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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1919-11-27, Page 8:4 We are pleased to report the reeov- et•, of Mr. Jas. Struthers after n ve1'p serious operation. We trust that ho health and strength. Mise' Hannah McDonald,- after a' sojourn -of about- two -•months in Mar • - garet, Man., and at Winnipeg, and a brief . v4sit to her brother, George, at" Boisseveiin, returned to her hone on the .4th inst. . She reports quite fav- drably on the crops in the parts of the country she visited. As we think of Mr. John McDiar= mid's retirement to the village, it re- minds us that the old pioneers are one by one passing away from our midst. John is very worthy 'of the quiet life he may live in Luoknow• We' take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Car- naghan and family to 'the neighbor-. hood, and hope they may fill the va- cancy left by Mr., ' MacDiarmid and family. VAR UP IN THE FROZEN NORTH AND THE SUNNY LANDS OF 1 T A L Y, 'CHRISTMAS IS COMING. WE GROWN-UPS ARE GLAD • IT ONLY COMES ,ONCE A YEAR; THE CHILDREN ARE SORRY IT DOESN'T COME OFTEN. WHAT IF THE CHILDREN ARE RIGHT: WHAT IF THEIR'�-'- SENSE_ _ OF HAPPINESS I3 GREATER THAN OURS? .- OURS IS -BUT FOR A DAY; THEIR'S IS FOR _DANS. LET US STRETCH. OUR DAY 10 D&YS THIS' YEAR. LET US C'HA'NGE OUR BIG GIFT TO ,MANY SMALL; AND ,SEND •' THEM.':�`.AR, AND.. \1'II)ETHAT 1I.1NY MAY SHARE WITH THE FEW. THAy WAS. THE FIRST CHRIST- MAS GIFT, "JOY TO ALL THE WORL-D." RING OUT YOUR BELLS THIS CHRISTMAS TO ALL YOU CAN, AND YOU'LL FEEL BETTER FOR IT. WE HAVE GIFTS FOR ALL =MEN, WOMEN AND CHILD-' REN. BEFORE ANOTHER ISSUE - OF THIS PAPER, OUR STORE WILL HAVE PUT ON ITS CHRISTMAS APPAREL; OUR COUNTERS WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE DISPLAY OF HOLIDAY GOODS, AND WE CAN TRULY SAY NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF THIS STORE HAS OUR ASSORTMENT BEN So 'LARGE. EVERY- SIGN POINTS TO A VERY HEAVY CHRISTMAS TRADE, AND OUR ADVICE IS TO SHOP EAIWY WHILE THE ASSORTMENT IS LARGE AND BEFORE STOCKS:GET BROKEN. $2;00 FOR CRUELTY Charles Lindenburg, of TeesWater, who was chargeitd with - unlawfully whipping and -besting - ;Chepstow Belle," the speedy young mare for- merly owned by Rev. Father Goodrow of, Walkerton, pleaded guilty before e ,: :�i�,gi.•tr�ito.,`�."dlton'sfn�� �aiicexton' •th sills!. day - and was fined $2.00and costs' -for ''thee' offence: "T Lindenburg, who drives Mr. Robt. Trench's. race horses, took Chepstow Belle to one side at the Teeswater race track dur- ing the Old Boys' Reunion at Tees - water on Wednesday, Aug. 6th, and gave the little favorite a severe flog- ging just' prior to starting it in the races, where it came out ahead of the field in every-heiit. Some ladies who witnessed: the abuse the animal got were to have been -the chief' witnesses against the accused had the matter gone £o trial. The accused, it seems, condones his action by the claim that. Chepstow Belle needed the licking to et her to start in the race. -Bruce Times. 0 i ARE YOU 'FEEDING - Cans MIMI To your - Horses, Cows, Sheep and Pigs? ORDER A BARREL TODAY ITS THE BEST FEED VALUE WE eHAV1E WE EXPECT A CARLGAD OF PURE CANE SUGAR "FEEDING MOLASSES" TO REACH US' ANY LAY 'FARM -ERS- FEEDING STOCK -WOULD' BE WELL ADVISED TO TRY THIS HIGHLY CONCENTRATED FEED TO MIX ON WHOLE OR CUT STRAW AS IT IS- RELISHED_ -_BY__ -.STOCK OF ALL KINDS. _ ___-._ _ _-._.. ___. ,.