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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-11-05, Page 1[OBER 29,. 1920 c t f 'Viyella Z' i�SiiFinkable Flannel for both outer and under wear ---will give the utmost Satisfactio 1 ERIALS [NTEREST to sew for ,them- - are taking a deep - consequence of is Showing marked quantities of ma. JERSEY CLOTH ELTY PLAIDS VELOURS of exclusive dress lengths, and a very and designs. L N I G SKIRTS :yard Iufacturers are mak- s of popularity, then .`avoY during Fall but next season as well. ipe effects, alternat- en plaited to many and wool materials. RANGE IN PRICE A YARD y serge but you could not the newer colors for Fall rt ,: rang= of Blues and e always wanted Navy Blue zred `uehh a wide range, but ,at these <erge s were bought heed, alai we have not the st Youl€l bi: higher and le at e i;od dye=. Serge is to Ft,2. Th reek. are of a , t fr,.m `33 to 54 inches. ,,,; rst c'r 1r ire French weave. SCHOOL DRESSES ARD serge and poplin, although yang servietl in the case of est is exceedingly moderate. Fi only in 'levy blue, king's Chleirt•r 's School Dresses ren's 6 inset and worthy of and poplins in navy, $1.5t► a yard. Scotch tar - re aplenty. These are both $1.51 to $2.25 a yard. YARNS P. K. 'ARI 'his� {yarn is the ��vde'y- _ o1. every ery per soon -Ifo has tt._ k` t it. It feautififlly soft and r e . :`: odes:-- :;:new+ ;ue, Lave- -. American Beau - Pada': Green, 1 Pink, Copen- 4y , n, 0) 1 ,l Gold, 1 Oz, Skeins 35e. each. VISH Uri LE STORE • :j tddl u 770 l rY-FOURTH YEAR 1 .WHOLE NUMBER 27601 SEAFORTH, ` FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1920. Must Be Sol At Once OUR GOING -OUT -OF BUSINESS -SALE All Men's Overcoats All - Boys' Overcoats All Boys' Suits Jvery Garment of Underwear of all kinds Every Cap tor Man or Boy Every 'Fur Muff Every Fur Neck Piece Every Fur Coat Every Pair of Gloves Every Pair of Socks or Stockings Every Coat Sweater—Men's, Boys' Women's Every Garment and Article Of Wearing Apparel All Women's Coats All Men's Suits All Raincoats MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE Special Notice After thirty years of continued mercantile business in the Town of Seaforth, during which period we -have conducted many big sales, we have positively decided to retire from mercantile business, and in so doing this Last Grand Final Sale shall eclipse all former efforts in every respect—greater volume of goods offered, ass most of our new Fall Goods have been pawed into stock as we could not cancel Fall orders. Prices are slashed as never before. &We have terminated the lease of our store and all goods must be sold. E The Greig Clothing C FIRE PROTECTION IN HOME AND FACTORY 11 The two following, compositions, written by Miss Anna Sutherland and Miss Margaret McIntosh, have been awarded the medhis given by the On- tario Prevention League to the public school of Seaforth. for the best composition of the subject, "Fire Pro- tection In, Home and Factory." Thirty-seven pupils wrote from the public school-: It was a little frame dwelling .which had been' built long ago. When it was built people did not think of it being destroyed by . fire. An old • woman and her son had lived there Fall their lives. The son answered the motherland's call and made the supreme sacrifice, ce so Mrs. Maloney's s ' sister urged her to live with her family. The memories of what had happened in the past were too strong to leave them. It was in autumn and the winds were howling dismally outside. A friend, who had lived called but and few blocks away, Mrs. Maloney forgot her fire. When she came out to the kitchen she put pecial Notic We are in a position to accept orders for Hot Air and Hot Water Heating Pumps and Piping • Eave Troughing Metal Work Ready Roofing I Bathroom Plumbing, including Pressure Systems. Leave your orders at once. Estimates cheerfully given. I have had over 30 years' experience in all kinds of buildingwhich enables me to plan your proposed bath- room ad furnace work, etc. - The Big Hardware H. EDGE vusito W. Fowler and Knox had taverns. There was not a foot of gravel road in Huron then, it was all mud, mud to Goderich. r On one trip from Strat- ford we got as far as Fowler's. in Harpurhey, where we had to stay a few days and when we started again we only got our load