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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-08-21, Page 2$inee 1860 Serving tile ,doninunity First Vublisbed at S.A.FORTit, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLean Bros„ Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor - SUBSCRIPTION ` RATES: •\ , • 'Canada, (in advance) $2.,50 a Year United States (42. advance) $3.50 a Year .SINGLE COPIES - 5 cENTs,EACH ..A.uthorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian Weekly. `Newspapers AssociatiOn SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, -AITGUST 21,1959. Tight Money Is Ansmier, To Inflation It is interesting to see with what -government expenclitUrei, alacrity Finance Minister Fleming When a tight money policy comes denies any responsibility for the pres- into -effect, as it did last fall the 'ent tight money situation which has Bank of Canada decreases the cash resulted in chartered banks being reserves of the banks Or holds- them forced to refuse loans to customers, constant in the face Of' --growing de- , no matter' how credit worthy they mand for loans from consumers. In either casenioney and credit The squeeze in which the small bor- gro* scarcer and dearer, the yield on Tower now finds himself is, of course, Government treasury bills rises, the part and parcel of the Tory -made price df government bonds drops, in - confusion that has featured the fin: • creasing the yield, the "bank rate" , ancial affairs of the country -since the rises and the interest rates chartered election of two years ago. The -dif-- -banks charge their customers go hp ficultieS of today are the price the » Thus not only are 4'i-1mi:cent custom; -- citizens are being called on to pay for ers, dependents on their ability to the fulfilment of the Diefenba,ker borrow, affected but the widow, the election promises of increased social farmer, the pensioner, finds t he . benefits and reduced taxes. 'government bonds in which they have The curtailment of credit has Come - investedtheir saving& no longer are about because of tight money, coupl- worth what they paid for them. _ ed with the six per cent legal ceiling That is the tragedy of the whole 0-ri-the lending-rates—of—chartered-- -affair,---For-politicaLexpediency, the, banks. And tight money is a neces- Diefenbal.Fer, government in increas-- sary brake lleing applied to the eon- ing the national ' debt, in operating oroy by the Bank of Canada as fiscal the national affairs on the basis of agent of the government to offset the an all-time record deficit, ig not only inflationary pressures created by the creating problems for every Cana - record Diefenbaker deficit and con- dian in this generation, but also for tinued high level of non-productive those of future generations So These Were the Good Old Days People with short memories and a 7. It is expected that each employee limited knowledge of social history " shall participate, in the \activitle.s of like to refer to "the good old days" the church and contribute liberally to . the Lord's vwork. 8. All employees must show them- , selves worthy of their hire._ 9. Employees are expected to be in bed by 10:00, -p.m., except each male employee may be- given one evening •-'a week for -courting and two evenings a week, in the -Lord's House. , with the implication that life _was so much sw_eete, then. This may have been true in a few cases, but certainly not in the major- ity of instances, as indicated by a set of house rules" posted on the_wall for employees of a carriage' shop in 1879. "Rules of This Establishment" were as follows: ^ 1. Employees working here shall 1.0,.. After an employee has ' been with our firm for five yearshal-shall • dust the furniture, clean their desks receive an added paymen, , ' '-. v and sweep the floor daily. •cents per day, providing the, firni liaS 2. All windows 'shall be cleaned - prospered in ,a, Manner to , make. it once a week. - , possible. 