The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-03-21, Page 3THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE T11L11SDAY, MARCH 21st, 1035
Jack Rabbit Drives Great Sport
l £for Visitors from Michigan
A few weeks ago three American sportsmen from Michigan visited
this community and participated in their first jackrabbit drives*. Mr.
Ben East writing in the Grand Rapids Press describes their visit as fob
lows;
I
rabbit hunters, and our party in
cluded J. H- Stephenson of the game
division of the Michigan conserva
tion department.
We saw 114 hares killed on one
short drive. They weighed an aver
age of nearly 9 pounds each. Of 15
we weighed only 2 fell below the 8-
• pound mark. They were young ones,
, born late the summer, the Canadian
The .largest hare
southwestern I we bagged weighed 10 pounds and
border from 13 ounces and
the Detroit and Port Huron sections they average at least 2 .pounds heav-
of Michigan. 1
The hares weigh up to 12 pounds
or more apiece,
they run a full 5-mjle circle and
come in at the finish fresh and
ready to start all over again. They
refuse to hole,
or {hard the
coursed with
hounds, about
stand a chance
in the open,
that more than 250 of them some
times are killed on a single drive
and the average bag for a drive,
even in late winter after months of
hunting, is above 100.
Whoever imported tneim into the
Brantford district of Ontario from
Europe about 20 years ago certainly
stalrtjedi isomething. a. (number jof
the big rabbits were kept in an en-
cloure there and two stories are told
as to how they escaped. One relates
that a spring freshet destroyed the
wire of the pen. Another is that
someone let the hares escape, either
deliberately or through carelessness.
Widely Distributed Now
In any event the hares took to the
fields, settled down and proceeded
to multiply in accordance with the
best traditions of the rabbit clan.
Their success is
their abundance
western Ontario,
abundantly from
to the ‘Sarnia district and east from
the Detroit and St. Clair rivers to
Lake Ontario. And wherever they
are found they overshadow all other
game animals in the amount of sport
they furnish.
Apparently they are destined
without question to invade Michi
gan and spread in this state in the
near future,
three eastern,
along the St.
big hares are
dian hunters recently reported that
during a rabbit drive in the Court
right district this winter fully 5 0 of
the animals escaped by crossing the
St. Clair river to a point below St.
Clair on the Michigan shore.
That band of 50 is
establish the beginning
able
next
safe
rod®
—they’re better
rabbits in Canada—-within the’ next
few falls.
Sane game officials look With
little enthusiasm upon the coming
of this big alien ,to the game fields
of Michigan, because [of his des
tructive .ways in time of deep snow.
The state conservation department
has steadfastedly refused to issue
permits for the importation of the
hares from Canada. The hares now
seem to have taken things into their
own hands, however, and once they
get across the border there is little
the conservation department can do
about it. Experience in Ontario in
dicates that once established they
are well able to
selves.
Michigan have a chance with-
next few years to shoot *rab-
big they look like small ant-
beside which our native cot-
mere
IThe
Euro-
Will hunters in the southern coum
ties of
in the
bits so
elopes,
tontails and snowshoes are
dwarfs of the bunny family?
The answer seems to ,be yes,
overgrown rabbits are really
pean hares, imported into Canada
about 20 years ago and now well 'hunters told us.
establiished througn
Ontario across the we were informed
Alhead of a hound
no mattei' 'how long
chase, even when
fleet-footed ,gre,y-
the only dogs, that
of overtaking them
They are so plentiful
attested today by
throughout south-
IThey are found
Lake Erie north
Hunters in at least
counties of the state,
Clair river, assert the
already there. Cana-
enough tc»
of a size-
within the
all it seems
hare population
few years. All in
to predict that Michigan nim-
will be huntiing the big hares
known as jack-:
ier early in the fall wiien food is
•more plentiful.
As for their numbers, the first 3
drives in the Crediton district last
November netted more than 100
hares. And for sport and excite
ment they are easily the equal of any
four-leggedi game I’ve ever hunted.
Hunted With, Without Dogs
The Canadian use three methods
in hunting them. They go after
them with ordinary rabbit dogs, us
ing either .beagles or fox hounds,
course those with greyhounds and
stage drives in which from 35 to 50
men take part, using no. dogs at all.
Of the three methods the drives
result in by far the heaviest kill. The
greyhound coursing is entirely a ma
ter of sport, yielding a small bag.
Hunting .with rabbit hound® brings
results about like those of the aver
age Michigan rabbit hunt although
it’s fai’ more exciting as a result of
the big circles run by the hares.
