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MOVING THE
KITCHEN STOVE
The weather we get In Spring al-
ways gives cause :for discussion or
reckoning. When Spring comes et
its width a rush there are those who
say it will not last, and they assure
us we will pay up for the weather
we are getting Those discussloius
always took place on the Tenth
Concession, and they centred a
good parr an the business of muting
the kitchen range out into the
summer shed. As a rule the mov-
ing businesi was never clone until
some time in A'prii because the
cook stove stood in the kitchen and
was depended on to take the chill
off the air when it became less
spring-like outdoors.
Plenty of times the moving of the
stove was delayed because the :nen
could always find so many oiler
things to do. Things that ha•l to
be attended to right away. G. -and -
father• always had to do a lot of in-
specting on the field of fall wheat
along in April; be was certain • arts
Of it looked brown tram wiute-
killing or spring heaving, and he
wanted to make etre how largo the
patches, were so he could tell
wbether it would be worth waffle
Putting in a title mixed grain to
make use of those Spots. That
always required much reckeeiug
and hhougbt and kept grandfather';
.mind well off the kltehon stove.
The hired man always' took a par.
Umtata interest in fences when the
spring came. He knew that 'pretty
soon the cattle would go out for
pasture and be wasn't going to take
chances on ,trouble with the
nedglebons by having the line fences
shaky, He always became ae ex.
Pert on fences while grandfather ex.
petted on the brown lratc'11es in the
fall wheat.
But when. the weather began Lc
get an toward' the hien° when. tau
bed ticks Would again be filled ✓tth
fresh straw after a hard evdnter the
question of moving the kitchen
range wattle'. be bound to get tel::•';1
about at meal time. Some of the
women folk would staff't by men-
tioning it ,in a casual way; peehapi
they would relate that the Paeone
or the MoGregors had matted their.
stove ant and how .titch more
room it seemed to .make in the
kitchen,
Sooner or latter it had to come, The
racks µ.Biot hung from the coaling
and inwhich the 'sliced apples well
to be dried had to come down be-
cause they were all in same eon et
a wired alIlance ;with the stove
pupas' and their anoieringe, T11e
hired man Wee fair eeongh qmt set-
ting that done and smart too ed Mk -
leg clown pipes, But that stoee
was a large tiling. The men who
matte it ntue•t have poured a tremen-
dous amount tef Iron or eileel into its
ponstrttottoa; Try length -vas' nae
trams because it had a hearth in
front and a, water tank on the fear
and a warming oven up at the
back. They hadn't left off a thing
when it was built and. nothing had
ever come loos.; and fallen of since,
When it came to laylug hands oa It
for purposes of transportation from
one room to the other one con1(1
net blame grandfather for conren.
trating on the fall wheat or the hir-
ed man for experting about (Vices,
The method was, to, take the Sud
legs out first nd allow the store to
rest on the straw part of the eraom.
That was good ware 11 not for the
one step da',vn leading out to tete
summer kitchen,. Then there were
a couple of•boards to slide the thing
down to the new level, and after
that a great deal of yo -heaving to
get the lege under the thing again.
We always dill entertain the fee:•.ng
that people who could move kitchen
ranges' easily, were the sort of folk
who could plan and erect great
bridges and bleb buildings. It was
a sort of a gift and something which
could not be learned by much study,
But it did seam right enough that
it should be moved, anti after that
folk forgot about the struggle watch
was ahead when In the cold days
of fall it would have TO be moved
back.
HORSE DEALS
We noticed in a district ether
where a car" had drifted into court,
-and it had its origin 1n the .selling
of a horse. The claim of the plain-
tiff, A, was that the horse line
been misrepresenten to him by the
deeendant B. The animal bad
been spoken of as sound in wind
and limb, and it was also refe,r-ed
to as seven years old while the new
owner luny become certain it was
at leads ten or twelve years of age.
He said the age ot• a horse could
be determined by looking et its
teeth. The plaintiff A said the
horse also had the nasty habit of
kicking whereas he nod been as -
sewed it wait es quiet as a lamb et
the time of the sale, None. of -:hese
statement's had been placed in writ-
ing, andthe court decided it eves
difficult to make out a case particu-
larly in the trading of horses. So
the affair way dismissed.
Even on the Tenth •Concession
where truth was a virtue and hence-
something
enc -something to be unwell esteemed
there was al.wuys an element of
doubt regardiug the continued exie-
lance of thine flue •gttalltlea when
it 001110 to selling or tre tees; 41
110100, (band father knew till,
horses, and Ito could spot weakness
In an animal when it was alar off.
