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HURON NEWS.
Scalp Badly Cut. --While adjusting
his hayloader Mr. Henry Campbell q'f
Belatave had the misfortune to have
his head cut open, necessitating sev
etas stitches.
Stung by a Bee.—rVers. E. Lewis df
Winghain was stung by a bee east
week and in a few moments was un-
conscious. Medical aid was called 'and
she was ill for several days from: the
effects.
A Little Unusual.—,Rural population
has been decreasing for some years
all over Canada with a gradual gain in
the larger centres. This year of de-
pression has caused Cttleoss Town-
ship to advance, Jobless sons and
daughters df the •farm home have re-
turned to bhe bread and butter of the
farm. An increment of 45 is noticed
in Culross —,Teeswater News,
An Unusual Accident. Eight
clamps were required to stop the flaw
or blond from a wound in the head
received by Mr. J. A. Parker of
Thorn'burv, Mr. Parker was endeavor-
ing to release a hen from tinderneabh
a platform board by the pig shed and
was lying on the ground to reach the
strayed hen. He unthinkingly lifted
his. head 'before he was entirely ou't
front beneath the boards and in so
doing the top of his head struck two
projecting spikes, causing a deep gash.
He suffered a loss of about a quart of
blood before the injury was fixed with
the clamps.—Tara Leader.
Fell From Roof.—{While painting a
house at Brussels Joe Wilton suffered
a painful and serious accident. The
plank on which he was depending for
support slipped allowing htin to fall.
A hydro wire broke his fall to some
extent but threw hint against a storm
wiuclow leaning against the house,
cutting a severe gash in his arm, al-
most its entire length.
Lepard's Hotel Sold. — •\Ir. James
Armstroug of Teeswater has purchas-
ed the old Exchange hotel property
is intention nit
at \in,ghant. It the inteittan
Mr. Armstrong at some future elate to
demolish the oltl hotel building and
erect an up-to-date service station. He
also intends to conduct a feed stable.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS,
T'HURSD'AY, JULY 14th, 1432: M,
desired opp'ortuni'ty. •At the next gen water act, both were filed. 'The, 'cl'erk:
eral election he would naturally seek ems: i{tstt•ucted to write Hydro
a seat.'; in Saskab hewan, and won d mission for some Itlforntation re. as
eine place to s local man < in South essing their: propertyl'in the town
Huron 'A by-election contest witleMt ship.;; The Hunted Farmers ob'Ontario
Denning as a".eeadedate would centre wrote asking the township to send a
the attention of the entire ,Dani lifon deieeete to: the convention at Ottawa;
upon South Huron.' all were too busy to go;' Messes,' Wigle
warrant was iseued for J'ardine on,
June 30th charging him with two very
serio'us offences. 'Rio daughter, Mrs,
W'i'lliam Berry, mother of three small
children, is bhe informant. On Tues-
day morning Jardine, gaunt, hungry,
ragged and dirty, showed up at the
farm home of 'Miss W'a'lker, where
his 'd:atsghter was. s'ta'ying. Miss Welk-
er is said to have telephoned neigh-
bors, who sent out ani alarm and
others telephoned police in Goderich
and Kincardine. Sensing trouble Jar
dune is said to have taken to his heels
but he was overtaken by his son-in-
law and others, and captured without
trouble. Tie was held and rather
roughly handled until the police ar-
rived. He was a sorry looking object
when he reached the county jail, and
required the attention olE doctoes.
Feeling ran very high atakost Jardine
ie Ashlfield township owing to the
heinous nature of the offences alleged;
and practically the whole countryside
were on the lookout for him.
'T. McMillans. Will Probated—Mtsr-
garet Belle McMil'itate only daughter
of the late Thomas M•cl2fllan, M:P.,
who died June 7,.193'2, is the sole
bene'ficiary of her father's estate,
which total $38,7011.52. The will has
just been filed for probate. The dau-
ghter also is the sole executrix. 'There
is a proviso in the will that if the
testatoris grandson, Walter Hamilton
McMillan, lives until he is twenty-
five, then the daughter 'is to give h'iain
$5,000 in lawful money of Canada.
