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SEAFORT1-1, ONTARIO;• AUGUST.:28, 1959 •
Smaller -Fall Fairs Have a Future
Recent Announcement that Inger- . young,- wide-awake_ representatives
soll Fall Fair is being abandoned af- , that are so necessary if a fair organ_
ter more than 100 years' service to ization is to be successful.
It is'true in Some ,areas there may
the community has brought forth - be too' many fairs, and this condition
much editorial comment based on the contributes -to the difficulties in
- assumption that the fate of the 'small which, some of the fairsfindthem-
fair is in the balance. selves. In these cases,common-sense ,7
•
Perhaps Seaforth is the ezEeptioii • should prevail, and amalgamations
-
that proves the rule. Certainly there planned; that-can:clean-lip the difficul-
is nothing in the history of the Sea- t3r.
forth Agricultural Society during re- - 'The basic Probleni is not that there
cent years to suggest that this small a -re too many small fairs, but rather
_fair is on the *ay out On the con-, that there are too many poor fairs—
trary, as the Seaforth Society pre- • fairs that don't do a job for the- cpm -
pares for its 114th exhibition, it does munities they are 'supposed to serve.
so in the knowledge that its progress - It is nonsenseto think the answer
of recent years has been such as to Jies, as the London Free Press sug-
lnerit a Class '13' rating — the Only gested recently, in' the Western Fair
fair in Huron County with such a at- Landon. 'becoming a replacement
standing. ' for the sma11er4Ssaciations. All that
Country fairs are no different than this would result in .'would be a larg-
any other business. 'If they are back- er Western Fair, which'w_ouldin turn
ed by sound forward looking organ:- be looking:to the rural areas. for
izations — organizations -tha_t_stud -its—financial Stipp °rt., It
the requirements of the -district they would be -a good solution to any P/7 -bb'
serve, and then proceed to fill those lem London May face in attracting
requirements, they will find there will more people to that city, but would be
be lots of public support Too often of no help 111 furthering,the advant,
fair officials are content to follow ages -of the smaller towns and, vil-
along, year after year, in the same lages in Western Ontario.
The answer to self-supporting and
worthwhile rural fairs lies in enlight-
ened organizations that insist on a
businesslike :operation; that plan
ahead and are not afraid to try new -
ideas. There alWays will be support
for the fair that serves its coml.-A-un-
ity in an intelligent forwar lookin
Member of
Canadian Weeklf
Newspapers
Assoeiation
Lair Or
rut. Such a practise can only invite
disaster. Not only will• the public
withold its s-upport, but such an op-
eration will di) nothing to attract the
At -Lowest Point
The credit of the government of:.
Canada, as measured by the Cold an& way.
"Let's see . . . Train tickets, passport, boat reservations -
know I have that loan application here someplace."
(By REV..ROBER7' 11. HARPER)
IN ',RETROSPECT
Skilled writers hi their- respec-
tive- fields -of research and know],"
edge can give, as -many of them
have already done,, their viewi on
the . chief -events of, the past year.
Sortie of them may .be quite encour-
aging, but- others may take a rather
dini view of the old year and the
prospects 'for -Ale future. '
But: we may .take courage -be-
cause 4:if the evil things we .leftun-
done. And -why spend so: much ef-
fort in trying to delve -into - the fu-
ture that precious effort is lost
from • the tasks of today? We can
faack a man whee gives, se mach
time to the crossing of bridges in
his inind before he reaches them
that he will have little strength to
-cross them -in reality. ------------
.+Men can limit their achieve-
ments a today by the: time they
.Spend dreaming of the future: They
give so much timeand attention tttttt
grandiose dreams -that the sun ids
before they .finish the work Of to-
• "Take no thought for the mor-
row, for the morrow will • take
thought for :the things of itself,"
Minister Moves
Rev. Lloyd, H. "Kalbflersch, pas• ,:
tor Of- Pain's ;and. St Peter's'
,hLausth.reerasill'icedh,urecffheeestiv.aet tNpettsint,abdetr,-
• 30; tonaecent a call- to "Trinity
Latheitan.„-atirchnat_Tenrt:rieL
'native of Zurich, Rev, Kalbfthisch
•graduated- from, Waterloo neennn
ary'.in. 1923, arid -has served the
two, congregations at:."Neustadtefor
• the past five Years; Prion to that
tiatirja.11'thh!DheaSdbosro7aviieCid Ecolmngirrea!--ttial:
Citizens - News: '
impartial logic of the money market;
has reached its lowest level in many
years.Insects- Into Their Own
On Thursday, the Bank of Canada It has long been a theme of science
discount rate, which is set at one- ,fiction writers that Some day man
quarter of one per cent above the might vanish naturally, or otherwise,
average rate for 91 -day treasury bills, from the earth and his place be -tak-
reached a new high of 6.41 per cent en by some other form of life—ants
• Thursday's tenders will becheerfulor other insects have been favorite -
news for those investors fortunate • choices. After all, where are the
enough to be able to buy securities- ,Pterodactyls, the dinosaur -s, t h e
But for the general public, for the brontosauri of yesteryear?
