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THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
MODESTY
The modesty of really big men
mentally is proverbial. In hia last
day3 Chief Justice Taft said: "The
work of the Court will go on just
aa well without me.”
At the time of his appointment,
Chief Justice Hughes told the news
paper men: ‘‘My appreciation of the
honor is outweighed by a deep sense
of responsibility.”
Almost without exception, the big
men of industry are unapproachable,
unassuming, ready to credit their
advancement to any cause rather
than to their own ability. Many,
like Julius Rosenwald, will frankly
admit that luck played a big part
in their success,
“Fame,” said Thomas ' Edison,
“doesn’t mean much to me.”
It is the ‘Weakling’, the Half-por
tion’, the ‘Phoney’ - who prowl
about the world trying to impress
others with their importance and
their superiority.
Any man in public life, whether it
be in polities, in Business, in the pul-
ipit, oi’ in the field of Organized La
bor, who goes about ‘strutting’ or
permits personalized ballyhoo of un
deserved and unearned merit for
sake of keeping in the Time light’
is worse than a charlatan, a quack
or a shyster.
An inflated bladder rides high on
the stream — puncture it, and it
sinks from sight.
Real genius, real worth and tal
ent needs no artificial or false .pro
paganda.* * *
Adversity tries the great man —
prosperity, the small one.* * *
Friends are people who respect
■us for some special talent, exper
ience or ability we possess. If you
want friends, cultivate and develop
your natural gifts.♦ ♦ *
The best part of a poem is not the
thought it contains but the thought
it suggests.* * *
Success is measured by the sacri
fice you are willing to make to
achieve it.* * *
Whatever it is that you desire
most: happiness, love, material
things - you must first learn to give.
* * *
IDEOGRAPHS
The Chinese language has no al
phabet, and the words are repre
sented in pictures called ideographs.
There is a separate picture -for each
word, and there are about 50,000
ideographs.
Just imagine having to draw a pic
ture for each word you write!
It is because the Chinese Lang
uage demands this, that no one has
been able to invent a typewriter
that would print in that lang
uage. To do so , would mean to
build a machine with thousands of
Keys. This is also true of the Ja
panese Language.
But. they do use typewriters in
these countries — and they use our
English writing machines. When
they discovered what a great amount
of time was saved by the use of the
machine, they said: “It is worth an
other language” and in the Far
East, English is fast becoming the
leader as a. commercial language.
* * *
IT WAS REALLY TRUE!
Police Judge Cavin Muse, of Dal
las, Texas, remarked to his daugh
ter, “This hurts me more than it
does you,” when he fined her $10
for speeding and $3 for running pasT
a stop Sign,
—and then—he dug down and paid
the fines himself.
* * *
A CONTRIBUTION STIMULUS
The ladies of the Society of Dor
cas of the Mt. zion Colored Baptist
Church called on a new member and
asked for a contribution.
Bowel Complaints
of Children
During the hot summer and early
fall months most children, and
Especially those teething, are subject
to diarrhoea, dysentery, colic, cholera
infantum and other bowel com
plaints. _ ' , ,
Every mother should keep a bottlo
of Dr. Fowler’s”'Extract of Wild
Strawberry in the home as a
tection against sudd.en attacks of
these troubles. . * . ,Don’t experiment with, new and
untried remedies. Consider your
child’s health. Get ‘‘Dr. Fowler’a ’ ’
It has been successfully used by
thousands of Canadian mothers dur
ing the past 94 years it has been on
the market.
Don’t accept a substitute.
Get the gonuiho “Dr. Fowler’s.”
Tho T. Milburn Cb„ Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
“Foh what?” asked the solicited
one.
“Well, Its lak dis, Miss Jones,”
replied the leader, “the pahson’s
gwuine away to Mobile and we all is
raisin’ this here money to give him
a little momentum.♦ * *
PRANKISH PROBLEMS
Prankish Problem No. 72: Three
men had 2 sons each. They all went
to a ball game, and found that only
7 seats were to be had, But that was
plenty. Each got a seat all to him
self. How did they manage it?
('Correct answer will appear in
this space next week. Watch for it.)
Answer to prankish Problem No.
71, which appeared in this space last
week: 663,325 feet.* * ♦
The successful chap is the one who
holds on after others have quit.
