HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-4-10, Page 5Cucurnbei Pickle
Acreage
Lily McNeill & Libby of Canada Limited, Chatham,, intend 'salicit-
n;nug Cucumber Pickle Acreage ini and around Exeter District for their Pic -
We Salting Station, which they intend placing in Exeter, pravlidintg enough
acreage can be secured. If you wanta profitable market for your pro-
duce in your home town), try one or two acres. Solicitors will call.
Libby, McNeill & Libby, Lt'd,
J. E - BURGESS, Superintendent.
THE BANKRUPTCY ACT
Trustee's Sale
Under the authority of the Inspec-
tors of the Estates, the undersigned
authorized thrustete will offer for sale
by auction, the Farm, Farm Stock, Im-
plements, Etc, of SAMUEL GREEN
NOBLE, on the, .premines, Lot 9, Con-
cession 2, Utsbormle, or
MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1924.
At 1 o'clock, the following
Ohne tsow„ 2 horses,, Ford touring car,
subject to a lien; quantity lumber,
quantity fence posts, quantity hoes,
shovels, etc, ; 2 elets h,ames's, 2 ladders,
bag separator, No, 18;
neckyokes and whiffletrees, 2 rolls of
were fence; M, -H, mower, set barrows
k day fork rope, hay fork, cultii'va,tor.
riding plow, single. plow, harrow board,
scraper, 2 scythes, grain cradle, wheel-
barrow; and subject to liens that may
be thereon,—M,-H. wagon, rack and
gravel box; M. -H. horse , rake,
binder, M. -H. scuffler;
Also subject too a reserved. bid:,
THE FARM, consisting of Lot 9,
Con. 2 'of Uelbarmie, 100 acres, more er
less. On the premises are situated a
good frame house, 8 njoams, good sized
barn with cement floor, etc. Is well.
watered, 20 acnes sawn to wheat and
plowing all done.erm
Ts—Far farm, made known on
day of sale,. Implements, stock, etc,
310 and under, cash; over that amount
6 months' credit will be given on furn-
ishing approved joint notes, pr a dis-
count eef 5 per cent. per annum Jai
feu of notes..
For further particulars apply to
F. W. Raymostd, Frank Taylor,
10 Greene Swift Bdg. Auctioneer
London, Ont, Exeter., Ont,
AUCTION SALE
OF FARM,
FARM STOCK AND IMPLEMENTS
.on LOT 6, CON. 1 HAY TP.
on WEDNESDAY APRIL 16th, 1924
At 1 o'clock, the following:
Farm -50 -acre grass farm, N. half of
Lot 5, Con. 1, Hay; a stock barn and 2
windmills on, farm; well fenced.
Horses—Horse 7 years old; mare, 6
years old; Perch�eron mare, 5 years old ;
Pexcl+eran mane, 3 years �oad; aged
mare driving pony, reliable, '
Cattle -2 cows, fresh; 2 cows to
Grand Bend
Thomas Canning, aged 75 years, a
;farmer residing wear Grand Bend,; + suf-
fered fatal injuries through being run
over by a wagon :an;Wednesday of last
week. Apparently seized with a feint-
ing spell,' he toppled' front the wagon,
the hind wheel ,passing aver 'hes body.
His neck was broken and three ribs,
besides other injuries inflicted, He
only lived about two hours. Mr. Cann-
ing came here from, London two years
yearns' ago, making his home with his
brother, Richard, During his stay here
he had made friends, beinng kind and
obliging. In religion he was an Ang-
lican and leaves to mourn his lois one
son, two brothers and three sisters.
The funeral was held .. from his late
home here pn Saturday, the remains
being taken to Brinsbey for interment
The • floral tributes were beautiful,
showing' the high esteem 6,n which de-
ceased was (held.
Mrs. L. •Ravelle has disposed of :her
h6use to Mr. Pollock, blacksmith, who
has moved therein and is rUow nicely
setttled with his family. Mrs. Rave':
elle has mowed into her house auexti
to herstore property.
Mr. and Mfrs. England attended the
funeral of the late Mr. 'Eggert at Green
way on Sunday
It is reported that E. Ireland has
bought five lots from Mr. H. Hamil-
ton.