We arrived in Exeter in the mid
afternoon, too late to take part in a
drive that day, So we elected to head
out into the open country and have
a look around by ourselves.
The first thing w'e discovered was
that the hares may be a great game
animal but that the 'Ontario, farmer
consider them a decided pest. Our
request for permission to hunt jack
rabbits brought an enthusiastic wel
come everywhere.
Tracks Are Huge
We picked out a large iswampy
field, heavily grown up to willow
and poplar, the kind o.f place where
cottontails would be likely be found
and started a quiet hunt. We saw
hare tracks aplenty—and they’re so
big it’s hard to believe they are made
by a member of the rabbit family—
but we saw no hares. (Finally we
worked through to the edge of the
swamp and off across the fields in
front of us, a good 'half mile away
anl getting farther away all the time
were three hares that we had jump
ed.
That wais introduction to the On
tario jackrabbits. They had got out
a half mile ahead of us and they
showed no intention1 of le'tting us
come any closer than that.
(To anyone accustomed to cotton
tails. it was hard to believe the three
animals running across the open
fields before us were members of the
same clan. They traveled at an easy
lope that was deceivingly fast, they
loomed u.p like foxes or dogs and
their ears looked almost as big as a
mules.
Later we measured their tracks
and we found that in running their
front and hind feet strike the ground
as far as 5| feet apart and the reg
ular length of the imprint of their
four feet is from 3 6 to 45 inches.
That will afford some idea of the
size of the rabbits themselves. When
they sit in an ordinary rabbit Way
it is nearly two feet from the ground
to the tip of their ears.
50 YEARS AGO
March 30, 1885
Mrs. Dickson of Exeter, i® at pres
ent visiting her daughter Mrs, S. F.
Glass, of T'iilisonburg, who- has been
seriously indisposed ror a few day.
Mr. I, Dearing has purchased the
harboring business or Mr. Chas.
Manning and is carrying on business
in the old stand.
Mr. Abel Walper, who recently
lost his gristmill at Middlemiss pur
poses building one ar Lawrence to
cost about $12,000.
The finst special emigrant train of
the season was run Tuesday. When
the train reached Exeter there were
between fifty and sixty passengers on
beard. Several were added to the
number at Exeter, amongst them be
ing Mr, John White and family, of
Exeter North, Mr, Abraham Patter
son and others.
Monday afternoon a grand shoot
ing match was held on the farm of
Mr. John Heywood 3rd concession of
Usborne. iSides were chosen with I,
Handford, Thos, Sweet and Samuel
Sweet on one side and Dr. Sweet,
Wm. Thos, Lyons and John Heywood
on the other. The content was keen
and resulted in a score of 9 to 10
in favor of I. Handford’s side.
Mr. Albert SWitzer, of the 3rd line,
Blanshard, who recently accepted a
situation as engineer in a cotton mill
at Brantford has returned honne, as
it was against his principles to work
more than sick days a week1.
Mr. Joseph Doupe, of Kirkton, who
has been living in Chatham for the
past eighteen months is Home on a
visit to his friends here.
25 YEARS AGO
March at, 1910
Mr. Elmer Rowcliffe, who con
ducted a barber hop in London, was
in town 'Tuesday and while here en
gaged the (services of Mr. Mac Vin
cent who will leave ror that city
shortly.
Mr. Frank Knight returned Mon
day from a several months visit in
California.
Mr. Hancock, of Detroit, was here
attending the funeral of his uncle,
the late George Lewis.
Mrs. Fowell returnees Monday ev
ening from Listowel where she has
been visiting the past month.
Mr. and Mrs, Salter who- have
peen spending the winter in Eng
land are expected to arrive home
this week.
Miss Margaret Meakins, of Bran
don, Man., is visiting at thejihome
of her father Mr, Mark Makins, who
is ill.
Mrs. Marchand and two children
left Wednesday for Hamilton and
Buffalo where they, intend spending
a few weeks.
Milton Clark who went to Unity,
Sask., last Thursday, was the first
to buy a ticket .from the Grand
Trunk Pacific.
Mr, George Mantle sold his house
on North Street to Mr. Thos. Boyle.
Mr. Mantle intends leaving in a
short time for Lethbridge, Alta.
Mr, Wm. Wilson, who has been
living in Usborne for the past few
months’ is moving back to town.
take care of them-
Open
there
the
Fields
is this much
situation, No
Keep to
And at least
consolation in
alien addition to the game lists of
Michigan, with the possible excep
tion of the ringneck pheasant, ever
promised to provide as irauch sport
and excitement as these big hares.
