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XPOSITOR
DECEMBER 26, 1919
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NEW ADvtillITTSEMENTS
traPPy New Year—Stewart Bros. -3
Season's Greeting's—George A. S1118-2
Greetings—Doniey & McKinnon -8
Dorothy Gish—Strand-3
Notice—W. G. Neal -1
Christmas Wishes—W. G. Wilta-4
Merry -Xmas—F. S. Savauge-1
Bt i Wishes—'. R. Scott -4
Christmas Music Repeated -1
Shoes Lost—Expesitior Office -8
Hockey Shoes—H. R. Scott -8
Special Matinee—Strand-8
For Sale—john McMillan -5
THE HURPN EXPOSITOR
SEAFORTH, Friday, Dec. 26th, 1919.
WAR TIME RESTRICTIONS
REMOVED
With the coming of the New Year,
Canada returns practically to a basis
of -peace. War time restrictions im-
posed by order -in -Council under the
• War Measures Act will (with some
exceptions) be removed. And, in the
case of the exceptions, the orderi-in-
Council terminate at the end of the
next session of Parliament. The war-
time restrictions, which will cease to
be operative on January arst, include
those onmrace-track betting and on
importation, manufacture and inter -
Provincial trade in alcoholic liquors.
The orders -in -Council remaining in
force include:
Pulp and paper control; coal and
sugar control; silver coinage; trading
with the -enemy; exportation of gold;
internmenteeperations; greater pro-
duction me Indian reserves; censor-
ship.
Ilteinoval of the restrictions imposed
by order -in -Council on the liquor
trade ends a phrase of Federal action
which opened nearly two years ago.
Within a few weeks of the Union
Government coming into power, the
use of grain for distMation of potable
liquor was forbidden. From the last
day of December, 1917, importation
of liquor containing -more than 2%
per cent. proof spirits was forbidden.
e Three months later, there was a fur-
ther order -in -Council passed prohibit-
ing manufacture and inter -Provincial
trade. These orders -in -Council are to
terminate with the close of the pres-
ent year. In rescinding, these and
other orders -in -Council passed as war
measures, the Government takes the
view that, although no proclamation
has yet been issued declaring that
war no longer exists, actual war con-
.ditions long ago ceased in fact. "Con-
sequently," the rescinding orders
read:
"Existehce of war can no longer
be urged as a reason for maintaining
these extraordinary regulations as
necessary or admiesable for the se-
curity, defence, peace, order and 'wel-
fare of Canada.
"The armistice, which concluded
hostilities, became effective November
llth, 1918. The expeditionary force
has sinte been withdrawn and de-
mobilized and the country generally is
devoting itstenergies to re-establish-
ment �f the ordinary avocations of
peace."
/ •
The Act of' last session provides
that on,the request of any Provincial
Legiilature, the Dominion Govern-
ment, can hold a provincial referen-
dum on the question Whether or not
importations are to be prohibited, so
far as that particular province is
concerned. If the referendum goes
in the affirmative the Dominion Gov-
ernment will then issue a proclama-
tion forbidding importation into the
province in question.
In regard to race -track betting,
conditions as they • existed in 191-1
are restored, but legislation on the
matter, it is expected, will be sub-
mitted at the next session of Parlia-
ment. Dr. Rutherford of the Rail-
way Board is now making an inves-
tigation into race -track betting, and
• his report will probably form the
basis of legislative action. In the
interval there may be some betting
on the ice tracks.
AMNESTY FOR ALL MILITARY
OFFENDERS
Release of all Canadians imprisoned
for offences under the Military Act
and the suspension of all proceedings
against others is provided for in a
proclamation which appeared in. an
extra of the Canada Gazette issued
on Monday. An order -in -Council,
which was signed late on Saturday
by His Excellency the Governor-Gen-
eral makes provision for this general
amnesty to Military offenders.
The order -in -Council is based upon
a report of Hon. C. J. Doherty, which
sets forth the reasons which actuated
the Government in deciding upon this
important step.