* * *
It is easy to tell one sex from
another — a man won’t take your
last cigarette,
* * •
“Stix Nix Hix Pix” — a recent
headline in ‘Variety’ magazine is one
of the best examples of modern, col
loquial American ‘swing’ style Eng
lish. It means that in the ‘sticks’
(small towns) the people do not
want ‘Nix’, ‘hick’ (rural and unso
phisticated) ‘pix’ - talking pictures.
In other words, rural communities
are not interested in seeing and
hearing motion. pictures that depict
life in the hinterland. ‘Variety’ by1
the way, uses this style of headline
and text to a very considerable ex
tent because its readers - show
people - talk and think that way.
And, you can place a little bet that
this style will grow in general usage
so that by the time your — or, oh,
very well then, my Great Grandchil
dren. begin writing the advertising
copy of their generation, it will be
farther from the English we speak
today than the ‘thee, thou and thine’
of our forefathers.
Tun - a measure Of four hogs
heads, or 252 gallons.
The speed of a howitzer shell is
about 400 feet a second, of a 45 cali
ber revolver bullet, 700 feet per sec-
and.
Names for American Naval Ves
sels are selected as follows: Battle
ships are named after States; Cruis
ers, after large American cities; Air
craft Carriers, after former historic
ships and American Battles; Des
troyers, after heros and officers of
the navy; Submarine, fish; Mine
sweepers, birds; Gunboats, after
small cities in the U. S. A.; River
Gunboats, island; Repair Ships, my
thological characters; Oilers, rivers,
Cargo ships, stars; Tugs, Indian
tribes, Chiefs and Indian words.
Unclaimed deposits in the State
Banks of the United States aggregate
$5,413,790. This figure includes ap
proximately fifty one thousand dif-
firent accounts of ten dollars or
more. Better than 26,000 accounts
have remained unclaimed more than
twenty-two years. After twenty-two
years unclaimed funds in State
Banks must be turned over to the
State Controller and held in trust
for rightful owners or heirs to es
tablish legal ownership.
The last championship ‘bare
knuckle’ prize fight was fought on
July 8, 18’89 at Richburgh, Mississ
ippi, between John L. Sullivan and
Jake Kilrain. The bout lasted 75
rounds and was won by Sullivan.
Sullivan lost his heavyweight title to
livan lost his heavyweight title to
James J. Corbett at New Orleans in
September, 1892.
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BUCK THE LINE
You need exercise if you would
have strong muscles, don’t you?
Well, you need exercise of a dif-
fernt sort if you would have faith
and invincible determination. We
have fallen into the idea that our
trials tre evil and Our pleasant times
are good. But I have a notion Wiat
when we are faced with what seem
insurmountable difficulties and
times that try bur souls, we are de
veloping.
When thru steadfastness and faith
fulness and courage and faith, We
have overcome the circumstances
that would hold us down or turn us
back, aren’t we really stronger for
having suffered, and more able to
meet whatever may come of misfor
tune in the future? I think so.
The mountain-top tree that with-
sands the gales is stronger than its
valley brother that knows naught of
powerful winds. The man Who
meets opposition and conquers it, is
a better man than he whose sailing
is always smooth.
Buck your difficulties and they’ll
prove to be the stairway by which
you will mount to greater heights.* * *
Hitmar, prose, fact and verse
Are interesting only
If they each are terse.
-—tile Cotone!
And now for the Cherry pie!
****** *
Make hay while the sun shines.
********
John Bull is a bit sensitive about nose-tweaking,
********
Those strawberries were good while they lasted.
* * * * * * • *
Even Japan and Germany may carry arrogance too far.
* *******
Gentlemen of the councils, what about those roadside weeds?
• ••••••»
Some farmers are wondering why they were so lavish last win
ter* in the use of hay.
********
Russia is doing her utmost to get the last pound of flesh from
the breast of Great Britain,********
Any activity that robs the Sabbath of its quiet and its sanc
tity is an enemy of the race.
********
We have not had anything approaching an over supply of either
warm rains or warm weather.
**'****♦♦
Hitler and Mussolini have been lying low, meanwhile instigat
ing Japan’s efforts at humiliating Great Britain.********
“Gather* ye roses while ye may—■
Old time’s a-flying.”
