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TIMOTHY ANSWERS
RIDDLES
To the Editor av all thim
W'ingham paypers,
Deer Sera--
'Tis
.tir•—'Tis • quare oideas intoirely that
sometoimes do be afther gittin into
the heads av the winunin, an, shure,
'tis no use to argy wid thim, at all,
et all, so it isn't, as I tould ye inebby
wince arr twoice bei•'oc;r. Me rayson
fer sayin this is because the missus
objickted to me gittin into anny more
debates wid thim Hoigh School byes,
fer she said it tole theer moinds off
.theer lessons. .1 tould her that it wits
only broightenin thim up I w•us doin,
but she wuddee't lishten to me, an
decoided to ]cape quiet until some
toitiie whin the an the byes cncl hey
the house to oursilves, Well, wan
noig ht Leslie wake she wus down to
wan av thin) ntaytins in the Council
Chamber wheer they taich bins to lay
bigger and-betther eggs, so the byes
cause dorrnshtairs to take a rouiicl,out
a-ee 0shaSo top l Le
,
The fursht ting they wus either
askin me wus if I wus good et rick
onit tings ittp ii;n Me head. 1I tould
thins 1 cud do army raysonable sum
that way, so thin they asked me to
tell „thim what tike end tree quarters
pounds av kafe wud coedit at tree an
tree, quarters chits a pound. Av coar-
se, as a Desist prisidint av the bafe.
rin I hated to say 1 cu:ddcn't tell
brine SU 1 said that I only ptownlis-
ctl to answer .r.iysonable questions,
an, shure, this. wan w•ussen't rayson-
able, at all, at all. ";calk about 'bafe
at tree an ircetivartcrs emits a pound
isn't raysaneble," ;ser ], ".fir, sleurc,
yc ettclden't buy liver at that prglee,.'
Befoor they had t'oinr.e to shining
another wEeti on rite; 1: touglit 1 loud
ask thiiu wan. "Do ye tints the top
av a wagon whale thrayels •faslttcr
than the bottom av war,?" i
"Av coarse not" they' both ansW'rr-
a'd at wancc, "It is all the wan Whale,
an the top,and bottom go both •at the
saint rate,"
"llut, isn't the, top always +gin 'for-
ward an the bottom backward?" ser
1, "an if thcer was' no differ in tlic
shpade, the wagon wud :always, sbtay
in the sane place Inike a' groind-
shtone," Whin they etidden't answer
iris: I taught 1 wud throy thrbui . wicl
att aitii'er :wan, 'so,' evident: it shntoile,
1asccc thim how
the iatilt hockey
y
game • carne off, tsurtindift T didn't
know,' ban bye said tlntt \'Vinghan,
got tevokee as tninny goofs ah the
outer ,tents, 'sot the other bye said
'Winghatn, •got as many agin as the
t,tliee fellalis,' They both iihpoltic tit
wanee, both mnmiq''tbe sante tl.ng in
timer:tiioincls.
'Mhitth• av 'ye is r"oight,' Sita' T,:" ate
they saki they, Wtte bath r bight r ° Ye1 1
ain't be beth i'cylgiilry'' 'cit' J, Lick"ifs t
some matches out av me pocket to
diminshtrate ore argyment.
Putting wan match on the table, I
:said, we would call that "aa -many,"
an they both agreed. Thin said I,
puttin down another match, we will
call that "as inanny agin," an they
said U.( Thin I put down match
number tree, an said that if the fursht
wus "as much," an the sickond wan
wus "as nlanny, aging" thin this wan
wud be twoiceas manny."
I had thim shtuck loike a car in a
nitid road, on a dark night, wid an
imply gas tank, an foive moiles. from
a filling stashun.
Shure, there do be a lot av tings
that they don't .lain. in the Hoigh
Schools,
'or •
u .s till nixt wake,
Timothy Hay.
ALBERTA UNITED FAR-
MERS APPROVE TOWN-
SHIP SCHOOL BOARDS
Tclntonton, alta., j an 17,—.A pprov-
el of the tinker rural school plan,
sponsored by the Alberta Govern-
ment, was voiced by the convention
of the United Farmers of Alberta last
flight. A vote, taken at a night ses-
sion 00 the question, favored approval
of the Baker system by 206 to 161.
