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A TFIRILL INC ADVENTURE
'h� . Story ok a �esce ' ro the
l ai and, , � � a��'s T�icturc�c tie,
•b .�� Treacle Q s Rjvere
By John Jervis
About the year 1878, in the Town-
hip of Goderich; in the County of
Iuron, fieri the village of llolmea-
ilk there livedz. x,111-t� do 'far-
-named fi"amed a
lie elen day 'o1 May he 'decided
frinto the next tbwri"ship to pur-
By this time, it was too dark for
them to sec the rope. but they puo,
their hands out in the water .:mirk
managed to catch 11 Ube iilth.tiilacq
as it .floated past, . Mr. Baer put
good slip k not ,on the 'ope and. tied
tt areuncl the pian on the wheel iioar-
est to hint }le then called to me ui,
be ready ,for a :hand:pill ' I braced
base more stick. that time then nniself: and .gave , the word. At tae
as ne bridge over- the Maitland ri;r- f r'st .piinge he wont ,under, thy, wa-
r' between Colborne a3id Goderich tor and I did not see him again until
ownships and it was very clangor- he struck the shore the .length ; et
nus . to try .4-)' cross in Mlle spring. the rope (-fowl"' the stream When I
Chis part of, the river has been tate p.o.;him, safe T started fishing again..
cene of many 'accidents. The two :Cop the second pian, ;.alter a few
oyster brothers r lost their fives fruitless attempts .,' ;the; Tope was
here while trying to cross 051 a raft caught and he:came. 'to shore in .the
o their J ar m,Mr. Nixon Sturdy' lost same way as the first. Then Mr.
is life while, helping to :take down Baer,; called to,me to hurry as- the
he old b'iicige, and M. Andre}vs lost wagon was beginning to move. After
boy while attending a bionic there. a few more efforts he caught,the-
ne of the councillors - called the rope:again and tied it to himself. 1
steep hilt leading to that part ` -of have, always given Min credit: for
the river,""the shadow' 11 deaths" getting his mon to safety first. By
iSlr.,: Baer-' hitched his team 00 this time •the first man was able to
the wagon, tied the box to the' axles ,help and we soon had' Mr. Tiger
with a 'strong rope •and. with his two
out. As soon as the last mai' stepped
I e- off the 'wagon it raised up
hired men, started .into the raver.
btw✓;en wading " and -swimming the.•'off the snag that Had held it, and
)1dt'ses got safely- across. There had. took a turd- or two down the
been a heavy rain that day and tie -river and caught -again.
'water was rising,fast, when they re
turned in the the river' was
zevening'
'bank full., They had 'left the• shore
'and.' the horses were swimming m
the ,deep water' when the wagon
wheel : naught; on the roots of a
Stuniii in the bottom ofthe river.
This : halted the horses and there
IV;EW ROOKS IN 'CLINTON
EMILIO LII:EIJAItY
Tiction—Lauriston, TwentY-first
Buie.; ,Jenkins, l imlios Pirate; Cody,
Ring's row; lZ2 itli, Vella ,oi St.
Stephen iTutehin en This U sot don;
Walpole, C sed zl; Locke Tale of
Tsiona WeJehouse, Clicking of,
Cuthbert Jenkins, Mrs. 'Bindle;
-Fletcher, Middle of Things. In the
Mayors Parlor; T ertree, Men of Al.
i ries Paolo, hidhoirs;Cornell, Re-
noisy ane` .Burr, Three .Fires; De la
Mare; Return, Memoirs of a Midget;
Merge heinaer, .,ll>t Bright Shup1;
Ilenion, Maria ChapdeluneMeAen
na, Soliloquy; Iludson, Abbe Pierre;
Sabatini Captain Blood; Bell, Sec,-'
ret Cards; Ewart, Way of; 7,evela-
tion; Hutchinson; V„ Sea .1 haek;
Willsie, Judith ,of Godless' Valley;,
Johnson,' Slcippy Jiiedelle; Jordan,
Blue Circle; ,Fraser, 117.' Lord: 0' the
White Road;-Balyrinplo, Fool's iIi11;
Ostrander,,. McCarty' Incog.; Belloc,.
