HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-06-16, Page 3THURSDAY, 'BINE 16, 1932.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
charges:
phone rates and
That this council recommends that
the Minister of AgPicttlture make ev-
ery effort to induce the Federal Gov-
ernment to standardize the grades of
Farm products, classifying grades as
first, second, third and so on, but hav-
ing no :higher than first grade and that
specified aolbrs be designated to re
present the various grades, as the
present -method is confusing and mis-
leading.
, That this council believes the pros
perity of Ontario .depends upoli ' a
`healthy condition of, agrioulttn•e and
would urge the governnten't that no
.reduction sh'oul'd be made in the es'ti-
mates of the Department of Agric'ul-
ture. ti ,
That this councn is of t'he opinion
that steps should be taken to prevent
other than high grade ,cattle being
shipped'te (Great 'Britain. -
That this council favors the grad-,
ing of hogs, hut is opposed' to the
present system of hog 'grad'ing and
Would recommend that 'an investiga-
tion be underita'
i
to learn undertaken
satisfadtory understanding.
'That this co'unoil recommends a
substantial reduc'ti'on in the cost Of
.education; especialll'y a reduction in
salaries of High School teachers and
.school inspectors anti that all extra
grants for, the teaching of ,special sub-
jects such as music, agriculture, etc.,
be dispensed with during the ,present
depression. The !council feels that
these special subjects should be com-
tinued but not paid for in addition to
the' teachers', regu'l'ar salary.
IThe report of the Advisory Com-
mittee was taken tip ,clause by clause
with Reeve Francis in the chair and
was -adopted as follows:
1.--1In view of the +fact that the as-
sessed value of property in cities and
separated towns, is in the ratio of 1.7
to 4 fpr rural districts, and consider-
ing that cities and separated towns
pay for -provincial and co'un'ty high-
ways in the ratio of 1 to 4.7 paid by
the rural districts, we respectfully ask
that the Provincial Government as-
sume the full cost or at 'least 90 per
cent. of the cost of provincial roads at
1..0-2‘ the present time, the rural taxpayer
is contributing an unjust share of this
expense. Carried.
That the Department of Education
take immediate steps to have certain
'slbj'ects now taught in the lower high
'school moved 'back to the curriculum
of the public school, especially civics,
book-keeping, Simple science as •ap-
plicabde to farming, nature study, ail
arithmetic and all English spelling and
Advisory Conutiittee
grammar. Carried.
That the council heartily endorse
the work accomplished by the Huron
County Live Starck Improvement As-
sociation and respectfully Suggest that
their work bearranged so as to benefit'
all classes of livestock..' Carried.
This council recommend th'a't the
customary rel'en't. of $200` for Junior
'Extension 'work carried on under the
supervision of the Agriculture Repre-
sentative, he paid this year as int other
years.' Carried.
over
waxed l warm for v
battle <
aht.7 The Y
an hour and scores of figures were
quoted on the costs of respective
modes of transportation. H'olwever,
even many of the ''farmers admitted
that the horse could not successfully
co np etc.
LA letter of protest was read- from
County Crown Attorney 15. E.
Holmes, stating that 'the remarks o'f
Reeve Goldthorpe anent the cost of
administration of justice, particularly
the 1'IcNei1 trial, were untrue and un-
called for. The Crown Attorney re-
ferred particularly to the inference
that the Crown's case had suffered be-
cause an inspector Of provincial police
was a fugitive of justice during two
of the three trials of the bank robbers.
He said he was both surprised and
shocked by- such 'a statement, ,which
was wholly untrue, and asked council
to 'take atebi'onto c'onrect it and see
that it was given the same publicity
as was`' the charge,
""I'm not going to back up. I'•m, not
taking anything back;" said the
doughty reeve. Inspired by loud ap-
plause
-plause of Ihle fellowmembers, he con-
tinued: "When I said it, I believed it
and ',f stilt believe it. Where is the
Crown Attorney now? Why dtoesn't
he 'come here?"