3. Each employee shall bring his ._-____:?...1. It is the bounden duty of each own bucket of water and scuttle of employee to put awayatleast 10 per coal for each day's work. cent..., of his wages for his el_ecliriirig chimneys 4. Lanitcleaned dailyos shall be trimmed and 'Years'n sel‘n thatht- 11-e- will ri°t' /3°c(3111e a burdeupoe charity of his Vet= . ' _ • ters. to 800 p.m. every day but the saki- 12. Any employee who -is shaven...in 5. WorMngliours shall be 7:00 a.m. joublic parlors, frequerits pool roonis ' bath, On the Sabbath everyone is ex- ;----ortises -tobacco -shall be hroUght be- pected th be,in the Lord's Hous. . fore the management to give reasons 6. Employees are expected to trini • why he-ShOuld be 'continued in em- ' their own pen nibs to suit themselves. , ployment.—(The Acton Free Press). "... ",-.!..F.,.. ,....F.r....• HALF -PAST TEEN GRANT you ir W/LL row AM" iN, 8/T/T ST/LL THE • MOST EMSARRA 55/NG MOMENT OF MY 1./FE. (By =V. -ROBERT IL HARPER) COLD DA.Y IN AUGUST en a young woman learned that she was secondchoice for the evening, that her .escort sought an engagement withanother girl for the , evening and failed, then had asked the young woman, she tell& him it would be "a cold day in August" when -she went out with him again. •And that day has nev- er come. A number of years ago, that saying about a cold day in August waS quite a statement. But the temperature depends up- on vvitere you are. High on the summit of a snow-covered moim- tain, •in the southern part of the world, at the Poles,. and even in. an aix=conditioned building,-, it might be a cold' day in August, So we are reminded that much. depends upon our relation• toward • eat -of -August and -the -cold -of -San - nary. As the heat of August can • be overcome by air-conditioning, and the cold of January:4Y .central heating, much can be deterthined, by our attitude toward a- given thing. Whether an elephant was like a rope or a tree to blind Men; - according to an Ainerican poet, de- • pends upon whether they had hold of his tail or his, leg. Your attitilde _towa.rd your fellew Men will terniined by your good ca. evil will toward him. • S E E Wins At: Shelburne : Al CherneY, WelllatioWn Musician, who is, Seen „frequently CKNX •Pregrants, won the 'novelty fiddlihg contest:at-the ilSlielbutne- meet last.week; beating a. U.S77COmpeti-T, .tor for .-,the, first time', since the .competition was :started :Six , years , ago. •Al. was `al:so 'second' .in :the operi for oldte Wingham Advance -Times., ,• Dontat.e $500 ,More, „ 'Another,`$.500 , was given to the Clinton .COmmitinity:' SWinaming Pool fund the HitronTish ,and Game Conservation ' Asseciation on. Mon- day; tvben.,thelelmb members Made ,the decision suppert coni- Mimity effort :that • inOch, More: Barrett Taylor; :president- of .• the chtb, 'chaired the ineethrg.linton Nes-Recd• • • • , flit BY Car;: • Charles ',Hopper, three -Year -Old 'son:of .Mr. and Mrs. ClairHopper of Scott. .Street,'" is • pregressing • satisfactorily, in ,Winghani HosPital following an, aceident. the middle of last ':The 'Child Suffered .a fractured -leg When lie was inieolli- sion with a ear near his:hen-re, as lid ran Out to, Meet' his, father re- turning,from Work.' He will be con- fined 'to„ hospital for a few Week -SF AdVatteelfirieS.. Parklii.11, to determine cause of the failure.--Eieter Tinies-Advocate. Reniove BB ' . 479,01." McbtiFF OTTAWA REPORT announced at Oxford that $10,001) zi nioNrst WHEREIT'S -NEEDED O'ITAWA--;We take riiass educa• lien: for granted as Indispensable' to our, modern .indirstrial „society. But •this basis: of developMent is sorely lacking in many Coramon- wealth Countries.' So, when, we talk about "aid to Commonwealth, edu- cation" we are talking ;about some- thing even more •yital to. those countries'. development than federal aid toeducatiOn in Canada,. con, sisting, a grants 10 universities and scholarshipprog-rms, In the Underdeveloped, Countries of the Commonwealth, particularlY',- in. re- lation to technical eduCatiOn as dis- t(i;gsutii;:e,don:r.ein,, he.. huiT. nifies,it ,, IS a case of .building almost a new structure, not just irrinroYing,-..an 000 in what are knovvn as "Ceunter. part funds" are to go toward CM-. Strtleti011 higher technolnical institiltes",and Polytechnic sehools in India. The funds result frena Canadian gifts like wheat, flour, metals and fertilizers. l'he recip- • ent country agrees to build up fund mth s in its own money equivalent to e Canadian 'yalue• of the gift.