HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-08-20, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATR Thursday, August 20th, 1942
15 YEARS AGO
This week’s Ontario Gazette con
tains a notice announcing that a
stretch of road from Lucan to cun
ton will be taken over by the Pro
vincial Highways department. The
road from London to EHginfleici is
being paved and it is quite possible
that next year the road from Eigin-
field to Clinton will be payed,
Hugh, young sop of Mr, John Wal-
per, is carrying- his arm in a sling,
the result of an accident. While
playing tag, he -was thrown to the
ground and on falling sprained one
of his fingers.
Dr. M. C, Fletcher, of town, was
married at Wallaceburg on Monday to Miss Emma Lillian, daughter of)
Mrs, Charles E. Nightingale. The)
doctor will be absent from, bls prac-|
tice for a couple of weeks during] which time Dr, W. D. M* Lloyd, of)
London, will be in charge.
Misses Florence Norry, Dorothy
Snell, Irene Stewart and Thelma
Taylor are holidaying at Port Stan
ley.
Mr. Wellington Hern has the
foundation dug for a new house ne
is building on William Street.
Mr. and Mrs. F, J. Delbridge are
leaving to'day for a trip to the Paci
fic coast and Southern California.
Mr, Delbridge will attend a conven
tion of the Confederate field men at
Banff the later part of August.
Mr, and Mrs. T. O. Southcott left
the forepart of the week for a two
weeks’ vacation in -Georgian Bay.
By
’ Public Relations
Hit, Lieut, T. C. bloCall, R.C.A.I<
25 YEARS AGO
An -automobile accident occurred
on Sunday night a mile south of
town when cars driven by Mr. Ross
of London, and Mr. Esli Heywood
of Exeter collided head-on, doing
considerable damage to both earth
Mr, Ross turned out to pass a south
bound car and collided with Mr,
Heywood who was proceeding north.
Miss May Skinner of the 3rd con
cession of Usborne narrowly escaped
with her life on Thursday last. She
, was assisting with the harvest and
was driving a horse attached to a
l’a’ke. The horse became frightened
-and ran away and Miss Skinner fell
among the prongs aiuL-was dragged
a considerable distance, sustaining
broken arm, several cuts about the
head and one 'ear was almost
severed.Messrs. Norman Ford and David
Hall, -of Detroit, arrived here last
week to spend a few days at their
respective homes.Mr. H, J.. White, formerly of the'
Bank of Commerce here, has been
transferred from Moncton, N.B. to]
Port .Perry, Ontario. . . iMr. C. H. McAvoy is taking a trip!
through the thousand islands this)
week. ]
>On Wednesday and Thursday of;
last week the Exeter Canning Com
pany threshed their 23 acres of fall
wheat and it yielded 687 bushels or
nirnnst. so bushels to the acre. Thisalmost 30 bushels to the acre,
is a fair yield for this year.
.50 YEARS AGO
Messrs. Thos. Sweet and
Handford' will' take possession
Gus.
________ _ _ of a
photographing business in Mitchell
on the first, of September, the former
as proprietor and the latter as man
ager.
While taking a view through Mr.
A. McPherson’s collection of stuffed
animals and birds we noticed a
peculiar freak of nature in the form
of a young stuffed pig which had a
double head and three eyes. The
animal belongs to Mr. Jas. Acheson.
A large crowd of anxious -people
waited on a vehicle to carry them to
Grand Bend where the members of
the Sons of England Benevolent Soc
iety were to have a
Exeter won an
keenly contested
from Parkhill, the
goals for Exeter and 1 for Parkhill.
At meeting of the Exetei’ Gun
Club on Friday evening, County
Constable Gill and Town Constable
Creech were appointed game law in
spectors.
picnic. -i
interesting‘ and
lacrosse game,
result being 3
“Dreadful flap at Ops: Three kites I missing. See if you -can get me some)
gen on it,”. j
This command, addressed to a
newly-arrived Canadian at rm an
would probably throw him into con
fusion until suclitime as he had suc
ceeded in mastering the intricacies
of “Rafi"-—the universal language
of all who fly with the R.A.F.