The estate is made up as follows:
Farm implements $1.3176, horses $220,
cattle $1570, sheep and swine $40,
mortgages $6000, securities for money
$114;9011.'97, cash $1690'40, in bank
$290455, auto $200. real estate $91800.
Fire Smoulders in Barn.—On 'Mon-
day morning about 8 o'clock the fine
barn o'f e'er. Wilbur Stewart at. Lee -
bum was burned to the ground and
some of the 'farm implements that had
been stored in it for the winter. The
Wednesday before the fire Mr. Ste-
wart Was up in the barn and a hen
flew against the lantern, breaking the
glass, and the lire got down in the cut
straw. They watched and worked with
it, pouring water over the straw, hut
the fire must have been smouldering.
The loss will he partly covered by in-
stils Ref.
Thomson-Chambers—A very pretty
wedding too place in the Trivit Mem-
orial church at Exeter when Alma
Grace, second daughter of M•r. and
Mrs. John Chambers was united in
marriage to Mr. G. Douglas Thomson,
son of the 'ate W. G. and 'Mrs.
Thomson of London. The bride was
beconiiiigly attired in a wedding gown
of white georgette and lane with a
bridal veil caught with orange blos-
som's and rose buds and carried' a
bouquet of white madonn5 lilies. She
was attended by two 'bridesmaids. her
sister, Miss Nana Chambers, and
Miss Caroline Rayson of Vienna,
niece of the groom. The groom was
supported by :Nit. Thomson of
London. Following the ceremony the
guests returned to the home of the
bride's parents where a dainty buffet
luncheon was served by four cousins
of the bride. `Mr, and :sirs, Thomson
left on a motor trip for Toronto, Nia-
gara Palls, the bride travelling in a
green costume with brown and white
accesories. On their return they will
reside on Dundas street, London.
and ,Robertson and Clarrk were present
Dunning Will; ,Not Contest South liid;'tahatrkad the cotiric l for theis`;,gen-
Huron.-•IA'bsolute denial that there erotts contribeffions in for.nter -:years
was any truth in the report, published and .asked for a similar contribution
in a London morning paner, that the this;' year. 'They ,will 'reteeeee the usual'
Flop, ,Charles . • Denning; fo,niier $2,5:00again, The following aceOuntsi
minister of finance • in the King goy- were paid: 'Qlh'er Welsh, sheep claim,
ernntent, would like to be a candidate ve;'J'ohre Turner, 's'heep claim, $5;
in the forthcoming by-election le Reg. Sturdy, eatteue sheep, '$3.60;`
South Huron, was made by D7, J: W, Bert Bowden, storing'grader, $5:00;'
Shaw of Clinton, president, of . the Reeve ands 'councillors' services, at
Sotetth Hurph Liberal IAs'sociabion• road camneissioners, $lila 50;.supt. pay
The rumor, which came in' a story voucher No. 7, $117129,,118. Connell then
dated from' Seeforth, said that, Hon. adjourned to meet ori Tuesday, Aug -
Mr. "Dlunniing- 'ha's feelers out to, see net 2nd, at 1:30 pais„ August let being
whether his nomdnation as . Lxlberal civic holiday.
candidate' in South Huron would 'be'
acceptable to the local. organization" ?Miller's 'W:orae :Powders, being in.
"There is no truth in it wha'tever," demand 'everynwhere, can be got at any
said De. Shaw. He stated that a coir chemis't's or drug shop, at very small
vention of the Liberals of tete riding cost. They are a standard rem'e'dy for
will take `place at :Hensall on Wednes- 'worm troubles 'and can 'be fully relied
day, June 27, when a. oan'dida'te will upon to expel work -es from the system
be chosen to contest the riding, .The and abate the sufferings that worms
story from 'Seeferth ,continues "It is cause. 'There are +maiiy mothers that
said a that Mr. Dunning has ambitions rejoice, that they found available so
'to return to the House of Commons. effective a remedy for the relief o'f
He figures' that Rt. Hon, 'Mackenzie their children.