about,'.a mile where we had to put it into, a barn and walk back and stay on a while longer. I believe this was in: the fall of 1857. Another tixne I got my load as far as _17!r. Cole's, west of Clinton, where I had to leave it for a week, as it was nothing but mud up hill and down hill. Once coming from Stratford I had a passenger that wanted to get to a place by the name of Bluevale, so I tried to find the place and turned off at the corner, where Seaforth, is now. We passed through a little spot called_ Ainleyville, now called Brussels, and I often wonder if it is as big as its namesake. I never saw the place before and- have never seen it since. We travelled over stumps and creeks and through the bush till we found the spot we were looking for. I left my load there and set out again in a few sticks of wood or kindling for Goderich on a road that was just and sprinkled coal oil and lit a match a track between the trees. The rec- to it. In a minute the room was and day we came to a clearing which ablaze: was Zetland. There_ was no Wing - Before assistance could make any i ham in those days. either. From headway _ the house was `-gone, and with the fall of the house the black and charred body of Mrs. Maloney was revealed to the sorrowing crowd. This is the same old story but it will go on • for long. People of the world tosday are recogleizing the fact that there is too much car�less- ness, wJiich results in fire. Fire ends up in loss, ruin and people going t homeless. Wake up! and clean your place of oily rags, be careful - with matches. Be' very cautious when using coal oil, as in the story where the coals were still hot and blazed up in her face. It is a good idea to put matches in a safe place where mice or chil- dren cannot get hold of them. In ten years there will be better accom- modations for protecting the, homes and factories of Ontario than before. ever Anna Sutherland. Zetland we went to 'Manchester and from there ~on to Goderich. - In my travels, I once saw a sign east of Stratford, which said: Within this hive, we are all alive, It was a small frame house on one of the side streets, where ,the fire started. The flames shot tip into the air like angry monsters, waiting to devour their helpless victims.. The flames soon died away and only a few pieces remained burning, of the timber. "Well, it's too bad about John," , said one of the group of hien stand- ing watching the .firemen at their heroic work "Yes," said another, "the house was enough loss, but little Jake lock- ed in like that." Just as he finished speaking two firemen went past carrying the body of little Jake, a four year old child. "Why do parents leave little chil- dren like that at home alone?" ask- ed a third. Instead of being like John Shnith we can prevent fires by putting boxes of matches on high shelves where the children- can't reach them; pre- veet spontaneous combustion by put- ting oily rags in tin cans; don't put ashes out until you are sure there is no fire left in them. Be careful of lamps. Don't buy one with a small base, a long stem and a large top, but buy the evenly balanced ones. And in a barn, if -the lanterns upsets, pick it up immediately anddon't let the oil run out. - . The origin of fires is plain to us. It is not plain. to thousands, of par- ents who day by day take such chances. We can hardly believe it but fiifteen million dollars annually are burnt in fries. A good thing to help prevent fires is a fire .extinguisher, •and know how to use it. ' You also get your insurance but that will not bring back the little children that were burned. • Margaret C. McIntosh. The New Musical Phonograph - the N this remarkable instrument I phonograph principle has been ' brought to such high perfection that every reproducedtone has true xnusical quality and value. Good liquor makes us funny And if you are dry, step in and try The flavor of our honey. 