Also he was. an Upright man, But
ns wa recall it he preferred to clo
Ilia' horse trading when net snr-
rounded by the family circle, lit
Weaned aa though the words he
used to close the deal were not
words which should toren a toot,: of
conversation slat the supper i'1ble,
He talked to his 1pa•oepeod'lve cos•
tomer it a confidential lnauuor
whore the voice was subtitled,
There• was one good chunk of a
work horse and there Was. a bit of
weakness in -trot. Perhaps several
bite, Gratitifnther bad brought
Irian 'through a spol1 of groaey leg
and ire :had also developed e, shell
o11 the foreleg,. but 1.13111 100 laoltod
ea though 1t was' going 10 011.110 'all
right with rho use of a.'bileter. The
hired nate and the rest 01 the
family lt1iew nlso that the torso
heel the heaves, and ,Itis Wind wins
1101 good, That 631.1310 0101 011 111111
when he was' pile to a heavy fart of
a day'aa lrot'11, but it; would 1cneek
eff when the 011911161 had a eheace
to be stall tied or put in few days
on pasture.
Grandfather got :rid of that purse
and lie took In one that was a trifle
ligheer and naso gathered in ,1 anis
showing of dollars to boot. And it Is
Ito bo mentioned too that the :arse
batt a 36]11 of letting fly with his
hind leg now and then. The hired
men never -put a curry comb 01 him
'Without going luso rhe stall Side-
ways, first anti starting at the other
and of him, but when grauhdfether
was trading that horse he brought
him out and stood him so his' hind
legs' were pretty much again, the
strew stack; and no horse le e'1'ng
to bottler taking a kick at atmos
stack. Nor did grandfather run
the animal up and down; 11e seta
lads' rheumatism was. a trifle bac,
When it carne to explaining why be
was using a blister on the In'e•leg
grandfather explained that treat-
ment like that often headed off a lot
of ',emulate and Wien be gave a sett
of lecture on theproper care of a
horse. He talked about everything
except what ailed that animal, and
then he turned to picking the horse
to -pieces that the other man had
brought to trade him. He could
see where he was going to have
trouble enough getting hem rota
shape, and he •talked that lvay so
much that the owner of the hore
lnig'1ut have been wishing he could
give the horse to grandfather to
save himself a heap of trouble in
future,
But of course they never brought
grandfather up in court on his
horse trading. There was r, sort
Of unwritten law up and dawn the
Tenth that a man who didn't know
horses should Bever go into the
trading of thea. It was a danger•
mus sort of business and grand.
father always attended to it him-
self. But he was an upright man.
NOTE AND COMMENT
—e-3—
The Hydro probe is going to d'ig
into the question of the men at
paid Jbhn Abel. It may do no
harm to have that affair Aird again.
Details in regard to Canada's
fighting planes are being kept
secret alt Ottawa. News' as to the
Canadian nary is not, however, so
ear:ly concealed.
Toronto alderman alderman wants grant;
to ' conventions eat off. Evidently
he is of the olrtaieu the hone -able
delegates should buy their +.1111
lemonade,
Fifteen Chinese gaming joints in
Vancouver have closed, Surely
they are not afraid Japanese bomb-
ing planes will stray that far,
There is more moisture in dhe
West than for yearn and judging
from police court reports 1111'11113 are
noir so dry in the east either.
Absentminded Italian accideulsl-
1y swallowed an electric bulb.
Probably he had a hazy notion
about being put on a light diet.
Mr. Hepburn says he has
bought enough tickets on draws to
paper ct house. His. &tntemotie
would seom more interesting how-
ever if he Marl told how maay 'Imes
he lta.d won.
Over 18,000 musicians have enter-
ed the annual Vortical Festival at
Winnipeg. it is evident that for
some blue at least in 3Lauetoba "the
night shall be filled wUth music."
Premier King charges thee the
delay iu instituting eneunpleyhnent
insurance hits been reused by the
province. so tar as wo ran see
the tactor aright just as well Island
gut lily,
—4, —4.—
A Gordian flyer has brolt=11 the
nonstop 1'eeord 'bel up by all
Italian aviator last January. It
that ]rind of thing heaps on the
Roane -Bertin nets may bo s'eveeelY
tested,
Cal, W. P. Matlock is mhent.iohed
1144 a possible suecessc0 to Hon,
T. C. Elliott should the latter he
compelled because of illness' to TO'
Lire, -T11010 would be 116111111,1 new
eat 1laeng a postnlnr$1eregeseta 1
named 1111110cle
—When some fellows oar 110 longer
o:ffoi•d 10 take their girls arotind tinct
give •them a good time, they marry
tri int.
