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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-11-20, Page 2Since 1860 Serving the Community First Published at SEAPORTH, ONTARIO, every Thursiday morning by , CLEAN BROS., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor e SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in a.dVanCe) 2.50 a Year ;United States (in advance) $3.50 a'YeaX • SINGLE COPIES —5 CENTS EACH Anthorized as Second Class Mail, post Office Department, Ottawa., - Member of Canadian Nele_ekly..., 'Nevespapere . Association SEAFORTH,• ONTARIO, .NOVEMBER, 20,1959 CTA Decision is Eyerybodys, Business the few miles that exist between the average fluron or•Perth resident and the -nearest liquor store or brewers' warehouse, present no difficulty- in ' this regard. From the stanapoint of the ordinary consumer, the ineon- • venience created by the CTA is more than offset by the restrictions on Con- sumption, provided by the LCA. There is little doubt that for this - reason some prefer that the • CTA not be disturbed --that it continue to. • be the governing law in Huron and Pertlt- What is more important tha,n • a discussion of the readiness •with and this, perhaps, tends to confuse which liquor may be obtained are the the voter. The -issue is simple. Will the Can- ada Temperance Act, which prohib- its the sale of liquor but does not re- cognize the problems arising from consumption, be retained? Will the CTA be repealed and the Liquor Con- trol Act ,which, under certain condi- tions, permits sale, but at the samea time provides regulations concerning consumption, be brought into effect? That is the issue. The vote has nothing to do -With beverage rooms,: - which may only be established 'after " In 'a little more than a week' the - residents,. of Huron and Perth will ave an OppOTtlIllity ,to decide whe- er or not to retain the Canada Temperance Act. During recent weeks many thou- sands of words have been spoken and many more thousands written by those favoring retention Of the Act': andthose who wish to see it repealed. For or against revocation is the way it will be described on the ballot. -:,Unfortunately, much of what has • been said and written introduces ad- • ditional elements into what should be an objective discussion of the issue double standards that are being ere- ated in the minds of an entire gen- eration, and the resulting. disrespect for law and authority which arises. The average citizen knows that in • London, in Toronto, in lact anyvvhere ri eexcept_in-Rmeon -and— Perth, it is an offence to consiime liquor in public. Yet here, he can get away with it. He may not have stu- died the history of liquor legislation through the years; he probably- has never read the Canada 'Temperance ' Act But he knows he can do some - ratepayers of a municipality have • thing in these counties which his • given approval. Nor is the outcome- whole experience has taught him to of votes held under the provisions of regard as an offence—and which is the LCA in other Ontario centresa offence—everywhere ,else in On -- factor. Such votes have no bearing taxi°. In consuming in a public on the situation here, nor do they place, or In doing those other things suggest a trend, because the deci- condoned by the CTA, but denied by sions being made are entirely differ- the LCA, he is not SQ much taking ent. refuge under the CTA as his indi- Statistics being produced by both ' eating his disregard -for constituted sides can mean little, since statistics authority ; With bottle on the Main can be produced to prove almost any- Street, or at a hockey_ game, he can,. thing. That there are in some coun- with impunity, flaunt his freedom in ties' more convictions underthe LCA the face of the nearest constable,- and than in Huron under the CTA Can dare the constable to do something suggest that the LCA is more easily - "about it. ' enforceable- -and thus the more re- strictive measure, • or conversely it may suggest that there is less * iiink- ng n Huron under the CTA. One is as logical a conclusion to adopt as the other. Norcanthe discrepancy between