According to the resolution, the con-
vention favored raising fonds by
grouping rural school areas in one
district under a flat mill rate an as-
sessed valuations.
Five educational ,resolutions carried
by the convention paved the way to
extensive consideration of tile new
Baker rural school plan.
'.l'h'e duintette of resolutions whose
acceptance pointed to the more 1111 -
portant matter ahead, asked rural
school me:di-cal inspection, return of.
examinatioi,, papers in subjects in
which. pupils have failed, canccllati'en
of examination fees in High School
grades, :penally for violators of the
traffic law 01 "sloe, up" when passing
seluaols, and optionalizatlan of lan-
guages in the 1-Iiii11 School and t'iii-
Vc rsity •course leading In an arts de-
gree,.
DIDN'T STAY LONG
IN THE BURG
1)r. and ,Secs, A.iidcr•son went from
Toronto to Tobermory at the request
of, the 'Women's xiistit•ttie of that
burg, "the doctor being guaranteed a
roi;diar salary by this progressive or-
ganiration, 'Chc doctor and his wife
dict not like the toniping'off place i11
iiratcc and''didn,t'romain a Whole day
11 thrr'1Tob till they hit the trail back
0'701'0111:o;
,TJFiI •TYI''t^sTS' . +Y+JNG!`lia<T+IA `.a',
"Mit't's' FeettiI3' Letter :tiers" :Appear::
ed' One '11 bodied ears Ago.
The first typewriter, for which it
was triumphantly claimed that "it
could P
ziit ,
K ost tsfisl one
c:uuld .write with en oediii z y pen,"
appeared joust e hundred years ago.
The machine"' was known, rather
g1randiloquertit).y, as "Burt's, Family,
,better. Prose," and was built by
American, Wiliam Burt,
It was heavy, cumbersome, and
made inainly of wood, says an article
• in Tit -Bits. The modern typist, who
`delights in her "feather -touch" ma-
chine, would be justified in wonde3'-
i ag: how the, inventor could possibly
have viewed the offspring of his ere-,
ative brain with anything but dismay.
Neverthless, Burt was so proud of.
his "typographer" thatetie "printed'
a long letter to his wife do it, ex-
tolling his own 'cleverness in no un-
certain terms.
The next typewriter was devised.
by an .Englishman, who produced 11
solely for the benefit of the blind.
Many inaeliines of improving con-
struction followed it in fairly rapid
succession.. Each had one or more
new features which have been used
by makers of the more modern
typewriters.
The first real attempt to produce
a machine which` would write. faster
than tie pen was made by two Amer-
icans named Slioles and Glidden;
whose product was put on the market
in 1878, It was built of metal and,
except for the fact. that it printed.
only capital letters, had much in
common with the most improved
typewriters of to -day.
Other types of machine, such as
the "ball" and "dial," found favor
for a time, but were eventually beat
en off the market by the more prae-
tical qualities of the type we know
to -day. The earlier models, of
course, had the letters of the alpha-
bet arranged in their due order; and
not, as now, to meet the exigencies
of rapid word -making. Many of thorn,
too, had piano keys instead of small
buttons.
The inventors of those early oddi-
ties would be surprised indeed- could
they seethe modern typewriters, of
which their crude efforts were the
forerunners. Apart from the port-
able models, there are machines
which can be adapted to take any
keyboard, and others which will en- it is useful for heating a large quail -
ter figures in a ledger and add up City of water: Washing machines are.
the colemn at the foot or the page. often in use, but are not electrically
One of the first typewritten busi- driven.
ness letters drew this reply from its Only a few years ago, it was cus
recipient: "You don't need to print • tomary to board several oil the farm
letters forme. I can read writing." hands. They had separate sleepitig-
quarters, and took their meals in the
THE RADIO ROMANCE. kitchen and not with the family. This
custom has nearly died out owing to
Wireless Phone for missionaries the lack of domesttc help, and the
2,000 Miles Away. men live in eottagos on the farm, or
in the nearest village.
