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THE' LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
It's a great country
-Since we are 100 years old
t, this week, I should be grinding
out an Ode to Canada. But it's
4 so hot, the very thought of it
makes •me,feel about 100
years ode.. (Come oil, Smiley,.it
Ain't that hot.) • •
Instead, let's have an honest,
look at ourselves, to find out
what kind of. a tribe those ten •
decades produced.. •
Tryingto pin down the Ca,
• nadian national character is
like trying to .thread a needle.
i the dark, blind -folded and• •
lit fled, Trouble is, any
•
way you add up the individual
•characteristics, they come • out,
spelling schizophrenic. • ,,,
For example, the experls tell.
us that we are an extremely
inarticulate people,. That
means we don't • talk much. .
Maybe it's because we haven't
,
anything worth saying and are
• too proud to 'show our ipso-
ance. But at' the same tine, we
are the world's champion
yakkers. According to the tele-
phone . companies,- canadians
spend more time on the blovier
than any other nation, proper-
COW iSS4THER COM/NO
SepteMber Ii,The:Montlt To Place
Your Order For Storm Windows;
And' Be Assured Of Delivery, .Well:
In 'Advance 'Of The Cold Weather.
Njug. :P$13.$.
BY USING
EITHER WOOD. OR
ALUMINUM
•. YOU 'CAN SAYE UP • TO 3.51iti. ON YOUR
• PRESENT FUEL ' COSTS.: k,CTUALLy,
• STORM WINDOWS CAN SAVE ENOUGH
FUEL :TO PAY IOR THEMSELVES IN
THREE YEARS' TIME.
NDOW S ARE
INVESTMENT
NOT AN EXPENSE
:Let ;Us Estimate The Cost Of
Storm •Wintlowi. For YoUr,
NO:: OBLIGATION
T.
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LAWRENCE
PORTLAND
NIMONICY 1
: STOCK
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JOhnW.
.•psONE saws
Luh Ltd.
LUCKNOW . .
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tionately.. Yes,' Jack, •my wife..
does too. Undoubtedly this is a
backlash from pioneer days,
• when Women often went for
weeks without a chance for a
• good talk' with another woman.
They're.,trying to catch up. •
Another contradiction. In •
• pioneering, exploring, wars, we
have shownourselves bold, ad- •
venturesome, brave. 'Yet we.
are timid about. investing our
money' in Canada, and we also
•
buy more insurance, per capi-
• ta, than, any other country.
• Why this caution, this desire
for seeurity? 'There's' some-
• thing Freudian about it: moth-
. er-country; breast-fed too long;
return to the Womb or some-
thing., But we haven't tine 'to
figure that one out today.
We are as materialistic as
we' could be, and with some
reason. It takes more than' a
century to get from sod shanty •
1 • to sonata, from barn -raising to
ballet At the same time we are •
• extremely • culture-coniciona,
• and are secretly deliglited with
<the Stratford Festival and the
• National Ballet and our sprink; •
Jing ) of symphony orchestras. • •
As long aswe don't, have to'
attend.
Despite our .reverence fOr
• culture, we refuse to read: The
quickest way to lose your shirt •
in Canada is 'to open •a book-
• store.' In .a population of 20 •
million, a new 'book that sells
• 10,000 copies Is a runaway
best-seller., It mu,st. be a' hang-
•" 'oier fro* the pioneer attitude
••that a person 'should te"doing,
• sothethiur and that reading
• • doesn't come in this category.
Or isit because we. have .too
much money and too. Many
toys?S• ''
f3inething else we refuse to
.dois walk. Europeans enjoy :•,•
Walking. Englishmen love it .,
.• Why won't we? • Our trOuble
probably is, in equal parts: too'.
•'far to 'anywhere;Wanting to
• .get • there in . hurry; .Car -
Worship; and plain lazinets.
We are' heavy boozers, as the
• • statistics 'show, 'and. can't hold
• our liquor as a glance around'
at the next *party • will show
Why? Do • We drink so much
• because we are.so dull We can't
stand' each other without the', •
• grape? ..Or is it because drink
•.has always been :associated
With sin this country, and, .•
• Man is7born to sin? • ", •
• Yes, we play hard, and .most
•
•
Of us work hard. The sad thing;
that the .only:reason .we •
• work hard is to enable US to
• get the things with which to
•play hard boatsandbarbecues
and bnitt-in:bars;'. cottages and
•,cars and curling memberships.
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'Are we ,a religious people? •
Well, we have vast numbers Of
churches; :Of .every conceivable
denorninatiOn,° most of them
•'•tottering On the brink of bank,
ruptcy. But we are decent
• enough to leave God in church,
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'RIPLEY ABAR
COstorn Butchering — Curing and Stroking
Cutting ad Wrapping —iSausage Making — Fast F 'reeling
. •HOGS AND CATtLEON MONDAYS
• “.,,CATTLE ONLYON WEDNESDAYS "
With Two Big Coolers, We' Are Able To Hang YiiBeef Frain
1 To 3 Weeks 'Whatever Your Requirements Are ,
•
For Home Freezers We Sell Choice lionle'*uttiti,:.....- Pork
• • . and Lamb Irt*Aity Quantity At LoWe...5t Marketing ces
ALL MEATS ARE ',GOVERNMENT INSPECTED FO 'YOUR
• • • • , ' — , PROTECTION • • -
cittia. itipt,kv, 100 OR 106 CIIA.S, II60ISMA -2. Pit't3P.
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Many old German: mining terms
, ,driginating in Saxony have been
adopted iriother languages.
THE
LUCKNOW
SENTINEL
• offrnac�mpktee1ectinof
wedding announeettionte
styled for the 'tliserifft.
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itsk•fer .
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• –"Zre'0.1,4•1111 milt av arr-Aist wasi,moilir' fr. - r4g4-40*,
where he belongs. He is rarely
• mentioned on weekdays, and
• usually then only as a prefix
for another word.
• We are without prejudice
• and have laws to prove it. But
let's go on being honest, and
admit the nation 'is riddled
•with prejudice bated on racei
• religion, language, color,' Poll -
tics and money. Don't agree?
Just try joining one of those
• exclusive Jewish clubs ,if you
•
•
happen to be a Black Muslim.
,
Or' getting a teaching job in a •
'French convent school if
Vou're'a Jewish Eskimo. •
We have a few. other little
• .quirks; but I wouldn't • trade
•' my' Canadian: citizenship for •
• four million, in gold bullion. 2
How about you?' • , •
• There's. a ...topic for year:
guest column, in our Centen-. •
• nial Save -Smiley COntest. Prize
-is now 550 cash. Get cracking. •
•
you, MAY BE
ABLE TO CARRY
'rHE CASH HOME
TOO, IF you 'ENTER
e;big:t'&aae
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th
• •••41404140•414/40
MIS THE HOPE OF THE FAIR PARADE commirrEE THAT
'• *AS MANY LOCAL 'BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND
• GROUPS WILL PARTICIPATE AB BEFORE. LUCKNOW FAIR
HAS BECOME NOTED OCkit ,PuTtipiq UP A GOOD PARADE,
DONT. LET, THEM DOWN.
PRIZES ARE BIGGER AND/
:BETTER .THIS '1fAR .s,
SPACE DONATED IN SUPPORT OF THE'FAIR BY'.
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hoe. 5284008
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