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Sheep Class:
LANGSIDEzEWS
Congratulations to Hugh 'Jansen 'of
Concession: 6,, Kinloss.who was a •
successful eichibitor in• the Cheviot
Sheep Class at the Teeswater Fair,
winning three firsts. He won first in
•. a flock', first in aged ewe, and
first in a._ lamb. This qualified him
as Champion in North, Country
Cheviot Sheep Class::
Carolyn MacGillivray, Heather
MacKenzie and Janice Wall were
among the girls who took part in. •
4-H Homemaking Club Program
at the Culross Township' Building
on Saturday at Teeswater. .Fair.
Rev. John 'Honeyman "of Toromo
F was in charge of the Langside
church, service on Sunday.
Mr... and Mrs:. John .White of Tai
botville visited on Sunday. with Mr
and Mrs. Dick McQuillin.
1. r'. and• Mrs . Art Young of : Wood,
stock and Mrs. Mildred Wettlatifer.
of •Tavistock, Bob, Arthur and Jayne
of Aubumvisi€ed Sunday with Mr.'
• and Mrs'. 'Gordon: Wall;
Mrs.. Ed Moore of: Wingham visit
ed, on Monday with Mr. and .Mrs.. •
Wes Young. "
Mr: and .Mrs T,ed Collyer and
Mr. and Mrs Alex. McIntyre visit-
ed over the weekend at Flint.
Michigan with Mr.' and
ire they
enniai
V erchimackand " hide t
attended a Masonic `en
banquet
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Commercially speaking,, th
Douglas fir is more valuable than
any other.tree.
FORTEL71 ii ANNUAL 'HURON COUNTY '
PLOWING MATCH
Under the AtiSpieeS
HURON, PLOWMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Monday, October 9
1li7,
To be ;held on tile. Farm of
DAN HALL.AHAN
cif, Con. 5, East Wavrat�osh�'liirp
of No. 4 Highway on the Westi~ield
Road
Lot
1 Mile west d
Simon. Hallahan, President; Russell T. 'Bolton, Sec-Treas.
L R. Cardiff,
• Assistant Sec:.' •
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The Dungannon 'Women's Institute.
met on Thursday evening at' the.
home of Mrs.' Harry Girvin. The
president Mrs. •Warren Zinn was in
charge. •The; roll' call was •
answered, 'by 166 members and 6•.
•
visitors were. present.
A donation. of $10.00 was made
• to the C.N,I.B,
Mrs '
, Cecil Blake and Mrs.
George Errington were named, vol.
• ing delegates to the District Rally'
at Crediton.; Mr's. Harry, Girvin and
Mrs .:. Victor Black; are to- go.to
Leader's Training school at Clinton ..
for;.the . fall.project "Baking with
,Yeast",
Mrs:" George Errington. gave a
splendid, motto on "The surest way
to happiness is spreading it about" .,
The:topic ."The role of'the 'Farm-
er's wife" was well prepared by•"
Miss .Iva Carr arta read.‘by Mrs..
Lorne hers. • :
Thie::district president,'. Mrs., W.
CO1CoUgh of Clinton was a guest
and told of the county rally of the
Junior Institute held recently in .
Auburn and.also interesting '
highlights/of her coming to.Canada,
The'October .meeting will be held'
in'•Brookside School when•St..j-Ielensi
Institute will be bur guests.
The meeting closed with the ••' .
Queen and .Institute Grace. A •
dainty lunch,was served by -Mrs. •
Alvin Kerr, .Mrs... Victor Black. and,
Mrs. Fiugh Mc Wh inn ey
HE LEACH
BY. REV.. DUNCAN McTAVISH
A short distance from the well
at the house,stoodthe old `leach It:
consisted .of a wooden barrel
placed on a wooden platform that
was raised off the 'ground a foot or.
more. -The• platform •1 as. low at
one *side, giving the barrel a tilted
appearance'.. Into this bairel•went;
the ashes 'from .the woodstoves that
were: used for heating and cooking;
in those early days.
About twice a year there carne •`
what was known as soap -Making
time. Into the a barrel - f ashes was
poured water from' the well near -by
Little by little it 'soaked down
'through, drainingthe alkali from
•the ashes,•until it ran' out'the slop
ing platform, into a, metal recept-
acle. This liquid was °called lye..,
It,was a slow process and it rook • .
some time .to .get enough .to .begin
making soap,. But, beginning time
'camp.
• Nearby, huge. kettles were'
hung over: a blazing fire. ;Into•the
kettles the ,lye was poured. ;Into the
lye went bits. of • fat gathered from
the flesh' • of hogs, that were some
• times,too fat for 'human consump
tion. This surplus fat was cut off . .
from the• roast or the side 'meat and
consigned to the boiling water:..
Now 'the chore 'of making soap was
on its way.':,
They called it soft soap and it •
proved very satisfactory for wash
ing, purposes. With, plenty of wood,
about for fuel, it cost very little
'to produce. But to make it ' in this
manner now, one.would be faced
with a• cost quite 'prohibitive. In
these days of highly specialized••
detergents _that fill the air with a .
steady bombardment of, their wares;
this pimtive, custom is,left far,
behind: However we never heard
of water pollution in those days
from the soft soap ingredients; ,
although no doubt there was
spial] element of it. One thing I'
do ' recall, and that was that the. "
leach had to be carefully guarded
when in operation for,.fear, an
unsuspecting child should help
himself to the lye which if taken
internally could prove disastrous.
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