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THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
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'THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, ,1933...'
Adds Zest to the Meal
TSA
"Fresh from the Gardens"
MINISTER FOUND
DIVERSION WHEN •
HE LIED SERVICE
(By Mancha Smillie in The London
Free Press)
The last of the first settlers of her
district, Mrs. 'Hugh McKay (Peggy
iMdL,eod) died at Ethel, Ontario, early
this year.
She was 86 years of age. She was
horn in Inverness,Scotland, and, al-
:ong'with her father and mother, Rod-
eric and Mrs. 1McLead, •came to this
'country 77 years ago. They came by
train to Hanpurhey, spent the night
in the open with their heads against a
!fallen tree, .and ,next morning set out
+for Walton afoot.
'Up till her last 'brief illness Mrs.
McKay retained her mental vigor and
often regaled a visitor 'with a recital
of long ago events. She remembered
the 'erection of bhe 'first school house
on the next line and the building, by
the pioneers, of the first little church
at the ,cross roads nearly 70 years ago.
The church was frame and all the
work was done by the settlers. There
was no skilled labor,
The first seats were planks, set on
(blocks of wood, and in the course of
the years more than one worshipper
'w'ent down the church aisle Pimping,
One summer day a wasp flew in an
open window and' stung Thomas
Johnston an the ear and he gave such
a start that he knocked his plank seat
on to the toes of the surprised family
!behind him.
lit was in the same year that a mis-
sionary, a young man, who prayed
with his eyes open, conducted a ser-
'eice in the pioneers' church. /During
the first prayer the missionary's eyes
same to rest on a sleeping man's bald
'head, over which a blue bottle 'fly
roved, :The man awdke with a start
'and gave the •fly a tremendous slap.
The missionary shifted his gaze to a
convenient window and stared 'fixedly
at it while he fumbled for a lost adjec-
tive. And while he was feeling in ev-
ery corner of his mind for the lost
word—for any word—events •thicken
ed, In a near -by garden a woman was
drying vigorously to uproot a cabbage.
It finally came up with such surpris-
ing abruptness that she fell :over back-
wards. At that point the missionary
shut his eyes. Afterwards, over a
country dinner of salt herring and
homemade bread and 'butter, he con-
fided to the woman of the house that
he thought the ecclesiastical harness
should be made on a sliding scale,
Tuning Forks and Snuff.
'The church 'singing was led by a
precentor. He had a tuning fork to
give him the pitch, Int was the age of
tuning forks and makeshift things and
snuff. It was a simple life 70 years ago.
If a man found a red handkerchief in
his stocking Chr'is'tmas 'morning he
considered' 'hi'mself a favorite of the
gods.
The school wasn't erowded with
furniture. 'There were no desks and
the pupils had to handle their slates
as best they icould. They sat on long
benches along the sides of the school
and if there were any cases of curva-
ture of the spine I've •never heard of
them. (There was a ,big box stove in
the centre of the floor and a tin pail
and a dipper stood on a bench by the
door.
The master had a 'leather strap, and
he used it. Big, husky farm boys of
20 years and over went to the .public
school then, and the sight of half a
dozen bearded giants n}'ade a young
teacher's heart quail. It was a battle-
ground.
The 'first 'church 'and the first school
of bhe pioneers were small and crude
and bare, but none of these imperfec-
tions daunted them. It was their best
and they had done it 'for love's sake.
Mrs. McKay told of the struggles
of the first setlers. They drank from
tin cups and ate fromwooden plates
and wrote with quill pens. Their first
table was boards laid on trestles and
when the one -roomed cabin was
crowded with guests the trestles were.
taken outside and the boards convert-
ed into seats. They hadn't many
chairs. They had no clock, A wood-
en sun -dial gave them a rough idea of
the time. T7.ose were the days of sun-
dials and tallow candles and home
made rolling pins.
tin one of those long ago summers
a band of Indians camped for a while
on the edge of the big swamp, They
wanted to have a sun -dance, but they
had .no whisky, and what was a run -
dance without fire water? So they
took some chewing tobacco and three
bottles of Perry Davis' Pain Killer
and boiled them and 'b'oiled them.
They had come from the border and
thought all whisky rank and poison.
Unspoiled World
'Such incidents were a break in the
monotony of pioneer life. There were
no holidays 70 or 00 years ago. The
nearest approach to a holiday that a
woman had was a trip to the gristmill
R. C. Hays, K.C., Passes
Eightieth Milestone
(Goderich Star)
Reporting at his office at the usual
time and in :his usual health and spirit,
R. C. Hays, K.C., veteran Goderich
lawyer and dean of Huron County bar,
on Saturday, January 14th, quietly ob-
served his 80th birthday. He went
about his custdm'ary routine justly
proud and thankful Of the fact that he
had reaohed Pour score years and was
still "in the harness," He warmly re-
ceived the congratulations of friends
and in the evening was tendered a
birthday party at his home, in whsoh
immediate relatives only took part.
