The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-07-28, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE WJVURSMTt JIM asth, 1938
Strange, isn’t it? how little interest‘we take in the army worm
or the cut worm that doesn’t eat at our own profits.
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A saving in gasoline is effected by careful city driving. Crowd
ing the engine increases gasoline consumption by JOO per cent.
LET’S GO
ILet go of Yesterday—its sorrows,
its fears, its failures.
Take hold of today—its hopes, its
prowises, its possibilities.
You can be a better man today
than you were yesterday if you want
to be and try to be.
All of your yesterdays may have
been mere mockeries of wliat you
struggled to make them, but that
isn’t saying TODAY may not be the
greatest day in your life.
Man, you may arrive Today! Man,
yo>u wefe born anew this morning!
Let go of your old self and grip the
personality that is as fresh as the
dew—if only, you will make it so!
Dawn brought you a clean start,
and a new start. It's up to you now
to get your engine of Purpose hitting
strong on all cylinders. ,
Let go—and Let’s go!
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Ole Grumpy Grouch soys: About
the only thing a finishing school
finishes is Dad’s bank account.
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A Magic Word
There’s a little word below, with let
ters three
Which, if you only grasp its potency,
Will send you higher
Towards the goal where you aspire,
Which, without its precious aid you
will never’ see—
NOW
Success attends the man -who views
it right;
Its back and forward meanings dif
fer Quite;
For this is how it reads,
To the man of ready deeds,
Who spells it backward from achieve
ment’s height—
WON!
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MAX ISAAC’S AD
(He wrote it himself)
“Der finest obercoats we haf, aber
at der cheapest price: If in vun of
our obercoats appears in six months
der shmallest hole, we make you an-
udder midout charge. Hats we haf
to fit der swellest heads, und shoes
vot last. Ten years ve bin in beez-
ness unt so veil our choes last dot
not vun purchaser returns in ten
years yet for a second pair. Vy bod-
der mit ly-by-nights? Trade vere you
are sure to get treated. Vun trial
convicts you dat you know vot ve
are about.”* * *
Quidnunc
Education in the United States
.gives employment to about 1,500,000
persons. It is the nation’s greatest
pay roll and the number of students
is about Thirty Million—not count
ing enrollment in Correspondence
and Home Study Courses.
There are approximately 17,9-66
Drug Stores in the United States that
do not have Soda Fountains — and
about 39,000 which do have.
What is said to be the largest
stone ever quarried is a large mono
lith in Baalbek in Syria. It is ap
proximately 70 feet long, about 13
square at the base and weighs over
1,000 tons.
French is the official diplomatic
language used by -most countries in
all written international ,communica
tions.
About 70 per cent, of the motion
pictures shown throughout the world
.are made in America — special re
cordings are made in various lang
uages and they are exercising a tre
mendous influence on the habits and
customs of people in other lands.
The automobile was prophesied in
the Bible Nahum 2:b-4.
The General Motors Corporation
gives direct employment to more
than 250,000 people, ahd indirect
employment through purchase of
raw materials ae well as in the ser
vice trades of nearly twice this num
ber. Thus, nearly three million
people depend for their livelihood
on this one large corporation.
Five streets or avenues in Paris,
France ’are named after former
presidents of the United States.
The Alphorns used by herdsmen
in Switzerland can be heard for 20
miles.
Tired Out Before Day Half Over
Women who should be strong and
healthy become weak, tun down and
worn out, and are unable to attend
to their household duties.
Some disease or constitutional dis
turbance lias left its mark in the
form of shattered nerves, impover
ished blood, and an exhausted con
dition of the entire system.Women will find in Milburn’s
Health and Herve Pills the remedy
they need to supply food for the
exhausted nerve force, and ode that
will help them back to sound, per*
feet health again.
Tlio T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto. Ont,
Prize contests conducted as part
of National Advertising program
are said by Contest News to attract
more than ten million persons an
nually and less than one per cent,
or about uine thousand are consid
ered ‘professional’ contestants.