"The Minister observes," says the
report, "that it is, in his opinion, ex-
pedient, in view of the restoration of
peace and for the general purposes
of re-establishment, that amnesty
should be graciously extended to all
such (military) offenders so that those
now undergoingimprisonment may
be discharged; so that pending pros-
ecutions for the offenders aforesaid
may be discontinued and so that all
offences heretofore committeed and
the penalties ineurred and not actual-
ly enforced and paid shall be generally
pardoned, forgiven and remitted. The
Minister therefore recommends that
a proclamation of general amnesty
for offenders be issued in pursuance
of the powers in that behalf vested in
Your Exceilencee"
The adoption of this order -in -
Council means that, unless delay oc-
currs at connection with the issuance
of the necessary proclamation there
will be a general delivery of offenders
under. the Military Service Act on
Monday. Exact figures of the num-
ber of prisoners to be released are
not available Ito -night but as the
terms of tha majority of those
imprisoned under the Act have ex-
pired, the number is not large. The
majority of offenders paid fines and
were not imptisoned. The greatest
relief will be given by the amnesty,
to offenders against the Act who have
not been apprehended, but who have
been sought for by the authorities.
FARMERS' MOVEMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES?
I have reeently returned from St.
Paul and Minneapolis, where I talked
with leaders of the Non -Partisan
League. What they told me, and
what I learned about that great
agrariaitt movement had added in-
terest land, significance perceived
against the solidity of the Twig,
Cities spread out in a network
mill, railway, and skyscraper beside
the daring lalissisiippi.
It was my first visit to the North-
west and I saw therefore for the first
'time the great flour mills piled be-
side 'the snarling waters as I had seen
them pictured -so many times in my
school 'geography, and let me say that
the jrnpression created by those in-
dustries is the impression I had as
a bey, of power spelled with a capital
P; power rooted deep , in the soil;
eonservative to the last length. The
cities themselves are substantial with
a four-square look quite unlike Bos-
ton,. New York, or Chicago but with
just what difference one can not eas-
ily say. I think the difference is in
their naked materialism, as if they
said, "Why all this sham of art,
this hypocrisy of religion, a city is
built for business, nothing more."
This is the impression I carried away
from the -Twin Cities, though there
is a great cathedral at St. Paul and
excellent art galleries and libraries
in both centres. And the impression
is a true one I think. Most of the -
solid -looking skyscrapers were bank,
or insurance or • railroad buitaings„
the impersonal embodiment of cor-
porate power. I noticed too a reach-
ing westward on the part of the cities
rather than eastward, revealed if by
nothing else in the exhibits lof wheat
lands in the great railroad buildings.
That begins this story. These solid,
conservetive cities, built for business
only, depend for their wealth and
life upon the great cereal lands which
lie farther west. And these lands,
meagre of towns, are manned by in-
telligent, sincere, injured Americans
who have lawfully solved the problem
of making the scattered, hardwork-
ing majority of the --country more
powerful than the moneyed minority
of the cities. Their struggle is • an
epic in a sense that it epitomizes the
national struggle of this generation
in America.
This conflict charges the atmos-
phere of these substantial cities with
discussion. The Non-partisan League
has already brought back one aspect
of -democracy to the great centres,
namely, the creation of public opinion
by word of mouth. Everywhere that
I went in pullman ; car, street car,
hotel lobby, theatre, office and street
I heard words, semetimes heated,
sometimes whispered, which led me to
understand that the agrarian move-
ment had disturbed St. Paul and Min-
neapolis to the foundations. Every
day St. Paul and Minneapolis papers
print editorial and news -stories dis-
paraging- the farmers' movement just
as the intereets in the earlier stage
of its development refused meeting
places to the members of the League,
and charged them with disloyalty.' A
movement that can disturb these
cities must have volume and strength.
. If 1 were asked briefly to char-
acterize the Non-partisan League •I
should call- it a method of securing
direct action in politics. The story
begins back four or five years ago—
arid 'farther; of course; as all such
movements go—when the abuse of the
farmers of North Dakota by the mil-
lers of Minneapolis reached a climax.
The farmers had succeeded in elect-
ing a legislature which was pledged
to correct the evils of agrarian life,
and which- not only failed to correct
them, but added an insult; that legi-
slature told the farmers to go home
and slop their hogs. That retort en-
kindled the great eonflagratichn..
