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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-03-24, Page 7THURSDAY, IVIA'RCH 24, 1938 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN, 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to Q: ledgers, white or colors. It will ,pay you to see aur samplea- Also best quality Metal Hinged See tional Post Binders and Index. 11 1 1 1. 1 1 1 1 ei 1 1 The Seaforth News Phorro 84 0 mill -rte ••••••eA l-! Y•�y 0 0 0 0 0 0 il�l 0 1 THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Rn International Daily Newspaper k records for you the world's ocean, oonotruothier,oln a. The Monitor does not exploit erlme or sensation; neither Goes it ignore them, bot deals correctively with them. Features for busy man opal ell tla family, including the Weekly Magazine Seetloa. The Christian Soignee Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boatbn, S0asoaohusetta Please enter my subscription to Tho Chrletlen Science Monitor for a period or 1 year 55,00 6 months 54.60 3 menthe 62.26 1 month 750 Wednesday Issue, Including Magazin Section: 1 year 52.60, 6 lettuce 25e Name Address Sample Copy on Request "And when Mrs. •Gubbins sez you 'Tye just been having wasn't no lily, wot did yer say?" with my dentist." "•I sez, 'two negatives means an "Who won?" infirmary,' and L knock. 'er down, "Oh, it was a draw." 5.7 -he is now in the 'orspitall." Teacher — "What is Australia bounded Iby?" Pupil—"Kangaroos l a tussle Mrs,—"There's no mistake ,about it—clothes make the woman." ,Mr.—"Yes, and 'break the man." BORROWED "Borrowing," said the leather -work- er, "is a good thing not to do. It's had enough to 'borrow money, but 'then you don't have to return the identical cash. When you 'become responsible, however, for some article that ,can't be duplicated, you're likely to find yourself in a had box. I' got my lesson at sixteen. was 'clerking that 'fall for -jim Silabee, who sold .aibaut all -the foot- wear used -in my 'town. Jim . was a Civil 'War veteran, and awned ,an laid silver watch 'he thought the world of. hts ,value was 'just about what it would have 'brought For the melting -pat, and every' night at mine he had to push it forward to make 'up a minute or two it had forgotten somewhere 'clur- ing the day; but the 'back had a dint where it had stopped a 'bullet at Cold Hadbor, and the wouldn't have swap- ped it for the finest gold Swiss ever made. "My principal amusement that De- cember was (partridge -shooting. Th'e birds were fairly plentiful fn the woods along the bay two miles From town,' One cold 'afternoon, when busi- ness was 'slack, 'I asked any employer if 'I might go out (between 'four and six alter 'builders'. As every gunner knows, partridges- 'bud' in the 'winter between -sundown and 'dark, dying up into the poplars and yellow 'birches after the tender tips. 'Good-hearted Tien,couldn't refuse. eGo ,ahead, Billy,' 'he assented, `only he sure to get back by six, for I want to go out myself this evening.' "My watch was at the jeweler's 'for a new mainspring. 'Without a time- piece of some sort I 'wouldn't know just when to start for town, you lend me your watch, Mr. Sils-bee?' I asked, "The minute the words slipped out I .was sorry I'd spoken, for I remem- bered 'how much [Tim thought of that old •watch. He 'hesitated just long to make en- ough en- oug h m• e feel 'uncomfortable. Then, as if ashamed of his delay, he pulled it out quickly and 'pressed it into my hand. It had a leather fob, with a regimental charm of oxidized silver on 'the end of it, "'Take good care of her, won't you, Billy?' he enjoined me. 'c'Sure,' I replied. 'I'll 'bring you back a partridge For the 'loan of 'her, l"Away I hurried at a half -run Scamp, my brown spaniel, frisking ahead, I shad my light, twelve-guage, double=barreled shabgun, 'loaded with sixes, Half past four found me at a bend in the road, where I'd planned to strike into the woods. 'Jim's watch I put into the little outside pocket of my reefer, with the fob 'hanging out; that would save unbuttoning my coat whenever I wanted to see wheat time it was. "With Scamp beating the 'birches ahead, I'picked my way very cautious - 4.• THAT MEANS A BIG • SAVING IN MONEY FOR YOU 1 What could be more complete than a combina- tion offer that gives you a choice of your favourite magazines—Sends you your local newspaper— and gives yourself and family enjoyment and entertainment throughout the whole year — Why not take advantage of this remarkable offer that means a real saving in money to you? 