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WORK
Once upon a time, a young man
came to the city looking for Oppor
tunity. And he looked until his
means were exhausted. Then, he went
to work for a hard taskmaster who
required of him long hours of labor,
accuracy and speed.
And his muscles developed and
his mind grew. And he found an
other job, and it was harder than the
first. But he grew to the measure
of it and began to feel the thrill of
reserve power. And he said to him
self, “I am bigger than' this job.”
So he found another job that taxed
his strength.
And the years went by and one
came to him and said, “I am the
Opportunity you have been seek
ing.”
And the man said, “To me, you
look l.iks Work.”
And Opportunity said, “That is one
of my names and those who look for
me as Work seldom fail to find me.” * * *
If he uses an old-fashioned razor,
you know his opinion of ‘swing’
without asking.* * *
Thank your lucky stars for your
competitors — they keep you from
sleeping in the day time,
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Affection is never wasted because
it enriches our own character.
* * *
Imagination makes liars of us all.
* * *
Captain (to Irishman applying for
job on board a ship) “Have you ever
been to sea before?”
The Son of Eire—“Do you think I
came from Eire in a cab?”
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A little luck when hope burns low,
A little laugh when Life seems low -
These are the things that wise men
know,
* * *
When Charles Dickens was at the
height of his fame, he once made a
visit to Paris, where Balzac had
achieved his greatest success. At a
banquet held in the Englishman’s
honor, and author proposed a toast
to the “greatest story-teller of his
age.”
. Dickns listened quietly , then
stood up and said “In the name of
Balzac, I thank you.”
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Hirst use of the word ‘atheist’ was
in early Rome, which applied it to
the first Christians; first use of the
word, ‘agnostic’ was in the 1860’s by
Thomas Huxley, who invented it to
oppose that of ‘gnostic' - early inter
preter of religious lore.
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THE RESCUE
You crouch in an empty doorway,
Forlorn and frightened to death;
You’re shaking with hunger and
panic,
You’re footsore and out of breathe
You’re only a homeless puppy
And not very worldly-wise;
So you watch the hurrying people
With hopeful bewildered eyes.
erature and according to man’s pro
ficiency in that art shall be the free
dom and fullness of his intercourse
with other men,”
—Robert Louis Stevenson
* * *
An American was prowling around
a Scotch churchyard when his eyes
caught the epitaph, “Lord, she was
thin,” He sought out the sexton
and asked for an explanation. “That
is all right, sir,” said the sexton, ‘the
sculptor-went over neai* the edge of
the stone and , didn’t have room for
the final ‘e’,"* * *
PRANKISH PROBLEM
Can you arrange the numbers -1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 into two groups so
each will add up to the same amount
(You’ll find the answer farther down
the column.)* * *
MAGIC “7”
When Mary was born they gave her
a perambulator,
Then she grew up a bit and they gave
her a velocipede.
When she got a little older they
gave her a pony and cart,
When she was in grammar school
they gave her a bicycle.
When she was in college the folks
gave her a Packard.
At her wedding day, they donated an
airplane.
Now she’s starting in again with a
perambulator,
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Once there were things people
couldn’t talk about, but now, they
can’t talk about anything else.* * *
Great men’s defects become fool’s
excuses.
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A bore is a person who, when you
ask him how he is, tells you.* * *
Some people are too nervous to
make good thieves, therefore they
must work hard for then' living.* * *
“Value received” is the only sound
way to solve our economic problems.
Sky-rocketing prices in any industry
tends to kill not only that industry
but related industries all down the
line.
A population of 158,000,000 is
predicted for 1980. And, they will
still be trying to pay off,the deficit.* * *
Solution to Prankish Problem
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Budget-Saving Hint, for Fall
Mrs. Gadabout — “I want to *do
some shoping today if the weather
is nice. What is the report in the
paper?”
Hubby—“Thunder, lightning, rain,
hail and cyclonic winds.”* * *
“You’ve put too much postage on
this package, madam.”
“Gracious me! I only hope it
won’t go too far.”
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You think that someone will see you
Will stop and perhaps pick you up
Can it be that they’re much too busy
To notice a scared little puppy?
