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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
THUIRSD:AY, N1OVTM'BER 17, 1932
McRAE-JOHNSTON,
A' quiet wedding was. soleninrized
at the manse in 5eeaforth an W'ed-
,neaday, Nov, 9, at S tem, when the
mm'arria'ge took place of Miss Audrey
Arta Johneton, daughter of Air, and
Mrs. W. H. Johnston of ,Bayfield, to
IMr. Angus'eJah,it McRae, son of Mrs,
Ann ,MldRae of ,Se Elforth. Rev, Mr,
(Keine officiated,
The bride was charming in a dress
of beet" root satin with touches of
'velvet,' agcl brown shoes and• stack -
rrt bride and groom were attend-
ed. by Mr,;. Walter S'co'tt, sister of
the groom, and 311r 'Walter Johnston,
brother of the bride.
,hollowing the ceremony the happy
couple left on a honeymoon ,trip by
motor, to Toronto, Hamilton and
t.aiagara Falls, the 'bride travelling in
a wine colored coat and hat with
'brown accese5yries to match.
Leman their return Mr, and Mrs.
-McRae will reside on George street,
the groonf 'being a popular young
'business man in town.
mg to Ernest Keis, Stephen town-
ship, had to be shot, IA,settlenment for
da'maages ‘was arranged, County Tref-
ic Officer Lever reports Hie car- I
parked on the county. highway near
IHeasall, without lights, on Monday.
aigfilt of last `week, William Dougal,
of 1-lensall, received a terrific jar
whew a car driven by Lawrence For-
rest of Brucefield, piled into the rear
of the vehicle. Damage to both cars
was extensive but the bill of costs
was amicably arranged:--aGaderich
Star.
McKILLOP.
'Sixteen hundred bushels of turnips
from 50 drills '2'8 rods long, is a
very good yield, in the opinion of
Mr. William. These were
'sown on his farm, several 'riles east
.of Winthrop, lot 8,' con. 8, about the
'llith of June, 'on land that had grown
a good crop of barley'the previous
year. The 'larger part of these tur-
nips ,Me. Hoegy will require for .feed,
and may, dispose of •the surplus,
HURON NEWS.
Literary.—The meeting was open-
ed 'by 'a naimlber from the orchestra,
then 'Pres. Jinn. ,Scott gave a speech
:af. welcome. Dr. Ma'c1Kay gave an ad-
drees on the old times in the school.
Then came the song ;ail yell .content.
The song apart df it was won by fifth
form and. the yell went to two A
'class. Next was a pageant of all 'the
styles from .880 to 1' 32. Then a very
amusing skit about the styles and
customs of the year 1 180. The meet-
ing was closed with the singing of
the national anthem,
Huron Medical Society.—IThe 'Hur-
on Medical Society met in Seaforth
on Wednesday afternoon last, a good
representation of the medical men of
the county attending, Dr. H. (Little of
the University of Western 'Ontario,
lLondon, gave an address and Dr.
Collyer of H'ensa,ll described a recent
case. This was the annual election of
officers and the fallowing were ap-
pointed: !President, Dr. McKinnon,
Zurich; rice president, Dr. Collyer.
IHensall; secretary -treasurer, Dr. P.
Hearn, 'Clinton,
Arm Fractured.—Mrs, Radford of
:Clinton had the misfortune to sustain
a fractured arm one day last week by
a fall clown elle 'barem:ent stairs in her
home:
Home from. Peru.—iarr. .Douglas
;Ball, who has been down in Peru for
the past three years, is home on leave
of absence, having arrived on Satur-
day. Douglas, 'who has spent the best
'part of two three-year terms with the
'Imperial Oil people in Lima,'Peru,
was there :through the recent •se;vere
earthquakes,' when the walls of the
office 'budged before his eyes and the
stt+eets erupted in front of the car he
was driving. It was a bit nerve -wreck-
ing and that, in addition go the clim-
ate and the indoor employment' was
lather hard on his health. •A 'few
,months in the:bracing atmosphere of
Canada, with some' winter sports
thrown in, ought to set -hint up again,
lbw -ever, and that is what he thinks
himself.—Clinton News -Record.
