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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1923-7-26, Page 4iLrlanf USDA Yr: sil+lt .46 ii 92`I 1 t • ro w r Miss H. Sweet, of the Tinges staff, ri : e an , to v sinteresting descr' her tri) through the Maritime a ,g zptiorl of 1 g ttzzne 1 I evincesi w tlh the Canadian ; 4Veek1 Newspsler Association—This week tails of the visit to Pi ante Edward Island and the fox farm. Moncton, h toll, Newcastle and Quebec City are visited, before the Great War, t �' , Which it;,,Yor a time put a n damper 4 e th sale S, During the last few yearsthe e S it- ver'Fox is pedigreed and registered by the Governnlea3t. At Summerside easide is a large depart_. mental store with a large mail' order department ltnent sltI1lvi n g all points on the Island. We were given an hour or so tow ander at :will through :this. store. Then to the Britannic Club gorge- ously •deoorated, for luncheon. The tables were beautifully spread and a large red lobster on each plate which From Borden We were taken by anotore again, to Summerside, P. E. I. 2Iha°an which ride vl g ch of 20 miles, a stop >sea a' madeat,.one of the large and famous silver fox farms. ` The visit to this farm -was exceedingly intere st- lug although the foxes were far from .poking their best, it being the wrong ,thne:'of the season. Almost all farnirs 11 e a fox en, av pen. Seine, use it as a side line only k , 3e ala - •Ing four or five pairs, while others aiaake it .a regular business, and in- deed some wonderfully high prices Are ` secured for the' pelts, especially .107 Made ® in - C nad. The entire Ford, with the exception of very few parts (2.83 per cent.) is produced in Canada. FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF'. CANADA, LIMITIIi �r`ORD, •DNTA3IO.. 4323 salt rt MILO SNELL EXETER COOK BROS. HENSALL w1 in• S It 01 sf s a un' edecoration. , � u q A bottle of Ginger Ale o which is z no of Prince Edward Island's indust- ries, also stood at each plate. A fine orchestra furnished eeellent music,, as also did a Scotch 'Higihlander, who o was dressed essed in uniform and whoSang several selections which enlivened tlt e entertainment., • After luncheon were several 'Speeches of `welcome by the mayor and others. ,. .One Speech vas in the fora I of a suggestion gg that Canada have a flag of its own, a sample o which was shown. In the upper lef handcorner at the pole, was the Union Jack the ' , lower right hand corner, the Canadian Coat of Arms beneath which were two poppies, de noting Flanders Fields and the back- ground was made of b.ue and white bars, denoting the sums of money raised over and above the Victory Bond's required amount. The sug- gestion was well thought out and evrybody showed their enthusiasm with a hearty applause: • f t. the Pipers.vi On leaving ug Cliarletown about 9 p.m., a shortrun of about an hour, lht - ° brought us again to Borden where our train was again shunted with the process of being loaded on the huge ferry and taken across the Strait of Northumberland, distange of twelve miles, Some went over with the Peri y and back again after the last half of the train, others were con_ tented to watch the huge thing sail away, (a pretty sigllt too, all lit up,) and then go to becl and rest after having spent on the Island, one of the most pleasant days of the tour.. PARTY VISITS _MONCTON ' A' night's 'ran brought us to Monc- ton N.B. here was our first glimpse 01 , ome. Within sight of the depot was a branch of The. T. Eaton Co:, and where we were able to purchase a copy of the Termite Globe in which we read about the wave', of heat which liad enveiloped Ontario during our absence: Here also we were again driven in motor cars a distance of eighteen miles to Point du Chene, a beautiful sept on the sea shore, where some 'gathered 'sea shells, oth- ers amused themselves on the beach: Here again a luncheon was tendered consisting of lobsters, bread and but- ter and all the Ginger Ale one's heart 'desired, all: very appetizing and much enjoyed. On our return to the depot about 12°15, the Citiz- ens' Band sacrificed their noon hour to enliven our visit with its excellent music. At 12.3'd our train pulled away. Our,nextstop was at New Castle, where is located the largest wireless station in the.' world, occupying al- most an acre of land We were met here by autos again and driven along the beautiful Miramichi River where were several large lumbering mills and where -large vessels were being loaded with lumber, for a distance of ten -miles to a town called Chat- ham, then back and on board the train, having been gone about 'an hour. (✓.0 . next stoyr, was at Bathurst, where on the•' station platform, our genial manager, E. Roy Sayles and as other products. All grains are grown thereexoe ,t• fall wheat which p cannot be g. town After the motor drive • !eve were taken to the home of the Lieut. Qov- ernor where another dainty luncheon was: served, after whiz a .few :short speeches and several solos were sung which were heartily encored. When all this was over and the party out- side,. a Piper?s• Band started up which II IlUre would w ld •be very Bard to beat and which followed to the, .,us depot playing all the way. Needless to a Y they say e was a• lazgo,.