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IPNit, ASiFER OF tAZY MEADOWS'
onagenananVisits ?ld Scenes
and Irtdulges in Reminiscence
By John, !Meat ,L ttd ft-
• The Signal -Star very kindly wrote.
up my recent ninetieth birthday, for
.which I ami • Nratefnl, and I hove paid
one mote visit to the old home county..
Last year I sat in the Court House
Square at. Goderich and recalled my
experiences as a messenger boy in
Arehibaid's dry goods store in, 1808;
Orabbl's block; corner of Kingston
street, net to ti M. Trueman s auction
mart and opposite Geo. Cattle's drug
store. , -
Since then I received a neatly framed
• copy of • a print from, the- Loudon Il-
lustrated News picturing, the proces-
sion on the Square ate --lobe ceremonies in
connection with the opening of the
Buffalo and Lake Huxon Railway at
Goderich, C.W. This, is dated .1858.
In this . year, 1945, my first visit
was to the original home of m' grand-
father, Thomas. Elliott, and his family
in Goderich township, nine miles south
of the town on the Blue Water High -
There have been many Elliatts in
Goderieh township, nearly all from
Fermanagh County, Ireland. I know
of - three • groups—the pioneer, John
Elliott, father of Gabriel,. Elliott ;
Gebrge Elliott, my grandfather's
brother, with sons . James,
Archie, Robert, Thomas and William
(I name' only those " of, whom I have'
memory) , and grandfather Thomas
Elliott with five -sons. All these came
out before 1838. Most of them had
large .fsmnies and -their descendants
are widely scattered. None of the sons
of the John; George and Thomas Elliott
referred to are ,living. • Of .thy grand-
father Thonias Elliott's sateen grand-
sons who grew to manhood, only three
are living, Wm. J. Elliott who with his
five sisters is still at • their old home
Joe Elliott of Oakland, California, and.
myself. 'Needless to say, Thad aNhappy
visit with my cousins. They were all
born in the cedar log house on the
east side of -the highway behind the.
willows built in -1850 and still in good
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y
condition, but they have , moved-- into
the new home. • •
MY. father, Wm. °Elliott, located, . in
Cgllirorne township, lot 12concession 7;
sand on this. trip it was my pleasant
experience to spend a night oil the tarns
on ,which, 1 was born -ninety year ago
as the gest of Mr. and !qrs..J. '.
Robertson; for many years the owners.
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ADAY-• LFUF _(PM
Last week 1 went' to the City, The
train dropped Me off in the early
morning and I had an appointment, for
early afternoon. I had nothing to do
and' no place to' go and the experience
of being alone and 3ust Walking and
watching people'. taught ale a great
deal. I have come to the conclusion
:
that, the city is .a loueso,me�lacefu ll
of loo ly people. ,.
a 'irs
,of all there was the lunch
counter at the, restaurant. Sleep stilll,.
sat on the faces and $iuzig to the eyes
of the people who perched ,on. the
stools.' The girl .with the faded blonde
hair -sat stirring her 'coffee and just
staring across into space: The counter-.
man wiped the counter with a .cloth, -
rearranged the sandwiches in the in-
verted glass bowls, filled the urn with
water and perferlmed cau?ntless• tasks
The.wee cabin in which T came into . the with an almost iaeant look.
world has long sineer disappeared and Finally he stotped and said to the
the woods I knew as ,a boy are gone. girl, "What's th natter, l.id•' She
just kept on stirring and said, "I feet
Thanks to the kinduess,of Mr. II. A. lousy.' He lifted his eyebrows and.
McCreath, any fellow-Colborneite Rich-
ard Morrish and I visited three schools,
baltford had special interest for Rich-.
and as a. one -tune teacher there, and
Benzniller for .both of us as graduates
of that school. • Just seventy years
age • we were senior, students under
Peter Cantelon and represented S.S.
No. 2 at the township competitive ex-
aniivatioii iu 1875. Q "
The. visit to -S.S. No. 3 (Young's)
,had special interest for me and I"
wished Sandy ,Young cauld have been
there. Tliat was my first school and
he and I are, I think, the - only two
old chaps left who attended the log
sehool which was replaced by the
present building in 1865. The present
school is in good` condition, consider-
ing its age, and better equipped than it
was in my day. Among the students
were grandchildren of • those I knew
long• ago.