taxpayer, they are a grim reminder And once again science has demon -
of the high cost of the "Diefenbaker strated that science fiction in this day
government's enormous budgetary and age may not be entirely fictional.
deficits. -A scientist at Chalk River says he has
An obvious and disheartening ef- found a bug that can survive doses
feet of these high rates in recent • otradiation--that--would--fry
weeks has been the fifrther softening like an egg.
in the market for government bonds. Thus, if sorne day the world as we
Conversion loan bonds are today know it should end not with a whim -
bringing bid prices- of as little as per hutth_a_miclearbang,this bug
Individuals -who less than a year and his relatives could conceivably be
ago responded to the television blan- • the only -things to come through un-
dishments of the prime minister and scathed. From them the long process
Mr. Fleming to "become partners -eif -evolution -would • have • to start
again in Canada's future" today find again.
they have been bilked of as much as So don't skoosh that bug junior.
$12 on every $100 they invested in It may be -the progenitor of -a future
that partnership.—(Winnipeg Free . prime minister. -- (The Winnipeg
Press).
Free ,Pr,ess).
The Famans
SEALY
TTRESS
• on Sale at
and
All other leading makes are' available at BOX'S, including
Uses Arm
,
Russell ,Needham, 54 of 1. Con-
cession 9, Heron Township, lost
his right" arin at the shoulder- in-
harveiting- accident about., --7;0Q
reeloek on Friday-eyening.
so „suffered a fractured. right leg.
The-- accident occurred at' the farm
of . his .brother-in-law, Lorne Wall,
on Highway 86, .east of Lucknein:
•Harvesting operations were being
Completed, when the actident hap-
pened. AIL Needham was rushed.
to Witighani-Hospital after -the,-ape
eident-e-Luelinew. Sentinel.............
Plant Underway
Ereetion of • the-neW :plant; for
MechaeiCaI ..Rubbe' -Products 'Ltd-.
.is. advancing rapidly is ,learned
that the brick: work is completed
and steel sash- han-been InStalled:
Yesterday the • aluminum' siding
'above the Windows was .noinnletecl,
.:alscr the 20 -year hofided toof..Work-
men-engaged by Moffatand Price,
contractors -for the job; have also
Started to- put.in the pine trenches
for drainage and pipes and they
are •also getting ready, to emir' the
.concrete floor. --Mitchell Advocate.
,Attendanee Steady.
,
About 10,000 people attended the
Goderich Trade Fair this. year; it
•is estimated by .TradenFair. offi-
eials. Of this mpiaber, about. 7,000
are paid "achnissions. ' The -rest are,
exhibitors, their families,
others who receicred Coinnlinientary.
passes. Rain -on Saturday ,,was
blamed for the fact that there was
no appreciable hiereaseln Trade
• Fair. official attendance;Over Iasi• '
year: Oely. 2,000 people . attended
the -la -St :day of the- Trade 'Fair,
somewhat less than in 1958., :The
• other three days -of the Trade Fair
did show an increasenrhoweet.