The remains .of the late Mr. Pick-
ering of Shi,pka were laid to res; here
on Monday.
Mr. Jerry Gravlelle has rented his
father's land and half of the house,
hie father retaining the other half.
kiensall
Bass C, Cook and Miss Ola Creak
have been visiting in Detroit.
Mr, and Mrs. John Coulter and daugh
ter, Miss Ida, are spending a, few weeks
in Toledo, 011ie, with Dr. Sam. Coul-
ter, Mr. Coulter's seri.
Mr. John McAllister, who 'rias been
quite 111, is recovering.
Mr. Gutridge of Toronto, e,pent a hew
days here recently with his friend, Dr.
G. L Smith.
Recently an interesting event took
place at elle manse here, when; Mr. Or-
ville. T. Taylor was united in, marriage
to Miss Christina Dougall, a Baugh-
fresheat. May 1st; caw to freshen in daugh-
ter of Mr, and .firs. Henry Dougall of
August; cow with calf by'side;' Hoe -
of
London Roaid, a couple mileg south
stern cow, milking, to freshen in fall of Hensale The ceremony was per -
farrow cow; 4 -year old 'cow, milking;
formed by Rev. J. A. McConnell bf
CarmelPresb to '
6 fat steers, 3 heifers rising 2 years; y ria° Church, to the af-
,M,-2 steers ;rising 2; 6 yearlings; 3 carves,ternoon, after which the happy couple
1 pure bred bull, 3 years old, took the train passing south for an
Sheep -6 sheep with lambs, 1 pure andvisitend relatives
friends.
They will reside
bred Leicester ram. Parr Line, Hay.
Pigs --1 sow with 8 pigs 2 months Mrs Wm.Wilkinson last week -re-
old; Wilk
old; 1 young sow due in May; 7
chunks tie months; '15 two months. i ceived word of the death of her moth-
- Implements—Deering binder, 7 foot; er, Mrs. Greenham, widow of the late
13 -hoc fertilizer Cockshutt drill, new J• T. Greenham, late of. Woodhail, who
spring tooth cw1tivaltor, set 5 -section 84
reached the good old age, of nean;y
harrows • set 3 -section harrows; M. -H. 84 years,
,,side rake; Maxwell hay loader; tvl.-H. Mn Edlvard Sheffer has returned
' bean cultivator and puller; new walk- from Toro eta, where he :pent a
.ung plow; Oliver ridiang.piow; dump couple weeks with members of the
rake, 2 -furrow plow, scuffler turnip famly,
sower with fertilizer attachment; root Mfr. -Thos. Kyle fell off a load roll
'�ulpea, wagon, truck wagon, set of hay recently and broke his collar -bone,
sleighs, Qight wagon, fameag mill, 2000 besides receiving bruises and a bog
Lb scales; Connor 2 h.p. engine; ; 8 in. s-hak fug up:
grinder, 2 set double harness, .et
.single harness; Daisy churn nearly new
Metotte separator, 720 lbs capacity ;
lawZurich
n mo�.wer, Etc,
Terms—$10 and under cash;. over • ----
that amount 10 months' credit on ap An egg circle was formed ..t a
pro' ed joint notes. 5 per cent per meeting Meld in the town hail'Wednes_
annum :off for cash in lieu of nates. day evening,' when W. ,D-. Sanders of
Fat cattle—cash • Exeter"was chairman, and W. Martin
No ^reserve as the proprietor is leav-i of Woodstock the .principal speaker.
lung the form. The following officers were elected—
FRANK..TAXLORA. )ADil CASE President, Oscar Kleine; vice F;,; G.
Auct, Prop ``"'il zueger; directors, J. P.- Tau ` L•.
• Frank Coates, Clerk. Sci;ilbe, W.' H. Edighoffer, F. Haber-
, er, f'A.Smith, Joss. Foster and Tac-.
�
db Battler. -
Stephen t. G. H. Me has sold his 140 acre farm
; on c ',cession 14
o;n n , Hay, to C. BwrnteisE-
ei a.' Con. $, auvd 9 (penene e„ , er of lashwood, who gets pesseesion
L' e. ( ' on April' 19. The consideration was
>n '110,O90. Mr.. Pfile gets a dwelling
Ails the little F]nkbeilvers are grow -11. n. ,Daishwood as part payment.
ing fine; ' Wm. T. Decker won prizes to ,the.