- Then - this money is used for economi• c development projectC`including \the building of schools. It's a way of translating one type' . of aid into another. More. than half -of the $800,000 for a technological inti, tute. at Katubedde, CeYlon,,,- was raised this way. • • ----- • `More scope is given for this typo of 'translation" because of th•e general increase in the amount of foreign aid. Canada has boosted its - .annual; contributions under the Col- ombo Plan alone from $35,000,000 to' $50,000;000 _for at, least three Years. . • While "foreign 'aid" is usually thought of as darns, nuclear reac- tors, railway •locomotives, wheat, and soon, these •material •gifts may be less vital now than aid iflL building their education systems. Prinie Minister .Diefenbaker fre- quently sPeaks•-of'the need tp meet the Russian '"econiimie -offensive"' and the impesSibility, of Selling, the Western way sto people with empty .0imachs-__Canadiailr.4Perifermance is, now .geing, some ay toward matching his words. The most--irn- portant recent. -deVeiennients are connected. • with -the , recent Com- nionvvealth Education Conference 111 OXford,England,..Which approv- ed tire Canadianpromoted 'scheine r Commonwealth • 'Exchange Scholar,ships And 'plans for putting , more effort 'intojeacher, .training. , :-0.Catta'-appreVed-,-.-48,000.;0004Or 'these - scheines over fiVe years:' 85-,006;000-.001'-'•fOrP,the- ,sCholarshin scheme, and:the rest enjeacher- training programs. The 'scholarship scheme will' bring 'More' Scholars. from the 'poorer tothe ticher„Coun- triei than. it. Will ''sendin . the op- posite thnar,eontaining an finportant :"aid"'. element.: It will serve -to"-laind -the .-CoramonWealtli- together by giving the leaders:of. 'VarniitioW-Ifoltrit-sevetal-inerri- bey .countrieSthe chance 10 share , a eOmmon. eduCational'experienee: , About' seven Months-, ago; , _at of Mr. And Mrs. 'Kenneth Cooke, --- Joseph Street, !was :playing • With. ,(Prepared by the ReSearch Staff of; 'a ..BR gim in t.he basement of Ina Encyclopedia Canadiana) DID VANCOUVER ISLAND HAVE ANOTHELNAME? • Yes. At - one time this island on Which the capitalof British Colum- bia situated was -.known ' as Quadra' and .Vancouver Island. to commeniorath” the friendship of Capt. George Vaneonver''' and; the Snanish'navigathr and•atiministra-, ter, ..Tuan .Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra. Quadra, born in Peru .about 1744, commanded a- ship,that in 1779 vOyaged up the. northwest coast of America as (far as, the sixtieth -degree latitnde, sight - Ing Mount St. Elias. In 1792 he • was sent to Nootlia''Sound on Van-, couver Island as,' Spanish envoy to meet Captain Vancouver and to ar-: home, when a I:Inllet,ricocheted•and •,strtick him in the faee..Little atten,, titin-WaS paid tot.tt at tire time, but the . yotingster. recently could feel ,something liardrunder 'his left eye, ,and tioctoes investigation shOwed. that the "duntibell" type Millet:Vas •einbedded there. -The .bullefwill be removed :a.t.,,the, ten News -Record. • BRIGHTEN • THE Of Your Home With Our Wide Selection ,of Rugs Linoleums • Congoleurns • -Jaspe and'IVIarboleurn TILES OF ALL KINDS You'll find the widest variety of Patterns, Styles and Quality at " hone 43 Seafort Lands Safely • • Veteran RCAF pilots. have been loud .in their,praise of an',18-year-, old Norwegian ,NATO„ student- Who bimight a I''propellerless Chipninrik .safely down into- a •tieltinear. Grand, Bend Tuesday afternobn. Although the plane crashed through • twe fences as it !crossed the Crediton highway, officials said damage was not serious. Authorities are seeldng the propeller,. which fell from. the. plane when it was . northeast of. vacate • . • Town .officials. have, reeeiVednO- .tice 'that. they 'Must :native Of 'the-.;,Tnyria Hallbefere'Septerriber',7 ,,the• Inilltling.,,can'Ae..