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THE SIGNAL
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W. H. ROannt,tott, Editor end Mestsper
Thursday, November 24th, 1932
THE OOWTZRENOE
• MEETS
tions, and there is a large and prob-
ably •• growing body of opinion In fa-
vor of ■ measure of inflation. This
would make easter the problem of die -
poring of the country's surplus pro-
ducts of wheat, meats, etc. Australia
has turued the corner to prosperity, it
is claimed, largely by cutting away
from the gold standard. On the other
aide is the consideration that Canada
nits urge obiigat.m.... si*f.112. le
Uulted States, and the present dis-
count on the Canadian dollar In New
York would be proportionately In-
creased if our currency were further
AGkZi-I depreciated. Premier Bennett clings to
"sound money" atandards—lu his
speeches; butetbere •re not wanting
signs that a policy of moderate infla-
tion to ender esemitiwwtiss— is •-.lent•
the Government has already taken a
step 1n this direction by the leaue of an
additional 335,000,000 in currency.
Miss Agnea Macpball has for months
been urging tete establishment of parity
between British and Clbu7ifa1 curren-
cy. whiting out that until this is dome
Canada cannot hope to sell her pro-
ducts profitably In Great Britain.
-" an itterarr4 Irrhelot m•dedev=repre-
sent the opposition of the Liberals to
Parltameat to the Ottawa Conference
agreements as hostility to the policy of
increased trade within the Empire.
This, of course, is entirely unfair.
What the Liberals object to 1* the all-
round increase of duties under cover
of the Conference pacts. Tete lir re-
silt of the policies of the present Ot-
tawa Government since It came to
power In 1930 is a vast increase 1n cus-
toms duties—Cwt only In duties against
foreign goods, but against British
goods as well. In other cases, such all
that of cream separators, articles that
were formerly on the free list are uow
dutiable when coming from foreign
countries. and the fact that they are
still on the free list If imported from
Great Britain means little or nothing,
for tette reason that these a•Mfelea-see
not purchased from Great Britain. The
net reahlt is that the sot nnmer—in the
lase of cream separators the Canadian
daleyman—has to pay a higher price
for his purchase.
The more one examinee the details of
the Ottawa agreements, the more one
is forced to the conclusion that the
prime object of the Cansdian delega-
tion was not to Increase trade but to'
put further sh r7Frienpon Tt1" " T
Since 1897 the Liberal trade policy ta
has had as ona'oLllasssentlsl featnns
a substantial preference In favor of
Empire goods. This preference still
stands as an article of Liberal filth.._..
BABY BON118
( Fort Erie Times -Review)
Back In the war days, Dominion
Government bonds were inroad in de-
nominations as low as 3x0. Even as
recently as a year ago, the small Inves-
tor was eonvenlenvrd by the Issuance
of bonds In denominations of 3100. The
latest loan is In denominations no
smaller than 3300. Perhaps the De-
partmetit of Finance has- foetid- that
-tbc-wnmber of applicants for bonds In
aennartnattous t,Ptmr310B-wa orromet -
that It was hardly worth while to en-
grave
a
grave the bonds. But we cannot help
regiretting that there are no baby bonds
on this occasion. They make excellent
!armaments for thousands of small In-
vestors, Including children.
THE CHURCH SUPPERS
(Stratbroy Age -Dispatch)
The church suppers ■re at their
crest and playing au important part to
the life of The church and of the com-
m11i31f FdTh1e chnlelilrliaYP'rir-' t17c
st substituted for the church supper
a canvasa of the eougregation for cash •
bona s, a have 1.11 i more Monier"'
In this way than they do by fhe supper
—and with no weary women going to
bed for a weelk'a rest following the
canvass. Nevertheless. they return to
THE SMALLER HOSPITALS
t
THE FARMI
Notes
Topics
Notes and Comments on
Agricultural Topics
Gun etph Winter Fair
On December 6, 7 and 8, the Ontario
Provincial Winter Fair at Guelph will
celebrate Its fiftieth anniversary with
..4pr./ailee!b to 1* One of the most
successful shows In Its history. Spe-
cial provislo0 1s being made for a new
Judging ring for swine so that the
public may better view the exhibits
this year than In any previous year.