Mrs. Jack Wein after being ,ill for value, of '$31 at the C i
some time, is doing nicely. Clinton•show with
Mr. Wm,Armstrong of Exeter call- his 'fea'm :af ,heavy horses.
ed on: several farmers on this line last V nt. Miller hats .purchased the home
week. It's a pity ` we haven't more in 'Ldrich from the INCKoch'emr .es -
hogs .f -boost ,e he ferreers a bilt, tate for $1,450.
' Ol'vei. the: 9- ear' old sson of M
' A mwrriber of people are maker
Y crura,
Sterkle of the Bronson Line was o-
`ee- syrup. Beware' of the pancakes anvd
erated ,on foe app;endicitu in London,
pi Mrs this silberyers: �'' Mr. and .Mrs. Ex's Chart e
Mrs. Chao. Eulber ,s i,mproving nice- is ret of
ly, after having been sick for several? Ue,troit ane visiting with the Tatter's
flays, Barents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Ducharme,:
Mr Hair -We� em°
`Met and ui'ti a bees have. been: the. Y b has been visit py,
order of the, day. Same:bad will) be ie .1re'w 'Dusrdee. .
_ M ..Norman,. Holtzman of Preston has.
luMrs Beatrice Schenk has returned. been vistenlg his father, ,tl1r. G. Holtz-
home after engaged at Mr. Joe Fink- math
l�einier's far a number of weeks, 1 S^Von:.'Car,—Russell Preeter, popular
Mr. and- Mrs.Joe Finkbeioer enter. -
*inning
townsman,• was successful in
ed- theirfriends towinning' the Hudsoln, Coach ,:n t1ie7Acl-
ertain a number of. au verriser Contest, recennt?�
ly completed.
a treat of bietterrints and ice cream the
other night. He worked hard and deserves;-tt,
cin ,Walter Jeffrey, who': has re -
The. nice 'weather' of the past fec�*
ac eptly', tuidergane a few operations; in
days• has done much to improve the,..
IJ•etro,.t„hos ntejl,,, ase eetur d:.t tithe
_ p, �'
• rtiads •lige bo 's�tvlia? )lave a. clietame�e ,�c.
.. ✓a. Y , .Sau1i,1' :'4 -til ea eetea..r,w,-; rid yuA;,✓•'
ttn:nga.:per11 app,-•eciate int .�; ,'�
Mess' Ed Neeb has returneii• Fame`." Becker—lea . e a
zea , ��te�l�-�'h rnayx�aaetcak
e Fi k • e�inens • ac c i
of er be''` ''at' Mr. Dan, ,ntkb for rr1 , n • Lome. a:. Tu,c da' ;" -'V ; -
.........�g .. ,... � � ., rs y lai, , r-5,
a;time; •tVVe hope e sh:e en o ed her stay Guth Ani° H rt e h'�"da d
av p ] Yy. Y a ,liey ., w„3ttei• of Chas.
in'thus• �ghborbood. eleetleirbeef Goderia, formerly of Zur-
..:.o i :�:�r ps 1;'tte•^:�nwst"� :i'�",is ^ti•I .." , orm Be -
,k•,. ,}s � ,t�T • ,.�,, api cYer of;Wat
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Via a r li .e 1
i 'v af� � '�er
ran � �.
- ,. Y p =�ew�. ,.�. T. C. ivlorris, pester
hail tt d ie ie''' g`e .11Berne alum of AS'kin setae Methodist Church of-
.
of ` chlkhi
ina e e.a -
,poa:.fle shed; The bride was;: peet'r';r'' at -
tired in, her tratvieillfnig isn't !of may blue
tricatine and wore a becoming ;sand -
colored hg. with mink chokerian'd cor-
sage of Sunset roses, After elee Gere-
mony a a+eception was held attbe home
of the :bride's slater, Mrs, S. E. Faust,
Wortley road, after which Mr. and Mrs.
Becker left on a wedding 'trip to To-
ronto, guffalo and points' east. On
their return, thley ,Nip reside in; Water-
loo: t • l,
FOREST COUNCIL, RESIGNS.