But look, there’s a man and he’s
stopping
He’s bending and scratching your
head,
He’s telling you miraculous stories
Of a yard and a boy and a bed!
He’s lifting you out of the doorway,
Your tail wags, no more will you
roam!
You know that you’ve found a master
You know that you’re going home!
—Helen Davis Szold♦ ♦ ♦
“The difficulty of literature is not
to write but to write what you mean;
not to affect your reader but to af
fect him precisely as you wish. The
business of life is mainly carried on
by means of this difficult art of lit-
Bilious Attacks
Liver Complaint
Biliousness is just another name
for a Clogged or sluggish liver. It
is a very common complaint, but can
be quickly remedied by stimulating
the flow of bile. This softens the
accumulated mags, the poisons are
carried out of the system^ and the
liver and bowels are relieved and
toned up.
Milburn’s Laxa-Liver Pills quicken .
and enliven the Sluggish liver, open
ing up every channel, by causing a
free flow of bile and thus cleansing
the liver of the clogging impurities.
They are small and easy to take.
Do not gripe, weaken or sicken.
WANT TO REMEMBER NAMES
James A. Farley, Postmaster Gen
eral of the U. S. A. has one of the
most remarkable memories for names
as well as faces of any man in pub
lic. His remarkable ability has been
developed by paying strict attention
to the name and initials of each per
son he is introduced and then men
tally repeating the name several
times.
Much of his success as a politician
is due to his popularity that comes
from remembering people and being
able to call them by name when he
meets them even after a long period
of time. People like to be remember
ed — they like to feel they are im
portant enough to hold the interest
and attention of others - and partic
ularly, of well-known personages.
Not all individuals have the ca
pacity or the ability of schooling
themselves in remembering names
as well as Mr, Farley — but most
every normal person can better their
memory of names (and, in turn,
their popularity and social position)
by training themselves to pay close
attention to names and initials when
they meet strangers, then, repeating
the name to themselves two or three
times. One authority on ‘memory’
suggests that it is a good plan to
‘spell the name slowly, letter for let
ter, and picture the spelling as tho’
they were writing, or' better still of
printing it.’* * *
How Do You Spell ‘RofloW
Nell—“You say you went riding
with Tom last night. How did you,
come home?”
Bell—“ROad.”
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The pendulum swings to and fro
In its accustomed ark
And I’m well nigh the place
Where the signatures must park.
The T. Milburn Co.. Ltd.. Toronto, OnL —-the colonel
A good crop relieves many an anxiety.* * * * * • ♦ »
Johnny is taking some queer looks at the school bell.
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There are funnier things than camping in rainy weather. ********
Our greatest danger just now is our becoming cynical. ********
In times like these the way of duty is the only way of safety,* * * * * *
And how the corn is growing and how excellent its quality.* Jf- * * #
A great many farm helpers are wondering about the next job,* + * ♦ ♦ ♦ * *
■Governments are not the only folk who know the power of
nerves,********
The good price of hogs has been a real boon to the farmers of
this district.********
A good many of the unemployed should in trim for joining the
army, they are so well used to soldiering.********
It looks as if homegrown apples soon would be a curiosity in
these parts. It’s just too bad that we’ve allowed a paying industry
to slip through our fingers.******** y
If you do not know the meaning of the old saying about the
Wisdom of carrying your umbrella on a fine day, ask some govern
ments who have been caught napping.***** ***
It is still true that they who appeal to the sword shall perish
by the sword. It is equally true that he who does not provide for
his own household is worse than an infidel.********
Just as we had the lawn mower and the grass shears all tuck
ed away for another season, along came those warm, copious rains
and we were impelled to give the lawn and the shrubs another once
over. But it was worth it., ********
THE MISTAKE
When the first airplane crossed the English Channel, Britain
should have seen a red light. Every English school boy knows
what Napoleon said, “All I need for the conquest of Britain is con
trol of the Channel for six hours.” Well, when the first airplane
crossed the Channel, the Channel ceased to exist for Britain as far
as military protection is concerned. That was the hour for Britain
to have put her back into the job of seeing that she ruled the air
as she previously had ruled the waves. She failed to do so and we
know the result.
