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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18th., 1903
The spirit of patriotism and the
encouragement of love of one's
country is one of the first things
taught to the youths of the United
'States, not only in the school
rooms, bat also on all other occa-
sions. One of the laws of our
great neighbor requires that each
school bo provided with a flag -staff
and on each school day the stars
end stripes are hoisted to the breeze
What is there that would increase
patriotism in our young Canadians
more than to see the Union Jttek—
"The flag that braved a thousand
years the Battle and the Breeze"
daily floating over our institutes of
learning? We have never noticed
that this subject has been handled
by the press of this country, and
ties Canada is destined to bo a great
nation some day nothing should be
left undone to impress the rising
:generation of this fact. We would
litre to see the initiative taken by
our public school and TAB HERALD
will give any assistance possible.
'Esse would be pleased to have com-
munications on this important sub-
ject. '
CCo-operation in Fruit Growing.
'The principle of eo-opera.tion
•among fruit growers, which has
been strongly advocated during the
last two years by W. A. MacKin-
non of the Fruit Division, Ottawa;
received enthusiastic endorsation
at the recent annual meeting of the
'Ontario Fruit Growers' Association
.at Leamington. The address of
the president, the report of the
secretary and all the most inter -
'sting and instructive papers dealt
with the quer.' d of co-operation.
A typical f. Frs • Die of their prac-
tical workies of the co-opera-
tive plan Vr z : rw; .rrbed by Mr. W.
H. Owen, CM; it. ha Island, Ohio,
who is ona tee recognized leaders
in the movement across the line,
He is manager of a co-operative
fruit growers' nnton which does
'business in a very large way. The
Catawba association confines its
attention mostly to peaches,thongh
'pears and grapes are also handled.
The membership • is thirty-four.
controlling about one thousand
acres, en which there are about
one hundred and fifty thensand
peach tress. The growers all live
within seven and a half miles of
the largo central packing depot.
where the grading is done tinder
the manager's supervision. The
growers do their own picking, and
bring in from three to five thousand
-bushels of peaches daily. The
fruit begins to arrive at the central
depot by two o'clock p. m. and
packing operations frequently con-
tinue all night. Each grower is
duly credited with the amount of
fruit of each grade whielt he con-
tributes to tho total amount, and
be is paid in accordance, as Seen as
sales are made. Under the, busi-
ness -like system adopted. it is pos-
sible to make most of the sales
direct from the warehouse. Free
use of the telegraph, telephone and
mail service is grade in collecting
r1tnd disseminating information as
to the quantity of each variety and
grade available. 1n this way the
fruit is disposed of practically as
seen las produced. Th.erc is no
refrigerator service at the packing
house, but refrigerator Cars are
supplied by the railways, and the
fruit is put into them as soon as
possible. The cost of carrying on
the business is about seventeen to
nineteen cents per bushel of peach-
es, including cost of packages and
transportation, as well as adminis-
trative evpcns3s of the association.
Among the advantages of the
plan which have become apparent
.during the twelve years that the
association has been in existence
are: (1) It ensures better prices
for the fruit. (2) It leaves the
grower free to devote his undivided
attention to the improvement of
production. ; (3) It enables buyers
to purchase,at ta central point large
quantities of a ' uniform grade.
Thus they can select precisely the
•sorts to suit various markets ;
(4) It gives the members a much
stronger position in dealing with
commission men, • merchants and
earrrying companies than they
could possibly have as individual
shippers ; (5) It provides for the
proper distribution of fruit, so that
one market may not be glutted at
the same time that another is left
bare of supplies.
This latter point was emphasized
by Mr. W. H. Dawson, the Toronto
Commission merchant, by a reef!,
once to the co-operative system or
handling the Texas Tomato crop.
This is handled by one man station-
ed at St. Louis, $incl the system is
so thorough that market demorali-
zation is absolutely avoided. Tlie
grading is so perfect that a. • man
can order a -car of Texas tomatoes
by grade and feel perfectly sure of
getting just what he ordered.
Something has already been done
along these lines in Ontario, and
we are still far behind •California,
Ohio, Michigan and other States,
One of the most . progressive co-
operative associations in Canada
has its headquarters at Walkerton,
in the celebrated Huron apple dis-
trict. Mr. A. E. Sherrington, the•
manager reported that last year
the accociation made its fiat trial
in the co-operative work by for-
warding to Manchester. Eng., two
cars of Duchess apples, which
arrived in good condition.. In addi-
tion to these three cars of winter
spples were packed and sold. This
year the association had prospered
beyond all expectations. There are•
now about fifty-five members, with
on average of four acres of apples
each. Fifteen cars of apples have
this year been shipped on the co-
operative plan. Not only have the
prices been better, hut more fruit
has been sold than would have
been possible under the old•system.
