HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-10-16, Page 11A few Weeks ago, this corner suggested that horses are
wonderful animals but, to be truthful, they are also
stupid.
In fact, my eight-year-old daughter was quoted as
agreeing with that statement. The colomn- drew con-
• siderable comment, especially from a few, die-hard
horsemen.
One was so indignant in his letter that he suggested I
had better get to know my' own horses.' He maintained
they were smarter than most animals and one of the most
intelligent of all quadrupeds. _
"Look at Trigger, Roy Rogers's horse," he cried. "That
animal could do/almost anything but talk! He could count.
He could, untie knotted ropes. He could even open stable
doors!"
Most horse-owners would suggest that it's better to
have a horse incapable of doing many of these things. A
horse able to open 'a door or untie a knot can be a dread-
ful nuisance on a farm. Just ask my neighbors.
We had a colt here once that could not be kept in a field.
The fool thing would work away at a fence post until she
had it knocked down.
She would back up to the post, get it lodged in the con-
tours of her rump and work it back and forth until the post
gave in, Then, she'd walk through the fence. Unfor-
tunately, the rest of the horses would follow her.
. It's a dreadfully rude way to start the day. Get up in the
morning, look out the window, bleary-eyed, and see the
fence down.
Look across at the neighbour's field and see three or four
huge rumps swaying contentedly in a friend's garden.
One of the most satisfying feelings I ever had came when
I hooked up an electric fence wire and watched that
crazy colt get set back on her haunches two or three
times before getting the message.
Cat-lovers and dog-lovers can become quite vocal in
defence of their pets, especially cat people. Some years
ago, I suggested in a moment of stupidity, — I have
a lot of those moments — that I liked cats but they
didn't like me so I preferred dogs, That column drew
almost as much mail and as many telephone calls as any
I've written in the past 10 years, •
I did not realize that horse-lovers were almost as vocal
until I called horses stupid. Don't get me wrong! With a
name like Trotter. I love horses.
We spent most of last weekend on horseback and it
was nothing short of glorious.
But this week, I have a story about poultry. It comes
from a psychology abstract brought home from university
by my daughter. The eggheads at the university level,
studying animal behavior, quoted the case of the con-
fused turkey cock.
The sunovagun was gay! He did his job with the hens
but whenever a human male walked into the yard, the
cock would start going through the courting demonstra-
tions peculiar only to turkeys.
And then there is the story of the gander whose sexual
responses were fixated on a dog kennel and who, more-
over, behaved as though in mourning when his. dog ken-
nel was turned on its side.
I thought horses were stupid!
Can you imagine copulating- with a dog kennel? It takes
all kinds in the animal world, too.
What: happened to that colt of ours, the one who broke
through fences? She was finally sold to a young lady in a
nearby city. We told her — the new owner — that the
horse was difficult to keep fenced. 'We warned hei that
the only way to keep her in was with an electric fence.
Many months later We heard that the horse had opened
a gate in a corral and led a whole herd of horses through
a gate and on to a set of railway tracks.
Two horses lost the argument with an oncoming
train and she was one of them.
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Town council briefs
Promote officer, plan parking lot
Scott, Ernest Williams and John Flannery. At ' their council meeting
Tuesday night, Seaforth
councillors agreed to the
following. Constable ,Ron Lauzon
will be promoted to second class.
Councillor Bill Bennett of the
police committee may attend a
meeting on salary negotiating
with police forces, in Ottawa.
Police committee 'chairman'
Wayne Ell is urged that someone
attend and called the meeting
worthwhile.
Clerk -Bob Franklin will talk to
'clerks in other towns to find out if
traffic offenceg ?an be siiiijeaTiV
fines under minicipal by-laws
instead of under the Highway
•Traffic Act.
Another man may be needed at
the arena part time this winter,
because of heavy ice bookings.
Vincent Farm Equipment are
once again donating the use or a
tractor to flood the arena ice.
Nine ' building permits "were
%sued in September and one is
pending. They total $103,900.
according to building inspector
Wilmer Cuthill who worked 13
hrs. in the month., He will be
given a supply of stop work forms
to issue to anyehe who has not
obtained a building permit prior
to construction. Three OHRP
4 applications have been approved.
Public works and finance and
general government committees
of council will get together and
'work out a maintenance schedule
for tOwn owned f .ornaces and
boilers. ,
A request from Vincent Farm
Equipment in McKillop to use the
Seaforth dump will be
investigated further.
Town men will receive an hour
and a half paid time off to attend
Seaforth's fall fair as in previous
years. Councillors felt this did not
set a precedent for other town
employees.
Dump hours will be adjusted
for the minter months. Dump
employee Russ Piper reported
that no one uses the dump after
dark.
The public works committee
under-Reeve JohdFlannery will
start work on a parking lot in land
owned by the Curling Club south
of their, Thelown .hopes to
have the Parking ready for this
winter, for both the arena and the
curling club, Reeve Flannery said
the new lot will relieve parking
problems on East William Street.
