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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1934-12-07, Page 2e, ironEpositor Established 1860 1VIcLean, Editor. • Willed at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- . ursday afternoon by MCLean ( • , Subscription rate, $1.50 a year in advance; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single -copies, .4 cents each. • Advertisang rates on application. Members of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, Class "A" Weeklies of- Canada, and the Huron County Press Association. SEAFORTH, Friday, December 7th. No Hurry Word comes from Ottawa this week that owing to the Hepburn Gov- ernment's refusal to carry out the ternis of the agreement negotiated by the former Ontario Premier with the Dominion Government, construc- tion of the proposed deep waterway and power development of the St. Lawrence has been abandoned for the present. Seeing that ex -Premier Henry's agreement with the Dominion Gov- ernment obligated the Province of Ontario to an expenditure in excess of $100,000,000, one can readily re- ' alize the hesitancy of Mr. Hepburn and his colleagues to undertake any •such obligation, even if such an ei- pendittire would make 1,000,000 horsepower available for hydro elec- tric purposes. All the more so, because at the present time Ontario has more hydro • electric power than it can use, or' knows what to do with. Besides having -a surplus' from its own development works, the former government contracted with Quebec for hundreds of thousands of horse- power, for which Ontario now has to pay, although there is no market for it, and although a great deal of this power purchased from Quebec is not even linked up with the On- tario transmission system. • Construction of deep waterways and power development on the St. Lawrence may come some day. Un- doubtedly it will, but that time is not to -day, nor even in the immediate future. At the present time Ontario is suf- fering from and paying for an over burdening excess of transportation facilities as well as an excess of hy- dro power, and that excess not only exists to -day but -will exist as far as one can see into the future. Under these circumstances Ontario taxpayers will heartily back Mr. Hepburn and his Cabinet in their contention, that this is no time to spend an additional hundred million or so in order to increase the supply of either. There is no hurry. • • • It Depends on the Kind of • Emigrant Lord Rodney of Arlesford, a Brit- ish Peer, who recently arrived back in London, England, after a visit to Canada, has announced he would propose new county and town com- mittees for increasing emigration to Canada on a large scale. It is true that Canada, in the east, in the west, and in its centre, has room and the land to absorb and to support an almost unlimited number of British emigrants. • At the same time, it will make a great deal of difference to the wel- fare of Canada and Canadians, just What type of British emigrants his Lordship has in mind. If he is thinking af the type who • pelieve their main mission in life, af- ter comingto this country, is to teach is poor ,benighted Colonials how to . • live, move' and have our being, as •well as ho v0 to govern our coinitry, without contributing anythin else • towards,their own.'support or that of 'Canada, we don't believe their pres- • ence here 'would be tolerated, let a - A Ione welcomed: We have too many • of that kind no. 0n the other hand, if Lord Rod- • • !ilex has in rnirid the type of British Ai ant.who came to Canada in the . and Womn, who, •converted a traddegs, ,ifitte a garden. of farina , . and whO' formed the pareptal back- ground of the best .and most able minds a upwards of three genera - dons of Canadians—then :Von.ada will have unlimited room and an un- limited welcome for them. . 