Reeve Goldthorpe, who is a mem-
ber of the criminal audit board, said
he could produce accounts to prove
other assertions he ''had made about
the alleged excessive costs of the ad-
ministration of justice in, Huron coun-
ty;
The entire newspaper article was
read to council. No fault was found
with it by any member. Wardell Ra-
der was asked if he had said: "The
cost of administration of justice in
this county is becoming a crime." lie
replied in the affirmative; giving as
his reason that he wanted the air
cleared. "I have been hearing rumors
and complaints about this ever since
I hale been in the county council," he
said. "I don't say they are true, but
I wanttoknow and T` want 'She 1pub-
lic to know. I consider it my duty."
(Reeve Goldthorpe heads a con -milt -
tee of five to investigate and a report
will he +brought in at the December
session._Msioh work is iu'volved.'No-
thing was done with the .Crown At-
torney's letter.
Auditor Higgins of Hensel! gave a
resume of cou'n'ty finances, in which
he made several recommendations off
changes in county 'bookkeeping. He
was tendered a vote of thanks,
The county council picnic will be
held this year at Bayfield on June 23.
HURON NEWS.
To Celebrate. Sixtieth Anniversary.
-The sixtieth anniversary of the op-
ening of the Smith's Hill Church will
be celebrated on' the 3rd of July. The
'preachers for the occasionwill be
Rey. W. P. Lane of Seaforth and Rev.
Calin. G. Y'oungjDsD., of Toronto, a
native of Colborne township and for-
mer member of the Sunday school
and church. Music will be furnished
by a male choir composed of men all
over fifty years of age, and the org-
anist will he Mrs. Peter Gowans of
bVingham, who before her marriage
presided at the organ for many years.
Dental Association at Golf. Aibout
a dozen 'members of the Huron Den-
tal Association met in Goderich on
{Wednesday and spent the afternoon
at the Maitland go'l'f links.
Tax Rate Unchanged.
(Huron County Council closed its
Juste session Friday evening. One of
its last acts was to pass a resolution
vigorously protesting against the ab-
olition . of county councils. The tax
rate this year is unchanged at six,
•mills -3° mills ,for general purposes,
1/ mills for county roads and one
mill for provincial highways. The lat-
ter rate is the lowest •of any, county in
Ontario.
The county thisyear will spend
111130;000 on county roads, which is the
sante as last, year, but, it is expected
that much more will be accomplished
owing to the lowered costof labor
and materials..03 the. total $20;000 is
for new construction, ,and this item
was vigorously opposed' by Reeve
yeiger and other advocates of lower
taxes. Widening, grading and ditching
a stretch of the Blue Water Ilighway
north of Goderidh was given a stormy
passage, but was finally endorsed
when the entire report of the road
committee was assenteB to without
change. •
When council was assured that it
could spend $110,000 as its share of a
total of $50,000, to bring, the Cl'in'to,n-
Winglhem provincial highway up to
standard, it gave its consent. The pro-
vince has agreed to pay the bal'ance.
This was introduced as a relief mea-
sure ,
ea -sure,' by Reeve MdKtlblbon of Wing -
halm and was.'s'trongly supportedby
the Wingh'am Chamber,ol£ Commence.
The vote. was 20-'8 in favor.
''Old Dobbin" lost an interesting
battle with the ,motor truck. in the an-
cient legislative .'hall in the dying mo-
ments of the session when the coun-
cil overw'helltningly agricultural in its
complexion, turned down by a vote
of 19-9, a enation to support the
truck with horses on county roads,
Reeve McNabb championed the cause
of the horse. His motion' was to have
the county, road .coanitn'ist on give the
reeve of each mun'iclpaiity the option !Interment took place, an the Lutheran
of horse or truck' in his own .mttnicip- celmetery; Zurich.
