HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1938-11-10, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10,
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An Italian philosopher was accus
tomed to call time his “estate” an
■estate ‘which produces nothing of
value without cultivation—allowed
to lie waste, the product will he
noxious weeds and vicious growth.
Time is money. But it. is more.
The proper use of it results in cul
ture, improvement and growth of
-character.
An hour, wasted daily on trifles or
in indolence, would, if devoted to
self-improvement, make an ignorant
man wise in a few years, or, em
ployed in good deeds, would make
his life fruitful.
Fifteen minutes a day devoted to
self-improvement will be felt at the
■end of the year,
An economical use of time is the
true mode of securing leisure; it en
ables us to get through business and
carry it forward, instead of being
■driven by it. On the other hand, the
miscalculation of time involves us in
perpetual hurry and life becomes a
anere shuffle of expedients. Nelson
once said: “I owe all my success in
life to always arriving a quarter of
an -hour before I was expected.’'
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No man is as big as the man he
hates.* * *
Most of us are too- fond of people
who agree with us and of food which
does not.* * *
Thomas Edison made .his reputa
tion as the world’s greatest inventor
because he never invented excuses.**
Is hell the only reward for good
intentions?
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Concentration is the first law of
success.***
SUNSET
If when the sun sets
And the day is done
I’ve found a friend,
A true friend, one
To share my joy,
To share my sorrow,
I’ll take no- thought
lOf a dark tomorrow.
I’ll know no fear,
I’ll know no dread;
I’ll face life bravely
With high held head,
If, when the day
Has come to an end
I can say gladly:
“I’ve found a friend.’’
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Tommy’s sister: “Tommy, what is
a synonym?”
"A synonym," replied Tommy
wisely, “is a word you use when you
can’t spell the other one.
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HALLOWE’EN PRANKS
We don’t believe we’ve ever felt
sadder about our last youth than we
did the other day when we read
about some bright Kansas boys who
on Hallowe’en left a densly populat
ed beehive on a prominent and dig
nified citizen’s front porch for him
to kick off when he came home—and
he kicked it all right.
That’s one thing we never thought
of and we suppose it’s too late now.
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A full heart knows not the rhet
oric of words.♦ * *
QUIDNUNC!
The chief chemicals which form
minerals are in the order of their
importance: Oxygen, Silicon, Alum
inum, Iron, Calcium, Magnesium, So
dium, Potassium, Hydrogen, Carbon.
This list also comprises -about 99.24
percent of the earth’s crust. Nearly ,
every known mineral is made us of
these chemicals in varying amounts
or degrees.
Dakoit is an East Indian name for
robbers who plunder in bands and'
the same word with ‘y’ at the end is
the name of the system of robbing.
In America, we call them gangsters
—and the system ‘racketeering.’
A Planet is a celestial body that
is alive and generates its own light
—while a star is a dead world and
only reflects the light of other plan
ets.
The smallest crowd to witness a
World’s Heavyweight Championship
fight was just 54 people. It was the
bout between John L. Sullivan and
Charley Mitchell held at Chantilly,
France in 18‘88.
The Radio Corporation of America
has nearly a quarter of a million
[stockholders residing in every state
I and territory of the -union — more
than half of these stockholders own
ten shares or less and no single in
dividual owns as much as one-half
■of one percent, of the total amount
of shares outstanding.
Almost 1 per cent of the births re
ported in New York City in 1937
were twins—in this one year, there
were reported 992 sets of twins in
this one city.
In Mesopotamia the Archeologists
have unearthed a city supposed to- be
ancient Ninevah—it is believed the
city existed 7,000 years ago-.
From the first term of George
Washington to the first term of
Woodrow Wilson (before the World
War) the United States Government
spent altogether Twenty-Four and
one-half Billion Dollars. Federal ex
penditures under F. D. Roosevelt,
1933 to 1938, have amounted to ap
proximately 42 Billion Dollars and it
it estimated that by 1940, the pres
ent administration will have spent
twee as much as the first 27' Presi
dential Administrations combined.
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A reformer is a person who likes
to ride through a sewer in a glass
bottom boat.
* * *
The way the average father writes
to his son in college is “Deal’ Son".
* * *
Until a man has had to meet a
payroll he knows little about busi
ness.
The advice of experts is far less
costly than the mistakes of amateurs
* * *
The vocabulary of the average wo
man is said to be only about 500
words*—but think of the turnover.* * *
The codfish lays a million eggs,
And the helpful hen lays but one,
But the codfish doesn't cackle
To tell us what she’s done.