0/101144MINS1.1.0.1.11, St.1=1,10.1314.1141., •• " It, • Premier Hepburn, on Holiday Premier Hepburn is to take a holi- day. He will spend some weeks in the West Indies and in other places. There are, no doubt, numerous people who view the position,' of Pre- mier as a sinacure, a swell job, as it were, and considering the salary and other privileges that go with the posi- tion, they also believe that a Pre- mier's days are just one long series, of holidays. There are others, quite a numer- ous, class too, of which we could name a few, \who devoutly believe that Onfario wiT1 not suffer from Mr. Hepburn's absence, no matter how prolonged it may be. Who would ev- en rejoice if he never' came back. Whatever your belief or opinion may be on the subject, the fact re- • mains that the position of Premier of Ontario to -day, is the most exact- ing, longest, hardest, most soul -pro- voking, body destroying as well as the most responsible position that • any one man,in Ontario occupies, whether that man meets with your approval or whether he does not. Mr. Hepburn has been Premier for six months. In all probability his term will extend over the next four years at least. During those years his duties .and responsibilities to the Province will be such that he can not ttfford to take any liberties with his lealth, nor can the Province afford to let him. • He is a young man, of course, but even youth and strength can only burn the candle at both ends for a very limited time. ° With an important as well as a strenuous session before him, Mr. Hepburn is wise to take an extended holiday at this time. It will pay him and it will pap the Province. For that reason all well-meaning citizens will hope it will be a pleasant and health -giving one. • " Good Evening, Friends" For a long time that was the salu- tation of the voice that greeted radio listeners when they tuned in to hear the nightly broadcast of the Toronto Globe. It was a somewhat drawling voice and ,not unmusical, but these were minor issues. What the public liked_ abitt that voice was its clarity of diction; its want of accent, and its • ability to penetrate a fog of static with clearness and without apparent effort. And it brought an all embracing and at the same time a most concise summary of each day's news, voiced in limpid language. Constant hearers knew exactly when to 'listen for the particular thing that interested them, just as constant readers of The Globe know exactly where to look for the things of particular interest to them, in the pages of that paper. Many of our readers have com- mented on that voice, and many have asked us to whom it belonged and where it has gone. It didn't sound like the voice of a shrinking violet, but it never pro- nounced its owner's name, so we don't know who owned it, and we don't know where it has gone. But like a great many others, to us the Globe newscast does not seem just quite the same without that slow salutation which sounded so full of cheer—"Good Evening, Friends." WIIAT OTHER PAPERS SAY. The Cartoonist Did It (Stratford Bacon-Ileeald) A cartoonist in the Chicago Daily News makes' merayeat the expense of the "Brain, Trust" which was .engaged for some time in working out plans for lowing under millions.' of acres, of cotton, keepnig fanners from ,growing wheat and pay- ing them for the bacon hogs which they did rot produce. The cartoonist has the "Brain. Trust" se.ate.d at the Thanksgiteing day table and in the rale of waiter is a farmer bearing high in his hand a tray in which there is nothing at ail: The. fernier • is saying "Here's That Thanksgiving Turkey I Didift Raise." • • itfitay have taken the f'Brain Tru*' folk a long time to see the folly of their own ideas, hitt, the cartoonist his beef/gin, it out Vane- all -CM tee:. Years, Agone Interesting Rents picked from The Expositor of fifty and twenty-five years ago. '3 3 From :The Huron Expositor of , Decembei 5, 1884 The total average attendance, of the Seaforth •Public School for the November was 408. The total ber on the roll for the month was 50' -1Boas, sneWlyalling at the railway track oas Saturday, caused a hroCe; ,drivenbyMrs. Williant McConnell, to riitevay. She was thrown out and a severe shaking. The harness ;and crossbar of the cutter were lerpken. • ;The meeting's of the Choral So- ciety have