-torn-doWn .tti make way' fer.,.;.1Ce, new ,federal The official 'notice arriv- ed .Saturday',•-•thedaY after the, Aug..., Ineeting'Of TOwn,CounciL:What • .wou, happen -if the notice cani�rangffi hjjr' for the restoration was discussed at the Friday Meet- of British properties seized by the, • ing.of cdtincil?; It had heen:tenta- Spaniards, ni 1769. Ole two men' lively planned to alter the. centre ;differed on 'details . of their diplo,, All of this aid, of •course, 'is not much in relation to the need. But at least ,we are doing more than we were .and broadening the cath- gories in which we will give as ... sistance. You niight say that in - „stead ,of,just,putting a thin -la -- • dew on the bottorn of the bucket ; we are starting ,to send a fairly • steady pattering of drops into it, * * seetion of the. town -owned Capital Theatre on -West Street to provide' ,offices for.th•-tOWn•elerk, . the as- sessor •and Staff. The:,only possible bar to getting .this Wokk thine be7 fore September . 7- might be': money-, it'was indicated at the council meeting. 'Council was 'told it looks' like the budget may be -used mi. for alteratibils'. to'. die police depart merit -(Which will be located in the. ,ifront,part of 'the theatre) and -re: 1i:ovation of ,an apartment on :.the. ,secend floor of the .theatre. But few. • councillors seemed to' favot the .al- ternative,setting up ernporary of- fices in•MacKay Hall or -renting of- ficeS • in, ,say,. the ;old' collegiate building.+-Goderich Signal -Star.' • Liying in a tourist town mus,t,be quite different __front living_in a, town of c,orrespontling-siie thathas no link with ,the;tourist industry. * * * I grew up in a small town that was just beginning to find its po- tential as a tourist 'town. Quite a few. American cars were evident in July and August. Everybody, thought the tourist business was a good thing and stemething should be done about it. -4 few people with large houses -and smill incomes, in- cluding my mother, put up "Tour- ist Accommodation' signs an d were not only flabbergasted but delighted,, to rent huge, ininiaeu- late bedrooms for as inuch as $2 a night. t• • But on the whole, the tourist huSiness was just a little extra -gravy, and the town drowsed through the summer, the merch- ants leaning, in their cool doorways, waiting for '6 o'clock to come, so they could elose up„and htiStle off to the ball park after, gulping their supper. * What a difference from the slarri-bam-thank-you-mam atritos- •phere of the modern tourist town! * Today, the tourist business is not only a little extra gravy, It is the crearn in the coffee, the ic- ing on the cake, the cheese with the -apple pie and any other gar- nishing you care to nauseate your? self with irnaginine'lt is the dif- ference between survival of the fit- test and getting along nicely, thank you, in the business world. June, they are .as welcome as the first flow,ers. They _add color, ex-' ”eiteinent,,, a l'OuCh-'of the outside; -world, with their different accents - and different clothes.' • • They are watinly welcomed, and not just •for tbeir -financial con- tribution. Mogi of them are very nice, friendly people, and its a pleasure• to greet the' repeaters each Year, on their first trip to the cottage, • We have a little ' Yarn abut the winter we've spent, and like as not, especially if' they're Americans, they'll urge: "Now you be sure 'and come Up to the cet- tage and see us this slimmer. W'11 have a cold one together," For the 'grocers, the hardwares, the drug store, the -tourist season is a mi turd of exhilaration and ex- haustion. The harmonic:Ms tune of the cash' register is offset by the digcOrclant