Itis quite evident that the schooling
of the Colborne children of today -is be-
ing well looked after. Such was the im-
pression •i><iade upon me as an old
schoolmaster. -
, Friend Morrish and I visited the
Colborne cemetery under the guidance
of Mr. McCreath, the chairman of the
cemeterycommittee, and as tender
Memories were stirred it was good to
note the care and planning in the
upkeep of the last resting place of
those . who have passed, on. •
I was glad on this trip to meet so
many old- friends and sorry to miss
others. If all. this personal stuff is
wearisome to, readers please pardon it,
I enjoyed the outing.
• TWO VOICES
,A .'woman resident- of this district,
who: has „spent some •yearsin the
United -'States, says she is ashamed of
the opposition shown to meat rationing
in Canada.' She says Meat and other
.eatables have -been rammed at:ross the.
line for over two years, and the meat
allowance under„ the rationing just
introduced in Canada is considerably
greater, than in the States. .Other. food
articles rationed in the States are not
under rationing at all in Canada, and
the point system . used in the States
involves much more calculation in
shopping• than -'anything we have had
in Canada. ••
The other voice is from Greece, by
- way of London : England, where Arch-
bishop Daivaskinos, regent of Greece,
said this weep without 'qualification,
that C'anadi: n relief wheat shipments
`saved Greece." •
Answering .a..,;question at a press
• conference--(-says--cable -det pat -ch)
the tall, robed patriarch held up his
long, silver -topped stall as if in bene-
diction and said'the Greeks forever
• - would faster: gratitude for the Can-
adians., When thousands had died of
hunger a and the health of others was
• undermined by Malnutrition, shipments;
▪ of Canadian Wheat -arrived, the • gift
of the Canadian people. - •
"Canadian wheat saved Greece and
we -will • never forget it," the regent
said. 4
INVERESTING FROG&AM .-
AT
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Addresses by Miss .Did son, RN, and "
.. Mrs. Z.'-Ivers, District President -
The regular ineethig'of the Women's
Institute 'was held in MacKay. Hall .
on Thursday, September 0th, with the
president, Mrs. N. Mclnnis, in the
chair.. There was .a large attendance
of members, :also several, visitors.
• It was decided to. donate; $5 to, the
Salvation Army appeal. It - Was an-
▪ nounced that a nationwide drive, for,,.
used. clothing was to take place. Any-.
one having articles of clothing in good
condition and clean was asked to leave
ilthem • at MVlac$ay Hall in order that
they .may be co1.ected at the next
Institute meeting.
An amusing skit was given by., . Mrs.
,�. Lelliaire and. Mrs. McLaren, who
as two -colored maids described deal-
ings 'with past and present mistresses,.
using the zanies -of several Institute
iriennbers. This.created much laughter.
n.',:. A talk on poetrrwais"given: by Miss
• ' Di'ekeon; R.N',, superintendent of Alex-
andra flocpital. She told sonietlning
of the life .history of the poet Pauline
Johnston, also of, Earl 'Bernie, reading
-several, poems which eaeh had com-
posed. tier fine .talk was enjoyed. by
"those who 110 the privilege of heazd ag
it.
The institute had also its its guest
Mrs. ,t. Iv'ers' Of Dungannon, distriet
president,'wbo"made herr first visit to
this branch in that eaj aeity. After a
few opening, reliance ribs. Iver$ • gave a;
paper on "Tice Beauties of 'rien,d-
ship;" dealing with the` subject its sx
meat interesting manner.
A. hearty Vote of t Conks Vats extended
to these .speakers . for their inspiring
1' eife ges,
Appointments for bingo were made
ai ' follows: September 15th, Mrs.
Young; 22nd, Mrs. Whitt nglutxn; nth*
Airs. -Doak,
• Mentions Was Made of the departure
Mention - was made of tire depart*re.
from town in .the near future of Arrrs.
