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HURON NEWS.
Goes to Brantford.—Rev. .F„ W.
Schaffner, rector of St, Pat s Anglic-
an Church, Wingham, received his of -
tidal appointment last tveek from
Bishop Seeger, to become, pastor of
St. Judt's Anglican C•hurch, Brant-
ford, .and', will take charge on Feb-
ruary 1st. '14r, S'ehaffter came to
Wingham six years ago front Water-
loo, Que.
Young Woman Charged With
Assault,— The village of Fordwich is
all worked up over an interesting and
anizsing' police court case, which will.
come before Magistrate Reid. 'M'iss
Mary Byrd, in her 2.0's, athletic, born-
on the prairies, a good horsewoman
and musical, is charged with assault-
ing William Boehler, age 50. Both
live OR the sixth ,concession of How
ick Township. The fracas took •place
ir..a Fot'clwich hardware store on New
Year's Eve. +v1iss Byrd' is aI'legeed to
have led' off witha lelft to the face,
followed by a kicic .to the shins.
The trouble is said to have originated
over the future permanent abode of a
hired man, formerly' with Boehler's,
now at Byrd's.
One day last week seven knights of
the road arrived in Wingham via the
"bumper of a C.N.R. train. The .town
officials didn't show much 'enthusiasm
over such an increase in poettlation,
so they left during the same afternoon
to continue on their tour.
Wed 63 Years.—liixty-;three years
ago on Monday, January lith,- wed-
ding bells rang out for Mr. and Mrs.
Sampson Webb, 126 Wellington st.,
Stratford, whose marriage took place
at the home ell the bride's parents at
Pickering. Mr. and Mrs. Webb have
resided in Bantle Dublin, Wingham
and Clinton,': and for 46 years in Surat -
ford. :\4r, 'Webb was engaged in the
waggonmaking business. Both are in
good hearth; They have one son,
Chester Webb, Detroit. !A second' son
died a year ago.
•Accident Causes Death of Two.
Two' Toronto then lost their lives in
a bad motor accident at ,Elginfield last
Saturday evening and two Exeter
men who figured in the accident are
congratulating themselves that they
escaped with only minor bruises.
'Messrs. Severne and Oran 'Winer
were bringieg a load of asphalt
shingles to Exeter and were ap-
proaching the intersection at Elgin -
field. A large coupe driving west
failed to stop at the intersection and
made the turn south going' toward
London. Owing to the slippery con-
dition of the road the driver of the
coupe lost control, the end of which
swerved and struck the front end of
the Winer truck, and the truckwas
forced into a six. foot ditch, The
gasoline tank ofthe coupe exploded
and scattered gasoline .which caught
fire and flames leaped up to a height
of fifty feet. tBoth men in the coupe
were thrown out onto the .pavement,
one of them being badly burned. The
two Toronto men in the coupe were
F. A. Morton, 65, and Stuart Laurie,
25. The elder of the two was dead
when assistance arrived, his clothing
and body having been somewhat
burned. Mr. Laurie was taken into
one of the gas stations on the corner
and first aid was rendered. He died
later in. London. The front of the
Winer' truck was badly damaged, one
side being crumpled right in: How the
occupants escaped serious injury is a
mystery.
.A Sudden Call.—The death of Hen-
ry Gorier, a well-known resident of
Auburn cornntunity and for the last
eleven years mail carrier on R. R. 1,
Auburn, occurred suddenly on Friday
afternoon last while sorting the mall
tate in the afternoon. Deceased was
75 years of age, was a native. of Hul-
lett township and after his marriage
ell years ago to Alice Sheppard, took
up residence 00 a farin a mile east
of Auburn. Some years later, on the
death of Mr, Gevier's father they
moved to the old :homestead where
they remained for seventeen yearly
going then to Auburn, Deceased is.
survived by his wife and two sans,.
William of Westfield and Herbert of
Hallett; Mrs: A. C. Jackson, of God-
erich, Mrs. W. B. Patterson of Aub-
urn and Mrs. H.- MclBrien of Detroit
are sisters;
County Bar Association. -The an-
nual meeting of the County Bar As-
sociation was held at the law library
;at the court house on Saturday. OfEi-
,cers for the year were elected as fol -
'lows: Hon. president, Judge T. ':34.