'Once taking, a load of coal from Goderich to near Stratford in whi- ten it became late and cold so I halted at the Caronbrook hotel and putin my team. When I went in- side to get some supper 1 -found the honey had got such. a hold on the crowd that you would have thought that the bees were in the hive also. There was nothing for it but to getout my team .'again and go on to Mitchell, which I reached ' about eleven o'clock. - In the fall of 1857 we started for Kincardine with two loads and got to Port Albert where we saw a man come off the lake with a horse and - cutter. We thought we would try that route, so piled the two loads on to one sleigh and struck out on the ice -for Pine Point. It . was so smooth that the sleigh seemed as though it wanted to go by the horses, We 'got through all right, : but the ice cracked under us all the way and I never wanted tit try it again. I once took a load of goods (1,600 lbs.) or triedto for - Peter Murra ,ungo of ,Sts. Helens, but got stuck . on p Hill and had to get another team to climb it. 1 got on then until about four miles past Dungannon when I had to leave the goods in the bush, where they stayed until M'r. Murray could get oxen . and get throughto them as there was no road, good or band.. A few miles further on is where Lucknow now stands. There were lots of way side inns in the early days. There were six between Goderich and Clinton, a dis- tance of twelve miles, and as many between Goderich and Smith's Hill, a distance of six miles. All are gone now with the mud roads. William Swaffield. Goderich, Oct. 29th, 1920. MUD ROADS AND WAYSIDE INNS IN THE FIFTIES Editor Expositor: • I read with a great deal of interest the two letters in your paper written by Mr. Powell and Mr. McNaughton. It recalls to me that they were speak- ing of Seaforth and Harpurhey about the time the latter moved down to Seaforth. When the railroad came one, Carmichael, started to build at Seaforth and put up the first house on the southwest corner of the cross roads. In the fifties when I travelled the road from Stratford to Goderich, there wen no Seaforth and no Dublin, but there was a place called Caron - brook; then Harpurhey, and then there was a place, started west of Harpurhey called Alma. As the Rus- sian war was going on at that time. and the Battle of Alma - had been fought, that is probably when they got the name. Some houses were built there but I think they were moved afterwards. ; The queen's bush was all about the spot in those days and the price of land was one dollar per acre. - I remember two families moving froin Zorra to Alma by the names of Buckle and Dale. Perhaps some of them are, still liv- ing. I was in Stratford for a load of- goods the ;'night the post office there was burned, and the postmaster and a child lost their lives in the fire. At that time there was a tavern at Caronbrook, -on the boundary be- tween Perth and Huron, and a little welt of that Thomas Downey had a jtavern called the Deer's Leap. The next stop was at Harpurhey where This is the rea son that the Vocalion is attracting people who never be- fore have cared for phonographs. Perfection of tone control obtained by means of the. Graduola—the distinctive Vocalion feature—is the added touch which makes the Vocalion the most universally in- teresting of all modern musical instruments. • Eye AEOLIAN' VOCALION. Let us demonstrate this wonderful neew Musical Instrument in our newly fittbd up demonstrating room, where you can sit in comfort and hear the world's finest music played as it was originally played by the greatest of masters., • E. Umb ach Phan. B,, "The Rexall PHONE 28 Store" SEAFORTH HURON NOTES - While - operating a grader in Wingham on Friday, T. J. McLean, of that town was thrown over the wheel when the knife _hit a stone and landed heavily on the ground, fractur- ing a couple of ribs: —The till of W. J. Stathaxn, bf Exeter, was relieved of between $25 and $30 in silver on Tuesday morning of this week. Shortly before nine o'cloc9 a leather pouch containing the sliver was deposited in the till and about. -half an hour after when Mrs. Statham went to the till the pouch and money were missing. It is thought that someone acquainted with the store must have entered quietly and made off with the money without being detected. —Mr. Wiliam Warten, Sr., of the 4th concession of Usborne, who has been seriously ill, is improving. Some $2.00 A Year in Advance_ McLean Bros., Publishers ing a few holidays at the home sof her parents, Mr. and ,Mr's, R. McLeod. —Mr, Armor Dundas has taken full charge of the mail route, which was run by Dan Steiss for the past few years.—The Lord's Supper wilt be --observed at the Walton Methodist Church on Sunday with service at 2.30 p.m, McKILLOP School Report.