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JUNIOR FARMERS
Saturday ;evening 1Kippen and• Kin -
burn played a 4-4 tie in .the Huron
Rural (Hockey ,League. Winthrop and.
,Egmondville were scheduled to ,play
but llig'tnondville was unable to tint a
iteani on the ice due to a scarcity 'of
(players. 'A now rule this 'season pre-
vented theist from playing a itum'ber
' of lastear's players. Y I ayers. KiPpen an(1LCiltlburn were schecluded for Pelt. 5
;but President 'Vincent Lane asked
thein to push their date forward.
1Kinburn spotted Kipper ,three goal
in the first 110 Minutes of the game
;but kept hammering away mail the
third period when they scored the
only counter to tie, the count. 'firs
scoring opened when K. Manns made
a rush to beat 'Reg. tRintoul. Two
more goals were then put 10 in rapid
cvucceesion, Buek Little shooting in a
;pass drotn (Harold (Nicholson and Max
Hudson zipping the ru'b'ber in 'from in-
side the blue line,
tkin•bnrn scored two goals when
Boit-(Riley took a forward ;pass ;from
iFcl D'arrance and 'Elmer Scott back -
headed a pass from Arnold Scott to
malke the count 3.1 \for Kippen. Kip -
pen's ace line df Little, Nicholson and
,Hudson broke away on a nice com-
bination play and Little again ;beat
IRin foul. No .penalties were 'handed
,,.ut during the ,first period,
The only goal of the second period
teas from the stick of Arnold Scott on
a haul shat from the blue line, Verne
Hed•don stopped :the shot but the
puck slipped into the net gest as he
wa's about to clear. Again no ,penal-
ties were given,
in the third period IK.inbnrn w';ts fi-
nally rewarded for their efforts when
FI Gla•rior took a relay pass from 'Ar-
nold earl Elmer Scott. Tw'.n penalties
were given in this frame, one to each
side. :'Alvin Dale was ,penalized for
starting a fracas and E. (.ii j :lyase
drew ;r rent 'for tripping ,(-roue .Scoff,
l'hoegli ;both teams worked, hard they
:played 0 good clean game and were
very evenly ma hated ''there were
plenty of co11Cbinatiou'platys and each
de:;erved the point which they re-
eeived.
,Kinbatrn-•(Closet, 'Reg. Riiitui; de-
fence, ee 'Riley, A. Dale; centre, A,
'Scutt; wings, T -T. Glazier, la, Scott: al-
ternates, Bun Riley, A. Riley, 'Hd.
'Dorrance, W. Dale,
;Kippen-1G,oa1, V. tlied'den; defence,
K. Manus. li', Tudor; centre, Beck
Little; wings, Max 1-Tndson, 1•I. !Nich-
olson; ,alternates, J. 'Consitt, 'E, ;Lay-
ton, +C. Chipchase, J3. Garrett,
Referee—Cyril Flannery.
DIXIE
Old Johaaii Dixie picked his way
over the rutty lanesof his : Manhat
tan tarot, to his .slave barre000ns, ln
side were eight Negroes, big milky
eyed (Kronen from Africa's Winer -
ward C'oa'st, Iola IJiohaan itad reason-.
ed that 'the ,pdabtbly 'land of his Haar-
lem .tarda w'oul'd grow tobacco. Batt
:the winters were long and his slaves
worked only a few months lav the
year. Tdiey,grew :fat and lazy, and
their keep was more elian their pro-
fits. So old ;Dixie -marttered:
11'11 sell them, The Carolina grow-
ers pay nice sums :for !Negroes..I''I.1,
ship- them to the tobacco •country,"
The • eight 'Klramien asked io-;ques-
tions as ,their master h'erd'ed 'them
tinder ;the ,rocking clunks sof 'a coastal
tralder. They gu'z'zled 'their :rani . •ra-
tion's to defeat disease and rubbed
their skin with 'oil to prevent :scurvy.'
'When the siiig have to at Charleston,
they shuffled up the Battery with old
item Dixie 'arid giggled when he ges-
ticulated wildly over the (price of
their flesh. 'And 'they never saw him
again. .
From ;Charleston they were sent to
the (Piedmont section, 'Their 'barriuc-
oons 'became cabins-" •Phere were •wo-
men, tincts -lipped IGull'ahs: with wthoni
to mate. Bet they longed. constantly.
for the lazy days on .old ratan Dixie's
land where the 'Haarlem drowsed gen1t-
ly by. lAs they chopped the dirt
around the tobacco plants, one 'huge.
