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10 THE HURON EXPOSITOR SEPTEMBER
By Alice Gibb
' All my life, I've dreamed of takingrthe big gamble and
winning. I'd become wealthy overnight, sell my rusty
Ford, owe a real stereo instead of a record player with big
speakers and take off to-parts unknown.
So, when the Wintario lottery first hit the provinee, 1
bought a ticket. Unfortunately, it didn't prove to beAhe
highway to riches, so I decided the route to a substantial
fortune lay-elsewhere.
Then, when my girlfriend and I visited Monte Carlo last
year, I thought my chance had come again. Now although I
don't know a blackjack table from a routlette Wheel, I
thought I could just drop into the casino, toss the dice and
_strike it rich. But fate, or more truthfully, the high .
standard of !Wing MOnia„interven6d. "
First; we found we couldn't even afford to buy a
sandwich in the country. lot alone pay the admission fee to
a casino. So' after a few hours in Grace Kelly's tiev
kingdom, we boarded the train again dreamed of eating a
hearty supper and I put off winning my foitu ne for a little
longer. ,
Now in recent months, or since coming to Seaforth to be
exact,- I've discovered an entirely new form of gambling.'
It's called the raffle ticket and ),vhile you may not be
playing for quite the stakes of a lottery you can still win-
some of the luxuries of life - 'boxes .of groceries; handmade
quilts, funny little Tin Lizzies and all sorts of other exotic
prizes.
So, with my plan to win a million (or a close proximity.
with our rapidly dropping 'dollar) temporarily stalled, I've
started playing the penny sale and raffle circuit.
••-;• The Rabbit
Which is bringing me to the story of the rabbit.
Now the problem with my new raffle mania is that
sometimes work interferes. On Friday, for example, I
would have beep perfectly content to spend the day at the
fair, buying tickets on quilts, on a 50-50 draw, and
whatever else was available.
But, the real reason I was allowed to go to the fair while
most of the Expositorstaff worked was to take`sorne candid
pictures of the !air's events.
As long as 1 stuck to the 'parade, the pet show• and the
midway, the picture taking went right on schedule. Then I
came to the livestock judging.
You see, before coming to town, the extent of my
knowledge about livestock wa's that if it had horns it-WAS-a-
bill' and if it gar milk, it was a cow. „
'1 hadn't quite assimilated the fact that in the world of
livestock, as in ,he world of pedigreed dogs, there's many
a breed, color and kind of animal, '
• /task Jersey
The In 4.H piember who 1 snappedigadying his.•calf for
the showmanship exhibit seemed a little perplexed that I
couldn't recognize a basic Jersey calf.
ThCa the man who, was helping me identify beef calves
and their owners tried to discuss whethere one of the
animals Was a hereford cross or not, ry
I was going to explain that I'd never been able to, tell a
heifer from a hereford or a holstein and that I thought the
Cattlemen's Association might consider remaing some of
the breeds, but my helper didn't seem interedsted. Then.
when-the livestoA -kid& -who-Picked the winning calf
proclaimed confideptly; "I like a steer that has length to
him" when this steer didn't seem any logner than any of
the rest, I knew I was out of my depth.
It was a relief to escape to pid. MacDonald's Farm where
I was pretty confident about the, donkey (or was it a burrO?)
and the chickens. .
But after the chuckwagon race, and the heavy horse
competition and the livestodit" parade, my confidence lin
judging animals was pretty well shattered.
SO, as I slunk back to the office, it was a relief to see the
cages of rabbits shown by the %Huron County Rabbit
Breeders. NOW. I don't know much abut the different
breeds of rabbits, ,but in my day. I've had a number of
rabbits as pets. So. in a fit of nostalgia 'totally lacking in
common sense, I let my raffle mania get the better of me
and I bought, a 25 cent ticket on a 'beautiful white rabbit
whith black tipped ears.4 It seemed like a perfectly safe
gesture, because 1:ve.-• never won anything at a raffle
before. /
Wanted '
, But fate stepped in and I'd no sooner deposited my films
back at the office when someone,salled that I was wanted
on the telephone.-
Sure enough - I'd won the rabbit, 25 p I nds of rabbit
pellets and a cage that any animal w Id be proud to
inhabit. '
Now my co-workers seemed to find the 'situation
remarkably anius ing. It's obvious they've never tried to
raise a rabbit and hold down a job at the same time.
' Furthermore, one co-worker (who shall remain nameless)
- even had the audacity to- suggest if \I couldn't keep the
rabbit as a pet, perhaps I could (excuse the rabbit fanciers)
eat it!
I hasten to assure you I have never knowingly eaten a
domestic rabbit in my life. I can't quite make the same
claim labput their wild relations since my father had an
annoying habit of disguising them as chicken and sneaking
them onto the supper table.