* * *
The doctor who says that kissing
shortens life, no doubt had ‘single’
life in mind.
* * *
Parents are people who use slang
of yesteryear to scold their off
spring for using the language of to
day.
* * *
Familiarity breeds contempt—an
‘eminent authority’ is a person you
would have no confidence in if you
were next door neighbors and call
ed him ‘Bill?
* * *
When a woman’s reputation is
discussed—r-she no longer has one.
* * *
A ‘clock watcher’ never becomes
‘the man of the hour.’
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Prankish problems
Answer to- problem No. 23 in last
week’s issue: the four weights are
1, 3, 9, and 27 lbs.
Prankish Problem No. 24: Mr. A.
was president of a small manufac
turing -company and owned 55 per
cent, of all the corporation’s stock,
45 per cent, having been sold to
miscellaneous investors.
Mr. A. got bids on a lot of mo
tors for his factory. Just as he was
about to sign a contract tor the mo
tors he told the salesman to add
$100 to the bid for him and he would
close. Done.
When the motors were shipped
half the bill was paid, and the sales
man sent Mr. A. $50.00.
Thirty days later the "“balance of
the motor bill was paid and when
Mr. A wrote the saleswan to send the
other $50.00 to him personally. The
salesman told him to “Whistle for
it.” “Get it, if he could,” etc. Mr, A.
never received the second $50.00.
What was the net result for A?
Did he make or lose on the transac
tion?
(-Correct answer will appear in
this space nextc,week.
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Keep Smiling
Don’t grumble, don’t bluster, don’t
dream and don’t shirk
Don’t think of your worries, but
think of your work;
The worries will vanish, the work
will be done;
No man sees his shadow who
faces the sun.* * *
A native is a fellow at a summer
resort who says “This kind of wea
ther is very unusual hereabouts-—this
time of year’.
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The rooster leaned his head dis
consolately against the barn door—
and moaned: “What’s the use of it
all?—Eggs yesterday; chicken today
and feather dusters tomorrow.”
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Quality
Quality counts. It always has and
it always will. Wherever on this
earth there has been a conspicuous
success, it will be found that some
where along the line, quality has
paved the way for it.
The world, as far back as Emer
son’s time, had worn a path to the
door of the shoemaker who made
the best shoes, and there is no dan
ger that the grass or the weeds will
ever grow thick on that patch so
long as the shoemaker sticks to his
quality and his last.
Mark Twain makes characteristic
contribution to the universal ac-
' claim of quality as a means of get
ting things done. During his Egyp
tian travels, he says, he one day
came across an engineer who was
feeding his locomotive with mum-
ies, occasionally called out pettish
ly: “D-n these plebians, they won’t
burn worth a cent, pass out a king.”
* * *
In Texas a man’s wife is entitled
to half of what he earns—around
our bailiwack, she gets it all.
* * *
The best time to visit a delicates
sen is right after a hearty meal.
* * *
Every great man is an inspiration
to someone—you say to yourself:
“If that mutt can succeed, there is
no reason why I shouldn’t”.
* * *
I hope it will mildly tantalizes,
This last line verse I improvise
Yet not seem to moralize,
Nor to obviously sermonize—
But the question is—
Does it harmonize?
THE COEdNEL
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There are two forms of rabies in dogs; the furious form, which
leads a dog to fight or bite at anything interfering with its freedom;
and the paralytic form, which paralyzes the lower jaw and then pro
gressively the rest of the body. —Science News Letter
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Here’s hoping that we’ll have just the right conditions for the
crops out West. We hear, occasional stories of grasshoppers and
hail, but generally speaking the harvest is promising in the West
ern, provinces,• »•*•*•*
Every 24 minutes someone in tne United States suicides. The
chronic alcolholic, the chronic dope user, the chronic criminal, the
self-kicker and hair puller, the self-hater, the person who broods
on self-destruction—all of them had better consult the best doctor
they know.
