HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-05-26, Page 3THURSDAY, MAY 26th, 198*
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NO BASEBALL IN GODERICH
Owing to the lack of support and
financial difficulties which baseball
•encountered last season Goderch are
not playing this season. A softball
dteam, however, Jias been formed.
.ANNOUNCEMENT
The engagement is announced of
.Jean R., only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Campbell, of Stan
ley Tp., to Mr. Victor E. Taylor, son
of Mrs. Taylor and the late John
Taylor, also of Stanley; the mar
riage to take- place the latter part
>of May.
CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS UP
Customs collections at the port of
'■Goderich were up $1500 in April as
compared with th® same month one
year ago. Collector Andrew Porter
states. They will show an eveii
greater, increase for May, owing to
heavy importations oif coal and some
machinery from the United States.
MORE REMINISCENCES OF
KIRKTON AND WOODHAM
Just as I had decided I had given
'everything of interest about the old
times in the twin villages of Kirk-
•ton, and Woodham along comes a let
ter from the West asking a report
■on the races which were run off
years ago at Woodham. The writer
•says lie often heard his father speak
of those races when he was a resi-
.'dent of the Township of Blanshard.
I have hestitated about saying
.anything about those races and other
-things for fear the present genera
tion might think those villages were
•of the wild and woolly west type.
No, they were like many others of
that day and even today, just "friv
olous fun-loving bunch of fellows,
With an exhulerance-of spirits. Said
spirits could-be easily obtained' at
•the village tavern in those days.
There was no race track, just a piece
-of the King’s Highway usually from
the village West and a quarter of a
mile was considered sufficient dis
tance as the entries' were various as
the following list will show as I give
an appproximation of -one instance
I recall :•—A team of horses attach
ed to a lumber wagon; three saddle
horses ridden by owners; one or
more single horses in buggy; one
two-thousand pound Clydesdale stal
lion with diminutive groom astride;
one horse attached to clay cart, a
very cumbersome vehicle used in a
tile yard for carting clay to tile ma
chinery. This vehicle came from a
tile yard operated by the late Harry
Boswell on the farm of the late Jon-
.athan Shier and just west of the
USBORNE & HIBBERT MUTUAL
; FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Farquhar, Ont.
President FRANK McCONNELL
yice-Pres. ANGUS' SINCLAIR
DIRECTORS
J. T. ALLISON, SAM’L NORRIS
SIMON DOW, WM. H. COATES.
' AGENTS
JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent
for Usborne and Biddulph
ALVIN L. HARRIS, Munro, Agent
for Fullarton and Logan
THOMAS SCOTT, Cromarty, Agent
fdr Hibbert
* S ' W. A. TURNBULL
* ■: Secretary-Treasurer
| J Box 295, Exeter, Ontario
f" GLADMAN & STANBURY
j Solicitors, Exeter
saw-mill now owned and operated by
Mills and Wynn. Those races were
never advertised and no admission
charged and were known as free-for-
all as the above entries show. The
prize was of small consideration in a
monetary sense. The last man to
arrive at the corner tavern was elect
ed to treat all at the bar when the
barkeeper shouted his slogan "What
will you have."
On one occason a horseback rider
became so elated that he rode- his
mount right into the bar-room and
insisted on his steed sharing with
him the prize but apparently the
horse was strictly temperance and
refused the beverage. Those races
were not of frequent occurrence;
early spring or late fall being the
time when (getting on the land was
at its worst. I should state that
those driving vehicles yere sgiven a
handicap of six or eight rods by the
bare-back riders and never heard of
an accident although a horse would
come occasionally without its rider
who generally managed to finish, if
on foot.
I recall one instance when all re
cords were beaten on that speedway
by John Frayne, a former resident,
one mile west of Woodham and later
of West Nissouri, who came driving
furiously through the village on his
way to Kirkton and before the vil
lagers could .get over their astonish
ment at such speed, they were again
thrown into wonder .when the late
Doctor Irving was seen to be driving
through as furiously as had Mr.
Frayne. Their curiosity was soon
set al rest when Mr. Frayne, who
was returning more leisurely with a
jaded horse, explained theu reason
and which caused the whole village
to become practically deserted es
pecially of the adult female popular
tion as each was sure-she could help
in some way, The reason was a very
sad accident had befallen a little
four year old daughter of John Mar
tin; ;a‘inile wbst of Woodham, when
her brother, who was cutting a
heavy field of fall wheat with the
old fashioned reaper of that day, fail
ed to notice his little sister, who had
toddled into the grain and before he
was aware she was lying.on the tab
le of the machine with both feet cut
off. It seems liiks a miracle that
this little girl lived, considering the
time to hook up a horse and drive
over two miles and the doctor's ’re
turn.
What a difference now when we
just steP into tbe house and ring up
a doctor or step in the garage and
step on the gas. Yes, there are
many things we 'positively can be
thankful for and incidentally they
must not think those races .were an
evidence of lack of ambition or
thrift. How many young farmers of
today can swing a cradle used in the
old days for cutting grain and laid
neatly in a swath to be bound into
sheaves, or follow behind one of the
old fashioned reaping machines and
bind by hand all day and again the
old horse power threshing outfit
with five or six teams or horses do
ing their merry-go-round with a
driver stationed in the centre with a
whip lash ten or twelve feet long
and which he had to be an expert
to use not to whip the horses but
to let them know he was in control
Which reminds me that I can see our
old friend, Mr. A. (Gus) Brethour
of Kirkton as I have many times,
occupying that position. There was
usually a little song connected with
the driving of a horse power which
seemed to stimulate the beasts to
action. iMr. Brethour could, no
doubt Supply the words or explain
its origin and purpose.
Yours truly
S. J. ELLIOTT
Exeter, May 2, 1932.
