HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1920-10-14, Page 3A THANKSGIVING. EXCHANGE
By NANCY BYRD TURNER.
One crisp November mon two bug
gies were traveling down the. Barley
turnpike. Not only were the .vehicles
full ,in front, but they carried each a
passenger 'at the back. ' • When the
Dunn buggy slowed down to turn into
the hill road, the Dodson buggy drew
up beside it, and the two drivers, old
Mr. Dunn and Mr, Dodson, stopped
for a that.
The two passengers at the rear
were much pleased when they found.
themselves side by side. Little Jane
Dodson, snugly tucked in with robes,
looked at Oliver Bates, who was also
snugly tucked in, and laughed and
crinkled her nese.
"I'm going to have Thanksgiving
dinner with nary grandfather," she ex-
plained,
"So am I," said Oliver, "with my
grandfather, He .came for me and
my mother. There is a hot brick at
my feet," he added.
Jane could not bear to think that
there was no hot brick at her Own
feet.
"You just ought to feel it," said
Oliver. "It's "fined'
Jane did notknow what to reply.
Then she said;
"You just ought to feel how easy,
it is to stretch a little and touch my
father's hcei."
Oliver began to squirm under the/
robes that Covered him. "I can touch
any grandfather's heel," he said.
a ane almost disappeared from. view./
Presently she struggled back into al
sitting irositien.
"I can touch the heels of my twain
brothers," she reported calmly. '
Oliver was silent; he had no twin
brothers. ''Let's change seats for a
minute," he proposed.
Mr. Dunn and Mr. Dodson were
talking about crops. Old Mr. Dunn
was deaf, and so the conversation was
rather loud.
"Hurry up!" Oliver urged. "My
grandfather always talks about the
apple crop, but now he's talking /*bout
the wheat, There's plenty of time."
So they changed. Oliver slipped
quickly into the 'hack of the Dodson
buggy and fat little Jane scrambled
aver into the had, of the Dunn buggy.
It was easily done.
But just as Jane began to feel the
warmth of the hot brick through the
soles a her stout little shoes, and
just as Oliver succeeded in kicking
the heels of ane of the twins, an un-
expected thing happened. Old Mr.
Dunn suddenly said, "Giddapl" to gray
Robin, and at the very same instant
Mr. Dodson said, "Come up, Patsy!"
and off went both buggies as bard as
they could go, rattling down the turn-
pike, and each of then* had the wrong
child in the hack.
Before tbe two astonished ehildrea
Could get th&r breath they were out
of sight of each other, The Dunn bug-
gy went rolling away round the corn-
er, and the Dodson buggy went dash-
ing off down the pike,
Here was a pretty state of affairs!
At first Jane celled shrilly; but the
road was stony, and the wheels were
rattling at such a rate that no one
heard her. As for Oliver, he was too
much ashamed to call; he merely sat
with his head buried in the robes, and
kept silent.
Old Mr. Dunn and his daughter kept
up such a loud and lively talking that,
after a while, Jane despaired ef ever
making then/ hear her.
In the other vehicle, one of the
twin boys climbed up and stared out
of the little window in the eurtain.
"Dane's gone," he said, in a tone of
great surprise. He kept on saying ,it
until Mr. Dodson reached down and
caught hold of the toe of Oliver% shoe.
"Oh, no!" he said. "Jane's not
gone. • I have her foot in my hand."
Oliver heard it all. He felt the
hand on his shoe, and he saw the
round, unbelieving eyes of the small
Dodson boy staring at him through
the little window; abut still he was too
mortified and miserable to say a word.
When the vehicle at last turned in at
•
the old Dodson place and came to a
stop in frontof the door, he could
'stand it no longer, While Mr, Dodson
was . helping his wife and the little
boys out, Oliver scrambled from under
the pile of robes and rushed round to
the front of the buggy,Grandmother
Dodson, who had come out to welcome
the guests, peered over her spectacles...
"Who is this you have brought
along?" she said.
Father and Mother Dodson were so
busy getting together their wraps and
robes that they did not look at Oliver,
who stood just behind .them, red and
wretched. They thought grandmother
was pretending not to know Jane.
"That's our good little girl," Mrs.