Green Over'eoat; Milne, Red "z3ouse
Mystery; Watamia, Sunny -San; Grey,
A Little Leaven Clouston, ,Simon;
Van Vorst, Queen of Kai ni-ania; Shnc,
Cur Little :Life; Stead, Neighbors;
Bsichan; IIiintingtower; Douglas,
Ann and her .Mother, The Setons;
Pickthall, The Bridge; Cooper;; Gar-
den of Memories; Little, Jack and '1
in' Lotus ,;Land; 'Ayres, Gamble with
Love; Begbie, Tales of Laughter;
Porno], Peregrine's Progress,
Farnol, Peregrine's, : Progress; Wode
House, The Girl on the Boat; Wode-
houso, Jilt, the Reckless; Lncay,
Genevra's Money; Keable, Peradven-
ture.
Noir-Fiction---Slceltpn, Life and
Times of: Sir A. T. Galt; Stone, Ilis
tory of Labour; Wister; Neighbors
Henceforth; Blake, .In a Fishing
Country; . Seeley, Growth of British
Policy: Travelyn, British History of
the Nineteenth Century; Macbeth,
Policing the Plains;, Strachey, Books
and Characters; • Kipling, Letters of
Travel; Chesterton, George Bernard
Shaw; Morley, Modern 'Essays,;
Yates, Complete Radio Book; Jet -
fees, Call of -the 1Vlountains;' Miller,
-New -Era'"in Canada; -King, .Nerves
acid • Personal Power; 'Tracy,
Psychology of Adolescence; Scott,
The Great War 3s I Saw it; Strachey,
Adventure of Living; Inge, Outspok
en Essays; Slardy,Latc Lyrics and
Earlier;. Reinsch, Secret.. Diplomacy;
Harrison, : Novissima , Verba::: Last
'Words; Mills, Watched by Wild Ani-
mals; I3elloo, The Jews; Verrill, Ra-
dio. for 'Amateurs;. Wells, Short'
History of the World; Anon. Painted
-Windows; Bighorn, Prime Ministers
of ,Britain, 1721-182,1: Stefansson,
Northward' Course. of-Emnive.
Northward Course' of Empire; Luty,
Diary of a Journalist; Turberville,
Mediaeval heresy and the Inquisi-
tion; Hudson,' Afoot in England;
Roberts, What'.s Best Worth Saving;
Riddell, Some Things That 'Mattel;;
Guedalla,"The Second Empire.
The moi} on the other side' of the
river, .n ere' \vaiting anxiously. When
the`Word' was : sent • over. that the Ines,
were" all safe on shore they gave one
,cheer that you could hear far above
the roar of the water.
There. 'we' were in the darkness,
looked to be boor, chance for them, ' soaking wet with a team of. ;horses
as they could .not, touch the bottom, and no wagon, and the livor between
and 'tile. force °of the water was 'se 113 and home.; The only way home
groat it turned the Wagon clear over. was'around,liy Bemn111e1•. ibo walked'
This .let the bolt drop out of the about a mile up the Colborne road,
whittle -trees and, the' horses were 1 Tlr,e Men were in ,poor shape' >for
free. They -turned and .swans to the 1. travelling alter spending so long In
cold water. We called at a house
where they received sss kindly and
invited ifs in., After having a good
warming we'borrowed a light wagon•
and startedagain fop home. ' Bus..
•out: troubles were nOt_ yet Oyer. Tho
None of the men could swim and horses :were going- ab a pretty good
as there were no houses .in sight speech and When we. were .near; Ben -
their only hope was ,.to shoot ' as miller one' of -the -springs of the
" loudly as possible for help., A neigh wagon 'broke. ` Again the .rope was
bor heard the calls and went hack needed, with. two wooden'. splices
to the river to sec what it meant. lI0_ we started again for the Huron road
saw the three men in the water and aiic1;;liome, where We arrived safely,
came -back to get More men, about one o'clock,, in the morning,
Colborne shore.. The three Men in
• the wagon were thrown out but man-
. aged to hold auto the, wagon .and
when : it stopped again each one
caught •a wheel.
There were no .telephones inthose
clays hntl wobri had'to he taken fro',zt
houso to house by the children. lir
less than an hour about: a dozen men
were gathered•on the.Godericlr town-
ship side of the river, planning seine
means to get. across and rescue the
mon Tom their perilous position,-
There' Was no boat or, canoe neaierj
..than Goderich, so it was' decided to;
make a raft of rails and tie it to
gether' with willows.'
By the time it was finished tho
sun had gone down and darkness was.
fast 'setting In. The -,next question
was, `;Who was willing to rislt'liis
life :on the raft?" 'There was a
pause and a stillness which I shall
never forget, then my •father stepper
out' and picleed', up the paddle. - 11e
said that he could not stay there'ansi
see those mei'. drown. I said that
he was .an old man and I "vasa young Sold by J. E. Hovey,Clinton, Ont.
one and could swim well, I ,would
T:MC'illerde enik:ee!vory runt v-., a enoe
You can't
feel so good
but what IQ
will 'nialce you
feel better.
