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TH® ®X®TE®THURSDAY, 10. 10«*
“MEMORY LANE”
By Beatrice Lawson, Credlton, Ont.
Once again, 'tis the season of the -year
My heart 1b sad, my eyes with tears do blur
And down memory lane, I drift, I drift and ponder
Of all you heroes did for us and wonder
How soon some forget the .brave deeds you did
Where on the battle field <o many died and bled.
Oh, memories, how you burn and hurt today
Somehow I can’t express alj that I would like to say
Of you dear heroes here, and those lying in their graves
Words seem poor pay, for all you did, what you suffer today
God bless and smooth your trials and cares away,
But as it is, J can only write and let you know
I amongst the millions know the debt we owe
For our liberty today, the bitter part yen had play
Which I nor our country, can ever fully pay
God bless the parents of those they freely gave
Their one, their all, now sleeping in them graves.
If I had wings like the Angels have above
I’d wing my flight and in words sincere I’d let you know
I ask a mother’s belssing on those far and near
Then to Flanders Fields, where the scarlet poppies grow, I’d fly
And touch each grave, while unchecked tears flow from my eyes
Unfold the flag, let the bugle sound its call
Not for war, oh dear no, but peace for ever more
May the deeds lingei* in the memory, you so bravely did
Be a comfort and stay to all those that live,
And in the knowledge of such bravery, pray let me say
We are better for knowing, such heroes lived today.
Replace that worn out
mattress now with a
Spring-filled Mattress
THEY RANGE IN PRICE FROM
$12.00 to $39.50
FELT MATTRESSES LOWER IN PRICE THAN THEY
HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS
WE CAN FIT ANY BED
WE DELIVER ANY DISTANCE
E. R. HOPPER
Phones—Stoye 99, Residence 63
FURNITURE DEALER and FUNERAL DIRECTOR
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Pioneer Days in Usborne
FATHER OF EXETER LADY WAS
93 EAST JULY—-CLEARED FARM
NEAR WIN CHELSEA-—LIVED
IN USBORNE FOR 70 YEARS.
Depression Prices!!
on all kinds of lumber
and shingles.
Call and see for your
self or phone 12 '
Matched White Pine
$35.00 per M.
A. J. CLATWORTH?
Phone 12
canton. ONTARIO
The following interesting account
appeared in the St. Marys Journal-
Argus and refers to Mr. Andrew
Turnbull, father of Mrs. Geo. Pul
leyblank, of Exeter and Mrs. J. W.
Skinner, of Thorndale.
When the Journal-Argus reporter
was in the village of Thorndale the
other day he ran across, quite by acj
cident, just the very man he had
been wanting to meet. The lot of a
reporter is not so easy as the ordin
ary.,.person would think for news of
an interesting nature is at times
hard to find, and consequently when
the Editor happens to say to the
“news hound” go out to such-and-
such a place and get a good story,”
there is often grave difficulty in
rounding-up a suitable parcel of
events or circumstances, or history
as the case might be, to fill the or
der. However, the writer, was in
luck for once and as he stepped into
the Skinner general store he perceiv
ed a venerable gentleman standing
ip front of the counter, conversing
with Mrs. Skinned The thought,
flashed through him at once, that* probably here was the oldest man I
in the community.
A short introduction sufficed tc
make the scribe and the storekeep
er’s wife acquainted and very soon
the former learned that whdt he
surmized as he entered was correct,
and that he really was looking at
the oldest resident, in point of years,
in the village of Thorndale. The ag
ed man happened to be the father
of Mrs. Skinner, Andrew Turnbull
by name and an iteresting conver
sationalist he proved to be.
I
Eczema or Salt Ahearn
Mr. Andrew Turnbull
Ninety three last July 31st, but
still a comparatively young man
when activity is concerned, for only
a few weeks before he had cut and
split a cord or more of hardwood
Andrew Turnbull has the bearing
the mental makeup of the pioneer
; for pioneer he
, average height
not exactly the
pect to go into
Usborne Township in the pioneer
days and there hew himself a home
out of the bush and swamp, hut that
is a part of the story that comes
later On.
Mr- Turnbull comes of a long-liv
ed line, his father having lived to
the ripe old age of 85 although he
had been a hard worker all his life.
He was born in Harrick, Roxborough
shire, Scotland, the son of William
Turnbull, and came with his parents-
to Canada when eight months old.