thus far been very ,poorly attended aecordling to Mr. Kent, the director.; On Tuesday just eight per- sons—three soprano, three bass and, 'One tends—were present. Men have been busily engaged for .some -Vane eredting poles uponwhich to string a ,telephone line from Strat- ford to ,Goderich. The central office in Seaforth will he in Mr. C. W. Papst fbook stare. The extension of the franchise to women for municipal purposes in- creases the number of voters in Sea - forth by thirty-one. tr. Donald McIntyre bee disposed of his residence in lVfitchell and hav- ing leased the residence new being vacated by Mr. D. D. Wilson, intends moving his family here shortly. Dr. Vercoe, who left Seaforth some time ago for Fort Worth, Texas, is returning to Ontario on account of his family, as he thinks the influences surrounding his children in Texas are not calculated to beneficially effect their moral well-being. Messrs. Lumtsden and •Wilsou have made exteaeive improvements, in the interior of their 'store, which, with their new plate glass front, gives them one of the handsomest and neat- est. shops in town. The deintand for wood is not as large es in the peat.. Ding the week first class cordwood ranged at about $3.50 per cord and short wood at $2.25. Four or Are young 'men appeared before the Mayor • on Wednesday, charged, with disturbing the meetings cf the Salvation Array and were fin- al from $2.25 to $5.50 each. Messrs. Winter and Donovan ship - ed a car load of splendid heavy draft horses on Saturday last. Mr. Good of Toronto has purchased nom 'Mr. Frank Smith, the property on Main Street recently occupied by Mw. Trzorne. The last few days of mild weather have had a disastrous effect on the sleighing which we have enjoyed the past few weeks. There are now 2,409 volumes in the Library of the Seaforth Mechanics. Institute and 200 new books will he added this year. /Mrs. J, Coxwtorth, owner of the Mammoth skating rink, Hensel!, has had a number of men at work flood- ing it. Mr. Henry Schafer of Rippen ship- ped a carload of butter and eggs to Detroit last week. The audtion sale of Mr. W. S. Mun- delr, Tiickersmith', was well attended and the sum oef $1,500 was realized. Cows brought fororn $40 to ,$63, stock- ers from $40 to $50, and Mr. Robert Elgie purchased a two-year-old geld- ing for $180. The auctioneer's ham- mer was wielded by the old veteran, Mr. J. P. Brine, and the manner in which he .acquitted himself was the 'admiration of'all present. • From The Huriin Expositor of December 10, 1909 R. Jeffrey was elected Worshipful Master of Britannia Lodge at the an- nual ;fleeting on Monday evening. William Smithers was elected presi- dent of the Seaforth Hockey Club at the annual meeting in the Town Hall on Friday evening; J. McKenzie, vice- president, and Henderson Smith, sec- retary -treasurer. Steps were taken on Tuesday even- ing to forni a branch of the Y.M.C.A. here and J. T, Curtis was elected President of the organization,. .0wing 'to the large attendance of pupils at the Collegiate, it has been necessary to engage a sixth teacher. Mr. Alex McDonald, a former resi- der.t of Egmendirille, died at his home in Sault St. Marie, Michigan, on Mon- day. He learned his trade as black- emith with the late Robert Fulton and for a time worked with Mr. Thos. Hills of Eg-mondville. Mr, Joseph Hurley, for a number of year a resident of Seaforth, was killed in an elevator in Brantford on Saturday. He was in his 75.th year. The ,S.C.I. Literary Society held an o -pen meeting in the school on Mon- day eveting •last when addresses were given by Rev. Dr. F. H. Larkin and Dr. F. J. Burrows. Work has already comemnced in getting the rink ready for skating and curling. It was flooded for the first time on Friday last. The Penple's Railway Company, which was planning to 'construct an electric railway front New Hamburg to erich, received a set -back this week when the City of Stratford re- fused to take any stock. lMe. J. A. Wilson has had the frame house on, Goderich Street, between The f.parsonage and tDr. Burris?ws, rais- ed up, preparatory to