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(Pretty soon I could hear the surf at the foot of ,the steep bluffs chat lined the ibay, it was 'nipping cold. not much more than ten above. The woods were full o'f ice. "Suddenly Scamp began (banking. Cocking my right 'barrel, 'I ` crept up. He -was right under a yellow !birch close to the edge of the bluff,' and iookinb down at 'him from the end of a !limb sat a 'fat partridge, the par- tridge that was pledged to (Jim far the loan of this watch. I gave him the bar- rel, Down he'ficp,ped on' the icy slope, and s'li•d almost to the brink. "Leaning my gun against the birch, I 'worked myself very carefully from trunk 'to -trunk to trunk to the very edge, where the cliff dropped steeply thirty Feet to the water. Right arm around a 'large spruce, I stooped and picked up -my 'bird. As I rose, rubbing against the 'trunk, a short, sharp stub caught the fob, and twitched Jini's watch out of my pocket. Before I could make a grab, it dropped and s1i'd ,over the "Here was a pretty 'kettle -of ,fish! My' interest in taunting suddenly van- ished. I didn't really (think there'd be any great •difficulty in finding it, ,bat I saw I'd got to descend to the foot of the cliff, as it lead probably slid all the way 'down. Holding on to the boughs of the spruce. I looked over the edge, hut -couldn't see it. "It was too -steep to scramble down there. Laying Jim's partridge beside my gun, '1 looked ;about until, a hun- dred -feet or so alongshore,' found a good place to descend. Soon I was at the ,edge of the water. I wasn't' going home-w'ithoult that watch, If I had to hunt all.inight. "The spot I wished to seardh day in a slight b'end g of ,the shore, and to reach it. one must go out round a point. The tide was rising, and a strong •northeastwind drove the waves savagely against the rocks. I had to watch my chance, and run when they rolled (back. Even then it wasn't much .fun, for I had to wade almost to' the tops of my rubber boots. Scamp, who had scrambled down by sticking in his toe -nails, started 'to fol- low, :but the icy water drove him back. whimpering and yelping. "I hurried, as 'fast as I could over the slippery :black rocks and yellow weed, I couldn't stop long if 'I ,u -anted to get hack round that point. Soon I was right ander the spruce where the timepiece had slid aver, At the crest of the cliff sparse twigs and sprays of hardback and ground juniper project- ed throught the glare ice, which fell sharply to' the'rockweed at about' half - tick 'lark. 'Reasoning that the watch must have fallen into the weed, I be- gan searching there, "It was a dismal time of day, and my feelings !rade it doubly so for ale. At my' back was the frozen cliff, while only a few- yards in front white crests, whipped into spray by the chill Wind, were foaming 'over -the ledges. 'East and north a darkening sky overhung the 'bay, set with islands like ink smudges, 'and relieved only -by two or three distant, scattered lights. "The minute I ran ,my 'hands .down throught the weed and found what kind of rock lay under it I 'Felt dis- couraged. It was split into deep fis- sures, up some of which the waves were already running. There were a half-dozen Places where the -watch might be. "One crevice was especially deep. After -vainly ,pawing everywhere else, I feltsure that the timepiece had dropped into it, but it wao so narrow I couldn't reach the bottom. I worked with all my might, for the tide was rising, and the waves ware cutting off nay retreat round the point. `"Every minute 'I {became more wor- ried about that watch. It wasn't be- cause of its value. It could 'pro'bably have -been replaced for ,five dollars. But the associations round it could never be replaced. Had it been my own, I wouldn't 'have cared a hun- dredth part so much. "At last, alter a long period of fum- bling, prodding and poking, hoping every instant to feel the round silver rim, -I gave up the search. The watch must have struck some :projection of rock or ice, and!bounded to one side or the other. I hated to confess my- self 'beaten, 'but it was now quite dark, and the spray was drenching the. I re- solved to -come -dawn -early in the morning, and, if need be, hunt .at low tide. "Now I must go back to town, and Face,IJitn, The thought made me sick, hat there was nothing else to do. I glanced at the .point; the seas were dashing on it :feather -white. They would sweep me away if I tried to get round it. Alongshore the other way it was still worse. My only coarse was up the bluff, "Lip to this time I hadn't scanned it very carefully, talking it for igranted. that, if -I had to, I could somehow find a way up. Now I felt a little ,appre- hensive. How steep and icy it was! week" tide wairid -soon. drive me 'off the rockweed, So I started. 