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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-01-05, Page 16All Ch'ildren's Winter Wear 20P6-0% OFF including Boy's,`& Girl's Jack rs, Snowsuits, Snowpants, T=S and Pants. Boy's Wear to Size , 18 including Huskies. g1 roads'^ •Jan. 5, isa4 i1 In dear• dead days of my public •schooling there was thisstory of an English _ hunt wherein a group of red - coated gentry in hot pursuit of a fox Aide up to a farm gate which locked tight , against them. There was moreover a lowly youth on the other side of that gate who let them know that he intended to keep it that way. "My master's orders!" he said. - Whereupon one of the `I more officious of the hunts- men, would it be the whip- per -in?,' came front and centre and demanded that the gate be opened and with no, further insolence. But the boy, exemplary character that he is, is not cowed. "It is not my inten- tion to be insolent," he replies. "But I must 'carry out my master's orders!" And now from the midst of these gentlemen there emerged the most aristocra- tic figure of all. 'My boy," he said as he comes up to the gate, "You do not know me. I am the Duke of Wellington, and I command youto open this gate now!" But this _ is in England where nobility is not the exclusive property off its nobles, and the boy still re- fuses to open. "I am honored to be in the presence of so great a soldier," he says dof- fing his hat, "but I must carry out my master's or- - ders. My master must not have his corn trampled by huntsmen!" a And the story.ends with the Duke leading his compan- ions. away and remarking thathad he an army of lads • such as this one, there would be no foe he could not con- quer. . y /L pound steer of' his dead one morning with.a shotgun blast in its temple: - I see by the paper from the old home town that when 158 of the taxpayers of Peel Township, Wellington County, signed a petition for a bylaw to restrict hunting in their municipality Ao those carrying written permission of the landowner, the council was urged by Ministry of Wildlife Management offi- cials not to pass such a law. Rising to the defence of hun- ters one official declared that 95 per cent of, them were considerate and law abiding. Which, if true, places the Ontario hunter in an entirely different category than those we endure here in Quebec: In* all the years I have been here I can remember no more than three occasions when hunters- came to my front gate and, asked if they could scout, my fields and woods: And this in spite of the fact that every license is- sued. states explicitly that hunting on private land is permissible only with the consent of the owner. _ Now that memorable little 'story had its genesis- of course in the fact that in. the England of that day hu=m men seemed to believe that, they had a perfect right to ride across ,farmland if the fox chose to take them there. Nor was there any concern about the damage they might leave behind. R is a tradition which I am told has not yet eompletely died out in Britain; it is also a :tradi- tion which has somehow taken root in Canada and which seems equally hard to eradic te. In the ears I have been farming here in Quebec I have been .plaguedevery year by hunters. I have had fences cut more times that I can count; gates left open; . pigeons shot off my barn roof with nary a care about the holes blasted'in the tin; sap pails, cats and no trespass- .r-ing • signs used for target practice. Every window in my maple shack has now been smashed, soahe by gun- fire, some by beer bottles: Our old Airedale has carried a bullet hole in her thigh for several years now,- and only. last fall I found my Springer dead in a snare. One year hunters went triumphantly .home with three of our pure while ducks,–but that loss was small compared to that of the neighbor whose woods .are over the fence from mine. He_found a thousand I have indeed met hunters in my woods who were quite indignant to find me there. One told me, to get the hell out of the way because I was scaring off the partridge. Another time when I had my i dogs out "for • a stroll I was told that dogs had no busi- ness in :the :woods at hunting tim- e.1couple miles down, the road from me a farmer who got a little too brave with the hunters he told to get off his place got a rifle barrel and eight stitches on his head. -Nor did his day in court do him any good. The only witnesses were the hun- ters. , An4;up till now the police have beenkf very little help. Mere trespassing isn't really important enough, it seems, to warrant their attention. And besides, where would those hunters be' by the time they got there? This year however the hunters hhven't been quite so fearless and so numerous around here, because this fall our farm like most in this neighborhood has taken ad- vantage' of the same- law which has long allowed mil- lionaires and friends of the government .to 'form private game reserves. Hunting rights on all our farms in this section have been leased to a duly incorporated Game Club, in which we the owners are theonly members. Let 'someone other than a mem- ber be surprised in our woods now and thanks to our own wardens we have some hope' of having that man hauled into court to ply, a whopping fine. Seems to me that this idea of farmers organizing them- selves into such clubs may very well spell the end of 'hunting over farmlands, and no doubt there will be wail- ing and gnashing of teeth about that. But don't blame the farmers! Blame it in- stead- on the arrogance of those 'hunters who' have so long acted: as though they had a God-given right to hunt wherever they damn well pleased. " aomes lines for k!cis At first I thought it was a misprint — the reference in my morning paper to."vint- age children's clothing". What, I wondered, was a vintage child? One with square nails, and a BADA seal? The adjective, it turns out, was misappli . The cloth- ing is vintage:.. a kids not. Antique clothes for kids are now being sold jn a city shop. The store's owner says she finds her stock "at the bottom of barrels and other unexpected places." I have a feeling she is avoiding the words "rummage sale" and "Salvation Army". Why give away the low-cost source of supply? However, I can tell from the .accompanying Illustra- tions that these are not your average run-of-the-mill rummage sale finds. There isn't a matted sweater with a choo-choo on the front, in the lot, nor/ is there a 'pair of shapeless sleepers with half the snaps missing. These are the granny out- fits, bought for .a special child for a special occasion. / Since these outfits owe more to Kate Greenaway and Little Lord Fauntleroy than they do to easy -care and permapress, they are rarely wornby the little lambs. Hence the all -wool sailor suit with long pants and satin tie is outgrown before, it is out - Celebrate the Savings.. puling Our WINTER CLEARANCE SALE a1 •:• • "All Ladies' Dresses, Skirts, Blouses, Blazers, Cardigans, Dress Pants and Jeans .. . HALF PRICE Ladies' Sweaters, Housecoats, Turtleneck. T -Shirts, & Lingerie 1.