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WtNGHAM BRANCH,
1�. M. BISHOP, ,
Manager,
.,
. M0 r0RIZE}J R01VIANCE
was amended in 1916 there have been
• ITe was a sport model, 8o' persons who have paid money to
the credit.. -of the. County for future
She was a runabout. maintenance, amountin to
;Both were self starters. Of this amount g $37,943.en
They ran into each other by acci- $8,47rs has been
'Paid back t
dent. _o their heirs after their
decease . At present there are 6 pay -
'Inky broke the speed limit to the ing inmates who have $4,739.00 to
,altar, their credit, so that the County has
They garaged in a kitchenette apart; benefitted to. the extent of $24,727,00
?ment. up to the present time. The largest
They called ita home, but really deposit was $3,055.00 and the smallest
tit was only a parking place. $29.00.
They thought they had more tc : The .following is the report of crops
say to each other than could be said grown and work done` on the Indus
in a lifetime, and both stepped on trial Farm during the year 1926:
:it.Mangolds, 500 bushels; tomatoes,
But soon they ran out of gas. 50 baskets, cabbage, 700 head; rasp-
They coasted awhile, but the old berries 99 boxes; cucumbers
/bhogs oat couldn't swim up hill. baskets; live sold i 00 -
40
Each began to sigh for a new toes 600 bushels; beets, 5o bush.; on
model. -
, ions 8,794 lbs; garden carrots zoo bush
The inevitable smash-up quickly els; oats Boo bushels; mixed' grain
followed. 300 bus1-4eis; hay 40 tons, turnips 240
Now they agreed that rom.ance is bushels; strawberries 184 boxes; table
a flivver. beans S obushels; apples 2e 'barrels,
But all the same, both are in they
used car market. MUNICIPALITY OF TEESWATER
Abstract Statement
RECEIPTS
Th Inspector of the Huron County January .Ist, 1926.--
Home presented the folIowin re ort1Resident Taxes369to.ig
Balance cash on hand $ 5993.96
for the year ending N e p _..-.,_
0 ovembr : �othb
x926; Dog Taxes. �. 68:00
Arrears of Taxes _ 160.52
School Purposes _..,._3g2T.i5
Rents, Finest Etc, 605.25
Licenses _ 162.50
Premiums on Taxes 5.56
REPORT OF HURON* COUNTY
HOME
Total number of inmates admitted
since the opening of the. House 623
Number admitted for the first
ti
meu
d ring the year .,,_,.,_.,_.,,,,_ 14
Number of deaths during the year
9 uI
NInterest nt r
e r
Number st
re R
absconded � Received during year 2 ed upon .-- 232 627
4
Number discharged during year z 21Hydro Deb. & 'coupons 2161.64
Number of inmates in House on i Miscellaneous 181.07
est December, 1926 __
Number of males 92
Number ... 51
of females 43
Admitted during the year from sev-
eral znunicipalties as follows: T:own-I
ships-IvtcKill0p i; Goderich x, Us -
borne x; Howick i; .Towns and Vill-
ages --Exeter' x; Wirigham z; Goder-
ich 5; Seaforth 2; Bayfield x.
Amount expended for support
of initiates -,_..,„,„
Average expense inmate _.__.._;__.$q'485;'
per -
per
Average weekly expenditure
The expenditure of House and f±arin
account is as follows: Board of Health 38.50
Hired help, Farm and House $r3 o0 Total
Miscellaneous _... _ 1333.86
Stock and implements ...............: 608.45 Total Disbursements __nen- 14234.26
Salaries -Inspector, Veep: 1 Casli balance in bank ... 6067'.81
II 1
haI
paur _ w.._ 2,044.66 $30302.07
Physician's salary `2nd ap , ..._,.._. 455.53__
pliances TWELFTH LINE HOWICI?`
_.........,_..
Repairs to building and
equipment .... ...... 338,10 Mr, Nelson Gowdy called on Mr,
Provisions and clothing .._,. 4,374.18 Robert Hays one day this. week.