For half a century the Guelph Winter
Fair has been giving a valuable lead
to the live stock industry and agricul-
ture in general. A record entry is as-
sured and there about(' be a large at-
Muiawe-.k.-limo■► team-.
within
---
within driving distance.
• • •
Grading Is Desirable
The current Issue of the ReMaemle
Annalist, official organ of the Federal
Agricultural Economics Branch, is the
source of the following statement:
"The establlshmegt and mainten-
ance of grades 1. particularly desirable
in the case of cooperative marketing.
The grower of a. good commodity
should receive a premium for the extra
carr and efficiency Involved in produc-
ing a superior product.
"Canadian farmers or business men
handling farm products who are toot-
ing for new markets must bear In mind
that their product's will meet competi-
tion from other areas and perchance
other countries. It will pay to study
trade requirements and competitive
practices and to build a sales policy
aruunl-a product sold un the bails Of
'fiendaMlsed grades." _
Oasis Seal Preemie
.The preliminary report on clover and
grass nerd production for 1932 leaued
by the Dominion Seed Branch aum-
marizes prospects for the current year
as follows:
"ClUreM a11d alfalfa promise a much
tributes both the lack of damage and
generally large returns per acre to the
tact that red clover Is never put
through the thresher until winter
weather has set lu and the crop is thor-
oughly dry. Also he reoommeods that
the Job be done with a huller or with a
machine with a clover attachment. Pat-
ting red clover through an ordinary
thresher is condemned as wasteful.
• • •
bine Opper$unMy far qts Amiss Farm-
ers of Ontario
1:::.tslc n,."ehl.tl„s •.q Market.
Ing of Live Stock with special empha-
sis on Marketing" 1s the name of a new
short course planned especially for
wider wake young Carmen of Ontario
by the ()uteri° Agricultural College.
This course has been planned because
of the opportunities now opening up as
a result of the imperial Conference at
Ottawa. It will cover In an excellent
way awsy satters•peeeetnias td' teens
production and marketing of live stock
and will tnelude the best use of farm
laod and equipment for the efficient
production of feed for live etock. In
addition to lectures and dlueueslons by
members of the College faculty and
otter leading authorities In Canada,
there will be daily demonstrations
eovering :
Types and ctaselficetloas hunt.
animals.
Preparing live stock for sale.
Mlaughtering dlffereat types of meat
animals.
Cutting and curing meat (Including
commercial cuts).
Best use of fanning mills and other
seed -cleaning equipment.
Best methods of hitching 4-, 5- and
6 -horse trams for efficient use In farm
work.
Every progressive young farmer who
eau possibly get away from home for
two -weeks Mallet take- advantage
of this spe•tally planned vain*.
WHITECHURCH
WIIITIOCHURCH, Nov. 22.—Mr. Al-
den Purdue made a trip from Leaming-
ton one day last week and took back a
truckload of apples. Mn. Purdon and
baby Billie, who have been visiting
here, rererned home with him.
Mr. Amos Cornelius has been busy
aklddlug out lop for Baechler's mill,
Oodertch.
Mr Oyster Tian, of Wingham, has
nun•hated Mr. Harold Soarltua's home
on the boundary.
Mr. Geo. McClenaghan and his fata-
lly have moved to their tarns west of
the village.
• Mrs. Cecil Falconer and Angus spent
a few days last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Falconer ut Cul -
roe.
Quite • number from here attended
ym,y i u people's rally at the tinned
church, Whighamc-'sa Thut'rday even -
Ing, and Mr. Bert Cllllmore assisted
with the program.
Miss Olive rarebit reeiraed home
from Rlpky last Wetlniiday.
Mr. and Mrs. John McGee attended
the Royal Fair in Toronto last week.
The regular meeting of the W.M.B.
of the United church was bele* Wednes-
day last, with the president. Mrs.
Gaunt, in the chair. Mn. Lott gave
the report of the W.M.S. Presbyterial
meeting which was held in Gerrie and
Mrs. Wlghtman read a Tetter from
Mrs. Wilford, In China. a former re-
stdeut of Blyth. giving an Interesting
ti account of her work, and asking for
any choir music that might be avail-
able. Mrs. Prank Henry and Mrs.
('ox led In prayer. The Dec -ember
meeting will be held on December 14.
Mr. R. Y. ('arrack is busy these days
putting up a hot -house in which to
grow winter lettuce.