•Goderich Rink Rented.-JGaderieh'
town council ,on Friday night last re-
commended that the Goderich skating
rink be rented to John A. Chisholm
,for the 1'932-!33 season for $500, Pay-
able in in•onthly installments.
Eminent 'Divine !Retires to Goderich
About November' 1lth Dr. T. Ward -
law Taylor, clerk of the General A's-
sem'bly of the Presbyterian Church
in Canada, with his wife and daugh-
ter, will take up residence in &oder
felt Dr. Taylor comes' from St. 'And -
revs, NB., and is retiring from ac-
tive pulpit work. iOn several occasions
he has visited Goderich and was fav-
orably impressed with t -he teem. He
lies teased the house of George And-
rew, Britannia road. 'Another retired
'Presbyterian clergyman to' establish
residence at Goderich is Rev. (Major)
'J. H. Barnett of Ridgetowti. 'During
the war he was chaplain of the 71st
battalion.
Horse Killed at Dashwood, --:The
rI•Iell.swc•'en prank, :f Leonard Ben-
der, Zurich, pro -ed rather exnen s.ive,
it seem,. Swishing mound the main
fetorsection of D;as•hwood on the a'ght
of October 31st he cut the feet -from
under a horse tied to a hitching post
in front of the'hatel; Freaking one of
'the' animal's :legs, The horse, belong -
Apply for Naturalization. - !Three
applications for naturalization liege
been filed at the court hoose from
various parts of the county. One is
'Henry Jensen, a ,Danish painter, re-
siding at IW'ingham; another team
:Max Hoffman, R.R. 2, ,A•uburn, a nat-
ive of H'ollan'd, and a third from Ro-
berg X, Williamson, dt)R, 3, 'Goderich
township, also a native of Holland.
These applications will be held by
!judge Costello on January 3rd, 1933,
One Month in Jail.-aHarry King, a
IGorrie youth, was sent to- jail for olre
m'onth, by ,Magistrate Reid on Monday
'morning., after pleading guilty to
brealeing and eateriivg. :Recently he
.entered the .store ,of Charles 'B'lack
lGorrie butcher, and sbole $15 from
the till. The theft was committed at
8: o'clock at night; File door was not
locked.
To Serve Year, Then 'Wanted by
Perth County.—(One year definite and
six months indeterminate" was . the
sent;ice meted out to John fHa'ber-.
maehl, 317 -year-old 'German -Canadian
in police courtlast''Tuesday morning
by Magistrate Reid. Habermaehl, who
'has a farm in Wallace township, just
across the border from IH'owick, plead-
ed guilty to receiving stolen goods, to
theft and 'was found guilty of break-
ing and entering. He is wanted in
'Perth and Wellington counties on si-
milar charges and will doubtless `have
to face trial at the expiration' of his
term. -
Assizes This Week. -,'In the Huron
assizes to be held at the court house,
Goderich, commenting November 115.
four civil cases and six 'criminal cases
came before 'Jud'ge Jeffrey. The civil
cases are:
!William T. 1?oQuarrle, ,a mechanic
of Brussels, is suing J. C. Prid'ham' for
injuries to McQuarrie's infant son.
McQuarrie claims that while driving
with Pridtham, on the latter's invita-
tion, 'Prid'hain applied the emergency
'brakes unnecessarily, throwing the
McQuarrie child through the lvind-
s'hield, Considerable expense was en-
tailed in •medical treatment and the.
child's face, it is alleged, is perman-
ently disfigured, 1'IcQuarrie claims
$5000 and costs.
'Ernest Plum, tenant of a sabre in
the Stretton 'Block, Brussels, claims
$200 in 'full satisfaction dor goods
seized by Annie Stretton, proprietor
of the building. These goods ,to :the
value ,of $1,500 were seized on the -al-
legation that Plum was in arrears of
rent. which the plaintiff denies.
