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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1929-07-04, Page 7Horses and Motors ay WALTER A. DYER I occasionally run emese news items In the paperfs which state that in Seine cities more draft horses are in. use today than there were a few Tem ago, Many truokmen Imo() loured them name useful than motor trucks for short hauls. And yet I always 'dislike to Nee horses driven in the •thick of heavy motor traffic In large cities. They seem somehow out of Place in the midst of all the ruthless rush and uproar, ,How wear- ing it must•be to equine nerveel When- ever I see a horse or a pair of horses In the turmoil of New York, I always wonder what they think of it a11, whether their senses have become somehow dulled, or whether they ~emetines dream of green pastures and open roade. City 'horses appear to have adapted themselves 'to the urban conditione in an extraordinary manner, and their drivers are often unbelievably skilful, ad yet I would not be sorry to learn that the horse was becoming obsolete :in our largest cities. Ire our small towns it is a different matter. Here horses are not ho com- pletely outnumbered and their rights are, more generally recognized. There are things the noise can do more economically than the automobile, par- ticularly where frequent stops aro .necessary: ' In my town the milkmen and the icemen o, x r h io me and the ass men P. use hereto, The large dales; cone Palsies in ,the suburbs of Many big cities maintain stables of wonderfully intelligent and efficient animals. •These horses, 11ke those of the Areelti- can Railway Express 'Company,ap- pear ' to be invariably •well treated, Perhaps this. is merely a matter of enlightened selfishness, but it is pleas- ant to be able to say a good word now and then for the humanity 'of largo corporations. ' I lived in winter In a house next door to the express office, and I used to enjoy' watching the horses froth tiny window. The space in which they , had to tern around and back their wagons' up to tbo-loading platform' was small, and the cleverness with. which they performed the maneuver ' was -en 'delight to behold. One of teem 'had learned to obey the words of his driver' who stood on the plat- form, backing, turning, starting ahead, ad stopping without touch of the reins,, until he felt the rear ,wheels roll squarely into place. ,The other was less clever, but he tried, and his attempts- were sometimes amusing to watch, Hie -Clore skilful companion would- turn and observe Him 'with a 1ot'k which 'seemed eloquent of super- ior disdain. ' An automobile; needless to say; cannot back itself .around to a platform, - There are many. ways in which the horse birds fair to hold his own; there are still things he can do which are beyond the Powers of the automobile. The average New England farmer, for example ,finds a team of horses more generally useful on his rough acres than a tractor. 'Whenever ,I see a motor truck'hahling cordwood along the sticky 'spring roads, however, , I rejoicer -tem often that sort of labor Is . heart -breaking to horses: The sound of sleighbeils still occasionally enlivens the winter air in my part of the country, and a horse and buggy, though a rare sight, is not unknown along our roads. It is likely to be Forme time 'before the horse will be- come in the country. come entirely extinct There are niany ;points other than usefulness, however, in which the• horse Is superior to the motor. :In the eyes of lovers of'borses-and they are many—the animal possesses a claim. .The most flowing streamlines,' the most carefully designed hood and top and body of our expensive ears must always appear more or less hard 'and mechanical. They cannot com- pare with the arching neck, the flow- ing mane--. and tail, the intelligent head, the shapely legs, the curve of back and, flanks of the horse. The most highly polished enamel is not.as, handsome as the glossy coat of a wel- led and well-groomed horse. There is grace in every movement of a high -bred horse. How proudly he lifts his Bead at the familiar feet. - step! •How knowingly ile looks about! With what dignity he draws the heavy load! How beautifully he trots! "He paweth in the valley, and rejoicetlr In his strength." There is a personality in the animal which the machine tenet ever lack, The automobile ls not intelligent. It' does