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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.,, February 15, 1973
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Premier Davii is hav-
ing back-bencher troubles.
Despite appointments
to a number of committees
and other make work pro-
jects designed to keep
the massive government
majority Occupied, there'
is a growing discontent
among Tory back-benchers
who feel they are being
left out of the decision
making process.
The Solution which
Premier Davis has come
up with is to arrange to
have the chief govern-
ment whip attend the re-
gular weekly meetings of
the executive council
where policy decisions
are made. He in turn will
report to the back-ben-
chers and indicate to the
government the views of
the caucus.
We sympathize with
Premier Davis and his pro-
blem. There comes a time
when governments grown
old in office, tend to
ignore the views and con-
cerns not only of the
public but of their own
back-b,enchers.
In facing up to the
problem, Premier Davis
has come up with an in-
genious solution that may
or may not stem the re-
volt but, even so, per-
haps he would not be ad-
verse to some additional
assistance.
The people in Huron
can help him on election
day -March 15 by rejecting
the government candidate
and thus ensure that the
premier's backbench prob-
lem becomes no larger than
it already is.
persons charged within
minutes of each other than
Huron County CourIcil was
being short-sighted.
The first speaker was
Joan Van den Broeck of
Goderich who said "it would
be a very short-sighted
move" on the Part of county
cbu troll "tti Irtake'itny tfar-
the r inroads on the pro-
perty belonging to and an
integral part of the old
Huron County Jail".
The second' speaker was
Professor John Norton who
warned that it would be
"extremely short-sighted"
if county council turned
down membership in Mid-
western Development Council
at this crucial stage after
having spent thousands of
dollars to help develop
MDC's approach to provin-
cial departments.
The two situations -
the removal of a jail wall
and the decision not to
join MDC for another year-
don't seem to be related.
In fact, about the only,
' similarity in the two is
that in both cases, Huron
County Council has. been
penny wise and pound
foolish.
(Goderich Signal Star)
FEBRUARY 18, 1898.
The auction sale of wm. Pollard of
Leadbury, was a success. Cows sold
from $45 to $51.00; calves $16.00 to
$17. a piece; 2 year old colt $90.00
and a thoroughbred Durham bull $120.00.
L. Tasker of Hullett purchased the
animal. -
Wm. L. McLaren of Cromarty has
purchased-the 50 acre farm to the west
of his homestead,. from Thomas Bell. -
James Robb, manager of the Case
packing house, informs us that '77
hogs were killed, dressed and split from
10 o'clock in the morning until 6' p.m.
at night. The work Was done by F.
Hayward, Chas. Bates and James Mc-
Namara. '
1 1 0,4 T1* •mriembwoot p tiwx5I firCo Vigade
assembled in the'• bflate roots td o
honor to their fellow member and tree.-
. surer, Geo. A. Sills. In appreciation
of his service, the brigace presented him
with a couch.
Mr. Harkness, horse dealer, shipped
a fine carload of horses from Seaforth
to the London , England market.
Edward McFaul is making extensive
improvements to the interior of his store.
The following were ticketed to
the west by R. J. McDonald, C.P.R.
Egent. Chas. Ward to Edmonton; Mrs.
Chris Dale, Mrs. O'Rourke and Mrs.
Flynn, Dublin to Glasten 'and Milton, No.
DakNorman McLeod, left for Ottawa Where
he will spend a few days listening to the
flow of eloquence at the Legislature' halls
of the Dominion.
Thomas Fraser of Bruoefieldrecently
made a large purchase of thoroughbred
sheep, numbering 20.
Malcolm McKee of Leadbury had the
misfortune, to hurt his foot.
,, Dr. Mcbiarnild, Ilensall, was driving
west to see a patient, he met with a
serious accident, through the reckless,
fool-hardy driving of a drunken young man
and two other young men.
The snow storm of the week has
revived the sleighing at. Hensall which was
getting very bare in places.
Tuesday morning, a very large
gathering assembled at the Hensel' station
to do honor to Hon. A. S. Hardy, Premier
of Ontario, who was passing throighon his
way to Exeter.
The At Home given by the Horticul-
tural Society in the Oddfellows Hall was
a very successful affair. Mr. Gunn acted
as chairman, and a good programme was
given, including, violin solos given by Miss
Moore and Harry cline, a reading by Mr.
Hale; a recitation by Miss Bessie Young;
solo by Walter Willis; and a paper on
"Flowers and their culture" by Mrs.
Kvie ir. and M rs. Geo. Strong's wooden wed-
ding.
rrinSeveral of the young people of Egmond-
attended the gathering in honr of
M
Reeve Beattie went to Peterborough as
a delegate to Independent Order of For-
testers High Court.
