with Mrs. Ralph Turner
and Mrs, Winston Workman as
hostesses. Mrs. John Sinclair was
in charge of the worship and took
for her theme, "Responsibility."
Mrs. John Anderson chaired for
the remainder of the meeting. Af-
ter the minutes and the roll call,
Marjorie Turner favored with a
piano instrumental. Mrs. Morley
Cooper gave the visitors' report.
It was decided to pack a bale at
the end of October.
Mrs. Ross Love read a paper
on Christian Stewardship. Mrs.
Eldon Jarrott gave the Sunshine
report and Mrs. Allan Johnston
read a poem. Mrs. Ronald Mc-
Gregor gave the study, "Your
Second Job," as told • by Albert
Sweitzer. After the October meet-
ing was reviewed, Mrs. Ross
Broadfoot gave the courtesy re-
marks. The meeting closed with
a hymn and Mizpah benediction.
Lunch was served by . Group 3,
who were in charge. -
Thrifty Kippenettes
The fifth meeting of the Thrifty,
Kippenettes was held at the home
of the assistant leader, Mrs. H.
Caldwell, on Sept. 23, at 9 a.m.
The meeting opened with the ,4-H
Pledge. Minutes of the last meet-
ing were read and adopted. The
roll call was answered by eighteen
members.
Mrs. McGregor demonstrated
how to make a cocb.a paste. The
leaders had made some cup cakes;
each member demonstrated put-
ting fancy icing on the cakes.. Dis-
cussions were on "Planning a
Party." This . included party
themes, table decorations, addi-
tional decorations, party games,
introductions and the party guest.
The riteeting closed with '"God
Save the Queen." Everyone enjoy-
ed sampling the cup cakes. The
roll call for the next meeting is
"An exchange of material for your
reference file." The home assign-
ments were: Make cocoa and serve
at home and report in record
book; record book and reference
file's brought up to date to the
next meeting.
Splinters on the ladder of suc-
cess are much--sarper on the way
down,
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Hensall Players`
Win Trophies
Boys in Zurich and Hensali were
among the many hockey players
across Canada who were present-
ed with Robin Hood trophies at the
close of last year's season. Players
to 8ensall were . S. 'Kyle, Robert
McNautton, D Moe** and Robert
Moir; ZaXt'14+ BArg B
tlat<y G y and Ricin* Sts
Interesting items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
September 27, 1935
Thomas Sills won the S.C.I.
championship at the Seaforth Col-
legiate sports day on Monday.
An Oxford ewe, owned' by Wm.
J. Dale, of Kinburnr gave birth to
twin lambs on Sunday and also a
single lamb in February. This is
the first beard of 'an Oxford breed
to give birth twice in one year,
certainly not three lambs in sev-
en months.
Mrs. E. Appleyard was named
president of the Women's Hospital
Aid at their meeting last Thurs-
day.
The Farmer's Club at Cromarty
have given the corner store a coat
of paint, which adds greatly to the
appearance of the building.
Miss Kathleen ,Stewart left this
week to attend the University of
Toronto; Miss Margaret., McKellar
and Miss Muriel Beattie to attend
the Ontario College of Education,
and Miss Alice Devereaux and Miss
Elizabeth McLean to attend the
University of Western Ontario At
London.
Mr. James Scott left for Toronto
this week to resume his studies at
Toronto Medical SchooL
Mr. Alex Kerr, who bak be `n ill'
with pneumonia, is now making a
satisfactory recovery.'
Mr. Frank Donnelly, well-known
young Goderich lawyer, received
the unanimous nomination at Hen-
call on Friday as Conservative
candidate in the ,federal election.
An immense crowd attended the
Seaforth Fall Fair on Friday last,
when perfect weather helped make
the show the best in years.
Twenty-two rinks participated in
the trebles bowling tourney staged
at the local_,greens on Wednesday
afternoon and evening of this
week.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 23, 1910
It is understood that the Clinton
Motor Car Company will shortly
be incorporated at Toronto. The
concern will be a subsidiary of the
Canadian Flax Mills Limited.
Mr. W.. T. Box has purchased a
handsome new five -passenger Mc-
Laughlin touring car. Mr. W. Cole
has also purchased an automo-
bile.
The old red schoolhouse on the
Kippen Road, Tuckersmith, and
which has been used as a public
hall, has been moved to the farm
of Isaac Moore, where it will be
used as an implement house.
Mr. Kelly, of the Dominion
Bank, and Mr. Stewart Scott were
in Goderich this week, taking part
in a tennis tournament.
Forty-five tickets were sold at
Londesboro Tuesday morning for
the London Fair.
Mr, A. D. Chisholm, an old Sea -
forth boy, has been elected presi-
dent of the Winnipeg Grain Ex-
change.
Mrs. Charles Aberhart, of Eg-
mondville, has put a new roof on
her house and also a coat of paint.
Mr. Naylor, manager of the
clothing factory, is removing his
family here from Lucknow, and
will occupy the Pickard residence
on Goderich St.
Mr. Reynolds, the new station
agent, has assumed -his duties at
the Kippen station, and with Mrs.
Reynolds are getting things in
shape for their new residence.
Mr. T. N. Forsyth, who for the
past 20 years has taught the school
in Section No. 2, Tuckersmith, has
announced his intention of retiring
from the profession at the close of
the year.
The Moncrieff Harvest Home
Festival was a great success in
every way.
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From The Huron Expositor
September 25, 1885
Mr. James A. Cline, formerly of
Seaforth, was appointed captain of
the Wingham Fire Brigade recent-
ly.
Mr, L. E. Dancey, barrister of
town, .represented Seaforth at the
Young Men's. Liberal convention in
Toronto last week.
The rate of taxation here this
year is 19 mills on the dollar, be-
ing one mill higher than last year.
Mr, John H. Hamilton, of the
Wellington Marble Works, Guelph,
was here this week erecting a
handsome red granite monument
over the grave of M. Buggin, in
Maitlandbank cemetery.
' There is considerable sickness
in town this week, caused no doubt
by the sudden change in the wea-
ther during the last four or five
weeks,
Mr. Robert Govenlock, of Mc-
Killop, has rented his farm to his
son, John, for four years. and in-
tends retiring from active busi-
ness life,
Mr. Alexander Munroe, former-
ly of Tuckersmith, ' and his bro-
thers, have taken up three farms
near Long Rapids, and are all do-
ing well.
Mulkeron & Co. have commenc-
ed the erection of a new brick
block in Mitchell.
The Misses Wright have com-
menced dressmaking in the rooms
in Scott's Block, Seaforth, lately
occupied by M' ss Laird.
A large number left Sensed on
Wednesday to attend the Zurich,
or World's Fair,
A large quantity of apples and
potatoes are now being brought to
market,
Mr, ThOnas Berry, Hensall's
well-known horse buyer, intends
shortly erecting a large stock and
wile stable.
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