not turn lustrous eyes upon you as you enter the garage. It does not stamp and paw' and whinny for an ap- ple or a lump' of sugar. • It does not trust a ;velvet muzzle into your hand lend •gently nibble .your. pilin. It does not love you. - I1 the time evet' comes when the horse Is no longer seen on our streets hoofbeats no and county 'feat's, tiVhen ho loner squrti mien the bridge, wine gal lane Igoat hist driven away the simpler and more direct Horse -power,' ythee the.laet stable has been convert e,l 1r Io a .a'�lfng;e, thea man will hayo ub,nilOneu that which"V[is once e+an iiit''timat and familiar part of his like and wlileh added something of beauty i1a ee foga alma, y t bis. pays on lh,-•Iiiiit tivi"o 1°icadet', Vie',?-"'-"'=•� : feet' a cold Anti. statue a •fever; sp runs the old adage. What ni0lces us Wonder is why every girl we take out has a cold, He had just stolen a kiss; "Don'$' yo:t know any better than. that? she demanded indignantly. "Sure!" Its ttplled, "'Out they take more time" s flees wafter "nista toyo trCYy o ,or�p Int4ait' sly erred?- Ruta down+? Try t1ue effect of Six or three lime Pirric':-Pills, the iliat has tirade Miner elde• of m1ew egged watnt feel t ! year* & t. t *AG and` )t. �r orate the lil� ere6ed,��,q,otEten thinned actus red` by advancing geays,, ,it up to better sesvloe, make you feel strung 'again, eager' for life'! Buy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills now at your drug- gist's =Or any dealers in medicine, or by mail, 50 cents, postpaid, from The iD'e. Wilii'ams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. PIN "-0A HOUSEHOLD NAME IN 54 COUNTRIES" Prosperous Newfoundland 'Sir P. T. McGrath in the Queen's Quarterly:.. At the ,present time our country ;is too prosperous, our people are too contented, the outlook is too promising for us to consider any pro- posal for union on the part of the Dominion, even if the Dominion were disposed to make one, Look at California Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:' Brazil grape growers report that their crops are rotting on the vines for lack of a market. What that country needs is prohibition,.' Theltorie � r ~eat �e�° You Mast � Your Bit �I o. is the veer against the fly, carrier of germs and breeder of disease. ttls proven that AEROXON Is one of the'rtiost convent nt and moat efficient moans of coinhat,ng this fly site 15 is'conenisnt bora'iee `. g1 the push -phi It a eyeiseeni jfh„pe never get ownly when ono caught p,Evuh spiral gives Ihrco '`ve""eke' perfect ssrltiw. 551V4RE OF IMITATIONS. surd al dr„s, gr aery and hardware stores. 'La Cie C. 0. Genese & Fils, Limittbe -se snenu ogdcg, sue • SOLE ACV.. OA, A, !tree Distributor for Ontario NEWTON A. -HILL 36 Front St.' E., - Toronto The ower *kali 6 rented s mwhich Q'he m aieripl frQ SiclartliMsivorsaresiada Dihe'v{ :ytiuraresuide ua� hisser'traNN areal, tse cry stir"dis, dl o76ett oak* Sale it }l, r, h, dimer yn' e. .fA6t�� btiuclivgte'o //r( . T717mugt♦rU fPii�rc� ..Eighteen "Count 'em", in One Family The Clan MacLeod arrived in Canada recently by the Canadian. Pacific lin r "Metagama"—at least if it wasn't the whole clan, it seemed like a large proportion, Donald, his brother Kennet's and his son Allan were leaders of the family groups 'under Donald's command, Including grandchildren the Rai' y, which is bound en bloc for Centreville, Ont.,' nuniiered twenty-four ranging in age from forty-five yearsto six menthe. They ball twenty-one pieces of baggage weighing 3,000 pounds. Owl 'Laffh Hardware Dealer .(to applicant) : "I am Inclined to give you the position if you understand double -entry keep- 9ng." Applicant; "I do, indeed! At my Met place I bad to do a triple -double-. entry—a set for the active partner, showing the• real profits, a ' set for the sleeping 'partner, showing small profits and a set for the' Income Tax said, officials, showing no,proflts." "You love those horrid creatures far too much; • In the memory contest at A.pelle 'I have no time for sdc'h." Grove School yesterday, it was almost Since then my heart grows cooler dark before ,little Lizzie Lark, who toward that friend, won the prize, got through namin' den- In fact I think' our friendship had an tal creams.