Dodson said cheerfully. "She always
travels here behind us, yon know, as
snug as a bug in a rug."
At that, Oliver longed to sink into
the earth. Grandmother Dodson came
closer and peered at him, while the
twins, bursting with curiosity, gazed.
at hint with solemn faces. Then Jane's
father and mother turned and saw
him.
Oliver did not wait for any quer-
tions. 'Jane is all right," he said,
choking. "Only---she`s at my grand-
father's instead of hers," Then he
told the whole story.
Meanwhile.. the Dunn buggy had
stopped before tbe big farm gate,
"Roll out of there, old man!" called
Grandfather Dunn. "I don't know
what I'd do if I didn't have a grand-
son to open the gates for me when I
go traveling round."
When he had called twice he got out
himself and came round to the back
of the buggy to see what was the
matter.' What be saw almost made
him fall over, big, ;bundled -up old
men though he was,
"Bless me, Maria!" he called to his
daughter, to a queer voice, "What in
the world does this mean?"
Then Jane's story came out. It was
all she could do to keep from crying,
but when she saw 'Grandfather. Dunn's
fat sides shaking she began to laugh,
and two big salt tears ran into her
mouth.
"What shall we do about it?' said
Oliver's mother. .
"Do about it?" echoed Grandfather
Dunn, "It's too late now to do any-
thing about it. But I suppose we can
find a wishbone or something for our
company," His fat sides kept en
shaking.
About the same time ,lane's father
and mother decided that they would
keep Oliver. No one wanted to eat a
cold Thanksgiving dinner.
Late that afternoon the two ve-
hicles drew up beside each other again
on the Hawley turnpike,: The grown
people were laughing; but at first
there was silence .at theback of the
buggies. Later on, though, after the
two little passengers had charged
seats again, and while Mrs. Dodson
and Mrs. Bates were comparing notes
about` hene, Oliver spoke up from•his
place.
"You have a very good grandfather
and grandmother, Jane," he observed.
"Yours are good, too," Jane said
kindly.
"The dinner was fine," Oliver went
on. "I suppose we had ten dishes."
"We had twelve," said Jane instant-
ly.
"We had the biggest turkey in the
world," Oliver continued.
"We had the two biggest ducks,"
came from the other buggy. "And the
biggest pumpkin pies and--" - Jane's
voice faltered. She was almost asleep.
Just then Grandfather Dunn said,
"Giddapl" loudly to old Robin, and
Mr. Dodson .snapped his whip over
Patsy's aback, The Dodson buggy
went rocking ahead of the other; but
before it was out of hearing Oliver
leaned far out of his place and shout-
ed another message to Jane.
"We had the finest plum pudding
that anybody ever saw!" he called.
A faint voice floated back through
the frostynight air. "So did we!"
cried Jane. •
October.
Come out, boys, coarse out;
Get all the troop together,
The day is great and the sun is bright—
Say, it's October weather.
Buddy Jones—go get him quick,
And Bell—there he's a -calling.
The burrs have burst, the wind is'high,
And the ripest ones are falling.
Hurry them up; get all the. bunch
And bring thein out—where's Joe?
Nuts on. the ground are "easy to get—
The sweetest the highest grow.
Scout or squirrel, which one will win?
It's the first one there that lands.
But' a squirrel':s feet should never beat
A scout with his head and hands;
There's fun in the woods ana day like
this;,
Miss it? Who ever dreamed miss?
Nature's in love with the whole wide
world,
For Winter gave her a kiss,
borne out, boys, 'come ant, '
It's a dandy sight to see
The oglors that NM -needles wrought „•
,And splashed, on every tree.
Oh, the happy days sof boyhood
. ,,When we harvested the corn,
When the golden- tinted maples
Blazed out at early morn; •
When mother did the cooking,
While we were 'standing :Iby,,
And watched time rich crust rising
Round t'he luscious pumpkin pie.
Autumn Song.
Turn now to sleep—the air is filled
with dreams;
Over the meadow grass the small
winds creep
With scarce a sound, the yellow sun-
, shine clings
'Mong trees where still birds rest with
folded wings, - -`
And on a withering 'branch a robin
sings
Of sleep..
