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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-10-25, Page 3THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 1934. THE SEAFORTH NEWS HURON NEWS. Police Court Items— Threc goad looking young chaps of good parentage, Messrs, • Donald :Campbell of Grey Towinsthip, 'N'orm'an Towsencl o5 IGorrie and 'Howard Mit- chell of Brussels, all pleaded guilty of baying stolen automobile tires. The two latter were in together and 1Oantpbeli was alone het the urge struck (them all about the same time, 1Canmibell took his from a drive shed in 'Grey 'while the other two went over into 'Perth for theirs. ,Clarence 'Beingesser of 'Formosa appeared to Answer the !charge of converting 'moneys, the property of the 'Stewart 'Glove Co. of 'Winlglham, to his own ruse. ;He started to work 'for 'the ISte- twart people about two years ago and in a few months was in debt to the firm, .In spite of the ldeb't t:he'arrange- tnrent 'continued until the debt now amounts to albout 4192. Mr. 'Stewart ,gave evidence as did his 'bookkeeper, Miss A0rna'Dbdd, in an effort to fath- om the workings of the deal, 'Finally Magistrate Makins. decided that while. IBeingessuer actually used money be ibonging to the (firm, it was with the Iknowlledge of the owner, Mr. 'Stewart and ought to have been sltopped soon- er than it •was, The case vas dismiss- ed, the comlplain'ant 'being advised that his proper recourse was a civil court where he might (hope to re- 'cover his advances. Alex. MoNabb of :Walkerton acted .for IBeingessner, Ol- iver (Goldthorpe of 'Baylfieldpaid $7.20 into court for the privilege of strig- ing OE1ales Dresser, gardener to Mrs. 'Stott of Bayfield, Alex. 'Powell was assessed X1110'0 and costs for having a quantity of liquor not acquired on a permit. Alexander Durand— The funeral of a well known aged resident u, .he Blue Water Highway district netted 'Drysdale, was held 'when :\lr. A1exander Durand was laic; 4 qn rest in St. Peter'- R.C, cemetery. Drysdale, with Rev, Father L. Mar- chand officiating, The inner•'' took place from the home of )Jr-. Rachel Denoanme', where deceased had been making his home f' r the past few years. The deceased had the mis- fortune while in cr''ssing the Tltne 'Water Ilighw:y near \lrs. Denom• nlc's place, was struck: •by a passiett car in charge of a \fr. 'Gibbons of 'lVinghanl in October, and while the patient did not ,ee:n injured to any extent, yet poennionia tin 1 complica- tions ?mtl:ca- Rion.s set and he pas -ed aw y. ed 70 years. To,' , c •, mourn h' death, Mr.. Mero and Mrs. Geoffrey of +Gran l Perks, Dale. -.Wm. L. Mair, Clinton— In the pa,sing \\'illi;iin I e tis 'Mahe which tweet -red on tt t a ty October ilrl to his 780 year. Clinter hes lo: 4 highly e,eeetited resident and Hulett township a pioneer et- t.er,..11r, hair had been in failing health for y tear, but was taken critically ill a short time ago. W. I. Mair was horn in Brantford, jottt 17, n7057, hi, parents being the late WI" - ham Mair and ',lane Knox whr, came 'roan. H:rt cl , S' .tland, In '1862 the parents novel t Radlett ,., and homeste'ade'r on lot 34, conces- sion 9, and it was there that the now departed- lived 'continuously until 71912,0 when he retired to live in Clin- ton. On June 3, ,11055'he ,married -Bary A., daughter of the late Mr. and Airs. \Vm, Riley, .who survived 'him. Surviving also are three brothers, Dr. Asa Mair of Detroit, _Mich,, Tolls. K. and Walter, Clinton; one son, :William A., on the Slullett home- stead farm; four daughters, Mrs, F. H. McGregor, 'Idul'lett; Mrs. J. H. Il?runsdon, Clinton; firs. 'Wm. Leach, Toronto, and Miss Margaret Mair of 'Detroit, Mich. There also survive three grandsons and four grand- daughters. !Interment was made in Clinton cemetery. 