---._ WE' ARE ABLE TO 'QUOTE A LfW FiGURE FOR BAR- RELS OR HALF BARRELS .OFF CAR. INQIURE AT STORE AND LEAVE AN ORDER AND YQU WILL BE ADVISED ON ARRIVAL. ° 1 SOME DEFINITIONS however, were clotely connected•with the. main neighborhood organimtion. Instead of being used merely during tits t t s. , Via.1 ;3S is now the meeting place of some com- mittee or club almost every afternoon and evening. It is used on. Sundays._, too, for a Sunday School is regularly held, and a preaching service con- ducted on Sunday afternoons,. 'twice each month, this being in charge of a church organization in the , county seat that was interested through the efforts of the young people. 'I here were sone -the directors of the district board among- declared mongdeclared that this frequent using of the schoolhouse would_ "wear it' out:`' that the desks would be marred 'and.. the equipment injured, -Rather than this, the equipment.•tznd• furniture of the schoolhouse has been much . im- proved: The mothers` and -fathers, by going to the 'little -schoolhou.se• mora' often, were led to see how poor anti inadequate were the.- tools with whirl the hard-working»tcaehrrand the p►ir ils were struggling. . So the board was urged to install better desks,• put in -better -blackboards-and_---get -many things that long had been needed. A better roadnow leads from the main' highway to the little. 'school- - •--housN.^atrilcgtait�.�.At3c1•,-t���et mush travelled found 'it- a `more venverilent -meeting' .plac,e', than the county seat. It has become the throbbing, pulsating heart -centre of the neighborhood. The energetic young then and young women who ied the -way -to -it -rendered the district a splendid service. Has your schoolhouse been "dis- covered?" If not, can't you and some .of your friends blaze a ectter trail to it ?>--Selected .. A well-known educationist made a list ofthixty-fou>• non-technieal words derived from the Greek or Latin, and - induced the teachers in his home high school to try their fourth-year pupils on the defining of these words. Here is his'announcement of the result: Those who have studied the classics defined the words very well. The students of :- English pure and unde- filed, who. excelled- even---Shale:espeare in that they knew no Latin and 'no Greekat all, presented papers so ex- traordinary,- as.- to, -he.- beyond,. heti-et • without the documentary proof. The_, first one presented, written by a boy. . who had studied English eleven years in school, contained the following amazing definitions:,. . 1 "Pomp -a dancing slipper. "Genealogical gentle kind. "Chronic -a record. "Phosphorescent- -aseous, bubb- b1 ing. "Stamina -an excuse. - • '4Cyrricllrl-circular. - "Hyprocrite—one who talks religion continually. "Hieroglyphic -a hereditary gift. "Eugenics --a study of etiquette. "Sycophant -one -eyed. "Symposium -sympathy in verse. ' "Phenomena -reasons for not doing what should have been done. " Hierarchy-Mredltary. rule.' "Parable -capable of being peeled - "Polynesia -an island -in the Indian Ocean, near Java.", - A. R. FINLAYSON CREWE —Tuesday, Nov. 25. Mrs. Ritchie is .visiting friends in I.ucknow. The McCarty Bros. held a very sue- ' crssful sale Thursday last. .Mr. Jack Gauley was a recent vis- itor with Mr. Isaac Gauley. Mr. and Mrs. A. McQuoict made a business trip to Lucknow Saturday. Miss Nellie, Mrs. Pat and .lames • McCarty left for Detroit Saturday. Prayer meeting was held Monday' _night at- the-.bon'e of Mrs.