The Brussels Post, 1924-4-23, Page 4Cbe igatosets
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WEDNESDAY, A PRIEd 23 Mee
sessair----- —ores _ea aeoesorazeorase-
Ilete Mown/ Bruesels by a tidy limn
aea A Celplftpi flower bed or throb
berry. .°
Cliuton ,Unfort bill comes up at the
Dominion Howie next week Mile tile
Antis have been very busy the LT sionista
are also going to he on "deck" for the
tilesle, If prejuditte. bigotry, miseries
PsetaliOn mad suspielos) were en led out
of put discussions there would not be
much lee; to fight over.
Iltosseei Bas /less Mens' •Associatiou
is out to boost its inerobershIP eo that
the scope of the organiz Won may be
broadened aud its intlueirce be more
manifest in the town and /Wanly 7$
members ie set as tbe studerd. • No-
body wbo cares a cent for the future
should hesitate to become a member.
Fee is only so cents for a year,
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Bz it ever so dirty there is no place
like the Horne Bank, Is experience
sbould be a warning to all and sundry
for the years to come Odor from the
stirsup may not be nectar of roses alto
_other but carbolic acid is better than
perfume for'elsinfecting purposes Tu -
e.
vestigation should not snip sbort of
finality as that is possible wider the cir-
cumstances,
DON'T lay down on your jsb hot
prove a regular booster. Faith in your•
self is the source of many a rueeess
Believe you are competeut to do A
work nod never slap short of accom-
plishing it. A botch job is no credit to
the party turning it out and never as
satisfactory, no matter what the price,
as workmanlike service. Permanency
should be one of the ideals with a
smooth -up on the output that shows
finish and completeness.
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Iv Premier Ferguson can extract any
comfort out of the thousands of expreu.
sions of the people of Ontario over the
proposed referendum on tbe Prohibition
question.he be welcome to it. lie saved
his bacon when delay was suggested for
a year. X924 is too far removed from
the grog influence of the bygones to
meet with the approval of tbe sober
minded electors of tbis Province.
Agitation and seed sowing on the part
of the homes of the land must not be
neglected if sobriety and good citizen-
ship are to be fostered. The man or
party who sows booze seed deserves to
sleep on a bed of thorns.
Tne old bontising system of lending a
hand to manufacturers never was any
good and bait been the loss of tbousands
of dollars and no end of squabble and
crookedness. Where a business de.
pends entirely on the municipal aid sup-
plied, often inadequate to much more
than half :wooly the real need, in most
cases "white elephant" can be written
on the roof from the early struggles to
get along. The tub that cannot stand
on its own bottom had better be allowed
to go to staves, for the usual bolstering
up, doubtful boolc-keepino and legal en-
tanglements are almost certain to he the
exit, Assisting a good going concern,
with the output of a product that is a
•neeeseity, by a loan, exemption of taxes
or a free site. is in another class alto-
gether ana possibly a wise procedure
would be to give help. particularly
where proepeete were reeissuring. It's
laughable though how many a town will
permit a local industry to wane and
maybe Me where a few dollars might
save it but will be caught and ready to
accord all kinds of help to some lack.
and-the-bean•stalk moonstone that is a
rope of sand in its after history. It's a
nice line to sift out the chaff and retain
the wheas. A citizen may run the
chance of being the targer for brick
tbrowing by some of the enthusiasm but
often tbe folly is avoided by enough of
sucb backing, Straw is not a good
substitute for good firewood or coal,
Awe
"As crooked as a dog's hind leg" is
sometimes the illustratiou pr, ered
when shady transactions are sponsored
by supposedly responsible men. Some
of the recent transactions made public
book as if both hind legs of tbe canine
would be required to adequately express
the crookedness. No matterif the
public is often unsympatbetic ad void
of leniency they are often nearer right in
their appraisal that the fellows who are
ever ready to gloss over the doubtful and
false, Not a few crooks have dodged
getting their deserts by a point of law or
the putting of a witness out of tbe way,
or a "teethed tip" settlement for "the
Nate of the family." Funny how an-
tioue the culprit gets over the good
name of the bunny whets he has been
trapped, One of the worst features of ,
all these sbndy doings is the aspersions
cast upon honor end tquare cleat mg end
the damege given to public conadence itt
inialtutions nuI public men. There
should be a thorough probing.—even if
it hurts --that's the way to get tbe bd.
ness out aud to secure good health, 'To
factory Hoods Wonted
We want a mutther of Men and
Hers to work in our Wagon
Triolike, Brussels. Apply at once.