Andrew of course does not
bey- that journey, made in
square-rigged, white winged
ninety-two years ago. The
settled in Woodstock, then a collec
tion of frame and log buildings in
the never-ending bushland, where
the father, who was a blacksmith by
trade set up his forge and remain
ed for about three years, in the em
ploy of one named Jones Whose place
of business was in the east end of
the straggly town. About this time
Andrew, the four-year-old began tc
take notice of things in the world
about and he remembers that his
father then moved onto the farm
known as the sixth lot in the 15tb
concession of East Zorra where
there were many more Scotch set
tlers. It was here that Andrew
learned'the trade of the mode of the
pioneer settler for he was b.usy all
the time from the day he was able
to Wie(ld an axe until he left the old
homesetad at the age of twenty-two
cutting down the great forest mon
archs that populated the most of his
father’s farm.
The School of-Hard Work
Boys in those day§. seldom grad
uated from colleges when they ob
tained their majority, more often
they went forth into the world with
a knowledge having been earned in
the school of hard knocks and ex
perience. It was thus with Andrew
Turnbull. His only brother James
a much heavier man had gone into
the new district of Usborne Town
ship two years before, ’ his father
having purchased lot 11, concession
nine in that district from the Cana
da Company. James, however, did
not take to the life of the pioneer
settler with its solitueo and after
clearing several acres he returned
home and refused to go back. Later
he became a school teacher in Clin
ton. Andrew was next in line ’ to*'
the farm in Usborne and in the year
1862 he took possession of his first
big job in life. His farm was near
the present village of Winchelsea
and was a. long way from the nearest
town, St. Marys offering the best
market for the produce of the pion
eer farms. ’
The first winter he lived on the
farm he succeeded in cleaning only
a small area of land, but becoming
acclimatized as it were by the second
winter he slashed down thirteen ac
res of. the finest beach and maple
forest the world would ever see and
burned the logs up the next summer
Year in and year out he worked and
slaved an when he married Miss
Mary Thomson, of East Zorra, in af
ter years he possessed one of the fin
est farms in that nart nf t.he town
ship. As everybody knows, Usborne
was setled by a great many Devon
shire folks and Mr. Turnbull laugh
ed when he admitted to the’Journal-
Argus man that on the concession
where his farm was situated he and
an' Irishman about a mile away were
the only settlers who were not from
Devon. He knew how the old men
of that day would say “I" be from
D-e-vonshire, w’ere be you from.”
12 years ago liis wife predeceas
ed him and that year he disposed oj
his farm,
the place, although he was <
years of age he cut, stooked
pitched the entire crop of
rather an unusual feat for a
that age. Since that time
been making his home with
daughters^ Mrs. Skinner, of
dale and Mrs. George Pulleyblank of
Exeter. To-day he has. all his fac-
uties with the exception of reading
sight and he walks and speaks and
remembers like a man of sixty. The
two daughters above named are the
only surviving members of a family
of six; two brothers and two sisters
having predeceased them.
has, been, , He is of
but slightly built,
man one would ex-
the heavy timber of
Under Treatment That
Creates Energy.
Some folks are pqurally fat, but
there’s a lot Qt people who put on
pounds of unhealthy fat because
they haven’t gt though energy to
move about to -keep it off,
It’s not laziness in most eases-—
but a condition .brought about by
sluggjsh-ness of the internal organs
’—the liver, bowels and kidneys. As
a result, poisons and harmful acids
that kill vigor, ambition and energy
get into the blood—the whole gen
eral tone of the body is lowered
fat accumulates.
Thousands of overstour men
women find in Kruschen Salts, a
fectly safe, sure, and beneficial
means of reducing.
The “little daily dose1’ of Krus
chen Salts keeps the organs func
tioning properly every day, and fills
you with such a feeling of radiant
vitality and vigor that before you
know it you are fairly “jumping out
of your skin” with energy, instead
of moping around—and reduction
follows as a matter of course—Na
ture attends to that. *
and
and
per-
Spend Wisely This Winter
Here’s a sensible winter
time treaty Just pour
good hot milk over two
Shredded Wheat biscuits.
Delicious. Money-savinjg!
And a boost forXanada’s
greatest industry
wheat!
remem- •
the old
ships of
family
The last year he was on
eighty
I and
grain
man of
he hs?s
his ii.wc
Thorn-
SHREDDED
1AJ LI E 12 B|G biscuits Vf rl EAI ,H EVERY BOX
MADE IN CANADA • BY CANADIANS • OF CANADIAN WHEAT
25 YEARS AGO
Mr. Geo. E. Crawley has sold his
livery business in ,Lucan to Mr. Mc
Calls and may possibly move back
to Exeter.
Mr Wni. Kingdan resigned hiE
position at the Canning Factory
Wednesday morning and left the
same evening for Buffalo.
Misses Winnie and Martha Carl
ing have been engaged to teach two
of the rooms in the Dashwood Pub
lic school.
On Tuesday night a pleasant fam
ily gathering took place at the home
of Mr. Thomas Kay, the occasion
being his 73rd birthday. During
the evening he was made the recip
ient of a gold-headed cane and a
gold-headed
Mr. Louis
morning on
Toronto and
Mr. and M>rs.. Wm. Hooper
Tuesday morning
Mich., where they will visit friends
for a week.