PAGE THREE
The Land of Burns
claim 'trim for their son. He was born
a short distauce from the town,
though his father came from, the north
country. The !next place we ' visited
®
Was the "Burn Weel Monum nt," in
the vicinity of the town, It isbuilt on
a entall eminence, We enquired why -it
was called "Burn Weel," and were
told it was built to commemorate an
exploit perforated by Wallace, kho'win
tis the burning of the "Barn's of Ayr."
It is said that Wallace with a s'm'all
detadhment of Scots stood in this hill
when the "Barns" in question were
burning', with the 'English oppressors
inside of them, and he remarked that
he never thought that the "Barns of
Ayr" would burn "so wsel, hence the
name of the hill, and monument erect-
ed 'thereon: The event in question is
believed by the people of Ayr and,
indeed of .all Scotland to haveactual-
ly 'taken' place, and I suppose it did.
At any rate you must not express 'any
d'ou'bts on t'he subject ,when 'spealdng
to the people of this part of the ,coun-
try. 'The story, as :related to Inc was
as follows,.s atd it a tees with what
Sir Walter 'Scot gives t l in his "Tales
s
of my Grandfather" and 'Blind Har-
ry in )his poetical Life of Wallace,
were Sazinlg :towards the. new ''brig. To vividlly ' decscalilbed by Burns in his both of which' I brought from the odd
the mlgltit and to ,lite, left we had a welt -known poem of Tam 'O'S'harvter• country with me: 'The :English gov-
m+aon+light +vienv of rthe "bonny inanles The wooden cup or bicker from which
ernor of Ayr had invited the Scottish
of Ayr," of which Burns sag Tam (drank upon that awful night is -nobility and gentry of the west to
poem. from •whiich a have madeChet called
him It some large buildings
above extract. OtMlfrie'nELrhad just gin- still shown and many visitors have the
amlbition to drink from it. too, but as. called the "Barns of:Ayr," for tote
en a ,'quotation' !from'-=Biurnls' 'pooin' it did nok'ido much for either Burns, of thee of ,cbn'sulting on the affairs
Die 'Tea Brigs," with which we of nation. The real oibpect, 'how
Tam, the Souter, or indeed for any of
finished our letter. Wtsi ing 'to''extract ever, was to put the nobles to death.
Ptheir countrymen, `declined to honor ,The
an opinion me, ha hurried round English, had n 'beers ready pre
with 'thanks. These immortal 'heroes
and hoo'kin'g me suluare•ly .in Pole flaee, f what Borns usti looked upon ,as pared and hung on 'beams a'b'ove so
said, "What do you tthink' ,of our his standard justly p ih'at aa the 'Steals n admitted, the
Ayrshire ripoelt?" "He 'is Worthy," IT Performance in +tile' pee�-
ic line' where'Dougiass Graham, afar- iuooses were thrown over their heads
said, "of a prominent place 'in' that mer of "Shooter" near ,Kirkoswald, and they were hanged. Among those'
on's'tell'ation ref poets.lwise re- who were slain in this treacherous
brilliant c and Jahn Davidson, a shoemaker, - or
volve round the mighty bard of iAryon „ manner were Sir Ran'dolp;h Crawford,
as their ,com'modi sun and centre." Souter," to give him the Seo'tch: title, manner
., of the same plate•where both are•bur- S°hen'ff of the county and uncle of Sir
Burn's revolve noun' S'hakeslpeare!" ied. This is eaid to be :the identical lliam Wallace.gedwlWallace Was ter -
said he, `Burros 'was too independent inn, and was then., kept,by•a woman ribly enraged wlhen''he heard what had
to revolve roan' anybody, and be
d dna need to 'do it." "I only reefer to
°'f the name ,of. Jean olKd churchdy. We
their relative 'merits as xned of gen- naw vislited :Sit.+John'+s old of
h and my judgment puts the myriad.-Cro'mwelt's day, which' is built on
minded Shakespeare ahead of them the site of a Friary. There was an
all," we replied. "Wee!," .he, said, older church of the lt4th century, of
somewhat nettled and disappointed, which .a tower, is deft at the Fort,
"S'hakespeare +m'ay rbe •guid : enoug+h, wihach Cromwell built in his WilliamIScottfsh
but itt my o'pinnon'he's no to be cam- thmpai+gn. It stood close to
pared with nor ,tale Burns." 1 a'd'mit- the ,Lion's :castle,!where Bruce held a
ted that in naturalness, independence, P rl'iament to confrrnt the succession
fervor, pathos, patridt0am, pity and of the crown. We examined partici!-
artysome other -qualities (Burns was ahead fort, the ruins ofl the old Cromwellianr
until we •fel't sire that' as a ruin
of Shakespeare, and perhaps superior we could not improve upon it. 1Next
to any po'e't with 'w'h th T was ac- we visited the harbour and made 'in-
quainted, 'but in other respedts the
great master of the English language quiries in.reference to the shipping.