***«**«•
Hay is on all right, all right. The youth who thinks the hay
harvesting a strenuous job should have had a season with the scythe
and handrake and loading and unloading by the armstrong method, ** ***** *
It’s a poor law that excludes from Canada capital and work
men of the right sort. This country belongs to the folk who can
make the best use of it. -The day of privilege is past. Tools find
their way to the hands that use them best.
********
“The clock of time is wound but once
And no man has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.”* * « * ♦ « *
AN OLD TIME TOAST TO THEIR MAJESTIES
“Good ships be on their waters,
Firm friend upon their shores —
Peace, peace within their borders!
And plenty in their stores.”
********
THE BATA SITUATION
One of the results of Hitler’s tyranny is the offer of the Bata
shoe company of Czech-Slovakia to locate in Canada. This com
pany .possesses plenty of capital and no end of business ability.
Moreover it offers to employ a great deal of Canadian labour with
out in any way interfering with Candian industry,********
WE WONDER WHY
We met two farmers this week who live on farms that very
nearly adjoin. One farmer told us that the season was against him
and that his crops were very poor, that his fields were yielding a
little less each yar. The other told us that his crops were better
.than ever, that they were a little more satisifactory each year. Any
one can grow good crops this season,” he told us. So there you
are.********
WILL WE LOSE IT?
The visit of Their Majesties has brought to our shores some
thing of graciousness and chivalry latent in every one of us but
which lay unexpressed, so busy were we with the stern duties of
making a lviing. But, to a degree little dreamed of hitherto, we
have learned from their unique conduct that life consists in some
thing more than hard knocks. There are fine and beautiful things
in life, we have seen, as well as strenuous duties. Indeed we have
seen that the hard things are best done when done in the spirit of
-chivalry. It will be infinitely to our loss should we lose what their
Majesties have brought to us.********
WHAT IF?
In this mess in which Britain finds herself with Japan, should
Japan take it into her head-to bombard Vancouver, what would
Canadians have to sa“y about it? Oh my yes, we have our navy and
our popguns and garden hose to offer in opposition. Britain, it
must be remembered is 6,000 miles from British Columbia and
the United States has a few things of her own to look after, should
things grow hot. Should the Japs get a foohold in Canada what
about it? What would follow? Canadian electors have some tall
thinking to do.********
THE REASON
We heard a man complaining the other day about the differ
ence in price between the money he got for a hide and the cash he
‘paid out for a pair of shoes. His complaint set us investigating,
“Here is a Canadian hide” the manufacturer showed us. “Look
at it! It’s full of holes, thanks to the warble bug or something
like a bug. This hide is only fit for glue. Look at this imported
hide. It hasn’t a hole in it. We pay for it all right, but we can
make .good shoes out of it. There’s a difference in the quality of
the hides and in the manner of tanning, SunsCorched from warble-
infested cattle will not make up into such shoes as your farmer
friends care to buy." 'So there’s a direct relation between the
farmer’s pocketbook and abundance of shade.
Seaforth Jumps From
Marshland to Prosperity
By W. H. Johnston In the London
Free Press
THURSDAY, jlUNE 2iHh, ^>3$
The Perfect Thirst Quencher
W
HE’ll BE MISSED
Word has come that Walt Mason is dead and millions will sor
row for him. His rippling rhymes were about the frat portion of
the magazine that millions of newspaper and magazine readers turn
ed to, so full were they of a reasoned optimism and of wholesome
philosophy. So easily did his rhymes run along that few ever
thought of the genius that gave them the light of day. He made
for himself a place unique ,in modern literature. He had many
imitators but no equal.
Great as was his achievement as a writer, greater still Was his
achievement as a man. The story goes that he was very nearly
numbered among the down and out. Only by chance was he given
a. job on a newspaper, but this seeming accident meant his discover
ing that he could give out his rippling rhymes as he -called them.
From that hour his fortune was made and his service to the Anglo
Saxon world established.** ******
THE FORGOTTEN HERO
The race is disposed to pour its treasures at the door of the
winner, it is but natural and right that it should do so. Success
must be wooed and cannot, unsought, bo won. But what of the
brave little folk and youth who failed at the recent examinations?
