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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-04-08, Page 1FIFTY-FIFTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER $782 SEAFORTH, Ask? Anybody RUMORS FLY THICK AND PAST—DONT LISTEN TO THEM ---WAIT---I HAVE A CLUE I'll Spring A SENSAION IN Seaforth Wait For It HAVE PATIENCE The Secret Will Be Out Soon I'm the man t(i THE .OLD SWIMM1N' HOLE An old colored preacher said: "De good Lawd made all creepin' things, includin'r dat train." The tailor's youngest daughter and I felt that 1 way about "all creepin' things, in- cluding dat train," as we returned to Seaforth•tltinty-six years after, to the day, Rev. Mr. Thomson, of Bruce - field, on the authority of a marriage license, started us on the journey of weddelife, the 17th of February, 1886. So we thought we'd spend a �, day or two back again in Huron, to see if the winter weather was any- thing like what it used to be. Also -to see once again a little old woman, the black curly haired woman of my boyhood. She grows smaller, does that little old woman. "Once a wo- man twice a child." We seldom ride on the old Grand Trunk main line west. After three and a half years' riding on the N. Y. C. Big Four and the Pennsylvania limited trains, all creepin' trains give me the fidgets. Besides, for five years we lived in Southern Ontario, where the Michigan Central and the Wlabash take the creep out of creep - in'. When we changed trains at Stratford it was out of the creepin' into the frying pan. But up the line was Seaforth and Huron. The snow had accompanied us from Brampton. The further west the train crept, the heavier was the white and flaky. At Stratford it was four or five inches deep. And I josh- ed the tailor's youngesl!b' daughter about the snow drifts that waited ua in her old home town. The golden sun shone brightly in the west, as he made for the horizon. A most re- markable sight was a rainbow as the train pulled out of Sebringville. Old Sol glistened through the distant snow cloud, and the colors that defy the painter's brush seemed to say, "You're welcome back to Huron." The train arrived on the tracks. The train boards said it arrived "on or about." And I guess that's right. Friendly hand -shakes with old friends and we started for Egmondville, in- cluding two 'grips, and when we got to what used to be Coleman's flats, I knew we were back in Huron. For the west wind hit me amidships, and I puffed and slipped back, and crept along slower a blame sight than dat train. I was afraid of getting my bumps, and concrete and ice are just as good bumpers as were the- planks and ice many years ago. Besides I carry around 200 odd pounds now, and that of necessity bumps and jars harder than a leaser weight did when I was. as stout as a match, and then_. some. The tailor's youngest daughter spotted Egmondville Kirk as the train emerged from the cut, though thirty- six years had gone into the past, memory can reduce it to a fraction of a second. She was one of Dave McCoy's choir in that white brick church—and I roosted on the fence, just as boys do now, waiting for somebody's daughter. And the old kirk seemed to say, "Glad to see you both," as we reached its front. The following Sunday morning, ac- companied by Lou and Maggie Flurschuetz, we ascended the inner steps to the auditorium. An organ and choir loft was a change, and the church was prettily decorated, the ceiling in stained wood, another pas- tor at the desk. But the sires and mothers were not there -in place 'were sons and daughters, many with silver threads of advancing years. Thomas Hills was not there, Samuel Carnochann was not ther e. John Lo- gan was not there, Robert Fulton was not there, James Reid was not there, nor Lowrie, nor the widow Halliday, nor the widdow Gemmill—many old faces were missing. But I dreamt on—this dream of mine. They would soon stand up and pray, these old folks of the long ago; and then Sam Carnochan would sound his fork, and the Psalms of David would be sung, John Logan a few tones higher than the rest. The organ's peal woke me And we of fancy.A from the dream fo stood up ansi sang hymns, and the new minister read from the Book and spoke well and distinct his message. It may be boyhood impressions, it may be a longing for things of the past, hut I would have liked to have heard the Hundreth Psalm once again in Egmondville Kirk, sung as it used to be sung. Its words are so beauti- ful, plain and understandable. Hand- shakes we had many that Sabbath morning with the boys and girls of our time. 