-What was the nature of the evils?
Chiefly economic; as' Mr. Townley put
it, "The farmers were buying at re-
tail and selling at wholesale" and
were making up the deficit by penaliz-
ing their oarn lives, the lives of their
women and children and their land.
Year after year the farmers had
found that because they had no ele-
vators in which to store their product
they were forced to sell when. condi-
tions dictated, and that the bottom
fell out of the market just before
they sold, and mysteriously arose
soon efter. They discovered that for
every forty-two units of grain sold
they were getting twenty in return.
They saw great coal fields and other
natural resources in North Dakota
go undeaeloped while they paid enor-
mous prices for fuel and other pro-
ducts carried froth Pennsylvania and
other points at outrageous freight
rates. They found the money market
tight and themselves hampered ser-
iously in planting and improving their
farms. In short, though the farmers
compose four-fifths of the population
of North Dakota, the state seemed
to exist for and by and of a minority
which had its seat of power in the
substantial Twin Cities far away.
The answer • to this unspeakable
state of affairs was a man and a
method of government. The man was
A. C. Townley, a farmer who had been
forced into bankruptcy by the very
economic system which he arose to
combat. I did not meet Mr. Townley
when I was in St. Paul, much to my
regret, for I venture to forecast that
he will play a great part in the de -
'cede of political change to come. He
is visitor -shy, shrinks from being
looked at, and has nothing of the
poseur in his nature. Though 1 had
no personal conference,still 1 carried
i
away certain definite mpaessions of
him. First, he is built for action and
has mobilized a political arany which
is designed for getting results. Sec-
ond, he is in no sense a politician of
the old type. Once a school master,
he knows the value of well -tested
theory, and he has built up a Council
of experts in economics and 'govern-
ment. The legislative bureau or-
ganized by the Non-partisan League
was conceded by its opponents to be
the best ever created in the North-
west. For the first time under the
leadership of Mr. Townley we are
seeing democracy utilize in politics
political experts which it has produc-
ed.
Third, Mr. Townley has bound to
him the thousands who compose the
League by indissoluble bonds of con-
fidence. One of the first attempts of
his enemies was to cat aspersions
upon his character, and though these
accusations took different forms, the
members repeatedly voted to continue
under his leadership as president of
the League. In this hour of distrust
of leaders everywhere, this is a sig-
nificant fact, and, a cheering fact to
young democrats of this nation. For
instance, recall in - contrast Lord
Haldane's recent disquieting remark,
"The workers will not believe any-
thing they are told." Through the
magnetism of his person, Mr. Town-
ley has informed the movement with
a faith akin to religious feeling. Far-
_mem—
mem who possess fortunes of more
-than $100,000 say that they would
turn over every cent to Townley to-
day if he needed it Singular tith-
ing, that:
In conclusion, Mr. Townley possess-
es that -disintegrating vision, that
vivacity and simplicity of utterance
which eery true political leader
must have. He can take our complex
social problems, break them up into
observable fragments, and describe
them with the urgency and vividness
of the barn teacher. His speeches to
the farmers, as one reads them, are
racy, graphic, direct, pointed with
ahecdote and parable, and strong with
a, steel framework of truth and logic.
Though we Americans are in danger
of overworking the term, we may say
that Mr. Townley's speeches have
Lincoln's quality. This is the man,
then, who by common consent heads
the movement.
His method is simple. It goes
back to the first principle of demo-
cratic government In a representa-
tive system, the government must be
kept sufficiently posted upon what is
the will of the majority.
That a new agrarian movement had
to be founded upon so elemental a,
law, reveals decay in our representa-
tive system. There are those among
us who are still childlike enough, to
believe that when we elect John Doe
to the assembly John Doe repre-
sents us. As a matter of fact John
Doe becomes a representative of an
invisible organization which sits per-
petually at the capital, of a lobby
whose creature he happens to be. Our
representative governinennt in Amer-
ica has degenerated into a tabby
bureaucracy. Laws are made by
whatever interest have the money to
design, provide and direct the lobbies
at the capital. In most cases these
interests are the manufacturing as-
sociations, utility companies, railroad
and insurannce companies, and .cor-
porations which control natural mon-
opolies. Our boasted democracy,
then, has passed into an invisible class
rule.