We have a number in our mind, boys and girls who did their very
best and yet who somehow missed their way at tile examination.
For some reason they stumbled while others leaped and ran. Only
those who have honestly tried only to tall know anything of the
disappointment that overtakes the earnest youth whose name turns
up missing among the lists of the successful.
To all such we say - lift up your hearts! There are other
fields than those of the profession, occupations where the rewards
are sure and effort is rewarded according to service rendered. Many
a one has reason to tjhank Ills stats for the day he failqd at his ex-
initiations, one door closed only for a bettor to open.
It is seldom that a more unprom
ising sight for a prosperous com
munity has been chosen than that
of the Town of Seaforth. In the early
days it was a veritable swamp cover
ed with an almost impenetrable for
est.
The site was so low and wet that
the farm lots all around were locat
ed before Andrew Steene was cour
ageous enough to take up lot 26 con
cession one, McKillop. He made a
clearing on the southeast corner* of
his lot and built a log house that,
stood until burned down in the 70’s.
A man named McGregor bought
lot 11, concession one, Tuckersmith,
but he lived abput a mile away, to
the west of Harpurhey. However, he
cleared 10 acres on the corner and
thus provided a building site for the
future town. He offered the whole
farm for $450 but it was many years
before he sold it. He sold three
acres on the corner to Ah drew Mc-
Kearney, who built a log tavern.
This building and Steene’s log cabin
were the only two houses in Sea
forth until the Goderich & Buffalo
Railroad was constructed and open
ed in 1858.
For probably more than 20 years
two adjoining villages had been in
existence with no thought that there
should ever arise a rival on what
was known as the Guide Board
Swamp. It was so called because of
the corners where the Grey Turnpike
terminated at the Huron road a post
and finger board stood telling the
lonely traveler how far it was to
"Goderich, Egmondville and Ainley-
ville (now Brussels) with fingers
pointing to each of the three vil
lages. As this guide hoard was in
the centre of the swamp, the name
stuck.
The two rival villages were Har
purhey, less than two miles farther
west on the Huron Road and Eg
mondville, the same distance to the
south on the height overlooking the
Bayfield river valley.
The first-named Harpurhey, was
started and named by Dr. Chalk, the
first reeve of Tuckersmith. The vil
lage grew rapidly and by 1858 was
an important place with good busi
ness houses and some manufactur
ing, a mechanic’s institute and an
other physician, Dr. Coleman.
Egmondville was a live village
with a Canada Company grist mill
and a fine business centre catering
to a large territory to the east, south
and west and they gave Seaforth a
real struggle for her supremacy.
With two such formidable rivals
we are led to inquire how it was
possible for Seaforth to eclipse
them. The first impetus towards
the growth of a village was in the
coming of a railway which passed
which is now almost the centre of
the town, though the company did
not consider having a station there.
Egmondville and Harpurhey set up
flag stations that were used as such
but Seaforth had nothing.
Now the human element came in
to existence and a mushroom town
appeared almost ovei* night. Three
young professional men appeared on
the scene and a wonderful trans
formation followed. These men were
Messrs. Patton, Bernard and Le-
Froy. Patton was long a partner
in the law business with Sir John A.
MacDonald at Kingston. Bernard
and LeFroy were lawyers in Barrie.
They bought the original McGregor’s
lot from C. Sparling and had it sur
veyed at once into a town plot.
They were indeed enterprising
men with fine ability as salesmen and
builders. Stores and hotels were
opened, private dwellings were erect
ed and occupied and the railroad
company approached, asking for a
station. Patton, Bernard and Le
Froy offered a free site and the
company accepted on condition that
the station be built for them also,
free of expense. 'Bgmondville and
Seaforth united and built the sta
tion.
Harpurhey now saw it was use
less for them to continue the fight
for supremacy and many from that
village moved to Seaforth. Among
those moving were Dr. Coleman, W.
Ballantyne, James Hatt, Edward
Hickson, Knox, Grassie and others.
These newcomers meant much to
Seaforth. The post office was mov
ed from Harpurhey and changed to
Seaforth, Mr, Patton’s brothel* be
ing the first postmaster.
The large and prosperous Eg
mondville with 10 to 12 stores and
various manufacturing concerns con
tinued the struggle but soon her
business men saw the advantage of
moving and they did so. Among the
first was Jamess Dickson M.P., later
registrar of the County of Huron.