;fellow 'would. ;poise his hoe over his
shoulder, look at his aeveating neigh-
bor, and chant:
"1 sho' wish I woz hack on Dixie's
'fhc nest worker tottered:
""Lawdy. Lawtl.. ff o'e wan- all. back
on Dixie's tan'
1t was a crying •aloud of aching
baeles, of mien far from Boone. To the
Knomen i't was aL prayerful ,plea for
return to INBan'hattan. To the Guile:he
it was just another hailed,' a work
The Revolution • sante, The station
changed The dS rmnen died 'anal were
'buried near the tobacco rdelds, !3•n•t
wherever ,black toren worked in the.
fields they chanted he weird strains,
"'O1' man Dixie—"
°'Whoa Char, Buck,"
Waaz a Inc,o1'-ntan—"
"Gee titer, tions l"
'i\•n' 1 wish 1 wwez hack on 'Dixie's
larva
!Few remembered. heat 1Divitos laud
really was a. rocky ;farm an ,Manhate
tan island.
Then one clay Dan d?uneett, end
man in .5 •11.111s'tre1 show, sat in a New
York roaming hoose, trying to com-
pose a patter :song that ,would nislce
people laugh, 11)11 'had toured ,the
Smith, had heard the Dixie: .ditty, "1
witch If were downs :South,' Dan mur-
mured. '"'Down in 1)ixie . , 'Ode, l
wish I was in tD'ixiel"
;Grabbing a pen, he wrote rapidly,
tapping his feet ;to the rhythm ,
"in Dixie Land Welter l lea's born
in. early on one frosty mornin' , , ,
"Look away1 . , ,
IHe never knew he was within a feiv
miles of pixie's land, ;Emmett believ-
ed Dixie day ,south of .Mason and 'Dix-
on's Gine.' He even thought perhaps
that's where it got its name. Or maybe
frons the ten -dollar 'bills of Louisiana,
which •were callled ''dixies" from 'the
ilarench 'word (Dix printed on ,them:
The minstrel man first sang his
song at' New Orleans in the hate l8f-
ties. It' was a seasonal hit, b'nt the
South, was too worried over war
elands to pay more than scant heed
to the ballads of a 'Yankee comedian.
The song 'was soon .forgotten.
IA -.few years 'later at the secession
,convention -.:in Montgomery,. tAGabanna,.
the Confederacy Beard its new song,
"The Bonnie Blue 'Flag," :played for
the •lirst time. ilt was flat. The crowd
was tired. The 'bandmaster' scoured
his 'bt•ain for a 'tune that mould whip
the emot'ioirs, and in desperation sn'g-
gested the patter. song, '"Dixie."
"Step it •u;p to martial tempo," he
said, 'and let's try it.",
The 'first note startled the mob.
"Dien I wish I teas .i11 Dixie."
S'onnebady cheered.,
"!pbooray."
"1D;ar's buckwheat cakes and ingest
latter-"
The swash ;buckling spirit of the
song electri'liie.d the crowd. lien slap -
Teri one another on the aback'and
shouted. ;One young man, stirred to a
strange ecstasy, tilted his 'head and
screamed, a piercing challenge like the
screech of a panther; It was the first
rebel yell.
"111..'ook away(„
lit was en anthem, a 'battle hymn,
Men forsook their plows to trail •its
wake.
'l'he \y+orld heard and 'tapped its
'fee't.
"Den T wish I was in Dixie."
And 'behind The ringing .defiance of
its words, a rebelling Confederacy
awaited invasion from the land of
v'iiich 1t sang.
SW.ARMINIG DEATH
Of .the many vicious ;pasts of north-
ea:stern India, the •tree bee, half -coos -
in of the Indian hornet, tops the 'list.
The , bees go about 'in immense
swarms, staking their hives in the
highest trees. Unlike the hornet,
w9Tich will sting only when thorough-
ly annoyed, the tree bee has the habit
of s\vonpslug down in attaching thou -
wands, for no apparent reason, and
chasing one for ,his life.
•One snotty morning, riding along
a dusty ctrl t track, 1' found myself,
tvit•hout the least \earning, the center
of such an assault, the sky above ane
suddenly became thick with tees.
With .101 icy :shiver down my spine, 1
put my pony, Souvenir, to a gallop.