A number of children in Tuckersmith
have been suffering from scarlett fever.
FEBRUARY 23, 1922.
The annual local bonSpiel of the
Seaforth Curling Club for the trophy
donated by J. L. Lyon, now of Toronto,
was held last week. R. E. Bright's rink
defeated W. Ament and became bolder of
the trophy.
An act of good citizenship Was per-
formed when nine or ten of the friends
and neighbors of JamesG. Martin, assem-
bled at his home on West Street, saw and
axe in hand, and gave him a good after-
noon's work on a skidway of fine logs
he had previously procured for his fuel
supply. Mr. Martin has been conflated
to his home for a few weeks.
No death in recent years in Seaforth
has come with as great surprise, caused
more regret, and brought the same sense
of loss among the business life of the
town than that of Prank E. Devereaux.
Owing to the big storing some of the
couple of weeks with friends in Smith's
Falls. Miss Margaret ,Edge will act as
organist in First Presbyterian Church.
Miss Pemlea Ball, who has been on
the staff of the J. MacTavish store hat
accepted a position in Fort William.
.1. E. Willis of town has moved his
picture theatre to the former stand in
the old Reid and Wilson store on the east
side of Main Street. '
Paul Cadieux passed away at his home
on East William St., Seaforth, after
a week's illness of pneumonia. The
deceased was born inQuebec 56 years ago.
He was married to Miss Addle Lebeau
of Harpurhey, an: for' some time had
been carrying on a shoe repairing business
in the Campbell block.
Twenty-five years—ago, 'in -Stephen
_To ship, there waft; performed the 'cere-
which iinitedA=WiftVei tier
Susie England. Fifty friends and
wed-
ding and they were given, many beautiful
gins.
neighbors celebrated their silver
The weather during the past week
was unusually severe and for several
days, there was no traffic on the roads
at Hensall, and the rural mails could not
be sent out.
Miss Etnma Dickson of Hensall en-
tertained a' Member of her friends at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.Glenn,
brother-in-law and sister.
The many friends of George Smale,
Hensall, are pleased to see him around
again after having his foot so badly in-
jured from his sleigh upsetting with a
load of logs and his foot was badly
crushed.
FEBRUARY 20, 1948
Mrs. Francis Donnelly, -'of Dublin, '
was almost instantly killed and her hus-
band, is in the Stratford General Hos-
pital seriously injured as the result of
a head on collision.
Thomas Pryde of Exeter was elec-
tedop as member for Huron at the by-
election in an exceptionally heavy poll,
he defeated Benson Tuckey, his fellow
townsman, by a majority of 655.
A brass tablet to the memory of the
late F. H. Larkin, Minister of First
Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, has been
secured.
Death came with startling suddeness
to wm. Earle Bell, widely known presi-
dent and general manager of the Robert
Bell Engine and Thresher Company. He
was in his 55th year.
Cecil Murray of Tuckersmith has sold
his fine 100 acre farm to Jack Consitt of
KIPPen Quite a number from Kippen attended
the reception and dance in Hensall Town
Hall, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Cooper (nee Norma Smith). They were
presented with a studio couch.
The death occurred of a former well
known resident of Hullett, in the person
of Hugh Dunlop, at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Orval Dale, North Main
St., Seaforth. He was 76 years old.
He was a successful farmer but had been
in failing health for some time.
The large pneumatic Insulating truck
was in Kippen insulating the ceiling of the
main auditorium of St. Andrews United
Church.
W. R. Cooper of Kippen had his house
and barn wired and the power has been
turned on.
The death occurred in Toronto of a
well known and highly esteemed resident
of Seaforth in the person of Clarissa
Hays, widow of the late G.F.S.Garden in
her 87th year.
Miss Erma Broadfoot of Sundridge
spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Smith, prior to her leaving for West Palm
Beach, Florida, where she will spend some
time with her aunt, Miss Mary Broadfoot.
J. A. Murray moved here from Hamil-
ton and will- occupy the apartments and the
Canadian Bank of Commerce.v Mr. Murray
succeeds, Reg. Henderson, who has been
transferred to Grimsby.
Three groups of four generations were
amongst the twenty-five members of his
family, gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert smale,Staffa, to mark We 85th
birthday of her father, E. Parsons:
As many a sage has remarked, man is
a curious animal. He is the only species
that will kill others of his own type in
either hot or cold blood. And he is
the only animal, including' the much-
maligned hog, that will eat anything and,
drink practically anything.