outshone our favorite hard, as''the sun We 'found that over 5,000 tons of
surpassed .the moon in (brightness, 's nppmrg are registered .athe port,
"We must consider, however," said, winch has .a well con'strt ucted pier.
"tha't IBiirn's died at the early age elf. New looks were o cues.d here in '1873,
which covered six acres. Ayr has over
33 years, when his intellect could 118,000 inhabitants and returns one
hardly be said to have matured, at an member. Pt is situated at the Monthage when few poets have producedof the river Ayr, a picturesque stream
anything of lasing merit. We can running betweea steep banks, ,from
h'ardly conceive what immortal works about 30 milers in 'the interior. Salmon
he might 'have produced had he lived
to the slat ger 'Moreover,
andewater o' Ayr Whetstones, as is
Sixty years of a1 well known, are ; exp'orted from this
he was always toiling and ,moiling in
order to procure the indispensable Place. The chief tranche .of menu
daily bread, so that he had little time failures are shoes, cotton and woolen
left Burin his brief sojourn to cu]'ti- goods, carpets and nails. A lamentable
g occurrence took place here in .1875,
vate the Muses and give expression which is still spoken of with horror.
to those glorious original ideas with It was the bunting of 30 persons in a
which his wonderful brain was so factory. We were told that t'he count.
feplete. This explanation 'fully sells- ty buildings at Ayr were copied from
fied our Scotch friend, and 'we pre- the temple of 'Isis at Rome. We found
pared to return Nal our hotel I found
that in 'Scaitdan'd, you must not m'edd'le that Burns' memory was fresh'and
with Robert. Burns or Jo'hn IKnox, green in auld Ayr. They are proud to
Those two 'names' are sacred. I in -
The iBonuy 'Ban -les of Ayr -hires and. first I .Nazi spent in the land of Burns.
,Shakespeare- A b'cotstnan's Op-
inion - The ;Wallace 'Diver -
Tom `o' 'S,hanter (Hotel The'
(Burn :Wed Monument etc:
I •
Farewell, old ICoila's ,hills and
,dales,
Her 'heathy moors and winding
v'a'les,
The scenes where wretched
fancy roves,
(Pursuing plant unhappy loves:
(Farewell my friend's, farewell 'my
foes,:
My peace with these, my love
those --
The 'bursting 'tears any 'heart
declare,
'Farewell the bonny banks of
Ayr,
r -' 1Buras,
At the conclusion of my last let-
ter lI was standing on 'the 'auld brig
.of Ayr rat item o'clock at night in com-
pany of a 'S'cotch friend, and both
1 now 'set out to view the points or
interest by daylight and a lovely day
it was. We again visited the "auld
brig" and thein the new. one, still re=
tainting our id erily feeling for .the
"auld,' in •sh'ort we loved it for the
poet's stake. We repeatedly turned
round to view 'tile tall gothic clock
tower, .erected in memory of -'Wallace,
and as 'we did so the reniembrance •ot
many ,a thrilling event in the war of
Scottish in'dependen,ce rushed through
our ' ,brain. Such men do not require a
monument to perpetuate their mem-
ories. They live itr the hearts of a
liberated people for all time; as Wal-
lace 'lives in the hearts of the people
of S!cotlattd to -day. 'We now,'for curl-
o'sity visited the "Tann o' Shanter ho-
tel," on the sign of which we observed
Tam on his gray mare Meg," biddingdin
g
farewell to the landlord and "Sbuter
Johnny, as he was about .to start
for home on that 'fearful night, ' so
Clinton Nurses Graduate. -Gradua-
tion exercises in connection with the
Clinton public hospital will be held in
the Presbyterian Church on 'Thursday
evening, June 16-th. Three nurses will
graduate, _Miss McKinney, Miss Es-
tella Marquis and Miss Eliza Mahan;
Death, of James Howson. - The
death occurred in Clinton hospital on
June 2nd tat 'James !Henry ;Howson,
after an illness of several months.
