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News of the D
BLUEVALB
Mrs. John Little spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Thos. Anderson.
A. H. Coombs and Miss Mary were
week -end visitors with Miss Monk,
at Beachville.
George Peacock and Gordon Mun-
dell have gone to Stratford to at-
tendNNormaL
Miss Martha Johnston, of Kincar-
dine, spent a few days with her sis-
ter, Mrs. Earl Mathers.
Mrs. Thos, Barrett and son Rus-
sell, of Waterloo, spent Sunday with
Boy and Mrs. Barrett.
Miss Louise Thompson, of Wing -
ham, was a Sunday visitor with her
friend Miss Margaret Garniss.
John R. Greig spent Sunday even-
ing with her sister, Miss Annie Greig
nurse -in -training, in the Walkerton
Hospital.
Charles and Mrs CouLtess and
daughter, Grace, of Listowel, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Snell' and Mrs.
Couites here.
The monthly meeting of L 0. L.
'766 was held iTuesday evening,
Sept. 17 when the District Master
and the County Master were present.
Lucas and Mrs. Farrow and dau-
ghter, Jean, of Goderich, Miss
Gladys, Brooks, all of Fergus, spent
Sunday with Robert and Mrs. Mus-
grove.
Miss McDonald and Miss Camp-
bell motored from Toronto and spent
the week -end 'with Miss McDonald's
nephew, master Eldon Kirkton and
Mrs, Jas. Kirkton, Turnberry.
Peter D. and Mrs. King returned
home from New York City where
they have spent several months ow-
ing to the illness of Mrs. Kite's sis-
ter, Miss Blanche Jamieson who is
considerably improved in health.
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WALTON
Hugh Fulton is visiting relatives
in Stratford, Shakespeare, Exeter
and London.
There will be choir practise in
St. George's Church on Thursday
• evening of this week.
Mrs. Williaxn Woods is spending
a few days at the home of Jas. and
Mrs. Nicholson, Ethel.
Mrs. Edward Godkin, of Reginla,
spent a few days at the home of Jas.
F. and Mrs. Hackwell.
Miss Flora Harris, of Kitchener,
spent the week -end at her home on
the 17th concession of Grey.
John and .Mrs. Benneweis, of
Brodhagen, were guests at the home
of Daniel and Mrs. Steiss. '
Thomas and Mrs. Haekwell and
son, Elliott, were guests at the home
of. Mrs, Jas. Holman, West Monkton.
John M cDonald and 'Charles who
spent the past week in Walton have
returned to their home in Windsor.
P. B. and Mrs. Gardiner, and Miss
Vera M. Gardiner and Miss Janet
Simpson took in London Fair last
week. •
George and Mrs. Jackson and Ken-
neth, Robert Reid, Wrn. Stewart,
Lindhay Stewart, Douglas Ennis,
Roy and Mrs. Bennett were at Lon-
don Fair last Thursday.
Two Turnberry Pioneers
Both Past Fourscore Years
Recall Those Early Days
JOHN AND DAVID WOOD LIVE
TOGETHER IN BLISSFUL BAcli
ELORHOOD ON THE FARM
THEY CAME TO OVER 70
YEARS AGO; THEY PREFER
THE OLD DAYS AND LET THE
AIRPLANES GO BY,
after rueh persuasion the teamster's
command, "Turn Berry," was heed•
ed by the beasts who with a supreme
efforts, hauled the load cut of the
mire o11 to a hard trail. 'Since which
time the township has stuck to thitf
command as a name and has been
Turnberry on the map ever since.
So fast does civilization ,advance , When David and John.Wood were
young' mon a dollar had a large' sig-
nificance than it has now. For in.'
atnnee, here are a few price' which
they paid in the early trays :
Eggs, 7 cents a dozen.
Butter, 7 cents a pound.
A turkey "as large as a baby', 7h
there one meets one of these prison- to 80 cents apiece,
ors, still hale and hearty, still vigor- Pigs, which went from 100 to 500
ous and fully in touch with all prod pounds 3 and 4 cents a pound,
elm improvements in our ways of Cattle the choicest, at $16 per an-
imal, and the biggest in tithe coantry.
living,
AND THEY'RE HAPPY,
Two of such early settlers are.
in Western Ontario that already the
word pioneer has an almost hietorie
reference. Not that distance in time
is so great since the days when the
heavy and lonely bush of these 14
countries was cleared by' thoxe
hardy first settlers. For here and
istrict David and John Wood, of Turnberry
Township m the County of Huron,
Thomas Rands and MISS Lsabell
Rands, of Seaforth, spent the week-
end with George and Mrs, McTng-
gart.