Fuel and light' 2.733.y8 Mr. and MMildobt, Brown spent the
Books, postage and station- week -end in ,.Mildmay
ery •,_._ .._...� :...,.ion- 3.68 Frani, Stafford of Toronto is spend -
Sundry expenses for farm__ 8440 in-
n his 'Christmas holidays under the
parental roof,
411.4•24Q° Mr. and Mrs. Robe Hays spent the
During the year the sum of 2 Christmas holiday with Mr, and Mrs.
has been collected for maintenance of Mr. Woods of Mara.
inmates of which no account has been holida and Mrs. A. Dane silent the
in flee alcove. Y with FordA.
friends,
M
Since the House Refugeis and 1VIrs. T, Ellis spent Kress
of Act with friends in Whitechurch(.
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Total Receipts • ,,,,._$30302.07
DISBURSEMENTS
Salaries and allowances ..-..$ 1557.7i
Printing, Postage, Etc w_.„. 224.60
Thsurance, Heat and Light_, 498.54
Fire, water & st lighting 2802.43
County rates .....he _....._ ,,_ 2077.98
Roads and Bridges 1607.24
School Boards ... 7459.59
Debentures principal __,.......w.,,,, 1182.82
Debentures Interest ....., 2599,oi
Debentures, school principal 952.99
Debentures school interest...., 1662.57
Interest general _„ 3.75
Sinking Fund .,....;. z6g,67
er Matron, Asst. Matron,
THE HYDRO SHOP . e
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in JUST ARRIVED! -- AN ENTIRELY NEW
LINE OF
Lighting
Our prices are very low and the qui
our fixtures Is the best
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INDIANS "R "CANOES
swrn)c ' ORJlE$ SPEND L1'rls
Physieal Endu*anoe of Men Who o P,ro-
pel Canoe; 'rep end Down the Neer:
cors "liver Is Itetnarkeble- .Only.
Cnztvas-i7v`vered Canoes A.,) Used.
Interesting sidelights on canoeing
as a business and not as a pleasure
are given by the Swampy Gree In-
dians who spend their lives in
freighting canoes on the Nelson river
between Rattle Rapids and ,liudsoa
Bay, says W. J. Scott in Toronto Star
Weekly. They arecertainly aneou:g
tee most expert canoe men in Canada,
and on a river that is admittedly Very
hard on canoes they operate with the
most astonishing safety.
The ,first thing that strikes an out-
sider is that they row their canoes
instead of paddling tlie,m,. •T
lar crew' for a canoe is two
-' t 'refuse to work with
cost rew one rowing ert white from an the e
the ,canoe and the other ste
the stern . with a paddle,'
Even going down most
rapids, the eanoes are rowed
e th
evert lies a� paddee le is�when
to go to the bow and "feel" fo
Scene idea of the vast size
Nelson river will be realized
is considered that, it drains
Western Canada and part
United States, for .in it aea co
the waters of the Bow river; t
katchewan, the Red an the
borne, not to intention a host of
er rivers. Its •flow eau alm
'likened to that of the' Niagar
and there are rapids on it
almost compare with' the N
Gorge.
Only canvas -covered canoe
used, usually ,1g foot f eight:;
canoe last one year acid Ponstel
for the mortality. it c serapi
ro $ 3s e. ec'ediugly high,
dere are foer methods of p
ling canoes on the Nelson, and
of these is peddling, Going
river/it is mostly a matter of ro
goming up it is tracking, If th
a favorable wind they use a
And finally in some of the
rapids coining up they dole
canoes,
l''or the robing they use h
made oaff`g, with straight sides a
ends often pointed. This is so th be used as an e ler •eecy
Attaching the oar to the canoe i
other home-made deyiee, A tr
found with g email branch coznin
rigll ; 1e;3, and this seal
cholie oa with an axe and n
to the gunwale. Then a leather
is nailed. on the oars t nolle
loop for fTiis fninforaPtu `1i1
the pull stroke the ca` comes ag wooden pin, and on.; the r
against the &trap.