IR, C. Kays, KJC., has had a most
successful and useful career. He is a
self-made man, for he received little
assistance, wanking, studying, and.
paying for his education. His father
was James Hays, of McKillop team -
ship, where his great grandfather, Ro-
bert Hays settled. The latter oaigin-
ally cane fro'in Lebterkenney, County
Donegal, Ireland, Robert Hays found-
ed Haysville on the banks of the
!Grand River, near Ayr, Waterloo
'Cou.nty. He built a mill, but was wip-
ed out by floods and moved to Huron
'County in 11810.
The stibjeat of this sketch attended
primaryselhool in McKillop and High
School in Goderich, He had 'his mind
fixed' on a legal career and was articl-1
ed to the late Chief Justice J. T. Gar -
raw, then, a !reactis'ing lawyer here.
The young Mr. Hays first "hung up
leis shingle" in 1080. His office was on
'West street in the premises now oc
cupiect by W. C. Snazei. Deter he
moved to quarters in which Dr. Gra-
' ham,
na-`"lam, dentist. is now located and ent-
ered partnership with the late Senatot
�Villiant Proucl'Foot. "Tile firm 0
IProud'foat & Hays moved to the pre-
mises in which Magistrate Reid now
metes out justice on Nonth street and
G. F, Blair, Who was later to become
city solici'tor of Regina, was taken in-
to the partnership. With th e leaving
of Mr, Blair, J. L. Killoran, now
judge Killoran, was taken into the
firm, known as Proudfoat, Hays &
Killoran, with offices on the Square
now occupied by F. R. Darrow. Tat
11911'8 Mr. Hays again set up business
for himself and in 1921' was joined by
his gbtr, R. C., jr.
R. C. Hays, K1C., was appointed
deputycounty judge in 19117 and skill
holds that pos'ition, He was named
King's Counsellor in 1928, a fitting
tribute to a lengthy and honorable le-
gal career. He has an extensive client-
ele, who hold him in high esteem and
coefidence,
Mrs, Hays, too, is enljbying excel-
lent health. There are one. song R. C.
Hays, jr., and five daughters, all liv-
ing, ad';o seven grandcthilidren.
A diligent worker at his profes'sion,
R. C. Hays, K.C., has found time for
Miller things. In his younger days he
was a great horse fancier, but gave it
up, as he himself says, after he "got
wise." His hobby is gardening and he
is a great walker, even today. He has
nterested himself in educational af-
fairs, being for years .a member of the
Collegiate Board. He has always ta-
ken an active interest in the progress
of his adopted town, lie having been
'nterested in several of its industries..
Of quiet disposition and even tem-
oerantent,' Mr, Hays enjoys the res-
oect.of.all classes of aitizens, who will
join the Star in wis'hin!g him many
more years` of health and ha,plpiness.
on foot. They lived in an unspoiled
world That heat time to the champ of
hoots' and the swish , of scythes and
the sound of the wind among the
There wasn't much of .a load. Ent-
erprising settlers had forged a way
through willow and' scrub and brush.
It was mostly corduroy and «here it
wasn't corduroy it was mud, but it
was a road. Lf only it 'hadn't ci;'lled' to,
them and emphasized the loneliness
—
roads always call. Bat they had their
work to fall back on. A woman had
to construct' all the family wardrobe
and make soap and tallow candles and
mufflers and stockings and sometimes
the headgear.
!According to Mrs. ,iiVICKay, the old-
timers didn't ,lack ,entertainment. Hal-
lowe'en pranks were rampant in the
long ago. One, the 'last evening of an
old October, John Cook's lumber wa
gan stood, loaded with grain, ready to
go to market. Under cover of dark-
ness some of the Hallowe'en .revellers
took the wagon apart and pieced it
together on the ridge of the barn.
'Then they took up the grain and left'
the 'wagon as it had been before, only
in a different ,place It took a fore-
noon and some loud talking to get it,
dawn.
'Daylight ,showed more mischief
afoot. )Peter MoMaatin's buggy ,was
in a tree and there was a hollow log
on MdNeil's gate post.
'Sometimes a man with a magic
lantern came' to the schoolhouse of a
winter evening, borrowed a sheet
from somebody and set to work. Ev-
ery .time a barn was raised the whole
line was invited in for an evening's
fun. I don't know what they did, but
I've been told they had a good time.