Hullo, GZD! Hullo, LMS Bern! This has lightened the work con -
..Ocean Island speaking. Stand • siderably, but on most farms in addi-
by for a few minutes, please— tion to the routine,. there is bread to
I have a message for you. • bake, milk to separate, and butter
This wireless message recently to make. At intervals a pig is killed
thrilled two missionaries waiting and this brings Much extra work, or
with their ear -phones in Bert, in the there is fruit, to preserve or to "jam,"
Gilbert Islands, 1,000 miles north of and in the south, ,cider is made on
Fiji and 2,000 miles east of New the farm, and good home-made brew -
Guinea, says the London Chronicle. ed ale can be found in other districts.
I
They were using for the first time To -day we often run the house
the wireless set taken out last year single-handed, with the help of a
by Rev. G. H. Eastman of Long Mel- charwoman on wash -clay and to scrub
ford, Suffolk, England, who hasbeen the floors. For old brick or tile
for ten years in the islands, and floors must be done on hands and
they were awaiting a call from Ocean knees, no bucket -and -mop would get
Island, 400 miles away. 21-iem clean. We may be fortunate to
"This was undoubtedly the mo- get the help of a little girl. straight
ment of the year," writes home Mr. from school; and how envious we are
Eastman's companion, Rev. W. A. ' if our neighbor secures an experienc-
Levett of Sutton, Surrey, who went ed servant, and more so if she keeps
out In 1923. • her! Wages are high; from $8 a
"A few preliminary itotvis, some week for a young girl to $5 for a
wireless , road -hog sending :Reese trained servant, with all found and
over the legala speed limit, t a qneerplenty of. outings. But the towns
parrot -like squawking that resolves ! prove too attractive in comparison
itself into a distant, rather casual ! with our quiet and frequently iso -
•voice, the outside world, actually ! dated conditions.
speaking to Bern! In addition to the domestic round,
"The 'John Williams' (the iulssion i the farmer's wife usually looks alter
ship)," says the voice, "arrived here the poultry with the help of a boy
from Nauru and left again for Beru. occasionally. Bees, too, may be a
On board there was Rev. and Mrs, side -line, while the .garden and the
Hannah and child , . ." orchard are apt to be neglected :r
For the first time in. history-
oris she does not take ahem under her
sionaries are now able. to
receive de- care
finite information before a, ship's ai-However, life is not all work On
rival and of its whereabouts: No . fhe`targer farms shooting pasties are
longer are they dependent upon the not infrequent, and it is quite usual.
infrequent arrival of a ship at Bern : for the farmer and his wife to have
for messages of urgent importance, • a day's 'stunting with, the fox -hounds.
despatched weeks or even months There are usually facilities for hockey
before. or tennis, and the opportunity for
playing them on a Saturday after -
THE FAM@ 1'[Y F'AOIli, noon, which is a compulsory half
holiday. Whist drives' and dances are
Characteristic Family Features Crop among the social activities for winter
Up for generations. evenings.•
•
It Is remarleable for how many Tlie .automobile has linked up
generations and with what frequency many outlying farms, whose putt -
characteristic family features will •pants used to have little amusement
ENGLIS FA. �..
�rME
L' SENT3i' OI+ WORN: 'AND GO(i)
MAIN FARE,
i'ew Modern . Xrresseevereents end, alae
• Farmer's Wife Is rept ilusy Pruett
1Jorst l'i1I Nib#it, But Life Is Not
All Work, .' .
Whether '
in thatch -roofed
t
eo ta.g'1
am y -stone house, red -brick villa, an-
cient' or• modern --life in an English
farm -house means plenty of work for
the farmer's ,Wife, writes Eileen Clare,:
Gibson in the Montreal Family Her
aid and Weekly Star.
In the old houses, large kitchens,
rambling passages, winding stair-
cases cause much extra work. Even
in the newer . houses there are 'few
modern conveniences. Water niay
have to 'be carried upstairs to the
bathrooms, or it may be heated from
a boiler behind the cook -stove, or
range as we call it, which is set in a
permanent bricked recals, with a
brick chimney:Cooking is done on
the coal range in the winter, ot• an
oil -stove in the summer. '.011 is used
for lighting. Central heating>•is prac-
tically unkil.own, and we sit round an
open grate with a fire of logs or coal,
which warms the room well, but how
we shiver going to bed and getting up
in:the morning in our fireless bed-
rooms.