^ John Me- , nary. Mr: Richard Twamley spent Sun- • day_ at his daughters, 1 Mrs. Milton • Kilpatrick. We are sorry to report that, Mr. I:oy. Myers is under the doctor's care. We all-. hope .:for a speedy_ recovery.. .HOLYKDDD • A Box. Social will he -field in the Public Hall, Holyrood, on the evening of Thursday, pec. 4th. There will be a good pi -Tatniieby i ue_Tcn nw R To Spend The Winter Evenings." Roll. call will be answered by Christmas recipes. A good attendance is 're-. I quested as the report of -the London t 'Conventidn will be given. - Special_ collection in aid of fund for Christ- mas stockings for soldiers. Visitors welcome. -Secretary• and local talent.' Admission, Adult7' .;:►c., Children' 25c- Ladies with boxes free. E. C. Ilodgins,1 Secretary. The Holyrood Women's Institute will meet at the home of Mrs.. Fred. • Thompson, on. Thursday, December 4th. Topic by Snit. E. Ackert, "flow NATURE'S WA Alcoholic tdnics and dangerous sedatives are fast falling sinto disuse. When the body is debili- tated the effectual means' of I restoring strength is SCOTT'S EMULSION which does what your regular food. should do but all too ' „often fails to do—nourishes and strengthens the wale body. It is the results that follow the use of Scott's Emulsion that have made its multi- tude of friend , fcett t S.r. • 7orotto, oat. 1}'b ST. HELENS -Tuesday, Nov. 25. Mr. Roy Aitchison is home from the West. Mr. Frank Todd has purchased a Gethard Heintzmann piano. Miss May Cameron was home from ,Mitchell for the week -end. Mr. John McPherson, of Pascpte, Sask•, is visiting his brother, Mr. Win. McPherson. Mr. Jas. 'Gaunt 'has purchased Mr. 'Wm. Bell's farm. lie takes posses- sion•.ini the spring. Miss Beatrice McQuillin was suc- cessful in winning the third prism in the _Victory Loat>_Essay Contest in Huron County. Congratulations. FOURTH ('ON., RINLOSS. AUBURN - Monday, Nov, 24. Ferguson - McKnight. A pretty, though quiet, wedding took place at the hone of . Mr. and Mrs. John Mcg Knight, of this place on Wednesday, of last week, at high noon, when their, only daughter, Lurentha,_ 'was united in marriage to Mr. Orah Lloyd Ferguson, also of Auburn. The Rev. E.- O. Ford officiated. The house was ' tastefully decorated with carna- tions and ' other flowers. The bride, ,vho .was unattended, was given away h?'1 er father. She wore a most be- coming -gown -of- taupe grey silk with- pink ith-pink satin trimmings. Only immed- iate relatives were present• After the ce re, en the -young -couple, mot, ored to. Lucknow where they will spend 'a week with their uncle and aunt, 'Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Smith. They were the recipients of many pretty -and valuable gifts. Mr. and .Mrs. Ferguson will make ' their home in Atthurn. Pima_r 6l is at Your Service We Sell for Casn-we Sell Cheaper Thaa The GET READY FOR WINTER 1f THE FINE WEATHER STILL CONTINUES. BUT DON'T FOR- GET THAT WE ARE SURE TO PAVE WINTER. • READ CAREFUIi.1'. THE ARTICLES GIVEN BELOW •t AND PRE- _ PARE. "A .< • -Tuesday, Nov. 25. used Robb is on1 the sick'list these days. • May .he soon levet?. Mrs. Wm. Houston. relict • of the late Mr. William Houston, died at her home on the-Eijclith con., last Saatur= day night. Mr. Murdoch Morrison on the 6th, is not so well a: his friends could wish him to, he. We trust he may soon 1►►t' around again. - Farmers are having a very favor able season for plowing. As you look over the country you can see the evi- dence of it in the, great stretches of blackened fields. - "THAT B.O.Y" There he is attain -rip, tear; slain, bang! . What a -jumbled; -tumbled, mussed 'up mess of 'humanity --is That Boy. Hear the cat! That Boy is nulling its ' whiskers. What