On Tuesday evening last the nelgh-
Concerning Mice
By A. W. B.
smatter total -yield of reel in Canada The hunting season has come round
than last year, while more timothy and again. A e.rload of men lett on the
blue grass are in prospect. Alfalfa afternoon thin headed for the north.
They had their guns and ammunition.
their bundles of clothes and boxes of
food. We gare them a good sendoff. I.
have'e•nntmtcd myself wkh biotins ta-4-
reduced 1n acreage in Ontario and ls the barn since they departed—with e
leldlug under asersaC mouse -trap and some tasty cheese. 1
'•'A considerably reduced acreage of have been atter melee. if Doty those
sweet c•lorer for seed Is reported in the hunters can find the mocw' and deer as
Western Provtneea, also In Onttrlo. thick as these mice were in my harm
Brune mud Western rye grass In the they will each come lose pushed with
Western Provinces promise much Inure having secured so many trophies of the
I set the trap 111 he run-wa
to get together, and the opportunity of I mldsture during the growing season. I of the mice and In leen than five min -
prospects are poor, as the first cut
failed to set seed In Ontario. stud a
.Jlort_erop.of alfalfa acrd is expected
in Southern Alberta Aleike is much
bora on the 10th concession of West
Wawaaush were entertained at the
home of Mr. and Mn. Elwood Barbour
In honor of his mother, Mrs. Jas. Bar-
bour, who was calibrating her seves-
tleth birthday. A good time is reported
by all.
Mrs. McBrlen spent • few days Iasi
week with relatives at Auburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Cox spent
Sunday With rebid/ell in Ooderkh,
and Mrs. Cog stayed to visit with her
parents, M'r. and Mrs. Smith, for this
week.
Mr. and Mn. gusset! Reid of Braut-
ford spent the week -end bere with his
mother, etre. A. Reid.
While putting screen doors up In a
loft on Thursday last Maas C. Laidlaw
had the misfortune to have the table
on which she was standing tip over,
and she fell heavily to the Dour, twist-
ing her k6ee severely and bruising her.
self considerably. She will be con-
fined to her bed for some 11me. We,
hope to bear Womble- reports of her
coadlt1OrCT _— ._
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cox of Goderich
en•rece vislting Clarence Cox.
with Mr. and Mrs. Chu -
Miss Mary Dow, Miss. Eileen Broom-
er, Mr. Cyril Canning and Mr. Alex.
Robertson motored to Toronto to at-
tend the Royal Winter Fair. The young
ladles are visiting with Miss Broomer's
grandparents, Mr. and Mn. Broomer
of Toronto.
Mr. Robert McGee of Blyth has been
visiting for the past two weeks at the
t11se.bonne_- of his_brother. Mr Leask Mc-
Gee.
Furnaces Cleaned,
Repaired and Pipes
Replaced
-Prow( weir and timber _____ bi -
Ages`ler reaary Panacea
JOHN PINDER
w'a '"imii'. r •a.
Mame 127 r. a soil 1111
1
Caught on
-- the- Rocks
MOOT RACE OPENED OLYMPICS '
In the ancient great Greek athletic
Iseiteets at cilymplr the first event wss
always a foot race. It was a dash the
length of the stadium and was about
twlee the length of the 100 -meter dash
of the tdodcrn Olympics'.
housle" of the mouse and lay It In
rule. He drew from the eircumatame
a lesson for htubelf and for all:
"The best -Tall schemes o' mice an'
men
Gang aft agtey,
air !ewe- to ani
paU4 - -
_.7or promised ,toy
Perhaps( we have to be pettier art-
ists to give the mOuse a place and
kindly thought. i hare read of Con-
stable the great artlat. who cvbuld paint
tuns s0 lifelike that you could almost
hear the sap flowing In them. He had
the genlue of c•oncentratkn. His art -
the giving of the *upper. People like seed than last year owing to more chase.