that is the seriotis matter. what is right in Huron but wrong in the rest of the province be resolved' by- amendments to the CTA. The CTA, in its present form, came into being as a result of a vote of the peo- ple in the counties concerned. The Act prohibits sale of liquor, and this . What is right in Huron and Perth _ • is wrong everywhere else in Ontario. It is ,this double standard which is , slowly creating in Huron and 'Perth a disrespect for law, for recognized . authority. In the long run it this , • Unfortunately a discussion of liq- uor inevitably results in an irration- al. reaction on the part Of some,,, which, contributes nothing to, reach- ing a considered opinion. What is needed here,. a,quiet consideration of the underlying factors, bearing in prohibition continues in effect until_ :..... mind that liquor is and will continue the Act is voted out If substantive to be available in the two counties, amendments were to be enacted by and that both Acts recognize that it Parliament without the approval of ' maybe'obtained, may be consumed, the public which, in the first instance, adopted the. CTA, then the original safeguards are swept away. A pre- cedent is created for the introduc-- • tion of subsequent arnendmenth to • the CTA, which 'Could just as logical - 13r provide for sale. • For the person over 21 years of age who wishes tiO obtain a drink; thereds, in practise, little difference in the Acts. Under both Acts he may 'obtain legally what he wants- True,- who drink, those who don t. T think • under the CTA he must arrange to ,otherwise, to fail to vote, is to ignore have it brought into the county,. but one's responsibility as citizen. • ega y. The ' dedision which eath voter must make is not an easy one. 'It a -"-decision •which can be taken only in the light of the conclUsions the • voter has reached as a reStilt. of, ' studying' the Issue, It is a personal responsibility that cannot be shrug- ged off with the- thought that "it doesn't concern me." It concerns everybody, the old, the young' th,Ose- •CHIN . tbat vital link.theach- of your friendships Choose from the 13146tST most 11CAUTIFIll and NO display of Christmas, Cards We'll/Mk . shown in Many a year. Likt tNIt „ Yat'el P4a104141• 4 IN • NAlfatekle Veit , uron Expositor one 141 or 142 LAFF- OF 1.11:1E WEEK "Large ca a of mustache wax, please!" • Building At Peak • -Building activity in Zurich and district is af its peak Two new house; one owned by Donald Oke and the other owned by Charles Thiel, are presently under con- struction.' An animal hospital, just 'east df Zurich, is being -built by rs—Coxon-and Leiteh. Theellay- Telephone System building on the Blind Line is progressing.—Zurich Citizens News.--. • Neighbors ! , 111 for theepast six weelteond unable to do his work; Elmer Fish- er, • Maitland Concession, World War II veteran, learned'this week he has -many fine neighbors; Thir- teen en with tractors plowed .40 acres of land and another 25 stag- 'd,a wood cutting- bee for, hire. Tuesday, the N.A. of Benmiller United , Church - --contributed, by serving a hot dinner for the men at the church. • It was- a grand gesture cif real conerrienitY spirit —Goderich Signal -Star. , Horse - Girl Tangle Marion Willie, 6 -year-old daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Wil- lie, escaped serious injury in an accident on her way to senitol on Tuesday morning. • -With'• other friends, she had been 'momentarily playing aroumd. Bateson's horse- drawn milk wagoneort Frans St, while the driver, Harvey Aitchi- son, was delivering milk. 'The child, fell just as the horse moved: ahead, so that the back wheel passed over her eeg. — Winghant Advance -Times. • _ Ask, Traffice Revisions G. W. Nett, forxner-mayor of Clinton, requested- an extra white Batik/Corner e so that 'care "will -stop far' enough:back t.hat, trucks , ean,.make .6, safe •left-hand turn onto %Albert . Street , from Huron Street. 'Ideals°. asked 'for "Ne lieTben!'".regulatieli at his Corner: Three streetse......_Cuttete-.