So, after trying to persuade any of:my fellow workers
wiht children that rabbits make thd gentlest of playmates,
and failing in the task. I headed back to the fairgrounds. . •
Large Dogs
Since I'd never awn a raffle before, I couldn't just refuse
the rabbit but 1 was still pondering how I'd raise the
animal in an apartment, what I'd do with it When I tvas on a
latefvening assign ment, and how it would get along.with
the two rather large dogs owned by my closest neighbours.
With these quandaries in mind, it was a reflief to find
someone waiting for ,me when I got back to the arena•
someone who graciously offered to solve the problem for
me. The very red-headed young man, who already knew
something'abodt rabbit breeding not only offered to take
the animal, but he wanted to pay cash for the privilege.
So, while he checked out the business end of the deal
with hisifather, I decided to make friends with my rabbit or
at least with the rabbit that was temporarily mine.
Despite my cluckings and cute expressions, the rabbit
stared fixedly past me. It might have been just the long,
hard day at the fair but the truth of it is, I just don't think
he thought I was going to be a competeet qwner. Also, try
as j might, I couldn't quite decide if the rabbit was just
naturally heavyset or slightly pregnant. So, with these
factors' in mind, I leaped at Bairy Moore's generous offer
to take rabbit, cage and feed home with him. Not only did
frarry look'very trustworthy but I'd noticed earlier in the
day that his mother had donated some very delicious
looking angel food cakes to the penny sale.
Any famly ,that eats home baked angel food cake is
obviously a good home for a rabbit.
The strange thing is, that after years of fruitless
gambling, later on Friday I learned I'd also won a first aid
kit in the St. John's Ambulance draw.
Thinking things had to run in threes, I bought tickets on _
every possible draw and penny sale item' 'at Sunday's
CiderferSt, but my luck seemed to have fled.
Now I'm only worried fheboss might think I did nothing
but .buy raffle• tickets in my day a,t the fair.
She might not realize how many breeds of cows and
dogs and cats and -kids and horses and chickens and
roostersand pigeons and pigs and schOol floats I came in
contact with before I met that rabbit !
Serendipity
The big gamble Wins a bunny
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OH, THE TINKLE OF A MUSIC BOX — Mark 'and Peter McDonnell of
EXter admire some of the beautiful antiuqe music, boxes in Murray -
Draper's collection which were ore display •at Seaforth Public School
during the CiderfeSt on Sunday. - (EXpOsitor Photo)
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Screenplay by NORMAN WEXLER DIrec ted .by IOHN BADHAM '
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Myth Centre for the Arts enthusiasm they play every--
has announced a busy 1978- thing from ragtime to classic-
1979 Winter Programme al music. In 1977, Canadian
• already booked and more to
' with, 15 entertaining events Brass were 'selected for a
spectacular tour of the
People's Republic of China come.
as part of an official cultural Highlighting the season, • . , will be the appearance of The exchange between Canada
and China. Canadian Brass on Nov. 15.
Another feature presenta- A sassy and irreverent quint-
tion of the season will be Bibi . et with ,boundless energy and
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Huron
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yi GRANT CARSON
St SHOW
it NEXT WEEK
TYME
Caspari and her mime dance
company. . Mime theatre
brings a• new form of enter-
tainment to the Centre's
audience on Nov. 1.
Oct. 29 will see • a live
concert featuring !beat folk
sand bluegrass performers.
This event is in co-operation
with CKNX, Stereo 102, and
will UF- taped for later..
broadcasting.
Opera returns to the Blyth
Memorial Hall- on Feb. .21
when the University of.-West-
ern Ontario's Opera work-•
shop presents their 1nm:tact-
ic:in of Francis Poulenc's
opera.. - Dialogues of the
Carmelites. in english.
The success of the child,
ren',s movie programme of
last winter has lead to a 10
movie schedule during 1978,..
1979.. The movies can - be -
viewed the 2nd Saturday of
each month at 2, p.m. Some
of the mOvies to come are
GulliVer's.- Travels animated, ..
Huck Hans„.,Christian •
•Anderson', Doctor Doolittle •
and others.. .
•10, Community ChriStmas -
Concert 'will be held early in
pecember.. •
The Winter Programme
was kicked off by The School
Scandal, Ted Johns' hit play
Which was brought hack to
the stage by popular demand
froM the .Summer Festival.
The Thc play can be' seen nightly
at 8 p.m. until Sept. 30.
Band invites
new members
The Community Band Ex-
eeutive invite any interested,
persons (male or female) to
join for the coming 79 season
- instruments and instruction
supplied - trumpefs clarinet ;
tranbone drums - contact by
calling 527-1,442. evenings.
During 78 season the Band
played in Platsville,Stratford
(2) Mitchell , Exeter, Lucan,
Clinton, Zurich, Dashwood,
Blyth and, c4th and 'are
engaged for the International
at Wingham Sept. 30.
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