HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1940-10-17, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1^0
EDITAqtfl JLdr A JL L«RIAL
PERT AND PERTINENT
'‘Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., com
plains that it is hard to >be a rich
man’s son.”
—we found that out ourselves
many years ago.
“A Kansas City workman recent
ly laid 36,000 brick in a single day.’
—try posting that inspiring re
cord in your hen house.
“ ‘Hors de’oeuvres’ is pronounc
ed poplar dish” says headline.
—this is indeed helpful — we
always were uncertain about pro
nouncing it.
‘‘Passaic, N. J. advertises that it
makes 75 per cent, of all the hand
kerchiefs used in the United States.’
—it seems most towns have
something to blow about if they
hunt for It.
“In modern homes the library
does not figure as expansively as
formerly.”
—it has been reduced to the tele
phone book and the check book.
—Oley Okeydoke* * *
Professional - ism
F. P. A. and B. L. T.
Have termed my contribs bright
S. J. K. and Don Marquis
Considered them most solemn
So now I come quite modestly
To crash the Colonel's column,
L’Envoi
When in need of snappy prose,
Of quip, or jest, or rhyme,
Of stately, measured cadences
Of poetry sublime.
Count on me, dear Colonel,
To save you from your plight -
I'll gladly give my hours nocturnal
To make your column right.
—'Don Dunoon
nota 'bene: Your promise of quip
interests me. iSehd it, or prefer
ably ‘them’ along. We need them
and we hope this is a hint for other
readers as well.* * *
National Traits
A world traveler gives the fol
lowing as the chief characteristics
of the people of various countries:
Most progressive people - American
Most conservative people - English
Most mysterious people - Chinese
Most sporting people - .Australians
Most musical people - Hungarians
Most religious people - Irish.
Most courteous people - Japanese
Most hospitable people - Spanish
Most romantic people - Italian
Most methodical people - German.
* * *
I MET A MAN —
Now and again you run across
someone who is just a little differ
ent from the ordinary —• clear-eyed,
interesting, clean-minded, unselfish
and quiet-spoken - like someone
who has always 'been used to liv
ing close to God — and you pack
such a person away in your heart.
Such a man, I met two weeks ago.
Later, I learned he was a minister
— not a psalm-singing, gospel
preaching, pompously pious pulpit
pounding ‘Reverend’ —■ not a sanc
timonious, holier-than-thou sort of
individual as all too many present
day preachers ago — but, well, if
I hadn’t ’been told, I wouldn’t have
taken him for a clergyman at all.
At his invitation, I attended his
Church for 'Sunday Service - one of
the oldest English-speaking 'Chris
tian Denominations — the Friends
(Quakers.) I have attended many
churches in many cities. I have lis
tened to many sermons. But at no
time have I been so strongly im
pressed with the simplicity, the sin
cerity. and genuine wholesomeness
of the Congregation and the Ser
vice. There was no sham or pretense - no hypocracy or greed - ibut j
an atmosphere which forcibly
brought home to me the words of
the Master: “Where two ox* more
are gathered together in My Name,
there I am also.”
I deem it a privilege to have
been permitted to attend their Ser
vice and to hear a man talk rather
than ‘preach a sermon’. There was
no scolding - no talk of Hell’s fire
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and eternal damnation - instead I
the spiritual reaction was what I I
rather imagine the disciples felt
when they listened to the words of
Jesus — a reaction that God wants
us to love Him rather than fear
-Him. I never have understood
why some preachers try to make us
fear God because human beings
are so constituted that they cannot
love whom they fear.)
—’Par Buster
* * *
Curious Cynic cants —
I don’t see what the women have
to kick abort When man is born
the mother--' 'ceives all the attention; when he is married, the bride j
receives <1' me congratulations and
presents; and when he dies, the wi
dow receives all the sympathy.* * *
—any government is - bad which
makes idleness more profitable
than industry.
—one thing for politicians to re
member is that hungry man is not
much interested in traditions.
—the American Army should be for
Defence — not for Defiance.
—you can tell which party is win
ning by the other side’s use of in
vective and mud-slinging.
—Precinct Captain
* * *
Dear Colonel; Which is the most
important - a man's wife or his
trousers?
—J. C. B.
Well, J, C. B., there are a lot of
places a man can go with his wife.