`„Williane and Higheeall, come together e'at -Highway 4--(Vrefofia,'Street) .caue7 ing. a hazard for pedestrians, • petition signed' by 11 people Was presented 'In thiSelatter„ request Councillor .Herbeit-Beidle express- ecleeeYeepathy with these requests ' and promised . riew^liteee when the .White paint was pat on, again, and on the: other. Metter, pending ap- .,proval of -Department of Highways; e-Clintoe News-Iteeord, • ' NoName--No Hydrants • • I,ack,of fire ,hydrants in the far southwest corner, of the 'town was brought to the attention of coun- cil by a delegation. Mrs. J. C: Banter, Eldon Street, atldecl •a re- minder about street lights and a street name. "We feel we are very inadequately' -protected," she eaid in regard to hydrants, "and some- thing should be done Before it is too lete." "It should be discussed jointly with the letilities commis - skin,' said Mayor Fisher. •"As long as you don't file it away like the- street name and street lights," Mrs, Banter reminded • council. 'The street has neverbeen named,' and 'International boundary' is the only, name given it. We feel the 'need for `hydrants is urgent, and that we should have some on El- don Street anyway. Veithin, a month we will. have frost, and then, you will have an excuse not to do anything about line ii on the pavement at the Royal rich Signal -Star. SUGAR AND SPI By W. (Bill) B. T. SMILRY (By ItEV. ROBERT H. HARPER) -YORKTOWN Where once_A Jerrey bore travel- lers. across- the beaiitiful river, a great bridge pow spans the stream at Yorktown. It was a soft day in the early summer when I last vis- ited the place and the worship- pers were leaving church—it, would have been hard to imagine the scene 178- years ago when great guns. thundered their deep notes of destiny.. George Washington arid -Lafay- • ette drew their lines more ,closely about 'Lord Cornwallis and -Admir- e fees AO his -Feench fleet s ut o retreat of the doomed army s a. So- the anniversary of ano er great date in' history made real the Declaration of July 4 1776. And the past month of Oc- tober inchides the date of the dis- ,covery Of the New World and that of making the New World free of tyranny from over the sea. - Now, 17-8 years after Yorkto*ne the people of the United States and of England are arrayed together as the champions of a free world. President :Eisenhower being met at the gateway to Balmoral ,Castle by Queen Elizabeth 'and welcomed not only' as a ,great ruler, but as one in the family `circle may indi- cate that, 'though the English did -not win their proverbial last bat- Do you know that in the U.S. the teenage propulation has a buy- ing power of $80 billion a year'? A chap from the States told me that the other day, and I was suit- ably startled. •Or maybe it was $8 million a day. It doesn't mat- • *•• * I presume the same IS true in Canada, proportionately. Let's say there are four million teenagers in Canada: -Ae conservative estirre• ate of their direct spending 'would be an average of $2 a week, each. That's $8 million a week, $416 mil- lion a year. . ' Add to thattheir indirect spend: mg, that the money sperit by . their parents on clothes- and cars for them, foods and fadsefor,thern, schooling and spoiling for them, -and they are probably the most ex- pensiVe' and economically influen- tial segmeht Of society ever spawn- , Rather a shocker isn't it?, It was not always thus. Only in the past generation has the Age group between 12 and 20 fastened on the body of society with a vampire's tooth, and inhaled- with gusto. Never before in history have come merce and culture danced attend- 'anexis.tecn, the maudlin mind �f the te • le` * I'm not complaining, or. saying it's all wrong. I'm merely observ- hig. Nor do I blameit on the kids. Start feeding a new pup choice morsels from your fable, even though you • knomi. wrong. Pretty soon he's clawing at your leg if you're not handing it down fast enough. Next • thing you. know, he's a grown dog, is sitting at the table with ,a bib below his jowls, and gets enarly`if you give biln the half ef your steak that has the gristle in it. . . • -This adulation ofthe adolescent Was non-existent when I was one. And don't give'Ine that pap about today's teenagers