'hh�drt scented the only hope of safe-
ty. but Souvenir's speed availed ne
nothing;, the bees were after its 111
earse.m1. Souvenir jumped bucked,
reared and lashed out i0 ;1I direc-
tions to 'id himself of the bees, while
1, attemetieg to protect my (;tee and
limbs, had the greatest difficulty in
retaining my saddle. '1n a few mem-
ento, an angry bock while tu:rn'intr a
corner at melt galllnp thew me into
the• dust,
'With 'les:; titan a 1111111 to safety, 1
inept' to leg it with far greater de-
termination than l had ever alone in
my life. But l w••as severed front head
to foot with 'heel; they crawled ht
thotnsamle all over ole, stinging 'with
excruciating train. Thu under -rim 01
my topes because 111 angry 'h'ive, hexa
clustered . inches deep. ,,My forehead,
owe, and neck were blanketed in a
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
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buzzing, stinging swab of agony,
Bees crawled in -side my open-necleed
shirt and up city' unprotesting .shorts;
they were everywhere. 1 tore them
away in handfuls, but only to make
roost for others a.hout ane in 0115(1x•.
As I staggered on I yelled ;frantic-
ally to distant workers; but •seeing
the swarms about me, they bolted in
every direction hut nine. !Gasping for
breath, each time I opened any swol-
len neoutb, more 'bees entered, ` until
my tongtte was slung to twice its
normal size, and I was cruncltin.l
diem with my teeth, My nostrils had
sw•ol1•en into uselessness; my eyes,
stung and running w•iith water, were
rapidly closing.
Stumbling weakly into the : factory
cont pound; I groped sty way toward
a building that was being erected. !Ass
soon' as the nen working 'there saw
;the .droning (battle array ac'conrpany-
ln'g •ale, they made for cover tat top
speed. \7)th the certainty of beim,
half killed 'themselves, .there was no
alternative for theist,
1 was now a ,pitiful specimen, blind
and deaf, and only able to breathe
with extreme difficulty. So. -ambling
about with uneeein eyes ended by
my failing unexpectedly into a huge
heap of something soft astel powdery,
Which II sensed roust be a 'Intend of
reel brick dust, used for bedding .pits
phases, into -this 1 !burrowed; madly
Until my dread and shoulders were
.covered. I quickly 'fouaid myself in x
worse quandary, 'trust: dust choking
out what little life 1 hail ,renotining,
and the angry swarm concentrating a
renewed attack on my lower regions.
Withdrawing from :the 'brick dust, 1
lac; my reanai 1in.g strot gth in a
search for elle water tank T 'knew was
near. Staggering. about in circles, 1
tore bees frfoni my ,face and crushed
them in handfuls, until I went down
in a state of coma, powerless to de -
feud myself. 'Che ;bees had won,
after what seemed a lifetime, au
unpleasant sensation of great heat
crept over ate, Presently 1 faintly felt
the touch of human hands as rescuers
hurried etc away to safety. arlie re-
action proved too strong, and 1
passed out,
y- timely- rescue was effected 13'
two quick-witted Glrurkas, Who had
raced to a thatch, stack and, bringing
bmellet of dry grans, had quickly sur-
rounded rue with a dense wall of lire
and smoke, until the .bee.. were 'beaten
off. Later, as d lay unconscious, while
the district Was hying :.'roared for n
doctor. these same two staunch nun
insisted mien remaining and extract-
ing stint:; from my inflated carcass,
1.1 Lank (‘ t clays to free my hotly of
discarded stings. When, eventually, I
recovered consciousness 1 wATS beam-
ingly informed that 1 had had at least
311(151 penctttres, ,prnha,hdy a record,
I lay in tOruteet for :several &eys,
linable to more, ,Id) body, blown up
like an oversizezd sausage, was black.
blare and purple, and a hard as frozen
meat. t sr several days I could .see
and speak only with the greatest dif-
ficulty, and it took, many ap,plirtrtion,
of anti -swelling lotions before what
had once been any nose and .ear:; again
emerged from the general mesa.
'My convalescence was a 'lengthy
business of :some. six months in the
hospital and several weeks in the cool
hills of Darjeeling. \\then I returned
to my old haiurts 1 could never re-
frain from ducking and looking tor
the nearest 'lover whenever a droning
swarm ,passed overhead.