Godenich -Signal-Starn
," S•melly PrOblein
Tnvit eouncil and .Canadiaa Can-
,ners, Ltd. are taking steps- teincore
• re ct dialhagen neobreins,, and
re-
duce.odors before another pea naCk..
rens:- around, - it',• was revealed at
cOUrtell' ' meeting'. -Monday
MayorR; E; Poeley 'and -CoUnciln
RoSs Taylor, drains.. ehairnithi,:,
lot with plant:Manager, Donald
'Grahara ,this weekto disetisS.-mine
o. inipitVethents bi- :the drainage;
The, lagoon ...alid-speinlding SYStem
installed this slimmer 'peoved: sat-
isfactory,_ ,but , some adjustments
appear deSirable,-Itrinas indicated::
It was alio revealed that .soine
drainagefrom. thepack' has been
geingndireetly into,i creek •.une'
fitneltewh'ist„;-• :0Puliaantbeeffriecitialesd.-ie0Cpritchi!
oat difficulty,: The- mayor- ,nfelt
drainge • improvements could be
made retinec- the smell: Of the
pack. :"There will . always -:, be a
sn'nfit odor from „the pease, but -I
don't think It will be as offensive
another year."!--.-Eieter. TimeS-Ad.
--This -week- I'm goingto- do- some --
thing I have long rneant 'to do. I'm
going to say thanks, formally and
sincerely; to all those peoplewho
have dropped in at the office, or
written notes, to tell me they ap-
prediate--"Sugarnand Spice' .
• I'm doing it thus, publicly, be-
cause I do it so badly in, privath,
Some_ old gal from Kalamazoo,
• Mich., on the way to her summer
cottage, will stop in to pay her
subseription. -She'll peer around,
spot me and holler: "You the fella
writes that Sugar and Salt (or Salt
-and Pepper, or Sand and Grave)l)?"
'Uneasily, I mutter "yep". she
slaps her leg and says:. "r side
get a kick outa that. I laughed,
fit to cry over that one you wrote
about the cat, back therein April,
nn nrns It November?"
Nov, know perfectly well that
I have never written a column
about a eat._ We've never had a
cat, and I don't like cats. She
probably means the one I 'wrote
abouLthe dog, back in January.
But what's the use of going into
all that I just say heartily. "glad
yoif liked it, nice to see you again,"
and rush into the back shop, pre-
tending I'm sorely needed there.
,
Then" there's The fellew who,
comes in, a perfect stranger, looks
at me coyly and says: "If I wrote
things like that about my wife,
she'd kill me." With a fixed smile,
I quip,, -jest as coyly:: "Somellines
she'd like to," and hate Myself for
saying it. It's not true. She might
like to change my profile a bit,
or smash me a couple of thnes
right over the head, but she doesn't
-want to kill me.
•n` * *
At least not very Often, I think
perhaps today was an exception..
-She'd been at me ever since June
to get the furnace pipes down.
When they're not taken down, they
leak a peculiar gummy brown sub-
stance. Well, 'I've been trying to
plan around, to it, but we have
miles -of tfurnace pipes, and it takes*
-a lot ef planning around to.
• This week, she and the weather.
man turned on the heat simultan-
eously. So on the hottest day of'
the sturirner, Prii bullied into tak-
ing down the bleeding furnate pipes
in my noon bour.._
_ *
By the dine I'd got well into it,
we Weren.'t on speaking term-.
She 'Woe sulking in the bedrocad
like Achilles in his tent, and, I Was
euesing in the bathrObrailikenth-
-mg- 'yea ever -heard. The blasted
pipes were all stuck together from
the heat or something, • '
_Finally, I got two of the -reluct-
ant -joints moving. gen a four,
foot -length oat; my shoulder and -
was easing down oft the chair I
was standing on, when one end of
the pipe bumped the ton of a cup-.
board, tipping the other - end to-
ward the flcipr. Into the sink, bath-
tub and toilet, onto the towels,
washcloths and bathnhat, cascaded
about • four pounds .o,f fine black
soot. -
Swearing fearnilly, I. dashed
down the back ,stairs, 'strewing soot
behied me: -like a smoke screen,
and outside. I fell over the' dog, so
helpmel By this time I was.in a
-tearing rage, I went back up, grab-
bed 'another hunk of pipe, gave it
a wrench, and A ten -foot length
'collapsed in the middle a the back
hall, the soot landing everywhere
but on . the newspapers I had
-
Throwing everything to the:wind,
I tore dovvn the rest of.the pipes,
threw them into, the back yard;
swept up two large cartons full of
soot, and stomped out, leaving, as
I learned later, a track of coal -
black footprints across the kitchen
flOor.