scream of achinzfeet. It is bonanza for the skilled men of the toWn and district The elec- trieians and carpenters, fhe paint- ers and plumbers, who had a dim winter, wondering where the next lob wan coming -from, are now • courted, flattered and sought after like expensive courtesans, .1 matic-mission--but became firm friends. An iSland ati the northern end of the' Strait of Georgia, be- tween Vancouver Island and the Mainland, is still called Quadra Is- land. Quadra died in 1794, probab- ly in San 'Bias, Mexico. , They start to come In a trickle that quickly bedtimes a• _stream, then an avalanche: The pace quick- ens in the small toWn , as every - brie Urals to in an effort to cope with them. By. mid-July, the whole town is throbbing with this heady addition to its lifestream. You can't find 'a. place to park, shop- ping takes three time as- long, and you can scarcely cross the street because* of the cOnstant stream of cars crawling through. • * * , About this time, the tourist town has almost lostits identity and individuality. Merchants and, re- sort operators are like fishermen who find themselves in the 'Middle of a vast school of fish,- like farra- ers intent on reaping the harvest before the first touch of frost Idlis Aside Iron), its economie injee. tion, the. tourist business has a very strong itn act on the life of a sniall town. Whn the first visi- tors, begin k) .arrive, in May and * • noEs ACAMA • MEAN? • The name Acaclie (in ',English, Acadia) was given by France .0 her Atlanticseaboard- po'ssessions in' the 'New ,World The origin of the name has never -been definite- ly •traced. 'Indians of ;the Abnaki, -II,/alecite and Micmac bands inhab- ited this area -and the name is not unlike others of IVIicnaac parentage. The, -rnap compiled bY Gestaldi in - 1548, showed the territory as tar- cadie and after 1604; when the first ,settlement was established, it was normally -referred to as 'Abadie.. * * WHEN THE,. FIRST_ .. CANADIAN,. COINS *-AP,PEAR? Of more iinniediate iinport •to educational deVeloprnent...in the poorer ' cOnntries'_•.ard,:.the, •schemes for -training teachers and building schools. Not only will teachers be brought to Canada' for ,training, but Canadian -teachers . 'tar teams. of -tegehers: Will' also.' ge• abroad to as- sist with' the 'establishment or ,ex- tenSiOn. teacher -training institu- tions; This. latogranilis .iii addition to .technical educational' wort -.ready being done:under three COM- inenwealth - technical .., assistance programs: one aid ..COlombo Plan' countries, . a -second for the 'West Indies; and a. third 'bar "cern- Monwealth -'conritrieS not in the 'Colombo., OOP of.countries ' lit South and „SoutheaSt ASia.' By midr; sumieek,',1;106' trainees • had been hrmight , to- Canada....under','these seheines sin 1950, -and 154"Cana7; dian'exPertSbad been sent abroad.: • ':-.Mirch more . aid is also likely :to •be 'channelled, into the. Minding of schoela Canada and Capital Hill Capsules Watch,• for announcements -re. , ,garding, a, Major tree enterprise,, contrihution,. promoted by Cana- dians,_to...CemnienWealth education._ Organizers in Ottawa are planning _to set • up a Commonwealth Insti- tute -of -SoCial-Ifteseareli here, Witla an Operating, budget of half a mil. lion a year,- to bring.;economists, historians,, 'sociologists. and others . of the :-ilk -.together to help Solve "the' World's, , pressing- Social . lems. The -institute" has ,,the -bless- 'ing.f.-01-the-goVerninerit'substatitial=, -snits already -I-iledged; and -a. list of-SPonsor.S__vidithh..„_;reads likenn honor .roll of public affairs, busi.