'And they were good hearty honest handclasps Auld Now ti The Time To consider 5c" refuhy the changes. you propose t make in the interior of your home. A POLISHED OA.1 FLOOR makes a room cosy, and extends a warm welcome to all who cross the threshold. It is Sanitary, Beautiful and almost ever- lasting. When making Spring alterations do not over- ly look the value of OAK FLOORING N. CLUFF & SONS SEAFORTH - - ONTARIO. water cold? You bet. I shiver now, when I think of that ducking that early day in spring. But I must hustle, and I want to say a few words before the corn cob is empty. Saturday evening we went up to the old Modeland homestead, munched Northern spies, grown on the old place, and Susy McConnell, now Mrs. Almond Modeland, and I walloped 'em in several games of euchre, as we did the night before where the old tailor shop used to be. We were all Aggs, Busies, Maggies, Tenas, Almonds, Louis and Bills, as we were thirty-six and more years ago. It's many a day since we tvo, Tena Flurschuetz, the tailor's young- est slaughter and I enjoyed ourselves as we did back in Seaforth' Bpd Eg- mondville and Tuckeramith, in the old home county of Huron, in February, 1921. The old corn cob is empty. BILL POWELL THE PERILS OF DUBLIN Though still outside tate ma al law area, Dublin is under a :nib tdt'y rule pronounced enough to .satigfp a .fairly stiff militarist. Pgopla whipp have hot seen it in ope etlouAand whose faith in the personnel of our armed forces is unshaken by news- paper reports may suspect the surveillance of the city does not amount to much. Yet there are not many who, when they first see it, do not admit amazement at the provocat- ive and frankly hostile character of the surveillance. Each patrol, whe- ther consisting of military, police or Auxiliaries, as it motors along the street, is in constant expectation that it will be fired upon. It passes with its loaded rifles held ready to return fire. Nowadays one can scarcely ever take a turn from Sackville Street to College Green without meeting an armoured car, its machine-guns train- ed on to the pavements, or a heavy lorry manned with soldiers whose rifles rest at intervals regimentally exact along all the sides of their bomb -protected conveyance. One passes them with much less misgiving than the swifter, more ebullient approach of a party of R. I. C. These men affect a light lorry. which is unprotected from bombs, and they rank themselves in- side it on improvised forms with their rifles held ready across their knees. Recently they seem to have discover- ed some contrivance which enables them to alarm passers-hy with an occasional series of detonations somewhat more violent than a motor exhaust and not quite so loud as a i smoke bomb The At x Iliaries dangled revolvers on their laps or g negligently oreDtheir fingers, take the air more comfortably, if at slightly greater risk to themselves, in Gov-, ernment motor cars. This parade of arms does not occur creasing number of times a day in all parts of the city—the consequence is obvious. Doubtful as to the exact whereabouts of their attackers, the patrol may suddenly open out a wide` fan of fire. There is a desperate scramble for safety under the near- est sheltering doorway, and'the con- clusion of the whole matter often is that some disinterested passer-by, a woman or a child, is wounded or killed. After participating once or twice in encounters of this kind the stranger walks with some wariness in' the busiest and more famous streets of Dublin, and learns to dread the approach of the patrols which are supposed to be maintaining law and