At' the finish they were regaled with
a wash boiler of tea and a clothes• bas-
ket of sandwiches. A ,sandwich Was
more than a bite then, 2t: was : two
slices of bread 'with a big sausage be-
tween. Men came in their working
clothes and women had their aprons
on. There were no barriers of caste or
of creeds.
'All of these old pioneers, with their
struggles and hopes anddreams, are
dead.
HURON NEWS.
Important Judgment. --+A judgment
of great importance and far reaching
effect in these stressful times was 'ren-
dered'by+His Honor Judge' T. M. Cos-
tello at Goderich on Tuesday last.
Charles D. Laframbaise, a farmer on
the ,Blue Water Highway, near .St,
Joseph told a meeting of his creditors
last fall at .Zurich that he couldn't
stake it pay on the farm and was giv-
ing up. The creditors endeavored to
compromise with 'him and so enable
him to continue but he refused their
offer. Then William Miller who held
a note brought action and obtained' a
judgment, later ;placing an execution
in the sheriff's hands. ILaframboise
then .notified the sheriff that he claim-
ed $200 as farm exemption. This was
opposed by Miller's solicitors with
the .result that the !Sheriff .had the mat-
ter referred to the county judge for
trial. When the case was called at
Goderich on 'Tuesday morning it look-
ed as if half the people of Hay town-
ship and Zurioh were present so great
was the interest aroused. The hearing
lasted' all day and on its conclusion
His Honor gave a carefully reasoned
judgment declaring that although La-.
fratn'boise was on the farm when the
seizure was made he was not really
any longer a farmer and so was not
entitled to the exemption.
Spilt Milk.—On a recent morning
in Exeter While R. 'Colllingwood was
making his rounds with the milk de-
livery the horse he was driving ,was
startled by the sudden appearance of
an auto and was about to ran away.
The driver called to the horse to ;stop
and it did suddenly. With the jolt the
tap in the large mills can was opened
and about fifteen quarts of milk was
lost on the road before the driver
could reach the wagon.
Pile Sufferers
Go Quick=No Cutting—No Salves
Itchiuig, bleeding or protruding
piles go quickly and don't come back,
i€ you really remove the cause. 'Bad
blood 'circulation in the lower bowel
and hemorrhoidal veins causes piles
by making the affected parts weak,
flabby, almost dead, !Salves and 'sup-
positories 'fail because only as in-
ternal medicine that stimulates the
circulation and drives out the impure
Mood ca nactually correct the cause of
eiles. Dr, J. S. +Leonihard!t discovered
real internal IP!ile remedy. After
trescri'hing it for 1000 patients with
success,in over 900 cases, he named
't HEM-ROID, Chas. Aberhart and
druggists everywhere sell 'HIEbE
ROID Tablets 'with guarantee' ,they
will end your Pile 'm'isery or -money
back.
NINDIDDINIZEDMIXMOIMINDr
THIS young stenographer is modern
enough to know the value of inde-
pendence. That is why, although she dresses
well and has a good time, she keeps three
dollars out of her pay envelope every week.
At first, it was a struggle and her Savings
Reserve seemed to grow so slowly. Today,
after two years, she gets a thrill ` out of her
balance and feels confident of her future.
One dollar will open an account at any of our
branches today and you will rejoice to see
your savings expand steadily.
PROVINCE OF q- lqc RAINS OFFICE
. A
EVERYDEPOS/TEUlARA • 97, ' 1. YONTAR/OGOVERNMENT
HEAD OFFICE PARLIAMENT
�asteca°�� BUILDINGS
J. M. MoMIILLA1N, Manager.
Free of Debt.—rThe' last of the deb - mobile 'twice in one night, once after
matures in co'nnecti'on with .tile. Exeter a traffic officer had located_ the mass -
Water Works were paid in 1932 waling vehicle, which was abandoned
the system is now.Eree of debt. The and presumably out of gas, was relat-
savin'g that is effected is now being ed in Magistrate Reid's court at Cod -
passed on to elle consumer - by the erich on Friday. The traffic officer on
Public Utilities Commission. The ser- toasting the stolen car, the .first time,
vice charge has been reduced. from' went to Seaforth for a towing 'truck
4150 to 3150 ,per year and the .hydrant;! and when the returned the car was
rental to the municipa'lity has been 'gone. The youths had fled from the
reduced from $38 to $30 a hydrant. ( car an the approach of bhe officer's
lights and were hiding behind a tree
I
Barn Burned.—(The bank barn of during the time of 'bhe visit' of the law.
Hellbent Smith, of 'Stanley tovensh'ip,!lOnce:he was gone they resumed their
was completely destroyed by fire on 'journey. A. Peters, described as the
Wednesday morning last. The cause "arch conspirator", was remanded to
of the fire is unknown but -the loss jail for a week for sentence; J. Mc -
will be heavy. 10111 and 'H. Carrick 'were placed on
'their 'own bail for the same period.