Tho "Indians have adopted the
mans izietheel gf rowing for the sim-
ple reason that It is more business-'
like than peeeedline. They get great-
sPee olid of their canoes by row-
znge w•�iith less effort then they could
Possibly ge, 'piddling. Then'ep rap-
ids and rough water 't osr eeelp
to keep the canoe on an mesh keti
It is remarkable on
physical en
dti /nee they display. As a matter
of cariosity I tuned one of-ny Miele
in his little, choppy strokes. ke
st;irted of at th`e ilia of y .stroke's
yea' minute. I timed him every half
hour until lid ,stopped, threo hours
and a bele later, slid he was never
once more th' i one stroke. away from
Eris original rate of titn, And in that
whole time he never stopped once for.
a, breathing spell, •
' Sometimes in the fifty ,miles' of
river nearest Hudson Bay the Indians
get a favorable wind and put up Their
home-made sails, a piece of square,
canvas. A. small dead spruce is cute
fer a mast, one oar lashed across the
(tan of the sail and the other diagntr-•'
tally' to the upper outside
corner,
1.
t and.
the sail
ail cuntralied by a line to the
lower' outside corner.
!Iwo things are notable in an
£radian's sailing as compared to the
white man's, sailing, The nest is that
if a sudden gust of whrd`"ecines they
ease the canoe by turning it into the.
vehicle where a whtfte roan would !et
his sail go. The coud is that the;
;o out in weather' a white man woulei
hesitate to Pace. While at Port N,'1 -
son I crossed the Nelson river, there
three miles and a half across, s, et':
the waves were so hili that at timer•
when in the trough we could not see
the shore. And all the time we were
sailing with. a gusty beam wind and
.ho line to ,the sail tightly tied to a
thwart.
ne
d out, and
that is that the aIndiansnnever seem
to care what they do in the canoes
It used to make me quite nervour
at first when -half a mile out Erns„
shore -my two Canoemen used .:t1.
chaugerplaees in the canoe by walk-
ing along the gunwales. Rather
than climb over the baggage in the
centre, one would walk along the ler
unwale at the sante time his mate
walked on the right gunwale. It sear
nothing for them to stand up in the
eenoes- •-the only thing I never got ti
Ike was When tliey� Would stand up
at the top of .a rapids and point it
ds I nsuoh preenerent to haverunning
u unanimity
a.luong the crew as to the best route.
It le .a hard, life that these Nelsoth
river eat omen lead during tho sum-
mer months. Their season starts'
nsuaily early in July and lasts until
he end of September.., •lntcidantali;;
Ill the travelling on Nelson river is
to air -tight monopoly ••x hich lo not
erolten by either the Hudson Bay
nen-many or the Government railway
/Metals and experts on the way to
Port Nelson, Ali transportation On
the raver is controlled by Luke Cle-
mons of Kettle Rapids and Pick-
�;'itonel, Who even Is the piileiat mail
carrier for Port Nelson/ and York
Io actory,
To Crow dime In Ireland,
Bice growing will bo attempted en
the estate of Prises Stanjiteinhtl, who
reeently pu chased Bil,liynahlncli Carl-
tie, Galway. Its Is eoniidont thet the
eatperinlent will be sucdessful and
th°et Ireliind will;be1ient eceisicteral)ly,
lre regu-
Indians
even the
rt of the
entre•et
Bring in
of tee
and not
e rower
he has
r rocks.
of tar
when' it.
most e;
of tie
cabin e,
he Sae,
Aesina• `
s1ea,1..
ost U:
a riva•
whirl:
lagain
s are
y two,
ug or
roper•
none
down
wing..
ere is
'sail,
worst
the
Dine-.
and the
he oar
pole.e.
s an-
ee Is
g out
me is
ailed
strap
th �
gaiiii t.
re
white
ti M :OF 1' tea:
"Thursday, December 31st.,: 1
Eagle Lost Its Grouse find idttntrr,
Tbeir Stag.
It was a' perfect day for sioi/-still,-
ing as the neon made their w tY ever
the rnogz.s. The head staliter
scanning the surrouudtug eeteee
and upon the side of the ,uounte,
he saw severer line stags Orr,.,
little apart from. lta compaehme, ar.
a stiocially izne hietd, and it was the.
animal he intended to stall -
icor several hundred settee Ile
stalker and ono companion had 1 ;
Crawl overthe rough ground. 14 tiles
had sho%vil i:lleunselves in any way ti;
herd would have been oil, a rn 1
would not have been postable tocame
up to them a „tin that day, for if these'
wild stags of the 'mountains of Scor,
`land once eon an enemy, o7,` obtai.r
scent or him, It is as .well to give
stalking the andtry another
berd, writes Oliver G. Pike, F.Z.S., lar
Tit -Bits.