Chester a'olm ton, one a, the -.Meat
active menibera of the Institute. Ono
*it member Was reported. An appeal
was made for Red Cross workers on
' Tuesdays. Tile roll call was ammerefl
waits 4'Wbat X Would like to In.
v'erited."
At the eloo of the me thit it seb
THE POLITICAL SCENE
Hon. Angus L, Macdonald, former
Navy Minister in the Ottawa govern-
ment, has .taken over the premiership
of Nova Scotia and .a general Provincial
election has been called for _..October
23rd. In the Legislature just dissolved,
the Liberals had 22 seats, Conserv-
atives 4, C.C.F. 3, and one seat was
vacant. •
General elections will be held in
three Pr;,vinces next month. '' Manitoba
electors go•to, the polls on October 15th;
Nova Scotia votes on October 23rd, and
British Columbia. on October 25th.
British Columbia and. Manitoba have
coalition Governments, with .the C.C.F.
in opposition.
W. H. Golding, M.P. for the Huron -
Perth riding, has been elected chair-
man of the general caucus of, Liberal.
members at Ottawa.
FIVE BQ+ IE BROTH,SRS
IN tI. S. WAR- SERVICE
• Mrs. G. ,l1. Green has received a copy
of the Pope County Tribune, published
at Glenwood, -.Minnesota, -with the pic-
tures of five Bogie brothers in service
for Uncle 'Sam. They are ,the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Bogie of
Glenwood and grandsons of the lhte
Mr., and Airs. David Bogie of Colborne
township, and have scores of relatives
in Colborne township and -Goderich.
The five boys are Pvt. Robert -O.
Bogie, liospitaiized , after 'service in
New Guinea.; .S/Sgt. Gerald F. Bogie,
with the, . army in Europe; Jess J.
Bogie,'" M.M.S.3/c, with the navy ;
*Gebrge A. Bogie, C.C,e., who was ,at
Pearl Hnrbor during the Jap bombing
attack on December 7, 1941, and took
part in subsequent ;sea -battles on the
Pacific; • and Pfc. king J. • Bogie, who
as a paratrooper' took part in the in-
vasion of • Normandy. Grandfather
Grandfather One of Coiborne's Strong
Men
- Their grandfather was ,tbe David
Bogie who; as told' in Gavin„H. Green's
book, "The 'Old...Log School," chopped
and split eight • cords -of beech and
maple wood in one April day,. and'
on another day cradled seven acres of.
grain. He was the youngest `brother
of Captain Andrew Bogie and Captain
James Bogie, Colborne notables' of the
last century. ' . David Bogie's wife,:
•iranri.inother of the 'five fighting Bogies
of Glenwood,. was Mary McCann, con-
nected w+'ith. some -'of Colbotne's hest -
known • families.
•
was served by the committee in charge
and 'a social half-hour ; was eiijoy'ed.
Nagging,Dragging .
Painsln the Back
-scraped the flat greasy. pair.• -over :the,
gas plate with a ,;long slim:: handled
piece of steel., ,Finally she said, "Joe
went away dais morning. We . had a
party for him fast night." The counter-
man stopped to wipe his hands on his.
apron, "Is Joe gonna 'be away long?"
The girl sipped the coffee and winced.
"I dunno if he's ever comm' .back
Says 'he'll be back, `but, you know the
old saying about Vein' out ' of sight,
out of mind." fi= -
While there was still a chill bite
to ,the morning air ,I went and sat
in a little • park.µ An old man in a
l'aded coot sat beside me, half dosing
ever a newspaper which he must
have picked. up some • place. Because
I'in a countryman and 'folks in the
country talk - to strangers, I asked him
how he was feeling. • He looked ' sur-
prised and said he was all right.,' The
conversational ice being broken, we
talked about the weather and politics
and the war and atomic bombs ` and
the treachery of Japs. Finally he
said, "1 kinda wish I had n little
place in the country. . Livin' with my
daughter here, .but it's an apartment
and there isn't much room _, with her
and her husband and three children.
I usually spend the day uptown. In
the wintertime the library is 'a good
plac-to go. It's warm in° there."