Translated this request means
that the operations room-—nerve
centre of the squadron is concerned
over the absence of three aircraft
and the speaker would like some in
formation on the matter. “Gen" Is
a short term used for inside informa
tion; “flap" means almost any kind
of commotion or to-do, and “kites”
of course, refers to aircraft.
I With many Canadian flyers re-
i turifing to Canada, such terms as the
above are likely to find their way
into the language of the younger
generation. For instance,
the expression, “Good show:
is a comment designed to
most any. situation from
down three enemy aircraft
a new necktie. Overseas,
a ‘‘type’’*—either good or
you see a pilot with tlie top button
of his tunic unfastened, don’t chide
him for sloppiness; he’s a fighter
pilot and as a ruggedly individual
istic fellow, demands the right’to ex
press himself thus, If his cap
badge, instead of glistening,' is heav
ily tarnished and covered wi‘th ver- .
digris, it isn’t that he doesn’t tako
pride in his- uniform. Not’ at all.
He’s proud to-be a coastal command
or flying boat chappie whose expos
ure to salt water is emblazoned on
his cap badge as a testimonial for
all to see ft ft ft ft
Scottish hospitality doesn’t takej
second place to anything found on
this continent, in the opinion of
Flight ’ Lieutenant A. R, Ferguson,
an R.C.A.F, padre, who however, may be somewhat prejudiced in the)
matter. Fit, Lt. Ferguson, who for
merly held charges as a Presbyter
ian clergyman at various points in
Ontario, was born in Scotland ana
educated at Glasgow University.
•Now with the Royal Canadian Air
Force he is back in his homeland
and recently conducted a. service-at
a church where he was assistant min
ister’in 1919. Since taking up his'
p;ost in Scotland he estimates that
he has travelled “500'miles by tram.
ai\d the same distance on root."
Canadian airmen stationed in the
land of the heather have received a
warm welcome, he says.
ft ft ft ft |The squadron ‘ commanded by
Wing .Commander P. Y. Davoud of
■ Kingston, Ontario, now somewhere
in Great Britain, has a distinguished
member whose exploits are frequent
ly mentioned- in the official diary..
For example:
x“jA reconnaisance patrol headed
by A. C. M. Timoshenko, D.M.C.,
penetrated into enemy lines in the
diningroom. A single unit .was en-l
countered and destroyed. Our forces
maintained their patrol before re-i
treating to a stronger position. The
presence of the enemy was suspect
ed in the C.O.’s room.. The actual
strength of the opposing forces was
not known. It was believed that an
attack was about to be made on the
quantities of food being stored there.
i A. C. M. Timoshenko, D.M.O, made
a sortie and surprised an enemy
; patrol. This was destroyed; and
judging by the extreme youth we
may assume that the numbers-of the
opposition are becoming depleted.
Timoshenko, by the way; is' the
squadron cat. The designation “A.
C.M." does not mean Air Chief Mar
shall, but rather !Air Chief Motuser,
and the decoration D.M.C. stands
for Distinguished Mousing Cross.
there’s
WWcn
cover ui-
shooting
to buying
a chap is
baa. if
I’ll let you off With /a tine
day I’ll sendtime but another
to jail.*’
“That’s what I
“What do you
“Fine today-
this
you
expected.’
mean?”
■cooler tomorrow.
Stubborn Oases
ofConstipation
Those who keep a mass of
impurity pent up in their bodies,
day after day, instead of having it
removed as nature intended, at least
once in every twenty-four hours, in
variably suffer from constipation,
The Use Of cheap, harsh purgatives
will never get you any where as they
only aggravate the trouble and in
jure the delicate mtieous lining of the
bowels,, and are very liable to cause
piles.
If constipated take Milbum’s
Laxa-Liver Pills and have a natural
movement of the bowels. They do
not gripe, weaken and sicken rui
many laxatives do.
® MIBmutm Go, I4<L Toronto,
T
Congratulations to our American cousins for their splendid
work at the Solomon Islands.