In North Dakota the legielatutie
was controlled by the Mtinneapolia
millers and it was 'Mr. Townley's plan
to organize a, lobby, representing the
people, more powerful than that of
the Pour magnates. He succeeded.
The Non-partisan League is best un-
derstood as such a lobby. Like the
millers, it is sleepless, rich, militant.
Unlike them, it is honest, open and
democratie. Through terganization it
has effected in a few 'months the cor-
rection 'of evils which the farmers,
through ordinary obstructed processes
of representative government, had
tried for years to achieve. For North
Dakota state-owned flour mills, eleva-
tors and banks are actualities. They
are facts.
In old America, politics occupied
about one-tenth of our lives.
Ti new America, because about nine -
tenths of our lives are economic, poli-
tics must demand nine -tenths of our
lives. The dramatic transformation
which we are witnessing is the trans-
formation of political' govettiment
in-
to economic government. —a M. H.
Hedges.
. FROM AN OLD McKILLOP
• SUBSCRIBER
• Toronto,. Dec, 22, 1919.
Dear Expositor:—Coon skin coats
and other fur coats of less value
were largely in evidence here last
week, it being a gathering of farmers'
clans. To lee sure, they were.jubilant
over what took place on the 20th of
October last. One Crerar, froni the
west, gave an address, who is a free
trader, but if all duty is removed he
did not make it clear where the rev-
enue required would come from. An-
other foolish and untruthful statement
he Made was that the growth of
cities was no advantage or benefit to
country places, and yet that same day
Crerar would have to pay $1.25 for
a dozen of eggs from a farmer's
buggy, and seven -dollars for a barrel
of appels off a farmers' democrat, 75
cents for a bag of turnips, and the
same through the whole list. 'Politi-
cal leaders are not careful regarding
their statements. The Drury ministry
is doing business, although a number
a them cannot add M. P. P. to their
names yet. •
Nobody seems to know where
Hearst is keeping himself. In look-
ing back, I have in mind two men
who were conscientous and had al-
ways done what they considered was
right as political leaders, and yet
both suffered overwhelming defeat the
first time they appealed to the people.
These two men were ,Alexander Mc-
Kenzie and Sir William Hearst, and
I coald name one or two who, during
the greater part of their lives, were
no better then common scalawags and
yet they -ran the show, and led Gov-
ernments year after year and term
after term. Why is it thus, to use
the language of the street, search me?
Among the noteables here a short
time ago was Admiral Lord Jellicoe,
who is a little man' with sharp eyes
and a bald head. He told the people
at Massey Hall that he was no public
speaker, which proved to be no dream.
Lady Jellicoe had a seat on the plat-
form and, of course, we were all
glad to •see them both..
Mayor Church will again have op-
position. Tommy, as he is usually
called, is a favorite with the best
class of citizens. One of his oppon-
knts is a half-baked Socialist; the
other is Controller McBride, an ill-
tempered and boisterous fellow, whom
I think would not bring much dignity
to the city as its chief magistrate,
but he has a big following among
certain classes. The anti -vaccination
people will support him. To show
the strength of Socialism jthe only
Socialist candidate at the lait election,
a 'guy named Lockhart, rEiceived one
-Imadred and twenty votes in a riding
which has nearly 20,000 electors.
Toronto whatever else it may be,
does not want staff of that kind.
Mr. Editor, reference was made at
Massey Hall the other night in re-
gard to the bunch of farmers who
treked to Ottawa that time. With
your permission I will give my opinion
of it in my next letter, hoping that
'the year 1920 -Will be a pleasant and
profitable one- for Canada in general
and Huron in particularnaJ. J. I.
DOES THE FALL LITTER PAY?
There is much discussion as to pos-
sible profits to be obtained from the
fall litter particularly when farrowed
late. •
A sow farrows on April lst., nurses
a litter six weeks, is bred a few days
•
after end farrows a second littr in
early October. Where facilities are
present for earlier farrowing of the
first litter the second may be benefit-
ted by August or September ,birth.
