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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1941-05-08, Page 7TOE mW ■towo,. mt mi 'VST dtthJBUk YWUI -'toff'EDITORI Ab Wouldn’t it be wondeytu,! If, in .thta world pf ours, instead pf plpnes and ahrpppgl, The ektas were full <?£ stars? i If killing was a crime again. And peace ruled every land, I knpw it’s just a far-off dream, But wouldn’t it be grand? —H.K,. * * * Answering Gurions Cynic —the man who first said 'variety is the spice of life’ did not have the. holy bonds of matrimony in mind--—or, did he? —the secret of greatness mi?ht lie in the fact that few bachelors get monuments erected to their memory, —a man may never get too old, to tear but he gets too old to be humble enough to learn. —every man’s action is every man’s eloquence, —most men are never Satisfied— either they are complaining about the fickleness of women or they are complaining about being fettered by the constancy of the woman who I loves them. —miss ophelia * * * A one-armed man entered a res­ taurant at noon and seated himseif 'next to a dapper little other-pepp.le's- business man. The latter at once noticed his neighbor’s left sleeve hanging loose and kept eyeing it in a how-did-it-happen sort of way. The one-armed man paid no at­ tention to him but kept on eating with his one hand. Finally, the in- ( quisitive one could stand it no long­ er. He changed his position a little, cleared his throat, and said: “I beg your pardon, sir, but I see you have lost an arm." The one-armed man picked up his sleeve with his right hand and peered anxiously into it. "Bless my soul?" he exclaimed, looking up with great surprise, "I do believe you’re right."* * * "Our earth has degenerated in these latter days, and there are Signs that the world is speedily coming to the end. 'Bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents, and ev­ ery man wants to write a book. The end of the world is .approaching." All of which goes to show that ■things do, move in cycles and that the question, "Where do we go from here," has been ever present} for little as you might suspect it, the above paragraph was writen in As­ syria in 280P B.G.—sounds up to dat,e, doesn’t it?■* * s. And now it can be told.... It seems that a group of teachers spent two Weeks of their vacation last summer in Winnipeg, making daily side trips to nearby points of interest. 6 On one excursion they visited a large fox farm. After admiring a beautiful silver specimen, one of the teachers—who was an inces­ sant query propoundpr —turned to the man guiding them oyer the farm and" asked: "Just how many times can a fox be skinned for his fur?" "Three times, madam," the guide replied gravely. "Any more than that would spoil his temper." —‘Larry,* ♦ * "Maud didn’t get very far in 'Geometry in College—she’s made some swell marriages but divorced .all her .'husbands—I’ve heard it said that she moves in the best tri­ angles." * * ■/■ Pass it On When you hear a kindly phrase ov compliment to a friend, pass it on. This old world needs more plea­ sant reports and fewer smear and character besmirching whispering campaigns and few sensWionalistic •commentators and columnists. If you hear nice things said about some friend or acquaintance, try Another Bad Night Could Get No Rest T* th* thowands who tosa, night after night, «l slwplcss beds and to whoa* eyes alumW wifi not com*. To tboeo etoep in ft kind of way, but whoto mt to brotam by bad dreams and nightnmra*. To those who wife® up in the morning aa tired as on going to bed, ■wo offer in Milburn's Health and Narva Pills ft remedy to help eooth® and ealm ths norm and bring thm hack to a. perfect oondithxn, and when this to dona thw® should b* no more sleepless night* 4n* to ■afeftt- towd nerves. Th® T. MUbnra Cfe® ©■*> to ftad qp opportunity to tall him-—’ and, don't stop the're-—pass it on, "Don’t tell me how clever or ■ brilliant Or capable you think I am, if you really mean it—-—tell the other fellow," No matter how big or important the man or woman may be, a gen- - uine compliment gives pleasure but’ the really helpful compliment is not the. one you tell to a person but the ones you tell about him. ' It is just as easy to say nice things about people as it is to say things that are harmful—aud­ it will ipay dividends to you a thousand-fold. Knocking aqd maligning is the • mark of the coward and the brand ■of the failure. The one sure way to make’friends is to persistently cultivate the habit ? ‘ of saying nice things about people as well as to them. If you want to be popular, if you want to achieve financial success and security, if you aspire to a bet­ ter job. or higher office, try to re­ member all the nice things you hear about people of your acquaintance and pass them along. You like to hear pleasant things about yourself, don’t you? Sure you do. We all do. Then studiously re­ frain from unkind gossip and de- yejoip the habjt of boosting the other fellow, —sPar Raster« « « Ambition When doubts and fears in legions surge, Think well this axiom o’er; "No bird—until he feels the urge To try his wings can soar!" And so with man! Until he feels The lure of greater height; He ne’er his noble self’reveals, Nor proves'his wondrous might! —Maple Leafer .