We get up early on a well-run
farm. Sometimes the "boss" will
breakfast before going out to start
'his men at 6 or 7 a.m.
The rest of the' household usually
have their first meal about 8 o'clock.
Dinner is at noon, and tea about
5 .p.in. Tea, in the English style
will be bread-and-butter, cakes, and
tea to drink, with cold meat if extra
is needed. Supper follows just .be-
fore bed -time; bread-and-rl•eese and
a hot drink is a: good "night-cap."
Our men -folk give us no help with
the washing, but climatic conditions
are not so severe as in Canada, so
that it is not quite such an ardous
task. Practically all English houses
are fitted with a "copper"; that is,
a permanent metal boiler (originally
always made of copper), encased in
bricks, with a fireplace underneath it.
•Iu this the clothes can be boiled, or
crop up. It is especially., noticeable during the long dark :evenings. Per
*here there is a peculiarity o1 nose, • in the larger agricultural districts o•f
lips or profile, England it is not unusual for the
A striking example of this persist- ; farms to be eight or ten miles from
ency, is seen in the facial type of the • the nearest town, and a mile or more
Hapsburg dynasty, distingtiislied bya i from .their neighbors. In spite of
projecting jaw, prominent nose, thick • modern amenities, including the ra-
low'sr lip and bulging eyes.,'1'he heavy.....,olio and the telephone, ;maty far•.me1W;'
jaw first appeared with Rudolph I., Ives find their only relaxation in
the first monarch of the Hapsburg , the weekly visit to the market town,
line, who came to the throne in 1239. ' where they do their shopping and
His descendants, Ernest I., Leo- . gossip with thew friends,
pold 11I., Ferdinand II., and Max- Restoring Parliament131tildin ;s.
milian showed. the same Marked
characteristic. When letaxmilian Restoring the Parliamrnt buildings
married Marian of Burgundy, the oth- in London at an estimated coat i'1
ed eculiarities were ar uirel 1.1,000,000 is a task to be soon hik-
p q c 511 in hand. Much of •ihcs; stonewori:
t Galipisons Made cbtures Seien` is crumbling., Hundreds of windows
List •Galippis of 260 pictures of por.. will hero to be� replaced with now
softs of this home, showed that 1:11,, '
st
.family rharautcristics had hperpetrate� ,
ed themselves throUglrout rsiore'than ; theilolto. On the terrace front alone
"I''''''' are 115 o,f these, There are
tear centuries, acid through, inter- also about 250 • cram Wing statues
marriages into Spanish, ?ortttguese, •, When the Rouse of Parliament wore
Freud and Italian lines, erected. during 1840-1852 th ay cost
-_- ;hist over 12,000,000. • To -day the
Prehistoric Observatory. price would be about 612,900,006,-
A
1.2,000,000, -
A prehistoric astroiromieal observ-
atory which it is estimated was con- Railway Cadillac Stun,
strutted in 1181 B.0„ has been un- A high power Cadillac sedan, es_
earthed at lbuetzow (Mecklenburg). nodally equipped with 'tiattged steel
The observatory is in the Corny, of cir-
cles of stones, Which served for, the the •Anguavlis sshopsfres of the.t.Canaldidays Pa -
observation of the anneal circuit 01' rifle Railway, i Conti l?al, for the Ilse
,flue roar» and also as a Bale. titan,; of the e:ngiit:earing depart, ientsat the
y ' railway, . ; Capable of shg' aven-b ' en
JHift .One Active Vok ano . the :rails ai;,,as great a:' speed itsnlpoh
, Japan possdsses fifty -Oise naive the roads the machlnh'''tV-i11- be used
itelearioes, snore, than any 'other coon- for inspection trips on C1.1)31., lines
try in' the''*os'id. ' t• ,,„,,,,,,., t;xtougheut the country,
GROWTH -I OF HIGH
WAY SYSTEMS
Httrori Expositor last week deals
also nc 1cn „t
i with theTepid. d
ex-
tension
u# 1'revit1Cial Highways, and
the changed attitude t e people
. tf,cc ofh
tdhvards. them,
}
Yet, although the cost of highway
C )t str ons reached '
c i nets hat. ruacl <cl stick enor-
mous figures; and is yet, one might
say, in its infancy, one never hears
of any opposition on the part of the
tax -payer. In fact, .it is the other
way about. Twenty years ago what
Was considered it sop' to the rich of
the city, is now considered a neces
sity for the Mian on the farm. We
have in this county one cement pave -
merit running •through to Godericb.