`'czbwd following AT SUMMEI SIDE During the drive to Summerside, on looking over the country there is a striping resemblance of tlie country to Ontario. The land was more level, but having a soil of reddish loam, considered very rich. They fertilize with oyster shell taken out of the oyster beds, which in' ,places are twenty feet deep. This is gath- ered in winter; piled in heaps. and in the summer' spread over the land and will continue -to fertilize for five or ten years. All along this drive were kiddies welcoming us by waving flags and one small town we passed was very prettily decorated. This was inueh appreciated by everyone and Rev. Mr. Moore dict not forget to mention it in his speech. From Summerside we went by train to .Chai•letown, .where we .were again driven by: motor around the city and to places of interest,: one in particular being the building and into the very room where Confeder- ation was signed, where also we list ened to a few short speeches by the` Lieut. Governor, mayor and others.' Thiscityof 12,000 .population is very pretty and industrious and its inhabitants, neat, thriftya;; and con_ tented. It is said there are no'inort- gages in Prince Edward Island and lawyers have a very scant living. The rural scenery of:the island t t .s. noticably pretty, dotted with pleasazlt looking farms, some of which : have beautiful _hedges instead of fences; which give it the appearance of One large garden, and it is indeed appro priately termed the "Garden of the IGul;f." We were told that ,6;000 bus: of potatoes al°e.''exported each year, also 6;000 bus. of oats' as well The Most Rom c City 1 North merica asieSseraessais .—The Qr,eliec A3ridge lalkieb the St. iinaat-nee esewen mail t tj #.-12 <Liaep,ec ]7f t9>eQa„at boy, e� a _owe ,e-;tityr. 2— ..4.ra Uncient c:,niaon with his picturesque equipage; 4.— am the o1,1 Quebec t G of u A anneal bit o� rural isci`ne Quebec: Cit the 3'�' ry a See' ynllecr from (I.nebcc City.:` Quebecy, Gibraltar of the New World, was one of the chief ,points of call in the itinerary' Canadian 'Weeltly Press Association over the Canadian National l a,ilwa s recently. ' It was a place of intense interest to these publishers <and.'edi- tors, for. Quebec is the cradle of the history of Canada. There Prances ceS domination o4' Canada began and there it died,leaving the : t..e. way'open. for British dominion ' over; and the eonfec2 CT a.0 f, Y o the prtavines from si: - .. to r;o.i,st, under .one Parliament, Ono Llan„ died one king. There llei'e on the ramparts o1 the Citadel commanding the _ Si.F Lawrence, the phantom 'iguree of C hampla,in's soldiers ltee' company with the khaki clad sentinel of . the present day garrison force. Quebec is a city with an in ' divide= alit y. It is unlike any other city in North America. It is a city of coif trasts. Beside' a Eine modern build- ing one "finds a structure txctult, with win- dows heavily shuttered, with in doors, and walls of thiel_ ,greyassiey Tsiasom-y, typifying the days' when Quebec, was a £(stress and the stronghold of the coni•inenia Front Jona e sp:IciotYs width of the G'rand Allee one has to walk ) but a' few �te ,� to find t p i 5t1'eei, so narrow that two pel.sens inav•sha e.k, hands across its. width.r h n 0 the i)iodernest p office it is only a short dis tr taltce to the Walls whish girded the cityin the days of siege. A stiff short climb will: carry one from f m the new railway. station oto the ancient St. Louis gate, Flit on h velli 7 a ' g c1 the Montealrrt rode after his defeat by Wolfe oat t 'nearby Plains of Abraham. . he swiftlyhe propelled autdthobile passes' by, without a salute, the quaint, slow. going ealeehe, A few - miles aboveuebe Q c stands the famous Quebec bridge ,theeat ' r _ g est: undertaking of 11a kind in the world. Across it the Canadian Na- tional Railways trips into the heart of the city. t „ Y. I has a tolal length of 3,2%t0 feet with a sirspe' p nded span of6:40 feet bun between tivlo cantilever arms of 1.160 feet. Tl1e suspended span is slung hi ,h 01104;11 abO a elle water l to allow the tallest' _pasted ship to pass beneath with ease at highest waster. The harbor front at' Quebec 3saw busy spot in sunlmor. It is the port of call of ocean liners and trans- . Atlantic freighters and a great volurne of business pours hi and out of this port during the months 1f' open navigation - Quebec ` . e: b c r s tbe centre of, tlle country' populated p by the ITabitants i T l est. people, who torr espoazd _. to. peasant of Prance, live` zit a simple way, and are open-hearted ill their hospitality to the stranger in their cone nt1nity. ; In their I u: qt �tzitbttt tirl homes ; y e .the spinning wheel use am May "be seen;. in y ,i ninny picturesque fashion q° s to be �Eound no�v9tei•e else on the continent aro ,still in. 