And so we scorn the codfish coy,
And the helpful hen we prize,
Which indicates to you and me
That is pays to advertise,
THE COLONEL
It is moving time with China and Kai Shek,
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County Councils are getting ready for the last lap.* * * * * ♦ ♦ *
What a pity that we couldn’t have the fine weather with lots of
rain at the same time,
********
A basket of leaves well dug into the garden is worth a wagon
load of them in a bonfire,
***** ***
Those hazy, smoky days made us wonder if Indian Summer had
not slipped in somewhat prematurely.
********
The Dilatory Bachelors appreciate the fine weather, It pro
vides oportunity for laying in a good supply of beech-nuts.
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Those leaves on the trees are getting a lonesome “look. When
a man or a leaf has had this day, he must put up with a good deal
of loneliness.
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And now the wise 'guys are telling -us that the anti-aircraft guns
of London, England, lack in sights and shells. Outside of that the
guns may be all right.
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Some folk are asking why we pay so much attention to Chinese
and European conditions. The reason is that we may be next to
pass through some sort of dictatorship.
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Ever think of what a very hard-headed old chap said only
lately after some bitter experiences and a good deal'of acute ob
servation “nothing recedes like success." That’s a whole lot truer
than the old copy book sentiment, “nothing succeeds like success”,
“Nothing recedes like success." Better think of that.
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At the last regular meeting of the Exeter Eligible Maidens there
was a prolonged and exciting debate between the wearers up and
the wearers down: A committee was appointed to present the
matter to’ itie president of the Bald Headed Men’s Protective Assoc
iation for adjudication.
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Here’s another of those carefully worded utterances that char
acterize some diplomatic statements of those days. These are the
words of Sir Samuel Hoare. “I believe in 'Herr Hitler’s peaceful as
pirations but, like Hitler, I must be prepared for some successor
who may not hold his views.” Wise statesmen realize that things
international do not stay put. No statesman and no parliament or
its equivalentt can guarantee the actions of their successors. In
any case the statement was well made. There may be a joke in
words. Then again, it may be full of dynamite.
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The simple fact is that Canadians are sleeping on the verge of
a precipice because they have failed to note the change that has
taken place within our own borders and in the world-conditions
within the last five years. In Western Ontario there are towns
where of a Saturday night it is a treat -to hear the English language
spoken, because the foreigners through sheer work and thought and
enterprise have ousted the Anglo Saxons who have been prating
about the high standard of living that must be maintained. “These
foreigners live on what we won’t have anything to do with" our An
glo Saxons tell us. Well, the “foreigners” live on it and get fat,
rich and dominant, meanwhile possessing themselves of good land
and good busineess and good manufacturing plants. It’s -high time
for Anglo Saxons to practice a little sensible realism.
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THAT RADIO SCARE
It’s a huge,joke with a sting in its tail, that about radio fans
getting into a mess because an actor or two did a little screaming
at the microphone the other Sunday night. It is a wonder that
folk with the skill to get up radio programs do not get a little sense.
Think of it, folk actually got it into their heads that twinkling
little red star, Mars, had gone on a rampage and was wreaking des
truction on this funny old earth. Had it not actually taken place
we’d never have believed that folks with ordinary sense would have
allowed .themselves to get into a panic over what was nothing more
- or less than a haox, as harmless in itself as a Hallowe’en prank.
But then you may look for anything in radio addicts who have lis
tened so persistently to make-believe that they cannot distinguish
sense from nonsense. The modern radio in some of its programs is
the substitute foi* the penny-dreadful of our youth and the super-
sensational novel that has done its full share in filling our mental
hospitals.
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THAT MONEY-MAKES
There’s a hatful of quarters and a barrel of nickels on every
farm and running about on every streets. These can be caught with
the propei’ bait. Here’s how one lassie showed us how the trick
was turned a -Saturday or so ago. There she was on the market in
her little stand surrounded by pumpkins. There they were made
into the finest jack-o-lanterns you ever saw. There was the slant
eyed 'Chinaman and there the darky and there the Dutchman. You
recognized them the minute your eyes fell on them. There, too, was
the jolly old fellow alaughing his shaking sides, and over there
the sourfaced old chap with whom the world had gone sadly wrong
and who had forgotten his Kruschen or alka-seltzer. Around this
plastic artist were folk by the dozen leaving orders for their partic
ular type of Jack. The wonders of artistry were being performed
under one’s very nose, while this plastic surgeon garned in quarters
by the dozen, all out of her own native and developed skill and out
of materials that otherwise would have run to waste out there
on the good old farm. It takes brains and knee action to catch the
nimble quarters.********
MORE OR THE SAME
The Stratford Beacon-Herald has put Canada under a heavy ob
ligation by securing the following interview, a part of which we
quote because of its surpassng imprtance:
“You people down here are altogether too indifferent to Coast
problems/’ crisply observed Dr. George E. Seldon, prominent Van
couver surgeon and chairman of the Hospital Board of that city.