1 a little early for the appoint-
ment, I waited in the anteroom. It
was away up in a tall building, abolnt
the twentieth story or so, and °I looked
out the window and away down "at
the streets far %elow.The cars and'
trucks looked like some fantastic kind,
of 'beetles* scuttling iip and clown . . .
AratTIMIC OWTER
Mrs. Clinton S orth, first vice-
regent, presided at the "September
meeting of the Mime* Chapter, I.O,
. . -held`on Monday, Sept' n rlOtb..
The following donations were author-
ized for educational work: -$1(Y, to the
Lucy Morrison Bursary Fund ; , $10 to
tlie. Provincial Bursary Fund;,.$1:0 to-'
ward an extension of books for the
library* at the adopted school in North
ern .Ontario; and $Q for school prizes
for entrance pupils in the Goderich
schools.
• Other. donatious ° will be given as
'foiiows $10 to the endowinent; fund;
$10to Empire. work in India; R $10 to
the ,Provincial: representatives. fund:;
end $15 to the Salvation Army "Horne
Front appeals
It was decided to fa twenty -live com-
fort bags for • British civilian 'onieu.
Mrs. A. .H,' Erskine, Empire ' study
secretary; read an . interesting paper
on. the Union 'Jack, describing the
history of the -Sag and the manner in..
whieh it should be used.
Mrs.- Staniforth read some extract's
from the report of _the National Chap-
ter's annual - meeting; ands• a letter
was read from gorge MacEwan, treas-
urer of the boy ' band committee, ex
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stopping . -. scooting along... stopping
... going again . ; . in a dizzy sort of
way': Swarms of little creatures . , . .
men -and women were dashing along.
All around there were the grim, grey
prison walls of concrete and stone.
That's all the city seems to, me to- be
. hurrying, speeding people and ma-
chines and the great grey stones and
concrete ,of banks and stores. It's a
place 'of lonely people,
w• - •..o
SOLDIERS!
sATIENTION
STAND
YOUR, FEET
AT EASE
Waldo
rimp
prtessitng appreciation of a ilenatien
to the band.
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1311WrilK
The September:,meeting :of the .A,:rthur
Circle of Knox ehureh ,was held at
be---11Omeof- Xiss - ,Mary= Maeviear;
Dincks street, on Monday evening. Mrs,
H. Rivers and members of her group
were • in charge. Mrs, F. Lodge read
the Scripture lesson and ?hiss E. Wig-
gins lid in prayer. ,
Mrs, G. Henderson presented an ex7.
eellent paper on the opprarttinities for
missionary work in post-war China,
Stressing the thought that the Chinese
people are at ' the present time more;
ready "to receive • the teaching of the -
Gospel ' than at any previous time • in
their history, probably because, of • the
fact that they ,have Christian leaders. ;
HighliglitS of the ;recent meeting- o1
the Presbyterial W.M.S. in,Knox
church weire given by Mrs. W. Meed.
A gift of $,5 was voted to, the Mission
13a;nd• for the purchase of -a junior
life -membership certificate. An appeal
was made by the president; Mrs. Mac
Ewan, for the donation of at least one
garment, either new or used; 'in good
condition, to the collection being made
in early October for the relief of . the
needy in the occupied 'countries. Mrs.
G. Kaitting and Mrs. W. Reed were
appointed to examine the garitientS.4,
An invitation from the secretary of
the Men's Club to attend their meeting
on Friday, September 28th, was read.
Mrs Rivers closed the meeting with
prayer.
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people always climb- towards higher the supply always.seems to be greater
ground. • than the demand. ° ,
Many women have to do their -own -'
housework, and the constant bend-
- ing over,. lifting, making„ : beds,
sweeping, ironing, sewing, so neces-
sary, to performs their houseliel4. -
duties puts a heavy •:strain . on the
back and kidneys, and if there were -
.; no kidney, weakness the: - ;avck would
., be strong and -well.;
Doan'. Kidney' Pills help to give
relief to weak, backache, kidney suf.
feeing' Women.. •
Doan's Sidney Pills are put up
1n an oblong grey box with out tzrfld.
irk a "Maple Low, O the
wrapper,
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