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been pretty tough, but we’ve lived through
grown fat in doing so.
«
He’s a good man and
smoke these history-making
he supplies the enemy with
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A WELCOME
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Yes, the season has
worse seasons and have
a gpod mtizen who consumes his own
days. Every time one croaks or whines
powder and shot,
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TO THE NEW COMPANY
We met representatives of the new firm one morning this week. In many respicts this company is an example in the Why of economy
and efficiency. It does not run to dress, though in that particular,
while it is not as deep as a well, nor as broad as a barn door, it is
sufficient. The main care is spent upon the equipment that leaves
nothing to be desired in paint or general attractiveness, though there
is nothing that savours of luxury. When asked the names of the
firm we were told “Billy ’n’ Charles, ’n’ Pat ’n’ the horse. I’m
the horse," said my informant, though he is npt a prophet, let
alpne a recreant prophet,
that read something as follows,
welcome
welcome
On the side of
“Timkin’
to this new business corporation
in heaven than that.
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their wagon was a sign
Done". A Hielanman’s
and there’s no warmer
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THIS NEW STYLE OF AVAR
sometimes wonder why this war is not giving the world new
That’s because the war is a new thing under the sun.
We . ■
war leaders. That’s because the war is a new thing under the sun.
It is not like the Hundred Years’ War, though it may yet resemble
that war in duration. It is not like the Peninsular War that Wel
lington won by trimming one after another of the French Marshals.
It is not like the Crimean War that was won after a siege or two and
a succession of terrific battles. This war is world-wide. No one
man can grasp its details, - No one man can guide even one of its
fronts, It is -a war of nations, of natural resources, of world-wide
complexity in fighting in a thousand forms supplied by as many
forces of intellect and spirit and varieties of soil and products of
sea and mine and air as the world possesses, Little wonder that there
is confusion of thought and depression of ‘soul. We must fight on till
a new era dawns.
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A BIT OF EXPERIENCE
We know of a youngster who thirty years ago earned something
like forty dollars by picking berries and running errands. Dad
managed to have the youngster put the money in the bank, he doing
all that he could to supply the needs of his offspring and to have
him forget the money in the bank. Years -passed and the youngster
was ready for a life insurance policy and the money was in the bank
fox* the first payment. Twenty years passed and the policy was due
with interest, a sum that placed the young man well in his business.
We are thinking of these boys and girls who are earning very good
wages these days when laboui’ is eagerly sought. What are these
young people doing with their wealth? We suggest buying a bond
oi’ war savings stamps with every copper they can
■practice will be good business and good patriotism,
all, habits of genuine thrift will be inculcated that
good stead, for a lifetime.
FOR INSTANCE
spare. Such
Better than
Will stand in
j
t
To get new customers, Mr. Merchant, you must induce people to come to your store.
Only a small fraction of your business walks in the front door uninvited. You have
to make an effort to attract customers to your establishment.
For years our town has been the best business centre in Hurop County. Actual sur
veys have proven Exeter’s top rating.
Now we have one of the largest airport of its type close at hand and many of the
families of the R.C.A.F. personnel have moved in among us. This means a larger
turnover for our businessmen. Our business rating is climbing sharply, Are you
getting your share of the increasing trade?
Yes, it’s true you have the finest merchandise in the land—-BUT you won’t sell much
of it if the public doesn’t know what you have in stock. That’s the purpose of
advertising.
Mr. Merchant!
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Are you getting your share of
increased business in our town? ». •
, . the Surest Mean of Reaching Your Customers
Meanwhile every
Duty-dodgers are
sole. Such
about as
ways and
for them.
