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Of
What little. digging. Into Mater),
VictOr Lauriston, Goderich Old . x sone s blr<ie Qy
wrist sof articles for The 14Ondorn '
Froin TheLondon ssl- ..
This is about victor ' urlstou and
• it".#s wr1tttu by himself', toe.- 'Readers'
•o#•°1 ing-()ver Western, Onttario are'
:'fam'iliarr with the naive and Ida'.art
toles,one of hiai .'most -'interesting
having, ,, appeared ' •only • last - -week.
f" ton Ontario I
>r�ditore ' of, "�"'es i1 a A sto . >ry
Notes,' published' by the Lawson•,'Meni-
' bria library, ..: Untvcrsit . of -.Western'
Ontario, asked 'Mr.. Lauristoh for somio-
iaotesabout .huins+elf and, found .the
reply • Was . se= . interesting that we
for a' whole biographical article,"'
asked.,
',The result IS taken,.f roan the Univers ty
-publication' Atncd-.given,: here• ith..4 1n
Mr. La uriston's sketch:, mieutiopiar - is
made. of °two . whose deaths occurred
,:during the past =e#ir�''W. 11.::Johnston,
,oftor, .. and 'W. E. Phillips, •. ,or,.
• -..Sarnia, Both' had': been ' frequent ,and •
cups flour- ' 1 tbspn. shorten
p•cup milk itgL,
- ism. salt 6 tb n
'/a PSR sA a. giated.
teaa. Mg1a$akin& Pow
er
: .
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hair -baked,
akedt
_placeaquatica
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hearer on_'to ' ar�biscuits 'for
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out with si nnn biscuit, • cutter.
liaic0 in hot overt c475°F. 12 to 15
uee. Makes t k 2.
•
atu'edt Yeottribluor " to tide- seetiOn of
The Free •Press., r. X0brifitoli wrote
° authority 'on. thepernalitie
prooilnent In the.. inaking orf killxor�i
County, 'while the tang of life, and ad-'
torture ou the kirreat Lakesmeated
the •writings of Cowmddore Phillips( as
they appeared In these 'pages for
Several, yeas. Following is Mr..
fl tris toll .1 rn self '
Pre. The work began casually
enough. -71-did alf-artiele a it -was.
published, X-, felt the urge to repeat;
and fic' the process ot- kepetitioaa, over
a good Many 'years, I ,.havedug for
nuterialBete,' there and • everywhere,
la. what odd Tomenta 1 could. spare
from other writing.
• Soi ea.rof Ibis material ,has
from individi ale.' 'Same of it eMerged
from old letters., i; have • drawn a
great part of it' from obscure, forgotten
newspapers, Inngazines,, and .books that.:
"eamen0 way,from:fxiends _who knew
I was, interested 131,0that, Sort of thing.•
Quite' often : inn'article: „I'd' 'Written
would inspire 4,someope to -write 'Tao
regarding some...related tools: So«-irnst ,
or
xlairu� ted to _axicither• , xn �t�ehiug.
material, l have:Fat been able to 'travel,
as.,_fast or: as '-far. as r I .Could - have
wished,. or to 'handle all, the -Mentes I
would have ',liked pito handle,:,; But ` the
work is very- interesting, .so far as it
has, gone' and tar• chief regret is that,
pursling.,, snore alluring.: `lines 4
writing,.l••neglected so long-the'tliethee,
that lay all about inc.
That. is .the 'salient fact about'•this'
work; the materiallies , all about' us,
Biose to us, arid ,wuite ,often• n i.casua.l
talk on everyday ' matters ' will .reach
back into -the, past to°4uncover inateri€il
of . vital„, interest., fn :=,spite of the
lesand regrettable sac nice '° of',
lied,.sg
historical ' material that' marked the
recent' salvage drives, there is still 4 a
wealth of. material to be Uncoyered in
attics and :bookcases and., ,on.. dusty
shelves. 'There ,is, too,- an added
veil:thJi . hrn er=iatin "•the. me? Tories• of
+olaor:,eik.who have played .their' pay.
in " the dey'elopment' of Southwestern,
Ontario; and,, if. approached, would be
only tee glad to tell about it..