therifig it to his own let, to use an a stable. Mr. John Beattie has rented his residience in 1grnoncvil10 to Mw. Mc- Mahan, who is already moving in. Mr. Beattie has Moved' to the rooms over his store in the old Bank of Commerce bandit-lg. ' Mr. John H. Moore ha§ opened a machine and • repaid shop hi Petty's /3Ioelc, Bengali. Rev. Mn, Kettlewell, addiresed largely attended nieeting in the in, tereets of! Ladd OPtion h Cannel Church, Hentall, on Tuesday:se „. Mess -ds. C. Vella and C. ri6dirian of Zurich were out on a hunting 63t- peditiOn and in three -bents bigged ten white rabbits. • , .0,010.34T! ",".3163' f 'When -wiled and pitbe Hailed pasitor? About 1867 Luxton arrived in Sealforth, train Strathroy, purchased the eqiiipment and; ,good will of a small four-page sheet which has been struggling here for a few yeare, changed its risme, to The ESepositor aid earritmeneed busi- ness. The Yellowing year G. W. Rita, later the Hon. G. W., joined him and the two ran the paper until 1.8/10, when it was, sold to M. Y. ,MeLean. Luxton went from Seaforth Winnipeg where he founded the Win- mipeg..Free .Peess in. 18'72. • .An interesting, story of 'Winnipees first election ' in which Mr. Luxton was a candidate for Mayor, is told by Fred Williams in a recent issue of .the "Mail and Empire." He says in peat: 'The &e$ ivic elections in- Wined, peg were held on 'Deceiniber 1, 1873. Fort Garry had only just disappeared es a town; Whinipeg had taken its place The work of civic erganiza- tion 1ad peoeeededdapace from No. vernbe 7th, the date of incorporations the el etoral maehinery had been proyid sl; voterslists had; been pre- pared; ' but, 'seemingly, those lists were incomplete, for, although there were, only 308 names on the lists, the declaration of the mayoralty poll in- dicated that 562 votes had been case The rival, candidates were Frank E. -Cornish, Q.C., and W. F, Luxton, who had-Ileum/ed. the Free Press, Nealeint Of'' 7, 1872, 'anl been the 'Nr.4704414 cif the citizens' tefianittee whieli` had forced lnear'Pelotiond and change • Of name. Winnipeg :has always been noted for Ito atennsiesoff aidlitdesaleen,0; paigne. This first mammal eleetidn was no e-xception.---Tisereawassnotthe fighting and rioting whiChatad mark- ed i:ilie, 'first elentionsfor the prom - trial legislature; but thOre wa.$ lots of excitement, Many Meetings held in bet halls or in the ,stibezero .streets, a good deal of liquor consumed and quite a nuniof • t ber fight•s. ' 'When_ the votes kg Nen: counted the result for the OraitY as de- „clared as follows: :F..E. Cornish : a .. ... , .. 383 ' W. F. Luxton ' 179 ' — - 204 No tone ever explained_ where the extra' teetes came from. W. F. 'Wa- lton', in the Free Press, called atten- tion to, the disparity between the number of names on the list andthe number alleged to have 'voted, and was justified in asserting that ."the official returns gave Mr. Cornish slightly too large a m•ajority..” , He contended that •Cornish's majority was only 34, instead of the 204 as declared; butt he accepted, his defeat like the good citizen he was and Frank Cornish was installed in the mayor's chair." JUST A SMILE OR TWO : "I understand you have been hav- ing your family tree looked up," said Jones. • "Yes," replied Brown, "and it cost 'flie $5,000." "Quite expensive, wasn't it?" "Yes, but it cost only $2,000 to have it looked up. The other $3,000, was what I paid. to have it hushed up."— Baltinriare Sun. se Der--/"Dto you serve crabs here?". Waiter—"We serve anyone; sit down."