—Abe Martin. end The day she scorned his fond caress, Possibly one reason why the girls T feel quite sorry, but I must confess, We seemed to lose our kindred touch I 'rave no time for such." SY 1NIbS Z. I. DAVIS I Have No Time for Such WILLA HOEY T had a friend itit bl the and a s gay. 3 thought I knew her, but Suet yester- day We met a dog. I stroked his'friendly head, And she went on, then turned , and smoke cigarettes je so that the boy who:reaches for a cigarette can get a sweet along with 1t. SIX VS. HALF DOZEN No machine can take the place of There was once a woman named the horse, always, even in these days; Bunny Almost the whole city has been stirred Who never .would play bridge for over the splendid faithfulness and strength of draft horses, now being used to open up a street adjoining one of the main thoroughfares of Grand Rapids, Mich. So impressive is the money; But to pay for a prize she would alwaye chip in, And also the prize she would frequ- ently win. • horse sense,. sagacity, obedience, eau Now tell me the difference (I'm not tiousrieea, adaptability and good na- very wise) ture of these groat beasts that they Between taking 'money' and what, were given honorable mention in the money buys, daily papers. The special work of these animals in this particular case is to pull a great wagon skeleton across the axles of which is a steel girder weighing. tone. Slowly the trusty creatures 'roll With a' woman the difference be- tween plumpness and fatness is mar- riage and about ten years. Sweet Young Thing --"Have- _a. their burden up the .slippery hill, cigarette?" Folks panes to thrill at the strength Elderly k,ady-"What! Smoke a shown. cigarette? 'Why I'd rather kiss the Hest man that came along!'" Sweet Young Triing="So would 3, But have` a cigarette while you're waiting." HEALTH ITEMS ' Getting hot under the collar may over -heat and bake your Adam's ap- ple. You don't have to make a better mouse -trap now. Just neglect to pay m and see ments on time your Inst ail that path get worn to your door. But the driver gives all his attention to the task in hand. He feels that on him depends the safety of the load. Hie team knows his signals onthe reins, and his voice quietly encourag- ing. They dig in their spiked shoes and ppll. Vapor streams from _their nostrils. With ears cheerfully for- ward, they, toss their • magnificent heads up and down, as if saying "yes" to their kind owner and driver. The wheels creak_ on the ice but never stop their rolling. The horses never falter. The driver knows they must not or the task is a task failed. Not tightly butfirmly the driver holds If you want something. done call on the reins. He talks to the team Iow- a man who is "just too busy" and do spoken words, hardly heard by those it. upon the sidewalk who watch the struggle Some say It can't be done. "That young fellow upstairs mast bei Others say it can and cheer and en - tremendously Popular, postman, you courage •both the driver and the always have mall for him." horses. Great, muscles flex and relax, "Yee, an I had argument with him) hoofs chip iron spikes into the ice, g once, and ever' since he sends himself I inch by inch the team gains victory. a post -card every day, so I have to The beam weighs more than seven climb- four flights of stairs to deliver .tons. The driver couldn't move it it alone. One horse would try in vain. But the team and driver have the strength to do the task and do it- to them It is jest "day labor."—Hu- mane Pleader. Of course the woman pays. If she didn't the installment manwouldpull the stuff. Anantlque is eometbing that rieh people, buy and poor people throw away. INTERCEPTED She tripped along with fairy feet, A' vision that my heart beguiled. Bewitching, fragile, rougish, sweet, And as she came eke sinned. We nret ... Alas, Hee useel fall O'ertook my pride, tb'e an and, blind. Her smile was n t for meat all, Bat some one else behindl "Failure Isalways preceded' by Con- fusion• Semens : 1e always marked by Ortlerlluoss. • Uncertainty re the most expensive and moat rinneceeeary thing in business.' Chicago claims clue will have !Si 000,000 people by 1985 if she can lteop them alive. "Gosh; but that man ever there is fat, Ito Meet drink patriotic beer." "What kind 1s that?" "The kind that goes to the front" Maybe prayers for rain fail because somebody else with a Car newly wash- ed le praying for dry spell. Death is one blessing that none will be denied, Minard'e. Liniment for sick' animals. "Do you think that singer is go- ing to be a greet diva?