Costello; honorary 'vice -'president, R.
C. Hays; president, L. E. Dancey;
secretary -treasurer, R. C. _.,Hays, jr.;
librarian, F. R. Darrow; library com-
mittee, Judge Costello, F. Donnelly,
D. R. Nairn.
Teacher: "How many wars did
Spain wage during the seventeenth
century?"..
Tommy; "Seven, sir."
Teacher: "Ei1umeratl'theml"
Tommy: "Odie, two, three, four,
five, six, seven."
THE SEARORTH NEWS.
ualiy "4as
no stitte
Former Resident Dead in B.C.
In her 26th year and after over 30
years' residence in Saenich, B:C., Mrs,
M. Ferguson, one of the hardy race
of Scottish pioneers who have helped
to build up Canada, died on Friday.
Born in 1836 in beifeshire, Scotland,
the then I'sabe'lla Moore came to Can-
ada with her parents when she was
12 years old. They sailed on May 19,
1348, from Glasgow, on the sailing
ship, Jessie Stephens, taking seven
weeks to make a tempestuous pas-
sage across the Atlantic. Married, in
1556, Mr, and Mrs. Ferguson pioneer-
ed at Seaforth, Ont„ unti'i 1902, when
they went to Saanich. Mr. Ferguson
predeceased her in 1913.
Former Goderich Hotelman Dead.
—John S. Bedford, a well-known cit-
izen of Goderich, passed away on Fri-
day night .at his home en West street.
Mr. Bedford had been a sufferer from
diabetes far a number of years, but
his death was due to,pneumonia only
being confined to bed for a day and
a half. Mr. Bedford was born in Go-
derich 64 years ago, the son of John
Bedford and Jessie adeLean Bedford.
For a number of years he sailed the
great lakes, later settling in Goderich.
Where . he conducted the Hotel Bed-
ford in the Bedford block until his
retirement. Mrs. • Beford, formerly
Miss Catherine McIntosh, predeceas-
ed him by treee years in December.
He is survived by two sots, John, of
Los Angeles, Calif., and Kenneth, at
home, and by one daughter, Mrs. H.
G. Allard and a sister, Mrs, William
Green, both of Los Angeles. John
Bedford and Mr. Allard left Los An-
geles on Friday in order to be pres-
ent at the funeral.
Critically Ill.—Robert S. Winter,
well known drover of Huron County,
is critically ill at his home in Goder-
kb. Miss Jean Winter, B.A., of Lon-
don, was called home owing to her
father's serious illness.
Ashfield Barn Burned.—iAbout six
o'clock on Wednesday evening fire
d'estroyed the smaller of two barns
on the farm of Ed. Schmidt, conces-
sign 10, Township of Aelefield. It is
thought the upsetting of a lantern
caused the fire. The big barn was
saved by heroic efforts of the neigh -
hors who tore the ends out of the
barn and with a plentiful supply of
water and favorable wind they ,prev-
ented the fire from spreading.
Mr. Livens Appointed.—The board
of managers of Knox Presbyterian
Church,- Goderich, has engaged as or-
ganist and musical director, Mr. Har-
ry Livens, late of Main street United.
Church, Mitchell, Mr. Livens su'c
ceeds Mr. W. B. Rothwell, who ac-
cepted a position in Brantford.
Improving Dairy Herd.—Mr. Hugh,
Hill of • Co'iborne township, breeder
of purebred Guernsey dairy cattle,
recently sold to, J. Hugill & Sons, o:f
Seaforth, a purebred bull to head his
herd. Mr. Hugill intends to build up
a herd of Guernsey cows. Mr, H.
Weymouth also has purchased a
Guernsey herd sire from Mr. Hill.—
Goderich Signal.
Foxes on the ranches` in Prince
Edward :Islaied'are getting Vitamine
"d" in their diet through the 'medium
f fish.
o Twice a
week su
-
n dried her-
ring are .fed to the foxes on the
ranches, This new item on the menu'
was first tried s couple of years ago
and the foxes thrived on, it; now they
get it twice 'weekly. The owners of
the fox ranches in Prince Edward
Island pay fisherman $8 per hundred-
weight for the herring.