Not all city people are olawsatd with the c Inirch supper brings everybody The acreage of tent grasp for mewl in ober this Is r11-hone,et•to geaodneu 1st eye could he absorbed for a long
out for l happy ane a of
Tits Prince 1•'elward island le reported at story -1 saw three mice spring that lime on one o1* .b One day if ail
the Idea that "bigness" is the only i r rightly considered of greater practl I xbout twenty -Der ler rent. less than trap and get caught. 1 caught seven for two boon concentrating his g•>i! es
thing that counts. The t'olllugwood I cal value than the few dollars which Iasi year that morning. The next morning Jenne teres he wanted to paint. He
Enterprise -Bulletin having vommented are lost. even though tie donatbns of • • • was nearly •s successful, getting nuc'• had sat so still that when he came to
Spon • suggwtbn that some of the loud foie the donorx a considerable Sweet PotatoesThe moire population of rely torn put hie hood in his pocket he found a
smeumt of cash and a great drat of A Prop rat 3.500 Innelhels of Ane o7nal- glee
smaller hospitals of the Province might work. The morale of any tonere-' 'There 111 be
be dispensed with, "Brute Broder" In sauna Is raised by ■ friendly gathering i Ity swarf potatoes was grown on a 1
of fellow -members acting as hosts and term of sixty-two acres near i)elhl in p
Norfolk county this mason by I)r. trot amongst the mice fraternity
ID dabs and abundant lunches. All the
hostesse+r to the community at large. Fitssfmmons a wt(ve of the district that torn for • little while. I am not ask* I have seen of late years is the
imanix
- - Aaete{atlnrt with othe►s. with tax •m olio (hail some years in New sure whether to ascribe such remark- churches, and they are quite a few, are
Y rbitionbure to advance the the congregational of the Jeraec and who was struck by the dm- able .urtlsa lu catching the vermin to fat and dict and well quite . few
Why
hhurch, strengthens together
i Clarity of the soil In the awret•potato- a very tIeklhrh trap. Or to the excellent shouldn't they tic, after teeddng M
David
cktonr. Working Wgether at tlhe' anps of wndwlch and rleh cater Tax
preparation n o[ food Is about as strong' Norfolk. meas 0t that State to that of C11K,he that tomes from the baud u a .
devour Norfolk. The excellent tubers pro- man who secured rhe champlonshlpr ,.rumba arenot swept q➢ imahedlatNy.
.ltfltce!I Ft./e{ysena ,..- :-Irwra, L ibifie a Lee .wail-j,'r.-nsbsh 'S4--, _ l
Ing ofpaoptetb000t among men. The aen'se' al tracted widespread interest and a tare
the Ghyak a ear req 1
he
1*
close
Williams
her column In The Toronto Mall and
Empire -remarks:
Though we differ widely iii Oar
political nomenclature. there
profound agreement on many
aential points between Mr. D
Williams, the ,erfeetly good
terprise-Bulletin, and ourselves
One such point la the matter a
smaller hospital. Mr.
thinks that there will be what
calls a good-sized row if there
any action taken In regard to
Ing out these smaller hospttale.
We also feel eonfident that should
an attempt of this kind he made,
the row will le forthcoming—the
women, who study details and face 1101,11E8VILLE. Nov. 22.—Thee
facts, will be on hand If any effort thankoffering meeting of the W.11.3.,
to shut down the small hospital which was held at the home of the
should develop. It Is not the small, president. Mrs. W. J. Yeo. on Tuesday
but the large hospital. that is the of last week, wee well attended. Mrs.
expense. We have seen, and ex- A. Bond, fourth vice-president, con-
amined elewely, a number of the ducted the meeting. which opened with
hospital+ In smaller places and the Harvest Home hymn. Rev. I. W.
have been amazed, not only ■t the Herbert led in prayer, the Scripture
splendid record of cures they bevel ---.lesson was read by Mn. Ed. Trewar-
to show, but at the womanly econ• II all responded to
omlca that are evn*tantly prac-
tised
ray
tised. The absence of the deadly '
inatltntlonal .1r la one of the at-
motpberle joys of the small hos-
pital :.ahs/ Jnrksk°ce et rcoUout 1 _-.
makeshifts that care the taxpayer
without lessening the comfort of
the patients is a delight that ap-
peals to the sternly praetical side
of every woman worth her wit.
0
wed a serious percentage of de-
areas* this week. ere wno
roblems of overcrowding or birth eon -
/told mouse lying there, asleep.
The poor rhumb mouse 1 a mis-
nomer In these days of nunserous so -
se 1e
ng. _ --- meow might °mitt .