During the summer, of course, the
sow must have extra care, probably
on a paatuxe of • clover and, later,
rape, with plenty of shade, a wallow,
occasibnal applications, of oil to kill
lice, and a light meal ration of
strength, quantity, and frequency of
feeding dependent upon her pasture
opportunities. If she does not get
this good care after having nursed
her first litter faithfully, her second
litter will likely be a disappointment,
few in number, small, weak and un-
thrifty. Further, if she is math pull-
ed down, when bred after weaning her
first littermher, second litter will be
unprofitable, in any case, no matter
what her simmer care.
So that much of the disputed suc-
cess or profit from the second litter
depends on the proper attention to
the above preliminaries,—breeding the
sow only when she has recuperated,
even' at the expense of a litter later
in farrowing,and giving her special
attentien during the summer.
For the fall farrowed, pig needs
every aid and no handicaps. The
man who can unfailingly caray
through the winter a fair percentage
of September and October pigs is a
true and tested hog breeder. For,
'give such pigs fairly warm quarters;
they get runty, pot-bellied and hump-
backed; develop theumatism, cripple
and pass out after having been a
nuisance to themselves and their
feeder. Give them a colder pen;
they act as above,only ;more so;
they pile in a steaming heap or bur-
row into the damp straw. "There is
no more God -forsaken crei ture than
a poor -doing fall pig in J nuary.
Apparently,. the radical method of
. ,
outdoor housing as used for breeding
stock may be adopted for the fall
farrowed pig, in a modified sense.
- Where a sow can be given the use
of a dry, open shed in a corner of
which is made a low straw -covered
sleeping berth, well bedded inside,
and where she, can wander about a
barnyard with her charges until they
are weaned, the pigs become hardened
or used to the gradually increasing
cold. Provided their sleeping pen is
day—little crippling will ensue. If
they have been supplied during the
later stages of the nursing period
with
with a "creep" containing a small
self feeder 'end a trough epf skim
milk, little check will be eatanced at
weaning. They may be caaried on
through the winter on the self -feeder
with a warm sloppy drink daily and
a supply of earth, ashes and char-
coal. From evidence available at
Ottawa during the past two years,
this system of management will re-
sult in less mortality than any other.
The dry garters, exercise in the barn
yard and the self -feeder as a constant
source of nourishment are apparently
responsible.
Beidare Of a meal ration with too
Much fibre! Ground oats, two parts,
or onit part each of barley' and oats;
Adverts, two parts; ground corn, one
part;- oil meal, ten per cent., coneti-
tutes a good ration for the growing
pig. Elevator screenings, if of high
•quality, may be added at four months
.ef age and the corn increased cen-
siderably ak the pigs near the finish.'
Milk •in 'ecniie form is the best feed
of all. -Failing this, tankage may, lie
supplied in, a box or small self -feeder.
Clover -or alfalfa hay in a small rack
will be greatly relished mid is a cheap,
winter supplement, too frequently for
gotten. Ashes, charcoal, sods, earth,
etc., are very necessary. Such hogs
should be ready for market in April
or May, when there is a good demand.
In brief, the fall litter is all too
frequently a losing proposition. By
exercising -care in the breeding of
the sow and in her summer care,—
by housing her and her litter as sug-
gested in the late fall and winter,—
the fall litter may be Made a profit-
able "side line" without interfering
with the sow's chances for her main
effort—the spring litter. -
• HURON NOTES
•
—Mr. W. C. Brown, who had been
in the employ of the G. T. R. for
thirty-five years, for many years be-
ing in charge of the sectiori at Clin-
ton, has retired on a pension, • his
successor being Mr. C, Porter, of
Blyth. Mr. Brown always promised
himself a visit to the old land when
the time came for his retirement and
the probability is that if conditions
as to transportation improve he will
take a trip across the Atlantic next
summer.
-e-The Exeter Patriotic League are
shipping 150 pounds of turkey to the
Byron aanitorium for Christmas. This
practically brings to a close the ac-
tivities of a society that served a
most useful purpose during the war.
By this last act the funds of the so-
ciety are exhausted. The Patriotic
League, of Exeter, were a faithful lot
of womeh who, during the years of
• war, raised large sums of money to
provide comforts and necessities for
the soldiers. In addition to the rais-
ing of the money the women devoted
a great deal of time in knitting and
sewing.
