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et.1‘14110, at. WAFORTH. ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS.
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.. See dog owners also ,takinq qA Tpe 0477*
5.". attitude towards' e'ra,„
:'Either they'd feel -the animal was
• worth the care, or they'd decide they
didn't really need that puppy for
three-year-old Johnny after all.
We're at the season of the year"
when the perennial contest of dogs
vs. gardens becomes a warm topic.
It's a problem that has plagued
councils here and elsewhere for years
and one which neither strict controls,
high fees or even dog catchers, when
they are available, has aided in
solving.
It's a problem in Listowel which
prompts the Banner of that town to
wonder whether the council is really
concerned that dogs are running at
large.
The Banner goes on in these words:
True, the fine for someone caught
letting their pooch act like an alley cat
has been more than doubled from $10
to $25 for a first offenbe and up to a
maximum of $50 for a second
offence. But the fact remains, you
still have to catch the dog and identify
the owner.
While neighboring municipalities
—have increased dog taxes subttan,.,
tially , over. the., pastAew years, 'the
Town of Listowel lags• along with the
tax unchanged from what it was 15
years ago. It still only costs pet
owners two dollars per year for
harboring a male or spayed female,
dog and four dollars per Year for a
female dog. To keep two male or
spayed', female dogs costs only six
dgq,t,jatrs two female dogspply,$19.,.
:oreliitts be serious The rate for a
tingle dog, male. or female, SI-kitilr
. not be under $10 per year' with, the
additional rates increasing
accordingly. Any pet owner • who
really cares for his animal would not '
' HaVe you 'had the feeling in the last
couple of years that everybody and his
brother, and sister, is trying to rip you off?
I have. And I don't like it.
Perhaps it's because of inflation, but
don't recall any period in my life in this '
country in !which so, many people were
pursuing the, buck so avidly, with an almost
complete disregard' for what they produce
in return for that buck.
Result is a steady deterioration in
service, courtesy and integrity in the
business world. Perhaps its just a
reflection, but the same disintegration
seems to be taking .place e social
world. ,
Insolence and indifference are
becoming the trademarks of the business
world. Bad manners and worse language
have become almost obligatory in the social
world. . •
_ I haven't the space to deal with both
aspects in one column, so I'll just 'catalogue
a few typical examples of the kind of rip-off
and shabby, treatment that are merely the
PUBLISHERS LTD.
object to paying such an amount. If he
can't afford it', then he sure can't
afford to feed the animal properly
either.
It may also pay, the town to hire a
student for the. summer to canvass
homes to make sure dog owners have
purchased their tags for the year,.
The only people likely to• start
wailing are the very ones who make
no effort to contain their animals on
their ownproperty. These people'
should be made aware that some
places in the world, like the capital
city of Iceland, Reykjavik, completely
ban dogs within city limits. Far from
being cruel to dogs, such a law
actually shows. a more humane
attitude than does our 'own
marshmallow approach. It proves
there is at least one society which
realizes a dog really does live a' dog's
,life in the confines of an urban area.
dog requires exercise and he's
going to get-it, whether his owner's at
the:other end of his leash or n owhere
if4 fight. And if the owner allows the
: dog to run ort his own, then he's
taking file chance of losing him
altogether.
On the other hand, if the town
increased the price 'cif its dog tags,
and made a conscious effort to see all
dogs were tagged, we belieVe we'd,
•tip of the iceberg.
My wife ordered two pairs of infant '
pyjamas from one of our huge, n ational
department stores. The catalogue priced
them at $2.25 a .pair. Now •the catalogue did
state that prices quoted were only
guaranteed until a certain date.
The parcel arrived a few days after that •
date.The goodsk-xere satisfactory. Each
pair was encased in.the manufacturer's
plastic package clear ly labeled $2.25. But
the bill from the department store was for
$2.50 a pair. •
These had,obviously been bought to sell •
at a good profit for $2.25. Probably 100 per
cent mark-up. Suddenly they cost $2.50.
Chickenfeed, you say? More like,
chicanery, if you add up all thtise quarters
on 'a national basis, and multiply it by all
the other items boosted in price for no
reason, at all except that the department
store can probably get away with it. •
My wife • ordered a caftan , from some
outfit, which advertised satisfaction
guaranteed or your money refunded.. She
A good egg is hard to find. But for the last
three years I've known right where to go and
find mine.