h . cask - ling! That Boy is -teaching the chic- kens to swim. There he is! No, there he is! No, that's hint scudding alone; tinder full sail after tjie What a boy. Everybody says he will atnount'to nothing in this nor in INTRODUCING THE SCHOOLHOUSE 'The school fine se in =but` lmtiy section was practically unknown to the_elder_ fol s of the community till a group 'of young' men and women "put it on the-ntap." They did not-, change its location, nor improve the road leading to it. But they .did suc- ceed in getting a number of folks to_ visit it who never before had entered its door. - For ,a number of yearsthat little schoolhouse has stood right whereit 'is nowt -en an elevated knell among, , a group of maples -a short cinarter-mile from the main highway.' Yet there were fathers and mothers' in our community whose children had begun with the primar3' class and reached the entrance class aral still never entered the schoolhouse. They paid their taxes, entertained the teacrher once or twice perhaps and thought that was sufficient. But, John' Grayson, Tom Mercer, Grace Owen, Jack Bryant, Martha Stevens, and a few other young peo- any 'other world. Who placed a pin on the -teacher's chair? That Boy. Who drew a- map of the pond, ducks and all'; on th 3 blackboard? That Boy. Who .fihIect - tlse sugar -howl with salt, hung •his sister's best hat- on the tallest .tree, and then sat .demurely -in the 'corner with book upside --down, -foot..en -rite- Sat's tail, •and grandmother's secs above his nose? You might know it was'hint`Iioy. ...:w.-., R.�•.....•:.,,...�..., -" I can't do anything with him,i' says- mother. aysmother. "A useless ':concon:itant, of humanity," says teacher. "A lad whose baneful influence is being felt in a pernicious manner by all his as-. sociates," says pastor. But Wait" Who brings the first of everythinggood t ohis -teethes? Why is -always on hand when the school - Master asks a favor? Who tumbles heels over head that he may obtain a geological specimen feet the' strin-is-- ter? Oh,, it is.That Iloy, is it? Well, en. just look__wn. into- his hurt and you will find 11 different from,, -W -fiat you imagined. Ibis' soul- is"--fulls-- and it bubbles up, and over, every• time he moves. Mischevious actions. lively pr:rules, and sharp. sayings,' are only the path- ways through , whieh escape the stir erflous floods of his nature. The trouble is that his body is lee --small for his •big soul. Let him• laugh and frolic and play• Yes, help him to ilo all this, and more tdo. Remember that -oar moral and intellectlal giants were once just such boys helped along by love. Also bear in mind that presstlri •upon and abuse to such natures will make thtnt 'fiends in human form. Take them by the hand,and you can lead them up to the loftiest pinnacles of thought and action. Ur•ive•them, and -they become the devil's stt•ongest - PAItOID ROOFING CANADA 1100F1NG PURE ASPHALT ,ISUILDIN G I'Al'E1 y3; 4) _p4`r ' square r43.911 per square 'TAR PAPER $2.75 per roll RUY;1 LITE -014:.- ('(;till."fX1L t) s', i -±►! IN I.: GT,ASS0ALL SIZES PIPES AND ELBOWS CATTLE' CHAINS AND. STALL f'IXTURES A• G.00•D QUANTITY OF FRESH CEMENT -ON HAND-- - : WE HAVE A SPLENDID R.1N(;E OF -WORKING GLOVES AT • PRI( 'i S RANGING FROM 90e. 