7 Deaths in Accidents— (Seven lives were ctai•ined by ac- cidents in Ontario during the Week- end. :Drawning eekend.:Drawning resulted in two deaths, traffic accidents caused two More while a man died from 'burns; a farad-. mer was .gored fatally by a bull and a teamster killed when his horses bolted. Perth 'Co. Roads in Fine Shape— (According to 'County Engineer 'J, Sl. Empey, the roads in (Perth County at the .present time are in excellent condition, Gravelling operations were carried on, an the roads near Pal- m:er5ton, tListowe1, 'G'owta'nstot, Ac- ross the county through lionkton, down centre line of Downie, the Em- bro road, and road north anti south through Dublin, and the road north 'of Shakespeare. Tose employed on the relief projects cut down the big hill between Staffa and Cromarty, This entailed the task of removing about .15,000 cubic yards of earth. In summing up, Mr. Empey stated that approximately 40,000 yards of gravel were put on the reads throughout u C ttitty during the summer as, well a, '10,000 gallons ri read tar. VERMILYEA ARRIVES - IleCe\il'e—Hata:d \\', \'.*-mi:yea here Sunday in charge of r ut .arc a charge cf slaying his 7')-year-:dd :nether, firs, Nathaniel \'cr•nity :,. Oct. 4. TIe wits arrested Ontario, Cale where he operated 1civets f.trr , :inti trough: here to stand :ri tier wit -big etxra']'tion. Ce•rm:'yea was brought . here b•: ata fr, is Tor .nte. He was i'nmed- 'y ie. -reigned before• 1 nt l;. i-c-•t'e' tie: ea' remanded tea:i'. S:,terdey, ()et, 7. Inquetit info, the death e: Mrs. \'erntilyea, nt:'lther-in-la,v of 11 a J. -\ Faulkner, Ont ri , •nisei -.0 ef health. w.,s held \le:eday night. 1' -1 'Nome': was coned i ' 1.•, L ti t 1 :0n 1 ur hone, her het', ',,,.tett r an 1100 and her right n e 1 iron;: sevare.1 fr,011 the wrist. An axe cow - 1 t i '1 blood d and hair was :111,1 1. L•. Vern', I yet was renievei the 1. ai flyer at aunty telt in To - rent . On arrival the 0000•::1. than ;rel y tial and full of t -..a- t 11, 1' t 1 'I' the nlot t r '.1n - t ,•,ehnt. . 't' 1:- '.i heelieg heelingbalm. \ :.'i selemli.1 hair, c. , end 1• titan. er e "c ,?1 e- the • ,1:1n. :1t `,:'y oft a0l e hies.. In -1 dispensable to dainty women, A little gentle rubbing and it is absorbed by the tissues, making the skin truly rose -leaf in texture, ARCHERY (I't may seem surprising to soave -that archery , competitions are stili 'very popular, -and some comparison (between the present day and the fam- ed bowmen of old holds much of in- terest, Leaving aside Those ancient archers, who possibly :hot only for the pot and had no inter -tribal cam - (petitions with those shafts of theirs which were tipped with the 'flint ar- row heads, es'tintated by same of their learned descendants to be as much as forty thousand years old, we come to named archers ie historic times, says an article in the London Times. Ody- sseus, Acing of Ithaca,. was owner 01 a celebrated bo)a; and Holy Writ re- oards that Both Ishmael and Esau were archers. The bow of Odysseus, made per- haps of the horns of the mountain goat; could be drawn only by its owner. This may have been because it was a fairy thing, obedient to no other than its master, in whose veins ichor flowed with royal blood,. or -it may have been on account - of its "weight" or "pull." which was so tre- ntettdous that the mighty Wanderer alone among -the dwellers in the sun- light could bend it. Modern archers would like to know what that pull was in order to compare it with that of the ..bows used today. •It must be remembered that there is a great difference between the' "weight" of a_ w'arhow, which was re- quired to send a heavy shaft through metal armor or quilted garnbeson well into the man inside those pro- tections, an,1 cooed drive an arrow deep -into ,olid oak, as may still be seep in the gate of Aher_'ayenay Castle, and that Of a hat, which has to de 0., more ''tan send 0 lighter. shaft into the punted canwa3 and packed ,traw c - it target. The Finddeu P. ,w preserved at :Archer's. Hall in. Ef ' burgh, the beadquertcr, Of. the Royal C, meetly of Archers. the King's: Ile l _:taro f< Scoaan , twa; wallow as:'! is estimated---f<r it ]la- t h e❑ "e,1,1 to,ld 't ,w, hec;010 ;cry 'crit:le :rt'. ''reef, us relit fer exaeriments—as Marino ,e : 15, e ' perhaps ninety peu:t.k, nu rmdng 'e- •e, , r Ise at a :etfe rove V tt treel: 111.t, -,i, ,t,.r .Lt, -.:es tuft r ht settee—y-1'1%—e r ret 1 enel h•:dre 1 na is ..1 ' .vc t:," or- dinary F . .