They are animals of the open fields
likely to thrive in v.ne
country of our
and as a game animal they
the cottontail completely.
In February I spent two.
the Crediton and Exeter
of Ontario, about 80 miles
cottontail
southern counties,
outrank
dayis in
sections
east of
The
New Books at Library
The following books have been
added to the Public Library: Juven
ile—'"Norman Tower," De-La Roche
"Little Orvie,” ITarkington; "Blue
Bonnets,” Sayers; "Mike and Mary,”
Petersham; "My Dog
ton. Non-Fiction — "1
Harbin; "Guest Rooms,"
"Footsteps of the Master
“Enjoy Pictures," Bell;
journey," Gibbs; "Zaharoff,
enport; "New Careers,"
"Russia To-day," Eddy;
Cromwell," Buchan.
Non-Fiction
"Glorious Adventure" by
ton; “Romance of Labrador” by
Grenfell; "While Rome Burns” by
Woollcott.
Simba," Kear-
• "PhUnology,”
Robinson;
Morton;
"European
” Dav-
Pitkin;
"Oliver
Halibur-
15 YEARS AGO
March 18, 1930
Mrs. James Logan, who has been
residing in Exeter for about a year
has (returned to Hensall.
Mr. William Parsons, -of town, who
has been in the Hamilton Hospital
for some time still continues in very
poor health.
Mr. H. Bierling, who -has been
conducting a general score in Exeter
North on Tuesday sold the business
to Mr. J. C. McKenzie of Varna.
Mis® Marne Sanders attended the
funeral of the late J. C. Inwood in
London on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Andrew left
today for Pontex, .Sask., where they
will spend the summer.
Aid. Frank O’Brien of Stratford,
has purchased the general store at
Staffa and will take possession in
April.
Mrs. Wm. Jarrott, wife of the
merchant at Hillsgteen suffered from
a stroke on Monday.
Charlie, the little three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Wilkinson
of Lumley, had the misfortune to
fall breaking his leg and is under
the care of Dr. Peck.
Port Huron hunting hares,
hunts were arranged .by Fred ’•Kerr
of Cirediton and Frank Delbridge
of Exeter, confirmed and veteran
Fiction
"The White Horse” by Deeping?
"With Banners” by Loring; "Cap
tain Nicholas” by Walpole; "Torches
of the Bush” .by Connor; "River Su
preme” by Hobart; "Manhattan Love
Song” by Norris; "White Reef” by
Ostenso; "Radiant Tree” by Bailey;
"So Red the Rose” by Young; "Dew
on the Grass” by [Lewis; "The Proud
Servant” by Irvin; "Tower of Mt.
St. Eloi” by Grey; "Spy Paramount**
by Oppenheim; "Pitcairn’s Island”
Nordoiff and Norman; "Mary Peters’*
OhAse
Cross of Peace’
Lost” by Stringer.
Candy" (Alexander
■by Gibbs
‘The
'Man
ack‘
I6G
BABY's qWN TABLETS
to
gift of
The Library Board wish
nowledge with thanks the
bookis from Mrs. G. S. Atkinson, Mre,
Johns, Elimville; Mr. Bert Harness
and Mr, Morgan. The following now
books have been added at the library
Sunday School Lesson
PETER DESCRIBES THE
CHRISTIAN LIFE
Sunday, March 24—I Peter 3:8-18.
Golden Text
.Sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts (I Peter 3:15)*
The Christian life described by
Peter is a miraculous life, indeed,
It is hit impossible life—utterly,
hopelessly impossible to any human
beings in their natural strength.
Going through the lesson verse by
verse, we find that 'it is exactly ‘the
life that Christ Himself lived While
He was on earth as a man,. And can
any 'human being expect to live as
Christ lived?
The answer to this question IS
found in the answer to the question.
What is the Christian life? Paul
answers this in «ix one-syllable
words: "To me to live is Christ”
(Phil. 1:211). The Christian life is
"the life that is Christ.” Not, the life
that is Christ'®. or Christlike; but
that is actually, literally Christ Him
self.
For the glory and miracle of the
truly Christian life is in the fact that
Christ literally takes into Himself
those who receive Him as (Saviour,
and He literally enters into them,
giving them Himself as their new
life. That'is why the Christian can
eay, with Paul; "I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not
I, but Christ liveth in me.” (Gal. 2:'
20).