Ament White
'BRUSSELS
beard fence nor wire entanglements
bs erected around the fellow who
wenton'y end williugly s'eps into teem
urns em to be a trap. Repentance that
only slur vs after reit are forma out 15 Of
very shoddy character. Honesty is
the only poi.ey and restitutions aud men
Who new tiredgait and do despite to
integrity should be made drink the
bitter draft, its ihe oiny way to a cleaner
Bad better order and warning at the
same time to the youth of the laud
Moire today as if too many men were
ready to he bought—the gold standard
had them.
IMINItOr>000.
SEVISELAI, legal seraps bave hems before
ihe Courts over the value of sheep killed
by does and by stock said to be injured
or killed by lightning. Tee Councils ot-
Iesurance Companies complain that the
prices asked in settlement are often
Betio:us and unfair and market values
of tol •y simnel be the standard reTher
than auy price tooted in by.laws or
official regulations of years ago. Some
of the decisions rather favored the herd
more than the dog or tbe lightning
This will tend to a revision of the laws
sod a more careful guarding of what
they say, ar as to put guesswore- p� the
books.
Easter Openings
The Spriog Term of the TISIngbarn
8n-5mem College begins Tuesday,
April 22ird, and a new class will also
be formed Monday, Apail 28th. Our
Graduate Stenographers are beginne
ing at salaries larger than those of
public school teachers, and many of
out' experienced stenographers are
drawing twice as much. Thou who
cannot enter college will have the col-
lege brought to them by Houle Study
Course. You may begin any day and
instruction is individual.
Our latest male testimonial conies
from a young man who was eat ning
$2 75 per (ley before and is now earir-
ing $3,000 pee year and travelling ex-
penses with a Tornnto Wholesale.
What we have done foe others we can
do for you, if you will only begin now
by correspondence awl enter college
later if yon en &Sire, Affiliated with
the Canada Bneineas College (College
Spadina), Tormito. Write today
for particulate.
Gm). SPOTTON,
Wingham.
IS THE ll T,
it SUCCESS ?
Sayeit eertain Saltiest Service work -
q', whose white hairs haven't bleach-
ed her settee of hotline, "I'll say the 0.
T. A. is a sueceee, In fact I'll say it
with curtains 1"
Naturally, we didn't get that. So
sbe took us down to let tie see the
saying in process of demonstrating
itself. But fleet she deecritied Mary
11,1,0, 014 it need to he.
"Thorp Immo% any time to label it a
drunktit•Me home," she said, No paint,
Hardly a whole pane of glass ; rags
stuffed in ; and not a curtain you
could call a curtain on the whole place.
Inside, it. was worse. There waen't
piece of furniture that was all there,
The family rif seven slept in two beds ;
and what they spoke of as bedding,
would be despised by a well-bred dog.
"One day, worn out with life in
general, she said to John, "Oh John,
when wilt you give op this drinking ?"
"I'll never forget the sombre hope-
lessness of her face as she told me his
unscrew.
"Whets I can't get it any more, and
not a minute sooner."
"Well, I moved away from that
community, and during my absence
the 0 1'. A. was pasited. Last month
went bark, and it occurred to tne to
loot up Mary,"
At this point the story of the past
changed into a demonstration of the
present, for the Social worker took
me to the street where Mary lived—
a poor street—but you should have
seen the hottee. It couldn't ever -be
pretty, any more than grandmothers
can be fieppers. But it didn't have a
cruised pane, or a rag, or a dirty
window—and the whale place had
finely broken nut into curtains. They
weren't. merely white, They flaunted
themselves, They didn't merely hang
straight. They frilled all over their
starched edges, If the morning stare
sang together once upon ts time,
Mary's curtains undoubtedly shouted
with joy, as far as any one could see
them.