" By six o'clock I had cooled down
enough to be scared, and when I
got home I found that my instinct
had been infallible. To cut a long
story short, 1 scriibbed floors and
woodwotle until midnight, most of
it hands -and -knees stuff. Then I
had to start writing nay coltimn,
which has -to be done by ton -eh -row
morning.
* *
itis now 3:30 of _that teinorrow
mereing. Do you know what Pve
been doing for the last 30 minutes?
Well, it was like this. I. went to
the refrigerator to get a slug of
orange Juice, It _was - in one .of
those big, plastic eontaiaers, -and
it was full. I picked it up in one
hand -it slipped, hit the floor, and
the tep7flew Off. Aad I've been
mopping up three quarts of orange
juice since 3 a.ni, Between soot and
Mice, the joint smells like a filly
by Pittsburgh out of Florida.
There's no Moral to all this:
just wanted to let you know that
writing this column is not always
all beer and skittlea. Sometinies
alt sootand. orange juice. And
that's why your kind words about
it are appreenited, and/ do thank
Hatie ,,the.'Eskirno,Inthieneed. Ouir
_ ,
The :Eskimo have., contributecina,
initriberofAvords .to the. Canadian.
vocabulary. -.Of these "--WOrds
h_ecame. widely known throughthe
poems Of Robert 'W. Service after
hhe• Yukon gold- rushn, Examples.
are ...parka; . . -Malamute,
kayak and lion -lank' (the ; wooden
sled used . by .the. Eskiino)., Seim;
dough, . another ,
:through Servieen is a term applied
to an experienced northerner...,
AeIlamitia0 •
•
This is g' name' that is 'Coining
into Use AO.deieribe the .m�iiiiihjns
of the meat: northerly 'Arctic
'lands. -the Queen Elitabeth:Islands-
-except . for the Mountains
the' eastern - cast of -Devon, Island
and those In the southeastern:part
of Ellesmere -Island. The name
derined„..ftorn. that of -the. ESkillIO
for themselves -_the Imuntnliterale
ly the .peOple.,:: The Thinuillas are an
:extensive- belt of Mountains, 800'
;nines' king/ On: Ellesmere :Island
the ranges n'each. heightsr of Imore
than , 6,000 feet. ' .n,
Where ,Was:CanadesnFirst.,
• The first ;cOurSe ;pistiidy, in
pneering 'given in 'Canada was Ofe
fered .at King's College, ,later the
UniverSity'' of NeW-Beunsiniek; in
lo the • felinWing year • a -
course was :started .at,IVIcGill
Col-
lege in Montreal and :j 1856n_gen-
eral -courses- in engineering - were
established in the:, faculty. of arts -
at McGill. In 1878 the School of
Praetical Science was opened in
Toronne in 1887. this school was
affiliated with the -University; of
Toronto. Today degrees- in engin.-
Ceriag are .,minfe,rrecl by. most ,ma-
jor Canadian: indeereities: ,
What Is- the -Proportion of People
Of English Origin in Canada?
At the nine of Confederation peo-
ple of English origin in Canada
constithted, little more than 20 per-
cent of the population,--There-were
many more persons of Irish origin
and almost a,s many' Scots. By the
time of the First World War, the
proportion of English had risen t�
about 26 per cent, where -it has
since remained. The census-, 'of
1921 was the first to how the popu-
lation Of English origin more flume
erons than the Irish and Scottish
combined. In Newfciundland the
People of English -origin are threeL
quarters of the total Poln4ati.'5n, In
. Ai
4. • e. POPULATE on PERISH"
OTTAWAe-I m migratiqn, will be
• down again this year. In fact, the
immigration for 1958 and 1959 coin-
-billed will be less than that for
1957. This is a safe prediction. as
lerie as some extraordinary event -
like the Hungarian uprising of 1956
-does not A bring a mass of
migrants rushing suddenly to Can•
shores.' • '
A little over half of the inuni-
grants who come to Canada. in. a
yearnSually arrive during the first
•six months. Last. year's half-year
figure was -67,744 and that for the
full year, 124,851. Figures have
now been released, showing that.
.only -57,089 immigrants , came -in
the first half of this year, a- drop
of more than 10,000 from last year.
The total will probably fall short -
of 1955's 109,946, thus -making it
the worst year since 1950, when
only 73,912 immigrant came- In-
1957-nthe record year 'sine 1913 -
Canada received -282,164 people.