CUT FINE FGN CIGARETTES W
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USBORNE NATIVE DIES
Word has been received in Exe
ter of. tlie death of Joseph Blatch
ford, of Windsor, Virginia, who
passed away in his sleep at his home
in that city. Mr. Blatchford, who
was in his 87th year, was born in
the ' homestead farm
a quarter east of Us-
He received his early
what was formerly
Hurondale school. Mr.
left Canada over 60
He was one of a family
, ten boys and
Usborne, on
one mile and
borne School,
education in
known as the
Blatchford
years ago.
of thirteen
girls, three of Whom are living
are a sister, Mrs. Mary Brown
sail
ter and
gbn.
two brothers, Eranlf, of
Benjamin, of Salem,
three
They
Hen-
Exe-
Ore-t
Hl
REEVE AND WIFE
1>RESFNTATIONS
LUCAN
receive
The officers of the Middlesex-Uu-
roii Regiment recently presented
Major H. B. Langford and Mrs.
Langford with a tri-Hght floor lamp,
an occasional chair and an electric
coffee percolator. The members of
the Village council also presented
the recently-married couple wi/th
an occasional chair; Major Lang
ford, who has for several years been
■reeve of Lucan, is
camp quartermaster
Valley headquarters.
at present the
at the Thames
Here’s an incident -that lets us see what, the farmer has to put
up with these times, By hook or crook he had managed to get
ready for threshing. How he managed to get enough men for the
occasion will remain a mystery.. In all, there were more than a
dozen men on the job that fine afternoon. Teams and men and
threshers, were doing their utmost to get a fine field into the granary.
In the house the' women had Just’got through with-fherbhking those
hungry men would require, when at three o’clock a heavy shower
appeared from what looked like nowhere. What misguided Elijah
produced it we’ll never tell. Whatever its source, it was a genuine
soaker, that soaked the threshing machine with its elaborate belt
ing, the teams and their drivers and the grain. Threshing was out
of the question. Twelve men were but of work, but looking for their
pay. The supper preparations went for nothing,' and the
a community were upset. Little wonder farmers make a
every drug store seeking headache pills.
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MUST WE DISCOVER NEW RESOURCES?
We have here no reference to material things but to
that make men thinking, hoping, affectionate, aspiring creatures?
We have not given the world any great poets or inventors or dis
coverers for'many a day. We do not take this as a sign of decad
ence, but the sign that a new day is about to dawn in which we
shall reveal to the race qualities that we did not know we possessed
or of whose value we have hitherto believed negligible. -Steam
wandered through the world useless till James Watt discovered its
value. Electrical energies were here since the morning stars sang
together, till Bell and Edison showed us. in a partial way what are
some of its values. The Scottish plowman lived and loved for many
a day till Burns showed him his solid worth as a man. Shake
speare is our greatest Englishman because he has discovered to .us
the resources of the British soul. Lincoln was a root out of a dry.
ground who proved himself the first American who showed, why
America was discovered and why she must remain forever free.
Pathetically- we are waiting for someone to show the world the
significance of the present war. Like Children crying in the night
for some comfort, we wait for the man who will tell us where we are
going and the supreme value of the welter through which we are
now going. All along we hoped this century would prove to be the
century of supreme value to the human spirit. We feel that we have
lost something nevertheless. We must find what we lost. Not only
that, we must find the new something all the world is seeking. Who
is to be the world’s new Messiah? Who is to be the new Burns,
the new Lincoln or Paul or Isaiah?
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plans of
queue at
qualities
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SOME SUNBEAMS .
has been doing things in the Pacific. His
been the breaking of the belief that the
He has shown, too, that there is iron in
He has de
Things have improved
Decisive action has proven to be just the thing
General MacArthur
main achievement has
Japanese are invincible,
the new blood and gray matter under the new hats,
monstrated the value of an offensive action
in India. Decisive action has proven to be just tlie thing. We can
not but wonder what some simple-minded people think who put
Ghandi in all saintly excellences next to the second person in the
Trinity. Said these fine folk, “Ghandi is the most saintly man since
Christ.” Well, there he is, with a goodly number of dead men to
his credit and his intervention in behalf of the Axis powers aS an evidence of his abounding piety. In Russia, the leaders may wofi*_
pray that either reinforcements or winter may come. We are look
ing for both to intervene in a struggle that for heroic virtues can
not be adequately described. In Britain there is a growin
belliotmess against Blimpism and all its works,
fit and proper that it should be so,
standing degree and in Canada to a lesser degree, there is increasing
antagonism to the growing overpaid officialdom that is taken to be
a' form of bribing people with their own money. The everlasting
registering of folk in one way and another and for one alleged pur
pose and another is becoming irritating and mighty expensive.