What did f liey say ?
Well I the worker said they
said "Praise God for blessings day by.
slay ; but ,most, of COUre6, for the
0. T. A."
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Tuggle, Mary toldVAR proudly that
she only wont oni onnitSionally, note,
811e have tat work hard, Her
man did Dust.
"And twinge hoe-m.11hr money ?" the
Social worker asked,
"All but two iloilare," Mary said,
"Aml vitt know, Mise, in the nit days,
if he brought home anything, it would
have been the two dollars. He'd have
spent the rest hIrreselt"
'filie slow of the old years eeens.
ed to fall aMorre hes' as ehe smoke.
She lemma Novena, and whiepered.
"Whets I think what I've lived
through ..., I thought they'd eye),
tiring that awful liquor treffie book,
I'd lay down and die." '
serialtive-looking, delicate child,
her youngeet boy, cume over to her,
emoting the need of him. "My daddy
won't get drunk any more, will he
mother ?"
Them motet much to says bub elle
said it, oPlenee (Iota Sonny, he never
When we went •our, the eimteine
looked whiter and loyetier sari more
worth keeping than ever—htiht will
they be kept
If yon have a vote its up to you,
Turhberry 'Doom!'
• Minutes of Council meeting held 10
Bluevale, 10th of Aptib
All members present.
' Moved by D. Fortune and Jos.
Breckenridge that we aak Inc tenders
for the tile part of the Fortune Drain,
—01trried,
Moved by R. Grain and J. 'Brecken-
ridge that we engage Fred. Edgar
as Township Engineer at t4115 00 per
day in compliance with the Code t
Ethics of the Association of Profess
Biotin] Engineers of the Province ot
Ontario.—Carried.
Moved by D. Fortune and W. B.
Marshall that we write the Drainage
Dept, of the Coterie Agelcilittleal
College, Guelph, Molting one of their
men to be at next Council meeting
and explain their system of drainage.
—Cartied.
Moved by R. Grain and D, Fortune
that By -Law 11, 1024 be passed allow-
ing the Women's Inetitute 13luevales
the privilege toputup street lights; in
Bluevale.—Carreed.
Moved by Jos, Breckenridge and W.
R. Mareball that it is unlawful• to
throw dead animals and rubtfish ip
tbe Maitland river and other 'Streams
also on side lines or streets, any per-
son found cluing so will be prosecuted
according to By-law,—Carried.
Moved by Jos. Breckenridge and W.
H. Marshall that we engage R. Ei-
liott and Wm. Breckenridge to run
the two small graders at 86.50 per
day.—Carried.
Following accounts were pall ro-
Whigham Advance $23.75 acct. ;11
B. Elliott $8 90 acct. ; B. Crulkshanki
$15,00; Thos. McGlynn $2.00, rebate
taxes ; R. Othickehanks, $15, road
supt, ; Jas. Lovell $10.15, gravel mid
grading ; W. R Crolkshanks, $5.00
(lathers Drain,
Moved by R. Grain one D. Fort one
that Council adjourn to meet at Bine.
vale at 1 p, 05, on May 1st.
J. L MacEvezn, W. R. Cotokanarne,
Reeve, Clerk,
A OREAT DEBATE
QN PROHOWTION
In the debate on Use United .States
Rum lamming Treoty, in ,the British
lienee of Coinumne, ex-Preuller Buhl.
wit) said, °There is no doubt that rat-
Ifieetion, while it will do away with
whet way peen) to be a smell matter,
will rutty tlo more good between our
two peppier; than almoet anything you
ran think of "
laorti George said, is not D
question of whether ore belleve in
Prohibition or not, The United Stet -
fie bits definitely deckled to make the
experiment. I Was told on MI hand,
there, try men oppoeed to Prohibition,
that if you put it to it vote tomorrow
you would get a vote of at ot learn 60
per cent, in favor of renewjesg the
experimea,
"W hat is rather important fpr Ile
Is that even those who are in favor of
varying the experiment, only wish
to vary it by bared ueing light wines
and beers. If it were proposed to sell
'spiel Le, you would get 05 per cenht.
against it, I arn assured."