“Some day you will awaken up to the real situation, and then it will
be too late. The Japanese are getting possession of the best prov
ince in the Dominion, and they will eventually dominate us as they
are trying to control China today.”
“What recent proof have you of this Oriental aggression?” .we
queried, seeking something specific.
"Proof?" echoed the eminent physician. “Proof everywhere.
Fifteen years ago the Whites controlled the wholesale fruit and
vegetable business on Water street. Today it is under the direction
of the Japanese. Warehouses, trucks and exchanges are handled
by them. They are now penetrating the dry-goods business. Up the
valley from Vancouver at Maple Ridge, the finest farm and garden
section at the coast, the Japs are in full command, They control the
local fishing industry and of recent years—'bought with money from
Japan, no doubt—great blocks of timber have passed into the hands
of the Japanese. This thing is Serious, I tell yon—and it is high
time the East started to understand the Province of British Colum
bia. We never get a square deal from the East.”
“What do the people out there propose to do about it?" we
made bold to ask. “Or, to put it another way, what will be the
final result?"
“Japan will command the situation and the Whites will be
pushed out or become their servants. Or, what is more likely, iwe
would leave the Dominion."
((Dr. Seldon was a recent visitor with his brother Mr. R. G.
Seldon, of town,)
50 YEARS AGO
November 8, 1888
A new crossing ie to be placed on
Main street opposite the Davis but
cher shop, The persons in the vicin
ity who expect to derive a benefit
therefrom furnished the material
and the crossing is placed at the ex
pense of the corporation.
Mr. R. A. Hagen, late teacher in
Hay Township, who recently left for
Algoma, has located at Sowerley,
P, O. He writes stating that he is
engaged in storekeeping and is do
ing well,
Mr. Gregory Tom, who a month
ago took a trip across the ocean
writes that he has had a splendid
time and notwithstanding his short
absence is feeling much improved.
The tax-collector, Mr. Creech, is1
now on his rounds, paying his an
nual unappreciated visits, Taxes are
paid readily by the majority,
Our respected townsman Mr. Henry
Westcott while standing in front of
Bissett’s hardware store was thrown
violently to the sidewalk by rolls of
heavy paper and tinware which he
was standing beside falling on him.
At a meeting of the Upper Canada
Tract Society held in the Methodist
Church last week the following of
ficers were chosen: ,Pres., Mr. Dan
Ross; committee, Mr. E. Howard;
to represent James Street Church,
Mr. Ross; Main Street, Mr. John
Grigg, the 'Preebyajterian Church.
Miss Maud Dempsey has been re
engaged to. teach No. 9 School at
Biddulph, at an advanced salary.
Mr. Geo. Bissett, who has had an
attack of malaria, is again at his
p'ost in the hardware store.
Mr. Chas. Manning, formerly bar
ber, in Exeter, has left Emporia, Kan,
and gone to Dodge City, same state.
Miss Edith Hyndman, who has
been in Scotland during the summer
returned home Saturday last.
One night last week Messrs. Hur-
don, Snell and a couple of other
sports, with dogs treed two large
coons, the finest captured in this
vicinity this season. In one instance
the larger of the coons became mas
ter of the dogs, and clubs were em
ployed to accomplish the capture.
25 YEARS AGO
November 13, 1913
The terrible storm on Sunday re
sulted in a score of shipwrecks on
the Great Lakes many of them be
ing here on the east shore of Lake
Huron. About twenty bodies have
been recovered ion the shore from
St. Joseph to Kettle Point and it is
considered that half of the loss and
damage is not yet known.
Mr. John Welsh has disposed of
his five hundred acre farm on the
•London Road north to- a Mr. Toke,
of St. John who will take possession
on February 1st.
Thos, Ching, son of Mr, Thomas
Ching, formerly of Exeter, was re
cently appointed sporting editor of
the Winnipeg Telegram,
Mr, Harry Rowe has purchased the
fine brick dwelling owned by Mr, T.
Russell pn Andrew street, Mr. Rus
sell will move to' St, Marys where he
has made the purchase of a piece of
land that he intends subdividing.
Mr. D, A. Ross and son Dr. H. P,
Ross spent Tuesday in Clouston. They
leave today for the doctor’s home in
Nampa, Idaho, where Mrs. Ross will
reside with her son.