Dns
t
SANDY NOT TREATING
The Whltsun holiday,' arrived, and
!the old man in the -hllway carriage
had Iwen staring at the bottle in the
land of a convivial etc-ottlsh bellow
pas'srnger.
"1 ■m srdenty year. of age." he
said. "and I have never Tested a drop
of whiskey!"
"Diana worry, 'creel'," returued the
other, "you're uo' gsun to start 1101,.'
bel
1 II -bel which follows a i,r0dueer has -had more orders than he 1 can't bear mice ; that is about the of overfed people P°d the crumbs from
good meal expands geniality as well as could fill. Ills farm Is In the heart of moat pr000noecd bit of feminity In me. useless mice and elven to those people.
the diaphragm. Mankind has t0 the tobacco district and It Is quite like- 1 have • d'star who nearly gars into the kind that eeteentrieMethodist
happy to he 'good, tub the churches( use Ip that other farmers will be tempted hysterics if she sere ■mouse around. , preacher. Peter Maekensle, prayed for
sound psychology when they slice to' to turn froth tolhaccrr to .went pots- Mischievous boys scometlmee have
i in ■n astonfshing prayer, "God Mesa
the church supper.
I the folks whose cupboard la so empty
Many a man is lured from
the well-known paths of real
Clothes value by bargain ad-
vertising and low priees.
They are usually "caught"
with inferior and unaatir
faeta7 elothes.
Neither you nor I can
afford poor quality.
—Altering and Repai:ing—
Frant H. Martin
TAILOR AND HATTER
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toes next year. 'fie tobaec•o drying spoiled the placidity and comfort of •
kilns can he used for dehydrating the ladles' party by Introducing a few live
insane of this IItIle creature. that a mouse after Inveetlgatlng It
HOLMESVILLE tubers. husky specimens
It is to be hoped that some of this
writer's practical common teem will
seep through into the office of the
Provincial Ministry of Health, which
appears to be trying to "regulate" the
entailer hospitals M death. A great
deal of resentment has already been
aroused throughout the Province by
this mistaken policy, and 1t Is gratify-
ing to those who hare made great sac-
rifices
itrlfices to establish and maintain hos-
pital facilities in one of the smaller
eentrea to find a champion In the city
press-
EDITORIAL NOT=
Have you started yet to buy them
early?
• • •
Science might give loms) attention to
the problem of eliminating try roads
and sidewalks.
• • •
George A Wenlgc hobs up again as
candidate for the mayoralty of the city
of London. George has been elected
mayor four times and has been d.
Mated fool Hawn, and now wants to
break the Be
• • •
iise. H. C. Nixon. Progresalve leader
• it the Provineial iwgtalatnre, wants a
p/scthh° for the Province 1n
•:, Tk. term will not expire
rr.Rne. Henry wtli9at'
attest signing his owe
leaves it with a tear in Ina eye."
• ♦ • t suppose they are h•rmlea., but that 1t an anniversary occasion at a II
does not make them any the less de chureh i attended, recently, a boy told
'sinble to the lady perched on ■chair me that' he watched the church mouse
crying, "Kill that mouse,"
feeble mice for pets, to my t inking,
has little to do. It is a pity does
not give himself to something more ele-
vating and to nobler purpose. Bishop
Fowler used to ten Of a male be
-knew wles'toob-tiie tprfaN--ia=-again
Cha and the ru c was three blind white mice to beet rap an
with Scripture verses containing the vesting of turnips and sugar beets was inclined plain He would add to this
word "Peace." Mei. S. T. Walter cis- seriously delayed by wet weather. Su- story that it is nota matter of concern
coursed on the second chapter of the gar beets have been yielding up to so much as to whether we are busy, as
study book, "His Dominion of Can- twenty tons per acre In that county, to whether we are busy at something
hl(la.• Y42 timelythough sugar content is frequently as
article on 8tewardshlp. 1S mteisionarj jfilWils'inerivenlirreent therein sad•
other eounties reported that heavy acrd
continued nine made it possible to
plow soils which were almost too hard
to turn over previously. From !'ort
thur comes word that roots and
were se p7 eptlonally good
eftf(Y'lhle year.