Forest, April 8—Following last height's
council meeting which was' a long and
sttormy on; Reeve Rabrt, Hair, goun-
c llors .Root. Cope and Jos, Duncan
and Town Treasurer Chas. Douglas
handed in their resignation: They give
as their eeasone their inability,to co -,op
'era& with the other members of the
council,
`Her e and There
For the first time in Ontario, an
attempt will be made this spring to
organize a voluntary egg pool. Ar-
rangements for the undertaking
have been completed by the United
Farmers' Co-operative Company, and
it hoped to control absolutely the
egg market in the province.
During the year 1923, 3,380 tourist
automobiles entered the province of
Nova Scotia, the Land of Evangeline,
according to the annual report of the
Nova Scotia Tourist Commission.
Altogether 63,000 tourists visited
the province and distributed a sum
estimated at $6,000,000.
A picked detachment of an offi-
cer and ten' men of the Royal Cana-
dein Mounted Police recently cross-
ed the Atlantic on the Canadian Pa-
cific liner Melita. ¶heir duty will.
be to guard the Canadian exhibits
at the British Empire Exhibition.
The Exhibition and buildings cost
about $200,000,000.
A chain of factories stretching
across Canada will be established
by the Dominion Tar and Paper
Company, sponsored by English in-
terests. This was announced by the
Earl of Dunmore, V.O, anti Sir
Harold Botton after a recent visit
to Canada. Sites have already been
secured in Montreal, Winnipeg, Van-
couver and Toronto.
Canada's trade balance is being
steadily maintained, for, according
to the February returns, just issued,
the imports for that month, which
totalled $62,133,882, showed a de-
crease of $3,173,814, from the same
month last year, while the reports
for February this year, totalling
$67,274,543, showed an increase of
$9,618 182.
Hon. George H. Henry, Ontario
minister of public works and high-
ways, has announced a change in
the method of financing the planting
of trees along public highways. In-
stead of sending out its own work-
men, he says, the Government has a
scheme whereby farmers planting
trees in front of their own property
will be bonused so much per tree for
planting.
Over $1,000 has been paid ,by the
Province of New Brunswick in wild
cat bounties since- the commence-
ment of the present fiscal .year. Al-
ready approximately 400 claims for
the $3 bounty offered for each ani-
mal have been handled by the chief
game warden's branch of the Depart-
ment of Lands and Forests, as com-
pared with the 51 claims made in
1923, following the bounty offer
passed by the legislature in that
year. -
The splendid success attained by
irrigationists in Alberta is evidenced
ley the last financial statement of
the Taber Irrigation District. The
report reveals a total surplus col-
lectable or on hand of $30$00, .of '
which $7,000 is • on deposit in the
bank. Operations have been so satis-
factory that negotiations have been
entered into with the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway to set up a' sinking
fund • of '$3,000' 'to $5,000 to redeem
bonds of the district held by the
railway. In this way it is hoped
that the district will be cleared of
debt in a few years.
The Canadian Pacific Railway an-
nounoes that it will resume its win-
ter cruises in 1925,- one round the
world and the other to the' Mediter-
ranean. The 22,1100 -ton Empress of
France has been "selected for the
former cruise, which will last four
months and . will completely encir-
cle the globe. She will start from.
New York on January 27th. The
ship has been recently converted in-
to an oil -burner and _entirely, reno ,
vated The Empress of Scotland,
42,500 tons, will make the Mediter-
ranean cruise, lasting four months
and including all points of interest
on that sea.
The Trans-Canada..Limited, the
crack daily train of :the Canadian
Pacific between Montreal and Van-
couver, and the longest distance and
fastest long-distance_ express in the
world, will resume service May` 18th
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a��boli•-<ends of the rotitEe:• - The
running time between Montreal ' and
Vancouver,,formerly 92 hours,,;has
.beencut by. tdvo':••hours • and'• the
limning.time: .'between•• Toronto'sed'
Vancouver, formerly.85'shotird',•and4'
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WHAT TO OO FOR BLOA1
Remedies for Hoven and Chronic
Tympanitis In Cattle..