—The following is - the report of School Section .No. 13: Class V ---Lillian - Wankel 70, Class IVrein Pearl Beaton 85, Jessie Wal- ton 58. Class III, Sr.—Willie MeNay 89, Sammy Scott 80, Peter McCowan 56, Graham Kerr 54, Robert Dayman 50. Class II, Sre—Irene Wankel 90, Margaret McNay 85, Dorene "Hudson 80. Class 1. Sri Wilmer Howes 55, Arnold Lamont 50: - Sr. Primer -- Beatrice McCowan, Bernice Howes. , Jr. Primer—Chester McNay, Donald time ago Mr,` Warren was thrown from a sulky plow when the latter struck.: a stone. A bolt penetrated his leg between the knee and the ankle. He was also injured • internally - and has suffered quite a lot. —A quiet 'wedding was solemnized in London on Saturday,' October 23rd, 1920, when Miss Beatrice Louise Lawson, daughter of Mr. Eli Lawson, of Crediton East, was United ' lit marriage to Mr. Joseph • Brokenshire, of Windsor, and son of Mr. Silas Brokenshire, of Stephen. Miss Law- son has been' operator at the Exeter telephone central for some time, while Mr. Brokenshire is employed with the Bell, Company at Windsor. They will reside in Windsor. —There passed away in Morris, on Friday, October 22nd, Jamess Messer, tvlei for over fifty Ye one of its most respected residents. Deceased was born in 'Scotland 88 years ago and came to Canada when but a young man. Besides his widow he heaves five children, viz., Mrs. Jos. McKinley, John and Archie, of Blue - vale, Robert, of Jamestown, and Alex. of Manitoba. The funeral was held from his late residence on Monday afternoon to Bluevale cemetery. —Mr. William Kreuger, 2,f Clifford, expired very suddenly at the home of his son, Henry Kreuger, in. How - ick, last Friday. afternoon. Deceased had gone to his son's to spend the day and towards evening, 'without any warning he dropped to the ground and expired immediately. He was seventy-five years of age. Mr. John Kreuger, of the 110th concession, of -Carrick, is a son. The funeral took place on Monday .afternoon to the Clifford cemetery. —The Wingham town., council held a special meeting on Monday evening to consider the granting of a license for a sero d pool room in Wingham. r to the g h 'A petition was presented asking -eouncil to take no steps to license a second pool room, but we understand it was signed by several who are not ratepayers. The matter was left over until the December meeting of the council in order to give both the pros and cons a chance to present their cases. —On Friday evening a lamentable accident occurred to- little Marion Armstrong, the six year old daugh- ter of Rev, and Mrs. E. F..Arrnstrong, of Wingham, when she ran in front of an auto driven by Mr, W. H. Dore and had her leg broken above the knee. The - little girl was playing at the corner in front of the parsonage and crossed in front of the auto which was going very slow at the time. We understand from an - eye witness to the accident that no blame could be attached to Mr. Dore as the little tot darted in front of the car before he could apply the brakes. —On Wednesday afternoon, October 27th, there was solemnized at the Manse in Goderich, the marriage of Annie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Stewart, of Colborne township, and Russel only son of Mr. and Mrs Prices for hogs to -day compare more favorably with the price of grains than for some time and the demand exceeds the m.arketings. Canadian overseas markets demand steady sup- .. port if they are not to be lost. In no line of livestock is the sup- plyd cer- tainso cut down. It is already er- tain that hog prices and consequent- ly bacon prices will remain compar- atively high next year. Whatever is done to restore supplies must be done quickly. The breeding season for pigs begins in the first week in No- vember and continues only until about the middle of December. If the op- portunity is allowed to slip the re- covery in numbers will be so retarded that our present cheap feeds will be still more cheapened, leading to loss, HOGS AND BACON WILL BE SCARCE Some farmers have been quick to grasp the lesson for 1921 in the sharp decline lately in the number of breed- ing sows. A canvass of hog breeders in Ontario in the last two weeks shows that the trade in young stock to _replenish the supplies on farms has not for many years been more active