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WHERE IGNORANCE IS RUINOUS
The most distressing feature of the agreement between Russia
and Germany whereby Russia threw her whole weight in with Ger
many was the quiet unblushing confession on the part of Britain
that she had no idea, no thought in all the big world that Germany
and Russia were contemplating, even, such an agreement. This ig
norance shows the dove spirit with a vengeance. When the dove
plays the dove when the serpent is about, all the world knows that
follows.
But was Britain ignorant? We doubt it. Russia has a long
tradition for acting just as she acted recently. .Britain’s still burn
ing fingers tell that last September is but a scant twelve montii
away. Knowing Russia as she does and experiencing Hitler as she
has, how could she have been ignorant or unsuspicious of what was
going on ********
CONSTERNATION I
Consternation is none too strong a word to express the state
of mind of tens of thousands of Britishers when word got abroad
on Saturday morning that Britain had surrendered to Hitler’s de
mands and that there was to be another Munich. There was a deal
of confusion, to be sure, for the radio gives scant time for reflection,
yet the gist of the word was that Hitler hail scored heavily once
more. .Friday night was an uneasy night for the majority of Bri
tishers, but they had their minds made up to see the thing through.
And then in the very moment of their highest tension to be told
that Britain did not mean what she said when she told Hitler of her
minimum demands was just too bad. Consternation? “Must we
go through all this again and again?” we asked. Yes, and a good
deal more. Recent events have shown the reasonableness or the
unreasonableness of their discouragement. Hasty conclusions have
their limitations.
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE
There’s all the difference in the world between a pumpkin pie
and a punkin pie. The difference is not a mere matter of spelling
nor is if an affair of pronunciation. The schools and the dictionar
ies have nothing to do with a matter so vital. It’s an affair for the
cooks. Pumpkin pies are made by dietitians for nice slim waisted
exquisites who revel in preparations consisting of lettuce leaves and
cold potatoes and yellow dressings of one sort and another. Such
pies are served after meat cut into slices suggestive of the dimen
sions of a canary’s tongue. But the punkin pis is the home of all
that is good. It is prepared by women of rosy cheeks and deep
bosomed laughter and eaten by men who do a day’s work and who
pay their way and by the friends of everything that is great and fine.
It is loved at home, revered abroad. A mouthful of this composi
tion that Solomon in all his glory never dreamed of, kills all thoughts
of treasons, stratgems and spoils. It promotes harmony in the home
and high success in every lawful enterprise, A country’s progress
may well be measured by the depth and flavour and fragrance of
its punkin pies.
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PITY HIM
Pity the poor editor this last ten days or so! Do you recall
the good old days when there was a fine swing in the back yard?
Do you recall the occasions when you were seated in the affair and
playmates swirled the swing till you were altogether wound up
therein? Do you recall being released and unwound only to find
your head swirling and twirling with consciousness all but gone?
That’s been the way with the editor and world affairs. The big
world has waged and swirled and twirled away beyond all following,
leaving the editor dizzy and sometimes sick at heart. Things simply
would not stay put, it seems but in reality they were and are mov
ing steadily on to some great and satisfying consummation. Our
best move is to sit tight and to hang on. Like the disciples of whom
we read in the Testament, we’ll find One coming to us amid the
darkness and with outstretched hand and asking why did we doubt.
He is greater than wind and wave and pierces the deepest darkness
earth’s clouds ever stretched. He comes in His own time and in
His own way, but He comes. There is nothing surer than that.
“O yet we trust that, somehow, good
Will be the final goal of ill.”
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
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JITTER GROWING NOT PATRIOTISM
The strain of the last ten days has been terrible. Business exe
cutives have felt it and wondered what the effect was to be on their
plans. Churches have felt it as they wondered about their future.
Farmers have felt and have wondered what to do with their wheat.