W. and Mrs. Humphries and fam-
ily and Miss Mary Mowbray and Miss
Rota Campbell spent Thurs'lay in
London, °
Mrs. Catherine Marcus and her
son, Daniel, spent the week -end with
Mrs. Marcus' sister, Mrs. E. Cole-
man, Walton.
Miss Edna L. Reid who is teaching
school at Benmrller, spent the week'
end at the home of her parer., Ro-
bert and Mrs. Reid. •
Miss Annie Ferguson, of Seafortih,
was assisting in the Walton, Post
:Office last week while Miss Jean
Drager was on her vacation.
Frank and Mrs. Walley, of Pres-
cott, Mich., and Mrs. Alfa William-
son, of Alpena, Mich., were holiday -
visitors in and around Walton.
Tile annual Harvest Thanksgiving
service wiill 'be in 1St. George's Ang-
lict n Church on Sunday, Sept. 22nd.
Rev. Mr. Jones, of Gerrie, will be the
preacher.. Service commences at
3 p. m.
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aATIVES AND THE AUTOMOBILE.
Fiji Islanders Soon Got used to This
"Monster."
It is extraordinary how soon peo-
ple
eople become used to things—even
when at first they regard them with
fear and suspicion. Look how many
people predicted terrible disasters,
whilst others offered only ridicule,
when the first train appeared. The
fire airplane met with a storm of
pessimism, and the first motor -car
shared much the same fate.
To the natives the motor - ..ar
brought not only dislike, but intense
hatred and fear, for they were sure
that only an instrument from the
devil could produce such weird noises
and results as the motor -car! Indeed,
in 1906, when first the natives of Fiji
fsistids caw a ear, the devil doctors
formed a committee amongst them-
s•Ives to decide what could be dons
with the monster! Now there are over
one thousand cars in the Fiji Iaisads,
which is proof in Itself of the chang•
that has come over the natives in
their attitude towards the mechanical
inventions o1 modern days.
LANDS FOR SALE
FOR TAXES
Notice is hereby given that the Ilst of lands
for ante for Taxes has been prepared and that
copies thereof can be had at this (Aloe, and
that the het Is being published In the Ontario
Gazette of dn1y 1011, 27th, Angnet 8rd and 10th
and that In default 1n the payment of said
Taxes and costa, the land will be sold on Mon-
day, October Sat, 1919, at two o'olook In the
nfternnon at the Court Aeuae in the Town of
Omit/doh.
GORDON YOUNG,
County 'Tr ea.nrer,
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But though these brothers h1 es
been raised in a sap trough and have
Seeing that John is in his 84 year ! experienced the roughest side oC the
a ea s eas y ou g asses, ane
'that David, who is in his 82nd year,
like his brother, still finds pleasure
in a good days work on the farm,
the lives they lived a lifetime ago
must 'have been close to nature and
i health building.
Born in the county om' writerino,
sons of Andrew Wood an ms wife,
they moved early to the district in
'which for the last half century er
more they have resided Their parr
ents and the other five children liv-
ed long and industrious lives, but
David and John are now the only
remaining members of the family.
I They lived on a fifty -acre rant,
the same land which they cleared or-
iginally, and from (which the,- ^et the
timber to build the tog house in
which they lived. This house, now in
its 77th year stands on the home-
stead and is used as a storage shed.
, It is roofed with the same hand -cut
shingles which the two 'brothers cut
out of the •primevil trees, and to -dad'
they are still rain and weather-
proof.
BOTH BACHELORS
The two brothers are Conserva-
tives and Presbyterians, and the
wiles of Cupid never have disturbed
their peace of mind. Both bachelors,
they live together harmoniously,
sharing their work and memories as
the seasons passlightly over their
gray heads.