The Lucky Number -
IF THE PEOPLE'S STORES BIG
MAIM\ DOLL CONTEST la
421--
TH LUCKY PEB4ON HOLDING THIS NUMBER
KINDLY CALL AT THE STORE AND PR$-
SENT THE COUPON
Current CYN Report
Reports from agricultural repreeen-
tatfves reveal much dlssattsfactIon
among farmers owing to low prk•es of
live stock and produce. Eggs are the
one bright .pot In farm returns at pre-
sent, but egg supplies are very limited.
Fail wheat lookw promising In most
districts. Live stock are in good eon-
dation and the majority are now
stabled. Middlesex reports that har-
The man'who fora hobby keeps and cramp out of' its hole on the platform
when tete choir was rendering the an-
them and It appeared to be charmed,
for it stayed to listen to the musk. un-
afraid; but when the preaeher got up
to give his discourse that mouse with-
drew. The boy was tickled with this
demonstration, because he thought he
was taking a good-humored Ding at the
preaeher. 1t Is 'strange that mice in a
church ■re never far from the choir
aeate. (Now. ladles, don't get
alarmed!) 1 once watehed one scamp-
worth
campworth while. piing over the choir seats In a cbunrh
MI.. were.00yeldered oh•olssa na,ftf, l 'beim'. tii4 srr•rm. i.rpan. wises,
hack as the mating of the laws for the the male voice choir for that evening
Children of Israel no pilgrimage. The tramped down the aisle to take up
priests and diviners of the Philistines theme sats, how that mouse sedrrled
spoke of "mice that mar the land" and to Its hole. The last I saw of It that
recommended to their lords that wben evena
veiling was Its tall dleappring with
they sent back the ark of the Israelites'marv.11ous celerity throngh an opening
they were to send with It a golden In the Door.
emerol and a golden mouse for each of 81: kittens each havfhg thirty toes
the five lolls as ■ trespass offering. hare been born. la an annoutwement
POW was then sung by Mrs. F. Potter,
and an account of a Korvin W.M.8.
meeting. where the members had be-
come followers of Christ, then learned
to read, write and conduct a woman's
meeting, within ■ short time, was given
hy Mrs. L. Jervis. The meeting closed
with the Mispah benedk•tlon. The
president of the ladies' Aid then took
charge, and • letter requeutlog supplies
for relief work was read. One lady
donated • warm quilt and several more
• • •
The Caaadlaa Barest Quota
The quota of 2,600,000 cwt. of bacons
and hams asniMtod to Cana., by the
United Kingdom is net. of 1 ( any
donated yarn to be knit late socks. I particular impertaass./rt j g Present
Arrangements were made for each to time and for all time pelt imam bas
make a Mock foe another ignllt to he had unrestricted entrance into the
quilted soon. All other donations of Britl.h market.. fibs has now heels set
a definite quota that she may export,
bot that quantity is so large that ft
will he a matter of a number of years
before the parts -VI 2,nfQ00S wort
n (21M1.(Nxl lK10 Ms.) have any
meaning.
The importance of ('snada'a . n
quota In that It 1a part of the the
main feature of which la the anre.gaeed
policy of the hatted Kingdom 3a re -
(store a reasonable sbthilty In the Brit -
Intl market for meat products, bj
means of the limitation of the imporee-
clone rat s11 claws of meats), of which
hat -on and hem is ons •
The details of the working nut of
the plan of limitation devolves upon
Great Britain : It hes been adopted hy
her as the mewna of aiding first her
h ome farmers, and, second. the farmers
of the Dominion
itis from this ata pnint. and to
view of the general ley laid down,
that ('arida% ihaton quote is import-
ant to the 45raerm of °start°
clothing wUl be welcome. At the Mose
of the meeting • dabety lus b was
served by the hostesses, hare, 1K Tre-
wartha and Mrs. Wm. II
Mr. Clifton Proctor. wee
111 for some time at the patents
after a tonsil operation, is now improv-
ing. his friends will he pleated to know.
Mr. i.ealle Jervis and Mr. W. Lee
have returned from an enjoyable hunt-
ing trip in the North.
Services were eondncted as usual In
the United church on Sunday, the pas-
tor. %ee. J. W. Herbert. taking as his
subject at Ms morning nerviest, "The
Persenulon of 1115 Illerly Christians at
Corinth." and bringing forth many ideas
that are Indeed foal for thought The
Snnday aeho0ha$ In charge of the as -
*latent enpertmtendetht, Elmer Potter,
and et the Meme of the regular sendoe
tis. anconal (Abri a tree entertain-
saellt was AI 11 was derided
to have it as no 'The e5e('atlre were
appointed a ('ommlttSS to_111 in charge
0f ted program.