BERMUDA REMAINtS
AUTOLESS.
(Hypersensitive pedestrians who vis-
it, or hope some day to visit Ber-
muda, rejoice in an item of news from
the ,lovely tropical colony, the oddest
of all British Colonies, Bermuda leas
just cotrupleted a finerailway to carry
passengers back and forth acro''ss its
lair r lomat
n but
Bermuda ,will nolt
weaken •in its determination to bar
automobiles from+ desecrating the
charms of nature, The 'favi'• •staiidsr
Horses and carriages and, bicycles 'and
human feet remain the only forms of
transportation in Bermuda, apart;froyn
the silent, dmooth and smokeless rail-
way,
HURON 'CENTENARIAN
Brief mention was made. in The
News last week of Mr. Thomas' Sage
of Wroxeter; brother of Mrs. McCuI
la of Seaforth, iyho celebrated. his
100th birthday last week, and a more
extended congra'tulation is given be-
low:
The grand old man' of Hawick
township, Thomas Sage, celebrated'
his 100th ,birthday on Tuesday, Janu-
ary '12th, at the home of Mrs. B.
Wade with whom he had resided for
the past 'four years. Despite the fat
that his sight is impaired the general
health of the centenarian •has been
good up to about a week ago. At
the age , of 94 he ploughed between
sixty and seventy acres of land for
D. D. Sanderson, East Walwanosle
and he still feels he could plough as
well as many a younger man; if his
eyesight was good.
Farmer, stone mason, stage coach
driver, bushman, this 'veteran of the
Dominion is a real pioneer. Receiv-
ing his education in the school' of ex-
perience he was of the type that
could turn his hand to anything. He
had his adversities as did every pio-
neer
ioneer of this country, but he worked
and worked hard and provided a good.
livelihood for his family.
iTh'onas Sage was born in Smith
township, Peterborough 'County, on
January 12th, 1332, and :came to How -
ick township during the time of the
Fenian Raids by the one and only
railway in these parts at the time.
With his wife and family he loaded
their scant belongings in the train at
Port Hope and came by train as far
as 'Clinton. From there his wife and
family went by stage to 1Wingham
which at that time boasted nothing
more than an old hotel. Mr, Sage fol-
lowed on a wagon 'bringing along the
household effects,
']their arrival in Huron County be-
ing in the spring df the year, 'Mr.
Sage took to farming, workinga
stretch ofland near , Biuevale-' on
shares. Bluevale in those days e -as
a much larger place than it is to -day.
He sowed' wheat and harvested.' a
splendid crop as he also did the se-
cond year. The year following he
moved to Proton where he rented a
farm but awing to the wet weather
and frost his crops 'were a failure and
he was forced to spend all his meagre
savings.
ffn addition to farming Mr. Sage
was proficient as a stone mason and
much Of the stone work in this dis-
trict was fashioned by him.
Mr. Sage recalled when b
one of a, family. of twelve, his father
wanted' him to get an education: In
this 'the youth did not agree and, pos-
sessed of strength and vigor, he ent-
ered the bush and became a lumber -
inane His jab was "swamping tim-
ber” with the aid of oxen. For' this
he received between $35 and $40 per
month. Much of the timber he took
out was used for masts on lake ves-
sels. He also recalled how" the com-
pany he marked for brought hien in
from the Province of Quebec but
, as a oy,
proudly emphasized the fact that
these men did not get the wages that
were paid to the native's of Peter-
born county.
ISpeakin'g o'f the great amount of
snow* during the winters of his 'early
years in this district, Mr. Sage says
,he cat reineniber'iu March when the
snow was four feet deep and covered,
with . a crust 'th'at would bear a team
of horses. The Jamiary thaw . in
those days lasted . a'bont half a day.
The centenarian much ,prefers : a real
cold frosty winter to the type that
this district has experienced during
the last couple of years.
(Briefly Mr. Sage recalled the maple
syrup making in ,the days of bong ago
whets the sap was caught in wooden
trough's hewn from the trunks of
maple trees.
Speaking of the prices of farm pro -
matinee when he was a youth Mr.
Sage related' 'th'at the farmer in those
days killed his hogs, packed them in
barrels and sold thein to the bush-
man at from $12 to $20 a barrel, that,
is if the pork was free from beechnut
taste.