Lord Curzon aid, . agree that
the spectacle of this ,um -running, this
row and ettife outside the limit, is a
squalid and sordid spectacle, and the
fact that it is strictly legat does not
in the least make it more attractive,
because these mattets have to be re-
garded from the point of their, effect
on national sentiment,"
And think., women electerer we have
the right to help settle this question,
that be demanding attention in every
civilized country in the world, We
will tell you something further along
that Noe, later.
The Ballot, Ss the right, alone, of
the citizen—and it le a great responsi-
bility.
Hensel' will observe Thursday as
the weekly half holiday from May 15
to Sept, 15.
Perth °Quo,/
Stratford has been agog over the
IlonPistils' Srnith eentOstion,
Wrn, Riad, St MOrYs, wlio hag
handled the Braying business goo the
past few years boa Sold his hotness
and equipment to Ed, Duneelth,
Lake Victovin, Stretford, la Olnaost
dry now following the Pork board's
action in opening tbe dant gates to
Mean out the system of waterways,
Owners of private duke aro taking
advantage of tOse sithation, to make
repoire.
'Tice High School football team
Listowel, hoe organized for the season
with the ,following officers s--Bonoto
ory President, A, 111. Meleobn ; Preei-
dent, William McDowell ; •Seeietary,
Lloyd Hall ; Executive Committee,
Stuart IsicQuatirie, Grenville Vogan,
Russell Grant, Graham Walter and
Griffith McDonald, The team is to
°booms its own captain and defend the
Rough cop, which they won last year.
EGGS FOR
HATCHING
Slagle Comb Rite leghorns
. 10 Center above market price will
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be charged but not leo than 35e
per dozen.
Alex. Perrie
Phone 2515 Brussels R, R. 3
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lt pays to use
MARTIN -SENOUR
100X PURE PAINT & VARNISHES
For EvewPwriose -Far Evetylurthce
Write to Head OrAca Montreal Por Free Booklet
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BRUSSELS, ONT.
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Stolen Eggs and the Silk Trade
Above--Reetitig stik in the Flowery /Clugdorn. Below—An timorous liner loaidlny BUR at Yokohnlna and
n Canadian Pacific sl/k epteIrtl nursing through the Hackies.
production of silk dates far into attiquity, and for
ages the manner of its production was kept secret
tip to the sixth century •all raw silk Was imported
into Europe from China, nut the Byzantine Emperor
Justinian induced two monks to travel into China to
procure silk worm eggs and though tbe export of them
was punishable by death, these monks soecuded isa
bringing back a quantity concealed in the hollows of
their pilgrims staves.
From Byzantium, silk cultivation epread into G-teece
and Syria, thence into Spats', and thence successively
into Sitily, /staples, Northern Italy and France, being
ietablished ln Italy in the sixteenth century,
Various determined attempts have been made, prin-
cipally between tbe years 1622 and 1839 to establisb
the silk industry in America, resulting at, one time in is
not inconsiderable production, but the excessive east
of the Mime Involved in the rearing of the worms and
in the reeling of the raw silk from the cocoons as come
pared with the trifling Cost of Snell labor In Europe
and stela, bee rendered it impossible to produce raw
sill, at commercial prices on this continua
to of the silk imported to Ameriee comes drore
3i, -u1, Italy and china wave, atm, the humidity of the
atmoettin re contributes no little to the euceess of the
Mame. y in those imentrlee, The greatest importation
is front the Plow' -.y Teingdom, and this mostly itt tbe
rewesilk form att .t Is reeled from the cocoene,
a ik le valuate!s la 081,1 re -attainment of a few hon-
oree fame. armee sea. t hotoonds of donors are tied
um aro; for this remora that no time may be loot isa
rir oaine et- ,Tie raw material and placing the filtiebed
goods upon toe market, the product of tbe little sink
worm Is given transportation facilities which fees other
commodities enjoy. The bales of skeins are stowed
carefully in the vessel's which transport them across
the Paciflp, and in such a manner that they can be
speedily and safely dieeharged upost arrival at the
Canadian or American port, No time is lost. Speeial
troths made up of passenger baggage equipment await
the arrival 'of the vessel if it clocks at Vancouver as do
the Empress liners of the Canadian Pacific, and once
the valuable eargo has been. sealed into the ears the
train proceeds towards 'its destination, Oftefl making
better time than the regular passenger traios.