The corporation of the township of
'Grey claims $2,1'512.75 from Alfred
Milton Denataedt, contractors, and S,
'W. Archibald, township engineer.
This amount represents a sum said to
have been overpaid to Denstedt Bros..
through thealleged negligence, of Mr.
Archibald, for digging of the Beau.•
champ drain.
The estate of Jamas r. Scott.
through R. James Douglas and Geo.
W. Herd, executors. claims '$11248.42
and interest from the sale oflandson
which the late Inc. 'Scott ,held'naort-
gages. This claim is made against the
corporation of the township of Grey,
Margaret Nickel and L. E..Dancey,
claiming that these parties have: no
interest, or only a subsidiary interest,
in the 'moneys from the sale of these
lands.
'The criminal cases to be 'tried are:
Wm. Watkins and 'Douglas Kenne-
dy, both of Clinton, facing a charge
of rape; J.. Me'ldlan Cumming, 'Grey
township, charged .with attempted
'ape; Leonard Ritchie, Grand' Valley,
accused of securing goods under false
pretenses; Joseph' Rhine, Seaforth,
charged with assault resulting in bod-
ily harm; M•ervinIB'attran, of Parkhill,
accused of attempting to pervert the
courts of justice 'by a false state-
ment.
Grey Resident sInjured.-,An unfor-
'unate accident happened to 'Mrs.
,Bert Carter, 9th concession of Grey,
the other morning when earning down
the outside steps with a besket,; 'of
clothes and ''a pail, she stepped on a
kitten ;hat was lying in the sun and.
fell, breaking her ,leg at the ankle,
She was taken to Listowel ho's'pital.,,
Sudden' Death of Mr. Turvey.—fthe
friends of Mr. George Turvey of the
3rd concession of Grey were .sorry to
learn of his sudden death on Novem-
ber 6th. Ile had been in failing health
the past few months, He was 'a life -
tong resident of ',Grey and died in his
73rd year. '.Elis parents were Mr. deed
Mrs. George Turvey, who had, dived
:'n the same homestead for many
ORANGE E PEKOE BLEND
11
"Fresh From the Gardens"
etaht'ly makes a fellow hungry," he ad- think, justified the pains I tools, The
mitteid, pulling up in front of a hot marehas no fear whatever of the
dog stand. "I don't think e, 'little whip „now. She apparently regards it
m'idaraornitig snack will do us any as part of the harness, antroying, and
harm." even painful' at tunes, hat necessary
The frankfurters were Mr, ibfilfrelt's and even painful at times, ifut neces
treat, Although I was not hungry 1 sere and ther-:efore to be toderated.
felt obliged to return his hospitality Never having ,been punished, she has
by ordering a rotted sof hamburgers, no fear of ,ptenishm.ent, and whatever
With sandwiches in ,every hand we she is calied',upon to do she does free -
resumed ori journey, but: not for long. ly and wailingly.
The sagely seasoned meat, together After breaking her to the saddle,
Batt with the heat and dust, produced ter- I tried her in, harness, with breeching,
sific thirst. and harnessed her into a heavy; rat -
"r tine's an orange drinkd 'stanCling road cart for the first trial She
dow'n the road," Me..Milfret olleee_ seemed mildly astonished but moved
ed. "'We'll' stop there." along calmly enough. I used no kick-
Yl'ihe orange drink roused our jaded ing strap and needed none. She does
not like harness work but does it
'cue sites to such an extent
that we noth like
a protest.
began to foro,k forward again to baiabe- In marked contrast to. my success
steak.