Turn now to sleep for darkness' will
be soon, •
And mists :like thoughts that slumber:
Mortals keep
With lighted laxnips a watch 'on wintry
hours;
But you. shall turn, with all your trees
and flowers
And garnered sunshine, to, the quiet
• bowers
Of sleep,
For rain that has fallen on quiet fields
"of • home, .
For, the light that has •quickened the
warm dark doais*,
For the• :strength 'hat has labored in
• the heat of the day,
For the harvest that will not be taken
away,
The harvest of beauty, the !harvest of
peace,
Our .than+kegiving"anever shall cease!
Westminster Abbey eosts thousands
of pound poundetaairmalle to be kept in re-
pair, •
FROM RED TRAIL OF WAR TO PROSPERITY IN WESTERN CANADA
Thousands of Canada's soldier sons, returned to the paths of peace, have availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity provided by the Soldiers Settlement Board of .establishing themselves on farms throughout the Dominion.
The above pictures give a good idea of some of the homes and farms owned by these soldiers, (1) is the home
of Edward Livesay, a lieutenant in the 491,11 Battalion in North Saanich, Vancouver Island. He has 20 acres and
is prospering. (2) shows en, W. Latter on his farm at Moore Park, \Ian. (3) is Mrs. Gallagher, who is taking
the place of her hero husband, killed at the front while serving with the 29th Battalion. She has a• 40 -acre farm
at M'atsqui Station, B.C., where she is taking .up dairying. She is the tenant of the Inatsqui farm adjoining and
is seen among part of a erop of carrote (4) Tits: neat home of A, J. McCarthy, Regina District, Sask.
$10,000,000 Bridge
Across St. Lawrence
A despatch from Montreal says-
Definite steps 'towards the construc-
tion of a new bridge across the St.
Lawrence from the foot of McGill
street to the property of the Harbor
Board on the south side, with a middle
way on St. Helen's Island, were taken
at a meeting of the committee
representing the various bodies inter-
ested with the Harbor Commission..
The estimated cost is put at $10,000,-i
000, and aid is to be asked from tlxe
city and Provincial Government; while
it was declared that the ..Dominion
Government should shoulder the
major part of the burden,
British ,Ultimatum
Handed to Russia
Weekly Market Report
Wholesale Grain,
Toronto, Oat.
T 12,•—1 anitaba oats—
No, 2 CV4 , 72%c; No. 3 CW, 68%e;
extra No, 1. feed!, 67%c; No, 1 feed,
66%e; No. 2 feed, 63%c, in store Fort
William.
Manitoba barley—No. 3 CW, $1.08;
No. 4 CW, $1.02%; rejected, 93%e;
feed, 911he, in store Fort William.
Manitoba wheat --No. 1 Northern,
$2,21%; No. 2 Northern, $2.19% No.
3 Northern, $2.11%; No, 4 wheat,
$2,04%, in store Fort William,
American corn—No. 3 yellow, $1.30,,
nominal, track, Taranto, prompt ship-
ment.
Ontario cats—No. 2 white, 64 to
68c.
Ontario wheat—No. 2 Winter, $2,05
to $2.15; No, 2 Spring, $2 to $2.10;
shipping points, according to freights.
Peas -No. 2, nominal,
A despatch from London says:— Barley $1.10 to $1.15, according to
A Bratish ultimatum to Russia, threat- freights outside.
ening to sink Russian warships and o 3, L 2, nominal.
Rye—No. $1.6b, nominal, accord -
submarines on sight if they appear in ing to freights outside.
the vicinity of Nikolaieff on the Black Manitoba flour—$12,50 top patents,
Sea, has been handed to Leonid Kras- $12 Government standard, -
sin, the Bolshevist emissary in Lon- Ontario flour --$9 bulk, seaboard.
don. The note according to Kras sain Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mont -
was' from Earl Curzon, the British
Seeretary for Foreign Arairs, The
message is regarded in some quarters
as •a declaration of war. "The note,"
said Krassin, "declared that it has
been reported to the British Govern-
ment that a Russian submarine-,
been sighted off Nikolaieff, and fur-
ther states that if this is so it will
be sunk, as will all Russian warships,
on sight." Krassin has forwarded
the note to Moscow.