The work*, has brought me", ,spy
worthwhile' contacts; It gave me;' a
thrill _ to -discover,' a coupleoff" years.
ago; that W. .H. fohnston, of Exetor,
was ' .an old; teacher ' friend '"of ivy,
father's; and, had probably visited our
tense' . wheia was °a boy, If 'was , a. ,
rill • ' he =one' occasion we suet,
,th ,too}Qnt e _ ,...
o kk= - bout Great Lakes ships -"with
.. E. Phillips.' Ontario local history.
Wit two good Yorkers • when these -men
T -Suppose!' some latent ,interest . in'
things' � �� , ie rical Stirred when, as •a
boy 'at Goderich,;'in -the early
'wwhtsleh,intrigued iy sights and soun
ears theremade
fnniiliar-4--
tlie harbor with:, lts.. ray _wharves, ;its
fishysmoils,..and its' sailing.Craftwand.
occasional steamships ' Coining and
c s Melly'. of them,
going; the salt bio, Y is
decayed and ,abandoned .relics of the
great •'reat salt boom of the :60's;''and 'even
the stone foundations of buildings par-
tially:: razed`: or never, #nished "that
seemed to dot the town with surprising
frequency. Had, I ' been less . inordin-
atoly shy 1 might, then and,thereehave
laid the foundation , of"a work of his:.
to'rical research. such asmy good con-
frere, the late Ctunmodore W. E,
-Phillips•, ,carried on with such assidu,
ity, , into ' the. romantic ',history, •-: of
navigation on the : Great Eater.
'For, it ; w,,alwways the personal, ;the,
human,' and the "glamorous aspects ':of
the past that intrigued; me.
- 1 go't a thrill, too, in my teen -rage era,
when `I first ,Sit* the .,curious front-
page • caption of the old 'Petrolia' d-.
vertiser, a= script 'headline punctuted
rr eks thrill T rant] t•rto
.better. :hen: ;y r s laterr,_a. gray=,:a1,
Uncle, sitting . before the fireplace • with
his pipe, told, what' 1 had ueyeu heard
before„ the story of haw my own . grand-
! father; the:.la•te .James . Park,_ tr:d:: won:
ai'iid • loot u fortune in the Bothwell
k
oil bOon't. N- �• " .. °
for local
• with the latent instinct x
Yeti ,
history, I spent •eight years as , reporter
and' editor on a Chatham newspaper,
and: a ,.great many' more years "sis a
(free-lance journalist.'.,before:._1 really
woke e to the possibilities. and`the 1m=
•'portance„ of this'. line of work. True,
as long ago as' /Q13.1 'wrote an article.
tis! . di n
eine` ich wa's,„,-'later; inclucled•_in
.,r':
i rice]:
- a
rchi es 6t» theSent lrI sto So
a. '�'
s ie
t.
y.._,
.
t
t
ha.-t was
not
-
t
h
e
result
es
u
lt
of f
•riinal ,rst,ha dreraarch hutrather
a compilation' ild"�te �r.etati0x,. of
t'ngsother'men 'had' fQ�.'outr: I
a.�feeWin, er nPtido,0�1.�'s,„two,later
articles, Oi1:anthe Splendid SixtiesP
.
,ad - ?Ghosts -of Past Booms,”i.which
appeared in Maclean's 1Yla ain •y -and
in my contribution, over twenty-five
years, aixo. of the Canadian article for
Mrs. Robert Bontbrou of l ezasa
.,ninety years 'Df age, fell in her horse
,last week unik suffered a painful in -
;jury, prohably.a fractured hip.
•Zurich,.,-rreports.the ' death of two
residents, Williancr Mettlinger, sixty-six
, 9aC I
ear:'s ° of age, and Thormas Elie 'iX-
littuls ,r _ ..