Causes of Bloat Desertbed--Use or
Trocar to Puncture the Rumen Re
Commended for Hoven--Internal
Remedies Also Suggested—dint: er.
- cultists in Dairying.
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture. Toronto.)
Nearly every cattle stable is the
scene of a few experiences with bloat
ing cattle during the winter and
spring seasons. Bloating; is charac•
terized by swelling at the left flank.
In severe cases the distention may be
such as to cause great discomfort;
and when tapped with the fingers will
emit a sound. The animal has a dis'
tressed expression and moves uncom•
Portably, breathing becomes more dif•
ficult as the • gas distention of the
paunch progresses. If the gas is not
liberated, or its formation checked
in time, rupture of the stomach o;
death by suffocation may happen.,
Hoven or Bloat.
The causes of bloat, or hoven, can
be attributed to:any"kind of feed that
will produce indigestion if given in
Unreasonable quantity. Hasty feed
ing by greedy animals frequently re-
sults in discomfort for the animal
and trouble for the stableman.
Frozen roots, mouldy feeds, over-
feeding with middlings, barley or
corn meal, cold, wet feeds, potatoes,
cabbage, large quantities of green or
frosted green feeds are common
causes of this trouble. The digestion
process being interfered with, fer-
mentation quickly sets up in the
Paunch with serious gas distention.
Puncture Rumen With the Trocar.
In urgent cases" speedy relief is
very essential to the continued life
of the animal. ;I;he quickest rebel
may be given by puncturing the
rumen, using a trocar if such is at
hand, or a clean, sharp knife blade,
will do. Select a. point equally dis-
tant from hip bone to last rib, which
is usually the point of greatest
visible distention,- In making the in-
cision direct the knife or trocar point
aownward, inward and a little for-
ward. The sheath of the trocar
should remain in the opening to pro-
vide exit for the gas. When no tro-
car is at hand and a knife is .used
to puncture the paunch, the opening
may be kept open by a large wing
feather from turkey or goose. The
feather is prepared by making an
opening at each end of the quill and
then dipping in boiling water, apply
uarbolic•ointment and insert. While
the tune or cannula is in position it
shou_d be held by an attendant until
euuieient gas has passed out to per -
:en the ueek to return to normal
rendition. It can then be removed.
:enamel Remedies May Relieve.
When the bloating is not severe,
as indicated by only moderate swell-
ing at the flank, the trouble can best
b, relieved by the administration of
internal medicines. Aromatic spirits
of ammonia given every half hour,
two ounces to one quart of water for
an animal two years or over. After
bloating is over give one pound of
i u
g a bcr salts in not less than oi.a and
a ualf quarts of water. Repc.3r, the
pnysIC if necessary.
k.;lir•onic 'Tympanitis,
This form of bloat is present in
many cattle stables during the long
winter period when cattle are stand-
ing ni. Some animals 'May be affected
by this form of digestive trouble,
white others living, under identical
conditions are not.''The affected ani-:
mal bloats up alter feeding, but gen-
erally not to an extent to require
puncture and relief, bye'trocar and
cannula. A purgative will generally
give relief, provided the chronic
°loafing has been caused by Indiges-
tion, and; not by tuberculosis of the
pulmonary lymphatic glands.
Best Doses for Chronic Bloat.
The following dosage has . been
found very effective nn relieving this
form of bloat: one pound of Epsom
salts; one half ounce of powdered
Barbados aloes; one ounce of pow-
dered ginger; and one pint of. . mo-
lasses. Prepare by stirring the
Epson salts and aloes into two quarts
of warm water, then add the ginger
and molasses. Stir all for five min-
utes and give' as a. drench. After
the operation of the Purgative, 'see
that the feed is sufficiently succulent
to favor easy digestion.-teoots, silage
and clover are meet -useful in keep-
ing the alimentary tract in good con-
dition. .The use rot linseed; .mealand
glauber salts mixed with the „feed
morning and night a handfdiof
each—is good practice should there '
be any indication that the general
feeding is not laxative enough. Potas-
sium ,bi-carbonate, powdered ginger
and powdered gentian are very useful
as a tonic to tone up the digestive
system and thereby aid in the pre-
vention of chronic bloat or tympan-
itis. Use equal parts of each, mix
well and give one ounce at the begin-
ning of the feed three times a day.