being an mixed up and- confused: People of that age have always been confused and mixed tip.;The difference was. • that weedidn't know bow to take advantage -of it, and we didn't have enough medley, for anybody to be bothered with its. •''Perhaps it is money that has supplied the motive power for the cult of the teen, which has smoth- ered societyin the past dedade, ,With something that has all.the grace, charm and vitality of .a well-rimuthed marshmallow. • It. began in the 1940's, when the wartime and post-war- boom pro- clueed easy money, the like of whiCh'honeseeplugging people had never seen. Parents, delighted:and ill at ease with their newfound af- fluence,passed some of it on to their kids. For notbing:- Not for working, but' just so they could hold up their ead, with all the other kids whose parents' had. given thein money for the sante reason. It was-eriii` long-heft:eV-the Ater - pies of society smelled a fat new market. Sociologists gave them a hand up by turnieg the full candle- poWer of their searchlight on the Youth of To -Day. The youth re- sponded, as youth always will, by pushing 'for a place at the trough. And thus, in tlie 1950's, emerged full-blown that • phenomena—The Teenager—master of all he or. she surveys, as eaprizious as Cather - Inc the Great, as misdirected as a monsoon, One , can only look for - _ward to the I.966's with utter fore- boding. •, • tlorification of the teenager has had several results, all of them dire. It has unleased yeritable flood of barbage in the fields of entertainment and. publishing. •` It has convinced even the more sen- sible of our youth that 'they are as important as the sycophants say they ape. • • 0 • It has made them believe that they are enjoying the most excit- ing, the richest , years of their lives, Which is pure crap. It has played hell. with family life, be-. cause it has assured them that everyone who is not a teenager- is either infantile or an imbecile. Don't ask me for the answers. I just have the questions. The only thing I can suggest is to cut • off ruthlessly their finances'. Which would being downabout our ears a torrent from the soft drink COM- panies, the record 'corripardes, the drive-in movie e the people who speeialize in clothes and shoes for teens, and everybody -else who has a finger in that bigejuicy * * tle at.Yorktown, they and our peo- ple will evin the last battle for mankind. So mote it be. (Prepared by the Research Staff of Encyclopedia Canadiana) , Where' Did Prince Albert Get Its Prince Albert, Sask., eves named in honor of Queen Victoria's hus- band, the Prince Cc:insert., • The marcresponsible for giving the tiny settlement its .name, in 1866, .was the Rev. James Nisbet, who had been appointed in 1862 as assistant td the Rev. John Black in the Red River Settlement. For four' years he promoted religious and educa- tional 'ventures there,' , He was, then invited to establish ,the first Presbyterian mieeion among the western. -Indians., .He selected • a. - site: on the • North Saskatcherevan River, naIning • it Prince Albert. Here heefounded a school -for In- dian and white children, provided religious services established 'a successful faller, operated a small grist milliand constructedthe mis- sion buildings. These activities at- tracted white settlers to the area, which became Ilielargest agricul- tural settlement in -the Saskatche- wan area before the building of the CPR. Prince Albert was incorpor- ated .as a town in 1885 and as a city in1904.._• • , , 0 • * * • Is There a Difference Between An Aerodrome and An An' -poet? , . • Yes.n aerodromeis defmed . . Canada's Air Regulations as .`ean area of land' or water or other supporting surface normally used for the arrival 'and departure of eircraft!r-An airport is moreelab- orate. According to the Air Regu- lations, an , airport- means "an aerodeeme designated by the Min- ister as such -and constituting a centre for aerial traffic and con- taining installations necessary for suck traffic!' •. * * What Did Charles Albanel • Albanel, missionary and explor- er, was probably tlae first white man to' travel from the'St. Lawr- ence to Hudsdn. Bay -overland, In August,1611, he left' Quebec on this trail -blazing , journey. It was June of the' following year when he arrived ,at-Hruison Bay be.1,674 he returned to the bay where- he • tried to persuade Groseilliere and Radisson, -then in the employ of the, Hudson's Bay—Cempany, to leave its service.