—Stray tStories. • Visitor—"Your son is making good progress with his violin. He is be- ginning to play quite nice tunes." Host—dine you .really think so? We were afraid that we'd merely got us- ed to it.." --Border City Star. :SUNDAY AFTERNOON 'it • (BY Isabel 14Amilter4 Goderich; Ont.) Fight the good fight with all thy -might, Christ is thy strength, and Christ thy right; Lay hold on life, and it shall be Thy joy and crown eternally. Run the straight race through God's good grace; Lift up thine eyes, and seek His face. Life with its way before us lies; Christ is the path, and Christ the -prize. —John Monsell. PRAYER Help us 0 Lord to show by our lives that we are in the school of the greatest of all teachers in order that we tnay learp how to teach. Amen. S. S. LESSON FOR DECEMBER 9th Lesson Topic—The Christian as Teacher. Lesson Passage—Mathew 7:24-29, Acts 18:24-28. Golden Text --II Timothy 2:15. "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I 'will liken him unto a wise man; which built his haute upon a, rock: And everyone that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and heat won that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it. And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the- people were astonished at His doctrine: For He taught them as one having auth- ority, and not as the Scribes." Thus ended the Sermon on the Mount. Or. Joseph Parker in his ",Inner Life of Christ," says in summing up his chapter on the Sermon on the Mount: "Now I see what it meant when he went up into a mountain. 1 wondered why he withdrew to that height; he explains it in the conclu- sion of his sermon. Why the serrnon itself is a mountain, in shape, in bulk, in dignity; beginning with the gentle Slopes of the beautitedes, easy, vernal slopes, green with spring's own love- liness, he passes on to rugged places, stony, rough pieces that would af- fright us but for the light of his smile which falls upon theirs—and on he t. oes, higher and higher in, his- doc- trine, he rises to_high challenges and new proclamations, and now the ser- mon culminates, in lordships and se- premticies which overlook and dom- inate the whole earth: We saw him by the quiet river, we watched him driven into the bleak wilderness, we saw him walking by the seaside; now we beheld him seated upon a moun- tain—a culmination in, very deed, an weathering of all that went before, and a place whence he projected him, self across the whole abyss of time. Henoe forward Jesus takes the name of Lord; hence forward 'these say- ings of mine? are to ,be the root and core of the only idrurable philosophy, and henceforward men are wise or feeditsh according as they build or build not on Christ! Now we see why he chose the mountain; no other pulpit would have been worthy of such a •discourse, no platform of human, erection could have supplied base enough for the projection of sueh teaching.Great hstsbandman, on the top of the moun- tain, thou dost Matter a handful of corn; fruit thereof shall shakelike Lefba.non and the eitiee of the Plain shall rejoice in its abundance," • The comparison Jesus made be- tween the haute, 'built on a rock and the ,ofre built on sand, illustrates the benefit, of attending to his words. It was not sutheient to he them; they Must be o-beyed. The wise man is -the' one Who builds hia haute on a reek. Palestine was to a considerable •ex- tent a land, of hills arid ntionntains. Like ntbesneeninitries (if that deeeriiii,'. tete 'Antie alibied" te 'Middell. and violent mains. 'EVerytilling inatha aiery of a elvers suddenly swellen by theme Mine, Weald be 'SnrePt.."if#iaY. 'as v ss.: • . t tee ti"t0 5 es erected ,within the reach of these sudden inunda,tiens, and especially 'if founded on sand or any unsolid basis, would not stand before them. • Rocks in that land were common., and it was easy to ,secure for their -houses, a solid foundation. . . No comparison could, to a Jew, have •been more striking. So, temp- ests, and storms of affliction and per- secution, beat around the soul, Slid- denly, when we think we are in safe- ty; the heavens may he overcast; • the storm may lower; and ckamity beat upon us. In a moment health, friends; comforts, may be kone. How desirable then to be possessed of something that the tempest cannot reach! Such is an interest in Christ. Possessed ef religion, all the Storms and tempests of life may beat harms lessly around us. There is another .point in this com- parison,. The house built on the sand is boat upon by the floods and rains; its foundation is gradually worn a- way; it falls, and is borne down the stream and perishes. So fair the sine ner, As