„ "I didn't kixiw she could even swim," EEpediteon to Brazil Collects Rare Fauna BA1em, Brazil.—The natural saienee expedition of the American Mueenne of Natural History, New • York, has just returned from explorations throegh ;the yalleys .of tie Caneitiuiari and bilnoce Rivera. 5jlt thousand birds and 1,900': specimo s of other fauna and flora were col. looted. Competent woman wants man 01 fatally washings to take home:—Harte ford ,Times. We suggest the family wusking, It can be bandied without any 'tack talk. • 1 American Debutantea Every package of .led Rose Tea is prepared with London Smiday hll#proso ilnd;il's the same Care—as if our reputation were to stand or and it is a good thing pat. Quay i, fall upon that single package. Many Americans tomo to our oouras them but for us. We benefit inion"` elaily, and they In tarn like the Dacee1 anter and also the certain stamp whith it 'presentation at Court invQl. vas, That le only human stature. There is nothing new In this. Ever since the days when Atlantio trans- port became at all possible Americans htimesave always Louis likNaedpoleoCourts, they pocked •the n to tlto Tuileries; now they bare to be content with restaurants, which are a comparatively poor setting for fine feathers. Every American girl who fe presented at 8ucicingleam Potlaue is a valuable asset, for she invariably comes an English propagandist. WHEN BABY IS : WELL MOTHER IS HAPPY The happy mother is the ono whose baby is well -it is the laughing, gurgling baby who always brings joy to the home, When baby is ill every- one in; `the home suffers—not only through, worry over the little one but through loss of sleep—no one can find, rest with a sick ,baby in' the home. Thousands of mothers are happy mothers.:because they have found the way to keep their little ones well-- or if sickness does come on suddenly, as it usually, does with little ones," they have found' the way to speedily bring the baby` back to Health again. Mrs. George Beth, Lindberg, Alta., is one of these mothers and she writes as follows;—"I am the happy mother of a" seventeenemonth-old baby ;girt, t Baby is healthy and street; and sleeps well at night. I give her no other medicine but Baby's Own Tablets and she just loves them. I am never without the Tablets in the house." Baby's Own Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels; sweeten the stomach and thus' drive out constipation and indigestion` and make the cutting of teeth easy.' They aro sold by medicine dealer's or; by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. William's' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 6; i o tea" REDROSE ORANGE, PEKOE is extra. good Query: Do Goldfish Tackle Swans' Feet? Wheaton College Refers Prob., lem to Biological Experts Norton, Mass.—The .now pond ii opened this. ring on the camps of P P Wheaton has brought with it zo5logi- cal complications. Two groupe of students interested in this new pond desire to make Pres- entations to It, One group hopes to present goldfish, the other swans, So the difficult question airses; Do gold- fish and swans get on together In the same pond? The crux of the dif- ficulty lies, college authorities avow, n the question ae to whether the gold- fish would tickle the swan's feet. The whole ,matter has been re- ferred by the biology department of the college to the Smithsonian Insti- tution, Washington, and an early solu- ion Is expected. • The "Talkie" Revolution London Daily News and Westmin- ster: The triuinph of an lIngiish film actor, -Mr, Ronald Colman, seems to be the first result of the success of the "talkies," and others will clearly follow. If the "talkies eventually displace their silent rivals in the popular, favor—ani' it would seem, al- most certain that they must—the Eng- lish-speaking (as distinct from the American -speaking) performer•' will come into his own in this country with a vengeance, further, it would seem that in each country the change must operate as .a powerful . measure of "protection" for the native industry. The sort of audience which flocks to the average English cinema is not go- ing to "listen to French and Ger- man and Swedish films, unless the -ac- tors talk "plain English," and French and German and Spanish 'audiences will presumably also insist on under- standing what the "talkies" are say- ing. The Looting of Engltand London Evening Hews (Ind. Cons,): (A