They started my raft in about a
quarter of a mile? above whore, the
men were All wont well until I. got
into thecurrent then my paddle was
of' no more. uim and I just had to,. go
With '(lie current. Tho corner- of my
raft struck the wagon and two rails
pullod out. The raft turned around
and then went o11 like a shot. As I
was going are`imd the bend below
'where the bridge is now 1 get iuoto
•sl•aliow water. I then jumped in and
pulled my' raft to the Colborne shore.
I,arled to throw a long rope 1 had
t'lleen with me, to the llten but it was
too sbtut' to reach them. 'rhau they
rallezl. to 1150 front the, wagon to take
the lines; off the -ligr ,es and hie tlteti,
to the end of the rope. They warned
nm to tic the knots- woll. I lurxaxry
inert them the second time to be stere
they Were bind wolf a:, T knew Haat a
man's We depended on those knot".'.
I had orders to hurry 05 darknp5+
was coming on and the Men w?e
getting ,nunib With the cold I wsi -
od ov ittie about three Teo, of wg.-
t r arid 'coniiie'nced to Shrove of ?b t11,0
1C e4fiio They misdeal it the srst'
dt enzl. third srnd i`ourtlf tihs1si `I
tint ,threw it in above the wager#,
IIIA
447.1,74(
IN SERVICE TO TORONTO
Daily Except Sunday.
Life Gedcrich' .. 6.00 ss.m, 120 p.m.
-Bye Clinton .. 6.25 u.nr. 2.52 p,ni,
LVe Seafnrth , 6.41 'a.m. 3.12 p.m,
Lve Miteheil 7.04 a.m. 3.42 pm,
Arr Stratford 7.30 arm 4.10 ;p,n'i.
A 4'r lhi itheMor, .. 8.20 ran, 5.20 -:p.511,
Arr. Guelph. . 8.45 a,in. 5.50: p„n.
Arr Toronto ' 10,10 a.m. 7:40 13.111,
TIPTIJT1NING
1,0500 'Toronto ".::?ruck
anti 6.10 pat.;
Parlor Cafe ear Croderich 10 '1'0'
Tonto 011 Morning train' and 'Toronto
to Goderioh 6,10 pan. train.
Parlor I3uffdt ear Stratford to To-
tgntd„.on iafteritoon train.
Eloi'nifigf D,P,A.c G.T,ll, System
Johnn Itansford & Sen, Phone 30,
:1ltowri Agentl,
ip,; 12,55 p,m,
•
011bhllbW(IiAhllI01111IIIII oteliIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIIiJiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIl
How
Garage sales
are iIl crea,sed.•
-
by. Long Distance
Some quotations from recent -
reports: 1
"We -use Long Distance
extensively to call up
'prospects ,and sell.”
"We use Long Distanceto
all our sub -agents, to keep
in touch with sales.” •
"We depend on Long Dis-
tance to sell our vulcan-
izing service."
`"We order parts in the
morning by Long Distance
and get"them in the after-
noon."'
"We put 'Use the Bell to
Sell' stickers (t.n all price.
lists and sales literature
we send out."
"Ask us about our FREE
LONG DISTANCE SER-
VICE on new parts," r a
Motor Sales :•Co. writes
out-of-town, garages.
We; can tett you how to
gpplt' Long Distance to
adnzost any business
•% MRS. C.RUMBALL:
Manger
e
Every Belt 0'etephon 0 55 n"
Lona; Oi1tonso SYn1ies5
ouractic
is the Master Key to
Balt
Hundreds and'" thousands of men
and women are to -day healthy be-
cause "'they
e-cause"'they hai''e learned from ac-
tual' experience that CI-IIROPRAC-
TIC is truly the Master. Key to
health.
¶ ¶• ¶ 11
The exponents of this science do
not stifle' the: effect, but DO locate
the cause of so -Balled disease, and
having 'located itg proceed to 're-
'551000 it by CHIROPRACTIC Verte-
bral Adjustments, given with the
bare hands only.
¶'¶' 1t ¶
Tho Irian Who has never, taken
CHIROPRACTIC 'ADJUSTMENTS'
and• who knows nothing about the
Science has no 'right to -tell- you-
"there is 'nothing in it." lle does not
'know.° He has never tried it. He
•
does not 'want to know. lle does
not want to try it.