'The lower • slope was covered with noddles and bosses of salt ice to a height of ,albout ten feet, and didn't give me much difficulty. 'After this, however, the climbing !became much harder. The rocks rose almost sheer and were varnished 'with a coating of fresh ice, where water had trickled down over the cliff. At the tap, about twenty feet above, the spruce swung down two low branches. Once 1 gat my hand on those, I should be all right. "By 'exercising the greatest care, fighting for 'every inch and sticking to the surface like e 'fly, I -managed to get half -way up; then I couldn't gain another millimeter. The rocic before rine was perfectly even, -while its icy glaze was smooth as window -glass and ten times more slippery. Holding an by ea -ch hand in turn, I felt every- where with the other to find some rough spot, but •couldn't. And there were those tantalizing spruce boughs only a yard above my 'head. 1"For a long time I kept my precar- ious footing. leaning against the frigid cliff 'till 9t &tilled me through and through. The spray from the rapidly rising tide froze on my 'clothing. "That I could be in actual peril of my life so near home seemed ridicul- ous. Yet there appeared to be no way to scale the cliff; 'and if 'I slipped (back into that surf, roaring' and- snatching at my feet, T hadn't the shadow of a chance. "The road was half a mile away hut my •voice, rebounding from the wall close to my 'face, would 'lever reach it. On the bay 'behind I heard a faint, muffled thudding; and screwing my h-ead round, I saw a brilliantly lighted steamer not more than a hundred rods off. She was travelling fast. I didn't even 'try to shout. Against that gale and roaring surf my voice would not carry a quarter of the distance; and even if they saw me. I should be to them only a 'black spot against the white cliff. "A forlorn hope -occurred to me; perhaps I might cut steps in the ice. But I dismissed the .idea at once. ?Vie- knife yknife was in my inside pocket; I couldn't get at it without -dislodging mY self, '"Mef life hung on the tips of my fingers, and they were growing numb, I could stick there 'but a 'little longer; then— 'D'espairingly I strained any eyes, seeking the merest chance. They caught sight of a little clump of hardback and juniper projecting ,per- haps Three inches above the ice, just within my reach. 'If the steles would bear any weight hut for a single sec- ond, I could seize the eprice boughs. If they weren't strong enough to hold me— 2 shuddered, "But it was the twigs or nothing; and the twigs meant literally life ,or death, and one or the other very quickly. I didn't dare to wait any longer. If I .did, I should presently drop :backward, exhausted and .frozen, I must do what I could while I had a little strength left. "Stiffening myself against the bluff, f let go very carefully with my right hand, and felt among the hardback for something to get hold of. My fin- gers touch a hard, round object- 1jim's watch. In my peril I had almost forgotten it. In sliding dawn, the bio-; link of +t'he fob had caught on a stub. and the little jungle had concealed it from my sight. "I fumbled about till I had freed the watch, and dropped it into my pocket. I would have it. if I saved myself. Then, summoning all my powers for one quick, tremendous ef- fort, 1 caught a cluster of twigs in my right hand, another in my 'telt. and lifted 'lyse If like lightning: 'Almost before the hardback had time to feel my weight I had. let go with my right hand. and shot it toward the spruce boughs. "For the fraction -of -a second all hung in 'the :balance. The twigs under my left hand were giving way. As they yielded, f suffered the bitterness of death. Then my 'fingers closed round the rough spruce limb, and the hope of life came back. "Two minutes 'later I 'vas swinging myself up from trunk to •trunk; but d didn't feel entirely safe until 1' reach- ed the tree where I 'had deft my bird and gun, Then with Scamp capering anti barking round me I ho'b'bled like a wooden man •up to the road, "I was an 'hour late alt the store that night, -but I had the pleasure -of hand- ing- Jim his watch and partridge. He didn't realize how close he had come to never seeing either, and I ,didn't tell 'him. That lesson on borrowing sunk in deep, and 'I've never needed