For the reason that the route le more direct, ansulY
silk dealers in NOW York, Where much of the silk is
destined, oonsign their shipments via Canada and dur-
ing the Mist few months many interesting time records
have been made over Canadian Pacifie lines.
On Morels 22nd, the "Empress- ot Asia" sailed from
YOkohansa carrying the largest consignment Of allt to
he forwarded from the Orient fOr some time. The silk
was specially stowed for prompt discharge on arrival
at Vancouver, aril from the Abbe the steamer docked,
until the sPeelal train to New York left, there was a
longed time of obi' thirteen and one -.half rofnutessnerr
car,
The eilk Wag dellYered in New York abut midnight
April 4th, the through time from
Yokohama to Neve
Yerk being 13 done, 3 house, and 1.2 taintnes, 'calendar
thros. coatstlittted I. record MI as l'ar en freight
traffic) is etmeerned, but passenger traffic is handled
as readily by title oimsPanT, a 21 day Europe to Orient
service -fit st, John, MD., Or the St, tievwrolece route
being regularly Maisitained
Here and Theiv
It la forth:sated thot over oo,000
Erato were sown with cora in 4'
hart* in 1923, ise emnpared wit*
only 2,000 aeras in 1910, This Is a
gqpd indide.tien Of how respitSisy eorn,
culture is irlereitSine itt Western
Canada lis conneetion With mixed
Wining Operetions,
A,11 Previelle recent' of Canadian
xeinght transportation were broken
When a :mild train -load of :MOM.
hilee reached the Pacific Coast trent
Windeor, Opt., over Canedian Pa.
stifle lines recently, The distance of,
8,982 miles was covered in wen
days, or exactly 169 hour» and 20
Ininutee. The traits, which consisted
of 40 care, each containing 6 Ford
Automobiles, was more than a third
of it mile long and was handled on
PraatkailY passenger schedule.
The splendidly teeund position of
the Canadian Pacific Railway is well
shown in the mutual report for the
!Weal year ended December 81st,
1023, which has just been issoed.
The gross earnings of the Company
for the year were $195,837,089.61,
the working expenses 158,358,-
079.54, and the net earnings, $37,-
479,010.07.
A large party of Scottish farm -
ere, ploughmen, farm workers and
their families, is expected to arrive
at Montreal in June. The party,
which will sail on the Canadian
Pacific steamer "Methuen," will be
conducted by the Scottish repre-
sentative of the Canadian Pacific
Department of Colonization and De-
nelopment.
Alberta has maintained an aver-
age yield of spring wheat of 19%
bullets per acre over a period of
twenty-six years, according to a
chart prepared by the Deportment
of Agriculture. In addition, winter
wheat has averaged over the same
period 20.19 bushels; oats, 35.79
bushels; barley, 26.10 bushels; rye,
18.84 bushels and flax, 8.71 bushels.
• A feature of the annual banquet
and convention of the officials of
the Canadian Pacific Railway, which
were held at Quebec on March 22nd,
Was the representation, in the ban-
qoetting hall, of a full-sized loco-
motive of the latest type emerging
from a _tunnel. Built of wood at
Public Notice
Take Notice that the fallowing lands owned
by the Congregation of Duff's Presbyterian
Church. Walton, Ontario. viz :--the Northerly
sixty feet of the Easterly sixty feet of Lot
twenty-nine. Govenlook's Survey of part of
Lot thirty, ConoessiOn ten in the Township of
Idorris, end County of Efuron, are to be offer-
ed for sale by Ole Truateee of the said Ohuroh
by Public Auction on the said described
premises at Walton, Ontario, on slay 2nd,
1024, at 12 o'clock noon. Terms cash,
WM. J, SHORTREED,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
singue ItreMneea , ft Was 14'
ell respects perfect, At 51. pre-
arranged Meinseilt, it emitted steam,
end smoke, the beB rang azd the
whistle blew, while the headlight be.
tame a moving picture PrOJCetero
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shorthorns and Yorkshires
In idlOrthorns We have one roan hall 11
menthe old bred by nem Itieeee, Toronto,
mewl by nue tettemeit Lome, and ooze a
elan, Al Pule dam A TOO herd header, nt far.
tuer's price Another roan It epee useful bull,
5 Months old, by White Wonder, Could maitre
few store feglitler. 4 toe "reel. Beim or dm
:trent ago.