« * * Tad, the Tourist, reporting Dear Colonel: I was at the hotel cashier’s window checking out when it dawned on me that I had forgot­ ten something---so I called a bell hop, and handing him the key, told him;. "Here, son, run up to my room, 426, and see if I left my pa­ jamas and shaving kit. Now hurry, as I have just five minutes to make the train," In -three minutes he was back empty-handed and out of breath. "Yes, sir," he panted, "you. left them." # * 5ft It is the privilege of wisdom to listen—it is the right of knowledge to speak.* * * Pert and Pertinent "Truly the automobile has be­ come a moral force—’’ yes, it seems to have put a stop to horse-stealing. "Eve was not style-conscious and did not require -an extensive ward­ robe and speild half her time in beauty Shops...’’ —no, of course not. There was only one man in the world and she had him.* * * “ Diagnosis Au aged man at the Union Station Discussed the business sich-ee- ation. . I said that things were mighty bad, And somehow or other it made him mad. That aged man, he tapped my knee— "D’ye know what’s wrong with things?" said he. "I’ve been in fights," and the Old boy glared, "And I always got whipped when I got scared. '■Folks have forgot how to stand and grin When hard luck socks ’em on the chin. There’S too much groanin’, not enough laughs, Too many crepe hangers, too many graphs, ’ It sure don’t help a sick man’s , -heart To think of nothing but his fever “ chart. There’s too many people with an* alibi; I’d rather listen to a darn good lie.# As soon as folks quit hangin’ crepe You’ll see this 'country in darn good shape. I’ve no use fox; golf as a game, Stat I speak the language, just the same; There’s too few drives, an’ too many putts, * , Plenty cold feet, ah* not enough guts, • You ain’t my son, but if you was mine I’d darn soon teach you not to whine." He wasn’t cultured, and, His words were rough, But, the Old boy seemed To know his stuff. —-Globe and Anchor Wisp men, these days, are not asking what is the nice thins to do. They are asking for the line of duty and are out on that line, 9 ijt * ■* « • * f Now, what about that late frost? The garden books tell us* that we should not plant some things till all dangex’ of frost is jpast, We’re open for information on this Important subject, *■ * * ♦ .# * # ♦ The question confronts the people of this good town as to the prpper proceedure when the water in the lawn roller becomes so hot that it scorches the grass. We. have some vigorous lawn-roller pushers, $ * * « « Whatever room there may be for recrimination regarding the present situation, we must put our backs into one supreme thing, the winning of the war, When the hurly-burly is d-one and the. battle’s fought and wont we’ll have jots and lota of time to look into war records of this or that citizen who was small when he should have been great. Our old friend, the weather, is coming In for considerable dis- icussion these days. For a considerable time we have had dry con­ ditions. The query is, does this indicate a dry summer? Then there came the occasional attempts at raining, only to have the sup. appear, cloudless skies being the order of the times, Wise folk tell us that these abortive attempts at rain indicate that we are qoQji tp come short of rain altogether. We regret that we have no certain information on this important matter. Perhaps there’ll be ■abundance of rain and perhaps there’ll not be. That’s the best we can do under the present circumstances, * s|t * * * * * KEEP ON PLANTING TREES All around us we see this part of the country being stripped of its trees. And with the trees go the birds and come the wasting winds of the hot summer and the blighting blasts of winter. This need not be. On almost every farm there are corners, that simply do hot work wqll With general farming that are admirably adapted to tree growing. Some of our best farmers have seeu this and have turned waste land into bowers’ of forest beauty. Already some.