It is only a few years ago since
these two pioneers cradled the grain
crop and bound all by hand, though
to -day the whole farm is under grass
and cattle graze on its sloping past-
ures.
astures. But the last act in the corver-
sation of this arable land into past.
ures was reminiscence of the earlier
days for the grass seed was sown by
hand. (i q
Talking of the days bygone is one
of the hobbies of these two hien of
Turnberry. They relish a trip in
memor 's vehicle i th d i
Auld Lang Syne. To delight to tell
the visitor of the time when they
used a leafy bough for a harrow ;
of the days when they threshed
their grain on the barn floor and
oxen tramped it out. They "remem
Der" how three brothers and a sister
were rocked to sleep in the paternal
home lying in the home-made cradle,
made out of a rough log hallowed to
form a nestling place for the babies.
As the youngsters they "got as f'ar
as the fifth book" in school. and
that was a pretty fair education as
things went with the pionee-•a. They
recall meeting many men, and do-
ing business with them, who, though
they had whits whiskers almost town
to their waists, yet knew nothing or
the alphabet and the mystery of
writing and reading.
The Maitland River which runs
through their land, was a refuge of
sweet -fleshed trout 50 years ago and
the bush was filled with all kinds of
game, so that when a change wee re-
quired in the larder all a settler had
to do was go out with gun or rod and
come back towards sunset, with all
the family would need for some
days.
As the brothers walked to school,
in Turnberry, shortly after leaving
Waterloo, and it was a four mile
tramp through the bush, it was not
tin uncommon event to see In bear
cross the trail. Nor was it at all un-
common to hear in the nighttime
the eerie yells of a wild cat,
TURNBERRY'S NAME,
One of the interesting stories told
by the Wood brothers is the tale of
hew Turnberry got its name.
Long years ago„ it seems, when
the territory was young a ('crtain
settler was drawing a load of foul
lungs of wheat, a large lead then,
with oxen, when his outfit become
Muck in n •mire. One of :his oxet, was
named Buck, the ether berry. The
firmer side of the trail was or tiu:
side of the animal named Berry, and
settlement if a new country they are
I satisfied with their lot and life on
their 50 acres. They have driven
ioxen and have latterly ridden in au.
tomobiles, 'but they draw the line at
an airplane. They are content to
spend the remainder of their days
close to the earth which has been so
good to them. They have no desire
to try the fortunes of the air. To
this extent they are willing to make
a concession to the younger gener-
ation. And in place of the thrills of
the air they have the enjoyment of
all those courageous adventures
which were a part of their daily life
when they cut those shingles out of
their trees and swung a gleaming
scythe over the land they had so
heroically cleared.
Cornparsion of
Different Kinds of
Bush Fruits
On the Quebec 'City market, hun-
dreds of crates of strawberries and
raspberries are handled for one of
currants or gooseberries. This should
not be so, because some of the bush
fruits, like gooseberries, are not
enough appreciated as a desert fruit,
being most appetizing during the hot
season when thoroughly ripe, whilst
red currants might be used as a
flavor in soda fountains. ne to make
jelly of a pleasant colour.
During fourteen years, most of
the best known varieties of black red
and white currants, and of goose-
berries, have been tested at the Cape
Rouge Experimental Station. Bushes
were planted on a naturally drained
sandy loam of good fertility, which
to all appearances is fairly uniform,
'and were grown under conditions
which were considered the same foe
all. The soil was reasonably matur-
ed and kept free from weeds. Dur-
ing the test, the average date of the
last frost was May 15, and for the
four months of May, June, July,
August, the average mean temper.
62 de roes F. the re
ature was 59. g pre-
cipitation
eipitation 3.80 inches, and the num-
ber of hours of sunshine 208.3. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL
The average lumber of p's'ntds of
fruit per acre was 14,001 191.' goose-
berries, 7249 for red currants, 5085
for white currants, and 5165 for
black tulrants,and 5615 for blank
c 01lallts The va1'leeies whieh gave
the greatest number of pounds of
fruit per acre were : Silvia gooseber-
ry, 14,709 ; Perfection red currant,
11,506 ; Climax black gooseberries
nru at the head of the list, far above
ul1 currants, and that for the latter
elle red yields more than the blacks.
]'here were 449 year -tests of the
Above, so that results mean some-
thing.
'In bush fruits, as in many other
crops, yield, though of very great
Importance, is not the only consid-
eration, as appearance quality. and
local preference for certain kinds of
varieties sometimes give a greater
acre value flor a smaller quantity.
For instance, the Cherry red currant,
on account of its extra large size,
and the Grape white currant, due to
its fine taste, may be the best paying
proposition with discriminate cust-
omers.