King willeither retire 'before thenext
election or be forced out of the 'party.
He has eyes on the• Liberal leadership'
and believes that if he is to be in line
to succeed Mr. King he will have to
nea'ke an early entry into politics. It
is said that the Liberals who have
been 'felt out are not enthusiastic on
the 'idea of leaving 'Mir. Dunning as
candidate."
:At' the Liberal convention the Hon.
J. C. Elliott, former Minister of Pub-
lic Woeks, will be the chief speaker.
The Conservative convention will be
held on Tuesday, July 19th, et Hen -
sell, with Hon, Robert Weir, minister
of agriculture, as : chief speaker.--
Stratford
peaker.—S'trabford Beacon-Hera'id,'
Timbers Injure Exeter Man-JWhi'Ie
Mr. Jonathan Kydd was assisting in
peeling down an old building in Exe-
ter north he was 'badly injured when
some of the tini:bers 'fell on hila. He
had several ribs broken, suffered a
number of 'bruises and same of the
ligaments o'f his back and legs were
badly twisted and torn. He will be
laid up for several weeks,
Arbitration. — Judge Costello held
court at Crediton as official arbitrator
to decide the compensation ;payable by
the township of Stephen to Mr. Sol.
Pollock for the roadway expropriated
just east of the school at Grand Bend
in 1929. After .viewing the property,
evidence was heard. Judgment was re-
served.
Luxurious Yacht. — The yacht Del-
phine of Detroit, was a visitor in God-
erich last week. This hoa't, .the largest
and most fully equipped of its kind on
the groat lakes. represents the last
thing in luxuriance and in the art of
shipbuilding. Designed for lake or
ocean travel, she is a veteran of some
Fifteen or sixteen years and has oracle
a trip around the world. She is owned
by Mrs. Hugh D'ull•ntan, formerly' Mrs.
Horace L. Dodge, wife of the motor
magnate, now deceased, and is named
after Delphine Dodge, daughter of the
late Horace L. Dodge sr. The yacht
is a beautiful craft, curving gracefully
amidships, and 'is 758 feet in length,
with a draft of sixteen and one -:half
feet, A glance inside the amain cabin
was sufficient to substantiate the
statement that she is ,representative of
the very latest in yacht -craft. Replete
with every com'iort aricl convenience.
'beautiful furniture matching pedtectly
wth the other furnishings, she pre-
sented a sight to ,gladden the eye.
Dunning For South. Huron. - The
Goderich Signal says editorially: "An
Wife Not Liable. — 'The case tried interesting suggestion has been made
tit'Gioderich in which Mr. Ira N. Mar -
Federal
connection with the vacancy in the
staid of Ki kaon e:ideavored to hold Federal represenbabibn; For South Nue
\ors. William Elliott liable for an ac- rot. It is that Hon. Charles A, Dun-
cotutt for'merchandise. hong"ht by El -
the
who was 1'Iini'Ster..af Finance i11
Bort and his .wire at Marshall's store the Mackenzie King Administration,
raises an interesting point, Marshall should he offered the Liberal •candid -
sued 'both ,Mr, anal Mrs. Elliott for a icy. 'rhe Signal has no information as
store account amounting to a little to whether the. proposal would be ag-
$300. Elliott admitted the debt but his reca'ble to the 7 -buses of !South IIu-
iEe cou'test•ed tone liabilit Marshall
ton or whether 'the invitation, if ex -
w y tended, would be accepted by elle
also claimed $100. as damages for an Dunninig.:It merely asses 011 theau
assault by Elliott ,who didn't deny that pg
he gave the merchant a good trim est•i'aii. As a loaner Premier'o'f'the
n' for c'alliat him names, The great agricultural Province of 'Sas-
mt g g I katehcw tit• and,: as „the adv'acete of
judge added $35; to Marshalls ac-
count 011 th score: policies winder give due prominence
Man ,Arrested on Serious Charges.