A. start on a second has been made
from Clinton south to London. The
Huron highway' ,was completed but
last yeah, and already there an in-
sistent demand for .a cement road
from the southern end of the coutnv
to 1Ningahm, and a growing demand
that the lake shore road be taken ov•
er by the Government, and it, too,
paved.
These, of course, if constructed,
will 1)egovernment highwaysand
paid for by the government. But one
does not rcci;aiiie a ,great deal, of it1
sight!' to see what even S011e .ep'n*erri.,
relent highway in a "county.is going to
do to that pal'tiCuar contain, cotirieil
and its county road expenditures. The
man 00 the highwayhway o5 at great ad-
vantage
vantage
over 'his neighbor 011 a,•coun-
ty road, especially diving ilio fall,
Minter and spring, and he gets ,then,
without stddi:tional taxes, .How loaf;;
will the man o1) tkip comity .roach
stand, for it? ..t 1
The rods ' i Huron County are as
t, a i Iui Cat my < i u
good as the roads in any county in
the Province, and far better Cher.
most.. But there is only ,one suriate •
that will stand up all the ,yeast ri,ond
under motor traffic and that is a.
consent surface, The supply 91 gravel
even in this county; is J1ot.unlimited,
and the ever :increasing cost of keep-
ing county reads up to the standard.
that the people now demand, will be-
fore very.long reach its limit. Perri
anent county roads are going to. fol-,
low permanent :government highways.
Following that vtill come the demand
that township ,roads be at least the
equal of present-day county r,.ad's1",
and thus the hall of good roads costa
keeps merrily ..rolling.
However, all seers now agreed that
good roads ere a necessity if the
country is to 'he prosperous and the
People are to be happy, mid that the
money spent on them is a sound
1 c sirt1ent, not a ttpcculation nor
ci travagtenc'e,' It is well that
:,u, and should .help at'„ ta;I: titin,
Carrie Back to Life in Coffin a
The' ,edeath at Stretford on Mont jr
of last week, of Mr, Reid Lewis, a
former Walh;ertonian and brother of
Mr, Af drew Lewis, of Hanover, re-
calls
e-
c t is an i n i cn i r •< t 1 e .1I.
1 cd ttlat J<t cl 1Wa t-
crluo county 77 yea'' ago, prior 10.
the removal of the family to Walker-
ton, when the parents,•.were :advised.
by medical” practitioner;a�;io attendance
that their first.li`orn,r' bright little
chap pf one year, bad succumbed to
the illness and, as a consequence, it
was tenderly laid in a small coffin,
in the home, ready for burial, Tlie'
futisral service was about to begin
when 'a lady, looking at this fair lit-
tle flower of, humanity, thought to
have been nipped, as it were, in the
bud, was startled to detect a. slight
moisture above the mouth of the child.
Notifying others of the discovery, tite
infant was removed from the coffin
and by tender nursing and care' was
so restored to health that he lived
longpast man's allotted period, pas-
sing away onlylast week after wea-
thering many storms and vicissitudes
of 78 years.
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SCOTCH LASSIES FIGURE IN FISH WIVES DANCE
This will be one of the outstanding features of the first Sea Masic Festival held at Vancouver,
January 23-26, under the auspices of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Headquarters of the festival will
be at the Hotel Vancouver and an unique programme of sea chanties, songs and dances will be given
by distinguished singers, fine instrumentalists and well trained artists, under the musical direction of
Harold Eustace Key.
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