I walk over to my neighbor, :Ed. Meyer.
He's a good egg--that one. But as everyone•
knows, one good egg deserves another.
Ed. Meyer's seen.o that. For his hens have
turned the best eggs' in the country.
I get my fill of .city eggs in Toronto
restaurants, whenever 'I order up for breakfast
my daily two. Their weak yellow yolks-sWini --
around in
be
whites.- They're not' even -
trying to be fresh, only pale and tasteless.
• But when I get back home in the country,
then I know I'm in egg country, inEd. Meyer's
Egg Country.
So , you c'an see why I almost cracked up
when Ed tole me he was giving up his chicken
farming.His hens.weien't flying the coop.' He
was. He's decided to try living in town. He
had to make the choice. Town or the hens. Ed.
chose Mitche114,
any qa,„ckleberries.
tried to talk E. out of it. Let him know
how my breakfasts were never going to be the
same without •his eggs. Didn't he, realize his
hens lay the greatest?
I always thought he was Ontario's answer to •
Col. Sanders. The colonel can serve his
'ordered one down to .her calves and
received one down to her navel. She Sent it
back and asked for her money back. Two .
weeks later, a forin letter said the company ',N t
would be happy to fill her order for the ' •
right size. Sometime., Only $14, but they
have the money and she doesn't have the
dress,. and I know what the outcome will
be.
They will stiff-arm her with form letters,
in -response to, her angry, passionate,, or
pleading inquiries, until. she gives up.
Some day, the shoddy thing will arriye,
designed for a lady midget or a profession-'
al basket-ball player.
Went to the city for winter break. Stayed -
at a hotel we'd frequented for years. Didn't ,
bother to get a reservation, after reading
articles about city hotels operating at a
little over 50 per cent capacity.
"What?" You want a -room without a
reservation&"
nre.s,"
, by Karl Schuessler
Good eggs!
chickens any way he wants to cut, quartered,
_spiced and fried. But take Ed's kind of
chicken- any day -- alive, squawking and
putting down all that hen fruit.
I figured Ed's .;guarding his own secret kind
of recipe. It must 'be that mash , mix that
smashes out all sorts of flavour.
I even considered buying Ed out. Well,
maybe not completely. How about ten percent
of those birds--to get me•started and keep me
going in eggs? '
I told him I've got the old run-down colony
house in back. If I'd haul out all the junk, I
could bring back the house to its original
purpose.
"Soda hot in there in the summertime? ,..he
said, ;'with no trees around the place." •
Chickens don't like it too hot -= or cold for
that matter. Why, he's seen fheitrin the bar n
with, their tongues hanging out on • a het .
Summer day.
Then he rehearsed for me the life style of a
chicken. Am I prepared to feed them? Water
"Well! How do you intend to pay?"
Getting a little browned off, I ticked the
item marked "by cheque." That's how I've
paid for years.
"Oh, we don't accept cheques.!"
"Well, what the hell's it on the
registration card for?"
"Oh, we have a, new policy. That'll .be
cash. Iri Advance."
By now , steam was coming out my ears.
Here I was, an old customer. Obviously not
a dead-beat. The hotel was about one-third
full. If I'd been alone, I'd have told them
what to do with the entire operation,
sideways. But my wife Was sitting there on
the luggage. I paid, muttering. Plus $2 key
deposit, another item in the new policy.
Went to our room, ordered some ice. I
, went out for a paper. My wife signed for
the ice, standard procedure. A few
moments after I got" back, a flustered
waiter was at the door, waving a bill. I was
an "Advance" and had to pay cash. The
sum was $1. He was embarrassed, I was
furious.
them. Coop them.. Fence them. Shovel out
underneath.them. In other words, am I able to
support them in the manner to which they've
been accustomed to u nder his care?
Then he threw in the cli ncher.
