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..18th 1963
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By . G. . MacL.od. Ross
P
rHE HERB CALI,,,BD HART'S
TONGI;IE
In his fascinating book, "The
Bruce Beckons," Dr, Shetwood
Fox tells the story of his hunt
for the Hart's Tongue fern in
the Bruce Peninsula and else-
where. Things which are scarce
are those which are the most
hardly sought and the fern in
question, with the botanical
name of Phyllitis, excites the
explorer, not so much for its
• beauty as for its -rarity, espec-
ially on this continent. In both
respects tt reserhbles the Alaska
Orchid which, in -turn, is not
habitat in the Bruce particular-
ly appropriate.
But the enchantment of "The
Bruce Beckons" is not alone the
revelation of the Bruce as a
mine of unusual botanical vari-
eties, but rather is it the vivid
accounts. of the chase to find
them, both in the Bruce and
elsewhere. Dr. Fox recounts
how, in 1936, while on a 'fishing
and plant -hunting trip in Ire-
land he found his first speci-
men of the Hart's Tongue fern.
He was travelling from Sligo
to Enniskillen when. he spotted
-mar-tisulaely---Reauxifulr_ a bunch of the fern in the road -
which is found in, the BruceTsidom Tics -seat ti the - .
iL -e H
Peninsula, on the island of Anti- To most of us, this would have
costi in. the St. Lawrence and been an almost, impossible feat,
in the western Rockies from but those of us who have been
Alaska southward to northern steered by Dr. Fox about the
California and nowhere in be- Bruce, know that he possesses
tween. The Hart's Tongue fern not only acute observation, but
is similarly egregious. It has that his mind is an unfading
been foj.ind in Bruce, Grey and and precisely accurate map of
Peel counties of Ontario; in a any terrain he has covered. He
lonely New Brunswick valley, says of his discovery: I shout-
in
nes- ed loudly enough to awaken the
see, Mexico and Guatemala. In long -dead Irish Kings." And
Europe it is comparatively the bus driver jammed on his
plentiful in Ireland, Scotland, brakes thinking there was an
Wales and England. It appears accident.
in Scandinavia and- Spain; . in And now the reprise. Last
the north cohst of Africa .and May some of my relations were"
in Italy; in the Balkans and engaged upon a holiday in
north Persia; in central Asia County Clare and had head -
u �
land which, until recently, be-
longed 'to Sir Donough Edwa, d
Foster O'Brien, Lord Inchiquin,
a 16th baron of Irish peerage
which dates from -.1543. The
baron is head of the clan
O'Brien and a direct descend-
ant of Brians Boron, High King
of Ireland and hammer of the
Norse whose power he broke
forever at the battle of Con -
tart in 1014 when he was him-
self killed, This castle is now
being converted to a deluxe
hotel by the son , of an Irish
emigrant to West Virginia and
also an O'Brien. , The story
continues: "Here, wandering
about the castle demesne, we
were taken out to the 'Temple
of Love,' in a rather wild seclud-
ed part, and there I saw an un-
usual plant and knew instantly
that it was Hart's Tongue, but
only because I had been mooch-
ing about 'The 'Bruce Beckons'."
Although the -long- dead Brian
.of Munster was not again awak-
ned-from--his-950--years-of-sleep-
by
ris--950-S=ears-of -sleepby the beholder's shout, never-
theless the pleasure of discov-
ery was the greater for finding
her first specimen of the fern
in the same country as did the
and Japan. Truly, its motto
might well be "Ubique," yet Dr.
Wherry in his "Guide to Eastern
Ferns" remarks: Very difficult
to cultivate.
This peculiar and widely dis-
seminated plant consists of
evergreen cluster"d fronds, the
oblong blade varying, from five
to 35 inches in length. It bears
neither stalk, nor flower, nor
seed. In summer it now and
then bririgs forth new leaves.
. Known. three centuries before
Christ, it is not surprising that
it became endowed with un-
usual powers. Dioscorides, the
Roman physician, taught that
drank in wine it was a remedy
against the biting of serpents,
which, if true, would make its
quartered at Ennis, which is
far south of and not to be con-
fused with Enniskillen. Whilst
there they were taken to see
the old (1835) castle of Dromo-
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In Recount
Sale of beer in men's bever-
age xoams, rejected at H nsal
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,in : a June 26 liquor ,plebiscite,
was approved by a slim margin
last week- following a recount
of votes before Judge Frank
Fingland of Clinton. -.
The recount, however, failed
to change the negative vote on
the sale of `beer in licensed bev-
erage rooms to men and women.
Vote Changed
The men's beverage,.- room
vote was changed from 249. yes
votes and -168 no votes, June 26,
to 263 yes votes and 174 no
votes or 60.1 per cent. A ma-
jority of 60 per cent is needed
for approval.
In the June 26 .plebiscite vot-
ers approved the sale of liquor
in cocktail lounges by a 64.92
per cent margin.
rsti-ngu-ished---author of "The -
Bruce Beckons."
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"The Bruce Beckons," Pub-
lished by the University of Tor --
onto Press, 1952.
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OBITUARY
HAROLD J. OVI RHOLT
Requiem sigh mass was cele-
brated Saturday .at 9.30 a.in, in
immaculate Conception Church
Stratford, for Constable Harold
Joseph James Overholt, 51, who
died suddenly Thursday morn-
ing.
Burial was in Avondale ceme-
tery.- -„
Constable Overholt, a mem-
ber of the Stratford Police De-
partment for about 16 years,
was on duty at the Administra-
tion of Justice Building when
death came,
St. Joseph Native
Born in St. Joseph, Ont., he
was a son of the late Mr- and
Mrs. James Overholt, and for
u of yea
a xt. ger s was. ` m� years a
busi-
nessman in Zurich, =king to
Stratford 21 years ago.
In 1947, he was appointed to
the police force, .and ..shortly
after his appointment, was com-
mended by the police Conii nis-
sion for his part in arresting
three Toronto nen • who pos-
sessed a loaded revolver. -
During his years on -the force,.
Constable. Overholt- had been ac-
tive in- youth work, coaching
school hockey teams, and tak-
ing a great interest in police
cadets.
He was -a member of Im-
maculate Conception Church,
and of the Holy Name Society.
Brothers, Here
He married the former Mary
Mahoney at Mount Carmel in
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1939. Besideshis wife • he is
survived by two' daughters, Sla-
ter Mary Harold (J*an), ',Ahead
Abbey, Toronto; and Rose Mary,
at home; cote son, Fred, at home;
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five brothers, Norman ur ieb; ,
Lawrence, Detroit; Francis, Em-
nierson and Leonard, all of
Goderich;".-tfde sisters, Mrs.
Maizie Barrie, Toronto; Mns.
Emmanuel (Ella) Volland, Gode-
rich; Mrs. W. B. (Anne) Coxon,
Zurich. One brother, Melvin,
died three years ago.
Lord' Durham, whose famed
report ultimately led to self-
government for Canada, was
only 46 when sent here by
Queen Victoria and in England
was known by the nickname
Radical Jack.
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