- • ness and education 'in the, Com:, - moriwealth: • • The firJ Canadlan coins, silver *5 -sol and 15 -sol pieces, were struck in 1670 by LOWS, XIV of France for his colonies in North Ameriea. The '15 -sol 'piece has beaorrie one of ,the rarest of all Canadian coins and to- day is worth about 6600. The, first * , •-The goveinnient :sheuldbe.Jrn- • ing,by..now that its -closed-mouth; ' we'l1•itell-You4hen-Vve-Watit-te po I, - j�y o1 'public 'relations isn?t, doing . . it .any good.The governinenteften in -tiffs its chantes:for--good ify arid- puts pepPlers=backs,np by. throwinga security blanket over Matters and events -,of proper • lie interest' • • • official Canadian coins to be pro- duced in Canada appeared in 1908, - the year the want was 'established in Ottawa. -Before that, all Cana- dian coins since the conquest had been struck a't either. the Royal Mint at London or the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England. * * WHO WAS FIRST MANITOBA - CHIEF JUSTICE TO BE BORN IN THAT PROVINCE? - , The present, chief .justice the. HomJoljfl E.L.Adamson., Ad- amson was 'borrir.at • Nelson now Morden); Man., in 1884, and reeei-V- ed: his, eddeation in local Public ,Scheols .and at St. 'John's College; University, of '1Vianitoba.. He :was called..to,the provincial bar. in .1.916. • and praCtised law' When he was-aPPointed--a-jUstiee-cif the- ManitOba- Conft ' of King's Bench in 1922, he, was,the,first native,son of the proVince't0, achieve this hon - 'Our; In 1948 he was . elevated to the Court of APPeal and hi Janu- 'ary, 1955, he became, the first:ha: tive',IVIanitobari to serve aS chief justice of the proYince. , Aspirants to succeed a Prime Minister . should;.1,11 befall him or 'should: be decide to ' retire, are " never; lacking:\ When. it comes to • lining up votes at a leadershipicon- ventiowthe support' of MIs, each % of whom has soine delegates''votes in his pocket, cruCial-especial- ly if a party has 208 'Mrs. Con-'' _ servative ministers 'into are -Pay- ing most attentiOn to helping the - backbenchers are Geetge Flees, Donald Fleming and Davie Fulton, in that order. THE EDITOR: London; Can., Aug. 10, 1959. Editor, The Huron Expositor: • Dear. Sir: The Board' of Diree- tors of the London District Crip- „pled Children's Treatment Centre have requested that I express their appreciation to you and your com- pany -for the publicity given on be. half of the Centre at the time of our official opening in June. Sulic publicity is invaluable ,to us..as we are a non-profit organization and, will be dependent on °the assistance . of the public in maintaining this fine thsfitutiort. ' Thank You for lelping us M this - Manner and we sincerely hope•we Can counf ort you for continued suP. pert in our work. S' cerely • L. C. EVANS, • Director in Charge of PublicitY. Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor ef 25,• 50 and ,75 years ago. ' * * As August nears its end, and the golden days fall"rapidlY away, there is a little sadness m the air, as the tourist season nears itS end, and the new and old friends among the carnpers are seen head- ing outof town with' their' sun - blackened children children and their piled - high cars.- ' But when Labour Day. arrives, and theavalanche slows to Y a trickle' the town becomes a town again, not just a shopping centre. The citizens slow down, stretch their backs, and Wok around at • each other. Within a •wok, thei have forgotten the scramble and the rush -and the foolish business of ,maldrig money, and, full of re- newed interest in their town, and theinselvest down to something serious, like planning a hunting till3S•or having' a PartY. Erom,‘ The Huron Expositor August 17, 1934 We were passixig the time of day , with Chief H. Snell recently when the Chief remarked that a few nights previously he had seen a-putormS luteola-mink to you -on Mairi St., in front of SteWart- Bros,' stores, vvitich he estimated to be about three-quarters -full • grown. The young thing took to its heels and ran -:to Godericli St., doubled back and filially disappeared up John St. Mr. 'S. Wesley Beattie 'brought into The ExpoSitor offiee• on Wed- nesday the largest single mush- room that has ever been seen, io this district It,rneasured 10 inch- es 'across and weighed 11/2 pound, and was found on the farm of Mr. W. 1'. Thompson, on the 2nd gen.