*
-'•••A fah1t heart never won a fair
lady, 11-110, end n arrant healnt never
got away 130130 one, either,
LET US LOOT'
AT THE PAST
Mere Are Items 2'aken ?row*
Ness of the Post o/ OMland 16 Years .Apr
25 YEARS AGO
WROXETER ,
James Gillespie, Who has ' beet
spending a few months in this
vielne1Y, left on Tuesday for his
home at Psswegin, Sask.
* m a
Edlwin Lead Nelson Willis and
Wan. Cornwall left on Tuesday af-
ternoon to join a C. P, R. bridge
gang with whom they will be em-
polyed this summer.
* * '3
Lawrence Henry of Winnipeg and
Samuel Henry, of Port Perry, call-
ed on friends in this village this
week,
CRANBROOK
Michael, Kreuter's' barn, East of
here was unroofed by the recent
wind storm and Daniel McNeil, 14th
con„ Grey, lost part of the roof off
Ills 'barn.
* * *
Sought the Farm—Tuesday of
this week William Locking, 13th
con•, purchased the Balfour 131.acro
farina, Lot 18, con. 11.
MORRIS
Jas. Bowman, M,P., was home
this week for a few days' from
Ottawa.
a: *
David Walker. of Regina was
here en a short visit to the parental
home.
* * '*
Vets week Ed. Ward held at:
auction sale and purposes removing
to New Ontario for the summer, if
not longer,
* * *
The roof wee blown off Alex
Cloakey's and Jas, Grasby'h barn;
metalic shingles from Jas. Clark's
barn roof and Robt, Young's hour's
got a "tiff."
On the 8th line, .3 Good F •day's
wind storm made bad work. James
Smith bad part of his barn roof
blown off. At David Laidlaw's
one side was taken totally off and
the other side above the p'trline
John ielcllroy had a space 18x2e ft,
of roof cleared off. Roof sh111t at
ridge and lapped for 28 feet, At
Wan, ,Skelton's about GO feet were
cleared, rafters, sheeting and
sbinglos. About 75 hunches of
shingles will he required to put
George Jackson'a barn. roof in
shape. The end 'of Thos Bolger's
straw shed was • damaged and Jn W.
H. Maunder's farm across the con-
cession line the stolon took East
side of roof and seriously damaged
both silo and windanill,
GREY
Chas, Draper, who went to ug -
land last December Lo visit rela-
tives and friends., is back from an
enjoyable Stay. He is employed at
Inc. Ewan's, 15th con.
ht Is said M• essrs Somers and
Tyremaa have leased the Mitchell
farm, iltlh con., for this year. The
Comer has been the tenant since
11, Mitchell event West.
3 " *
Next Monday James' end Miss
Bella Bartz, 11th con., expect to
leave for Portage-Ia-Po•airie, Man.,
.lir, Betz farm has been leased by
James Dickson for a year.
BRUSSELS
Wil9, Be Itonoreal — Among those
whho are to bo honored by the de-
gree of D.D. by Queen's University.
Kingston, is Rev, Daniel S'tl'aa11an,
B.D., of Toronto, formerly of 100011-
wooal, and a relative of the
Sbeechen families of Brussels
vioinity,
* '1'
George E. Cameron, of Gales-
burg, Ntcrh., has been renewing old
friendships 111 13rnssele. 17e 1600 a
resldenit of town 80 years' age,
• 4' :3
George Keys accompanied his
brother Ilsrry to the West 011 41
business trip.
* '3 *
Dr. Alex McKelvey, 16110 ihtts been
tithing a pos'lliolr in a big heeptlagl in
Baltimore bus left on 11 tl'ip to
Vienna, Loudon and oi:her pointtt,
50 YEARS AGO
BLYTH
T. Reenlist, Bram.pi:on, 6V1S in
town this weep,
• '3 'k
h -111s, 1 t'1ce1ar, of Detroit, le at
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* * *
Miss Hannadh. Taman left town
haat week for Port Huron, Mich.
* 3 * *
Messrs McKinnon and 'Meal -fl ala
have titer sawemill now running full
blast.