- tr it lr: iter• I h. e t 1 1",1 tb .1:11 1 11. 1 Stale, the .. . , 7111,:1',.• '. •.t r ..:;} 1,.: sett thirty-five pn•,1. en 11.7tyeetlee penn..1,, while „amen, :.'r 1 a tt where .. , , . ,. .. exceed, ,:x:y. arts, use L• 1 - :tttt cn '- tide .tt'•. In archery t} 1 1n i t said the Inethed. shootht r men :i- ,. ' .ite.ee,r,leece ..'alt the "'t', ric R ,1111.' , 1 .rife t 'r ort tot, "r .. t el:': three ar- t 1, each n. ll -'etwee two targets .e : 1 rt yard,. et ,iota yards. • I • tett . .. tett, Per women the "Nati. nal. R forty-eight arrows at sixty yards , and twenty- four at fifty. in France and 'Belgium •;a"here archery is vigorously practised by the m'e'mbers of a number of 'Contp'agnies—some id which, like that of Soissons which claims to date from Roman times, and the Com- pagnie de Saint Sebastien at Bruges, have a very long history—shooting is usually at ranges of from 30 to 50 metres, or at stuffed "popinjays" on 100 -foot masts. In the United States archers use the "Metropolitan Round,". thirty arrows in ends of six going only to one target, at each of the following ranges: -000 yards, 80, 60, 50 and 40 for men, and for wo- men at 60 yards, 50, 40 and 30. There is a "Team Round" for men of ninety- six arrows, all at sixty yards; also the "American Round" for men thirty arrows each at 60 yards, 50 and 40 and the "Columbia" for women, twenty- four arrows each at 50 yards, 40 and 30. Tradition and the poets unite in naming yew as "the wood of English •haws," but in .modern days a self - bow of yew—that is, a bow made of a single stave of yew—is tot always obtainable, and substitutes, such as de'monwoad, are often used, In Scot- land these are usually two-piece bows marle of ]ancewood, snakewood, or some other hard wood backed with hickory, In the United States lemon - wood, mulberry, and osage are used for self -bows and locustw cod, iron- wood, or red cedar backey with hick- ory. Some Americans have shot with all -metal bows, and wooden bows jointed wi:h metal for convenience in transport are sometimes used on the continent, different qualities and "weights" of bolt, are used for tar- get shooting. slight shooting,—to see h, tv far a shaft esu be cast—and "ro- vers", a- arrow- ,.ed 17: the pursuit Of game used t) ?)e etyIt•a. In England the ei the how for ki'ling game has me time pest bee^ rare; in ire 1, s. ''tat when in .171)4 Sir Jette- l'",. _le . 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Get our Quotation on Your Next Older. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. .11.111111, PAGE THREE Howard Hall, with a standing shot sent a twenty-two inch wood, having the truly Odyssean pull of 1172 pounds, His arrow was of Birchwood but arrows are also made of Norway or Baltic pine, Douglas fir, Port Or- ford cedar, or spruce; and it is pleas- ant to record. that their weight is still calculated in :shillings, so that a five - shilling arrow weighs 403!3 grain.s, or nearly an ounce, and that a three-and- six'penny arrow weighs !303,3 grains, In .Scotland a "pair of arrows" con- tains three shafts, Sir Walter Scott, who was a Royal ',Archer, refers to silken bowstrings in "Ivanhoe", and etiquette is suppos- ed to have provided the traditional Mute with a .baawstrinlg of scarlet string for the use of those awho'nt the IGrandl Seignor deigned' to have strangled; but in these prosaic days bowstrings are nrade of flax. The best comes from 'Belgliulnt, where they are prepared by families in which this ra- ther rare profession is hereditary. IBow'manship last 'played its part itt war in En,g'land, according to tradi- tion at the siege pf Worcester in 11646. ANCIENT 031ONE"S FOUND The mighty 'mastodon once roamed the 'Cottanl section of Essex County 'Many million years ago, it is believed, following the discovery of the rem- nants of some tI o•neter animal on the farm of Charles Jeffery, a few miles from Cottaan village. 