Even the early varieties of apples
were put upon the market in gond
condition. Just as soon as the
Duchess, for instance, were ripe,
all co-operators were notified to
begin picking at the same time.
In this way a car would be started
with the fruit within two days of
the time the apples were taken
from the trees. If we can, said
Mr. Sherrington, by this system
increase the general returns re-
ceived from our fruit crop, the
producer of poor fruit will almost
certainly be led to improve the
quality of his output. If he will
not clo this, he will have to get out
of the association.
In the course of the discussion,
Mr. MacKinnon said that, in his
opinion, no system of co-operation
would be complete which did not
start at the beginning, and intro-
duce uniform methods in the selec-
tion of varieties, in planting and
top -grafting, in orchard manage-
ment, including spraying and even
in the buying of supplies.
W. C. T. U.
. A Heart -Rending Scene.
I was sitting at my breakfast
table one Sabbath morning when 1
was called to my floor by the ring-
ing of the bell. There stood a boy
about fourteen years of age, poorly
clad, but tidied up as best he could.
He was leaning on crutches ; one
leg off at tho knee. In a voice that
trembled with emotion, and with
tears coursing down his cheeks, lie
said :
"Mr. Hoagland. 1 aim Freddy
Brown. I have comae to see if you
will go to the jail and talk and
pray with my father. He is to be
hung to -morrow for the murder of
my mother. My father was a good
man but whiskey did it. I have
three little sisters younger than
myself. We are very, very poor,
and have no friends. We live in a
dark and clingy room. I do the
best I can to support my sisters by
selling papers, blacking boots, and
odd jobs ; but, Mr. Hoagland, we
are awful pool". Will you come and
be with us when father's body is
brought home? Tho Governor
says we may have the body after
he is hung."
I was deeply moved to pity. I
promised, and made haste to the
fail, where I found his father.
He acknowledged that he mast
have murdered his wife, for the
eit;eurnstancos Pointed that way,
but he had not the slightest remem-
brance of the deed. Ho said he
was crazed with drink, or he would
never have committed the crime.
He said :
AMY wife was a good woman and
a faithful mother to my little
children. Never did I dream that
my hand could be guilty of such a
crime."
The pian could face tete penalty
of the maw biavely'for his deed; but
he broke down and cried as it his
heart would break when he thought
of leaving his children in • a desti-
tute and. friendless condition. 1
read and prayed with hien, and left
him to his fate.
The next morning I made my
way to the miserable quarters of
the children.
I found three little girls upon a
bed of straw in ono corner of the
room. • They were clad in rags.
They were beautiful girls had they
proper care. They were expecting
the body of their dead father, and
between their cries and • sobs they
would say, "Papa was good, brit
whiskey did it."
In a little time two strong officers
came, bearing the body of the cieacl
father in a rude pine box, They
set it down on two old rickety
stools. The cries of the children
were so heart-rending that •they
could not endure it and made haste
out of the room, leaving me alone
with this terrible scene:.
In a moment the manly boy nerv-
ed himself and said: "Come, sis-
ters, kiss papa's face before it is
cold." They gathered about his
face and smoothed rt dawn with
kisses, and between their sobs cried
out : "Papa was good, but whiskey
did it. Papa was good but whiskey
did. it"
I raised my heart to God and
said : "0 God, did I fight to save
a country that would derive a
revenue from a traffic that would
make one scene like this possible?"
In my heart 1 said : "In the whole
history of this accursed traffic
there has not been enough revenue
derived to pay for one such scene
as this. The wife and mother
murdered, the father hung, the
children outraged, a home destroy-
ed.,' I there promised God that I
would vote to save my country
from tho rule of the rum oligarchy.
BAYFIELD.
Special to THE HER ALD.
13. Darrow; of the "Commercial
Hotel," spent Wednesday last, in
Clinton .
S. Moore was in London, on busi-
ness, on Wednesday last.
Regret to state the severe illness
of Mrs. Jas. Johnson, who at pres-
ent; is very low with congestion of
the lungs..