Mr. J. A. Gregory, of N. Battleford
Sask., spent Tuesday with his mother
here, He le<£ Wednesday for Lon
don, England, where he intends re
maining -until spring.
Mr. H, H. Moe, accountant of the
Bank of Commerce here, and who
was recently married, has been trans
ferred to Toronto.
Winter appeared on Sunday after
noon. The gale was terrific. In a
short time the roads became impas
sable and some people who were out
of town were obliged to stay until
the following day,
15 YEARS AGO
November 8, 1923
A post-nptial shower was held on
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. M. E. Gardiner, the guest of
honor being Mrs. Charles Way.
Mrs, Ed. (Harness and daughter
Miss Greta left this week to join Mr.
Harness in Windsor to reside. Miss
Harness’ position as stenographer at
the Ross Taylor Co., is being filled
by Miss E. Wares.
Mr. John McLaughlin held an auc
tion sale of his household effects on
Saturday. He and his son Will
came up from Brantford and return
ed the same evening.
Messrs. John Hunter, John Hun
kin and Bert Kernick left last week
for Trout Creek on a shooting trip.
Instantly Killed
John O’Hanley, aged 60, of Park
hill, was instantly killed last week
when he iwas thrown from his farm
wagon almost at the end of a two-
mi le race by a run-away team.
His employer, Alex McDonald, of
the fifth concession of McGillivray
Township, was thrown from the wa
gon at the commencement of the
run-away, but escaped injury.
After hanging onto the wagon in
a mad race by a frightened team for
two miles along the fifth concession
of McGillivray, O’Hanley lost his
grip when the wagon struck a gate
post as the horses left the road to
turn toward their stable.
DON’T OVERCOOK jFIH'H
Our Caruulhm Fish Have the Finest
Flavor Says Government Expert
Miss Hazel J. Freeman, Dominion
Government Cookery Expert says:
“The clear, cold waters of our north
ern lakes and rivers, the salty tang
of our two great oceans make Cana
dian fish exceptionally fine in. fla
vour,"
“The secret in cooking fish/' says
Miss Freeman, “lies Im having the
heat—whether electric, gas, kerosene
or coal stove—hot enough to broil
or bake them quickly, and above all
not too long. Of curse, the timing
is up to the copk, and it is this very
timing that marks the difference be
tween having fish that is cooked to
perfection, or stewed until it has
lost its heart and soul and that in
describable something that makes the
family welcome fish -with igusto. So
keep an eye on the fish, when the
flesh is firm and tender, when the
connective tissue holding the fibres
together is gelantinous, that’s the
time to stop. Fish should be cooked
until the albuminous substance is
“set" and no more. This is the pro
tein constituent of the fish, and when
it takes on a cream color, the albu
men is set and the fish is done. Each
flake of the fish may be pulled apart
in loose folds, full of its own flavor-
some juices. .For fillets one inch or
less in thickness, it takes 10 minutes
in a hot oven (50'0 F.) whether the
fish weighs one pound or five.”
GODERICH GULLS ARE LIVING
HIGH DURING DREDGING
It's “easy pickings" for the count
less number of gulls around Goder
ich harbor these days.
' Since dynamiting started in. the
harbor in connection with the big
dredging contract, the gulls have
been having a regular feast with
little effort.
It’s like this. From the drilling
dredge, long holes are bored down
into the rock at the bottom of the
harbor, not many yards from the
great grain elevators. When the pro
per depth has been reached three
sticks of dynamite are put in place
and then there is a muffled thud.
One can feel it when standing on the
pier nearby.
But the swarms of “minnies” feel
it more than that. In fact, the
shock stuns the greater number of
them and kills many in the immed
iate vicinity. A whole cloud of
them will float to the surface. It’s a
meal for the gulls. They seem to
know just when the feed is ready,
said one of the workers. By the hun
dreds they swarm around awaiting
the thud, the clearing of the water,
and then their feed.
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"Massey-Harris Company is pleased to an-
nounce substantial list price reductions on
Tractors and General Farm Machinery, effective
November 1st, 1938.
"The reductions are the result of a desire on
the part of the Company to share with its
customers the benefits of economies effected,
together with the savings resulting from the pres-
ent slight decreases in prices of raw materials.
"That these reductions will be of material benefit
to the farmer who needs to replace his ma
chinery is evidenced by the fact, that according
to sizes, reductions on Tractors range as high
as $84.00; on Plows up to $7.00; on Grain
Drills as much as $8.00, and on Enclosed Gear
Binders up to $9.75, and on the Open Gear
Binder up to $30.00.
’’It is gratifying to Massey-Harris, whose in
terests are so closely linked with those of
the farmer, to be able to make these reductions
at this time.”
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