When a person decides that his
particular conditions are suitable for
growing bush fruits, the first step is
to procure from a reliable source
one or more of the above named var-
, reties. It should be distinctly under-
; stood that the seller is to deliver
i what was asked for and not some-
thing which he believes or says is
just as good. The second and very
important point is to know how to
.grow the fruit and to really do what
one knows should be done.
To some up : bush fruits will be
n profitable commercial venture to
the skillful grower near a market
where there is a good demand fox
them 'at reasonable price, but they
will certainly be unpro.iable to the
ordinary man not accustomed to
their care who cannot give them the
required attention, and who is with-
out row( shipping facilities to a pay-
ing market.
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MAYORAL ECONOMY.
Tokio Assembly Handed Rude Jolt to
Preacher of Thrift.
Zenjiro Horikiri, 45, second young-
est maty ever to hold the position of
Mayor of Tokio, Japan, believes in
the motto "Charity Begins at Home"
when It cremes to the matter of muni-
cipal reform. With his election a few
months ago he announced than he
would start an active campaign of re-
form. Principal among his many
projects was to cut down all unneces-
sary expenses.
It has always been the custom for
a new mayor to call on each of the
188 members of the city assembly
shortly after his election. The mayor
is elected by this body and he is step -
posed to show his appreciation. Not
only must be call, but he must give a
series of elaborate dinners to repay
the city fathers for their thoughtful-
ness in making him chief executive.
, Mayor Horikiri had been in office only
a few days when he dnnounced that
he would dispense with the calls and
dinners. He thanked the assembly,
but said they would see that he was
sincere by his future actions, and not
by his ability to preside at the festive
board,
A few days later the assemblymen
:net to fix the mayor' salary, another
of their duties, and It did not take
them long to decide to cut his emo-
lument from 812,500, which his pre-
decessor received, to $10,009.
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From a business standpoint you are really
not making any money unless you are
saving some. Money you save is profit—the
balance remaining
after expenses
have been paid.
The habit of
saving regularly
EACH WEEK
is certain to show
you a profit.
This Bank Invites
Your Savings Account.
Interest Com¢ounded
Halt Yearly.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
HSTAnUS1 3D 1832
Capital $10,000,000 Reserve $20,000,000
Total Assets over $260,000,000
J. A. McLEOD, General Manager, Toronto
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18th, 1S 29,
East Huron Fall Fair
Thursday
rid Friday
rd
Speeding Contests
2.18 TROT OR PACE PURSE $125.00
Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 5
Purses—SO, 25, 15 and 10 per cent
2.30 TROT OR PACE PURSE $100.00'
Hobbles allowed Mile heats 3 in 5
Purses -50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent
LOCAL TROT OR PACE PURSE $50.00.
Hobbles allowed. Purses—$24.00; $16.00; $10.00
Committee reserves right to name starters in last Race
A. C. Backer, Chairman Racing Committee.
School Drill
Prizes of $6.00, $4.00 and $3.00 are offered for Best Appearing Schools, .5
points to be considered will be—Numbers, Marching, Arrangements,
Costume and Drill, by Society.
Teachers must hand to judging Committee a card stating the teacher's
name, name of school, also the name of the subject intended to be ..
represented.
Schools eligible to compete in both of above but they will be judged
separately. Competition confined to Country Schools.
Parade will leave Victoria Park at 1 p.m. sharp on Friday, Oct. 4th and
will be headed by the Band. All teachers and pupils in the parade ad-
mitted free to grounds.
HORSESHOE PITCHING CONTEST
PRIZES—$10.00; $6.00 and $4.00. Entry Fee $1.00 pair.
Entries in by 2 o'clock, Oct. 4th. Draw ac 2,15. Teams must be ready
when called.
Foot Races, &c.
COUPLE RACE, over 15 years 75 50 25
BOY'S RACE, under 14 years, 100 yards
BOY'S RACE, under 10 years, 50 yards
GIRL'S. RACE, under 15 years, 100 yards
GIRL'S RACE, under 10 years, 50 yards
BEST FANCY DRILL by School Pupils. Not Less than 12 nor more than
24 persons in each $5.00 $3.00 $2.00
Pupils and teachers admitted free to Fair.
POTATO RACE ON HORSEBACK—Three potatoes for each competitor
will be placed 100 yards from starting point. Competitors stand by
horse, mount and ride to first potato, dismount, pick up potato, re-
mount and ride back to starting point, dismount and put potato in a
pail—repeating the operation for each potato. 1st, $1.50; 2nd, $1.00;
3rd, 50c. No entrance fee.