'i`? „• e. 'drs. Sayles, Werepresented, with a. silver water pitcher. and a silver candelabra, d abza, as a' tokens of apprecia- tion for their untiring efforts in making the tour, one of success Calnpbellton was the next. stop; where motors took -us` for a short. drive to places of interest. This is a pretty town situated on the Resti- gouch River and noted for its pros- perous perous :centre and splendid Sumner resort, and whose chief:' interest lie. s in the lumber industry- INTERESTING ndustry, IN I. I �. 1IZSTING SCENES IN QUEBEC CITY night's run. brought the'. art p Y to Levis, Quebec, directly opposite el ec City, Y, early Sunday morning. Connection between. those two cities is operated' by a" Ferry crossing the St, Lawrence every • few minutes. At Levis the party went on board a boat and we were taken for a ride on the St. Lawrence River, viewing thea historic shores of Quebec City; as far as the famous Quebec bridge, Land on returning wore lauded at Quebec. ' Here some went to church 'while the writer, with - others, went to the citadel through which we were escorted by one of the soldiers, who gave us an interesting explanation of the surroundings. At one o'clock the party were en_ tertained by the C.N.R. to a dainty luncheon at the Chateau Frontenac, President Fortin gave the welcoming. address. Afterwards we were taken on Ino - tor 'cars to the Plains of Abraham, and otherplacesof historic interest, then: to the home of the Lieut; Gov- ernor, who with.. his wife, received us with a hand clasp and who' himself escorted us through his beautifully spacious gardens` and showed us Wolfe's Cove, the exact spot where that victorious army leader landed, and even the very tree under which the ate his last breakfast. From there we were taken through the oldest and narrowest street in the city, Lou -le -Cap. At four• o'clock the party entrain_ ed again; going over the Quebec bridge, arriving at Montreal about midnight; where our two diners, which had befriended us all the. way, were left behind. Arriving at Tor- onto Monday morning, most every- body was horrified to realize that their trains leaving Toronto had gone and that it was impossible to get home in time to vote, but all feeling that we liad had a most beau- tiful and wonderful trip and many were the thanks extended to the Canadian' National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. This concludes our account of the trip through the Maritime Provinces. RASPBERRIES With the circling of the seasons, the bine for wild raspberries has come again. The mere mention of them is enough to conjure up visions of a berry patch, mostly brush piles and ground -hog holes and plentifully, blessed with mosquitoes. There are those, who in open scorn of such trivial things as scratches and bites, comb the countryside every summer and could lead you unerringly to where the best patches lie—but they don't. Everyone who has followed tlt lure of the red juicy fruit, can tel you that the best red rasps invari ably grow in the middle of a fearfu looking brush -heap They must be had, and the picker heroically wades in, but he never forgets that awful, sinking, when -will -I -stop, feeling that makes the hair rise with• every step each of which carries him deep. er into the crumbing depths, to the accompaniment of snapping branch- es. And oh horrors! what if the Timmins' or the Johnstons' on the other side of the patch should hear the racket! Out from the centre of crumbling stumps the black -cap ' bushes rear their lordly stems and the shining berries glint 'alluringly thlrough the jungle. But oh! those barby branch_ es that cling with grim tenacity to clothing, hair and skin, in fact, to every portion of the picker's anatomy which is not too tough to be pierced. The `wait-abit' thorns of the desert have nothing on the Canadian black- caps. ,Thee, wind falls and so does the sweat, Old Sol rolls .higher, Inc bet- ter to scorch ,the greedy - humans down in the hollow. ' His only use seems to be to drive the mosquitoes to the shade—that shade lies beneath Inc bushes, where their delight is to feast upon Inc juicy calves of the un- Happy victims. Snail .Jimmy repairs ,to the farth- est side of the patch with alacrity -- anything to escape that newly -sharp- ened hoe, on the corn -field fence. His bare, brown feet are covered with a'dilapitated