- Albanel was 'a " Don't think that I ant attackieg the teenagers, �r that I have a foiniula for revamping society. It's just that I have a problem. I have a son who is 12. When I wes--12' Iewented to be a cowboy, Tamen- of-the-ApeS, a greet, etiploreie Or, oit dull days, maybe lift a million- aire, Vent know what my kid wants to be? He wantS to,--lut-a teenager.. Ws a;ery depressing. • ture, awa.- ...k.MeDUFF,:,,OTTAWA:AEPORT.„.. • TROUBLt AROUND THE . CORNER' • " • OTTAWA.— A dullesounditig re- port entitled, "The Canadian Bal- ance of International Payments 1958' and International- Investment Position" has been iseued without fanfare or horn -blowing by the government's lanreau of statistics. What it gays is, of, vital Interest and concern to Canadians, namely that we, are rapidly losing our eom- rnercial identity, and becoming more and more dependent' on our big. neighbors, the United States and Britain.• „ --- • Canada's expert trade pictere is continuing to worsen—for reasons mainly beyond the control' of •the Diefenbaker .government within the context'Of -"present policiee— , and a lower standard Of living for Canadians in future may be the price we will all haveto pay. You- won't find thie spelled out s'� simply in the pages of th,e DBS report- but the warning is there for those who look closely and pone der the future. • In simple terns, we. are—and have ' been for -"several years— spending more than we earn in our foreign • trade. , • • This disturbing fact hasn't Shown up glaringly in the statistics until now because• the deficit was offset largelY'by heavy American invest- ment in Canada's 'basic industries. Now that financial interest it be- ginning t� fade, 'one trade obseeve "et- puts it this way: • - "Although the economy is mov- ing along at -a merry trot right now, are disquieting signs of trouble areund the corner." SPokeernene for. the -trade and commerce department explain that Europe's` new self-sufficiency hae enabled her to pour eut, goods at an astonishing rate, and at prMes which, undercut Canada's best. European firms can e-ven underbid Canadian competitors in our dom- estic inarkets. The high level of foreign invest- ment-en_Cana_dals industries a_ trademark of the Canadian scene since confederation, is not without its hazards. • In short, the control of Canada's business and. industry is fast slip- • ping from our hands. ' • The intense industrial expansion of 1956 and 1957 pushed non-reSie dent investment in our manufac- turing industries` from 47 -per cent to 50 per cent. - • Foreign control of companies has grown even faster, from 52 -per • cent to,56 percent. • In-t.he petroleum 'and natural' gas Mdustry, non-resident 'ownership rose slightly to 64 per cent, but control fell, from 79 per -cent to 76 per cent; refleeting-expansion of Canadian -controlled elements in the natural gas industry. , Nonresident ownership of 'min- ing rose over the two years t� 56 • per cent, and noneresident -control from 57 per cent to 61:Per cent.' • The result is that Canada; a tre- mendousreserve of natural -wealth, is gning —deeper and. deeper 'into, • debt to foreign nations. At the end of 1958, Canaela'seove erall balance of internetnal in- edebtedness had inereasedeto, $13;- 500,000 000 a jump of $1,600,000 000 • 4hile YgeraorWth in this. net indebt- edness since 19542". reports DleS, "was almost as great as the entire net indebtedness accumulatedfrom the beginning of Canadian eceinorn- le history to that tir116." • , • . How much- of Canada does elle rest Of 'the world own? That. an- swer is provided by the statistics, • At he end of 1958, ILS. invest-. ment north a the border, had reached .,$14,e00,000,000, including $9,200,000,000 in direct investmentsee Britain had invested $3,100,000,0001: - and other overseas countries $1,-. 