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herd at Luelknow, On
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Seer' the old grey mare ain't what
she used ko,.be,, .according to Mr,:.Fxit.
Seems I've been driving her too hard
and one of these „days somethings going
to'give.
'This 'revelation '`came about, as we.;
backed out of the .laneway. late one
evening. Seems he' heard something
ticking - no it wasn't my heart. The old
grey mare is my mode: of `
transportation and it was
some' internal noise that
caught,'his attention = int
My' new hair style.
,My man's' mind doesn't
turn to romantic thoughts
as -the stars' twinkle' high
above, no .he's all°, ears to
the, sound of My motor or 1 should sa'
the.old grey ,Ford's motor
''You s'ho rldn't drrive„her so hard!"_'-
l ow ,what exactly does -'`drive haird
mean? •
Being in a rather petulant, hnood, 1
demanded a n%re; explicit explanation. •
1 think it's one of those terms only
males or mechanics really understand...
There's not•that many words ;to tom-,
prehend: but' the implication is more ..,
• s
involved.
According to Mr. Fixitit means;.
,don't take ,off° With, a cold motor let
'the: car warm up.a bit; even when it is.
warmed up a lit,, don't pun the pedal to,
the, medal to accelerate in a burg - kind
_'of like, tricking the beast into perfor-
mance; don't come up `on . corners so
H .'h .•}l:{::}:4th
uicl on have to jam the brakes on
don't take those Corners tock. quickly;
-'let the motor, rest: for. a•' short (how Tong
is ,sh yt?)' ;time:, before turning:
off'after along drive.;
arrt of reminded me of rixyself
.don't, push' the wrong buttons when I'm
inone of my petulant moods you...
never know how big the explosion will
be! ,
B1ackbnll' vt Meaning
t► vote against something
or somebody or to ostra-
cize ' them, the word,
blackball comes down to
us from the historical,
method ef_ voting by the
use of black or ,white.
balls put into a container
"of some kind.,These balls
were the original form of
ballot, . which is taken
from the Italian word.
ballotta, ."little ball,"
describing the small ball
or.pebble for voting. A
white 'ball was a vote in
favor or- something,
while a black ball was a
°vote against When
applying for°membership
of some; exclusive : club,
for instance, if the major
ity of balls in the voting
receptacle were black,
then thatperson had, been
rejected, or "black-
balled."
A veto is an :authorita-
tive prohibition, or the
power or righ(that is
held to reject or forbid a
proposed measure, and is.
not exercised through a
ballot; Vete comes; direct-
ly 'from the Latin, mean-
ing "1' forbid.° It was the'.
word used "by the Roman
tribunes, the represents-
tines of the commonpeo-
le, the ,plebeians, ans, the
�p,
plebs, when -they °*anted
to dissent . from a decree
of the Senate
Brande•r B ridges was finding the l• e jugs i little •enol last, weed after
he em, r... ;,..
e e ed frarrt .. he .."ool.. His ex ress�o 00 like h �s
, ..- g ,. t ., �p .. . p :� rt lis � westion .
in the:.sensibilit. -of .talon esan.ns: she wra . hi - s if the'',
warmer confines of..a .big totnreL (Livirigstort. photo) '
The ,growingseason for
cauliflower' begins mid-
June and runs .through. to
mid -;October.
Corn is the onlygrain
native to the Americas
r cos
and the , second most
imp'ortant"inthe world
ter` rice of (w
heat is third).
Ontario= produced 19 mil-
lion pounds
il-lion.pounds of broccoli
with a farmgate Value of
$7:0 million in. 1994.
Potatoes are surpassed
only by mushrooms and
field tomatoes as
Ontario's most valuable
vegetable crop.
Canadians consume an
. average of 18.24 pounds
of carrots per,person each
year.
''',':'4x?'rtq:'•,iK-??#e"•`•<:?t:.tS�rt�r' {:.: r;?�y'�';� �'n','�..�.`":'i,:i:•'.:'>•`;:};%yd.':4��!�;
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y. +ear's ago
August 26, 1926
aer
reviewed - ,
0_.Ye
as g ..
Py
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aNov. 13, ' 188�:� Noy, 2 Lucknow-Sentinel was
handed. in ' to the editor, Theeditor writes:
"The first snow of the season had ;fallen here on° .the
Monday previous to publication .(Nov. .13). In this
connection it is statedthat .
Iia a United
that. _ . States..
weather
pro het adp'predicted n anadaeach winter
would become shorter than the one
preceding
year 1920, whenCanada� instead, of beingin the
North
Temperate and' Arctic hones r�rtiiuld be. in .'the.
ToridZone, enjo
i the hcit summer er of lrdia and
"Africa.-Well,we all know
what sort of a prophet that
wash,
From the:Giobe , The O o o
r' , l b f August 18 had the.
�•
l n i1 r. and. Mrs,
.'
following: >r ,yrs �MacDonald of
Lucknow, Ont., announce the, engagement of their
only daughter, Jennie, to 'lir.. William Ad Porteous,
son of Mrs.'`Porteous and.: the late Robert Porteous of
Stratford. Th, e marriage to take place yn Septem be
r.
50 years ago
August 28, 1946.
from the editorialpage - The editor wrote:
the, ood old 'da ;, Ladies.,Wore bustles;=
g days; .,w
Monday .was washday; .Nobod worked but,
�! y
father; : nobody ,.was ashamed to walk, boy's" shores,
were, copper, toed; Saturday night i!nt:hath: night; no
one was fined for speeding; onlYsmall boys wore
short pants; women, nor men either, played ;goif;-can-
dies: for the girl cost her fellow ' 15 cents .a bag* ladies
used side saddles not the whole road; a girl was most..
lybustle' behind, not hustle ahead; girls set. their -caps,'.
not their knee capsfor ea mai milk.was delivered into
your own pitcher from the dealer's tin measure; there
were na eroonerrs,_except mother when she rocked, her
restless babe to sleep; women's', skirts trailed as much;
material'below their knees as, they' don't nowt. above.
15 years ago
August 26, l g
x losiorn ini `urres 1t Twop eo le remained ..
p � p p „
hospitalized nearly one ,week after .an. expio-'
sion rocked the Huron Day Centre .for the
Homebound at Huronview.
,.
Nine other o Yle were also treated at the.
l� p , , � ed , hospital,
from injuries' in the ex. � los> on' that blasted a srnall
p
wing at the county home foir the`aged on August
Lions2Q
win tournament.' - The Luck no
Lions Slo-pitch team came borne on top or .all: four
weekend ,ball games played in Clifford,”
'f e unofficial coach, Chuck Pecker,. said the team
had is 1ot;f furs and the wins were a team effort
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