order. He is more likely to be shot in their presence than in their ab- sence. A great many disinterested per- sons pass through Dublin, and to alt of them the spectacle of a great city going about its business with a rifle at its head is unexpected and sur- l:rising. It had been natural to as- sume there were intervals when the strain relaxed and nothing untoward happened; but actually they discover it is just when nothing is happening and when nothing has happened all day and something is due to happen thatkthel strain is least tolerable. GOVERNMENT CONTROL Editor Expositor:—In reference to the adv. in your paper re Ctovern- ment Control by thinking men and wgmen, such as Cardinal Gibbons, the Bishop of Montreal and Lady Henry Somerset, these will likely be think- ing, capable and good people—people that have used liguor more or less or in a temperate way all their lives and have done little harm to them- selves or to others directly. We know of many splendid people who have done the same, but had they rot used it at all it would just have been as well for themselves and much better for others. They arc SERVICE OF PRAISE by the Choir of the First Presbyterian Church Seaforth. Sunday Evening, April 10th at 7 o'clock. PRELUDE (Organ) ia, REFORMATION HYMN composed by MARTIN LUTHER IiYMN TUNE OO'1'rS(HAi E" with variation, I-ANLIANTINO By LEMONY The Prelude Ten Minutes before Service OFFEKTORY (Organ) ' MEDITATION• By C. LUCAS at stated intervals but happens at all By Request. tines of the day. It appears that 1 ANTHEMS, QUARTETTES. SOLOS the crowds ostensibly engaged in Lus.iness cenceal representatives of an ununiformed army who wdl not scruple to endanger the lives of in- nocent people by firing from their midst at the patrols. Should this friends, ye ken are the best—they , happen—and it is happening an in - wear longest. This letter is headed for "the old swimmin' hole," but it will never get 1 there if I don't fill up the corn cob. Monday, brother John took me out to his new farm, the old Black home- 1 stead. And we passed Louis Myers'i old place, Frank Fowlers' and Wil- liam Fowlers', I must. digress. I ser Mrs. William Fowler has passed over, and the hays and girl. -were bark again in Huron. George from Da- kota, Billy from Leamington, and Tal and Wattle Gracie from British Columbia. Of course, I see them as they were in the days past, ansi now they must be grey like myself. D. D. Wilson told me that Watt Gracie "is as hig as yourself." The old Thompson homestead on the Huron Read looked gond, the old Dinnie house is tumbled downi can't tell how long ago it is since I was on the Tiullrtt tnwnline. We got to the Black farm, and after I got a clear view of the Maitland Valley, I saw again the old swimmin' hole, where someone's brewery stood whefi Sea - forth was but a cross road. It was there that I learned to swim, when the river was running mad, was tke _.,fit, a rlYz 1':Lst 11', Rev. F. I1. Larkin,D.D. Organist - - Mr. Harry Livens Choir Directress— Mrs. Grace McFaul Mullen the exception -the fortuurPte • mime— who have escaped the homes us- ing it to excess. In theory, Government. control ta, all right, but, in practice it is ell wrong; it cab 'not be done. No Gem ernment ever bad a .better cbanee than the present `one. They had the voice of the people behind them, they SUGAR Looks to be good hiying now if you buy her(' you got the hest.. C()('() \ SPECIAL (wuar'tnteed ahsolnt-ly purr, compares favorably with lirands at mor.