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The Herald, 1904-01-08, Page 4The Zurich Herald. Is PUBLISHED EV;SEY THU1 D.4.'W , VE LING, BZZ E. ZELLER TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION r—$l.oc per year paid strictly in advance. When the paper is not ordered to be discontinued it will be sent until such order is given and arrearages paid. $1.50 to be charged when not paid in advance. ADVERTISING RA'Z'ES.—Trace i e n t is i.vertisements, 10 cents per l3revier line or first insertion and 5 eents per line for a.aeh subsequent insertion. Small Advs, each as Lost Estray or' Stolen wixl be charged 50 cents first insertion and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Copy for change of 'advertisement must be handed in not later tan Tuesday night of each week to insure change in follow- ing issue. Local notices in ordinary reading type 5 eents per lino. Notices for Church en- tertainments or other benevolent institu- tion at special rates. Contrasts for column, half -solemn and quarter -(solemn rates for gpeel five! pcariod,4 will be cheerfnlly given. Address all communications to Tale E. ZELLER EDITOR, Zumort, P.() FRIDAY, JANUARY 8th.. 1904. custom with the sheep fanner is to go oa>:efully over his. Rocks each year, rind reject and send to the butcher ta11 the aged ewes, yearling ewes. ewe lambs and rains that are not of the desired quality, or have not proven vaaltutb a us breeders, This Maha g process is very Ore. fully carried out. Buyers are not usually , talewed. to select sheep front the 'bleeding flock of any of the well established breeders. The best of the flock is reserved for their own use, the next bast is sold for breeding pur- poses, and the third grade goes to the butcher. This careful selection and grading are what have estab- lished and maintained the suprenx- acy of the English Rocks. British farmers are not breeding tiny bet. ter sheep than Canadians could produce, if we were to devote the same attention to the industry. In Britain selection of breeding stock has been so thoroughly carried cn fer generations that their sheep are highly appreciated in all parts of the world, They are bought by all countries for use in improving ho native stock. In. Canada we ,1111 ,:u u very clif: ore nt principle. Many ,}f our p ,ro bred flocks are annually culled by tho Americans, who buy the best to improve their flecks, and leave to our breeders the seeend and third class animals. This is a very great mistake. War in the far East, be- tween Russia and Japan is now very generally conced- ed to be near. The Value of Pedigree. Breeders of live stock talk freely of the good pedigrees possessed by their animals ; but a great many of thein do not realize what the term really means. 'What is a good pedigree? This question was ans- wered ns-werecl very fully by Mr. F. W. Hodson, Live Stock Commissioner, in his evidence before the Commit- tee on Agriculture and Colonization during the recent session of Par- liament. For a pedigree to bo really good, and a sire impressive, the ancestors should be alike in type, quality and breeding for several generations—the more the better. There is a great necessity for breeders to observe uniformity in the type of animals they select as sires. The more uniformity there is in all his ancestors. both . in breeding and quality. the more impressive a sire will be. The successful breeder of live stock pays a great deal of attention to this feature : he cannot be suc- cessful unless he does. We fre- quently see an animal of excellent appearance, that has been got by a good sire, but out of a ver;; indif- ferent dam. Many of this sort are kept for sires in this country, to the great detriment of the live stock industry. What we greatly need is line breeding. The animals included in a pedigree should be of the same breeding, quality and style. If an aminal has had a bad sire, or a.bad grand -sire, or clam or grand dam, the peculiarities of these will crop out in the offspring, because the sire is only one of many in a pedigree and bas only the influence of one, while against hirer is the influence of each of the animal:, in his ancestry, all tending towards variation. It is often bet- ter to choose a somewhat inferior atunnal of good breeding than a good a gond animal of bad breed, ing, because in each case there