Mr. J. R. Lobb and Mr.'11. Holland
were mean on Monday of Mr. A. J.
Courtin. The former tomtit the Bible
clans for Mr. (ln°rtlee at !re anndar
school *e•e10a.
Ms. and sta. M semen event the
week -poi at sternest.
ar61e t1' 'ee re taking
the wheeNw."--T e
Wit
wait foe mum
"Not keg now,
the :lag in
J•Stsr.
e
• • •
Thee leg Rei Myer
fast ae•waa m.r•harhfell injury waa
reported Weed const seed whleh came
from Central Ontario.' The aped was
broken of cllippe,c sad mmplainte of
poor g.rmtnation a■ • remit wets run
r.lvegt from (beat Britain. AA tote.
Hastiest veniaeSM hy Sera D. *.arae,'
of the. d5latrttefetM Walt gliltleggeg tlrlle
1%b. Air 5141• Welty ?rad aim amattoMtt
and pno (y -•&jested thither& flews
In etre Ottawa Valley IQ. this
My Bible scholarship is not sufficient
to explain why ■ mouse made of gold
should bare been chosen to be the gift
of a PhflletIne lord. To the Hebrew
recipient the image of the mouse may
have been overlooked In view of the
fact that It was made of gold, and gold
from Strathroy. They have seven
toes On each front foot end eight on
each rear foot. 1 can Imagine what
that deapateh In consternation would
cause M the mice fraternity In that lo-
cality. For multiplied toes on kittens
surely means multiplied claws and
ever to the Jew 1s dalrabie and cissa. multiplied hunting proclivity. Such •
sone eters end under Mme race of eats mast spell diminution of
dtttlmatttllSes lake have secured a
ktadtt.
mune *sweat of
not 1a the For -
some years ago
of them. They
g oaks, killed
rk bora hot -
nibbled the bald*. it was $
dM man Olay.d tlhe plague.
He was In th . 'At making pita
and wills, and be toms that mire
tumbled down pits which the dug and
could not get out. So he made a great
number of pits where the mfr. were.
Hs made each pit two hot deep and
two feet wide at the top, ihst rather
wider at the bottom. The pits were
made stunt twenty yard. from one an-
other. Mics tumbled Into theme by the
thousands. He was himself paid re-
wards for catching 100,000. !'olst'ats,
owls and kites gathered from all parts
of the country to these pita and ate
algae fat wile. night ■ft*r sight.
Bet *till we most give tis• were
credit for obs of the Meet English
✓ emade for parties M sing. "Three
hl4ad mise" wag by three sections Of
stasis* gess* w111 add Imea.asarahly
to the is$OpPeat sad breaking of the
ice et t1 •110111111"111111nrtn. and maw
e erphortl)1 Mrget den tears, nae of ear
aspL rlee-t m EAM gmtatag Ms Is
Ctatello._ 1144014, Waif "Iltl
stet of
wise there
vowel the
liss
"Woe, sl..kit. fow.rin', tlasirrnaa
MY!!s."
hes hese reported end 1eg irpioad at. lie was loth eft distorts 'the OOP Mt
mire. Wouldn't It b e queer, a mo0se-
pees World. My Onto says she wouldn't
are. She la Patti/if the trap again
with that pungent. tasty, smNling,
cheese.
Power dwells with ebeerfulnesm,
hope puts se In • working mood, while
deep•Ir is no mime and nntunes the
active power. --3.. W. Emerson.
"I'll tell them -
not to come"
c A,..h uI, IPAItiPjlh,
Leer Swaisg fi t s
-ow ..fistis0004ss
piss Cafis light
UMW debew
se ssiir Ido. -•
The Gordons had looked forward
to this evening for weeks; their
Dun'vRle cousins were to motor
over for an oldtinle reunio
Yet here was Dora in n
spite of her
determination to see It through,
fit for no place else but bed.
"Don't worry" saki Hstry, "they'll
not have left Pet. ru telephone
and tell thein not to come. We'll
make it next week ineceed".
Long Distance, for big or little
emergencies or as pan of the
doily routine. 11 1lrar easy to