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Digestive disorders are now ascribed to social conditions. The
cucumber and the green apple and the watermelon have been falsely
accused. Next time something goes wrong with one’s innards he’d
better send for a deaconess or a Salvation Army lassie. We live in
a changing world.♦ ***♦*•» .«
The trouble out there in Palestine between the Jews and the
Arabs is caused, partly, by the fact that Lawrence of Arabia promis
ed the Arabs certain things that the governments of France and
Britain did not think it wise to give them. Sometimes one man sees
farther than any combination of goverments. The diplomats are not
always wiser than the man of action.********
TWO DISAPPOINTMENTS
Just one year ago this month General Franco launched his cam
paign in Spain and the Japanese made their attack on China. Both
expected a short campaign with an easy victory. Both have been
disappointed. Meanwhile rivers of blood and millions of treasure
have been expended, all to no good purpose. When the world learns
that war is costly and futile peace will be nearer.********
JUST ONE OMISSION
' A bright young lad the other day secured his father's safety
razor. With commendable care and exemplary diligence he lather
ed his face, went over the surface in punctilious detail, washed and
dried his face and murmured with content anticipating full adult
hood, “Ah, that’s better!” ‘But son, you did not nave the blade in
the razor!” Youth has much to learn.
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The unattained is not necessarily the unattainable, rm matter
how many have been turned back in the effort to succeed. At least
this is the spirit of those climbers who are attempting to scale Mt.
Everest, the highest mountain in the world. It takes a stout heart
to conquer a steep hill.
Yes, and it takes a stout heart for a farmer to keep right on
under certain conditions. Just this week a wind that promised to
rise to ,gale-like proportions swept across a farmer’s wheat field as
he was driving a load of hay to' the barn. As he looked at his
field, he saw a red cloud sweep across it, a cloud of rust from his
grain. He realized that the cloud indicated a loss of from 15 to 20
bushels per acre. He’ll harvest that field and hope for better things
next year. All the heroes are not found driving air ships.
SETTLING THE EMPIRE
That staid old body, but the most progressive body in all the
world, the British parliament, has a project before it of supreme
importance, that of settling the Empire. That term “settling”
sounds good and the effort smacks of the very thing. For a decade or
more, in fact ever since the opening of the present century, the
world has been doing anything but settling and its failure to do
so has resulted in untold harm. The Empire has lost immensely
in blood and treasure by its failure to observe this principle. Busi
ness, everywhere, is in its present mess because it has been follow
ing all sorts of will-o’-the-wisps. The church is in her unhappy
plight because she has been scenting about for some new thing.
Youth is flaming because it has not got down to' brass tacks and
stayed right there. Industry instead o< pegging away at things it
could accomplish, has been nosing after projects it was not pre
pared for. We have had about enough of wild experimenting. De
mocracy has run mad. A little nonsense is all very well, but when
it becomes the prevailing practice men everywhere, its time for
wise folk to assert themselves. Whether we like it or not, it’s high
time for the world to settle down a bit. Common sense and brain
sweat and elbow grease will work1 wonders for those who use them.
They never fail.
A REAL EYE-OPENER
That exploit of Douglas Corrigan’s in flying the Atlantic in his
antique “crate” should induce some of the inventors to take a
look at themselves. It should, further, cause a whole lot of con
ceit to evaporate from the souls of folk who seek “the latest thing”
in air, and other equipment. In ages to come when the character
istics of this age are written up this age will be sot down as the
“equipment age crazy generation.” When one' examines almost any
concern he sees two doors with two processions, the one door ad
mits a procession laden with “the latest thing” in tools and methods
while the other- door has a procession carrying ten- minute-old
equipment to the scrap heap. “It pays you to do this sort of
thing?” one inquires of the management. “We are not making
any money just yet, but we must -keep up to date!” we’re told,
Douglas Corrigan is having many a curse handed to him as
he steals the show from the millionaires and their “up-to-date”
but he has done the trick they’d like to do, and don't. There is a
hint in all this regarding preparation for war. Victory, like Corri
gan’s success, comes from unexpected sources. Will the United
States give Corrigan the applause he deserves? We hardly think
it. He’s not a big wig and he’s painfully successful, but not
modern.