Citizens .are realizing that they are not getting the worth of their
money nor the results that “ 1 ‘ ................
produce.
g re
ft is eminently
In the United States to an out-
tlieir withdrawal from civic life should
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FIRM SET JAW
Hitler does not like the jaw he sees adorning the homely face
of John Bull and his allies, and friends. Nor does he like the fist
that these sturdy figures have to back up that jaw. For the Allies
are getting through with sparring for position in the fight that is
just getting tinder way. The Allies are done .with bowing and scrap
ing to the gallery. The ominous time has come when the tumult
and the shouting are over. There Is no talk of an easy victory and
nothing is being said of the sire who drew a longbow at Hastings.
The Allies have given a few jabs and they have had their ribs well
laced by what the Axis people can dio, There is now no exposing of
vital spots to the flailing fists of a doughty opponeitt. Instead of
all such frummery and windy capering there is a setting of the jaw
that means business, The politicians who have bedeviled the plain
people hear a sound of going In the mulberry trees and are doing
some tall thinking, as well they may. The profiteers are taking
a sharp look Into the yawning Jail cells, The price-dodgers and the
lying strong arm salesmen are reaching for their cheque books to
disgorge dishonest gains. The rest of the people are lifting their ' . faces to heaven in gratitude and working harder,
decent man is setting his jaw and sawing wood.
marked for speedy acquaintance with a shoe with a heavy
dandies are as much in evidence as a sore thumb and
popular, They had better cure themselves of their evil
save the rest of us the trouble of doing this needed work
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SHOULD GET CLOSER
It is not for the small man |o advise the big-wig, but even a cat
may look at a king without his being sent to the garbage can.
Why,w then, should one whose toil is obscure and all that, not ad
vise some of the farm price fixers? Our complaint is that the men
in the office who do the advising are not in direct contact with the
men who actually are doing the. work of growing farm preducts.
Take the matter of hog raising, that now looms so large, as an ex
ample. We fear that the men in Ottawa do not know the facts-
of the case- at first hand. We-are quite sure that they listen main
ly to the pork manufacturers rather than to the farmer who is-on
the job the year through. Tables and statistics are not the main
thing about hog raising. We hear a great deal about “so many
pounds of feed will produce so many pounds of pork.” That all
depends upon scores and scores of factors that vary with every
feeder and every pen of hogs and climatic conditions and with every
feed bin. These factors simply are not constant as every hog
feeder knows. Further, the farmer is more than, a hog feeder. He
has many other duties that must be well done if the hogs are to be
fed. Just now he is confronted with soil problems to no epd,
any one of which if not solved will lessen his hog production. For
one thing, he does not wish to get his farm hog “sick". Any farmer
who has gone.extensively into hog raising knows what is meant. To
prevent this the farmer must go to an expense that will eat into
his profits. Just now, the best way is to have every farm do its
share in hog production, leaving methods largely to the farmer’s
individual experience, a job that is not as easy as it looks. For an
other thing, the inspection of the hog pens must be of the very-
best if hog diseases are not to become prevalent. And it takes a
real veterinarian to do this job, we can assure our readers. Hence
the necessity of keen men from the offices in Ottawa getting out to
where the work is done, seeing for themselves and not resting
content with second-hand information. The successful farmer
should be heeded and encouraged while the beginner .is kept under
close and friendly guidance.
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Threshing Fires Are Preventable
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the
the
IS)
Every year in Ontario $100,000 is
destroyed during the threshing sea
son by fires—fires which in normal
times are a major disaster for the
farmer involved, but which in war
time becomes a calamity felt by the
nation. A farm fire today .destroys
precious food vital to- our armies
and our allies. Secondly, the replace
ment of the building and machinery
call for material and manhours
which we have all too few to produce
the sinews of war. Thirdly, and
this affects the victim directly,
may be unable to build till after
war, because of the scarcity of
wherewithal.