What abodt the great reckoning day? The
day that comes to every chicken when she has
to me et her final chopping block. Do I want to
knew I co ;; inevet bring ,myself to such an
basket. At a time too, when a good egg is hard
tbtoeBfiunte cdt.hheorpep,ser? And not just the chopper but
hens. Sell them to someone else.
breakfasts. I was letting slip right on by me
the best eggs ever.
world with not a single egg of his in my
thevvehllt water plunger? The plucker? The
inside
Doocceupatt'• :le
pu shment man? '
stiest. But I was losing my appetite.
I told Ed okay. Forget about my buying his
I knew I was Waving away my best-ever
And now Ed. is sending me Out into the
01r;•-•- • , h.vii could you?
ere's no doubt. Ed's eggs are the
- , - er? The knife carver?
realize • I'm, not a capital
you could', .but I couldn't. 'I
one consolation, Ed. .Chickens
or no chickens, you're still a good egg.
Things weren't good.. The room was
rather shabby. Bjeakfastarrived, borne by
a surly waiter, half' an hour late. The
handle on the coffee pot was broken, the
wheat cakes Were cold.
Nothing improved. To top the whole
performance, they tried to over-charge me
when 'I checked out. It was only $1.15 , but
by this time I'd have taken it to the
Supreme Court. I hollered, and I got my
pittance.
It's no wonder city hotels are less than
half filled.
. I know what you're saying. "Smiley had
hi's dignity hurt, because he was treated
like a transient."
Not at all., My dignity, what's left of it,
can't be hurt by such trivia.
There's nothing wrong with cash on the
barrel-head. But there is sbmething wrong
when customers are treated withjinsolence,
indifference and bad manners. And ripped
off into the bargain, unless they fight like
tigers.
ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Publisher
SUSAN WHITE, Editor
DAVE ROBB, Advertising Manager
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SEAFORTH ONTARIO , APRIL 22, 1976
The dog days are here
Amen
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley .
.It's a rip -off
In the Years Agone 15
APRIL 19, 1901
Hensall: Mr. John Mero. agent for the Massey Harris
Company had a large deliVery of machines here last !veek.
Mr. Wm. Cook and family have moved out to Ch'iselhurst.
Brucefield: Miss Lily Taylor is this week visiting friends in
London. The annual meeting of the Rovers Football Club will
be held Saturday night to organize for the coming season.
`Brussels: Mrs. Nathaniel Austin, daughter of Win. Benton
was burning rubbish when her skirt caught fire.She was so
badly burned she died about eleyen hours Afterwards. She
leaves a • husband, a on and two daughters.
`Landesboro: Mr. Snell who of late returned from the
.Klondike, his"wije and family residin brother here
during his absence; have moved to ham make their
home. Miss Edith Mills of Harlock spe Monda st with,
friends here.
Bowlers: The annual meeting of the Seaforth Lawn Bo lin
Club was held fiat the Commercial Hotel to organize-for "e
writing season,, The new executive consists of James
W.D.Briglit, L. C. Jackson, J. Weir, W. K.
Pearce:It. S. Hay's, C. 'Greig, F. Hohnsted arid J. S.
Roberts.
Purious Driving: On Saturday night Mr,,,arid Mrs. Chas.
Dciddt, Mrs.RObt, MeElroY and Miss Annio Somerville of
IvlaCillop were returning from a neighbours along the 4th
coticeSsion west of the schoolhouie, when they heard a'wagon
• eoniing toward them at a rapid rate. They stepped aside to let
.i> pass, A horse and buggy were also coming ,at'a rapid rate
itinekink Mr, Dodds and Miss Somerville down and
pas ling cleat over them, The other two jadies were not
ihjuietl.The drivers• paid no attention to tf* injury they had
done,. The men were racing with their vehicles. The guilty
parties in this instance are known and the injured ones owe it
to themselves and the public that an example be made of
them that others may be deterred from like offences.
, APRIL 21,1876
Aged Trio: Several days ago a. friend was passing by 'a field
and spied a neighbour plowing with a team of horses. The
friend stopped and enquired of the gentleman at work what
the united ages of himself and hi's team Would amount to, He
was answered 114 years. The gentleman referred to is Robert
Carnochan, a resident of Tuckersmith for over 40 years. He is
63 years of age, one horse is 26 years old, the other'is 25. Mr.