—The process of canning corn as
carried on by the Exeter Canning
factory was shown on the screen in
motion pictures in the Dome theatre
in that village on Friday and Satur-
day evening last. The pictures were
the Ford monthly educational series
and were procured at the factory dur-
ing the canning season. The pictures
created a great intetest They show-
ed the process from the picking of the
ears, hauling them to the factory,
husking the corn, the different ma-
chines through which the corn pass-
ed until the cans were finally boxed
.for shipping. Many of the operators
were easily recognized which created
a great deal of local interest, and
none were more interested than the
workers themselves as they watched
their actions reproduced on the screen.
—A very -pretty wedding was sol-
emnized at the Methodist parsonage,
Centralia, on Wednesday, December
10th, at two o'clock, when the pastor,
Rev. A. Sinclair united in marriage
Florence F., only daughter of MT.
and Mrs. William Huxtable, Centralia,
and William Hector ° Mitchell, son . of
Mr. and Mrs. James Mitchell, of
Stephen. The bride was charmingly
dressed in silk copenhagen with gold
trimmings. The grooms - gift to the
bride was a set of furs and a. gold
necklace set with pearls. After a
luncheon at the bride's home, Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell left on a wedding trip to
Toronto, Maniltorl, and Nia'gara Falls.
The bride's travelling suit was of
navy blue serge'faith hat to match.
On their return they will reside on
the groom's flee farm on the second
concession of Stephen.
—In the death of the late Archibald
Taylor, which occurred o Saturday
evening last, there passes out one who
has been a conspicuous figure, in the
life of Blyth for many years, and his
death is mourned by the citizens gen-
erally. The late Mr. Taylor was born
in, the township of York, in the year
1846, and -a few years later the family
moved to Oshawa where the deceased
receivedhis education and grew to
manhood. ,At this period he, in com-
pany with his father, went to Valley-
field, Que., where they carried on a
milling business for a few years.
Leaving Valleyfield, the family moved
to Hullett and three years later, in
1873, Mr. Taylor went to Blyth and
with his .cousin, the late Peter Elder,
they reated the flour mills then own-
ed by the late Pat Kelly. This bus-
ness was successfully caried on for
a number of years. Retiring from
the milling business he opened. out
a grocery store and this he followed*
until last April, when. he, disposed of
the business to Mr. Aaton Bennett,
and had lived retired until the time
of his death_ The late Me. Taylor
was married twenty-five years ago
to Miss Margaret Taylor, daughter
of the late Rev. J. B. Taylor, who
survives.
EXETER
Notes.—James 'Morley, one "of the
high school pupils, has won one of
the medals awarded by the Provincial
Government for his essay in the re-
cent competition, "What Victory
Loans Have Done and Will Do For
Canada." Keen. interest is being
manifested in the municipal elections
here. Nomination day' will be De-
cember 29th. Three names are men-
tioned for 'reeve: Messrs. Day, Snell
and Beavers, and it is expected the
election will be keenly contested,
there having been no election here
during the war.
BLYTH
Notes.—The Queen's Hotel was
raided on Saturday night by Con-
stable Pellow, of Goderich and Con-
stable'Welsh, of Clinton'and a small
amount of liquor was taken,: which
the proprietor claimed was obtained
on a prescription.—Christmas trade
has been exceptionally good here and
merchants are confidant it will beat
all records by Wednesday.—Farmers
in this section have shipped large
quantities of turnips recently, getting
as high as forty-three cents a bushel
for them.—Proprietors of the sawmill
have purchased large tracts of bush
in the neighborhood and- will probably
be operating all winter.—Rev. R. J.
McCormick, who has been pastor here
for four years, has been urged to re-
main. This is the first time that the
four-year term has been exceeded.
•
HENSALL 1
For Sale. --One Lister gasoline engine, 5
l'horse power, English make, material and
workmanship of higheit quality and in good,
running order. Will be i3o1d, well worth
the price as I have no further use for same.