.After leaving Proton Mr. Sage and
family moved to Wroxeter where he
bought his home and for a number
of years drove the stage from there
to Walkerton by way df Belmore and
Formosa, quite often making the trip
alone and many timers withonly one
passenger. He drove a, team of mules.
',Married at the age of 25, Mr. Sage
was bereft of his wife in 1924. Seven
members of his family are„dead, three
dying df diptheria contracted from a
man to whom they gave a night's
lodging. 'T'here are three sons' liv-
ing.
'Although he gets about very little
in the winter, Mr, Sage is accustomed
to 'taking long walks in the summer.
Speaking of travellfhg he has been
to visit his son Charles in Michigan.
He has also been in Seattle, Wash„
where he spent three months with
another son, Robert, and while tfiere
was engaged as a night watchman in
a factory,' He has also taken trips to
Manitoba on harvest excursions.
Mr. Sage told how he learned to
plough between the stumps and how
he oftets turned out piles Of beechnuts
that had been' carried there by the
squirrels for their wiulter store.
Besides his three sons, Charles of
MLchiigan, Robert of Saiowitomish,
Wash:, and Bent of near Wroxeter,
he has one sister, Mrs. McCulla, of
Seaforth. Mr. Sage comes of a fam-
ily of long=livers, his mother living
to the age of 99 years.
LOGAN.
iLogan Township _Council 'niet at
I1 o'clock -Monday, Jan. 11, for its in-
augural session. The declarations of
office were made and filed. All mem-
bers were present and the Reeve pre-
sided. Appointment of oeficials and
salaries are as follows: J. A. Rudolph
clerk $450; T. M. Linton $1V,e; John
Dwyer, assessor $110; William Vock
Reduced Prices
Owing to the depression of times, I have ,reduced my prices to
the following: 75c Finger Waves for 50c.
M'arcels at 25c and 50c. 1.50 Facials for1,00,
2.00 Masks and iPacks at $1:50. $
that give a Natural Glint to the hair at 35c.
for Dandruff and Falling Hair, $1.00 per treatment
or 6 for $5,00,
Reyam treatments for. Baldness, Oily, Dry,
Itching Scalp.
Manicuring, Eyebrow Flocking, Etc.
Hours'1 to 6.p.in. everyday.
Special attention to morn'in'g appointments; also Tuesday,
Thurs-
day or Saturday evenings by appointments. Thurs
50c Rinses
Try, my Oi;1 Rubs
Oonsult about
Breaking Hair or
Also
INA GRAY
at S. C. PULLIfAN Better Shop—.pihone 125.
ar House'lPbone 229.
collectbr` 512,0; George Gell earetal e
hall $20; Fred Rock sanitary inspect
or fees 52.70and mileage, disinfec
tion of house 5450, ivf,10'11. Dr
Smith, 5345; fees members 13.10,51
$2.70 each sitting and ' mileage; 3+
Rook, school attendance officer, 522.
50; J, 'Roger, engineer, 70c per itou
and mileage; road•foremen 22 cent
per hour, labor 29 cents per hour
man ' and team 45 cents per hour
Road foremen appointed,, C. Golluitz
G. Thompson, G. J. Eickineier, H. L
Diegel, William IDun+gey, A. Wolife
j. Drummond, J H. /Ritz, T. Cleary
D. ,Fischer, J. C. ICostello, j. Par
rott, H. Engler, G, Renitick, W. I'll
man, C. Horn, J. Regan, +C. Roiph
E. Prueter, M. Elliott, W. IWard, J
L. neiller, L. Wolfe, J. Herbert
boundary E, and L., J, :Flynn;"Johi
Mogk, weed inspector, '35 .cents at
hour; William Bach, drainage in
specter, 35 cents an hour; "sheep val
uators, Dan DdConrsey, Edwar
Fuller, Benson Leake, 'Bryan 'Bar
ker, fees $2;70; 'fence viewers ap
pointed; J. J. Id'agarty, William A
McKenzie and' Otto Bauer, ' fee
52.170; pound keepers•, J. Watt, Harr
Lawrence, W. Eiseler, T. Hannon
C. Horn, ID. Schneider, 'D, Hinz, P
Nicholson, F. Fischer, P. Campbell
W. G. M.dPh•ers+on, A. Stewart an
Harry Ghaffe, tees as per' -bylaw's • a
township; inspector township publi
hall, (J. A. Rudolph, fees nil; fees 'o'
members of council, $4:50 per day
auditors, W. Leake and H. W. ,eeiegel
fees $30 each; solicitor, MdPhersot
and M'akins; George Geil, road super
intendent, fees 35c an hour and mile
age. The auditors' report was re
ceived• and adopted, showing assets
over liabilities $1,432.99. Bylaw No
145 was read and passed, contfirmin
the appointment of officials and fixity
their fees.