system of brainirfg. He raise .a tote
!totter have some' ice cream to sort pacing filly, and beg
J- her before she was fairly weaned. She
aE fill i.n," learned 'what a whip was before eh
I don't want ice 'cream," whiitfed. halter broken and has been ha
':ate
bar
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was t,
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w^acon-
Junior,
MMr. M'illfret surveyed'the chocolate ttg its use impressed upon her
bars in the refreshment booth, beside stoutly throughout She four years of
which he stopped. There were three her life. In spilt almost daily
tra• life she still has to be driven with
kinds, ..labeled' "Icky-iII-ay- e "Oh, a heavy kicking strap and spends
'Ethei'bert," mad "Me -II -ay -me" 1Lu,v oo," res- moat of her time vainly aabeispen g
pcctively. `"I'll be doggonned iE X`m to kick herself free'of harness and
going to talk baby talk to that harde wagoai. She is, of coarse, rewarded;
urday est Messrs. en typ were r
'boiled boyo behind the counter,
Sort s'hi'p:ped"to the Richileau Carpor- mechanical aids to- locomotion, he
declared turnip to his wife: "Yoti d'o
which
still stronger tastes of the whip,
g which scarcely tends to inspire any
anon of 'Montreal far export to Gies- till travels o'n his stomach like ane + great trust or falLh` in her owner.
Endowed at. first with quite a bit of
speed, she has been overdriven and
abused until her courage is' gone and
she is now a sPiritless, practically
worthless, and slightly vicious beast. -
To my mind this is a shining example
of how not to train a :colt.—Elizabeth
Thomas.
years. He :leaves his .three c'hild'ren, food they had,. was wholesome, nom -
Roy Turvey, at home; Miss Stella leasing and suitable to their Spartan
Turvey, ;Of London, and Mrs, F. G. regiment. Can, you lfieture patriarc'h-
i,Dishaw, of Toronto, besides his wife, al frontiersmanob4aztng:a trail through
His wife had joist Met for'Toronto"to the wilderness with • a broadax in one
undergo an operation and it was ion- hand and an ice cream• cone in the
possible for iter to return to her home,' other? Could Lewis and Clark have
Interment was made in Brussels corm-'natade their memorable expedition on
etery. Deceased was identi!ded with a diet of lollipops? And can you ima-
the United Church, Brolwntow n. ;gine' Fremont pushing- westward to
1. the Rockies with his canteen full of
Kettle to Old Country Market.- sarsaparilla
The lifting of the embargo by Great The perils which beset the modern
Britain on Can'a'dian cattle is having pioneer are gastronomical; rat ge'o-
its effect in this community. On Sat- graphical, Though his vehicle is a
d 1 M B Williamsi' , & bigl d d ca with all the latest
gow, 135 head or six carload's of old-fas'hioned'-army.
cattle. Altogether eleven car loads In the early days of t'he au'tonro-
have been shipped during the past ;bile it was necessary to take along
month. Another car load was dripped provisions whenever you set out on a
to the U.;F..O. market in Toronto on drive of more than.ten mules, for a
Saturday. Mr. Stanley Gay, a director breakdown might mean a wait for
of the Riclfileau 'Co., has been here
assisbing in purchasing cattle and Mr.
Richardson, president of 'the comp-
any, was here on Mo•trday._Exeter
'Times -!Advocate.
cue s ea is the e�p'erierice of. a nefghl or of
"Pleat ro thought,"
lse is fartherM alw'ay �Ho of the whipping -'
than I thou ht" said Mr. bIilfrett, the
great advocate
g d little
consulting his truap. "P'erha'ps we'd ,an ""breaking'
New Store at Exeter: - Mr. F. 'L.
Grieve, who has a : drug store at
!Grand Bend during the summer, i5
opening up a :new drug store at Ex-
eter in the building north of Mr. J.
!S'enior's studio. Mr. J. Willis Powell,
who
wh'o 'has occupied the building has
moved his stock into the !Odd•fellow's
block.
Engagement. -111r. and Mrs. Frank
Brock of Exeter announce the 'en-
gagement of their only daughter,
Verna Doris, to Mr. Garnet tE, johns,
eldest son of. Mr. and Mrs, William
E. Jahns, of Usborne, the marriage
to take ;place .this :month.