Several factors appear to lie be-
hind this year's' decline. The gov-
ernment -has -never lifted the ban
it imposed in.July of 1957 against
eaPen-Placement immigrants- com-
ing. here from other than 13ritain,
France and the U.S.: indess -there
were Openings in ,their ,trade in
Canada, The restriction; iniPosed
to prevent the swelling of Canada's
• labor force in a time of recession
and unemployment, still keep S out
Some Immigrants who would "take
a chance" on finding their feet in
Canada.
But .probably the main reasoa- for
the decline: is Canada's ecornitnic
'.0tectentodricitl°atin°1111Y-rcicitfattfri7tah6semeldawr. g'wheiieStitillinwuthnie%\rroaSf-
of immigrants. 'It is the normal
pattern for ',boom: periods in .Can-
adaeffectOt .rdreatwhintglie.,a-Crocini,01,17W,iivthi.thone'
the- etre' of bad tithes.. ' •
The. news of .bad. times -gees Mit
and the flpie declines well into the
period Of recovery., Thus the highs
In the inirmigration graph. often -
..Seetin:th- be chasing:the-Jews •on
-the- eeonomie- graphi.. This ''effect
ocCurred,following.the recession Of
1953-54' and, as: noted; is ' more
Marked for the rFe-erierecession-
partly 'becauSe... the government
started ,eutting, down before
reeession 'Was. really 'felt: , '
:
But the, immigration 'recovery"'
this time May well -riot inatch the
• eeonOmic_. recOvery to the extent
that it did.last. time: .Publieitk
' Britain, - traditionally --the ; chief
;Source of -innnigrants, has beeri,
eXtreinely bad. •One man's. Oreille..
'nor,. newspaper went -all out in pie',
turing.' Canada :as. a "maxi .trap";.
trying 'to' lure painnuirsaSpecting
Britons: to -a Alan:ninths 'country.
Articles. :about , Canada, in other -
British Papers;',while.not'§o .uncorrn.
.Plltrientany; have a much .cooler
tone: than before. On .the •other
hank.betla in.Britain and, in -Euro-
pean countries where Canada has;
'not .been subjected to: adverse
•publicity; • there has been , great
eeepornic,upsunge. Time are more
prosperous than .bethre and seem
te.._ be_ steadily -,--iinprOving. So why:,
leaGfir,,,thferTniCtnioard.,.;otiree counti4eS,..
Only -Italy is still sending as -many
people to Canada as we will take,
with .the„resurt that Italy has out-
stripped all Other. flatlets.: as :,.a,
'supplier of ;New Canadians. But
just comparieg the first half' of
this Year with the first half of list;
British' inning -ration,' is. down by
ei5,39en7.'bero2n1,55166;4fr2:21.P.ti.66,417°-5;8' torl;:$,C480.e97
-Netherlands' by from 5,013,to
. This could 13etlie beginning of n'
serious economic probleire, for un-
less, Canada iSn:th rernain forever,'
clepeaderit nerinselling...ter„
sources ia -foreign .markets :as she,
.is -today,' -she have to: zhave
bigger home marketS; that is-npeo.
pie." with,the.groWth of, -the
-European common- Market .and the
, ,
t e marl me Provinees, Oaten°
and British Columbia, *the.ProPor-
tions are lietween 30 and 37 per
cent, considerably above the na-
tional average. The 20 ,to 23 per
cent proportions in the Prairie
Provinces are below the average
of 26 per cent. In Quebec, while
the -English are only 7 per cent of
the population, they represent
about 40 per cent of those not of
French .origiir.--
development of industrially -neer
but resources -rich countries' of' the
world, Canada,is in danger of lpsn
ing foreign :Markets,The
with its huge ,ilomestie , market;
is in a -much better position to
,meet this -kind ' of threat. Cana. ,
diens have, of:late, Indinged
muCh boasting, •reviving, as ,though
they believed it; Laurier's exuber-
ant phrase, "The TWentieth- Ceri,
tury Belongs to Canada". There
have - been book titlesn. "Canada,
Tomorrow's Giantlt-.:and "Canada,
the, Golden Hinge'. .Perhaps, we
have been on a golden- binge Of '
phrase -making and should now
sober up a bit.