—After beieg at large, hiding in the
thick bush' south of Kincardine for
four clays, John Jardine, aged 68
years, was captured' laet, week by, fer-
timers' after a chase across 'the edicts..
He is in tee county jail, Goderich A
Brodhagen Bank Closes Doors -C.
E. Gies, manager of the local branch
of the Ban•lc of Commerce' at. Bradlee -
gen has sent letters to all his custo-
mers advising Ahern that the hawk
finds it necessary to close this branch
on July 9th. Ray Hart, teller of the
branch bank, has taken a position in
Guelph with the Canadian Bank of
Commerce,
Long Motor Trip,—Charles Ams-
tein, Tucson, Arizona, who motored
over 3,4000 miles to. visit his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Amstein, after
an absence of almost thirty years, is
leaving this week for Detroit, where
he will also visit relatives.
,MY FIRST ViIIS'IT IN GO:DERICH
'9B'y IW,, M. Doig,
an the slpridg of 11565, at the age of
six years, I started to attend school
in S.S. No. 2, 'Tttkkersmith. Neatly
every :log house at 'fhat time •was• web
filled with 's'trong lusty 'boys and 'girds
who were attendin'g school, 'There
were no old maids going around then
advocating `births control or telling
mothers- how to raise their 'children.
I did nal attend schb'ol ,the •following.
winter, as the snow 'was so deep that
a little chap could not get 'through,
on account of 'there being high rail
fences on bc/eh sides; of the road and
the snow sometimes drifted over the
top of them. •
iIn 'the spring of •1866 when the
weather gat warns I again started up
to •No, 2 on my :bare feet, and my
dinner in a little tin pail. !There was
a large attendance, nean:y of the pupils
being big boys and :girls. :One day
at noon while the teacher .was gone
two o'f the brig boys got into a fight
and one knocked the other down and
in falling he fell against nue and
knocked me clown and the back of my
head struck the 'floor with great 'force.
I was not able to attend my class
that .afternoon, and after I got hone
I became much wmese and my broth-
er Andrew was sent to Brucefield for
doctor _Mtunro. IThe doctor thought
that my skull was fractured and it
was some time before 1 got 'better,
and he advised my parents not .'to
send me 'to school any more that
year, and told my father to take'nie
out with him as much as he could:
He was a member of both the town-
ship and county councils that year,
and he started to take ane out to the
meetings of the township -council,
They met quite often in iErgntondvilile,
either at John Daley's or at .leViden-
Robertson's hotel, 'and sometimes in
Seaforth, as all el S'eeforth south of
the Siuron road was 't'hen a part of
Tuckensrninth. The late William Muir
we's thee township ,clerk and' treasur-
er, He was a bachelor; he had .lost
'out in a 'love affair, as his girl had
married another suitor; nevertheless
he was a fine man. and .had some of
the finest apples I ever tasted .and
which I very :latchadnilired in my
boyhood days.
At 'Meeting of County Council
'The county council was to meet in
Goderich in Jiune that year, andre
was very anx'iou's to go'tep with my
father to the meeting. .My mother
was very much opposed to anygoing.
as she was afraid that' I might get
hunt or drowned et the cdun•ty town.
and to make natter;, worse, it was the•
time of the Fenian Raicl and the
battle of Ridgeway had been fought
about ten- days prior eo she meeting
of the +Coun'tyCouneil, and a number
of splendid young men had been slain
on that clay. A report was circulated
that the Fen'ians 'had landed at Bay-
field, whicili was, plot true, hut there
was more excitement in Huron coun-
ty et thattime than during the Great
War. So for a time it did n:ot 'look
as if I were going to get to Goderich.
but by promising to keep within
sight oaf my dad an the time I was
fineldy .allowed to go.
We drove :aver •tq Seaforth in the
wagon. as (there were very few bug-
gies among; the 'farriers in those
clays, and one'of my sisters drove the
teami back home. ': Quite a'few mem-
bers of the county coitncil got an the
train at Seatortln and a'' good many
:more at. Clinton,. as' that was the only
railway in Huron county at that time.