to have it repeated," Sant—"'I thought my rich uncle would leave me same money, 'batt all. I got was a rotten old 'flower -pat." Jho—"'That would he a nasty jar." "Do you work ••in the shirt fac- tory?" "Yes,,' 'Why aren't you working today?" "We're making nightshirts ' this But I'd simply ,got to 'climb it. The armaissogsm �u d McInnes Chiropractor Office — Commercial Hotel Hours—.Mott. and Thurs. after Electro Therapist — Massage moans and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone '120, RECOVERY ON RAILS (Continued from Page Two) not an expensive luxury but a profit earner when•'offered to the public under conditions Which give it e strong appeal." Receipts on the "Silver Jubilee' prove he is right. (Receipts for the "Silver 'Jubilee" are nils. ed. ($3,1) per train mile; working expenses are 4s. ed. '($1u0101). On freight trains, goods are deliv- ered the morning after dispatch. 'Un- der one system, a consignment of goods, whether a parcel, truckload, or trainload, is kept under observation thraughout its (journey, and delivered in accordance with a prearranged schedule for a fee of .fifty cents. The British railways have spent about £Ili,0100,000 on important sta- tions and goods depots, mechanising carriage 'fleets, and ,building special kinds of wagons, such as the "con- tainer," which can be lifted from a. truck -to a lorry. Other wagons are insulated for carrying -dry ice, or are equipped with special apparatus for carrying meat. In the -countryside sgecial delivery services now deliver goods right to the farmer, who is still a little (be- wildered at and suspicious of this ap- parently inexplicable' generosity on the part of the railways. The other day a North 'Country farmer moved into 'the South. Ile just put on his hat and coat and ,caught the train. The railway company did the rest. It packed 'his farm, with his pigs, diens, cattle, poultry and, imple- ments, .and 'then next day set up his new farm in the South country'. Inside the organization of the "Sig Four." attempts have ,been carried but successfully to bring a new spirit into. the .officers and servants by means of encouraging internal competition for special awards. The proof of this is, as usual, in the Profits. Wages are high, and are •stili 1'90 per cent above pre -War. Large sums are being spent in im- proving the standard of maintenance of certain absorbed lines. Despite these factors, the comp- anies 'hove been enabled, while sub- stantially maintaining their revenue,;, to grant material con'cessians in rates and change: of all descriptions, Before the grouping, 'these rates and charges were 4113 per cent above pre -War level. They are now only about fifty per cent above pre -War level. Sir 'Felix 'Pole, retired general man- ager of the Great Western Railway, said three years after the amalgama- tion: "I can say positively that the grouping •has produced added econo- mies and -efficiency, and has ,been of direct benefit to the trader and share- holders. By producing greater seeur. ity of tenure and increased prospects of advancement it has also been dir- ectly to the advantage of the em- ployees." T. -B. Areas for Ontario Ontario farmers are becoming in- creasingly conscious of the necessity of eliminating bovine tuberculosis from 'their herds. A few years ago there was open 'hostility in many counties to the restricted area plan fostered by (Ontario and Federal Gov- ernments, but this opposition has gradually been swept away until now there are fifteen counties in Ontario in the restricted area list, Grey Sim- coe, ,Lanark, 'Victoria and Peterbor- ough counties have signed up for tests while ,petitions are being circu• - lated in Lennox, and Addington, :Has- tings, Wentworth, Norfolk, Rainy Ri- ver, Lincoln, Essex, Welland and Bruce. 'Following educational meetings in Oxford county, petitions are being signed rapidly; a complete canvass is being made in •M'iddlesex. Brant coun- ty held a meeting last week to discuss ,application to county council to have Brant made a T:B. (Restricted Area. Haldimand -County ,Council has asked the Live Stock Improvement commit- tee to 'hold meetings and distribute ap- plication forms. Two meetings have 'been held in: Elgin county, one at Port Burwell, the other at Aylmer. Mr. F. S. Thoth - as, agricultural representative, is in change of the campaign for instruct- - ing farmers about the plan. The west- ern ipart est-ern'part of ,the county will be canvas- sed 'later. Waterloo county is proceed- ing early next 'month to -have cattle owners canvassed,