THORNDALE BANDITCAME
PROM ST. M•A'RYS
St. Marys. -There was nothing of
the bandit or the dangerous ,gunanan
`n the Sylvester J. Pocock whom a 1•Iilfret and Junior on a drive to ex-
slrocked'.citizetiry of this town recall- clamation,.poin't and back, a distance
ed when word was received here that
he had been identified as the man who
committed suicide after holding up
the Bank of Montreal at Thorndale
citizens recalled a'tall, thin man who
talked little, but 'thought notch — a
man whose inventive genius won him
wide recognition but little in the way
of cash returns.
lPocock came fq St Marys to lire
about seven years ago. His wife
was a 'St. Marys :girl, IIe came from
Hamil'ton and opened up a stall
factory in a vacnt 'building in 'Si.
Marys. His main product was a
Metal curtain Brod-the !Pocock cur-
tain' rosi-the chief feature of which
was it was not supposed to sag,
There were other products too.
hours an a country road far from
telephones and traffic. The shoesbox
lunch was as much a' pant :of every
motorist's ecluri'pmen•t as his goggles
and linen du'ster.
And cumibersotne though it was.
the shoe=box-lu-n:ch had its advan-
tages. It may have been easier to put
up than to .get down, 'but it was sub-
stantial and full of vitamins. Also, you
knew what you had, even without op-
ening- the box. The 'large grease spat
on the bottom indicated fried chicken
within; the loose salt sifting from the
:confers meant that hard -!boiled 'eggs
would be on the menu, and a moffled
clink of glass proclaimed the presence
ofhome-made preserves.
But in this age of high-speed effi-
ciency there is no time for putting up
lunches to be eaten at leisure in a
shady lane. When people plan a long
motor trip today the- thought of food
'never enters their mind's until they
get on their way. And thereafter they
can think of little else, for food and
persuasive advertisements of food,
beckon to them at every turn.' Last
Sunday I accompanied Mr. and Mrs,
Asthma Brings Misery, but Dr. J.
D, Kellogg's .Asthma 'Remedy will re-
place the misery with welcome relief
Inhaled as smoke or vapor it reaches
the very innermost recesses of the
bronchial passages and, soothes them,
Restriction passes and easy breathing
returns. '11 you knew as well how
this remedy would help you as do
thousand's of grateful users, there
would 'be •a package in your home' to-
night, 'Try
onight.''Try it.
PTIOIMAI'NiE POItSON'ING
The bearded pioneers of '49 driving
over the plains in their covered' wa-
gons, en'dured, more hardships than
we can ever know. Their provisions
were scanty; there must have been
litany days when food was entirely a
question of marks'm'anship with anti-
quated rifer: and a cup o'f cornmeal
constituted`;a banquet. Hunger and
thirst were more terrifying than the
resentful -redskins.
The overland trail is smoother now.
It's coe'crete highways and .abstract'
detours are lined with aids for auto-
mobile argonauts, Refres'hment booth.s
of some 200 mi'les. Mrs. Milfret, being
an old-fashioned housewife, wanted
to put up some sandwiches, "but her
husband assured her that it wouldn't
be ne'cessary. "There's a dandy little
roadhouse about twenty miles this
side of the P'o'int," he said, "where
you can get the best 'barbecue steak
you ever tasted. Vlre'll just hit it in
time for luitch'1f we hurry."
So we set out, 'as.light-'hearte'd and
unemcuanbered as the birds of ' the
air. But bef, re we were five miles out
of town Junior spied a synthetic igloo
by the side of the road. It was 'sur-
rnounted by a stuffed polar bear and
a sign identifying it as "The Home of
iSwgar-tK(rust Snow+balls —1.6c each."
Junior announced that he wanted one.
M'r. Milffret said that it was too
early in the day to begin. filling up on
sweet stuff, but that we might as .well
stop and see what the things looked
like. A barkative Eskimo of Latin ex-
traction emerged from the igloo .and
before we knew it we all had "sn!ow-
balts,".They were merely cream puffs
filled with unmeltable ice cream which
lingered on the roof of the mouth.,A
few minutes later, as we approached
a billboard on which a smiling giant-
ess advertised tooth paste, J'un'ior'
hurled his half -eaten "snoowball" at
her and caught her squarely between
the eyes. He had the right idea, but
it was :not entirely original. There
were several ostler blabs of fresh ice-
cream spangling her massive cheeks.