Ego Deflator
It has been calculated that the
market value of the constituents of
the human body is 9.8' cents. The
average 15 0 pound body is compos
ed of about 10 gallons .of water, 24
pounds of carbon, 7 pounds of lime,
2 pounds of phosphorus, about 2
ounces of salt, 5 pounds of nitro
gen, 13 pounds of hydrogen and
various salts and minerals.* * *
'At the age of fifty, one settles
down into certain well-defined con
victions — most of which are
wrong. ,
* * *
The Wailing Post
Roses are red
Violets blue,
Why should I waste
Postage on you,
—Disappointed Contributor
Dear Col.; I’m discouraged. This
is my fourth try at breaking into
the column. Now I’d like to know
what is the BEST day for break
ing into' column.
—Ebenezer
Boys—and maybe, girls — there
is no best day.
The secret is to write something
that can dodge the waste basket or,
i if it lands there, can climb out again
* * *
After All, Errors Are Few
There never was a typographical
error in any publication - and par
ticularly in a newspaper - that
some one did not “bed leave to call
your attention to—” etc.
In view of the possibility of mak
ing such errors,„ they are amazingly
few in an ordinarily well-edited
publication.
In an ordinary page of a journ
al, there are about 2,600 letters,
each lettex* having seven possible j
wrong positions, or 20,000 chances to make errors, and millions of pos- I
sible transpositions.
In the short sentence - “To be
or not to be,” - by transpositions
alone, 2,759,022 errors can be
made. ,* * *
Helen Keller has said: “Many
persons have a wrong idea of what
constitutes true happiness. It is not
attained thru self-gratification, but
thru fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
* *
Nahan’s wife tells of his discom
fiture the time the sheriff’s funer
al passed by their gate - she said;
“It was a grand sight — Nathan
was restin’ in the hammock when it
went by. I come out and told him
who all was in the carriages and
automobiles, and his kinfolk wav
ing to him. Nathan was kinda
peeved. “Jes’ my luck, sez he, 'ta
be facin’ t’other way’.”
m« * #
One of Life’s Tragic Moments
Two faces were close together,
the man’s grim, tense; the other
face was small and white, with two
slender hands pressed tightly
against it. It was those frail
hands that riveted the man’s hor
rified gaze. His store was hope
less, tragic — for those little hands
told him that he had missed the
last train home.*
There never will be an ending rhyme
Filled, with thoughts sublime
Because, dear reader, they are writ
ten
Against the rush of TIME.
—the colonel
Those disturbing words “with snow flurries.” ********
Sunshine and showers are playing a merry game. ********
Picked out your pumpkin for our friend Jack-o-Lantern.?* * * * . * * * *
It’s astonishing how few killing frosts we have had thus far. ********
Looked those taters over down there in the cellar. You’d better. ********
France is making a wry face as she swallows the German med
icine.
********
Anyway, the grass on Exeter lawns has done a good job of
growing.
********
Those occasional dibs and drabs of rain make us step lively
when the good weather comes.
********
Here it is away on in October and some silos are not filled. What
a strange fall and autumn we have had.
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Yes siree, the folk in this vicinity are putting in their best licks
to get the fall work all done and well done.
********
Last Tuesday afternoon the ladies of James Street church packed
a fine supply of bright magazines and such literature to cheer the
soldiers in our training camps.
********
To the everlasting credit of the 'Christian ministry, its young
men, the only men sought for, do not hesitate for one minute when
called upon to wear His Majesty’s uniform.
* * M’ * * * * *
That message broadcast by Her Royal Highness, the Princess
Elizabeth, was the thought of a wholesome girl expressed to the
healthy-minded girls of civilization. The fragrance of King George’s
home is spreading the whole world over.
X: * r- * * * 3F
YOUNG SPORTS
We came upon a group of boys who had just found a golf ball.
Their next enterprise was to manufacture a set of golf clubs and to
set up a real golf course. What’s that about some people who find
a halter in the morning and have secured a horse and wagon 'by
nightfall.
Mi Ms M: Ms * Ms M-' *
Let us set our hearts for some of the severe trials of the war.
Wax’ is being waged against England with a savagery deemed im
possible two years ago. Let us keep up the good work of making
use of every bright hour. When we are at it, let us lay plans to
spare every one we can for next summer’s farm work. Should things
continue growing more exacting, farmers will require all the help
that can be spared them.
********
Japan is being very nasty ^ust now. She saw bombs falling in
Britain an’d resolved that she would get ready to throw a few high,
explosives into Vancouver. She is likely to find a few obstacles in
the way of doing so, in the form of some very good Canadian airmen
and some men-of-war built by skilled men in the United States.
