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THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1949
“The Cap O’ The Cassie”
7Aue keep the cap o* the cassie/’ Scot
tish parents warned their children as they
left home to fend for therhselves. Those who
are not familial’ with the language of the
chosen people must know that the “cassie”
is the Scottish word for road or street. The
“cap” is the middle, of the road, a portion
of the highway farthest from the ditch and
less encumbered with mud and gutter, not
to say that it was the part farthest from
lurking thieves, a gentry not unknown in
Scotland some time ago.
Lately governments that weather the
storm and stand up under the stress and
strain of these desperate times, keep the
middle of the road. Wise merchants do
likewise. Folk who maintain their rank in
society do likewise, being neither the first
to adopt a new fashion of any kind or new
practice of any sort, nor are they last to
leave off a fashion or a practice. The Irish
describe this principle as minding one’s own
business and leaving other people’s business
alone.
Just now, the. Canadian beaver will
save his skin by getting this sort of tiling
well into his usually wise head. New times
are forcing tlieir attention upon Jack Can
uck and his growing family. Before Jack
musses up in these new times he will do
well to find the “cap of the cassie’’ and
keep right along that sane way of doing
things. If he lags he’ll rust out. If he hur
ries he’ll find out that he who makes haste
to be rich -will fall into a snare. The cas
sie may be somewhat narrow but it takes
one somewhere "who keeps to it. All man
ner of mists and fogs are ahead of us but
we’ll come out all right by getting into
the middle of the road and trudging along.
We must learn to labour and to wait, as
the wise poet of American life tells us.
Plain, Blunt Words
When the Second World War was over
Britain found herself poor financially as a
consequence of her having invested the
major part of her finances in freedom. A
great part of her shipping was under the
sea. Many of her finest sons rested beneath
littje crosses, row on row. Her manufactur
ing activities were nearly altogether dis
organized. Her people were threatened with
the meagerest supplies. Threatening war
clouds loomed on every horizon. Some por
tions of her empire, forgetful of past bene
fits she had bestowed upon them, took ad
vantage of her extremity to magnify a fan
cied grievance and withdrew from her sup
port, The glory of past days seemed to
have passed from her. She had little left
but honour. In face of difficulties so tre
mendous she attempted to carry on the
moral policing of the. world as she had
done for centuries. The obvious became
evident. She had not the finances for a
task so great. History will inquire if she
was mistaken in attempting a work so
great. Her heart was in the right place but
was her judgement sound? Should she have
admitted her weakness and have begun to
rebuild her own finances and have let other
nations do likewise? Was the offer of
money from other nations the voice of the
siren luring her to the rocks of complete
disaster? Was she mistaken in adding to
her already heavy financial burdens by bor
rowing money, however seductive were the
terms ?
Mr. Abbot, the Canadian finance minis
ter, at any rate, thinks that Britain had bet
ter shift for herself financially. He evident
ly believes in the philosophy the lark taught
her young ones. Canada, too, has some
waking up to do in this regard. She has
been mislead to a very great extent about
her mineral resources. Her soil simply is
not what it was cracked up to be. We are
burning up our forests at a shameful rate.
Our universities are wasting a great part
of their time about affairs of secondary
importance. The vim simply is not in our
students when it comes to this thing of
living. Why not rub our eyes and see what
is going on? We are second raters in a
great many things in which we should be
out and out leaders.
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Security
Considerable discussion has taken place
regarding what we cull security. We used
to say “as safe as Gibraltar’*. We do not
talk that way anymore as experienced
statesmen and soldiers know that Gibraltar
is a possible death trap. The air bomber
has seen to that. We were accustomed to
say that Britain was safe behind her “woo
den walls”. That is a thing of the p:rfd. We
used to think that the mighty ships, the
dreadnaughts, afforded the nation possess
ing them almost complete security. The
submarine changed all that. Lately we have
put a good deal of trust in the belief that
if a certain income were in our possession
we could well smile at want. Lately all
that has been done away with, thanks to
the vagaries of the market and the mani
pulative way in which our money is han
dled. Market conditions are as changeable
as an April day. A clever invention may
upset a great business venture, as we see
in the case of the radio. Fashions change
in the way of dress as is evidenced in the
case of hose. What we must do is to live
in the living present. Let us flatly admit
the fact that our people are not working
anything like the way they should. This
fine community was not built on the eight-
hour day. No community that has in it
abiding qualities ever has been built that
way. Nor can it be maintained on any such
plan. It cannot be done. Youth never will
come to a sound manhood by recreational
activities as its chief diet. If this country
is to survive it must do a great deal more
than spend a large portion .of its time play
ing and looking for chips in the porridge.
Britain is finding this out. Would her
sons but think they would realize that this
very hour they are facing a darker crisis
than they faced when their houses were
being leveled by German bombs. What Bri
tain is going through this hour, Canada is
very likely to pass through in degree. Se
curity? There is no such animal! This thing
of being carried about on a downy pillow
from the cradle to the grave is not only
the worst form of folly but the surest way
to ruin ever devised by anyone. No country
can come to true greatness as long' as ease
and frivolity have a larger place in life
than real work and strict adherence to
the Golden Rule.* * *
Better Cud On This
Word has just come that a large area
in the state of Massachusetts went this
summer for fifty-three days without rain.
The result was devastating. The govern
ment called it a disaster and federal aid
was required to relieve the distress. No one
is able to give the cause or causes of the
calamity, but a calamity it surely proved.