The two hunter's were eiideavoril
to reach a large boulder, and, a..
there was a en land e,
negotiate, they stretch of
hadto Ile iulI lone tn
on the ground and drag, thenise±',,.;
very slowly through the heather,
which gave little shelter. *However,
they accomplished their task, and be-
fore attempting to Are at the stag
they had a well -carne@ rest to steady
themselves.
Up on the crags above it great bire.
was sitting. He was searching the
moor beneath for food. .His keen
eyes took in all that vast wasteland,
hut he had failed to see the :stalker's.
Ls the Latter made their way to the
boulder they roe&ed a grouse, bet
fnrtuuately it did not fly direelle to.
wards the stags, othersvise%_all their
stalking would have been in vain.
r� Asa the grouse made its way dawn
e moor, the eagle above saw it, He
left his perch with a glorious Clive.
lad a few swoops of his powerful
wings brought him nearer to it. The
stags lifted their heads for a moment
ar two and watched the chase, thee
went on with their grazing; for wife
their these dramas of the wilds were
a, daily occurrence. Before the grouse.
would reach shelter it was strue".
!own, and the eagle, picking up itr,
prey, Sew leisurely back to 'a knoll
near the stags.
The hunters had pot seen this
moorland drama, anis now decided to
try for their stag, The ride ,vas pee•
pared;'.. and ea,rsfilly and alowly the
twe net Passed their heads. The
:int that Iaresr.ited itself 'to thent
was . astonishing. The fehgi iileen';
stag that they leaped to obtain war
galloping over the moor, with a great
bird, its wingsraised, riding en its
back! Clt .
:Tho:. -
sta.;, with its farithere
jockey, travelled severeldretj
yards; then the eagieietee an gXitl t:
gracefully .back ed tfie spent' Where
t
e hu
nt
lr •
a�.
h `
is eta to
.p Awl th ...,
ei '
, t. i
s >
Dit ;:
c
g' Ihi
q e�,sa aEsettled the9 Jum'-
g sd White
e .ea. le ta,.,,,- •• � ,.,,
•�Ft'If"in he acc
RI) for thneKtd if W Junin
-
&
?oubta4 ?it,e,�a rt.�, the eiag had no
pproac#ie •
d too ciosoly, and tee
sag?e, not ti ustir g it, had decided ts
ririve. it off. It was successful ,"
oing this, but it lost its grouse, a::
the men lost th&.r stag!
ST. PAIJI,' ;i CetOSS AND D AUS.
as -
The Ball Y., as'
. `W Melfi Is }follow, es Sa:S
to Weigh r,600 founds.
t £4i 6 an!i Pail of Si." Paul"
ue ret, Condi ii, gnglandr ,wii.c::
were regilded r ,defltly7 were: ined
by a Mali named Nibiett svTtb'owt:
sonic "Copper mills" at Miteher,
notice of Nibletc s deals re to L
Pound in the Go, itieman's Magazin
for August 1736. At that time tie.
were mcep-er mine" in Sums'.
mai�zilb•any situate? it .! e bats ox t- -'
Wandle. The ball, which, is holler;,
but without outlook, is said to wc:ee
5,600 pounds. It may astonish n� ,
Londoners to know that once; it zea''
rolled down Ludgate Hill. Just oy»-
100 years ago the Cross and Bali ever."•
:taken down. A big jolt was, and i
erdez' to get the ball : away to t •,
founders` yard Hien had to rod
gently down the slope from tee
Cathedral. The cross is thirty fee
high, and weighs 3.360 pounds, A
'ts surnmit the cleaner was 365 f'
from the ground, 165 feet higher time
the thrilled and sometimes nervets .
people who ascend the Monument can
Blain; No regiidiug has taken place,
since before the war, though boli.
cross and ball were washed eon/ -
years ago.
Parachute Progress.