'Freon a field ad- joining his hone, SIr. Jeffery has Un- earth sections of 'hu,ge teeth weighing from three to 'five pounds, while he claims there are other 'bones still in the ground that resemble the remains of some elephantine beast. The teeth in Mr. Jefferys posses- sion are in wonderful condition and have roets measuring approximately f ur t five inches. The root show s"ight sig' of decaying, but the teeth proper, which aro about two inches in width, are bard and solid, with a tie ice 1 gloss. Some of the seetione are five to ,ix mc]te, hng. They were found tee and a half feet below the -r,rfe.e. There are two varieties of earth in the 0e1d where the discovery we; made. One ha'f has a o'?t, jet hlacic dirt, commonly kueen as "',sect: murk," while en the other ''elf ::x' earth i, a reddiih variety, \]r. Jei:'ery ha• been farming 'e't the -put ler the ,act farts year', Navin eteare 1 ;hc land himself. 11 .r,.toht erhips it tt f tell -every. tinter 05 ,t year tr,: might hart 0a,, e:1 the hones to r se nearer the emeaee. HOUSEHOLD HINTS It i, 1:ar1 ., • •c yen the hensewife hag, experience to remember ex- actly 1170 simile agents f, -•r remevil,g carious :ai1.s, Knowledge of the av- ert.e maid e r laundress .s still more limited, hence a device oibclt serve, i rte- i the honse is a const u: jog to the memory. it 1. a set ,! rules printed ep 1 a e erd of the blackboard clot'' t se,l rat scleedroent walls. Instead of 'writing with cholic I printed the re'.: neatly itt the form of a tahle in white oil paint, thienc l with utr e1,t- i t This medium, if properly- dried. ipermanent; it cannot be disturbed either by ,te:un or by rabhi1.. After el:owing it to dry for four or fire days it was tacked on the kitchen wall, inclased in a frame of plain pine pic- ture moulding. I measured the black- board before Banding and bought the moulding properly cut at the corners, so that it fitted together with no lab- or except putting in the tacks. Below is given a copy of the table for any one wile may care to make one. Ink Stains.—'Soak in, sour milk, 11 a dark stain remains rinse in a weak solution of chloride Of lime. 113lood Stains.—Soak iti cold salt water; then wash in 'warm water with plenty of soap; afterward boil, 1Grass Stains, — ;Saturate the spot thoroughly with kerosene, then put in he washtub, Cfodfne 'Stains.—Wash with alcohol, rthen rinse in soapy water. Hot Tea and Coffee Stains. --Soak he stained fabric in cold water; w ring; spread out land pour a few c 0 raps of glycerine on each spot. Let t Stand several hours; then wash with old neater and soap. Iron ;Rust.—'Soak the stain than- ughly with lemon juice; sprinkleawith salt and bleach for several hours n the sun. 'Grease Spats -2 -Sot water and soap enerally remove these. If 'fixed by long standing, use ether, chloroform ✓ naphtha. All three of those must e used away from 'either fire or rtilficial light, Pitch, Wheel Grease, Tar Stains: .often.th•e stains with lard, then soak turpentine, Serape off.carefully with a 'knife all the lease surface in sponge clean with .turpentine nd rub gently till dry. i1Milctew.--ISaak' in a weak solution f chloride of lime for several hours. inse in cold water, Sewing -Machine Oil Stains,- 1Ru•b 1±1, lard. Let stand for several hours, ten wash with 'cold water and soap,, t e g 0 b A in d a 0 IR w t•1 Scorch (S'tai'rs,•—'Wet the scorched place, rut with soap and Ibleac'hin the sten, I+ruit 'S'tai'ns. — Stretch the fabric containing thestainover the 'motuth. of .a basin and pour boiling water an the ,stain. 11n cold weather fruit spots can frequently be removed by 'hang- ing the stained garments out -df -doors over night. If the stain has been 'fix- ed by time soak t'he article in 'a weak solution of oxalic acid or hold the spot over the fumes of sulphur. Soot 'Stains.