•. 20 oOFF WHILE SUPPLY LASTS!, f Weber's Jack & Jill Shop 125 Wallace Ave. Ni. Listowel, 291-3141 worn and it is much too lovely to throw away. The young shopkeeper is on to a good thing here. In fact most mothers belong to a garment network along w 'ch delicate, rarelyrworn a d enchanting stuff gets p ssedfrom family to amily. A forest -green silk - velvet dress, all lined, and trimmed with handmade lace was worn by our girl child to a season of glittering birthday fetes. It came from a friend in Rosedale, went on to a friend in Sault Ste. Marie and I have no idea where it is now. I have a feeling that that gorgeous dress appears in dozens of Canadian family albums., Some 'of these' treasures are passed on from genera- tion to generation. Chasten- ing dresses, of which I have a .drawerful, fall into this cate- gory. (Why a drawerful? I don't know. Maybe it didn't take the first time.) - Few of our boys' garments survived long enough to be of use to anybody. By the time the Fairisle' sweaters and cunning little rompers had funnelled through the Funny Brothers, even the button- holes were starting to look threadbare. Still there was a velvet suit .and- a perfect little tweed raglan coat. 'With cap that dame on the network ex- press, went to Sunday school aft Talk By Louisa Rush "It's always nice to have friends drop in, even if only to bring me their knitting Or alteration problems! .Un-. fortunately Shirley ,.neither knits nor crochets, so she was at a complete loss on how to alter a sweater which' her husband had brought home from a recent trip to Ireland. He had fallen for one ' of..-_. those Irish Fisherman 'knits which are sold at Shannon Airport. When he tried it on •at home, he realized the collar, a turtleneck style, was just too warm for him. It was too high and irritated. hitn. So she brought it to me' to' see what could be done. Fortunately the coll'a•r• had not been ° knitted on .., four ° needles, which is usually the, waythese turtlenecks are worked, but knitted in a straight piece and on a knitting machine I "rather suspect, ,even though the label - read "Hand -made". However, it was relatively easy to cut a thread of the knitting at the three inch level from where the • collar began at the neckline, then carefully unpick one entire • row.' I had thought of . working one row of chain stitches through the stitch loops, so there would be elasticity to the edge, but after I finished unpicking; I decided on another method. I turned the knitting down onto theright side, then with a large. needle and the same wool, carefully whipped the loose stitches to the first row of the collar..The result was a- very neat double knit one, purl one ribbed neckband with which her hutsbanb was very pleased and happy. The whole , operation "'sok less than an evening's work. Perhaps you can use this idea for a worn .or torn turtleneck collar of your hus' band's or • sell's' favourite sweater. ' , 0-0-0 Pretty as a picture is this lovely cardigan with lace stitch panels, just right for slipping. on while sitting: down ' in • the evening ','tt provide extra Warmth and it •would be great to wear under a winter coat .on exception- ally cold days. Simple and quick .to knit with Patons Astra, instructions are given in four sizes 76-91 cm or 30-36 inch bust. To order" Leaflet No. 83113 send' 75 cents PLUS a stamped self addressed return envelope. If you do n have a stamp • or en- velope, please enclose an extra 50 cents and print your name and address. Send to: Louisa Rush, "Craft Talk", 486 Montford Drive, Dollard des Ormeaux, P.,Q..H9G 1M6. Please be sure •to state . pattern numbers correctly when ordering and to enclose your stamped return en•, velope for faster service.: here in i Elland for a year, and then went winging off to the Soo or It is nice that big city, ,parents who aren't lucky enough to'beon the hand-me- down network have as place where they can buy sailor suits and "romantic cotton dresses for tiny charmers", to quote from the paper. The trouble is when you fork out actual. money for -something like that, you want the kids to get some wear out of it. This is risky in a world fraught with pablum, dog hairs, bubble gum, magic markers and popsicles. And what of the kids? One littleE poppet is pictured in a $40 black cotton corduroy romper with white eyelet trim. (Romper is like pant. Expensive ones are singular: cheaper ones are plural. Woolworth's sells - rompers: vintage clothing stores sell a romper.) This romper has longlegs but short sleeves which poses a thermal puzzle. What baby has a sweater that co- ordinates with black cor- duroy? Babies lie around a lot on fuzzy things like dogs and shag carpets. Try explaining –'that to a black corduroy romper. Washing black corduroy trimmed with white 'usually transforms the garment into something made of black corduroy trimmed with dirty grey. - Life in a black cotton cor- duroy short -sleeved romper is no flan, and the expression on this baby's face shows it. She's afraid to fall down in case she gets lint. I don't know what's next but watch out for diapers by Dior and sleepers by St. Laurent. Big families may be on the way back in. It would be worth it, just for the hand -me downs. by d y. 7 Arthur St. S., Elmira, 669-3349 Starts Thursday Jwiu�y' 5 to Saturday Januay. 14 avings frarr 20% - 5,0% HALF PRICE Velvet and Wool Blazers & Plaid Skirts HALF PRICE Special selection of 2 & 3 Piece Sportswear and Dresses HALF PRICE Special selection of Sweaters,, Blouses and Slacks Sizes 10-20, 38-44 coo Wonderbra, Playtex, Hanes Hose, Lingerie \\A6)and Accessories S :adies' ear 185 Wallace'Avenue, North Liglowel. Open Tues. - Sat. 291-3511,' 'ALL SALES FINAL. Credit cards accepted, with an additional 5% on haif price >lee cha>adit~<� (