Jesus ended His sayings "the people were astonished at Hisdoc- trine; ffr He taught them as one having authority and not as the Srinbees.0 'TScribes were the learned men and teachers of the Jewish nation. Triey taught principally the tradition which had been delivered to them ; they consumed much of their time in useless disputes and "vain jangling." Jesus denvered truth as became the oracles of Gad; not trifling; confirm- ing His doctrine by miracles and ar- gument; teaching as having power, and not in the main and foolish man- ner of the Jewish doctora He came with authority such as no 'man could have, and it is not remarkable that His explanations astonished them.— (Condensed from Barnes' Commen- tary). • • ' 'Christian Literature Society (Continued) The Culture of China—It is some- times said by non-Christians that Christianity claims too much, that the culture and philosophy which China possessed before eyes were op- ened to see Christ walking on the Chinese road, were sufficient. Mrs. Sophia Chen in the February number of the Chinese Recorder says: "More- over, non-Christian Chinese intellec- tuals rnasr agree with the missionar- ies that Christianity is one of the greatest moral forces, but certainly they will not admit that it is the only moral force. Although this dif- f•erenee seems only natural to those who understand the cultural back- ground§ of China and Europe, never- thelese it is very difficult for both old - f ash ioned !Oh i nem 'gentlemen and narrow-minded Christians in author- ity in cultural matters equal to the one that they have been used te, each group h‘aving its own." It IS perhaps true that some Chris- tians are intolerable, both in actions and words towards other religidns and are unwilling to see any good beyond their own small vision But this alti- tude 'is not, general. We all remeM- ber a texts "BY their fruits ye shall knew them." We therefore claim, it was, Jesus Christ who taught menes) care for the siek, the poor, the or- phan, the blind, the deaf and durmb, it 'was the •Spiiit �f Jesut Christ that lifted vrenianhood, unboMid the feet, of the little 'Methinks it quite 'probable that Mrs. 'Chen herself would not now be a woman pre -lessor in the Govern- ment fluitersity of Peking if those pioneer saroanOil front .We'eteen Lands, had ndt .thiortegh much persecution opened wheals lee' girl e • and blazed the trail for ,edracation for women Alse if the Bible had not 66t1, #ans- lattd, Attto. the ,Chitiese language, if theaCheistian batiks and traets had 100$66.11 SentS.hreadetast 'there 'Would haviebe'en differentatery, to. tell. (To •be adittintied.) •• curko*, Do*WO. Kftchener , A rink of',Iinalenifierts, Are:Wil- ma T- 1:4 A.:Currie- and: Donald Rae, Skip, attended the Nit - Owner Granite Curling Clatle'e anntgal invitatiern honspeil on linniallay. They wore ,very succesefui, 'Winning Avoca games 10-6 and fl -8, and teeing one 9-10, thus qualifying to play in, tliten Anals for the Goodrich Cup orisFild AdvanateTimel, Boitgbi Aero -Cushion Fit ory, •••-• Eimer llkinsn alai hie slather have purchased tlat-e Aeeo-CusliiMt- faetory Unless they cam. find some useful purpose for this 'building they. will wreck it—Winge• ham Adeance-Times. New Business ,in"TOwn • Mn • Dunican Kennedy, who has leased the. Wellington Produce.• Buitd- ing, wi11beepen for bueiness on,Sat- arday. He 'will carry a full line of •poifltry feeds and Supplies, cattle feed and mineral concentrates. He will; of' course, in etummer operate his thick ..thatehery also. 'Me. and Mrs. Kennedy - are living in Robert Allen's house on, loosite the Park on JoSephine Street.. —Wingham Advance -Times. • Falconer -• Gibbs A couple of young Clinton people,. 'Mr. Victor Falconer and Miss Sadie Gibbs, went to London at Saturday,. November 17th, and' at °half east elev- en were •quietly married at the manse' 01 St. Andrew's United Churoh, the - Rev. Dn. MacGregor, conducting the farm -lona. The brideis the only daughter of Mr. Frank: Gibbs and 'the late Mrs. Gibbs of Clinton, the brides - "groom the second son of Me. and Mrs. W. J. .Fedletener, of .Stanley.