. A good place to- start- making 'a .,,
•reassessthent would bein our re-
strictive,- discriminatory immigra.,
tionipolicy. • More should be done
to attrant:prospectivenimmigrantinnn--
Special. advantages should be held.
out tonhern. Free passage should -
not be out pf the- question for peo.
ple nVith .qualificationi we ,patticu.
larly need,- Nor should special:
technical • schools, With languagen.„
training aad an allewarice fon. stu-- • -
dentS, be but of .the _question' for
desirable unqualified immigrants: •
Chinese, Japanese, Negroes...and '
others' of non-whiteskin are part.",
of ,the Canadian cominimity; we '
must start -breaking down the, bar.
tiers and letting more in. • . ,
•
.' This is. a big country with • alot
Of filling -up to 'do' and theSe, of us
who are alreadyhereare not God's
chnaen people. Piline Minister-
Diefenbaker once iaid--in an eleee
-tichneampaiga'speeeh to -Neve Can
.aclians---- `We nuist populate or p,er.
-iSh". vvill, no' doubt, be de -
'lighted te,haadle muchof the noon-.
latiag .oarselyes, but ..we are de-. .
peedent on immigration efer .ade. .
quath 'growth.
- Capital Hill Capsules
Cabinet, changes :On August 20th
were`.just a preliminary to More
expected before:, the new session -.
starts, A further .streagthenieg of
Quebec-representatithr-isneimected-n--- -
,with the replacement of Secretary ..
of State Cotinteininelie ,probably by ,
Noel Dorionn forrner seiner ,Q-ue.
town -prosecutor- :arid --Mese'
Duplessis •ally. • Courtemanche re-
ported on way out alter embar. ,
rasshig government,.- with an.'
:nouncement to • his constituency,
'-clainfing-eredit for obtaining -Boni-
arc site in his- riding.' •
,
CBC. Boardn-ev,idently with -goy-
ernirient's'blessing-etpok things ine,
to its bWh hands' in nnaking Fin-
ahce Committee ChairrnarnL.,'Duns.
more; of Montreal,- :chairrhan of
the. beard, as policy- chie:f -.above'
chief executive .-.Officer. Alphonse •
•.0iiiinet. This Change . should .defin.
,itely be Considered temporary and!
exceptional pending newlegisla,',
neTl.leenatfergeeScitgorgtiOfiMaIntliteCbEaC,T
Professor W. L Morton, if "Pre-
view, Corrirnentary" not re -instated; '
is 'said tohave been the crucial act
in deciding the board to order Act-
ing President Ernest Bushnell to '
nut the progranr back on the air,
'Staff MembersResign• •
seEcrrenteasre
ty-trWaaistle; to
beenn
Public' Hospital Board for the past
12 years,. resigned On Monday of
this weeknand :his resignation was
accepted with regret by the board,
effective September 30. Mr. Wel-
ton has also done ,the accounting
at the hospital and has been In
-charge-of collecting accounts. Mrs,
Radford, vvho • has been house -
'mother of •the nurses': -residence
since it, was onened three years .
ago, alsohas. resigned, and she is
retiring_ to _her_ man home_ OM Sep -
len -flier 30::--Cliaton News -Record.
•Employment Picture ,Good
.. The employment picture in
apron County for this, time of the
year is. better than .it has been for -
here.-Goderich :Signal -Star.
seeking Work at this time are num-
•
erous-
Na oriel Employment „ Office-,
• seeking employment. At the same
time A year ago there were 174
men and 105 women.' Among these
older men, who •are -unable
which :help might be needed, says
to do many of types of :jobs for
riche In rnid-August there were 44)
Men. and 96 women registered as
some -years, according to the N,a-
tional Employment Office at Gode-
• Interestmg items gleaned from
The Huron Expositor of 25, 50
From The Huron Expositor
• August 24, 1934
Mr. Roderfck MacLean, son ef
Mr, and Mrs. Itoderick MacLean,
of Eginondville, -has received his
first - class teacher's certificate
from Stratford Nprmal School.
:While threshing operations were
in progress on the farm of Ross
MacGregor, Hulled township, on
Friday a bottle of gasoline and a
bundle of matches were found clev-
erly hidderi in a sheaf by John Me -
Cowan, nineighbor, Who was assist-
ingnionthe threshing,- • - - -
A very unfortunate accident. on
Saturday evening last befell Mr.