Those in whom this miracle has
occurred do not lose their own iden
tity, their will power, their freedom
of choice, their responsibility for
their own actions, their possibility
to sin; but a new, supernatural di
vine life its now theirs, and they can
live in a way that is utterly impos
sible to the natural man who has
not been born again by faith in
Christ as .Saviour and Lord.
The fact that Christians when
fall woefully short of their possibil
ity, privilege and duty as members
of the body of Christ does not altei’
the fact that they can by His grace
and power, live His very life among
men here on earth.
"For he that will love life, And
see good days,” says Peter, must
do certain things. He must "refrain
his tongue from evil,” and his lips
from speaking guild, He must "es
chew evil, and do good”; he must
"seek peace, and pursue it,”
It takes nothing less than a mir
acle to enable any one to keep his
tongue from evil and to do the rest
of the things, named by Peter here.
But there is no shadow of doubt
that letting our tongues run away
with us, and speaking evil, fills our
lives with unhappiness and bitter
ness and literally shortens life. Pe
ter’s advice is sound for it is inspir
ed and divine. But it can be follow
ed only by those who have deceived
the very life of God in Christ as
their Saviour, they who present their
bod ids to Him as a living sacrifice,
and who trust Him moment by mo
ment to empower them to live as He
lived, to keep their tongues from
evil and their lives from sin.
Peter tells now to get our prayers
answered. ‘'For the eyes of the Lord
are over the righteous and His ears
are* open unto their prayers.” If our
prayers are not being answered, the
trouble i®. not with God—it is with
us. Have we asked God when our
prayers go unanswered, whether
there is anything in our lives not
pleasing to Him, if so, to show us
and cleanse our lives from it? When
our life is really "the life that is
Christ” perhaps we shall not even
pray for some of the things foj?
which we are now praying.
Then Peter assures us that we
shall not as a rule, be harmed if we
are "followers of that which is
good,” Yet he .goes on to say that it
is quite possible to "suffer for
righteousness sake,” and if we do, we
are happy. That is one of the Beau-
titudes spoken by Christ in the Ser
mon on the Mount. We can keep
our conscience clear, at any rate,
and “it is better, if the will of God1
be so, that ye suffer for well doing,
than for evil 4oing. •
Here, again,*‘the life that is Christ’
is evident, for Peter reminds us that
Christ Himself, sinless, suffered for
our sins, "the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God.”
And here is sensible, searching
advice from the apostie. "Be ready
always to give an answer to every
iman that asketh you a reason of the
hope that is in you.” If we are be
lievers in Christ, children of G-od by
faith in His -Son as our Saviour, we
are God’s own heirs—"heirs accord
ing to the hope of eternal life” (Ti
tus 3:7). Can we, as Christians, give
every one who asks us the reason
why we have this hope? Christians
ought to be intelligent, well inform
ed about God’s plan of salvation, as
revealed in His Scriptures, able and
ready to tell convincingly, "with
meekness and fear,” exactly what
they believe, why they believe and
whom they believe.Some of the characteristics and ex
pressions of the Christian life given
by Peter are: unity, or fellowship,
of Christians one with another; con-
passion; brotherly love; pity; cour
tesy; no .retaliation for evil but
blessing in return for evil.
It is obvious that most of these
characteristics or attitudes are di
rectly contrary to human nature. But
they are hallmarks of the Christian
life.
Most people love life, and would
like to live to a ripe old age. Peter
tells them how they can make sure
of enjoying life and living on. He
quotes a passage from a Psalm of
David (Psalm 34: 12-16).
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2-ton MAPLE LEAF TRUCK
tows 300-ton Locomotive
The Place: The New Toronto yards of the Cana-
»' dian National Railways.
The Time: A raw, cold mid-February afternoon.
The Feat: A fully loaded standard stock model
1935 Maple Leaf 2-ton Truck tows 300-ton
C.N.R. locomotive number 6159 from a dead,
cold standstill several hundred feet along a
perfectly level stretch of track!
FpHERE is the year's most dramatic demonstration of
truck power and torque. It shows you convincingly
what the Maple Leaf's 72 horsepower at 3200 r.p.m. can
do. It's a feat all the more remarkable for the fact that
the Maple Leaf is one of the lowest-priced heavy duty
trucks you can buy—and that the 6100 series locomo
tives, weighing 657,600 pounds with fuel and water
(over 300 tons), are the largest and heaviest in the
whole British Empire!
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Top photo shows the get-tip just 'be
fore the Statt, Second: the Maple Leaf
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with its300-ton load. Third: the truck
and locomotive ate well under way.
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