France Willing to Receive
Suggestions From Germany
A despatch from Paris says:—The
French Government, according to the
Foreign Office, •continues open to Ger-
man suggestions for a .settlement of
reparations, but so far none of the
proposals submitted is deemed wor-
thy of serious consideration.
There will be no definite refusal to
negotiate directly with 'Germany. The
German and French Ambassadors are
constantly lin touch with both Govern-
ments, ,but up to the present no plans
have been =ranged for a meeting
prior to the Geneva conference, which
will fix the total sum of the repara-
tions.
Seaplane Crashes
Into St. John River
AS despatch from Fredericton, N.B.,
says: -The Fairey float -type seaplane,
in whicih Cal. Leckie, D.S.O., director
of flying aperations of the Canada Air'
Board and Major Basiil`Hoibbs, D,5.0.,
started the transcontinental air flight
from_ Halifax, crashed into the St,
John River. at Whelpley's Point, 20
miles southeast of -St, John. Col.
Leckie and Major Hobbs escaped
without injury.
Inland Revenue of
Month of August
A despach from Ottaiwa says:—The
grand total of inland revenue accru-,
ring during the month of August was
$11,292,476, according to .a statement
issued from the Federal Department
of Customs and Inland Revenue_ Last
August the grand total was $5,240,-
418. The total excise .revenue during
the .month of August was $3,807,132.
Of this amount $2,497,147 accrued
from the excise tax ion tolba+cco, and
$403,650 from,spirits.
Poles and Lithuanians
Have Ceased Fighting
A. despatch from Riga says:—Milt.
tary operations between the Poles axd
Lithuanians ' ha'veMee&' U is enc
nounieed at Polish beadquartere bete.;
This st;atexnent was made in connect-,
tion With an axtn eneentent that the
'Allied Mission on the 4 sh; • itheau
I I''o �
ian q hstien had arrived at Suwalki,
At the Niagara Falls; peatofece '110
000 souvenir postcardsare mailed
every Sunday, and from 20,000 to 80,=
000 a day on week days,
real freights, bags included: Bran, per
ton, $54; shorts, per ton, $54; good
feed flour, $3.50.
Provisions --Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, med,, 47 to
50e; heavy, 40 to 42c; -cooked, 64 to
68c; rolls, 34 to 36e; cottage rolls, 41
to 43c; breakfast ,bacon, 50 to 56c;
fancy breakfast bacon,. 56 to 62e;
backs, plain, 52 to 54e; boneless, 54 to
58e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 27
to 28e; clear bellies, 26 to 27c.
Lard—Pure tierces, 30% to 31c;
tubs, 31 to 31%c; pails, 311,4 to 313'.c;
prints, 30 to 303/..e. Compound' tierces,
311/4 to 31�'4e; tubs, 241,4 to 241/zc;
pails, 24% to 24'Y c; prints, 27 to 28e.
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter—Creamery, fresh made sol-
lads, 55 to 57c; prints, 57 to 58c; No. 1
dairy, 47c.
Eggs—Current receipts, 56•to 58e,
Dressed poultry—Spring chickens,
35e; roosters, 23c; fowl, 25 to 30c;
ducklings, 35e; turkeys, 45 to 50e;
squabs, doz., $5.50.
Hone; -23 to 23%c per Ib. for 30
and £0 lb. pails; 23'4 to 24c for 10 lb.
pails, and 24 to 25c per lb. for 5 and
2'ia lb. pails, Wholesalers are now
selling to the honey trade, 60 lb. tins
at (roan 26 to 27c per Ib.; Ontario
comb honey at $7.60 per 15 section
case,
Ontario honey -6 fix, pais,. 290 1b.;
2% lb, pails, 30c per.ilb.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 28
to 30e,
Montreal Markets.
Oats—No. 2 Can. West., 94e; No, 3
Can. West., 92c; flour, new standard
grade, $12.50; rolled oats, 90 -Ib. bag,
$4.20 brae, $49.25; shorts, $54.25;
hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $33.
Live Suck Market.