His brother, Mr. John Howson of
Vancouver, B.C., had been here nearly
all - last winter on account of his ill-
ness, and welt home a couple of
months ago, returning only a. few
days before his passing, motoring the
long distance, accotnp.anied by Mrs.
'Howson. He had spent ,most of his
life at Clinton and. was a cooper by
trade.
Death of Cyrus Colosky of Zurich.
-On Fri.d'ay,,Jane 3rd, Cyrus Colosky
aged 74 years, passed away. The de-
ceased was born in Hay township on
the old Colosky fare, now owned by,
Mr. Jacob Meidinger, a mile and a
quarter west of Zurich,' and lived oh
that farm till twenty-three years ago
when the family moved to Zuri'c'h,
'where Mr. Colosky was qtaite active
till the past winter. tFive weeks ago
he was operated' on for gangrene, ' his
right leg being amputated. In 188'3 he
was united in marriage to Annie
1Schillbe, and to this,union were born
two children, (ILavada) Mrs. John' Al-
brecht of Zurich, anda son, Harvey
who'res'i'ded at, D'etroit' and who pre-
deceased his father three years a'go,..
wardly resolved to say nothing more
about Shakespeare until I had crass -
ed' the Ib'orders. It was the only time
since 'I entered Scotland that 'I fired
the Scottish .blood, 'The very idea of
Robert 'Burns "revolving" round an
Englis'hnlan seemed to be too much
for Sandie. He could not stand' that,
and coming front 'one whom he was
almost claiming for a 'Scotsman was
the unkindest cut,'of all. We returned
to Ranmsey's Lorne hotel and soon re-
tired to our room, Which was a fine
one and well ventilated. 'Indeed, I
think lI got 'the best one in the house.
The l'an'dlady herself was a +grea't ad-
mirer of IBtirns, and appeared to be
well 'pleased when she found that I
had triode the ,pilgri'm'age to Ayrshire
solely on his account. This fact, I be-
lieve, contributed largely to my com-
fort. 4 soon retired to rest, reflecting
on what I had seen during the day
the most remarkable qday in my life -
in a literary point Of view. With what
interest, said ‘,.1 to myself, wili'I now
read the works of my favorite; poet 1
His 'matchless 'descripti'on's. will be a
real presence 'to me forever. The 'beau-
tiful' landsc'apes he painted in such
vivid colors are stamped indelibly on
the 'canvas of my 'i'inagina'tibn, 'I will
be able to glaze upon them 'when the
wild Atlantic. rolls between, You may
call this amusement, recreation, re-
laxation! 'Away with such names, it
is a +thing of beauty, a thing of ;- joy
forever, 'With such feelings, such
ideas in my 'head I turned into bed
anti was soon Post in sleep
"Sleep that knits up the levelled
Sleeve of ,care,
And steeps the 'senses in forget
'fulness,"
Had ''bre'akfast at 8 'next morning,
alter having la 'good !nigh't's rest the
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owed his authority or swore alleg-
iance to lteni, Death had no terrors for -
him, I-I'is desire was to have liberty or
death, He got the latter; his country/-
got
oun'tryrgot the former. 'Death, thou alit ter-
rible to the coward and ttdte slave,
toBut the here, viten his sword'
r 1 s
Has,
'+ t
'won the battle for the free
Thy voice sounds like a prophet's-
word,
And in its 'hollow tomes are:
'heard
The thanks 'Of!millions 'yet to be.