.On a request from Tuckersmith
council that Seaforth pay any
deficit for children from this town
who attend r the Vana,stra Day
Care Centre was deferred until
Seaforth gets more figures from
Tuckersmith.
St. James' Church thanked
council for the new sidewalks and
drains constructed in their area.
Council accepted the 1974
auditor's report.
Salaries for the PUC
commissioners were set at $500
for the chairman and $400 for
each member, following a PUC
request.
Council .agreed to borrow
$10,000 for the PUC's lighting
updating program.
A liaison • committee for
Seaforth's new sewer
construction was named.
Members are Mayor Betty
Cordite, Clerk Bob Franklin,
Harvey Dolmage, Walter
Fire protection highlighted the
agenda when Grey cOulicil held ile
their October meeting. C UnCil
agreed that the four girls na ly;
Jean Evans, Susan Cardiff, Isabel
Pearson and Nora IVIcTuggart
who have the fire phones, receive
$15.00 per month commiencins
October at the same time approv-
al was given to reimburse Roy
Hall $100.00 and Pearl Hall
$100.00 for fire calls that had
been made. To assist firemen in
attending a 10 week course in
Mitchell, council agreed to pay
for one car at the rate of 15 cents
per mile, As a final item
concerning fire protection council
offered to sell the present public
A,E. MCGAVIN
Alexander Elmer McGavin died
in the R.E.C.U. of the General
Hospital, Stratford, on Sunday,
October 12. Formerly of 394
Albert Street., Stratford, he was
in his 86th year.
He was the husband of the late
Lillian Mae Twiss; father of Mrs.
Harris (Lois) Bell, Elora; brother
of Fred McGavin, Seaforth, Mrs.
Thomas (Emily) Legg, Goderich.
He is also survived by five
grand-children and three great
grandchildren. The funeral ser-
vice was held October 15. at
1:30 p.m. in Stratford.Interment•
followed in the Maitlandbank
Cemetery, Seaforth.
W. ELMER SHADE
A lifelong resident of Egmond-
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works.iaraSe to they Grey
PePartmeOet the price
of $18 ,750. In other business
Council accepted the tender sd
Bruce Speiran in the amount of
$625.00 for the 1953 Fargo truck,
Granted Brussels Agricultural
Society $300,00. Increased the
recommended amount of insur-
ance for the 1966 Champion
Grader to $50,000. and the 1970
Champion Grader to $50,000.
Withdrew the appeal against the
decision of the Huron County
LatO'Division Committee regard-
ing The application, of Nicholas
Terpstrw for severance of part of
Lots 16 and 17, Concession 10.
Indicated there was no objection
ville Elmer Shade died at his
residence Tuesday, in his 75th
year.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Shade of
Egmondville. At Mitchell in 1923
he married the former Patricia
Koehn.
Surviving are his wife, a
daughter Mary, Mrs. Grant Bis-
back of Hensall, five grandchild-.
ren, and one great grandchild. A
sister Mrs. Mae Vincent, Dublin,
also survives.
,The body rested at the R.S. Box
Funeral Home where funeral
service was held today at 2 p.m.
with Rev. T. E. Hancock officiat-
ing.
Interment follows at Egmond-
ville Cemetery.
As expressions of sympathy
donations to the Crippled Child-
ren's Treatment Centre, London
would be.appreciated,
Pallbearers were; Leonard
Strong, Garnet McClinchey, Nor-
man MacLean, George Earle, Ray
Hutchinson, and Ed Boyes.
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bus been received fOr the
a portion nf the .511VeA, cot•ne;ra, ,
Municipal..., Drain, W if
:cytalltd 1)1111(84 pdookri to;
4rTY Ward, .trailor.; 0,cdcOltaclo.,
Yams f,t4,,. Atild..manure 441, Gerald .Fluitser, housci.
edger, machine 00.1'; ,-1,0thar
tlifehek, garage; Gordan *FM.
house .addition,: . ,
Granted Grey Township Re4-•
motion Committee $2409,95' for
repairs to the Bthel community
Centre, Aff.roved4ecollnrsi 8F11* Instructed the clerk to notify the eral, $8,79.9,54,"' end roads
Township of Elma that a request Bridges- 7,59.53.
CORN
HARVEST .
IS HERE
Make Arrangments
for your
STORAGE
GRAIN BANK - SPACE
tfi assuming the road, Right.Of-
Wayt At Lot 51f oncession
Gordon Matheson., at some future'
time when tb.e rued :1S, built AO •
standards; Authorized
the Reeve and Treasurer to snake
application to the Ministry of
Transportation and .Commonica,
tions for interim Subsidy on 1975
road expenditures. Instructed the
Road Superintendent to advertise
for tenders for snowploWing for
the 1975-76 season, Tenders to
state size and make of equipment,
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