Poultry Production
The value o1 poultry and egg ,pro-
duction during 1193+7 cine-, not show
muds change front 1119316. Egg prices
averaged fractionally lower than last
year. bit poultry: prices were a shade
higher. It is interesting •to note that
the rise in :prices of poultry ,products
from the :low point of t'he depression
has heel' ,of very limited prnportions.
and .very much less than in ,the case
of most other agricultural products.
Poultry ,producers were 'handicapped
during the greater part of 1191317 on ac-
enunt of high grain prices, 'hitt since
harvest production coasts have declined
with lower feed prices. Ontario ship-
ped this year large quantities of live
poultry to ,the United I1ingdont,
Fruit Crop Value
Although prices received by grow-
er; for fruit crops generally showed a
decline from ,hast •y'car, the ,total •vaiue
of commercial fruit production in 119317
will chow" a moderate gain as the
yield of all .fruit crop's, with the ex-
ception of cherries and pears, was
higher this season. (Plantings of all
tree fruits were again .made on a.
heavy scale, but grape vine plantings
declined to the lowest level in years.
Exports of .ap.ples from 'Ontario to the
United Kingdom have been ccinsider
ably greater than • 11 11)91316, and up to
the present shipments have been ap
prmmia'tely double those of a year
ago. 'Export paces have ,been fair,
The United Kingdom crop was numb
lSshter than last year, but substan-
tialiy lie.avier imports from 'both Can-
ada and the United States 'have ieept
prices down. Spys '\acre an e.xceptiott-
alily light yielding variety this season
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'CANADA -I938"
IMPERIAL TOBACCO'S
INSPIRING PROGRAM;
FRIDAY 10 P.M.,EST
STATION'S GOL=CFPL
a 111 .there is a shortage on domestic
markets, Storagesupplies o'f apples
a e reported considerably in excess o -f
holdings at,tbis sante date a year ago.
Dairy Products
;'rices of 'butter and cheese were con-
sistently higher during- 191317 and the
total-.valate of dairy pro,cl'ucts is expect-
ed to amount to about $97,80:0,1000 as
against $9111,000,000 in 1)916:';Production
of creamery 'b'utter in the first 11
months, 'as compared with the same
periost of last year, declined from 811f-
1106;01gf) pounds to 1715,609,000 pounds,
representing a decrease of 6'5 per
cent, and due Chiefly to the diversion
of milk from creameries to cheese fac-
tories and 'evaporated milk plants.
The output of cheese, on the -other
hand rose front $5,971,000 .pounds ac
9111,31513,000 pounds for a gain of 6,2' per
cent, and exports of this commodity
to the lU•nited Kingdom were consid-
erably higher. W'holesa'le prices of
butter to date have averaged .about
2:5 cents -per pound more ;than a.year
ago and cheese prices about 1,i2 cents
greater. The .quantity orf nlil'lc one -
chased'
chased' by concentrated mills -plants
shoves s substantial rise :owipg 'tcr, a.,.
keen ci'omestic and export 'demand"' For
i-nanufac•tered products, the oultput ,of
Which has increased by approximate-
ly':35 ,per cent, 'Prices to -producers for:
fluid milk were generally •continued at
about the same level as in 119316 until
1NovemIber, when an upward revision
,was made ie the Toronto milk shed,
Take Shrapnel from Man's Chest—
To carry around in his body a piece
Of :shrapnel, a souvenir of the great
war, evas the experience of Peter Car-
ter, of near •Lmicloiow, 'For ,the past
20 years !Pete has had badged ,beneath
his chest a pea sized piece of metal
which is +flat and jagged, and just re-
cently has caused an endless amount
of discomfort. Mr. Carter was a mem-
her of a working party who in '1911)7
was moving tip along a plank road be-
hind Hill 70 to repair a front line
trench, Suddenlythey were sighted
by the enemy and a bombardment he-
wn'',
gen, One shell exploding near the
men, IS wounded thirteen of ,the party
and fatally injcred mother. I't was
during this affair iPe'te was struck in
the chest, the shrapnel lodging ,over
the heart and only recently removed.
Mr. Carter now carries about with
him this much sought relic,
Two girls were discussing men.
"W'hicli would you ;ntos,t desire in
your husband ---)brains, wealth or ap-
pearance?" asked Dorothy,
"Appearance," res'pionded Alpha, .
"and .the sooner the 'better."
Vermin ridden poultry and
animals take dollars off every
farmer's income. But you
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any kind of vermin . , with
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