Toronto, Oct, . 12.—Chc,:ce: heavy
steers, $14 to $15; good heavy steers,
$12.50 to $13; butchers' cattle, choice,
$12 to $13; do, good, $10.50 to $11,50;
do, med., $8 to $9; do, corn., $6 to $7;
bulls, choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good,
$9• to $9.25; do, rough, $6 to $8; but
-
Oilers' cows, choice, $9.50 to $10; do,
good, $8.25 to $9; do, come, $6 to $7;
feeders, best, $10.25 to $11.25; do, 900
lbs., $9.75 to $10.25; do, 800 lbs,, $9
to $9.50; do, corn., $7 to $8.50; canners
and nutters, $4.50 to $5.50; =milkers,
good to •choice, $100 to $165; do corn.
and med., $65 to $75; lambs, yearling,
$8.76 to $10; do, spring, $13.50 to
$13.75; calves, :good to choice, $17 to
$19; sheep, $8.50 to $8.25; Bogs, fed
and watered, $20.25; do, weighed off
ears, $20.50; do, f.o.b., $19.25; do,
country points, $19.
Montreal, Oct. 12.—Butcher cows,
med., $5 to $7.50; canners, $8 to $4;
cutters, $4 to $5; butcher bulls, cern.,
$5.25 to $6; good veal, $13 to $15;
med., $10 to $13; grass, $5.50 to $6.50;
ewes, $6.50 to $7; lambs, good, $12.50'.
corn., $5.25. to $6; hogs, off ear
weights, selects, $20; sows, $16.
Thanksgiving.
Thanks for the life Thy love has
guarded still;
Thanks for the loves that all the glad
days fill;
Thanks for the joys which brighten
all the way,
Thanks for the homes, the friends of
every day.
We thank Thee, Lord.
For every daily gift for daily need;
For hopes renewed by many a kindly
- deed,.
We thank Thee, Lord.
Forpain that teaches us to sym-
pathize,
For every tear that dims aur aching
eyes, 4,c
For hopes deferred, for disappoint-
ments keen,
That -lead our faith to One we have
not seen;
For faith to walk the darkest, hardest
road,
For needed strength to bear life's daily
load,
' We thank Thee, Lord.
For cloud and sunshine, calm, or wind
and rain,
For wildest stomp that leads to calm
again;
For silent, silver melon=for stars that
glow;
For summer's verdure; and for winter's
snow;
For all of nature, life and diving
things,
For death, and that new life that dy-
ing brings,
~The Passing of the Queen.
rain and elnuons, with sated eye ,
'Shenovas beneath the clatn'roua sky,
Iter heir es bound with eelanaon leaves,
Oen arms are full of golden sheaves,,
Iter llpq are ran with vintage Wood,
Her . breath of the burning wood,
-When one walks through the yellow
grain) •
The hare trees sway to let her Peas,
The sun wings }ew bis temp Kot fire,
The wind ,si'ghs• through her - Eolian
leen,
•The evatere deep,heir keep,
4 yigil g p,
The flowers !else and go to sleep,
When Queen October passes by,
Heading for the Cross -Benches.
Mayor McBride, of Brantford, who has
decided to forsake the Government
benches in the Ontario Legislature.
He alleges that the Attorney -General
tried to curb his, reference to Hydro
Radials and that there is considerable
dissatisfaction among organized labor.
The Biggest Blessing.
1 think I'm thank/West of all
For this ' old house of ours;
The maple by the garden wall,
The 'borders full of flowers;
The front doorsill that'e bellowed out'.
By many passing feet;
The, ,different picturea hung :about,
With faces kind and sweet.
The fireweed's flame Tie red and gold
And makes a Insley emelt;
',Ohere'e nothing half so deal andeold.'
An water from our well;
And through the window, sleepy
• .night, .,
Just at the stairway's head,
A white 'star like a candle lights;
Mo safely up to belly
So :brightly all my bleseings shine
That many thanks. I give -
But mostly for this hones of imine
• Where I was put e lova,
Elect neity tees first used •in, a mine
in 1879, when,, u Scotoh colliery vitae
lighted with it,
POLLY'S THANKS-
GIVING
The last trunk lied gone, the last
giggling girl had climbed into the bus
axed the school settled into a dreary,
discouraged silence. Polly Evans sat
disconsolately in a chair. Everything
was as dismal as posniblo, and if she
were sure Ann. Elizabeth, the maid—
of-ten-work above stairs, would not pop
into the room she would have a good
try.