-of those reforested places are supplying a fine lot of fuel for the farm. One Usborne farmer, when asked how he got the. planting done, re­ plied, "I made, up mind mind to do this work. I got it done in odd -hours between jobs.” ’« * * a • * * * ’ WHAT ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE Just now there is a cry to give the government -of the country more money. The money is needed. What Canadians are asking is that the money they so liberally give should be effectively spent. They are asking, for instance, why those young men of the training school who were intended to go to Brandon, found their way to Brantford, Ont. "Just a mistake," someone says. But the enemy knows what to do with folk who make mistakes. Those prisoners got out of the internment camp and were recovered only after a tremendous effort and considerable cash expenditure that should ■have been devoted to beter purposes. Dr. Banting is dead. The /cause of the crash of the plane involving his death has not been made known to us. Why this silence.? Was there a blunder? The people, paying for this war earn every penny by hard work and give at a real sacrifice. Such folk do not take kindly to having their pennies wasted because some incompetent wastes their cash.. Mis­ takes in war time are likely to prove costly'in blopd and treasure. * » ♦ $ # THOSE ROADS We have become keen on the good roads proposition and are showing our alertness in our usual entertaining fashion. . (For years . we believed that ft was a good thing to get plenty , of gravel onto oux' highways, if we couldn’t get them paved. If a roach was pitted, we gravelled it. Lately we have run heavy machinery over those roads, getting rid of the pitting on the principle of lowering the sur­ face .of the road to the level of the pit bottoms. When the weather was a bit dry and the winds lively, the whole surface of the road was blown to Jericho oi' to some such place. Then we added gravel and had more pits made and then more surfacing with heavy machinery and more surface blown wherever the wind listed. In the winter time we insisted upon the roads being kept open with the result that the frost got undei’ the surface of the roads with its usual way of going wherever moisture is abundant. The result? Roads in spring sprang a leak and erstwhile good roads became ditches or bog holes. We followed our appointed leaders into mud holes and rapidly mounting road maintenance expenses. As long as we demand luxury we’ll have to pay for it. As long as we insist on summer road conditions in winter, we must be prepared -to pay for such conditions in boggy roads in spring -and heavy tax bills. LET US STICK IT In the darkest days of the war in the United States, when Lin­ coln fought for an undivided country, the Southern States were brought to a level of suffering and poverty unbelieveable, were it not actually experienced. Yet in the midst of the titanic struggle, the daughters of the gallant south never lost their sense of beauty. When a little sum reached their hands utterly inadequate for food and clothing, they spent half of their pittance for flowers for theta wounded sons and brothers. In this way the south never died. There is something suggestive for Canadians in this enduring spirit. We are called upon to give till regrets break our hearts that we cannot give more. The Times-Adkocate is aware -of this state- of affairs, but is in duty bound to remind its readers that while we must be practical, We must never forget that that only is practical which helps to attain the end in view, M-an works best when his whole nature is in the struggle. If we are to continue great we must keep well in -oux* minds the things by which we live. The wheat field is essential; so is the rose bush. The sword must be bright and keen, but so must our songs be bright and stirring. The plough must be kept afield, but there must also be the melodies that never die ever singing in the heart. "Annie Laurie" did as much to win the Crimean war as did the British cannon. • * * * » », * * SOAKING THE RICH Just now we have in mind the way the big corporations are asked to bear -a tremendous share of the present tax burden. Along with this burden bearing goes the blamour, "Soak the rich?’ This cry may easily become dangerous to the point of defeating its own purpose. The average Canadian corporation is, as a rule, made up of people of extremely moderate means. Step into a bank and ask to see the Volume giving the names of the sharholders. In this list of names will appear the names of a taw well-to-do parties, but the great majority of names are of persons who have very little in the way -of property. The same is true of scores of other corporations, the Bell Telephone Company, for example. It will be readily seen that to squeeze these corporations beyond a certain point is to bring hardship upon thousands of folk who have risked their savings in industries essential to the Welfare of the country. It is the worst Of bad business to CfoWd these enterprises into a tight corner or to place them where they cannot make progress, for without progress these industries open doors and windows to ruin and suffering. Does anyone wish the banks of the country to fail? Does anyone clamoui’ for the liquidation of -our bus -companies or -oui* steamboats oi' our railways? Let us not forget that the cry, "Soak the rich", Works towards this disastrous* end. To -require the corporations to be in constant -agony to keep the financial devil off the door-mat is to pursue a policy of ruin.4 « ♦ i® > » ♦ 4 The challenge The present war has come as a direct, simple challenge to all mankind. Self-seeking, in nations, in parties and groups within nations as well as individuals, had pressed self -in tares t away be­ yond the point Where individual and general welfare Was eVen con­ sidered. "The good old rule, the simple plan That he shall get who has the power ’And he shall keep Who can?’ » Was pressed to the breaking point, to the point that even brought the blush to the face of greed itself. Not all were guilty in this ro- spedt, but anyone with eyes in his head knows how true this indict­ ment proves itself, All or nothing was the principle that dominated. War was inevitable. War .came. 'Once moxta the «trlta was tm be­ tween good and evil and men made their chelce. Bight was on the scaftald- Wrppg was on the throne. The prnphpt’s cry was heard again, "Choose ye this day whom ye will serve?’ Tens nf millions took their place on the right hand or the left, where right, with her glowtag couxxtenance and burning eye called upon every man to give all he had for the rights -of men and the altar of his Gobi AU such brave spuIs built in toil and tears and blood the welfare of mankind. Regardless of cost in sweat and agony these men rallied for all out effort, 'But there were others. These said "Money will be spent for liberty, hlood money. Out of this blood money, I’ll feather my nest. It matters not whose sons die, i’ll make money?' There were, tpo, tbe “party first” men who said, '"We’ll make political capital out of -all this. While we support our country and flag, we’ll make it our first duty to support oux’ /party?' Foytunataiy #uch self-seekers make up a relatively small aud insignificant minority of our popu­ lation. For them there Is a place in the potter’s field, Genuine Canadians look to theta flag with its emblem of right, signifying righteousness and love and put theta all at its .service, proud to live therefor or to die beneath its folds. GOOD OUR DAYS AT WOODHAM Editor Journal-Argus, Dear Sir: For some time I have intended dropping a few lines that may be of interest to some of your read­ ers, but owing to my long illness I -have never gathered ambtai-on enough, but a letter the other day caused me,, to reminisce, when a party, an old parishioner, asked if I rerpember the^Rev. ■Colin Fletch­ er, formerly of the old stone Pres-, byterian Church, Thames Road, Usborne, I well* recall the late reverend gentleman and particularly on one occasion when quite a boy or youth he called on the late Frank Axider- son, Sr., near Kirkton to try and' induce Frank to go to church. Well, says Frank, who was an enthus­ iastic checker iplayer, “if you can beat me two out of three games I will go?’ No sooner said than .the Reverend took Frank up and not only beat him two out of three games but took them all, Frank kept' his word. (But I have be.en ask­ ed so many times by correspondents ,if so and so is alive and giving only nicknames, that it keeps me gues­ sing "Who is who”, but after a time I can recall most of them al­ though, a great many have passed on. I will not go into detail of the many there were: Shorty, Andy, 'Skeezix, Muckle, Daddy, Harding. Even the older ones were not left out. ..For instance our shoemaker was "Waxy", our storekeeper1 "Grizzly"; but I must refrain from giving theii’ occupations as there may be some offspring who may see this. But I can refer to Skinny, our 1816-pound miller, for /he was child­ less and has long since gone and took his toll with him as toll was the method used for grinding and mill­ ing, etc., then. Well, I must not ■omit myself in this nickname bunch. In fact, I think I had a name no other in Canada had if in the whole, world and the strange way I got it. I think I spoke one time of the late Thos. Bugg and Jack Stevens hav­ ing an abbatoir in Woodham, and in order for some of us youngsters to get in tp see them dress the car­ casses, we must be able to sing a song, dance a jig, pr give a recita- tipp, mv contributtan was a song and as I recall the chorus was: "My <old hen goes hackle cack, hackle cack, My old duck goes shinawack, shina- wa.ck« My pld rooster gpes codfle-de-do, God bless every good man’s wife and God bless my wife, too?’ This, -of epprs®, “Was amusing ta the butchers coming from an eight or nine year old hid. Rut no guf­ faw or the song would have immed­ iately stopped, but I did notice a nudge ox* two and a smile. Well, the next call at the abba­ toir, I was greeted with come on in "Shinawack". This name hung to me for six or seven years. Titan a change. Every village was try­ ing to get some of the bacon Amos Doupe was bringing home from the Caledonian games and we were at practice every evening with high vaulting, jumping, etc., each try­ ing .to outdo the other. It came my turn to try the hop, .step and jump, when out shouted Waxy, the shoemaker: "Look put, here comes "■Big Bear". This being the year of the Riel Rebellion, 18'85, in the Northwest. iBig Bear was a fa­ mous Indian chief. "Big Bear" stuck. Even to this day I am fre­ quently addressed thus by an old- timer left. I may have more to say on that name as I was called that in Greenfield Village, Henry Ford’s antique village, Dearborn, Mich. The party followed me at the reg­ ister at the old Clinton Inn where all register, and seeing I was from ■Exeter he had the advantage of me but nearly scared the wits out pf bis wife when he shouted "Big Bear" and she screamed, “Where?" I naturally looked around and saw it was Shorty Watson, a’ former Woodham /Primitive Methodist min­ ister’s son from Lansing, Mich. Best wishes to all, Yours, S.J. ELLIOTT —'St. Marys Journal-Argus LOOK OUT FOR YOUR LIVER Mwfc it' up 'right\'.nW and feel Your Itver is the largest argan in youqr few*’ mjarlma&timpcrrta.ntto'your heulilt. Iftpowr® bile to jfelt tota, 8*to rid g WW navr energy, allows proper iwutrishnient to reach MW blood, ^dieniliver gets cut of wefer food Recomposes iq your inleslines. Rhj be­ come stogwl’ tad tiduey^ caa't W<jr« praperly. sou feel Hrotten’*---he*d*chy, backachy? dusty, dragged .out- fid the For over 35 years thouaand» have won prompt ixilieffrorn tliese ^ caijypu TryFnut-Hwf~yow?ta supply dphghted how quickly yen ft reel like » nevr -person, happy and well 'W?- FRUIWIVIS^ GRAND BEND HONOR FORMER RESIDENTS Mr, and Mrs, Bert Craig and daughter, Betty Craig, who recently moved to Auburn from Grand Rend, were taken -by sux*prise when 75 of their friends from Grpxnl Bend called at their ham® nt Au­ burn on -Monday evening of last week. An address was read by Joe Brenner, regretting the departure of the Craig faxnily from Grand Bend, and extending the good wishes of theii’ many friends for their future happiness in their new home. Glen Nichols presented Miss Betty with a fountain pen and 'Peter Eisepbach and Ted. Stanlake presented Mr, and Mrs. Craig with a tri-Jite flqpi* lamp and a mantle clock. Mr, -Craig, in well-chosen words, thanked theta many friends for the beautiful gifta and good wishes, and extended an invitation to all to visit them ixt . Auburn whenever convenient. Lunch was served, after which -cards and dancing were enjoyed., the music­ being supplied by Jim Dennomy, E. Mousseau and Jack Walper. REV. A. LAING ELECTED PRESBYTERY CHAIB5L1N The Perth Presbytery of the Un­ ited Church of Canada, elected Rev. A. Laing, of Woodham, chairman of Presbytery for the ensuing year, commencing July 1st, and Rev. H. J.. Mahoney, Stratford, treasurer, successor to the late Rev. W. D. Bell, at a meeting held in the Un­ ited Church, Granton, on Thursday. A-l BABY CHICKS Barred Rocks, White Rocks, White Jersey Black Giants, New Hampshire Reds Write or Phone for Prices A. H. SIVITZER HATCHERY Phone 38-3 Granton., Ont* ARE ^0444. FARM BUILDINGS 4 CONDITION? Are you as proud of your farm buildings as you are of your well-conditioned fields, crops and live stock? It pays in more efficient operation as well as In personal satisfaction to have your farmhouse, barns and other build­ ings in good .repair and well equipped. If you need money for improvements, you are invited to call upon us. We shall be glad to give you full information. ANK OF MONTREA ••A BANK VtHEHS SMALt. ACCOUNTS ARE WELCOME1’ SAVINGS CERTIHCATES Exetef Branch: W* $ FLOYD, Manager 1 j 5 'A MODERN, EXPERIENCED BANKING SERVICE. . . th Outcome123 < , ... .. ........... .,......................... ■ '