NEW INTERNATIONAL SPAN IS JOINT PROJECT
The bride work this young lady is interested in is the steel network In
the background which crosses the St.Clair River joining Port Huron,
Michigan, to Point Edward and Sarnia, Ontario.
Did You Know That- -
Elephants have no' knees.
The bread rises, will the butter
fly?
■Crocodiles were sacred to the
ancient Egyptians.
One potato will in three seasons
produce three and one half lbs, of
potatoes.
In reading the Bible through in
one year, you must read three chap
ters each week day and five chapters
on each Sunday.
The tourist camp- business in the
U.S.A, is a three-billion dollar-a-yr.
industry.
Some people in America consider
grasshoppers a rare delicacy and
make cakes and soup out of them.
On a fairly hot dry day, for every
one billion leaves about one ton
(2,000 pounds) of water will be
given off.
If you do your business right you
may have your establishment in the
woods. The public will make a road
to you.
Service is the rent we pay for the
space we occupy on earth. Are you
even with the Landlord.
A certain tonic that doesn’t cost
a cent, if you are not too lazy to
take a dose. It is called Fresh Air-
and plenty of sunshine.
If you lend a person money it
becomes lost for any purposes, of
youi’ own. When you ask for it
again, you find a friend made an
enewy by your own kindness. If
you begin to press still further,
either yon must part with what
you have lent or else you must lose
your friend.
Celebrate 100 Years
in Canada
Just one hundred years ago, Mr.
and Mrs. John Crich left them home
in Nottinghamshire, England, and
after a long voyage over the Atlan-.
tic aboard a sailing vessel, they set
tled in Tuckersmith Township on the
banks of the Bayfield river.
Descendants of that pioneer fam
ily gathered at Jowett’s Grove, Bay-
field, for a happy reunion on July
24 th. They will f’ttingly honor their
forefathers who struggled against
great odds in their fight against the
bushland and difficulties on all
sides.
There were six sons in the- first
family and a total of 5 00 acres of
land was taken over by the late
John Crich, some being purchased
from John Rensford and some from
the Canada Company. As the years
passed and the sons grew -up they
took over farms in the Tuckersmith
area, and the name Crich is still
prominent throughout the district.
Descendants through marriages have
scattered to all parts of the globe
and a wide representation from dis
tant points were present.
One year after the 'Crich family
moved to Huron County, the Town
send family also left Nottingham
shire and settled in this district.
Stories are told that while the two
families were neighbors in England
the Townsends did not recognize the
members ofrthe Crich family at first
because most of them had grown
heavy beards There were several
marriages between members of these
two prominent families and it is an
other name which stands out among
the hardy pioneer settlers.
Fine Fann Land
Today, the land on which John
Crich settled is among the' finest
farm land in the district, with its
great rolling hills on the banks of
the Bayfield River.
Occupying the old homestead is a
grandson of the late John Crich and
a son of the late James Crich, who
was the youngest of the six sons
and who died 38 years ago. The
grandson is Gifford Crich and he
lives in the well-built brick home
which his grandfather fashioned
more than seventy-five years ago,
The ship on which the early set
tlers came to this country was -used
on its return voyage in taking Bri
tish soldiers back home who had en
gaged in quelling the rebellion in
1837.
It is said that the vessel battled
a great storm as it sailed the Atlan
tic with those headed for a new land
and a new freedom.
The farm of the old homestead ts
Lot 30, Concession 2, Tuckersmith,
under the Huron Road Survey. A
pear tree some two hundred yards
from the present home marks the
site where a log cabin was first
built by the first settlers.
WILL HEARING ADJOURNED
Second full day in the hearing of
the contested audit of the will of
the late Fred Baker, Dashwood, who
died in 1921, was consumed in
Judge Costello’s surrogate court and
adjourned to a date to be fixed. The
estate totals $15,000 and beneficiar
ies are represented by five lawyers.