All officials appointed are require
to make declaration of office and ar
asked to do so within' the time set by
statute from date Of receiving notic
af. appointment. Byl'awlNoo. 149 con
firrniug the, appointment'of road sup
erintendettt was read and passed. Th
Mitchell Advocate was appointed t
do township printing for 1932. By
law No. 150 was read and passed
Road estimates for 1932 are $12,000
Bylaw 'No. 151 was read and passed
empowering the reeve and treasure
to borrow as required for current ex
pen'ditures up to 515,000. The` cleri
was instructed to order ,twelve capie
af. the.Municipal World for township
officials, George Geii arid' George
Ahrens were appointed delegates to
the Good Roads Convention. A reso-
lution was passed authorizing the
reeve and clerk to sign and submit to
the minister of public highways re-
questing that the statutory grant on
the sum expended on township roads,
$10,766115, be paid. A resolution was
passed as follows: That this council
having heard John Be'nnewies and
John Murray re complaint that the
clerk did trot retain the Dublin tele-
phone service, .be it resolved that this
council will contribute hall the cast
of Bell and 'Dublin service upon the
condition that ,both the Bell and IDub-
lin companies forthwith publish all
Logan Tdwn'ship subscribers in their
telephone directories and continue to
do so, the clerk to contribute half the
•cost, 'Miscellaneous expenditures
paid totalled' $97!83. Roads expendi-
ture, general account, $8.75; bound-
ary of Fullerton $1.95, tota'1 510.70.
Council them adjourned to meet on
Feb. 21 51 10 o'clock a.m.—J., A. Ru
dolph, clerk.
FORMER STAINiLEY MEN
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
August and Louis Wild, former
residents of Stanley township recently
had an experience in their place, o'f
business. at Nekoma, North Dakota,
Which might have turned out, touch.
more seriously than it did. The C'av-
a'lier County Republican, published at
Langdon, NMD., tells the story in its.
issue of December 31st:
If the condition of August Wild of
i4''ekoma continues to improve and he
tegains his health, it seems that en
affair which started out to be a rob-
bery, and alinos,t ended in a murder,
will be nothing' mare than au un -
,pleasant though an exciting memory
for the Nekoma man and his brother,
Louis Wild, hardware merchant.
According to reports, the hardware
plan was working in the office at the
back of his store and his brother was
sitting in the semi -darkness near the
middle of the building Sunday even-
ing at about 6 o'clock when a 'large
sedan, thou'gite to be :a 1932 model,
Buick, drole up ill front of the busi-
ness place and three mien went from
the car into the store. They walked
toward thebackofthe store, seem-
ingly
not noticing t o tim
g Y g t ne
thou sitting in
the middle of the building. ,Two of
the intruders hung back` while the
third went toward the office and ask-
ed' if they could, purchase ga+s4ti'tte.
Louis 'Wild .got up, went to the coun-
ter and, as he neared the second man,
was 'ordered to .hold his hands up,
Sotne command was uttered con-
cerning the safe and Mr. Wild turned L
T,H7JI uDAY, JANUARY 21, 1932.
to go and open the safe; E'videutly he,'
had misunderstood the remark and
was riot wanted to move, because the,
ratan dearest him struck him upon the
back of the head with a revolver butt,
rendering him unconscious.
About that time the older man, Au-
gust Wilda arose and moved toward a
door on the semen side of the sltore.