John Elder, Hensall, Ont. 2714-tf
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received for all daily and weekly newspapers
at the peat office, Hensall. 0. J. Sutherland,
, Postmaster: 2715—
Notes.—Owing to rush of duties
this week your correspondent is un-
able to send his usual weekly bud-
get.—The annual Sabbath school en-
tertainment of Carmel Presbyterian
church will be held on Tuesday even -
in, the 30th December, and for which
a most splendid programme is being
prepared and which will be largely
carried out by the members, of the
Sabbath school. A treat is in store
for all attending on that evening.—
ZURICH
o e .—,Mr. Robert Allan, of the
Town Line, near Blake, who recently
sold his farm to Mr. A. L. Sreenan;
has purchased the 'fine farm of Mr.
LeBeau, on the London Road, near
Brucefield, for the consideration of
$10,000.—Mr. Ferdinand Hess re-
cently completed a grandfather's
clock for his own use which is a fine
specimen of workmanship. It is con-
structed of walnut and polished, and
stands about ten feet in height. The
dial is also of walnut with gold num-
bers. The body part, base and top
are neatly panelled with mouldings
as a finish. The whole presents a
very pleasing appearance and is a
credit to Mr. Hess.—The annual elec-
tion of officers of the Sunday school
of the Evangelical' church was held
last Sunday evening after the regular
church "service and resulted as fol-
lows: Supt., J. Preeter; Assist. Supt.,
J. Gascho; Secretary, L. Siebert;
Assistant Secretary, I. Routledge;
Treasurer, A. Melick; Chorister, W.
F. Brown; Assistant Chorister, Mrs.
C. Fritz; Temp, Supt., N. E. Dahms;
-Miss. Supt., L. Faust; Auditors, J.
Gascao, C. Fritz; Librarians, L. O'-
Brien, , M. Hey; Paper Distributors,
R. Preeter, A. Siebert; -Home Depart-
ment Supt., Jane Lamont; Supt.
Cradle roll, Mrs. F. B. Meyer.
• HULLETI1
Engagement Announced.—Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Manning, of Hullett
township, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Elva R. to Mr.
Francis A. Tamblyn. The marriage
will take place Christmas week.
Election Talk.—There is some talk
that there will be quite a bevee of
candidates in the running for muni-
cipal honors this year while in some
quarters the opinion prevails that the
return of the present council will be
to the best interests a the township
and the latter opinion, I think, will
have the greater support should 'the
matter be brought to the polls. There
is nothing of a serious nature that
can be charged to the council of 1919,
and just Where a council can be picked
that will improve on their record is
a question that many ratepayers have
given serious consideration. Reeve
Armstrong has met all the demands
called on his official position. He has
been cautious in the administration
of the township's affairs and has had
unreserved support from his council.
Of Course, Hullett has its kickers,
butjust what sound logic they will
be able to produce on nomination day
to sway the electorate, remains to be
seen.
Hullett Stock Men Do Well
ANOTHER YEAR IS_ SLIPPING
AWAY, AND THE GLAD CHRIST-
MAS SEASON IS WMI US ONCE
MORE. WE HOPE TILAT YOU
MAY ENJOY IT TO THE FULL
, -
AND THAT, THE NEW YEAR MAY
HOLD RICH BLESSINGS IN STORE
FOR YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP A N D GOODWILL
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND
WE WILL DO EVERY'THING IN
OUR POWER TO MERIT k CON-
TINUANCE OF YOUR PATRON-
AGE DURING 1920.
TELEPHONE 11
SEA -FORM*
OPPOSITE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
lett men did 4ery well at the Guelph
Winter Fair, where it is well known
that the. competition is keen. Messrs.
McMichael and Son carried off five
prizes for their Clydesdales; taking
fourth for aged stallion, third for
three year old stallion; third and
fourth for a pair of fillies and second
for a family of colts. Mr. J. Pope
took fourth for a -two year old
gelding and second for eolt, while
Mr. J. Barr took first and champion-
ship for a Shorthorn steer. Mr. Barr
also exhibited this steer at Torofito,
carrying off a prize and afterwards
selling the animal for thirtyame
cents on the hoof. It weighed 11,220
pounds at eighteen months.