The sympathy of a large circle of
friends will be extended to Rev. Mr
and Mrs J. McNeil, in the death of
their infant daughter, Marjorie,
which took place Friday evening
last.
Messrs. l ei1 Cameron, John
Quinn and Will. Baker, who have
been sailing the lakes all summer,
have returned home.
While in London, Mr. S. Moore
purchased the Ryan Bush, on the
Wellington Connor estate, and at
present has a large staff of teen em-
ployed in cutting timber.
Five teams, drawing heavy loads
of apples from Mr, J. Whiddin's
Evaporator, started for Goderich
Tuesday morning, but had to return
owing to the roads being drifted.—
They went to Brucefield and ship-
ped from there.
Mrs. F. A. Edwards is at present
suffering from a slight accident.
Miss Rubio Whiddon is on the
sick list.
Mr. Jas. Delgaty occupied the
pulpit at St. Andrew's, at both ser-
vices, Sunday last.
Court Bayfield, No. 1143, held
their election of officers on Friday
evening last, The following officers
wsrc elected ;—F. A. Falconer, C.R ;
\V. J. Brandon, V. C. R ; H. Dreh-
mann, Pin. Sec. ; A. E. Erwin, Rec.
Sec. & Tress, ; Rev. Mr. Jennings,
Chap. ; Dixiei Bailie, S. W. ; Wm.
Elliott, J. W. ; 11. Bailey, S. B. ; Ed
Reid, J. B. ; Drs. Woods and Smith
Court Physicians.
The members of the I, 0, F. in-
tend holding their aminal Ball on
the evening of Jan. 8th, when a
good time is oxpeoted.
Don't forget the Presbyterian
Xnaaas Tree, on Xmas evening,
when a grand program of quartetts
solos, recitations, dialogues, etc.,
will be given—all up-to-date—don't
miss it.
The date of the English Xmas
entertainment is Dee. 30th, when a
grand program will be given.
Word was received from Detroit
of the marriage, on Wednesday
evnenig, of Mr Alheat Ironstone to
Miss Alfie Green, both formerly of
Bayfield, We wish Mr. and Mrs.
Vanstone much happiness and pros-
perity.
HEIVBALL
Special to THE HERALD.
A number of people were, distil)
,pointed Last week, and especially
Postmaster Sutherland, who had
ordered a number of Xmas Globes
for his customers.. Mr. S. T. Hop-
per, our Druggist and Stationer,
received his bundle and then Mr.
Sutherland enquired for his and
found that, by some mistaken he
had been overlooked and the sup-
ply was exhausted.
A picture of Miss fosie Medd,
daughter of Rev. Dr. Medd of the
Methodist Church here, appears in
the Christmas Globe,
Miss Doan will succeed MissMur-
ray in the Public School, after the
holidays, Her many friends will
he glad to have her near home.-
Needless to say she comes highly
recommended.
During the cold snap most of the
passenger trains are more than an
hour late. The freight train is
overworked and it is customary for
the engine to run from Iiippen to
Exeter and back again, On Tuesday.
evening it had not left here at 10.30
p. m. There should be a train each
way every day.
On Tuesday morning the olecric
lights began to come on at 6.30 for
an hour -and -a -half, and to stop at
11 o'clock in place of midinight.—
This is a great improvement.
On Monday evening about 7.30 p.
m., a fire was noticed about two
miles south, on the London Roac1.—
It proved to be Mr. White's driving
shed. They saved most that
was on the ground floor, but a new
buggy and other things that were
stored up -stairs, were burned. It
was a new building last summer
and had a stove in a small room for
preparing feed for the stock, and
this is said to have been the cause
of the fire.
No better present can be given
then a pair of Hopper's gold spec-
tacles, or eye -glasses. The sight
can be tested after the holidays, so
it can be kept a secret. Let this be
one of your presents.
Born.
KALBFLEISCH.—At Blake, on Dec.
12th, to Mr. and Mrs. Eci. Kalb-
fleisch, a son.
Ray Council.
Council niet in accordance with
the Statutes, on the 15th. Dec. All
present,
There were a number of accounts
passed and checks issued therefor.
The Accounts ' will appear in the
Treasurer's Financial Statement,
which will be issued before Nomin-
ation Day,
Tho Nomination will be held on
Monday the .28th. of Dec. at the
hour from 1 to 2 o'clock, p. m.—.
Should a poll be required, the elec-
tion will be held on Monday, the
4th, day of January, 1904.
FRED. HEiSS, SR„
Clerk.
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