New devices for increasing the
safety of air travel are ooustantly
making their appearance. The lat-
est is a parachute which is big enouga
to break the fall of an airplane. This
invention has emerged succeserelly
Trorn a practical test, andthe experts.
are enthusiastic about it,
The parachute is made of silk,and
weighs forty -eve ,pounds, 'while its
extended diameter is fifty' feet. Ili;
the test it was packed inside the
fuselage of an airplane, which as-
eended to the height of 2,600 feet,
The engine was then shut oft, and
the parachute was released.
Just over a minute later the 'plane
landed, three and a halt miles wese
of the startieg point. . Although the
airplane, with pilot and equipment,
weighed 1,800 pounds,'the forty -eve
pounds parachute had successfully'
broken its fall, the only damage be-
ing a snapped propeller blade and a
broken under -carriage.
*The smelled fish In the world Ilve
in Lake Buhl in the PhilipPine re -
heeds. They are only about half an
inch long when full-grew/Le and be-
long to the fatally of gables, distill.,
gesished by a moat of sucking died used
for Attaching the deb Artaiy to stonee.
These Minute gobios are caught 'in
€11kOt`210112 uumbees by means of cloth
nets-, and are not only used in the
tOwfie along the ehores Of the lake,
but are also shipped fOt eoneiderable
They are •eaten fried *heti
and dried when the Market 10 over -
Eights, Thoueends 'Oak a Veer.
White ants aro the most prothee.
flee Of all 'ineecte, having been knoese
to lay egglg at the bite oe it0,0ee
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A Printer Errs; Good -night
An understanding
reader
this: When a plumber snakes
take, he charges mice for it,
a lawyer makes a mistake, it
Is
khat he wanted, because he h
chance to try the case all over
When a carpenter makes a inista
it's just what he expected. .
doctor makes a mistake, he -
buries
it. When a judge 'makes a mistake
it becomes the law of the land. When
a preacher. makes a mistake, nobody
knows the difference But when, the
editor snakes a mistake. -good night!
Christian Register.
Mr. Harvey Messer of Toronto was
home over the week endJ
Mr. and Mrs. ", C. Higgins
spending a few days with( relativ
Toronto:
Mr and ThompsonMrs, Geo, Thompson
sends. Christmas holiday witherelatives here. Miss Dorothy and Gerty Bridge of 1)e
1 Hall of Wreeeter are speedizig the 1 Bone and Lewis Bone of Detroite,
again.' family, spent Chsietrnas with relatives of ax y.
a rnis- Mr. Clifford Hetherington and Mr.
just home over chrisitmas. :troit, Cameron Geddes of ChIcathai
When ;Bert Hetherington of Toronto were'
ices will be held in the United churchl
al Regular quarterly sacramental serr-
i Toronto and Jack Mc enz e
Id M
.The many -friends of Mr. and Md.
: James., Robertson of Deleraine Man
, x unday, Jan. 2nd at xx a.m. ! will be sorry to hear of the death of
Mr, and Mrs. Jos. Breckenridge had Mr. Robertson in Winnipeg Hospital,
their children and grandchirdren all I on Dec, 2oth. Mrs. Robertson has
home for Christmas. In all there !the sympathy of her Many friends in
are 32. That is the kindeof a family this community. '
to clean up on tfile 'Christmas turk-
BELGRAVE
Mr. Tom Gear of Detroit spent the
are holiday at his home in tUs village.
es in Mrs. Scandeett and Corine are in
Wingham for the holidays.
pent r. and Mrs -Joe BranclOn here
am. treated themselves to a Christtnas,
Hill present ite the form of a Delco light -
Mr. ing plant for their Nouse and the
outbuildings. '
their holidays with friends are -Mr.
ane and Mrs, Harvey Watson and family
rel. of Ingersoll, Miss Gerty and Miss
May Bone of Toronto„ Nurse Laura
on,
are
eze
Oh That SegeBill
Sorrieone started a story that tide
editor of The Wing-hat/14 Advance -
Times had inherited 2 fortune, and in
his paper last week the editor took
pains to deny the rumor. Probably
one of .the Turnberry tovvnship farm-
ers came Into his office to pay a sub-
scription and handed him a eee bile
and. he had to -run over to the 'bank
to get it changed. That would be about
enough...to start the tumor, Never
mind, Brother Smith, you are getting '
out a good paper every week, and
that is something half of the million -
to do.-GoclaricN Ar'
MAITLAND CREAMERY
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