'Carnochan has had this team since they were colts and has
worked them steadily on his farm. •
Br esels: At the Easter vestry meeting of St. Johns Church,
es Knox and Thomas Kelly were elected wardens. The-
contract to complete the new church was awarded to Peter
Thompson of Brussels. The church will likely be opened about
the 1st of Jnly. Miss Smith, for some time teacher in the
junior department of the Brussels school has retired,
Spring Shows: As we look through this issue of the Huron
Expositor we can see that SciringShowp were the order of the
' 'day. Accounts were written of spring shows at Crediton,
Exeter , WestIliding at Smith's Hill, South Huron, Hibbert,
Clinton and Seafprth.
Sabbath School Anniversary: The anniversary services in
connection with the Methodist Sabbath school took place last .
Friday and Sunday. The children were examined, by their
teachers and stowed apt proficiency and thorough knowledge
of the ground they have coveted. They sang under the
leadership of Mr., Brownell. The Sabbath School numbers 230
scholars. The service on Sunday was conducted by Rev. Mr.
Stephenson of Hamilton.
Married: McGregor - MCDougall.-At.the manse Kippen on
March 30 by Rev. H. Cameron, Mr Archd. McGregor-to Miss ,
Catherine McDougal , both of ,Tuckersmith.
Stanley: A. Campbell •of the second of Stanley had a ewe
which last week gave birth, to twin lambs one of which
weighed 12 1/2 lbs.
APRIL 23, 1926
Wednesday Half "Holiday. The annual Wednesday
afternoon half holiday will be observed again in Seaforth this
year commencing Wednesday afternoon, May 5th, the
business places in town will be closed each Wednesday
afternoon until -the end of September.
The McKillop brancli of the W.M.S. held their April .
meeting, at the home' of Mrs. Thos. Grieve with about 'thirty
people pretent.
Tuxis Entertainment.Mr. Charles A. Cooke, famous Indian
bassO and entertainer, gave a concert in Northside United
Church on Monday evening last under the auspices of the
Tuxis Square..
On Tuesday of this• week there was curling in the Seaforth
,rink and on Wednesday-the golfing season was opened at the
• golf dourse by Messrs/ R. M. Jones,, J. G. Mullen and ben ,
Reid who played a round at the club, 'Ind say the Course is in
tair tOndition.
Mr. rt:H. Sproat has taken the agency for the Chevrolet car '
for this district.
' Mr. Congekert is spending the weekend intiefinit. A Most
sureessfujold time dance was held in Cardno's Opera Hall on
Pair night.
The Male Quartette of First Presbyterian Church composed
of Messrs. D. Reid, M. Rennie, J. Scott, and J. Beattie gave
an excellent number at the evening service on Sunday
Mr. J. J. Merner has leased the residence of Mrs. Walter
Cole on. High Street, and has moved his family there.
APRIL 20, 1951
The silver anniversary of Seaforth Otaiige Lodge was •
observed Monday evening by its members with a banquet in
St. Thomas Anglican Church, Parish' Ball.
Parents night' was held in St. ,JamalChool Friday evening'
when there was .a good attendance of pupils and parents.
Maydr D r'-E, A. 'McMaster, Reeve F.S.Sills, and
councillors AM.Sillery and Edmund Daly attended a special
meeting in Clinton •Monday.,,,night to. hear J.J.Richardson,
Civil Defense fird,neh Toronto, diseuss civil defence .
Seaforth • Publi61 '''School captured the Seaforth • Public
School Board Shield for unison chorus, Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8
with 86 marks, "Out Canada From Sea To Sea" at the tenth
annual Huron County MuSic Festival at Goderich.
. Mrs. John McGregor of Egmondville has sold her property
to Mr. Everatt Smith,
Mit. A. Stiles Jr. has returned after spending two weeks in ,
Toronto and Sarnia.
Jack MacLean is nicely . recuperating after being badly
burned on the hands and arm while employed at Rbbt. Bell
Industries on Saturday morning.
Carol, Brown, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,Wm. Brown, •
Hensall, was first in her class for piano Of Six and under, with
90 marks; and'aiso Won the special award of $10' donated by
Minton Pees Club to the oustanding .performer in piano
clasSes 1 8t:'4 'at Gnderkit MU* Festival Monday.