400;000,000e While' foreign •long-. term eievestments - in Canada rote, nine per centin 1958, the value of' Canadian. long -term • investment; alimed remained' unchanged. - • More uPto-date figures than are availableemethe report' indicate an even greater cause for worry; In the first half of 1959, Canada'S overseas (non -United States) „trade brqught a , deficit of '• $80,0010,000, compel -gel with a , surplus of $90,-, • 000,006 latt year. - • Experts eay the deficit is lileely to drop somewhat overAtie_year,. But eyen so, 'it represents 'a dis- tinct—ad, darigekous—switch iu Canade's trading pattern, which can mean.nothing but trouble ahead for our industries and the: nation theYeetiPPort.. - ' The -fact isethat the Diefenbaker vision of a "15 per cent switch et trade to the United-kingdonend- his- election atteeks on the United, . States ownershipand control .,of Canadian' industry and the role �f• Canada:a a "hewer of wood and carrier of 'water" have not to -date , been translated into effective poll-, cies to bring about the changes he wanted. - There are only three possibili- ties for Canada. First, continue substantially as we are, in which case much of what happens will be beyond the contrel of the Diefen- -baker or any other goveenreente. ,SeConcily, make a ,concerted. effort, in coeoperatton With otherecunteies _- to -expand trade through' general,' lowering of trade barriers (this is ' not a 'likely Diefenbaleer solution— witness the outright rejection'of the British free trade offer two yearsago). Thirdly, embark on a policy of nation -building through subsidies at. home and restrictions 'against- fereign geode and capital. (Such moves as the' Conservatives ehayeernede-hrthes-ditection to -date • have been moderate and sufficient-. ly criticized to suggest thiselneiolv-. ing, a , lower standard of ',living, would be a difficult political course iIIIiIIIIIItIIIItIIIIIiIlIIIiIlIilhIlIIIuhIIj • Jesuit priest Who first served at Tadoussac. Later he wa,s station- ed on the Ottawa River, at Green Bay on Lake Michigan; and finally at Sault Ste. Marie, where he died in 1696., Whos First Speaker Of ehe Mute of Commons? James Cockburn, one of the fath- ers of Confederation, who was born in England in 1&19and died in Ottawa in 1883. He came to Canada about 1832 and, after fin- ishing his education, practised laev -Cobourg, 'Upper Canada, before entering politics. He was one of the delegates from Upper Canada to the ,Quebec Conference of 1864 and in 1867 was chosen first speak- er of the Canadian House of Com- mons. Cockburn held that appoint- ment with only -a--thort intermiS- slot, until 1874. His tact and coure tesy did Much to establish a high tradition in the Speaker's chair. ' TO THE EDITOR. Seaforth, 16th Nov., 1959._ Editor, The Huron Expositor• Dear Sir: I was amazed last week, wiiiloreading my copy of_ The•Pfuron Expositor, to 'come across' the admonition • sponsored' bY the Huron Citizens Legal Com- mittee, wherein • they • pleaded: "Stop this Evil. .• . . Protect Our Youth . . . Repeal., the- C.T.A."' The same evening in the columns of your contemporary, the Toronto DailY Star, I reed` remarks attrie. bilted_to Counsellor Harry Brown, eof. New 'Toronto. I quote: • "The coine a—hellhole of iniquity. Men - buy a .crock at te_ cerrier, come up behind iny house to drink it. Between my garage and__ fence, there are always four or five empty wine bottles, Taken to court, they have their wrists slapped and are, back again.' , Is this the' "protection" we are to offer our youths? • - Is this the "good control" we are asked to Instead °f - our present system? 'Will readily admit that the ap-, Plication of our present C.I.A. is, open to much abuse, but it does . allow prosecution of the bootleg.. gent .and it does not allow pest-, holee dispensing bee' and liquor- -eTO-aked in the, pseudo-reseiectabil-. ity of hypocritical legality. am not a teetotaller,.. and I arn not a ptehibitionist. 1- tinly know • that I am happy to bring up ray faniily in,, Huron County as it is now while 'working ffer suitable, amendments to, our ,present C.I.A. to eliminate, the abuses that are , now apparent. 