Ed. McBride, of Hensall, when en-
gaged with his ciwn threshing ma-
chine on the farm of Mr. John Mc-
Donald, a couple of miles South of
Remelt. In taking some straw
from the cutting machine part, his
hand got caught and was complete-
ly severed at the wrist,- and while
it was his left hand, it is just as
unforttinate for him,aS he is left-
handed, He has beet suffering -very
severely during the past week from
the effect8 of the -awful -accident
and dressing of the: wound.
Mr, Alex Elligsen, who a Week
or so ago took over the New Conn
rnercial, Hotel in Bengali, which he
intends as owner and manager
carry- on, is having the interi r
newly decorated and. Mr. Ernest
Shaddick is busily engaged in paint-
ing, paperhanging, etc.--
visOitinghrste
Olt Sattiredaysimorr, mning risa.stli•Wahrril:.
Arnold, of Ilensall, Miss Stella Rob,
son, of Toronto, had the misfor-
tune to 'meet with a fall in the
home, btealdag her erne near - the
shoulder, and es how in Seett Mem.
orial nospital, Seaforth,
•FrOna The Huron Expositor
August 27, 1909 .
Mr. -William kerslakejs having
the -building In whiclehiangednitor_e
is located,--ralied :up, a cement
fouadation placed ,under it, and a
plate glass front put in..
Mr, W. H. Golding, Who has
been employed in the Bell Engine
Works forsome years, has secured
a position in, Welland, and goes
there the first of the: month,• -
Wednesday last was- the warmest
day of the Season. The thermom-
eter registered 90'in the shade at
Miss Rea Rouatt, of Brucefield,
had. •the misfortune to get a bad
fall one clay last week.' She Was
picking fruit from a tree, and In
some manner lost her • balance,
falling to the ground, sustaining a
severe,sprain to her knee,
Mr. James Kn,echtel picked from
the hushes inhis garden 500 boxes
nI beautiful raspberries.
Mr. George Nesbitt, of
lop, who is an early riser and, a
keen observer, says there was 'a
frost -on Saturday , morning last;
which caused a thin scumof lee
on a water trough at his place.'
Ferbes 13ros, have secured the
emittect for the erection and in-
stalling of ,the Ilriissels, 'Grey and
Morrii rural ' telephone system.
There. will be about 86 miles of
wire. , ,
Mr. M. Williams' delivery horse
took anlVionday morning rim this
week, It started frort the side door
of the store on Gederieli Street.and
ran around' on the pavement in.
Troia of the ROA 110tel, falling on
the sidewalk: It was: captured be-,
fere it gots its equilibruini and WAS
ready to ran agate,
From The Huron Expositor
Augnst 29, 1884
• The residence of Mr. John Dor-
_sey had -a narrow escape -from be..
Mg burned on Wednesday after-
noon., One of his little boys had
been -arnusiiig' ithriself by lighting
a bonfire alongside ar lattice fence,
Which Isattached to the house.
-The fire soon, ran along the fence
to the house and the flames were -
rapidly ascending the corner of
the house when -discovered. "If the .
fire had a few minutes longer start
It would have been almost irripoe-
sible to extinguish it, as every-
thing.is so dry. The menemployed
in .the shop soonnextinguished the
flames without 'callieg mit-the lire.
Mr. Geofge 1VIurdie, of McKillop,
last week sold to the Messrs, Case
22 head of fat steersat, 874 per
lnin-"Cbleman, of Seaforth, has
purchased 12 acres of land a short
diStance below St. Clair, Michigan
for the -purpose of putting down a
salt Well and entering into the
manufacture of salt. Ile has al-
readylet the mintract fo,rboriag.. ,
As Mr. Thomas, Dinsdale of Kip.
pen, was moving his steanf thresb.
er along the first sideroad in Stan-
ley last week, they were obliged
to dross a small bridge,.-whih
gave Way, precipitatirig thesteam-
to the grouild below, The steam-
er sustained 'considerahle damage,
but, With Mr. Dinsclale's usual ae-
tivity, it is again in good running
Mr. John Cman, cif Egmondvillehgs ,
iear jariesddi ,rjea3nOds hole jenrteeyns goto