'When we got to (Goderich we went to
the hotel and it was somewhat :crow-
ded,. and the proprietor said,'we
would have to sleep two in a bed. In
the room arlloeted to us were' two
beds, ,Ely father and I 'slept in on,e,
and ,Archie ;Bishop, the Reeve 6,0 Ups
,Lloyd-McEwing.—A pretty fuly
wedding took place on Tuesday, July
5th, at the home of Mr. aril Mee.
Alex. MdEwing, "Maplewood, Farm,"
13th concession, Hullett, when their
dauglitcr, Marjorie, was united in mar-
riage to Mr, T. Norman Lloyd. Th'e
ceremony was conducted by Rev. J.
C. Forster. The bride entered the liv-
ing room leaning on the aria of her
father to the strains of "Loirenlgrut's
Wedding Manch." played by her sis-
ter, :Miss Helen hrdE'w^ing, and took
her place beneath a heatttifully decor-
ated arch. She hooked 'charming in a
golwat of blue net aver taffeta and car-
ried a bouquet of aphelia roses and
maiden hair fern. bliss Elea ,Seephan,
of Zurich acted' as bride.sni'aid, wear-
ing a gown of printed crepe and car-
rying a bouquet of pink roses, Mr.
Leslie Reid wtas best man, After the
ceremony a dainty luncheon was
served by Mrs, Joseph Campbell, of
Walton,. Mrs. Chas. Mahn, of Clin-
ton, and the Misses 1-lelen and Jen-
nie Armstrong of Ethel, A reception
for the newly married .cod.ple'was held
in. the evening at which about one
hundred frien'd's were present. The
'bride was the recipient if many beau-
tiful gifts, among the-nienlber being a
beautiiful pyrex silver casserole and
silver,,pie plate, the gift oftile'(-I+arl'o'ck
tothe great primary in-' Alert Club.
dustries Of Canada, Mr.. Dunning
shouldsnake a sem:1g appeal to a
cons' ituency so largely agricultural
as is South (Huron. He is wanted at
Ottawa, and le he is desirous .of find-
ing a seat before the next election the
South Huron vacancy, may offer .the
Goderich Township Council,—Coun-
cil met at"Holmosville' Oi Monday.
Minutes of last meeting read' arrd ad-
opted, Messrs Goebel and' Carey, en-
gineers, wrote s'ohlciting business; Mr,
le." W. l'ancconmbe &'Son also request-
ed any work under the •ditches and
ntario's
1'Recor
62 Killed —
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153 Injure
at Railway Crossings!
Crossin s,
Every railway crossing in Ontario is
marked by a warning sign. Watch
for these signs—heed them! 29 out of
every 100 persons injured at railway
crossings, died. The man or woman
driver who never takes a chance will
never be a railway crossing victim.
Never Cross Till You're Sure!
MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Leopold Macaulay
32-8P. M INISTER
piece the other bed, was a grain buyer in Southampton
borne; and another councillor occu- jolly metimber was Thomas Adair, 1He
Slept With His Boots On and a very fine singer. Both of these
'One night after father and I had
gone to bed Mr. Bishop and his bed-
fe'llaw• came in. At that meeting I be-
lieve nearly every member wore long
'boots and hada beard, so Archie was
men were very close friends of my
father and they were frequently to-
gether. I remember a few 'of the
Huron men, one of theta- being
Thomas 'Gibson of Wroxeter. He was
trying b to +pull off his friend's long a fine stinger and I believe the oily
boots, but was beaten. He then cal- member of 'the council who was a
led 'to father, and said, "John, you arc total abstainer.. 'Humphrey Snell of •
Hulleet was a member, and a fine big
a 'strong, man; get up and pall off Iv,
boots," 'lather got tip and pulled ,lolly man he was. Hei invited me to
long and strong, but could not budge conite np and visit his boys, but L
the !mots, Mr, Bishop thensaidthat never saw them untilwe had read
lie would call Tames Gibson and as manhood.