—Clinton. News-Reeord. • Boy Suffers Injury Clare Kennedy, ost, of Mr. are! Mrs. W. Kennedy, met with a serious accident on Monday and one which at first looked as if it might end fat- ally. However., his condition has im- proved somewhat and while he is stillan a serious state, it is hopbd he' will ultimately recever. C1an, who. was acting as waterboy with a gang of road construction men on No. 4 Highway, was aiding on the running - beard of a truck, when it was sudden- ly stopped and be was, thrown wiaIent, ly to the.pavement, striking his head with such force that he suffered sev- ere injuries. Medical attention was immediately procured, end he was re- m,aved to the Clinton Hospital where every care and attention was given - His, cescat first looked bad and fens for hie life were 'expressed. But it is .hoped that 'with care he will pull through. Clare's friends are very sympathetic as he is a popular lad and there is general satisfaction over - the latest report that his Condition 1. improving.a-Clinton NewseRecord. School Have Holiday Nearly one thou:sand . Public and S,e'parate school pupils and high school' students in Goderich on Thursday celebrated, with an all -day holiday, the, Marriage of H.R.K Prince George,. Du:ke of Kent, to Princess Marina., daughter of Prince Nicholas • of Greece. The wedding ceremony, which; was broadcast, was heard. clearly by, many in Goderieh in spite of the early' hour, 5.45 o'eletek.—Goderich Signal. Nobody Hurt D. R. Nairn, town solicitor, nar- rowly escaped injury on Saturday night when the car he was driving' collided with one driven by John Ry- an, of Goderich township. MT. Ryan and two . passengers, his wife ancf, child, also escaped serious injury. The. accident occurrerf at the lower turn to the Dunlop Hill, one-half mile, north of Saltford. County Constable Thomas Gundry investigated.- -Gode- rich Signal. Tame Partridges A •God•erich motorist almost ran ov- er a partridge near the edge 'of the Saratoga sw,apes on Sunday. The pret-- ty little grey chap walked out on to - the road in front of the car and de- clined to hurry out of the way. The ear was brought to a stop to avoid running over him. He stepped daintily. hack into the ,bushes alongside the road and looked the car over with a. most irnpertinent air, not even flying - away when the car started up again with a couple of loud toots on the horn. Apparently Colborne hunters have not been bothering him very rauch:—Goderich Star. • Bumble Bees in November . 'Mr. Harold Blackstone had an en. - counter with a huge bumble bee ors Tuesday of this week. The big at fellow flew at him while be was get- tip- jos from the icehouse. He knock- ed it away and it came at him, again.. The opinion is expressed in expert circles that the ,bee was annoyed- at. being fooled into thinking this spring and wanted to take it out on some- one. Mr. Blackstone won the battle and the bee flew off to find a mw win- ter horne.-HGoderich Star. Hand Cut 'Mr, Silas Reed suffered a nasty cut on the thumb of the left hand ore Thursda,y of last week when he stlip' - ped while carrying some glass up a - flight of steps at Ineaquair & Lin- denifiel•d's hardware. The flesh was out to the bone and required fese stitches to elose.—Exeter Times -Ad- vocate. New Traffic Officer .111r, W. F. 'RJobinson, of the Pro- vincial Police, one of the most popu- lar young rne-n of the motorcyele patrol, has been transferred from Mel - bonnie to Exeter, where he will be stationed in future. He will ,patrot Highway No. 4 from El•ginfield to Clinton..Exeter Times -Advocate. Ninety -First Birthday On Wednesday Of last week Dr. #1".. W. Bro*ning observed his ninety-first birthday. Dr. Browning is to be found every day at his office and on Wednesday last a number of visitors dolled to extend emigre:billet/ions and seete treated. to afternoon tea. Dr. Browning is, probablYethe oldest- ilin- tiene practitiOner lh aill*dit, 'lie be- gan his •praeliice in flay • von -Whip the year Of Cenfecieratiora etexixTini;;: year Of 'Confederation, .Thise•saAdevicate. r . 51 3