The cold fact of the matter
however, that threshing fires could
practically be eliminated by employ
ing three simple precautionary
measures. These are based on the
principle of removing, as far as pos
sible, both the direct causes and the
contributing causes of such fires.
The first and perhaps the most
important preventative is the use
of a water sprayer at the bottom of
the blower which will apply 20 to 40
gallons of water per hour according
to the dryness of the straw,
will alleviate
would rapidly
started.
The second
i precaution is the prevention of loose
I matches or boxes ;Of matches ' (the
1 boxes being more deadly than the
loose) from passing through the
machine. The one in. charge of the
job should insist on the strict obser
vance of the Ontario Eire Marshall’s
order posted on every licensed
threshing machine. This not only
♦forbids smoking, but prohibits car-
rying matches on the premises (lur
ing threshing operations. Let the
workers deposit their matches in a
safe place away from the scene.
Last but not least, have the engine
or tractor located away from any
straw -or other readily combustible
material. Straw or sheaves in this
danger zone invite fires of the most
disasterous' type.. Don’t drive loans
of sheaves near the exhaust.
Especially in wartime it Is the
duty of everyone of
fires by keeping
But if they do
barrel of water
the engine, but
separator near
simple common
Up-to-date threshermen equip their
outfits With five gallons extinguish
ers, which tike the water spray, is
money most wisely .spent. A flame
proof blanket is an excellent thing
to smother a fire the minute It be
gins-—but a smock or coat will ao
the job if tlie blanket is lacking,
us to prevent
from starting,
be ready. A
only close to
them
start
not
another up on the
the blower, are
sense precautions.
RECRUITING CAMPAIGN
FOR VETERANS’ GUARD
An intensive campaign for recruits
for the Veteran’s Guard of Canada*
is being launched this week in Mili
tary District No. 1 by recruiting
personnel of No. 4 Company V.G.C.,
presently stationed at St. Luke's
Barracks Windsor.
Forming part of a Dominion-wide
drive with an objective of 2,5 00 re
cruits, three mobile units of the
Veterans’ Guard will visit all com
munities in Western Ontario dur
ing the next three weeks. One unit
is already at work, in the northern
part of the district and Captain G.
R. Barton of No. 4 Company is in
London to arrange the remaining
itinerary.
At the present time the Veteran’s
Guard comprises 8,500 men on
active service. They are engaged on
coastal defence on the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, internment camp
operations in Canada and on over
seas duty in various parts of the Em
pire. The corps is now being en
larged to take care of additional
duties being assigned to it.
“We are sounding the call to vet
erans of the last war to again don
the uniform of the fighting service
and serve their -country in this con
flict" states Captain Barton, “This
.is definitely not a Home Guard, but
a unit of Canada’s active army, Re
cruits sign up to go anywhere In the
world.,,
The Veteran’s Guard is open to
men not over 50 years of age, in
categories A, B, or C, who have -serv
ed with the armed forces in 1914-
1918. There are special opportuni
ties for tradesmen to obtain ad
vancement and trades pay. No. 4
Company is recognized as one of the
outstanding units of the Veterans*
Guard, Originally recruited In the
Hamilton-Niagara District, it - has
been on active service since June
1940. It is anticipated that a large
number of Veterans of the last war
will take the opportunity to join this
company during the •current recruit
ing drive in Western Ontario.
This
dust conditions Which
propagate fire once it
yet no less important
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DOG DAYS
The time between July $ and Aug,
11 has long been called “the dog
days.” The phrase was used in
ancient times by the Romans,
got its name because Sirius, the star, rises at about that time,
dog star rose at the season
Romans considered the most
healthy one of the year, so they look
ed at dog days with some dislike.
The humid masses of damp air
spread over the land at this time,
in a way that lowers vitality, People
often, feel mote uncomfortable on
a sultry dog day than they will in
bright clear weather wbon the ther*
mometer Is ten or fifteen degrees,
higher,
dud.
dog
The
the
un-