O. TIlltlentlat, it Sons,
Lot 10, Oen. IfsOrey Twn.
Phone eele E. ,Orusliele,
Mulford Property for Sale
Hanes and lot of about Nemo, situated on
the corm* of Tarn -berry end internee Streets
in the Village et Brussels, known as eh,, Dun.
fordiunne. CN1 tho property Isa vary sub-
stantial brisk how •, nicely isolated, steel
roof, cement seller floors, n eW furnace, clothes
closets, bath room, meteor, drilled well, fruit
trees, a Wee raspberry plantetion, lovely or.
11R1UDUZlil an evergreen treee. and a b011UtifTa
bawa Wtll bo told for half of what it would
0055 10 build it to wind np the eetnbe of the
late B. 0, Donford Iinmediete pessesaion,
For further pertioulars ,silly to L B. MX.
1/01213. Detroit, or JAS. M oPAD' MAN, (next
door), Bea 1 Brussels 5,0
farms for Sale or to Rent
One eoutaining 100 acres, being NA Lot 22,
005. 7, Norris. Good frame house with cellar
and woodshed ; good well, bank barn, hog or
sheep pen, orchard, gord spring near °enter of
farm ; about 40 sores plowed for spring crop,
balance in pasture and timber. 814 milei from
Brussels; 01055 to fohool. Farm is In the best
condition as It his been in pasture for a nom.
bar of yenta.
One 200 110E0 farm being ei Lots 2S and 24,
Con, 7, Morris, Good trains hones with cellar;
good well, two orchards. barn 4000 and barn
22x72, with (drew shed ifts72, hen house and
bog pen. Above buildings are in good repair.
Considerable plowing done for Spring mop.
Never -Wittig spring running into trough close
to buildings: About 126 acre, under mitten -
tion ; about 60 acres seeded down, balance in
pasture sod wood lands, 4 miles from Brus-
sels and 4 from Walton. This farm be in the
best condition.
Ism disposing of all my farm, and. if not
sold the above will be rented. For further
particulate ap to price mid terms apply to
P. ANENT, Bruseele,
Farm for Sale
Contains 100 acres. being 014 Let 22. Com 8,
Morris township, coma brIolrhonas with eel..
ler; bank barb with cement stabling ; driving
shod, drilled well and it never failing spring at
back, About BO item under cultivation, bal.
15505 ;mature and Wood land. Fall Mowing
will be done and pos,session given this Fall;
For further particulate apply to
A. a. MACDONALD, Brussela,
Representative Wanted
nAPEEEENTATZTE WANTED for Brussels end
Huron County to represent "The Old Itoliable
Fonthill Nurseries," Big sales are to be made
111 selling Nursery stock during the recon-
struction period, A splendid opportunity for
a live salesman. 13igheat COMME19101111 paid,
handsOrne, free equipment, large line of fruit
and ornamental stook to offer. STONE eh
W utig NOTON, TOTOMO. 005.
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The Seaforth Creamery
ream Wanted
Send your Cream to the Creamery thoroughly
We will gather your Cream, weigh, sample and test
Satisfactory
and h
aisctory Resutltagives ou Prompt Service and
s.t yi
give
We
eu stohloicriotuygohu sr aptaistfraoentia.ogne. knowing that we can
• it honestly, using the scale test to weigh Cream sam
ipies and pay ,you the highest market prices every two
: weeks. Cheques' payable at par at Bank of Nova Scotia.
1, For further particulars see our Agent, MR. T. C.
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McCALL Phone 2310, Brussels, or write to
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Cream Wanted
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We will pay Patrons 1 cent per
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