Should chronic bloating continue
after treatment the tuberculin test
should be .applied• to .the animal.—
L. Stevenson, Dept. of Extension,
O. A. College, Guelphs •
Tuberculosis and Dairying.
The economic importance of tuber—
culosis in the dairy industiy is shown
by figures on the4length• of dime cows,
remain in the milking herd. The
figures, prepared by the United States '
Department of Agriculture, show
that the average cow -remains' in • the
Milking herd 4.2 `years. Hower
Ili 8 � er, ;
when.thetows removed on account. of
tuberculosis.are not,considered, it is
found that the -turnover is not nearly •
so :greatthe LiSefW lite ot.the "aver
a'ige•;^coie ..being :5,.T Yea1s: "Th`a' eradi-
cation' of the..great cattle plague:.weilf •
ciit,,down the=.•costalrf:.prod,uotion•' of`
dairy 1n3oduots
Mount Carmel:
•Revds, Rather' Sullivan of Torc ruso
and Father Glavin a£eSamdwich called
on friends here last week
Mise 'Mary ; IccLaughli .was called
home last week"owing'ro the death of
her. father, Mr. M, !McLaughlin of ,Lu -
can.
Mr. John Guinan arrived home an
Saturday, after spending several weeks
Detroit. ,
Mr. and iMrs. Chas'. Glavin are aere
iously i11 a,t their home, Their many
friends wish for them a speedy .re-
covery.
Miss Martha Morrissey of St. ros-
eph's Hospital, London went part . of
last week at her home here.
IVLr. Leonard leyan1 :of .Chicago, , ,ll.,
spent a few,. days -witIhi hia brother,
Michael ,Ryan.
Mrs, Corie Regan, accompan,ired ;by
two children, are visiting Mrs, Regen's
mother, Mrs. Mary Glaviin, Weiligig-
ton street, London.
Glavin,—At Mount Caravel, on L'4.rch
29, to Mr_ and Mrs. Charles Glavin
a daughter.
Greenway
The messenger of death has been
busy in, our midst and called away
three of our .esteemed citizens. We
refer to thee demislei ot. Mr. Henry Eg-
gart,> who was summoned an Friday,
Mee, efervi;ct Pickering ,responded
Saturday„ and an Saturday night Mrs,
A : M. Wiisoir linseed away. The fun
•era) services were conducted on Sun-
day, Monday and TueSdaY„ respective-
ly, by Rev. W: 1; Manes. Further
particulars next week,
Clandeboye
Death of Austin Carter.—A partic-
ularly and death took place here on
Sunday last; when Austin 'Carter, who
resided about a half mile out of town,
passed away et the age of 20 year>e
About two . tve'eka previous to his .de-
misehe was taloen1 with an acute at-
tack of pneumonia and sinking daily
the end came Sunday. Austin a'ams the
son, of Mr. Richard Carter, and was h
young man ;much admired and respect-
ed for his many good qualities. He
is survived by his father and one bro-
ther. The funeral took place to St.
James' Cemetery on Tuesday at 2
o'clock,
4.
ST. MARYS.—Archibald McDonald,
aged 73 years,, one of the best known
and most popular farmers inBlanshard
Tawnship, is dead, He had been ill
for two weeks of pneua onia, but was
able to celebrate his 50th wedding an-
niversary last week, He is survived by
bis widow, two sons wad one daughter.
Itpays to use
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Necessity the Mother of Invention
The secret of making ends meet, is,
not infrequently, the difference
between Success and Failure. Adapt-
ability to hard Circumstances in
order to study them with, a view to
overcoming them, is a mere stepping-
stone to the foot of the been Inventor.
And, however we look at them,
Inventors are "born" as well as
"made".
An Inventor has the ability to step
off, into Space as it were, to `.`take
the plunge" to quote the man in the
street, which more timid, or more
sophisticated folk,:•lack.
Most Inventions come out of two
desires. A desire to save labor, and
a desire for better service. B.utan
even more fundamental stage lies
back of these. The period in some
man's life, of Rock -bottom Necessity.
And so there has come down to us
from the Ancients, who were fond of
putting Truths into adages the pithy
statement that "Necessity is' the
Mother of Invention."