* * * *
The vocopbone Band made their
first appearance on Blyth streets on
Friday evening last.
MORRIS
James Ireland ,jr., who has been
in Owen Sound and neighbarhood
for the pas year or more is home.
* *
Alex McCall has been engaged as
teacher in Anderson's sdhool house
as successor to M. Black.
GREY
Thos. Heritage -and family remov-
ed to London, Ont., this week.
* g: 't 'K
Miss • Annie Mitchell returned to
London last Saturday after a two
month's visit with friends in this
locality
D. Duncanson lef• ts last Tuesday
for Washington Territory, U.S.
* • s
MMIe. Thomas Matthews has retired
from farming and has gone to r-es,do
near Listowel. His sou Edward
and sonan.law, David Robinson
have rented the farm for a tern of
years. They have also leased the
farm of Rory MrNicbol.
* ,r *
John Dunbar eras' gone to try his
fortune in British Columbia and
Rory McNichol is talking of start
Mg soon, too,
ETHEL
Mrs, Joan Dunbar anoved 'thio
John Jury's residence en Main
street Wednesday of this week.
David Weir* lent for Dakota Met
week, He intends to quake Ins
home there.
* *
Wm. McDovell, who has been
ti1•eenan in Reeve Milne's grist milt
for over tin•ee years, left here for
Calgary, where he hos secured a
position, last. Tuesday,
BRUSSELS
James Brgndfoot has leased the
hoick store from W. R. Wilson
lately occupleri by R, Maloohn, and
is having it fitted u'p for a Tec-
ta urant.
* '3 *
For Manitoba --Stasi Teesday
Duncan M,oLa 11e311hr, jr., Dan Mit•.
Lanoblin, Thos. Stemple and wife,
Anthony Sample, ir„ Mate. Sample.
John Robcrtecn and Wan, Arm.
strong from this locality took pas-
sage Grom Wroxeter. They are des -
lined for Brandeis Cypress 101rer
and, Portage-la-3rndrie,
• * *
Vosdry Meeting—The annual vase
sty meeting of St. John's chums
was '110X1 loot 'Monday efter loon,
'elle flolowing dithers were ap.
]wdntsd1--Thos. Mansell, People's
War-clen; Harry Donnie', Minbotor's
Warden; J. Hagreavee and Thor,
Pierce, sidesmen, Thos. 'Kelly, Lay
Delegate to Synod.
* *
Peter Stewart started for Dakota
last Wednesday, after a visit of a
couple of .months here,
Married
HolmeseNesdet—On March 286;i, by
the Rev. A, 'Stevenson, 14 Ir. Wm.
Halnhes' of Grey to Miss Mary Nis-
bet of Elma,
• • •
Jeronyn-Roe—M the residence of
the bride's father, on the 2,8th inst.,
by Rev. Wm. Torrence, Me. Jabez
Jermyn of East Waawanosi to Miss
Mentha Roe, McKillop.
Thistleville
(By A, R. K.)
¶ My friend from Thistleville
declares, the people there are free
from cares, removed they are from
strife; the world outside may strip
jets gears,' and spend its days and
nights in fears, see little joy in life.
¶ But Thistleville goes on #13 Way
lives much the same -from day to
day, its folk are not disturbed;
from things outside they live apart,
nor do they jump in fearsome start,
by each much -•heated word.
¶ Stock markets do not bother
them, nor Shiver lap their business
men, when prices fall or soar;
there's just one business, man to
scare, for 30 yearlh he has been
there, and runs the corner gto6e.
¶ The price of park may rise or
fall, 8 does not bother them at all,
wiihegg0 and milk the same; they
killed a gig some time ago, most all
they need to eat they grow ecant
meals they never eaoe.
¶ The folk In Thistleville i bear,
live quiet and simple year on year,
nor are they filled with grief: it
some one's out of luck in there, the
neighbors make it their affair, so
uo ,one seeks relief.
¶ Of Thistleville and all its ways,
I like to hear on stormy days, w'ten
things don't go too well; when I
get tired in limb and mind I think
I'll go out there and ninth -a place
where I may dwell,
eii
aAR.s wco *sept. e.•d t,4
malt* tb.ms.i.•s heard ba
.6b.tl.g front th* hese.. tops,
it 7M tti•i that to-.ia* roe
*maid. p.•obs6110 ah b ary'a.e
'Wrier* a l'OmmlMlo. 111 t*..ait'.
ttoM..-nAlTS t)s b.•3a.er
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