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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 Services We Gan Render In the time of need PROTECTION - is your best friend. Life Insurance -To. ,protect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance - To protect you against LIABILITY.' to •P'IUB'LIC and their PROPERT'i'", Fire Insurance- To protect your HOME and its= CONTENTS. Sickness and Accident Insurance - To protect your INCOME Any of the above lines we can give you in strong arid reliable companies - If interested, call or write, E. C CHAf1BERLAIN INSURAN.CE AGENCY Phone 334 ' Seaforth, Ont.. 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. CheckBo • k We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon' is Clean . and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. • The Seaforth News. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,