'�Y�illiaruis operated a four and ChopPing
Mill; at ' Zurich,
r
i t 'Ashton,
n f•
n , o the Clinton. ublie
p
ehool : shaft, has kora ' - gr iut+ed .. six
ninths' ' leave . of ab race on' account
of �tiiness, a,lYd Mixrs.: `. Sills of
forth, a former llxanabcr. of the staff,.'
fort:,
;dor' ir`imr.
Mrs, ',An us McLeod of. Cili • t • `
,g' it .ssn % tin
the " hospital• , there,' with : ' a cracked ,
vertebra in her neck.' She. trip cl. ' 011
lie
the stairs 111 her home ani]' fell all the
way to the bottoin. She will be obliged
to 'wear a oast for several •weeks," . ;.
.' .. y� . l: G. ,Knox of ..Tuxford`,, ;Sask.,
formerly of concession 3, Dorris 'town-
, ship, made a record when he took
ten.; first places § and all four cups ,with
.his 'entries at the'. annual seed -`grain
fair of • the , Moose. ,. Jaw igiieultur~a1.:
avis ty . •• .a
and Mrs. 'Stephen- Webb of Grand
Bend -tg New rear's. Day -Celebrated
the sfxtfeth anniversary. of their mar-
riage --With. a fnrnily gathering at `the
hoarse of their son-in-law 'and 'daughter,
Mr. , and. Mrs. Arthur Finkbeiner,
SIiipIfa;° Mr:., `e Is in' lui - ighty
sewenth Year .un(l Airs - Webb cTebb is• eighty-
The
ightyThe death of Miss 'Charlotte, Jane
k�reeman occurred .at' Clinton an Mon.
day in. her sixty -Seventh.. year. A
natitve. of Hullett tovphip, She had re. ,,:
sided Clinton the last•twent,y -three
years. • Two brothers and five s
m 'sisters,'
most of them : living °lux° Clinton or
Iliul ett, survive.
r. The death of Ella McCall widow' of
Charles . McQuarrie, Grey --township,
occurred on few Year's 'Day - th
Among, ofher, things,
t ro'tgh
.:th
e
.
a
e rs - since�-' was .a neviz sPt per editor,
,
T.. have.
chumulate
a a
st 4 and;rather
x
d or erl - ]leer orirol�
clippings, s, ,ro
t
or but
Ontario .:hist
merely reit�x� V'e to :Out o y`,,
the 'early dart' of the
also' . concerninge
sy 3'
-Calo ia ge� ��oub
tiers
t
o
�!o
hese days *h&j, Amen will get them
.
.;
But
oe9I continue to nurse the vainlame
p
if o ner ' e .la er, :`'a . bit• ofo:leis ;
that �t 0 r n
,
n
will be vaucbsafed me'to-put this vast'
of
accumulationin some „kind•, of order.
,he Secondvolume of,The �10nan e Meanwhile,1deeider1ybusy, and.
;Aerica:ii 'Petroleum., But 'these
the clippings .continue” to- accumulate.
The v;tci ire
'' (ontaiins Vitamin• B t and Essential
,00�!
Minerals ►:. ' "
Dtteiisiyely us.edfor headache,
1 -lossof elseP9 nervous in
diges
tiom
,.,-
Cf j Lei' 1 -uritslilttyehromar,
•fatigue, and --exhaustion of -he
nervous system.
tcr"
, i60 pills, 60 itss-
Economy, size,'I80 pills, ' $1t54
. in theurs
"What's s AiuiYiin upto how?”." -asks the -little girl y e .. .
above,- Mummy
Mtwmy as.-]el�ing to• conserve --the family's winte
r
Coal
•
supply, by •Sl?tttin o� ,ha.>,,b¢droP�I�re inter«`She doesPOS. each
mauoeinn,inogfinluarll titones:r-atiou stlare of used.during the`day-fine and
• makes sure_ tht', 4rindw"aidu doorsare kept „doted. The Depart-
.