• than double the price. Spi'e- ial .25e, per ponn,l House Cleaning hull,,, Old i)utch Cleanser, Antmouia, Gillette Lye, Caustic Soda, Chloride of lime. O (''edar i'nlisll, No Ruh Wonder 1'Vatih, 1,11x, Rinso, E. 7.. E. Washing ('oulpound, ate., tit. HIJTCHISON'S GROCERY Phone 58. $' !wco year tlild Reser tng:or Any 044* 19 syth, Dr, Jdoir. Ag1u turaa1l mm rteee and second, W. Wil Three year old a had the experience of the War Meps- ,or filly foaled i» 18 ure Act, but some influeiiae was ' Two year old p_ brought to bear on them to lift the or filly foaled in, 18 ban,and We all know what it has been Heavy draught or a since. We have had law, b g, foaled In 1920. -Dan Moir. Arouse rpose team---Reber't Laren, John Decker & Son, Single roadster- iohn Decker , Son, W. W. Cooper, Ross Johnston. Specials thieving perjuries, kil hnetc that were not one-fourth to t extent be- low-. the ban was ' It has brought dishonor, disgrace and suf- fering beyond measure to ua. No; it can not be controlled. Let us banish it from Ontario by our vote on the 18th. There is not a redeeming thing about it. It neither brings "peace, happiness nor content- ment toeople; it brings the op- posite. We need only to lift up our eyes to see the misery. A READER. SEAFORTH SPRING FAIR The annual spring fair' of the Sea - forth Agricultural Society, held on Main Street on Friday, April 1st, brought ou .the largest field of ex- hibitors for some years, while the attendance was very large, and the weather most favorable. In the heavy horses every class was filled, the agricultural teams being represented by seven entries of the finest horses ever seen in the show ring in Sea - forth, and the competition in every other class was keen. Even among the light horses, where a falling off would naturally be expected, there was a good showing the single road - T. W. Palmer, for beat Clydesdale stallion, any age -Robt. Murdock. , Owen Geiger, for beat Percheron stallion—H. C. Soldan, T. C. Joynt, for best carriage or roadster shown on halter—Thomas Yearley. Geo. Brock, for best agricultural or draught colt shown' on halts T. N. Forsyth. Cook Bros, for best :were team—Wm. Berry, . Egmo CATTLE Aberdeen Angus Bull calved after Sept. 1st, 1918---' H. C. Sold•I-I and second. Heifer under two years old—IL C. Bolden. Shorthorns . Aged bull—A. W. Ellerington. Boll calved after Sept. lot, 1919— T. N Forsyth, William Pepper. Cow—A. W. Ellerington, William PeHeifer. under 2 yearn old -William ster class bringing out seven entries. Pepper and second. The Judges were Dr. W. C. Baker, Butcher steer or heifer, grade -4. Toronto, and Mr, R. J. McKnight W. Ellerington. Millbrook, both of whom gave good Judge—W. D. Sanders. satisfaction. The following, is a list of the suc- cessful exhibitors THE HASTINGS INQUEST 9, ROADSTER The inquest into the death of the Standard bred Trotting Stallion— W. Cudmore, George Riley. Standard bred Pacing Stallion— Wilson McCartney. Roadster horse in harness—John Decker & Son, Dr, H. H. Ross, Robt. Wilson. Carriage horse in harness—W. Deverux, Brunson & Lilly. • Judge—Dr. W, C. Baker, Toronto. CLYDE. Clydesdale Stallion—T. J, Mc- Michael & Son, R. D. Murdock, T. J. McMichael & Son, Percy Smith. Stallion foaled in 1 late Daniel Hastings did not complete its work at Dublin on Friday last, an adjournment being made to April 12. This was necessary as the report of the provincial analyst on his examin- ation of the stomach of the late Mr. Hastings was not ready for submis- sion at Friday's sitting, and on it hinges the whole question as to tie presence of any poison which might • ve been the cause of•death, Wrhe evidence given by Dr. Murray and Dr. Sl lith, of Mitchell, on their post morte examination was to tilts• effect that t had found no trace CR- • Sweepstakes -T. J. 13feMfciaei & maebn Tdfeibe fa, lungs and some adherence to the walla of the chest, a condition which ap- peared to have been chronic. To the jury Dr. Murray stated that the strongest strychnine tablets pro- cisable ordinarily from drug stores are one-thirteith of a grain, and it John Dale, Jr. would take probably fifteen such tab - Filly or elding foaled in 1920—J. ' lets to cause death. Mrs. Hastings, in her alleged confession, is said to have claimed to have given her hus- band only two tablets. Dr• Murray's evidence was also to the effect that he had found no evi- dence of violent paroxysms preceding death, such as are symptoms of pois- oning. The evidence of the deceased man's elder daughter' and that of neighbors was to the effect that Mr. Hastings' death was comparatively peaceful. Dr. Armstrong of Mitchell, coroner, resided at the inquest. asst. M rs. Hast- ings was not