¶, ¶ ¶
BE ALIVE. FIND
YOURSELF — JUDGE_
OWN EXPERIENCE.
¶:¶i1¶
We do not proinise yon that the
benefits will be apparent immed-
iately, especially if, your trouble is
of long standing; BUT WE DO'
P1OiVIISE Y0U that if you will fol-
low the advice of your CHIROPRAC-
TOR and will take CHIROPRACTIC
VERTE BRAL ADJUSTMENTS
will say, "How foolish I was not to
sults will ultimately appear, and you-
will
ouwill say, "Ilow foolist I was not to
have tried. Chiropractic long ago."
If yoii' are ' anxious to enjoy
HEALTH and wish to know what
CHIROPRACTIC will do for yot:,:
call and see your '0IIIROPRACTOR
et your first opportunity.
1111 11
The SUCCESS: OF Chiron
due to RESULTS.
OUT FOR
BY YOUR
5,215055
It I
See your local
Chiropractor '.
FIRST not LAST
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cvonderbIlrftll Piles..
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Mb. DItoti.tter l aaw
Int; o, baklig
to; 35'i li �C fnatwltO', ,suvoa
limo, tonnes,. l,bot.
CI5)LI lPER Oi'9AA? COAL 0113 RICOfJ
Thy Oliver norner m hon Ito own purl fumrneol
etc (1 otetmon), e111 9915 lnnno now so,f i; itIng
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'sOR*43 14"41,14's 51 E:ft;A1.
croon( ci''wool ' Aim (,lour (51001 mu.* Iso) to
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004 51050, 115050, ,5050515,. 18 101555505 F0ng015.
JVS;d' irt.4':11t a1 Vit4Yi2.
to boot or molt. 1:7r CeaCSymA:o, nn nnhr, circ
laing0. 100,,01 0, 6�,oesl1n[{. C't•r$'le dbJio Soal
0 Wood, 0Xs@tn and bel,a belws 4115051,
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Y'1 Utl 0 i t .nie tlo,onn nail nd,l
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n r,�l n'ynr gVnx Iqv h4.de
', J. SIiI;h,ltlT'.t, ILeiiselh,
;District, Reprosmrtative
Local Agent
T, '° I C) Ci1V T Tt, Gliiztgi5,
"'"'hirofttr; et, + r'
Normandie Block
Phone 68
051010E HOURS
2 to 0.30 p.m,
Clinton
0.8.0 to 12 a,m,
7' to O 'p.m.
Wednesdays
0.110 to 12 ran. 7.30 to 0 p;li7.
vvp
rJis
ttgilu ai"dt'
Mc. J A. 1Ytorton of Wingbssm
addressed the ;Lions Club of that
town recently on Esperanto and, hist
talk aroused. Much interest,
David McOatplioson, 0 fernier resn.I
dent of MCKillop died at Regina re -1
Gently,. It is about eight years since
he •left McKillop. His wile and-a
fancily - of two sons and sit deu ,•h-
ters survive, one of whom is Mrs. H.
Alexander of McKilIop.
The marriage tools place at .St,
James' church, Seeforth, on Wednes-
day of last weoli; of Miss erne Ne„
ville; daughter; of. Mr'.' and Mrs.
James Neville of Sarnia, and • Joseph
Miles IVIeM llan, manager'; of the Sea-
forth branch of the Provincial Say-
hies
ayapes Bank. The solemn high hiss
was celebrated by the Very Rev,
Doan Downey of. Windsor, uncle of
the bride, assisted by the parish
priest, Rev - Father Goetz; deacon of
notes; Rev. Fr. "White St, Columhan,
sub -deacon, and' Rev. Fr, Gaffney,
Clinton and Rev, Fr .McCardle, ,or
Dublin, 'M'asters of ceremony.: In the
sanctuary were also Father 'McCabe
•Maidstone, formerly of ,Seafortn,
'Father Nagle, Simcoe, and Father
Moran, St. Augustine. During this•
service Mrs. C. Harigan,. of 'Strat-
ford,
Strat-ford, sang "Ave Mario" and Mr
Frank Sills sang "Salve Regina'
during the signing of the register
Loliengrin's wedding march wat
played by Mrs. L. D. O'Connell. Af-
ter the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of bVTr. and Mrs
Wrn:Degoreaux, uncle and aunt of
the bride, .Later Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Millan• keit on a honeymoon trip Is
New Yorkand other cities.
The Rev. S. Hardy of Gederiel'
has gone on a vacation and the pul-
pit of St, , George's churchwill b:
supplied by, the Rove Canon Hill is
his absence.