The Fenian Raid Excitement
As I before stated, this was the
tine of the Fenian Raid, and a large
number of young 'volunteers with red
coats from Huron and Bruce were in
he was a millwright he would surely
be able to pull them off. So he routed
:ver. Gibson out of bed, and he carne
in with a determined look on his face.
and started at the boots, first one and
then the other, but, could not move Goderich to repel the 'Fenian invasion,
then:. IHe then said, "Your will have should they attempt to land there or
to go to bed with your boats on," in Bayfield. The town of Goderich
ulhick he did. Nextmorning when was fortified with rifle pits, and sea -
1 awoke the boots were still on and tries were on duty•hath day and night.
sbi:oleing out over the foot of the bed. There was also a gunboat which had
When he got u:p he was not feeling arrived front England, with blue -
very web and father told him that he jackets, rifles and Armstrong gulls.
had better not come over to the coun- About 510011 .one day we got a proper
til meeting, but he insisted that he scare. The town bell was rung and
was all right stud over he went. They to cannon was fired, and the reason
were discussing something that moron- given was that a suspicious -looking
ingand up he jumped to have his say, vessel w"as coming in. ,Very 'Mack
Re stood .speechless for a time and smolce was issuing' from her funnel
then scratched hie 'head and said, "I and they were certain it was the Fen-
have lost my point," and sat clown, ians, for the Canadian vessels ;burnt
much to the amusement Of the other wood in those drays,,' But all fears
members. The night he slept iti+nth were allayed when it was lea -red that
his boots en was the last night we the vessel was a United 'States revers -
were in Goderich, and how hi got ue'cutec under the command of Ge'n-
theni off when he got horse I never era''' Sherman, commander -iv -chief of
heard: the American' army, The vessel was
Some of the Old-time Members
'Tile county council at Chet'time.
Huron and Bruce were united, but
that was'the. -last year of the .union,
as the following year the :Bruce mem-
hers met at. Walkerton, The mem-
bers of that council, I believe, 'were
a very able body, of men,' Both phys-
ically and mentally. They were near-
ly all oif British 'birth and pioneers.
The Warden was 'Rthent Gi'b'hone,,
the County clerk was Peter Adamson,
and the county treasurer was . Col,
A. M. Ross. A's 'I recollect sane of
the :Bruce members were fine speaJk-
ers and I diked .to listen to ,them,
Quite a few' of then: were 'H'igh'land
Scotch and could speak the Gaelic,
and several of theist were fine singers.
I remember' two. of them -quite diet-
inctlye One visas, John Gillies: He
was a Eine big broad shouldered) Iran,
a bachelor, and he often picked me Sherman exipresed sorrow for rvrhat
up and carried. ore and toldInc store itad •happe'n'ed and said that his leis -
les .0mill
eis-les.abotrt what fine deer and fish- they sloe wasto prevent any no're raids
had ep i:n Bruce comity. He afterfrom be'ing,; oracle and that they were
wards was a member of 'Parliament ent patrolling bhe lakes and rivers so that
Inc pile of the Bruce ridings, bet:I nothing of that nature, wottfcl occur,.
ndver s•aw hint again. Another very in the future,
fully equipped,. with uniformed neon
belongingto the naval service, and
hacl the appearance of a regular war
ship,
'We visited 'both boats. The Amer-
ican boat was a beautiful boat and
everything was. 'p'olished. General
Sherman was seated at the tread el
the table having emelt with, his of-
ficers and nun, JThe British haat 4
also was well equipped ane m'anteed
by a 'hardy -looking lot of British sea-
men, ',who
ea-men,',wah'o no doubt would have nead'e
short world' of the headers lead' they'
got an opportunity. That night there
Was a banquet in Goderich, ancl Codi
A. M, Roes 'Noll General Sherman
about the raid that the leenians had
mad'e,,and about the young men who
had been slain, and warned him that
if they came again they would be
treated; 'as murderers, and' hanged.