present at this sitting. The all important evidence is expect- ed to be given in the form of the re- port by the provincial analyst on the examination made of Mr. Hastings' GENERAL PURPOSE ' stomach and contents, as to the pres- Team in harness—D. Gardiner, J. ace of any poison or the effects Reynolds, John Decker R San. thereof. There was no evidence which could adequately account for the death of Mr. Hastings, nor was there the smallest evidence of pois- oning. matit- or ‘o- sonic Son gens congestion in the Percheron Stallion -J. Brewster. AGRICULTURAL Broad mare, in foal—M. Jackson and 2nd, Dr. Moir. Filly or Gelding, foaled in 1918— D. Fotheringham. Filly or Gelding, foaled in 1919— Dale, Jr. Team in harness—John Dale, Jr., D. Fotheringham, M. Jackson. Mare, filly or gelding, any age— J. Dale, Jr., D. Fotheringham, J. Dale, Jr. HEAVY DRAUGHT Broad mare in foal—Broadfoot Bros., William Buchanan, T. N. For- syth. Filly or Gelding, foaled in 1919— T. N. Forsyth, Dr. Moir. Filly or Gelding, foaled in 1920— Dr. Moir, D. Brintnell. Team in harness—Robt. Webster. Mare, filly or gelding, any age— Broadfoot. Bros., Robert Webster and third. Sweepstakes—Broadfoot Bros. Special Township Competition for best three draft or agricultural hors- es any age, need not be property of one man, but must be owned in Fathering - ham, township -.l. Dale. .l r., D. F g ham, W. Buchanan, Tuckersmith. Judge—l. McKnight, Millbrook. CATTLE Year old Holstein Brill—R, John- ston. THE HENSALI FAIR The South Huron Agricultural Sn• 'iel v spring fair, held in Hensall on who i, very ill—Little Misses Dor- Tuesday, hrought out the largest and ()thy and Mildred Cleveland, of Cleve - hest entre of both horses and cattle I land, visited with their grandmothe;, DUBLIN Notes. ---Mrs. C. Strubb, of Kit- chener, (nee Margaret Burne) re- turned to her home on Saturday af- ter visiting her parents on Laurier Avenue East.—Mr. and Mrs. C. Mc- Daid, of Hamilton, are visiting at the home of Mr. McDaid's father, -that this annual show ham Produce for some years. The h,• -ivy horse classes were especially r.eel. and competition keen, many 'of the ani- mals shown being good enough for any show ring in Canada. Many fine rattle, both Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn, were also shown. There Mrs. ,Tames Longwort'h, last w They were chaperoned by Miss Steiss, a trained nurse of Detroit. --,Mi. Jos. Shea is home for a protracted visit with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mich- ael Shea, of Mitchell, and with his many friends in Dublin and Hibbert. \ir. Shea spent most of his time in or was a large attendance of spectators, near Edmonton and believes the West in spite of the tort that the excep- - the land of nppertunities.- -There were timtslly early sprint and fine weather I n great many, young and old, who hart made seeding nperalins pretty i w„r,, exhibiting Iheir own wlgarav general. .April fooled on Friday last about The following is a list of the sur I I ;,,m. --The annual vestry meptmg cessful exhibitors: HORSES Clydesdale or Shire Stallion Aged stallion—Robert Murdock, H C Soldan. Belgian or Perrheron Aged Stallion --11, C Saldan Stallion foaled in 1918 or later- H. ('. Soldan. Carriage or Roadsters Aged stallion—Thomas Murdock. Stallion foaled 1918 or later—Thos. Yearley. Harness Horses Heavy draught team—Peter Me - Naughton, L. H. Rader Lorne Luker. Heavy draught brood mare in foal .1 Si. Marys' Arglican Ohnrch, Dublin. .bowed the church to ,be in a healthy financial condition. The retiring war- den, Mr. Archie Forbes, presented an excellent report, with a nice balance on hand for I. e coming year. The afiiecrs for the on='sing year were aa - pointed as follows: Clergyman's warden, Mr. Alex. Darling; people's warden, Mr. John Quinsey; delegates to synod. Messrs Archy and William Forbes; vestry clerk, Mr. Archy For- bes. It was decided to have another garden party on the delightful grounds of Mrs. Alex. Darling, who kindly offered the same to the church for the purpose. The rector, Rev. W. H. Roberts, was in the chair.' • )'.i