Polly had only been at Hill Crest
Girls' School a week and, of course,
it was :silly to go all the way from
Toronto to Parry Sound for Thanks-
giedng. But,, nevertheless, a tear
trickled down her nose and splashed
on the French grammar open in her
lap. "Fat lot I have to be thankful
for!" •sbe thought, bitterly.
Only two teachers were staying over
the holidays, and every girl except
Polly had gone, dropping delicious
hints of the celebration in store for
Mein. If Polly had been at school
from the beginning of the term, surely
some of the girls would have carried
her off for Thanksgiving, but she(
scarcely knew them. Another tear.
chased the first one, when a sharp rap
at the door made her swallow hard
end fly for her handkerchief.
"Come in!" she called, and in came
.Ann Elizabeth with a big parcel.
There was a box of candy from dad, a
little fruit cake from mother, a gay
little book from Bob, a feather from
the turkey and a jar of ginger cookies.
Polly blew her nose vigorously and
decided to cheer up, Taking the book
and a handful of cookies, she went
down into the study and curled up be-
fore the Are. It was too bad the
teachers she cared for least were stay-
ing---everything
taying--everything was too bad, but she
was fourteen and a young lady of the
world, and must make the best of it.
The book was very exciting and she
soon forgot that to -morrow was
Thanksgiving. Suddenly mixed in a
hazy way with the -characters of the
story, she became aware of a deep,
pleasant voice talking in the entry,
"Didn't Jane get any telegram':
Gone to Betty's for Thanksgiving?
Pshawl Here. I am stranded. in Ta-
ranto without a soul to cheer me up!
Well, guess I'll be going."
"Better go in there by the fire and
rest a bit," Miss Warren suggested
apologetically. She felt that some-
thing should be done in the principal's
absence, but she was a vague little.
person and couldthink of nothing else
to suggest. It was 6 o'clock and: all
at once she had a brilliant idea, "Per-
haps you'd stay for tea," she added
anraiously: •
Polly peeped around the edge of her
chair. The jolliest 'sort 'ef a person
was coming into the room.
"Hullo!" he cried, catching sight of
her
"You stranded too? I'm Jane's
Uncle Bob, Say, how'•d you like tb
adopt ire for a day?" The idea of
adopting such a tall, grown-up gentle-
man sent Polly into a gale of merri-
ment, and by the time Miss Warren
returned to :announce supper they
were chatting away like old. friends.
Dinner was very exciting and Mr,
Kenyon kept every one laughing, but,
best of all, before saying good -night;
Uncle Bob had obtained permission to
borrow Polly for Thanksgiving. What
a day it was!
Dinner at the largest hotel Pelle
had ever seen, then out to the football
game, supper and then to the theatre.
Such adventures!
"I never was so thrilled in my life,'
wrote the little girl next day in her
Ietter home, and Uncle Bob, let me tell
you, enjoyed himself as much. as Polly,
Physical Tests for. Aviators.
The famous military academy of
St. Cyr, in France, has recently estab-
lished an aerotechnic department fox
the training and testing of student
aviators, and also for the working out
of problems that have to do with fly-
ing.
One of its interesting features is a
pneumatic caisson, in which the air
pressure can be regulated so as exact.
iy to correspond to any level in the
atmosphere. The student placed in-
side of it is exposed, in this respect,
tie the conditions he would encounter
in a climb upward to lofty .heights.
•The temperature inside :the caisson
is Iikewlae -under control, so that the
occupant may experience just such a
gradual chilling of the air about lxhu
as he would .meet ie a °limb far luta
the sky,
Accurate reeording instruments take
note of his lung a°tton,+, blood lure,
and capacity of restetanee to :cold;
and, when he has endured the test and
has some out of the eaiesen, measure,
meet le lade of the strength and tidi-
ness of his 'heart peats,
For theoretical great ranted be ie
provided witha respirator *e* aud
tank a exygeie just ea would ba the;
case if ha ware Dying at a Itvel a Are
miles • or -higher, where the air in sit
thin that a man cannot ger: elletegb
oxygen into his lungs to keep htte
alive.
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