HURON NEW.
Operation.. -Clifford Quance, son of'
Mr, and Mrs. E. M. Quance, Exe'ter,..
was suddenly taken .ill with an acute'
attack 'of appendicitis and was rushed!
to St. Joseplss Hospital,. London, for
an operation.
1VIigs Annie Harness -The fianeval
of the, late Annie d. Harness, who
died in ,Clinton on Saturday, June 4,
took pl^ s from. the residence of her
brother,' o rod` )'Harness,. Exeter, one
Moud'ayt• ;ion, interment in the.
Exeter c .e ery. Miss. Harness, who,
was in her 74th year had been an in
befallen the flower of the land, and he valid for the past 54 years. In early-
resolve'd to be revenged' 'on the auth- life she suffered from scarlet fever -
ors of this great crime. He found out
that the Englis'h had *drunk freely and
had lain do'wn to sheep, and so collect-
ing 'his men he stationed them in a
wood near the town of Ayr until he
would require their services. He •found
out that they kept no guard, as they
did not expect that enemies were so
near them. He then sent a party of
men, who, ,with strong ropes tied the
doors fast on 'the outside, while an-
other party prepared heaps of straw,
which they set on fire, and the "Barns
of Ayr" being of wood were soon in
flames. When the English awoke they
tried to save their lives, abut the doors
would not yield, and those who
jumped out of the windows were kill-
ed by the Scots wino had surrounded
which developed spinal trouble and -
'other oomp'Iications set in. She was•
always of a bright and cheerful dis-
position. The deceased • was born at
(Port Hope and as a child came to
(Exeter. She is survived by. one bro-
ther and one sister, Ed., of Exeter
and Mrs. Jas. Stewart of Windsor_
Leaves Bride in ' China. -Mr. Lina
Lee, who a year ago sold his restaur-
ant in Exeter and left for 'China, has
again returned to Exeter for a fee
days' visit until he secures 'another
position.:Since feturnin'g to China he'
has been married and while anxious;
to bring his bride to this country the'
laws of the land prohibit the same -
Tramps vs. Dogs.- iThe tramps ani-
the
rt -the building in question, thus great, nounce that they are going to have
ntumbersperis'h'ed miserably. The rt:gular routes 'through Exeter and
through Huron. We announce - that
our crop of sharp dogs is quite up' fa
the average. H'ttron is the kindest of
counties but it is in sense an act oft
'charity to feed a trant'p. To do so fel
to add to the public danger. We re-
mind our county officials that they'.
should instruct the police officers f5•''
be on the alert, Thisthing of tramps'
routing trips through this district''
simply will not do. A little sharp
treatment on the start will cure a dis-
tressing evil before it becomes seri
ous. -itt's up to the county council, to
the individuals of the ,cauncil. we
the English )ting - though he never! mean. -Exeter Tithes -Advocate;
crime of the English was great,the
revenge of 'Wallace terrible. His hand
was ever the sworn foe of the tyrant
and the oppressor and it was for the
,freedom of his native lama that he
dealt the deadly stroke. Wallace be-
lieved that they who would be free,
themselves Must .strike the blot>'. and
he d'i'd it. All honor to him; kings and
princes die; heroes and patriots are
immortal; Wallace will live forever.
He faced death in many a form and
when basely betrayed into the hands
of his enemies suffered an ignomin-
ious death on the •charge o1 treason to
Cou ; t.
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