'I() $2.75. The Lucknowllardware& CoalCo. THE STORE THAT NEVER DISAPPOINTS, ple of the neighborhood, who were i --�' allies. ready for high. school, believed the If you have one of these frolicsome little old, schoolhouse ought to be in- troduced to. their parents -or, their parents should •be introduced to the schoolhouse. So they planned and car- ried through a "neighborhood social." They called it that—without. any fancy frills. The program et music, and literary features was arranged and put on by the young people them selves, and through the hard work of a "rustling" committee, they made sure that everybody in the district got an invitation and made a promise to attend' This .t'neighborhood soc- ial was held between Thanksgiving and Christr is:4, and easily opened -the way,_for .a _ Dumber ;-a£.-similarhappy events during the- winters -of socials and parties and meetings, lectures and entertainments. In truth, it de- veloped into what became known as the "Neighborhood Club," which held regular sessions through the year. From this sprang several branches, such. as ssewin,g circles for. the wo- men, domestic science clubs for the girls, a pig :club for the boys, and a' district alliance for the men, All, lads- in your home, school, or neigh • horhood, take care of and watch owl him, and the time will come when ye will be proud of That Boy. -W. AA I - f red Gay. Envious Cat. 1.11rQ. (14,1'ti1y)---t)h, ynxemt, Tn► h►iving n t41" n ear i,i:,n,ir►►etelred to order. - Mrs. Sknlp.N•--Y<<u hove Any siti(oer• est sympathy, my dear. �nut. li►.n.•stl}•. yarn don't look in 1r►umis heavier then -gtrn-4lid- lust- fait !--Ilufr+lo l•; sent. Fortunately Pla:ed. �F►Tr ) (►�► wn TTie V-. w "In what cwt ?" "11e lived -curly enough to i,e by s tarnul►se hit i vel '• reslu ' I :dile 1 11' 1ust1nd of being evil,,1 si 1•01•,1►evilcl." • R Economy of Ford Service 1XTEAR is unavoidable even in the best car, but , certain parts wear out more quickly than others. There is no need of scrapping your car because the piston rings have seen ---their day, because the platinum points of ,'the , viiir''a..•tQrr,.;re.-.,worn put, r91:1414the, rest of the car is as' good as new. Medical men agree that the human body is renewed, . cell by cell, every seven years. You can do- the same with your Ford Car'and prolong its life at minimum cost .byreplacing worn parts from time to time. Ford service has been the means of doubling -thrives of -hundreds of Foal-ta><s, and rut- _____ ting down the cost of motoring. The fact that a Ford Touripg Car, which costs $690, Lo. b. • Ford, vOnt,, can be purchased part by part separately for $917 is ample proof of the economy.of driving a Ford Car. It will pay you to have. your car overhauled during the winter months. 700 CanadiareDealers and over 2,000 Service Garages supply genuine Ford parts and prompt repair service. a neAa-.a.:•-••...•. 141 When buying, choose a Ford,' and take advant- age of the economy ,of Ford service. E. A. RENWICK, Dealer, I.UCKNOW. We Have Some Extra Values in 'LADIES' FURS _rAitRlED OVER FROM. LAST TEAR, TN S'T'OLES and MUFFS. IwY EARLY AS Ft RS HAVE (:ItE.1'I'I,Y ADVAN- CED ' IN PRICE. ' • The Best Men's Fur Coat AT A tilED11•Vl i'RI('E IS Till; ii,1N('t1t'11I %N BEAVER. - OURS ARE AI,I, (;001) (ZU:%1.i'1 Y .i•Ni) %% I1 1. (;iVE GOOD WEA11. Get Stanfield's Underwear FROM THE STOCK WE HAVE, 1;; 1'1' 11:1S ADVANCED, SINCE WE 1101'(:11'1'. 'iN OTIII:it I•INi•;s WE GIVE EXTRA V*Ai,l' E� In Dress Qoods, 01'11 ALL «001, SElt(:ES iN NAVY ANI) BLACK ARE FROM $2.50 TO R:i.00' I'EII VIE 1N TiHE 1111,1,1\ ERY 111,11'.tl:'! \11•:N'1' '1'111: S'i'0('Ii iS STILL ' The Way. S1,p--Un you Ih'.nk cont ('(1 1,1 aceta• :,g►. tier rental of n hist" !,, : t •thly mummer?. 114-1 don't know hr. I,;; amens of 'a hntesehold s?I., W.C.ONNE3LL •