—Messrs. James Snell and Son, of
Hullett, Huron County's most prom-
inent sheep breeders, made a big
showing at the Chicago Live Stock
Show. Not that their exhibit was
so large, they had eighteen animali,
three Hanishires and fifteen Leicesters
but they carried off twenty-five prizes,
thirteen firsts, ii seconds, two thirds
and four championships. Eight of
these • sheep were sold before leav-
ing the show grounds. Mr... Ifumphry
Snell, who follows in his father's
footsteps and takes the burden of
the responsibility regarding all this
prize stock, was the showman, his
father accompanying him., Mr. Snell,
since coming home, received a warm
letter of congratulation front Mr.
Heide, Secretary of the Chicago Show,
Kiiiiisr—
Notes.—Mr. Joseph Harvey, of the
west, is at present spending a visit
with. his brothers here, Messrs. Alvin
and Wesley. It is a good many years
since Mr. Harvey left these parts
but will be remembered by a good
many of the older residents, as he is
an old Stanley boy. We are all pleas-
ed to see Mr. Harvey again, and hope
he will enjoy his visit among Ontario
friends.—Mrs, William Sinclair is
spending the holiday season with her
brother, Mr. Daniel Bell, in Boston.
It is not often that Mrs. Sinclair goes
on a trip and her host of friends
wish her a pleasant one.—A happy i
home in our village at this season is i
that of Mr. James Mcelymont, as ;
they have three of their children, who 1
are away, at home for the Christmas
• holidays. They are Melville, an in-
spector for the Burroughs Adding
Machine Co, in Detroit; Roy, a drug-
gist in Chatham; Louise, in an oifice
inLandon, and taking an evening
course in the Westervelt school. They
all have a high school education and
are also ex -public school students of
No. 14, Stanley.—Much sympathy is
felt for the family of Mr. George
Holland on account of the stroke of
paralysis which came to him last -
Monday morning, while on a visit to
his sous near, Clinton. At last' ac-
counts he was doing very well and it
is hoped that he will make a rapid
recovery.—W. Johnston is sPend-
ing his Christmas vacation with. his
• mother and other friends " in Ash-
field and West Wawanosh. His
mother, is quite an old lady, eighty-
nine years old last October, but still
• bright and heartyo—The following
Christmas visitors from the higher
schools of edueation are with tist-Jas.
.4rratt, London, Medical School; Miss
G,racilloss, London Normal; and from
Toronto are, 'Allan Fisher, Facility of
Education; Arnold Petrie, in-- his
fourth year in arts in the University;
Murray Fisher and Cecil Joluisban,
in the Medical School, and Georger.
• Stephenson in kis fmal year in the
School of Praetical Science. These
are students who received part or all
of their public school training in
School Section Not 14, Stanleat tend
their teacher, W. H. Johnston, and
the people generally in the section
are rather proud of them. ---- Miss
Emily Ivison, who has a position in
Mr. Brydon's office, Clinton, is home
for the festal season.—Farmers who
have been fortunate enough to be in
the turkey line have been securing
good prices. One -farmer mentioned
that his good lady had a. bunch of
over forty, which averaged five dol-
lars a piece. Another mentions hav-
ing a gobbler that weighed thirty--
four pounds, for which he received
$14. Mrs. R. B. McLean sold a batch
for $140 and Mrs. James Finlayson
has been doing her share also as
one of her birds weighed twenty-two
pounds at fifty cents a pound.*
these ladies will have swelled purses
for Christmas.
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THIS IS TO WISH YOU ALL A
HALE,,HEARTY CHRISTMAS, MAY
IT BE REPLETE WITH GOOD
CHEER, THE BEST FELLOWSHIP,
AND A GENEROUS SHARE OF
THE MANY GOOD THINGS THAT
GO TO MAKE CHRISTMAS A
HAPPY ENDING TO AN OLD YEAR
,
FOR THE NEW YEAR MAY ALL
OUR ENDEAVOURS BE RE -
YARDED WITH SUCCESS, AND
SO MAKE FOR YOU ANOTHER
RUNG IN THE LADDER OF
WEALTH A N D PROSPERITY, '
WITH THE ItEST OF HEALTH TO
ENJOY IT.
H. R. Scott
"THE HOME OF GOOD SHOES"
Seaforth, Ont.
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