is the influence of one animal against the whole ancestry and each indi- vidual animal in that ancestry. It will not do to confound a long pedigree with a good pedigree:. Many animals with long pedigrees are useless for improving the qual- ity of our stock. Why? Because their ancestur4 have not been of uniformly good gntality, nor have they been of the stenotype. Many of the purebred animals imported into Canada are of poor quality and not bred to type ; othere have a good appearance, but, their off- spring is interior because their ancestors have been irregular in type quality and breeding. If a man wishes to show a herd of good cattle or 'a stable of good horses he must have them of uniform type, and in order to get them so he must study and practise line breeding as far as typo and quality go. So it is in breeding; all classes of ani - reals. The advantnges of adhering close- ly to type, and -culling mit all ani xnals that do .not chine up to the standard are well illustrated in the case of the British sheep breeders, Theat 'i1onks are 1 arge and good, and exceedingly well xn.anaged. Tho greatest care is exercised lit regard to the quality Of the breed- ing males. The ewe flocks tare of uniformly. good. iluai.ity, but ,even the British fairnuer could improve lits methods by paying more atten- tion to the :ancestors of the rates he buys. The quality of those he note uses is good, -but he does not always take the trottblo to snake - sure that their canis or grand - dams were equally -good. This is a very important feature. The usual W. C. T. U. • Up in The Clouds With The Crooked Steel. It was Jimmy who spoke first. "Did I ever tell you about my girl?" said he "No," said I; and Jimmy began. It was bis duty to talk, and he did talk, as, I am sure,he had never talked before and never did again. He had known her ever since they were children, it seemed, and they had been engaged for about a year. She was so beautiful, with her black • hair, and her clear white skin, and her big blue eyes. and she was so good and so true and honest and loyal—a girl who would stand by a man through thick and thin, and do her level best for him always—provided he did his level best for her. There was the trouble Jimmy was afraid that he wasn't going to do his best, or that the best he could do would still be a failure. That was his seventh winter in the woods, and every spring. when the caanps broke up, he had gone with the rest of the boys to Newbery or the Soo and blown in all Ins earnings in a grand frolic that had lasted till the money was gone. He had done it last spring, since be had become engag- ed to Rose ; and she had . broken with him, but had finally agreed to give him another trial. She \VHS waiting for him now, down in Saanila.e, to see what he would do. Wages were high in the woods that winter, and his stake would be a large one—enough, with her than agement, to start them in house- keeping. But whether he could ever get it across the Straits of Mackinac without spending it, he didn't know, and he was fairly sick with fear. Ile paused a moment, with his eyes fixed on the ground, and I thought he was probably wonder. ing if I could understand, er if I had already set him down .for a weakling and a fool I did understand. I, too, had spent winters in the camps, and had felt the deadly ennui of a life that feeds aa, man's physical nature tilt he is as full of health and strength and vigor as a spring anaple' is of satee. but gieres him nothing to think about, and starves his soul end his emotions till he is ready to sacrifice his whole future for the sake of Making- things interesting, I -didn't wonder that Jimmy was afritid. But I tried to cheer him up, and told biro that he must tale a brace and not think about.it. This time, With so much to look forward to,. he would surely keep straight, Ho shook his head. "Every year," he said made up my mind that I°'v ouldn't drink a drop, and then, viten the break-up comes, all the boys are going to town and somehow or other I always get a whiff'of it, or a taste. and it's all up, with me. .And this afternoon." He stopped short, but I thought I knew what he meant The odor of alcohol that Joe Lalonde had brought into the mei4's camp, had wakened the old craving, and it threatened to sweet) hits' oft his feet and carry hien away to town to do as ,Toe had done witbeat w a;t• - With the finest wife itz Michigan.; were enough, it seemed to me, ..to put heart into any than, But it wouldn't do.Jimmy refused to be , comforted, 'His face grew ever darker and more sombre, and when at last I reminded him that it was after.' supper -time and we trust go back to camp, he rose reluctantly and Walked slowly and. heavily,' as if he evere being dragged against his will. eIt was dirk when we reached the Man's crimp, but the door stood open, and the lamplight was streaming otrt across the little clearing. And then, all of a such den, T knew what ;Jimmy's danger had been ; and knew, too, that it was over for that time. The frag- Ments of e big black whislrey bottle ley beside a stump in front of the camp, and, there was a yellow. stain on the snow. Jimmy saw it as soon as I did, and his face lit up with a glad relief. Wo went in and found Joe Lalonde lying on the floor with his bends tied behind him and his ankles strapped to- gether. Not content with breaking the strictest rule of the ,;.amp by bringing liquor with hien when he patine back from dice Soo, he had picked a quarrel with Ole Erickson, one of the Swampers, and had tried to stick a knife in him. The next day he wont over on the tote -road —we were sorry to lose him, too, for ho was a corking good woods- man—and Jimmy received a very fat letter from Sennile° and was happy. again. (To be continued.) Press Supt. 0.4s1/l/ 000 Special to Txcn Hun Lla. A very pleasant gathering took place at the parsonage of the Evan- golioai ohureh on Monday evening, Jan 4, 1904. The event was a social surprise in behalf of Milton and 'Charles Merle* of Guelph and Winnipeg, who spent the holiday season with, their parents and who are about to leave Dashwood again, were agree- ably surprised , to see se many young friends, about 30 in number, to show their appreciation of their visit in Dashwood. After having been made welcome, the evening was spent in various gaames,. singing and choice music, so that a most pleasant time was spent. A luncheon was served by the ladies and then being refreshed all left feeling delighted for having been present. After singing "God be With You till we Meet Again" their father, Rev. J. C. Morlock, expressed his appreciation and thankfulness to the young people for preparing a social gathering, which wan heartily enjoyed by all. HENSALL Special to THE H14RP.L1,. Dr. Sellery spent his Christmas holidays at his home in Kincardine. Mr. W. Kemp, of Seaforth, came home for Christmas and for New Years. The passenger trains are from one to three hours late and the freight train—better say nothing about it. Mies Reynolds, of Toronto, is spending it fete weeks at home. J. E. Donnell was in London this week. ='. Miss Annie Beek, of St. Marys, has beenispending her holidays 'at home. Miss Bell,' of Blyth, has been in town for t:'fee- days. Mrs. 0anpbell and daughter are visitm� at' her home here. She assisted the Methodist choir in a, sons service on Dec. 27th. On• Wednesday afternoon the Conservatives of this riding will hold their eonvention in our village while on Friday the Reformers will journey to Brneefield. On Saturday last Mr. Geo. Rey- nolds returned to Toronto Junction after spending his holidays at home. Thee had a family re -union on Christmas. Mr. F. B. Wclfordl, of the Mol - son's bank, spent Christmas and New Year's at his Borne in Wood- stock. The members of the junior Bible Class of the Methodist church pre- sented their teacher, Mr. James Clark, with a handsome Morris chair at the,Christuias Tree Enter- tainment. Laxative C'oid Cures cares cold in the head, grip, pec., in short order. Sold only at Hopper's Drug Store. SODOM Special the Tele HERALD. We are glad to bee Miss Hogg, our Public School teacher, hick again. Mr. Beaver, Miss Stire and Miss Pfaff, of Dashwood, were visiting at Wm. Pfaff's on New Year's evening. Mr. John Ford, who has been on the sick list for the past few weeks, is able to be out again. ' Horace Pfaff,who has been under the Doctor's care, is improving. Miss Maggie Pfaff was the guest of Wm. Pfaff's over Srxnclay. BAYFI ELD, Special to THE ILaRLLn. • (Continued from last week.) Mr. F. A. Edwards, who has been • taking treatment tit St. Joseph. Hos pital, London, for the past seven Weeks, returned home Wednesday,. Mrs. Weir and family of London, are at present visiting their many relations and friends, in the village Mr. P. P. Eastcott and wife, of Dakota, who have been visiting friends in this vicinity, aro at pees-„ ent the guests of Mrs. Parson... Mr. Charles Card and Miss. Nellie Card, of Toronto, spent Xmas nn - der the parental roof and returned to the city on Monday. Mr. John McLeod, of Cleveland,., arrived home Thursday, to spend. Xmas. Owing to the serious illness of Mrs. Jas. Johnson, her son Herbert of Kincardine, was called home.