'Yours sincerely, • P. L. BRADY. Gazing fondly at his attractive, nurse, the hospital patient told the doctor,- 'Wonderful nursee-you've. got .here. One touch "Of her . „cooled my fever instantly." know,"eanswered the doctor, • "I could hear her slap clear to the end of the corridor." -THEYEARSr AG1)• Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago, From The Huron Expositor November 16, 1934 • Thieve broke into the shoe store of W. G. Willis late Friday night but secured nothine Entry "vvae made by a rear door, and it is be- lieved the thieves, were frightened away before securing anything of vainheile working in tite W. B • Weat- tie butcher shop, Mr. Wes Free early Tuesday nioening had the misfortune to back up against a butcher knife lying on a ledge. He reeeived a nasty cut on_the back, which required seven StitCheS. eThe November session of the Second Division Court was held in Seaforth -Town Hall on Friday morning, Only a few eases "were before His Honour Judge T. M. Costello, and coiirt adjourned with- in an hour. , • Mr. Fred S. Savauge, local jew- eller, following experiMents cov- • ering. a„ ,number of years, has evolved a watch cleaning fluid that is said to be the most effective on the market, Arrangemente-have been completed to have the ma- terial marketed by a large jobbing house, . Andrew Moore, of Sunnyvale Potiltry Farm, Egnionclville, ship- ped 10 White Leghorn R.0,1e, cock- erels to ]rant on Taeeclay morn- ing. The shipment was made uti. der supervision a the LiveStock Branch, Departrilent of Agricult Front The ituron Expositor November ,.1.9_,..4,909_,„ -On Saturday last Mr. C. Eckert was hauling out manure—with-et. coepIeeof spreaders. His son, See, was driving one of the three -horse teams, and after he had his load off and was on his way back, he was crossing a furrow when the *reader accidentally got into gear, frightening the horses and caus- ing a runaway. In a few moments the spreader was badly smashed, but Master Joe stayed with the lines until the horses .landed with him--in-the barnyard. All got oft safe with the exception of the spreader. , •' . While his mother was, absent from the house. for a fewmom- ents the other day, Ho*ard Beav- er, of Crediton, was fooling. with the tea kettle on the stole, and as a result Was eomewhat badly burn - Mr. Harry Tyndall, the well- known thresher, did some fast Work , with his Outfit on Thursday last, On the farm of Mr, James .Nash, Huron Road East, he thresh- ed out the entire crop in aboutsix hour. Mr. Harry Fortune did the feeding, and Mr: Robert Fraser, of Seaforth, looked after the machine. The digging of drains is now the order of the day-inErucedeld. As a result, they have a network of Wide open' drains running idol* the streets, making them very uasight- ly• and undafe lot traffic. om The Huron Exposir November 21, 1884 .A daughter of Mr. Luke Trouse, of Clinton, nntet with a painful ac- cident on Friday last by running •a large needle .inta her heel,- it breaking therein, and efferts to -re- move it being unsuecessfule A son of Mr. Schrader, who lives near Crediton, got a- knife accie ' dentally run into his. wrist while at a paring bee a couple of weeks_ ago, 'cutting - a main artery. Dining noon hour twochildren in the Exeter school took' epileptic ' fits and fell down, both remaining unconscious for some time. One of thein was cut on the head.. • Mr. Saints Marshall, of Blyth, has'strewberty vines on which are growing the third crop of straw-. berries. • A little daughter of Mr. _James Webster, of 1-lullett, was badly burned last week. She was lating her boot e beside the stove, when she slipped forward ahdefell on it, - Mr. IL Bell has sold his farm cif 100 ares on the 7th concessioneoe Rullett to me. Murphy from near Ithigston, On Saturday laet Mr. Samuel` Smillie deputy reeve Of Tucker. .senith, Met with a rather painful accident. He was lifting a plow into a wagon When the boards of the ghivel box tipped up, frighten-. ing the hOrses, causing them tc start suddenly, throwing Mr; Smil4 lie oitt,. MI dislocating, his elbow, •