than this fall: One well known breeder in Ontario states he is almost sold out. Witlk twenty-five years' knowledge of the Canadian bacon trade, he attributes this tp the fact that farmers have come to under- stand that there is "sure money" for the man who can breed for litters next spring. Yet the awakening has to go fur- ther. In some sections of the Prairie Provinces the drop was as much as 60 -to 75 per cent. compared with two years ago. In the Eastern and Maritime Provinces also marked re- ductions have been recorded. Not until every farmer understands that it is best to keep or secure' and to breed at once hips normal number of sows will conditions begin to be steadied. ' The importance of a quick recovery cannot -be over -emphasized. The great harvest of feed grains now available will largely be disposed of at a loss if not fed to livestock. . a§ BIG FALLING OFF IN HORSE BUSINESS Receipts of horses' at the Toronto Union Stock Yards Market in. Sep- tember this year amounted to 21 head. In September last year the; number was 925. No wonder the horse market at this point closed down indefinitely. For six big live- stock mar3•ets in the Dominion the total number of horses `received in September was 2,684, as against 7,952 in the san'ie month last year. Calgary, the biggest horse market, judging by figures for September had 3,195 horses in September, 1919, and 1,179 head in September this year. -Montreal (East End) with 896 head last September and 420 hear in the same month a year ago, has been the nearer to keep- ing up its end as .a horse market while Montreal (Point St. Charles) market was second with 635 head this September against 1,206 head in September, 1919. For many months past Toro 'to horse dealers have found Montreal' a good market for horses, and the fact that the stockyards market at To- ronto has closed down must not be taken as an indication that 'the horse business is entirely dead inthat est Ontario points supply nibn y for shipment to more eastern points including . Montreal, and most of operation for goitre on April 20th these horses pass through the hands hence was not as rugged as in former of Toronto dealers. Yet, there is years. Deceased was a daughter of no gainsaying the fact 'that the the late Robert Craig, a well known horse business has fallen off sadly 1 Morrisite, and was married to her since even .a year ago, when it was now bereft ' partner twenty-eight not any too 'good. Lamont,—M. McIver, Teacher, WROKET; it. Notes.—The brick cottage owned by Thomas Henderson was totally de- st; eyed by fire early Tuesday morn- ing. ing. The fire was first roticed by a. n'eighher at 4.30 a.m., who gave the - alarm which was well. respo':led to. by the villagers, who succeeded in saving much of the furniture, The* fire, which started in a back kitchen, had a-. good start and was' not ex- tinguished until the building was com- pletely destroyed. By great efforts the stable nearby was saved from de- struction. The origin of the fire is unknown. Insurance was carried on. the house and contents. The high school pupils entertained a teurnber of their friends to a Hallowe'en party Saturday evening at the school.-- Several '•farms have exchanged hands - here recently, Alex. Gordon has sold the old Gibson property, known as "Maitland .Brae," farm to John Gib- son, who has disposed of his farm to George Paulin, The farm belonging to the latter has been purchased by D. C. Pope. --James Edgar has dis- posed of his farni in Harwich to Wilfrid King, TlICKERSMITH - West End Notes. --Anniversary ser- vices will be held in Turner's Church next Sunday, November 7th. Rev. S. I. Allen, of Ilderton, will preach in the afternoon at 2.30 o'clock ani the evening at 7.30. A cordial in- vitation is extended to a11, ---A num- ber from here attended the fowl sup- per in Duff's Church, IleHillop, on Monday evening. ---Howard Johns at- tended the boys' parliament held in Exeter last week.—Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. ohx and funnily visited at the home of Mr.''