Japan will live to regret her recent actions. She is crying for a
show down. 'She’ll get it and not like it.********
WIDE AWAKE
“Keep planting a tree; it will grow while you’re sleeping” ad
vised the old -Scotch farmer. Scotch or not, the Exeter Horticultural
Society is keeping up the tree life of the town. Early this week a
gang of men were abroad starting fine young maple trees in the
work of keeping this town beautiful, and, incidentally adding to the
value of real estate. We have good merchants, good schools, good
churches and well kept streets. That’s why this town is already
about the choicest residential urban centres of the province. The
Horticultural Society has done more for the town than most of us
are aware.
********
A WONDERFUL DAY
Thanksgiving Sunday of 1940 will go down in history as one
of the loveliest this part of Ontario has ever known, the trees gor
geous in Autumn splendor, the grass as yet uninjured by heavy frost,
the fleecy clouds flitting high in the air, the sun abroad in a glory
that transformed hill and dale into loveliness never surpassed even
in this land of beauty, the wind at rest, the occasional cry of some
bird amazed at the beauty so entrancing, all combined to make this
Thanksgiving Sunday a veritable shrine to which we must return
when storms impend and the days are dark and hope burns low. Such
beauty was not the result of happy chance but the w^rk of One whose
skill and power outrun the stars in their course, in such a scene
man saw the ultimate victory of all good and took heart again, no
matter what armies threaten' and no matter what tyrants' murder
children and ruin homes.********
LOSE THE TRADITION?
When word got abroad that the Germans had committed the
offence that insulted all that is best in humanity, the disgrace of
wantonly injuring Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral,
all asked will the traditions of’these holy places disappear? The
bombing of St. Paul’s was a sacrilege. The devastation of Westmin-
stei’ Abbey where the dust of the choicest spirits of the centuries
await the last Assizes, the violation of Canterbury Cathedral, where
the world has in miniature the story of the struggle of the human
spirit for freedom these make German barbarism a witch’s cauldron
of spiritual abomination that only German perfidy could brew and
stew. But while the offence has been committed and the walls are
shattered the ‘spirit of the immortals whose memory, affection and
devotion sought to perpetuate in brass and marble and conscious
stone, lives and never* more potently than at this hour. When the
bombs fell the souls of the mighty dead walked abroard and breathed
into the souls of Britons an antagonism to theix* sacrilege more po
tent than any poison or explosive ever found in German laboratory.
Already those fallen stones have turned to sand every grain of which
has become a St. George whose work it is to again rid English soil
of the slimy dragon of German oppression.
******* Ms
JUST A FEW OLD WOMEN
Wherever one comes upon a group of women these days he hears
them discussing Red Cross and supplies.ahd comforts for the sodliers.
These women are not joking about the war.' Rather, they are doing
all they can to keep the soldiers, healthy, clean and efficient. There
is another topic they discuss with blood red earnest — the wet can
teen.
Only too well do these women know what follows in the wake
of the wet canteen. Intimate conversations with experienced wo
men in this line have made them hate thd AveU can teen with consum
ing fury. In the gatherings and societies and organizations who vie
with each other in the matter of knitting socks and sweaters and
providing anything the soldier requires to protect him in the time
of war and frost, these women pass earnest resolutions requesting
the government in the name of the homes and devoted manhood of
the land to keep away from the soldiers the wet canteen and all
that breeds in the way of death. To them it is heartbreaking to hear
their requests referred to as the babblings “of a few old women.”
Politicians ask what can be done about it? The woman say abolish
the wet canteen. Why should not the request of the women be
heeded? We await the reply.
* Mi * S'S * * * *
ONE STEP FVRTHER
When Cromwell was called upon to array the manhood of Eng
land in defence of the liberties of the world he saw that only well
drilled men actuated by what he called “vital godliness” could by any
possibility save the day. This “vital godliness” he talked and ex
emplified and insisted upon in the men under him. To this he added
the real thing in drill and in military discipline. Everything that he
knew of, a soldier should know, he learned and insisted that his
subordinates should know and practice till they reached the maximum
of “Vital godliness” and soldierly efficiency. His soldiers marched
to battle singing psalms. The great simplicites of the Bible were
ever on his lips and the lips of his soldiers. To him war was a
grim and terrible indivdual experience that could be sustained only
by solaces and sanctions of genuine religion.