At the annual meeting of the Firs -
Presbyterian church, Seaforth, the
stipend of.' the minister,' Rev. F., H
I arkin, II.D.,1vas advanced $200: 3
slight increase'was also made in the
salaries of the; organist and cl'o`t
leader. .The total. - revenue was
$4,611.14. In :addition •$300,was con
tributed'to the Russian famine fund
The ;suni of -$1,517 was also contrt
bnted.'by the women and childr:e
of the congregation to the Worsen'
Missionary Society, and. $1,002' wa`
contributed also by the • church 'fm
missions. '1`h9 following =were elect
ed to the board" of management:':J
G. Mullen, ,J. Finlayson; J, Beattie
M. McKellar.
Mrs. .Frank 'Duncie of Dublin gav
birth on Monday to triplets, two girl
and a boy. All 'were reported as do
ing well.. The babies weighed fir
five and a hall aid six pounds, r•e
spcetively.
Postmaster Sims of Blyth has bee
nursing a sprained wrist during tit
past week. He was 'injured in a Fal
At' the annual .meeting of. ti
Blyth Fall Fair Association,' hel
on Saturday it was deci$ed to C
away -and
horseracing at the nes
fair -and put the money .used 1
prizes for speeding into the scho
fair and ,cattle, The treasurer's 0,
port showed a. balance in,the bar
of $300. The directors were all: r
elected, fromwhich the following o
ficers were selected: President, VII
Gray; first- vice-president, J. E, .l!'
las; second vice president, Robe
Waghtman; secretary -treasurer, J T
R. Elliott.
Mr. Edward Jenkins of Turnbera
died' on Saturday morning after
few weeks °illiess., Ile is survive
by a wife and two children. He wa
fifty-six years of age and has ,rt
sided in Turnberry all his life:-
The
iferThe annual meeting of the sul
scribers of the 'Blyth Memorial Ha
was held Friday evening with a r1
presentative audience. The tr'ea;
urer gave his report, showing the
.there had been $2,800.83 taken.froi
various means during, the year, wit
an expendtiure of $2,082.10, leavin
a balance of $268.73, which will t
applied to the debt. The followrn
directors were ,appointed: ` G. E. M,
Taggart, J. D. "'Fioody, S. Cheiloi
Jas.amith, P. Gardiimr5 W. Watso
'C. ,McClelland, H. H. iriuisclon, ,
E..Tanian R. Wightnran, A. -W. Rol
bison, R. Richmond, Mrs. J. ‘Stot'
ars, Mrs. Wightman, Mrs. R. Ric}
mond, Mrs. ••S. Gidley, Mrs. (Di'
Wood, Mrs. ChelioW. The director
then met and appointed the 'follow
ing'0..ccrs: President,1•G. E. McTat
ing officqrs: Prosideait, G. E. 11IcTar
rotary;, A. W. Robinson.
The annual meeting 'of the Seafort
Horticultural Society was held rc
Gently; and the financial report Is
the year showed receipts of' $648.1
with an expendtiure of $647,08 ai
menlbeship for the year. 190. Do
nig, the year the society co -opera(
with the G.' T. R. and a start wr
made at the station grounds, flow,
beds laid out and low spots fills
This; work will be completed th
spring and will add to the beauty
the ;rounds,
The following ofrleers were elects
President Dr. John Grieve; fir
vice-president, William Hautry; s
cond. vice president, Foster T. Fo\
ter; t,
c ‘secretary -treasurer, A. D. Surlaiid;' eireetors, William 3, Dunce
William D. Hoag, Robert F. Joie
Rev. J. A. Ferguson, Mrs. Ale
Scott, Mrs. Samuel Somers,
Swan Smith, John A. Smith, Andre
Scott, Charles Stewart;, auditor'
R. Muriess Jones acid lar. Chane
Mackay,
Robert Motld,• an old resident
the section, dial at the home of h
dapg1 ter, Mrs "Symington of,Auburi
ip his ninety—first year, had live
most: of his life in the locality
Auburn, having cleared his farm 1
Wawanosh ofits nativ0i bush,' 1'I
Was an,Anglican in religion and i
politics' a Conservative.
No ,iridian beim has ever live
Without wood. So far as we ca
See, no lmnitian bein;, Over will f;vc
the. Eskimo in the 'frosomi Noslg
where " no trees grow, . sous' TON
wood, It is an absolute neeessit
lluimfaii lite began in the foreoot.,
if the .i~or'cet disappoard, With $,1i
Man life will end