Death of Mrs. Nichol, Brussels.— !The car was stolen ,outside the hock -
Mrs. .Elizabeth Nidhol, widow .o# ey rink at Clinton' during the progress
James Nichol, died on 'Tuesday after -
after
a thookey match. It was recovered
noon lastat the home of ,Alex. ,Mc -
car
a four-hour searoh. The accused
Neil on the 5th concession of Morris said they took the .car to go to Dubium
township. She was in her 86th year -
and' had not been in the best of health
for some time. Her husband prede-
ceased her twenty years ago. Mrs.
Nichol was formerly Miss .Elizabeth
Anderson, was born near Toronto
and moved from there 'to Millet
township, where she was married to
the late James Nichol, She had resid-
ed in Lucknow for many years and
had spent some thirty years in Toron-
to. Mrs. Nichol had spenit about six
years at the home of Alex, McNeil.
One adapted son, William Liittlefair,
died some years ago. She was 'busied
in Lucknow cemetery on Friday. 'She
was a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. James Switzer.-4Fablowiug an
illness of only three days of pneumon-
ia, the death occurred on Tuesday,
January 10th, at the home off her son,
Earl Switzer, 6th concession of God-
erich township, of Susannah Powell,
belived wife of James Switzer. The
late Mrs. Switzer was born in Varna
seventy -!five years ago, but had been.
a resident of the community in which
she died since her marriage 'acme 52
years ago. Of a .genial andfriendly
disposition her death is mourned by a
large circle of friends, Surviving be-
sides her husband are three sons, Mor-
ris Switzer, Beyjfield line, Chas, Swit-
zer, Kliplpen, and Earl Switzer, onthe
old homesltead, and one daughter,
Mrs, George Lindsay, 'of the Biaylfielel
line; also two heathers, Thomas Pow-
ell, of Stratford; Geo. Powell, of Blyth
and one sister, M•rs. Cochrane, of
Wingham, and 118 ,grandchildren. Wrn.
Powell o,f Godenic'h, is a nephew, The
funeral, Which was private owing to
the state of Mr. Switzer's heallbh, was:
!held on .Thursday, .January 112th, to
IB!ayified!d' cetnetery, Rev; R. M. Gale,
iof ;Bayfield United 'Munch, had charge
of the services, while the pallbearers
were 'Messrs, Jas. Swirling, James
Mose, Albert Hannigan, Cecil H'ar•ni
son, ,Roiberlt`Po'well and Harry Steep.'
Almon' those present were Mr, and
11Irs. Thos: 'Wilson, De'troilt;;. Mr. and
Mrs. McGee, Bllyth; Theron Betties
and James' ' Mose, .Walton; Alibent
Hlanr icon, Seaforbh; Thomas . Po'well,
Sirlalefond, and Cecil I 'arrison of Kirk-
Youths Take Car Twice, -,How a
trio of Cii,niton youths stole an auto -
"to hear a phonograph play."
Death of Joseph J. Pope.-,Atfter an
illness of a couple of monthsthere
died in Clinton hospital Joseph J -
'Pope of the second concession of
Hallett. Mr, Pope had just entered
Ibis d9.eh year, was a native of Haul:
and had lived there all his life he alitd
1
phis 'brother, W. G. Pape, and his sis-
ter,
sster, M'i'ss Mena J. residing together
lin their home on the second. He was
a son of the late George Pape, who
settled' in Hull'ett in 11862. He was a
member of Sit. Joseph's Catholic
.Church, Clinton, and from it the fun-
eral took place, Rev. Father Sullivan
officiating. The pallbearers were the
t\Fes'srs, Jdhn Shanahan, . J. J. Mc-
Caughey, Andrew ,Flynn, 'Martin 'Rey-
nolds, John Shanahan Jr., and P. O.
Reynolds. Mrs. Roach and Mis's Mc-
MdGdlre of Toronto were among the
sel'atives from a distance for the fun '
era!,
For 30 cents
you can telephone
about
100 miles
by making an "any-
one" call (station -
to -station) after 8.30
p.m. See list of rates
in front of directory.
Joe Griffin and his wife had doubts
about letting the children go to
school . that morning. Every sign
pointed to a blizzard and sure
enough, about two o'clock, it broke.
A terrible storm.
Joe was terribly worried and so
was his wife. Then he thought of
the telephone.' He called Jim Stokes,
who lives just down the road from
the school and asked !aim to watch
for the, children.
Twenty minutes later Jim called
back. He had the children in his
kitchen, safe and warm. "I'm cer-
tainly thankful we've got a tele-
phone," Joe said. "We
couldn't do without
it," his wife agreed.
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