Inthe course of the next hour we
Passed at least fifty roadside booths,
each .one dedicated to some new be-
verage or confection. In kaleidoscopic
succession they resembled au archi-
tect's nighitlnare—log cabin's with pa-
goda roofs, Dutch windmills whirling
above .adobe huts, minarets sprouting
'from 'Swiss Chalets. Kitchen odors
mingled with gasoline fumes; there
was a breaded aroma of. hot asphalt
Mrs. Milfret .hesit'ated. After all, she
was in her early bhirty-ones and vice-
president of the East Teab'one Par-
ent-,T'eachers' Association. "Junior,"
she said brightly, "perhaps you'd 'bet-
ter buy the chocolate bars. You know
the best kind."
tinnier was undaunted by the situa-
tion. Climbing out of the car, he hail-
ed the man behind the counter, "Gim-
me two of them," he said, pointing
itnlperiously, "and two of them."
The chocolate bars proved as sticky
as their titles.
ffn, the course off the nett fifty miles
we consumed six loilipo'ps, four ice
cream waffles, eight candy barsand
half a watermelon. By the time we
reached the roadhouse I felt like an
overdone croquette. 'We sat down at
the nearest. table. Mr. Mirlfret held his
head in his hands. junior hiccoughed
plaintively, Mrs. Miliret's eye's had a
fixed glassy expression. Through an
open door I could see a side of beef
ro'astin'g above an open • fire. I looked
'away quickly.
A stout waitress came to take our
order. "We got barbecue, steak ,with
pickle relish and mushroom sauce,"
she announced briskly.
"'Somehow I don't feel very hun-
gry," said Mrs. M;ilfree
"Neither do I," I addled promptly.
"Well, I don't believe I could get
away with a whole steak myself, 'but.
I` might divide one with somebody,"
said Mr. Milfret bravely. "'H'ow ab-
out it, Junior?"
By way of reply Junior slipped front
his chair and walked resolutely out o'f
the room. "We also. got Long Island
duckling," said the waitress: "Roast
pork, corned beef and cablbage and
chicken, a la king."
"Excuse me," Pushing back his
chair abruptly, Mr. Mi'l'i.ret stood up.
"I --I think I'll go• out and see what's
become of Junior," Ile' .said faintly,.
and tottered from the room.
A few minutes later we found father
and sots sitting ander a tree at the
side of the road. 'They bath said that
they felt much better, thank you, but
they didn't look it. On the trip home
we stopped at a drug store to btiy
somebicanb'onate of soda.' That was
the only stop we made until we reach-
ed East 'Teabone.
The Sunday expedibion of the, Mil -
frets, though harrowing, is, fairly re-
presentative of the hardships which
the modernpioneer must undergo,
The Lincoln S-Iighway is just ane long
lunch enlister extending frim coast
to coast, hut only the bravedeserve
the fare.
SPARE:E, THE WHIP
I have often beard Horse owners
state pridefully that their horse's were
"scared ,to :death of a whip," and :I
could' never see why they seemed to
think this was a good, feature. Ex-
cessive fear of the whip must be caus-
ed by a too generous use of it at
some period :in the . house's training.
I always believed that a horse could
be brought up from coltlfood with-
out this whip fear. Bu'!' I was always
told that colts had to be whipped to
'psalce them mina. This, however, is
not, so, as I heave proved to my own
satisfaction,
LVlfen I bought my unbroken three
year old Kentucky -bred mare, I
thought it a good opportunity totry.
out some of my own pet horse -break-
ing theories. The mare was large,
powerful, totally unused to being
handled, and after 'her long ride on.