Supply _states -.that
substantial_ savings of •
-- coal ----result 2ront this -p raeti . -
tag wit
l
-iiia
l7
Sr,
e
urn probably ultimately acquire e
a .`as , amount of piirated material,
`
sedulously.
rese
rweda
for
.which
;am
responsible in. -
lie . cdurse of•a
Mw
I i
lkg
.
career ,than s'tarted -when I: -was nine
Q o O
t .Jv� xsr� k7. w r.».?�'Mtx'-'tY..� „4' .xr.•....a....,,
ii n seri is that • so far,.,
to ' mention- ma ,ri . p,„ ,
haven't peen print,
-inoluding some
xnanaisci•ipts never -likely tit see _ print,
rint.
,, Ili imp time, . I've Contributed, cietl h y
fiction to ail the lending---Canad'ian.
1 e• to
a
ea
..'Cat ,
m
.magazinesep't ,..
geodt;lnany of the United 'States all-
,ction°,.magazines in the early days.
before they became .or`muhi ridden;;: to'
occasional;. --publications in _ the .Un i tprl
Kingdom. , MY weekly correspondence
Oil acid G_
d'evel-opinents ' in ,the' Canadian, oil;- and
gas_-; fields, Missing -just one week in
iuore..than.,thirtybyearsi. is, I.:..daresay,,
t11e , only .contiguous chronicle' extant•
of .the. achievements of ;Canada's .. oil:
and gasexf
. operators and ,the• sbatter
hopes, of more or, less . forgotten wild
catters•, from Prince. Edward Island..'to
',the's-Queen': Cherlottes• ,=and-froin - th
'international • boundary • to - ',Fort
Norman. •
Ththere• aro four printed volumes.
"The T'we rty-First Burr," .published in-
1922, •:was just another, Who -Dun -It.
mystery .story . `Inglo ious Milton," ti a
naoe.I •brought out., by my owes -Nilly i
Tree Club at', Chsitham in 1934, has
been prbpouieed by..-", vdeii5ere
uni iue' in ,respect let its "d unienta
:tion --its references- to conteiaporary
.Canadian history between 1.88f-', arid
4907.;, rIts scene is 'essential],. South-
;western Ontario. "Arthur Stiringer,,
Son ,,ot^r°the Nor'ilr: ' '7iublishetl.' in 1911,.
pis. .guti`butioriti . to . the Elyersdn
Press: Cola iiuil; Men _lof Tetters series..
,And,., tr;-,nge_r, forms the'
theiiii' of 'the;gayer= and less forinal
little ''Postscript to a Poet;"T which
pegs on that distinguished Canadian
writer a great ' deal of !more or • less
•authenticloc'al• brstor'y".pertaining to
Western. Ontario -.This, likewise, is a'
Tiny Tree publication.;
"What ;are ypu, ;loin .:. ut ,of .bed,►
Mary?'' father called. ; ' Valise—then'•a
scall voice: "I" just got of •. to „tuck
inyseif-in,�„Datidy
_. R:. 11
A op : of`"The Wee:' l •Scotsinan ;
.c py . _. _
under date line of
Dec
ember 4ti,
has
been received, the gift of a Sirtsri .,.,
with th RAI". at
Pdr "Albert: .-'
n its
front a e
' is--a
•tlrec• oi
uin
• pieture
hue^ai Yal o-car1adOntario
a les iUir .rie re�IT trdTf'
burgh: The caption states that _these
apples were: later- -sold-, one_ to 'a
A,
., rad . ueues •lined '' upfor
etisxt)ntearf,• #�.� �, q ...
blocks l -o-. .ke the ,purchase. -
CI for I•re•ar�
wemployed
ed
wi
Co., later tise
t
Sherlock,
Co., in that town for forty-
II41 retied *boat tom` you*
a► a
• ti since mash b with
'daughter. xx
danghtt'1r, ' .�+.'Son lives in the Ifni
States.
Seaforth.- hospital.. 14f'r ' McQuarrie
Was. barn-,lV,lorris 'township nearly
seventy-four -yearsago,. butw,since ..here
m .ri
age -,in -ib(i]:--shea�-re4irie.