One of the robbers shouted "Get
him!" and another of the trio fired,
the bullet entering 'Wild's breast, just
to the left olf his heart. Authorities'
believe the hold-up men to have been
amateurs because they allowed the
wounded mean to leave the building
and go to his rooms above the store.
while they hurried away without bur-
glarizing the place.
When the unconscious man recov-
ered he Looked for his brother, found
hint upstairs, gave him temporary re-
lief, reported the affair and $11111'01'0 11 -
ed medical aid,
'While only three Wren were seen
during the Nekoni+a raid, six men were
in the car when it .stopped at a
Brockett service stardomhad the car j'
taiuue filled with gasoline, and drove
away when the station attendant
went inside 'for oil. The attendant
df a station in Larimore reports that
there were four tall and two shorter
then in the car when it stopped.., at his
station, held nice up, took five dollars
from him, :fifteen dollars from the
station cash register and firearms and
ammunition froni the station office.
Sheriff Ed. Hough of Grand Forks
county was waiting for the big black
car at the north edge of Grand Forks.
He chased it through the city and
south as far as Thounpson, where his
tire chain broke and wrapped around
the axle of his car, forlcing him to
Step. He resumed the cha'se, but lost
the trail after Hillsboro officials re-
ported seeing the car, and being un-
able to stop it. r
'Officials are of the belief that the
party might be the same that terror-
ized 'Pine City, Minn., Tuesday after-
noon. That gang entered the city
early in the morning, took a man pri-
soner, slugged .a constables. got other
people out of bed, forced them to op-
en their stores, surrender money and
other valuables, locked the people in
one of the homes and fled. Only six 1
invaders were counted by the vi:otirnseae -
though one of the hold-up men com-
mented that there were nine in the
gang. ,
WWiNTER2NG DIAI1RY CATTLE.
There is no doubt that big b'arn's
generally snake a farmer feel that. his -
lot in this world is as goad as that of
any other member of society. On the
other hand, there is no getting out of
the .factthat these imposing structures
are costly propositions when interest,
insurance,"and depreciation are ;taken
into consideration. They certainly do
bring up the cost of barn room for
each accupent.
iDitring the last 16 years, '10 bulls
and more than .100 helloes 'have been
wintered in single boarded °'peri'
front' sheds at the .Cap Rouge Station
and only a !few had to be brought in
under exceptional circumstances when
suffering irotn injury. IAnnon'gs't the ' wfi
tot were future champion producers 11
of the breed; in the 2, 3, and 4 year, p
and mature classes, and it is thought
that exercise and pure air gave them
the vitality and ruggedness necessary-
for
ecessaryfor making high 'records. 'The herd is
accredited 's'ince 1912 and has passed.
+four consecutive tests ,for abortion
without a single reactor, which shows
that it is at least as well to prevent
diseases with pure air as to try to cure
thein.
It should however be understood
that no cow in milk, or weak calf,
shoul'd be flirts wintered; that calves
not six months old at the beginning
of •November had better be kept in;
that stock should be turned out before
September to gradually get -•used -to
cold; that no hale etarveei cuff which
.has been tormented by 'flies all sum-
mer should be 'win'tered outside; also
that sheds sh'ould' 'front .,,sot>;th and
have lio cracks' to create drafts.—G.
A. Langelier, Superintendent, Domin-
ion Experimental Station, 'Cap Rouge,
Que.
Cleaning Out Couch
The eradication of couch grass,
otherwise 'known as quack, twitch or
scutch grass, is ane of the hardest
problems with which the farmer has
to deal. Few people realize the enor-
mous quantity of couch' grass roats
which exist in infested sail, Tests con-
ducted by the Central Experimental
Farm at Ottawa show weight's aE
roots 'ranging frotn 1,511 ,to 69.97 lbs,
to the acre•—as much as a heavy crop
of hay. :No wonder it is hard to clean
out when it spreads by roots as well
as seed. Thoroughly cleaning out the
loot is the ,one effective way of . get-
tiing rid of cou'c'h. IIn small areas
by shallow plowing and . working
thoroughly with• the cultivator to keep
the roots turned up 'to the sun. long
en'ough for them eta "kill," Only
as large an area las can be thorough-
ly cleaned up at one bim'e should be
undertaken, as hallfewy measures are
only lost time and effort,
et us 'Move the names -of your visitors