The result of this theory and of his discipline. Well, there
came out the Cromwell’s Ironsides, than whom braver and more
efficient soldiers never buckled sword. Before their courage the
'bravest and finest soldiers mere chivalry ever produced went down
like ninepins. “They were as stubble to our swords” wrote the
mighty captain. Is there not a lesson from this page of history to
our soldiers and civilians in this awe-inspiring hour of pdril? The
soldier and the civilian who are truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate
fear no enemy however great and dread no peril however desolating.
AND RUSSIA?
Ever since the outbreak of present hostilities we have been
asking, "And what will Russia da?” That mighty land has been har-
rassed by and humiliated by Japan for 'forty years, and is growing
tired of the experience. She has been submerged by communism
and Is slowly learning her, folly. Gzarism was bad enough. She
sees that she has gained little by substituting Communism therefor.
.She is gradually opening her eyes to the mischief working nature of
Nazism and is in no mood too help Russia fasten this new* tyranny
upon her. Russia knows that the land of Hitler and his gang are
hex* enemies. She sees nothing but ill to hex' fortunes in a Black
Sea controlled by a German navy and ruin and only ruin in a Ger
many controlled 'Suez canal. This she has looked upon with open
eyes but a little late in the day. Late in the day, too, she sees
Britain is the only friend she has in all the calendar of nations. Late
in the day, moreover she is getting hex' heavy foot in motion to get in
the way of German progress in the East. 'Still, she is moving and she
seems to be moving in the way that will aid Britain. While we have
no illusions, we say speed to her. Meanwhile the British Empire
is putting anothei’ roll on her sleeve and getting ready fox’ the op
portunity to give Germany the one blow in the solax* plexus that will
teach her more in a few* months than she has learned in a quarter
of a century.
Do You Remember?
(By J. W. Powell)
1940 levy. Request was
was received from T. R.
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Do you remember the old water
gates at Pickard’s mill where you
used to sit by the houi’ at the mill
race with your fishing pole, watch
ing the sunbass nibble the bait
while you were hoping to catch a
big fish; how impatient you would
get, then gather up youx’ belongings
and trudge back to the old swim
ming hole to find another army of
the same kind waiting for your
precious
peeled off your clothes and went in
to even matters up and while you
were basking in the waters one of
your chums tied knots in your
shirt and hung your pants oxx a
neax’by tree so far out on a limb
that it took you hours to get them
down or hid them where you could
not find them and you had to wait
till dark to get home and the next
day at school you were told where
youx* clothes were.
Do you remember how the
and girls would hide in the
wood sites in the mill yard
whexi you were catching frogs
they would throw stones over the
piles into the water to scare the
frogs and how mad you would get?
Do you remembei’
found a good
west side of
spent water
came rushing
beginning to haul out the big suck
ers and chub; how provoked you
felt? You didn’t think the miller
needed
mill to
grain
meants
fishing.
Do you remember how some kids
used to pelt Mr. Brown’s chickens,
and when you came to fish you
were ordered home, protesting that
you never’ threw a stone? Do you
remember how good the apples used
to taste long before they were ripe,
in the old mill yard?
All that is left of this old scene
is a new cement darn which
placed the wooden structure
part of the old millrace. The
yard has since been converted
a park, named Riverview Park,
eral hundred trees have been plant
ed and flowerbeds set out. The ap
pearance of the water body looks
quite the same.
when you
fishing hole, on the
the mill where the
from the watermil’
out just as you were
the power from the water
drive his plant to grind the
for his customers — that
nothing to you — you were
SHOOTING HOGS IN ESSEX,
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USBORNE COUNCIL
Usborne Township Council met
on October 12th, 1940, members all
present. Minutes of September 14
were read and approved.
Request was received from Union
School Section No. 8 for an ad
vance on
refused.
Notice
Patterson
Petition to change the Glenn-Sum
merville Award to a Municipal
Drain was insufficiently signed. A
petition with 9 signatures was sub
sequently presented to the Council
was formerly accepted and Mr.
terson was appointed to bring
report to the 'Council.
'Council decided to demand
ment of taxes in 1940 at the Bank,
Bank 'Collection charges to be paid
•by the Township and all ratepayers
to be notified on' theix* tax notices
that taxes will be payable at par in
Bank of Montreal in Exeter and St.