recent rumor declares that tine vile Hills, •,ol.., of-Bilbury, the Catsv in ]age . has been bought by an American and will be transported in its entirely to the United States.) Such things may yet happen. It would require se short and -simple a law to forbid tine removal from this country of these ancient and beautiful sachitaeur'al landmarks that one would expect to find gaalj, of the three political parties rushfag forward with the promise that if ii returns to power It will-. make sueb a law without delay. If they do not do so is because the public is apathetic. The remedy, in this 'case is in the citizens' hands. And if the sacred law of 'property must to some extent be curtailer`( the curtailment ie jnetas necessary in the interests of Anglo-American friendship as of th§ English people who must stand• py 0 lee their architectural birthright sold for a mess of dollars. ` mong the axteropri e gi..,ifts ;or yoK alien, graduates are overalls. • For sunburn, apply Minard's Liniment If it were not for ourrather (Bean - end war, we sbould come out for leg- castor oil and strong. purgatives; but islation to and legislation,—"Ohio here's a medicine that just suits him. State Journal." And it does tee work quickly and so gently that Baby doesn't feel it. Fletcher's Castoria, is' soothing cross, A happy marriage is one in which fretful babies and children to sleep the husband 'makes an allowance for and malting the feverish, ,constipated, upset one0 well anti happy, in millions of homes to -day. Castoria is purely - vegetable, harmless and endorsed by the medical profession. Avoid imi- tations, The Chas. 13. Fletcber signature narks genuine Castoria, Classified Advertisements DAM' OIII0gi3 RAPT CRICISS, wD HATCH, four varieties. price 9c up, r to for free catalogue. A. H. Switzer.' Granton, Ontario. r, Write For Our Latest Cataloguetalo ue On Sporting Goods, Fishing. Tackle, Camp ifiebplies, The Biggest ane. Einost Ever leaned in Canada. TORONTO RADIO, CO. RR . 1'0BcE STREET Nature Notes Bovine: "That new farm band is ter- rible dumb." Equine; "How's that?" Bovine: "He found a lot of condens- ed milli eons in the grass and insisted he had found a cow's neat,"—Scream. LAXATIVE FOR BABY THAT "STAYS DOWN" the wife and the wife makes allow- ances for the husband,—"Virginian Pilot." Every Fibre dnsulated with Rubber to give MO&T P1 t DOL -LAR hrr Sale • Newspaper F :!der A Real Bargain. Terms to Suit Purchaser Wilson Publishing Co. Ltd., 73 Adelaide . Si. W., Toronto RiEDURDEMEMSDNMESMEGMESZEZEDER hg The Looker doom Minard's is the stand-by of those who talcs care not to suffer from stiffness and 'ach- ing muscles. warogyoms Titres are the atgei;:tadieig chtt?aoe of those who demand'CTio greatest safety for high speeds, rugged ondur- ante aax tibxtiost exon- onay. Guusn Dipiing, if3te ex•t a Fdueetmaie'prooess, coinbbfled wbtdh bine Fire' - stone Safety Thread, makes these tires the tOUeat_, 1ong}lst-wear-• • stag t¢akes:0n eifrtih. Made in Ilaaolltan, Canada, by • —.w 4 ®stAnee.*se a, LiB•afai 10 t: 3:a What most people call indigestion is usually' excess acid in the stomach R14,e foo.0 toured The instant reiii.erly Is a 01k0 Which neutralizes acids, But don't use crude helps, Use what your doctor winds; advise. The best help is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia, For the Bb years since its invention it has remained standard with physicians. You will find nothing tse ao Buick in its effect, so harmless, so efficient. One tasteless spoonful in water neu- trallies'rMny tides its volume in acid. The restilts are Immediate, with no bo.il after effects. Once you learn this filet, you will never deal with excess acid in the er00e ways: Go learn-now—why this method is supreme. Be 'sure to get the genuine Phillips' I Milk of Magnesia prescribed by physi- cians for GO years in correcting excess Golds, Each bottle contains full direo. l' tions --any drugstore, d u store "I think Lydia E: Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is wonderful! I have had six children of which four are living and my youngest is a bon- nie baby boy now eight months old who s wet h 23 pounds. I have taken g your medicine before each of them was born' and have certainly re, calved great benefit from it. I urge my friends to take it as 1 am sure they will receive the same help I did," -Mrs, Mikan McMullen, Vanessa, Ontario. ISSUE No.