Fathers and mothers have felt it and looked at their sons and
daughters with strange heart throbbing. Everyone has felt and
listened to the radio and read the newspapers with a new tang of
interest, What next? was the question on everyone’s lips. Mean
while the world’s work was io be done and was done by the wise
folk who found therein a real relief from their anxieties. These folk
put another roll on the sleeve, put their brain into a stronger steep,
and resolved that come what may they would be found getting on
with the day’s tasks. They realised tvhat was likely to take place
should the troops march and the airplanes roar but they were pre
pared to do all that was required of them in the possible hour of bit
ter trial. Life to people like these is very sweet but not half as
precious as honor with freedom. In the hour of testing Canadians
showed their quality. There was no indulgence in heroes but a re
solve, all the higher because quiet, that in the time of requiring
serious action no Canadian was to bo found wanting, The patriot
looked the possible danger In the face and called to! his fellow
workers, “Shoulders together and so on with the burden.”.
“It All Depends”
Probably the hardest job mothers
and young wives have to undertake
is that of getting the family out of
bed in the morning. You know, your
self, if you have a husband or young
sters that you can call as often as
you like, but, until middle age sets
in, nothing short of a charge of dyn
amite is really effective.
And the plaintives that precede
the actual getting out of bed are un
believable.
We have a daughter in our house.
I should say we have a daughter in
our house during the hours devoted
to sleep. At other times she is to be
found in the lake, or diving from the
raft, or away out on a canoe trip.
No matter how hot the sun is she
and the amphibious gang .of which
she is a member are all hard at work
taking exercises in one form or an-
Othei* and finding it fun,
But 'to get back to the wails.
Yesterday I took a hand. In my
sternest manner I pointed out that
night is the time for sleeping. I
referred, as all fathers do, to the
pleasant qualities of the hours when
the morning is fresh.
You want me to waste away to a
shadow!” was the reply. “I’ve got to
have sleep!”
It All Depends!
You see, only the day before the
burden of her complaint was that the
gang teases hei’ about her size and
what could she do to reduce?
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CUNNINGHAM MAY
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Husbands - and I speak with au
thority are worse. They lie abed
until the last possible minute, cut
themselves while shaving, rush for
the train, the barn, or the back forty
without breakfast, without a word to
their wives and children. Is there
any wonder that women, alone all
day after a brief interlude during
which their husbands appeared to
look upon them only as unsalaried
cooks and housekeepers get the feel
ing that this is a man’s world?
Middle-age seem to make a differ
ence. With the middle years comes
a realization that marriage is for
every hour of the day and that the
extra ten mnutes or half an hour at
breakfast can be a bright spot to
lighten a wife's lonely hours when
her husband is away. Your middle-
aged couple seems to realize that the
extra hour stolen from sleep at night
is nowhere near as valuable as the
Ifew minutes' companionship in the
morning.
Perhaps that realization is what
makes England what she is today.
England is a sort of “middle-aged”
country. She has the calm of the
middle-age. She may appear to
“muddle through” but she doesn’t
really - she has done it all before
and therefore can go calmly about
what has to be done without the
excitement or uproar of a younger
country.
She goes calmly about her daily
life. No Englishman would think
of starting his day without his break
fast. In fact he goes further. He
wouldn’t think of starting the day
without his morning cup of tea be
fore he shaves. And you can face
even such ugly facts as an unshaven
face much better with a cup of tea
under your belt.
No matter where he goes your
Englishman sticks to his morning
tea habit. He has done it in the icy
wastes of the Antarctic, in the steam
ing jungles of Africa.
Who knows, this leisure of the
early morning may be the key to
Great Britain's character?
St. Thomas' Church, Walkerton,
was the scene of the wedding of
Norah May, youngest daughter of
Major and Mrs, F. B. James, Walk
erton, to Mr. James Ernol Cunning
ham of Wheatley, second son of Mr.
and Mrs. Omar Cunningham, Clan-
deboye. Rev. C. H, James, rector
of Kirkton, and Rev. J. H, James,
rector of Thamesville, brothers of the
bride, officiated. The wedding march
was played by Mrs, H, Tompkins, of
Thedford, sister of the bride. The
bride, given in marriage by her fa
ther, was gowned in a floor-length
white satin gown trimmed with lace
and a veil, and carried a white pray
er book wth streamers of rosebuds
and valley lilies. Mrs. Victor Kain,
sister of the bride, was matron of
honor, and wore a mohair hat and
carried a bouquet of yellow roses.