Carnivores eat meat. Herbivores eat
herbs, A few species like to vary the
diet with some nice, ripe carrion. But ,
Irian will eat anything that grows, walks,
swims or • flies, , including himself, if
he's hungry enough.
Thus we have a proliferation of such
delicacies as seal flippers, cod's tongue,
canned snake, fried grasshoPpers, frogs'
legs, bees and ants 4n chocolate. What
other spiecies could stomach birds'
nest soup or year-old eggs? Not to
mention haggis.
Prince Hamlet said: ',What a piece of
Work is man! how infinite in faculties!
in form and moving how express and
admirable! in action how like an angel,
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty
of the world! the paragon of animals!"
What a piece of work indeed! Mai will
eat' anything from guts to nuts.
For many, there's nothing tastier than
fried liver, ba ked stuffed heart, kidney
pie and - almost unbelievable - tripe,
that exotic dish made from the lining of
a cow's stomach. It's not hard to figure
out where the expression "That's a lot
of tripe" came from.
Those ..re just a few categories in
the guts department. At the other end
of the scale, among the nuts, are such
things as hickory, hazel, chest, wal, pea
and sweetbreads.
No self-respecting goat would eat and
drink some of the things the ',paragon of
animals" stuffs into his quivering, re-
luctant stomach. Dill pickles, kippered
herring, cold tongue, hot curry. Never
mind the juice of fermented grapes, and
cheese crawling With maggots. No wonder
we smell peculiar to other animals. Ever
noticed how dogs and cats sniff us and
walk away with a disgusted look?
How cavaliatly we treat those long-
suffering storriars, of which we are issued
only one for the duration.
Breakfast. What a way to start a day!
A glass of icy orange juice, followed by
sea-Ming Calee. 'Wen some cereal, the
rougher the better. Then a few slices off
a pig's bum, accompanied by a couple of
hens' children. Toss in a couple of
vitamin pills, with dear-only - knows what
poisons in them, and we're ready to face
the world. No wonder the world looks
pretty grim.
When I was in prison camp, there were
rats about. The Germans kept quite a
few cats around to control the rat populat-
ion. One day the camp commander, who
had a sense of humour, posted a notice in
each barracks: "Anybody caught eating
long-tailed rabbits will be Beverly punish-
ed". Yep. The boys were eating the cats.
The French have horse-meat butcher
shops. • Some-, Asians consider there's
nOthitir "Siigter than boiled, baked .. or
".' -'11'Ve‘A f 9.69'In AVII.mrsr,succakene.. ?r`f',rn ..r4ver: • W ore sueep,:' a d
part of the meal is sucking out the
eyes. An Eastern version of 'oysters
on the half-shell.
' Of course, Canadians would never
touch such things. We confine ourselves
to such treats as shepherds' pie, con-
sisting of ground-up, used-up shepherds,
toe nails and all. At least they seem
like toe nails when you crunch down on
one.
This may all seem irrelevant to• the ,
great •issues of the day, and it is. But
gitlan's c. ae 1ot deeper than it seems at first
I began thinking of 'Man as guts when
somebody told me a chap had spent 32
days or Something in a cabin up north
and had survived by eating mice. It
was an intriguing thought.
Can't you see him sitting there, dro-
oling, as he turned a mouse on a spit?
Can you understand him deciding to have
a cold lungh of haunch of mouse, with
a salad of pike needles and cedar buds,
served on birch bark?
Can you see him munching a mouse •
drumstick for a bed-time snack?
Or worrying, like any. perplexed
housewife, about whether to have a rump
roast of mouse, or a standing rib roast,
or hot sliced mouse tongue?
And deciding the hell with it, he
was going to splurge tonight and have
filet of mouse! It boggles - the mind.
In the Years Agone
Members of Huron County
Council sat smugly last'
Friday morning as two
small delegations of Goder-
ich citizens presented
their views to the assembly
concerning the proposed de-
molitilon of one .exercise
yard at the former Huron
cc:witty. Jail.'
One could sense the
condescending attitude of
council as members politely
heard the reports - bided
their time until the pre-
sentations were ended -
and then moved on to re-
gular and more pressing
business.
Later in the day,how-
ever, council's assurance
melted ipto frustration as':
the tables were turned and
the circumstances reversed.
Now county council carried
the petition - though not
literally - to the provin-
cial government asking that
they be given recognition
as a region. Now it was
the provincial government
which appeared to listen
graciously, though not
hearing or really caring
much what Huron's viewpoint
might be.
It was ironical to say
the very least, that two
Ironical happening
maid soli rters were -not able to make
their rounds until Monday of this week.
Harry Livens of town is spending a