These events contributed greatly
to the rapid growth of Seaforth. In
1860 It was little more than a name.
In 1867 it was incoiiporated as a vil
lage with more than 1,000 inhabi
tants and in 1874 it was raised to
the status of a town. .Dr, Colemah
was the first reeve of the village.
A. Armitage was the first mayor of
the town and D. D. Wilson the first
reeve.
Some .enterprising produce deal
ers began to b,uy grain and this btisl-
ness grew in a marvelous way. In
dividual firms handled over $1,000,-
000 worth each in a year. Grain
was teamed in from a distance of
50 miles to the north. This con
tinued until the opening of the Wel
lington, Grey & Bruce R.R. in 1875
and the Huron & Bruce in 1876.
On September 4, 1877 the town
experienced the greatest disaster in
her history. A fire broke out that
left about 12 acres of the business
part of the town in ashes. This may
have been a blessing in disguise since
frame business blocks and homes
were replaced by substantial brick
ones. Thus, we have a town that Is
comparatively new and up-to-date.
.Besides the large grain trade of
the town, there were in her palmist
days over 70 business stores, three
salt blocks with a combined capac
ity of turning out more than 1,000
barrels a day, three large flour mills
a large oatmeal mill, three pork
packing establishments, two foun
dries, 16 factories, 10 blacksmith
shops and a flax mill. D. D. Wilson
did a large business in buying eggs
in a large territory in Western On
tario with dozens of large wagons,
drawn by beautiful teams of horses.
He was a splendid business man and
there were many others like him in
the town. Because of them Sea
forth was a veritable hive of indus
try in the heyday of her prosperity.
Like many rural towns much of the
bustle is lacking today but still
there is a fine degree of successful
business seen everywhere.
fairly dry soil. And then it just
settles down and grows. Last year
Crown millet In the orchards was
cut at the Ottawa Farm on August
17th and it stood four or five feet
high, a rank, heavy growth which
almost completely 'Checked weeds.
The millet may either be cut with,
the hay mower or broken do#n by
dragging a stone boat over it. An
i important point is either to cut it -or
to break it down before the seed
forms, because once the seed ma
tures and the crop is left on the
ground mice find an abundance of
food until they tire of the seeds and
attack the apple trees.
Not only does- the rank growth of
the millet check weeds but it feedB
in competition with the roots of the
trees, cutting down the available food
supply so that new growths on the
trees hardens off and is in -better
condition to stand the winters.
Experimental work is still being
carried on with Crown millet, par
ticularly to determine its value to
the soil as fertilizer and in combin
ation wth fertilizers. But there is no
doubt when Crown Millet is plough
ed or disced under the following
spring, much organic matter is add
ed to the soil, thus1 increasing the
supply of humus.
Crown Millett seed may be pur
chased from several reliable seed
houses and its use is spreading in
Ontario. For further information
write to Forage Crop Division, Cen
tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
ORCHARD CULTIVATION
MILLET COVER CROP
Here is something new about co
ver crops for orchards a problem
which will soon confront orchard
men who use a clean cultivation
method, followed by a cover crop.
A variety of millet, named Crown,
developed by the Forage Crops Di
vision of the Central Experimental
Farm, Ottawa, has been under test
for a couple of years and has proven
very satisfactory. It was used in the
orchards at the Farm last year and
will be sown again this year about
the end of June, Another older
type Empire, has also been used and
while it was good enough, it was
quite as satisfactory as the Crown
type.
In Eastern Ontario, the latter part
of June is recommended as the best
time for sowing the millet; possibly
a little later in Western Ontario. It
is sown at the rate of 25 pounds to
the acre and may be broadcast with
either the grain drill or hand seed
er. One of the chief reasons the
Crown variety has been so satisfac
tory as a cover crop is that it is
quick to germinate - in a week or ten
days it is usually above ground and
furthermore, it germinates well in
The fellow who boasts that he says
what he thinks, seldom thinks.
“Ideals are like stars,” says Carl
Schurz, “you will not succeed in
touching them with your hands, but
like the seafaring man on the desert
of waters, you choose them as your
guides, and, following them, you
reach your destiny.”
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Exeter, Ontario