— We hope to hear.of her speedy re- covery. Mr. W. Harrison, who has been on the lakes all summer, spent his Xmas holidays at his home here. Miss Edith Falconer and her friends,Miss M. Cousin and Messrs. Stowe and, Harrison, all of Goder- ich, wore the guests of Mrs. John Falconer Xmas day. • Misses Rae and Ella McGee, of Toronto, spent Xmas under the pa- rental roof. D. Peck, of Seaforth, visited riends•in the village, Friday. B. Higgins, 'Varna, was in the vil lige, on business, Friday: Mr. J. Falconer spent Wodnes- day in Goderich. Mr. end Mrs. George McDonald, of Berlin, attended the wedding of the former's sister, on Xmas eve. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Buchanan, of Goderich, attended the wedding of Miss McDonald, on Xmas eve. TIIE7 R. P!CK4R Mg for the breakup. I tolyl hint that he mustn't let the mere sinal] ieig train, and beforo the 6.18 p, in. of whiskey affect him that way, train. It ie a very great convene and he looked at me wonderingly, fence, and tory 'tae will not be statis- m if to say, "Don't yoneknow?" fled ;until the marl is collected be - c HENSALL. DASHWOOD. To the people in Towns, Villages and surrounding country. wI; wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous New "Year. Also thanking -you for your liberal support in the past, and would solicit the continuance of the same in the future. There were a largo nnniber pres- ent at the Noinination proceedings, and the council of 1903 was well sicken af, although the taxes had been increased. About a dozen were nominated for Reeve, and about the saline number for' Coun- cillors, but resignations were in order, tine when it was seen that there would not be a full Council, all the', rest resigned ; so we will have Nomination on the 77tb. instant. Miss Dotal seems to have made a very favorable impression on her new pupils, On Tuesday morning, Mr. James Schirra left for. Detroit,`where he has secured. a good. position. On Sunday evening Rev. Dr. Medd preached an excellent sermon to men in middle life, On Tuesday cyesis„ he lectured. in Ohiselhurst Methodist Minh. lttr . David \Vren, of Victoria UMI versity', Toronto, spent his holidaysart bonze, anal on Sunday preachedart t'bisa'llnu'at ; in the afternoon at Iiethesday. Wo have now a letter -hoe at the corner, leading to the Station. The Mala is collected before each morn - In. a few days we shall begin rI S -'O Com— T .K= N0-, and in order to reduce our large stock we will for the next week give you Goods at Slaughtering Prices, No trouble to show goods. Leet-' We pay highest prices for Farm produce. w .GREAT COMB' alos THE HnR1LD, your home paper, ....$1.00. 3.00. .50. Toronto Daily News American„ Farmer Weekly Globo 1.00. Weekly Montreal Herald . 1.00. MU PRICE FOR THE LOT, ONLY..... Address or Call at once. 1 liit',Cifrg3 0,17s eleMleeMezellialleenE . A1"1ON 6.50. We have also Low Rates on other Daily Weekly Newspapers, THE HERALD OFFICE, ZURICH. And I 'didn't know, tholxnh I thought I did. Again I set to work in. earnest; to cheer him up and snake hila feel better, andthe pictures I drew of the way he was to cheat the devil, and go down to Sanllao in triumph with his Winter's stake,, and marry his girl, and • settle down to the fore the •1.;;, p. -ne. train, LIS that train takes the Toronto and eastcyrn retail. The Band turned out New Year's morning and again in the afternoon and serenaded the leading citizens. On Thttrsds r evening the. Exeter Junior Hockey team will play our Junior •tcanr. This will bo the op - enjoyment of d.o»ie,etic happiness ening game. v SEW LINES OF FURNITURE .......... is the new . finish in IN ca � EJO r s and .ed=Rooni Setts. Very Handsome: Chiidr ns' Sleighs, Organs & Plano, EI .... ",tea .. °'� SS, dtc. .QrW, Ate✓ =cam., re 9 Blankets, • Robes .and Belle. van: be sold at a Big Reduction.