Miss Kathleen James of Grimsby and
Master Frederick James of Thames
ville were flower girl and page boy.
Mr. Victor Kain, of Walkerton at
tended the bridegroom. Mr. Frank
James, of Grimsby and Mr. H. Tomp
kins, of Thedford, were ushers. Dur
ing the signing of the register Mr.
Treve James, anothr brother of the
bride, sang. The choir of St. Thom
as’ church assisted with the music,
accompanied by Miss P. Vogan, the
organist. Following the ceremony
over seventy guests sat down to the
wedding breakfast at the home of
the bride’s parents “Highview." The
weding cake was cut with a knife
which has performed a similar ser
vice for all the brides in the family
for the past 150 years. Later the
bride and bridegroom left by motor
for Lake Simcoe and other points,
For traveling the former wore a
navy sheer‘dress with white access
ories, On their return they will live
in Wheatley.
FARM NEAR HENSALR CHOSEN
FOR SOIL FERTILIZER TEST
The farm of W, R. Dougall, of
Hay, has been selected by agricul
tural representative J. C. Shearer for
a replicated fall wheat varietal and
fertilizer test which will be conduct
ed there this fall by the Clinton of
fice and the Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph. The purpose of the
test is to determine the highest yield
ing variety of fall wheat and the
type of commercial fertilizer best
adapted for wheat yield. On Thurs
day Mr, Shearer took samples of soil
from four plots on Mr, Dougall’S
farm which will be analyzed and
the fertilizer containing the neces
sary plant food as required by these
samples of soil will be chosen.
It is expected that the test, the
only one of the 'kind scheduled for
Huron County this year, will be laid
down about the 1st of September.
Fall wheat production forms a very
important part of farming practice
in this country. In 1938 48,000
acres were sown to fall wheat in
Huron. This year indications point
to as great or a greater number of
acres being prepared for fall wheat
seeding by the end of this month.
Plans will be made next summer
to have the farmers of central and
south Huron visit Mr. Dougall’s farm
to observe the results of these tests.
The foui’ plots selected will be plant
ed with pure see$ of the following
varieties,—Dawson’s Golden Chaff
No. 61; Dawbul; Dawtas and Junior
No. 6.
The penalty of success is to be
bored by the attentions of people
who formerly snubbed you.
COW BORN WITHOUT FRONT
LEGS THRIVING
Nellie, the freak cow born a year
ago at Ridgetown, without front legs
now is getting along fine. She is
weighs about 500 lbs. She walks
on her hind legs and looks like
something out of an animated car
toon.
Perhaps the key to getting up in
the morning is hidden in the teapot.
I read in a South African paper not
long ago of an inventor who had
linked an electric kettle to his alarm
clock. It sounded ingenious. By an
arrangement of switches the kettle
is at the boil when the alarm clock
wakes him and three minutes after
he gets out of bed his tea is ready.
That, of course, may be going too
far, but there is no doubt that the
world would be a much pleasanter
place for mothers, wives, hired men,
street-car conductors, office boys and
stenographers if we all got up in
time to live at home a little while in
the mornings before we start out for
the day’s work.
What time do I get up in the
mornings?
It All Depends!
Hagelstein-Duncan
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Ralph
Hilborn, New Hamburg, recently,
when Lulu Irene, daughter of Mrs.
Arthur Duncan, Bright, and the late
Mr. Duncan, became the bride of
Rev. W. H. Hagelstein, pastor of the
Bright United church, son of the late }
Mr. and Mrs. C. W, Hagelstein, of
Murrayville, B.C. Rev. W. Wakler
performed the ceremony in the pres
ence of tho immediate relatives, The
bride wore a Regina blue ensemble
with white accessories and carried a
bouquet of sweetheart roses and corn
flower. Following the ceremony the
wedding dinner was served at the
Forest Hill Gardens at Kitchener.
Later Rev. and Mrs. Hagelstein left
on a motor trip to eastern points. For
travelling the bride wore a navy and
white ohsemble with white accessor
ies.
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