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EDITORIAL
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Tlwre’ii money savod And money earned in a well used hoe.
We hope those baby western Ontario cyclones will be a long
time growing up,
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A business man’s darkest clouds gather when lie sets himself
to get something for nothing. i)
Exeter is keeping up Rs reputation for well trimmed .Ja-wns.
We have noted some tulips that aye a credit to any town or village,
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What memories will visitors and tourists bear from Exeter
. this summer? He who gives a visitor a good impression of the
town is a worth while citizen.
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If the U, S, police ccaught impostors and kidnappers as read
ily as they heed rumors, tbe underworld of the Republic would
be cleaned up by the Fourthof July.
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You talk of the gold in the Yukon
There’s gold in those streams, no doubt!’
But there’s a living in your own back yard,
- If only you’ll shovel it out.i ♦ »*♦*♦** »
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Everything seems to be brought out at the Beauharnois inquiry
but what the people of Canada should know. Sharp remarks on
the part of some parties allegedly concerned in the. investigation
make good reading but what the public wants is the facts and these
they do not seem to be getting.
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Canada is due for a revival of its home arts, and crafts. There
are attractive articles that our youths and young women may make
out of the best of materials that lie right at hand that would go
a long distance towards helping the district to prosperity. The
best of blankets and rugs and tweeds are being made in this way,
Why should not Huron take a leading part in this work? Fancy
cooking and plays are all very well in their way, but they have
precious little to do with prosperity.
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WHAT YOU MAY EXPECT
The great American republic pays Babe Ruth more to hit
home runs than it pays its president .to look after the interests of
120,000,000 people. But, then, Ruth does a better job at baseball
than the whole elected body in the country does at government..
It is now a good three months since the Lindbergh baby was stolen
and foully murdered. Yet the scoundrels 'who did the stealing
and the murdering are still at large. If Ruth did not make a
home run in less time than it takes the Yankees to catch imposters
and thieves and murderers his resignation would be asked for. The
Yankees get what they pay for, They enjoy good baseball but the
poorest thing ever in the form of the administration of justice.
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GOOD NEWS
Business men who know how to merchandise are doing very
well these times. Some are finding it necessary to borrow less
than they borrowed for a number of days. Some merchants who
found it necessary to borrow nearly every month, when the days
were allegedly prosperous, now borrow only but ' very occasionally.
Indeed they do not now borrow once where formerly they borrowed
half a dozen times. Some borrow even less occasionally than in
the ratio mentioned.
The reason is that folk have come somewhat to .their senses
and they are paying as they go. Further, merchants are waking
up to'the inefficiency of the credit system and are doing what they
can to eliminate the customer who does not pay. In other words,
they have discovered that tbe poor paying customer is not an asset
but a liability.
While merchants are not making as large sales as they were a
few years ago, they are- getting their* trade onto a sound basis, the
only basis that ,s worth considering. ’Still others have found that
wild catting is not business but a pure waste of time and money
and labor.
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DOBBIN ON THE JOB
One is struck with t^e increasing number* or horses that are
on the road these times and that are pulling farm implements.
Every farmer finds it necessary to keep a number of horses no mat
ter what gasoline tractor power he may have. Further, farmers are
finding that .their farms are far better adapted to the production
of hay and oats than they are to the production of gasoline. These
two facts convey their lesson to the farmer with grey matter under
his hat. For that reason Dobbin has been treated to a new set of
shoes, the old buggy has been oiled and painted while the old har
ness has been .mended and oiled and polished. Of course, the farm
er does not “hop" into his car as often as he used to "hop" into it
but when the car is used it earns the owner a salary. Of course a
certain type of farm boy and his flapper girl companion are wear
ing their lips a bit low. There are certain follk in the town who tell
the young folk that they must step on the gas more frequently. Yet
the farmer’s pocket book is getting fatter and the merchant is
pleased When he finds the old debts being reduced. The bacon hog
and the dairy cOw and the high stepping hen are frst-rate chums
for old money-making dobbin.
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SIGNIFICANT
The Homiletic Review, speaking of the present day situation
has this to say:
To-day we Americans are enduring one of the periods- of con
fusion and misery that always follow a great war. The vanquish
ed nations owe the victor ruinous indemnites. The victors, some
of them in almost as great distress as the vanquished, owe our
country enormous sums advanced by us to finance the war or to
bind up some of its worst wounds. The major part of these ad
vances was not spent abroad, but here at home, helping to raise
Wages, build fortunes and push the United States to its present
financial and industrial eminence. These sums have been reduced
in some measure by payments and by our desire to seem fair in
stead of grasping; but the vast remainder that is still due and has
been funded threatens to make the .greater nations of the old world
our tributaries for sixty years to come.
According to Mr. Ivy Lee the War cost our Allies four million
dead and seven million wounded. It cost us Americans 107,000
dc,3/(l uiid 000 wou.Tid.’Sd.* It teost tli&iii 120 billions of dollurs
and it cost us approximately 28 billions. To-gether we Americans
stagger under these shattering losses of treasure, life and hope.
We face together a period of reconstruction for which every nation
needs just wh&t the War wasted—treasure, life and hope.
On this Memorial Day suppose w6 recall the generous policies
of the greater men of 1865; ahd What is cost us to flout them at
' thO'bidding of the narrow ahd vhiidictlve. Let us suggest quietly
and without dogmatic thunder the opportunity for leadership that
is held out to us. Its nominal cost, if these international debts
should be entirely cancelled would bo perhaps $250,000,000 pel'
year; and this is a great sum. But the world is not likely to pay
US such a sum through two geherations in any case; so loiig as it
does its ill-will must increase; its desire to trade With US diminish;
» and otir chance for generous leadership dwindle,
Once to every man and nation
Come the moment to decide.
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