--lRu'b the spots with dry ,cornmea 1 before sending the clothes to the wash. 'Vaseline 'Stains. --Saturate the spat with ether and lay a cup 'over it to prevent evaporation until the stain is removed. Use the ether with, very great care. Chocolate and Cocoa Stains. — •Wash with soap in tepid water. Varnish and Paint -11f the 'stain is on a ,coarse fabric dissolve by saturat- ing with 'turpentine; use alcohol if on a fine fabric, Sponge wi'bh chloroform if a dark ring is left Iby the turpent- ine.'Be very cautious not to use either the 'chloroform or turpentine where there is ei'th'er fire or ,artificial light, IA vacuum'' bottle is n:a good it it leaks, 1I11 it is in good shape, it is al- together one of the utast useful ar- ticles that can he included in the outfit for a short 'outd'oors excursion or oarried by anyone who would otherwise eat a cold lunch, The 'faith- ful observance of a few simple pre- cautions will keep it always in good shape. (Never jar a vacuum bottle sharply. If you drive, carry t'he bottle on the seat or in a box 'padded -with excel- sior or a folded cloth, or lay it on a robe or wrap in. the bed of 'buggy or can iBefore you 611 the bottle with a trot foot] temper it ;with water water. Af- ter using it was]' it in the sante man- ner that you wottld wash any other 'fine gla w are and prep it up to drain and air in a safe place, A tall jar or can makes a good draining rack. When you hare to remove the bottle from the metal jacket be careful not ti hrealc off the tiny larejectiun at the bottom. That projection is very fra- gile ant very necessary. '1f possible scald the cork and dry it in the sun after every 0,e of the ltnitie. It is a • ul 1,'00 1,, ire-wb corks alternate- ly, .liter yet hate lettel:c'] a vadum bottle a few tithe- y,,11 will become treel, to t'te mutere , care surd will 7 ,la,. 1n, :towel,, a, yott do many other task-, and find it tie hard- er than caring other :ttetlslls. THE DEAD SEA `1'Iti, + ' 1 1 0 which -is some 47 ruse- 511,1 ,h,t1 -110. mule_ bread. et r•- ] 1 t 0 111 110 been framed "the 51ted S r t 1 the fact that '1 :4 exemeie ieeng W ttL' n e ,t ltrtl n the fat r, It may 1 t toy t theetill. !tante for it doe, ✓ ':'cur in the Bible. where is is variously le. 'x 1 ''the salt sea' it cot.:] t. "the :e0 of tie plain" ,Itiosh,.1.101 it "tae eats sea" 1 Ezek. 47:I11. The snrface oc-ihe lake• is seine 13110 feet below the e, 1 f the. lfcd:erra. een. feel: the climate a'. ng- 12- ,a, rt' is tr, 11 .., ,11et'gne:itly the exr0 1 e t t',•' sun causes sufficient. p - r t, the eees'tint .n,1- .- e. . i:,.t. J. rIo-: 1 other •..,lta''er str.a111,. ere', uc:]a tile Lt:c. lova Jath . 11' v of S0•1,•nt, where ,-re I.e , and Chi, 01(55. 11 ,' ll t:e ee, rnetirof :he 'cities ... the plain' ('.:en. '19 9) le. supposed t, have -beat - situated rear the ,Dead Sea and an echo of his sojourn in the neighborir•'od is pro- vided in the modern .Arabic name. "Bahr, ;Lout" ,("the sea of Lot"). 'Mrs. 1Bride: "I'm getting ice from. e new ratan, clear," 11-Iusband: "What's wrong' with the old one?" 'Mrs. !Bride; "The .new man, says• he'll give us 'colder ice for the same Money." 'Boss: "lou ask high wages for a man withno experience." Applicant: 'Well, sir, it's much harder ,work when you don't know anything about it," 'Inquiring (Schoolboy: "Daddy, what' effect does the moon ,have on the• tide?" Dad (front the depths of his ,news- paper): "Mot any, ,on. The only ef- fect it has is on the untied." "Jack was the goal of my ambition. but alasl" "What .happened, dear ?" "Rather kicked the .goal" (Father: "Everything I say to you goes in one ear and out the other." Youngster (thoughtft1Ily): '"Ts that: . what we have two ears for, father ;r I -Ie (passionate'ly): `'1 will lay all my titles at your feet," IShe:'"Are you a nobleman, then?" `tie: "No, bot I belong to over 20 societies, and I'm 1111 officer in every- one."