the train, in rio condition to behave
sensibly, I knew that if I could
train her without beatieg her, any
colt could be trained by kindness. It
wasn't easy, and I Iirn5t admit that
there were many occasions w -hen I
should have almost enjoyed whipping
her, but I didn't, The results,' I
crowd close on the path where weary and burnt sugar; with just a sugges-
pros,p!ecbdrs once trudged in a vain tion of sour milk. Mr. ,1,.11ilfret an-
seatch for a water hole, and Custer's noun:ced his intention to save our ao-
last stand suggests orange drinks to 'r.etite5 until we reached the dandy
the modern' mind.' • little roadhouse he had iad'orsed so
If the forty-niners emigrated west highly. "T
hese barbecue steaks are
ward to -clay they would' 'be menaced worth waiting for," he declared.-
Jun
not by thegrim spectre of starvation, tot's pleas for ice cream waffles, OC -
but by the equally .grim spectre of in- tinge milk shakes acrd d ut' . f
o h]e Jo.n cid
d?gestin'. Their buffalo steak may peanuts' were stoutly resisted. Rat
have been tough and unpalatable; ab'aut 11 o'clock the fro rat
g ice a!f siz-
their jackrabbit stew may have .been aline- frankfurters filled the air aafkl
than • and vegdbarian. But the little 'Inc.. Milfret weakened, "Driving ,ear- ,
NESTS OF THE
• BROWN TH'RASH'ER
3't is usually a morning in early
April that the brown t'hrasher returns
to serenade us from the topmost twig
of same towering elm or maple, with
a succession Of rapidly-repea"ed
notes which were translated by Tho-
reau into the words, "Drop it, drop
it; cover it up, cover it up; psi
pull it up."
Too often the singer's bright red-
dish brown coat and dark -spotted
breast form a tempting target for the
shall boy with his air -rifle, or even -
the larger boy with his twenty-two.
Huitclreds are slaughtered every
year as they pour out their souls in
a rush ofgolden a totes, If alarmed,
the singer dives quickly into the
green depths of the tree and is seen
no more until the urge to express
himself again .moves him to take up
his post.
Aside from his singing, the brown
thrasher is a rattler shy and retiring
bird who seeks out dark tangles of
vines, hedges and brats heaps in
which to build his nest. It is a mo-
del of what the perfect., tfes!t`uld
be; made of sticks and small weed
stalks, and lined with rootlets. Some-
times it is decorated with corn husks
or large leaves, and always is placed
in the darkest thorniest place the
birds can fiutd.
In this most 'charming receptacle
the femaledeposits her three or four
pepper-and-salt' colored' eggs, with all
the confidence in tire world that they
will be safe from marauding snakes,
squirrels and small boys. If anyin-
truder threatens the nest, the parents
raise step a clamor that all the birds
in the neighborhood are attracted,
and the jays, robins, and grackles do
their best to protect the little home.
Sometimes .the little mother will conte
within three feet of the monster : and
scream defiancein his very face.
'Soon, if danger passes by, the little
home is ,filled to overflowing with
three or four little wide-mouthed ba-
bies, and tine father's singing days are
over for the season, '° The parents are
busy from morning to night carrying
soft -(bodied insects to their young,
,which are' never satisfied, but contin-
ually open their mouths for more,
The young are much' darker in 'tug,
l'or than their elders, but this coat
}las Foca replaced by the timewe see
them in the spring: All too soon the -
nest is deserted and silent.
p
iD:istemper.` responds "quickly to
ID'auglas' ,Eg:y'ptian !Liniment. Keep a
bottle handy in the stable.
Miracles of the Present Day
Mrs. J. was happy in her home
with her husband and two lit-
tle children. It is 'true they
didn't have much but, until the hus-
band took slek and their savings
were used up, life was pleasant
enough. Long days .and nights or
worry and anxiety coupled withex-
tra,wos'k had their dire effect, how-
ever, and a breakdown caused the
doctor to secure her admission to
the lMluskoka, Hospital for Con-
'sumptives,
Silo was almost overwhelmed with
hopelessness, hut before very long.
the 'kindly medical and nursing at-
tention, the uninterrupted rest, the
fresh air and good toed, worked
their"miracle," Now Mrs. J. is
quite sure that ate was go .home
soon,to fabs and -overcome lires
difficulties—such being toe effects
of the return of .hope and health
whish So often are thegifts of the
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