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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1960-03-30, Page 9W1 DNl• DAY, MA,RI 30th, 1960 • 1: • THE LUCKNOW :SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO PAGE MINE; t3 r • 4• fits: at.... •er jmbac : Pharmacy Phone . 32, Lucknow "YOUR FRIENDLY IDA DRUGGIST 1 BION We'were ' glad. , to ' hear ;Mrs. W, G; ` Hunter's 'operation on :her ear in London• was. so . suc.- cessful: Mrs..Mary. McAuley has been visiting .her 'brother, Jack • Swan and ;Mrs. Swan of Bervie. , .Mrs.. FrankRitchie has been out . 'of school; +with: the': mumps.'. Church be; at' 1:45 for the :month" of .April, Mr. and • . Mrs. '11/Invert' Reid, •.Mrs. Nelson Raynard,. and. Mrs. Walter Alton attended the fu, n= 'eral •of Lorne .Webster.' of • Sea .forth last • .Tuesday.; • •Congratulations to: • .Mr. and Mrs John ,Hunter•on :the arrival of a 'boy •at, Victoria 'Uospital; London: ' .NOW ' is The Time To 'Order our ring'.' Ferti'izet SAVE AS MUCH AS ' $8.00' PER TON some Bran'+ds: No Agent's Fees Just Small 'Trucking Charge,' BRUCE : MacMILLAN Agent For Elmira: and Harriston Fertilizers Both Lime. Base Fertilizers VIONUM'ENTS FO‘T Round .eounser and a Fair.. price on a monument `cor'rectly designed': from, ,quality material, rely ',1, SKELTON MEMORIALS Pat, Establish Sugar and .Spice .By W.. it; , T. Smiley Man, we're : a bloodthirsty 1'ot, we Canadians, Here I've been going around for years,, think- ing we were a mild, • gentle, civi- lized people,, the milk of human kindness fairly. dribbling " out the corners: of our' .mouths;. —V— .. We're not like that at We're a reahk..Old • Testament; fang .and 'claw,' eye' for an eye, blood and guts: gang. Behiiid 'those good, .gray exteriors lurks ared-eyed avenger who would make Attila . the Ilan/look like a div. inity student.. . I didn't realize what a ' snarl ing . •tiger clay, within' the bosoms Of my fellow 'Canadians until I mentioned;. casually, , in; .an edi- torial •a, • couple of weeks ago, that I didn't believe in capital punishment, and asked for the opinions' of readers. • What a Pandora's box that • op- ened!' I received only •.one 'rea- sonable . response—that is, one opinion • that agreed 'with • mine.' The • rest of -them •:howled.. for blood. They ranged ., from • curt suggestions 'that:. "rope, , rifle or 'gas. will do," to . interminable epistles that dragged .in ,every— body from Moses, to 'my :small :daughter. • I was,bela'boured by Scripture;' torn from context: •I• was 'buried under . bales of "newspaper clip- pings about the ' latest 'murder cases. ' Many. assured Brie that all murderers ;.serv'ing. prision• ' terms were just busting to get, Out so, they ,:could ' ego, and ,knock; ' • off somebody else. ' 'Others . tried to sell rne. on "'capital punishment 'because it's cheaper than feeding a .murderer.' v-- • :Now• the fact is that.I never mentioned murder. . in 'the, first place. I- just stated that I did'n't think society had .. the ' right to take ,a human :life in,co1d blood. As • a; result, , none; of the argu- ments 'affected' my opinion: at all, because everybody went har- ing off ' after murderers,' deter rents, paroles, • sex fiends, , insan- ity,: ' iiquor ' and . the cost of jail meals... and lots of it But for pity's 'sake let's get a little variety, ,a teach of colour, a strong 'vein of tradi- tion, and a • dash of imagination into it. • Only a . primitive .people would stick t4 such a crude, drab. 'coup de. grace • as secret hanging.. 1 would also, abolish those other• pedestrian. death' penalties of to, day's' society,—the. chair and 'the gas chamber, • —V . v Ordinary murderers must die, but I think the condemned' man should:: have a sporting chance to 'pick the manner • of °his demise. In this age Of bingos,, 'draws and raffles,the lease' we could do is shake the choices .up in the ;war- dens .hat and let the murderer pull .one. ' • v—v-- :Besides ' which, as in.y wife has: pointed Out 6n'innumeraal 1e 'oc •casions,and again When we dis cussed the subject: "Nabody can tell you anything. .You. :think ,you're so darn' .smart and :••you're not. You're''just pig-headed•:" Q' Hagan, Prop;` „ . —v—v � • $ Just to prove she's wrong, and ed'' over,.Sixty Yeara'that I'm' a • reasonable fellow; a : f true democrat when outnumber- ..Walkerton utnumber- •Walkerton Phone 638.4, (Jntari0. ed 50 to• 1, 1'11 reverse 'my stand. .f...,...•.....:...`�....•...�.c.o.,.t.•. � •, .. ... , Let's'Ylave. :capital punishment, v—v-- He'd have a., chance at:. the headman's axe; being. , torn to pieces by four wild 'horses; the guillotine; . a • bullet , through the back' of the head; being- pushed in front of a train or over a 'cliff; being :impaled. e •\ Of course,: under :a: wide-open capital' •punishment system, with some' life to"it, we'd ' need more candidates. •These, ;could be..; ,ac quired by' returning to the more. virile ", fashions of former times.' For example,' blasphemers would be '..Stoned •'. to . , death, ' .though there'd.. • soon 'be . a shortage of • stones. , Heretics would he burn ed at the stake; 'preferably , at. 'Hallowe'en. Rapists `wouldbe tossed into •a ' pit .of ;rattlesnakes. Traitors' would have their • en 'trails ;removed and burned he-, fore their . eyes. _v_V— 1 Now'' that • we're getting into the 'swing of things,, I must ad- mit I'm growing :enthusiastic. While we're at it, we 'could 401 - ten up , our entire code `' of 'pun ishrnent. No more .of these .10- 1 year sentences .for 'bank::'.robbers; i. Cut off . their gun, hands at '. the wrist. In. would.Abe a real shot in .� + ;the arm for ,the artificial limbs -[. 1,,irldustry IIS • People taking 'trent -; and "deer out of, season .would he •.trans. ported; with 'their families, to Canada's .artic •wastes. We'd. soon' have some thriving settlements [in the tundra. People .: trying' to 'beat. the, income. tax •wouldnot. be,. fined, but, given hard labour on bread ,and water. • -v_v— •Shrewish women, would. have a half-inch snipped .off the' end .of their tongues.! Wife' beater s would get ;a going -:ever from a' + professional pugilist Business men caught ' padding their .ex-. pense . aocounts , Would ',get the lash: Known alcoholics .woulcj, be put': .on a ducicin�g-stool '•and' held • under :water. three,minnces,. every time , they go:t ' 'into the' stuff. . Maybe • that's what'swrong with society to-day—our Penal code has become soft and sloppy,, like eyerythiug, else.. People tell me • capital punishment is a de- terrent to • wottid-be murderers~.. Perhaps: juvenile deligUents would bedeterred frombeating:; people up if . they knew the, punishment was lo have ono • foot lopped .off., • Let 's give it a. try, • anyway.. We . could start ' by • 'branding `` , 3 " on the foreheads of. .' children caught stealing apples.. RECEDES WORD • OF HER . FATHER'S DEATH Mrs.. °William 'McNall.. of 13e1 gra r e -arid formerly of this com- munity, has just received the sad' news of the :death of her, father, Ernest. Hoare, in. 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