Foot Races at 3 p.m. Friday
Special Prizes
For "Best Beef Herd, one male and three females, to be owned and raised
by Exhibitor living in the district covered by Society," the T. Eaton
Co. offer a 26 -piece set of Haddon plate 'Dorothy Vernon Pattern"
in a mahogany finished cabinet, value $22.50. 2nd prize, piece of silver
donated by Robert Simpson Co, lst Prize will be on exhibition in A. C
Baeker's window.
For best Essay on "How We Could Improve Our Town, in Appearance and
Health" Dr. W. D. S. Jamieson offers prizes of $3.00 and $2.00. Open
to any High School pupil of Brussels Continuation School. Essay not
to exceed 1000 words, Papers to be in by Sept. 30th.
For Best Recitation of "In Flanders Fields" to be given in the Palace on
evening of Oct. 3rd, open to Public School Pupils of Morris, Grey and
Brussels, Dr. T. T. McRae offers 1st prize, $5.00; Chas. Robertson,
M. P. P., North Huron, 2nd prize, $3.00; 3rd, prize, $2.00
For 'lest Writing Miss McDougall offers: lst, 75c; 2nd, 50c; 3rd, 25c: Jr.
II (in Pencil) "Woodland Rain"; .Sr. II (in pencil) "A Lullaby"; Jr.
III (in pen) first two verses of "The Charge of the Light Brigade'
Open to Brussels Public School.
For Best Writing Jack Edgar offers: 1st, 75c; 2nd, 500; 3rd, 25c: Sr. TV
—8 verses of "Recessional" page 406; Jr. IV -2 verses of "Ye Marin.
ers of England", page 154; Sr, III—"A Farewell" page 50.
Open to Brussels Public School.
Miss Flo. Buchanan offers 75c., 50., and 25c. for best paper folding, open
to pupils Primary Room B. P. S.
For Best three Feeder Steers, 2 years old and under 3 years, Canadian
Bank of Commerce offers, let prize $6,00; 2nd prize, $4.00.
For Best Percheron team, Earl Cunningham offers, 1st prize, one auto tire,
value $10.00; 2nd prize, one tube, value $3.00.
For Best pair Poultry, old A.O.V., $1.00; for best pair poultry young, A.
0. V., $1.00 T. C. Wilson donates prizes,
For best collection of 6 to 10 Snap Shots, open to pupils of Brussels School,,
Wilton & Gillespie offer 75c as 1st; 750 as 2nd; and 25c, as 3rd.
For Best Collection of Baking, Mrs. Jane Thompson offers goods valued at
$2.00
For best herd of Registered Beef Cattle of 5 animals, under 2 years old
Bank of Nova Scotia offers $G.00 for 1st prize and $4,00, 2nd prize.
For best two loaves of Home-made bread, J. L. Kerr will give The Post for-
a
ora year, and The Post for a year for the hest 2 lbs. of'Butter, Bread.
and Butter go to donator,
For Be:t two loaves bread made from Purity Flour, A. C. Backer offers a
Silver Cup.
For best bird in show, Walter Scott offers $2.00.
For Best lady driver, Dr, McNaughton offers prize of $3.00.
For Best Shorthorn Bull, any age A. L. McDonald, offers 55,00.
The Society offers prizes of 1st, 59,00; 2nd, $6.00 for the best three horses
in any one Township.
For best four steers over 1 year and under 2 years H. 0. Walker offers lst
prize $5.00; D. M. McTavish, 2nd, 53.00.
For best pair of dressed chickens, S. F. Davison offers an Aluminum Roast-
ing Pan, value 55.00. Chickens to become property of donator.
The Blyth Brass Band Strong
Will supply Music on Friday Afternoon
Grand Concert Friday Ev'g
lay the Highly Recomitlended Company
Ionic Male Quartet
The Apex .of High Class Male Quartet Versatility: Each Member a Soloiat
of Merit,
Costume Quartettes Cowie Songs
Unsurpassed Quartet Harmony
Comedy Sketches Monologues.
Cornet Solos Ilanjo Solos
Ministrel Acts Southern Melodies
211 Hours of Entertainment that Really Entertains
GET A PRIZE LIST
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JAMES BURGESS, D. M. MacTAVIS%I,
President. Secretary'Treaisureir-