pair et Sid's telt- nis.shoes, his browner legs: are each encased' in two thicknesses of "The Times,'° pinned 1,0 Inc bottom of his trouser legs for safe ' tY s salts; A red pail is hung about his waist ,by one o.f the'. laces from dad's old boots,' ` and -.tile, small owner 5, surveys ;it with pride when it creeps up 1,o 'most two thirds• full. Ills gar r gaze resits lovingly n :)oil it, rather g I. tither• 1,11ati on, that forgot- ten log, ,over which he tu.n s l ble•�, that 1og. that those' wotcicuiter; 5 who had no regard for a fc 1 ' I ow s sluns---blaTni� thein, v l- a3i� iaY. Irrccl; left . r. . �' In the morn, znlikely ,'lace wad a shower of ber- ries s ma - 1 l the e snI'rottnclitlg bushes,: Ji1101 ' gets ri ) gl..t end u) again, 1. . < zl, e 1 1 saying n 5 g tllin„s under his breath,and •two. seconds later steps into )cl a 1 i grotinci-hogs fi'oilt door and comes tooitting.r,liostare with tlarniin f• ? a siitideitness, More berries gonel t q 1$ too much for hnanan ,endurance; Jimmy forgets his resolve never to say those things again and loud and deep are the maledictions he heaps. upon old Churckie's head, • that gent- leman,meanwhile regarding the irate youth from his own back door,. with a wicked- twink.te in his black,• eyes. But t5all things have their `t1oims,I tet_n- atl nS,e 'neither uy lzor _ low berry -pickers 'Will 'ever J forget the day they rose before the sun in order to'be first in thep atch.• The heavy 'dew lying on every blade of grass and every motionless leaf, wet them to the skin, -and the mosquitoes rose in even denser clouds to greet them at mid-day.wet Land bites" w and berries were forgotten in the glory of that radiant dawning. The infinite space in the wide expanse of the heavens with its myriads of pal- ing stars, the fiery clouds•,e1 sunrise,. the deep far aisles of the bush; the pealing anthem that 'rose from a thousand pulsing' throats to greet the day, Stirred their -' small souls with an awe and worship, 'for which there was no name. The day was still young when they v returned with palls; `that:. would not: Vold another berry. --When they left the patch, but shrank alarmingly on. the way lionie, but mother brought. coinfort by answering; them that the berries were still there, just packed` a little tighter. Snipes c s and d i >iders bees s and bugs, mosquitoes and ground_logs, have notthe o • h wax to old ii • P J nmY. and his - fello berries ws 'when;„'.be i es are ripe over WA' I tie. hill—nay,• Lthey ,i but add to the ;. enclia t lent. n n BOYS will Y be boys and girls , will be.; girls, ,and no one can blame them for be.c,omi . gl` vva r n wanderers of the bid woods and the t swamps, the w z n , to detriment of the corn.. field and the hoe that , a is left on the e f nee to rust unheeded. "A possible fortune and .the last- ,inggratitude of all men,awaits s the' man who can invent something Style will except in the way of a conven- ient ' piece of furniture to sit near the front door, upon which men's; hats and coats can be thrown down and not hung up.” It is hard to tell whichhangs on the longest; the license tag or the • mortgage, The Western Fair LONDON, ONTARIO .•, September 192a The Popular Live Stock Exhibition of %Vestert Ontario. $40,000 in Prizes and Attractions THE NEW $160,000.00 ,MANUFACTURERS BUILDING Holding over ,Three Hundred Exhibits Come and See Them Wonderful Platforni,•Attractions: See Programs MUSIC—FIRE WORKS—FUN. . Somnething Doing all the time. JOHNNY J. JONES SHOWS ON THE. MIDWAY Adrnission, 25c all week. Children, 35e. All Children 'Free on Monday, September 10th. This wall be the Big 'Year for the Exhibition Everybody Come. All information from the Secretary J. H. SAUNDERS, : President A. iul. HUNT, Secretary. O investors TF you wish to buy or sell Virtor7 • _ Loan or other bonds, we would .re - you that our branches 'at Toronto as _ ontreal have' departments es - pe yorganized for •this purpose. Call at our branch.; our Mans stjger will be to spam this for THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Capital Paid 'up $15,000,000 Reserve Fund $15,000,000 • M. R. Complin, Manager • G.'G. Maynard, Manager G. G. Maynard, Manager Exeter Branch Crediton Branch Dashwood Branch Capital and Reserve $9,000,000 Over 125 Branches THE MOLSONS BAN FARMERS WILL SECURE . SYMPATHETIC BANKING SERVICE AT ANY OF OUR BRANCHES. Careful attention to the needs of Canada's Agricultural -interests has alwaysbeen a feature of The Maisons Bank. Savings Departments at every Branch. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards invited. Savings Departments at every Branch. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards invited. EXETER BRANCH — T. S. WOODS, Manages Centralia branch open for business daily. 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