Grey. township. Her, hi s
p u pA d .,.,re��
n-, ,Pre
only
"leer and she • leaves an my
0
y
n.:w•
so 'll"i•
am A.lmer -
Charles 4Ai.'
t "'
R.Wi is :di `
ed on D 'c
e sinker
4th at'.e.li
.the home Of his daughter;
er s_
g r
S. M. Sanders,. Exeter, in ‘his
i h
-
nin
g_ es .,year. Ire was a resitfent'" 0f`•
•
Mise -Elizabeth Lindsay, R��►
member of an old Clinton, f , difed
x • on
ar
a. P kvv' 'G,s• rano
� oocl l�'� ,
Januar 5th' after a lent'.cline.
Undsay, n graduate of Toronto G►,
era), hospital, spent most of
rears in Toronto In the practice -Of her
professidn.„ She is survived . .'tete;
brothers,•Charless� of.Clinton, and •;
John C'. -1 idsay;� of London. -The •,re.
mains • were brought to t!•iinton.: for
bur al
i ,
,• _
A resident. of 'Clinton. for the fat •
twenty -Aye years,: but previously a
farrnex Caderich tawxtshi. ppj , John B.
Burton died ou Friday at the . hon io
M
of his.daughter,h'rs.;J.» vide P vel,,;,
Telephone road, Galeria' township. Ile
was within three days ..:li •se veuty-nine
years,''of age. 'tis_ wife predeceased
him, ;and besides the da'trhterr -a- max"
-Waldley-. Burton,-- -Clinton, survives.'
> 3'terc-- '►vetit
"Tile marriage of Maureen, Isobel,
only daughter .-of . Mr".. and -Mrs, W. O.
Lovett, , Iullett.).township, to Chariefi, ..
Harvey Hayter, seeond son of Mr._
and bzrrs , illiaul Hayter, "Varna' was
an event --of December 2t1th 'at the
Londesboro ,Ignited . chmrs:h manse,.':.
A. E. Menzies : Officiated. The couple:-
wiil reside' at Varna.''
"Don't ,-you ever try tido anything Y
n -t v" 'Wow do : you. think I bon h
a line �y g't
art"
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• Once you try Morale's Eifierald Oil
_We._are confidentyot ill say,.. `."Now,
you're' talking!' -,-and that . yeu• .will
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- On. sale -.at•.a:ll' good4 drug- stores.
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'and ,restrictios •' about, getting more "stri ri..g'esit, R
b r its s ,.. a � .
It ; is t leref,ore Beeessary: t tat all su' cribe s to this paper
whooale a Carr -or* more in ,arrears. sbo'lld "bring, their snub-`
soJ 1ptiona atr least -up -1,:t. a
cate `
From i .coaches,
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A issliard to'struggle along with a he d that aches
and pains's-11 the time.,
A headache need not be an illness itiself dant°. '
Ir•f,,r •, ii1f I „1, I,Ir r'M 4'1, r I,.1 I,• rti •. r> ,:„ �•��fV F 4'k
,nay be 't warriuig sympto that -„Viers is ii testbtisi
•singg-�shness within - -c , t r�
'i'o help OVercoMe---the:••-cause of headache” it iso
necessary, to eliminate the waste blotter• from the system, Burdock 13100d.
Bitters helps torremove the Use of headaches by_regu"lat:hig a digestive
•.:, and biliary organs, neutralizing acidity, 'regulating the constipated b
and toning,up the sluggish liver,,and when this has been accompl she " he
beaclaehes should disappear. '"
/, = Get 13.13. E. at any drug,_counter. Price $1.00 a bottle._
- r• Tho T Milburn Db.,Li a ttd:.Toranto, On►t,
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\ti;" irow r'oat and leggings , came tiff this lovely tyres. Mummy .
rivao i4 iita brought them, to „ole.'IA a;i°belie •did 'bat ray grly 'via,
h"t4j ed hint intake thein.. I caw' her.,.aewing in the iipie' ': It's the
best Christmas present ,I've even had. Even has a fur eol'lax And
ea'. Mt mummy had on 1wr old coat. I (sail roll in.,the, snow 'all
winter:And 11t�tw •arta no toast. , . . ,
queen Alexandrt Sanatorium needs the hasp
Large or Small . .A+ ,,
of i every home anti buss concern