. - G Stanbury, Exeter, on Sunday last. School Report --The following is the report of School Section No. 3, Tuekersinith, for October: Class V —Leonard Boyce 65. Class IV-- Total 465, Carman Haugh 437 or 94 %, *William Fotheringhann 367 or 79 %, William Souter 363 or 78%, Jean Fotheringham 331 or 71%;, G. Elliott 321 or 69%, *Bessie Broadfoot 222 or 44%. Calss III Sr., Total 865--Lyla Chapman 342 or 94, Ina Scott 334 or 92%, Wilson McCartney 297 or 81 ;1, Mae Simpson- 272 or 75e . Class III Jr., Total 350—Hazel Haugh 310. or 89%, George Munro 298 or 781d, Kathleen Elliott.247 or '71%, Leonard McKnight 235 or 67%, Fred Boyce 149. or 42 Class II Sr. --Erma Broad - foot 94%, Helen Davidson 215 or 86 ns', Ella Pappel 182 or 75%, Alice Munro 163 or 67% Wilson Broadfoot 69%,. Harold Arnnstrong 137 or 55%, Willie Scott 53%, Clarence Armstrong 49%. Jr.. II Class—Gordlon Htapple 88`y, Ruth Cartwright 80, Beth Cart- wright 29, Flora Souter 89. Class 1 —Dorothy . Broadfoot 90, Mary Popple 91, Mildred Taylor 78, Marion et ' man 76, Those marked (*) ab Albert King, of Hullett township. The from several exams. Number on Rev: James Hamilton, B.A., perform- roll for October, 41; average attend- ed the ceremony in the presence of anee, 37.5, M, Mellis, Teacher. the bride's only brother and her twin A Pioneer Passes.—One of the -few sister. The bride wore a navy blue remaining pioneers of this township cloth suit, white hat and white na.ssed peacefully away on Sunday,. Thibetan fur, and a corsage bouquet fortified by all the Rites of her church, of pink roses and maiden hair ferns. hi the person of Margaret Fortune, The young couple took the G. T. R, widow of the late Thomas Devereux' train for eastern points and on their at the good old age of 88 years, Mrs. return will reside near Auburn. Devereux was born in Ireland, from —Last Monday Jane Craig, beloved where the family, consisting of father, wife of Robert Young, North half of mother and nine children, emigrated lot 10 concession 6, Morris was called to Canada in 1851, first settling at away from the eathly home, inn her Quebec" where they spent four years, 55th ` year. A stroke of paralysis3, From there they moved to Trenton nearly two weeks ago affecting her for a year and •a half and then to night side, was the cause of her Ki ngston' for three years, then to Hain - demise. She had an attack of flu ilton and later to Mitchell, where they last February and underwent an spent four years. In 1863 they took .p Lot No. 3, on the` econd eonces- ' cion, then all bush, where the deceas- ed resided until her marriage -to Mr. Devereux 55 years ago, when the young couple setled on Lot 4, on the same concession, which has since been her home through all the years. She was a woman of strong physique, kindly, neighborly, and possessed the confidence and esteem of all who knew , her. - In religion she was a Roman -Catholic, and a consistent mem- ber and supporter of St. James' - church, Seaforth. About fifteen years ago she suffered a serious ill- ness and since then she never fully regained her once robust constitution, although she suffered from mo special ailment her death conning from a wearing out of the system through old age. ik r. Devereux died seven years ago last .January, but she is survived by a family of two sons and one daughter, Ellen,. William John and James, all of Tre ersnnith, and by one brother and one r;ttter, Mr. ` Luke Fortune and Ann. ', of Mount Hope,, Lone' ;re The funeral was held from her eta home o=1 Tuesdlsy to St. James' church, interment being made in Si` Ja'. cen, -t ry, a -c-3 it was very largely atterded. GIRLS WANTEDL..; In All Departments Experience Not Necessary BEST WAGES BOARD ARRANGED FOR - Write or Call AVON HOSIERY LIMITED STRATFORP, ONT, AMUR years ago and they had resided on the ,present horriestead for the past twenty years. Three children were barn to the home, two of whom sur- vive, Robert J. and J. Victor, Mrs. Craig also leaves . six sisters and four brothers. - WALTON Notes,—Rural Dean Snell, of Wing - ham, had charge of the Thanksgiving services in St. George's church last Sunday afternoon.—Mr. W. A. McCall, 9th line of Morris, has purchased, a Gray -Dort car from Mr. S. Carter, Brussels.—Mr, Wilford Csiark was visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Clark for a few days,—The ladies of St. George's church • are planning to have their, annual bazaar about the 15th 'of December in the A.O.U.W. Hall, -Mr. 3, McDonald has finished threshing_his flax and reports a good turn out. --Miss Reta McLeod has returned to Toronto after spend-