The hearing was commenced in the.
judges chambers, but adjourned to’
the main courtroom owing to the
congestion.
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Making Canada
A Better Place in Which to Live and Work
A Series of Letters From Distinguished Canadians on Vital
Problems Affecting the Future Welfare of Canada
Specially Written for Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
and Addressed to the President, George W. James, of Bowmanville
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LETTER NO. 13
Dear Editor;
In resonse to your letter, I should
like to say that the officers of the
Canadian National Railways are al
ways conscious of the important part
the weekly newspaper play in Can
adian affairs and that we fully ap
preciate the keen interest the mem
bers of your association take in rhe
welfare of the National Railways
System. We have noticed with sat
isfaction that you have extended this
to Canada’s newest enterprise,, the
Trans-Canada Air Lines.
I hope that the weekly newspapers
will continue their valuable work
of fostering a spirit of unity thro’-
out the Dominion and encouraging
Canadains to work for steady im
provement in conditions by avoiding
useless controversies which can only
tend to retard the nation’s progress
A'bove all, I hope you will carry on
your discouragement of those pessi
mists who seem to have no other
contributions to make than the fore
cast of disacter. The htngs to be ad
vocated no w, it seems to me, are the
avoidance of anything which might
cause sectional, racial or any other
form of strife, and the positive qual
ities of sane optimism and hard
work. These, I tlrnk you will agree
are Canadian characteristics. It is
not enough to recognize them and
be proud of them; we must maintain
and extend them.
With kind regards and all good
wishes to your membership and to
yourself, I am,
Yours faithfully,
S. J. HUNGERFORD,
Chairman and President
Canadian National Railways
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FIRST DUTY OF A NEWSPAPER
The Canadian Weekly Newspaper
Association of which most of the
lively weekly newspapers of the Do
minion belong, has announced some
ten cups and other prizes for the best
newspapers and certain features
such as front pages, editorial pages
and the like. The Ferguson News-
Record goes on to say:
This raises the question, “What
makes a good newspaper?” ..There
are plenty of answers ,but one is
more important than all the rest:
“ ‘A good newspaper is one that
gives as much news as possible
about its own district? ” That ig
nores such things as attractive look
ing pages, advertising and editorial
features, all of which are needed to
make a good newspaper, but it re
mains a fact that the first and most
important duty of a newspaper is
to present the news.
Evening means afternoon. Those
who think it means the same as night
should not the effect it has on
“gown.”
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Most common ailments can be cur
ed by getting nine hours sleep 'be-!
fore Seven A. M. I
KIPPEN W. I. PICNIC
■On Saturday afternoon the Kip
pen East W. I. held their annual pic
nic in Jowett’s Grove, Bayfield. It
was an ideal picnic day and nearly
all the members were present and
quite a number of visitors came to
spend the afternoon. Baseball was
the amusement for the first part of
the afternoon, after which the fol
lowing were the winners in the con
test of sport: ■Children's race, 6
years and under, W. Kyle; boys’
race, 6-11 years, R. Caldwell, G.
McLean; girls’ race 6-111 years, S.
Caldwell, I. Daymond; three-legged
race, McLean Bros.; slipper race,
W, Parker and Mrs. Jacobi; hoop
race, W. McLean’s side; banana
race, R. Elgie and Mrs ,J. Sinclair;
married couple’s race, Mrs. G. Mc
Lean and W. Parker; fat women’s
race, Mrs. Turnbull; marshmallow
race, Miss E .Workman; married
men’s race, J. Upshall; kick the
slipper, Mrs. D. Taylor, Jr.; mar
ried women's race, Mrs. Jacobi; kick
the slipper, men, W. Parker. A short
time was then spent at the water
but soon the call came for supper
and all sat down to the well-filled
ta'bles. Supper being over all de
parted for home feeling satisfied
that the W. I. picnic had been a very
successful one.
Exeter, Ont
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