= cession of Tuckeramith. M. Southcott, editor of ,the EXeter Times -Advocate,. during the weekend made the 18th hole of the Oakwood' Will course, Grand Bend, in one. ;Oddly enough, his brother, II. 0. Southeott,, 'of Exeter:, wire himself made a hole in one m 1933, twas a witness. It is algo Winched for by the Rev, It, E, Southeektt, of Mount Budges, Who has'aot Ytt beenableto show this respiect that the pulpit is the peer of th r.ss.e Water pipes laid in 1922 are giv- ing a lot of trouble in varioits parts of the town and in the past week the Public tItility Commission has found it 'necessary, tok replace a -number of lead-ins, tWo of which were on Main Street: The trouble appears-, to be a rusting and cor- toditig of the pipes, New copper lead-ins ar6 being installed, the work being &Me under the super - Vision of Mr, Sylvester Allen, , From' The' Huron, Expositor Aligtist 20, 1909 ,Mr. John Smith ,had t•he Misfor- tune to meet with, a very painful accident in the furniture factory on Friday. He was oiling some ma- chinery when his, arm 'tame in contact- with a belt, throwing it against a revolving pulley in which was , a bolt sticking out. The bolt oxi the.arm; mak- winogun. . , adVerYe”' -seVere aad Painful 1Vir,"John Archibald is having a new con , crete etected on•bis farna adjoining the town.. • 'Mr, Malcolm McKay, of Tucker - Smith, met 'nth a very painful accident on Thursday of last weelt, He was _assisting in. threshing On the farrn of Mr. James Geminell, and, vyhile standing on the feed board lost his balance, falling back- wards, fracturing' his left arm . at the wrist and dislecating his shoul- ,• From Tbe Huron' pitor August 22, 1884 Mr. Robert Scott, Roxboro , • MeKillep, met with a •very pendia, accident one day laft -week. Ile was. ' sitting by an open window whenthe sash fell, categing, his thumb and crushing it so that, he hadto have "the top amputated. On Tuesday last at four o'clock the therrriometer registered 102 in the sun -and1,48rin the 'shade; Messrs, Kyle and 11/Itistard, of the , .Egniondville Mills, are erecting a large new •storehouse for -the sten, age of grain. . ' We understand that Mr. Thornas. Kidd has sold his trotting colt, "Lord bufferin", to Mr. George Whiteley for the stun of .$500. • One day last Week as IVfr. R. Pat,, ersen, of the Hensall Planing Mills, was 'engaged in using his steam rip saw, his hand slipped and corning In contact with the saw cut off the first finger joint of his left hand. The Aildn's farni, on the third • "Coneession of Ilullett, -was soldlast week by. auction; Mr. Christopher Dale was the purchaser at $1,810. , He at once resold •it to thetetiallt, •Jarries MCIVItillen, • . Mr. Thomas E. Hay,, president of the Listowel Gas Company, was in town this week talking up the ••.,, organization of a Company in toWn. Ile Claims that their system is the best and cheapest now hi use, and that the works could be put in cOrriplete in this toWn for about $14,000, arid that ,they would yield a return of from 20 to 25 per pent on the money invested. . Reid- 8•6 Wilson have had that old and well-lmown sign, "the cir., cuter saw"; reburnislied and furn- ished with a brand new dress ot gold lettors. It looks very Pretty •and is the skilful workmanship of Mr . William' Henderson, painter, During the severe electric storm on Monday Iasi, Ithe buildings of Mr. Guy Caldwell, Of the 2nd con- cession of Tuckeramithyhad a nar- row escape frem destruction. The barn was struck by lightning and stook 'fire, but fortunately it was noticed just as the fire started, and as there was a plentiful supply of water close at hand, the blaze was extinguished before it had ob- tained a headwaY. , the five-year-old son of Mr, James Young, of Egmondville, met with a painful accident Mon- day afternottin last,He was riding on a- wagon, loadott with four cdi live telephone pole,whcn in seme • manner he was thrown oand,tbe hind wheel of the wagon passed over his body, The little fellow -was very severely %rinsed, but fortun- ately no bones were broken