We have had some drought conditions
in Canada. Ontario has not gone scot-free
in this respect. Alberta and other western
provinces have suffered severely. In the
western provinces the scantiness of the har
vest has been attributed in part to an im
proper treatment of the soil. In Ontario it
has been observed that soil well suppleid
with humus has resisted the drought much
better than soil that has been depleted of
humus. Hitherto Ontario has depended in
great measure upon the clovers to supply
soil humus. Lately it seems that the clovers
are failing. Seed merchants report that
alsike threatened to become a crop of the
past. Rarely is sweet clover in evidence,
though it was abundant a few years ago,
and proved to be a fine soil builder. This
year the bee keepers tell us that there was
nothing like a sufficient supply of white
clover to make up the honey crop. Still
others are telling of a minute insect that
is to be found in the red clover heads. We
wonder if the insect that has been detected
is going t« prove an enemy of the red
clover.
All this is worth thinking about. It will
be a dark day for this province when her
soil is exhausted. Our American cousins
have "warned us again and again to avoid
methods of so-called soil fertilization that
had proven detrimental in their experience.
There is room for a great deal of work
both of the immediately practical variety
and of the research variety in this very
matter, and the sooner all hands get at it
the better. There is not a day to be lost.
Perhaps more soil is depleted by improper
care in the few weeks following harvest
than during any other period of the year.
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The Time To Decide Is Now!
What progress has been made about
having our fire fighters leave the village
to fight fires in the surrounding districts?
What has been done by the townships to
provide water for our fighters to use when
they arrive on the scene of conflagration?
What is to be done to protect the property
of Exeterites when their fire fighting equip
ment is out of the village? When property
is blazing is a poor time to make arrange
ments about such matters. We fear that
township councils are dilatory when it
comes to such matters,
Harry Hall in The Toronto Telegram
As the——
“TIMES” Go By
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50 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Advocate 1S99)
W. M. -Martin B.A., graduate
of Toronto University and son of
Rev. W. M. Martin of this place,
has re.ceived the appointment of
Classical Master of the Harriston
High School.
The Masonic Excursion to Kin
cardine today promises to be a
huge success and the town will
be practically deserted.
Miss Olive Quance is visiting
with her cousin, Miss Myrtle
Perkins, London West.
Wilbur Cudmore left Friday
for Windsor where he has ac
cepted a position as dry goods
clerk.
A number of .the cyclists of
town were socially entertained
at the home of Mr. and -Mrs.
Frank Knight, Monday evening
last, the occasion being jn honor
of Miss Jennie Drew of Ontario,
California, who is spending a
few weeks here, the guest of ,her
sister, Mrs. Knight. On assembl
ing early in the evening, the
party took a five-mile Jaunt in
the country. “ On returning, a
luncheon was served after which
the company repaired to the
parlor where their attention was
taken up in singing.
25 YEARS AGO
(The Exeter Times 1924).
Mr. and Mrs. Preston pearing
of the second concession of
Stephen drove to town on Satur
day night last and left the horse
and buggy standing near Wes
Simmons’ blacksmith shop while
they went shopping. On their
return they found the harness
had been literally -cut to pieces,
in fact, they had to purchase a
new set t0 get home.
The first picnic of the Hern
family was held on July 30 at
Maple View Farm near Zion.
There were about seventy pre
sent.
Rev. L. 0. Harvey of West
Lome visited for a few days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Harvey.
The local telephone service
has been enlarged and now ac
comodates 300 phones. This, of
course, includes tlie Thames
Road system.
15 YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1934)
The Kirkton Softball team won
the Perth County Rural Softball
X don’t think it helped Gilmore
much, moving him away from the
clock/’
trophy "when they defeated four
crack teams at Stratford.
For the first time in seventeen
years beer and wine were legally
sold in licenced hotels and clubs
in this province on Tuesday.
There was a brisk demand for
the beverage. In Local Option
districts there have been uq
licences issued.
The Crediton Evangelical won
the. Church Softball League
tournament last Thursday when
they defeated Main Street in the
final game.
The Abbott well was opened
last Thursday and now pumps
40 gallons of watei’ a minute into
the town.
WARNING
Anyone found on Main Street
exposed in a bathing suit is
liable to a fine.
—By order of Village of Grand
Bend Trustees.
IO YEARS AGO
(The Times-Advocate 1939)
With only a couple of days to
go before the wind up of the
peapack at the Exeter Canning
factory the large steel stacker
that carries the pea straw from
the viners to the stack at the
rear, collapsed Thursday -of last
week just as they commenced
work following the noon hour.
Mrs. William H. Dearing is
suffering from a fractured right
arm at the elbow.
The Kirkton Softball team won
the Perth County Rural Softball
trophy at Queen’s Park, Stratford
on Wednesday afternoon. Mr.
Wib Cluff -was captain of the
team.
Mr. William Daniels, Hensall,
who has been confined to Brant
ford Hospital for .some time as a
result of an accident in Brant
ford, was able to return to his
home this week.
Order Trees Now
For Planting In 1950
The Department of Lands and
Forests announces that it is ne
cessary for those planning to
plant forest trees in the spring
of 1950, to order their trees be
fore August 15, 1949.
This date is much earlier than
other years, but in order to be
able to give better service to
those ordering trees, it has been
found necessary to advance the
order date.
Application forms to be used
in ordering trees can be secured
from the Agricultural Represen
tatives in Clinton, Stratford and
Woodstock, or from the Depart
ment of Lands and Forests of
fice in Stratford.
All completed application
forms from the Counties of
Huron, Perth and Oxford must
be sent to the Department of
Lands and Forests, Stratford,
not later than August 15, 1949.
Orders received after this date
cannot be accepted.
A Special Garden For The Blind
At Sutherland in Britain a
special garden is being laid out
for the enjoyment of blind
people. This an amenity which
has never been planned anywhere
before. Plants will be marked
with metal tags in Braille. Flow
ers and shrubs will be chosen
for their Qualities of fragrance.
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