The Age of Necessity, is therefore
the Age richest in "Inventions. The
Inventions of a fundamental order,
those that saved mankind from ex-
tinction, rather than: those that
spared his strength. :
Regarded from this viewpoint what
people more rich in Invention than
the Indian? What people. more
capable of "making ends meet"?
What people closer in spirit to • the
Secrets of Nature? What 'people so
able to see possibilities,,"a way out"
where no way apparently exists, as
these simple people of :the •woods,
lakes, rivers, plains and .mountains?
From these Fundamentalists, the
Pioneer had at once most, to fear,, and
most to learn. It was thisantithesis
which sharpened ..desire to take-up
the land and hold it againstthe verit-
ably embodied -Spirit of, Circumven-
tion. And it was when.. the , early
pioneers began to..'appreciete the
cleverness of the Indian and the
, Indian began to appreciate the quali-
ties of life as introduced''by the new
people, that one began to 'learn of
the other and to prosper by^ekelienge
of experiences and by exchange Of the
inventions for which each stood.
The Indian and the pioneer have
this in common. Both were;' always
face to face with Necessity: 'Danger
was clear-cut everywhere, No
• getting _away from it. And to 'some
'extent it is interestin'`8to `be'able' to
decipher- in'=most' `af the prtttiitive
inventions of the Indians;. - whether
their habitat was - the shores about
the Great Lakes, the'Prairies^from the
Lakes of the Woods to the foocthills
of the Rockies, or. the Rockies them-
selves r the litto 1 of the •Pa ` c a
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indicative of the presence of the
sinister form or forms which originally
called into existence that particular
invention.
I well -recall the impressions experi-
enced the first time I saw our Indian
guide of the French River, drink from
his paddle. We had gone up the
Murdoch and portaed to Crooked
Lake. (A lake that only last year was
opened up by the Canadian Pacific
Bungalow Camp—above). Nosooner
had we got into the canoe and gone a
few lengths than the guide ceased
strolling and careened the paddle
blade so that the clean, cool water
dripped as from a clear fountain into
his thirsty mouth and throat. No
weight had changed, the canoe still
ranged ahead from the last stroke,
the guide did not change his posture,
there was no sound, his eye still com-
manded the scene. The action was
so swift and silent that Without
bidding my own eye ranged off to the
wooded bank, searching for the
imaginary foe whose mocassined feet
and wary intuition may have traced
the invasion by the summer camper
of this hitherto undeveloped haunt
of trout.
Thus swiftly did this simple act
recall the time when it was first
practiced. That time in the history
of Canada when the Red man's foes
were so numerous, when the urge of
hunting so keen that even when he
took a drink of water he must never
lose that vigilance which kept him
always on guard.
In itself a mere straw, it holds a
psychological subtlety that in detail
shows us to what necessity and to
what finesse or inventiveness' t:ose
who live right down to the elemental
were driven by the combative ele-
mental forces with which they
warred for existence.
We admire these things in ancient
and distant peoples, but we are given
to overlook them and set little value
by them when they occur at our very
doors as it were.
Canada is particularly rich in
"inventions" of this nature. They
are not here things of the Past but of
the living Present. I saw the Indian
drink from the paddle only last sum-
mer. You may see him this.
• Adaptation or resourcefulness in
so simple acts are among these primi-
tives, progressive after a fashion. The
next time our guide took a drink of
the cool lake water, he broke the deep
flower of a pitcher plant from a clump
that grew by the bank and made a
drinking -cup of it. Not limited to
one cup you see. And in the transi-
tion from the oar we can feel there
was a transition in poetic fancy. It
wasa drink of relaxation.., a sip
of nectar from the flower's heart.
And had he been of the Far East we
should have said "See the artistic
development of this Jap but being
of the West and of the Wilds, it was
wholly unlooked for and evoked more
of surprise than,. anything . else. It
called out on elemental feelings ore
lurking danger or watchful foes, but
the pleasing " . cognizance that Art; ,
is' ''
. Universal and ' 'that ..some '
of' ;•
the primitive inventions follow the
sweeterfanc of aths• rather them
1) y, n,
the ever-present Danger spelled of
the "" oar -blade" cup.—By «Victoria
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