Marys. It was also decided that
the CollectOi* will not receive taxes
at Kirkton, or the Township Hall.
It was further decided to dis
continue Messengex* Robbery Insur
ance for the ‘Collectox’ of Taxes.
The Clerk reported that the Tax
Roll with a total of .$32,534.74 has
been prepared, audited and is now
ixi the 'Collector’s hands.
The following grants were made
by the Council - Exeter and Kirk
ton Agricultural Societies $50.00
each; South Huron Plowmen’s As
sociation $15.00; Kirkton Library
Board $5.00.
Treasurer reported receipts
amounting to $160.75 and balance
of cash, $3,39-2.96.
Expenditures fox* September were
approved at follows: Road Super
intendent’s voueher $559.85; Re
lief and administration $35.20;
Grants $120.00; miscellaneous $50.-
25.
Council adjourned to meet on
November 9th at 1 p.xn.
A. W. Morgan, Clerk
Expensive Luxuries
“Mamma, how much do people
pay a pound fox’ babies?”
“Babies are not sold by the
pound, dear.”
‘Thexx why do they always weigh
them as soon as they are born,”
■s.
S53W
F. J. DELBRIDGE,
Representative,
EXETER
SEAFORTH—At the annual ban
quet of the Seaforth Highlanders
Band, the following officers were
elected: Honorary presidents, D. L.
Reid, W. H. Golding, M. McPhee;
president, D’Orlesoxx Sills; vice-
president, Clarence Trott; secre
tary, Arthur Golding; bandmaster,
E. H. Close.
A Profound Truth Simply Told
James M. Barrie: “Those who
bring sunshine into the lives of
others, cannot keep it from them
selves.”
NOW YOU CAN
BREATHE!
Clear Cold-Clogged Head
This Quick Way
Clear that tormenting stuffiness—
breathe more freely! Just a few
drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol—that’s
what you need. Feel it go right to work
—bring real comfort. This treatment
is successful because Va-tro-nol is
active medication—containing sev
eral essential relief-giving agents plus
ephedrine—expressly designed for
nose and upper
throat. Next time
don’t wait for a
cold to get a head
start. Used at first
sniffle or sneeze,
Va-tro-nol helps
keep a cold from
developing.
WAKE UP YOUR. NOSE
I— VICKS. —1
VA-TRO-NOL
Inspectors of the health and ani
mals branch of the Federal Depart-
nxent of Agriculture received re
ports of a hog cholera outbreak in
the Windsoi' district. Dr. >S. L.
Wall, chief inspector* ixx charge of
the fight against
which broke out in
ship, Kent County,
ago .left at once for
trict, to investigate.
Since the Dover outbreak, cases
have beeix discovered in Chatham,
Raleigh, Tilbury East, Romney
Townships and is reported to be
spreading into Harwich Township,
Kent County, Soxnbra Township in
Lambton, as well as in Mersea and
Tilbury West Townships of Essex.
There are 20 inspectors working
in the district. It is impossble to
ascertan the number of hogs that
have been shot but reports from re
liable sources place the figure up in
l the thousands.
Earl Desmond M.P., for Kent,
discussing the situation, said the
situation is serious.
the epidemic
Dovex’ Town
several weeks
the Essex dis-
MANY SHIPS MAINTAIN
WORLD’S CABLE LINES
iForty-five ships of approximately
one hundred thousand tons compvise
the world’s cable-laying and repair
ing fleet. They maintain some 3 68,-
000 miles of submarine cable, ac
cording to the Canadiaxx National
Telegraphs, whose cable connec
tions reach all parts of the world.
FARMER INJURED
Here is a new
Firestone sup er-trac
tion you can leave
on your car all the
time and be ready
for any emergency.
Off the highway in
mud or snow it pulls
through the worst
conditions possible.
But on pavement it
is quiet as a watch,
Smooth riding and
long wearing. We
have Studded
Ground Grips for
cars or trucks. Drive
in and let us put them
on now.
I
GRANTON—While plowing on his
farm last Thursday with a riding
plow, Nelson Hodgins, Biddulph
Township, w*as thrown from the
seat when the plow struck a stone.
The horses drew the plow over him
breaking all the ribs on one side.
Exeter
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A
Firestone
STUDDED
Ground Grip
TIRES
Made for
CARS and i
TRUCKS i
GROUND Tl DC CGRIP I I II £3
A. O. (Sandy) ELLIOT
Phone 64