Mr. C. E. Hackney has
Andrew Street while Mr.
moving into the house
from Mr. Hackney.
MIENER—EUKER
Eczema manifests itself in little
round blisters which contain an ex
tremely irritating fluid. t They break,
and subsequently a crust is formed,
and the intense burning, itching and
smarting is almost unbearable.
Burdock Blood Bitters is the
remedy for giving relief to all such
Sutterers • *
Mrs. H. J. Frost, •R.R, 2,Belleville,
Ont., writesr—•“I was troubled with
eftzema on my face, in fact all over
my body. It would raise up in
water blisters, break and scab over
which was very irritating.
A friend told me about Burdock
Blood Bitters, And it proved of
wonderful help to me.”
DIED IN GODERICH
There passed away in Victoria
Hospital, London, recently Miss Hen
rietta Louise Hartleib, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs, Charles Hart
leib formerly of Zurich. Deceased
had undergone a serious operation
in tlie< hospital but little hopes were
held for her recovery. Miss Hartleib
was raised in Zurich and in’ 1919
with the family moved to Waterloo.
A year later her mother died, They
later moved to Goderich where her
father died. The Bisters left to
mourn are; Mrs. Sam’l E. Faust, of
Mitchel!;■ Mrs, John Cantelon, West
Lome; Miss Gertrude Hartleib, of
Goderich; Mrs. H. W. Becker, Tavis
tock and Mrs. Harry Siemon, Lon
don. interment took place in Se-
bringvilie.
15 YEARS AGO
&
Mr. Gower & Son, who have been
conducting a grocery in Carling Bros
old stand disposed of the balance
of their stock last week and /the
store is now closed.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Preszcator
were taken by surprise on Wednes
day night of last week when about
sixty neighbors gathered at their
home to spend the evening.
Mr. Fred Elliott, of Haileybury
has been visiting with his mother
and sister here for a week.
Mr. Stephen Powell, who has been |
with his son in Saskatchewan for
several months returned home last
week.
Mrs. F. R. Knight and child, oi j
■Orcadia, Sask,: arrived here last
week and will spend the winter with
her mother, Mrs. Brown..
Mr. Richard Quinton met with a
painful accident on Saturday even
ing last. He was turning a cow
into a stall and in doing so he came
in contact with a hook which caught
his eyelid and inflicted a painful ■
injury.
Mr. Paul Coates on Tuesday sold has done for motoring. The model
his fine farm of 140 acres in Us-1 which is expected to be rea'dy within
borne to Mr. Clinton Sweet. Mr. Wil-; the next few weeks, will be a two-
liam Sweet sold his farm op the Lon- seter low-wing monoplan'e, with
don Road the same day. fuel consumption of over 100 miles
The publication of a new Metho- to the gallon, and sell to the public
dist hymn book has been announc-{at around $858.00 at present rate
of exchange.
umbrella.
Hern left
a six week’s
Port Perry.
yesterday
visit to
left
for Crosswell
moved to
Kestle is
purchased
A quiet wedding was .solemnized
at St. Paul’s United parsonage, Pe
trolia, on Wednesay evening, Oct.
28, when Lillian Myrtle, only daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Luker;
Princess Street, was united in mar
riage to Raymond Ellis Milner, eld
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mil
ner of Forest. The ceremony was
performed at 5.>3'0 by Rev. Si. M.
Sweetman, The bride wore a most
becoming gown of Bordeaux velvet,
made on long simple lines, with tur
ban and accessories to match. Miss
Ila Lamport, Of Credjton, cousin of
the bride, acted as bridesmaid, in a
pretty costume of brown rough crepe
with matching accessories. The
groom was assisted by his brother.
Orval Milner of Forest. After the
ceremony the bridal party returned
where a wedding dinner was served.'
Later in the evening Mr. and Mrs-
Milner left for a short honeymoon
in Detroit and district. For travel
ling the bride wore a smart tan
tweed suit, with hat, gloves, shoes,
Mrs.
their
and pprse in brown.- Mr. and
Milner will reside in Forest on
return.
held
After months of experiment, Bri
tish engineers are about to produce
-an airplane which will do for avia-
| tion what the post-war cheap car
Brucefield United Church
anniversary services on Sunday, Oc
tober 30th followed by a hot fowl
supper on Tuesday with a social the
following evening. Upwards of
partook of the fowl supper. The
ceeds of the Sunday offerings
the suppers was $550.00.
Robert Young, of
November 2nd aged
had been caretaker
iate for 23 years.
500
pro-
and
died
He
Goderich,
76 years,
of the sColleg-